Healthy Dykes To Watch Out For, II (Check-In)

leapgirl8 · December 2011

It's Thursday! It's a Thursday in December, which may mean that you desire nothing more than to eat a tube of cookie dough in your pajamas whilst watching a Hallmark original movie about a busy career woman who gets a flat tire in a small town and gets stuck there and subsequently realizes that her big-city life is shallow and meaningless and in the meantime also discovers the true meaning of Christmas.

BUT instead you shall exercise and eat squash in some form, as squash in some form is the winter refuge of the cold-climate-dwelling healthy lady.

How's it going, then?

leapgirl8 · December 2011

Thanksgiving definitely threw off my P90X schedule. I brought gym clothes with me to the in-laws, but did not use them, despite the fact that they have a treadmill I could have used. Oops. This has been a crazy week too so I haven't been back on it, but I know I'll feel tons better at Christmas if I stick with it through December. I'm doing a 5K on Saturday and will get back on the horse on Monday.

Eating has been pretty good lately, although it's hard to control my intake when Jen is trying to eat 3,500 calories a day (the Dr. Luke multiples book is very convincing about that), and I'm keeping the house full of yummy, easy-to-grab food for her. I noticed that my wheat/not-so-great carb intake was creeping up, and I made sure to shop in a way that would put the brakes on that this week.

EratMama · December 2011

Then you read something funny, (thanks leap, that was great) and convince yourself that the calories you spent laughing justify eating one of the croissants the new owner is testing upstairs.

Or you have a baby, and even your dog gains a few pounds from a change in lifestyle. Our pup is a mutt from the humans society, and we frequently guess his make-up. Last night I commented that he was walking more like a pit bull, and L instituted a strict plan to prevent doggie (and people) obesity immediately. Really, it's not strict--we've just been letting him out in the yard rather than taking him on more walks. My goal for Dec: I will walk him once a day. Good for both of us.

2Kates · December 2011

TTC has helped me gain much more weight than I am comfortable with (10ish lbs). After the first insem I was afraid that swimming might cause me problems since I was a competitive swimmer and I don't really know the meaning of the phrase "take it easy" when I'm in the pool. Then when we got the negative test I was so bummed that I ate even more. Ugh! To top it off our second cycle was canceled (too many folicles) which just added to the let's eat our pain mentality.

I've been back in the pool for almost 3 weeks now and I'm trying to keep track of my eating with Weight Watchers online. No significant loss yet, but I haven't been particularly strict. I figured that plenty of women get pregnant while maintaining a healthy work out schedule, so on Monday after a Saturday AM insem I was right back in the pool this week. It sure has helped me keep my sanity if nothing else!

thiswillbe · December 2011

I am in full-on self-destruct mode. I am overstressed and anxious, and openly attempting to solve my problems with food. I'm not even hiding the oreos in my desk drawer any more. Lovely.

On the other hand, my mom just sent me a diet book, so if I crawl out of this hole I might just find some guidance on the other side.

But for right now, I'm deciding if a trip to the vending machine will make me feel better about being yelled at by my boss this afternoon.

2moms2twins · December 2011

thiswillbe:
I am in full-on self-destruct mode. I am overstressed and anxious, and openly attempting to solve my problems with food. I'm not even hiding the oreos in my desk drawer any more. Lovely.

On the other hand, my mom just sent me a diet book, so if I crawl out of this hole I might just find some guidance on the other side.

But for right now, I'm deciding if a trip to the vending machine will make me feel better about being yelled at by my boss this afternoon.

Diet book ... made me thing we did the FAT smash diet and it was awesome and did not feel like a diet ... so if you are a diet booker check it out ...

I am not in self destruct mode but boy the start of this 12hr rotation and my period has me craving sweet... SUGARY sweet too not just apple pie sweet but no good down n dirty skittle starburst sweet .... EEEW... YUM ...

and CHIPS whats the deal we never have chips or candy on hand and wow I am all about it ... I think its subsiding and I am back to protein protein protein ... but wow...I all of the sudden have a craving GUESS WHAT FOR !!!!

SHooot... hope string cheese will suffice!

Keep up the good work friends....

- J

JoySeattle · December 2011

I'm almost done with my juice feast, Sunday is the last official day, then at least a week of transition. I'm feeling both excited and concerned about that. Right now though, I'm feeling great, down 40lbs and need a new swimsuit (C said I should consider a two piece, but we'll see).

I need to get better about daily exercise, or practice as my trainer and I call it because it's based on mindfulness and body usage, not just "working out." I have a session Sunday so I want to get at daily practice session in each day from now until then, that's only three days, totally do-able. My biggest challenge is prioritizing it, because once I start it's quick and I enjoy it.

ball.and.chain · December 2011

Ugh. I gained 13 lbs. Vacation + Thanksgiving + my sister's birthday + my step-mother's birthday = 13 lbs. It's kind of scary because I have been maintaining an 85-lb weight loss up until this point and now I am seeing how fast it can creep back up. Since I'm in my 2WW, I feel like I can't restrict calories much to try to lose the Evil 13, so I'm just being really careful to not gain any more...which is going well so far. I did start increasing speed on my runs, and that feels good. I think we're taking December off from TTC and if so, that'll be weight loss month. December isn't the best month for that, but I'd really like to get back down to goal weight -- if not completely, at least close.

Meegs10.13.06 · December 2011

JoySeattle:
I'm almost done with my juice feast, Sunday is the last official day, then at least a week of transition. I'm feeling both excited and concerned about that. Right now though, I'm feeling great, down 40lbs and need a new swimsuit (C said I should consider a two piece, but we'll see).

Are you going to post a recent picture?! I want to see you! :-)

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