TEAM: The Big Butt Theory (October)
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cmhubbard92 wrote: »cmhubbard92 wrote: »9/15/19 weigh in
Previous: 203.8
Current: 198.3
Loss: 5.5lb
I am hoping this stays off this week, as I may *actually* reach my birthday goal for Friday!
@cmhubbard92, so happy for you, Christine!! Cheers to Onederland and all your hard work to get there!!
@HASWLRS thank you so much! I am sad to see that you are leaving us, but I wish you the best, and am glad that you have the chance to take care of yourself! Hope to see you back, soon!
Edit: @pkg1998 if you need help with putting weights in, I could help back you up! Just let me know if you would like/need help!
@cmhubbard92 Christine - Congratulations you are now officially co-captain (like Lisa said it’s really just entering weights for me if I’m out of pocket, which I try not to be very often). I’ll let Ashley know so that she can give you rights to edit the spreadsheet. Honestly with your activity on the boards and your support for this team with the steps/water challenge I think you were unofficially a co-captain already - at least I felt like you were.
@pkg1998 Awwww, thanks Pam! @HASWLRS thank you too Lisa! I am just glad I can just help out!1 -
Username-brandi_84
Weigh in day : Wednesday
Starting: 184.3
Week 1:. 183.2
Week 2:. 182.1
Week 3:. 184.1
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10.15.19 Tuesday
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: no0 -
October 14
Tracking- yes
Calories - no ( over by 80)
Exercise- attempted (15 min walk not quite 20 min)
October 15
Tracking- yes
Calories- yes
Exercise- yes ( 30 mins HIIT)
October 16
Tracking- yes
Calories- yes
Exercise - yes ( 30 min brisk walk)1 -
10/16 Wednesday
Mini challenge
Tracked...yes
Under... Yes
Exercise: Yes. Grid class at gym
Other challenges:
Steps:7948
Water: oz.761 -
annabananamc wrote: »
How do you guys deal with the times when it just all seems to be a pain in the patootey for a tiny tiny loss?
After a lot of effort, a loss, even if it is a few gram is a lot better than even a 100g gain. Knowing that my scale and/or measure tape will catch up with my effort keeps me going. Also knowing if I get depressed about it, I will go back to square one in a 100th of the time it took me to get where I am now. Just keep doing what you are doing0 -
annabananamc wrote: »
I'm having serious 'f**k it' attitude this week. I need to adjust that before it slips into a bag of candy corn gone and sitting on my *kitten* all day for a week. Today I will work on some outdoor gardening and a walk to try to shake it.
How do you guys deal with the times when it just all seems to be a pain in the patootey for a tiny tiny loss?
@annabananamc I just keep on trying. It can be difficult at times, but even if I feel like going off track, I just log what I am eating regardless if it is in my plan for the day or not. Just hold yourself accountable when things seem to be working against you, it won't always be that way, I think. Like @petrocoetsee said, it will catch up at some point!
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10/15/19
Tracked: yes
Under : yes
Exercise: yes
10/16/10
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Today I am planning on staying pretty low on calories. Tomorrow is my birthday and I know my boyfriend is planning on taking me out to dinner, so I'm saving calories for something good! We do have a vet appointment for the puppy tomorrow afternoon, so hopefully that is a quick visit and not too expensive!1 -
annabananamc wrote: »
How do you guys deal with the times when it just all seems to be a pain in the patootey for a tiny tiny loss?
@annabananamc I think that is probably something all of us deal with on a regular basis especially based upon posts that I’ve read over the past few months. The problem is I don’t think there is a clear cut and dry answer for any of us. We just have to try different things to keep us going. My go to is usually to look back at time when I’ve had a better loss and I tend to find things that I’ve done different before (either food wise or exercise wise) that seemed to make a difference. I then try to incorporate those into my plan and hope it helps. That’s one of the reasons why I think logging food is so important and I need to be more consistent with it during the week (I’m great Mon-Wed then start to slack off).
Maybe just getting off the *kitten* is a good start
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Username-brandi_84
Weigh in day : Wednesday
Starting: 184.3
Week 1:. 183.2
Week 2:. 182.1
Week 3:. 184.1
@brandi_84 A little gain can be expected from time to time. They important thing is to understand where it might have come from and see what adjustments you can make. I’m sure you’ll come back with a loss next week.0 -
cmhubbard92 wrote: »10/15/19
Tracked: yes
Under : yes
Exercise: yes
10/16/10
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Today I am planning on staying pretty low on calories. Tomorrow is my birthday and I know my boyfriend is planning on taking me out to dinner, so I'm saving calories for something good! We do have a vet appointment for the puppy tomorrow afternoon, so hopefully that is a quick visit and not too expensive!
