Return to normality? July weigh in and accountability thread
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My goals this month:
1. Get off the rollercoaster - consistency in eating and moving around. Not going from restricting to much one day to overeating the next, being a Netflix binger on Saturday and walking 25K on Sunday.
2. Current weight: 73.0 - goal weight by the end of the month: 71.0
3. Get my yearly steps back to goal, which means around 80K to 100K a week
07/07: 73.0
08/07: 72.9 - there we go
This evening after work, I have a dental appointment. This will certainly help with overeating today !
09/07: 73.0
10/07: 73.0
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5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
May GW: 140
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
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2 EW 143.4
May SW ???? EW 143.6
June SW143.6 EW 143.8
So, apparently I've learned to maintain fairly well. Had to do pics with one of my horses and I'm not thrilled, time to tighten things back up.
Right now, I've been struggling to find the motivation to log consistently. I'm grateful for this group keeping me accountable because my giveadarn is not really working. I even quit weighing in every morning - which for me, makes a difference.
Goals - keeping it super simple right now
1. Be consistent - weigh in and food
2. Get to the 130s - this is past the point of ridiculous
July 1 - 142.6day/144.0ave
July 2 - 146.0 - I made stir fry chicken last night and I think it's maybe all the sodium in the soy? Weird, highest weight I've had in ages and I didn't eat badly yesterday. Lots of water today and shaking it off.
July 6 - 148.6 - Obviously I over-celebrated the wknd. I seem to blow up with water weight when I get dehydrated and too much junk food. Rode out in the mountains yesterday for about 6 hours. Such fun! Decent start today, got up at 5:30 and worked one horse before work. Cool & crisp - sunrise is one of my favorite times to be outdoors. Using this Monday as a fresh start!
July 7 - 148.4 - one step at a time. Yesterday I did well on food, kept it at 1200. Last week I got lazy and ate out for lunch - hubby was in town so I ate whatever I picked up for him...and then inhaled dinner + snacks.. I'm paying for it now. Good start today - up at 5 and rode before work. The more I stay outdoors, the better I do with food.
July 8 - 148.0 - yesterday wasn't as good as it should've been foodwise. Hubby showed up at work to take me to lunch... so there went my plan of a protein bar. Made shrimp/steak fajitas for dinner - I skipped the sour cream, cheese so it wasn't too bad. I still feel really bloated and ugh. Started back on vit d today, realized I've gotten out of the habit of taking it every morning. Decent start today - up at 5:30 and rode till 7 so at least I got in some exercise before coming to the office to sit on my butt all day. I swear desk jobs are the absolute worst.
July 9 - 147.0 - At least things are going the right direction. Rode a bit last night and made it up this morning for an hour riding before coming to the office. Funny how much more mindful being careful to log my food makes me.
July 10 - 145.2 - Better! Yesterday felt so much better. I feel like I'm about back to my 'start point' for the month...but at least I have 20 days left to work on goals.3 -
July 9 update. Ok gals we are almost 1/3 thru the month already. It's going by fast. Let's buckle down and keep going!
#1 GET OFF THE ROLLERCOASTER
what this means is that I need to quit always worrying about did I gain a pound or two and lately I have found that I am tending instead of eating at a nice steady pace I am either binging or restricting more and more. It's a no win zero sum game so my plan is to just eat to my TDEE and log consistantly
********* week 1********** pretty consistent not restricting or binging but I think a little light to TDEE at avg in of 1678 so will gradually increase . Closed diary every day.
Jul 8 I think I still might be eating a little light to TDEE but not pushing things.
Jul 9 upped cals a little bit just adding during the day. That's always a biggy for me not to do it ALL AT ONE TIME IN THE EVENING!! but successful
Jul 10 sometimes Fridays are difficult but managed again.
Jul 11
Jul 12
Jul 13
Jul 14
#2 800 active calories per day (Apple watch) goal.
This should NOT be difficult and I hope for it to energize me. My avg since I got my watch in late Dec last year is 817 per day and my average in June was 791 but May was 866 so I have felt like my activity trend is going the wrong direction.
******** week 1*************
averaged 967 active minutes. Success but it's not a steady rate and today again with just walking may be hard to reach the 800 but NO EXCUSES... Week 2 here we go.
Jul 8 so yesterday I just did not feel like running in the morning. But I still managed almost 26K steps with my morning walk. I ended the day pleasantly surprised with 895! So a good lesson that even when I don't get half of these from a morning run, I can still meet my goals!!
Jul 9 890 which was interesting because I had a really good run but less steps. hahaha.
Jul 10 Felt very tired from my springing on Thursday even tho I upped my cals a bit to try to help. It's just so dang humid and hot it's difficult to keep hydrated. No run but still keeping an eye out and managed to score 837 for the day!!!
Jul 11
Jul 12
Jul 13
Jul 14
Gals we have 20 days left. We can do it! Hopefully we shall all see progress or at least meet some of our goals this month!!1 -
50/5’2”
Current weight 130
Goal weight 110
Just started food log yesterday, 7/10
Plan to exercise 30 minutes 3 times a week,
Hope to to reach these smaller goals
07/25 125
08/22 120
09/26 115
10/26 110
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Not sure if posting here daily is helping or not but I guess it might be. Welcome to 1/3 of July complete my friends!
It's not too late to finish July strong even if we have stumbled.
