Morning everyone!
I am going to try and do this at the same time as playing with DS (he insists I play Mario on his DS with him
). DH is out playing golf already, that's part of what he gets to do on father's day. All by himself in the fresh morning dew
Belinda: I hope you have a great day regardless of what you end up doing
Deb: Nice job in AC. Don't spend your money on turbo fire yet. I'll let you know by the end of next week if I like it if you want.
Iris: Why para-sailing?! You know, there are a lot of places you can also go zip lining around here if you want..... if your goal is to give him a heart attack. When do you drive down? Tell Cathe she's awesome for me and that STS is just amazing. You know what it is about here workouts. No dread factor. I think it's her personality that pulls you right along with her. When exactly is the race by the way? I come back from vaca on the 6th of September.
Hey Amelia! "Whoosh" there it is!!!!
Hope you got rid of your headache. What cardio did you end up doing yesterday?
Cookie: Well I am very happy that you are staying away from the cookies, but I do have a bone to pick with you LOL. Maybe Iris can correct me, but the no cookie deal we shook hands on went to the end of my contest (september 4th) not the RT! Hope you are getting everything done. It doesn't sound like you have enough fun.
Trish: So nice to see you check-in. Of course it doesn't have to be a long check-in everytime. So thanks for sharing, and we are totally here for you. It's like that for me too. My cyber friends "get" me when it comes to exercise and food. Nobody else does. I think it is very interesting your analysis of you not having this problem before. And I think your idea to allow yourself some slack is great as well. There is a diet based on 80-90% good for you food and 10% what you want. I would label it all good: 80-90% good for your body and 10-20% good for your soul. And I think you can do it anyday you feel like it. Don't restrict it to the weekend right away. It sounds like it's the restrictions that throw you off. You don't have to do it on a schedule, try to allow yourself candy when you feel like it. Anyways, rereading all the Tom Venuto stuff, he keeps saying that ultimately, what matters most is the TOTAL number of calories. He doesn't recommend eating candy all day long because it will make you crash, but he does emphasize the TOTAL number of calories. It also seems that for competition, you want to control the total number of fat as well (bellow 20%) of your diet. Are you keeping track of your total calories so that this approach can make sense? I know for me last night I had chocolate and sopressata and was still within my allowance. I hope we can help you with this. You are right though, it is taking over your every thought and I was very sad for you
But we can beat this.
Last thing, if you are interested, I am doing the BFFM challenge, it runs until September 4th. You could join me. I'm three weeks in, I have taken control over my eating for now and I am down 6.8lbs in three weeks. I am working out like maniac, but that part sounds like you would have no problem with either.
I will try to PM you those forms even if I don't get a chance to make my own version. He, He, and that was my novel to you !
Everyone else, have a great day. Enjoy all the dad's around you.