TEAM: The Big Butt Theory (March)
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JMTIV1979
Sat Week 4
PW: 176.6
CW: 176.64 -
@richmondwriter I have no idea how I managed setting it up with minimal help from my husband. He held up the base for me so I could attach some parts, but I pretty much did the rest. I am glad you are enjoying your new clothes as well! I love getting things that help motivate me or make me feel good about myself to workout! I hope you are getting a lot of use out of them!2
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3/27/2021
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: Yes - 30 min elliptical
Water: 135.2
Steps: 7,051
@richmondwriter thank you! I’m trying so hard to get under 190 lol2 -
3/27/21
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 9,975
Water: 135.2oz2 -
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Robandy12345
Friday
Last week 209
This week 209
Documented 5 of 7
Hard week got my second vaccine.5 -
user name = maryc11
Date = Saturday March 27, 2021
Tracked = Yes
Exercise = Yes
Under = Yes
Water = 110 oz
Steps = 13,5021 -
3/27/2021
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Water: 80
Steps: 69371 -
Saturday 27 March
Track: no
Under: no
Exercise: yes
Water: 68 oz
Steps: 11,1821 -
MUAC for 3/27:
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercised: yes - 3.1 miles with the pup1 -
aquitteriamnot wrote: »aquitteriamnot
March week 4
Sat
PW:311.0
CW:310.1
Yay - congrats on your loss!1 -
3/27/21
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Water: 5 cups2 -
3/28/21
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 11,279
Water: 149.4
I definitely am getting back in the groove! I had more steps yesterday and today than I usually get on any weekend. I also set up a running training program on my garmin, and like how it is set up so far. I did a small 2 minute warm up, five minutes of jogging, and 2 minutes cool down as a "benchmark run" yesterday. I selected Sundays as my "long run", and ran a little over two miles today, but was alternating 3-4minutes jogging with 1 minute walking. I also managed to stay under my calorie goal this weekend with only one sweet treat(cookie dough).
I was noticing how much fitbit inflated my calorie burns (I would get 1,000+ added calories on days I got roughly 9,000 steps but no exercise). Today, with over 11,000 and exercise, I got a little over 500 added calories. It's interesting to see what my results will be like, with my new gadgets. Hopefully I will be able to get myself out of the 160s soon!
I tried uploading a picture of the dinner I made today, but I'm having a problem with uploading here! I made sheet pan sausage and veggies. I tried a smoked chicken and apple sausage and it was pretty good! I usually just use regular Italian sausage, but this was a nice change!6 -
user name = maryc11
Date = Sunday March 28, 2021 5:52PM
Tracked = Yes
Exercise = Yes
Under = Yes
Water = 68 oz
Steps = 6,7313 -
Jm216
Sunday weigh in
PW 207.2
CW 207.0
Jill👍1 -
3/28/2021
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: No. rest day
Water: 101.4
Steps: 5,0762 -
Sunday 28 March
Track: yes
Under: no
Exercise: no, rest day
Water: 64 oz
Steps: 30682 -
MUAC for 3/28:
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercised: yes - 2 miles with the pup2 -
3/28/2021
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Water: 80
Steps: 85682 -
@HASWLRS thanks for my shout out! the words were very true😊
@cmhubbard92 glad you’re getting back on track. I actually can really relate to you and you’re circumstances. We’ve been doing this a looooohhhooong time together. Then we both went thru the process of planning a wedding. I even got a new treadmill a few weeks ago! (Although it took us 3 hours to put together, my husband was the mechanic while I was the “hold-‘er-up’er”) I was planning the wedding pretty much in my sister-in-law/bestie’s footsteps since she lives up north. I know as a bride you had to have added emotion, budget and everyone’s happiness to your shoulders. It was one thing after another and everything required tasty food because Hey!! We’re celebrating right?? I was struggling with motivation ever since! Those are the moments I typically throw in the towel.. abandon MFP entirely, and I almost did just that, but then it seemed like one after the other, people were asking for my help.
-My daughter’s friend; she came to me pretty much in tears, hoping to get some sort of encouragement in what I did and how I did it because she can’t seem to stop gaining weight.. she’s 16.
-My other bestie, who lives in Florida with me, has a nurse-friend our age who just had a heart attack, which scared us both and caused her to look at her unhealthy lifestyle more closely. I’ve since been texting her daily and FaceTiming her every Monday(I swear nurses struggle the worst when it comes to eating habits and are constantly pushing the most indulgent food on each other) I actually don’t know if I can help her as I have only been able to stay on this journey so long because I’m not faced with a ton of temptation on a daily basis.
-lastly, my VERY stubborn husband finally said to me “Let’s do this YOUR way because I have got to stop gaining weight, or start smoking again” and we both know that’s not an option. You see, my father-in-law who lives in Tennessee has been in and out of the hospital/ICU with a nasty infection in his leg. In order to prevent an amputation the doctors were pumping him full of antibiotics. But now he’s back in ICU fighting for his life as his kidneys are shutting down. He is scheduled to be released to go home with a hospice nurse. It’s sad but I do say the words “fighting for his life” very loosely because he has diabetes, Congestive Heart Failure, kidneys failure, an infection in his leg, the works, but my husband and I know that right when he gets home he will undoubtedly pick up a cigarette and go right back to his 2 pack a day smoking habit and unfortunately that is the root of all the evils he’s currently battling, so ... my husband cannot go back to smoking. It ruled his life for years.. just the same as it has done to his step dad.
As I reflect, I realize that I can never go back to hiding in my old ways. I was a smoker too, it ruled me just the same. But nothing can control me quite like food can... once I let it. How tragic would that be, if after 3 years of learning how to eat and very sloooowwly losing 60 lbs if I turn right around and gained it all back in a matter of months??(with my overeating history, I know I am very capable of this)
There’s so many positive reasons to keep coming here, to keep logging and staying conscious of the foods I put in to my body.3 -
@Krysless2 I am sorry you are dealing with so much, back to back. We have definitely been going at this a long time! Everyone in this group has been so supportive throughout our journeys, and it really helps! I'm excited for your new treadmill as well! I hope you are getting whatever use out of it that you can!
Keep reminding yourself of your goal, and how you want to get there! I have lost and regained in the past, and that is why I'm actually happy (sometimes) that I've lost slowly this way, learning better methods.
Come back and check in with us more frequently, if you can! I think not posting had a huge effect on my lack of motivation. I am feeling better checking in with the team, and seeing what's going on with all of us!
*hugs*2
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