pjlla
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This weekend marks my worst and longest-running binge since the beginning of this challenge. I ate basically non-stop from Friday evening until dinner last night. It wasn't even fun. I'm fine now. Something about Monday straightens me right out, but this weekend was SICK. I ended up with two sugar-coma naps yesterday and I am up 6.6 pounds this morning since my Friday weigh-in. I'm not gonna make excuses or rationalize it. It was just one seemingly un-controllable "unwise" decision after another. Actually "unwise" would have been an improvement; it was more like, "What can I eat that is the polar opposite of what I should should eat?". Self-inflicted abuse-by-food. I finally did get my energy focused about 7:00 last night - cleaned my kitchen, did all the laundry, put clean sheets on the beds, etc. I stayed up later than I meant to because I didn't want to leave anything half-done - I really needed to accomplish something before starting this week. Anyway... I just needed to confess all of that and get it out there. I'll psycho-analyze later and see what I can learn from this.
Thanks for sharing that with us. That sort of thing happens to all of us at some point in time. You started fresh and that is what counts!
How fun that DS came with you on his scooter. That is how my DS usually wants to come along, but I'd rather have him walk (he doesn't come on runs... just walks).DS went with me on Saturdays C25K run he took his scooter but it was more trouble than it was worth because of the hills. He kept saying how much fun he was having and that he wants to do this again, but next time hell just run/walk with me so he doesnt have to wear all the pads and drag his scooter around. He was so funny! I was really surprised he kept up as well as he did, especially dragging that scooter along! It mustve been family weekend it looks like a lot of us had company during our workouts!
Sunday QOTD : What do you think is your WORST personality trait? What do you think is your BEST personality trait?
Worst : CC hit the nail on the head for me! I have very high expectations of myself and everyone else. I have to make a conscious effort to be OK with other peoples efforts even though they sometimes dont live up to my expectations.
Best : This is hard I think that Im a pretty generous person. I like to help people in general, whatever I can do to help, you know.
Jen A I really need to do some cleaning out like that. It feels so freeing to get rid of stuff! My DS is a packrat and getting him to get rid of anything is like cutting off a limb it drives me insane! Have fun with your cruise party we go on the Dream in May, I cant wait!
Mondays QOTD : Oh no... it is 5pm and you have nothing planned. You have one hour to prep and cook and serve this meal... everyone is heading out to sports at 6pm. From your pantry/fridge/freezer basics, what are you serving?? It must be reasonably healthy and low-cal (no frozen pizza). It must have family-wide appeal.
Since DS is underweight I try to make dinners pretty substantial calorie wise and just eat a smaller portion of whatever it is were having and/or skip the side dish. We always have stuff for sandwiches on hand, so I guess for this situation Id have to go with turkey or chicken breast sandwich, soup in addition for DS, and either a salad or canned veggies. Quick, relatively healthy, and filling.
Well, I know I missed a few things I wanted to say, but I really should get some work done today so Im going to cut myself off! Hope everyone is having a great Monday!
Bree
We don't keep much sandwich stuff on hand... I don't like the preservatives or nitrites or nitrates in most lunch meat.. plus it is so unbelievably expensive! But I do love the occasional Subway night!!
Enjoy the last piece of cheesecake! YUM! Enjoy your BL Jumpstart!Didn't get any workouts in but did lots of cleaning! I had leftover veggie lo mein and most of an eggroll for lunch and then a dish of lite mint chip ice cream. Dinner is chicken tenderloins with leftover Sweet and Sour sauce on top of pork fried rice and then that's it for Chinese food! Then DH, DD1 and I are splitting a piece of Oreo Cheesecake.
I'll get up and workout in the morning and get back on trap. PMS is kicking in so I needed to get on the ball tomorrow! I'll do the BL Jump Start and the 3 mile Pilates WATP. I have a massage to give at 10 and another one tomorrow night at 6. DD1's BFF is spending the night tomorrow night as they are going away for 2 weeks and this will also give the girls something to do during the day on Wednesday while I clean my bedroom!
No Y today. Mike emailed me at work and asked if I wanted to run tonight since there is baseball the rest of the week. So in a bit we're going to go for a 4 mile or so run. This will be good because it will keep me off the dreadmill later this week. And it's a cold snap--only 90 today!
Pamela--you took my QOTD for next week!If I were going to make a quick meal it would be veggie fajitas. Beans and whatever we have on hand, with the veggies sauteed in olive oil. I found some healthy tortillas that are made with olive oil that aren't too bad.
As for the contemplating going vegetarian--for me personally, it was one of the best things I ever did. I have stopped eating meat periodically for years, but last May after my Dad died, I lost my taste again. So I stopped for a couple of months, then in July I had chicken at a restaurant--it was raw in the middle. That was it for me. It did take me until October to give up bacon.Not that I would have pieces of bacon, but if it was on something I wouldn't pick it off. I haven't had bacon since October. I've known all along that all cheese is not vegetarian, but only recently have I started paying attention to it. I see the whole thing as a process. It's still hard, because I run out of ideas to cook and when our DS is home we end up eating out a lot. When he's home in December I am going to have a better plan in place, because eating out so much gets old. I just feel a lot healthier as a vegetarian. I pay a lot more attention to what I eat. I still have days where I eat garbage, but I know I need to get some protein in and watch what vitamins I am getting, so when I have junk now, it's combined with other stuff.
