New Year New Start: January 2020 Accountability Thread
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@cayenne_007 Hey, I didn't know we are doing a 48h simultaneously! I'm 27h in now: it's evening, I'm hungry & tired but still very pleased with how I feel somehow. Glad to see someone else share that "reset" feeling you get!
I've never tried it before - but I've just felt so 'icky' & bloated lately. Not gonna lie - yesterday was pretty easy - but the last couple of hours have me questioning my sanity. Any tips? I'm drinking water & tea like it's going out of style.2 -
27, 5'
SW: 125 lb
GW: 115 lb
Goal #1: get back into the habit of eating more well-rounded meals (more veggies!)
Goal #2: start adding in "simple" bodyweight exercises to get back into the habit of working out.
Goal #3: start running consistently on the treadmill again (even if it's 2 or 3 miles only) in preparation for cycling when the weather warms up a bit.
Goal #4: uncover my abs from this layer of fat
Goal #5: start riding my bicycle as a form of cardio again!
Goal #6: do one 50 mile bicycle ride by the end of summer!
1/21: 125 lb
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2019: HW 78 - LW 69
CW: 72
Jan GW: 70
Goals:
1. Walk at least 10k a day
2. Keep within my daily cals
3. Push-up challenge restart
01/01: 72
02/01: 72
03/01: 71.1
04/01: 71.0
05/01: 71.4
06/01: 71.0
07/01: 70.8
08/01: 71.2
09/01: 71.2
10/01: 71.6
11/01: 71.9
12/01: 71.9
13/01: 71.9
14/01: 71.4
15/01: 71.3
16/01: 70.5
17/01: 70.3
18/01: 71.1
19/01: -
20/01: 71.6
21/01: 71.6
22/01: 71.3
Yesterday I was homeworking, which is always a major trigger. However, I managed except for 1 treat (instead of 4 or 5) and I ate dinner at 15h30 out of necessity as I had an appointment that was going to last all evening. Suprisingly, I wasn't hungry before going to bed and not even until now, so I did a mini-fast of 17 hours. Inspired by @l4a_p and @cayenne_007 . Maybe I'll do this more often.3 -
33, 5' 4"
SW: 140.4
GW: 134
Goal #1: Snack less at night
Goal #2: Move more at work
Goal #3: Eat more mindfully
Jan 1: 140.4
Jan 2: 138.6
Jan 3: 139.2
Jan 6: 139.8
Jan 7: 140.8
Jan 8: 139.4
Jan 9: 138.8
Jan 10: 138.2
Jan 12: 139.4
Jan 13: 140.0
Jan 14: 138.4
Jan 15: 137.4
Jan 16: 137.4
Jan 17: 137.6
Jan 18: 137
Jan 19: -
Jan 20: 137.8
Jan 21: 137.4
Jan 22: 138.62 -
5'8" 42yo
SW: 150.4
Jan GW: 143
GW: 133
August SW 145.8 EW 145.6
Sept SW 145.6 EW 145.6
Oct SW 145.6 EW 142.6
Nov SW 142.6 EW 146.2
Dec SW 146.2 EW 147.0
I'm going to add in one thing to force myself to measure at the end of the month......
Bust: 38 - Aug (-1")
Band: 33 - Aug (-1")
Waist: 28.5 - Aug (-.5")
Hips 38.5- No change in Aug
Goal #1: Workout 4 days a week - Yoga Burn/Bike/Walk
Goal #2: Be consistent with push up challenge - Restarting 1/6/20
Goal #3: Stay under on intake min of 5 days a week
Goal #4: Replace nightly glass of wine with herbal tea 3x a week
1/2 - Oh joy - I've been putting off forcing myself to get back the groove...but seeing 150 on the scale this morning was a wake up call. Kicked the day off with Fast till lunch and brought a decent one with me to work. Been fighting a cold and just not giving a damn. So - I'm grateful for this group and it's baby steps today. No sugar and get intake under control. Off at 3 to go video horses - been fighting lots of deadlines & stress - it's been tough to get much exercise.
1/3 - 148.8 - no workout yesterday, but did well on cals & stuck to no sugar. Working on the same things today.
1/6 - 149.2 - Sat was great, super busy and did well on food.... Sunday - was stuck watching a volleyball tournament for most of the day and they over did it at dinner. Back at it today.
/17 - 149.0 - Did well on eating - IF in the A.M. and under my 1420 for the day. Working to get back in the habit of logging every.single.bite. Pretty stationary day
Worked thru lunch and appointment afterward... I'm shooting to get to workout Wed-Sun. Life is insane at the moment....but I can concentrate on intake- that's always doable.
