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eyckmans said:
If you really think about it Jana you should congratulate yourself on being restrained enough to stop at one and a half slices. You didn't go over your calorie allowance so no harm done.
That man was obviously not the right one for you so you still have the pleasure to come of meeting your Mr Right. :) I got it right second time round and believe me it was worth all that I went through before I met him.
Well done on all the exercise :D
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I know that he wasn't right for me but really, must he rub his happy relationship in? :p Hehe. I try to be happy for him and supportive, since he's still my friend, but I think I would be a lot happier for him if I wasn't single. :D

And thanks! I have been trying really hard to earn points for my time. :D I think I started burning out a little though so I've been taking it easier the last couple days. I did a full hour of belly dancing yesterday, which is pretty low-impact and then some yoga today. After Monday and Tuesday I was actually really sore because I overdid it, so I've been trying to be gentle while still getting a higher number of activity hours in.

Verobc said:
I had a similar experience this week I was in a rush to get back to work and stoped at a drive tru for lunch, bad decision I was sick all night long....I guess my stomach wants nothing to do with over processed greasy junk, and she let me know big time.....I will think twice next time!

Great job on the work outs WOW 6.5 hours is something...I have to get back into that I barely do 1 hours a week now....no wonder I am at a standstill weight wise. Next time I want to pass on a work out I am so gonna think about you!!!! What would Jana do???? And then start working out.
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Yeah, my body just doesn't like grease as much as it used to... though I have to admit my tongue is still a little fond of it. :p But I definitely regretted it after because happiness on my tongue was just not worth it. I'm really glad that I am helping you to want to workout more. :D :D :D
 
JanaNanner said:
It was emotional/starvation eating. I woke up this morning and almost immediately entered a four and a half hour conversation with my ex in which I heard all the lovely details about his current happy love life, all the while putting off eating for the day, telling him I didn't mind hearing all about his happy love and really just feeling dreadful and about as single and alone as single and alone gets. Later, when it was finished, I went to the kitchen with the intention of having a healthy meal. I opened the freezer, there was the frozen pizza, and I grabbed it without a second thought. Admittedly, I did weigh it and count the calories and I still have about 1300 calories left for the day, even after that. What made it wrong was that it wasn't as much a choice as it was a compulsion followed by immediate, thoughtless gratification.

It's kind of funny though that what added up to essentially one and a half slices of extra large pepperoni pizza is considered binging now. In the past it would have been half the pizza. Yay for that tiny silver lining!

Haha. My stomach hates me right now. It's saying "What is this greasy stuff and why'd you fill me with it? Vegetables next time, PLEASE." ;)

I've been doing REALLY well with exercise this week, though. 6.5 hours since Sunday and I haven't even worked out today yet. :)
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oh goodness...no wonder you fell off the wagon... i think i would have done the same with that phone call! :( i understand exactly what you mean...yes your calories are fine, but you are not happy about your decisions when eating the pizza...however emotional eating is something that is very hard to completely eliminate and i am pretty sure everyone does it at some time. Also, we are allowed to have breaks from our healthy eating once in awhile!

I definitely wouldnt' call it binging...just unhappy use of calories :)

I also know how you feel about eating bad food and what it does to you. That helps with trying to avoid it in the future, sometimes :)

And congrats on the exercise! that is awesome :D
 
Hi Jana!

You know....(from a guys point of view), I think your ex really isn't happy with his new relationship. Personally, I think hes trying to convince himself what he has is better than what he had. (But thats just my opinion.) I was an a$$ before too lol.

As for the pizza you ate....no biggie. Its good that you ate it...I mean, look at how much focus you are putting on it and analyzing it. Before you started dieting, you would have not given it a second thought....other than to have another piece, and another, and another. lol
I think you did great....you only ate a few hundred calories worth....and showed restraint! Thats what we need to learn/reprogram ourselves to do so that we can apply it for the rest of our lives. See...theres good in what you did!

Hope you have a great day and well done on the exercise!!!! The weight loss will come!
 
shygemini said:
oh goodness...no wonder you fell off the wagon... i think i would have done the same with that phone call! :( i understand exactly what you mean...yes your calories are fine, but you are not happy about your decisions when eating the pizza...however emotional eating is something that is very hard to completely eliminate and i am pretty sure everyone does it at some time. Also, we are allowed to have breaks from our healthy eating once in awhile!

I definitely wouldnt' call it binging...just unhappy use of calories

And congrats on the exercise! that is awesome :D
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Thanks. :) And that's right, you understand completely. It wasn't that I felt like I'd blown my eating for the day but how it happened. I don't mind an indulgence every now and then. I mean, I had pizza on my Dad's birthday because he wanted it and I made the choice to have it. This was like a hungry tiger leaping on a gazelle. O.O There was no reason or rational decision-making going on when I reached into that freezer and latched onto that pizza. :p

Flumes said:
Hi Jana!

