Analytical April - 2019
LadyBlanks
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Please just use this thread to post your Analytical April posts. I highly recommend also copying your Analytical April post in your individual thread where comments can be made. To keep this thread as clean as possible please make comments, congratulations, and encouragements on the individual posters personal thread.
Analytical April will continue in the spirit of Microscope March and take a detailed look into our weight loss/maintenance/eating way of life plan. Even if you are not exclusively OMAD, you are welcome to participate. Analytical April will allow you to focus on other things as well as food. Some of the things you may want to look at include sleep, exercise, water intake, heart rate, stress levels, etc.
Whatever plan you are on, this is the time to really dig deep and examine all the things that go into you successfully reaching your goals. Below is a sample outline that you can use for your Analytical April Posts. You can choose which items to include or add additional items in your post. This month is for YOU, so include as little or as much in your post as you would like to help you meet your goal.
Today’s Date:
Todays Plan: OMAD, 16:8, 20:4, 5:2, bear (whatever plan you are following and if you are in weight loss or maintenance) Plan may change depending on the day (ex. OMAD on weekdays/Fast Day/16:8 on weekends).
Weight Goal for the Month:
Today’s Weight:
Today’s Water Consumed:
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired):
Hours slept:
Description/Photo of Meals consumed along with times and calorie count (if desired, not necessary)
Your thoughts/comments on the day:
Other things to consider are various measurements if taken, and the day’s NSVs.
I recommend writing your post up in a separate document and add to it throughout the day as you have your meals and exercise, etc. so that you have accurate information and times and are not forced to have to remember at the end of the day. When you are ready, you can copy from your document into your daily Analytical April post.
Best Wishes for a successful Month!
Analytical April will continue in the spirit of Microscope March and take a detailed look into our weight loss/maintenance/eating way of life plan. Even if you are not exclusively OMAD, you are welcome to participate. Analytical April will allow you to focus on other things as well as food. Some of the things you may want to look at include sleep, exercise, water intake, heart rate, stress levels, etc.
Whatever plan you are on, this is the time to really dig deep and examine all the things that go into you successfully reaching your goals. Below is a sample outline that you can use for your Analytical April Posts. You can choose which items to include or add additional items in your post. This month is for YOU, so include as little or as much in your post as you would like to help you meet your goal.
Today’s Date:
Todays Plan: OMAD, 16:8, 20:4, 5:2, bear (whatever plan you are following and if you are in weight loss or maintenance) Plan may change depending on the day (ex. OMAD on weekdays/Fast Day/16:8 on weekends).
Weight Goal for the Month:
Today’s Weight:
Today’s Water Consumed:
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired):
Hours slept:
Description/Photo of Meals consumed along with times and calorie count (if desired, not necessary)
Your thoughts/comments on the day:
Other things to consider are various measurements if taken, and the day’s NSVs.
I recommend writing your post up in a separate document and add to it throughout the day as you have your meals and exercise, etc. so that you have accurate information and times and are not forced to have to remember at the end of the day. When you are ready, you can copy from your document into your daily Analytical April post.
Best Wishes for a successful Month!
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Day 1 of 3-day fast completed. No food, only 16 ounces of water. Need to work on more water tomorrow but I do better on my fasts when I don't drink that much.0 -
4-1 April
Today’s Date:
Todays Plan: Mini Fast
Weight Goal for the Month: 160 Reach
Today’s Weight: Friday
Today’s Water Consumed: 100 oz
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired):spinning 25 mins
Hours slept: 8ish
Description/Photo of Meals consumed along with times and calorie count (if desired, not necessary)Kinda a mini fast day, some salad, greek yogurt, and an apple less than 500 cals.
