Healthy Living 06/08

[shadesofgold]

Great idea! Thanks for starting us off, ironbaby! I will definitely participate every week.

Healthy living goals: In order to help regulate my cycle and lose a few pounds: Eat clean (increase whole foods while cutting down on added sugar, processed carbs and other processed foods, fried foods, and alcohol) and increase my fitness. My mental health goal is to calm my anxious mind!

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Meal planning and tracking what I eat (in a very general way - tallying fruits, vegetables, whole grains, protein, dairy and treats.) Planning my exercise schedule to fit in at least 5 times a week of cardio, yoga, pilates or something else.

How was last week? I did quite well during the week, but had way too much booze over the weekend.

Rants/raves/questions: As PepperPottsJ said, I mentioned on another thread that I want to do a clean eating challenge and several other people said they'd participate. I am planning to start July 5. How do people think we should do it? As part of this thread? As a separate thread with a daily check-in? I'm open to input! Here is the guide I was going to use: www.realityofyou.com/30-day-clean-eating-challenge/

[nuggetrn]

shadesofgold, I took a look at that last week when you mentioned it. As long as I can get my husband on board (which I think I can) I would love to participate. I think it should be a separate thread because I am assuming not everyone is going to want to do that challenge but they may still want to check in for healthy eating. Also, the challenge will be a daily thread (do you think we should combine it with the daily workout challenge thread as well if we choose another one? Maybe not since it brings up the same issue) while this one is weekly.

Each day you can include the link to what she wrote for that day and maybe we can discuss it!

[wannabmama]

I'd like to join! I need all the accountability I can get!

Goal: lose 30 lbs from my highest, so far I'm down 6.5 and strengthen my core.

What I'm doing: I try to workout every morning, during the week it's at 5:30am and I only have about 30mins so it's not great but it's something. I am also trying to replace one meal and most snacks with juices I make. I'm doing the challenges on here, too, I really like having them as something to do even when I'm short on time!

Last week: I was good all week but at a bachelorette party last weekend. I actually didn't do toooo bad at the party. A few too many cocktails and a (un)healthy amount of cheese, but we walked a lot too and I stayed away from overly sweet drinks.

Rant/rave: it's been very frustrating for me for the last few years. I can't get the scale to move. I've had thyroid checked and everything else but no change. The juicing has finally moved the scale and I feel healthy doing it be my juices are packed with good stuff (more veggies, less fruit) but it's still frustrating. MH gave up sugar and lost 20lbs, I did same and lost maybe 2. He also has way more time in the day to workout so it's frustrating all around! Now that the weather is nice though we are trying to walk the dogs after dinner...I figure even sneaking a mile in there most days will eventually help.

[doodler]

You guys totally motivated me today and I went for a 2 mile run! My first workout since my crazy ovulation pain a few weeks ago!

[ghostmonkey]

Healthy living goal:
 Stop eating like crap and hopefully that will get me down a few pounds so I'm not hanging out at the top of my weight class again


What are you doing to achieve your goal?
 Tracking food. Reset my macros for my current weight and away we go. 


How was last week?
 Fucking awful because I was sick all week. 


Rants/raves/questions: Does someone have something to suck the congestion out of my chest? TYIA.

[shadesofgold]

Jun 8, 2015 20:30:21 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

Healthy living goal:
 Stop eating like crap and hopefully that will get me down a few pounds so I'm not hanging out at the top of my weight class again


What are you doing to achieve your goal?
 Tracking food. Reset my macros for my current weight and away we go. 


How was last week?
 Fucking awful because I was sick all week. 


Rants/raves/questions: Does someone have something to suck the congestion out of my chest? TYIA.

What do you use to track your macros? Is it as big of a pain in the ass as it seems?

[roastytoasty]

I love this idea! I ended up flunking out of the 30 day challenge (hurt my wrist at work), but I still want the accountability of a check in.


Goal: lose 15 pounds

What I'm doing: My first focus is to eat better. I'm not ready to commit to clean eating, but I'm making moves in that direction. Reduce processed foods, increase veggies and lean meat. The wine tho...

Last week: Hadn't started yet. This weekend DH expressed an interest in eating better and being more active, so I started with filling our pantry with better foods and a ton of vegetables. As a bonus I got a spirilizer from my mom for my birthday, so I've started to play with that! I'm going to try my hand at zucchini noodles tonight!

