Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
edited October 2018
Just got back from my first gym session. It was really good and I'll definitely be going back. I feel kind of sick now though, I don't know if I ate enough before going.
That can also be the result of working out hard, so maybe good job?
"'Because of the intensity [of a hard workout] and the significant workload, blood is distributed to the muscles to promote nutrient and oxygen transport. Unfortunately, this leaves little blood left to circulate to the stomach and intestines, and as a result oftentimes triggers a nausea or vomiting response,' exercise physiologist Dr. Joel Seedman, Ph.D., an athletic performance specialist and owner of Advanced Human Performance in Atlanta, Georgia"
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
What I was doing was hard work, mostly exercises I've never done before. I also had to cycle to and from the gym. I thought the ride home would be really difficult but I found it easier than usual. I guess my muscles were all really awake.
I started up myfitnesspal again and put in my current details and how much I want to lose. It told me I should aim for 1400 calories a day. Then I logged the walking/cycling from work and it went up to 2600. Which seems a bit unbelievable. I don't think I've been eating 2600 calories a day for the last 6 weeks so if that was accurate I surely would have lost weight before now.
I don't even really care about weight. I want to lose fat and gain muscle. But I don't know a way to quantify that as easily as numbers on a scale.
I wouldn't listen to MFP's recommendations, they're really bad. Pick an arbitrary number that sounds right (maybe 2000), eat that for a few weeks and see what happens to your weight and your body.
Just got back from my first gym session. It was really good and I'll definitely be going back. I feel kind of sick now though, I don't know if I ate enough before going.
If you're feeling a little nauseous or shaky during or post workout it may be your blood sugar getting a little fucky due to you not eating enough/the right stuff in general or going too long without eating before your workout. For me about an hour to 90 minutes before lifting was my sweet spot because I wouldn't feel a crash or feel weighed down because I had just eaten.
Bring a banana with you next time if you're starting to feel not so hot towards the end of your workout.
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I like the myfitnesspal recipe tool. It's useful for getting an estimate of calories/carbs from a homemade dish. Or tracking down a specific takeout option (Example, trying to find the details of a dish minus the side of rice)
But you have to be very careful with the user submitted food items. Because some of the users only care about calories or fat, and they JUST enter that number and then publish it to everyone. For me counting carbs, that can be a problem since if there is no number entered, the site considers it zero. Which clearly is not the case a lot of the time and can throw me off.
That aside, it's been a real useful tool.
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The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Been on keto a month now. Weighed myself today. Was 235-240 lbs at 6'5". Am now 225.
Feeling more energetic and clearheaded on the days I get adequate sleep. No more mid-day lethargy. Also pretty much cut sugar out entirely, haven't so much as touched a piece of candy that I didn't make myself as a fat bomb.
Feeling pretty good all things considered. Gonna keep with it.
I weighed myself this morning again and I'm down to like 336 or so.
which seeing as my goal this summer before I got sick was going to be like ~350 that's great... but I don't like how I'm getting there. by not even doing anything. hell I'm even eating more than I was immediately following the surgery in August. still not as much as usual but it's mostly the same garbage.
I haven't been this light since like spring or summer of '16 but at that time I was spending all my energy every day to just log my meals and every week to exercise at least three times for 20 minutes.
My doctor forgot to send my xray order into the hospital but the stomach cramps have really eased up anyway... still I wanna find out why this is happening to me. I suppose it might be just stress. my ac broke in May and since then it was a mad scramble to get this apartment, move, get my stone taken out, heal from that, start class, get adjusted here, start prepping for officiating my friends wedding... my behavior has even markedly changed like when I lost the weight in 2016 but instead of logging meals and stuff I'm making to do lists and schedules and being pretty high energy by my standards. which can get exhausting if I don't eat much on a given day or if I don't also make time to do a downtime thing like listen to music or a podcast and do art or some other hobby thing.
I think maybe I should burn off some of the energy with exercise. if I take it slow and heat one or two times a week I would be able to burn off enough energy to tire myself out enough to relax sometimes.
