TEAM: The Slimsons (August)
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tdrjustus3 wrote: »Tdrjustus3
Week 1
Weigh In Day: Monday
PW: 286
CW: 285.6tennisquilter wrote: »Daily report
Tracking. Yes
Food yes to calories (3 veg, 4 fruit and 33 g fiber!)
Exercise yes. 1 hr water aerobics
Good morning, I believe I have crossed a huge mental barrier. I realized that I have stopped looking at this process of getting to a healthy weight as a series of deprivations, but more as a series of rewards. After all, how could I feel deprived having one of the best meals the Chesapeake Bay has to offer-soft crabs with heirloom tomatoes! Low in fat and calories, but super flavor.
Going to the farmers stand for fresh peaches, world’s sweetest fresh corn and just picked cucumbers.
This is the best time of the year for healthy eating.
SLIMSONS what is your favorite local fresh food this time of year? 🦀
This is great. And I agree. Half the battle is a mental battle0 -
We got this!Hi there! I’m Sam and I’m just hoping to do better than I did last month! I plan to track more and lose at least 5 lbs for the month of August ! I also plan to drink more water and keep up with my exercise routine! Let’s do this!
PW 222.2
My CW is 225.2 due to indulging a little more than I should have over this weekends camping trip!
I am back on track and ready to get my head in the game! Best of luck to everyone this month! We got this!Hi everyone! I've been a little neglectful of MFP lately, but have been on Team Slimsons for a few months now and LOVE it! I've still be tracking (mostly days) and working out and drinking lots of water, just haven't had much time for the forums recently. And since this is back-to-school month, my posts may continue to be a bit sporadic. Anyway, a little about me...
I'm Gina and I'm 41 with 2 small kids (6 and 4). I work full time, and try to squeeze in workouts after work when I can. My general goals are to keep tracking most days, be at a calorie deficit most day (and not use my exercise calories often), drink 100+ oz of water each day and workout an average of 4 times each week (some weeks are 3, hopefully some will be 5 again soon). I've been overweight to some degree most of my life and have tried what feels like almost every diet imaginable, with varying degrees of success. I was most successful just eating healthy and working out often before I got pregnant with my oldest, but I gained a lot with her, lost some, got pregnant again, gained more weight and have been struggling ever since. I am really trying to "do it the right way" this time - meaning, making sustainable changes that I can maintain for the rest of my life. I may lose weight more slowly than some, but I'm ok with that. I make healthy choices as much as I can, but if (for example) my daughter makes a cake, you can be sure I'm going to have a piece (or two)!
Nice loss.Weekly Weigh-in for Monday (I did weight yesterday, just didn't get a chance to post it):
Username: OkieGina
Week: August Week 1
PW: 204.4
CW: 201.4
Wahoo! It's rare that I have that kind of a loss in 1 week. I didn't track my food over the weekend, so I'm a little concerned that number might be just an anomaly (I didn't feel good most of the weekend and so my eating was kinda all over the place). I guess only time will tell!
Nice loss!mrsjas2000 wrote: »Mrsjas2000
Tuesday July 30
Week 1
PW 159
CW 154
Great job13point1runnermomma wrote: »Track: Yes✅
Calories: Yes✅
Exercise: Yes✅ half marathon training continues with week 1 day 2
Goals/Day/Comments: Today was hard since the temp at 8:30 was 93° with feel like temp at 95° and I lost my breeze 1/4 mile in! But I got it done and feel great!!
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Daily check in for tues July 30
Tracked no
Calories ?
Exercise yes
Really having trouble getting back on track. Although even though I didn’t track yesterday I did exercise and I had my 3 meals for the day and a small bag of smart pop after dinner. No snacking in between.0 -
@vicky2767 It's really hard for me to get back into it when I fall off the wagon, even for a day, so I understand where you're coming from. Best advice, take it one day at a time, or even a meal at a time.
@Gadgetgirl259 Great job Monday and Tuesday!!
@Kin59vara Great job staying under!!
@13point1runnermomma I think it's really hard to get motivated to exercise at all when it's that hot, so great job not only getting outside and running, but finishing the entire run!
@digger61 Great day!!
@ruthio6 Welcome Ruth! It's always hard when you're trying to change old habits. Eventually tracking and exercising will become your new habits and they will get a lot easier!!
As for your weigh ins, you do only need to do that once a week and preferably on your specified weigh in day.
And that would look like this:
Ruthio6
Wed
PW (whatever that is for last week)
CW (what your weight is now)
@mrsjas2000 I have a lot of hip mobility issues myself, and you can work with it, stretching it out every day once or twice a day will eventually help improve it. Hopefully your therapist showed you some stretches you can do to help it. I have had a chiropractor show me stretches which helped, but honestly, my coach showed me a lot of stretches that have REALLY drastically helped my hip mobility. It can be done, it does take diligence and patience as it is a process.
