Jumpstart January 2020 Challenge!
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Jan 8
on-plan cals: lower day
on-plan carbs: lower day
workout: 3/6, cardio
NEAT:
Got my star again for the NagBit. Over 12K steps. Which was hard due to soreness from my first strength training in the new year. More strength today. Thankfully not as sore this a.m.
I'm off to do the things.2 -
I’m playing BoxVR on a Rift S. It’s a very good and can be a quick workout. I’m lifting my 55 lb dumbbells again and want to use the 70 lb ones soon. I miss barbells but don’t want to pay a gym membership. Hope everyone is doing well!2
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I love that @baconslave, Nagbit. Since I got mine at Christmas I will give the excuse when I'm up meandering around that my wrist is buzzing at me so I have to move.
Check in for Dec 8
1. Lose 5 lbs before 1/31, Scale is not moving one way or the other
2. Stay under carb goal, <35 day YES! Way under again 13 net carbs, 16 total.
3. Stay under calorie goal, <1,500 day YES! Way under again at 965. not hungry
4. Exercise every day YES! made up for yesterday by doing 40 minutes on treadmill
5. Plan ahead for meals and snacks
I'm hoping the scale will start moving again by this weekend sometime. I might not be eating enough calories the last couple days.
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Day 8:
Eat at maintenance (1764 +/-200 per day)
Do the planned workouts every day
Get 10K steps a day
9K+ so close enough
Write 30 min a day
watched the Mandalorian instead 2 -
Our January 9th is done. It was a bit of a slower day, we didn't have the energy for our normal morning workout. We did get a lighter workout in the afternoon though, which was enough to meet our goals.
1) Carbs < 30g - ✅
2) 1000 < Calories < 1500 - ✅
3) Log Everything! - ✅
4) Hit our activity goal every day - ✅
5) At least 5 workouts/week - ◼️◼️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️
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The last two days have been okay here. Average water intake but I still want to get another 20 ounces a day in. Yesterday I snacked before dinner because lunch may have been too light. But I’m feeling good about my portions overall. I had a less active day at work followed by a pedicure instead of a dog walk so I jogged in place while making dinner and during commercial breaks to close the rings on my Watch. I’m adicted to making those goals! Rain this weekend may slow down getting out and walking so I’ll have to find other ways to get in some steps.1
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Stay under 50 total carbs everyday: Yes
Exercise everyday: Yes
Lower my blood sugar: Yes, current blood sugar: 157
Lose something: SW: 236.5 CW: 234.5 Loss: 2 pounds
Today was a good day. I got in another swim, which felt great. Tonight I actually did some cooking. I made myself sirloin tip steak for dinner, which was a little too lean for my taste. It would have benefitted from a marinade instead of just the seasoning I put on it. I have chili cooking in the slow cooker and I've mixed cookie dough that is currently chilling to be baked. Everything is low carb. I'm really liking this way of eating.
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Day 9:
Eat at maintenance (1764 +/-200 per day) little bit over (90 cals) but dinner was a planned carb refeed meal, so not overly worried about it since it's off "normal" anyway
Do the planned workouts every day did strength but not cardio
Get 10K steps a day
Write 30 min a day
I have been way more tired than I should be even with extra sleep, and my workout recovery has been way more poor than it should be for the amount of working out I'm doing...started liver pills to see if that will help, they are full of good nutrition and I tend to run borderline anemic, so it's possible I just need more iron rich foods, or more amino acids, or more something, and maybe they will help...the weather here has also been very roller coaster, which doesn't usually bother me but maybe I'm getting more sensitive to it as I age...we will see how I feel in a month with the supplement, not much I can do about the weather.1 -
Jan 9
on-plan cals: higher day
on-plan carbs: higher day
workout: 4/6, strength
NEAT:
NagBit star achieved again. Upped the weight to the 15lb dumbells with 17.5 with stuff like deadlifts. Moving on up.
Busy busy.
Gotta get schooling done before 2:30. Don't know if I'll get to workout. We'll have to see how ridiculous things are. Kids have a previously postponed meet up with cousin-friends we missed due to illness once they get out of school. Gotta clean up this filth hole as the dude-bro who lost his niece on New Year is coming over to hang out with my teens tomorrow. My kids wreck this place like Miley Cyrus. But with clothes on.
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I love that @baconslave, Nagbit. Since I got mine at Christmas I will give the excuse when I'm up meandering around that my wrist is buzzing at me so I have to move.
My kids laugh at me when I get up and start hurriedly bustling about 10 min until the hour all day while we're schooling.
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The last two days have been okay here. Average water intake but I still want to get another 20 ounces a day in. Yesterday I snacked before dinner because lunch may have been too light. But I’m feeling good about my portions overall. I had a less active day at work followed by a pedicure instead of a dog walk so I jogged in place while making dinner and during commercial breaks to close the rings on my Watch. I’m adicted to making those goals! Rain this weekend may slow down getting out and walking so I’ll have to find other ways to get in some steps.
