TEAM: Gutbusters (September)
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So I had this planned out to have some pizza today for dinner. Plan was to buy a small deluxe pizza (4 piece) and split it with my mother. We talked about this for a week. I wanted to wait till my weigh in day.
I almost fell guilty for eating 2 small pieces. ........ no I dont. It was bliss. Except the part where I'm analyzing the pieces and figuring out the calorie content. I'll be eating strict tomorrow. But with the help of mfp I was able to have them without blowing my diet because I allowed for it calorie-wise3 -
By the way. Great job everyone who participated in the challenge.0
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September 27
Exercised?: Yes (3km in 22mins - hills)
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Quick walk during a busy day working from home.
Looking forward to see my parents tomorrow for the first time in over 4 months. (They travel over the Australian winter and are back home now).
Daily Strength challenge
"Challenge for September 27 is squats (no weight - air squat - http://www.12minuteathlete.com/how-to-do-a-proper-air-squat/).
You can do assisted squats (using a table or bench top to take weight off the knees if it is too much)."
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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craigo3154 wrote: »This is an interesting post if anyone is interested. I immediately identified with this woman.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10697701/i-still-have-chronic-obesity-even-a-year-into-maintenance
@Rocknut53. Very interesting. I can see where a lot can identify with this.
From my point of view, obesity is a symptom, not a disease. It's indicating that there is something that is not right either with your eating habits (food choices), or the way your body processes food.
The modern food industry is heavily driven by profit, not the benefit of the consumer. As such, long shelf life foods that are calorie dense and cheap to produce (usually heavily government subsidised) are prolific. When you can make profit from something, you spend money on influencing and advertising to continue to make a profit. Consequently, funded studies, education, government backed food organisations, etc.. have questionable motives.
What can be done?- Teach the people about health, nutrition, macros and how the body processes food. (science based research, reproducible results, method and results published, researched aimed at finding information rather than targeting to prove a hypothesis, ideally NOT interest group funded - a lot of my research was through pub-med and I needed to learn a lot of medical terminology to wade through the data).
- Encourage people to experiment with their diet and activity to find a balance that works for them (not everyone processes the same food in the same way). Any change must be able to be made forever. If the change is too hard, it can never become habit.
Tracking is ESSENTIAL to diet/lifestyle experimentation. Only by tracking can you know what the start point was, what has been changed and what the result is.
Before experimenting, get a medical (blood tests), check to see if you have any known conditions that may be affected by experimentation (hyperthyroidism, type II, reduced liver function, etc...).
Experiment till you find out what works for you.
Once you get the right mix of eating and activity as an easy habit to maintain, weight is MUCH easier to keep in line.
Through experimentation, I found I do not process gluten the way I should (not celiac, just sensitive). Solution for me is to limit gluten where possible.
I see myself as gluten sensitive, not normal with "obese" tendencies.
I also limit snacks so I can have better meals. If I find myself hunting for food between meals, drink something first (water or unsweetened tea) and wait 20 minutes. Often hunger is a sign of dehydration (or boredom). If still wanting food after 20 minutes, find something small, high fat (like nuts) or high protein (dried meat) to snack on as it induces satiety. I carry high fat/protein snacks with me most days when out of the house.
Small changes at a time. Weight management is a long term activity, not just something you do for a month or three.
@craigo3154 While I agree with your assessment which in theory is spot on, I feel the emotional/psychological aspects of obesity can't be ignored. Every morning, I find it easy to focus on what I need to do: the logging, the exercise, the meal planning, steps I can take to avoid giving in to the insane urges I have to eat more than I should and so on. Then as the day progresses inevitably something happens to sidetrack my efforts. At this point I'm convinced it's something subconscious because I can't identify the trigger. I achieved my goal weight of 129# after a 60# loss last year, maintained for awhile then slowly started putting it back on (like the large percentage of people who lose weight). At this point, I'm stable, but having a hard time nudging that scale downward. I can and will do this. I refuse to be one of those who gains it all back and then some. I've spent my whole life doing that and that cycle needs to stop. Thank you for insight and your commitment to helping us all.