Your thoughts/comments on the day: Not really a planned mini fast day but wasn't feeling that great thanks to all the pollen crap we have now so just wasn't hungry......0 -
An. April 2019
Today’s Date: 4/1/19
Today’s Plan: Mini Fast (FAIL LOL)
Weight Goal for the Month: 158
Today’s Weight: 168
Height: 5’7”
Today’s Water Consumed: Meh middle of the road
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): normal work walking
Hours slept: Maybe 7.5
Description/Photo of Meals: Had cravings mid-day and true to last time, I listened and munched through like 500 cals at work…had my OMAD anyway later of “chicken salad” on romaine and WAY too much SF candy (my tummy paid for that all night)
Total cals – 1335
Total deficit - 1002
Your thoughts/comments on the day: Monday and the first day of the month, so typical work day – as stated above, had some cravings so munched away and still had my OMAD
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Day 2 of 3-day fast. No food, only water. I was able to drink 67 ounces today.0 -
Today’s Date: 3 April 2019
Todays Plan: 2 Meals (Lunch & Dinner)
Height: 159cm (5 feet 2)
Weight Goal for the Month: 58kg (roughly 127lbs)
Today’s Weight: 59.9kg
Today’s Water Consumed: 5 glasses
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): None
Hours slept: 6 hours or less
Description/Photo of Meals: 1/2 -1 cup of rice (241 calories) with bone broth (100 calories) & pan-fried fish fillet (160 calories) for lunch and Milo Drink for dinner (100 calories)
Total calories = 601 calories
Your thoughts/comments on the day: Am eating so that I don't get any more gastric. Going to get well first and then OMAD.0 -
Today’s Date: April 2
Todays Plan: OMAD
Weight Goal for the Month: 160
FRIDAY WEIGHT: 168
TODAY'S WEIGHT: 167
Today’s Water Consumed: a LOT
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): None
Hours slept: 7ISH
Description/Photo of Meals: Greek triple zero cupcake yogurt (80 cals), subway grilled chicken on wheat 6inch 1/2 bag of baked lays chips ~700 cals. Deficit 500
Thoughts: Today was a good day --late night with baseball so dinner was super later than normal but I held out and had a sugar free red bull during the game to try to ignore the smell from the concession stand of funnel fries.....OMG drool.....I will have them, just not this week
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An April 2019
Today’s Date: 4/2/19
Today’s Plan: Mini Fast
Weight Goal for the Month: 158
Today’s Weight: 166
Height: 5’7”
Today’s Water Consumed: Sucked – a LOT – MUST fix this seriously!
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): normal work walking
Hours slept: ICK possibly 6?
Description/Photo of Meals: Had more cravings today and indulged them a little (only around 170 cals) but realized quickly that was a bad idea – had cravings the rest of the work day, felt bloaty, and just generally didn’t have a good time until I got home food-wise (otherwise it was fine LOL) – had a beautiful OMAD when I got home of fake fajitas and Breyer’s low cal ice cream and a few SF jollies
Total cals – 757
Total deficit – FITBIT says 1143 b/c I didn’t wear it all day so it didn’t count my normal cal burn…if I average my normal it’d be around 1500 
Your thoughts/comments on the day: Yeah definitely not breaking from OMAD 2 days in a row again…the moment it started it was bad…not like the day before where I was satiated and it got me through…nope. This just left me wanting more and counting down the time until OMAD which I NEVER do. SO note to self: proceed with caution on breaking OMAD even if you’re tempted…make sure your BODY needs the cals, not your mind LOL
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Today’s Date: 4 April 2019
Todays Plan: OMAD
Weight Goal for the Month: 58kg (roughly 127lbs)
Today’s Weight: 59.7kg
Today’s Water Consumed: 6 glasses
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): None
Hours slept: 7 hours or less
Description/Photo of Meals: Total calories - 850. (Carbonara Pasta, Ice Milo, Grapes & Lay's Sour Cream Chips)
Your thoughts/comments on the day: Stay strong!0 -
Day 3 of 3 day fast was a success. No food. About 36 ounces of water.
