2019 WIR Healthy Lifestyle Discussion

[andi9899]

Jan 20, 2019 21:08:38 GMT -5 msventoux said:

The store made a substitution on my ClickList order today. I ordered a small snack pack of fresh veggies. They were out and substituted a huge party platter of veggies for the same price. So this week I’ll be eating a ton more fresh veggies than normal.

And I removed the ice cream that I had in the cart, so my laziness about not wanting to go shopping even if I’m craving junk food means this week’s food choices should be pretty healthy. I’ve even eaten some of the raw broccoli from the tray. That’s unheard of for me, I hate broccoli. Amazing what you’ll eat if you’re lazy and the food is free.

I love broccoli, but some people don't. I think chiver78 roasts broccoli all the time. Maybe she has a recipe to dress it up that you might like.

[chiver78]

Jan 21, 2019 12:53:51 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Jan 20, 2019 21:08:38 GMT -5 msventoux said:

The store made a substitution on my ClickList order today. I ordered a small snack pack of fresh veggies. They were out and substituted a huge party platter of veggies for the same price. So this week I’ll be eating a ton more fresh veggies than normal.

And I removed the ice cream that I had in the cart, so my laziness about not wanting to go shopping even if I’m craving junk food means this week’s food choices should be pretty healthy. I’ve even eaten some of the raw broccoli from the tray. That’s unheard of for me, I hate broccoli. Amazing what you’ll eat if you’re lazy and the food is free.

I love broccoli, but some people don't. I think chiver78 roasts broccoli all the time. Maybe she has a recipe to dress it up that you might like.

thanks for the tag, I need to catch back up with this thread!

yes, I roast broccoli at least twice a week, if not more. I chop up a crown into florets, then toss in EVOO and typically garlic powder, crushed red pepper, fresh cracked black pepper, sometimes oregano. roast at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes (I have a convection oven, adjust accordingly as needed). depending what else I'm eating with it, I may sprinkle some grated parm cheese after cooking.

[raeoflyte]

Jan 21, 2019 11:38:14 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Jan 21, 2019 11:01:11 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

Why are you being the food police?   

Wasn't aware that I was. Also not sure why you're so sensitive about what I am saying since I'm not addressing you.

She wasn't asking for advice.  She was posting about making a better choice she made.  If I wanted to post at a place where everyone is going to nitpick what I eat I would post on the WW or MFP boards.  

Just because you don't eat mayo doesn't mean that tuna salad isn't a perfectly healthy meal in a many diet plans.  

[andi9899]

Jan 21, 2019 13:43:11 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

Jan 21, 2019 11:38:14 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Wasn't aware that I was. Also not sure why you're so sensitive about what I am saying since I'm not addressing you.

She wasn't asking for advice.  She was posting about making a better choice she made.  If I wanted to post at a place where everyone is going to nitpick what I eat I would post on the WW or MFP boards.  

Just because you don't eat mayo doesn't mean that tuna salad isn't a perfectly healthy meal in a many diet plans.  

I must have mistaken this for a healthy lifestyle thread. How dare I suggest something healthy. The horror! And again, since I never addressed you, I wasn't asking you for advice or an opinion. Pot, meet kettle.

[WholeLottaNothin]

Well then. Moving on.

I've lost another pound since last Monday.

[andi9899]

Gym day #1 for me this week. I hope it's not too rough.

On a side note, I asked how long I was going to be out of the gym with the tummy tuck. They said I could get back to light exercise two weeks out. I could increase little by little as I heal. I detailed my gym routine and the fact that it's pretty high impact and they said I'd have to wait on the high impact stuff for a couple of months. That sucks, but I'll do it.

[flutterby]

1/6: 1:30 regular planks, :15 each side planks

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1/21: 2:15 regular planks, 1:00 each side planks

The 2:15 regular planks is so much easier than those side planks. They're killing me!

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Week 3 Reflection
January 14 - 20
Step Goal: 91,000 78,000 because I forgot my FitBit charger when I left home for five days.
Nope, only 64,412. 

Calorie Consumption: 15,000
Oh dear goodness, I cannot even talk about the egregious amount of food I ate this week. 

Abs/Core Days: 3
Yay, three days!

Arm Days: 2
Yay, two days!

Cardio Days: 4
Yay, five days!


Today at PT, I had to do a plank test. 
regular plank: 01:30
left side 35 seconds
right side 45 seconds

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Jan 20, 2019 22:23:41 GMT -5 flutterby said:

Knee Deep in Water Chloe very brave! That way of eating looks really healthy. And tasty!

Thanks! We'll see how it goes. 

