TEAM: The Slimsons (June)
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Post for Wed
Track yes
Calories under
Exercise 20 minute walk0 -
ssssanaaaa wrote: »Daily Post: Wednesday
Tracked?: Yes
Calories: Way way over.
Exercise: None.
Water: A decent amount. Not sure exactly.
Comments: Honestly, not a good day but I don't want to spiral down because of it. I'm going to make today a good day and the rest of the week. So far so good. Wasn't able to work out yesterday either. Was just mentally exhausted from finals and wanted to relax. But will definitely work out well today to make up for yesterday and also because I'll be done with finals after today!
Also, I'm not sure if how many calories I'm burning is accurate while working out. I try to go for around 15 minutes as a starting point. And the machine says I burned aroudn 250 every time I do this which kind of sounds like a lot to me since I see other people not burning as much but working out for longer than me. That being said, I do make sure the elliptical trainer is at the maximum incline and increase the resistance to 12 (Not sure how resistance is measured) so maybe it's higher intensity?
I always assume its inaccurate, knock 50-100 calories off the total and I log that instead. Lol
I walk to treadmill at the highest incline (15), at about a 2.0 pace or higher. After 35 min, it says I burned about 285. I usually log 200.
Its never gonna be 100% accurate. 1 -
@AB0215 Enjoy your trip!!!
@gemwolf110 Happy Birthday (belated)!ssssanaaaa wrote: »Also, I'm not sure if how many calories I'm burning is accurate while working out. I try to go for around 15 minutes as a starting point. And the machine says I burned aroudn 250 every time I do this which kind of sounds like a lot to me since I see other people not burning as much but working out for longer than me. That being said, I do make sure the elliptical trainer is at the maximum incline and increase the resistance to 12 (Not sure how resistance is measured) so maybe it's higher intensity?
If you are entering your gender, age, height, and weight into the machine, then it may be somewhat accurate. If not, then no not accurate. 250 calories for 15 minutes does sound a bit high. Think of it this way, if a 6'2" 250lb 25 year old male jumped on the elliptical, and did the exact same workout as you did, the machine would give him the same calories burned. But there is no way you would both burn the same number of calories, even doing the same work.
What does the MFP entry for elliptical give you? Even that won't be accurate though because it's based on an "average" intensity, but it might be closer.
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Daily Post - Thursday
Track - no
food - probably, haven't eaten much (surprising!)
exercise - 1 mile swim and strength training
Recovering from yesterday's "procedure". Felt ok this afternoon so I went to the gym. But now I'm cramping again. TOM doesn't help. I'm hungry, but don't feel like eating - like nothing sounds good. I may just go to bed.1 -
Keri8680
Weigh in day Thursday
Week 2
PW 194.4
CW 193.2
Yay!2 -
Daily post for Thursday
Track- yes
Calories- under- I skipped lunch.
Carbs- over- I was dying to try the seafood risotto with parm cheese sauce at the place we went for dinner. I honestly picked out the seafood and only had about 4-5 bites of the risotto. The rest was packed to go for my hubby to eat. I asked if next time we went to the restaurant if they could switch out the risotto for veggies instead! Wish I would’ve thought of that sooner because that parm sauce was AMAZING!
Exercise- no
Water- not enough
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Track yes
Calories under
Carbs just over my goal
Exercise even tho I’m sick still making an effort1 -
Thursday
Track. Yes
Calories. Under
Exercise. 1 hour elliptical
Water. 80 ounces
Still. Just. Meh.1 -
Thursday post
Track - yes
Calories- over
Exercise- no
Water-above
Cocktails with a friend with hubby as designated chauffeur - lovely1 -
June 7 th Mexiconona Track: yes, Calories: no, exercise: no, Carbs: over1
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Thursday post
Track yes
Calories under
Exercise no0 -
Weigh in:
Username: AB0215
Weigh in week: Week 2
Weigh in day: Saturday
Previous Week's Weight: 192.2 lbs
Current Weight: 192.1 lbs
Weighing before I leave since I'm not taking my scale--and I'm betting that I have to work a little harder when I get back to get back on track, but it will all be worth it in the end, I'm sure.1 -
Good Morning and Happy Friday Team!!
It is now 2am in my world and I've showered, ate my first carb filled meal of the weekend (a banana nut muffin and I have no regrets
) and I'm just about ready to head out to the airport.
A couple points this weekend, please don't forget to weigh in, while I won't necessarily be here to enter them, your friendly neighborhood @Fyreside will be entering your weights and a big huge THANKS to him for that!!
I will probably not be around much until Sunday night, but I will catch up then and post the results of the weekly challenge(most likely from the airport since I have like 5 hours to sit there and do nothing)
Have a great weekend!
Oh and sorry about this, been neglecting my Question of the Week and in the spirit of my weekend trip here it is:
Where is a place you'd like to go or even one that you've been to but would like to go back?
I'm headed to Orlando and I finally get to visit Universal Studios and I'm super excited 2 -
I have never been out of North America.
I would like to go to Europe. I don't know any languages other than English, but my children studied French so maybe France1 -
Ireland. I would LOVE to go to Ireland!!
