how's the weekend going?

I have been excellent with exercise, moderate with food.  Today did a 3 hour fast walk on the gorgeous river trail.  Wish you guys coulda been there, in this wintery light, just so many shades of mossy green, brick reds, burnished golds, bigger than life. One downer thing happened:  lost one stone out of my granny's jade ring.  :(  I backtracked to try to spot it - it's good sized, but no luck.  Yesterday, kicked of the day with an hour's walk.  Later, DH and I took a slow, but constant bike ride around the 'hood for 45 minutes. The sun was out over that slow ride, rest of the whole weekend has been blowy, rainy, yuck.  Friday food: bariatric foods all day  fresh crab on salad, little thousand island dressing Look alike zuppa toscana:  potatoes, kale, italian sausage soup, 1 ounce hard parmesan cheese, 1 big piece italian crusty bread Food yesterday: omega 3 eggs - 2, panfried with 1/2 cup of augratin cauliflower, 1.5 cups nonfat milk protein drink in 1/2 c water + 1/4 c orange juice 1/2 c beef chili + 1 boca burger + 1 slice whole grain bread + 1/2 serving whole grain chips leftover pork tenderloin, 4 ounces in bbq sauce on a biggo bun (probably 3 ounces bread) + 2 c carrots/savoy cabbage dressed with 1 TBS dressing + 5 baked onion rings 1 - 2x2 square lemon bar 2 stiff vodka + diet tonic Food today: protein drink in 1c non fat milk 1/2 protein bar (150 calories/15 g protein/2 g fat/ 10g carb) 1 slice whole wheat bread + 2 ounces pork in bbq sauce + 1/2 c savoy cabbage 1 large apple Tonight:  pot roast with horseradish, roasted turnips, mushrooms, potatoes, carrots, celery, kale too just to get rid of a big bunch I have.

Glad you got some exercize outdoors BEFORE the snow? lol... At least our weather here says your weather there, snow may go low?  Bundle up...

I ate REALLY good this weekend!  Amazingly I didn't have an appetite despite sitting around the house bored out of my mind.  Made some tuna salad yesterday and holy moly does that stay with you all day.  Gotta love protein eh?  I ate two sandwiches at like 12 or so and wasn't hungry till after 7.

I dunno.. I dunno   Left for Florida on Saturday and stayed on target with food.. even managed to get an hour in the hotel fitness room. Yesterday... wellllllll....had a few ****tails when I went to see a band... and I wish I wouldn't have.. the carb count was minimal but it spiked my calories for the day to like 1800 which freaked me out.   Today so far...  managed to get my flat tire fixed at 7:00am.  Had an egg and a hamburger patty for breakfast and about a 55 gal drum of coffee.  I have to see my doc at 2:00pm and I'm dining out with a former business associate tonight.

Hey, that could be good for you to tease your body once in a while! Hope you are all done kicking yourself; sounds good to me!

Weekend was fine...I guess.  I'm struggling a bit.  Got a huge talking to from my trainer on Sunday about a) overtraining and b)  undereating. I'm stuck at eating around 1800-2000 calories.  I find it so hard to eat more, but with all the training I do, I should really be more like 2300-2600.  It's not that I don't "get" it.  I understand...eat to fuel the change in my body and the workouts.  But doing it is a whole other thing.  I'm eating well, choices are rarely a problem for me.  But when you eat this healthy, you're too full to get more in because protein and fiber really sustain  you. As for overtraining, I also have a hard time wrapping my head around this.  I've come to LOVE the gym, the people, the work, and the results.  So I don't want to miss a day.  I did get it down from 1 1/2-2 hours down to 1 hr and from 7 days a week to 6, but he wants me to rest more. Does anyone remember the scene in Double Jeopardy when Ashley Judd is exercising in the rain and her cellmates comment she's running on pure, was it anger/adrenaline?  Anyway, that's me, running on pure motivation.  I want this. Period. So, my trainer's really afraid I'll burn out.  Not so much in my head, but in my body.  I started the first signs of overtraining, achey bones and some days feeling "not at the level" I know I'm at. Doesn't happen all the time--I had a great Boot Camp today where I was so proud of myself for how I kept up.   Anyway, eat more and rest.  Not the advice I want  :  /. Guess it's a good problem to have???

I haven't been to the gym much at all....I am still flippin sick. Like you I do like being at the gym...but at the most I am only able to go 4 days a week or if something gets cancelled maybe 5. And I love the movie Double Jepardy! Oh I love it. I think it was pure anger.....I am not sure tho.  As for my weekend...HA. What a joke. I didnt take my Phen Saturday or Sunday and I felt the effects of that in lazyness, headache, and a little depression from it oh and fatigue. I didnt over indulge in food but I had some bad things....but I am not worried about it :)  I did get exercise this weekend quite ALOT and it was absolutely great! lol. Not at the gym or off of a DVD...come on catch my drift....being 32 pounds lighter makes a huge difference in the bedroom lmao!!!!! HAHAH. Oh gosh.

TMI! LOL.

I know I had to tho! lmao.

It's not a problem I can't associate with, but at the same time I understand where your coming from. Sort of weird isn't it, you work so hard for something, doing the right thing and then you find out your doing too much. After all these years not doing enough. I tell you, your amazing on how dedicated you are, but at the same time I've also been afraid you'll burn out. Listen to what he has to say, and more important, listen to your body!

I have to say that would be tough eating how you are and increase your calories every day. Does he still want you to eat more if you rest more? That seems to be quite a bit, but on the other hand I don't work out like you do.

I've been thinking about what kind of present to get myself or my family out of our taxes this year. I'm still debating, theres so many ideas going in my head ( I like shopping!). But I keep thinking about getting the family a membership again. I use to go when I lost all that weight before and we all really enjoyed it. Would help the kids weight too I'm sure. But my husbands gonna kill me spending all this money on the equipment we have here if I get a membership. Do I dare mention it??? hehe Lol, I'm sort of scared to even bring it up.

Good luck on figuring this one out.