The Confession Box - get it off your chest

shotgunmcos

Miss a session? Polish off the plate off brownies at work..? Lie to the missus? Post it and let it be

I'm sure our trusty peers can dispense the necessary advise to forget about it, come clean, double up, have another, switch it to Friday etc... Or to SIU, HTFU and quit whining


2x Cadburys Crunchies - blatant emotional eating, like 1 wasn't enough :rolleyes:

ray o

Can't believe this thread just opened. I'm sitting here giving out to myself for having polished off 2 x Nature Valley Oats & Chocolate bars in quick succession. I feel better for talking about it

BTH

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Miss a session? Polish off the plate off brownies at work..? Lie to the missus? Post it and let it be

I'm sure our trusty peers can dispense the necessary advise to forget about it, come clean, double up, have another, switch it to Friday etc... Or to SIU, HTFU and quit whining


2x Cadburys Crunchies - blatant emotional eating, like 1 wasn't enough :rolleyes:

Ok,

At a wedding on Saturday. Probably had one or two too many :rolleyes:. Eventually crawled out of bed around 2 on Sunday . Needless to say the 90min bike and run off didn't happen. Then attacked a couple of packed of crisps.

Yesterday, still feeling the affects, did some serious damage to the biscuit tin at work (jaffa cakes, choco digestives and choco rich teas) and dodged last nights swim session. Chinese for dinner last night

Its now almost 80 hours since I last trained. Back on the wagon this eve

Izoard

BetterThanHoyte wrote: »

Its now almost 80 hours since I last trained. Back on the wagon this eve

Ahh, the mind set of a sharp-end triathlete...

I'm more in the "80 days to Ironman - better start training" camp:)

RacoonQueen

BetterThanHoyte wrote: »

choco rich teas

Ugh, why destroy the worlds greatest biscuit by covering it in cheap chocolate.

BTH

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Ugh, why destroy the worlds greatest biscuit by covering it in cheap chocolate.

I don't buy I just eat.....

shotgunmcos

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Ugh, why destroy the worlds greatest biscuit by covering it in cheap chocolate.

You are kidding right?

RacoonQueen

shotgunmcos wrote: »

You are kidding right?

No. Rich tea are amazing. Always have a pack on standby.

Oryx

As I am in taper I have an automatic get out of jail free card. But still, does that excuse fish and chips for lunch? Or the xl galaxy bar I had last night? Or the four (yes, four) large bars of cadbury bubbly chocolate waiting in the cupboard for bike packing duty later on?

When I was buying all the chocolate the girl at the till said 'youre slim you could eat loads of that' and I thought, just for this week, yes I can.

Can't believe this thread just opened. I'm sitting here giving out to myself for having polished off 2 x Nature Valley Oats & Chocolate bars in quick succession. I feel better for talking about it

Seriously, you need to work on your sinfulness. Cos this just don't cut it.

Hanley

Thread to be renamed - "The 'I don't have a clue about biscuits' thread"

Kurt Godel

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Lie to the missus?

Item|Actual cost|Cost as explained to darling wifey

Tricked out mountain bike|€600|€100 second-hand from mate
Running shoes|€100+|"These? No, they just look new, I put them through the wash"
Bike shoes|€60|"They came with the bike"
Swim goggles|€25|"Found them at the pool"
Road bike|€1200|"Bike to work paid for it!" (almost true)
Wetsuit|€100|"Sure you've seen this for years"
Weekly mystery box from Wiggle|€?|€?divided by 5 (only if I can't hide it first):o

Oryx

Actually, a friend asked how much IMAT cost today, while my oh was listening. He was filled with horror at the amount I mentioned which was about a third of the real price. I wonder did he think pixies paid for it or something....

Daz1214

apple crumble and ice cream with dinner in work today...although i did do a 3 hour brick yesterday so thats how im justifying it

ray o

Oryx wrote: »

Seriously, you need to work on your sinfulness. Cos this just don't cut it.

fvck me lads, you all sure know how to binge. I read the logs and I know most of you boys can justify hammering hard stuff. I however am going through a mid-season crisis at the moment...motivation is low so I have to try to keep the food in check as the training is taking a bit of a hit.

shotgunmcos

RacoonQueen wrote: »

No. Rich tea are amazing. Always have a pack on standby.

