The mind is the enemy

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Wow on the 10 mile run! That is tough!

I am pretty sure if I ran 11 miles to work, that I'd be so sweaty that they'd ask me to leave. Hmmmm...that might just be worth it! :)
 
Hi Oaks. My Fitness Pal is great. I'm CateAussie, if you want to "befriend" me on it. It makes counting sooo much easier! Cheers, Cate.
 
Haha, Jade, we have a little gym with showers in our building so I'd be fresh and clean for the workday :) It doesn't take more than a couple of miles for me to become too sweaty for public viewing!

I use MyFitnessPal every now and then but I've just never tried out the recipe feature. I'm definitely going to use that the next time I make any homemade treats.
 
Well, I didn't eat my strawberries for dessert last night, I had 170 calories worth of ice cream sandwich plus some grapes. I would have been ok with that except that I'd already had some brownies during the day. And then I went for a run. Which resulted in an anxious couple of miles with a really awful sprint to the bathroom at the end. (Sorry to those who think girls are dainty little flowers, but I think most of you reading know we're not!) My stomach doesn't handle sugary treats well, and I know this, but I ate them anyway. Even though I knew I'd be running. Fail. It's not the first time this has happened, but maybe it can be the last.
 
Think of it as a successful session of negative operant conditioning. You are training your body to associate sweets with acute negative consequences. It's an effective if unpleasant approach.

It's good that you got your run in and that you made it to the bathroom.
 
Sweets are my downfall too Oaks and when I eat too many of them I end up feeling just awful! It is the worst 'bad relationship' I have ever had and I've had a few of those too! :)
 
I hate the 'sprint to the restroom' runs! I've only had one where I truly had to get to a bathroom in the middle of a run (thankfully I was RIGHT by a community center or I don't know what I would have done!). I've done a couple 10 miler's. I often find them easier then my 5-8km runs! You just get into that zone and that pace that feels like you could go forever!
May have to do an 11 miler this weekend on top of my 5km obstacle course run. Less than a month away from my half marathon obstacle course!
 
Q, such fancy words! I'm hoping the approach works, especially now that I've told my normal running buddy what the culprit is. If it happens again and she asks what I ate that day I'll be in trouble!

Jade, why can't we remember that bad feeling when we're stuffing our faces??

Mystic, it was the worst feeling ever, followed by such intense relief that nothing traumatic happened, haha. I also find that long runs can be easier than short ones. I don't get into my groove until a few miles in, which means that I don't get much of the happy runner feeling unless I go MORE than a few miles.
 
I tried to eat away my anxiety last night. Shocker - it didn't work. In between eating I actually turned off the TV and opened up a book I've been trying to read about overcoming anxiety. I read a few pages but then ended up just trying to force myself to sleep. When that didn't work I ate more ::sigh:: TOM started today, I'm sure that had something to do with it, but also it's just what I do.

I've got a "mid-year touch point" lunch with a boss today, and I'm a little nervous about it. They love me, but to a fault. I'm in a particularly unmotivated stage with my job at the moment and am having a hard time being productive, but no one will ever tell me I need to do anything different. Mostly because my team thinks they rule the world and don't care what others think, but I care a lot and know that everyone else is annoyed by us. And honestly I don't have a lot of respect for this particular person, but he's not my direct supervisor so it's usually ok. I usually clam up during these mid-year meetings and just say 'everything's great!', and then I kick myself after for not making these talks worthwhile at all.
 
My feelings are that most evaluations aren't worthwhile. The risk/reward usually makes you reluctant to share concerns and it has been my experience that when I've bothered the outcome wasn't worth the effort. I try to make it about them because the ego stroke usually yields better results than complaints. Cynical much?
 
All the best for your meeting, I´m afraid I´m with Q on the topic... On the plus side: I find that my anxiety gets a LOT better when I eat healthily consistently. Much snacking and it´s there again, dependable as tax season.
 
Today was a day where I was extra appreciative to see a comments appear so quickly. Thank you LaMa and Q for your constant support! I also find evaluations to be mostly worthless. This meeting was much less formal, and actually went very well. The boss went right in for the kill with "I've sensed a lot of frustration from you lately, tell me what's going on." This was the absolute best way to approach me and it opened the door for a really good conversation. If the conversation leads to improvement in the job, we'll see, but this is definitely a step in the right direction.
 
That's great that your boss was intuitive. You never know, this could be a sign of better things to come. I hope so, for your sake. So much time is taken up withyour job, that it really should be something that fulfills you. Glad it went well Oaks, xo Cate
 
Today for lunch I had overnight oats, which is my standby if I don't have anything else planned and am trying to avoid take out. Unsweetened soy milk, rolled oats, chia seeds, chopped fruit/nuts (usually walnuts and dates). As I was preparing it I discovered some dried sour cherries in my pantry so my fruit today was those + a few pieces of date + blueberries. SO GOOD! Why have I never added blueberries before? First off it made everything blue, so I like that. Second of all it tasted like dessert. Winning! And then I got into a battle with my boss about how eggs for dinner and oatmeal for lunch was totally ok. He was not on board.
 
I absolutely love hearing new words from around the world! Yes, at times he can definitely be a know-it-all plonker :)
 
Now I´m curious to hear what he´d have you eat. Does he cook elaborate meals after getting home from work or does he have a partner to cook for him?
 
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