What I Ate This Weekend and the BEST Run and Eat of November

Hello!! How’s it going? What are your favorite part of the month? How much did you run? How much did you eat? Why am I asking so many questions? Maybe it’s because I need a friend?

Anyway. Let’s talk about what I ate this weekend and the best of November!

First – I ran the Lexus Lace Up Reindeer Run Half Marathon this weekend. It’s in Riverside. Santa’s there. Recap coming soon.

 

What I ate this weekend – or at least the highlights…

Friday Night – I went on a date. With a guy that I see on a regular basis. We had Thai Food – it’s my favorite.

And we tried a new dish the restaurant is known for – fried eggplant with chicken.

Date night dessert – fro-yo forever.

Saturday fun…

We went to the Great Park in Orange County. It’s a big park in south OC that I haven’t really explored – until recently. I ran there one time and this was my second lil visit.

We wanted to go up in the Hot Air Balloon but it was closed because of wind.

I always see this HUGE orange balloon in the sky as I’m living my lil life (read: going to run or going to Costco to get pizza). I don’t know if it counts as a real hot air balloon because it doesn’t go anywhere – just up and down. If I ever get up in it I’ll share more.

On the way home I saw a sign for some new construction open houses insisted we stop.

I love looking at new construction houses!! They’re perfectly furnished and smell like fancy people. I wanted to share the tour in a story but ended up mostly capturing my wide eyed reaction. Ha!

After the half marathon on Sunday…

I went to see my brother, SIL and nieces. We went to church and then lunch. Their church also had coffee and a bunch of pastries and treats! God is good.

Important side note –

I was pretty excited the place had Coke Zero. I love Coke Zero. I can’t drink Diet Coke anymore!

And every-time I go to a restaurant I ask, ‘Do you have Coke Zero?” and 89% of the time they don’t and I just ask for water or tea.

I think it seems a lil high maintenance to my bf (oh and he prob thinks diet soda is bad for me) but I’d rather die an early death and happily drink poison than deny myself happiness and be smug. And I’ll keep asking even though it seems like it’s a 1 in 10 chance that they’ll have it because it makes me so happy.

And finally I had a cookie as my lil victory lap / post-run treat. I love cookies. And ice cream. And cake – chocolate cake. (I’m hungry)

Oh – and it’s National Cookie Day!! Are you having a cookie today?

November Best Run Eat and Repeat posts

My Favorite RUN

Ahh!! This is hard because I ran the Rock N Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon and it’s so fun running down the Strip!!

Then, I ran the Lexus Lace Up Palos Verdes Half Marathon – it’s so gorgeous right on the coast!!

I say it’s a tie.

Rock N Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon

Lace Up Palos Verdes Half Marathon –

I was going to recap this one on the podcast and now I have the Riverside half to recap too! So it’s coming soon. But there’s a mini-recap on my Instagram post AND I gave a bunch of shout outs to other runners on IG.

My Favorite EAT

4 Ingredient Baked Brie Recipe 

This is my new favorite thing!! It’s so good and so easy!

 

My Favorite post I’d like to REPEAT

I think the Minimalist Christmas Wish List is super helpful

 

And with the Vegas half recap post I shared – What to Eat for a Race Late in the Day video

 

Question: What was the BEST thing you did / saw / ate last month?

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Weight loss is the positive constant my life needs right now.

I've had a really tough autumn, you guys. It's honestly been one thing after another.

Super expensive car repair further muddled by the gross incompetence of the mechanic I chose to fix it at actually properly identifying the parts my car needed? That was my August and it bled into September and the start of the fall.

Having to deal with the slow deterioration of my relationship with a woman I thought I had a future with? The one who had literally typed a five page letter FULL of all the flaws she saw in me and then gave up on trying to fix things between us even while I made efforts to fix all of them? The one who broke up with me on Halloween while I sat there awkwardly in a Grim Reaper costume? The one who has since pretended I don't exist despite a promise to remain friends? That was my October.

The stress of trying to put together a community theatre show in four weeks while also charging through one of the busiest months of my day job, and basically having little to no free time for myself to decompress and enjoy any of my solo hobbies? That was my November.

I hoped things would get better this month, but this December has started on one of the most negative notes I can think of — I was laid off at work. It had nothing to do with my job performance and everything to do with budget cuts, but I don't see how that's supposed to make me feel better about becoming unemployed with literally no warning that job loss was on the table. I had to deal with the embarrassment of breaking down in tears in my boss' office when he delivered the news that Dec. 3 would be my last day, and then had to listen in a complete haze to our HR head as she explained my compensation package. I had to be ESCORTED back to my office and HR had to WATCH me as I ruefully packed up all my personal belongings. Before I knew it, I had turned in my keys and was back at home.

I'm more scared for my future than I've ever been in my life. I have about two months of cash from my compensation package and my savings before I officially enter crisis mode, and even though I'm extremely lucky that my parents have offered to help support me if I can't find a job in my field at that time, the thought of continuing to depend on my half-retired parents for financial help when I've been financially independent since graduating from college fills me with immense guilt.

But through all of this stress and all of the sighs I've made this blasted season...I've made a commitment to improve my health. I've started on the path to a healthier me. I've put my focus into improving on that chubby overeater I've been seeing in the mirror, and on sculpting him into a man defined not by his weight, but by his character.

I started losing weight on October 14. Every day since then, I've fastidiously logged my weight in a Google Doc, followed my Slow Carb Diet as close as I can, and have zealously caught myself from the jaws of high-calorie temptations day by day. Almost two months later, I've lost 23 pounds and am already halfway to my goal weight, FAR ahead of where I predicted I may be and easily crushing my conservative loss goals week to week.

Even if my life is facing negative after negative, at least I can take solace in the positives my weight loss journey is bringing me. And I continue to have faith that I'll emerge from these freezing months a happier, healthier person.

