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  • jwall309
    jwall309 Posts: 332 Member
    Daily Post (Monday)

    Track: yes
    Calories: Under
    Exercise: No
    Day: A solid day back on track with eating. I wanted to go to the gym, but didn't make it, so I just made sure my calories stayed within goal. For some reason this year, the time change has really hit me hard and now that its dark before I get home I just can't get myself to the gym or to do anything productive after work. Maybe I just need to cut myself some slack around the holidays....

    How do you all cope around the holidays? I find the holidays really draining even though I love this time of year. Any tips or tricks to stay on top of exercise?
  • CrystalEssex
    CrystalEssex Posts: 184 Member
    Username: CrystalEssex
    Week # 1
    Weigh In Day: Monday
    Previous Weight: 108.9
    Current Weight: 108.2


    @jwall309 Sorry. I try to use the same scale and I weigh at work. I was off yesterday which is a fluke thing for me to be off on a Monday.
  • CrystalEssex
    CrystalEssex Posts: 184 Member
    Hey! I managed to still loose 0.7lbs thru the Holiday!
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Username: LyndaBSS
    Daily tracking: posted in prior thread as Sunday, should have read Monday
    Calories: under
    Exercise: yes, walked dogs
    Things I can do better: move more, clean clutter, stay positive and motivated
    Am I happy with progress today: yes, I made good choices today. 😀

    Posting early as a promise to myself to stay under calories today. I will not add anything else to my diary today. 😊


    Username: LyndaBSS
    Daily tracking: Tuesday
    Calories: over
    Exercise: yes, walked dogs
    Things I can do better: move more, clean clutter, stay positive and motivated
    Am I happy with progress today: yes, I made good choices today. 😀

    Over calories today. Had food poisoning and ate bread and butter more than once.

  • somum
    somum Posts: 72 Member
    Daily Post (Dec. 3rd)
    Track: Yes
    Calories: 1200 - over but not adding in calories burned so eating mindfully and feeling satisfied
    Exercise: yes cycling at home plus walking and daily squats, sit ups and push ups
    Day: Life- Embrace the Day. Never stop believing even when it seems hard and you feel 😴 know you are strong 💪 and can overcome all. 👍👊
    WE GOT THIS! 🙌
  • skullsandskeletons
    skullsandskeletons Posts: 675 Member
    Daily post Tuesday
    Tracked: yes
    Calories: under
    Exercise: no

    Terrific Tuesday!
  • somum
    somum Posts: 72 Member
    @MissSlimline Hi and welcome! I’m a newbie as well to the community side of MFP since Nov. I am loving the positive vibes from all in our healthy lifestyle tribe. I definitely understand about the navigational piece as finding communities umm yes while not so easy definitely worth the hunt lol. Congrats on your new baby! I am a mum as well and while my little one is now in 1st grade I still call myself a new mum as everyday is different. I am trying to get back to my former self as I had a high risk preggo along with several medical issues and miscarriage recently. While the lifesaving meds given while in ICU keep me going meds do come with a cost or side effects like weight gain. So again I pray to return to my former runner body fully embracing each day healthy and whole. Best wishes for us all and welcome again to all our new team members.
  • somum
    somum Posts: 72 Member
    @CrystalEssex great work on your weight loss over the holidays. I unfortunately forgot the cardinal rules of the scale- don’t consume tons of water before a weigh in as I was hoping to flush my system and well yes water weight is real lol. Hopefully this Saturday my scale will place nice and reflect all the mindful eating and enjoyable movement I have been doing.

    Which reminds me- just curious for all the MFP gurus is there usually a best time of day to weigh? Currently I’m doing it first thing in the am but I know the key is to be consistent and weigh the same day/time so I am wondering if the time of day matters. Also would love to hear best tips and tricks/success stories anyone would like to share during their journey.

    Best,
    🤗
  • AmyG1982
    AmyG1982 Posts: 1,040 Member
    Anyone want to start a mini water drinking challenge with me? I reeeaaallly need to drink more water, wondering if anyone else struggles with that too?

    According to some stuff Dr Google tells me we should drink approximately 1/2 an ounce for every pound of body weight 😳 honestly I struggle to probably get even half that.

    Anyone in? Figure it could just be added to the daily check-ins people are doing.

    I propose we log it like this:
    Day
    Water goal
    Water drank
    What strategies you took to hit your goal or what you’re going to try to hit your goal tomorrow.