#1 GET OFF THE ROLLERCOASTER
what this means is that I need to quit always worrying about did I gain a pound or two and lately I have found that I am tending instead of eating at a nice steady pace I am either binging or restricting more and more. It's a no win zero sum game so my plan is to just eat to my TDEE and log consistantly
********* week 1********** pretty consistent not restricting or binging but I think a little light to TDEE at avg in of 1678 so will gradually increase . Closed diary every day.
Jul 8 I think I still might be eating a little light to TDEE but not pushing things.
Jul 9 upped cals a little bit just adding during the day. That's always a biggy for me not to do it ALL AT ONE TIME IN THE EVENING!! but successful
Jul 10 sometimes Fridays are difficult but managed again.
Jul 11 Sat was a decent day. I think eating a slightly bigger breakfast is helping to keep things even for me who knows. I must have drank 8 times what I normally due because of the heat and humidity tho. yikes
Jul 12
Jul 13
Jul 14
#2 800 active calories per day (Apple watch) goal.
This should NOT be difficult and I hope for it to energize me. My avg since I got my watch in late Dec last year is 817 per day and my average in June was 791 but May was 866 so I have felt like my activity trend is going the wrong direction.
******** week 1*************
averaged 967 active minutes. Success but it's not a steady rate and today again with just walking may be hard to reach the 800 but NO EXCUSES... Week 2 here we go.
Jul 8 so yesterday I just did not feel like running in the morning. But I still managed almost 26K steps with my morning walk. I ended the day pleasantly surprised with 895! So a good lesson that even when I don't get half of these from a morning run, I can still meet my goals!!
Jul 9 890 which was interesting because I had a really good run but less steps. hahaha.
Jul 10 Felt very tired from my springing on Thursday even tho I upped my cals a bit to try to help. It's just so dang humid and hot it's difficult to keep hydrated. No run but still keeping an eye out and managed to score 837 for the day!!!
Jul 11 VERY HOT but took the time to exercise and ended up 1071 activity. happy with that for sure
Jul 12
Jul 13
Jul 141 -
28, 5'7 / 175cm
June starting weight: 139.33/63.2
CW: 136.47/61.9
GW: 133.4/60.5
1. Workout 3-4 times per week/move everyday
2. Stretch 4 times per week.
3. Keep alcohol to weekends only, and in moderation.
4. Stay hydrated
June 2: 136.92/62.1
June 3: 139.33/63.2
June 4: 135.58/61.5
June 5: 136.69/62
June 6:137.57/62.4
June 7: 135.58/61.5
Hi everyone! Still not able to weigh myself as I'm staying at some friends' house for the better part of the month and I still haven't found a scale...however I've realized I still have one more bathroom to check
Still posting to read all of you and remind myself the month is not yet done and I can still make progress.
I've definitely been drinking more and trying all the delicious foods they've prepared + eating out, however it's so hot here that my appetite has reduced quite a lot. I'm also trying to drink a lot of water to minimize bloating, and TOMs just over so I'm feeling myself a bit more. The tan also makes suuuuch a difference on body perception! My body looks leaner because of the shadows, it makes me understand why everyone fake tans so much.4 -
5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
May GW: 140
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
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2 EW 143.4
May SW ???? EW 143.6
June SW143.6 EW 143.8
So, apparently I've learned to maintain fairly well. Had to do pics with one of my horses and I'm not thrilled, time to tighten things back up. Right now, I've been struggling to find the motivation to log consistently. I'm grateful for this group keeping me accountable because my giveadarn is not really working. I even quit weighing in every morning - which for me, makes a difference.
Goals - keeping it super simple right now
1. Be consistent - weigh in and food
2. Get to the 130s - this is past the point of ridiculous
July 1 - 142.6day/144.0ave
July 2 - 146.0 - I made stir fry chicken last night and I think it's maybe all the sodium in the soy? Weird, highest weight I've had in ages and I didn't eat badly yesterday. Lots of water today and shaking it off.
July 6 - 148.6 - Obviously I over-celebrated the wknd. I seem to blow up with water weight when I get dehydrated and too much junk food. Rode out in the mountains yesterday for about 6 hours. Such fun! Decent start today, got up at 5:30 and worked one horse before work. Cool & crisp - sunrise is one of my favorite times to be outdoors. Using this Monday as a fresh start!
July 7 - 148.4 - one step at a time. Yesterday I did well on food, kept it at 1200. Last week I got lazy and ate out for lunch - hubby was in town so I ate whatever I picked up for him...and then inhaled dinner + snacks.. I'm paying for it now. Good start today - up at 5 and rode before work. The more I stay outdoors, the better I do with food.
July 8 - 148.0 - yesterday wasn't as good as it should've been foodwise. Hubby showed up at work to take me to lunch... so there went my plan of a protein bar. Made shrimp/steak fajitas for dinner - I skipped the sour cream, cheese so it wasn't too bad. I still feel really bloated and ugh. Started back on vit d today, realized I've gotten out of the habit of taking it every morning. Decent start today - up at 5:30 and rode till 7 so at least I got in some exercise before coming to the office to sit on my butt all day. I swear desk jobs are the absolute worst.
July 9 - 147.0 - At least things are going the right direction. Rode a bit last night and made it up this morning for an hour riding before coming to the office. Funny how much more mindful being careful to log my food makes me.
July 10 - 145.2 - Better! Yesterday felt so much better. I feel like I'm about back to my 'start point' for the month...but at least I have 20 days left to work on goals.
July 11 - 143.2
July 13 - 145.6 - long hot busy weekend, pasta for dinner - I really should avoid the stuff.2 -
My goals this month:
1. Get off the rollercoaster - consistency in eating and moving around. Not going from restricting to much one day to overeating the next, being a Netflix binger on Saturday and walking 25K on Sunday.
