Sarah CB
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I remember. Sounds like this switch over will be a lot smoother. We had to re-register last time, right? That's when I changed my user name.
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not sad about no books...not sad AT ALL
been going to the gym faithfully
ate crap on Monday..I don't want to talk about it....but I was behaved Tuesday and Wednesday
I'm not sad, either. I prefer smaller.
Nice work on faithful gym attendance!
I ate crap on Monday. And on Tuesday :( I find March really hard. I've been tracking good days and bad days and I've had 8 bad days in March, whereas I only had 4 bad days in all of February. I'm having way more good days than last year though, so that's a big win. And we leave on Monday for two weeks in the sun :) I can't wait until I get through this season.
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I have procured the Bye Bye Undereye. Can't wait to try it tomorrow.
You'll have to post an update.
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Oh, and my dh finally noticed I'm getting smaller and what does he say- "Your bOOks better not shrink!"
LOL, thanks for noticing dear.
Mine have shrunk beyond recognition. Dh keeps saying it's like they're an entirely new set of bOOks.
I'm interested in your lifting plans. Is Girls Who Lift a book? We're moving at the end of the school year and I won't be able to see my trainer at all anymore, but I'd really like something to follow. I enjoy dead lifts and benching and I do a lot of things like elevated split squats with weights, walking lunges with weights, etc. I just wouldn't know where to start in terms of making progress in the gym without someone telling me how many reps to do and when to increase the weight.
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Day 5 no chai. My cravings are insane this morning. It's the last official day of the 3 day cleanse and I will not give in. I've had my shake and have my other beverages on hand. Lots of water today.
Third chiro appt today. The x-rays indicate a dramatic displacement in neck alignment. He drew a line from the top of my skull to the bottom of my neck and there is about a 1.5 inch displacement to the right. This is interesting since all of my falls and imbalances have been to the right.There is vagus nerve compression which we believe has contributed to the falling issues. We have a treatment plan and I'm going to give it a go for three months to see if there is a difference in my body.
Today is a day off from the sauna as I became a bit nauseated and dizzy yesterday. I'm going to cut back to 20 min sessions 3-4X a week.
I am still in quite a bit of transient pain. I can never tell which muscle or joint is going to be painful. It's annoying. Practices begin tomorrow and, no matter what, I have to be on the court and ready for 3.5 hour practices.
Nice work on the cleanse! That's tough.
It's great that you've got more info from the chiropractor. I am really hoping chiro is able to help you. Three months is a reasonable amount of time to give it to see if there's any improvement. I'm rooting for you!
I did something to my old shoulder injury while bench pressing yesterday. I think I got off track and went up at the wrong angle and I heard a little crack in my shoulder. We stopped benching at that point, but by the time I got home it was sore and cracked loudly when I moved it in certain directions. I was able to get in to see my chiropractor yesterday and he wants to see me again today. I'm hoping that whatever he's doing works fast as we leave on vacation for 2 weeks on Monday, so today is the last time I'll see him.
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I don't mind questions at all! I know that different people can have very different experiences with the diet. And I felt really good and loved it
My husband was never happy about my choice to go keto, because he said it made my skin look unhealthy, and it dramatically reduced my ability to do any kind of endurance exercise.
That's so weird. It's funny how different people respond to different things...
I find keto is great for my endurance. When I first switched over to keto it took a few weeks for me to adjust, but then I quickly took off from there. I ran a half marathon in February in a fasted state and was very happy with my time. I feel like I have a ton of energy and I think my skin looks great ;)
I've also noticed my immune system seems stronger. I don't get headaches or heartburn anymore. I'm getting stronger in the gym - deadlifted 225 lbs this week :)
The weight loss was really just the beginning.
And just to address the weight loss - I had been hovering around 30 lbs above what I weighed when I was 19 for years. I tried a variety of different things - slim fast, calorie restriction, weird cabbage soup diets, etc. These would work for a while and then I'd plateau and get frustrated and eventually give up. I had clothes in my closet that I didn't think I would ever fit into again. About five years ago, I read the Japanese decluttering book and actually got rid of the majority of clothes that didn't fit. I figured I'd weigh about 155 lbs forever and that there was no point in hanging on to anything small.
