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So, I’m calling a “Challenge”, until Thursday midnight. So, it’s basically a two day challenge to eat as well and healthily as possible (in YOUR way...)
Who’s in?
Carrying over from the initial thread, we have…
- Russel
- rhemaangel
- TomCarlsbad
- Carlyn
- XC
- liveoutloud
- danger4dollars (I think? you didn’t officially say you’re in for this round… but tough! You are now )
EEeeww.. So I guess this means I can’t have the pizza they brought in at work. :( Oh well. The “Challenge” is more important, right? It’s so easy to make excuses for eating badly, like “It’s free pizza!”. Somehow, the excuses are actually believable enough that I give in to them. Bad news..
Anyway, I’m excited about this mini food challenge forum! I think this is going to be a fun (i.e. not dreadful!) way to stay accountable for food choices.
Oh maaaan. Pizza!! But I’m right there with you. I have a meeting tomorrow night with free *forbidden* pizza. Arrrgh! At least I know I’m not alone either!
EEeeww.. So I guess this means I can’t have the pizza they brought in at work. :( Oh well. The “Challenge” is more important, right? It’s so easy to make excuses for eating badly, like “It’s free pizza!”. Somehow, the excuses are actually believable enough that I give in to them. Bad news..
Anyway, I’m excited about this mini food challenge forum! I think this is going to be a fun (i.e. not dreadful!) way to stay accountable for food choices.
Let’s rock, People!
Good attititude, XC!
They order in a lot where I work too and it’s hard to turn it down…
Yeah during crunch time for us, when we are all working 12+ hour days for weeks a time, they always order food in. I try to convince them to order healthy food, but eventually it just degrades to pizza every night.. luckily there is a subway 2 blocks away.
The worst, though, is when they bring in “gourmet” doughnuts from this amazing doughnut shop here.. I have a really really really hard time saying no then.
Yeah during crunch time for us, when we are all working 12+ hour days for weeks a time, they always order food in. I try to convince them to order healthy food, but eventually it just degrades to pizza every night..
The problem with the “healthy food, please” request at work is that healthy is not cheap. Most companies don’t splurge on much more than pizzas or sandwich trays or Krispy Cremes if it’s for the mornings.
oh my company doesn’t have a problem with spending money on food. Usually they order from some fairly nice resturants at the beginning of crunch time, but by the end, the people ordering the food get lazy and just default to pizza.
Hi Carlyn -
This sounds like just the extra little “push” I need right now! I’ve been “snacking” too much lately, to my
own detriment. How is everyone keeping track of what they eat?
I’m not famliar with fitday.com, but will check it out.
see you around,
randi
I guess it’s kind of up to you how you’d like to track your food, the point is just that you DO track your food and hold yourself accountable for what’s going in your mouth. I know I personally have never done fitday.com (yet), there are some others here who’ve had success with it (XC and Tom, I think?)
I have a different method for myself. I’ve got a weekly dry-erase board on my refridgerator where I track two things, A) the minutes of exercise done in that day, and B) the food I’ve eaten. Sometimes I’ll even just write down an running count of that day’s calories.
It works very well for me because every time I go to the fridge, I am faced with my success, which makes me want to continue it, or my failure, which slaps me in the face a little bit and gets me back on track.
Although I think one of the reasons it does work so well is that I cook or prepare nearly every meal I eat. I’m definitely saving money doing it, but moreover I’m knowing exactly what goes into my body.
At this point I don’t think we’re mandating that you post all your food on here (we haven’t really worked out the details.. what are your thoughts?). Right now I think it’s more so sharing our particular struggles and successes. It just helps to know that when I’m fighting a craving, I’m not alone!
I think being able to post our food lists here would be a good idea.
It would give more of an accountability factor, it’s more centralized, and if we needed help, we KNOW where we can find it. LOL! Although—the honor system that’s now in place isn’t bad either.
Day One of Two
Here’s my list…
Meal One: Kashi brand oatmeal and one tablespoon natural peanut butter
Meal Two: Blackend Salmon with Mango Salsa and a side of black beans
Meal Three: Asian Salad from McDonald’s with grilled chicken (this does count as fast food - let’s call it convient food)
Meal Four: Tuna Fillet with a side of kedney beans
Meal Five: Balsamic Chicken with rosemary and pine nuts; cous cous; steamed green beans
It was my first time to make the Balsalmic Chicken...me likey.
Here’s the boring number breakdown of my calories, with the 60 minutes of biking added in....
Basal Metabolic Rate*: 1975 kcal
+ General Activity*: 1136 kcal
+ Extra Activity and Exercise: 806 kcal
- Weight Loss Goal: 1000 kcal
Day Quota: 2917 kcal
- Consumed: 1869 kcal
Calories Left: 1048 kcal
A big problem I’m having is eating enough food...you can see by my list that I am not starving myself by any means, but I always miss my recommended calories by 500-1000 a day. I don’t want my body to think the ice age is coming and try to hold onto this extra stuff around my midsection…
I feel like a daily quota of 2900 calories seems like alot, but many calcuations I’ve done suggest that is correct with the amount for me.
Even more boring numbers:::::::::
Calories 1869
Calories From Fat 406
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 47g
Saturated Fat 8g 62%
34%
Cholesterol 235mg 78%
Sodium 3397mg 142%
Total Carbohydrate 192g
Dietary Fiber 34g
Sugars 37g 114%
130%
Protein 187g 83%
Vitamin A 141% Vitamin C 313%
PS.
Am I posting my results in the wrong forum? I didn’t see any posts from any of the others on the challenge.
Is there a different forum for the food lists?
I think some others are writing it in their own journal. I guess we should do it here though so we can see each other’s easily… (we’ll figure this out someday!)
Here’s my Wed. tally:
Breakfast: (250) 1c. cottage cheese, 1 sliced peach
Snack: (100) 1c. plain yogurt w/ some vanilla protein powder to keep me full
Lunch: (200) Romain/Spring Mix salad, sliced veggies, with 1/2 can raw tuna on top, 1tbsp dressing
Snack: (125) Small apple, raw broccoli
Dinner: (400) Veggie dog (2), veggie burger (no buns), med. corn on the cob, salad
Evening snack: (65) 1/2c. cottage cheese, 1/2c. unsweetened apple sauce mixed
LOTS of water. Anytime I’m hungry I “test” if it’s really hunger versus thirst by chugging a 16 oz. of water. If I’m still hungry… eat! (but now I’ll eat less… even better)
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