Yeah, we're supposed to get waterlogged too. And it's supposed to be lower 70s Saturday. In January. Bonkers!0 -
OH my goodness! 70's and rain would be wonderful. Our weatherman is forecasting 12" of snow and lots of wind to blow it around. That's one foot of snow. We haven't had that amount at one time since last November 2015 (it was memorable). Needless to say, I'll be shoveling for my workouts on both Saturday and Sunday at my house.
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Check in for Dec 9
1. Lose 5 lbs before 1/31, Scale is not moving one way or the other
2. Stay under carb goal, <35 day YES! Way under again 28 net carbs, 21 total.
3. Stay under calorie goal, <1,500 day YES! Way under again at 799. not hungry
4. Exercise every day YES! treadmill is going well, turned incline up to 2.0, speed 3.4 for 2 miles. I can feel it in my legs
5. Plan ahead for meals and snacks, planning way ahead for going out to eat this weekend.
Hope everyone is having a good January.
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Eating good, exercise good. Had an OB appointment yesterday - only up 4 pounds this pregnancy. All blood work is perfect.3
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Stay under 50 total carbs everyday: Yes
Exercise everyday: Yes
Lower my blood sugar: No, current blood sugar: 161
Lose something: SW: 236.5 CW: 234.5 Loss: 2 pounds
Even though I've been eating similarly each day I woke up with my blood sugar high this morning. I think it might be related to hormones, which a little bit of Googling confirms is probably the case. It could also be that I ate more protein than normal yesterday, which can raise blood sugar. Today I got in my swim even though I had thought about skipping it because my dog was keyed up because maintenance came to fix the dryer. They will be back Monday because they need a part, and if that doesn't fix it I'll be getting a new unit. I've been without it for over a week now, so hopefully it will get fixed soon.
I tried a new keto bar after dinner for my treat, a Dang bar, and I didn't care for it. It was supposed to be chocolate sea salt, but it mostly tasted like seeds and salt, no chocolate and no sweetness, so I won't be picking that one up again.1 -
Jan 10th checkin:
1) Carbs < 30g - ✅
2) 1000 < Calories < 1500 - ✅
3) Log Everything! - ✅
4) Hit our activity goal every day - ✅
5) At least 5 workouts/week - ◼️◼️◼️◻️◻️◻️◻️
It was warmish so we got out for a nice walk through the park & ravine. Supposed to be even warmer today but there's a severe rainfall warning so probably going to stay inside & keep dry.
We hope everyone has a good weekend!0 -
Same same same old for day 10 with the exception of a small blip. A vendor at work brought in a ton of devils, I mean donuts, so I sampled one. Otherwise NEAT is up, water intake continues to be a focus and portions are under control. Let’s see what the weekend brings.2
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Early check-in for us today cos we closed our diary early. 😺
It was warm today, and its been raining hard all day long. We went out for another walk anyways & got soaked! 😹 It was a nice walk tho, mostly. Too bad its all supposed to freeze tonight. 😿
Jan 11:
1) Carbs < 30g - ✅
2) 1000 < Calories < 1500 - ✅
3) Log Everything! - ✅
4) Hit our activity goal every day - ✅
5) At least 5 workouts/week - ◼️◼️◼️◼️◻️◻️◻️
We hope everyone's enjoying the weekend! 😸1 -
I need to exercise today, but it's leg day. I hate leg day. LOL1
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Starting as of Wednesday 1/1/2020
I am doing overall well. Have had a few days where missed Fiber goal.
The plague has visited our house as well. I had the easier version, I think but now have a sinus/ear infection. So the netti pot and lots of hot tea are being used.
As of 1/12/2020 down 2.4 lbs in January 2020.
Water: 96 0z per day, got it
Fiber at least 14*
Logged Food: Got it
Exercise as Planned: Update, I did in fact go buy ankle weights starting low at 3 lbs to put on forearms. I also am trying Yoga on the wall, for helping low back and hips, and even arm strengthening.
At or Under Carb Level: 50, I changed to 55 based on exercise average hitting 650 and higher daily.
At or Under Calorie Limit: Yes!
Planned Day Ahead: Yes!, normally make big meals on Sunday so can use several times a week. Just makes life so much easier.2 -
1) On day 6/37 of no binging 💪Starting to get hungry again. Instead of giving in I am telling myself it's because I am about to drop a bunch of fat and my body is fighting it.
2) Exercise outdoors 💪 I downloaded a walking app from Under Armour and took my dog for a long walk which included some stair climbing. She loves stairs and they are good for her aging hips.
