Anyone want to shape up in 2018? A continuing journey.......

rgambs

Sprunkn7 said:

What I really like about the Whole 30 is that it's real food. Not shakes or calorie deprivation. The hard part is making sure everything in compliant. I keep it pretty simple. Lots of veggies, protein and healthy fats. Knowing that I am feeding my body good things always helps! I am eating fruit also and I am still having one small snack. When i did this the first time I found Almond Butter and never looked at peanut butter again!

I woke up hungry as hell today tho,...I mean starving!!! Looks like a big breakfast for me. Gym after work :-)

It's just not nearly as good as peanut butter, and it's only marginally more healthy. There is also the issue of how it is grown, almonds grow on trees, almost exclusively in drought stricken California, and peanuts grow on a small bush in the south mostly, where water is not so much of an issue. Peanuts are also nitrogen fixing, if grown properly, so they require less fertilizer and when grown in rotation reduce the use of fertilizer on other crops.

It just doesn't taste as good as peanut butter is my main issue. There is no replacement for good old PB.

rgambs

I am an avid fan of the peanut and my wife is allergic to tree nuts so I always champion that glorious bean we all love to consider a nut lol
Don't take it personally, enjoy your almond butter, I think Justin's is the best.


I feel like I have been doing well this week. I clocked in under 1400 calories every day so far and I have made my runs despite the bad weather and lack of sleep. I have had 1st least 20 minutes of babydancing each day and had a nice 20 minute cycle last night of resistance band curls, squats, mountain climbers and pushups.

It is amazing how, with the right choices, you can feel full all day on 1000 calories, and with the wrong choices you can feel the same amount of full on 4000 calories.

Sprunkn7

oh no slight taken at all. we each have our preference. I just like the almond butter better! A peanut is a legume no?

markymark550

Almond butter? Peanut butter? Cashew butter? Yes please! Love all of those.

rgambs

Sprunkn7 said:

oh no slight taken at all. we each have our preference. I just like the almond butter better! A peanut is a legume no?

Yep, it's a bean. A delicious bean, just like all other beans. Mmmm I love beans.

Sprunkn7

Me no likie beans. I'll eat string beans (prefer raw) or pea pods...that's about it!

Natashapearljamfan

rgambs said:

It is amazing how, with the right choices, you can feel full all day on 1000 calories, and with the wrong choices you can feel the same amount of full on 4000 calories.

That's so true. Keep up the excellent work. You are powering with your exercising and eating habits. How's my fitness Pal working for you?

rgambs

Natashapearljamfan said:

rgambs said:

It is amazing how, with the right choices, you can feel full all day on 1000 calories, and with the wrong choices you can feel the same amount of full on 4000 calories.

That's so true. Keep up the excellent work. You are powering with your exercising and eating habits. How's my fitness Pal working for you?

Not bad, it won't publish reports because I am only logging around 11000 calories though I am consuming about 1350 on average.
It is much easier to tally calories in processes foods, it's much harder to count home cooked meals.

Sprunkn7

Feeling a bit tired ( I had a bad nights sleep) but my foods today where heavenly. Scrambled eggs with asparagus, mushrooms and some sausage. A big ass superfood salad with beets cut up veggies and turkey. Tonight I have sweet potato with ghee and cinnamon and a nice loin lamb chop and some kale chips :-)

rr165892

Sprunk,good stuff.Only way to really tell what is good for YOU.A food diary is great help.Are you using something like that?

I did that a while back and realized Almonds and Peas,both of which i was eating alot of caused me discomfort and stomach bloat.

Sprunkn7

Yes, I am logging. I know dairy causes me bloat. Not a full on lactose intolerance but I need to be careful of how much I eat!

rgambs

If anyone needs any motivation to work out, my 10 month old son just did 30 squats in a row with Papa! I couldn't believe it!
Made Papa feel like a slouch lol I should be able to do more than double him and I don't know if I can lol

Ms. Haiku

rgambs said:

If anyone needs any motivation to work out, my 10 month old son just did 30 squats in a row with Papa! I couldn't believe it!
Made Papa feel like a slouch lol I should be able to do more than double him and I don't know if I can lol

Tell us about babydancing, rgambs.

Ms. Haiku

I'm going to do it! I'm going to run without music! Here, I go.

Here I go. I'm almost ready to get off the couch. I can't wait to see what its like without music. Oh, boy, here I go! A donut would be great.

Imagine going to a donut shop and you can smell your favorite coffee and a bazillion of your favorite donuts.

Ok, time to run.

rgambs

Ms. Haiku said:

rgambs said:

If anyone needs any motivation to work out, my 10 month old son just did 30 squats in a row with Papa! I couldn't believe it!
Made Papa feel like a slouch lol I should be able to do more than double him and I don't know if I can lol

Tell us about babydancing, rgambs.

Baby Simon weighs 20 lbs, and he loves music. I put on some PJ or Ben Harper, maybe some Railroad Earth, and I pick up the baby and I dance. That's it! Just dancing with a baby, it is just about the most fun you can have while working out, besides the making of babies lol

He sees us working out and he wants to join so last night he started squating with me and he did 32 in a row. Craziness!

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Ms. Haiku

It took about 3 hours to get out the door, but I finally ran 2 miles. I stop a lot. I'll put the segments together again.

The first .5 miles was just to get it done. The second .5 miles was a why-not. The next mile I tried my hardest to erase yesterday's boohoo (laid-off) with sweat. Kind of cool how one challenge made me forget another. I guess that's why many people start to run, eh?

Without music I was more attuned to my alignment. I'll try it some more.

Sprunkn7

After a boring egg breakfast (kind of, I did have some coffee with coconut milk; it's not too bad!) I kicked things up a bit at lunch with some chicken salad with homemade avocado mayo, pecans and grapes over greens. That was super delish! Tonight is leftovers. 1/2 sweet potato, another lamb chop and a steamed artichoke.
Meanwhile I made a pot of chili and cut up lots of veggies for snacking and salads.

I can tell my bloating has gone down. I'm drinking a lot of water and iced green tea.
So happy things are not as hard as I remember

Ms. Haiku

Sprunkn7 said:

After a boring egg breakfast (kind of, I did have some coffee with coconut milk; it's not too bad!) I kicked things up a bit at lunch with some chicken salad with homemade avocado mayo, pecans and grapes over greens. That was super delish! Tonight is leftovers. 1/2 sweet potato, another lamb chop and a steamed artichoke.
Meanwhile I made a pot of chili and cut up lots of veggies for snacking and salads.

I can tell my bloating has gone down. I'm drinking a lot of water and iced green tea.
So happy things are not as hard as I remember

Sounds awesome, Sprunkn7, especially the avocado mayo.

rgambs

Weighed in last night at 206. 3 lbs down from last week. I should be happy with that but I want more damnit!

Sprunkn7

I'm not supposed to be stepping on a scale, I may skip tomorrow but I will def weigh in next week. Love seeing that go down with all this time and energy spent!!

Looks like it's going to warm up a bit. Going to do a nice trek at the beach.