1/8 - Running late this morning and forgot to weigh.. Yesterday I took my 96yo Gram to dinner, fortunately she chose a French place so I did stay under on my cals - but no workout. On another note - we bought her one of the digital skylight frames and I HIGHLY recommend it. Super easy to set up last night and our entire family has been emailing pictures to it. She doesn't have to do a thing and LOVES it. She can't see the pictures very well on her phone when we send them and refuses to touch a computer - this frame is fabulous. IF this morning, I'm starving but there's no junk food at work so I'll make it.
1/9 - 148.0 - Did decent on cals, did have a big ol cake donut - but stayed under on cals. Finally got to spend a few hours outdoors after work, felt like a new person. I'm not made for winter or indoor days. UGH! IF this morning... and no sweets today!
1/10 - 147.2 - Did really well on food 1412 - and got an hour outdoors to ride yesterday.
1/13 - 147.2 - Happy Monday.. insanely busy wknd, got in 20k steps yesterday just doing barn chores. I didn't try to log food, but did manage NO SWEETS all wknd!
1/14 - 147.2 - did decent on food yesterday, had one small piece of chocolate before bed...but other than that - no junk. Day 1 Test to start Push UP challenge - 10,10,5.....and then 10 from my knees. It's a start point. I'm soooo sore today. I forget what a difference doing them 3x a week makes on core strength!
1/15 - 149.0 - whooops.. that's what I get for overdoing it on the chips & salsa when we went out last night. I did get a great 45 min walk in yesterday at lunch.
1/16 - 151.0 - Totally sabotaged myself at dinner after doing well all day - great walk at lunch, did PushUp Challenge 12,10,7 and then had to go to my knees to do 10. It's a start at least. Dinner at Chili's for my fiance's 11 year old. UGH! Trying to pick my sucker up out of the dirt this morning and start over with some green tea and lots of water. Still so miserably bloated. On the upside when I fed this morning my colt escaped - so chasing him around I got in LOTS of steps - he was a complete *kitten*.
1/17 - 147.8 - I feel like my body needs a 'reset' so yesterday I fasted until dinner and kept it very light - 410 total for day. Feel SO much better this morning. It's date night tonight, but I am going to fast again until dinner - funny how much easier it is to feel satisfied with smaller portions that way. Worked 10 hours yesterday & church last night so med activity. I'll go back to the 1400 cals a day this wknd.
1/20 - 145.8 - Insanely busy wknd - I swear if I didn't have a desk job, I think I could hit my end goal weight in about a month - stayed at 145/146 Sat/Sun. I'm a bit body sore - push ups are still such a struggle but a bit better - 12,10,7,7 - I'm home alone till Wed evening so I decided to do a 48 hour fast.
1/21 - 145.0 - I'm about 36 hours into my goal of 48 hour fast - I'm going to stick with it. Lots of herbal tea & water. I did have a glass of wine last night, but that's it. Sugar cravings = GONE! I just really felt like my body needed a 'reset'.
1/22 - 144.4 - I managed to complete 48 hour fast, ending last night. I do feel much better this morning, traveling tomorrow till Sunday so I'm going to have to make a concentrated effort to continue really watching my intake on the road. Working on calculating exactly how many calories I need to maintain a loss of .75-1 lb a week until March 14. It's not something I'd work to sustain after that - I'm generally pretty decent at maintaining. I drank TONs of water the last 2 days.7 -
5' 1"
CW: 125 lbs
GW: 115 lbs
CBFP: 27%
GBFP: 22%
Goal #1: Resistance Training 3 x week
Goal #2: Reduce Carbs and Sugar (track macro nutrients)
Goal #3: Sleep minimum 7 hours per night
Goal #4: Reduce Visceral Fat around Belly by June 1st
I can do this!!!
Pamela3 -
2019: HW 78 - LW 69
CW: 72
Jan GW: 70
Goals:
1. Walk at least 10k a day
2. Keep within my daily cals
3. Push-up challenge restart
01/01: 72
02/01: 72
03/01: 71.1
04/01: 71.0
05/01: 71.4
06/01: 71.0
07/01: 70.8
08/01: 71.2
09/01: 71.2
10/01: 71.6
11/01: 71.9
12/01: 71.9
13/01: 71.9
14/01: 71.4
15/01: 71.3
16/01: 70.5
17/01: 70.3
18/01: 71.1
19/01: -
20/01: 71.6
21/01: 71.6
22/01: 71.3
23/01: 71.42 -
Height: 5'9"
SW: 153
GW: 140
Dec 31: 152.3
January 7: 149
January 14:150.2
January 22: 149.2
January 31:
Goals this month:
1. Stay under calorie goal everyday on MFP.
2. Limit dessert to every other day.
1/7: Well, I haven't been great about goal #1 - but if I'm still losing weight, I'm okay with it. I've modified my dessert goal (#2) to keep it as a treat for the weekend only. Seems like I torture myself if I try to do a little here and there rather than just abstaining throughout the week. I do love my chocolate
1/14: Not thrilled to see that I’ve gone up since last week. Not exactly sure why, since I haven’t eaten differently, but I’m trying to remember that this is a slow and steady process. I want to quit yo-yo-ing, so if I lose an average of a pound a week, I’ll be happy.
