TEAM: The Big Butt Theory (April)
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cmhubbard92 wrote: »4/26/21
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 14,911
Water: 113.8oz
Goals:
Exercise 30 minutes each day:
S:✔ M:✔
Sleep a minimum of 7 hours
S: ✔ M:✔
Log/track all food, and complete diary daily S:✔ M:✔
Complete garmin step goal:
S: ✖(goal: 13,480) M:✔ (goal:12,990)
I went for a walk at the park after work with a friend. We walked the walking path, and then ventured into the woods to follow the route of an old trolley line. It was pretty and a flat trail. The dogs enjoyed it!
It looks like a bunch of trash, but it's old mink cages.
I am very disappointed in all the Stephen King haters here! I have been trying to get started on Dreamcatcher. I have to finish Spark of Light (Jodi Picoult) first.
I'm not a hater, just afraid of the dark. 😳
I really enjoyed Spark of Light.2 -
user name = maryc11
Date= Monday April 26, 2021 6:30PM
Tracked = Yes
Exercise = Yes
Under = Yes
Water = 52 oz
Steps = 7,0731 -
4/26/21
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes 60 min spin class
Steps: 6475
Water: 152.1oz1 -
DaffyGirl88 wrote: »cmhubbard92 wrote: »4/26/21
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 14,911
Water: 113.8oz
Goals:
Exercise 30 minutes each day:
S:✔ M:✔
Sleep a minimum of 7 hours
S: ✔ M:✔
Log/track all food, and complete diary daily S:✔ M:✔
Complete garmin step goal:
S: ✖(goal: 13,480) M:✔ (goal:12,990)
I went for a walk at the park after work with a friend. We walked the walking path, and then ventured into the woods to follow the route of an old trolley line. It was pretty and a flat trail. The dogs enjoyed it!
It looks like a bunch of trash, but it's old mink cages.
I am very disappointed in all the Stephen King haters here! I have been trying to get started on Dreamcatcher. I have to finish Spark of Light (Jodi Picoult) first.
I'm not a hater, just afraid of the dark. 😳
I really enjoyed Spark of Light.
@DaffyGirl88 I get it haha. I'm teasing
I'm having a REALLY hard time trying to get through it. I think this may be the first book of hers that I don't enjoy... I've been struggling to get myself to read it. 😒0 -
DaffyGirl88 wrote: »cmhubbard92 wrote: »@Krysless2 I read Jodi Picoults "Change of Heart" a few months back, and thought it was really good.
I would also suggest 'Salems Lot by Stephen King. A longer read, but worth it.
I can't read Stephen King *shudder*
@Krysless2 Anything by Jodi Picoult is good. Some things that I've read recently that I really enjoyed are:
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
There's a lot of variety in that list so there should be something you would enjoy. :-)
Excellent suggestions - I'm a fan of The Guest List and A Gentleman in Moscow as well! I haven't read the others but will have to check them out.0 -
Monday, April 26th
logged: yes
under: yes
exercise: yes, I did my knee exercises
steps: 9,376 (I went to work).
water: 12 cups
My husband had to be at work for 5:30 this morning, so he obviously went to bed earlier than I did. It was all I could do not to start snacking. When I am "working the program" I go to bed slightly hungry, so to make it work, I just need to go to bed!! Otherwise, I focus on that slightly hungry! It didn't help that Fitbit wasn't syncing last night, so even though I was 99% sure I was actually "under", it said I was 500 + in the red! That messes with my head, because usually 'red' signals that my day is screwed, and at that point I usually just decide to throw in the towel! But last night I did not!! Whoo hoo!!
My goal for today, again, is to do my knee exercises. And I am already sitting here thinking up excuses of why I will not do them!3 -
It's gotten quiet around here....
@murdog3t @thedestar @rawrxamberx
We haven't heard from you in a while...hope you're doing okay.
@erikNJ
How is your back feeling these days?
@annabananamc
How are you feeling today? Your Monday started out really great....I hope it ended the same way.
@JMTiv1979
Have you been able to park "holiday mode"? I know how difficult that can be!
@aquitteriamnot
Hope you are having a better day today, and that you are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.3 -
27th April
logged food: yes
under calories: yes
exercise: yes
water: 87oz1 -
4/26/21
Tracked: yes
Under: no
Exercise: yes
Steps: 13,219
Water: 132oz
Goals:
Exercise 30 minutes each day:
S:✔ M:✔ T:✔
Sleep a minimum of 7 hours
S: ✔ M:✔ T:✖(6hr 50 min
)
Log/track all food, and complete diary daily S:✔ M:✔ T:✔
Complete garmin step goal:
S: ✖(goal: 13,480) M:✔ (goal:12,990) T:✔ (goal: 13,190)1 -
Mon, April 26th
Week 4 - Day 2
Track - Yes
Under Cals - Yes
Exercise - Yes
Caloric Goal: 1650/Daily = 11550/Weekly
Step Goal: 8000/Daily = 56000/Weekly
👟Challenges💧
96oz
13465 Steps
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@HASWLRS - thanks for asking. Monday didn't end too badly, but at the very end of the workday our exec. director called a meeting for today at 1:30pm and my program manager asked me to do the show and tell slides and screenshare for our courses - yikes!
