Scared out of my mind

I am bloating like a balloon too. I weighed on Saturday and I was down one lbs, if I weigh myself now I will be up five pounds, at least. It is TOM, so don't worry too much. I have decided that from next month on, I am just not gonna go near the scales during the TOM.

Your free day is 31st, I am putting mine on 29th (It is a little difficult to eat well on saturdays for me, coz that's the only day I am taking off this week, and would want to meet friends, go out for brunch etc). Let's do this together, nightrunner. I am dead serious. Let's check in on each other re: sugar intake, calories etc (although your and mine will prolly be different). I am in.

Oh and I read somewhere that you are preparing for grad school. I have also decided that it is time to go back to school next year. Taking GREs in October (yikes!) and then application process begins. God knows how I am going to manage studying for GRE, the apps when I have so many deadlines in the next few months.

Good luck. Will check in on you later.
 
Thats it juni! next month around this time. THE SCALE IS OFF LIMITS for us!!!

Are you going to be studying in India or will you be back in the states?
 
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KaraCooks said:
There are studies that show that large doses will impair protein synthesis - so don't go doubling or tripling up on doses, but later studies (most specificially a double blind study in 2008) showed that moderate doses of ibuprofen didn't harm muscle building efforts. a normal adult dose of Advil isn't going to harm anything long term.
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Must apologize first nightrunner for highjackin' your journal :p

Kara .. good point.

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YMMV and all that good stuff!
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:doh: I have no idea what YMMV means

nightrunner .. nice to see another avid tennis player!
 
Hey nightrunner, thought i'd 'pop' in on your diary since you visited me...

Looks like you are doing really well! Did you manage to make good choices at the Thai restaurant? Those hot spicy foods are my downfall :ack2:, I love'em and at the moment am just staying away... I'll need to come up with a strategy soon though!
 
I said it in Juni's diary and I'll said it in yours, going cold turkey on bad foods is sooooo difficult! Just try to eat less and less or them each time! And you're doing that, you're doing great! You're acknowledging that you're doing it as well.

You should really do the c25k! I love it. just go easy. I went easy on myself. I try not to push myself til it's not fun.

Keep up the good work!! and good luck on this week! You can earn that cheat day :)
 
Core elements-no worries, its nice of you to drop by

Anna-we didnt end up going for Thai. My friend who was suppose to drive us got a flat tire so we canceled. I enjoy spicy foods occasionally but some foods are so spicy that i cant really taste anything. My mouth is just burning-that i cant handle.

SWT-kudos to you for being able to workout at home! I've tried this on and off so many times in the past and it works for me for maybe the first month at most. Then i start getting lazy, or i'd start a workout and not complete it because i get called away...

Antyoch-yeah you're right. ive recently been trying to satisfy my cravings for sweets by eating fruits, dates and honey, but occasionally ill give in and just have a pastry or something sweet. I just try not to go back for seconds-unfortunately it doesnt always work!

Okay so food log for today
breakfast - 1wholewheat pita, boiled egg, skim milk, 2 tbsp honey and ...*sigh* fruitloops:blush5: BUT! they are all done now so you wont be seeing that on here anymore :p (~800)

lunch-apple (~100)

dinner- garden salad, 3 tbsp peanut butter, apple, 1/4 ww pita, boiled beet, piece of watermelon, cactus pear, approx 10 dates, skim milk (~800)

workout: 60 min body pump class, 15 min walk on treadmill

total calories: 1700. I know my estimates are likely off but im still budgeting to buy the food scale...hopefully by sometime next week!

Im all ears for any changes i should make about what to eat!!
 
hey nightrunner! Tennis is my out of gym exercise of choice myself. i started when i was about 370 (well before i joined here) and i remember needing break every 10 minutes lol. now i play for hours on end no problem! I'm a morning guy. it took a lot of practice but i manage to be at the gym by 5 am because i end up being there for 2 hours anyway lol. keep up the good work and i look forward to hearing about the book you buy in the near future!
 