@Rocknut53. 100% agree. There are emotional/psychological aspects of obesity can't be ignored.
There are commonly many parts that trigger eating.- Hunger (the desire to consume food)
- Habit (what you have always done)
- Comfort (you get pleasure from the taste of the food you are eating)
If the hunger trigger can be reduced (proper macros). It makes re-programming the others easier.
You can to a certain extent re-program your tastes. I now drink tea unsweetened with no milk. I used to be milk and 2 sugars. It took over a year to reprogram my tastes so that sweet is now too sweet.
With the regular preferenced food I eat now, it is hard to over eat as it is usually very filling.
I still get emotional triggers to eat at times, but have developed strategies or alternate things to do to not eat when I don't NEED to.
Combating the obesity mindset takes time, planning and many mistakes along the way. But the message is it CAN be done. Once accomplished, maintaining a new, healthier weight is easier and more automatic.2 -
September 27
Exercise: yes, another 3 hour hike
Calories: yes, under
Tracked: yes2 -
September 28
Exercise. Yes
Calories. Yes
Tracked. Yes1 -
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Username: hayleymace90
Weigh in week: Week 4
Weigh in day: Wednesday
Previous Week's Weight: 193
Todays Weight:193
So guys but at least I’ve maintained1 -
Weigh in week: Week 4
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous weight: 146.5 pounds
Today's weight: 146.8 pounds
The scale has been up and down this week as has been typical over the month. Frustrating to say the least. Next week will be better.2 -
Username: KillaLindzilla
Weigh in Day: Friday
Previous Weight: 245.8
Current Weight: 245.3
This is pretty frustrating and disappointing for me. I had an overall calorie deficit for the week of 7039 calories so I was expecting to lose a bit more. Even though my scale didn't reflect it, yesterday was the first time I noticed a physical change in myself after almost 25 pounds lost. My belt is now on the tightest notch so I'm going to have to buy a new one very soon! My work pants won't stay up with out the belt, and I've noticed my work shirt is fitting much looser.
I'm a very competitive person who hates failing. Although I feel like I failed this week, I need to remind myself that every step I take in the right direction is a win.2 -
September 28
Exercised?: No
Calories?: No
Tracked?: Yes
Conscious decision to be over today (and not have activity)
Lunch with parent (who I had not seen in 6 months). Home after dark. Large lunch, chicken dinner, but then chocolate to start to build up some reserves for trip to Spain (as running low and was under-prepared for last trip).
Will still make circle as normal day planned for tomorrow, then travelling where I usually get under-fed as well as airport hopping for extra activity.
Daily Strength challenge
Challenge for September 28 is sit-ups or crunches (abs day - be sure to use a mat or towel for cushioning - )
2 sets- First set till the point where you can do no more, wait 2 mins
- Second set of 50% of the number you did in the first set (half)
The reason for only 2 sets for this exercise is that it ideally should be balanced with back strengthening exercises (which plank variants provide).
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LesIckaBod wrote: »ShareASmile wrote: »ShareASmile
Week 3
Last weight: 159.4
Current weight: 159.4
Weigh in day: Saturday
Comments: ugh! 😥
@ShareASmile I know it stinks not to see a move downward, but holding steady isn't necessarily a bad thing. You know how people say some big percent of weight loss is mental? I always imagine weight loss is like I'm gripping on to the edge of a cliff. If I can pull myself a little bit up the cliff that's great, but I'm also pretty psyched to just keep my fingerholds in this cliff and not slip backwards. Does that make sense?
So hang on, and you'll pull yourself up.
