Determined December: Week 1 Challenge Check-In (12/1-12/7)
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tlflag1620 wrote: »We celebrate one of my children's b-days tomorrow...
No kidding. My 3rd kid will be 7 tomorrow. I get to make her a big ol' cake.
Tomorrow is a fasting day for me...urgh.
I gained 50 or 60lb with each of mine, too. So awesome, right? Sigh...
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Deena_Bean wrote: »
I feel ok about the holiday food for the most part. I'm sure one or two days will not be great, but as long as I fall back into line (however crooked it may currently be), I think I'll be alright.
Yup. If you go right back the next day on-plan, you should be alright.
I kept to no cheats last year until Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The day after Christmas I was back on-plan. By the New Year the water weight was long gone.
My goal for December is continue to make healthy choices everyday that improve my life. I’ve found any metric driven goals tend to unleash the obsessive side of my brain in an unhealthy way so the best way I’ve found is just the question “Did I honor myself and make healthy decisions to improve my life today?” is the best way for me to succeed so that’s what I’ll be doing.
Cheers to everyone.
Great idea.
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December Basics Challenge
SW: 168.1 (12/01/15)
Short-term GW: 163 (by 01/01/2016)
GW: 125
December Goals:- Kick-start my weight loss and hopefully lose 5lbs by the end of December
- Carbs under 50g total
- 1200 calories/day
- Get back to regular exercise (minimum 5 days/week)
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Who has recipes for carbs under 50g total for the day. Just fruit and vegetables comes much higher. What are you eating to keep under the 50g? Please help.0
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1. Stay under 50 net carbs daily
2. Exercise 3X's per week
3. Lose 4 lbs by year's end
4. Log daily
5. Enjoy the holidays but don't go nuts, especially over sweets0 -
December goals:
1.Under 30 net carbs. Christmas Eve/Day 50 net.
2.Light exercise at least 4 days a week as RA permits.
3. Try one new recipe each week.
4. Stop oversleeping on work days!!!
5. Lose 2 pounds.
As a general goal for the month: try to be more positive. A lot of my family passed near the holidays so it's easy to be down and negative. I want to try to be more in the spirit of the holidays this year!0 -
angierosso wrote: »Who has recipes for carbs under 50g total for the day. Just fruit and vegetables comes much higher. What are you eating to keep under the 50g? Please help.
For example, what I'm eating today:
2 cups keto coffee (3tbsp half&half, 2tsp unsweetened cocoa, 1.5tsp CO for each cup)
4 slices of bacon
6oz can salmon with 2tbsp mayo, 1 tsp mustard, and 1 drop of sucralose
pork rinds and avocado dip (avocado, sour cream, garlic powder, and mayo)
1serving pumpkin cheesecake mousse (pumpkin, cream cheese, heavy cream)
Diet soda
5oz steak, tbsp of bacon fat, 200g of cabbage fried in the fat
That comes to a total of 25g total carbs.
I generally stay away from fruit. Some days I add in more cheese or sour cream. Or more veggies. OR maybe a coconut flour muffin but I still stay under 50.
Check out my diary for ideas.
You can also check out the recipe section (scroll to the bottom) in the stickied Launch Pad thread at the top of the group homepage.
You could also visit the Diet Doctor website and/or Reddit's r/ketorecipes
Basically you can google keto plus any kind of recipe and find applicable things. Sorry I can't help more right now. It's afternoon crunch time.0 -
Well I missed a great thread. My goal is to stay the course. I will taste Christmas and enjoy the day of but stay the course before and after. I am so happy I found LCHF friends and menus. I am going to reach my goal of being in the "health" weight for my 5ft9in self. That is one of my goals for the New Year of 2015. Now to get ready to set goals for 2016.
SW 203
CW 172
Health weight goal is 169
Wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Patsy
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My goals for December 2nd thru 21st.
Average 1300 - 1400 calories per day0 -
Hi, message board newbie here. I've been on MFP for years, just never gotten around to the community. But I'm so glad to see this group--have been looking all over for an active one.
I've done lowcarb off and on for years, but this is the first time that I've tried a keto plan. I started on October 3, and have lost about 9 lbs to date (it was looking like 10 lbs the day before Thanksgiving. . . ). I handled Thanksgiving okay, didn't eat much most of the day and had low carb dishes integrated into the meal. I did eat small pieces of two wonderful desserts that my guests brought. But I journaled everything and managed to stay within 60 carbs for the day, which was pretty darn good. And my leftovers are from the lowcarb dishes, so it's all good.
But I can sure use the Challenge to stay on track through the December.
My goals are:
* 1400 calories or less
* No more than 20 net carbs
* At least 72 oz water per day (I'm definitely having hydration issues)
* At least 30 minutes of exercise 3 times per week. Going to be a busy month
I'm going to try not to focus on weight loss as a goal during the holidays, but concentrate on just doing this consistently and not giving up. I'm loving it so far. . . and I even still managed to stay in ketosis after the big meal. Can't really beat that.
