Best of luck this weekend ladies!!!! Stay focused yet enjoy yourselves. I am having a B-day party for hubby so won't be ultra strict but definitely going to work on making better choices with them.
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I should be good for the weekend. Weekends are easier for me since all I have access to is the food I bring into the house. I have all the right food at my disposal and none of the crap I'm tempted with at work. I do work at the gym both Saturday and Sunday and that guarantees some neat and an opportunity to work out. Rarely do we ever go out on the weekend and only if I want it bad enough to pay for both of us. And bf is trying to lose a little as well, and he is beyond supportive of my efforts, so the weekend should get me back on track. It is easy when you have no life :-).
LOL!! I am going to have to hunker down. Big wedding on the beach tomorrow and the Portland BITE on Sunday (lots of food). I think I'll have my teeth wired shut on the way home tonight!
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I am good for the weekend. I am fortunate to love health food. It's once a month I have the major sweet tooth. I am doing pretty good, not getting too hungry with my deficit. (thank goodness) I have a wonderful hubby who helps me stay on track. I do not go out so that's a big plus.
Sounds like some good planning for success going on.... I, on the other hand, have had a crappy week overall with food. Nothing really going on this weekend to tempt me, but I'm definitely falling victim to emotional eating (you know... crappy weather all week, lack of money, my trainer quitting the gym, no kitchen sink for almost 3 freaking months, the thought of having to go back to school in 3 weeks.... ugh.)
Yeah... I'm making excuses.... none of which help me get where I want to go. I just feel overwhelmed right now, and although I was back on track yesterday, I seem to have wandered off the path again today. This sucks.
"As far as (healthy) eating, either do it, or don't. Same issues repeated over and over is just insanity. We either commit to the endeavor or pay lip-service to it. This is the hardest part of the whole process, and it needs to be practiced more than the actual physical training. It's mind training." ~ Matt Thorne
"The reason that most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment."
Vent away! That is why we are here. I am on the same page as you, food not as perfect. Didnt hit my 35% caloric deficit at all this week. I measured most of what I was eating but not everything. I tasted way too much of my baby's food when preparing it.
I am an all or nothing type (trying to change that), and if it doesnt go perfectly for me, I feel like I can splurge and "start over" on Monday. I HATE THAT!
The good news is the scale was down this morning.
Stay strong. Even a 10% deficit is better than a surplus. We are having people over and I am making BBQ chicken with grilled veggies, so that is what I am going to eat! I just hope they dont catch me weighing my food.
Sounds like some good planning for success going on.... I, on the other hand, have had a crappy week overall with food. Nothing really going on this weekend to tempt me, but I'm definitely falling victim to emotional eating (you know... crappy weather all week, lack of money, my trainer quitting the gym, no kitchen sink for almost 3 freaking months, the thought of having to go back to school in 3 weeks.... ugh.)
Yeah... I'm making excuses.... none of which help me get where I want to go. I just feel overwhelmed right now, and although I was back on track yesterday, I seem to have wandered off the path again today. This sucks.
/vent... sorry.
I'm not very good with words but I know what it's like to fall victim to emotional eating. When things get that stressful you sometimes have to forgive yourself and realize it's okay. The last time that happened to me I didn't let it bother me, just continued doing my best and I actually lost a pound that week, go figure.
I've been doing pretty good this week, though I just had chips and cheese dip (too much of each) and went over my calories for the day. oh well...there's always tomorrow, right?
I have a wedding to go to tomorrow. I plan on getting to the gym in the morning and getting in some cardio before. I also think I'll eat at home to help me make better choices while there.
The plus is now that Hubby is working on the weekends, I won't have Mr. Double cheeseburger and fries sitting beside me, torturing me.
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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
The plus is now that Hubby is working on the weekends, I won't have Mr. Double cheeseburger and fries sitting beside me, torturing me.
ROFL Ginny!
Thanks for the support guys.... I'll be starting tomorrow morning with my cardio tennis class, so hopefully that will get me off to a good start and I can continue that!
"As far as (healthy) eating, either do it, or don't. Same issues repeated over and over is just insanity. We either commit to the endeavor or pay lip-service to it. This is the hardest part of the whole process, and it needs to be practiced more than the actual physical training. It's mind training." ~ Matt Thorne
"The reason that most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment."
My weekend will be pretty uneventful. I usually go out on the weekends, I just have to make sure the choices I make are better than they have been in the past. We usually go out with others so, I don't always know where were going until the last minute, which makes it really hard to plan. Wish me luck!
Hang in there Lori & Workoutgirl. I am the same way. It's all or nothing for me and I hate it too. We just have to learn to forgive ourselves and move on.
Sounds like some good planning for success going on.... I, on the other hand, have had a crappy week overall with food. Nothing really going on this weekend to tempt me, but I'm definitely falling victim to emotional eating (you know... crappy weather all week, lack of money, my trainer quitting the gym, no kitchen sink for almost 3 freaking months, the thought of having to go back to school in 3 weeks.... ugh.)
Yeah... I'm making excuses.... none of which help me get where I want to go. I just feel overwhelmed right now, and although I was back on track yesterday, I seem to have wandered off the path again today. This sucks.
/vent... sorry.
I've had my days too this week. The important thing is to recognize it and move on! Oh, and to vent!