@cmhubbard92 Love, love, love, that you’re pre-planning for tomorrow so that you can truly enjoy yourself. Only happens once a year - we can’t be expected to not enjoy it.
Hopefully the vet appointment is just a routine check-up and all goes well for the little one.0 -
MINI CHALLENGE (10/13 - 10/19)
Sunday - No, No, No
Monday - Yes,Yes, Yes
Tuesday - Yes, No, Yes
Wednesday - Yes, No, Yes
Thursday -
Friday -
Saturday -0 -
cmhubbard92 wrote: »10/15/19
Tracked: yes
Under : yes
Exercise: yes
10/16/10
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Today I am planning on staying pretty low on calories. Tomorrow is my birthday and I know my boyfriend is planning on taking me out to dinner, so I'm saving calories for something good! We do have a vet appointment for the puppy tomorrow afternoon, so hopefully that is a quick visit and not too expensive!
@cmhubbard92 Love, love, love, that you’re pre-planning for tomorrow so that you can truly enjoy yourself. Only happens once a year - we can’t be expected to not enjoy it.
Hopefully the vet appointment is just a routine check-up and all goes well for the little one.
@pkg1998 thank you 😊 I've been making sure to stay under all week because I know tomorrow is going to be an over day. Don't want to lose my streak on the mini-challenge, lol. I do have to work tomorrow, which kind of sucks, but am thinking the vet visit will go well, the little one just needs his booster and his monthly meds filled. He should be in the clear from having to go back for quite a while, now!0 -
cmhubbard92 wrote: »annabananamc wrote: »
I'm having serious 'f**k it' attitude this week. I need to adjust that before it slips into a bag of candy corn gone and sitting on my *kitten* all day for a week. Today I will work on some outdoor gardening and a walk to try to shake it.
How do you guys deal with the times when it just all seems to be a pain in the patootey for a tiny tiny loss?
@annabananamc I just keep on trying. It can be difficult at times, but even if I feel like going off track, I just log what I am eating regardless if it is in my plan for the day or not. Just hold yourself accountable when things seem to be working against you, it won't always be that way, I think. Like @petrocoetsee said, it will catch up at some point!
Thanks guys! I really like the idea to keep logging even when I'm not getting an 'A' instead of 'dropping the class' - for me that is huge. I tend to do really well at something for about 3-4 months, then go into screw it mode and as a result end up staying pretty much where I am for the past 10-15 years.
Time to try something different, to get different results!2 -
Good afternoon, team The Big Butt Theory.
Regrettably, I have come to the decision that I need to leave The Biggest Loser Challenge and take a sabbatical from MFP. I have only pretended to take care of myself for quite some time and I can no longer keep up the facade. The team will be left in Pam's (@pkg1998) very capable hands. She will continue to enter all your weights and remind those who are missing weigh-ins. Christine (@cmhubbard92) will continue to do the water and step challenges and Shawnee (@sandkp) will continue to do the food and fitness challenges. Assuming the team decides to continue with the Mini Challenge, someone will need to compile and post those results. To get the team caught up and then leave it up to date, I will be posting the Mini Challenge and weekly results until the end of the month.
Lisa
@HASWLRS I am sad to see you go, but I do understand. I hope we will see you back here in the future.
If you are planning on keeping up with the Mini Challenge until the end of the month, I can start compiling and posting the results starting the first week of the November challenge - If the team would like to continue it.
@brandi_84. Thank you so much for volunteering to manage the Mini Challenge. Based upon the number of participants we normally have, I’m sure most of the team will want to keep it going. I know for me that on the weeks that I actually participate fully I tend to see the best results.
@pkg1998 I'm happy to help. I will be sure to post the mini challenge description in the November thread as Lisa @HASWLRS mentioned.0 -
And so, instead of quitting, here is my weigh-in, NOT getting an A this week:
Username: annabananamc
Starting weight: 165.6
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Thursday
Previous Week's weight: 165.0
Today's Weight: 165.8
Weekly gain/loss: + 0.8
Monthly gain/loss: + 0.21 -
And mini challenge 8/16
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Oct 15&16
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes
Step: 9383 & 11946
Water:88oz
Yoga , meditation,
Hike 2 miles
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Mini Ultimate Accountability Challenge - October Week #2 (Sun the 6th to Sat the 12th)
Winner's Circle - 6 or 7 days:
@cmhubbard92 (7) - 36th week IN A ROW in the Winner's Circle!!
@heaz10 (7) - 11th week in a row in the Winner's Circle!!
@Calli1616 (6) - 2nd week in a row in the Winner's Circle!!
