TEAM: Gutbusters (August)
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July 31
Excersised:yes
Calories:yes
Excersise:yes
I did it!2 -
Username: inshapeCK
Weigh-in Day: Wednesday
Weigh-in Week: 1
Previous Weight: 146.8 pounds
Current Weight: 145.0 pounds
RE-LOST THE 0.7 POUNDS I WAS UP AND GOT BACK TO WHERE I WAS ON JUNE 13TH
AND THEN LOST EXTRA NEW WEIGHT ON TOP OF THAT.
WOOHOO!
FINALLY BROKE THROUGH MY PLATEAU OF GOING UP AND DOWN THE SAME AMOUNT THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS!
HAVEN'T BEEN 145.0 POUNDS IN YEARS!!!!!
DOWN 15.2 POUNDS IN THE LAST 11 MONTHS.
DOWN 25.1 POUNDS FROM MY HIGHEST WEIGHT.
FINALLY HIT THE 25 POUNDS DOWN MILESTONE!!!!!
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I’ve been away the past week and only just getting back into routine. So I missed my weigh in day but I know what my weight was so I’ll post now.
User name: Lydiakate1995
Weigh in day:Sunday
Last week’s weight: 304lbs
This week’s weight: 309lbs
This gain was due to being on holiday I wasn’t tracking and just enjoying Spanish food.
This week I will get back on track1 -
@inshapeCK Congrats on the 25 lbs!! that's such an amazing milestone to hit! I can't wait to get there myself. Keep going and you've proven you got this!
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July 27
Exercise:yes
Tracking:No
Calories:No
July 28
Exercise:yes
Tracking:No
Calories:No
July 29
Exercise:yes
Tracking:No
Calories:No
July 30
Exercise:yes
Tracking:No
Calories:Yes under limit
July 31
Exercise:Yes
Tracking:No
Calories:Under limit
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August 1:
Exercise: Nope
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
Today was the day I got my last wisdom tooth out (finally!) so I've had a boring bland diet of soup and pudding and jello. Won't be able to exercise (heavily) until at least Saturday, but I'll be working on getting some steps in tomorrow and Friday at work!2 -
August 1
Excersied:yes
Calories:yes
Tracted: yes
Well I have publicly announced my goals on my Facebook pagw which are reasonable. This month i want to loose 5 to 10 pounds. I have decided to work on small goal which to me are more achievable than large one. Which i happy about. I still been having craving of nuts and cheese. Not sure why. I also start a new work routine from youtube. Hasfit and i am enjoying it. Go me! Tomorrow is my first weight in finger cross i lost weight!1 -
Username: craigo3154
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Wednesday
Previous Week's Weight: (62.5kg) 137.8
Todays Weight: (62.3kg) 137.3
First Wednesday weigh in for over 2 months (with all the travel). Mind you it was at 5:00am before catching a flight interstate.
For anyone that is new to Gutbusters this month just a note on my weigh ins. I am not part of the teams results. I am actively trying NOT to lose weight, but maintain. As such, my weigh ins are optional. I choose to post a weigh in so that others can see I am still keeping a similar focus in maintenance as I was when losing weight.3 -
August 1
Exercised?: Yes. Walked 9+km in North Sydney (3+km at lunch and 6+km for dinner).
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Early flight. Uneventful. They remembered by gluten free meal.
Lunchtime walk. Walk to get dinner.
Fell asleep at keyboard while composing the daily post, was so tired (woke up 20 mins later and crawled into bed, posting the following day).
Daily Strength challenge
Challenge for August 01 is side lunges ()
3 sets- First set 10 or 15 each leg (if 10 is too easy continue to 15).
- Second set 6 or 9 each leg.
- Third set 5 or 8 each leg.
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August 1:
Exercise: yes
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
did okay yesterday, was under my calorie goal though because i tried to eat lots of fruits which filled me up . workouts was cardio only
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Username: grebber1
Weigh-in Day: thursday
Weigh-in Week: 1
Previous Weight: 385 pounds
Current Weight: 379.8
Well I'll take a 5.2 pound loss any day. Actually thought it would be more but not gonna complain.6 -
Username: rawrxamberx
Weigh-in Day: Thursday
Weigh-in Week: 1
Previous Weight: 296.2
Current Weight: 291
I was very happy when I saw that number because there were a few days where I wasn’t happy with myself. But I’m glad that regardless of my slip ups , I still lost (:5 -
August 2
Exercised?: Yes. Walked 14+km in North Sydney (4+km at lunch and 10+km for dinner).
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Lunchtime walk. Long walk to get dinner (over the bridge and around the opera house).
MapMyWalk says I have walked over 1018km so far this year (Just got the message that I beat the year )
Tracked all I ate and MFP says I should eat more if I want to not lose weight.
Daily Strength challenge
Challenge for August 02 is side planks. ()
2 sets- First set 15s, 30s each side, wait 2 mins
- Second set 15s, 30s each side.