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  • germaine_yee
    germaine_yee Posts: 299 Member
    Username: germaine_yee
    Week: Friday
    PW = 133.82 lb
    CW = 133.82 lb
  • docbeauty1
    docbeauty1 Posts: 126 Member
    Username: docbeauty1
    Weigh in week: December, week 1
    Weigh in day: Monday
    PW: 182.8
    CW: 182lb
    Sorry this is coming late. I was so busy and no where close to any scale.
  • Kathie_GoGo
    Kathie_GoGo Posts: 209 Member
    Daily Post: Tuesday (Dec 03)
    Tracked: Yes
    Calories (goal 1200): On Target
    Activity: Didn't workout but did meet step goal
    Daily Step Goal Streak: 16

    A Thought from My Day: A GOAL WITHOUT A PLAN = A WISH B)
  • Kathie_GoGo
    Kathie_GoGo Posts: 209 Member
    Username: Kathie_GoGo
    Weigh in week: DEC Week 1
    Weigh in day: Wed
    Previous Week's weight: 152.0 pounds
    Today's Weight: 151.6 pounds
  • jwall309
    jwall309 Posts: 332 Member
    @somum I always weigh in first thing in the morning after I've gone to the bathroom! Thats when I get the most accurate reading I've found. Otherwise your weight will fluctuate based on water, how much food you've eaten and where it is in the digestion process, etc.

    @AmyG1982 awesome idea with the water challenge! I also need to work on that so I am in! Water will be great for my journey here and I hope it will help with some skin issues I've run into this month. All the sugar and lack of water is wreaking havoc with my skin, so hopefully more water will combat that!

    Daily Post (Tuesday)

    Track: Yes
    Calories: Under
    Exercise: None
    Day: Happily getting back on track with eating this week. But I need to be better about getting back on track with exercise. I've only managed one solid week of consistent exercise and I just need to be better about it.
  • jwall309
    jwall309 Posts: 332 Member
    I looked ahead at my schedule and I have FOUR holiday events AND two work events revolving around food.

    Any tips for how to handle holiday parties? Next week is going to be a mess and based on scheduling exercising to accommodate extra calories is going to be difficult
  • AmyG1982
    AmyG1982 Posts: 1,040 Member
    jwall309 wrote: »
    I looked ahead at my schedule and I have FOUR holiday events AND two work events revolving around food.

    Any tips for how to handle holiday parties? Next week is going to be a mess and based on scheduling exercising to accommodate extra calories is going to be difficult

    Days when I know we’re going to an event I make sure I fast (I pretty regularly do intermittent fasting anyway so I’ll make sure to skip breakfast that morning) and try to get in some good movement before we go. Then I just try to make good choices without feeling like I’m missing out. I’ll make sure to fill my plate with lots of veggies/salads and then top it with the goodies. I just try to be mindful and not drink too many calories but by fasting and exercising that morning I’ve set myself up with a good amount of “extra” calories to enjoy the evening guilt free :)
  • midsummer174627
    midsummer174627 Posts: 386 Member
    Username: midsummer174627
    December starting weight: 149.8 :grimace:

    Hi there, happy December. I'm 37 have a lot to be grateful for including that while I'm probably technically overweight, I'm in great shape and not really suffering ill-effects because of my weight (yet). What I do not like, though, is that I continue to struggle with impulsive eating.

    Like many I'm recovering from Thanksgiving. I had an especially stressful trip travel-wise and more than anything my routine was disrupted for a solid week. I did listen to some weight loss podcasts though. One big take away was not to try to change too many habits at once. Another one that really made me stop and pay attention was that for some of us in the "clean plate club" throwing away food is a big challenge so one thing that was suggested was to "practice" leaving like two forkfulls of food on my plate and just get used to feeling okay about throwing it away. That had occurred to me before but I'm really going to do it because my main focus is repairing my relationship and habits around food NOT just going for a certain weight.
  • midsummer174627
    midsummer174627 Posts: 386 Member
    Daily Post (Tuesday)
    Track: Yes
    Calories: Over (2100, goal is 1500)
    Exercise: 30 min spin class
    Day: First day back at work (and trying to fit into my work clothes) after Thanksgiving.

    Decided on an actual calorie goal after listening to the podcast Half Size Me. I estimate I burn about 1200 calories/week exercising so I'm now breaking that up across the whole week instead of "eating back" the calories on the day I exercise. So here it is: 1500 regardless of whether I exercised or not. I'm going to try doing that for an entire month and see where it gets me.
  • Pearl4686
    Pearl4686 Posts: 918 Member
    AmyG1982 wrote: »
    jwall309 wrote: »
    I looked ahead at my schedule and I have FOUR holiday events AND two work events revolving around food.

    Any tips for how to handle holiday parties? Next week is going to be a mess and based on scheduling exercising to accommodate extra calories is going to be difficult

    Days when I know we’re going to an event I make sure I fast (I pretty regularly do intermittent fasting anyway so I’ll make sure to skip breakfast that morning) and try to get in some good movement before we go. Then I just try to make good choices without feeling like I’m missing out. I’ll make sure to fill my plate with lots of veggies/salads and then top it with the goodies. I just try to be mindful and not drink too many calories but by fasting and exercising that morning I’ve set myself up with a good amount of “extra” calories to enjoy the evening guilt free :)
    AmyG1982 wrote: »
    jwall309 wrote: »
    I looked ahead at my schedule and I have FOUR holiday events AND two work events revolving around food.