It's the very top of my list of places to go!
However, I am wondering if I would come back..... hahaha1 -
Daily post Thursday
Track-no
Calories-?
Exercise-half-hearted attempt at the elliptical
water-not really
It was field day today at my school. So tired!1 -
Thursday Update:
Track: Yes
Calories:Yes-Under barely
Exercise: Yes- I did my strength exercises and walked.
Water Intake: yes1 -
I'd like to go to Germany! My son and I have been learning German with Duolingo for about a year now and we'd love to go to the Munich Christmas Market as well as The Black Forest.1
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Argh,... hahah wow, I've done it again. I sit down to make a post and there is my last post from the day before sitting there unsent. {facepalm} So umm.. here is yesterdays post lol.
@AB0215 Have a great trip.
@mexiconona car seat? Was your ipad trying to be clever? lol.
@gemwolf110 happy birthday for yesterday.
@jennfalzon1979 You're 15lb from goal.. I'm not saying you should push yourself until the whole thing is intolerable grind. But you have done so much already and if you can find the determination to push on, I reckon you will be glad you did.
Daily Post: (Thursday)
Goals:my average steps in the city are around 9000 per day.. In the bush it's 18000 with ease. My goal is to rest up this weekend for a big next week.
Track: Yes.
Calories:Yes.
Exercise:Did I ever..
Water Intake: Kinda low.. When it's cold and wet the whole drinking water urge just never comes. Drank lots of coffee tho.
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Daily Post: (Friday)
Goals:My goal for the weekend other than rest up is not eat too much, not ruin my sleep pattern and try to find a really warm jacket that fits well.
Track: Yes.
Calories:Only just
Exercise:No
Water Intake: Yes
There is a lot of travel I'd like to do. I need to do a bit more sailing first to know if it's right for me. But I daydream about buying/building a yacht and sailing it to various interesting locations around the world. However, if I have to pick one place, New Zealand is nearby and packed full of natural beauty. A place I'd definitely love to visit and explore for a few weeks.2 -
Username JJKM02
Weigh in week June Week2
Weigh in day Friday
Previous weight 293.3
Current weight 292.71 -
Daily Post Friday
Still lacking the mental drive. Midlife crisis? So close yet so far? I have no clue
This weekend we are celebrating my daughters first bday. And really, her birth was the reason I started this journey. I am still plugging along, but my heart isn’t in it and I don’t know why.
Track. Somewhat
Calories. Not sure. Tried a new white wine. Had some pizza and chips
Exercise. 40 minutes treadmill and 20 minutes weights. 1 hour yard work.
Water. 60 ounces. I am dehydrated. This I know for a fact.
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Where would I like to travel?
I would like to go to the Maldives but the plane ride would kill me. Lol
I used to want to go to Australia but I’m not too sure of the gigantic critters. @Fyreside have you run in to crazy big bugs and snakes?1 -
Mexiconona. Friday June 8th. Weigh in day. Last week 150.8
This week 151.8 1 lb gain
Tracking : yes. Calorie Scale: no, Exercise: yes 1 hr. Gym weights, sit ups, aerobics, walking. Carbs: no over1 -
Friday post
Track yes
calories under
exercise no1 -
Track yes
Calories under
Carbs over
Exercise yes work
Want to visit Las Vegas and Scottland1 -
jennfalzon1979 wrote: »I used to want to go to Australia but I’m not too sure of the gigantic critters. @Fyreside have you run in to crazy big bugs and snakes?
I mean sure, there are many potentially dangerous critters.. But none of them actually want to mess with people. So it's really only accidental encounters to be wary of. To limit that I simply stomp when I'm walking in the bush and look out for spiders under things and in wood piles. Ironically, you have more apex predators in your countryside, bears, mountain lions, angry moose, etc. We only have crocs and I'm too far south for those. Funny thing is, I'm cool with snakes and spiders. But I freak out over roaches and grasshoppers lol. And the only things near my property that I'm genuinely concerned by are feral pigs,dogs and humans.
Hey, just since I'm on the subject. Recently I've been struggling to understand why my property has basically no spiders. But the house and yard in town is crawling with these.
Then I discovered some inhabitants that explained it. My property has a healthy little population of a tiny carnivorous marsupial called an Antechinus and they love to eat spiders. So it's really quite cool to not have to worry about every bit of firewood I pick up down there.
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Username: ColinMcP
Week: June Week 2
Check in Day: Saturdays
PW = 250.6
CW= 248.2
Total lost 4.1 lbs for challenge.3 -
@Fyreside that spider is a big nope!
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I live in the mountains and seeing bears and moose are totally commonplace. As are raccoon, beaver, badger, elk, coyote... all things we have here that you could run across in an unpleasant way... But for the most part they want to avoid you as much as you want to avoid them! We have only 2 poisonous spider types here and they're fairly rare/easy to identify.
Cougars (mountain lions) are the one that scare me because they are so fast and quiet... if they want you, they've got you. Cougars have become more common in my village, the past few years they've been discovered making dens under people's porches or in backyard sheds (yikes!). My friend came home to a cougar on her kitchen table a few months ago!!
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