@jeapri17 Great exercise!
@CindyJNC1963 Another fantastic day!
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mrsjas2000 wrote: »Mrsjas2000
Tuesday July 30
Week 1
PW 159
CW 154
@mrsjas2000 Should that be 254 for your weigh in, you had put down 260 for your initial weigh in?
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Weekly Weigh-in for Monday (I did weight yesterday, just didn't get a chance to post it):
Username: OkieGina
Week: August Week 1
PW: 204.4
CW: 201.4
Wahoo! It's rare that I have that kind of a loss in 1 week. I didn't track my food over the weekend, so I'm a little concerned that number might be just an anomaly (I didn't feel good most of the weekend and so my eating was kinda all over the place). I guess only time will tell!
@OkieGina first of all, some weeks are like that, you can eat on plan and still not see a drop on the scale, and sometimes for me I eat off plan and see a big drop on the scale, weight loss is sort of unpredictable week to week, sounds weird I know as we're all here striving to lose weight and stick to the plan, but what happens is we tend to retain water as sort of a placeholder for the fat we're losing, and eventually our bodies let go of that water we've been holding because it finally gives up that we're going to replace that fat that we lost and then we see a drop on the scale. It's particularly weird when it happens on those weeks where things didn't go according to plan, which sort of hurts your mental game because it gets you thinking that sticking to the plan doesn't matter, when in reality that's really a product of the work you've put it, your body just chose this time to let go of the excess water, which in your case may have been because your body was trying to heal as you didn't feel good and it decided to let go then and focus on getting you back to feeling better.
Long story short, weight loss isn't linear and can be somewhat unpredictable, you've been putting in the work, and you're seeing the benefits, stick to the plan and it will keep going!2 -
Hi there! I’m Sam and I’m just hoping to do better than I did last month! I plan to track more and lose at least 5 lbs for the month of August ! I also plan to drink more water and keep up with my exercise routine! Let’s do this!
PW 222.2
My CW is 225.2 due to indulging a little more than I should have over this weekends camping trip!
I am back on track and ready to get my head in the game! Best of luck to everyone this month! We got this!
@sreid92 Welcome back Sam. I think we can all relate to that week where things just don't go according to plan and we see the scale go up, and that's part of the process, hang in there, and this week will be better!! You got this!0 -
August week 1
Cydneebauman
Wednesday
PW 168.8
CW 166.0
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@o0kody0o I have the same issue, I can't do moderation, if I let myself go one day, I end up with a 3 day binge, and that is originally why I went the Keto route anyway, keeps me from eating cookies and such which I just can't control myself with. And even now, if I over eat one day, I want to keep doing it, and that is why I work really hard at not giving myself cheat days and what not because I just can't do that. And also I'm finding myself in the same boat as you, my original goal was 141 and I hit that, and passed it actually and I still have some body fat left, but I'm finding it really hard (damn near impossible) to get back into it and finish the job.
@dustyspal You're doing great. And sometimes with water intake, I play mind tricks with myself. I will fill up 4 1-ltr water bottles each morning (I think seeing it in smaller chunks helps me to think it's not so bad) and tell myself that I need to drink each one by a certain time to get it done for the day, I just don't love drinking water, but it's super important to the body and to weight loss.
@Fitness327wk Awesome day!
@OkieGina Welcome back Gina!! I think that your goals are great, and sometimes you have to fit your new healthy choices into your lifestyle, and kids can certainly make that challenging, when they're making cake
My niece has definitely made it more challenging in the past for me to eat better, or less as she's sort of a little snacker, but at 4 (nearly 5) she's starting to understand that we (my mom, sister, and me) don't eat sugar and therefore we can't eat certain things that she can and when she wants to share we just can't eat it. My mom told her that the doctor told us we can't eat sugar, which was a surprisingly clever way to get a 4 year old to be on board, and is now making me wonder what else I always believed her on that she sort of just made up lol...
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13point1runnermomma wrote: »✨Weigh in Monday✨
Week: August Week 1
PW =243.2lbs
CW=242.4
GW=200lbs
@13point1runnermomma Great job!0 -
tennisquilter wrote: »Weekly weigh in Monday August week 1
May 1 W 279
PW 254
CW 252
I did my daily check in last night when everything was complete, but I think I am going to switch and do my daily check ins in the morning. More alert.
I’ve never made curry, but those pics look fabulous!
Gloria congrats on those squats! And thanks for sending us the positive encouraging messages!
