Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

[debbatx]

He can calculate his own damn food.

[Magic Microbe]

He can calculate his own damn food.

I have tried this tactic and he just bitches about how is he supposd to calculate it when he doesn't know what I put in it. Sometimes this is more valid than other times though.

[debbatx]

Oh, FFS.  (at him, not you)

Don't you have an ingredients list? Or are you the kind of person of whom I am jealous - those who can cook without recipes?

[Magic Microbe]

Oh, FFS.  (at him, not you)

Don't you have an ingredients list? Or are you the kind of person of whom I am jealous - those who can cook without recipes?

I almost never use recipes...I cook on the fly.

[debbatx]

Dang, I'm jealous. I can't do that. Still, there has to be something in the WW database that approximates what you're making.

[Courtney]

Hah! Okay, that's a fair point.

Ugh, I forgot, on top of everything else I ate this weekend, I had a slice of wheat bread slathered with peanut butter after we got home from the grocery store. 

God, out of all the things I gave up when I went gluten free, peanut butter slathered wheat bread has to be at the top of the list of things I miss most.  There is just really no substitute for it. 

[merigayle]

went to the Amish smorgasborg (sp?) and did not do too much damage, i could have been happy with just bread (they had a whole bar of fresh baked amish breads, like a dozen or more kinds!) and dessert DD dropped a pretzel in the chocolate fountain and is on their poop list now They were not happy. I had a big plate of salad first, then just some sides (veggies, mashed potatoes, etc) and then a roll and dessert. I took only a few bites of cake and left the rest. And now back to reality and trying hard to lose some poundage. I am aiming for my next big race in early December. Guess i should tell DH 

[MiniDriver]

Today I'm wearing the dress I decided was too short last week. Fuck it.

The last time I wore these boots I was in an ambulance.  I've discovered a few more tears than were evident in the dark bedroom this morning, so I'm shopping for a new pair.  Zappos, here I come!

In the latest geographic, there's a blurb on a chinese herb blue hydrangea or something that apparently does all kind of wonderful things - reduces inflammation, helps with weight loss, it might even help with some kinds of cancers - because it stimulates the body's starvation response.  I wonder if low-calorie diets do the same.

 

[debbatx]

Yay for new boots!

I've been TOTALLY off track with my food since Saturday. Ugh. I've got to get things under control. I'm going out to dinner tonight, though - Mexican food - and on Friday, DH and I leave for our anniversary trip in New Orleans. And if I have to give up wine and coffee, I'm damn well eating dessert, muffalettas, and beignets. Within reason. Somehow.

UGH.

[VP of Tea]

I'm back on track (I think). Even though I still have almost two packs of stroopwafels in my pantry and they do get stale over time! I'll just have to foist them on my co-workers...

I started this morning by having breakfast again. I find it really helps me make it to lunch. I don't do anything special for dinner (I eat whatever DH feeds me and it's no hardship, trust me!) but I am laying off the soda, wine and snackage.

I need to start packing fruit or yogurt or something for my mid-afternoon snack. And I probably should run...

Hang in there Debba and MM!

[debbatx]

Thanks, VP!

[Bolloxd]

Holy shit Debba!  Just read you're all knocked up, Congratulations!!  What is your due date ?
Mini, new boots always brighten the day.  I'm sure you are rocking the dress
VP,  good job on breakfast...that is one of my pitfalls.  Starting the day off right is the way to do it.


So my running has slacked the last few days because of the crazy work hours and my need to sleep to make up for the long days.  I did a poor 2.4 today.  The scale has gone up 5lbs from my usual weight.  I thought and hoped it was a fluke.  Sigh.  Must get back on track.

Also had a shit ton of family drama.  Cannot believe I'm related most days.  Little brother 1 (with recent baby and cheating gf) checked himself into the hospital to detox from drugs.  My dad went psycho and accused mom of cheating because his dead mother told him so in a dream...WTF!  So mom moved out and apparently still has the responsibility of caring for my 10yo nephew because ex-SIL is a shit parent.

Fun times!

[merigayle]

omg! family drama is the worst 

my weight is up. I have been eating ok, but today i had a cookie on my way out the door, and then i had two more they were so good. This is why i cannot have anything yummy in my house.

[diablita]

:hugs: Bolloxd and MM

Debba, I am SO happy for you!!!!!


And count me in the 'not feeling well and feeling heavy' group thanks to some bug we picked up on the way home + ovulating + haven't had time to run in a few days.  I hope tomorrow will be better.

[nadra24]

This site claims 200 extra calories in the last trimester...  That's a big difference from 300 every day over the course of a pregnancy.

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/nutrition/caloriesadayexpert/

and this site claims a bit higher:

http://www.eatright.org/Public/content.aspx?id=10933#.UFMQZI6UxUQ

but both agree on the first trimester without increased calorie intake.

So I'm just getting caught up on this thread after the weekend.  Re-reading my post, I can see that I wasn't very clear on that.  During the first trimester you don't really need extra calories (unless you're losing weight, but that's a special circumstance).  The first website you posted is from the UK, and I wonder if they use different maternal weight gain grids over there than we do.  (You wouldn't think so with something like this, but you never know).  The weight gain grids we use in the US recommend a 1-5 lb wt gain in the first trimester, and then a steady weight gain during the second and third trimesters.  That would be why we recommend increased calories during the last two trimesters, but if the UK has different charts they might have different recommendations.

