HappyGrape
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Healthy Living from the INSIDE OUT - May 2016 WISH Challenge
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pjlla
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I wish I could offer a magical way for you to slow down the aging process in your kiddos..... but unfortunately as you and they get older, it just goes FASTER! Take it from someone who feels like the past 5+ years have gone in a BLINK! My BABY graduates high school in two weeks and my DD graduates college in one year! But I can look back on the time we spent together, the experiences we shared, the things they learned (both from me and in school and outside activities) and I KNOW that both of my kiddos are ready for a WONDERFUL LIFE~! And I take PRIDE in being their mom! Yes, there are moments when you think your heart might BREAK from missing them (if/when they go away to school or military or whatever), but if you know you did your best, you will feel just a tiny bit better. Make connections NOW that will keep them visiting and calling when they are adults.
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Morning all! Off to both jobs today, so don't plan to see me again today. It was a ROUGH day at school yesterday and I am not looking forward to today.... just 14 more school days. Well... gotta dash to be sure DS is up and moving along! I'll try to be on in the morning!...............P
QOTD - May 24
What is your baseline? On days where life hands you lemons (and there is no sugar, sugar free substitute, tea, water, or anything else with which you would put lemon handy) what are your bare minimum requirements for having a "successful" day? Do you ease up on your plan? Pat yourself on the back for a ten minute walk and a glass of water? Rely on the healthy habits that you do naturally without a second thought? Share your favorite coping strategies here!
piglet1979
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This is a tough one. I am not sure I have a strategy. I pretty much just put one foot in front of the other and keep moving. I tend to burry myself in work. Weather it is at work or cleaning at home. The more I move the better I am.
4Mickeys
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Sadness and Anger (I didn't get back to answer that one last week) pretty much set up camp with me about 13 years ago. Don't get me wrong I have happy days and joyful moments but I feel that like @Oneanne my sadness and anger is there bubbling just below the surface waiting to come out - mine is from adulthood issues though not childhood. I have always been a crier in movies/tv shows - but these days if it reminds me too much of myself or my situation that really gets me crying. And Anger well I can do both the slow burn and fly of the handle quickly ... just depends on the situation. I am trying really hard to let the sadness and anger go, its a process and some days are better than others.
Yes I get this feeling about the kids as well ladies .... you are right @pjilla I spend a lot of time making connections which each of my kids and am finding that DS15 is talking to me a quite a bit lately about school stuff and just him getting his own head around growing up/girls/friends etc. his mates have given him a nickname at the moment .... which isn't a mean one and is a little funny but is kind of sex related (g rated really - don't get the wrong idea) ... well he told me and when we had a laugh about it. Now one of his mates mums and I are good friends and when exercising ... I told her to ask her son about DS15s new nickname, told her what it was and we had a laugh - her DS is not talking to her about any of this stuff and she was relieved to hear it was at least being talked about with the boys at school. Well she did and her son was bashful and denied it ... the mates at school found out DS15 had told me and were all worried about what I said ... DS15 told them it was cool and I just laughed (I did make sure DS was ok with it all). DS thinks it is funny that his mates were mortified about me knowing - I think this is a good sign that he and I have a great connection right now - which is important at all ages but especially in those tough teen years.
So whilst I feel sadness about their growing up in the blink of an eye - I am so happy that I got to have them and be their mother - they are amazing.
4Mickeys
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Can't wait to read some replies for this ... I don't feel like I really have these skills yet .... I can feel a lot like this picture some days. But yes a pat on the back for even doing a little is better than doing nothing. We can get super busy and overwhelmed with our caseloads at work sometimes and my work friend has a great strategy for those days - pick one thing as a goal and if we achieve it .... its a good day. So sometimes that is the same with our exercise if we have a slower walk or paddle its ok at least we still did it.
HappyGrape
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Veggies. When I am starving, or too busy, when I don't feel well, when I am on holiday, meals out - I look to find way to get some veggies in, drop by the store and get baby tomatoes, ask for a salad for a starter, ask for extra veggies, eat them before the meal
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Flossbolna
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I think I need to work my way through the thread backwards starting with the newest question...
When a day just turns out really bad there are a few things that I have found help me to at least count the day as not a total loss:
1) actually make sure to track all my food. I am a comfort eater, so it usually looks ugly! But then I look at it and realise that I have come further than I thought: I did not have to track a full tub of ice cream, only a quarter of a tub. I even had some fruit for my comfort eating. I had cheese instead of candy.
