Super Shape-Up March 2017: Week 1 (3/1-3/7)
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Past few days have been very rough. Yes, I drank my water and mostly finished my eating by midnight (a couple times it was 1 AM just because of how my patrol was running) but I am fighting a tummy flu bug... not the good kind you lose weight with either, lol. Just the crampy gut wrenching ache and then bloat after eating ANYTHING. I'd just fast but my gut is rumbling and aching even empty, and I feel so hungry at my usual eating time that I think every day that somehow it will be different.
And it isn't... (yet)
ignore the cigarette... I don't smoke. But this pic is how I feel lately.2 -
Got my fit bit report yesterday and hit 52000 steps last week. Definite result
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Day 6 was a success. I did Stronglift workout in the morning and went for my walk. I did my evening Kettlebell workout. I hit my macros and stayed under 30 g carbs. I was active during the day and moved every hour. The science of CICO simply doesn't work when your body hits a plateau! Frustrating!1
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I've had an up and down first week... Kept macros and carbs good and have continued to lose weight, but have been kept away from the gym and a lot of my exercise in general by a bacterial chest infection AND a viral infection at the same time... Got antibiotics for the chest, but am just going to have to power through the swollen glands, sore throat and head cold...0
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StarshipFighter23 wrote: »I've had an up and down first week... Kept macros and carbs good and have continued to lose weight, but have been kept away from the gym and a lot of my exercise in general by a bacterial chest infection AND a viral infection at the same time... Got antibiotics for the chest, but am just going to have to power through the swollen glands, sore throat and head cold...
Oh jeez. Are you sure you shouldn't be focusing on resting and healing?? Working out can wait! I'm sorry your sick.0 -
So yesterday ended up higher favorite, but I don't care, cause I'm a lady whose got some special lady time coming. -_-
But I've been active, I've been keeping my carbs low, no sugar, no wheat.
And I'm losing again. For the next week it'll keep up at this rate, then back to the ol two pounds up, three pounds down, turn around and doe si doe. Perfectly typical for all of my loss.
Have a great day!
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@SuperCarLori I soooooo do not miss that special lady time. At all.1
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Just joining in. I am down 9.5# since I started 5 weeks ago, but am stalled. Have done much reading and know this is to be expected. My goal is to push through this plateau this month. I am happy about exercise progress: have gone from 2 mi walk that left me uber tired, to walking 4 miles (or bike ride of 18 on the weekend!) I am sure I have gained some muscle and my clothes fit much better. I started 5:2 fasting 3 weeks ago and find that the best fit for me eating-plan-wise. I don't obsess about calories on non-fast days, but I have cut waaaay back on wine. Definitely sleeping better.2
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3/6 check in:
logged - yes
carbs - no
water - no
sleep - almost 8 hours! This is huge for me! Granted, Nyquil contributed because I can't kick this cold, but man I slept good.4 -
Day 7.
Lost my daily checkin streak already; but i nailed 5 out of 7 days: 30 minutes assorted activity.
Hope to return to the daily log in here this upcoming week.
While that is pretty good for this die hard couch potato...for this goal, I really am shooting for a daily 30 minutes. Its not alot, but i want to firmly entrench this as a reasonable doable habit.
Hoping for 7 of 7 days next week..logged daily!2 -
There is no point typing anything other than *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten*.
I have failed massively for over a week, no thought, no control, no will power, no logic. I was showing a 2lb gain on Saturday and that isn't going to have improved by weigh in tomorrow AM.
I would have taken going over my carbs in good grace if it was due to wholesome food or a special occasion. It wasn't, it was processed junk and greed.
The only positive is that I think I know the answer...Sugar is the culprit, it had been sneaking in gradually over the past couple of weeks and now it has crash landed.
I'm going to wallow for day or two, be angry and disappointed with myself, get upset on weigh in day and bemoan my general uselessness. Then I'm going get planning, lose what I've gained and finally, finally, drop these last 3-5lbs that I keep playing with.1 -
@StarshipFighter23 feel better soon! I've been fighting off illness the past week as well and it sucks.
3/6 check-in: Weight in range. Carbs good. I did my strength training after a week off due to illness. Woo hoo. I took my collagen.1 -
@LEAS86 you are here! That's a very positive start! You've got this!1
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tishsmith101 wrote: »@SuperCarLori I soooooo do not miss that special lady time. At all.
I can't wait to not miss it!!!!
The bloody struggle IS REAL!