We moved here, I got hit with really horrible seasonal depression, and in two years I gained about 30 more pounds. When I saw 183.9 on the scale I decided that was enough. I started calorie restriction at first, using the Lose It app and logging all my food. I had a friend who was doing keto and I researched that and eventually began eating keto. When I was researching, the info about how calorie restriction can reduce your basal metabolic rate really resonated with me. I was sure that's what I did when I was trying to restrict calories all those times I attempted to lose weight. The info about insulin resistance also resonated with me, as did the link between increased insulin and increased weight gain. I lost 60 lbs in 7 months following a ketogenic diet with some intermittent fasting. I got down to 122 lbs - I hadn't seen that weight since I was 19. I didn't believe it was possible, but it happened.
Then I gained 25 back during my worst winter of seasonal depression. I'm still battling seasonal depression this year, but I'm using a bunch of strategies to fight it and I have more good days than bad days. I'm 13 lbs above goal weight at the moment - I keep bouncing around from 4 lbs above to 14 lbs above, but I think once I get through the worst of the winter I'll be able to get back down pretty easily.
I honestly did not think it was possible for me to lose this much weight or to ever fit into xs clothing. I feel like I'm myself again.
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Forgot to post my workout update. I didn't run last night. Dh got home after being away and it was rainy so we had a nice family dinner and then watched Up together. I went early to the gym this morning and got in a 25 minute run on the treadmill before my workout. Had a new personal best on the deadlift - 225!
We're going to a friend's house for dinner tonight. They're making Indian food. I imagine there will be some wine. I'm looking forward to a fun night. I've been starved for adult company so have been looking forward to this for a long time.
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I have been bed ridden for the past 36 hours. My body just hurts - joints, muscles, everything. It has been quite depressing. DH convinced me to go see his chiropractor citing a possible back injury due to the fall on 3/3. I am a chiropractic cynic and have never wanted to see a chiropractor but, due to the extreme discomfort and inability to get out of bed, I relented and went in this morning. The initial intake exam was interesting and he asked me a bunch of questions about my lifestyle. One of his questions (which he prefaced with "Please don't take this the wrong way but..." was about my belly fat and if I have trouble losing weight. I wanted to cry as I answered yes.
After x-rays and a series of other scans, he indicated that I have vagus nerve compression and possible vagus nerve damage. He is waiting on other test results before he gives me a full diagnosis.
Could this be it? I am cautiously hopeful but still a bit cynical.
--off to google vagus nerve information
Wow! I really hope the chiropractor is able to help you. I can't imagine being in that much pain - definitely sounds depressing.
I was a chiropractor skeptic, too. I had a friend who went quite a bit and I always thought it was a waste, but then I hurt my shoulder and my lower back and I was desperate so I went to the chiropractor. I couldn't believe the difference in both my shoulder and my back in a very short time. I hope you have the same kind of progress and can get to the bottom of your pain.
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I went for a walk with a friend today, and I noticed that my speed has increased and my soreness has decreased. This is very good news for me!
Nice to see progress already!
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4 lbs is sooo close and I hear you on maintenance and great job on the weights, you are inching up steadily!!! Depression sucks too, may we all not have to mess with that crap again. Since this last baby I've had a h*ll of a time staying at maintenance, whereas that wasn't an issue before but I'm older and now have thyroid disease. I'm hoping when I weigh again to be about 5lbs out from my preferred weight. That is 2 wks out, so we'll see, according to my measurements I'm steadily dropping.
You're so close, too! The last baby was what did me in, too. I always gain a ton in pregnancy - I get up past 200 lbs for some reason. Well, I know the reason ;) Anyway, I was pretty good at getting down to a reasonable (not goal) weight after each one, but after the last one I had a really hard time and basically hovered around 150 until I moved here and gained about 35 lbs in two years :(
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I also really recommend Jason Fung's book. Great book, really interesting work done in fasting!
I've now been keto 16 days and have not had any impact in my running. I'm careful to keep my electrolytes up. I really enjoy your fasting updates! I'd like to try a four day fast, as I was just reading an article about immune system and fasting and it seems that was the magic number. While in keto (last year) and I did several weeks of one-meal-a-day and really enjoyed that- super high energy and alertness. It's hard to talk about though, because most people assume someone fasting on purpose must be insane, obsessed with weight, suffering form an eating disorder... it's actually a really healthy thing for the body to fast from time to time.