3) Meal prep 💪 Still cooking 2 meals at once and it's much easier now to plan and prep! I bought some small containers so I can freeze a bunch of individual ingredients and full meals. I haven't thrown any food away in a long time and our grocery bill is going down.
4) >1700 calories, >100g carbs & <130g protein, fasting between 8pm and 12pm. 💪
5) Shed “all or nothing” attitude and remain accountable 💪I haven't been challenged the past few days health-wise but I've been applying this attitude towards my work.
I weigh the same now that I did last month but that's okay, meeting the above goals is more important. I am feeling a little smaller so something is happening, just don't have the numbers to prove it. Patience.
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Day 10-12:
Eat at maintenance (1764 +/-200 per day)
Do the planned workouts every day
Get 10K steps a day
Write 30 min a day
I'm very annoyed that MFP was up and down all weekend. I wasn't able to pre-log things like I prefer to do so even though calories were ok in the end, I really don't like winging it and would have preferred to be able to actually log...also, I'm pretty sure I forgot some things from Sunday...just have a nagging feeling...
Overall it was a good, if somewhat stressful weekend...and I have decided to switch up my workouts so strength training is only every other day.1 -
I ended the week well and was down 1.4 pounds. I’ll continue to target a pound a week. I am quite happy with how I managed to not log and stop eating before being overly full. I can still tweak that along the way as there were times I likely under ate and times where I could have eaten less and been fine. Here’s to looking at another successful week!2
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Jan 10
on-plan cals: lower day
on-plan carbs: lower day
workout: 5/6, cardio
NEAT:
Done deal. Even though it was crazy busy.
I don't log on weekends. I had intended to workout Sat to get that sixth day in but I had some cleaning to do for a house guest, so while I got some good NEAT, there was no time for exercise.
Back to the Monday grind. I need to call and make the annual vision appts for my herd.
Off to coffee and to make my rounds.3 -
Checking in - last week got about 5/7 days of pre planning and following my plan.
The others involved my bday and a visit to grandma 😋
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Check in for several days, 1/10, 1/11, 1/12. The weatherman was incorrect, surprise, surprise and we didn't get the big dump of snow he was scaring us about. We did get a lot of ice so I didn't go out to the fitness center all weekend.
1. Lose 5 lbs before 1/31, Scale has started to move again, I'm happy about that.
2. Stay under carb goal, <35 day YES! Under all 3 days
3. Stay under calorie goal, <1,500 day YES! Under again all 3 days
4. Exercise every day YES! I counted chipping ice off the sidewalk and house cleaning over the weekend.
5. Plan ahead for meals and snacks, planned well and was successful.2 -
Day 13:
Eat at maintenance (1764 +/-200 per day)
Do the planned workouts every day
Get 10K steps a day
Write 30 min a day
Seriously contemplating dropping the writing, I don't have time for that and the boy child is constantly on the PC with college stuff anyway, so I may just wait and swap that out for sewing once I get to the store and buy some shirring thread.
I've lost half a pound this month...which wasn't really the plan, but I am enjoying eating more food anyway...plus, my love handles are getting squishy...I guess they are shrinking??? but I don't really like the squishy consistency...it's weird...usually my love handles are solid, firm fat...it's weird when they are squishy fat.3 -
Jan 13
on-plan cals: lower day
on-plan carbs: lower day
workout: 1/6, cardio
NEAT:
Got almost 12k steps today. It's still a little warm here for us so I got to hoof it in my yard for my workout.
Rainy rainy today. Looking forward to getting to eat a little more since it's a strength day. I'm going to try to up my weight some more today. Still getting strength back.
Have a great day!
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Not making the transition to post-holiday very well. Having some trouble with bingeing - for example, while looking for something in the freezer I came across 5 small low carb gingerbread men from the holidays that my daughter was supposed to have taken home with her. So I ate all five for breakfast. Made my stomach hurt, as I knew it would, but worse is how I feel about doing it. Cannot believe I am struggling this much to transition back to my regular routine. Have been faithfully reading this thread, makes me feel a little more normal. Need to get it all back under control, especially since I am going to visit family mid-February for 11 days. Need to be strong before I face all the traditional food and those who think it’s the healthiest choice. Thank you for being a platform to vent, somehow just writing the words makes it feel a little better. xoxo8
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I know we've missed checking in for a couple days. More 'bad brain stuff'. Despite that, we've been sticking to plan and getting our workouts in, kept carbs down, and calories in the target zone.
It's the end of week 2 today, so we wanted to make sure we checked in today.
1) Carbs < 30g - ✅
2) 1000 < Calories < 1500 - ✅
3) Log Everything! - ✅
4) Hit our activity goal every day - ✅
5) At least 5 workouts/week - ◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️ ✅
We hope the past week has been good for everyone, and the week to come is even better.1
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