Late Monday health thread

[jjh1119]

Okay, I need this in my life. This whole week plus today so the last 9 days have been the WORST in terms of exercise and healthy eating. We went out to dinner like 4 times, I didn't get to the gym at all, and I just feel like total blaaaaaaeerrgh.


SO- what can we do to change that around? I'm going to the gym tomorrow for my training session which usually helps me to get motivated for the rest of the week.

I've got a quarter of a tiramisu that my H didn't like. I think I need to throw it out. What do you think? 

I have rotisserie chicken and lettuce and tomato and cucumber so I will make a nice salad for lunch and dinner. 


I was within 8 ounces of my "This is the weight I feel best at" for about 30 seconds a few days ago. a good 4 lbs have been added when I stepped on the scale today. :-o

How are you guys doing? 

[zengal]

Tiramisu is my favorite dessert jjh1119 so it's a little like sacrilege to throw it out, but that will cause you less regret than eating it. I just can't watch.
Four pounds is still within the natural normal variation so you can be back at your feel-best weight after just a few days!
I had some pretty unhealthy food days last week also. My friend visited and we went out to eat twice, and then I had a couple work events, and it was just a bunch of sugar and not enough water.
I've done somewhat better since Saturday. I'm also meeting with my trainer this week, and that makes me want to do better too (like be a "good student?"). Since I'm in race training, I stick to my workouts very diligently and my weight is steady, but I have got to get away from feeding my body crap. I pledge to eat clean for the rest of this workweek, with only one serving of ice cream. And I will pound the water. Yes!!!!

[jjh1119]

*high five zengal*

[gldnbearz]

Cheering for you jjh1119 zengal.

[zengal]

Thanks for the cheers! There are homemade cookies on the counter here at work and I didn't even lift the cellophane.

[jjh1119]

Aug 25, 2015 12:04:33 GMT -5 zengal said:

Thanks for the cheers! There are homemade cookies on the counter here at work and I didn't even lift the cellophane.

Awesome!

I had a shakeology shake for lunch. My friend sells them and has been trying to get me to join her team.


Nope. No thanks. It was okay tasting, the ingredients list was actually not too bad I just can't do it

[zengal]

Still hungry, or just the idea of a shake for a meal? jjh1119

[jjh1119]

Aug 25, 2015 13:19:55 GMT -5 zengal said:

Still hungry, or just the idea of a shake for a meal? jjh1119

Couldn't finish it. And now I am hungry so gotta find something healthy but remember the calories I drank too

[jjh1119]

It would be okay for occasional, pressed for time or a post workout but I can't do meal replacement shakes

[jjh1119]

My trainer kicked my ass. We did a mini cross fit style session which makes the half hour go by seemingly fast and slow at the same time

[zengal]

For years I did the slim fast shakes in the can- every single day for breakfast, and only one flavor! I never had time to make anything and it helped me feel not so sick from low blood sugar when I woke up. But then they changed the formula and made it undrinkable to me. I'm not sure if I could do it again.

[zengal]

Hooray for the good workout jjh1119!

[jjh1119]

zengal if it is just for convenience carnation instant breakfast has the same amount of calories and tastes much better

[gldnbearz]

I've been trying breakfast shakes off and on for years. Usually some combination of milk/milk substitute, banana, frozen fruit, Greek yogurt, protein powder, and ground oats. It just doesn't have enough substance to hold me.

Peanut butter toast and some milk works just as well and is less complicated to prepare.

[zengal]

It's been about ten years (!) since the slim fast. Recently the lactation smoothie has taken front and center! It's quite similar to what you just described gldnbearz haha. I'm always running late in the morning, so I do prefer to drink my breakfast on the go. I usually have second breakfast mid morning.

[jjh1119]

I'm the opposite. Breakfast is big/ highest calorie meal for us, but I have the time to make it. Usually heavily veggie filled omelets and toast. But butternut or sweet potato hash is good too

[gldnbearz]

zengal Yes, didn't know I was drinking close to a lactation smoothie all these years. I tried adding brewers yeast to the smoothie and frozen fruit is too light in flavor to mask the taste.

jjh1119 That omelette sounds yummy.

[zengal]

Ew, true about the need to mask the brewers yeast gldnbearz! One time I added it to my oatmeal. Bad mistake, as I had off-tasting neon yellow oats. Anyhoo, do the banana and just add peanut butter, which is sweet and flavorful enough to disguise the nasty. I got the recipe from ninergirl52.

[gldnbearz]

zengal Yup, peanut butter and banana is about the only way to disguise the flavor of the brewers yeast. It's been a while since I've made one.

These days, I've been making a version of instant oatmeal to go. I put about a half cup of quick or instant oats, 1/4 cup of Craisins, 1-2 tbsp ground flax seed meal, and brown sugar into a Tupperware and add hot water when I get to my desk at work. Making a week's worth at a time is quick and easy.

[zengal]

^^^That's a great idea!!

[zengal]

Just checking in. I have succeeded in eating clean so far this week, and didn't even have ice cream yet!
jjh1119 are you sore from your workout?

[jjh1119]

zengal, not sore but it was heavily cardio. It's so great to get past the total body soreness that happens when you first get back to working out.

I got AF yesterday. So I had ice cream last night. BUT a kid's size. Feeling pretty good about this week. Bought a vegetable quiche at the farm store we go to near the beach. So breakfast is taken care of and fairly healthy. Using up the produce and haven't ordered out. So win win win.