Rant/rave: My known and recognized nemesis is the potato chip. Or tortilla chip with queso. I love crunchy snacks at night and have no will power. I need to try some other options. I'm unfortunately dealing with some food issues-OAS- so tree nuts, most raw vegetables, and several fruits are off the table (including bananas, watermelon, and avocado). It sucks that several of The currently trendy "super foods" are on my don't eat list. Anyone else dealing with allergies or allergy syndromes?

[ghostmonkey]

Jun 8, 2015 20:37:01 GMT -5 shadesofgold said:

Jun 8, 2015 20:30:21 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

Healthy living goal:
 Stop eating like crap and hopefully that will get me down a few pounds so I'm not hanging out at the top of my weight class again


What are you doing to achieve your goal?
 Tracking food. Reset my macros for my current weight and away we go. 


How was last week?
 Fucking awful because I was sick all week. 


Rants/raves/questions: Does someone have something to suck the congestion out of my chest? TYIA.

What do you use to track your macros? Is it as big of a pain in the ass as it seems?

MFP. Instead of focusing on the total number of calories I have left for the day, I base my meals around making sure I hit my protein, carb, and fat goals (generally in that order of importance).

Once I'm back on track for a couple weeks I really won't even log anything other than my protein intake because I have such a high number that it's a bitch for me to hit it if I don't pay attention.

[ironbaby]

Jun 8, 2015 15:44:13 GMT -5 motleycrew90 said:

I would like to play!

Healthy Living Goal: since dating DH over 8 years ago, I have gained 80lbs. I have tried different programs/workouts and nothing has worked. I really need to lose some weight to help with my PCOS diagnosis and to make me feel better. I have tried weight watchers and I am just not good at keeping my self accountable. DH is not much help because he's into the workout part, not the diet. So my short term goal will to be to lose 20lbs. Long term is to lose 60lbs.

What are you doing to achieve your goal: either I will be joining a community gym or title boxing. DH goes to the community gym, but I like to go to classes and then do not have those there. Title boxing is expensive, but a good friend from work it joining there. I feel that I would end up going to the gym more with DH though. I'm not sure what to do about my food intake.

How was last week: horrible as usual. We eat out to much, my sweet tooth is on a high, I hardly drank any water. Here's out problem. We out probably 4-5 times a week. Sometimes for lunch a dinner. I have tried meal planning, but I never want to cook it. DH doesn't want to cook because he cooks for a living. Second, I have a horrible sweet tooth. I need some form of cookie/sweet a day. Third, I'm a Diet Pepsi addict. I can go days without water.

Meal planning doesn't work for me, either. I like to cook one healthy meal, but double it, so I can eat the leftovers for dinner the next night. Another option is just to cook the protein in advance, maybe 6-8 chicken breasts, then have a different fresh veggie or salad each night with the protein. I keep frozen veggie burgers in the freezer, too, for the nights when I want to just eat healthy quickly.

I had a lot of success with WW, but I had to go regularly for it to work, mentally. Have you gone to meetings?

Make small goals with your water intake. For me, I decided that I needed to down one 24oz bottle of water after my coffee before I could have a Diet Coke. Then the Diet Coke became a reward. Good luck!

[motleycrew90]

Jun 9, 2015 8:56:14 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

Jun 8, 2015 15:44:13 GMT -5 motleycrew90 said:

I would like to play!

Healthy Living Goal: since dating DH over 8 years ago, I have gained 80lbs. I have tried different programs/workouts and nothing has worked. I really need to lose some weight to help with my PCOS diagnosis and to make me feel better. I have tried weight watchers and I am just not good at keeping my self accountable. DH is not much help because he's into the workout part, not the diet. So my short term goal will to be to lose 20lbs. Long term is to lose 60lbs.

What are you doing to achieve your goal: either I will be joining a community gym or title boxing. DH goes to the community gym, but I like to go to classes and then do not have those there. Title boxing is expensive, but a good friend from work it joining there. I feel that I would end up going to the gym more with DH though. I'm not sure what to do about my food intake.

How was last week: horrible as usual. We eat out to much, my sweet tooth is on a high, I hardly drank any water. Here's out problem. We out probably 4-5 times a week. Sometimes for lunch a dinner. I have tried meal planning, but I never want to cook it. DH doesn't want to cook because he cooks for a living. Second, I have a horrible sweet tooth. I need some form of cookie/sweet a day. Third, I'm a Diet Pepsi addict. I can go days without water.

