Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

[Ergonomic Mouse]

Didn't gain on vacay!  W00t!



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awesome!!!!


I think hummus made fresh from dried garbanzos is the best.ever.

[Mom of Scooby]

yay Mini!

UGH, DD is home sick and i came home and she requested monkey bread. Lord save me from that evil temptress.

I was just looking at a recipe for this last night...

[merigayle]

I was just looking at a recipe for this last night...

i posted it on FB last night.

[Mom of Scooby]

i posted it on FB last night.

Oh.. I wasn't looking at yours!  LOL.. that's funny

[merigayle]

Oh.. I wasn't looking at yours!  LOL.. that's funny

i must have read your mind or DD did!

[merigayle]

Yum and i omitted the olive oil
http://ohmyveggies.com/recipe-roasted-cauliflower-hummus/

[diablita]

I was hoping you'd post it here.  Thanks!  I pinned it.

[merigayle]

I *always* weigh myself in the morning, however, I took a rare evening shower tonight and since i was naked and in the bathroom, i hopped on,  +5. Ugh. Sticking to morning weigh ins

My eating has been ok. Not super stellar like the past week, but not bad by any means. So I guess good i made another batch of cabbage pad thai for week's lunch and a big pot of hot and sour soup. I tried making pita bread and burger buns tonight. The buns, they were for DD, and they were dense. I took a bite, not bad, but DENSE. The recipe said cut into 8, i could have easily gotten ten i think. The pitas were not bad. A little on the dense side, but i only had white whole wheat flour, not white. They puffed up nicely in the oven. I will definitely experiment with that recipe some more.

[MiniDriver]

I did a lot of stress eating over the weekend, but I'm back on track today so far.  Gotta have something to feel good about. 

[cgraz]

I definitely went off-plan this weekend - didn't even track at all. It's so hard with meals at something like a work conference or meeting. I did have plenty of fresh fruit and salad whenever it was available. But bigger meals than I am used to, plated full breakfast, 3 course lunches with dessert, buffets for a couple of the dinners, etc. And with a cocktail reception each night and wine at dinner, I also had more drinks than I normally would. I did ok with getting out to run on Friday and Sunday during the windows of free time that I could find - it helped that a great beach location made that very appealing! I couldn't wait to get out there.    So we'll see if there is a bump when I get to Friday's weigh in. I'll try to resist weighing myself before then, so I have a chance to offset it with good choices throughout the rest of this week.

[fancypants]

I'm making "pizza casseroles" for our church's soup kitchen this morning, and I keep telling myself that if I eat the pepperoni I'm stealing from the homeless. It's not working.

[cgraz]

 

That's too funny.

I would be telling myself that little bites while cooking are part of quality control and don't have any points.

[merigayle]

stealing from the homeless atleast there is good karma in your pepperonis

I am exhausted. 3 hours doing co-op at DD's school, right to the gym, 50 mins on an EFX machine (? i thought it was an elliptical when i hopped on and was too embarrassed to get off) and now at work for a busy day. I need a nap!!!

[merigayle]

my weight is up 5lbs today. ate nothing different. wtf  midcycle, just post ovulation, so not really hormones to blame.

[MiniDriver]

Oh, meri I know that horrible feeling!   Grrr!!! 

I've been eating like a horse all weekend.  It's taking all my self-control not to utterly stuff myself.  Luckily I have some good meals planned for the week ahead so if I can avoid snacks I will be ok.   I wish I understood better what makes me want to eat until I feel like bursting and still want to eat more. 

[cgraz]

I would love to know what causes those days where I'm just non-stop hungry.

On the other hand, having been sick all last week, I didn't eat much and was under my daily points pretty much every day. Weird. I think when I'm sick, I also don't really want milky or carby kinds of foods, because they stick in my throat. I tend to eat more fruit and broths and stuff.

So since Thanksgiving I have basically been ping-ponging the same 3-4 pounds back and forth. Now that I have a few weeks with no major celebrations or occasions on my calendar, I'm determined to make the final push for 5 more pounds down to my goal, and then I'll figure out how to maintain.

The trick will be figuring out the best way to eat while training for a half, without going nuts with carbs and stuff and without stuffing myself when I'm hungry after a long run. And I'm planning to swim 1x a week and I always get out of the pool totally ravenous. So I have to make good post-workout food choices.

[merigayle]

yeah training and eating without gaining is hard!

Yesterday I was back down a few of those pounds, but seriously, grrrrrr. 

My coworker said to me yesterday "i've been meaning to tell you that you look so healthy and strong lately" that was nice.

[debbatx]

Between the salt cravings and the ankle/leg swelling, the scale is NOT my friend lately. Holy crap.

[Magic Microbe]

I did a mine mile run this morning and I survived! I essa bit worried because I haven't done more than six for months bit I was visiting my friend and her group was doing nine. Thankfully they gallowalk so I survived. Yay!

[Mom of Scooby]

I would love to know what causes those days where I'm just non-stop hungry.

On the other hand, having been sick all last week, I didn't eat much and was under my daily points pretty much every day. Weird. I think when I'm sick, I also don't really want milky or carby kinds of foods, because they stick in my throat. I tend to eat more fruit and broths and stuff.

So since Thanksgiving I have basically been ping-ponging the same 3-4 pounds back and forth. Now that I have a few weeks with no major celebrations or occasions on my calendar, I'm determined to make the final push for 5 more pounds down to my goal, and then I'll figure out how to maintain.

The trick will be figuring out the best way to eat while training for a half, without going nuts with carbs and stuff and without stuffing myself when I'm hungry after a long run. And I'm planning to swim 1x a week and I always get out of the pool totally ravenous. So I have to make good post-workout food choices.

What half are you doing?