TEAM: The Big Butt Theory (July)
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richmondwriter wrote: »cmhubbard92 wrote: »7/27/2020
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Step & Water Challenge:
Water: 130.7
Steps: 19,899 (currently)
Goals:
Exercise 30 Minutes 5x/week: ✔✔
12,000 steps 5x/week: ✖✔
Reflections:
Today was pretty good. Work dragged on for quite a while, but it wasn't a bad day overall.
I was still craving something sweet today, so I made a "keto coconut bar" and it came out tasting awesome - kind of mounds-like, despite not looking great! It is currently cut and in the freezer for occasional snacking!
Recipe:
3 cups unsweetened coconut flakes
1 cup melted coconut oil
2 tbsp Swerve(my preferred sweetener)
1 bar Lily's Dark Baking Chocolate
Mix coconut, oil and sweetener together. Press into parchment/wax lined 8x8 baking pan. Place in freezer. Melt chocolate. Remove pan from freezer and spread chocolate over top. Top with a few coconut flakes. Freeze 1-2 hours before serving!
Makes 16 servings, 215 calories each
8.7g Carbohydrates
- 5.5g Fiber
= 3.2g Net Carbs
21.2g Fat
1.2g Protein
Awesome job meeting your goals and steps!! Also that dessert looks super yummy. I love coconut.
@richmondwriter thank you! It came out much better than I expected! I will definitely make it again!!!0 -
7/28/2020
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Step & Water Challenge:
Water: 130.7
Steps: 19,720 (currently)
Goals:
Exercise 30 Minutes 5x/week: ✔✔✔
12,000 steps 5x/week: ✖✔✔
Reflections:
Today was pretty good, despite my afternoon being too short. Work went by rather quickly-I had a lot to do. Made dinner, watched two episodes of HGTV and prepped my meals for tomorrow. I have been doing well this week remembering to take out the next nights dinner to defrost. I do have to log tomorrow's food, but that takes like two seconds saying I have it written down! Now it is time to read and unwind for a few before I go to sleep
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Tuesday 7/28
Logged food and was under calories
Exercise 45 minutes
Water 64 oz
Steps 6,777
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Sat 7/25
Tracking: yes
Calories: no
Exercise: no
Water: 48oz
Sun 7/26
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: no
Water: 48oz
Mon 7/27
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: 33 min Upper Fix
Water: 72oz
@cmhubbard92 I ate a lot of yogurt, pudding, jello, mashed potatoes, chicken broth, and V8 drinks😂 I had to flush out the sockets on my lower jaw and I hated that so I tried not to eat anything that might get suck in there
@thedestar thank you!2 -
Tuesday 28 July
Log everything: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Water: 88 ounces
Steps: 12,352
At my office yesterday and today, thus the low step count. It's like a ghost town, very few people around as we are still max telework. I'm in because I had computer issues. It sort of feels like Black Friday...you hear someone typing on the other side of the office but don't see anyone. Weird.3 -
Richmondwriter MUAC for 7/28:
Tracked: yes
Under: yes (-144 calories)
Exercised: no
Protein 21%, Fat 16%, Carbs 63%
Must exercise today! Also trying to get protein % up; will drink a shake at lunch.2 -
Date: 7/28
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: yes
under calories: yes
exercise: yes
Steps : 10058
Water:120
Just for today:KBD29, STFD58, 10000 🚶, 24 hr fast, keto day 4, meditation 🧘♂️
Yesterday : KBD28✅ STFD 58✅, 10000 🚶♀️✅, 20 hr IF✅, keto Day 3✅
Happy hump 🐪 day
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Mini Ultimate Accountability Challenge- July Week #4(Sunday, July 19 to Sat, July 25)
Winner's Circle 6 or 7 days
@cmhubbard92 (7)
@DaffyGirl88 (7)
@thedestar (6)
Way to go!!
