Is West loop the trail side? I think it's close to 2.5 miles. I did it once and got lost and was like "never again!"

Plus I run the lake at odd times sometimes, like early in the morning or when it's 100 outside at 3pm or when it's only 30 degrees outside and I know the paved side so well I feel more comfortable, especially when I'm out there on the days when no one is really out there.

9/10/2011 4:35:12 PM

gg Minka!

9/10/2011 5:55:18 PM

thank you i'm very proud of myself and now that I know I can do it I want to slowly increase my distance

9/10/2011 5:58:41 PM

Yeah you'll do great

I was like the energizer bunny today... After taekwondo I cleaned up the yard, cleaned out my fridge, swept, vacuumed, dusted, mopped, and then lifted weights


LIKE A BOSS

9/10/2011 6:03:52 PM

^get you some sam!

thats awesome!


i slept most of the day
i actually had an ACLS certification course i registered for and everything but canceled on the last minute due to a few complications (family and personal) and now i think the organizer is pissed at me >.<

but i mean its not like i get the money back so whatever.


but that being said i didnt sleep a WINK last night and was really upset all night about it (and as you know that makes it worse and its a horrible circuitous cycle)

do you guys ever get bouts of insomnia?

how do you deal with it.
i have to get my sleep.
HAVE.

9/10/2011 6:07:17 PM

Yeah I can't really help with that... Fall asleep in less than 30 seconds most nights :/


Have you tried doing deep stretches before bed? Those make me sleepy

9/10/2011 6:10:44 PM

the thing about it its not every night AT ALL.

i usually tank out within 10 minutes.
but about once every two weeks i will stay up ALL NIGHT.

and they know how they say get up and go read or watch tv or something until you get tired?
well ill do that-all night.


its quite frustrating.

9/10/2011 6:17:15 PM

That sucks

Reading is a sure fire way for me to conch out... Hence my. Love for audiobooks

9/10/2011 6:18:57 PM

dude last night- i took diphenhydramine and listened to lectures on my ipod.


no.fucking.dice.

9/10/2011 6:19:48 PM

What about Ativan?

9/10/2011 6:36:00 PM

i've taken clonazepam before with no help :/


im weary with hypnotics and sedatives but i may talk to a dr about some zolpidem or something similar only for situations like that.

9/10/2011 6:39:49 PM

Did the 2 mile lake trail at Bond, stopped to get water when I finished the loop and that was a mistake. I was done as soon as I stopped. Made it in 19 minutes though which isn't bad for that terrain.

[Edited on September 10, 2011 at 7:03 PM. Reason : ]

9/10/2011 7:02:37 PM

^^you should try endurance sports, but not within 2 hours of bedtime

you;ll fall right to sleep

9/11/2011 10:02:05 AM

my exercise usually consists of running about 5-6 miles
3-4x a week.
still happens then too

9/11/2011 10:12:12 AM

Do you experience a lot of stress, Joie? Stress keeps me up at night sometimes, even when I run 9 miles and take melatonin with wine.

If it's stressful thoughts that keep you up at night, you have to get to the root of the stress and figure out how to dilute it.

9/11/2011 10:23:53 AM

yes.
and sometimes that's the case.

but sometimes it's not.
sometimes theres no rhyme or reason, it just happens.
i'm just a happy little bird and i'll end up making bracelets or something all night


[Edited on September 11, 2011 at 10:26 AM. Reason : sdfdfd]

9/11/2011 10:26:18 AM

^^ agreed. i would have awful anxiety attacks and not be able to sleep, but i've finally got that under control.

9/11/2011 10:26:30 AM

i have done a lot of eliminating and what it boils down to is that at times i have legit insomnia....which honestly scares me a bit but ill see what i can do.





but getting on with the thread.

what has 2 thumbs and weighed 134 this morning?

wow.

9/11/2011 10:29:21 AM

haha that's awesome joie.

i did shockingly well on my first olympic tri yesterday morning. was a huge boost in my working out. i wasn't as prepared as i wanted to be for it and knowing that i did well even without being where i wanted to be.

now onto my half marathon training!

9/11/2011 10:33:51 AM

Sad / gg Joie!