2. Current weight: 73.0 - goal weight by the end of the month: 71.0
3. Get my yearly steps back to goal, which means around 80K to 100K a week
07/07: 73.0
08/07: 72.9 - there we go This evening after work, I have a dental appointment. This will certainly help with overeating today !
09/07: 73.0
10/07: 73.0
11/07: 73.0
12/07: 73.0
13/07: 73.0
14/07: 73.0
I've always found that maintaining was the hardest thing to do and that I couldn't accomplish it. But hey, here is the universe proving me wrong, altough at 4kg above my target weight 1 -
Welcome to almost 1/2 of July complete my friends!
It's not too late to finish July strong even if we have stumbled.
#1 GET OFF THE ROLLERCOASTER
what this means is that I need to quit always worrying about did I gain a pound or two and lately I have found that I am tending instead of eating at a nice steady pace I am either binging or restricting more and more. It's a no win zero sum game so my plan is to just eat to my TDEE and log consistantly
********* week 1********** pretty consistent not restricting or binging but I think a little light to TDEE at avg in of 1678 so will gradually increase . Closed diary every day.
Jul 8 I think I still might be eating a little light to TDEE but not pushing things.
Jul 9 upped cals a little bit just adding during the day. That's always a biggy for me not to do it ALL AT ONE TIME IN THE EVENING!! but successful
Jul 10 sometimes Fridays are difficult but managed again.
Jul 11 Sat was a decent day. I think eating a slightly bigger breakfast is helping to keep things even for me who knows. I must have drank 8 times what I normally due because of the heat and humidity tho. yikes
Jul 12 Again having difficulty staying hydrated. Water belly on Sun evening from trying to keep up.
Jul 13 a better day. Not cal wise but even thought heat was still excessive I felt recovered from the weekend
Jul 14
#2 800 active calories per day (Apple watch) goal.
This should NOT be difficult and I hope for it to energize me. My avg since I got my watch in late Dec last year is 817 per day and my average in June was 791 but May was 866 so I have felt like my activity trend is going the wrong direction.
******** week 1*************
averaged 967 active minutes. Success but it's not a steady rate and today again with just walking may be hard to reach the 800 but NO EXCUSES... Week 2 here we go.
Jul 8 so yesterday I just did not feel like running in the morning. But I still managed almost 26K steps with my morning walk. I ended the day pleasantly surprised with 895! So a good lesson that even when I don't get half of these from a morning run, I can still meet my goals!!
Jul 9 890 which was interesting because I had a really good run but less steps. hahaha.
Jul 10 Felt very tired from my springing on Thursday even tho I upped my cals a bit to try to help. It's just so dang humid and hot it's difficult to keep hydrated. No run but still keeping an eye out and managed to score 837 for the day!!!
Jul 11 VERY HOT but took the time to exercise and ended up 1071 activity. happy with that for sure
Jul 12 878
Jul 13 878 (funny it was exactly the same Mon and Sun) Had to really do quite a few short workouts to manage.
Jul 14
@Antiopelle maintaining is sometimes not a bad thing. Keeping the progress, Even if it's higher than you want I bet it starts to go the right direction soon.1 -
5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
May GW: 140
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
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2 EW 143.4
May SW ???? EW 143.6
June SW143.6 EW 143.8
So, apparently I've learned to maintain fairly well. Had to do pics with one of my horses and I'm not thrilled, time to tighten things back up. Right now, I've been struggling to find the motivation to log consistently. I'm grateful for this group keeping me accountable because my giveadarn is not really working. I even quit weighing in every morning - which for me, makes a difference.
Goals - keeping it super simple right now
1. Be consistent - weigh in and food
2. Get to the 130s - this is past the point of ridiculous
July 1 - 142.6day/144.0ave
July 2 - 146.0 - I made stir fry chicken last night and I think it's maybe all the sodium in the soy? Weird, highest weight I've had in ages and I didn't eat badly yesterday. Lots of water today and shaking it off.
July 6 - 148.6 - Obviously I over-celebrated the wknd. I seem to blow up with water weight when I get dehydrated and too much junk food. Rode out in the mountains yesterday for about 6 hours. Such fun! Decent start today, got up at 5:30 and worked one horse before work. Cool & crisp - sunrise is one of my favorite times to be outdoors. Using this Monday as a fresh start!
July 7 - 148.4 - one step at a time. Yesterday I did well on food, kept it at 1200. Last week I got lazy and ate out for lunch - hubby was in town so I ate whatever I picked up for him...and then inhaled dinner + snacks.. I'm paying for it now. Good start today - up at 5 and rode before work. The more I stay outdoors, the better I do with food.
July 8 - 148.0 - yesterday wasn't as good as it should've been foodwise. Hubby showed up at work to take me to lunch... so there went my plan of a protein bar. Made shrimp/steak fajitas for dinner - I skipped the sour cream, cheese so it wasn't too bad. I still feel really bloated and ugh. Started back on vit d today, realized I've gotten out of the habit of taking it every morning. Decent start today - up at 5:30 and rode till 7 so at least I got in some exercise before coming to the office to sit on my butt all day. I swear desk jobs are the absolute worst.
July 9 - 147.0 - At least things are going the right direction. Rode a bit last night and made it up this morning for an hour riding before coming to the office. Funny how much more mindful being careful to log my food makes me.
July 10 - 145.2 - Better! Yesterday felt so much better. I feel like I'm about back to my 'start point' for the month...but at least I have 20 days left to work on goals.