You aint no hoochie..

True hoochies would sit somewhere around the chocolate hobnob 95 calorie a biscuit kinda place...!

Sunday sinfulness
6 chocolate hobnobs with breakfast. Took shotgunjunior to the park for bike parade bouncy castle fun.. had a 99 cone. 1 hour later visit to the parents... 3 scones with butter and jam... picked up apple tart on the way home... ate a quarter of it making dinner.... called over to the Bro's to watch the footy, 3 crepes with half a large jar of nutella inside them... arrived home, half the apple tart left, why not, cup of tea and demolished before bed....

ray o

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Item|Actual cost|Cost as explained to darling wifey

Tricked out mountain bike|€600|€100 second-hand from mate
Running shoes|€100+|"These? No, they just look new, I put them through the wash"
Bike shoes|€60|"They came with the bike"
Swim goggles|€25|"Found them at the pool"
Road bike|€1200|"Bike to work paid for it!" (almost true)
Wetsuit|€100|"Sure you've seen this for years"
Weekly mystery box from Wiggle|€?|€?divided by 5 (only if I can't hide it first):o

I love it, i'm in the process of figuring out how to smuggle in a 910xt, pointy helmet and a few other bits. I've already tried to soften the blow by saying bike to work will cover any future spending but I still got the look

Oryx

shotgunmcos wrote: »

You aint no hoochie..

True hoochies would sit somewhere around the chocolate hobnob 95 calorie a biscuit kinda place...!

Sunday sinfulness
6 chocolate hobnobs with breakfast. Took shotgunjunior to the park for bike parade bouncy castle fun.. had a 99 cone. 1 hour later visit to the parents... 3 scones with butter and jam... picked up apple tart on the way home... ate a quarter of it making dinner.... called over to the Bro's to watch the footy, 3 crepes with half a large jar of nutella inside them... arrived home, half the apple tart left, why not, cup of tea and demolished before bed....

@ray o Every serious triathlete I know eats like this. And they are all skinny fcukers. Lesson being, train like a champion, you get to eat like a champion!

RacoonQueen

shotgunmcos wrote: »

You aint no hoochie..

True hoochies would sit somewhere around the chocolate hobnob 95 calorie a biscuit kinda place...!

It it redeems me in your eyes I spread the choc sauce from sundays souffles on 6 of them yesterday - it was like a giant choc dip!

ray o

Oryx wrote: »

@ray o Every serious triathlete I know eats like this. And they are all skinny fcukers. Lesson being, train like a champion, you get to eat like a champion!

Righto....the Nutella is going in the trolley later. I really appreciate the encouragement . Back to the pool in the morning.

catweazle

Waved goodbye to Mrs C and the young lad at the airport this morning and then rushed onto wiggle, please god the box will arrive before she gets back

couerdelion

catweazle wrote: »

Waved goodbye to Mrs C and the young lad at the airport this morning and then rushed onto wiggle, please god the box will arrive before she gets back

Amateur. Plan well ahead in future and order two days before they go away. Get it delivered to work too just in case.

Hanley

RacoonQueen wrote: »

It it redeems me in your eyes I spread the choc sauce from sundays souffles on 6 of them yesterday - it was like a giant choc dip!

Redeemed.

Reese cups would have been another acceptable redemption choice.

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Jesus i am starving now.

I have yet to tell the missus i paid €520 for Frankfurt entry next year.... i told her it was half the price;) I was also having a hot whiskey for medicinal purposes on Saturday night and ended up having several of them and getting a little tipsy, fo shame!!

I have an addiction to krusheems and KFC chicken although holding out the last few weeks until after Roth.

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

couerdelion wrote: »

Get it delivered to work too just in case.

All my stuff gets delivered to work, beats explaining why i need this and that.

Izoard

Kaysen Unimportant Ace wrote: »

All my stuff gets delivered to work, beats explaining why i need this and that.

Works perfectly for me, until it is a large item.

Had to cycle home with a pair of S80s under my arm back in Feb - lots of strange looks....

Rawhead

Jesus H Christ, I thought I wandered into the weight watchers thread by accident.

