TEAM: The Big Butt Theory (January)
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January 12
Tracking: ✅
Calories: ✅
Exercise: ✅ (Treadmill,Walks)
Steps: 16,693
Water: 56oz2 -
Jan 12
Tracked yes
Calories no
Exercise yes
Sunday yes
Monday yes
Tuesday yes
Wednesday yes
Thursday yes
Friday no
Saturday no
Today is a new day and a new week for the challenge.
I don't know what happened Friday, i think LNS got to me and the munchies took over but I know Saturdays are the hardest day for me to keep it together. We have a big family breakfast and dinner and although some Saturdays I do great, others I don't. I will just have to be good up until Saturday to start some sort of a streak and use that day as my one cheat meal.3 -
PhatStax69 wrote: »jan 12
exercise and calories in check.
The problem time of the day for me is after diner/ night time. I have to figure something out to keep me safe that time of day
@PhatStax69, Sounds like you had a good day! Yes, getting up at five will help with going to bed earlier and the late night snacking. Can you save some calories for the evening so you can still have a planned snack? Or are you one of those that once you get started eating on the couch you have a hard time stopping? What about a hot cup of herbal tea that you can sip over a period of time, all the while holding the mug with both hands so they are both occupied and not looking to reach for food? What about reading? Both hands are occupied that way. Or is there a project you can peck away at in the evenings to keep you occupied, like maybe reorganizing the tool shed or painting the spare room, or building a book shelf, etc?
Your before and current photos (I won't say "after" because you are still a work in progress!) are impressive. If ever you feel discouraged about your journey, you just need to take a look at those to see what you have accomplished to date with all your hard work; first losing the 45 pounds, then maintaining it!! Maintaining isn't easy either!!1 -
SMALL WIN OF THE DAY:
Realized I use to get so tired doing yard work because I was overweight and out of shape. I thought it was just hard, lol. Don’t get me wrong, I’m exhausted right now, but 2 hours in I wasn’t ready to faint. I was ready to do more
Your small win is actually a great NSV!!!
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Last weeks weight: 294.6
Today's weight: 289.4
I have joined a challenge in my hometown. I got an instant pot for Christmas and it has really helped me make some healthy choices! I will start doing personal training in the next month to train my body to look the way I want (toned). I have lost 36 lbs now. 4 more pounds and I will be down 40 since I started this journey. It is very hard for me to eat out of my "healthy" realm without gaining. My body just seems extra sensitive. I have also been drinking 3-32 oz jugs of water each day which my body is loving! Here's to the next 4 lbs to be down 40 lbs officially!!
@khadl07, you are doing fantastic!!! It sounds like you have all the puzzle pieces in place for success....your hometown challenge, your new way to cook healthy foods, a personal trainer and lots of water!! Your loss of 5+ pounds is very impressive!!1 -
13/01/19
Tracking = Yes
Ex = Swimming 40 mins
Day = Late start, which was nice as it is Sunday Swimming with my boy, who swam with no buoyancy aid for the first time! He's been diving for weighted balls!!
NSV - got into my new swimsuit today and fitted alright - as opposed to last time when half of me flowed back out!
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January Week #2 Results:
Team The Big Butt Theory had a good week. We lost the most weight, at 44.4 pounds, which put us in 2nd place for the week with a 0.74% loss (0.78% was the loss for first place). Since we started out so slow though, we are still in last place overall:
GutBusters - 1.29%
Slimsons - 0.81&
Run Track Minds - 0.80%
Flab-u-less - 0.74%
The Big Butt Theory - 0.60%
Keep in mind these numbers are fluid...each time an entry is made in the spreadsheet, these numbers change. This was a snapshot at a particular moment.