I'm going to give myself a few more weeks of keto, then work my way up to a 2 day fast for starters. Thanks for the inspiration!
To all the injured out there: THAT SUCKS!!! So sorry to hear about all the weird accidents that have been happening.
That's great that it's not impacting your running at the 16 day mark. I hear so many people talk about there being an adjustment period when starting keto and during that time their training is harder and slower.
I think keeping electrolytes up is key. This sounds gross, but I dissolve 1/4 tsp of No-Salt (potassium) and 1/4 tsp pink salt in about 1/8 cup of pickle juice. I take magnesium at night before bed. I do think fasting has been good for my immune system. I haven't been sick at all this year. But, yes, it sounds crazy. I don't talk to anyone about fasting. I've never discussed it on Facebook or really anywhere except here. I don't tell anyone I'm fasting. If I'm fasting and I have to go out with people I just say I ate right before I left or I say my stomach is off or something like that. I also plan my fasts so I can do things like go out for dinner or go to events without it impacting a fast.
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Interesting. What about your own personal long-term plan. Are you doing this fasting regime for a certain number of months, or is this for a life-time?
I'm 4 lbs away from my goal weight so I will be changing things up somewhat. I actually enjoy fasting and I think there are a lot of benefits to fasting outside of weight loss. I don't think I'll ever eat breakfast again - not regularly, anyway, but I will likely cut down my longer fasts to two 22 hour fasts per week (dinner to dinner the next day) and see where that gets me. I will also likely plan a 3 or 4 day fast maybe every few months or so. I already eat about 1700 calories on eating days and am still losing weight. Once I lose these last 4 lbs I'll have to figure out how many calories I need to maintain.
I'm actually looking forward to the maintenance stage. Last time I got down to my goal weight (just before Christmas of 2016) I ended up going through my worst winter of seasonal depression and gained 25lbs so there was no maintenance at all.
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Aren't ALL forms of fasting simply calorie restrictive? Breakfast is breaking the fast throughout the night by eating food in the morning.
I would have categorized religious fasts as food-specific or time-specific restrictive. Fish on Friday, Bread and water for a more serious fast on high holy days. The Orthodox church has a lot more specific food restrictions.
I'm not trying to start a debate, I'm just interested in the concept of fasting while training for a half marathon. I'd have pegged that as a no-no. Adipose tissue on the body isn't as quickly accessed as carbohydrates, and it takes a lot of water for the body to access the fat stored in the body. If the fat isn't accessible, the body can start breaking down muscle tissue for fuel, and if the heart muscle is at risk this is a very serious problem.
Apparently the body handles zero calories much differently than say, 800 calories.
I ran a half-marathon in the beginning of February. During my training, I was fasting for 45 hours, twice a week and doing intermittent fasting (skipping breakfast) on eating days. I was also following a ketogenic diet. I had chicken thighs with a fennel curry cream sauce for dinner the night before and then I ran without breakfast the next day. I am definitely not the fastest runner in the world, but I was really pleased with my time - 2 hours and 10 minutes. I felt awesome during the race, even though it was awfully cold! I was even able to pick up the pace during the final third of the race and actually passed a bunch of people.
When you're fasting, you get an increase of human growth hormone, so it's actually conducive to building lean muscle mass. Fasting is muscle sparing - Dr. Fung talks a lot about this in his book, The Complete Guide to Fasting. He has overseen the fasting regimes of hundreds of patients. I would guess that he is probably the most experienced physician out there when it comes to the care and tracking of patients who fast.
I can say with confidence that I have definitely built muscle while fasting. I'm now deadlifting 215 lbs and I'm benching 95 lbs.
Here's a link explaining how fasting affects your physiology and hormones (it explains things much better than my attempt!): https://www.dietdoctor.com/fasting-affects-physiology-hormones
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You've piqued my curiosity about your fasting. Are we talking the classic Catholic or other religious type of fasting, where you abstain from foods on certain days, or certain times of day? Or just from certain foods and quantity of foods? I know some active Muslims who fast during Ramadam and they are very, very careful about being physically active during their fasting times. I'm with them 100%. How can one be active without fueling a body? It's like driving a car on fumes.
