Body Composition Challenge Round 2: The Holidays (Page 7)

Thanks, Robin!

My plans are the usual dinner at Dad and Sue's. If I'm not nominated to cook the bird, I'll be running a Turkey Trot in the morning. Then, BLACK FRIDAY!!!! Christmas is on like Donkey Kong!

Have fun on your cruise, Abbie! 

Look at all these plans!

We are having some friends over. It is really just another dinner here. I am cooking a mass of stuff that will be good for you stuff that I can have while others are eating the rest. I will have to have sum stuffing though. I plan on going running in the morning just to give myself motivation (not as much as being at an Ironman!) The next day will be the start of the decorating for Christmas. That is a two full day event here with lots of trips to the attic and down.

I have signed up for some winter runs to keep me motivated through the winter as well.

Now THAT is a plan!

You are BRAVE to venture out on Black Friday. Be careful, that can be dangerous

Down to 147.7 with my weigh in this morning!!

My work stress has me hitting the gym for extra workouts!  I slammed a medicine ball around last night after hitting the treadmill for some graduated intervals.  Was very happy to see my legs cooperate with the tready because I was advised to avoid them by the PT.

Wow! There's a lot of great, inspiring, Thanksgiving plans going on in this group! Have fun and enjoy!

We're driving to our home in Montana and hoping there won't be too much snow in the passes. My eldest daughter is going to do most of the dinner and I'll be helping her once I get there. My plan is to run in the morning and then eat what I want, but in moderation. As long as I don't stuff myself, I'll consider it a success.

Congrats! Venting work stress with extra workouts is awesome!

Awesome job! I wish stress moved me to work out!

I'm down 2 ozs, haha! 140.0 even. Could have been a different story as I've done nothing physical all week, but I've been a good girl eating well. I feel well enough to at least do Jillian Michael's Shred-It With Weights after work, and maybe a 3 mile walk with the girl. She's been asking for one.

Have a great evening!

I finally had a tech listen to me enough yesterday to figure out the problems.  It's fixed and I am happy to be sitting home in my yoga pants on my fit ball all day with my cats wandering in & out of the room.

Bad week.  Doh.

The good news?  I'm down 2 pounds!  The bad news... that's from being UP 5 pounds from last week's weigh-in. 

So - net change from last week - up 3 pounds.

*sigh*

Sometimes I have a hard time with the math, though.  Literally, in two days I put on 5 pounds.  So - I ate an extra 15,500+ calories over those two days.  I have no idea how that's even POSSIBLE.  Yes, I drank.  Yes, I ate too much.  But THAT much? 

Let's do some math here....(severely rounding up in all cases)

Saturday:  breakfast - 1000 calories, lunch - 1000 calories, dinner - 2000 calories, 8 drinks - 2000 calories
Sunday: breakfast - 2000 calories, lunch - 1000 calories, dinner - 2500 calories

So - I ate 11,500 calories (again, that's a total over-estimate, but let's go with it).  Each day I would burn 2000 calories by simply existing.  Saturday morning I ran a 10k which we'll say burned an additional 500 calories.

So:  11,500 eaten - 4,000 burned - 500 run =  7,000 calories.  Two pounds.

Don't mind me, I'm just venting.  And feeling completely responsible for the 5 pounds gained - it's not like I was trying to eat healthy.  But I really don't get it, if it really is calories in, calories out.

*sigh*  Back on the wagon...

Same as last week for me. I find that a win since I have done NOTHING and been in a funk. Time to Buck up Buttercup!

Laura, sadly, it really isn't calories in v. calories out over the short term. Our bodies are pretty amazing and complex and react to the KIND of food as well as the quantity of food. eg. holding water when eating salty foods, letting go of excess water when eating foods that act like diuretics. There are lots of other complex "reactions' going on in there. That is why you can eat 230 calories of salty fries v 230 calories of vegetables and "gain" weight the next day. The other factor is getting the building blocks (nutrition) you need along with the calories in v calories out. That is where "eating clean" comes in.

Knowing all this and consistently practicing all this is the hard part!

153 on the scale at the work fitness center...  I was dreading going  back b/c to use the facility you have to get weighed and measured every 3 months. I didn't mind when I was IM training but since then I've been dodging it. Not too bad though-

waist 26in

hips 38in

These numbers never really seem to change....

Hey, guys! Another week down. Congratulations to those who had great weeks. Another round coming up. We can do it!

I'm finally feeling fabulous. Husband was right. I'm glad I rested. The way my chest felt this week, had I continued to train, pretty sure I would have had to pay the med clinic another visit to get nebulized.

Today I feel good enough to play soccer. Haven't played in three weeks. I can't wait!

Have a great weekend!