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

DH hates the smell of cooked broccoli so much that we're not allowed to cook it in the house unless he'll be gone a full 24 hours afterwards. 

[gs11rmb]

Jan 20, 2019 22:29:32 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Jan 20, 2019 21:21:00 GMT -5 msventoux said:

I did discover a few years ago that I love Brussels Sprouts roasted. I always hated them, and many other cooked veggies. My mother and grandmother’s preferred method of cooking vegetables was to boil them to death into a horrible, weird consistency. So if I ate any vegetables at all, they were typically raw. It was an eye opener to discover that a lot of vegetables could be cooked in an appetizing way.

I par-boil them, and then roast them with champagne vinegar, garlic and Parmesan cheese.
Heaven.

How much vinegar?  How long and at what temperature do you cook them?  Thanks!

[Cookies Galore]

Jan 22, 2019 0:13:21 GMT -5 Knee Deep in Water Chloe said:

DH hates the smell of cooked broccoli so much that we're not allowed to cook it in the house unless he'll be gone a full 24 hours afterwards. 

My husband hates the smell of a lot of what I cook. I tell him to stop whining!

[nidena]

Jan 21, 2019 13:59:15 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Gym day #1 for me this week. I hope it's not too rough.

On a side note, I asked how long I was going to be out of the gym with the tummy tuck. They said I could get back to light exercise two weeks out. I could increase little by little as I heal. I detailed my gym routine and the fact that it's pretty high impact and they said I'd have to wait on the high impact stuff for a couple of months. That sucks, but I'll do it.

If you'd like first-person experience, I'd be happy to share.  I had a tummy tuck in 2002 and remember it pretty well still.

[nidena]

Jan 21, 2019 13:43:11 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

Jan 21, 2019 11:38:14 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Wasn't aware that I was. Also not sure why you're so sensitive about what I am saying since I'm not addressing you.

She wasn't asking for advice.  She was posting about making a better choice she made.  If I wanted to post at a place where everyone is going to nitpick what I eat I would post on the WW or MFP boards.  

Just because you don't eat mayo doesn't mean that tuna salad isn't a perfectly healthy meal in a many diet plans.  

Thank you.  I was really surprised to see the comments that were made...  They didn't fit with the tone of the whole board...even in the day or two that I've been reading.  I could have sworn it was like the WIRR board: Competition against yourself and thoughtful and polite suggestions when asked for.  Instead, I got a Your Money kind of response on a WIR board.  Disconcerting.  lol.

[Cookies Galore]

Jan 20, 2019 10:03:36 GMT -5 nidena said:

Jan 19, 2019 18:31:17 GMT -5 nidena said:

It's that time of night...the time when my boredom would have me getting in my car and heading to Walgreens for ice cream and magazines.  It wasn't long, sitting here, that I realized it's been more than five hours since I last ate...went to the kitchen and made dinner: tuna/egg salad w/mustand, mayo, and relish.  SO much better for me than ice cream.  

This is a dwelling point for me.  Over on Your Money, there was a thread about budget blowers.  Ice cream and magazines are mine.  Usually because of boredom.  So, every day that I DON'T go buy them is a day of success for me.  It means that I'm finding other ways to combat my boredom.  It definitely helps that I'm getting up a bit earlier in the day which helps me realize that it's okay if I go to bed at 9pm...rather than 11pm or midnight.  lol.

The weather is crappy today.  Storm Harper is trailing its way up the coast and the DelMarVa area is getting the tail end of the rain right now.

I commend you for realizing your weak points and trying to do something about it, however small the adjustment may be. Do you have any coloring books at all? It may help curb that yen to go out and get ice cream and magazines when you're bored. Chill out with some doodles! I got some coloring books to have something to do following my hip surgery and just recently have been trying to color at night instead of playing on my phone.

[nidena]

Jan 22, 2019 8:47:02 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

Jan 20, 2019 10:03:36 GMT -5 nidena said:

This is a dwelling point for me.  Over on Your Money, there was a thread about budget blowers.  Ice cream and magazines are mine.  Usually because of boredom.  So, every day that I DON'T go buy them is a day of success for me.  It means that I'm finding other ways to combat my boredom.  It definitely helps that I'm getting up a bit earlier in the day which helps me realize that it's okay if I go to bed at 9pm...rather than 11pm or midnight.  lol.

The weather is crappy today.  Storm Harper is trailing its way up the coast and the DelMarVa area is getting the tail end of the rain right now.