Folks on here swimming, running and biking 100+ miles per week and bitching like Oprah about eating a chocolate biscuit.

If ever a HTFU was needed, it's now.

For shame on yo asses.

Slogger Jogger

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Item|Actual cost|Cost as explained to darling wifey

Tricked out mountain bike|€600|€100 second-hand from mate
Running shoes|€100+|"These? No, they just look new, I put them through the wash"
Bike shoes|€60|"They came with the bike"
Swim goggles|€25|"Found them at the pool"
Road bike|€1200|"Bike to work paid for it!" (almost true)
Wetsuit|€100|"Sure you've seen this for years"
Weekly mystery box from Wiggle|€?|€?divided by 5 (only if I can't hide it first):o

The next time I'm down your way I'll print off that list and refer to the right hand column for discussion prompts, so you'll look all the better for it.

nerraw1111

Suggested some holiday locations this morning to the gf on the basis of races. She almost called me on it.

Pretty much got through a loaf of white bread in two days. That said, they were used for King crisp sambos.

Kurt Godel

I pick up the pace if my training run passes girls. My training partner has commented I do not discriminate by age, class, or colour.

I have at least one 10k race time dictated by the speed of the girl in cute shorts ahead of me.

Sorry Shotgun, I haven't been in the confession box in 27 years, this is a release:D

Oryx

That girl in cute shorts is only running hard to get away from the weird heavy breather behind her.

Kurt Godel

Oryx wrote: »

That girl in cute shorts is only running hard to get away from the weird heavy breather behind her.

Touché!

Keep spooning on the guilt, it's what feeds the confession industry

miller82

shotgunmcos wrote: »

6 chocolate hobnobs with breakfast. Took shotgunjunior to the park for bike parade bouncy castle fun.. had a 99 cone. 1 hour later visit to the parents... 3 scones with butter and jam... picked up apple tart on the way home... ate a quarter of it making dinner.... called over to the Bro's to watch the footy, 3 crepes with half a large jar of nutella inside them... arrived home, half the apple tart left, why not, cup of tea and demolished before bed....

Bravo

cracking thread - loving it

longshank

Monday - meant to do a long run - tomorrow will do - went for cycle instead
Tuesday - meant to that long run - tomorrow will do - went for cycle instead
Today - will DEFINITELY do that long run....

Hanley

Meant to go for a bloody 10 minute run from about 10am yesterday. Went to the gym instead. Delayed. Delayed and delayed some more. Got to 9.45pm and was finished coaching for the day. Said to one of the lads "ah sure I'll do it tomorrw". Eventually ended up lacing up my shoes at 10pm.

God bless late light, and god damn my laziness.

There's a lot to be said for daily training schedules. I'd have left it if it wasn't for excel watchIng me.

Redzah

Went to chilli peppers concert last night, had 5 pints! Then got up to cycle my 15k to work this morning which i normally do flat out to use as a form of training. Saw a fella ahead going at a reasonable/slowish speed and enjoyed a 10k draft right into city centre, it was bliss!

ThisRegard

I still have a pair of Shimano R087 shoes and Look Keo pedals from the CSS Wednesday deal 5 or 6 weeks ago boxed and hidden in the attic. Purchased only a week or two after I agreed I didn't need any more gear.

While I'm sure a pair of pedals would go unnoticed, a pair of bright white shiny shoes wouldn't.

Regarding food, feel no guilt over that, I justify it by saying I exercise plenty to compensate. Although sadly this doesn't hold as true this year as it has done previously.

miller82

Going to a festival in Belgium for four days.Don't leave until tomorrow and already i'm feeling guilty - a disgraceful amount of food and drink will be consumed

speedyj

Redzah wrote: »

Went to chilli peppers concert last night, had 5 pints!

I was there too, only had one. In hindsight I needed more

RacoonQueen

Two of those small, thin dairy milks after lunch. Can not resist them when I see them in shops. Then when they get a little melty they're extra awesome. :cool:

Oryx

I'm on my second yoghurt covered flapjack today (400 cals a pop). Along with maybe my 5th coffee.