Notable Effort:- 4 or 5 days
@murdog3t (5)
Attempted 3 or less days
@erikNJ (3)
@HASWLRS (2)
@richmondwriter (1)
*If I have missed anyone or made any mistakes, let me know. I will make sure you get a shout out. I had it all caught up and accidentally deleted the spreadsheet, so I had to go back over the posts.
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Challenge
Tuesday
tracked: yes
under cals: no
exercise: yes
12 glasses of water: yes
Sunday: n/?/n/y
Monday: y/y/y/y
Tuesday: y/n/y/y
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Totally blew it eating last night. I have been struggling with my anxiety pretty hard lately and work has been extra stressful to top it off. I got done work and walked a couple miles in the 97 degree heat hoping that would help my mood. People who say they get a “workout high” are just liars.
I came home and stress ate all my progress away.
At least i’ll know why I gained weight at my weigh in this week 🙃2 -
Tue 7/28
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: 30min lower body strength video
Water: 96oz1 -
I wanted to share this morning's exercise (yoga)
I'll try to get caught back up here later. Summer Break is over after next week, so I have been spending time doing fun stuff with my daughter.3 -
7/29/2020
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Step & Water Challenge:
Water: 113.8
Steps: 19,693 (currently)
Goals:
Exercise 30 Minutes 5x/week: ✔✔✔
12,000 steps 5x/week: ✖✔✔
Reflections:
Halfway through the week! Come on Friday!!! I've been very busy at work this week, and I'm ready to relax... time for a book and some sleep...3 -
Challenge
Tuesday
tracked: yes
under cals: no
exercise: yes
12 glasses of water: yes
Sunday: n/?/n/y
Monday: y/y/y/y
Tuesday: y/n/y/y
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Totally blew it eating last night. I have been struggling with my anxiety pretty hard lately and work has been extra stressful to top it off. I got done work and walked a couple miles in the 97 degree heat hoping that would help my mood. People who say they get a “workout high” are just liars.
I came home and stress ate all my progress away.
At least i’ll know why I gained weight at my weigh in this week 🙃
Even though you weren't under your calories, and with all the stress you were experiencing, you still managed to do a great job tracking, drinking water, and exercising, even in 97 degree heat! I hope tomorrow is a better one for you, with regard to the stress and anxiety.0 -
Wednesday 7/29
Logged food and was under calories
No exercise
Water 64 oz
Steps 5,1343 -
Wednesday 29 July
Log everything: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Water: 108 ounces
Steps: 16,8663 -
Richmondwriter MUAC for 7/29/20:
Logged everything: yes
Under: yes (-31 calories)
Exercised: yes - finally - walked 1/2 hour
Protein 28%, carbs 39%, fat 33% - happier with the protein! One thing that helped was using can of HEB chicken breast, all natural. I used it for a sandwich, then later for a snack (spread on 5 crackers). It was filling and tasted good. I also had a Premiere Protein Shake in Chocolate and a scrambled egg with cheddar cheese.
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Date: 7/29
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: yes
under calories: yes
exercise: yes
Steps : 12170
Water:120
Just for today: KBD30, STFD60, 10000 🚶♀️, 20 hr fast, keto day 5, meditation 🧘♂️
Yesterday : KBD29✅STFD59✅. 10000 🚶✅ 24 hr fast✅. keto day 4✅. meditation 🧘♂️👎🏻2 -
Wed 7/29
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: 34min youtube video
Water: 96oz0 -
richmondwriter wrote: »Richmondwriter MUAC for 7/29/20:
Logged everything: yes
Under: yes (-31 calories)
Exercised: yes - finally - walked 1/2 hour
Protein 28%, carbs 39%, fat 33% - happier with the protein! One thing that helped was using can of HEB chicken breast, all natural. I used it for a sandwich, then later for a snack (spread on 5 crackers). It was filling and tasted good. I also had a Premiere Protein Shake in Chocolate and a scrambled egg with cheddar cheese.
