Cory's Quest for a Healthier Life

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Quick update. I wound up eating a random piece of pizza I had in the fridge before bed last night, so I broke even. I know it's because I'm stressed out over work. That's actually a lot of why I came back here. This thread has been helpful to me to talk my way through stress eating in the past and the work stress isn't likely to change any time soon.
 
Hi Cory,

I wasn't around here when you last were, but welcome back anyway.

I can absolutely relate to stressing out about work, like probably everyone. One thing I try to do for coping with stress is to say to myself "all this is temporary", something I learned from a self-help book. I'm not really sure if it works, but it surely is true.
 
Hey Cory,
been there 1000 times. Shit happens. Just don't let that continue in next XX days. You had one bad day, tomorrow will be better again.
 
-Cory- said:
This thread has been helpful to me to talk my way through stress eating in the past and the work stress isn't likely to change any time soon.
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I find posting on my diary whenever I am fighting an urge to eat helps, keep doing it! Folks here are great about support, but just writing it or something down here has helped me.
Cate said:
We don't mind being your de-stressors
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A new title, and Cate can be the master de-stressor, or should it be de-stressoress? Or de-stressorix?

Hang in there Cory, you can do this, you are doing it!
 
Thanks for the support guys. It's frustrating to know you are making a bad choice and just....do it anyway.

Today was better. I slept for a really long time last night (almost 12 hours) and took a nap today too. I definitely have not been getting enough sleep lately. Maybe averaging 5 or 6 hours a night? I'm trying to do better, but it's difficult with my schedule the way it is right now. Got up and enjoyed a pretty lazy cup of coffee, took a 2 hour walk with my mom, then went with some friends to an Indian buffet. That was my only real meal for the day. I did have a protein shake and some grapes in the evening so I won't be starving in the morning. I estimate that I hit around 1600 calories today.

I'm a little irritated because I was supposed to go to the gym, but I skipped because my Achilles tendon is inflamed right now. As I mentioned, I've basically been on hiatus for a year because I was struggling with a nerve injury and I'm finally at the point where I'm trying to come back. I maxed out my lifts a couple weeks ago just to get a feel for where I'm at right now and I'm pleased to say that I didn't really lose any strength. Some how. I really don't know how I can be inconsistent for a year and still be where I was, but I'll take it. I think that issue is that while muscularly I am as strong as I was, my tendons and ligaments aren't used to operating at the capacity they were a year ago and I have to work back into it.

The thing is, I don't have to skip everything. I skipped today because I was supposed to squat and it hurts my Achilles at the bottom, but I'm running a program called 5/3/1 and there are 3 other main lifts I can do that probably won't be an issue, not to mention all of the assistance work. My inability to do ONE thing shouldn't piss me off so much that I throw my hands up and refuse to do everything else. I'll try to go tomorrow and just do what I can.
 
-Cory- said:
It's frustrating to know you are making a bad choice and just....do it anyway.
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Don´t I know it...
-Cory- said:
My inability to do ONE thing shouldn't piss me off so much that I throw my hands up and refuse to do everything else.
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...and that. But now you´re prepared and you´ll do better tomorrow. The unexpected is hard to prepare for so it´s ok to not react perfectly.
 
-Cory- said:
Thanks for the support guys. It's frustrating to know you are making a bad choice and just....do it anyway.

Today was better. I slept for a really long time last night (almost 12 hours) and took a nap today too. I definitely have not been getting enough sleep lately. Maybe averaging 5 or 6 hours a night? I'm trying to do better, but it's difficult with my schedule the way it is right now. Got up and enjoyed a pretty lazy cup of coffee, took a 2 hour walk with my mom, then went with some friends to an Indian buffet. That was my only real meal for the day. I did have a protein shake and some grapes in the evening so I won't be starving in the morning. I estimate that I hit around 1600 calories today.

I'm a little irritated because I was supposed to go to the gym, but I skipped because my Achilles tendon is inflamed right now. As I mentioned, I've basically been on hiatus for a year because I was struggling with a nerve injury and I'm finally at the point where I'm trying to come back. I maxed out my lifts a couple weeks ago just to get a feel for where I'm at right now and I'm pleased to say that I didn't really lose any strength. Some how. I really don't know how I can be inconsistent for a year and still be where I was, but I'll take it. I think that issue is that while muscularly I am as strong as I was, my tendons and ligaments aren't used to operating at the capacity they were a year ago and I have to work back into it.

The thing is, I don't have to skip everything. I skipped today because I was supposed to squat and it hurts my Achilles at the bottom, but I'm running a program called 5/3/1 and there are 3 other main lifts I can do that probably won't be an issue, not to mention all of the assistance work. My inability to do ONE thing shouldn't piss me off so much that I throw my hands up and refuse to do everything else. I'll try to go tomorrow and just do what I can.
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I understand you. The same type of perfectionism is bothering me as well. While that can be good for paid work I'm doing, it can be quite bad for things like sustainable weight loss.

