Enders_Shadow's Group - eating clean & getting lean - FULL (Page 13)

George - The days are still pretty short here.  Perhaps I'll try some vitamin D, but my blues have more to do with personal turmoil than weather.

Kristen - You sound BUSY!  Hang in there and don't let that carby food get the better of you.

Tim - Glad you are feeling better.

Marilyn - We sound a lot alike.  I with you on the lost motivation when at home.  I'm doing better with core and weights, but I just can't seem to stay on the treadmill!  I think the roads are clear enough for me to get back outside now.  I'm also the same way about decompressing after work.  After work workouts are HARD.  I find it helps if I move around more during the work day and not just sit at my computer.  Then more I move around at work, then less sluggish I feel after work.  I hate to admit this, but I've been known to take a 5 Hour energy about 3 p.m. on days I have a hard workout planned for after :-(

Cathy - Glad your pain has subsided.  I've had a few tweaks myself over the winter and it is depressing.

For me, clean eating has been going pretty good this week.  I've had mostly meat, eggs, veggies and limited dairy.  I've also allowed some Ezekiel Sprouted Wheat bread on higher training days.

My training has been okay, but not great.  The cold and snow has affected my run time and I'm having issues trying to force myself on the home treadmill.  I hope to run outdoors tomorrow.

My weight is finally starting to drop!  Unfortunately, it has more to do with lost appetite due to some personal challenges, but I guess on the bright side "there is no great loss without some small gain."  I started the month close to 130 and am now 124.2 lbs.  Let's just hope I don't blow it over the weekend.  I'd like to be closer to 117 by the time I start racing again.

This week at work is brutal.  I am so ready for the weekend!

Although it is temping to throw in the towel for the day, you should definitely try to salvage the rest of the day.  Forgive yourself and be more prepared next time, like have a bag of nuts in your purse or some other allowable snack. 

I have a friend who goes to a lot of meetings, most of which provide unhealthy food options such as pizza, or Bojangles biscuits.  He is of the mindset that... it's free food!  I'm missing out if I don't eat it.  Everyone else is enjoying the free pizzas and I don't want to miss out!  he feels deprived if he doesn't eat it.  But we have to remember that it's NOT worth it!

I always try to eat heavy right before going to such functions.  For instance, I am in charge of coordinating coffee and donuts for 450 people on two occasions during the year, and you can be darned certain that I'm loading up on eggs and bacon, or a HUG omelette before I get there!  The guilt of giving in last a lot longer than the pleasure of eating it...

LETS KEEP IT CLEAN TODAY PEOPLE !!

Originally posted by chichitao

Originally posted by Maria527 , or a HUG omelette before I get there! 

Oooooo, I would love an omelet HUG! Do you find it helps with your hunger?

 ROFL!  Hugging an omelette does not work because it ends up on the floor instead of inside  your belly.  But a HUGE omelette helps!

i was very bad with food this weekend!  detoxing a little today - lots of fruits and veggies packed in my bag.  it's rainy and my joints hurt.  but enough complaning.

i'm making a new goal for february:  to ride my bike and swim just one time each - every week this month.  i haven't swam since ... last may?  i have ridden more recently but it's been a while.  i'd like to do some tris this year, so just want to bring my other sports back in to the mix!

oh - and to eat better.  doing happy hour today, and some superbowl leftovers to work on, but i think i can improve.

training for a half marathon 3/16.  then a sprint tri 3 weeks later.

Forgot to check in yesterday.  141 lbs today, Up 1 lb from last week, not surprising - ate a bunch of junk the last couple nights.

Eating like crap just to clear my house of the superbowl food.  The last of it should be gone after today.  Looking forward to the warm evening to do a little interval workout tonight.

Yesterday I had a ROUGH day at work.  Just stressful and awful and I finally went to my boss and waved a white surrender flag.  Usually this kind of stress drives me to go home, put on sweats, cuddle dogs, whatever.  Instead, I drug myself to the gym and went ahead and forced myself to do my scheduled run on the treadmill.  At an easier than necessary pace.  But I did it.  And by the time I was done, I felt amazing.  So...no more skipping workouts on stress days.  Just...won't.  Hold me to this guys!  Next step is no more diving into pop tarts and wine because of stress!  (I did reward myself with a shower beer after that run....bad me!)