July 11 - 143.2
July 13 - 145.6 - long hot busy weekend, pasta for dinner - I really should avoid the stuff.
July 14 - 145.4 - didn't eat the greatest yesterday, but within bounds. Rode for 3 hours - beautiful evening. Worked at the barn for an hour this morning before work. I've been struggling to stay hydrated and get enough sleep. Trying to work on that.1 -
My goals this month:
1. Get off the rollercoaster - consistency in eating and moving around. Not going from restricting to much one day to overeating the next, being a Netflix binger on Saturday and walking 25K on Sunday.
2. Current weight: 73.0 - goal weight by the end of the month: 71.0
3. Get my yearly steps back to goal, which means around 80K to 100K a week
07/07: 73.0
08/07: 72.9 - there we go This evening after work, I have a dental appointment. This will certainly help with overeating today !
09/07: 73.0
10/07: 73.0
11/07: 73.0
12/07: 73.0
13/07: 73.0
14/07: 73.0
15/07: 73.21 -
July 15th half way through the month. Work the most stressful it’s been in a very very long time. Stress eating through the roof. CW 126.5 — up a pound. But manageable. I didn’t post last week because it was even higher! Yikes!tgillies003 wrote: »5’5”
CW 125.6
Life GW 120
Covid GW don’t gain
Goals for July:
1 continue the Beachbody 21 Day Fix Real Time Extreme do a second round of extreme real time
2 exercise at least 5 days per week
3 one hour walk at least 6 days per week
4 reduce stress eating — works been a little more stressful than usual.
Also stupidly bruised a rib last Saturday, so exercise routine has been reduced. Taking today as a rest day.
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5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
May GW: 140
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
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2 EW 143.4
May SW ???? EW 143.6
June SW143.6 EW 143.8
So, apparently I've learned to maintain fairly well. Had to do pics with one of my horses and I'm not thrilled, time to tighten things back up. Right now, I've been struggling to find the motivation to log consistently. I'm grateful for this group keeping me accountable because my giveadarn is not really working. I even quit weighing in every morning - which for me, makes a difference.
Goals - keeping it super simple right now
1. Be consistent - weigh in and food
2. Get to the 130s - this is past the point of ridiculous
July 1 - 142.6day/144.0ave
July 2 - 146.0 - I made stir fry chicken last night and I think it's maybe all the sodium in the soy? Weird, highest weight I've had in ages and I didn't eat badly yesterday. Lots of water today and shaking it off.
July 6 - 148.6 - Obviously I over-celebrated the wknd. I seem to blow up with water weight when I get dehydrated and too much junk food. Rode out in the mountains yesterday for about 6 hours. Such fun! Decent start today, got up at 5:30 and worked one horse before work. Cool & crisp - sunrise is one of my favorite times to be outdoors. Using this Monday as a fresh start!
July 7 - 148.4 - one step at a time. Yesterday I did well on food, kept it at 1200. Last week I got lazy and ate out for lunch - hubby was in town so I ate whatever I picked up for him...and then inhaled dinner + snacks.. I'm paying for it now. Good start today - up at 5 and rode before work. The more I stay outdoors, the better I do with food.
July 8 - 148.0 - yesterday wasn't as good as it should've been foodwise. Hubby showed up at work to take me to lunch... so there went my plan of a protein bar. Made shrimp/steak fajitas for dinner - I skipped the sour cream, cheese so it wasn't too bad. I still feel really bloated and ugh. Started back on vit d today, realized I've gotten out of the habit of taking it every morning. Decent start today - up at 5:30 and rode till 7 so at least I got in some exercise before coming to the office to sit on my butt all day. I swear desk jobs are the absolute worst.
July 9 - 147.0 - At least things are going the right direction. Rode a bit last night and made it up this morning for an hour riding before coming to the office. Funny how much more mindful being careful to log my food makes me.
July 10 - 145.2 - Better! Yesterday felt so much better. I feel like I'm about back to my 'start point' for the month...but at least I have 20 days left to work on goals.
July 11 - 143.2
July 13 - 145.6 - long hot busy weekend, pasta for dinner - I really should avoid the stuff.
July 14 - 145.4 - didn't eat the greatest yesterday, but within bounds. Rode for 3 hours - beautiful evening. Worked at the barn for an hour this morning before work. I've been struggling to stay hydrated and get enough sleep. Trying to work on that.
July 15 - 144.4 - yesterday was better...back to having a protein bar for lunch and trying to cook a decent dinner. Got in an hour of riding before work and worked in my garden for an hour later.
We're basically back on lockdown in NM.... I'm beyond irritated, there's no common sense being applied to it. One of my biggest motivators is being competitive with my horses. I've sent one horse to TX so that he can continue being hauled to events to he'll be ready for me to run next year. We were supposed to have a show this wknd so I've been prepping another 4 yo for that - but it's canceled. Horse events are outdoors, and everyone naturally socially distances - I don't mind wearing a mask if requested while at a competition......but our gov is on the warhunt and sending the state cops to everything.......however, it's still safe to go to Wal-Mart, Lowes, Home Depot & protesting is perfectly safe (according to her). We had huge BLM protests all over downtown with most people not following covid guidelines.... so now we're shut down. I've been so frustrated that it's not been easy to stay on track with exercise/diet/riding - since we're not allowed to do anything anyway. One day at a time... just one day at a time..2 -
2 week update! Let's rock the rest of the month gals! and Cayenne if we don't get this pandemic under control it's just going to get more and more locked down. Texas SHOULD be locked down (IMO) but I guess that's not economically or psychologically palatable to anyone so it's individual choice at this point. Our cases are scary rising and it is not more tests as hospitals, ICUs and ventilators are filling up. This was yesterday and I won't feel comfortable doing anything until we get back to the Mar/Apr #s. And to those who say - but the death rate isn't so bad I hope that we have some better ideas on treatments to help with that but we all know the death rate lags the ICU and Vent stats. And apparently even if you don't die from it, the disease could possibly have awful long term debilitary effects. Stay safe out there. Sorry for the rant but below is terrifying to me and if it is NOT to you, then go visit a covid hospital ASAP.