Feels so good being bad.

longshank

longshank wrote: »

Monday - meant to do a long run - tomorrow will do - went for cycle instead
Tuesday - meant to that long run - tomorrow will do - went for cycle instead
Today - will DEFINITELY do that long run....

did that long run..yahoo..redemption is much better than confession:D

claralara

Just found this thread….brilliant. Though I’d like to point out that us single-disciplined athletes sin and have guilty secrets too… Like for example I just had 2 carrot sticks with hummus instead of my usual 5 o clock celery stick... Don’t judge me. I shall retreat to the running logs :(

shotgunmcos

claralara wrote: »

Just found this thread….brilliant. Though I’d like to point out that us single-disciplined athletes sin and have guilty secrets too… Like for example I just had 2 carrot sticks with hummus instead of my usual 5 o clock celery stick... Don’t judge me. I shall retreat to the running logs :(

GTFO!

I just dipped a mars bar in hummus for the craic. Not my best experiment. Washed my mouth out with a bowl of cornflakes. Belly full of milk now so can't do my run. Ah ill just tell the coach I did it and double up tomorrow...

Bambaata

Just polished off the remains of a twirl bitesize pack (1/4 full or so) with 2 lindor and 2 beers. num

RacoonQueen

claralara wrote: »

Just found this thread….brilliant. Though I’d like to point out that us single-disciplined athletes sin and have guilty secrets too… Like for example I just had 2 carrot sticks with hummus instead of my usual 5 o clock celery stick... Don’t judge me. I shall retreat to the running logs :(

Bullcrap. You're not fooling me missy. Bet you ate a tin of roses and washed it down with 3 bottles of wine.

ecoli

Redzah wrote: »

Went to chilli peppers concert last night, had 5 pints! Then got up to cycle my 15k to work this morning which i normally do flat out to use as a form of training. Saw a fella ahead going at a reasonable/slowish speed and enjoyed a 10k draft right into city centre, it was bliss!

Was at this too. Thought by coming here I wouldn't feel too bad as I would be amongst fellow sinners.

Shoulder of Captain Morgan, Zaytoon Kebab and 3 hours sleep

After reading this though need to get another run in today before I get some sleep just to make me feel semi respectable

Damn you Triathletes:mad::D

rainbow kirby

Went to Lidl before the Spain v Portugal game to get salad and eggs. Got them, but may or may not have added strawberry jam, dried fruit, nuts, lemon sorbet and biscuits while I was there... Note to self: don't shop while hungry :pac:

Redzah

ecoli wrote: »

Was at this too. Thought by coming here I wouldn't feel too bad as I would be amongst fellow sinners.

Shoulder of Captain Morgan, Zaytoon Kebab and 3 hours sleep

After reading this though need to get another run in today before I get some sleep just to make me feel semi respectable

Damn you Triathletes:mad::D

Haha, i'm a newbie and have the bug so don't worry, i'm sure my enthusiasm will wear off. Just to rub it in, the 15k cycle home from work was flat out and the legs were burning good. Although followed it up with a pasta bake loaded with cheese, and some pitta bread (was not tempted to try the mars bar) with hummous. I have too much cheese and bread in my diet which is hindering progress i reckon.

insinkerator

I got up yesterday, skipped breakfast, had a share bag pack of skips ~12. Went for a 76k cycle on empty, came home and binged on a masssssssssive white bread sandwich, 4/5 big bag of chilli doritos(that I later fininshed), a bag of wispa bites, a bag of wine gums and a scone. Then went for a OW swim at the beach, followed by coke and chips. Afterwards, I went out to visit my mother, where I was presented with a massive bag of taffy.

I think there was more nutritional value in the seawater I swallowed, than there was in my food intake.

claralara

shotgunmcos wrote: »

GTFO!

Ok

*CL retreats to where she belongs with her bowl of porridge (topped with goji berries and chia seeds) and her cup of nettle tea... :rolleyes:

claralara

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Bullcrap. You're not fooling me missy. Bet you ate a tin of roses and washed it down with 3 bottles of wine.

Haha! No roses at the min - got through my final Christmas tin a while back. I'm all over Ben and Jerry's new Core ice-cream these days... I've decided that a deserved 100ml/km results in the justification of the massacre of an entire tub after a 5k race / 3 mile recovery run...