Notable Effort - 4 or 5 days:
@petrocoetsee (5) - dropped out of the Winner's Circle but still puts in a Notable Effort!!
@annabananamc (4) didn't even attempt last week; this week puts in a Notable Effort!!
Attempted:
@abowersgirl (3)
@energyseeker (3)
@LMK02020 (2)
@murdog3t (2)
@pkg1998 (2)
@swauters (2)
@Nicoletime4me (1)
@sandkp (1)
The enthusiasm for the Mini Challenge waned in this second week as our number of participants dropped from 18 to 13 and our number of Winners dropped from six to three. Staying on top and extending their streaks by another week were @cmhubbard92, @heaz10 and @Calli1616. Congratulations, ladies!! Of note, Christine and Heather were accountable for ALL SEVEN DAYS!! Well done!!0 -
annabananamc wrote: »@HASWLRS - I'm glad you are taking some time for YOU. I understand how the givers of the world, like you are, can get out of balance so easily, because of your generous heart. I look forward to being teammates again in the future, even if you are not leading the charge, but participating for YOU!
@annabananamc, thank you, Ann. I look forward to the day when I am ready to come back as well!0 -
cmhubbard92 wrote: »cmhubbard92 wrote: »10/15/19
Tracked: yes
Under : yes
Exercise: yes
10/16/10
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Today I am planning on staying pretty low on calories. Tomorrow is my birthday and I know my boyfriend is planning on taking me out to dinner, so I'm saving calories for something good! We do have a vet appointment for the puppy tomorrow afternoon, so hopefully that is a quick visit and not too expensive!
@cmhubbard92 Love, love, love, that you’re pre-planning for tomorrow so that you can truly enjoy yourself. Only happens once a year - we can’t be expected to not enjoy it.
Hopefully the vet appointment is just a routine check-up and all goes well for the little one.
@pkg1998 thank you 😊 I've been making sure to stay under all week because I know tomorrow is going to be an over day. Don't want to lose my streak on the mini-challenge, lol. I do have to work tomorrow, which kind of sucks, but am thinking the vet visit will go well, the little one just needs his booster and his monthly meds filled. He should be in the clear from having to go back for quite a while, now!
10/12/19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
10/13/19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: no
I'm hoping to be back on schedule tomorrow. It has been a long week, and I am ready to refocus and get back to interacting with all of you after taking a little break.
@cmhubbard92, Just an FYI....as far as your streak in the Mini Challenge goes, it will be in jeopardy if you go over on your birthday (see Sunday's post above). I guess you'll have to decide how badly you want to continue your streak or how badly you want to celebrate your birthday in style. In the grand scheme of things, the Mini Challenge doesn't really matter....what matters is the number on the scale and yours has gotten progressively smaller and smaller!!0 -
Weekly weigh-in:
Username: stubbornloser
Weigh in week: 3 - Oct 17, 2019
Weigh in day: Thursday
Previous Week’s Weight: 205.2
Today’s Weight: 204.4
*long post alert*
Thank you to everyone who contributes to our group here. Reading about your successes and challenges really help me to feel a connection to you all and give me the encouragement to stay the course on my weight loss journey. I don’t contribute/post much and want to change that.
This month has been a stressful one for me. And it’s now clearer than ever that I’m conditioned to eat in response to stress. I’ve been working hard to change that by doing something else when I get the urge to eat, when clearly I’m not hungry (like 30 mins after a proper meal). I usually want to stress eat baked goods. So lately if my stress eating urge creeps up, and it’s been more than 3 hours since a meal, I allow myself a snack of fruit, crackers, and a bit of cheese. Or I just go for it and have the calorie laden sweet my mind wants. My weight loss this month has slowed, so i know I’m eating too much to see larger losses. My mind struggles with this - I go from “a loss is a loss” to “be kind to yourself. You’re doing great” to “this isn’t working. You’re not trying hard enough”. I’ve come a long way without logging food, but I think I need to start logging again. In the past perfectionism took over my food diary, and it was not good for my wellbeing. Today will be the start of logging food again. I will practice a healthy mindset in respect to logging food - gotta figure out what that means to me!3 -
cmhubbard92 wrote: »cmhubbard92 wrote: »10/15/19
Tracked: yes
Under : yes
Exercise: yes
10/16/10
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Today I am planning on staying pretty low on calories. Tomorrow is my birthday and I know my boyfriend is planning on taking me out to dinner, so I'm saving calories for something good! We do have a vet appointment for the puppy tomorrow afternoon, so hopefully that is a quick visit and not too expensive!
@cmhubbard92 Love, love, love, that you’re pre-planning for tomorrow so that you can truly enjoy yourself. Only happens once a year - we can’t be expected to not enjoy it.