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Username:biblebabe588
Weigh in day:Thursday
Beginning weight:172
Weight lost:171.4
I have mixed emotion of my weight lost but i think i should of lost more but i did have a few days were i gained some weight back and trying to loose it again. I have to keep reminding myself this is a journey marathon not a sprint!😀4 -
biblebabe588 wrote: »Username:biblebabe588
Weigh in day:Thursday
Beginning weight:172
Weight lost:171.4
I have mixed emotion of my weight lost but i think i should of lost more but i did have a few days were i gained some weight back and trying to loose it again. I have to keep reminding myself this is a journey marathon not a sprint!😀
Keep putting together enough 0.6lb loss weeks, and you'll be where you want to be! Keep track of your calories (including "off days") for a few weeks, and you should be able to make better predictions about how much you can realistically lose in a week. Keeping track of the data and seeing how the daily choices affect the weekly outcomes may help you make better choices along the way, too -- it did for me.
I see you're doing the Hasfit workouts. I started with the month-long "foundation" workouts in April, and I've stuck with the daily exercises since then, moving up to the "Motive" level this month. They've been awesome for me, and I hope you get great results, too!1 -
@WishfulThinning18
I love your username!
Thanks for the congrats after I reached the milestone of 25 pounds lost.
I actually did a happy dance in front of the mirror, lol!!!!!
I am proud of myself.
We all know what a long and hard journey it is to lose weight and keep it off.
You will get there. It just takes time and perseverance and doing the things we know we need to do in order to lose weight. Recently people have asked me what my secret it is or how I lost the weight and I told them there is no secret. I knew what I needed to do (eat healthy) but I often didn't do it and how I lost weight is by making better choices one baby step at a time (e.g., I am not a fan a salad but I have now found ways to eat and even sometimes enjoy, lol, salad) and I had to remind myself that slow and steady wins the race so it is okay that it took me 2 years to lose the weight as I have now kept it off.
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Oh boy.... was told the company was buying pizza for lunch monday. There's usually a bunch too. It's my weakness and I'm already nervous. I can do this. I will not have any. It's not worth it right now. Maybe down the road but not right now. I'm doing really well and just don't need any distractions. Its a test I say. The good lord wants to see if I'm for real this time.2
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@grebber1 you got this! One day at a time!2
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Thanks and yes I'm in control this time, not my belly1
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So I'm trying to behave... but for some reason I'm hungry ALL the time lately. Like hungry my stomach has a dull ache hungry. Not sure what's going on. When I'm coming off breakfast I feel great. I have fruit and yogurt for a snack, a lunch meal (i'm doing Nutrisystem) decent sized salad and a side of cottage cheese and tomatoes, then peanut butter and apple for another snack. Up until I eat dinner.. this pain is there. As soon as I eat dinner I'm back to not having it. I don't know if I should swap out my dairy stuff for meat based protein or not. Only issue with that is it is less volume as the dairy hence why I chose dairy because I thought volume would be keeping me more full than the other options.
It may also be ToM. Not sure but I wish it'd go away. It's been like this for a week... prior to that I haven't had this issue and I started 3 weeks ago on this journey.1 -
@grebber1 a few months into my weight loss, I found out there would be a pizza dinner at an event I would be attending. I ate grilled pork and veggies on the way there and acted surprised by the pizza and declined--saying I'd forgotten and had already eaten.
At this point, I'd probably manage my calories to allow for a little pizza. However, at that point, it was 100% necessary for me to face the temptation of that pizza with a very full stomach. I snacked on some veggies they had at the event.
Keep envisioning your success this Monday, and it will happen! I think you have a great mindset for weight loss.3 -
WishfulThinning18 wrote: »So I'm trying to behave... but for some reason I'm hungry ALL the time lately. Like hungry my stomach has a dull ache hungry. Not sure what's going on. When I'm coming off breakfast I feel great. I have fruit and yogurt for a snack, a lunch meal (i'm doing Nutrisystem) decent sized salad and a side of cottage cheese and tomatoes, then peanut butter and apple for another snack. Up until I eat dinner.. this pain is there. As soon as I eat dinner I'm back to not having it. I don't know if I should swap out my dairy stuff for meat based protein or not. Only issue with that is it is less volume as the dairy hence why I chose dairy because I thought volume would be keeping me more full than the other options.
It may also be ToM. Not sure but I wish it'd go away. It's been like this for a week... prior to that I haven't had this issue and I started 3 weeks ago on this journey.
@WishfulThinning18. Being ravenously hungry is not uncommon, but there are strategies to reduce this.
The only things that trigger satiety (fullness) are fibre, fat and protein. The amount of calories or volume of the food makes little difference. This is essentially the trigger to STOP eating.
The second thing that KEEPS you from being hungry is how quickly the food you eat passes into your system. Mixing the food up with liquid (like into a soup), will keep you from feeling hungry again as soon.
The trigger to START eating is usually tripped by a hormone known as Ghrelin. This will make you want to find food to eat as it signals the conscious brain that food is required. However, if you can resist this signal for about half an hour, the signal goes away (or substantially lessens). There are reasons for this (but I will not go into detail).
