Prepping for the Holidays (October Challenge) Week 1 Check-In (10/1 - 10/7)
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SW: 210
GW: 200
1. Drink more water and less diet coke (check)
2. Get at least 10k steps a day 5 days a week, with a bonus goal of going over 12k as often as possible (check and check)
3. Resist the Halloween candy that will soon be flooding my office. (check)
4. Join the gym and get back to the elliptical and weight machines.
5. Keep carbs below 50 total a day (check)
6. Try not to gain while at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights.
4 pumpkins for me for yesterday! and doing the gym thing today at lunch.
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Ok, my goals are all about better planning. I've been meal prepping for months, but my planning has been shoddy, and I ended up running out to buy food a few times a week regardless. So...
1. I will meal plan and do my grocery shopping and major cooking once a week on weekends when I don't work.
2. I will run out for missing ingredients/extra food no more then twice a week on the weeks when I don't work weekends.
3. I will stick to my plan, and minimize my food waste
4. I will eat out twice a week where I have budgeted for it.
5. On the weekends when I work (1 weekend a month) I will do my best to stick to the WOE when I am forced to eat out, and refrain from any treats pushed on me by coworkers/bosses/higher-ups or random nice folks.
1. Not a work-free weekend, doesn't apply.
2. Didn't go anywhere near the Publix. Check.
3. Used previously frozen food in the fridge to make dinner yesterday and lunch today. Check.
4. Did't eat out yesterday. Check.
5. It's a work weekend! I have a pack of cream cheese in my purse to nibble on in case of emergencies.
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cottagegirl71 wrote: »Oct. 1
Get back to keto basics....when I plan, I succeed! - done
Get back on IF - done
Hit my macros - need to work on getting more fat in - done
Log EVERY day - done
Drink my water (it is getting colder here and I really notice of I don't hydrate) - done
Continue on my exercise plan - done (although should have done more!)
Cut back on the booze (that has certainly been one of my triggers) - done
Happy Friday everyone! (and I am a bit new to these challenges...are we supposed to check in everyday or once a week?)
I'm doing it daily if possible. But you can do it how you want. If you'd rather just check in once a week, you can. I find it more helpful for me to stay on top of things daily, otherwise I drop the ball as life gets nuts.0 -
Check in for Thursday 10/1
1. Stay under 25-30 net carbs a day most days of the month (see #3)- Check
2. Plan meals for the following week on Saturday or Sunday and stick to meal plan-Check (stayed w/ last week's plan)
3. Two special occasion days take place this month and my goal is to go no higher than 50 net carbs-N/A
4. Try to add exercise in 3-4 times per week as joint pain permits-did not last night
5. Try at least one new keto friendly recipe per week to keep things interesting -Check (twice baked cauliflower casserole)
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Loving these goals, especially from the new folks! Inspiring how you are all ready to jump on in!
I'm excited to see you all progress through this challenge and beyond! 
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Ok, screw the coffee thing. There's no way I can do it. Didn't even last two days before the pounding headache brought an end to that. Still will try and cut down on it. Keeping with the goal of not adding seasonings.0
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SW 146
GW 140
Go back to tracking calories and carb
Try new holiday type recipes
If I loose 3 pounds this month I'll consider it successful
This week I have tried a pumpkin pie recipe which I didn't care for. It was ok but nothing to jump for joy over. I froze the leftovers and will eat it eventually.
Have not been successful tracking so far. Will have to bear down on that starting tomorrow. We are mid flood in my area and the stress from it all is causing me to ignore tracking.0 -
Its October 2nd, at midnight but I want to join this group for the month. I will start tomorrow as its to late to do the 2nd over!
My Current weight 200 lbs
My desired Goal for this month is 195 lbs
My goals this month is:- Drink my 80 oz of water a day minimum
- Stay under 40 grams of carbs per day-- doc allows up to 60, but I want to cut back.
- Cook my own food more. I just bought a little convection table top oven. It will be great to help bake more quickly.
- Loose 5 by OCT 31st
- Create menus, shopping lists for each week and prepare as much on one day that is easy to reheat!
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This I my first challenge.
1. Log food every day (I haven't been lately)
2. 20-30g carbs/day
3. 10,000 Fitbit steps/day
4. 8-10 cups of water/day
5. Stay off the scale and focus on creating new habits.0 -
I love your format, @baconslave! This is the kind of report and reward system I can get excited about!
I didn't find this thread on time, so I have some catching up to do...
SW: 145 lb
GW: 139.9 lb (yes, I just want to get under 140 lb by the end of the month!!)
Thursday, 10/1, Check-In:
- Weigh-in: 145 lb
- Water: 76/75oz
- Calorie: 1079/1312
- At or under carbs: 10g/30g
- Steps: 4,433 / 7,500
- Exercise (Yoga / Elliptical / Heavy Duty Chores): None
- Logged food
Earned 5 pumpkins.