I just got home from hosting a mt bike marathon at the ski area...with lots of temptation, chips and candy inside, and twizzlers, pretzels, snacks at the aid station where I was sitting bored out of my mind! But I resisted! Now let's hope that the rest of the weekend goes as well--I have to make another trip to Gettysburg, which means eating dinner out tonight, breakfast in the am, and buying groceries that will stay good in a cooler. Hmmm...
Well, my weekend plans went off the rails a bit -- some friends were passing through town, I thought on Sunday, and I'd invited them to brunch, for which I'd planned to fix an array of fruit, veggies, lean meaty goodness, etc. (i.e., stuff I could eat). Turns out they were coming through today, and since I hadn't done a grocery run yet, I ended up taking them out to the local Greasy Spoon Joint of Delicious And Yet Sinful Breakfasts. On the upside, I practiced restraint, and just had some eggs scrambled with mushrooms and spinach. And one piece of toast. Without butter. And only one forkful of hash browns. (OK, a big forkful. Whatever.) The other upside is that I should have no problem sticking to my eating plan for the rest of the weekend, and plenty of time for the gym and some long walks.
My weekend was not good either. Dont want to go into detail, I just want to move past it, but I know this is my area of weakness.
A new week.
The good news is, I feel since I am always overeating, and I still have lost weight, means that if I were doing better, I would probably get really lean. So Ive got no excuse except my own mouth!!
I can tell you what inspires me. Bodybuilders in my gym preparing for a show. Working out hard and not cheating on their diet.
I know you guys will inspire me with your success stories.
Definitely agree!! I keep picks of them to look at when I need a little motivation, especially Gina Allioti. I love success stories. Hope we have many from the challenge.
I don't usually eat anyting specific pre-workout, because I'm usually working out in the evening, so I've already had plenty of energy through the day. Post workout, I made up my own recovery drink with 1/2 serving of orange flavored gatorade powder and a scoop of vanilla protein, and sometimes creatine. It tastes delicious, like an orange creamsicle..mmm.... This is the only time I delierately consume simple sugars, because in the post workout window, the sugars help deliver the protein directly to the muscles to aid in repair, etc, and the sugars don't just get stored at fat since your body needs to replenish its glycogen. And I have a huge sweet tooth, so this helps satisfy me more than if I did something healthier like an apple with protein. :P
This is exactly the information I was looking for. I knew I had read that somewhere.
And I tried my protein powder with gatorade - Yummy!
No more rest weeks for me. Too many opportunities to backslide. I can lower the intensity and frequency of my workouts but I can't just rely on diet and recovery (stretches, etc). This weekend was just And I'm going to Vegas this coming Friday so I have to get my act together. Thank goodness for more carbs for these next few weeks.
New week, another opportunity to get things right.
No more rest weeks for me. Too many opportunities to backslide. I can lower the intensity and frequency of my workouts but I can't just rely on diet and recovery (stretches, etc). This weekend was just And I'm going to Vegas this coming Friday so I have to get my act together. Thank goodness for more carbs for these next few weeks.
New week, another opportunity to get things right.
this is interesting. Can you explain why you feel the rest and recovery is not working for you? Just curious......I find the same can happen to me!
This week has sucked overall between Tropical Storm Edouard and the stuff with my brother. I've been over calories this week. I'm back on track as of today but I still have travelling to deal with later this week.
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this is interesting. Can you explain why you feel the rest and recovery is not working for you? Just curious......I find the same can happen to me!
It just felt like a vacation. I need to move in order to stick with my diet, if that makes any sense. I tend to stick to the diet because I don't want to undermine all of my hard work in gym. I don't need to do full, high intensity exercise but I need to do more than recovery and NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogensis).
It just felt like a vacation. I need to move in order to stick with my diet, if that makes any sense. I tend to stick to the diet because I don't want to undermine all of my hard work in gym. I don't need to do full, high intensity exercise but I need to do more than recovery and NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogensis).
I wanted to know what NEAT stood for but was too afraid to ask!
Anne, I just tried your corn starch/water substitute for oil in my salad dressing and it worked perfectly and is WAY lower in calories/macros! You rock!! I even was able to use about 1/2-almost 2/3s less than I normally do because the corn starch mixture made it seem to spread better. yay!! Thanks again!!
Good, glad you found it useful. That's one of the things I've really worked at this time, finding new (maintainable) recipes that I enjoy. Since I know I couldn't eat things I hated until I've lost all the weight.
Yay Sinead! WTG! I ended the week strong after a pretty crappy week of eating... I did great this weekend though, and managed a .6 loss for the week overall. I'll take it!
"As far as (healthy) eating, either do it, or don't. Same issues repeated over and over is just insanity. We either commit to the endeavor or pay lip-service to it. This is the hardest part of the whole process, and it needs to be practiced more than the actual physical training. It's mind training." ~ Matt Thorne
"The reason that most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment."
Well I am up 1 pound on the scale today but I think that is a combination of too many carbs this weekend (calories weren't too bad, just carbs) and a 2nd degree sunburn. So I am surely retaining some water. Clothes feel about the same and I just switched to my "tight" jeans so I would probably notice the difference!!!
I have my eating plan and ramped up workout routine in place for the week. Now it's time to just do it!!!
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Too many opportunities to backslide. I can lower the intensity and frequency of my workouts but I can't just rely on diet and recovery (stretches, etc). This weekend was just 
And I'm going to Vegas this coming Friday so I have to get my act together. Thank goodness for more carbs for these next few weeks. 
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