Starting my third week of life changes (phase one was removing the 600-1500 daily caloric intake of soda and sugary snacks) and also eating slightly more responsible otherwise.
Haven't slipped on soda (600-1000 cals daily) at all and had two small junk snacks at work when it was 1 am and we were getting killed.
Down 11 lubs over my first two weeks and my resting heart rate has dropped from around 85 before morning coffee to around 70. BP was right at 140/80 which is hypertensive but now in the morning is clocking in at 115/71 or so.
Hoping to tighten up the diet over the next few weeks and get set to follow a macro based meal plan in November. Also hoping to get into the gym about three times a week for weights before then as well.
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I had this tonight and while it's good it doesn't really hit that addictive "egg roll" taste I was looking for. It was also very muted, I could faintly taste the seasonings and oils but not very well. Thought about it some and figured a bit of heat would elevate it, like most Chinese food, but I lacked sriracha so I went with Frank's in my dinner bowl, so I could experiment. Overwhelmed everything the first try, I'll do a bit less next meal and see how it goes.
I had this tonight and while it's good it doesn't really hit that addictive "egg roll" taste I was looking for. It was also very muted, I could faintly taste the seasonings and oils but not very well. Thought about it some and figured a bit of heat would elevate it, like most Chinese food, but I lacked sriracha so I went with Frank's in my dinner bowl, so I could experiment. Overwhelmed everything the first try, I'll do a bit less next meal and see how it goes.
I have begun modifying it to taste. I add another 50% or so of the sauce, up the garlic, add a little chili powder, and some chinese five-spice blend. Then I add some mushrooms.
There's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Signed up for an online personal trainer so I'm curious to see how that'll go.
He comes recommended from a friend who uses him in real life workouts at his cross fit gym, and he seemed to know his stuff. Initially he wanted to set me up on a crossfit plan but I'm not interested in that, specially since I want to still have days devoted to just climbing and running. So he's sending me a 3 day strength, 1 day cardio plan, as well as meal plans. We'll be checking in weekly and adjusting as necessary.
I have no problem going to the gym and working out I'm just dumb about hitting the right muscle groups or doing the optimal workouts so hopefully this will help me get past my plateu.
Can you tell when I took a break from jogging and shifted to walking?
I have two sports bras and they both work pretty well on their own. There's some movement, but not enough to be uncomfortable/painful.
But I read that wearing two sports bras at the same time multiplies their effectiveness, so I tried that tonight, and holy shit I am locked. down.
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I was already feeling pretty good about my pace today and then this popped up on the upload page and now I'm feeling really really good about it.
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Signed up for an online personal trainer so I'm curious to see how that'll go.
He comes recommended from a friend who uses him in real life workouts at his cross fit gym, and he seemed to know his stuff. Initially he wanted to set me up on a crossfit plan but I'm not interested in that, specially since I want to still have days devoted to just climbing and running. So he's sending me a 3 day strength, 1 day cardio plan, as well as meal plans. We'll be checking in weekly and adjusting as necessary.
I have no problem going to the gym and working out I'm just dumb about hitting the right muscle groups or doing the optimal workouts so hopefully this will help me get past my plateu.
You can tell you have a good PT if you're learning new things, and they end up working.
I'm looking to transition back from running to strength training. I've kept my membership with Anytime Fitness in the move from the US to Japan and it just so happens there's a gym basically across the street...now I just have to overcome the anxiety of going there: they've got different rules and they already responded to an inquiry I made online that they don't have any English-speaking staff at this location. Maybe I'll tough it out this week but geez am I nervous about it.
My experience of gyms in Japan was tons and tons of cardio and people using light weights as though they were for cardio. But this was also very rural, so ymmv
Did you get any sense of how different the rules are? I'd be super curious about the differences between a chain gym in the US and chain gym in Japan.
