Working on Weight Loss During Training—New Year New Us!

[Kristi1357]

Good morning, LOSERS!

I had eggs, canadian bacon & a WW smoothie with added strawberries for breakfast. 100% Core and I am so full right now! I wanted to get in a really good breakfast before hitting the gym this morning. Now let's hope I can move around that track with all this in my tummy!

My sister is having a Tupperware party this afternoon. She lives about an hour away, so I plan on having one of those soup at hand soups in the car. I am bringing a veggie tray with low fat ranch (f.f. ranch doesn't stick as good). I will probably still eat a little bit of junk, but I won't be nearly as bad as in the past!

Tonight will probably be something really light since I go to bed early. maybe tuna? I will most likely have some popcorn as well since I have to sit on the computer doing eBay listings tonight. And printing some pics since I ran out of ink...again.

 

[deekaypee]

Kristi: Sounds like you're having a great weekend on Core. Congratulations on that, and on feelling satisfied. How was the Tupperware party--both in terms of the food and the get-together?

DH and I went out last night because he felt the need for a steak. I did well on the entree portion of the meal. No appetizer, although I did order a glass of wine. Instead of getting the pasta dish at a steakhouse like I normally do, though, I ordered a jalepeno gardenburger. (Not as tasty, but better than the cream sauces the restaurant drowns its pasta in.) Then I substituted a salad with low-fat dressing for the steak fries. But then....there was dessert. They had creme brulee, a personal favorite, so I ordered that. (Do I even have a sweet that's not a personal favorite?) To my credit, I ate half of it before pushing it away and DH finished the rest, along with his ginormous slice of Key Lime Pie!

So today, I've tried to be extra careful, even though we normally go out for a Sunday-afternoon nosh to accompany our NYTimes. (Actually, I've been pretty good about his since the beginning of the new year, but today I was superaware because of last night's indulgence.) The problem is, I've been having one of those super-hungry days and I'm not quite sure why. I'm trying to manage, but....

B: Oatmeal, orange
S: Unsalted Rice Cake
L: Bagel w/ peanut butter, yogurt w/ granola
S: Non-fat small latte, almond biscotti
D: Salad, Pineapple, Vegetarian Chili

Dessert? No dessert for me if I want to get this scale moving. If I get hungry, though, I'll try & eat more veggies. Carrots & Celery, with maybe a bit of hummus or peanut butter. Maybe I'll have ants on a log and embrace my inner child!

How's everyone else doing? Hope your weekend is going well and you're feeling strong.

 

[Kristi1357]

Kristi: Sounds like you're having a great weekend on Core. Congratulations on that, and on feelling satisfied. How was the Tupperware party--both in terms of the food and the get-together?

As usual, I am all talk. Or, I start out the day great, then finish not so great.

I ate a ton of cheese & crackers at the party. I also had some veggies & dip. I finally got home & got to work on my listings. Chad has the house in total disarray - putting in a closet organizer in Zack's room. So, the contents of his closet are EVERYWHERE. Needless to say, I can't really do any cooking. And my parents had leftover pizza & gave it to me. So, it's pizza tonight. And with everything still everywhere right now, there's no counter space for me to make a salad for work tomorrow. Ugh. Thank God my parents offered to let Zack sleep there tonight! Or he would be sleeping in our bed, kicking me all night & I'd get no sleep.

So, I am going to just grab a mish-mash of as many core things I can find for food at work tomorrow. At least the cafeteria is closed for the holiday so I won't be tempted into buying a croissant or bagel.

And why is Tupperware so gosh darn expensive?
I much prefer a Pampered Chef party!

 

[nepatsfan73]

Hi all. With the encouragement of some WISHers in response to my earlier thread about a sanity check, I have decided to try and do the 2008 Disney half marathon. This will not only require me to start from ground zero (after having both hips replaced and encountering several complications), but also losing at least some of the significant amount of weight I gained back as a result of all the problems. Sad to say, several years ago over a period of 2 years I lost over 100 lbs and have now gained it all back. Luckily I hadn't gotten rid of all my old clothes, just most. I'll apologize in advance if I don't post too often, but I usually do read.

My plan is to start "training" (if it can be called that at this stage) tomorrow. This weekend's "training" was moving the new treadmill to the basement with the help of my wife and assembling it. I'm going with the thought that given the weight of the treadmill capable of supporting my current weight, it should count at least as a little bit of stregnth training.

Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and introduce myself a little.

 

[Kristi1357]

nepatsfan73!

 

[RedDragon]

nepatsfan: happy to see you over here! I can't wait to hear how your training is coming along!

Tomorrow is a holiday here. My goal is to get a short run in with some speed work. Have a great evening everyone!!!

 

[Kristi1357]

Chad is the best!!!
Last night after I went to sleep, he cleaned up the kitchen enough to make my huge salad for today! I didn't ask him to do it.