I commend you for realizing your weak points and trying to do something about it, however small the adjustment may be. Do you have any coloring books at all? It may help curb that yen to go out and get ice cream and magazines when you're bored. Chill out with some doodles! I got some coloring books to have something to do following my hip surgery and just recently have been trying to color at night instead of playing on my phone.

I've actually rediscovered my love of reading.  Last weekend, I plowed through two Jeffrey Archer novels...a little under 1000 pages in two days.  

[andi9899]

Jan 22, 2019 8:43:08 GMT -5 nidena said:

Jan 21, 2019 13:59:15 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Gym day #1 for me this week. I hope it's not too rough.

On a side note, I asked how long I was going to be out of the gym with the tummy tuck. They said I could get back to light exercise two weeks out. I could increase little by little as I heal. I detailed my gym routine and the fact that it's pretty high impact and they said I'd have to wait on the high impact stuff for a couple of months. That sucks, but I'll do it.

If you'd like first-person experience, I'd be happy to share.  I had a tummy tuck in 2002 and remember it pretty well still.

Feel free to PM me. I'll take any info you want to give me. I'm not scared just yet. I'm sure I will be as it gets closer.

[andi9899]

My back is messed up today. I can't decide if I did it at the gym or I slept funny or what. Probably both. I was doing deadlifts and felt a twinge in my back. I changed my form and powered through. Wondering if I didn't aggravate it. We'll see how I feel later. I just took some ibuprofen. Hopefully it helps.

[raeoflyte]

My blood pressure was really high at my appointment today.  I'm supposed to have my mom recheck it.  It's been back to very low normal for quite a while, and never this high (152/90).  

[LlamaLlamaDuck]

January 1 - 141
January 7 - 141
January 14 - 140.5
January 21 - 139.5

[weltschmerz]

Jan 22, 2019 8:28:44 GMT -5 gs11rmb said:

Jan 20, 2019 22:29:32 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

I par-boil them, and then roast them with champagne vinegar, garlic and Parmesan cheese.
Heaven.

How much vinegar?  How long and at what temperature do you cook them?  Thanks!

I parboil them until they're kind of semi-soft.
Then drizzle with vinegar, hot pepper flakes, EVOO, and pop them into an oven at 350 until they caramelize. Then I add the cheese.
I add the garlic just before they're done, so the garlic doesn't burn.
Burnt garlic is pretty nasty.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Week 4 Goals
January 21 - 27

Step Goal: 84,000
Calorie Consumption: 15,000

Abs/Core Days: 4
Arm Days: 2

Cardio Days: 4



On the "avoiding sugar" front: I made cheesecake for DD#2's birthday. I had a piece on Monday and a piece on today during lunch. Then, DH brought home chocolate cupcakes after school. Sigh. I'm going to skip dinner tonight.

[andi9899]

I made it through the workout! Once I got going, I didn't notice any back pain. I came home and got directly into a hot shower. I feel much better now.

[flutterby]

1/6: 1:30 regular planks, :15 each side planks

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1/22: 2:18 regular planks, :1:03 each side planks

[Cookies Galore]

We had a baby shower for a coworker today. I have a food baby.


ETA: I just made food baby my bitch.

[andi9899]

Anyone know of anything to get rid of migraines? My poor baby has them from time to time and she's had a lot lately. She went to the doctor, but the pills they gave her aren't really doing anything. I didn't know if anyone had any natural cures.

[andi9899]

Jan 23, 2019 15:55:08 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

We had a baby shower for a coworker today. I have a food baby.


ETA: I just made food baby my bitch.

I giggled like a little girl when I read this. Thanks.

[flutterby]

1/6: 1:30 regular planks, :15 each side planks

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1/23: 2:22 regular planks, 1:06 each side planks

First, somehow I miscalculated. Adding 3 seconds a day isn't going to get me to 3 minutes by the end of the month. Changing to 4-5 additional seconds a day.

Second, wth is the point of planks?!? I don't feel anything in my core. The only thing I feel is my upper arms and shoulders, and there are more effective ways to work those.

[andi9899]

Jan 23, 2019 22:05:48 GMT -5 flutterby said:

1/6: 1:30 regular planks, :15 each side planks

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1/23: 2:22 regular planks, 1:06 each side planks

First, somehow I miscalculated. Adding 3 seconds a day isn't going to get me to 3 minutes by the end of the month. Changing to 4-5 additional seconds a day.

Second, wth is the point of planks?!? I don't feel anything in my core. The only thing I feel is my upper arms and shoulders, and there are more effective ways to work those.

Are you squeezing your abs when you do them? You should feel it in your core.

[flutterby]

I think so. I'll pay more attention when I do them tomorrow.