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A nice big Italian salad would be great, Cate, but I have to admit we took the lazy route and got a couple of trays of pre-cut veggies instead of putting in the extra effort. Between running, shopping, cooking, and cleaning, I ended up being on my feet for the better part of twelve hours today. Now I'm watching UFC and finishing up my scheduled glass of Amaretto.

K&D I ran six miles today! It seemed ok, it hurt a little in the beginning but if I focused a bit on how I was landing it was 100% fine. Things are looking up.

So far so good on all my weekend goals. Saturday treats included 1.5 ounces of Smart Food popcorn and 1 Oreo, plus the Amaretto. I'm sitting at 19,600 steps for the day.... Sometimes weird things count as steps, though. Like yesterday, I met my goal for the day while I was massaging my calf. I'm sure some of today's steps were massage-related, but more than half are from the run.
 
Yay for improvement in your health! And for healthy food and all that, of course, but more so for health :p
 
LaMaria said:
Yay for improvement in your health! And for healthy food and all that, of course, but more so for health :p
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I was SO happy after that run, LaMa! I was prepared for being sidelined for much longer so I was on cloud nine even after a slow "shorter" run.

OK, it's Sunday night, let's see how my weekend turned out. Here's my goal list from Friday.
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Goals:
-No sweets today and max 2 pieces of pizza (we get catered lunch on Fridays at work) Total success! And actually my favorite part about lunch was the simple salad they brought, with feta and avocado. Went for a walk with a friend right after lunch and never even glanced at the dessert tray. That walk was crucial to my success.
-11,000 steps Friday and Saturday Did it! Friday was 11,120 and Saturday was 19,743 (with a run). Although it's not an exact science, as I mentioned in a previous post.
-6 miles on Saturday, either running or elliptical depending on the shin. YES!!! Running, and it felt great.
-No more than one drink on Saturday (a glass of Amaretto) Success.
-No more than 3 glasses of wine on Sunday (I refuse to refrain from wine while making pasta or having homemade lasagna). Nope, didn't meet that goal at all. I still drank responsibly, but I stopped trying to count and just enjoyed my time with friends. The drinking tonight will not prevent me from running tomorrow, and that's the most important thing to me.
-Stretch my calves and ice my shin every night. I'm 2 for 3 thus far, but I've still got time tonight. Truthfully I'll probably do one or the other, it's 9:30 and I'm beat.
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The party was a success! I ate reasonable portions of everything with the exception of cannolis... Someone brought a ton of them and those just aren't the same the next day so I'm sorta still munching on them.
 
cate said:
It sounds like you have had a very successful, fun weekend. Well done!
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Thanks Cate! I could have done with a little less wine, but no major harm done there.

LaMaria said:
Sounds great! "Reasonable portions" are the hardest thing...
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It was much easier to keep the portions small as the host. Also, sitting on a bar stool next to people eating in normal chairs at a normal table made it easier, too. I definitely splashed red sauce on a friend's arm and was too scared of dropping my food on the ground to eat much.

KnowAndDo said:
Great tracking and success on the weekend goals. Hope you enjoy the run today.
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It was 45 degrees at 6:15 am, it felt pretty darn great to get out this morning in short sleeves.
 
Jumped on here to avoid snacking during my trigger time. We have brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and the cannolis that I thankfully didn't actually finish off last night, and I wanted all of those things. ALL OF THEM. But I ate none of them. I will give myself permission to have something, but not during a time when I'm known for getting out of control.

Revelation - I should be buying veggie trays from the grocery store more. The ones I bought for entertaining had tomatoes, celery, baby carrots, cauliflower, and broccoli. I don't like raw broccoli but everything else is yummy and I was able to enjoy a wide variety of veggies with my dinner tonight. I know that it's not saving money over getting all the stuff separately, but if I don't eat them before they go bad than I'm wasting money anyway when I have to throw out half of everything I buy. I'm not sure why this has never occurred to me before. I just shoved as many veggies as I could into two little mason jars and now I have something healthy to grab and add to my next couple of meals.
 
Oaks said:
Jumped on here to avoid snacking during my trigger time. We have brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and the cannolis that I thankfully didn't actually finish off last night, and I wanted all of those things. ALL OF THEM. But I ate none of them. I will give myself permission to have something, but not during a time when I'm known for getting out of control.

Revelation - I should be buying veggie trays from the grocery store more. The ones I bought for entertaining had tomatoes, celery, baby carrots, cauliflower, and broccoli. I don't like raw broccoli but everything else is yummy and I was able to enjoy a wide variety of veggies with my dinner tonight. I know that it's not saving money over getting all the stuff separately, but if I don't eat them before they go bad than I'm wasting money anyway when I have to throw out half of everything I buy. I'm not sure why this has never occurred to me before. I just shoved as many veggies as I could into two little mason jars and now I have something healthy to grab and add to my next couple of meals.
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First of all, good job on coming here to avoid snacking. That's awesome of you. So, you should be proud of yourself.