@richmondwriter if your goal is to increase protein and reduce carbs you are better off with the egg and chicken breast. Protein shakes are great for protein but they also tend ot be higher in carbs.1 -
FRUSTRATING!!!
Yesterday afternoon I had about 14k steps and I think my calorie adjustment was somewhere 350-400. (Not sure where some of you get >1000 calorie burns but that's a topic for another post ) I went for a bike ride and afterward went to log my water and saw the below picture. Why do my calories keep disappearing?!?!? 
It's hard enough to earn any worthwhile nevermind have them zeroed out every time I go for a bike ride. I checked the technical support page and there was just a general announcement of having Fitbit synching issues. Not sure if that covers this issue or not. 
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DaffyGirl88 wrote: »FRUSTRATING!!!
Yesterday afternoon I had about 14k steps and I think my calorie adjustment was somewhere 350-400. (Not sure where some of you get >1000 calorie burns but that's a topic for another post ) I went for a bike ride and afterward went to log my water and saw the below picture. Why do my calories keep disappearing?!?!? It's hard enough to earn any worthwhile nevermind have them zeroed out every time I go for a bike ride. I checked the technical support page and there was just a general announcement of having Fitbit synching issues. Not sure if that covers this issue or not.
@DaffyGirl88 it looks like you have a second app logging your exercise? I would disconnect it from MFP. I only have fitbit sync my activity... also, what is your activity level set at? These could all affect why you aren't getting much of an adjustment.
I would suggest removing the app that you have linked.
Also, look at your Fitbit app-what total calorie burn are they giving you? Subtract 500-1000 calories depending on what your deficit is, and it should be roughly the same as your calorie goal plus exercise adjustment.
I hope this may help a little!
Edit: I see the 400+ calorie adjustment is for a 37 minute bike ride... that is definitely way too high. That may be why fitbit did not give you any exercise calories... it could figure that the 400+ covered the activity from your ride plus your extra from steps!0 -
7/30/2020
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Step & Water Challenge:
Water: 101
Steps: 21,290 (currently)
Goals:
Exercise 30 Minutes 5x/week: ✔✔✔✔✔
12,000 steps 5x/week: ✖✔✔✔✔
Reflections:
Tomorrow's Friday-yay!1 -
cmhubbard92 wrote: »DaffyGirl88 wrote: »FRUSTRATING!!!
Yesterday afternoon I had about 14k steps and I think my calorie adjustment was somewhere 350-400. (Not sure where some of you get >1000 calorie burns but that's a topic for another post ) I went for a bike ride and afterward went to log my water and saw the below picture. Why do my calories keep disappearing?!?!? It's hard enough to earn any worthwhile nevermind have them zeroed out every time I go for a bike ride. I checked the technical support page and there was just a general announcement of having Fitbit synching issues. Not sure if that covers this issue or not.
@DaffyGirl88 it looks like you have a second app logging your exercise? I would disconnect it from MFP. I only have fitbit sync my activity... also, what is your activity level set at? These could all affect why you aren't getting much of an adjustment.
I would suggest removing the app that you have linked.
Also, look at your Fitbit app-what total calorie burn are they giving you? Subtract 500-1000 calories depending on what your deficit is, and it should be roughly the same as your calorie goal plus exercise adjustment.
I hope this may help a little!
Edit: I see the 400+ calorie adjustment is for a 37 minute bike ride... that is definitely way too high. That may be why fitbit did not give you any exercise calories... it could figure that the 400+ covered the activity from your ride plus your extra from steps!
And THIS my friends is why I never eat back exercise calories. There's no way to determine what they should be. 😕1 -
cmhubbard92 wrote: »DaffyGirl88 wrote: »FRUSTRATING!!!
Yesterday afternoon I had about 14k steps and I think my calorie adjustment was somewhere 350-400. (Not sure where some of you get >1000 calorie burns but that's a topic for another post ) I went for a bike ride and afterward went to log my water and saw the below picture. Why do my calories keep disappearing?!?!? It's hard enough to earn any worthwhile nevermind have them zeroed out every time I go for a bike ride. I checked the technical support page and there was just a general announcement of having Fitbit synching issues. Not sure if that covers this issue or not.