#1 GET OFF THE ROLLERCOASTER
what this means is that I need to quit always worrying about did I gain a pound or two and lately I have found that I am tending instead of eating at a nice steady pace I am either binging or restricting more and more. It's a no win zero sum game so my plan is to just eat to my TDEE and log consistantly
week 1*pretty consistent not restricting or binging but I think a little light to TDEE at avg in of 1678 so will gradually increase . Closed diary every day.
week 2*again pretty consistent staying off the roller coaster. Closing diary daily. Increased avg intake to about 1722 which might still be a little under TDEE . The heat has really been tough this week and hard to stay hydrated.
#2 800 active calories per day (Apple watch) goal.
This should NOT be difficult and I hope for it to energize me. My avg since I got my watch in late Dec last year is 817 per day and my average in June was 791 but May was 866 so I have felt like my activity trend is going the wrong direction.
week 1 *averaged 967 active minutes. Success but it's not a steady rate and today again with just walking may be hard to reach the 800 but NO EXCUSES...
week 2 *averaged 902 active cals per day so still exceeding the goal! Week 3 here we go. 1 -
kerstenk141 wrote: »36yo | 5;5"
Currently- Weight: 130lbs
- Waist: 28.5"
- Arms: 12"
- Hips: 39.5"
JULY GOALS- Continue with my current 6-week workout plan (currently on week 3) with a focus on form and lifting heavier
- Not be afraid to consume more calories - supposed to eat 1600 daily but currently scared to go over 1400
- Dont forget to stretch
- Walk the puppers more cause he needs to work out too
Week of July 12- Weight: 128lbs
- Waist: 28.5"
- Arms: 12"
- Hips: 39"
JULY GOALS- Havent skipped a workout, been lifting heavier and going to failure on my last sets. I feel like jello...
- Have gone over 1400 calories regularly. Hoping by the end of the month to reach 1500.
- I suck at stretching...well I suck at putting in the time do it anyways.
- Doggo gets in atleast 1 walk a day been trying for 2 cause I love his smile when I ask, "Walk?"
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5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
May GW: 140
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
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2 EW 143.4
May SW ???? EW 143.6
June SW143.6 EW 143.8
So, apparently I've learned to maintain fairly well. Had to do pics with one of my horses and I'm not thrilled, time to tighten things back up. Right now, I've been struggling to find the motivation to log consistently. I'm grateful for this group keeping me accountable because my giveadarn is not really working. I even quit weighing in every morning - which for me, makes a difference.
Goals - keeping it super simple right now
1. Be consistent - weigh in and food
2. Get to the 130s - this is past the point of ridiculous
July 1 - 142.6day/144.0ave
July 2 - 146.0 - I made stir fry chicken last night and I think it's maybe all the sodium in the soy? Weird, highest weight I've had in ages and I didn't eat badly yesterday. Lots of water today and shaking it off.
July 6 - 148.6 - Obviously I over-celebrated the wknd. I seem to blow up with water weight when I get dehydrated and too much junk food. Rode out in the mountains yesterday for about 6 hours. Such fun! Decent start today, got up at 5:30 and worked one horse before work. Cool & crisp - sunrise is one of my favorite times to be outdoors. Using this Monday as a fresh start!
July 7 - 148.4 - one step at a time. Yesterday I did well on food, kept it at 1200. Last week I got lazy and ate out for lunch - hubby was in town so I ate whatever I picked up for him...and then inhaled dinner + snacks.. I'm paying for it now. Good start today - up at 5 and rode before work. The more I stay outdoors, the better I do with food.
July 8 - 148.0 - yesterday wasn't as good as it should've been foodwise. Hubby showed up at work to take me to lunch... so there went my plan of a protein bar. Made shrimp/steak fajitas for dinner - I skipped the sour cream, cheese so it wasn't too bad. I still feel really bloated and ugh. Started back on vit d today, realized I've gotten out of the habit of taking it every morning. Decent start today - up at 5:30 and rode till 7 so at least I got in some exercise before coming to the office to sit on my butt all day. I swear desk jobs are the absolute worst.
July 9 - 147.0 - At least things are going the right direction. Rode a bit last night and made it up this morning for an hour riding before coming to the office. Funny how much more mindful being careful to log my food makes me.
July 10 - 145.2 - Better! Yesterday felt so much better. I feel like I'm about back to my 'start point' for the month...but at least I have 20 days left to work on goals.
July 11 - 143.2
July 13 - 145.6 - long hot busy weekend, pasta for dinner - I really should avoid the stuff.
July 14 - 145.4 - didn't eat the greatest yesterday, but within bounds. Rode for 3 hours - beautiful evening. Worked at the barn for an hour this morning before work. I've been struggling to stay hydrated and get enough sleep. Trying to work on that.
July 15 - 144.4 - yesterday was better...back to having a protein bar for lunch and trying to cook a decent dinner. Got in an hour of riding before work and worked in my garden for an hour later.
