I’m just curious how many cals youre getting from the shakes and the tuna? I ask this because maybe an IF diet, or the warrior style diet might be good way of eating for you once you’re ready to maintain. On this diet, with discipline, you can pretty much consume about 1400 calories (or less if you’re strong willed) per day and feel fully satisfied. Might work for you?
Excellent training! And good luck on that run tomorrow. If you carbed up today, you can easily run off that glycogen tomorrow and not mess up your diet at all. Run, Cal Run!
I’ve been IFing on school days (Wed - Fri) and I’ve tried it before. I do it at school, usually, because I’m too busy to sit down and eat. I have a rule that if I’m going to eat, I HAVE to sit down and it MUST be enjoyable, so no wolfing down crap whilst on the run.
That’s fine, but once I get home, I tend to overeat. Not always, but sometimes. Last time I tried IFing on a daily basis, I actually gained 10lbs (and it was fat). So I’m not sure it actually works for me.
I’m currently getting around 1000 cals, I reckon, if I include the milk in my tea, the fish oil supps and so on. Strangely, I feel fine on this. It actually worries me that my body adapts so readily to low cals. Anyway, we’ll see how it goes, I guess. It’s only until Friday.
That was my concern.
A little tip off that my thyroid was still jacked.
Maybe something you might get tested??
Its a struggle to not put myself back on a diet every damn day. Granted hypo-t people don’t need as many cals because of the sluggish metabo.
But I know it wouldn’t be good to further kick my butt down.
This way, when I am ready to take these last pounds on, I’ll have some wiggle room.
What are you going to do when Friday comes around?
Well, it’s customary for staff to bring cakes and goodies in on their birthday (which is why there were cakes around yesterday). The IT guy brought in two boxes of Krispy Kremes in before half term and I, uh, indulged. (We’ve had Dunkin Donuts here for years but Krispy Kreme is a relatively new addition to the UK. And yes, they are indeed good, heh).
So I’ll take some goodies in of some sort but I’ll take my whey in as well so I’m not tempted to just eat the goodies. Saturday is the biggie - that’s the party. It’s a three way birthday which will mostly be gay men and fag hags (me being one of the fag hags, heh heh). So there will be lots of awesome food and booze.
I’ve found out why my eating was so uncontrollable for the past week…Flo has turned up a week early, the bitch. I actually did feel pre-menstrual (a bit tired, hurty boobs, desire to eat anything that couldn’t run away fast enough…). It’s bad enough my normal cycle is only 25 days. This time it turned up on day 19. FFS!
I’ve also got an eye on the thyroid. Last time I had it tested it came back normal, but of course, I didn’t have a very detailed test. My mother has low thyroid and my body type is similar so I won’t be surprised if mine goes down the crapper. However, I actually feel fine most of the time so I think it’s probably OK for now.
Do NOT get me started on the deliciousness of Krispy Kremes. They briefly came to my area, couldn’t compete with Dunkin Donuts and then closed all their stores.
Thank heavens, because a hot KK donut melts my iron will.
Can I say, once again, how well you write?!?! Seriously witty. Applause!
what is ‘normal?’ Did they tell you? I was normal too, but really I wasn’t. I found a dr. who likes to get people as close to the lower end of normal as possible.
I dunno. Couldn’t hurt to get tested. You can lie and say you’ve been feeling sluggish, etc. get your tsh, freet3 and freet4 done.
I’m with you on not recognizing pms. Mine is usually water retention, I’ve been trying to get the gluten out in the hopes this will help. Whenever the water retention shows up it causes lower-back pain and I always think it is because I lifted wrong or something, never thinking it’s pms. lol
That and being annoyed. I wonder why everyone is so annoying all of a sudden.
Heh, well, that and the chronic constipation. I always get that. Thing is, I actually thought to myself “y’know, if I didn’t know better, I’d say I was pre-menstrual.” I just didn’t think it was possible because it was happening a week too soon. But hey ho. When you get into your 40s, it starts getting more erratic.
