I need to squeeze in my weights today around helping DH pick up his car at the shop. This week has been super hard on accommodating exercise ti seems all around!

I agree on the fast food places - I was trying to decide what to get at Wendy's (I looked up their NI online) and although they had some great low cal options, the sodium in them was through the roof! But I was able to make an informed decision, at least I was surprised at the NI for even half a container of fries though!

I've had a few comments in the last few days about lost weight :bigsmile: One from a coworker and one from my uncle.

Alright, first I'm going to start out by making a suggestion. As we seem to be carrying over conversations from one day to the next should we maybe just have a chat thread in general and not start a new one every day? Just a thought.

Okay, I will go to the gym tonight. No matter what it is happening.

I tend to stay away from fast food, an occasional trip to Chipolte is about as fast food as I get. My problem is restaurants! I also tend to go to local places more often than not so there is never any nutritional info. Its a bit of a guessing game but I just do my best to pick something that sounds healthy.

I agree on the fast food places - I was trying to decide what to get at Wendy's (I looked up their NI online) and although they had some great low cal options, the sodium in them was through the roof! But I was able to make an informed decision, at least I was surprised at the NI for even half a container of fries though!

It is utterly ridiculous how salty fast food is, but the places that actually list their detailed nutrition info online are definitely the best. Did you know that Panera (aka St. Louis Bread Co, depending where you live) ADDS salt to all of their sandwiches? Seriously, look at their online nutrition info - you can cut out some sodium by remembering to ask for NO SALT AND PEPPER on your sandwich.

I actually wrote a letter to Chipotle (well, online feedback, but you get the idea) complaining about how ridiculously salty their chicken is - to me it's almost inedible...like eating a salt lick :sick: . To their credit, somebody actually wrote back...but he basically said that they've experimented with lower sodium food options and people don't like how they taste :grumble: . He recommended that I order the steak instead of the chicken, and the green salsa instead of any of the others, as these are the "lower sodium" options. Still high in sodium, but better than the other options....I guess if I'm going to eat fast food that's all I can hope for.


Anyhoo.... I am also recently back from some travels - such a busy summer! I spent this past weekend at a friend's lake house in Wisconsin, and I have a *wicked* bruise on my leg to show for my epic failure of a first attempt at water skiing. Fortunately for me, this trip included a lot of exercise, so despite the large quantities of beer and cheese, I actually lost about 0.5lb...with any luck, that will go down a bit more after my muscles (all of them) stop being SO SORE :bigsmile: Also, I hope the wicked bruise heals at least a little bit before traveling AGAIN this weekend to my husband's family reunion (large bruises usually don't make good impressions on the in-laws, lol).

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Paul I wanted to say you are absolutely right with making sleep a goal. It sounds odd but a lot of my extra weight came from not sleeping with a toddler who has a terrible terrible way of keeping me awake most nights. I started reading about it and the impact it has on your general wellbeing is pretty significant!

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Oh totally Sandra but as a chronic sufferer of insomnia for most of my life getting enough sleep has always been a struggle. Plus seeing as I start work at 7.30 in the am I get up most days around 5am to make breakfast and prep for the day. This is why I really need to work on it. But my habits when it comes to sleep are terrible. I tend to get in from the gym and instead of going to bed I sit in front of the TV. Or worse I doze off on the couch and wake up late and then stagger off to bed. I need a set time and I need to get up later. But the brain has been trained to wake up at 5am. I really wish I could convince it who's boss sometimes.

Pretty busy day for me today as the new guy working with me is away sick. Still i got a lot done today and I feel pretty good about it. No gym tonight as Wednesday is a rest day for me when I visit with friends and go to the store. My fruit store is dangerously low. Just a couple of dubious bananas and quarter of a melon. Wont make much of a smoothie with that lot.
I tend to steer well clear of fast food and as my fiancée isn't a fan either It's not a problem. I do like Wagamamas though and crave their chilli squid some days. I like a trip to the restaurant as i like trying new foods and have read pretty much everything Anthony Bourdain has ever written.
What do you guys think of these cheat days my trainer keeps talking about? The idea of a workout for you metabolism sounds great but gorging on junk food on purpose seems dangerous.

I don't like the idea of a cheat day either, to me it implies that you eat poorly all day, like forcing yourself to have junk food. I do, however, support taking a break from logging every once in awhile. I take the approach that I won't worry about where the number ends up, but I eat what I feel comfortable with, not what I will feel guilty about later. You may want to try logging food but not calories as well if you really feel like you need to track. To be honest I've been tracking food for so long I can pretty much add it up in my head whether I'm tracking or not, so from that standpoint I almost always make my no logging days ones where I eat out and don't know calorie content. That way I truly don't know and am basically forced to make a decision I am comfortable with as to what I eat.

I finally got to the gym last night and I am pretty dang sore today! I also was forced to use the squat rack facing the mirror and had to watch myself doing front squat push presses and man was that not cute! any dream I had of looking hot while lifting are now shattered, lol

Stomach bugs are not the ideal way to lose weight, but its weight loss nonetheless. Hope you get to feeling better though.

I did not lose anything for this week. It may be due to my starting to reincorporate weight training into my routines. It's been a good steady loss up until now, but I'm not discouraged in the least. I think it's called recomposition or reshaping when you start building muscle and lossing fat. That of course, is a good thing, but it is frustrating when the scale doesn't move even when your clothes start getting loose.

We are heading to see some friends this weekend, and I am really looking forward to it. Though it may be difficult to stay under my calorie goal, we're going to have a lot of fun!!!

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to chime in that Debbie's idea of having a weekly thread is fabulous. Since I am out west I often to get the thread after the conversation has more or less ended for the day. If it just continued on that would be awesome!

My knee is going much better. I am hoping I can start the NRoWL back up soon. Target is next week.

I am also just trying to stand up a lot more. There is sooo much compelling literature about the damage that sitting at a computer all day does to our bodies. I am thinking about getting a Fitbit to track how much time I spend moving versus being still. I have been threatening to enact a rule that if I am chatting online, writing email, or writing forum posts I MUST stand. It's not so hard since our kitchen counter is exactly the correct height for working on the computer while standing.

I have been doing some research on the Mediterranean Diet and I think we are going to try it for awhile. Seems to meet our needs & desires pretty well. Anything too low carb makes me very grump and unpleasant to be around. I like that this diet suggests lot's of whole grains and beans. Also, you are supposed to have a salad with every meal which should help with getting in more vegetables.

Glad to see the thread so busy! You guys are wonders.

Sara Grace