Not even anything complicated, I don't think. For starters, I know you have to have indoor workout shoes - which as far as I can tell just means having a pair you don't walk outside in. The unknowns include payment stuff, like the membership advertised on the website is in the neighborhood of $75/mo (converted roughly from yen) but I already pay $35/mo on the membership I initiated back home. I've always been led to believe I can use my special key anywhere and I'm all set, but the huge difference in price confuses me. And the pictures don't make it clear if I have to specially rent a locker on the premises (possibly paying extra) or if there are little cubbies for your gym bag or whatever while you work out. I'm just scared to go find out and have the inevitably awkward conversation.
I have not quite made it there yet to find out.
Last week I started going to planet fitness to run. Been about 4 years since I ran but I started at 5.5mph and was able to run a 5k at that speed. This week I bumped it up to 5.7 and did it on Monday. Going back in today to try again. Probably stay at 5.7 for 2 or 3 weeks. My gym partner is a coworker and we are going 3 mornings a week. My membership gets me unlimited personal trainer sessions so I am thinking about having them walk me through the starting strength routine in 2 weeks. For a first time lifter that is pretty good right?
Also planet fitness has some serious issues with weightlifters. Multiple digs at them posted around the gym. For a place that claims to be judgement free they are surprisingly harsh. They even have free weights and racks, although they have way more machines. Just very odd and off-putting.
Been getting back into a serious workout plan. My biggest weakness is that I actually do go to the gym, and I'm active in climbing but I don't ever put the effort to change up my routine or really look at what I should be doing. So I ended up getting an online personal trainer. He sends me weekly workout plans, gave me a recipes and a meal plan to follow and we check in every week. It's cheaper than a regular trainer and I been enjoying it so far. He's even started me on workouts focused on improving my climbing.
I'm also finally getting back into running! I did a half two months ago, a 5k this past weekend and running a 8 miler on Thanksgiving and a Half in December.
Anyone have any recommendations on GPS watches? I have a fitbit but I just don't like it, so was thinking of upgrading.
After about a 5-month slump due to "first kid" and gaining 20+ pounds, I'm finally back in the gym.
I'm keeping my goals simple to basic strength training bodyweight exercises and 2x per week for the time being. If I can keep that up I'll see about increasing frequency and changing things but for now I just want to establish a long-term habit that fits into my current crazy schedule.
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Finally got around to adding cardio back onto the routine after weight lifting. I don't remember a 4 minute tabata being this rough, lol! Just gotta be consistent and it'll come back, but oof, super tired atm.
The last six weeks ive had bronchitis, eight days eating and drinking my way around New York, then bronchitis again. Now the ice and snow are settling in and the roads are getting dicey for running.
... I guess this means it's time to renew my gym membership before I turn into an asthmatic jabba the Hutt.
My 8 mile Turkey Trot yesterday went way better than expected!
9: 26 average pace and negative splits once my pace has settled and the course itself was challenging but with great views. I also bought a garmin watched and it worked exactly as I needed it too.
This is a good confidence boost for my half next month.
vaguely related to previous - does anyone have any experience with Baleaf athletic gear? My current running leggings are ok down to about 0C, but not really warm enough below that, so I'm thinking of investing.
(aka procrastinating from work by looking at reviews of running pants).
My experience of having a coach was that it was very useful until it wasn't.
Curious about this - can I ask what you found useful and at what point you were like, "And we're done here"? It's something I've considered once or twice here in Singapore because it's so much more difficult to maintain a regular yoga class schedule for me.
Unrelated, queen of the overdid it that I am, I took a hamstring-stretching specific yoga class (knowing that I have ridiculously tight hamstrings) on Thursday and halfway through felt something at the top of the rear thigh/inner right underbutt kinda go riiiiiip. :bigfrown: I'm trying to be good and take it easy but I'm already totally over not being able to forward fold properly. Anyone had experience with recovering from a hamstring strain or tear? It's not at all painful passively, nor is it swollen - it's just... It hurts to do certain stuff I usually can do with zero effort. Like forward folds, walking fast, bending over to tie my shoes...