Today I also got my first haircut since 2018 and it made things go a lot better!
For the books, I LOVED a Gentleman in Moscow, and anything by Fredrik Backman. Most recently I read Anxious People and I think it's my favorite, so far.
My book club also read the most weirdly beautiful book last year that I recommend if you like weirdly beautiful books - The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern(she wrote Night Circus) I'm reading a book now by someone I heard on a Podcast with Brene Brown - the book is The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor2 -
4/27/21
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes 30 min elliptical
Steps: 5372
Water: 152.1oz2 -
user name = maryc11
Date= Tuesday April 27, 2021 7:15PM
Tracked = Yes
Exercise = Yes
Under = Yes
Water = 68 oz
Steps = 7,2442 -
Tues, April 27th
Week 4 - Day 3
Track - Yes
Under Cals - Yes 1521
Exercise - Yes
Caloric Goal: 1650/Daily = 11550/Weekly
Step Goal: 8000/Daily = 56000/Weekly
👟Challenges💧
79oz
8962 Steps1 -
Tuesday, April 27th
logged: yes
under: yes
exercise: yes, my knee exercises
water: yes, 12 cups
steps: 8,254
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@annabananamc A well deserved haircut, for sure! Glad the show and tell went well!
Thanks to all of the readers here that have posted book suggestions. I have taken notes. Right now I am reading books by Alafair Burke, but I am pretty close to having read all of the ones that my library has to offer. I don't like buying books, because I will not reread them, and then they just end up taking up space and collecting dust. I saw "The Guest List" recommended somewhere else, so that may be the first one I seek out after I am done what I am currently reading.0 -
Username: rawrxamberx
Week: April week #4
Day: Wednesday
PW: 308.2
CW: 310
This week has just been so nuts! I really hate that I let myself get so up and down with my eating. I really need to take back the control that I had before. Cuz lately I’ve felt so miserable and it’s probably due to the fact that I’m not trying as hard as I should be. Controlling binge eating is so hard. Especially when the urges are so high. Idk how many can relate to this, but I think it’s one of the reasons why my whole life I struggled with weight.2 -
MINI ULTIMATE ACCOUNTABILITY CHALLENGE - APRIL WEEK #3
(Sunday the 18th to Saturday the 24th)
Winner's Circle - 6 or 7 "yes" days
@cmhubbard92 (7)
@maryc11 (6)
@mooreshelly09 (6)
Notable Effort - 4 or 5 "yes" days
@DaffyGirl88 (5)
@Krysless2 (5)
@roz0810 (5)
Attempted
@murdog3t (3)
@richmondwriter (1)
@HASWLRS (1)
Shelly jumped back into the Winner's Circle this week after having put in a Notable Effort last week. Mary and Christine have made it three weeks in a row in the Winner's Circle! Can they make it four?? Stay tuned....4 -
Prehistoricmoongoddess
Wednesday
LW 138.2lbs
CW 137.2lbs
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prehistoricmoongoddess wrote: »Prehistoricmoongoddess
Wednesday
LW 138.2lbs
CW 137.2lbs
@prehistoricmoongoddess Well done!! And now on the heels of your success, I am inspired to go do some knee exercises!!1 -
I accidentally dated yesterday's post as 4/26. I've corrected itcmhubbard92 wrote: »4/27/21
Tracked: yes
Under: no
Exercise: yes
Steps: 13,219
Water: 132oz
Goals:
Exercise 30 minutes each day:
S:✔ M:✔ T:✔
Sleep a minimum of 7 hours
S: ✔ M:✔ T:✖(6hr 50 min )
Log/track all food, and complete diary daily S:✔ M:✔ T:✔
Complete garmin step goal:
S: ✖(goal: 13,480) M:✔ (goal:12,990) T:✔ (goal: 13,190)
4/28/21
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 23,604
Water: 136oz
Goals:
Exercise 30 minutes each day:
S:✔ M:✔ T:✔ W:✔
Sleep a minimum of 7 hours
S: ✔ M:✔ T:✖(6hr 50 min ) W:✔
Log/track all food, and complete diary daily S:✔ M:✔ T:✔ W:✔
Complete garmin step goal:
S: ✖(goal: 13,480) M:✔ (goal:12,990) T:✔ (goal: 13,190) W:✔ (goal: 13,210)
3mi run before work, 3.6mi hike after work with a friend, and ~20min yoga today. I started Julia Marie's 30 Day Yoga for weight loss.1 -
user name = maryc11
Date = Wednesday April 28, 2021 6:30PM
Tracked = Yes
Exercise = Yes
Under = Yes
Water = 68 oz
Steps = 2,500
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4/28/21
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes 60 min Zumba
Steps: 11,714
Water: 110.7oz1 -
Wed, April 28th
Week 4 - Day 4
Track - Yes
Under Cals - No 1751
Exercise - Yes
Caloric Goal: 1650/Daily = 11550/Weekly
Step Goal: 8000/Daily = 56000/Weekly
👟Challenges💧
120oz
7162 Steps1 -
28th April
logged food: yes
under calories: yes
exercise: yes
water: 80oz1 -
Username: roz0810