My fitbit let me down and somehow during the syncing process managed to reset all of my numbers except my steps. My miles and my active minutes were just gone and set back to zero so it appear as I am lacking in some areas but trust me I was all green yesterday.0 -
Today’s Date: April 4
Todays Plan: OMAD
Weight Goal for the Month: 160
FRIDAY WEIGHT: 168
TODAY'S WEIGHT: 167
Today’s Water Consumed: a LOT
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): None
Hours slept: 8 ish
Description/Photo of Meals: *Confession* I love food trucks...….We had one close to home last night and it was AMAZING...…
The true grits were heaven in a bowl......Stone ground cheese grits topped with andouille sausage, caramelized onions, steamed spinach, fresh tomatoes, gouda cheese and over easy egg...….I had that and a 100 calorie fudge bar Photo on my page.....*your mouth will water if you like grits*
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An April 2019
Today’s Date: 4/3/19
Today’s Plan: Mini Fast
Weight Goal for the Month: 158
Today’s Weight: 165.8
Height: 5’7”
Today’s Water Consumed: SLIGHTLY better
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): normal work walking
Hours slept: 6.5
Description/Photo of Meals: Had the fajita thingies again – still overate – OMADed but realistically calorie-wish it was a meal
Total cals – 716
Total deficit – 1452
Your thoughts/comments on the day: Just blech – ate too many cals again…Ced didn’t want the leftover fajitas and they looked so good so I ate the same thing BUT got rid of the ice cream in favor of SF candy cause it’s lower carb
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Today’s Date: 4/4/2019
Today's Plan: OMAD
Weight Goal for the Month: 162lb
Today’s Weight: N/A
Today’s Water Consumed: not enough
Today’s Exercise completed: not much. Practicing some booty exercise ball moves
Hours slept: 7.5hrs
Description/Photo of Meals: 2 coffee cups of chicken bone broth w/ chicken bouillon, 10.55oz ribeye fat eaten, cheddar crisps.
Total calories: 1053
Your thoughts/comments on the day: Tired today suddenly. Really wanted to finish my meal with something sweet, but had nothing quick and low carb. Fixed some SF orange jello for tomorrow though! May have to find some other kind of fruit to make ice cream out of b/c I'm missing that treat lol.0 -
Today was a big eating day for me. Had a smoothie, chicken wings and salad, and steak and eggs with cheese. I kept to a total of 32 net carbs. I did a lot of walking again today and burned enough calories to still be below my calorie limit. Hoping for a loss in the morning. I also drank 71 ounces of water today. I think I need to rethink my 3-day fast break-fast meal because, after my smoothie, I was running to the bathroom more than I cared to.0 -
Today’s Date: April 5
Todays Plan: Water Fast
Weight Goal for the Month: 160
Last FRIDAY WEIGHT: 168
TODAY'S WEIGHT: 166
Today’s Water Consumed: a LOT
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): Walking at ball field
Hours slept: 7 ish
Description/Photo of Meals:Had a couple of diet Dr. peppers, coffee, and water.....Had 1/2 bag of sf gummies.....Holy crap (more on that on my thread)
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An April 2019
Today’s Date: 4/4/19
Today’s Plan: Full Fast
Weight Goal for the Month: 158
Today’s Weight: 164.6
Height: 5’7”
Today’s Water Consumed: MUCH better – over 100oz
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): normal work walking
Hours slept: 8 (but 8 crappy hours *sigh*)
Description/Photo of Meals: I was so goooood – not a single cheat bite
Total cals – 5 (I mean crystal light *shrug*)
Total deficit – 2171
Your thoughts/comments on the day: Super easy fast day because I was straight up exhausted! I’d been sleeping like crap!
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Today’s Date: 4/5/2019
Today's Plan: Was OMAD, but ended up intermittent fasting for 19hrs and eating 2 meals and snacks
Weight Goal for the Month: 162lb
Today’s Weight: N/A
Today’s Water Consumed: not enough
Today’s Exercise completed: nada
Hours slept: 8hrs
Description/Photo of Meals: wing/leg/thigh of Sam's rotisserie chicken w/ hot sauce, cheddar crisps, SF orange jello w/ added citric acid, pork belly strips marinated in soy sauce/sesame oil/ 5 spice/ garlic powder/ onion powder/ red pepper flakes/ salt/ black pepper and air fried
Total calories: 1735
Your thoughts/comments on the day: I felt the need to eat earlier, so I did. I probably would've eaten more chicken then, but the breast was SO incredibly dry. Inedible. Sucks when you finally eat and it's not good. BOO.