So, I have my normal, Core-friendly foods here at work.
I just hope I can keep it together once I get home today!

 

[panthergirl]

Hello everybody!

Did you think I just fell off the face of the earth? Nope - just a busy week at work. I had to go to our home office in Atlanta on Thursday and drove back on Friday so I was away from my computer for long periods of time. I think I am all caught up with all of you now though.

Here's what I did last week:

Monday - I was exhausted from my Sunday workout with my trainer so I took the day off from training. I did well with food. I made a turkey meatloaf and planned to eat off of that all week with brown rice and a veggie.

Tuesday - I did my run in the morning; up to 2.5 miles now! Then in the evening I worked out with my trainer. Food was good this day as well.

Wednesday - I did a light workout in the morning and then ran in the evening. Had another good food day.

Thursday - Here is where the wheels come off a bit. I drove to Atlanta and stopped for lunch at Cracker Barrel. I had one of their yummy breakfasts which included scrambled eggs, sausage, grits, biscuits and fried apples. It was too good for words! Then I ran on the hotel treadmill in the evening which was a piece of junk! I went to Arby's for dinner to get a salad but I did not realize the chicken on it would be fried. Oh well! I still think I was close to my 1600 calorie goal for the day.

Friday - I had brought breakfast bars and an apple so had that for b'fast then an Arby's roast beef sandwich for lunch. I was so tired when I got home that I just had some turkey on crackers for dinner and headed to bed.

Saturday - After my Kashi and skim milk breakfast with oj, I did my last 2.5 run for the week which ended up being a 5K. Then I had a bagel sandwich for lunch and turkey meatloaf for dinner.

Sunday - McDonald's hotcakes and oj for breakfast then off to the gym to work with my trainer. I had a chicken salad sandwich on in a pita pocket for lunch and for dinner I roasted a turkey breast. I plan to eat off of that all week with brown rice and veggies.

Today I had a dentist appointment at 8 so I stopped at Brueggers for a whole wheat bagel and light cream cheese and a cup of coffee. (lucky me - I get to have a root canal on Thursday!) I'm not sure what lunch will be yet and dinner is turkey, brown rice and veggies. I will go to the gym tonight for 30 minutes on the arc trainer and some ab work.

Keep up the good work everyone! I will try to stay more up to date this week so I can respond to each of you individually!

Take care!

 

[Minnie]

Good morning WISH Team

I got that nasty bug that has been going around and was ill all weekend but the plus side was I lost the couple pounds I gained back

I also joined WW online for the 1-week free trial on Sunday. I selected the flex point program because Core looks almost exactly like SBD and I need a break from that program. I'm going to give it the week and see if it is something I think I can do. So WISH me luck please

So far:
Diet Dew - 0 pts
Oatmeal muffin - 4pts
Yogurt - 2 pts
Lunch will be out somewhere.
Dinner I'm not sure yet.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Jen117]

Hey all... I have been doing OK. I did the TM on Saturday, but nothing yesterday because my tummy was still a little buggy. But today I went to the gym at lunch and did 30 on the cross trainer.

My eating has been OK, I decided to stop counting points and just be more aware of my portion sizes and the kinds of foods I am eating. So far that is working. When it gets out of control, I will go back to counting and measuring. Usually when I am knee deep into training, I tend to get more out of control because I am hungry all the time!!!

So far for today:
B: English Muffin with PB and Jelly
S: Banana
L: 2 small pieces of leftover lean pork roast, corn
S: Coke (argggg)
D: (Planned) chili mac because the girls have been begging for it

Exercise: 30 minutes on the cross trainer


Kristi - What a great guy. Did he actually make the salad too, or just clean off some room??

Panthergirl - Welcome back. I have a hard time eating when I travel, especially when I travel with other co-workers!

Minnie - Let us know how WW works for you. Way back when I did the 2 weeks of SB and hated it. I wanted fruit so bad after that and it made me really cranky!

 

[deekaypee]

nepatsfan73: Welcome and I'll be excited to hear your progress! Half-marathon after all the surgery? I'm duly impressed. And remember, you lost the weight once, so you know you can do it. (That's what I keep telling myself, too!)

Kristi: Chad rocks! As for the cheese and crackers, I asolutely love cheese and so those dairy ads about adding calcium into your diet plans is near and dear to my heart. (Okay, I think they actually say milk and/or certain dairy products and not necessarily my full-fat cheese, but I feel I should have a little creative license.)

RedDragon: Don't you love holidays that allow you to squeeze in another workout?

Susan: First, it's good to get the updates and sounds like the eating stayed pretty much on-track. Managing to work out on hotel equipment is a big accomplishment--I've found most hotel fitness centers are more frustrating than helpful to me. (Conference hotels in Philly seem to be the happy exception!) And way to go on running 5K! Whoo-hoo for you.