Hopefully the vet appointment is just a routine check-up and all goes well for the little one.
@pkg1998 thank you 😊 I've been making sure to stay under all week because I know tomorrow is going to be an over day. Don't want to lose my streak on the mini-challenge, lol. I do have to work tomorrow, which kind of sucks, but am thinking the vet visit will go well, the little one just needs his booster and his monthly meds filled. He should be in the clear from having to go back for quite a while, now!
10/12/19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
10/13/19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: no
I'm hoping to be back on schedule tomorrow. It has been a long week, and I am ready to refocus and get back to interacting with all of you after taking a little break.
@cmhubbard92, Just an FYI....as far as your streak in the Mini Challenge goes, it will be in jeopardy if you go over on your birthday (see Sunday's post above). I guess you'll have to decide how badly you want to continue your streak or how badly you want to celebrate your birthday in style. In the grand scheme of things, the Mini Challenge doesn't really matter....what matters is the number on the scale and yours has gotten progressively smaller and smaller!!
@HASWLRS That's a good thing to keep in mind. Usually when i say I'll be over, im referring to my base calories without exercise added(which I earn 700-1200 calories per day, and I try not to eat them back regularly) so more than likely I will be "under" my total MFP calorie goal for the day, but over the personal goal I set for myself if you know what I mean.
More than likely, I probably won't even be over my normal calorie goal because I will probably just get a grilled salad at dinner like I always do when we go out, and just save room for a glass of wine... I hate being so hard on myself!2 -
October 17
Weigh in day- Thursday
Previous- 181.5
Current- 1801 -
The previous post is incorrect
October 17
Weigh in day- Thursday
Previous- 180.5
Current- 1800 -
Good afternoon, team The Big Butt Theory.
Regrettably, I have come to the decision that I need to leave The Biggest Loser Challenge and take a sabbatical from MFP. I have only pretended to take care of myself for quite some time and I can no longer keep up the facade. The team will be left in Pam's (@pkg1998) very capable hands. She will continue to enter all your weights and remind those who are missing weigh-ins. Christine (@cmhubbard92) will continue to do the water and step challenges and Shawnee (@sandkp) will continue to do the food and fitness challenges. Assuming the team decides to continue with the Mini Challenge, someone will need to compile and post those results. To get the team caught up and then leave it up to date, I will be posting the Mini Challenge and weekly results until the end of the month.
Lisa
@HASWLRS Lisa - I really am sorry to read this. You have been a shining light here and will definitely be missed. Having said that - you need to take care of YOU first and foremost. I totally get the "facade" issue and the fake it to you make it or look your best until you actually get there type of attitude can definitely play on you and your own growth. I will definitely miss seeing your posts.
Just so you know - I came here looking for you to take part in this challenge and group and you brought me in and made me feel welcome so thank you!
The last two weeks have been super rough for me - I was making progress and doing well (on the right track - mentally & physically even if it wasn't showing on the gosh awful scale!) then I got sick and off track.... my brain set all kinds of roadblocks for myself and I let myself down. I got down because I couldn't get to go see my mom - felt I let her down, couldn't keep up with the kids - felt I let them down. I knew I wasn't keeping up with mini challenge and the food/exercise challenge - and felt I let TBBT down. I actually came here a couple days ago (right after you posted) and was coming to tell the group I was quiting. I read your post and your other posts where you felt good to leave to take care of you because the group was in good hands.... and you will be back when you are ready. That made me decide to stay. Was going to post an update to the team and then got sick again so never got to it. I will post after this to try to get my stuff back on track... but again thank you for believing in me and stating it... it made me want to stay and wait for your return.
Good luck to you and look forward to your return and the time then that we can catch up!3 -
Okay team - if you read my other post to Lisa - you will know I haven't been well or in the right frame of mind. While I am still not feeling great - my mind said today you are restarting... slow and steady until you get going again.
Having said that and knowing we are halfway through this week - the exercise/food challenge will be posted for next week on Sunday but we can just continue with the two from last week or add your own video exercise link from challenge week 1 to the spreadsheet. We have about 4 listed right now. In reading through the posts, even though I was kind of out of it for two weeks, I didn't see many recipes or many strength sheets so figure it can't hurt to continue those for the rest of this week.
I have read some stress into a lot of our posts so thinking that may play into our food/exercise challenges for next week.
I am going to take the rest of this week to start to get back on track and ready to hit next week hard and strong.3 -
Last week strength post -
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@cmhubbard92 - I wanted to let you know that I edited the spreadsheet to show the food challenge update and the two choices for the exercise challenge for the rest of this week.
Let me know if you would rather me send you the info or tag you in the post here so that you can update that part of the spreadsheet.1
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