Back to OMAD tomorrow. Definitely buying more jello b/c it was GOOD. Could've eaten it all, but I guess I need to save some for the husband. Booooo sharing! BOOO
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Today’s Date: 6April 2019
Todays Plan: OMAD
Weight Goal for the Month: 58kg (roughly 127lbs)
Today’s Weight: 58.5kg
Today’s Water Consumed: 6 glasses
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): None
Hours slept: 8 hours or less
Description/Photo of Meals: Total calories - 1203. (Hor Fun, Ice Milo, small bag of chips & hedgehog slice)
Your thoughts/comments on the day: Got to stay strong and not fall off the wagon!0 -
Today’s Date: 4/7/19
Today's Plan: OMAD
Weight Goal for the Month: 162lb
Today’s Weight: N/A
Today’s Water Consumed: 1/2 liter
Today’s Exercise completed: nada
Hours slept: 9
Description/Photo of Meals: 4 cups (about 2 coffee cups worth) of chicken bone broth w/ about a tsp of chicken bouillon added. 2 swigs of braggs ACV concord grape drink
Total calories: About 200 or so0 -
Today’s Date: April 6
Todays Plan: OMAD/Snack
Weight Goal for the Month: 160
Last FRIDAY WEIGHT: 166
Today’s Water Consumed: a LOT
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): Walking at ball field and spinning 30 minutes
Hours slept: 8 ish
Description/Photo of Meals: Had an international meal at an event and had some perogies, salad, and a brownie. Earlier in the day had a kind bar
Today’s Date: April 7
Todays Plan: OMAD/SNACK
Weight Goal for the Month: 160
Last FRIDAY WEIGHT: 166
Today’s Water Consumed: a LOT
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): Spinning 30 minutes
Hours slept: 8 ish
Description/Photo of Meals: Kind bar early in the day with a halo orange, for dinner made home made spaghetti and meatballs, salad with homemade greek dressing, and a piece of pecan pie.....
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Friday:
An April 2019
Today’s Date: 4/5/19
Today’s Plan: Weigh In - Break Fast
Weight Goal for the Month: 158
Today’s Weight: 162.6
Height: 5’7”
Today’s Water Consumed: Not SUPER but enough
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): normal work walking
Hours slept: 8.5…finally caught up on some good Z’s!
Description/Photo of Meals: At work I had some sugar free candy, a giant “Hot AF” slim jim (it was warm but not HOT AF as I had hoped LOL), these things called salami chips that were delish and I will buy again on Fridays (they’re super low carb…let’s be serious, they’re just baby slices of salami LOL) half a pack of Peanut Butter M&Ms, and a few jalepeno lime tortilla chips – I was a snackin’ FOOL! LOL
Dinner I had 1.5 Culver’s burgers, 2 fried shrimpies, and some Ice Cream
Total cals – 2561
Total surplus - 184
Your thoughts/comments on the day: I ate ALL DAY but only ended up over by less than 200 cals
SATURDAY
An April 2019
Today’s Date: 4/6/19
Today’s Plan: OMAD
Weight Goal for the Month: 158
Today’s Weight: N/A
Height: 5’7”
Today’s Water Consumed: I'm sure not enough considering the drinking
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): Not much, just normal daily stuff (I'm counting the sexy time as Sunday "Sat Night" because my Fitbit did LOL)
Hours slept: About 7 hours - at besties so weird sleep schedule
Description/Photo of Meals: We got Middle Eastern food so I had a chicken shwarma wrap with extra pickles, and hummus!