When you feel the need to eat, drink water and do something else for at least 20 mins. Take you mind off food by giving it another focus. The water is because often the hunger signal is confused by the dehydration signal.
If after 20 mins, still wanting to devour the entire contents of the kitchen, have something to eat, but do it this way. Portion out what you are going to eat. Put the rest of the food AWAY (this way if you want seconds you have to get it out again - more effort required). Eat what you have portioned out (with some water or another 0 calorie beverage). Do something else for 5 mins to see if the hunger signal goes away.
Hope these tips help you. They helped me.
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Username:cjscoey
Weigh in day:Thursday
Beginning weight:176.6
Weight lost:178.6
Aug 1
Excersise:no
Calories:no
Tracked:yes
Aug 2
Excersise:no
Calories:yes
Tracked:yes
I have had a crappy, stressful week and instead of dealing with it in healthy way I ate/drank really badly. Recommitting myself and back on track today, even though it was again stressful, so I know I can do it, I just have to focus.3 -
August 2
Excersied:no
Calories:no
Tracked:no
Normally even on bad days i can pull my self out and eat pretty good but tonight has gone out the window and then some. I am not going to beat myself up. Tomorrow is a new day and friday and back on the boat with excersie.2 -
Username: sara41164
Weigh in day: Monday
Beginning weight: 156.3
Weight lost: 3lbs
Aug. 1
Exercise: yes
Calories: yes, under
Tracked: yes
Aug. 2
Exercise: yes
Calories: yes, under
Tracked: yes
Been busy the past couple days and since I’m not a huge breakfast person it’s hard for me to get my calories in. Happy that I’ve lost a couple pounds. It’s been super stressful with the kids school starting back and sports, along with my school. Don’t see it calming down anytime soon. I have noticed that I’m bad for snacking and not even realizing it. Like just grabbing a handful of something while in the kitchen. I’ve done better the past couple days but going to be hard to break that. Lol!
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Username: lolakinks
Weigh-in Day: Friday
Weigh-in Week: 1
Previous Weight: 85 kg (187.3 lbs)
Current Weight: 84.2 kg (185.6 lbs)
Until last two days I was going well. Even I saw 83.6 kg (184.3 lbs) but then stress and depression...3 -
Come on people, we got this! Keep your hand out of the cookie jar. This is a challenge. This is for you and me. We all need this or we wouldn't have signed up for it. Stay focused and remember your goals. Long and short term. Write them down or something. Do what ever it takes to get you motivated
We all have or weaknesses but we all have the strength to overcome if you want it bad enough. I don't know about you but I'm tired of being the fat person in the crowd. I'm tired of feeling uncomfortable. This is our time to take control!
Let's do this!7 -
August 3
Exercised?: Yes. Walked 5+km in North Sydney.
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Lunchtime walk. Flew home.
Looking forward to the weekend.
Daily Strength challenge
Challenge for August 03 is push ups
3 sets- First set till the point where you can do no more, wait 2 mins
- Second set of 60% of the number you did in the first set (half, then another 10%), wait 2 mins
- Third set of 50% of the number you did in the first set (half)
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Come on people, we got this! Keep your hand out of the cookie jar. This is a challenge. This is for you and me. We all need this or we wouldn't have signed up for it. Stay focused and remember your goals. Long and short term. Write them down or something. Do what ever it takes to get you motivated
We all have or weaknesses but we all have the strength to overcome if you want it bad enough. I don't know about you but I'm tired of being the fat person in the crowd. I'm tired of feeling uncomfortable. This is our time to take control!
Let's do this!
@grebber1. Great words.
To all Gutbusters. Remember WHY you started to change.
Change is hard, but trust me it is worthwhile. (I went from over 200lbs to 150lbs in 6 month and have stayed below 150lbs for 10 months now - feel SO much better and can do so much more).
Change only a little at a time. Changing too much all at once can be frustrating. Do one small change at a time. Let it bed in and become habit, then make the next change.
Try make changes that you are happy to live with for the rest of time. What you start doing will become your new normal. Make sure it allows for social occasions, travel, illness, etc.. You can change to drink less soda, or only eat between 10am and 9:00pm, etc.. But only if that works with your lifestyle.
Any change that is not "enjoyable" will fall by the wayside over time. If you don't like going to the gym (or it is too far out of the way), don't join a gym. What will occur is that you will find excuses not to go.
If you mess up, forgive yourself. Promise yourself to get back to plan the next day. By accepting your mistakes and not "beating yourself up" over them you gain the chance to learn from them. Note also I said "get back to plan", not make up for mistakes. There is no need to try over-compensate, this is a long term plan.
You did non get to a state that required weight reduction/health management overnight. Consequently it will take just as long to correct as to occur in the first place (maybe longer). Resign yourself to that this journey will take months to complete. Slow changes are the ones that stick.
If you want a slimmer, fitter you to be the normal, your overall lifestyle will change from what it was.
You can do this. Just keep taking one step in the right direction at a time.
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Username : runforfun_wa
Week : 1
Current week : 184
Weigh in day : Friday2
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