1/22 (writing on 23): Excited to see I lost a pound since last week! If I can lose one more by the 31st, I'll be happy with this month's progress!4 -
33, 5' 4"
SW: 140.4
GW: 134
Goal #1: Snack less at night
Goal #2: Move more at work
Goal #3: Eat more mindfully
Jan 1: 140.4
Jan 2: 138.6
Jan 3: 139.2
Jan 6: 139.8
Jan 7: 140.8
Jan 8: 139.4
Jan 9: 138.8
Jan 10: 138.2
Jan 12: 139.4
Jan 13: 140.0
Jan 14: 138.4
Jan 15: 137.4
Jan 16: 137.4
Jan 17: 137.6
Jan 18: 137
Jan 19: -
Jan 20: 137.8
Jan 21: 137.4
Jan 22: 138.6
Jan 23: 138.63 -
I’ve been keeping up with you guys every day, just not posting.
January has had me all over the place. Not completely out of control, but not on track either. I could have used that too much alcohol entry a lot! I’ve still been strength training on the regular, but pretty much on my butt other than that. I’m disappointed with the scale because I hate to lose progress, but it’s not as bad as I expected! I have new motivation and a new timeline though. I have six weeks to turn myself around. So here goes...5 -
So it occurs to me that this is for January 2020 (which is almost over)...not for 2020 itself! Therefore, I'm making a few changes to my GW and goals for the month lol!
27, 5'
SW: 125 lb
GW: 123 lb
Goal #1: get back into the habit of eating more well-rounded meals (more veggies!)
Goal #2: run on the treadmill
Goal #3: don't eat food straight from the bag!!
1/21: 125 lb
1/23: 124 lb
I'm switching up gears with running to challenge myself...yesterday, instead of focusing on "I have to run for 30 minutes" (which I find myself getting bored), I focused on running 2 miles. The challenge? See how fast I could run it (within reason since I'm not super running fit at the moment!) I did 2 miles @ 3% incline in 18:25 by jogging mostly 6 mph and adding in 30-60 second intervals of 7, 7.5 and 8 mph "easy sprints." Cooled down with a 10 min semi-power walk. I want to focus on building speed and power through the end of January and February.4 -
2019: HW 78 - LW 69
CW: 72
Jan GW: 70
Goals:
1. Walk at least 10k a day
2. Keep within my daily cals
3. Push-up challenge restart
01/01: 72
02/01: 72
03/01: 71.1
04/01: 71.0
05/01: 71.4
06/01: 71.0
07/01: 70.8
08/01: 71.2
09/01: 71.2
10/01: 71.6
11/01: 71.9
12/01: 71.9
13/01: 71.9
14/01: 71.4
15/01: 71.3
16/01: 70.5
17/01: 70.3
18/01: 71.1
19/01: -
20/01: 71.6
21/01: 71.6
22/01: 71.3
23/01: 71.4
24/01: 70.74 -
33, 5' 4"
SW: 140.4
GW: 134
Goal #1: Snack less at night
Goal #2: Move more at work
Goal #3: Eat more mindfully
Jan 1: 140.4
Jan 2: 138.6
Jan 3: 139.2
Jan 6: 139.8
Jan 7: 140.8
Jan 8: 139.4
Jan 9: 138.8
Jan 10: 138.2
Jan 12: 139.4
Jan 13: 140.0
Jan 14: 138.4
Jan 15: 137.4
Jan 16: 137.4
Jan 17: 137.6
Jan 18: 137
Jan 19: -
Jan 20: 137.8
Jan 21: 137.4
Jan 22: 138.6
Jan 23: 138.6
Jan 24: 138.44 -
27, 5'
SW: 125 lb
GW: 123 lb
Goal #1: get back into the habit of eating more well-rounded meals (more veggies!)
Goal #2: run on the treadmill
Goal #3: don't eat food straight from the bag!!