I did have some mince with tomato, rice and broccoli last night so I could run today. However, I still have those pre-cold symptoms. Throat isn’t really saw, just a bit scratchy, and I can feel “stuff” above my soft palate. Plus I feel slightly sub-par. I guess, having had a cold already this year, my body has enough little soldiers to put up a fight, but I wish it would just go away.
So, in short, I didn’t feel up to doing a long run. I did put my trainers on and get out there. The first mile felt OK but I knew I didn’t have a 9 miler in me. I did have sprints in me, though, so I ran a lap of Tooting Common (about 5K/3 miles) but did 10 sprints up the railway bridge (just a road bridge over the railway line that goes through the middle of the common. It’s neither long nor steep but it’s good for sprinting on).
I still feel fat, bleh. My own fault for not starting the diet much, much earlier. Sigh.
ah. i thought we cycled together, but i’ve just finished mine… every month PMS surprises the hell out of me. you would think i’d catch on eventually and realize that that is what is going on. but no. i don’t seem to. i get the low back pain / fatigue, too. guess it might have something to do with water retention… and constipation, yeah. my hips tend to go the same way as my lumbar spine, too, with feeling cranky. squats don’t feel right (typically) thats for sure. and the idiots at the gym seem much much MUCH more annoying than usual.
maybe dieting has a bit of an effect on the immune system? i don’t know. mmm krispy kreme. that is probably THE thing i miss the most about the US. i don’t think we have them here (and i’d rather not know if we do…)
i hope you feel better as the PMS recedes. good on you for sticking with your diet. hope you feel better about things once your period is over.
Heh, well I’m not pre-menstrual right now, just menstrual. At least I’m not menopausal! Thank heavens for small mercies.
And I’ll feel better once my favourite combats fit properly. These are the combats in question - the photo was from two years ago. I’d like to look like that again.
I come in here and leave craving krispy kreme, ahhhh!
Well done on the sprints-sometimes you’ve just got to listen to what your body wants. I love the name Tooting Common. I’d be shocked if you didn’t toot and giggle your way through that run
Heh, it is a funny name, I guess. But you get so acclimatised to something that it becomes normal. I love rollercoasters and I can say something like “I rode a great woodie today. I liked it in the back best - it was a little rough but in a good way,” without smirking. Well, maybe a little smirk.
So do I! As I said, that’s two years ago. I don’t look like that now. And the hips are an illusion in that photo. They are pretty wide. This photo was taken in Feb last year - you can see I go in and out (and how my thighs rub together, heh). I’m also a bit fatter now than I was in that photo.
I will need to get some new photos done but it really depends on when I see the boyfriend. It probably won’t be until late July now - I’m far too busy with school.
Oh and my cold is starting to come out. No snot, but definite sore throat and shitty feeling. Oh yay.
I get psyched up to go some glute activation work when I come in here. Hey, the low to no carb thing is just brutal. Good for you for getting serious with it. Not easy when people are serving CAKE at work, either. I can’t IF. I feel terrible, get nausea, and then end up binging. It just doesn’t work for me. I have to do the 5 or 6 meals throughout the day thing.
EDIT: Whoops, I’d missed the last page. Turning… Wow to your shape, Cal! That pic in the cargo pants is beautiful. Curvy but so tone. Is the bikini today? Ok, I’m editing and now I have to go back and reread. I know, I’m a looser.
EDIT AGAIN: LOL! OK, I see you said the bikini was last Feb. Cal, you’ve got a really pretty, very feminine shape. Hips and curves but so flat in the midsection. No matter what I do, I’ve got a bit of a rounded lower ab area. And you have GORGEOUS skin. Must be all the cloudy UK weather! I always edit my pics up to take off some of my freckles. I’ve had WAY too much sun… Anyway, you’re on your way with the diet thing. You’ll be back in those cargos in no time.