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I'm day two no sugar no wheat...yahoo feels good to jave control over that again
water ..check
walking breaks at work 2 out of 3 and in the rain
have not starting lifting again yet but that's more by end of March I think3 -
Today was a total bust. I wasn't feeling well Stomach issues. I thought that if I a ate some good old fashioned bread I would feel OK. It sent me I to a tail spin. I just finished off a individual package of jelly beans and a jumbo pretzel. I also bought a Coke Zero because at this point why not. Once again the low carb Gods stepped in because when I walked into the house I tripped over my own two feet and spilled it all over the kitchen floor. I almost started to cry. It's been so long since I had soda. It's just been a bad day food wise.0
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@Scorpiotwin I'm sorry that you are having such a rough time! I hope this gets better for you!0
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Scorpiotwin wrote: »Today was a total bust. I wasn't feeling well Stomach issues. I thought that if I a ate some good old fashioned bread I would feel OK. It sent me I to a tail spin. I just finished off a individual package of jelly beans and a jumbo pretzel. I also bought a Coke Zero because at this point why not. Once again the low carb Gods stepped in because when I walked into the house I tripped over my own two feet and spilled it all over the kitchen floor. I almost started to cry. It's been so long since I had soda. It's just been a bad day food wise.
Hey, hugs to you. Damn those keto gods!
Chin up, buttercup. It gets better. 0 -
March 8th
Start of the month was rocky but doing a bit better now:
Down 0.7kg for this month so far (6.2kg total since starting on keto).
22 net carbs over my goal yesterday because I decided to try to fit a 10 pack of chicken nuggets into my diet (still under 55 grams). Sunday and Monday were both under 25 grams so I think I'm doing okay...
I've been bang on with my freeletics exercise and planning to go to aquacise tonight but I didn't meet my walking goal yesterday
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March 7 check-in
* Run 3x/wk (training for race on 4/8)--Ran yesterday, planning to run Wed & Fri as well
* Strength 2x/wk--Planned for Wed & Sat
* Get weight back to 130-131 (to give me a little buffer to stay in goal range) and maintain.--Scale went back down a little bit again today, and my calories/macros were really good today.
* Go to bed by 10:30 at least 5 nights a week.
I was close last night. Aiming for it tonight! I'll turn off screens at 10 when This Is Us is over, read for a bit and hit the hay.1 -
GOALS:
Walk a mile every day----walked 3!
Jump on mini trampoline 10 minutes/3 times a week---not today
Drink at least 32 oz water every day----done
Focus on meeting my macros----not so good---not hungry today
Log every day----done
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Thanks @fanncy0626 I am indeed here!
My wallowing isn't going to plan - the scales are finding new ways to torture me - I'm a full lb down. While that's awesome, it's also confusing, I guess CICO trumped carbs this week.
No matter, here we go again.
Congrats to all on the wins so far1 -
Yesterday was crazy emotional! I started hrt a couple weeks ago, and my GOSH, this pms this time, holy waterfalls! It was crazy! Was crazy? IS crazy. Anyway. I got The Case Against Sugar from the library and started reading, and was horrified. BY MY MIND. Like, It's okay if you binge today, it's shark week. AND I TEMPORARILY NUZZLED RIGHT INTO THAT. That type of behavior has gotten me stalled for three months, yo. I even told Bob, we should get McDonald's. Then Was like, no....there's plenty of things I can binge on right here if I want. Then I started thinking about cereal. Fully loaded cereal, or baking cookies. I was like, WTF is YOUR PROBLEM!!!!!!! AND I WAS READING THE CASE AGAINST SUGAR. Do I want to get diabetes? PCOS? Etc. Etc? Insulin resistance? Alzheimer's? Mama passed last year from it!!!
So, I made a good choice and took my silly butt to bed. But it was touch and go. Like my friend Baconslave had said to me before, I worked out my good decision making muscle. And I felt good about that.
Today is a great day.
And I just heard the garbage truck and we forgot to take the trash out....we suck at being adults. 4 -
Day 7 I did my morning and evening Kettlebell workout. I was up every hour with my alarm keeping me off of the couch. Did my walking around the house with a blizzard outside I stayed in! I met my macros and was under carbs and calories. Weight loss is stalled
Aside from that I had a successful week! 0 -
fanncy0626 wrote: »Day 7 I did my morning and evening Kettlebell workout. I was up every hour with my alarm keeping me off of the couch. Did my walking around the house with a blizzard outside I stayed in! I met my macros and was under carbs and calories. Weight loss is stalled Aside from that I had a successful week!
Yay kettlebells! Scale loss is such a finicky thing. And blah blah it's not linear blah blah take measurements blah. Easier said than done, but it's true. It's not really a stall unless it's been like, a month.
You're doing great, fancy lady.1 -
SuperCarLori wrote: »Yesterday was crazy emotional! I started hrt a couple weeks ago, and my GOSH, this pms this time, holy waterfalls! It was crazy! Was crazy? IS crazy. Anyway. I got The Case Against Sugar from the library and started reading, and was horrified. BY MY MIND. Like, It's okay if you binge today, it's shark week. AND I TEMPORARILY NUZZLED RIGHT INTO THAT. That type of behavior has gotten me stalled for three months, yo. I even told Bob, we should get McDonald's. Then Was like, no....there's plenty of things I can binge on right here if I want. Then I started thinking about cereal. Fully loaded cereal, or baking cookies. I was like, WTF is YOUR PROBLEM!!!!!!! AND I WAS READING THE CASE AGAINST SUGAR. Do I want to get diabetes? PCOS? Etc. Etc? Insulin resistance? Alzheimer's? Mama passed last year from it!!!