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Keep meaning to start my exercise routine again after falling off of it due to yet more injuries and life laziness
But then I pack my gym bag, sleep at 11, set an alarm for 645
And proceed to wake up at 1am, not sleep, and thus be in terrible shape to exercise
Should I still go today maybe just to get back in the habit of going
Even if I do very little
Maybe I’ll do that
But my sleep situation is horrendous and has been making my whole life terrible
Lack of sleep is how I fucked up my back and my other knee too
I slept real good back at my parents house for thanksgiving, just there are so many things wrong with my situation in my own apartment I guess... including my terrible ability to pick mattresses, variable temperatures (too hot too often), noise, etc
My experience of having a coach was that it was very useful until it wasn't.
Curious about this - can I ask what you found useful and at what point you were like, "And we're done here"?
They didn't cope very well with my injury, being too slow to adapt things and failing to take it properly into account. I don't think, as a coach, they were ready to be flexible and adapt to the change in situation, they had a playbook that they wanted to stick to. The final straw for me was when I was walking with a cane and they told me to increase my step count. That was a real "ok, this guy isn't listening" situation.
When things were going well though, it was really helpful and I made a lot of progress and learned a lot. I fully intend to start coaching again, just probably not the same person.
Last Sunday, doing the laundry, I felt a twinge in my lower back that rapidly accelerated into extreme pain. I ended up stuck on my back in hospital, seems a bulged or damaged disc.
While I'm healing, slowly, I'm not going to be able to run for like 12 weeks. I'm deeply upset by all this. Got a back brace, have to avoid sitting.
Anyone here had a similar injury? What did you do to stay active while so limited?
Seems this was all tracable back to my wonky hips, which meant lower back had to do too much.
Today my physio gave me the all clear to run again. It's been... 3 months maybe? My back recovery has been slow but consistent.
I've drank 2500 calories worth of egg nog over 3 days. Making those smart diet choices.
I took a cheat weekend from Keto for the 2nd time this month for the holiday. (The first was a road trip for someones birthday) It was nice to indulge a bit but effectively I've stalled out for the month, making zero progress. Nothing planned until the Christmas break though, so hopefully I can knock down a few pounds before then.
I am oddly looking forward to the New Year when there are no upcoming gatherings, or holidays, or travel. Makes it a lot easier.
There's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
One of the problems with keto is that you can't plan a cheat into your diet without totally bollocksing it, it's one of the reasons I prefer the flexible dieting (or IIFYM) as an approach, generally.
One of the problems with keto is that you can't plan a cheat into your diet without totally bollocksing it, it's one of the reasons I prefer the flexible dieting (or IIFYM) as an approach, generally.
Yeah, anything significant means spending a week getting back into Keto and burning off the water weight, before you start making progress again.
Granted, I could have still eaten less over the holiday, but you know, sugary snacks.
Best I've managed to do was recover quickly from mistakes where I inadvertently knocked myself out for a single meal.
There's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
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"'Because of the intensity [of a hard workout] and the significant workload, blood is distributed to the muscles to promote nutrient and oxygen transport. Unfortunately, this leaves little blood left to circulate to the stomach and intestines, and as a result oftentimes triggers a nausea or vomiting response,' exercise physiologist Dr. Joel Seedman, Ph.D., an athletic performance specialist and owner of Advanced Human Performance in Atlanta, Georgia"
Not looking forward to Wednesday.
I wouldn't listen to MFP's recommendations, they're really bad. Pick an arbitrary number that sounds right (maybe 2000), eat that for a few weeks and see what happens to your weight and your body.
If you're feeling a little nauseous or shaky during or post workout it may be your blood sugar getting a little fucky due to you not eating enough/the right stuff in general or going too long without eating before your workout. For me about an hour to 90 minutes before lifting was my sweet spot because I wouldn't feel a crash or feel weighed down because I had just eaten.
Bring a banana with you next time if you're starting to feel not so hot towards the end of your workout.
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But you have to be very careful with the user submitted food items. Because some of the users only care about calories or fat, and they JUST enter that number and then publish it to everyone. For me counting carbs, that can be a problem since if there is no number entered, the site considers it zero. Which clearly is not the case a lot of the time and can throw me off.
