Goal to mid-november for indoor tri

[Athene]

Ah! So you're swimming pretty darn far. 1/2 a mile is a big deal. When I swim the max I ever to is 1k (haha, Canada, right?), which is 20 laps. I go as hard as I can for those laps and try to beat my time.

It sucks that Adult Hour is ending! Maybe you and your mom can bike together or walk together instead, and keep that training going in other ways? Walking on the incline is great. Walking every day is actually making your bones and muscles stronger, so that when and if you decide to run in a couple of months, you will be fitter for it and that time spent walking will have decreased your risk of things like shin splints and stress fractures. Stress fractures are really common, and take forever to heal, so getting strong and not doing such high impact activities is good for that.

Hope you have a good Friday

[musculArgirl2]

Thanks karrie. me and my mom will still do some exercise together probably walking once fall comes.


Haven't exercised today. I've been cleaning and sorting. I'm thinking of taking TONS of clothes that i have that don't fit and selling them to a used clothing store. I seem to only like to shop when i'm thin. I'm going to keep a few things that i really like but most of it's going either that or to goodwill. I decided if i ever get to that size again i will buy some new clothes.

But the days not over yet. Still want to get some exercise in.

**FYI i haven't mentioned my diet this week. i'm not working this week and we have been going out and doing a few things here and there. I haven't though overate but i have been eating regular food. I have to say it's been a nice change kind of relaxed feeling then when i try to write it all down and everything. i do put a lot of focus on food and it just felt good to not think about it as much. Still thought about it but not as much. I did find a beef and vegetable soup that i really like a lot. It kind of tastes like chilie without the beans. I add a little cheese to it and a little sour cream. It's yummy and tastes good reheated and i will use it again.

But i want to start my diet journaling what i eat starting tomorrow.

[musculArgirl2]

swam tonight. i seriously swam 18.5 minutes doing freestyle. It's pretty pathetic the number of laps i did so i don't think i will even mention it. I was so out of breath i did one lap and took a 1 minute break between laps. i thought a week ago i swam better where i swam longer and was not too out of breath but i don't know not tonight. Maybe i'm trying to hard to swim fast and that is getting me out of breath. or maybe i did something different when i was swimming before. or maybe i just didn't keep track as well as i am now and really didn't do better at that time. either way Still enjoyable but yeah not so good.

i then played around in the water a bit while my mom used the kickboard. Kind of chilly though tonight.

now i'm going to go downstairs and do 50 minutes on the treadmill walking on on incline. The plan is tonight workouts 6 and 12 level 1. i really don't want to but i'm going to do it anyways. at least the olympics is on so there is somethign to watch to motivate me!!!

[musculArgirl2]

didn't do workouts 6 and 12 instead i did 30 minutes of a workout from the gym. I had a little heart burn so i just did 30.

[musculArgirl2]

Starting the sparkpeople diet tomorrow (or really today.) I'm doing the diabetic one though since i am pretty much for sure prediabetic.

i really want to start using my crockpot more. i love the idea of making throwing stuff in it and it's ready in a certain amount of hours. Not to mention fall will be here soon. Already feels a bit like fall now actually.

i'm just going to try cooking one main meal once a week. I can eat the left overs for a few days after.

here's the first one i want to try.

1. crockpot chicken tacos

[musculArgirl2]

freggies: 3
water: 0
calories: (1740 to 1800)



meal 1 - 4:45am today is a oatmeal peanutbutter mix with choc protein powder that i found. I didn't sleep much last night so i found myself looking at recipes. 200
meal 2 - 9:00 am slices of mozarella and cherry tomatoes 175?
meal 3 - 11:30 they call this a choclate milkshake. with cottage cheese, protein powder, ice, said almond milk but i didn't have any used skim milk, stevia and i added some freshly picked rasberries. doesn't taste like a milkshake but it was okay.

going out today for lunch. we are going to a place really which i would call one of the worst restaurants i've ever been to food wise. I hate their food!!! it's gross. reviews agree with what i'm saying too. i will be there for a while so i have no idea what i will eat. i won't eat their meat. it's either going to split a cheese quesadilla with my mom which isin't that big or onion rings. no drink going to order water. So that's where i'm at for today's challenge.

meal 4 1:00pm - split cheese quesadilla with my mom. i had just two small pieces. It wasn't that good. and my body didn't digest it well. every time i go to that place i pay the price later!! next time it's going to be just a lemondade and peanuts!!! Worst restaurant food i've ever been to hands down and unfortunately we go there almost every week but not for the food!!!