@DaffyGirl88 it looks like you have a second app logging your exercise? I would disconnect it from MFP. I only have fitbit sync my activity... also, what is your activity level set at? These could all affect why you aren't getting much of an adjustment.
I would suggest removing the app that you have linked.
Also, look at your Fitbit app-what total calorie burn are they giving you? Subtract 500-1000 calories depending on what your deficit is, and it should be roughly the same as your calorie goal plus exercise adjustment.
I hope this may help a little!
Edit: I see the 400+ calorie adjustment is for a 37 minute bike ride... that is definitely way too high. That may be why fitbit did not give you any exercise calories... it could figure that the 400+ covered the activity from your ride plus your extra from steps!
@cmhubbard92 thanks, I will do some higher math and see what I come up with. My activity level is set to "active". Fitbit does not register cycling.1 -
DaffyGirl88 wrote: »cmhubbard92 wrote: »DaffyGirl88 wrote: »FRUSTRATING!!!
Yesterday afternoon I had about 14k steps and I think my calorie adjustment was somewhere 350-400. (Not sure where some of you get >1000 calorie burns but that's a topic for another post ) I went for a bike ride and afterward went to log my water and saw the below picture. Why do my calories keep disappearing?!?!? It's hard enough to earn any worthwhile nevermind have them zeroed out every time I go for a bike ride. I checked the technical support page and there was just a general announcement of having Fitbit synching issues. Not sure if that covers this issue or not.
@DaffyGirl88 it looks like you have a second app logging your exercise? I would disconnect it from MFP. I only have fitbit sync my activity... also, what is your activity level set at? These could all affect why you aren't getting much of an adjustment.
I would suggest removing the app that you have linked.
Also, look at your Fitbit app-what total calorie burn are they giving you? Subtract 500-1000 calories depending on what your deficit is, and it should be roughly the same as your calorie goal plus exercise adjustment.
I hope this may help a little!
Edit: I see the 400+ calorie adjustment is for a 37 minute bike ride... that is definitely way too high. That may be why fitbit did not give you any exercise calories... it could figure that the 400+ covered the activity from your ride plus your extra from steps!
@cmhubbard92 thanks, I will do some higher math and see what I come up with. My activity level is set to "active". Fitbit does not register cycling.
I believe you can manually add cycling with Fitbit. I have the Versa, and I am able to set bike or spin to my workout...
I have myself set as "not very active" and I'm set to lose 1.5lb a week, so Fitbit gives me some pretty big sdjustmemts-but my calorie goal is a little over 1200...
No matter what you use to calculate exercise calories, there will always be some room for error... same as without weighing your food you'll never be 100% sure how many calories you're eating... it is an estimate, and if you are getting your goal losses over a month or so, then your estimate is pretty good! Just look at your overall results and adjust as you go!