Minnie: Ahh, Diet Dew. I'd drink it, but then I'd be super tempted just to go back to full Dew--and I'm a recovering Mountain Dew addict. Good luck with the WW flex program; I'm glad you've got the free trial to test it out.

Jen: Glad to hear you're on the mend. I'm impressed you went to the gym with a buggy stomach, as I just want to lay around and complain. Um, this is probably a stupid question, but what is chili mac?

As for me, I didn't have to go into work today because of President's Day. I slept in late (and thought of Kristi when I woke up) before going to the gym. It was relatively busy, but I got in a good workout--week 6 of C25K for me.

B: Cereal, Banana, Pineapple Juice
L: Yogurt w/ granola, Carrots, Veggie/Faux protein sandwich, 12 oz. diet soda (although I realized I didn't have any soda yesterday!)
S: Rice Cake (puffed styrofoam?)
D: Salad, Fettucini pasta with pesto sauce
D: I don't know?

 

[keenercam]

Hi, everyone!
I haven't abandoned my WISH friends. I am just suffering a horrible migraine and have been very off track for about a week (ever since I didn't get to weigh in last Tuesday night!) I am trying to be more disciplined and have decided I HAVE to get back to core foods since my body felt better on them. I just really have to work on portion sizes. Flex is just too, well, flexible for me! I find it all too easy to use points for junk food.

I got new running shoes this weekend and just hope to feel well enough to use them tomorrow night. Today, i can barely keep my eyes open after being unable to sleep until after 4 am today because of the migraine, sinus pain, a terrible cough and what feels like a re-inflamed sacroiliac joint.

Looking forward to better eating and more accountability.

 

[panthergirl]

Minnie and Cam -

I hope you both feel better soon!

 

[Kristi1357]

Kristi - What a great guy. Did he actually make the salad too, or just clean off some room??

He did both. I have to confess though - I have beat it into his head that since he is among the unemployed, his main job is to make my salad every night. And he does 100% of the time. That said, I certainly did not expect a salad this morning With the house all torn apart! I was so excited when I was packing my lunch bag to see a salad and dressing all ready for me in the fridge. When I thanked him before I left for work, he said it was his "job."

Now, who knew I would ever get excited over salad?

I don't think I was crazy-bad yesterday. But man, I feel like crap today. Just that fat, bloated, I ate 5 lb.s of chinese food feeling (but I didn't - just 2 slices pizza and lots of crackers with brie). Yuck. Even though I feel like this when I eat junk, I do it again & again. Why? Ugh.

 

[Jen117]

DKP - Chili Mac is like a creamy mac and cheese with chili in it. I make it the easy way. Brown 1 pound ground beef, mix in 1 can tomato sauce and 1 can chili. Heat that up and add in about 1/2 to 3/4 cut cut up Velveeta cheese. Heat up until cheese is melted. Stir in cooked elbow macaroni (I make 2 cups dry). Wahhhh laaa... chili mac, it's a kids favorite. Now this makes A LOT, so we always have leftovers. I served it with a big lettuce salad. It's a comfort food and a big red light, so use this recipe with caution!!!

Kristi - Oh you are so lucky!!!!!

 

[Minnie]

After only 1 real day on the Flex Plan of WW I'm thinking its not for me. It gives me way too many options to eat junk (those 2 point WW icecream treats for example). Okay this may be TMI but I was so gassy last night after eating that crap that it was awful.

Thinking of trying core which is really almost exactly like Ph2 of SBD. I just need to follow it faithfully

 

[Kristi1357]

That was my problem with Flex after a year or so. I would just eat alot of 'junk' points. 2 pt. ice cream things, kudo bars, etc. Core is much better for me - now only if I would follow it.

 

[keenercam]

Glad other people understand the struggle. When I do flex, I also tend to spend points on salty snacks and weight watchers ice cream. Not good because it sets off a whole mentality of minimizing real food points to maximize point availability for junk food.
I jumped back on core today. Here's the food so far:
B: fat free plain yogurt; frozen unsweetened berries; coffee w/skim milk
S: apple
L: homemade bean soup(beans & diced tomatoes); turkey burger w/onions & mushrooms (no bread)

Working on getting back on track to drink enough water, get in the required healthy oils, fruit & veggie servings, and multi-vitamin.

The plan is for 4 miles on the TM tonight, but my sinus pain is pretty severe and I'm not sure I will be able to take the pounding of a W/R on the TM. Hoping for the best and being an optimist, I brought my ipod and some powerade. I'm not going to WW since I'll be attending a meeting with a friend on Saturday morning, so I will use the time wisely at the Y, instead.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Hi Everyone!

