May 2018 Basics Challenge: Week 4 (5/22-5/31)
baconslave
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Repeat of the challenge:
baconslave wrote: »Welcome to the May Basics Challenge!
Bah, basics! Entirely boring and unsexy, right?
Guess what though? It will get you to your goal. Basics aren't flashy or exciting, but this is how it's done.
If you're wanting to look better in your swimsuit this summer, this is how to get there.
One key thing that I have learned in my journey is this:
Consistency + Persistence + Time = Success
Consistently nailing the basics is so important. And consistency creates good habits, routines, and gives you momentum that will carry you through hard times or disruptions to your normal schedule. Forget motivation. Motivation is a fickle thing. Discipline carries you through when motivation fails you.
So what are the basics?
Well, hitting your carb goal, obviously, right? There are other very important basics we need to lock in: staying hydrated, keeping electrolytes up, logging consistently (if you're a logger), exercise (if that's one of your goals), hitting your macros, staying away from trigger foods and other things you know set you back...
You can report your progress to your goal, whether it be ultra-obsessive daily hitting your low-carb plan basics, or working on a fitness goal, or even nailing down other good habits in your life. And if you have problems or need advice, you'll find that here.
Each week there will be a thread to collect your progress that week and to interact with other challengers.
I'll keep links to the weekly threads at the bottom of the stickied post should the thread get buried. 2 clicks, to this post and the Weekly link, will get you back to it.
So go ahead and post your goals in this Thread.
My daily post would look something like this.
Tues 5/1:
Logged:
Water:
Electrolytes:
Calorie Goal:
Carb Goal:
Exercise: HIIT
Prelogged next day:
7/7
But this is your show. So focus on your basics.
Make this month count! Tear it up!
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Steps have been less than I'd like but food is good, especially getting in more protein. Surf and turf anniversary dinner plus keto friendly food options at my work conference so far this week. Gardening after work tonight and spin class tomorrow. Hubby picked out some nice high protein meals for the week
So much easier when he is on board.1 -
22nd-cardio and decent NEAT
23rd-strength and good NEAT
Cals and carbs= A-OK.
Doin' the thing.
Same old song and dance. 2 -
My gym is supposed to re-open tonight!!4
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5/22
plan it
log it
eat it
I'm eating before logging, but making good decisions. I think its better for me to plan and log everything so carbs don't creep back in
5/23
stayed under carbs even with inlaws visiting Did treat myself to some wine. I prefer beer, but the concession was needed. 1 -
NEAT and exercise have been good all week- I make time every day to help cut some stress. Food has been on point except for Tuesday when date night turned into a carb extravaganza. I woke up sore all over the next day which is a new experience for me. I now know a few carbs here and there don’t have a big impact but going overboard had some direct consequences.2
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5/24
plan it
log it
eat it
I'm tired of logging. I know the carbs I ate, but putting in each recipe gets a bit tedious at times.2 -
Tore it up with cardio and NEAT yesterday.
I'll be gone camping later this afternoon again. KIU!4 -
5/25
Exercise: 6Km run! yay! Slow but I did it
Food: planned, and going to stay out of the wine tonight
Going to try to start posting more. I mean to and then it doesn't happen. I think the hardest part of low carb for me is breakfast. I am a bagel-gal. lol. I am enjoying my lettuce wraps at lunchtime though. So good with avocado in them.
Finding it difficult to go from eating my Oikos 0% plain greek yogurt to 2% or 4%. Just not use to that. I have been adding hemp hearts to it and it really is delicious.
Have a great day everyone4 -
I forgot to update last week. I did good with workouts. Plus I went to Rock on the Range for the weekend so I did TONS of walking. This week I've been recovering from ROTR so I've been pretty lazy! Hopefully I'll get some hikes in this long weekend and get back on track.3
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Started walking again today
Have kicked cravings :happy:
No night meals
Trying for keto2 -
plan it
log it
eat it
Plus I jogged. Yea me.2 -
5/26
Well, yesterday would have been good but it was my father in laws birthday. I ate my usual breakfast and lunch, decided to skip the afternoon snack knowing there would be a carb overload at suppertime. Sobeys chicken (like KFC) pasta salads, potatoe salads, broccoli salad, and of course birthday cake. and wine.
Exercise was good, did a strength workout.1 -
Plan it
Log it
eat it
My plan was for more carbs. I'm trying to find my threshold where I stay in ketosis.1 -
Food's been great, gardening Friday and elliptical today. Finally seeing movement in the scale again. More gardening and maybe an outdoor bike ride tomorrow since no spin class due to the holiday.2
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plan it
log it
eat it 2 -
Food has been right on, feeling really happy about that. I usually don't have a problem with exercise, that I just do. Its food I usually struggle with, so with both going well I am seeing results. Yay!2
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Warmup
Squats - 5x5 @ 30
Pushups - 5x5 - only going down a couple inches, but on toes!
Inverteed Rows - 5x51 -
5/28
plan it
log it
eat it 1 -
Love it!! >>I'm slow too. But we are both lapping the people who stayed on the couch instead!!
I walk a 20 minute mile at least 2 miles every day at a HS track every day. Fit runners pop in lap me a couple times and leave. I keep trodding away.
I know it's bolded above, every week by Baconslave, but it has become my mantra
so repeating...
Consistency + Persistence + Time = Success
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5/29
food logged
under calorie limit
met carb limit
exercise in
5K run today, yep....slow but sure! And dug up a hosta this afternoon, might I say it was harder than the 5K run!
Consistency + Persistence + Time = Success @slimzandra- this might be my new mantra too!3 -
5/29
plan it
log it
eat it 2 -
5/29: strength and NEAT 1
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Cardio - struggle, but I did it. Apparently two weeks off is the right length of time for my body to decide it hates exercise.1
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Just a question, what is NEAT?
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Just a question, what is NEAT?
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis:
"Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) is the energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating or sports-like exercise. It ranges from the energy expended walking to work, typing, performing yard work, undertaking agricultural tasks and fidgeting."
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baconslave wrote: »Just a question, what is NEAT?
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis:
"Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) is the energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating or sports-like exercise. It ranges from the energy expended walking to work, typing, performing yard work, undertaking agricultural tasks and fidgeting."
Thanks
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5/30
Food logged
Net Carbs
Strength workout
Lots of NEAT
Productive day yesterday! Got a strength workout in, lawn mowed, whipper snipping done and weeding in the garden. Phew. Today is suppose to be really nice and hottish so I'm happy all that is done.
I have discovered nupasta. Haven't actually tried it yet but discovered that it exists. I will be on the hunt this afternoon to find it and hopefully like it! We shall see, I am skeptical.2 -
I've been striving for 165 all year and finally got there this morning. At the beginning of the month I mentioned I had tweaked my macros to up my protein/reduce my fat. That did the trick. Sometimes I'm a little slow to make changes but I can stick with these levels comfortably. Monday we had our first outdoor bike ride of the season (short 5 miles) and we walked after dinner Tue/Wed. Tonight I'm back to spin class after missing 3 of them.
Looking forward to June!3
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