And lunak! Woot

9/11/2011 11:15:48 AM

Two weeks of kinda / sorta getting back into the regular working out and today I'm going to try and pick it up a bit. Excited to be getting closer to burning 700-800 calories instead of 300-400 like I was last year.

9/12/2011 12:43:01 AM

anybody have good recommendations on brands of good tasting protein powder? i know i need to get more into my diet but i'm super finicky about taste

9/12/2011 9:15:26 AM

ON white chocolate is my favorite and doesn't have the super chemical-ish taste that some have. I think I am going to pick up a pack of banana pudding from my gym because they say if you like pudding it's amazing. I forget what brand that is though.

9/12/2011 9:17:03 AM

i just bought 5 lbs of the ON whey extreme milk chocolate.

with milk it tastes just like swiss miss. it's a little pricey, but it's dreamy.

9/12/2011 9:21:34 AM

okie dokie. i'll check those both out. thanks you

9/12/2011 9:31:11 AM

buy it off of amazon or something instead of GNC. big discounts.

metricula i think posted a link to a price tracker a few pages ago.

9/12/2011 9:35:58 AM

yea i was checking out prices.

skwink if i don't like the white chocolate, i'll mail it down to you

9/12/2011 9:36:57 AM

Man I put my body through some awful stuff this weekend. I am still recovering from Saturday night. but time to hop back on the weight loss/fitness train.

9/12/2011 9:39:34 AM

i use http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/ to buy anything i need now, gnc was overpriced and didn't give me a selection i cared for

9/12/2011 9:41:23 AM

I've eaten pretty much nothing but steak, hamburgers, and hot dogs for the last 5 days.

It makes me feel good.

[Edited on September 12, 2011 at 9:55 AM. Reason : .]

9/12/2011 9:55:31 AM

So I just burned 639 calories in my workout.

Felt good to get back to that after the summer of not working out and two weeks of lower-intensity stuff.

I'm starting to feel fit again already.

9/12/2011 10:24:16 AM

I order stuff from netrition.com, A LOT cheaper than GNC and guaranteed 2-day shipping for $4.95. i'll get a 5lb thing of protein (i usually get the gold standard brand) and have it on my doorstep in two days for like $52 total.

9/12/2011 11:23:53 AM

I've switched to using:

http://www.trueprotein.com/custom_product.aspx

9/12/2011 11:30:30 AM

I tried the walmart brand just for the cost factor and it's not very tasty. GNC is ridiculous though, planning on using that site next time.

9/12/2011 11:36:34 AM

any websites/apps out there that will allow me to set some key parameters (target calories, fat, carbs, protein, etc) and select my food dislikes (hate mayo) and then click a magic button to generate a menu that tells me EXACTLY what to eat for every meal?



[Edited on September 12, 2011 at 5:31 PM. Reason : is this a ridiculous request?]

9/12/2011 5:31:15 PM

I could give it a whirl for you. I'm good at making yummy foods.

9/12/2011 6:04:36 PM

Since trying this app I've been under 2000 calories ONE day. And I'm not eating bad! I didn't think so anyways. Time to tweak again. grrrr I like to eat when I'm hungry! At least I get to see where I am at each day.

9/12/2011 7:45:16 PM

I don't know if I have mentioned it before but I eat



and it does not affect my blood sugars hardly at all. My nutritionist does not even know how it does it. Was wondering if anyone would possibly know anything about their protective carbs? I would recommend it for low glycemic index but I honestly can't until I figure out how it does not affect my blood sugar like regular pasta.

9/12/2011 8:12:53 PM

i was about to comment on the glycemic index but then i looked up protective carbs.


thats some strange stuff, ive never heard of it.

thats interesting.

[Edited on September 12, 2011 at 8:20 PM. Reason : i wonder if its a shit ton of fiber. ]

9/12/2011 8:18:58 PM

I like the dreamfields pasta, and I can definitely tell it affects me differently than normal pasta. I don't get the carbohydrate insulin spike from it like normal pasta, and it tends to keep me fuller for longer.