Total cals – 1560 (even WITH the liquor LOL)
Total deficit - 812
Your thoughts/comments on the day: When we're social and drinking I rarely want to eat - but I did throw down that sammy so my tummy wouldn't be empty - it was delish but food wasn't the first thing on my mind LOL I was having too much fun
SUNDAY
An April 2019
Today’s Date: 4/7/19
Today’s Plan: OMAD
Weight Goal for the Month: 158
Today’s Weight: N/A
Height: 5’7”
Today’s Water Consumed: Spent all day pushing water to flush out the liquor from the night before LOL
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): Sexy time!!! I only mention it if I feel as though I burned enough cals to count BTW...I don't just randomly announce every time I get laid
Hours slept: 6 hours ish, late night
Description/Photo of Meals: Noodlies with egg yolk around 6pm and then Culvers and ice cream around 9:30-10
Total cals – 2368
Total deficit - 339
Your thoughts/comments on the day: ATE SO MUCH today and it was all in about a 4-5 hour window BUT STILL had a deficit! I'm not complaining but WOW! How nice! LOL
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Today’s Date: 4/8/19
Today's Plan: OMAD
Weight Goal for the Month: 162lb
Today’s Weight: N/A
Today’s Water Consumed: not enough
Today’s Exercise completed: 3 sets of 15rep squats
Hours slept: not enough
Description/Photo of Meals: 3 rotisserie chicken leg quarters, SF raspberry jello, parmesan crisps, fried cheddar jack cheese, swig of braggs ACV grape flavor drink
Total calories: 1488
Your thoughts/comments on the day: HANGRY today. I was not pleasant to be around. Kids driving me a bit more crazy than usual.
Devoured my food in record time and could've eaten a lot more, but kept it under control. Will be catching up on water intake before bed.1 -
Great job in getting kicking the hangry feelings at bay! Life being funny, as usual, always seems to throw in craziness on a days like you’ve had. I hate that, but it is what it is. Lol0
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Today’s Date: 9 April 2019
Todays Plan: OMAD
Weight Goal for the Month: 58kg
Today’s Weight: 59kg
Today’s Water Consumed: 5 glasses (not enough)
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): None
Hours slept: 8 hours or less
Description/Photo of Meals: Total calories - 1064. (Singapore Noodles, Grapes and 6 x Arnold's Mint Slices )
Thoughts : I must NOT fall off the wagon!!!
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AA Date: 4/8/19
Today’s Plan: OMAD/LCAL
Weight Goal for the Month: 160
Friday's Weight: 166
Today’s Water Consumed: Fair
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): Spinning 30 minutes
Hours slept: 8
Description/Photo of Meals: Dinner 1 piece wheat toast, 2 strips of bacon, 1/2 avocado, salad with honey mustard dressing, sugar free popsicle. Estimate of calories ~600.0 -
An April 2019
Today’s Date: 4/8/19
Today’s Plan: Mini Fast
Weight Goal for the Month: 158
Today’s Weight: 162.6
Height: 5’7”
Today’s Water Consumed: a MISERABLY small amount - not even close to my 100oz min
Today’s Exercise completed (calories burned if desired): normal work walking, grocery shopping
Hours slept: 8.75 - super rested yesterday
Description/Photo of Meals: I went grocery shopping yesterday so I made mini-fast friendly kafta with mashed cauliflower instead of the mashed taters Followed by 1/3 of a pint each of lemon cake, birthday cake, and black cherry Halo Top!
Total cals – 718
Total surplus - 1902
Your thoughts/comments on the day: I was SO PROUD of myself for A: Grocery shopping on a weeknight (like REAL grocery shopping, not just grabbing the thing I needed LOL) and B: coming up with a mini-fast friendly kafta with cauliflower mash! NOM NOM NOM
Also they had new flavors of Halo Top and I bought 14 of the them - I definitely spent like 50 bucks on ice cream LMAO
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Today’s Date: 4/9/19
Today's Plan: OMAD
Weight Goal for the Month: 162lb
Today’s Weight: N/A
Today’s Water Consumed: Meh
Today’s Exercise completed: nada
Hours slept: what is this sleep??
Description/Photo of Meals: 80/20 hamburger patty w/ hot sauce, 3 rotisserie chicken leg quarters, 1 line of lily's salted caramel chocolate, 1.5c chicken bone broth w/ bouillon
Total calories: 1628
Your thoughts/comments on the day: Welp.. bone broth day was a fail! I had my yummy cup and knew instantly that just bone broth wasn't going to be enough. Not sure if it's b/c I'm tired or what, but my body just needed to eat.. so I did. A lot.
Still in a deficit but only just barely. Oh well.
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Definitely not! I ALWAYS listen and I'm almost ALWAYS glad I did because the scale rewards me (***as long as I'm careful to make sure it's physical hunger not mental hunger*** as we mentioned before LOL
WHOOPS my bad, meant to put this on your thread but now it won't let me delete it sooooooooooooooo LOL0
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