I didn't mean to be MIA, our computer went to that great keyboard in the sky on Saturday. We had to get a new one, and we can't set it up at home until dh gets his work software uploaded by IT folk. So, I can only post from work for the next few days. This is really going to cramp my -- be on the computer, so I can't put food in my mouth at night strategy -- anyway, at least I can post from work. Sssshh!

I've been doing o.k. with food, and I'm about to do alot better. DH and I give up fried and fast food for Lent. That means no more sneaking a few fries from ds's happy meal. I'm also eating 5 fruits/vegetable each day before I even think about one of those yummy 100 cal packs of candy, crackers, cookies...I'm bound to take in fewer calories.

I just started week 5 of training to train. Today I'm back on the bike, as usual for 30 minutes. Yesterday I ran for half an hour.

a question -- I saw on the news this morning (thanks, Kristi!) that you need to exercise for 60 to 90 minutes daily to lose weight or maintain, just 30 for heart health. But, I understand I shouldn't run for more than 30-45 minutes a day, 3x a week. Would it be considered overtraining if I added 60 minutes of brisk walking to my run/bike days, plus walking 60 minutes on rest days? I'm so confused! I really want to lose weight, and I really want to run the Half in January. Surely they are compatible goals?!

Cam -- It sounds like Core might be for me. I tend to eat a bunch of junk on Flex. I don't want to start going to WW again, and I still have all my materials from a few years ago. I'm going to read over the program so I can understand it better. I never really considered it an option, because I figured I wouldn't know when I was "comfortably full".

Kristi -- Those 100 cal packs are so good...and I would eat 10 of them every day and just skip anything remotely resembling nutrition if I let myself. I'm so glad you guys are talking about the pitfalls of Flex. I carb load on it!

Minnie-- I am told that if you start eating Core, you will stop craving all the little yummies and it will be easier to follow. Boy, I'm hoping that's true.

Jen -- So glad to hear you are feeling better! I'm impressed you trained feeling yucky. That's devotion!

panthergirl -- It sounds like you had quite a week. Good job keeping up the effort while on the road!

dkp -- dh said the gym was a total mob scene Monday I'm glad I just go to the basement for my workouts. One day it's going to warm up, and I'm going to have to face the real world.

Martha -- How was your workout yesterday? Are you enjoying this heat wave? (Yep, it's in the 40s!)

nepatsfan -- Let me echo the from everyone else. I am relatively new, too. I know you are going to have a great time getting ready for the Half. I keep waiting for the excitement to fade, but it hasn't yet. I hope this honeymoon lasts until I finish the race!

Beth -- Thanks for sharing your recipe! I hope you are having a great day!

Sunny -- I hope you're feeling well, and also enjoying our tropical climate

Abra cat, Texa, Angie -- Are you doing fantastic?!

Have a great night, and a fabulous workout!
Maria

 

[keenercam]

Maria -- I think I speak for everyone here when I say how impressed and grateful I am that you take the time to catch up so thoroughly with everyone on this thread. I wish I were better about that.

I just wanted to comment a bit further on core, based on my experiences with it and with flex and with just journaling on sparkpeople.
I am a rules person.
I like to know what the rules are and I'm competitive enough to want to comply with the rules so that I can say I did.
However, I get discouraged pretty easily.
I must see results or it is hard to stay motivated.
Core has very good, sensible rules.
I like knowing what I can and shouldn't eat (or rather, eat in moderation).
I also like feeling as if I am in control.
On flex, I feel like my eating can easily get out of my control.
I tend to eat what I want, when I want and then I figure out the points. If I am over, I will exercise some to earn APs, or I will eat light at the next meal.
What I am more likely to do, however, is eat lightly at breakfast and lunch and then a very heavy dinner and lots of snacks.
My body liked core. It liked protein and it liked whole grain carbs like barley, brown rice, kidney beans, etc.
It does not like ice cream, pretzels, chips, etc.

Core it is for me. Thank God WW gives us a choice of plans because I know a lot of people NEED to do flex, sometimes just because they need to be able to rely on pre-packaged meals or sandwiches, etc. I do much better when I am more restricted and have to plan all my meals so that I am able to stick to core.

Yes, my carb cravings are pretty bad on flex and I am almost compulsive about needing late night carb fixes. I did so much better on core when I just eliminated those choices. I reached for fat free sugar free pudding, fat free milk, fruits, or strawberry shakes made with fat free milk & frozen strawberries.

So, I am trying to get back to what worked for me and to really focus on NOT eating too much. THAT is the challenge of core. Not the restrictions on types of foods, but the awareness that you should be restricting yourself from eating volumes of food.

Okay, I just had my banana and I'll be heading to the gym soon. Powerade is NOT core, but I will just figure on an AP or 2 being allocated to using powerade instead of water, especially when I am sick.