Mike is home, so I guess we'll get ready to run. I'll check in later!
Hope the run was good. Did you mean to call it the "dreadmill"?

MMMM... I LOVE fajitas! I'm doing my meal planning for the next many weeks and I am definitely putting fajitas on the menu!!
Do you eat tofu? I read a good sounding tofu recipe recently and I am ready to try it... maybe later this week.
Happy Monday everyone! I have been so busy these past 2 days so I will have to catch up on reading what you all were sharing while I was off.
Sunday we had our DCL party. It was a great day. We listened to Disney music all day and had tons of fun. It is so exciting to be one year from our cruise date (we have already waited one year).Here is a photo of DH and I:
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Today has been cray! I got up and did my 20 minute pilates DVD. Haven't done it in ages so it was a good workout. Then, I ran 3 miles in 28 minutes. I went and tutored and then went to the Y. I did the BodyPump class with my friend and finally came home to do some more cleaning. Didn't even get to the cleaning because there were computer things to do...a new teaching job was listed so I spent time working on a cover letter and sending all my application stuff to the principal. Finally, WDW released discounts for next year so I had to look at that some so that I could discuss it with DH when he got home. I have now come to the conclusion that the day is almost over and I have no clue where all the time went!
As for food and diet...I ate horrible yesterday with our Disney party. I knew I was going to and I am fine with it. I ate great today and know that it is fine. The scale did not change today after a bad day yesterday so I am not going to stress about the bad eating, I am only going to focus on the fact that I know what I need to do and do it when I have to. I was really happy to have lost 2 pounds last week and am fine with a very small loss or a maintain this week.
Chat with you all later - Jen
I love the idea of the party! It looks like you had fun. And the run time was impressive!
P- MENU PLANNING FOR THE next month and a half???? Girl you gotta share that. I can't come up with ideas for this week! Any good websites you use to help you with this? Hope you can get the tooth discolorations thing solved. Anna Kat has white spots on her teeth that I wondered if they were from over flouridation in water, turns out they were caused by a really bad flu she had on her 4th birthday when her fever was 103-104 for 3 days.
Taryn
Not as tough as it seems, especially when school/sports are back in gear and I know pretty much when/where we will be each night.
I print out a blank weekly calendar from PrintMaster and then I just fill it in with the evening meal (main dish, side dish and starch). I also add notes as to what I could/should do to be prepared for later in the week (for example, I might put a note on Monday to remind myself to take Wednesday's meat from the freezer... or remind myself to dice extra onions for another night's meal).
I don't use any website, unless I am trying to plan something specific, like for a special occasion.
Lately I've been trying to use all of the recipes in my recipe box. It seemed like I had lots of stuff I had saved but never used/tried. So I've been trying to make the recipes. If it is good, it goes back in the box. Lousy... in the trash.
Plus I fill in around the edges with easy, quick stuff that I don't really need a recipe for.
I leave one night open about every 7 to 10 days to use up leftovers and just in case something comes up. And that way, if I have something prepped but plans change, at least I have a night to move it to.
I do a big shop about once every two weeks, using the menus to make the shopping lists. Then I stop by the market once or twice a week to pick up fresh produce and milk and anything else I missed.
Anyhow... it's not that tough. I'd be happy to share more about it if you are interested.... but it's pretty basic.
Dropping on to say I'm still around, just really busy. Once again no reminder post will be going out this week, but the results will be put out tomorrow. (If I get a chance tonight, I may do a reminder post, but probably won't happen).
Life is really busy trying to get the house packed up and fixed up for sale. I've decided to give myself an excused on weigh in last week, as I just didn't get it done, and probably won't weigh in again this week.
My last day at current job is this Friday and then its one week at home with DH to get the house ready for sale. Hopefully we can get everything done. I've got a realtor coming to look at the place next Monday morning.
Tomorrow night DH will be going to look at a few new houses, and we'll be going together on Saturday to look at more. We are giving the girls to my parents next Saturday and they'll stay up there for a week, before I head there. We decided it would be easiest for the girls to not be here in the last crazy week as we redo the bathroom and some flooring and painting.
Hope everybody is doing great. Sorry I haven't been on much, I'm sure the fall challenge will be smoother for me
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Life is CRAZY busy for you right now! I don't know how you have the time to even attempt to keep up with us! I sincerely hope that everything goes smoothly with the move and the new job. Are the girls excited about a new house???
Good evening friends! Sounds like we have all been busy lately!
I got my 5 miles done on the TM at the Y tonight while DD was swimming. I might have gone longer, but my darn weak bladder was causing issues... anyone else have this issue??
Anyhow, my run time wasn't spectacular, but this is only the 3rd time I've done a full 5 miles, so right now I am concentrating on completing the 5 mi rather than go for a record. But I did 55:54, which I think is respectable. I'm going to plan to attempt 5.5 mi on Friday... or should I try for 6??
Dinner was a healthy homemade meatloaf.. precooked and pulled from the freezer and dropped in the crockpot for a few hours to defrost and heat through. Side dishes... veggie stir-fry to use up some stuff (summer squash, onions, peppers, mushrooms, garlic), natural applesauce, and mashed potatoes for everyone else. Yummy and easy and filling... can't ask for more than that!
I'm going to get moving! I'm trying to not eat after 9 pm and I have a chocolate Vitamuffin waiting for me in the kitchen!
See you all tomorrow...............P