Hey! I've skimmed through your diary & it looks like you're doing very well! I've never tried dates b4 but it seems like a lot of ppl on here eat them... maybe I'll give them a try.

Congrats on your success so far & keep it up! I'll be stopping by :)

Thanks for visiting my diary and good luck with the phd application process... I know it can be very stressful but just stay positive.
 
Hi Nightrunner,

Yay!! You did well on Monday. But only apple for lunch? I would starve if I just had an apple for lunch and nothing else in between. Were you trying to make up for the fact that you many have eaten 800 cal in the morning? I am no expert, but I have realised that if I am full, I tend to crave sweet things less. Like yesterday, I had good breakfast that kept me till snack time, I had some buttermilk and almonds (took your advise:) ) then I had a light lunch, came back home from work, some yogurt and then a very light dinner. I wasn't trying to be very strict with myself re: sugar because I was afraid my body would rebel, but my body was so happy and full that it didn't demand the sugar it does every evening. :)

But if you were not hungry, my theory above will not be true...:)

Good work on the working out bit. I have been so bad about it (damn the monsoon- it rained again this morning so no yoga class or running). Aaaah! Maybe I'll walk to work.
 
Well done on getting to the pump class, they are killer, last time i did one I couldn't get my arm up to brush my hair for 3 days.:smilielol5:

Maybe I'll try another one soon. They definately burn the calories!
 
Hi kureransu and thanks for stopping by!! Tennis is so much fun but im still trying to learn how to keep the ball in the court for the most part. I cant wait for the day where im good at it. It truly is enjoyable!!! Im so jealous of you! I tried to be a morning person with my workouts but it only works if i have nothing to do for the day :D otherwise i have no choice but to have my workout in the evening...

Thanks Splish! It's always great to hear such encouraging words even if i dont feel like im doing so great. It makes me want to work harder to earn the nice comment...lol if that makes sense

Juni-Yesterday i was supplying at the child care centre all day so my eating was a bit off. Thankfully i wasnt hungry during the day because i didnt have much time to pack a proper lunch- I was enjoying breakfast so much that i didnt realize what time it was :smash:-but you're right i think that breakfast helped curb my hunger so i guess it worked out okay. Don't throw away your theory-what works for you may not work for me and vice versa. To be honest i dont think i have a "way" of eating. Some mornings i wake up with a bigger appetite than others. But overall i try not to let 6 hours go by without eating anything. And if i find im not hungry and its been 4 hours since ive last eaten something, ill have an apple or something before the hunger pangs hit. Otherwise i feel too hungry to be able to properly control my portion sizes. I had read somewhere that if you have something to eat every 3-4 hrs it keeps your blood sugar level relatively constant which keeps your sugar craving in check. It doesnt have to be an actual meal of course but a piece of fruit or some nuts will do the trick until its time to have your lunch or dinner :)

I've also read that you should have your meals around the same time everyday so your body knows when to expect food. I've tried doing that but during the school year my schedule is pretty chaotic-and then during the summer my eating schedule begins whenever i wake up pretty much (sometimes thats 7am, other times its 9:30).The only thing i make sure i do is eat breakfast...other than that its pretty unpredictable-hmmm now that i think about it this is probably why i need to keep a log of what i eat-i could easily overeat and not even know it!!

Anna-you're right bodypump really does cause some serious aches and pains. I went to the class last week for the first time in maybe 2 and a half months and i seriously dont remember ever feeling so sore in my life. I couldnt sleep because anytime i moved it hurt. But like Kara and core elements mentioned somewhere in this thread doing cardio afterwards really helps. I've been to 2 classes since that first one and now that im doing cardio afterwards i feel almost no muscle soreness. Have you tried body attack or body combat? There is a session of body attack that im going to try later on today at 5.
 