Thank you so much! This makes total sense and I'm ready to pull myself up on the cliff! I've had a walking boot on for the past 4 weeks and just got it off yesterday. I'm ready to get out there and get moving again - all in moderation, though! Thanks again for your encouragement, it REALLY did help!1 -
Sep 28th
Exercised: Yes
Calories under: Maybe
Tracked: I tracked right up until dinner. My boyfriend made dinner today and he made chicken wok (chicken, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots) and I wasn't able to weigh it since he was so quick to just throw everything together.. But I had like 600 calories left and there is no way I could have reached that amount of calories because I barely ate anything. (And also, it's chicken and veggies were talking about so you have to eat much for it to add up to many calories) Tomorrow I'll make dinner!
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Weigh in week: Week 4
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous weight: 171.4 pounds
Today's weight: 170.4 pounds
So no big loss, but I now have double ear and sinus infections. Here's hoping next month is healthier and lighter.
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September 29
Exercise. Yes
Calories. Yes
Tracked. Yes0 -
September 29
Exercised?: Yes (6km in 46 mins - hills)
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Last forest walk for a while. Flying to Spain tonight for 2 weeks.
My wife made my favourite dinner (roast lamb).
Now to pack for 2:00am taxi ride to airport followed by 24+ hours travel.
Daily Strength challenge
Challenge for September 29 is door frame rows ()
3 sets- First set till the point where you can do no more, wait 2 mins
- Second set of 50% of the number you did in the first set (half)
- Third set
The reason for this exercise is push ups and dips work primarily the triceps (pushing). This exercise balances the others by working the biceps (pulling).0 -
Final Saturday of the September Challenge! It's weigh-in day for:
@akerra27
@emmclean
@ladylin77
@ShareaSmile -- glad my cliff analogy helped 1 -
Username:fe452436
Weigh in day:Friday
Weigh in week:4
Weight last week:195 lbs
Weight this week:197 lbs
I am again in intense back pain for 2 days by doing house cleaning.Not able to move much now or feed children.Sorry for this gain.
Hope things will be better soon.3 -
Weigh in week: Week 4
Weigh in day: Saturday
Previous weight: 159.4
Today's weight: 159.0
Baby steps......😊2 -
Hi Everyone
I’m Katrina from Sydney, Australia. I’m happily married with 7 and 9 year old sons, plus a 6 month old Cocker Spaniel which gets me out walking at least twice a day!
I came to MFP approximately 1 year ago weighing 90kg (198lb) and got down to 65kg (143lb) in about 9 months. However i haven’t been tracking calories or weighing myself much in the last 3 months and I’ve been slowly packing on the pounds - 30lbs to be precise! Last week I was 74kg and I’ll be getting on the scales in the morning to weigh myself. I’m hoping I’ve lost a kilos this week... Hopefully this group will provide the motivation I need to get me back to losing and then maintaining.
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Sep 29th
Exercised: No
Calories under: Yes
Tracked: Yes0 -
Sep 30th
Exercised: No
Calories under: Yes, under by 300.
Tracked: Yes
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September 30
Exercised. No
Calories. No
Tracked. Yes0 -
September 30
Exercised: just house cleaning
Calories: No, ate at maintenance today
Tracked: Yes
My sister-in-law was laid to rest today. I couldn't travel for the funeral so mourned her on my own at home. Snowy day was appropriate I guess.
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The September thread for Gutbusters is now closed.
Please post any discussion and weigh in information to the October Thread https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10697078/team-gutbusters-october#latest
Competitors rolled over to October are:
@LeslckaBod.
@WishfulThinning18.
@Be_Lively.
@eevang.
@Metubal.
@mthomas0228.
@Mycocoabubbles.
@pilpolf.
@westray16.
@bendiz_.
@caitlynns727.
@Edising.
@hayleymace90.
@inshapeCK.
@cjscoey.
@Colleen790.
@Grebber1.
@fe452436.
@KillaLindzilla.
@Rocknut53.
@emmclean.
@ShareASmile.
WEEK 4 ~ AUGUST RESULTS
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10698510/week-4-september-results#latest
GRANDE FINALE ~ September'S BIGGEST LOSER
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10698509/grand-finale-septembers-biggest-loser#latest0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzqLFXKOC8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8NzhNe9Res
This discussion has been closed.