So, I made a good choice and took my silly butt to bed. But it was touch and go. Like my friend Baconslave had said to me before, I worked out my good decision making muscle. And I felt good about that.
Today is a great day.
And I just heard the garbage truck and we forgot to take the trash out....we suck at being adults.
Yay Lori!
Yup! Flex dem Resistance Muscles.
The more you take the opportunity to work them, the stronger they are next time.
Next week's thread is up!
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10525483/super-shape-up-march-2017-week-2-3-8-3-14/p1?new=1
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baconslave wrote: »SuperCarLori wrote: »Yesterday was crazy emotional! I started hrt a couple weeks ago, and my GOSH, this pms this time, holy waterfalls! It was crazy! Was crazy? IS crazy. Anyway. I got The Case Against Sugar from the library and started reading, and was horrified. BY MY MIND. Like, It's okay if you binge today, it's shark week. AND I TEMPORARILY NUZZLED RIGHT INTO THAT. That type of behavior has gotten me stalled for three months, yo. I even told Bob, we should get McDonald's. Then Was like, no....there's plenty of things I can binge on right here if I want. Then I started thinking about cereal. Fully loaded cereal, or baking cookies. I was like, WTF is YOUR PROBLEM!!!!!!! AND I WAS READING THE CASE AGAINST SUGAR. Do I want to get diabetes? PCOS? Etc. Etc? Insulin resistance? Alzheimer's? Mama passed last year from it!!!
So, I made a good choice and took my silly butt to bed. But it was touch and go. Like my friend Baconslave had said to me before, I worked out my good decision making muscle. And I felt good about that.
Today is a great day.
And I just heard the garbage truck and we forgot to take the trash out....we suck at being adults.
Yay Lori!
Yup! Flex dem Resistance Muscles.
The more you take the opportunity to work them, the stronger they are next time.
Next week's thread is up!
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10525483/super-shape-up-march-2017-week-2-3-8-3-14/p1?new=1
Thank you! You're the best you know.
And I was shocked to see week two up already!!!!!0 -
3/6/2017
1- log all food and maintain a deficit - check
2- weights 4x/week - yoga scheduled, but migraine so nothing in the evening
3- not more than 1 alcoholic drink per week - 1/2 glass of wine
3/7/2017
1- log all food and maintain a deficit - check
2- weights 4x/week - total synergistics done
3- not more than 1 alcoholic drink per week - 2 glasses of wine (bringing my weekly total to 6 1/2, I officially suck at this goal)0 -
SuperCarLori wrote: »fanncy0626 wrote: »Day 7 I did my morning and evening Kettlebell workout. I was up every hour with my alarm keeping me off of the couch. Did my walking around the house with a blizzard outside I stayed in! I met my macros and was under carbs and calories. Weight loss is stalled Aside from that I had a successful week!
Yay kettlebells! Scale loss is such a finicky thing. And blah blah it's not linear blah blah take measurements blah. Easier said than done, but it's true. It's not really a stall unless it's been like, a month.
You're doing great, fancy lady.
Thanks! Love your outlook!0 -
This week went by really fast, didn't it?SuperCarLori wrote: »baconslave wrote: »SuperCarLori wrote: »Yesterday was crazy emotional! I started hrt a couple weeks ago, and my GOSH, this pms this time, holy waterfalls! It was crazy! Was crazy? IS crazy. Anyway. I got The Case Against Sugar from the library and started reading, and was horrified. BY MY MIND. Like, It's okay if you binge today, it's shark week. AND I TEMPORARILY NUZZLED RIGHT INTO THAT. That type of behavior has gotten me stalled for three months, yo. I even told Bob, we should get McDonald's. Then Was like, no....there's plenty of things I can binge on right here if I want. Then I started thinking about cereal. Fully loaded cereal, or baking cookies. I was like, WTF is YOUR PROBLEM!!!!!!! AND I WAS READING THE CASE AGAINST SUGAR. Do I want to get diabetes? PCOS? Etc. Etc? Insulin resistance? Alzheimer's? Mama passed last year from it!!!
So, I made a good choice and took my silly butt to bed. But it was touch and go. Like my friend Baconslave had said to me before, I worked out my good decision making muscle. And I felt good about that.
Today is a great day.
And I just heard the garbage truck and we forgot to take the trash out....we suck at being adults.
Yay Lori!
Yup! Flex dem Resistance Muscles.
The more you take the opportunity to work them, the stronger they are next time.
Next week's thread is up!
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10525483/super-shape-up-march-2017-week-2-3-8-3-14/p1?new=1
Thank you! You're the best you know.
And I was shocked to see week two up already!!!!!1
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