No, most religious fasts are actually just calorie restrictive. During Ramadan, the fast ends when the sun sets (I think). It's much harder on your body to restrict calories than it is to abstain from all calories.
There's a pretty good intro on fasting here: https://www.dietdoctor.com/intermittent-fasting
I follow a ketogenic diet and am fat adapted, so fasting comes pretty easily and my body is very efficient at using fat stores for energy. I'm not running without fuel - I've got lots of reserves around my waist ;)
I feel way more energized on fasting days. And I require less sleep, which actually bugs me a little because I do like to sleep. I was wide awake at 4:45 this morning after going to bed at 10.
This is from the IDM site: The IDMP is the world leader in the use of intermittent and extended fasting in the treatment of metabolic diseases. Dr. Jason Fung and Megan Ramos’ clinic in Toronto has successfully treated thousands of clients with fasting for many years. Dr. Jason Fung has lectured physicians throughout the world about this ancient dietary technique, appeared on television, and written a comprehensive bestseller on its use. Other dietary strategies include eating whole unrefined foods, lowering dietary intake of refined grains, added sugars and increasing natural fats.
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Training run with my group on Tuesday and then was at the gym on Wednesday. I have running group again tonight. I'm hoping the streets are dry. Yesterday it snowed and then it rained and everything was slushy and soaking.
I am just at the tail end of my longest ever fast. I'm at 4 days and 9 hours now. I have had so much energy and have felt great the whole time. During the fast I've run a total of 28km, had a home workout and a gym workout, completed a ton of errands that I had been putting off, and cleaned my house :) I'm planning on breaking the fast at 11am or so. I had planned to stop yesterday, but I got home from the gym and put a pan on the stove and took out some eggs from the fridge and realized I wasn't hungry so I put it off and now here I am a day later. I was much more diligent about supplementing this time (salt and potassium) and I think that made a world of difference. I know fasting is still kind of a weird thing. It works for me and it works well with my keto diet. I follow the protocols in Dr. Fung's book, The Complete Guide to Fasting. Plus, dh and I are in the Intensive Dietary Management Program, so we have support through that as well.
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I'll be taking a couple of involuntary rest days in order to recover from a silly fall. Don't try this at home! I wanted to take a short-cut to the grocery store, so I tried to climb over our back fence/wall by climbing a short tree. I got one leg up on the wall while one leg was still standing on a tree limb. My supporting leg slipped off the tree and I did the splits in air, and landed on the ground. I'm VERY fortunate that I only pulled some muscles in the hip area. Somewhere in the action, I did manage to bang my head, but no concussion, thank goodness.
My dd had a famous comment to my dh, "How old does mom think she is?"
In my mind, I'm the invincible viking. Not so invincible, it seems.On a positive note, I can check "do the splits" off my bucket list! I don't need to do them twice, though. :laugh:
Sounds like an epic fall! I'm glad you weren't seriously hurt.
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Check out Ketogenic recipes. They won't have fruit, but they also won't have anything with gluten, rice, or soy. Whole 30 and Paleo recipes would also be good, I think.
Some great recipe sites:
https://www.ibreatheimhungry.com
https://www.ruled.me/keto-recipes/
https://meljoulwan.com/category/recipes/
I've been keto for some time now. There is no end to the amazing things I can eat. It may take a while for your sister to adjust, but once she does she may not miss the foods she can't have at all.
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Definitely. I was 16 and working at Denny's. He came in for an interview and ended up being hired. I remember thinking he was attractive and wondering who he was. Once I got to know him better I had a huge crush on him, but he was 7 years older than I was and wasn't interested. We did hang out a bit, but there was absolutely no romance. We both stopped working there some time later and we lost touch until I was 18 and phoned him out of the blue.
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dressed for the gym....grumble
Awesome! Getting dressed for the gym is half the battle. That's something I started doing - I know that if I don't do it early in the day then it doesn't get done at all, so I just get up in the morning and put on my gym clothes. I tell myself I have to workout before I shower and get dressed. It seems to make it a little easier to actually get a workout in.