Individually, we had no podium placements, but many of us had a good week. The Top 12 Big Butts for the 2nd week of January were:
@Tracie_Lord - 2.57%
@karrihowlett - 2.17%
@kathamh - 1.75%
@saskicpg - 1.50%
@mikea2g - 1.38%
@akwilliams1085 - 1.28%
@lozenger1984 - 1.18%
@T34S3l - 1.11%
@grayjayyyy - 1.08%
@swauters - 1.07%
@brandi_84 - 1.06%
@erikNJ - 0.98%
@khadl07, this chart was composed before you posted your weight. Otherwise you would have been on here; you had a really great week!!0 -
I leave for Montreal in the morning. It is a work conference for my husband. Two days of travel by train, and two full days of meetings. I will be enjoying leisure time while my husband is in meetings, mostly walking around the old city and shopping. The evenings will be filled with food, drink, and socializing; one night at the Bell Centre for a Canadiens hockey game and one night of dancing. I will not be on here much. We return late on Thursday, so I will be back on here on Friday to enter all the weights I have missed entering to date. I will do the mini challenge results then too for week #2. Have a great week and continue supporting each other like you have been doing so well these first two weeks.4
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I leave for Montreal in the morning. It is a work conference for my husband. Two days of travel by train, and two full days of meetings. I will be enjoying leisure time while my husband is in meetings, mostly walking around the old city and shopping. The evenings will be filled with food, drink, and socializing; one night at the Bell Centre for a Canadiens hockey game and one night of dancing. I will not be on here much. We return late on Thursday, so I will be back on here on Friday to enter all the weights I have missed entering to date. I will do the mini challenge results then too for week #2. Have a great week and continue supporting each other like you have been doing so well these first two weeks.
Have a great trip Lisa! Vacation means lots of opportunity to get your steps in. Pacing up and down the train, dancing, hopping up to flag the waiter down for another drink! So, so, so many opportunities, lol. 1 -
Jan. 13
Exercise and calories were in check.
I moved my diner to a little bit later in the day to help with night cravings. For my meals I am trying to keep it easy and simple.
Today was cardio day. I did 60 minutes of kickboxing and 45 minutes of zumba.
Breakfast was a smoothie
lunch was a huge salad with black bean burger
Diner Potato and Tofu stir fry
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MINI CHALLENGE
DATE: Sunday, January 13, 2018
Logged food: Yes
Under calories: Yes
Exercised: Yes - 20 minute light elliptical / 10 minute stretching / 60 minute weight training.
Steps as of posting: 10,303
SMALL WIN OF THE DAY:
Feel wasted today. Over did it at the gym. Feel like quitting for a few weeks. Just a bit tired of the effort involved. I want to workout to have a better life, not have workouts consume my life.
My win is I didn’t quit today. Kept eating in check. I have meals planned out for tomorrow. So despite feeling like quitting all day, all my actions are geared toward continued effort. Of course I feel like quitting sometimes, this is freaking challenging! 2 -
1/13:
Track: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes 40 min walk 40 min stationary bike
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MINI CHALLENGE
DATE: Sunday, January 13, 2018
Logged food: Yes
Under calories: Yes
Exercised: Yes - 20 minute light elliptical / 10 minute stretching / 60 minute weight training.
Steps as of posting: 10,303
SMALL WIN OF THE DAY:
Feel wasted today. Over did it at the gym. Feel like quitting for a few weeks. Just a bit tired of the effort involved. I want to workout to have a better life, not have workouts consume my life.
My win is I didn’t quit today. Kept eating in check. I have meals planned out for tomorrow. So despite feeling like quitting all day, all my actions are geared toward continued effort. Of course I feel like quitting sometimes, this is freaking challenging!
One day at a time. Good job.
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Mini challenge
1/13
tracking: no
calories: no
exercise: yes
I got activity through snow shoveling and putting away the last of our Christmas decorations. My beloved Eagles lost their playoff game tonight. Many tears were shed in my house. But in the spirit if moving forward for health ... I won’t have to base my weekend around football. I can get back to planning one earned night a weekend.
Wishing well to my teammates through sorrow. Let’s go kick this January challenge!
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January 13, 2019
Mini challenge
1/13
tracking: yes
calories: under
exercise: yes, c25k week 3 day 1 repeated
Steps:16,209
Water: 88 oz1 -
January 13
Tracking: ✅
Calories: ✅
Exercise: ✅ (Treadmill,Walks,Yoga, Tai Chi)
Steps: 20,137
Water: 88oz1 -
I leave for Montreal in the morning. It is a work conference for my husband. Two days of travel by train, and two full days of meetings. I will be enjoying leisure time while my husband is in meetings, mostly walking around the old city and shopping. The evenings will be filled with food, drink, and socializing; one night at the Bell Centre for a Canadiens hockey game and one night of dancing. I will not be on here much. We return late on Thursday, so I will be back on here on Friday to enter all the weights I have missed entering to date. I will do the mini challenge results then too for week #2. Have a great week and continue supporting each other like you have been doing so well these first two weeks.