[musculArgirl2]

meal 5: making a kind of low carb mac and cheese dish, has almond milk, not whole wheat but some kind of brown rice pasta noodles, cottage cheese and 2% cheese. it's probably not the best for dinner but i was really excited to make it. i hope it tastes good i i will be making it all the time!!

no exercise today. i have been busy pretty much all day and i am so tired because i didn't sleep much last night. so i'm taking the day off.

[Boss Man]

You can attempt to deal with heart burn by drinking stuff like milk of magnesia, water, milk etc, or by increasing akaline foods in your diet, like leafy greens, legumes and coconut milk, as GERD or hyperacidity related GERD, are influenced strongly by acidic foods like meat, onions, citrus fruit etc.

[musculArgirl2]

Thanks boss your right i should have tried ice water i think would have done it!

the mac and cheese wasn't so great. i didn't like the noodles. It hink it would taste okay with whole wheat though so i might try it sometime with ww noodles. the rice pasta ones were gagorama.

having a protein shake instead. whey vanilla with almond milk unsweetened and i did add just like a spoonful of oreo pudding mix. I thought that might taste good but to be honest so far i can't taste it at all.

i'm done with trying new recipes for a while. I get really frustrated with trying them and not really liking the taste. It's a waste of money and i can't afford to waste money. so i'm back to the meals i know, for now.

[musculArgirl2]

Not much to say about the diet this morning. I haven't really ate anything all morning. i did drink a diet soda though. Been cleaning all weekend. Yuck! but it's mostly done now. I haven't felt like working out today but i went back and read all of you guys comments last weekend and encouragement and it's pumped me out to keep going for this week!! so thank you for that, karrie, lynne and Bossy.

weight today was 2 pounds exactly heavier than my weight last week. i was 233.8 and i was at 235.8 today. Hopefully sodium from the quesadillas?? Man i hope so. My scale has been acting funny so who knows! I'm positive though i didn't gain 2 pounds last week though whatever the issue.


Now i'm gong to go eat some breakfast. eggs and toast.

FYI i signed up for some swimming lessons again! My goal for the minitri for swimming right now is to do the freestyle the whole way with no stopping! intil i meet that goal i have no other goal in mind for the swim portion.

[Athene]

Nice work with the swimming, Becky. 18.5 mins of Freestyle is nothing to balk at, most folks can't do that.

Prediabetic is a scary place to be. So I guess the dietary framework you're looking at is low-GI?

[musculArgirl2]

Nice work with the swimming, Becky. 18.5 mins of Freestyle is nothing to balk at, most folks can't do that.

Prediabetic is a scary place to be. So I guess the dietary framework you're looking at is low-GI?

they basically i think just lowered my carbs per meal they said what i should eat every meal and snack.

I don't think i'm going to post my meals here this week. But i am going to keep track and let you know my progress. Just easier to post them in one spot.

[Athene]

they basically i think just lowered my carbs per meal they said what i should eat every meal and snack.

That makes sense - it will stabilize your blood sugar to eat a lower amount of carbs and to eat regularly without going long periods without food.

I don't think i'm going to post my meals here this week. But i am going to keep track and let you know my progress. Just easier to post them in one spot.

Sounds good. Keep us posted.

[musculArgirl2]

i will! i'm still going to be posting daily but just my workouts not my diet..

[Boss Man]

There are certain things to remember however about low GI.

1. Carbs can be reduced when cooking, so don't expect things like bags of rice, to yield the same carb content when cooked, as they will have a bit less. I can't quote any specific percentages however, as I simply don't know, but I'd estimate in the region of 10-20%.

2. Low carb doesn't mean you can't have higher GI. For example Parsnip ranks at 90GI which is high, but if you consumed 20g Parsnip Carbs, your GL, (glycaemic load), a.k.a. bloodsugar spike would be 18, (90x20/100), which is moderate, but with the cooking process it might dip below 15, into the low range for GL and moderate is not something to be overly concerned by, especially if you've woken or just trained and bloodsugar is low or lowered.

So depending on what you have, like say Potato, you can eat high GI foods, because you can moderate their effects, by eating controlled amounts of them.

You can mix differing GI foods, to reduce the impact of higher ones. I.E. Brown Rice 75GI approx, Mushroom 10GI.

If you have 15g of carbohydrate from each, it works out like this.

15x75/100=12.5. 15x10/100=1.5. 12.5+1.5=14 which is low.

Then you can allow a small reduction for cooking, so you'd be looking at approximately 12%-13% GL, (bloodsugar spike).