    Any tips for how to handle holiday parties? Next week is going to be a mess and based on scheduling exercising to accommodate extra calories is going to be difficult

    Days when I know we’re going to an event I make sure I fast (I pretty regularly do intermittent fasting anyway so I’ll make sure to skip breakfast that morning) and try to get in some good movement before we go. Then I just try to make good choices without feeling like I’m missing out. I’ll make sure to fill my plate with lots of veggies/salads and then top it with the goodies. I just try to be mindful and not drink too many calories but by fasting and exercising that morning I’ve set myself up with a good amount of “extra” calories to enjoy the evening guilt free :)

    I do the exact opposite. On an event day, I make sure to eat 3 solid meals so I'm not starving hungry when I get there. Then I try to enjoy a few treats. I've tried banking calories but then I'm so hungry, all common sense goes out the window and I tend to massively overeat. So I guess different strategies work for different people. Good luck @jwall309 let us know how it goes.
  • skullsandskeletons
    skullsandskeletons Posts: 675 Member
    Pearl4686 wrote: »
    AmyG1982 wrote: »
    jwall309 wrote: »
    I looked ahead at my schedule and I have FOUR holiday events AND two work events revolving around food.

    Any tips for how to handle holiday parties? Next week is going to be a mess and based on scheduling exercising to accommodate extra calories is going to be difficult

    Days when I know we’re going to an event I make sure I fast (I pretty regularly do intermittent fasting anyway so I’ll make sure to skip breakfast that morning) and try to get in some good movement before we go. Then I just try to make good choices without feeling like I’m missing out. I’ll make sure to fill my plate with lots of veggies/salads and then top it with the goodies. I just try to be mindful and not drink too many calories but by fasting and exercising that morning I’ve set myself up with a good amount of “extra” calories to enjoy the evening guilt free :)
    AmyG1982 wrote: »
    jwall309 wrote: »
    I looked ahead at my schedule and I have FOUR holiday events AND two work events revolving around food.

    Any tips for how to handle holiday parties? Next week is going to be a mess and based on scheduling exercising to accommodate extra calories is going to be difficult

    Days when I know we’re going to an event I make sure I fast (I pretty regularly do intermittent fasting anyway so I’ll make sure to skip breakfast that morning) and try to get in some good movement before we go. Then I just try to make good choices without feeling like I’m missing out. I’ll make sure to fill my plate with lots of veggies/salads and then top it with the goodies. I just try to be mindful and not drink too many calories but by fasting and exercising that morning I’ve set myself up with a good amount of “extra” calories to enjoy the evening guilt free :)

    I do the exact opposite. On an event day, I make sure to eat 3 solid meals so I'm not starving hungry when I get there. Then I try to enjoy a few treats. I've tried banking calories but then I'm so hungry, all common sense goes out the window and I tend to massively overeat. So I guess different strategies work for different people. Good luck @jwall309 let us know how it goes.

    I can see how a person might overeat after banking calories. For sure, different strategies for different people! For me, fasting or banking calories works great.
  • MissSlimline
    MissSlimline Posts: 32 Member

    Daily Post (Wednesday 4th)
    Track: Yes
    Calories: Under
    Exercise: The 30 Day Shred
    Day: Feeling really tired and not wanting to get out of bed. Hopefully tomorrow will be better
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Username: LyndaBSS
    Daily tracking: Wednesday
    Calories: under
    Exercise: yes, walked dogs
    Things I can do better: move more, clean clutter, stay positive and motivated
    Am I happy with progress today: yes, I made good choices today. 😀

    Today was a good day. Balanced my meals, stayed under calories, ran all my errands, played with the dogs in the snow, what more could I ask for?

  • somum
    somum Posts: 72 Member
    @AmyG1982 Count me in! I recently started my own water drinking challenge on Turkey Day to counteract the salt and well yes that didn’t go so well for the scale lol but since I have lost 😉 so I’m continuing my gallon a day challenge( I get close to the whole gallon which is night and day away from where I was not long ago as our water is gross from well sediments poor county water in rural area etc.

    Let me know when we are starting 🙌
  • skullsandskeletons
    skullsandskeletons Posts: 675 Member
    Daily post Wednesday
    Tracked: yes
    Calories: over target but slightly under maintenance
    Exercise: no

    I had lunch out with my partner today. 1400 calories worth of sushi! It was worth it though. We never have meals together so it was nice.
  • AmyG1982
    AmyG1982 Posts: 1,040 Member
    @somum let’s start today!

