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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks...yeah, I'm struggling with the veg thing. I've been veg since I was 14. I'm 40 now. And controlling my weight is harder now. At restaurants or as a guest somewhere, my only choice is often pizza or pasta, or an unfilling salad. I can't choose to "be good" and stick with grilled chicken. And I try to avoid fake meat, because, well, fake - that's one positive change I've made over the years is cutting out heavily processed foods with tons of ingredients.[/quote]

Also, as for working out, I have to be at work at 730, so I leave the house around 645 to drop off kids. Usually leave around 430 and pick up the kids. Make dinner, eat between 530 and 600. Hang with the kids until 7/730, bedtime is done by 8. That gives me 2 hours max before bed. Sometimes I need to log back into work to finish stuff, clean up, attempt to relax. I appreciate the reminder for the NYT 7 minute workout...I can do a few rounds of that, maybe. Some excuses maybe, but [b]I really don't kow how people do it, or what I'm doing wrong.[/b][/quote]

I'd be kinder to yourself than that: it's hard to fit this stuff in.  You're working a nine hour day, plus commute, plus you have to work more some nights?  That's more than I would want to work, but then I may earn less.  Can your husband handle bedtime 1-2 nights a week so you can workout, and then you also workout on the weekends?  4-5 times/week, if intense enough, is usually plenty.

Is working out at lunch an option?  I'm a morning person by nature so I will get up crazy early to workout, but if evenings are better for you, go for it.  I am just too tired at the end of the day, but plenty of people manage to do it.  And I'm the one who stopped being vegetarian, but I wasn't one for as long as you have been.  I'm nearly 42 and, yeah, I just need more protein than I can reasonably get as a vegetarian.  I feel SO much better when I eat meat, even just 3-4 times/week.  I try to limit it, and mostly do chicken, but at the end of the day it's been a worthwhile change.  But again, I didn't have years as a vegetarian.  I'm also willing to eat protein bars/use protein powder and sometimes do fake meat.  Processed, sure, but it's not like I'm eating Cheetos or Wonder Bread.[/quote]

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