fatasticourtney

Tinesseal, I pretty much had the same problem. I read a ton of articles on wheat sensitivities and nothing was conclusive. I chose to just cut as many obvious wheat sources out of my diet as possible and pretty much all my problems disappeared (since the trigger wasn't there). I have the same opinion as Insanity - decide if it's worth eating. I generally find going to a doctor not too useful, but then again I haven't seen the same doctor consistently for a few years besides basic check-up. If you're really up for checking it out, you could try a gluten-free diet for a while and see how that affects you.

Star Log 2 4 2013 No significant comments. Food Log I don't want to waste food so I'm eating my minimal crap today. Also started using a nutrient/calorie tracker again. Breakfast: Coffee Lightly fruit juice sweetened oatmeal tbsp of granola Lunch celery sweet potato, baked apple Dinner yogurt sausage cheese peanut butter Yeah dinner was really sucky. I need to plan this stuff a little more. Training Log Karate, 2 hours; kata and kihon focussed - fantastiCourtney

I train in Karate - currently 8th kyu, will test for 7th in a month - and fencing (ranked D14). I prefer to work with body weight exercises than use gym weights, but I am open- minded about it. I hate running. It took me training for a half marathon to realize this, but I finished that training and I will never run more than I have to again. Star Log 1 4 2014 Started my commitment today. I will follow a semi-Paleo diet with a focus on veggies and eating healthy snacks. I want to join the 6-week challenge that starts in a few days. Looking forward to character creation. Did my weekly weigh - in today: 141 lbs. I want to buy a soft measuring tape so I can start doing measurements too. Stats: (update once a month? sound reasonable?) weight: 141 lbs height: 5' 3" sex: female age: 19.7 Earth - years Food Log This morning was terrible because I hadn't made my goals yet; I had coffee, green tea, pancakes made with (edit: almond) milk, a bunch of sugar and peanut butter. I was running out of food. After realizing this, I came here and made my commitment to myself to eat healthier. I decided on a semi-paleo diet until I can beat cravings with my fists and let them know that I'm boss. Ate oatmeal as a snack, going to have a lettuce salad with chicken, tomato, cucumber and carrots for dinner. I bought some yogurt if I am still hungry later. (again, going semi-paleo until I can resist cravings) Workout Log Jump Rope: 100 x normal jumps 50 x right foot 50 x left foot 75 x alternating left right Stretching Fencing footwork: advance hops x 4 strips retreat hops x 4 strips a a r a x 3 strips r r a r x 3 strips Strength: 10 pushups x 3 sets 10 body weight squats x 3 sets 1 minute plank x 3 sets Fencing: will free fence tonight for about an hour ~ hour and a half - FantasitiCourtney

Barfly - Thank you for reminding me that I do need to eat. I read your post before I grocery shopped today so I was able to refocus my efforts. I've been reading the NerdFitness articles for about a month now, so I know basic Paleo principles and applied them. xoek - I know we can both overcome our current habits, we just gotta stay focused our missions kellbot - I am in a very good situation; I live in an apartment with a stove and I share a fridge with my roommate. No more dorms for me!

Hello all, I am Courtney and I want to move out of a weight plateau. I am constantly battling myself when it comes to food. In the last couple years of high school, I started eating more natural foods, counting calories and exercising, which helped me lose a bunch of extra weight I had put on from puberty. I've always been a little on the heavier side for my height (between 135 and 145 lbs for 5'3) but I am also fairly strong, so I suspect some of that weight is muscle. I don't really ever know because when I do body weight exercises, I struggle (mostly with arms and core), but I know that I can go home and lift an armchair. I don't get it. Since I started college, my diet has gone down the drain. I'm not eating in the school cafeteria anymore, but I always feel guilty when I buy food. Not just guilty for buying bad food, guilty that I have to eat at all. Part of me wants to feed myself well, but I always end up with too little food for the week and then don't go buy more healthy food and end up eating peanut butter for dinner. Not kidding. I know I stress eat, which school doesn't help with at all. I am not new to exercise. I played a high school sport for four years ( I am only 20 so it's not that far in the past), trained for and ran a half marathon last year and have recently become involved in Martial Arts. My exercise consists of the following: twice a week I practice Karate for two hours (more focused on basics), once a week I practice Karate for three hours (focused on basics for one hour and sparring for the rest), which includes what is basically a 30 minute HIIT conditioning segment. I occasionally go to a kickboxing class for an hour ( not a cardio-workout based class, we do a little strength conditioning and focus on fighting techniques) and once a week I work on footwork or handwork for fencing, which involves warmup with a jump rope and lots of ...well, fencing footwork. I know I can do better than I am right now, but I am unsure how, which is where Nerd Fitness comes in. -Your fellow Rebel