Team Dancer - Dec. Limiter Challenge (Page 2)

If you hit quote to respond to the message that has the table in it, you can click it, and copy. Then you can go into your goals section of your log and just paste it there. The links will work from your blog but not from the forum here that will take you to each individual log. Hope that helps.

Got it to work! Thanks!

I ate to plan yesterday! I sure notice that I sleep better when I don't give in to the after-dinner munchies. I suppose my stomach isn't in overdrive trying to process all that food!

Well done to everyone with your first day successes. Good luck to us today!

Mary

I find that high fiber, complex carbs and whole foods help me. They are very filling. My limiter is also nutrition. And the biggest limiter on my limiter is eating fast food. So my challenge is no more than one day a week of fast food. If I cook and eat at home, I eat better quality food and I'm not as hungry.

Ok - instead of focusing on food - I decided to play with the roster. I think I like this one better since it seems easier to read.

I don't eat much heavily processed food at all, actually - because I know a lot of things are processed to an extent, but in some cases its unavoidable, like crackers, cereal and bread. Unless I make crackers from scratched, they're gonna be processed. But in those instances I buy whole grain/multigrain products from brands that don't use a lot of additives and preservatives. Meat is always fresh when I buy it and the most I'll do is frozen veggies only because I'm single and it's more economical to buy them so they don't go to waste. And I don't buy the kinds in sauce, I don't buy frozen dinners, etc. I don't buy junk food either except as a rare treat.

Still always hungry...

WhenAllElseFails - 2008-12-02 5:40 PM Sounds like you're doing all the right things. I'm stumped. All I can say is I wish I had your good habits. I'm impressed.

Training makes me insanely hungry. At the tail end of September, I developed tendonitis in my left knee from training for the Marine Corps Marathon, which I consequently had to pull out of. Since then I've not been running or training much at all. But my metabolism still seems to think I need the same amounts of food. So I am ALWAYS hungry and then I eat more than I'm burning off. And even though I don't eat crap, I haven't been eating particularly balanced lately, due to life crap.

wurkit_gurl - 2008-12-02 5:50 PM

WhenAllElseFails - 2008-12-02 5:40 PM Sounds like you're doing all the right things. I'm stumped. All I can say is I wish I had your good habits. I'm impressed.

Training makes me insanely hungry. At the tail end of September, I developed tendonitis in my left knee from training for the Marine Corps Marathon, which I consequently had to pull out of. Since then I've not been running or training much at all. But my metabolism still seems to think I need the same amounts of food. So I am ALWAYS hungry and then I eat more than I'm burning off. And even though I don't eat crap, I haven't been eating particularly balanced lately, due to life crap.

I am starting to feel hungry but not as bad as usual when I "diet".  I am allowing myself to eat a lot more food... most of it very healthy.  Some days I just go on junk food binges and I think it has a lot to do with not eating enough.  It is just a bad cycle to be in.

I did get through today.  I feel pretty good.  My workouts have benefited from the better eating...that is the goal.  Better nutrition=better training.

Hi team!  Sorry I haven't checked in yet.  I just got home from vacation (was in Playa del Carmen, Mexico for Thanksgiving).

Anyway, my name is Jen.  My goal for this month is to do PT every day (or whatever my doc and PT tell me to do this week).  I tore my left medial meniscus during the Marine Corps Marathon on 10/26, so I am doing my best to recover.  I may end up having to have surgery - I follow up with my doc tomorrow and then have another PT appointment on Friday.  Whatever happens, I want to follow the plan for every day in December.  So far, so good. 

So far I'm still exercising my core muscles with coughing fits... and I'm STARVED, I think I'm using so much energy up just coughing there's now energy left to help me get better.  I'll go eat some more and go to back to bed. 

Good to see others are doing better than me!  Both on goals and health

-Cynthia

I was borderline last night for food after dinner. I think it was because I didn't eat enough during the day--not my usual problem! So I can't count last night toward my 20 planned days of eating. But today will be better!

Hope your day goes really well, teammates.

I think today will be a good eating day! I have over 500 calories to eat and it is 6pm.  I am VERY hungry! I better go look for a snack!  I will post everything in my training log later tonight.

Jen - Welcome! I hope you PT goes well! 

It was a great food day! I ate well during the day and best of all, didn't eat after dinner. It can be done--who'da thunk?

Bronwyn, hope the rest of your food day went well!

Mary

Yep...the rest of the day went perfect!!!

I am glad your eating improved yesterday.

I forgot one of my foods for today and am trying to convince myself to eat something bad...as long as I stay within my calories, I am okay.  I have been making real good choices though.  I have already lost two pounds and it has only been three days! I am hoping for a ten pound loss this month.

Don't forget to log your stuff on the team spreadsheet, esp. before the end of each week! We don't want to get the boot cuz we're not at 40% cuz people didn't log

Thanks for the reminder--I'd forgotten that part. I'm up-to-date now.

Good job!!  Not stopping on the way home is hard...I'm always so hungry.  I try to keep something to eat (like a Clif bar) in the car on the those days, but I have been known to forget and hit up a Wendy's on the way home.

I logged my workouts today.  So far, I"m 3/3 on PT.