Meal planning doesn't work for me, either. I like to cook one healthy meal, but double it, so I can eat the leftovers for dinner the next night. Another option is just to cook the protein in advance, maybe 6-8 chicken breasts, then have a different fresh veggie or salad each night with the protein. I keep frozen veggie burgers in the freezer, too, for the nights when I want to just eat healthy quickly.

I had a lot of success with WW, but I had to go regularly for it to work, mentally. Have you gone to meetings?

Make small goals with your water intake. For me, I decided that I needed to down one 24oz bottle of water after my coffee before I could have a Diet Coke. Then the Diet Coke became a reward. Good luck!

Good idea about cooking a bunch of protein and using it through the week. I'm thinking about doing a low carb diet and utilizing my fitness tracker to help track things. If I get my husband one then it will help me keep accountable because we will always be in competition!

Diet Pepsi will be the hardest, I figured if I replace one of my Diet Pepsi's with water then I eventually can weed it out.

[becwheat]

Healthy living goal: Lose weight and increase fitness level.

What are you doing to achieve your goal?: I finished the Whole 30 with good results and I am now doing a 2 week fitness challenge through Beachbody. I have a meal plan and a workout planned for everyday for 2 weeks. After that I will have access to all the fitness videos and food charts to organize my own regime for 90 days.

How was last week? I was on vacation last week so I was not looking at things too closely, but I think all in all it went well!

Rants/raves/questions: I am really feeling the burn after my first 45 min workout. I mean dang!

[PepperPottsJ]

Jun 8, 2015 14:20:22 GMT -5 mustloveerica said:

Jun 8, 2015 14:05:26 GMT -5 nuggetrn said:

I can add you if you tell me your screen name, if you don't want to share it with the group you can PM me. My screen name is the same as my name here, makes it easy.

If you log on from the computer, you can actually change your screen name if yours is really identifiable and you want to make it a little more anonymous.

Friend request sent

My screen name is the same as here also, request sent to nuggetrn !! Great idea!!

[twocents6708]

I would love to join this. Trying to get back on track after graduation celebrating and vacation eating.

Goal: I am down 15 lbs, I would like to lose at least 15-20 more.

Last week: I was getting back from vacay and weighed in, having gained 5 lbs (I was down 20 lbs before celebrating.) I didn't make a lot of effort, but have cut out alcohol, worked out a bit more, and addedore veggies to my plate. Back to clean eating next week.

R/R: why is it so hard to lose weight but so easy to gain it back?!!

[twocents6708]

Jun 8, 2015 15:44:13 GMT -5 motleycrew90 said:

I would like to play!

Healthy Living Goal: since dating DH over 8 years ago, I have gained 80lbs. I have tried different programs/workouts and nothing has worked. I really need to lose some weight to help with my PCOS diagnosis and to make me feel better. I have tried weight watchers and I am just not good at keeping my self accountable. DH is not much help because he's into the workout part, not the diet. So my short term goal will to be to lose 20lbs. Long term is to lose 60lbs.

What are you doing to achieve your goal: either I will be joining a community gym or title boxing. DH goes to the community gym, but I like to go to classes and then do not have those there. Title boxing is expensive, but a good friend from work it joining there. I feel that I would end up going to the gym more with DH though. I'm not sure what to do about my food intake.

How was last week: horrible as usual. We eat out to much, my sweet tooth is on a high, I hardly drank any water. Here's out problem. We out probably 4-5 times a week. Sometimes for lunch a dinner. I have tried meal planning, but I never want to cook it. DH doesn't want to cook because he cooks for a living. Second, I have a horrible sweet tooth. I need some form of cookie/sweet a day. Third, I'm a Diet Pepsi addict. I can go days without water.

I can totally relate as I also have PCOS and gained about 50 lbs in the past 5 years. I do 9Round workouts which are similar to Title Boxing and while expensive, it's never boring and a huge calorie burner. My trick for combatting yr sweet tooth is eating dark chocolate. Good luck to you and I hope this a place we can check in and hold each other accountable!

[kayladawn91]

Joining in!

Healthy Living Goal: I need to lose weight. I don't know how much weight loss will make me happy, but at least 50 lbs at this point.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? H and I have been trying to go Paleo. The first couple of weeks were easy and I lost 10 lbs. the past week and a half however have. been difficult and I've cheated a lot. I'm also hoping to exercise more now that the weather is nice.

How was last week? Ugh. Last week was bad. We had an end of the school year party at work plus a retirement party so I hate horrible. It also rained a lot so I didn't get much waking/running in. Ugh.

Rants/Raves/Questions: I'm just really excited about this check in!