Friday, 10/2, Check-In:
- Weigh-in: didn't get a chance before I ate in the morning
- Water: 58/75oz
- Calorie: 1679/1312
- At or under carbs: 22g/30g
- Steps: 3,736 / 7,500
- Exercise (Yoga / Elliptical / Heavy Duty Chores): Heavy Duty Chores
- Logged food
Earned 3 pumpkins.
Weekly Pumpkin Count: 8
Ok, screw the coffee thing. There's no way I can do it. Didn't even last two days before the pounding headache brought an end to that. Still will try and cut down on it. Keeping with the goal of not adding seasonings.
What was the purpose of your leaving out the coffee? To cut caffeine and see what happens? I already went black thanks to your encouragement - don't put the bug in my mind I should cut it out!
0 - Weigh-in: 145 lb
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Yesterday was a major fail: I gave in to pasta cravings (seems to occur about once a month). Getting back on track today with yoga, cream in my coffee, and carbs will be under 50g.
I did manage to hit my water goal yesterday.0 -
Friday, 10/2, Check-In:
- Water: 80/80oz
- Calorie goal under (Sun-Fri schedule):
- At or under carbs: 45g/50g
- Exercise as planned:
Chronic Fatigue episode. 
I'll catch up this weekend sometime. - Hit electrolytes:
- Logged food:
5/6
Earned 5 pumpkins.
Daily Pumpkins collected: 5
Weekly Pumpkin Count: 11/12
Monthly: 11/12
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Ok. I'm joining a few days late, but here goes.
SW: 138.2
GW: 136.2
1) Daily calorie goal minimum 5% deficit
2) Exercise 3+ times a week
3) Maintain 6000+ daily step average
4) Maintain electrolyte/water balance
5) Resist high carb seasonal treats
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Saturday, 10/3, Check-In:
- Weigh-in: 143 (dehydrated weight)
- Water: 82/75oz
- Calorie: 1275/1312
- At or under carbs: 7g/30g
- Steps: 7,143 / 7,500
- Exercise: Walking across parking lots for steps even though it was raining
- Logged food
Earned 6 pumpkins.
Weekly Pumpkin Count: 14
SO close with the steps thing. Wish I had walked around the house and tidied up more at the end of the day instead of passing out in the recliner. :P
0 - Weigh-in: 143 (dehydrated weight)
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Saturday, 10/3, Check-In:
My Saturday is an intentional brief diet break. I let calories go and allow carbs to go up a little for the day. It's not a good habit so I'm not rewarding myself for it. But I seem to do better overall having it. Sometimes I get in an extra exercise day if I feel like it. It monsooned on us all day, and I was not in a mood for HIIT. So it didn't happen.
[*] Water: 80/80oz
[*] Hit electrolytes:
Daily Pumpkins collected: 2
Weekly Pumpkin Count: 13
Monthly: 13
Don't worry, my obsessive normal resumes on Sundays.
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Oct 4.
I have not checked in since the 1st. I kind of lost it on the second. Yesterday was ok. Now I need to get accountable and sign in every day. I do not weigh every day because I find the small fluctuations demotivating. I will weigh again on Tuesday. I know I need to add some exercise. That will be part of my goal for next week. As it is I decided to keep it simple and try for no more than three goals in a week.
Starting weight (on Tuesday) was 161.2
goal weight is 157.2 for the month of October.
My goal for today is
1. Log foods
2. Hit my fat macro.
3. Drink 80 oz fluid.
Hopefully this will work. In the past I would get hung up at 160, I wouldn't get below that weight for weeks, get discouraged and give up. I'm really trying to break that pattern.
Wishing you all a pleasant Sunday
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Its October 2nd, at midnight but I want to join this group for the month. I will start tomorrow as its to late to do the 2nd over!
My Current weight 200 lbs
My desired Goal for this month is 195 lbs
My goals this month is:- Drink my 80 oz of water a day minimum
- Stay under 40 grams of carbs per day-- doc allows up to 60, but I want to cut back.
- Cook my own food more. I just bought a little convection table top oven. It will be great to help bake more quickly.
- Loose 5 by OCT 31st
- Create menus, shopping lists for each week and prepare as much on one day that is easy to reheat!
0 - Drink my 80 oz of water a day minimum
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How do I get the check marks and pumpkins???0
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SW 146
GW 140
Go back to tracking calories and carb
Try new holiday type recipes
If I loose 3 pounds this month I'll consider it successful
This week I have tried a pumpkin pie recipe which I didn't care for. It was ok but nothing to jump for joy over. I froze the leftovers and will eat it eventually.
Have not been successful tracking so far. Will have to bear down on that starting tomorrow. We are mid flood in my area and the stress from it all is causing me to ignore tracking.