You know....(from a guys point of view), I think your ex really isn't happy with his new relationship. Personally, I think hes trying to convince himself what he has is better than what he had. (But thats just my opinion.) I was an a$$ before too lol.

As for the pizza you ate....no biggie. Its good that you ate it...I mean, look at how much focus you are putting on it and analyzing it. Before you started dieting, you would have not given it a second thought....other than to have another piece, and another, and another. lol
I think you did great....you only ate a few hundred calories worth....and showed restraint! Thats what we need to learn/reprogram ourselves to do so that we can apply it for the rest of our lives. See...theres good in what you did!

Hope you have a great day and well done on the exercise!!!! The weight loss will come!
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Hi flumes!

It's actually really nice to have a guy's point of view sometimes. I appreciate that. :) He did ask if it bothered me and to be fair, I said no (because I'm a FOOL) out of some attempt to self-sacrifice and be a good listener as his friend. :p And then he said that he was really happy that we could talk about it, too. It's not that I don't want him to be happy or that I'd rather he was happy with me. It's just that he's moved on and found someone else, I haven't and that really sucks for me. :p Maybe you're right and he is putting on a front. I don't know. But I'm definitely partly responsible for subjecting myself to it.

Yes, in the end, I did actually do really well controlling how much of the pizza I ate. It was that moment when I saw the pizza in the freezer and felt a very obvious "To hell with it, I don't care. I'm eating the pizza!" that freaked me out. ;)

Thanks again Flumes. You're always so supportive and encouraging! :) You're the best. :D
 
have you ever made homemade pizza? i am going to try making some this weekend...never have before but i think it would be fun and delicious :)
 
shygemini said:
have you ever made homemade pizza? i am going to try making some this weekend...never have before but i think it would be fun and delicious :)
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I actually have! I make it with low-sodium tomato sauce, whole wheat pitas, low-fat/low-sodium mozzarella and top it with spinach and red bell pepper. It's really tasty and so healthy. I loooove it. <3
 
I may have a lot to write about tonight. There's a lot rattling about in my head but I'm very tired so it's debatable how much I'll actually get written down. My grandmother kept me awake until 2:30 AM last night and then woke me up at 8 AM this morning, so I'm a very sleepy person. :D

This weekend I'm at my grandparents's house visiting with my Dad. I love seeing them but there are a number of reasons I was more than a little concerned about this first trip to see them since I started eating healthy.

1) How much could I really get away with measuring all of my food and not eating any more than that without somehow offending my grandmother's cooking?
2) How could I escape my grandfather thrusting fudge and chocolate candies and sodas and all manner of frighteningly indulgent foods at me every 5 minutes?
3) Sweaty, bouncy, flopping about? The prospect of working out with an audience of grandparents just didn't appeal to me.

So I was really, extremely pleased to have the opportunity to sneak off with my Dad today for a hike. And not just any hike! It was an AMAZING hike. The trail is lined with waterfalls all the way through.

And have I mentioned how proud I am of myself? It was really challenging. We only hiked two miles-- one mile there and one mile back-- but, from the start point to the point we turned back, there was an elevation change of 225 feet. I was climbing my butt off. :D :D :D Even though it was challenging, I REVELED in it. I loved it. It felt so GOOD.

As for being able to maintain healthy eating choices while here, it's been easy. My grandparent's ended up being really understanding about it and my grandmother was really impressed when I told her how much weight I've lost so far. :) Earlier today they announced that they were going to have ice cream for dinner. After a five second dead silence in which I could see the wheels turning in their heads, they added "... Does that work for your diet?" Yeah, not really. :D Then they felt bad and it was really cute because they didn't want to go out to have ice cream for dinner anymore. I felt a little guilty for possibly ruining that for them but it was so nice that they had a second thought about whether or not it was something that would be good for me.

Also, instead of trying to cram sweets and deserts down my throat, my grandfather is sending me home with what might as well be a year's supply of zucchini. :p Tomorrow is Sneak a Zucchini Onto Your Neighbors Porch Day. Good timing Grandpa! I'll be thoroughly prepared for it when I arrive home tomorrow. :)

Edit: I must add that today's hour-long hike brings my week of exercise to a total of 11 hours. That's not too shabby, is it? :)

Edit 2: I have decided that my use of smiling smilies is rather predictably proportional to my amount of happy.
 
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JanaNanner said:
This weekend I'm at my grandparents's house visiting with my Dad. I love seeing them but there are a number of reasons I was more than a little concerned about this first trip to see them since I started eating healthy.