July 16 - 144.0 - Better!1 -
5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
May GW: 140
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
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2 EW 143.4
May SW ???? EW 143.6
June SW143.6 EW 143.8
So, apparently I've learned to maintain fairly well. Had to do pics with one of my horses and I'm not thrilled, time to tighten things back up. Right now, I've been struggling to find the motivation to log consistently. I'm grateful for this group keeping me accountable because my giveadarn is not really working. I even quit weighing in every morning - which for me, makes a difference.
Goals - keeping it super simple right now
1. Be consistent - weigh in and food
2. Get to the 130s - this is past the point of ridiculous
July 1 - 142.6day/144.0ave
July 2 - 146.0 - I made stir fry chicken last night and I think it's maybe all the sodium in the soy? Weird, highest weight I've had in ages and I didn't eat badly yesterday. Lots of water today and shaking it off.
July 6 - 148.6 - Obviously I over-celebrated the wknd. I seem to blow up with water weight when I get dehydrated and too much junk food. Rode out in the mountains yesterday for about 6 hours. Such fun! Decent start today, got up at 5:30 and worked one horse before work. Cool & crisp - sunrise is one of my favorite times to be outdoors. Using this Monday as a fresh start!
July 7 - 148.4 - one step at a time. Yesterday I did well on food, kept it at 1200. Last week I got lazy and ate out for lunch - hubby was in town so I ate whatever I picked up for him...and then inhaled dinner + snacks.. I'm paying for it now. Good start today - up at 5 and rode before work. The more I stay outdoors, the better I do with food.
July 8 - 148.0 - yesterday wasn't as good as it should've been foodwise. Hubby showed up at work to take me to lunch... so there went my plan of a protein bar. Made shrimp/steak fajitas for dinner - I skipped the sour cream, cheese so it wasn't too bad. I still feel really bloated and ugh. Started back on vit d today, realized I've gotten out of the habit of taking it every morning. Decent start today - up at 5:30 and rode till 7 so at least I got in some exercise before coming to the office to sit on my butt all day. I swear desk jobs are the absolute worst.
July 9 - 147.0 - At least things are going the right direction. Rode a bit last night and made it up this morning for an hour riding before coming to the office. Funny how much more mindful being careful to log my food makes me.
July 10 - 145.2 - Better! Yesterday felt so much better. I feel like I'm about back to my 'start point' for the month...but at least I have 20 days left to work on goals.
July 11 - 143.2
July 13 - 145.6 - long hot busy weekend, pasta for dinner - I really should avoid the stuff.
July 14 - 145.4 - didn't eat the greatest yesterday, but within bounds. Rode for 3 hours - beautiful evening. Worked at the barn for an hour this morning before work. I've been struggling to stay hydrated and get enough sleep. Trying to work on that.
July 15 - 144.4 - yesterday was better...back to having a protein bar for lunch and trying to cook a decent dinner. Got in an hour of riding before work and worked in my garden for an hour later.
July 16 - 144.0 - Better!
July 17 - 144.2 - yesterday was great, I feel like I'm finally clicking back into better habits.2 -
47, 5’2”
CW:112.0
GW: 107
CBF: 21.4 %
Goal BF%: 19%
Goal #1: Eat Protein rich dinner
Goal #2: Limit drinks on weekend!
Goal #3: Continue OTF 6x week
Goal #4: Burst mini workouts as long as I work from home (word is going back 7/13:/)
Goal #5: Don't Stress!!
** take self progress pics.
09/30 109.6, 19.6%
10/30 108, 19.1%
11/27 108.4, 19.4%
12/31 112, 20.6%
01/31 110.2, 20.1%
02/28 107.6, 18.9%
03/30 110 19%
04/30 110, 19.9%
05/30 111.4, 20.4%
06/30 112, 21%
07/1 112, 21.4%
07/7 112.4 20.4%
07/17 113.6 ??
Got back from Michigan! It was AMAZING! So much fun! (pics from the trip)
I'm a little tired but ready to get back to normal life. Working from office doesn't allow mini workouts anymore and it's too hot for a lunch run. (no shower) I just have to wait till after work OTF's. (They don't have 6:45pm classes everyday either
) I guess I will just have to swim!
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What gorgeous pictures Weatherking!!! tough to get back into the office eh?
July seems to be flying by and I will admit week 1 was totally active. Week 2 not so much but this week I seem to be doing ok with the runs and such. Getting up a little earlier to work out helps somewhat. And also "new shoes"
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!2 -
My goals this month:
1. Get off the rollercoaster - consistency in eating and moving around. Not going from restricting to much one day to overeating the next, being a Netflix binger on Saturday and walking 25K on Sunday.
2. Current weight: 73.0 - goal weight by the end of the month: 71.0
3. Get my yearly steps back to goal, which means around 80K to 100K a week
07/07: 73.0
08/07: 72.9 - there we go This evening after work, I have a dental appointment. This will certainly help with overeating today !
09/07: 73.0
10/07: 73.0
11/07: 73.0
12/07: 73.0
13/07: 73.0
14/07: 73.0
15/07: 73.2
---- didn't weigh for some days----
20/07: 72.9
Well, last week was crazy, with working full time, a dinner date with an former colleague, a mini concert with hubby. In between I also managed to squeeze in an appointment for my frozen shoulder and I got a cortisone shot that left me almost paralyzed on one side for 2 days- hubby had to help me dress and undress, so there was only one option after work and that was the couch.