That aside, it's been a real useful tool.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Feeling more energetic and clearheaded on the days I get adequate sleep. No more mid-day lethargy. Also pretty much cut sugar out entirely, haven't so much as touched a piece of candy that I didn't make myself as a fat bomb.
Feeling pretty good all things considered. Gonna keep with it.
which seeing as my goal this summer before I got sick was going to be like ~350 that's great... but I don't like how I'm getting there. by not even doing anything. hell I'm even eating more than I was immediately following the surgery in August. still not as much as usual but it's mostly the same garbage.
I haven't been this light since like spring or summer of '16 but at that time I was spending all my energy every day to just log my meals and every week to exercise at least three times for 20 minutes.
My doctor forgot to send my xray order into the hospital but the stomach cramps have really eased up anyway... still I wanna find out why this is happening to me. I suppose it might be just stress. my ac broke in May and since then it was a mad scramble to get this apartment, move, get my stone taken out, heal from that, start class, get adjusted here, start prepping for officiating my friends wedding... my behavior has even markedly changed like when I lost the weight in 2016 but instead of logging meals and stuff I'm making to do lists and schedules and being pretty high energy by my standards. which can get exhausting if I don't eat much on a given day or if I don't also make time to do a downtime thing like listen to music or a podcast and do art or some other hobby thing.
I think maybe I should burn off some of the energy with exercise. if I take it slow and heat one or two times a week I would be able to burn off enough energy to tire myself out enough to relax sometimes.
Haven't slipped on soda (600-1000 cals daily) at all and had two small junk snacks at work when it was 1 am and we were getting killed.
Down 11 lubs over my first two weeks and my resting heart rate has dropped from around 85 before morning coffee to around 70. BP was right at 140/80 which is hypertensive but now in the morning is clocking in at 115/71 or so.
Hoping to tighten up the diet over the next few weeks and get set to follow a macro based meal plan in November. Also hoping to get into the gym about three times a week for weights before then as well.
Come Overwatch with meeeee
I had this tonight and while it's good it doesn't really hit that addictive "egg roll" taste I was looking for. It was also very muted, I could faintly taste the seasonings and oils but not very well. Thought about it some and figured a bit of heat would elevate it, like most Chinese food, but I lacked sriracha so I went with Frank's in my dinner bowl, so I could experiment. Overwhelmed everything the first try, I'll do a bit less next meal and see how it goes.
I have begun modifying it to taste. I add another 50% or so of the sauce, up the garlic, add a little chili powder, and some chinese five-spice blend. Then I add some mushrooms.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
He comes recommended from a friend who uses him in real life workouts at his cross fit gym, and he seemed to know his stuff. Initially he wanted to set me up on a crossfit plan but I'm not interested in that, specially since I want to still have days devoted to just climbing and running. So he's sending me a 3 day strength, 1 day cardio plan, as well as meal plans. We'll be checking in weekly and adjusting as necessary.
I have no problem going to the gym and working out I'm just dumb about hitting the right muscle groups or doing the optimal workouts so hopefully this will help me get past my plateu.
I have two sports bras and they both work pretty well on their own. There's some movement, but not enough to be uncomfortable/painful.
But I read that wearing two sports bras at the same time multiplies their effectiveness, so I tried that tonight, and holy shit I am locked. down.
I was already feeling pretty good about my pace today and then this popped up on the upload page and now I'm feeling really really good about it.
But the sweeteners they use have some nasty side effects, so I am now researching how to make my own chocolates.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
You can tell you have a good PT if you're learning new things, and they end up working.
Not even anything complicated, I don't think. For starters, I know you have to have indoor workout shoes - which as far as I can tell just means having a pair you don't walk outside in. The unknowns include payment stuff, like the membership advertised on the website is in the neighborhood of $75/mo (converted roughly from yen) but I already pay $35/mo on the membership I initiated back home. I've always been led to believe I can use my special key anywhere and I'm all set, but the huge difference in price confuses me. And the pictures don't make it clear if I have to specially rent a locker on the premises (possibly paying extra) or if there are little cubbies for your gym bag or whatever while you work out. I'm just scared to go find out and have the inevitably awkward conversation.
