kikster
Cathlete
Hey ladies!
Hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. No workouts so far this weekend (this will be my 'mini' recovery time from STS) before getting back to hitting the weights hard next week. I did shoot some hoops w/DS friday, got in some Stretch Max this morning, and will be doing some gardening in a bit. So it will be a relaxing day for me. I did my final "official" STS weigh-in this AM and found that I was down another pound!!!!
So that made for 5 lbs (out of my goal of 8) total this round of STS, with careful attention to eating, only in the last 4 weeks or so of the program (probably could've lost the other 3 had I started sooner ) which is when those lbs actually came off, lol. Can't complain, love the body recomp that's taken place! If I just maintained from here on out I'd still be happy. For now, I'm gonna keep doing what I've been doing and see if those extra few lbs will leave me alone . If not, I will go back to maintenance eating, because I do not like to stay in a deficit for too long (hence why I waited til the last month of STS before dropping below maintenance cals, and even then, only slowly dropping). I'll give another month or so, and re-asses
Tracy & Katie: I SO feel you on the eating. Let me tell you, your girl LOVES food! Plus, being a housewife who loves to cook/bake (mostly bake ), I can tell you that my family loves food too! (me being the enabler that I am ) Although none of us minds eating pretty clean in the summer, we get pretty stubborn about our comfort food in the cooler months. So I just clean it up as much as I can, and make sure that it all fits in my eating plans and it's been working. This is big for me, because even when I eat clean, I just eat too much! LOL. So this time, I tried not to stress myself or my family out too much, and just did a mix of the two. Some meals super clean, and others lightened up favorites. So that it really was "everything in moderation." Took quite a bit of planning on my part, but my guys never knew the difference, and we never over or under indulged, if that makes sense. So if I knew that I wanted a certain dessert that night, I planned the rest of my meals around it, making sure that all other meals were spot on in the nutrition/macro dept, but keeping enough leftover calories to "afford" that dessert. Or if it was a weekend (which demands things like pancakes and scones from my fam ) then I'd plan for the rest of the day's meals to be lighter when we aren't really paying attention to food, because we're out in the garden, playing basketball, riding bikes, etc. IDK if any of that makes sense, but it worked. Another thing that I did to make sure that I didn't feel like I was depriving them or me, was to let them pick the dinners OR breakfast OR dessert that they wanted for each day that week. I picked the cookbooks that they chose from (mostly Comfort Food Diet cookbook, some Clean Eating, or any other family fave they thought of), and as long as each day they knew that something they (or I, lol) wanted was coming, the rest of the meals weren't that big of a deal to get through. There was a bright food spot to everyday. That may be too much trouble for some, but like Katie, I'm a planner, and I knew that I'd have to use that aspect of my personality to feel satisfied this time around. Because, even though I have the will power to go forever on a super clean diet, I'd make myself miserable doing so, and feel like I was depriving my family (who have no need/desire for dieting - crazy high metabolisms). Don't get me wrong, we still eat very healthy anyway, but we like our treats. (speaking of which, Katie, I eat 4 pieces of pizza EVERY week, WITH dessert - it's in the plan . Family movie/pizza nite will not suffer just cause mommy needs to lose a few lbs. It has been our tradition for just too long now ~8 yrs )
But keep in mind that most things we eat are homemade, so I have full control of ingredients. I incorporate whole grains, no trans fat, low fat/sodium products into everything I make, even the treats, whenever possible. So for instance pizza nite = homemade whole wheat crust (Clean Eating Mag), homemade pizza sauce (using tomato sauce w/herbs), organic low fat cheese, organic/no nitrate meats, and homemade ranch dressing for dipping (using homemade yogurt and herbs) & Whole grain brownies (King arthur flour recipe)
I know, I know, Kiki's on her soap box again, lol . I sure know how to ramble once I get started ...really gotta work on that.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. No workouts so far this weekend (this will be my 'mini' recovery time from STS) before getting back to hitting the weights hard next week. I did shoot some hoops w/DS friday, got in some Stretch Max this morning, and will be doing some gardening in a bit. So it will be a relaxing day for me. I did my final "official" STS weigh-in this AM and found that I was down another pound!!!!
So that made for 5 lbs (out of my goal of 8) total this round of STS, with careful attention to eating, only in the last 4 weeks or so of the program (probably could've lost the other 3 had I started sooner ) which is when those lbs actually came off, lol. Can't complain, love the body recomp that's taken place! If I just maintained from here on out I'd still be happy. For now, I'm gonna keep doing what I've been doing and see if those extra few lbs will leave me alone . If not, I will go back to maintenance eating, because I do not like to stay in a deficit for too long (hence why I waited til the last month of STS before dropping below maintenance cals, and even then, only slowly dropping). I'll give another month or so, and re-asses Tracy & Katie: I SO feel you on the eating. Let me tell you, your girl LOVES food!
Plus, being a housewife who loves to cook/bake (mostly bake ), I can tell you that my family loves food too! (me being the enabler that I am ) Although none of us minds eating pretty clean in the summer, we get pretty stubborn about our comfort food in the cooler months. So I just clean it up as much as I can, and make sure that it all fits in my eating plans and it's been working. This is big for me, because even when I eat clean, I just eat too much! LOL. So this time, I tried not to stress myself or my family out too much, and just did a mix of the two. Some meals super clean, and others lightened up favorites. So that it really was "everything in moderation." Took quite a bit of planning on my part, but my guys never knew the difference, and we never over or under indulged, if that makes sense. So if I knew that I wanted a certain dessert that night, I planned the rest of my meals around it, making sure that all other meals were spot on in the nutrition/macro dept, but keeping enough leftover calories to "afford" that dessert. Or if it was a weekend (which demands things like pancakes and scones from my fam ) then I'd plan for the rest of the day's meals to be lighter when we aren't really paying attention to food, because we're out in the garden, playing basketball, riding bikes, etc. IDK if any of that makes sense, but it worked. Another thing that I did to make sure that I didn't feel like I was depriving them or me, was to let them pick the dinners OR breakfast OR dessert that they wanted for each day that week. I picked the cookbooks that they chose from (mostly Comfort Food Diet cookbook, some Clean Eating, or any other family fave they thought of), and as long as each day they knew that something they (or I, lol) wanted was coming, the rest of the meals weren't that big of a deal to get through. There was a bright food spot to everyday. That may be too much trouble for some, but like Katie, I'm a planner, and I knew that I'd have to use that aspect of my personality to feel satisfied this time around. Because, even though I have the will power to go forever on a super clean diet, I'd make myself miserable doing so, and feel like I was depriving my family (who have no need/desire for dieting - crazy high metabolisms). Don't get me wrong, we still eat very healthy anyway, but we like our treats. (speaking of which, Katie, I eat 4 pieces of pizza EVERY week, WITH dessert - it's in the plan . Family movie/pizza nite will not suffer just cause mommy needs to lose a few lbs. It has been our tradition for just too long now ~8 yrs ) But keep in mind that most things we eat are homemade, so I have full control of ingredients. I incorporate whole grains, no trans fat, low fat/sodium products into everything I make, even the treats, whenever possible. So for instance pizza nite = homemade whole wheat crust (Clean Eating Mag), homemade pizza sauce (using tomato sauce w/herbs), organic low fat cheese, organic/no nitrate meats, and homemade ranch dressing for dipping (using homemade yogurt and herbs) & Whole grain brownies (King arthur flour recipe)
I know, I know, Kiki's on her soap box again, lol
. I sure know how to ramble once I get started ...really gotta work on that. 