Luckily, by the weekend the pain ebbed away, and I managed to do a long walk on Saturday and a dive yesterday.
All in all, I'm glad I even managed to lose a bit. Up to a better week now !
@weatherking2019 : you look so happy in that pic !
@cayenne_007 : I get it that it sucks and the whole approach (world wide) is dividing people. We'll have no choice but to suck it up and be ultra cautious until we have a vaccine I'm afraid.1 -
Wow, I feel like I found a group with people who similarly need to lose some weight while already being within a healthy range! I've been on a weight loss journey for the past 2 months now, and would like to join this thread as I wrap up my weight loss and go into maintenance!
For some background, I'm 20 years old and was in great shape about 4-5 years ago, before I developed binge eating disorder due to a restrictive past/bad coping habits and slowly gained about 40 pounds. 2 years ago, I finally got my BED into control and focused on recovery through therapy and no restriction. Since now I am in a better mindset to watch what I eat and be in a deficit, I finally decided to lose some of the pounds I gained because of my BED. Quarantine has helped me develop healthier lifestyle habits, and I am finally getting back to the weights that I feel the best in! I like to log some weekly sentiments, non-scale goals, and maybe some mini-food diaries for myself to be accountable and also reflect on this journey.
What I'm good about: exercising (I do HIIT/pilates 6 days a week and run 3-4 miles once a week), intermittent fasting, sticking to my calories
What I'm bad about: cheat meals once a week that would be wayyy overboard (not binges, but definitely overeating), not getting enough protein (I'm a vegetarian who loves eating starches like sweet potatoes and oatmeal)
Goals to improve: a "maintenance" day once a week instead of having an untracked cheat meal, hitting 60-70g of protein a day!
Height: 159 cm (so 5'2.5)
HW: (Dec of 2019) 132
SW (May 17th): 124.8
May 24th: 124.8
June 1st: 121.9
June 10th: 120.7
June 19th: 119.4
July 1st: 119.1
July 6th: 117.9
July 11th: 116.7
July 20th: 117.2 (hopefully can log a loss this week)
GW by July 31st: 115 lbs! (115.5 is fine too)
Ultimate GW: 110-112 lbs
Looking forward to reading all of your posts and updates!4 -
5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
May GW: 140
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
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2 EW 143.4
May SW ???? EW 143.6
June SW143.6 EW 143.8
So, apparently I've learned to maintain fairly well. Had to do pics with one of my horses and I'm not thrilled, time to tighten things back up. Right now, I've been struggling to find the motivation to log consistently. I'm grateful for this group keeping me accountable because my giveadarn is not really working. I even quit weighing in every morning - which for me, makes a difference.
Goals - keeping it super simple right now
1. Be consistent - weigh in and food
2. Get to the 130s - this is past the point of ridiculous
July 1 - 142.6day/144.0ave
July 2 - 146.0 - I made stir fry chicken last night and I think it's maybe all the sodium in the soy? Weird, highest weight I've had in ages and I didn't eat badly yesterday. Lots of water today and shaking it off.
July 6 - 148.6 - Obviously I over-celebrated the wknd. I seem to blow up with water weight when I get dehydrated and too much junk food. Rode out in the mountains yesterday for about 6 hours. Such fun! Decent start today, got up at 5:30 and worked one horse before work. Cool & crisp - sunrise is one of my favorite times to be outdoors. Using this Monday as a fresh start!
July 7 - 148.4 - one step at a time. Yesterday I did well on food, kept it at 1200. Last week I got lazy and ate out for lunch - hubby was in town so I ate whatever I picked up for him...and then inhaled dinner + snacks.. I'm paying for it now. Good start today - up at 5 and rode before work. The more I stay outdoors, the better I do with food.
July 8 - 148.0 - yesterday wasn't as good as it should've been foodwise. Hubby showed up at work to take me to lunch... so there went my plan of a protein bar. Made shrimp/steak fajitas for dinner - I skipped the sour cream, cheese so it wasn't too bad. I still feel really bloated and ugh. Started back on vit d today, realized I've gotten out of the habit of taking it every morning. Decent start today - up at 5:30 and rode till 7 so at least I got in some exercise before coming to the office to sit on my butt all day. I swear desk jobs are the absolute worst.
July 9 - 147.0 - At least things are going the right direction. Rode a bit last night and made it up this morning for an hour riding before coming to the office. Funny how much more mindful being careful to log my food makes me.
July 10 - 145.2 - Better! Yesterday felt so much better. I feel like I'm about back to my 'start point' for the month...but at least I have 20 days left to work on goals.
July 11 - 143.2
July 13 - 145.6 - long hot busy weekend, pasta for dinner - I really should avoid the stuff.
July 14 - 145.4 - didn't eat the greatest yesterday, but within bounds. Rode for 3 hours - beautiful evening. Worked at the barn for an hour this morning before work. I've been struggling to stay hydrated and get enough sleep. Trying to work on that.
July 15 - 144.4 - yesterday was better...back to having a protein bar for lunch and trying to cook a decent dinner. Got in an hour of riding before work and worked in my garden for an hour later.
July 16 - 144.0 - Better!
July 17 - 144.2 - yesterday was great, I feel like I'm finally clicking back into better habits.
July 20 - 143.6 - long busy weekend, but I took some time on Sat to steal a nap. I think I've been fighting exhaustion both physically and mentally. Lots of riding and working on my garden.... Trying to make a plan for healthy snacks to pack for a quick trip to CO to hang out with family - I'm determined not to blow my progress this time with junk food.4 -
47, 5’2”
CW:112.0
GW: 107
CBF: 21.4 %
Goal BF%: 19%
Goal #1: Eat Protein rich dinner
Goal #2: Limit drinks on weekend!