1) How much could I really get away with measuring all of my food and not eating any more than that without somehow offending my grandmother's cooking?
2) How could I escape my grandfather thrusting fudge and chocolate candies and sodas and all manner of frighteningly indulgent foods at me every 5 minutes?
3) Sweaty, bouncy, flopping about? The prospect of working out with an audience of grandparents just didn't appeal to me.

So I was really, extremely pleased to have the opportunity to sneak off with my Dad today for a hike. And not just any hike! It was an AMAZING hike. The trail is lined with waterfalls all the way through.

And have I mentioned how proud I am of myself? It was really challenging. We only hiked two miles-- one mile there and one mile back-- but, from the start point to the point we turned back, there was an elevation change of 225 feet. I was climbing my butt off. Even though it was challenging, I REVELED in it. I loved it. It felt so GOOD.

As for being able to maintain healthy eating choices while here, it's been easy. My grandparent's ended up being really understanding about it and my grandmother was really impressed when I told her how much weight I've lost so far. :) Earlier today they announced that they were going to have ice cream for dinner. After a five second dead silence in which I could see the wheels turning in their heads, they added "... Does that work for your diet?" Yeah, not really. :D Then they felt bad and it was really cute because they didn't want to go out to have ice cream for dinner anymore. I felt a little guilty for possibly ruining that for them but it was so nice that they had a second thought about whether or not it was something that would be good for me.

Also, instead of trying to cram sweets and deserts down my throat, my grandfather is sending me home with what might as well be a year's supply of zucchini. :p Tomorrow is Sneak a Zucchini Onto Your Neighbors Porch Day. Good timing Grandpa! I'll be thoroughly prepared for it when I arrive home tomorrow. :)
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Wow congrats on the great job on the hike!! :) That is very impressive and I am so glad you enjoyed it! :) You have done awesome on the exercise this week

I knew even before I read it that your grandparents would support you :) Grandparents are the best at supporting, most of the time :) Especially when it is something to benefit your health. I have to admit i'm slightly jealous reading this..I miss my grandparents (they are all passed on). However, I like to think they are supporting me even so :)

You have done well in what could have been a very challenging and tempting situation ... Great job!!:party:
 
JanaNanner said:
I actually have! I make it with low-sodium tomato sauce, whole wheat pitas, low-fat/low-sodium mozzarella and top it with spinach and red bell pepper. It's really tasty and so healthy. I loooove it. <3
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Oo that sounds like a great way to make it! I was going to try to find some sort of healthy pizza crust but the pitas would work great too! :)
 
Grandmothers love to feed everybody :D. So nice that they took your weight loss seriously and helped you with it. They must be so proud of you :)
Well done on the uphill hike.
 
JanaNanner said:
I actually have! I make it with low-sodium tomato sauce, whole wheat pitas, low-fat/low-sodium mozzarella and top it with spinach and red bell pepper. It's really tasty and so healthy. I loooove it. <3
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Ooohhh!!! Whole wheat pitas! I never thought of that! And it would work great for individual pizzas because of course my 4 kids never all like the same things on their pizzas. I have recently discovered turkey pepperoni, which we really like. A lot less calories and fat. I just wish it wasn't quite so salty though. Thanks for the awesome idea with the pitas!
 
JanaNanner said:
3) Sweaty, bouncy, flopping about? The prospect of working out with an audience of grandparents just didn't appeal to me.
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This made me LOL! The "flopping about" just tickled me because that is what I think at the gym when I have my rare moments of thinking "oh god I wonder what they all think of me". I try to keep them at a minimum with loud music and a burning desire to escape into myself when I work out, but they do happen. And all I can wonder is how much "flopping" is going on when I'm on the treadmill - especially when I'm jogging! God save ye who watch me jog!! :rotflmao:

Your family sounds wonderfully supportive of you. That is just fantastic. And the father-daughter time you had during the hike must have been awesome.

I've been struggling with some motivation/stress issues of my own and it's awesome to read about you overcoming yours!!! Congratulations!!!
 
The visit you had sounded wonderful. And the hike with the waterfalls sounded beautiful. I can imagine how strong you felt with that accomplishment. Well done!

Take care!!
 
heatherdee said:
And all I can wonder is how much "flopping" is going on when I'm on the treadmill - especially when I'm jogging! God save ye who watch me jog!! :rotflmao:
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:iagree: Lots of flopping on the treadmill going on here too!

A good friend of mine keeps saying that he just can't picture me lifting weights or especially running because I just don't seem like the athletic type. I tease him that he just can't get past the idea of what my boobs might look like while I'm running! LOL!
 
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