I have not quite made it there yet to find out.
Also planet fitness has some serious issues with weightlifters. Multiple digs at them posted around the gym. For a place that claims to be judgement free they are surprisingly harsh. They even have free weights and racks, although they have way more machines. Just very odd and off-putting.
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I'm also finally getting back into running! I did a half two months ago, a 5k this past weekend and running a 8 miler on Thanksgiving and a Half in December.
Anyone have any recommendations on GPS watches? I have a fitbit but I just don't like it, so was thinking of upgrading.
I'm keeping my goals simple to basic strength training bodyweight exercises and 2x per week for the time being. If I can keep that up I'll see about increasing frequency and changing things but for now I just want to establish a long-term habit that fits into my current crazy schedule.
... I guess this means it's time to renew my gym membership before I turn into an asthmatic jabba the Hutt.
ugh, indoor exercise
9: 26 average pace and negative splits once my pace has settled and the course itself was challenging but with great views. I also bought a garmin watched and it worked exactly as I needed it too.
This is a good confidence boost for my half next month.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3178374603?share_unique_id=2
(aka procrastinating from work by looking at reviews of running pants).
Curious about this - can I ask what you found useful and at what point you were like, "And we're done here"? It's something I've considered once or twice here in Singapore because it's so much more difficult to maintain a regular yoga class schedule for me.
Unrelated, queen of the overdid it that I am, I took a hamstring-stretching specific yoga class (knowing that I have ridiculously tight hamstrings) on Thursday and halfway through felt something at the top of the rear thigh/inner right underbutt kinda go riiiiiip. :bigfrown: I'm trying to be good and take it easy but I'm already totally over not being able to forward fold properly. Anyone had experience with recovering from a hamstring strain or tear? It's not at all painful passively, nor is it swollen - it's just... It hurts to do certain stuff I usually can do with zero effort. Like forward folds, walking fast, bending over to tie my shoes...
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
But then I pack my gym bag, sleep at 11, set an alarm for 645
And proceed to wake up at 1am, not sleep, and thus be in terrible shape to exercise
Should I still go today maybe just to get back in the habit of going
Even if I do very little
Maybe I’ll do that
But my sleep situation is horrendous and has been making my whole life terrible
Lack of sleep is how I fucked up my back and my other knee too
I slept real good back at my parents house for thanksgiving, just there are so many things wrong with my situation in my own apartment I guess... including my terrible ability to pick mattresses, variable temperatures (too hot too often), noise, etc
Sigh
They didn't cope very well with my injury, being too slow to adapt things and failing to take it properly into account. I don't think, as a coach, they were ready to be flexible and adapt to the change in situation, they had a playbook that they wanted to stick to. The final straw for me was when I was walking with a cane and they told me to increase my step count. That was a real "ok, this guy isn't listening" situation.
When things were going well though, it was really helpful and I made a lot of progress and learned a lot. I fully intend to start coaching again, just probably not the same person.
Today my physio gave me the all clear to run again. It's been... 3 months maybe? My back recovery has been slow but consistent.
Keen to finally get out there again!
I pulled a hammie a couple of times
It took about two weeks to get back to normal
If you tore it, I'm really not sure what to tell you
I took a cheat weekend from Keto for the 2nd time this month for the holiday. (The first was a road trip for someones birthday) It was nice to indulge a bit but effectively I've stalled out for the month, making zero progress. Nothing planned until the Christmas break though, so hopefully I can knock down a few pounds before then.
I am oddly looking forward to the New Year when there are no upcoming gatherings, or holidays, or travel. Makes it a lot easier.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Yeah, anything significant means spending a week getting back into Keto and burning off the water weight, before you start making progress again.
Granted, I could have still eaten less over the holiday, but you know, sugary snacks.
Best I've managed to do was recover quickly from mistakes where I inadvertently knocked myself out for a single meal.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
The other ten months though will be fine. Just need to get through mid-January, though I hadn't lost much prior to this, maybe about ten pounds or so.