Goal #3: Continue OTF 6x week
Goal #4: Burst mini workouts as long as I work from home (word is going back 7/13:/)
Goal #5: Don't Stress!!
** take self progress pics.
09/30 109.6, 19.6%
10/30 108, 19.1%
11/27 108.4, 19.4%
12/31 112, 20.6%
01/31 110.2, 20.1%
02/28 107.6, 18.9%
03/30 110 19%
04/30 110, 19.9%
05/30 111.4, 20.4%
06/30 112, 21%
07/1 112, 21.4%
07/7 112.4 20.4%
07/17 113.6 ??
07/21 112.4, 20.4%
OK, this morning, I am at pre vacation.
I'm on that Atkin soup diet this week and so far so good. I made a batch and it's in my fridge in mason jars so I can pick 1 to go (lunch) and keep track for dinner.
I went to OTF 3 days in a row and tonight is an OFF day as they don't have 6:45 class. If it's not raining, I am going trail walking. Got my man back on the diet too. He's on day 2, I packed him a big salad and snacks.
I am hoping to see a dent at the end of the month!2 -
ME:
30y * 5'9" * Weight goal: 63kg (138,89lbs)
JULY GOALS- Keep up the good workout routine with focus on glutes
- Stick to IF and do some longer fasts again (even though at home it's super difficult)
- Push through instead of constantly going up-down with good and bad days
- Start logging again
WEIGHT - 7 day averages
06 July: 70kg
08 July: 68.1kg
21 July: 70.4kg
Hahaaa *kitten*! Need a new fast to reset again! This has not been the best of months so far... Wrong mindset for food, dropping workouts and runs.... And worst of all: I don't seem to mind as much anymore. Getting into a very dangerous "shrug" attitude towards the scale.
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31 years old. mom of 2. 5'1"
SW May 2020: 184lbs
SW: July 1st 170.6
July 5th 168.8lbs
July 10th 167.7
July 15th 167.5
July 20th 166
July 22nd 164.6
GW by July 31st 163lbs3 -
Slowly getting to my goal! I am in the very beginning of "reverse dieting" now to inch towards my "ultimate" goal and preparing myself for higher calories. I'm also upping my protein and hit 80+ grams yesterday which is very rare for me (I've been averaging about 50 g/day...and that's with my efforts of adding egg whites and eating yogurts!)
I just did a 45 minute HIIT and felt energized throughout the workout; I think even the small calorie boost I've been doing has been working! I've also been seeing a lot of videos about metabolism and metabolic damage so I'm eager to get out of the recommended 1200 cal range. My actual 500 cal deficit is around 1050 cals, which is kind of scary. I exercise around 60 min/day moderate impact so I'm going to experiment and see how my weight loss is affected by a gradual increase of cals (especially from protein).
Height: 159 cm (5'2.5)
HW: (Dec of 2019) 132
SW (May 17th): 124.8
June 19th: 119.4
July 1st: 119.1
July 6th: 117.9
July 11th: 116.7
July 22nd: 116.3
GW by July 31st: 115 lbs
Ultimate GW for September: 110-112 lbs range
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@my4570 you should definitely aim to increase your protein.
https://verywellfit.com/protein-recommendations-for-exercise-1229792The general guidelines for endurance and strength-trained athletes from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, and the American College of Sports Medicine suggest consuming between 1.2 and 2 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight for the best performance and health.3 -
23 July Update: Starting to review goals and assess what August will be. Love having these monthly threads. Thank you everyone.
One thing that motivates me in the summertime is that I do get my 15 minutes of sunbathing in a few times a week and I like that at 60+ I can enjoy a 2 pc.
Not that I would go out in public in it. 
#1 GET OFF THE ROLLERCOASTER
what this means is that I need to quit always worrying about did I gain a pound or two and lately I have found that I am tending instead of eating at a nice steady pace I am either binging or restricting more and more. It's a no win zero sum game so my plan is to just eat to my TDEE and log consistantly - one thing that is helping also is to close out my diary. Not sure if I will continue that in August but so far it appears to help motivate me a little to stay consistent.
week 1*pretty consistent not restricting or binging but I think a little light to TDEE at avg in of 1678 so will gradually increase . Closed diary every day.
week 2*again pretty consistent staying off the roller coaster. Closing diary daily. Increased avg intake to about 1722 which might still be a little under TDEE . The heat has really been tough this week and hard to stay hydrated.
week 3* completed and staying off the rollercoaster so far.
#2 800 active calories per day (Apple watch) goal.
This should NOT be difficult and I hope for it to energize me. My avg since I got my watch in late Dec last year is 817 per day and my average in June was 791 but May was 866 so I have felt like my activity trend is going the wrong direction.
week 1 *averaged 967 active minutes. Success but it's not a steady rate and today again with just walking may be hard to reach the 800 but NO EXCUSES...
week 2 *averaged 902 active cals per day so still exceeding the goal! Week 3 here we go.
week 3* averaged 927 per day but admit that I have had a day or so under the 800. I felt really weak on Sun so I just could not manage to run or meet the goal. Have to churn with things and be flexible I guess. Back on track this week and still managed to improve from week 2 anyway.2 -
@SummerSkier, WHY NOT go in public in your bikini!? You look AMAZING!1
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thank you Weatherking but let's just say gravity is not my best friend after 60. LOL. Lying down is great of course.3