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Help with eating/working out

I had gastric bypass 5/14/2018. I’m down 75 from before surgery and 80 since May. I struggled to eat a balanced diet with all the food groups and enough to sustain my work outs. Many foods just don’t agree with me anymore. I took a long break from the gym as it wasn’t safe and got back to it in October. I’m 195/5’7’’ now and I know the weight loss will slow but I feel totally stuck. I eat 1200 calories a day and due to the size of my tummy that is really hard and means eating 6-8 times a day. Per my Apple Watch I’m burning 2,700 calories a day and I’m not really loosing. Am I just stalled or is my body holding onto weight because I’m at such a large deficit? Also, is resting/active calorie data fairly accurate?

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Ive been trying to lose weight my whole life but never succeeded. Thoughts?

I've been fat my entire life (around 30bmi since middle school). I've never managed to get to a healthy weight, even though weight loss has been my one overriding goal for more than 20 years.

I can't think of one day of my life where if I was granted one wish I wouldn't have used it to lose weight. I just can't seem to get any control over it.

I'm currently at bmi 32, and every day I start over and recommit to losing weight. I wrestle with all the thoughts in my head that tell me I'm gross and no one wants me there, and I go to the gym anyway (I always go 4-5 days a week). It's exhausting.

I don't keep any junk food in the house, and if I do it's stuff my kids/husband like but I don't, like fruit snacks or ramen noodles. I cook almost every meal at home. I read book after book on weight loss, will power, and habit formation. I eat off small plates. I get 8 hours sleep. I've tried keto, I've tried IF, I've tried behaviour modification therapy. I've tried medifast, I've weight watchers (4 times). I spent November doing Whole 30 and managed to gain 5 pounds.

I'm at a complete loss about what to try next. I understand I need to eat less I just can't fucking seem to be able to do it. I always start the day counting calories with a great attitude and it always falls off the rails. But never in the same way twice, it seems. There's no particular pattern in the way I fail.

I can't figure it out. Am I just broken?

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12 Winter Activities You Didn’t Realize Burn Calories

Are colder temps cramping your exercise style? Don’t sweat it! You can torch calories engaging in fun winter activities.

This chart details the general amount of calories a 150-pound woman exerting low to moderate effort doing the following activities for an hour will burn:

Activity	Calories Burned
Downhill Skiing	377*
Sledding	477**
Ice Skating	494*
Holiday Shopping	198*
Shoveling Snow	467*
Snow Boarding	377*
Holiday Food Shopping	198*

If you’re not exactly feeling the great outdoors, or you live among the states that don’t tend to get snow, torch calories with a winter clean-up. This chart shows the general amount of calories a 150-pound woman exerting low to moderate effort engaging in various cleaning efforts will burn:

Activity	Calories Burned
Dusting	136*
Vacuuming	287*
Scrubbing	314*
Mopping	225*
Sweeping	198*

*Information obtained through the United States Department of Agriculture Physical Activity Tracker on 12/1/2015.
**Information obtained through the Calorie Control Council’s Get Moving! Calculator on 12/1/2016.

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Suddenly dropping weight fast again?

I started my weight loss in late September and in the beginning I lost about 15 pounds in month, so things were happening really fast, which I think is normal because water weight and getting used to a lower calorie intake. But then the next month, I only lost around 6 pounds and my rate of weight loss was super slow, despite not making any changes to my calorie intake. However, I've consistently gone down 1 pound a day for the past 3 days and it's nice to see those numbers, but also that seems extremely scary. I've been doing CICO this entire time and my TDEE is around 1700 ish, so I've been limiting my calorie intake to around 1300. I've been doing this the entire time so I don't see why suddenly my weight is dropping so fast. I haven't gone to the gym these past three days either, so it's not like I'm excessively burning calories, I even took a 4 hour nap yesterday and went from 247 to 245.8.

I always weigh in the mornings after bathroom and before eating, with no clothes so it's not fluctuating because of that.

I know water weight can do this but I haven't really changed anything with my intake so I'm curious as to why this could be happening. The only thing I can think of is that I don't weigh everything I eat, and I don't plan on weighing everything either because I'm prone to developing harmful habits and punishing myself (not by starving and I haven't had this issue yet thankfully). But anyway, if you have any idea why this is happening, please give me some tips.

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Decided to not bring my scale for vacation

Progress pic (2016 vs 2018) https://imgur.com/wMFRmHz

This week has been really rough and my relationship with the scale is getting unhealthy. I'm getting too fixated with the digits, a spike of 1.5 kg yesterday set off my anxiety badly and I had a meltdown in my room. Of course it turns out to be water and waste weight… I knew these facts but the numbers were screwing with my head; how could I be doing everything right and see the numbers go the opposite way? This is completely irrational thinking, since this is not my first rodeo and I know it happens.

I have this innate fear of reverting to my 'before' state and right now, I guess I'm having a case of imposter syndrome. It's an odd experience to look significantly different. Recently overhauled my entire wardrobe, and while it forces me to stay on track, I can't help but be scared.

Right now I'm packing my luggage for a one week vacation, and I was seriously considering bringing my heavy scale along haha. Decided against it and will use this week's break to reset instead. Eating while on vacation makes me nervous, hopefully continuing with my intermittent fastingb(16:8) habits will help me control my intake. Bracing myself to see an uptake in weight when I return, which I know will mostly be water and waste weight again.

It's just feels really hard when everyone thinks I'm doing well, but I'm really struggling so hard; I have little confidence in myself for maintenance. I remember every rebound from my previous weight loss effort. I really want to stick to it this time and stay consistent while living and breathing normally. Just throwing this out here and hopefully somebody will relate to this nervousness too.

Finding strength one step at a time.

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