Hopefully something made sense here, I just woke up 😂0 -
July Final Weigh-in:
July SW: 179.6
Week 1: 177.5 (-2.1)
Week 2: 179.1 (+1.6)
Week 3: 176.4 (-2.7)
Week 4: 171.5(-4.9)
Week 5: 169.3 (-2.2)
Total Loss for July: 10.3lb
Total Loss Overall: 76.7lb
Total loss with TBBT(Months 1-16): 66.2lb!Past monthly losses:
Original SW (11/26/2018): 246.0
February (Month 1) SW: 235.5 (-11.3)
March (Month 2) SW: 224.2 (-3.0)
April (Month 3) SW: 221.2 (-2.1)
May (Month 4) SW: 219.1 (-2.9)
June (Month 5) SW: 216.2(-4.4)
July (Month 6) SW: 211.8(-5.4)
August (Month 7) SW 206.4(-1.9)
September (Month 8) SW 204.5(-2.6)
October (Month 9) SW: 201.9(-2.7)
November (Month 10) SW: 200.0 (-2.7)
December (Month 11) SW: 197.3(-2.7)
January (Month 12) SW: 194.6(-2.5)
February (Month 13) SW: 192.1(-5.5)
March (Month 14) SW: 186.6 (-0.6)
April (Month 15) SW: 186.0 (+0.6)
May(Month 16) SW: 186.6(-5.4)
June(Month 17)SW: 181.2(-1.6)
July (Month 18) SW: 179.6(-10.3)
August (Month 19) SW: 169.33 -
cmhubbard92 wrote: »July Final Weigh-in:
July SW: 179.6
Week 1: 177.5 (-2.1)
Week 2: 179.1 (+1.6)
Week 3: 176.4 (-2.7)
Week 4: 171.5(-4.9)
Week 5: 169.3 (-2.2)
Total Loss for July: 10.3lb
Total Loss Overall: 76.7lb
Total loss with TBBT(Months 1-16): 66.2lb!Past monthly losses:
Original SW (11/26/2018): 246.0
February (Month 1) SW: 235.5 (-11.3)
March (Month 2) SW: 224.2 (-3.0)
April (Month 3) SW: 221.2 (-2.1)
May (Month 4) SW: 219.1 (-2.9)
June (Month 5) SW: 216.2(-4.4)
July (Month 6) SW: 211.8(-5.4)
August (Month 7) SW 206.4(-1.9)
September (Month 8) SW 204.5(-2.6)
October (Month 9) SW: 201.9(-2.7)
November (Month 10) SW: 200.0 (-2.7)
December (Month 11) SW: 197.3(-2.7)
January (Month 12) SW: 194.6(-2.5)
February (Month 13) SW: 192.1(-5.5)
March (Month 14) SW: 186.6 (-0.6)
April (Month 15) SW: 186.0 (+0.6)
May(Month 16) SW: 186.6(-5.4)
June(Month 17)SW: 181.2(-1.6)
July (Month 18) SW: 179.6(-10.3)
August (Month 19) SW: 169.3
Great month!!0 -
Thursday 30 July
Log everything: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Water: 100 ounces
Steps: 12,2402 -
DaffyGirl88
Week 5
PW: 144.6
CW: 144.0
See y'all in August! Which reminds me, I don't recall seeing a post about August, did I sleep through it? 😂2 -
cmhubbard92 wrote: »July Final Weigh-in:
July SW: 179.6
Week 1: 177.5 (-2.1)
Week 2: 179.1 (+1.6)
Week 3: 176.4 (-2.7)
Week 4: 171.5(-4.9)
Week 5: 169.3 (-2.2)
Total Loss for July: 10.3lb
Total Loss Overall: 76.7lb
Total loss with TBBT(Months 1-16): 66.2lb!Past monthly losses:
Original SW (11/26/2018): 246.0
February (Month 1) SW: 235.5 (-11.3)
March (Month 2) SW: 224.2 (-3.0)
April (Month 3) SW: 221.2 (-2.1)
May (Month 4) SW: 219.1 (-2.9)
June (Month 5) SW: 216.2(-4.4)
July (Month 6) SW: 211.8(-5.4)
August (Month 7) SW 206.4(-1.9)
September (Month 8) SW 204.5(-2.6)
October (Month 9) SW: 201.9(-2.7)
November (Month 10) SW: 200.0 (-2.7)
December (Month 11) SW: 197.3(-2.7)
January (Month 12) SW: 194.6(-2.5)
February (Month 13) SW: 192.1(-5.5)
March (Month 14) SW: 186.6 (-0.6)
April (Month 15) SW: 186.0 (+0.6)
May(Month 16) SW: 186.6(-5.4)
June(Month 17)SW: 181.2(-1.6)
July (Month 18) SW: 179.6(-10.3)
August (Month 19) SW: 169.3
Way to go, Christine! You are an inspiration, and really show how a daily commitment to your goals can have big pay off!1
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