2) try to at least not eat more calories than I burned that day - that could mean to go for a 15 minute walk at 10pm before I go to bed to burn a few more calories.
3) if the lemons are not of a way that makes exercise impossible, try to get some exercise. I know that moving absolutely helps with getting my emotions in control. A 30 minute run can do wonders. The problem is just that when I feel lousy mentally, I don't want to move. But I have learned to get over it because I know it is good for me.
So, yes, I ease up on my plan. Days like that happen once a month. I am fine with that. I know that going easier on myself will help me get over the emotional day much quicker. And the strategies I have in place prevent those days from doing real damage. Instead of shifting into back gear, I just stall. That's fine as long as stalling does not continue for long periods.
mamattorney
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I am a panic eater/stress eater. When I have a stressful day, I eat constantly. To count as "successful", I still try to get all my steps - now 15.000 a day, formerly 10,000. My life allows me to walk. I'm not tied to a desk, phone, computer, etc - so while I might not want to do it, it's not the huge hurdle that it might be for someone else.
Last week I had one of the biggest panic days I've had since I started all "this" in July. I was putting together the yearbook (which I talked about earlier) and the company changed its website to reflect that production days were business days, not actual days. I had had a specific conversation with a representative in April and she had told me that it was calendar days, not business days. So when I saw the new verbiage, I panicked. Prior to seeing the changes, I thought I only needed 10 days from when I turned the book in until delivery, so I planned to have the book done on May 20th, to arrive May 30th. When I saw business days, the books wouldn't arrive until after school was out. In order to get the yearbook to our students on time using business days and not calendar days, I would have had to pay $1,000 more for express overnight shipping. The PTA couldn't afford that and I was preparing myself to tell my husband that I made a $1,000 mistake and that we needed to donate $1,000 to the PTA to cover it. I called the company and had conversations with different levels of representatives and (probably because they record all their calls and listened to my initial call where the rep told me it was calendar days, not business days) finally, the next day, they told me that they would get the books to me on time and they would waive the expedited shipping costs. Whew. This was after I put the $1,000 on my credit card in order to protect the kids. I just couldn't face not having it done in time for the last day of school. Thankfully, it was refunded the next day.
As all of this was rolling out, I went into an eating frenzy on May 19th. The good news was, as I check my diary (I did log it all), I ate an entire bag of baby carrots, three apples, a pint of strawberries and four cheese sticks - in addition to my meals. So I pigged out - on "acceptable" foods. I went over my calorie goals, but it could have been much, much worse. So, success? I guess . . .
Do I need to figure out how to NOT stress eat? Yes! I already pace when I'm stressed. I easily got my steps that day - lol. I'd love any tips on how to put the carrots down when I panic!
Oneanne
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Yikes, this is actually a biggy for me, as I most often tend to write off the entire day and say I'll start over tomorrow. I need to get in the mindset of saying like, OK breakfast was bad (and it just was) but the remainder of the day is going to be on point. One positive is that I don't mentally link eating and walking, so I don't write off my step count if eating is off.
Speaking of which yesterday was a high consumption day again, because again I forgot it was Monday and that my Sister would want to go out to dinner and I ate a substantial lunch. I need to put a reminder in my calendar... I just had one piece of fish but it was still too much. And I remembered my check up with my doctor is in two weeks, so I really need to get my head back in the game.
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Dr Gunnie
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I don't really have bad days eating anymore. It's not that I don't want to cheat and eat junk every once in a while, but my willpower is stronger. Looking back at my numbers, I only had 1 day in the last 2 months where I ate over 1,800 calories, and that was on purpose- the day before my first 5K.
My bad days now are when I don't workout as much as I should. Normally on those days, I ramp up the workout the next morning. I did this today - planned to run 2 miles yesterday, but wasn't feeling it and stopped after one mile. So this morning, I went out and ran 6.2 - literally thought I was going to die toward the end (started way too fast and paid for it), but I got through it. During the run all I was thinking about was I shouldn't have cut yesterday short and I wouldn't have had to do 6.2 today.
Bad day today = tough day tomorrow
DVCFan1994
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This is probably my biggest weak spot. I am a stress eater. I am far better now than I once was. But, I still have those days. Usually it ends up with me having candy or ice cream. I try to make sure I stay within certain boundaries of my calorie goals. My daily allotment has a 500 calorie deficit from what would be my maintenance level for weight loss and I try to stay in within the limit with those extra 500. But, I think more importantly I focus more on getting past those bad days and not letting them become a pattern. I try to get in extra exercise, but sometimes that simply isn't possible given what the stress causing the problem is.