Punchmonk, the one thing you need to be aware of with Dreamfields is that cooking the pasta under acidic conditions will undo the low-glycemic structure of the food. If you bake a lasagna or baked spaghetti, the acidity of the tomato based sauce is enough to unravel the pasta carbohydrate chains and cause your blood sugar levels to spike. I'm guessing that storing a pasta salad with a vinegairette dressing would have the same effect.

9/12/2011 9:51:18 PM

I like quinoa pasta

9/12/2011 10:16:17 PM

I like cheese.

9/12/2011 10:58:18 PM

thanks for the tip, eleusis. I have not tried the lasagna yet. sadpanda. I have only used the rotini and regular spaghetti and add the meat-sauce later.

I, too like quinoa pasta, Samwise16.

I, also, like cheese because it does not spike my sugars.

9/12/2011 11:43:32 PM

This thread is making me hungry. I'll be ravenous by breakfast.

Do y'all snack late at night? I sometime snack or pistachios at 11 pm or midnight. Not sure what else is okay to eat that late.

9/12/2011 11:50:55 PM

I don't normally snack at night but being pregnant with diabetes, I have to have a hefty 20-30 carb snack just to make sure I don't go into shock during the night because of a diabetic low. Ha...so that is when I can eat cereal (staying carb power).

Quote :

"do you guys ever get bouts of insomnia? how do you deal with it. i have to get my sleep. HAVE."

Joie, I forgot to respond to this the other day. Something that is quite ludicrous that has worked a couple of times for me is clear your mind, stand right beside your bed and just look at it. Do nothing but look at your bed, don't even move. I am not joking. It might not work but maybe it will.

9/12/2011 11:57:05 PM

I get horrible insomnia often. I found that taking ZMA, melatonin, and diphenydramine will help me get to sleep, but unfortunately I usually wait until I need to be up in 6 hours before I admit that I'm having trouble sleeping and take something. I spend a few hours the next morning in zombie mode when I do that.

9/13/2011 12:17:42 AM

Quote :

"This thread is making me hungry. I'll be ravenous by breakfast. Do y'all snack late at night? I sometime snack or pistachios at 11 pm or midnight. Not sure what else is okay to eat that late."

i read somewhere a while back that a lot of times when you get the "hungry sensations" late at night, it's really your body telling you that it's sleepy and you need to go to sleep. i can't remember the last time i ate after 8pm. i've been really good about not eating after dinner.

ps - i don't know if i'm fighting a bit of a stomach bug or if it was the 8000 spoonfuls of nutella i ate last night before dinner but i have been feel woozy and a bit dizzy since last night. no stomach ache and no actual sickness. (no i'm not preggosaurus)

9/13/2011 7:38:02 AM

omg punchmonk
ill have to try that. that actually sounds legit.


yeah eleusis i'm the same way. and there are some nights that i take diphenhydramine and melatonin-and i still wont go to sleep >.<

9/13/2011 7:43:21 AM

FWIW, I recently upgraded my pillow and I've been sleeping through the night consistently. Also, I fall asleep much faster.

Joie and Eleusis, do you guys sleep in pitch blackness? Or is there light from the TV, LEDs, etc.? It makes a big difference. I got black out shades and it's awesome.

9/13/2011 9:56:56 AM

Quote :

"i read somewhere a while back that a lot of times when you get the "hungry sensations" late at night, it's really your body telling you that it's sleepy and you need to go to sleep. i can't remember the last time i ate after 8pm. i've been really good about not eating after dinner. ps - i don't know if i'm fighting a bit of a stomach bug or if it was the 8000 spoonfuls of nutella i ate last night before dinner but i have been feel woozy and a bit dizzy since last night. no stomach ache and no actual sickness. (no i'm not preggosaurus) "

I usually do force myself to go to sleep when I'm hungry late at night. But I sometimes wake up with severe hunger pangs around 2 am. So I make myself go back to sleep and then I'm really out of it in the morning and I feel awful. I usually wake up every night around 2 or 3 am. Maybe my blood sugar is too low? The last couple of times I had basic tests run, my fasting blood sugar was below 50. The nurse said that was a bit low, but since my other vitals were fine, it was nothing to worry about.

Also, maybe the nutella affected your blood sugar? If it's not something you're used to eating, it could have caused a sugar spike.

9/13/2011 10:09:17 AM