    Daily Post Wednesday
    Track: Yes
    Calories: Under
    Exercise: no specific exercise but I did a lot of cleaning/decluttering today so definitely burned a couple calories
    Day: I feel pretty good about today. I got back to IF, drank a bunch of water and got some things around the house done. I need to stop eating so many after dinner snacks but I’m working at it.

    Water challenge:
    Goal: 15 cups of water
    Water drank: I kinda lost count but around 14 or 15 for sure!
    Today I tried to remember to finish my giant cup of water (24 oz cup) every 2 hours and I did pretty good until mid afternoon when I had a diet pop instead. I also downloaded a water drinking app that has reminders but I don’t love it, will look into a few others -tho really, I think just being more mindful about my water intake should do the trick. Now hopefully I’m not up peeing all night 🤣
  • somum
    somum Posts: 72 Member
    @Jwall309 and @midsummer174627 Thank you so much for the awesome wisdom and info shared.

    Yep I’m definitely going to continue to weigh first thing in the morning after a bio break. I think because I have to quickly get my daughter up and ready for school since I drive her I need to build in more time for a longer bio break before weighing on the scale.
    I like the idea of listening to podcasts and used to do this more when my commute was over 2 hours to work. Now since I work from home for my role it’s challenging not only to get in steps since I’m not parking a mile from the building or having to walk around the building on lunch or run the stairs on break since my office is seconds lol from my bedroom down the hall. What I do now is practice more mindfulness and intentional movements while having to set reminders to get up from the desk to move more. I also was part of the clean your plate club and one that felt bad for throwing away food until recently as I reprogram the way I think about food and also use different strategies like a smaller plate and listening to hunger cues and eating not because it’s a habit to eat at XYZ time but eating because I’m hungry. Also tossing food doesn’t bother me anymore because I say it’s better in the trash than in and on my body which can lead to health issues. Plus I counteract feeling bad about throwing away leftovers or extra by donating good unopened to food banks or dropping off food to pantries. I recently created a food drive for our organization in which we are trying to raise 3000lbs of food for feeding America in every anthem state.

    Thanks again for the post and all the love and support!
  • Minion_training_program
    Minion_training_program Posts: 13,440 Member
    Username: Minion_training_program
    Week: Thursday, December week 1 (05-12)
    PW: 98,3 kg / 216,71 lbs
    CW: 98,6 kg / 217,38 lbs
    Track: Yes
    Goals: I didn't had a specific goal, and having celebrating my birthday last weekend, i am glad the gain isn't that much, since i ate cake for 3 day's as well, lol
  • Kathie_GoGo
    Kathie_GoGo Posts: 209 Member
    Daily Post: Wednesday (Dec 04)
    Tracked: Yes
    Calories (goal 1200): On Target
    Activity: Didn't workout but did meet step goal
    Daily Step Goal Streak: 17

    A Thought from My Day: WHATEVER YOU ARE NOT CHANGING, YOU ARE CHOOSING :o
  • jwall309
    jwall309 Posts: 332 Member
    Daily Post (Wednesday)

    Track: Yes
    Calories: Under
    Exercise: None
    Day: Made a plan of attack for a weekend away this weekend. I'm going to stay on plan Friday and Sunday and then enjoy the day mindfully on Saturday. I'm hoping that doesn't lead to a spike in weight Monday morning, we will see.

    Next week I think I just need to go into the week mindfully. Tuesday will be catered breakfast and lunch for an all day work meeting, but I am in charge of the order and I am making sure there are several healthy options available for both meals that I will want to eat. Wednesday is another work dinner, so I will keep lunch light so I can enjoy the dinner. Thursday is our holiday party and Friday is BFs holiday party, so same plan of attack there: light lunch, mindfully eat dinner. I think a key for me is eating things I really want and enjoying them rather than just mindlessly grabbing whatever is in front of my face. I'm also working on not eating things I don't love even if I put them on my plate. So we will see how all this goes in practice next week! Thank you so much for all of your input and advice @Pearl4686 , @skullsandskeletons , and @AmyG1982 !! Normally I cut myself some slack around this time of year, but this year for Christmas vacation my family is going to Mexico! Which will be amazing, but also means that I won't be comfortable if I'm bloated/ let myself put on a few pounds of holiday fluff! So, I'm trying my best to be in the best place I can be before the trip
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Username: LyndaBSS
    Daily tracking: Thursday
    Calories: under
    Exercise: yes, walked dogs
    Things I can do better: move more, clean clutter, stay positive and motivated
    Am I happy with progress today: yes, I made good choices today. 😀

    High anxiety last night resulted in lousy sleep. Joined a dating site and the idea of posting photos of myself is freaking me out. 🥺

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