Lisa it sounds like it’s going to be a fun trip, enjoy 1 -
Weigh in day 181.8
Good week. Tracked most days the only bits I missed are where I forgot to weigh a couple of things.
Another good week for exercise. After being so unfit for so long I’ve now reached a point where there’s a lot of firsts for me and a lot of personal bests. I got my mile run down to 11 minutes yesterday and have set my self a goal of trying all the classes my gym offers this year to get me out of my comfort zone. So far have done yoga, kettlebells and legs, bums and tums and coped with all the classes fairly well (definitely could not have done them 18 months ago). Feeling fitter feels amazing. It’s helping me cope with some stressful stuff at work too.
Aiming to be in the 170s next week!3 -
Week 3 weigh in:
PW: 230.2
CW: 227.4
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Happy Monday. Keep your goal in mind and go for it! We got this!3
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Happy Monday! I realized I missed posting last week
Last Friday weigh in was:
Previous week: 242.2 lbs
Last week: 245.2 lbs
Difference: GAINED 3 lbs :-(
Good news is my cold is gone, so once I can convince myself to brave the cold and snow I will start running again!
Hope everyone has a great week!2 -
Username:Brandi_84
Week 3
Weigh in Day: Monday
Starting weight 186
Week 1 Weight 188
Week 2 :186
Week 3: 185
I was surprised to go down at all since I didn't track or exercise most of the week. I know I didn't eat great. I think cutting down on the soda has been a big help. I now need to work on my eating and exercise habits.2 -
January 13
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: no
Travel home day / rest day
Steps: 6882
Water:120 oz1 -
Jan 13
Tracked yes
Calories no
Exercise no
Sunday no
Not a good start at all, this weekend was a rough one. I usually have it together but for some reason I pretty much didn't care. Now I have eaters/dieters guilt for not doing much. I hate this feeling.
I looked over my workout log and I worked out consistently for 8 days and although I am fine with a rest day, i don't like take two consecutive days off. To make matters worse I gained 4 pounds since my weigh in Saturday morning. WHAT THE FUNK!!! I hate that now I am getting closer to my goal weight it takes 8 days to take off a pound and two to put on 4. I need to do better because this isn't fair to me or my hard work. I am really aggravated with myself today.2 -
Sunday weigh-in 1/13:
Weight - 224.2 (gain from last week)
After reviewing my week, I’ve decided that it might not be good for me to be eating my exercise calories. I did go over more days than I liked but not by much unless I remove the exercise calories. Going to not include them this week and see what happens.
Are you eating all your exercise calories back? Or just partial? I tend to eat back approx 50% and that works for me. I’ve read through the forums and it seems to be very subjective on how much to eat back. Some people eat it all and do well with that. Most do around 50%.
@mikea2g - most days I was eating them all back. Not a good thing I'm sure since it's probably overestimating. I'll try this week with not eating them at all and see how satisfied I am. If it's too much, I'll try the 50% that you recommend. Thanks!1 -
Mini Challenge
Sunday 1.13.28
Tracking: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: Yes Walking1 -
Jan. 14
Calories and Exercise in check.
Excercise 1 hour weight training, 50 minutes of shooting basketball, stretching
Meals 1. smoothie 2. Large salad with black bean burger 3. vegetarian chili
I feel like im getting more into a zone. Spending money on a gym membership helps. I picked up a new gym outift today which included a compression top lol, my first of those. I like it though. I think making healthy food taste great is key to long term success so im brainstorming new meal ideas. It feels like im living and breathing fitness. I guess thats what it takes to reach goals. I started a pushup challenge today where I do 10 pushups a day in a different place. It sounds fun.
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14/01/19
Tracking = Yes
Ex = Tidied and cleaned after sitting still doing my essay all day - got it finished though
Day = Up early, ferried my mother around and got back to crack on with my essay (4/8 done), kept within my calories and didn't snack while writing!!1
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