@tennisquilter Great start to August!0 -
skrowe88
August, week 1
PW: 209.6
CW: 208.4
Still dancing around the same area, but I have a new plan of attack this week - especially after talking with my therapist about my poor relationship with food. I also walked a TON this week and it feels good!2 -
Wednesday weekly weigh-in:
PW: 313.3
CW: 305.3
On to week two!!3 -
For Tuesday
Tracking done
Nutrition calories good, 4 veggies 4 fruits. 48 g fiber
Exercise 1 hour water aerobics0 -
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@AB0215 yes my weight yesterday was 254
When I saw the specialist yesterday he had a physio therapist working with him and I thought he was going to kill me.
When the dr left he said he’s going to send me to physio and for a cortisone shot, so I’m hoping to feel better soon0 -
cydneebauman wrote: »August week 1
Cydneebauman
Wednesday
PW 168.8
CW 166.0skrowe88
August, week 1
PW: 209.6
CW: 208.4
Still dancing around the same area, but I have a new plan of attack this week - especially after talking with my therapist about my poor relationship with food. I also walked a TON this week and it feels good!Wednesday weekly weigh-in:
PW: 313.3
CW: 305.3
On to week two!!
Great losses!!!!0 -
mrsjas2000 wrote: »@gjaholy33, wow you’re having an awesome day.
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Fitness327wk wrote: »Daily Post
Fitness327wk
7.29.19💃🤸♀️💃
Track: Yes✔️
Calories: Yes ✔️ I will be for the day.
Exercise: Four mike hike
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tennisquilter wrote: »Daily report
Tracking. Yes
Food yes to calories (3 veg, 4 fruit and 33 g fiber!)
Exercise yes. 1 hr water aerobics
Good morning, I believe I have crossed a huge mental barrier. I realized that I have stopped looking at this process of getting to a healthy weight as a series of deprivations, but more as a series of rewards. After all, how could I feel deprived having one of the best meals the Chesapeake Bay has to offer-soft crabs with heirloom tomatoes! Low in fat and calories, but super flavor.
Going to the farmers stand for fresh peaches, world’s sweetest fresh corn and just picked cucumbers.
This is the best time of the year for healthy eating.
SLIMSONS what is your favorite local fresh food this time of year? 🦀
Seedless Grapes or strawberries (frozen0 -
tdrjustus3 wrote: »Tdrjustus3
Week 1
Weigh In Day: Monday
PW: 286
CW: 285.6
Way to go0 -
13point1runnermomma wrote: »Daily Post-🌟Monday, July 29th🌟
Track: Yes👍🏼
Calories: Yes 👍🏼
Exercise: Yes👍🏼 I started week 1 day 1 of Jeff Galloway 13.1 half training. 26 minutes
Goals/Day/Comments: Oklahoma is having another summer heat wave and it’s brutal! I got out the door by 6:15 and started my first half training run of the week!
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Hi there! I’m Sam and I’m just hoping to do better than I did last month! I plan to track more and lose at least 5 lbs for the month of August ! I also plan to drink more water and keep up with my exercise routine! Let’s do this!
PW 222.2
My CW is 225.2 due to indulging a little more than I should have over this weekends camping trip!
I am back on track and ready to get my head in the game! Best of luck to everyone this month! We got this!
You got this we're in it together0 -
Hi I'm Ruth. I am 55 and have just finished my first week. I have been planning on losing weight for the last year or two and am excited i followed through with a week of tracking and exercise. I have been on mfp years earlier but it's been a long time since i kept track of my eating. Started last week at 260 and tomorrow I'll officially do the weigh in. I have 4 kids and 4 grandkids with one more on the way. My husband and I are on the same goal to lose a 100 pounds and we are excited about being more active. Last Fall we bought jet skis and that has been so much fun.
Ruthio6
Week 1--hopefully i understand this correctly
PW 260
WELCOME awesome goals for this month plus you have a buddy ROOTING for you GUYS0 -
Username gjaholy33
Weigh in day Wednesday
Week August Week 1
PW: 471.9lbs
CW: 468.9lbs
Daily Post Tuesday
Track yes
Calories yes under
Exercise no
Water 140oz
Daily Post Wednesday
Track yes
Calories yes
Exercise yes 30 minutes with Physical therapist calisthenics
Water 160oz
Goals/comments
WHAT A DAY GLAD TO SEE MY WORKOUT IS having a positive at least this week. My Physical therapist said I'm over straining myself and only want me to do 100 squats a day for 2 weeks but she had mo problem working me out today.3 -
Daily check in:
Track ✔
Calories good
Exercise ✔
Water 96oz
Wow. Water!! What goes on must come out!!!0 -
Daily Post: July 31st
Track: Yes
Calories under goal: Yes
Exercise: 10,200 steps
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