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December Basics Challenge
SW: 159.2 (11/02/15)
CW: 157 (11/24/15)
GW: 155 (by 1/01/16)
December Goals:
Try a few new low carb recipes this month
Walk 210 miles this month to achieve my yearly goal of 1,500 miles
At or under 40 net carbs per day
Daily Yoga challenge for December; whether it's 5 minutes or 1 hour, I will do yoga everyday!
December 1 - good day: Wise food choices, 5 miles walking + yoga!!
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angierosso wrote: »Who has recipes for carbs under 50g total for the day. Just fruit and vegetables comes much higher. What are you eating to keep under the 50g? Please help.
Yesterday I had:
Coffee w/ butter, mct oil, and heavy cream
Oscar Mayer P3 with chicken, cheese, and cashews
Beef roast cooked in the crockpot with a ranch and a gravy mix served with broccoli topped with butter and parmesan
One square of 90% dark chocolate and 1 TB of cashew butter
That came to around 22 carbs.0 -
Tuesday Summary 12.1
SW 11.30.15 148.2
CW 148.5
GW 144 (1.1.2016)
Water: OK.
Logged Food: yes
Exercise as Planned?: No
At or Under Carb Level: 45g a bit hi
At or Under Calorie Limit: Yes
Planned Day Ahead: All set for today
Oops. Slipped up last night and drank some lovely scotch instead of working out. Went to a housewarming party. Did great on the food, but the booze is the bain of my WOL. Onward.0 -
Start weight: 168.1 (12/01)
CW: 164.7 (12/02)
Short-term GW: 163 (by 01/01/2016)
Goal weight: 125 and only go down from there.
Tuesday, 12/01 Results:
Water: 133/128 oz
Logged Food: Yes
Exercise as Planned?: No, unless you count being stuck in traffic as exercise.
At or Under Carb Level: 48/50g total
At or Under Calorie Limit: No, 25 calories over.
Planned Day Ahead: Yes!
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Write (+2)
80 oz water (+2)
No Alcohol (0, more of a guideline.)
5,000 Steps (+1. +3 if I get over 10,000)
Exercise (+1 for basic stuff. +2 for targeted exercise.)
Affirmation NSV (+1)
Tuesday, December 1:
(+1) Write: I didn't get far, but sitting down to do it is the key! (Worth total of 2)
(+2) 128/80 oz water
(0) No Alcohol: didn't have any
(0) 4,263/5,000 Steps (fitbit charged in the evening but not enough for 737 steps)
(+1) Exercise - Parked far away IN THE BITTER COLD RAIN. YEAH!!
(+1) Affirmation NSV: While everyone else was enjoying the caramel apple mug cakes I made them for dessert last night, I enjoyed my coffee and didn't stress about it. My husband MADE me take a bite because he wanted me to taste how good they were, but it didn't make me want more!
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ThinnerHill wrote: »ThinnerHill wrote: »I just found this thread and I am so glad that I did.
DECEMBER CHALLENGE
<20 net carbs daily
<1500 calories
Goal: 155 by Dec 31st
SW: will post in the morning
Exercise 2 miles on days off work minimum
Log all food and exercise daily
SW: 168
Christmas Goal: 160
DEC 2: 165.6 -2.4
Carbs: 19 net
Water: ☆
Calories: over
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December Challenge Check-in:
SW: 168 - yeah for no-gain November!
GW: 165 - still trying to lose a few pounds during the holidays.
The Basics for me:
Under 40 carbs
Under 1450 calories
Logging and measuring daily
Hitting 10,000 steps per day
80 ounces of water per day
This month I need to start planning my exercise and event schedule for next year, as I'm turning 50 in November 2016 and want to have several 100 mile bike rides, a half marathon, Spartan Race and a few other things on my calendar throughout the year. I will need to hit the ground running (literally) in January to be able to accomplish those things. Being a few pounds lighter will make it so much easier as well.
Happy December everyone!
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1) Carbs- under 30 +1
2) calories- under 1500 +1
3) water 80 oz +1
4) work out +1
5) vitamins +1
6) log it +1
7) Steps 5,000 +1 over 10,000 +2
8) No scale & NO alcohol + 1
SW 206
CW 175
GW 145
Goal for this month is to stop treading water i keep fluctuating over several lbs and i am Fraking done with it- i know what to do and i am gonna do it - KCKO !!!
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I turn 55yrs old this month. I have been planning to run a 1/2 marathon for oh 5yrs!! Started training when I was 50 yrs. Got really run down visited my daughters school UF and caught mono. It has taken a very long time to build my immune system back. But this was the year to mark the 1/2 off my bucket list and it seems I have fractured my thigh bone while running on the treadmill
so my new goal trash the bucket list. I am healthy. I am strong. I am going to stay that way.
The ARC Trainer rocks and it does not hurt my leg. Have a good workout friends.
Patsy
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