Health & Fitness • Page 56

I was supposed to go to the gym with my friend on her lunch break but I'm guessing that's not happening cause it's approaching not lunch break territory. Ugh. I need a car. Or to live on the first floor so I don't feel guilty for exercising in my apt

 

I ended up working out at like 10 last night. I don't love it, would rather chill until I go to bed, but I wasn't finding a lot of other options besides cutting down to 2-4 workouts per week.

 

how busy was the gym that late? usually it's pretty dead so you don't have to weight (lol get it) on people to finish to use machines or equipment

 

In this case I just went to the fitness center at my apt. 2 people showed up while I was working out, which is 2 too many.

 

Bosu burpees are the worst. That is all.

 

I wish I had as much willpower when it comes to food as I do drive to workout

 

This sooo much

 

I just really like cookies

 

I love carbs. And pie. I am proud tho cause I recently got fettucini which is a fave of mine but it felt way too heavy and I knew it was like a daily allotment of calories in one plate so I was like meh. I mean I still ate it all lol but it wasn't super enjoyable so I'm telling myself I'll order something healthier next time. We'll seeeee

 

Yeah carbs are delightful. And feeling full really does help a lot. I rarely have an appetite (thanks depression), but my body is pretty good at getting mad at me if it feels hunger.

A large portion of my diet for many years was rice and pasta because we’ve been poor most of my life. We’re there, now, but trying to make healthy eating work. But we can’t buy enough for me to ever feel full. Which makes me grouchy.

This is rambling and showing my complicated relationship with food, my family, my body, and my brain.

 

I feel like that sweet and carb sensation is hard to mimic and be healthy, like I'm trying to eat less meat but I couldn't cut out carbs cauliflower ain't fooling me

really using this thread right haha

 

Sweet potatoes do a lot of heavy lifting in our current diet. But if I finally commit to keto they’re gone too.

 

It really is hard to undo the way you grew up eating. I was a latchkey kid so we had a lot of chef boyardee, frozen corndogs and pizza, pasta roni, canned veggies, tv dinners, top ramen, etc. It has taken me years to finally curb cravings for junk food. And I think I've only started curbing it because I'm so sick of the fast food restaurants we have and I'm too broke for a legit restaurant lol. And i have a complicated relationship cause despite the trash we grew up eating my mom stressed thinness so I like rebelled against her projecting by eating junk. Eating at a restaurant was always considered a treat as well so I tend to reward myself with unhealthy food also. Sucks to unpack it all!! Now I am good at eating veggies but I need to work on better protein sources.

 

What’s also weird is I learned I really enjoy cooking but I never want to actually do it? Like what @Ken posts on his foodstagram is what i’d love to be doing. But some days instead of cooking I’ll legit just eat a yogurt and pretend.

Unpacking your childhood should be a college course.

 

Also sometimes i think to how I'd eat in college and I gag. I lived off sugar and fast food. Sooo much candy, soda, and fries. I still enjoy those things but I was 10000% overdoing it

 

Yeah. In college my eating habits were a disaster. In a lot of ways, it shapes my cravings now. That and living in Italy for six months and adjusting to a different style of cooking with way better ingredients than here.

Really I just need to go live on the Mediterranean and live my life with pesto

 

Yeah, I gained 36 pounds my senior year of college (11 years ago). Nothing but booze, Taco Bell, Wendy’s, 3am feedings and 64oz Polar Pops. Went from 180 to 216.

Lost it all pretty quickly once I moved back home and for the past 10 years I quit pop and almost all fast food. I’ll still get T Bell like once a month and maybe Subway or Arby’s here and there but it’s rare.

My weight now is around 185.

 

I gained like 15 pounds after watching Pushing Daisies and being inspired to eat lots of dessert and I never lost it lol

 

I upped my bench today (135, nowhere near where I was in high school, sigh) and still feel so defeated after my workout.

 

I did a fitness blender video that used to be rly hard for me and it wasn't anymore! I wasn't feeling motivated so it was tough in that sense and it involved more stretching than I usually do so I'll prob be a lil sore still. But I was like dang 2 years ago I could barely finish the video and my entire body was sore the next day and now it's like too easy

 

I really wish my workout buddy and I had similar schedules. We haven’t been able to line up a workout since the second week of March.

 

Guess who ran into me the second I finished my lifting routine and guilted me into lifting with him as well.

My new bicep vein is kinda legit though.

 

Yesterday I walked to the gym and counted that as my cardio so I spent more time on with the weights and machines than usual and I was surprised that I wasn't very sore this morning. But omg I swear the soreness was just pent up and waiting to be released!!! Cause now it hurts to liiiive.

 

DOMS is the worst/best.

 

finally got myself a food scale and a bathroom scale to start more accurately tracking calories and macros.