There are always bad days and periods, because that's life. Big part of why I'm even here is exactly because I KNOW I will have bad days and probably fail, and I needed a place to write about that and get support. It's very good you wrote here now as well.
Whenever you feel down just remember you are still doing good thing, you are trying every day and doing one more step towards better health which is definetely better than acting careless and letting yourself go.
Even if you manage to maintain weight loss you achieved from the day 1 - that's good! DOn't be so harsh on yourself!

And you are right, you can always do some alternative exercises. Squats are great exercise and I also love doing them, but they aren't a must. You can try some quad isolations instead, something for a glute and basic situps to compensate. It's all good!
 
Today was pretty good. Went to the gym and lifted and did a lot of stuff around the house. I had grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch and a burrito bowl for dinner. Came out around 1600 calories. I'm really glad I went to the gym, now that I'm done pouting over my Achilles issue and the temporary limitations it imposed. I figure I'll skip squatting until it resolves and sub in another deadlift day instead. I'll probably also skip dance for a week (maybe two) as well and stick to lower impact stuff like walking. It's just frustrating to feel like my big injury is healed, but now I'm being held back by stupid little things that are a byproduct of being inactive for so long.

Bench press:
60 lbs for 5
70 lbs for 5
75 lbs for 5

Leg curls:
70 lbs 3x10

Side bends:
20 lbs 3x10

Pulley Row:
20 lbs 3.10

Running Man:
BW 3x10


Side note: Does anyone else find the giant banner ads at the top of the page really obnoxious?
 
It seems to me your exercise regime is pretty good for an injured lady, that and a 1,600 calorie a day diet should be showing results.
-Cory- said:
Side note: Does anyone else find the giant banner ads at the top of the page really obnoxious?
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Yes, and it would help if you posted your complaints on the Trouble Reading and Posting thread https://weight-loss.fitness.com/threads/trouble-reading-and-posting.116941/page-2 . This has happened before, and the forum moderators listened to us and fixed it. Seems like we need to get their attention again.
 
For me the ads are gone but the big blue block at the top of the page still pops up sometimes (like right now). I´m sure you´ll be back to normal gym operation soon; maybe the restart was just a bit of a shock to the system.
 
Trusylver said:
Hip thrusters are not a bad substitute for glute activation while you Achilles is giving you problems.
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Agree, I do hip thrusts a lot, and also glute bridges and I do them regulary.
Not just because I love my booty big and strong, but also they are good isolation to make squatting technique better.
 
I do glute bridges as part of my assistance work pretty regularly. I didn't think about hip thrusters. I could also maybe box squat, if I can jerry-rig something in the pretty poorly equipped gym I go to.

Today was good. I was relatively calm and happy all day, which hasn't always been true lately. Work wasn't super stressful and I got to be outside a fair amount because I had to walk back and forth between the buildings several times. I did good with food too and took a really long walk with my mom. Wound up around 17,500 steps for the day.

Breakfast: egg and chorizo tacos, 500 calories
Lunch: grilled cheese and salad, 512 calories
Dinner: spaghetti bolognese and brussel sprouts, 595 calories
Snacks: grapes, 100 calories
Total: 1708 calories

I hadn't planned on the grapes, but I was still hungry after dinner. I think it's from all the walking today.
 
-Cory- said:
I do glute bridges as part of my assistance work pretty regularly. I didn't think about hip thrusters. I could also maybe box squat, if I can jerry-rig something in the pretty poorly equipped gym I go to.

Today was good. I was relatively calm and happy all day, which hasn't always been true lately. Work wasn't super stressful and I got to be outside a fair amount because I had to walk back and forth between the buildings several times. I did good with food too and took a really long walk with my mom. Wound up around 17,500 steps for the day.

Breakfast: egg and chorizo tacos, 500 calories
Lunch: grilled cheese and salad, 512 calories
Dinner: spaghetti bolognese and brussel sprouts, 595 calories
Snacks: grapes, 100 calories
Total: 1708 calories

I hadn't planned on the grapes, but I was still hungry after dinner. I think it's from all the walking today.
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I'm glad you had good day!

IMO grapes are okay. They are sweet, full of vitamin and fiber, and better choice than chocholate.
 
Great that you could get some walking and some outside time into your work day! :)

Thanks for posting about the ads, too - I find them pretty frustrating; they're not (for me) as bad as they were a few weeks back, but they still block out half the screen.
 
Hey Cory, I think you are doing great, and the grapes are fine, a good idea. I have an evening snack almost every night, I plan it in. I don't like going to bed hungry.
 
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