Daily Pumpkins collected: 2
I tracked calorie and carb today. I stayed within calorie range. Did not try any holiday recipes.
Gosh I hope I collect enough pumpkins for a pie.... at least.
Weekly pumpkins...3
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Check in - Friday through Sunday. I'm horrible about tracking and keeping connected on weekends. I didn't track everything Friday or Saturday, but I exercised add planned (insanity Friday, horseback riding Saturday) and got my water in. 2 pumpkins each day.
Sunday: exercised (11 mile run), got in my water, went over on carbs (net 35). Am under my within 100 goal on calories, but ate over 1800 today -I earned lots from running. I'm counting it as a win. So, 3 pumpkins today.
Last week total: 8/12 earned
Today: 3/4 earned
Month: 11/16 earned0 -
Hey @Batlady49, the pumpkins...a are some emoji type art that some people have access to. You add them yourself. :-) that's why I'm still "old school" lol!0
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To get the pumpkin hit quote on the bottom of someones post that has a pumpkin in it.
Instead of posting the quote go down and read it. You will see some lines with image BB codes in it. Copy and paste the whole lines into your own post. The codes look something like ...
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Try quoting just my post above. You copy and paste it rather than posting it. That should give you one pumpkin
For more just paste how many you need.0 -
Sunday, 10/4, Check-In:
- Weigh-in: 143.8
- Water: 90/75oz
- Calorie: 1378/1312 (though I did earn back 130 exercise calories, I still won't count this)
- At or under carbs: 3g/30g
- Steps: 7,684 / 7,500
- Exercise: Parking Far away, three trips to the grocery store, Yoga, Foundation training
- Logged food
Earned 6 pumpkins.
Weekly Pumpkin Count: 20
0 - Weigh-in: 143.8
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Ok - catching up from the weekend:
Friday: 4 pumpkins. It was a good day
Saturday: 2 pumpkins - not enough steps and not enough water. Even though we went hiking, I didn't make it to 12,000 steps, just over 10,000.
Sunday: 2 pumpkins - not enough steps and not enough water. We did clean the yard and part of the basement yesterday so did work some odd muscles I haven't worked in a while!!
Today my weight is up 1.5 lbs and my rings are tight...water is on the agenda today
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Friday-Sunday Check in
1. Stay under 25-30 net carbs a day most days of the month (see #3)- 3 pumpkins
2. Plan meals for the following week on Saturday or Sunday and stick to meal plan-3 pumpkins
3. Two special occasion days take place this month and my goal is to go no higher than 50 net carbs-N/A
4. Try to add exercise in 3-4 times per week as joint pain permits-no pumpkins
5. Try at least one new keto friendly recipe per week to keep things interesting -3 pumpkins (I made creamed spinach, egg roll in a bowl, and some cocounut raspberry muffins)
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Sunday, 10/4, Check-In:
- Water: 80/80oz
- Calorie goal under (Sun-Fri schedule):
- At or under carbs: 42g/50g
- Exercise as planned: Don't always exercise on Sunday, but catching up for Friday. 2 full hours of turbo cleaning (moving furniture, sweeping, vaccumming, mopping)
- Hit electrolytes:
- Logged food:
6/6
Earned 6 pumpkins.
Daily Pumpkins collected: 6
Weekly Pumpkin Count: 18
Monthly: 18
0 - Water: 80/80oz
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Remember that the "week" is running Thursday - Wednesday, so Wed will be the last day to count for Week 1.
Everyone looks like they are doing pretty well. I had to pause over things since it's Sunday, which is usually the "beginning" of my logging week.
For these two images, you can either hit quote and cut and paste the image url plus its tags to use, as mentioned above. Or you can right click the image and select "Copy Link Location" or the equivalent your browser uses and then paste that where you want them.
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Goals
1- water 80-100 oz /day
2- PLAN & log all food
3- less then 20-25 carbs net
4- plan and do exercise
5- hit macros
6- stop eating at night after 8 pm
Thursday 10/1 5/6
1- water 80-100 oz /day
2- PLAN & log all food
3- less then 20-25 carbs net
4- plan and do exercise
5- hit macros
6- stop eating at night after 8 pm
Friday Oct 2 3/6
1- water 80-100 oz /day
2- PLAN & log all food
3- less then 20-25 carbs net
4- plan and do exercise
5- hit macros
6- stop eating at night after 8 pm
Saturday oct 3 2/6
1- water 80-100 oz /day
2- PLAN & log all food
3- less then 20-25 carbs net
4- plan and do exercise
5- hit macros
6- stop eating at night after 8 pm
Sunday oct 4 1/6
1- water 80-100 oz /day
2- PLAN & log all food
3- less then 20-25 carbs net
4- plan and do exercise
5- hit macros
6- stop eating at night after 8 pm
Had a bad week end- back on track today0