And I had the best workout at home today! This is progress because I'd much rather be at the gym. I started with a warm up - running on the treadmill - and I ended up running for just over an hour. That was - by far - the longest I've ever spent on a treadmill. I was listening to old 90's songs from my teens ;)
Then I did my weights. I'm not a huge fan of the bowflex, but I'm getting used to it. I did leg press and lat pull downs on the bowflex and I did incline bench press with dumb bells and bicep curls along with some glute bridges with a band and another ab exercise. Feeling great today.
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My run was cancelled yesterday because we ended up with about 15cm of snow. I went today on my own and ran 14.2 km. The weather was great. It was 2 celsius and there was no wind. Unfortunately, none of the sidewalks were cleared so I had to run on the road the whole way, but people here are used to pedestrians out on the road so it wasn't a big deal.
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Lion is streaming on Netflix and was a good movie. Heartwarming and a little bittersweet at the same time.
I really liked Lion.
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I've updated my wardrobe quite a bit in the last year and a half or so. I wear a mix of jeans, skirts, and dresses, but I don't like dress pants so I don't really have any. You need to buy things that you're actually going to wear, otherwise there is no point.
I think the shoes you were talking about would be cute and stylish and definitely not limited to women in their twenties. There are lots of things you can pair with jeans that will be up to date, but not inappropriate for your age. If I were you, I'd make sure I had a nice turtle neck sweater or two. I have a black cashmere turtleneck in black that fits well and can be worn with jeans or a skirt. Neutral colours are really in and are timeless, so you could go with white, cream, or a light blush. A white collared shirt with buttons is another item that looks great with jeans. Throw on a cute cardigan (maybe in a neutral colour or in something that goes with your shoes) or a blazer and you're set to go. I found a great navy blazer at Winners (like Marshalls) a few weeks ago and it really dresses up a pair of jeans. I have a white t-shirt, blush t-shirt, white sweater, and a mustard and navy blouse that all look great under the blazer with a pair of jeans. If you want to be a little trendy without looking like you're trying to be 20, you could buy a shirt with flutter sleeves or a bit of ruffle. I really do think sticking to neutral colours instead of a lot of patterns helps make people look put together. Although, I do really like all of the floral prints that are out right now.
I'm a little more adventurous with my shoes these days. I have a cute pair of ankle boots that go well with all of my jeans. I had a pair of Converse that I wore until I wore them out. I *love* Converse with jeans. Stylish and comfortable and great at any age. I recently bought a pair of pointy black suede flats with a black and white bow on them, a pair of leopard print pointy flats with a black bow, and a pair of blue velvet loafers with a sparkly bar on them. All of them were bought from the clearance rack at The Bay for less than $30 each. It's been fun to have something a little different in my wardrobe.
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YES! I reset my goals by size for the same reason. MMM! Recipes????
This is the salmon recipe. I've probably made it ten times now. Everyone in the family loves it, even the ones who aren't really keen on fish. http://meljoulwan.com/2010/05/06/moroccan-grilled-salmon/
This is the Brussels sprouts recipe: https://cafedelites.com/creamy-garlic-parmesan-brussels-sprouts-bacon/
I leave out the corn starch and I cook mine differently. I cut the Brussels in quarters and cut raw bacon into small pieces and toss both on a baking sheet. I bake them at 375 until the Brussels are soft. Meanwhile, I make the sauce in a pan. When the Brussels are ready, I put them in a bowl and pour the sauce over them. I left out the mozzarella as well - just did it with parmesan. I've made this recipe twice now - once with bacon and last night without.
Chia seed pudding is my new favourite dessert. I use this recipe: https://lowcarbyum.com/simple-chia-seed-vanilla-pudding/ Last night I had it with caramel extract instead of vanilla. So good.
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Where I lived in CT, we would get a lot more snow than where I am now in NY. But it gets much colder here where I am.
Despite that I don't think I've seen more than 2 feet of snow in CT.
I'm in Newfoundland and we get big dumps of snow. Plus, much crazy wind so the drifts are often much higher. I think the most we've had at one time since we got here (4 years ago) was 50 cm, which is almost 2 feet. I've got some great pictures.
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strategies for eventually getting a job
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How about getting on the Board of a non-profit? That would help with the networking and would look good on a resume.