I’ll be honest. I never liked the curves. It may sound bizarre but I’ve never been comfortable with my femininity (to the extent that I am pretty much phobic about pregnancy and birth) - it it wasn’t for the fact I am straight, I might even consider myself transgendered. I spent most of my late teens trying to starve or run them off, then my early 20s trying to nullify them with muscle. However, fact remains that I have a very gynoid physique and nothing I’ve tried has managed to hide it. It’s why I have such a shitty body image and why I’ve had eating disorders for most of my adult life.
Now that I’m older I try to focus on what my body can do rather than what it isn’t. I can still walk, run, ride a rollercoaster and do other things I enjoy. I try to view it as an interface through which I experience the world, but there are still times when I feel disgusting.
Cal - Oh, for sure focusing on gratitude for health, and strength, and what our bodies can do is a healthy way to go. We all need to be reminded of that. And no matter what we do, we are going to age, right? But, you DO have a beautiful feminine shape. Some of what you said about your curves takes me back. I remember when I first started getting boobs, and they were little bitty boobs, too. Still are…but I would still wear these HUGE tshirts over my swimsuit so no one could see.
Of course, this was the 1980’s. Everything was so huge, but I just looked ridiculous trying to hide my little body. I was really sensitive about it, and got teased quite a bit by an older brother, and older men in the family. I just didn’t want anyone to notice me. I’m just wondering if you had a similar experience? I think that kind of thing can be really powerful. Put it this way, my parents didn’t have to worry about me wearing revealing clothes as a teen. I was trying to hide!
It wasn’t until much later in my adult life that I started to feel OK with my shape, and realized that I like to wear the high heels and dresses and all the feminine things that actually showed my shape. Not that you need to go that far! The cargos are so cute on you, and they probably fit YOUR personality. Athletic, sporty spice! It’s about finding what fits for you, and makes you feel comfortable in your own skin.
Related, Spidey put a link to an article and pics of all these female athletes with very different shapes. I liked it so much, I put it up in my log. If you haven’t seen it, go take a look. So many different shapes of strong, athletic women. Right now you’ve got a cold. And you’ve been PMSing and feeling a little chubby. Be gentle with yourself. I see a beautiful, strong woman there. It’s time to embrace her.
i think we are around the same height and a similar shape. i’ve spent my life since puberty trying to hide, too. liberating to focus on what one can do (or get pissed about what one can’t do) rather than focus on appearance, as you say. i feel disgusting sometimes, too. misshapen and odd. i do think that you look beautiful, though, and i’m superjealous of your amazing skin. thanks so much for showing those pics.
i took some measurements… then edited those posts out… basically… i need to focus on what i can and can’t do for my own sanity… but it is nice for me to know i’m not alone in struggling with these kinds of issues. it is amazing how our view of our bodies can be so very different from how others view our bodies. or something… not quite sure… anyway… best of luck with your diet. and i hope you feel better about being in your own skin soon.
Thanks for your thoughts, ladies.
I never had brother issues because I’m an only child, but I was always what you’d call a tomboy. Even as a child I was adamant that marriage and kids weren’t for me (and of course, everyone said I’d change yet here I am, almost 44, still unmarried). I was never interested in being the princess - I wanted to be the knight.
I did go through a phase in my teens where I cut my hair really short and only wore men’s clothes (even boxer shorts, heh) except at school where I was required to wear a skirt. But I’ve also been through phases of wearing much more sexy stuff, mostly when I’ve been trying to attract some fella or other. I actually feel happiest in gym gear, combats and trainers, but I also think I look better with make-up and longer hair. It’s all about balance.
As for the skin - don’t feel too jealous. I battled acne well into my thirties and never went out without a full face of make-up.
Anyway, today was supposed to be leg/glute day in the gym but I feel crappy from this cold and I’m going to stay indoors and try and write some more school reports. Not so much fun, actually. I feel guilty for not training but my body is telling me no. I hope I can train tomorrow.