The thing about calorie recommendations is that they're all estimates anyway.  If you're not gaining enough weight (at any stage of the pregnancy), you should try increasing how much you're eating.  If you're gaining too much, try cutting back.  It's kind of the same thing with weight in general, not just during pregnancy.  I put the numbers out there just as a place to start, and I wouldn't be too surprised if they needed tweaking.

And Nadra, the 300 a day is what I'd heard, too, but isn't that for someone already at a healthy weight? I'm not, that's the thing - I'm fat. To be blunt, based on BMI, I'm obese. I'm otherwise in good health, though, and Reid's pregnancy went really well, but I'd still like to at least *try* to do better this time.

It's definitely something I'll talk to the midwives about (if they accept me), or my doctor if I go back there.
 

I haven't ever heard of a different calorie recommendation for overweight women, though it is probably a little lower.  Some of the weight that you gain during pregnancy is fluids, some is baby, and some is extra body weight stores to support a year or more of breastfeeding (since that's the biological design, I don't mean that as a judgement on someone's breastfeeding decisions in this day and age).  I have no idea how many calories you need for each thing, so I'd kind of just go with Courtney's recommendation of adding 5 points at a time and see what your weight does.

[nadra24]

So Kenyan convinced me to join the WLC.  I am not sure how this is going to go, but I'm glad that he's doing it.  Of course, he's lost about 8 lbs in the last 3-4 weeks, just by adding a little bit of regular exercise and cutting back on regular Gatorade and regular soda (I only buy him G2 and diet soda).  He's also eating better now, since I always make a veggie or a salad with my meals and he's eating real food instead of ordering pizza or getting a burger.  I, on the other hand, have gained those 8 lbs since we got married, because I am not as conscious about portion control now that I'm cooking for two as I was when I was just cooking for myself.  We'll see how it goes!

[debbatx]

Thanks for the tips, Nadra!!

And thanks for the congrats, Diablita and Bolloxd! Assuming all goes well ( ) I'm due May 22nd or so.

I only have 2 days left to get up this week - tomorrow and Thursday. We leave Friday for New Orleans, and there's no way I'm getting up at 5 AM while I'm there. I should suck it up and get up the next two days, right? I've been eating for 10 lately. TOTALLY out of control, and honestly, it's more of a stress thing, I think. I've got DH, Reid, work, the baby, this trip coming up, and I'm taking a class this semester. 

Yeah, I need to suck it up and get up. And start eating right and stop eating junk just because I can. I know there's nothing I can do about gaining fluid or baby weight, but I sure as hell don't need any extra body fat. If that's all you needed to succeed at breastfeeding, I could breastfeed triplets for a year right now.

[Run Amok]

It's funny... I feel like I'm learning to eat all over again. My appetite has somewhat returned and I'm actually happy with my weight right now so I want to avoid gaining much (though I dont have a scale). My plan is to use running to help avoid gain... and of course diet. But, I'm well aware that if I'm going to actually start eating normal quantities of food, I need to lay off the beer, nachos, and ice cream. I've already put my partner in crime on notice that our evenings a the rowie are drawing to a close.

Anyway...

I eat a lot of these: http://74.220.207.120/~fieldroa/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Field-Roast-Saus-SL-6-081.pdf I buy them at coscto because I get one package of each. Each one weighs in at around 250 calories with a moderate amount of fat and a decent amount of protein. I find them pretty filling. I like them because they are tasty, easy, and don't taste at all like meat. 

Yesterday, I had an italian one as a late lunch with dijon, sour kraut, and a wedge of cream cheese. For dinner I had a chipotle one with a dollop of sour cream, 1/4 of a huge avocado, tomatoes, lettuce, red onion and cucumber. I also had a 200 calorie protein bar thingy. So, not too bad.

I also eat a lot of egg sandwiches- easy and filling. I usually do two eggs, a slice of bread, and a slice of cheese.

What I haven't been great about is actually cooking dinner. Taco night has been on the board for two weeks and we have yet to eat any tacos. Ditto for pizza night. Ah well... baby steps.

I had tennis last night- but right now I feel like tennis lessons aren't much of a workout. I was going to run after but ended up chatting with one of the other students instead. Tonight I'm hoping to run, although thurs evenings have been the hard run for me to squeeze in... and I need new shoes. So...

[debbatx]

I'm going to do the best I can in New Orleans this weekend, and when we get back, I'm getting my eating back on track, because this is ridiculous. I'm like a damned bottomless pit right now, but I need to be filling the pit with healthy food, not junk. Ugh. And I put DH on notice this morning that yes, I'm going to start walking in the mornings when we get back and yes, that means the alarms will be going off early, and I'm tired of feeling like I'm causing problems by wanting to work out, so he's going to have to suck it up and deal.

There's a woman I work with right now who's pregnant - she's due early November. She's obese, and was well before she got pregnant. She started having contractions last week. I talked to her yesterday - we're friendly - and she said she has gestational diabetes (but can't be bothered to check her blood sugar, even though "she's following the diet"), is on restricted activity, and being treated for preeclampsia. Um, no thanks. I refuse to let that be me, which means I need to get my shit together. She would be on bedrest, but she can't afford to take early leave, because our maternity policies suck, and out our level, the pay is shit. And I don't think her husband is working.

No, no, and no. That.will.not.be.me.

[merigayle]

that will not be you!!!