Weigh In Day: Thursday
PW: 252.4
CW: 255.6
Time to get serious again!2 -
Wednesday, April 28th
logged: yes
under: yes
exercise: yes, knee exercises and physio
steps: 8,202
water: yes, 12 cups0 -
@rawrxamberx and @roz0810
You have both mentioned that you have not been as serious as you need to be about losing weight in the past couple of weeks or so. Now, then, is the time to reexamine your actions and your thoughts and to come up with a plan for the new month. Think about the types of exercises that you like to do, or ones that you feel really good about doing, and then make a schedule to incorporate them into your day or your week. Think about the types of healthy foods that you enjoy eating that make you feel satisfied and put them on your grocery list. And keep your kitchen well stocked so that the need to order takeout because there is "nothing to eat" or "nothing good to eat" is not there. Conversely, any trigger foods that you just cannot eat in moderation need to not be on that list or in your pantry. And then you need to think about your "whys". Really think about them. Why have you not been as serious lately as you need to be, and why do you want/need to lose weight?
Amber, you mentioned bingeing. I know sometimes when I binge it is because, subconsciously, I don't want to put in the work. It just seems too hard. So, I binge on something, and then, since I have already screwed up the day, I just eat whatever I want for the rest of it and tell myself that I will get back at it tomorrow. Well, the "getting back at it" is always harder than just doing the work and not bingeing in the first place.
Just some food for thought for both of you and hopefully a little nudge. I am hoping that some little tidbit in this post will resonate with each of you and get you back on the right path.3 -
yesterday was sort of a fail in diet and exercise, but it was SO MUCH A WIN on my emotional health. My two cousins came over for a glass of wine and visit. Their mom was recently diagnosed with cancer (not looking good) and I haven't seen either of them since before COVID in 2020. It was wonderful to chat and catch up, and we had charcuterie for dinner with a glass and a half of wine, plus I had to get the house ready so skipped exercise.
Sometimes, we have to take a step back to take several steps forward. The visit and TWO HUGS (all vaccinated) left me so happy and connected feeling that today I woke up refreshed and re-energized for my healthy life....2 -
@rawrxamberx and @roz0810
You have both mentioned that you have not been as serious as you need to be about losing weight in the past couple of weeks or so. Now, then, is the time to reexamine your actions and your thoughts and to come up with a plan for the new month. Think about the types of exercises that you like to do, or ones that you feel really good about doing, and then make a schedule to incorporate them into your day or your week. Think about the types of healthy foods that you enjoy eating that make you feel satisfied and put them on your grocery list. And keep your kitchen well stocked so that the need to order takeout because there is "nothing to eat" or "nothing good to eat" is not there. Conversely, any trigger foods that you just cannot eat in moderation need to not be on that list or in your pantry. And then you need to think about your "whys". Really think about them. Why have you not been as serious lately as you need to be, and why do you want/need to lose weight?
Amber, you mentioned bingeing. I know sometimes when I binge it is because, subconsciously, I don't want to put in the work. It just seems too hard. So, I binge on something, and then, since I have already screwed up the day, I just eat whatever I want for the rest of it and tell myself that I will get back at it tomorrow. Well, the "getting back at it" is always harder than just doing the work and not bingeing in the first place.
Just some food for thought for both of you and hopefully a little nudge. I am hoping that some little tidbit in this post will resonate with each of you and get you back on the right path.
Omg!! I am so glad you responded as you did because I laid out a huge response for Amber about my personal, private and sometimes scary binging habits I’ve had in the past. I mentioned coming up with a plan, and finding your “why”. It was A very emotional sharing for me that took me forever to write up.. then I hit Done instead of Post Reply😤 thank you for addressing this concern for them. I plan to give more input when I get a chance later today.
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