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well i didnt make it to body attack yesterday, but i did got out for an hour and a half walk with my mom

Food log...

breakfast-raisin bran and skim milk, boiled egg, apple (500)

lunch-spaghetti and meat sauce, tangerine, 1/2 a banana muffin (~800)

snack-5 dates, 3 prunes, skim milk (300)

dinner-apple, banana, (200)

total: 1800

i weighed myself yesterday and im still up 4 lbs :smash: i will stay positive and work through this. i will stay positive and work through this. i will stay positive and work through this.
 
yeah i've gotten pretty good at tennis now. i hit with massive top spin and am developing very good control now. took a minute though. tons of vids on youtube to help me though that lol. Yeah, i have to do my gym time in the morning. i have to take care of me first. nothing else comes before, obviously there are exceptions, but 99% of the time if its a weekday, i am at the gym in the am before work.

Don't let the scale scare you its not truthful too many factors, when i weighed in on monday it said i gained 5 lbs lolololol. i just ignored it and figured i stayed the same. today i did a another weigh to make sure, and now i am 1 lb less than i have listed, and i know i didn't lose 6 lbs in 2 days, just like i knew i didn't gain 5 over the week. I've said this before, but you aren't doing this to lose weight. you're doing this to become healthy. which in most cases consists of losing weight, but it is far from limited to just losing. You are rebuilding your body, and even though the pounds may not come off when you want them, it doesn't mean your body isn't benefiting from your hard work! in the end it'll balance off and the weight will fall off! i'm rooting for you.
 
Hi nightrunner!!

The ugly truth was hilarious and insightful :p You should definitely see it if you can!

and I posted in Juni's diary about the protein powder but I'll post in yours too! The stuff I have tastes like rich white chocolate. (supposed to be vanilla :\) I'm sure there's better tasting stuff out there!! Maybe see if they have little trials of it so you can taste it first :p Part of my problem is I dont like white chocolate!! blech

kureransu said it, dont worry about the scale! It's probably just water or muscle it will come back down soon :) you've been losing weight, and you'll lose the rest of it! Keep up the good work!! You can do it :)
 
Hey night runner,
stinker on the weight thing.... I'm sure it'll go back down in the next week or so. From what you've written it seems like you've got the food/ exercise thing going really well.. keep it up!

Do you weight every day? I do. I think I'm addicted to weighing in. I only write down the weight once a week though. (I try to ignore any increase if it isn't my weigh day).

try to do something fun today :)
 
Thanks for your kind words everyone! I'm so glad im part of this forum because everyone is so positive and its great to be here when feeling down.

im not a fan of white chocolate either antyoch-it gives me a headache. I thought you bought the unflavored powder which is why i asked. Thanks for the info though :)

So i moved my ticker back up but im not going to weigh in again for another week. im such a bad emotional eater, or i guess you can say a good emotional eater. After work yesterday my feet were killing so i didnt end up making it to the gym. I told myself id go home and relax for a bit then go later, but of course i didnt. that made me mad at myself so i ate ...and ate and ate. I know that part of the reason i let go was because i was upset about the extra weight but also because after leaving work yesterday i was in such a shitty mood.

I hate feeling incompetent and yesterday while supplying at the daycare i had to care for a child with special needs. He's a really sweet kid but he didnt know me, and i didnt know him, so it was really difficult to work with him. What pissed me off was that i wasnt given any direction as to how to work with him, but i was expected to figure it out. *sigh* to be fair the other teachers in the room did help, but i still felt miserable after leaving work

anyway today is a day off. I didnt go to the gym this morning because i didnt want to get out of bed. Im going to a friends house for dinner tonight so thats something to look forward to. hopefully ill get a good workout in between now and then...
 
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Today was a good day

breakfast-banana
lunch-boiled egg and an apple
snack-fruit salad
dinner-biryani, butter chicken, garden salad, beef kabob, stawberries (there was choc cake but i didnt have any :) yay me)

workout-cardio on stationary bike.
 
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