HappyGrape
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That's impressive consistency and even 1800 is not excessive for a male that is as active - well done
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Lady Marie
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My successful day is staying within the calorie limit set by MFP. But on a lemon type day, I tend to either want desserts (which is happening waaaaay less often than it used to) but mainly I am just lazy and curl up in bed and don't want to do anything! I am already NOT good at keeping myself moving, but on bad days, it really ain't happenin'..... which seems so silly -- I should use exercise to as a coping strategy considering how exercise is linked to making you feel better!
SarahDisney
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I kinda just try to do something - whether it's a short walk, or trying to add in an extra fruit or veggie - I try to accept that I won't be doing everything right, but I can do one thing right! I mean, I'm still doing everything else wrong, but I'm trying to focus on doing the one thing right.
4Mickeys
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That is one healthy eating binge! lol that is great I would definitely call that success. And so glad to hear it all worked out with the books and it didn't cost you anything.
HappyGrape
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few random MFP observations
I was little more hungry last week, although I have been walking more too. I looked at my macros and my carbs have gone up to average 53, fat 18, protein 29% according to MFP compared to carbs 40, fat 23 and protein 37%. I was definitely feeling substantially less hungry when my proteins were higher
Also MFP doesn't recalculate automatically your goals. I have it set up on maintenance and when I did recalculate I am down 60 calories daily already
On the possitive - my weight is also down
brought few tins of tuna in my work and some salad & tomatoes & cucumber in the fridge (we have mini hub kitchens) to avoid having to bring lunch for the rest of the week but have healthy and protein rich meal. I have greek yogurt berries already for lunch
I was little more hungry last week, although I have been walking more too. I looked at my macros and my carbs have gone up to average 53, fat 18, protein 29% according to MFP compared to carbs 40, fat 23 and protein 37%. I was definitely feeling substantially less hungry when my proteins were higher
Also MFP doesn't recalculate automatically your goals. I have it set up on maintenance and when I did recalculate I am down 60 calories daily already
On the possitive - my weight is also down
brought few tins of tuna in my work and some salad & tomatoes & cucumber in the fridge (we have mini hub kitchens) to avoid having to bring lunch for the rest of the week but have healthy and protein rich meal. I have greek yogurt berries already for lunch
pjlla
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Good Wednesday morning friends!! As promised, I have made it here this morning, but only long enough to say hello! Breakfast is consumed and cleaned up, lunches are packed, load of laundry is on the clothesline and I am ready to dash in 10 minutes or less. Just waiting to make sure that DS gets out the door on time.
It is supposed to be a HOT one here today!! I say BRING IT ON!! I am tired of being cold!! Predicted temps up toward 88°F sounds GREAT to me! The biggest drawback is that it will be HOT working out in the yard and for a walk after school today AND at this point in the year our school heats up pretty quickly and does NOT cool down as easily (New England public school don't generally have a/c). So if we get hot weather the last few weeks of school it can make things pretty miserable.
Still feeling a bit "fluffy" this week, but I have been eating SPOT ON, including the entire weekend (no splurge days/meals), so I am keeping my fingers crossed to lose what I gained last week and still have a shot to hit my goal this month without having to take any crazy measures like going extreme low carb (which works, but it is miserable).
Gotta dash! Hoping to have a few minutes during testing today to pop on and answer yesterday's QOTD and I'll be thinking about my "woohoo" for today as well!..................P
It is supposed to be a HOT one here today!! I say BRING IT ON!! I am tired of being cold!! Predicted temps up toward 88°F sounds GREAT to me! The biggest drawback is that it will be HOT working out in the yard and for a walk after school today AND at this point in the year our school heats up pretty quickly and does NOT cool down as easily (New England public school don't generally have a/c). So if we get hot weather the last few weeks of school it can make things pretty miserable.
Still feeling a bit "fluffy" this week, but I have been eating SPOT ON, including the entire weekend (no splurge days/meals), so I am keeping my fingers crossed to lose what I gained last week and still have a shot to hit my goal this month without having to take any crazy measures like going extreme low carb (which works, but it is miserable).
Gotta dash! Hoping to have a few minutes during testing today to pop on and answer yesterday's QOTD and I'll be thinking about my "woohoo" for today as well!..................P
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