January/February Weight Management Challenge

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Originally Posted by Chile Pepper

Wow! That is a long day! What kind of work do you do? Do you have some breaks during the day?

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My work day is only 9 hours not counting my lunch - I work four 9-hour days and one 4. My day starts at the gym 3 days a week however...and when I am not headed to the "iron temple" at 5am I seem to always wind up at work earlier than I have to on the other days. I need corrective/mobility exercises prior to my group training and then of course I need to shower/get ready for the office. I am a travel demand modeler (here is a Wiki link that gives a VERY abbreviated description of what that means). The next few months are going to be very intense for me so my days may well get a bit longer. Hopefully not...but we will see. Thankfully I like what I do, very much.

The problem with my schedule comes when I want to do something at church or elsewhere in the evening - by 6 I am ready to go home and stay there...

164 this week.

Not thrilled with not losing, I've bumped up the weights/squats/etc and off-bike exercise and still put in 70 miles this week. I know it's probably all in the diet but I'm not willing to meticulously track/count calories so maybe this is where I stay (I'm 5'10", broad shouldered, so I'm not massively overweight, but I've lost ~35 in the last 18 mo and would like to lose another 15-20).

The BF is a chef and I love to cook and weighing/measuring ingredients isn't either of our styles....it's a rare day that either of us use a recipe for anything other than yeast dough. There's very little processed food in the house and most meals start with fresh produce, bulk beans/grains, good meat/fish, etc, etc. I do have a sweet tooth and there was a box of thin mints that disappeared too fast last week (unfortunately for the girl scouts today, I'm not buying any more...), but don't drink many calories-- a little 2% in my coffee, 1-2 beers or glasses of wine/week, no soda/juice/etc, really just coffee/water. I'm just kind of annoyed at this point...

Cooking is relaxing for me if I'm not starving. I try to spend a few hours cooking on the weekend, just to have the fridge stocked up for the week. I'm getting concerned about how I'm going to keep this "weekly cook-up" process going once the weather warms up and group rides and races start. Any ideas?

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Originally Posted by Becky

Cooking is relaxing for me if I'm not starving. I try to spend a few hours cooking on the weekend, just to have the fridge stocked up for the week. I'm getting concerned about how I'm going to keep this "weekly cook-up" process going once the weather warms up and group rides and races start. Any ideas?

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Cook on Sunday evening? I am starting to think about this as well. Right now it doesn't impact my outside schedule since I don't really HAVE one right now...

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Cook on Sunday evening? I am starting to think about this as well. Right now it doesn't impact my outside schedule since I don't really HAVE one right now...

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That could potentially work, if I'm not racing on Sunday that week. I think it's going to come down to a week-by-week decision about when I have time to cook. Any ideas for paleo-friendly foods that don't require much prep? I would kill to find a company that makes paleo frozen foods, just to have as a back-up plan.

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Originally Posted by Becky

That could potentially work, if I'm not racing on Sunday that week. I think it's going to come down to a week-by-week decision about when I have time to cook. Any ideas for paleo-friendly foods that don't require much prep? I would kill to find a company that makes paleo frozen foods, just to have as a back-up plan.

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Cook a bunch of protein in advance, freeze it in single serving portions, and then keep a lot of fresh veggies or salad ingredients in the fridge for a quick stir-fry or salad? It is easy enough to thaw single servings of protein or simply set them in the fridge the evening before to slowly thaw..

I like it! Sometimes, I fail to recognize the most obvious solutions.... This would be one of those times ;)

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Originally Posted by Becky

I like it! Sometimes, I fail to recognize the most obvious solutions.... This would be one of those times ;)

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I do the same thing, so don't feel bad ;) This is certainly far more cost-effective then buying some "paleo-food", paying more for the marketing than anything. This also got me to thinking as well...I am going to invest in a better cooler for my car so I can take food with me on my warm weather excursions. My little cooler only lasted 1 season before I somehow managed to poke a hole in the bottom :o

126.9 this morning, heading back down :)

Back to 121 this morning.

105.6
I'm happy.
Yesterday, I ate a (non frosted) chocolate cupcake one of the teens I work with made. It was 5:30 PM, I'm sick, and my healthy snack had faded long ago. But, other than that, I've eaten the cleanest ever, this week.

I LOVE good frosting. I always want the end slices of cake. :D

Veronica

104.5
Very happy with this since both our long rides this past week were rained out.

117.2. I seem to be holding steady, which is good. I'm finding that if I eat a little more at "mealtimes" I am not hungry for snacks. Hmmmm. Who'd a thunk it?:rolleyes:

Like V, I love frosting! So shoot me!:D

For those of you not familiar with Shut Up + Run, she had a great post this week about things that are "bad"--many of the comments are priceless.

109.4. Good enough as I slowly get back down to where I want to be.