1/21: 125 lb
1/23: 124 lb
I'm switching up gears with running to challenge myself...yesterday, instead of focusing on "I have to run for 30 minutes" (which I find myself getting bored), I focused on running 2 miles. The challenge? See how fast I could run it (within reason since I'm not super running fit at the moment!) I did 2 miles @ 3% incline in 18:25 by jogging mostly 6 mph and adding in 30-60 second intervals of 7, 7.5 and 8 mph "easy sprints." Cooled down with a 10 min semi-power walk. I want to focus on building speed and power through the end of January and February
1/24: 124 lb
Yesterday, I ran 2 miles @ 3% incline in 18:50 with a few 30-60 second "easy sprints" during the second mile. Cooled down with a 5 minute walk. Short and sweet.1 -
Totally new to this group
5ft 5.5in
SW 138
GW 135 - would love 130 but trying to be realistic
Goal #1- morning exercise 5 days/wk
Goal #2 - run at least 3 day/wk
Goal #3 - track calories
Very new to calorie tracking and get very confused with macros! Not sure if I should just keep with the defaults that MFP provides or make adjustments.2 -
Age: 25
Height: 5'8"
SW: 164.5
Jan GW: 159
Jan 9: 162.5
Jan 16: 162.5
Jan 24: 161.5
I think you're right @Antiopelle . I was finally starting to see lower numbers and then they shot back up after doing leg day. But I'm finally down another pound and even though I don't think I'll hit my goal weight this month, I'm still down 3 lbs since the beginning of the year.2 -
27, 5'
SW: 125 lb
GW: 123 lb
Goal #1: get back into the habit of eating more well-rounded meals (more veggies!)
Goal #2: run on the treadmill
Goal #3: don't eat food straight from the bag!!
1/21: 125 lb
1/23: 124 lb
I'm switching up gears with running to challenge myself...yesterday, instead of focusing on "I have to run for 30 minutes" (which I find myself getting bored), I focused on running 2 miles. The challenge? See how fast I could run it (within reason since I'm not super running fit at the moment!) I did 2 miles @ 3% incline in 18:25 by jogging mostly 6 mph and adding in 30-60 second intervals of 7, 7.5 and 8 mph "easy sprints." Cooled down with a 10 min semi-power walk. I want to focus on building speed and power through the end of January and February
1/24: 124 lb
Yesterday, I ran 2 miles @ 3% incline in 18:50 with a few 30-60 second "easy sprints" during the second mile. Cooled down with a 5 minute walk. Short and sweet.
1/25: 125 lb
Not sure if that extra pound is simply from fluctuation or from eating a pound worth of pizza & stromboli last night lol! It was worth it though.
Ran again yesterday. Starting to enjoy it again some...the time goes much faster when I'm "racing the clock" to get in sprints! 2 miles @ 3% incline in 18:24 with sets of 30-60 second "easy sprints" at 7-8 mph. I'd like to add in some faster sprints next week. Cooled down with a 10 minute power walk.3 -
phalumpent wrote: »Totally new to this group
5ft 5.5in
SW 138
GW 135 - would love 130 but trying to be realistic
Goal #1- morning exercise 5 days/wk
Goal #2 - run at least 3 day/wk
Goal #3 - track calories
Very new to calorie tracking and get very confused with macros! Not sure if I should just keep with the defaults that MFP provides or make adjustments.
I personally changed my macros because I need more protein, and wanted to try to get fewer carbs (or try to get in the habit at least). I set my macros to 35/35/30. Protein is the key to building muscle and I don't think they set it high enough, personally.3 -
Height: 5'9"
SW: 153
GW: 140
January GW: 148
Dec 31: 152.3
January 7: 149
January 14:150.2
January 22: 149.2
January 31:
Goals this month:
1. Stay under calorie goal everyday on MFP.
2. Limit dessert to every other day.
1/7: Well, I haven't been great about goal #1 - but if I'm still losing weight, I'm okay with it. I've modified my dessert goal (#2) to keep it as a treat for the weekend only. Seems like I torture myself if I try to do a little here and there rather than just abstaining throughout the week. I do love my chocolate
1/14: Not thrilled to see that I’ve gone up since last week. Not exactly sure why, since I haven’t eaten differently, but I’m trying to remember that this is a slow and steady process. I want to quit yo-yo-ing, so if I lose an average of a pound a week, I’ll be happy.
1/22 (writing on 23): Excited to see I lost a pound since last week! If I can lose one more by the 31st, I'll be happy with this month's progress!
1/25: checking in again because I really need the accountability! I’m committing to a few simple rules between now and my final January weigh in - eat 3 moderate meals/day, no snacking, and allow myself one small treat a day. That’s it. Trying to keep things as simple and sustainable as possible. I want to lose this weight for good!4 -
2019: HW 78 - LW 69
CW: 72
Jan GW: 70
Goals:
1. Walk at least 10k a day
2. Keep within my daily cals
3. Push-up challenge restart
01/01: 72
02/01: 72
03/01: 71.1
04/01: 71.0
05/01: 71.4
06/01: 71.0
07/01: 70.8
08/01: 71.2
09/01: 71.2
10/01: 71.6
11/01: 71.9
12/01: 71.9
13/01: 71.9
14/01: 71.4
15/01: 71.3
16/01: 70.5
17/01: 70.3
18/01: 71.1
19/01: -
20/01: 71.6
21/01: 71.6
22/01: 71.3
23/01: 71.4
24/01: 70.7
25/01: 70.4
26/01: 70.74