Second of all, I think the veggie tray option is a smart one. However, you would save some money if you just bought the individual vegetables and cut them up yourself. When you buy a veggie tray you're paying mostly for the convenience.
 
The vegetables you eat are the best value. Throw the broccoli in a bowl with a splash of water, plastic wrap the top, and nuke 'em. You'll have steamed broccoli in 3-5 minutes. Just enough time to munch the rest of the veggies. The wrap pulls a vacuum on the wrap which tries to murder you with steam when you pull it off.

Awesome job avoiding temptation. Stay strong like an oak Oaks. Quercus fuerta!
 
ChefChiTown said:
Second of all, I think the veggie tray option is a smart one. However, you would save some money if you just bought the individual vegetables and cut them up yourself. When you buy a veggie tray you're paying mostly for the convenience.
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I wholeheartedly agree, Chef, but my history with attempting to keep a variety of veggies on hand has resulted in a lot of uneaten vegetables. For the most part it's just me eating the veggies so it's easier to get a small quantity of different things, at least for the time being. Hopefully more veggies does become the norm. Also, when I'm trying to be healthy the cost of the convenient produce is more than offset by what I'm saving from not drinking snobby craft beers during the week!

Quercus said:
The vegetables you eat are the best value. Throw the broccoli in a bowl with a splash of water, plastic wrap the top, and nuke 'em. You'll have steamed broccoli in 3-5 minutes. Just enough time to munch the rest of the veggies.
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My original plan was definitely to cook 'em up, but I've never used plastic wrap before. I can totally do that at work, thanks for the tip! I'll try to avoid the murder part. Wish me luck on that.
 
I like the broccoli tip too. For the uneaten veggie problem, stir fries are my current go to option as a quick easy way to avoid throwing too much food out.
 
Yay for veg convenience! I don´t like pre-cut veggies very much but if helps you eat decent stuff: go for it. I occasionally balk at the cost of fresh fruit - only to realize that a portion of the really good chocolate I´d stuff my face with without noticing would cost three times as much (ok, that may tell you more about my portion sizes than you needed to know...)
 
Ah, stir fries. I don't do the cooking around here so I forget that veggies don't have to be a side.

That's interesting LaMa, you notice a difference in taste? Maybe it's a quality issue. That's what G told me to look out for, getting forced to eat the old stuff rather than being able to pick out the freshest ones for myself.

Confession time - I treated myself to 1/2 a cannoli last night (planned) but then ate two cookies later on after I'd already been to sleep. Woke up after a bit and was crazy anxious, then hit up the couch for some tv time with sweets. I haven't done that in a while, I guess I only had so much strength in me.
 
I don´t even like cutting up fresh veg and taking it along for lunch - I prefer cutting it just before eating. i grew up with the convenience of a large kitchen garden and a mother who would cook everything from scratch so I guess I´m a bit spoiled... Any reason for the anxiety or just jerkbrain?
 
Spoiled indeed, LaMa! We ate a lot of frozen and canned veggies growing up. I remember eating fresh green beans for the first time when I was probably 18 or 19 and I couldn't believe the difference.

No discernible reason for the anxiety. Which is annoying. Today has been rough, but I've only got a couple more hours before I can retreat to the comfort of home. Couldn't muster up the energy to leave the house for the gym this morning, but I'll go tonight.
 
I often wake in the middle of the night really anxious for no discernible reason. I sometimes think it may have had a nightmare. It's a horrible feeling. Hope you feel better after a good night's sleep & a gym session xo
 
Figured I should pop in quickly to say hello. The anxiety got worse, but I think things are getting better now. When I get sick my anxiety flares up badly, and I've had on and off cold symptoms for a couple of weeks now that got significantly worse on Tuesday. I ended up staying home from work today.... Yes, I felt physically bad, but I felt mentally worse. And looking back on the few times I've called in sick to work in the past, that is pretty much how it always goes down for me.

Anyway. Food has been awful. Like binge eating all the sweets in the house awful. On Tuesday I ate 7 cookies in bed, among other things. Today I asked G to throw away the remaining brownies. Poor guy didn't even know we had brownies, apparently. So he ate one before throwing away the rest for me. I did make it to the gym yesterday and today. Physically I felt great during today's workout but afterwards not so much. The shin pain came back with a vengeance on Monday after a short run, so I'm back to the elliptical for a bit.
 
Boo for junk food and pain. :ack2:

Bust out the coloring book and tell your shins that I said to knock it off.

I hope you are feeling better today.

Happy Friday!
 
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