Ultimate Accountability Challenge September 2021

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  • Caroline_slowandsteady
    Caroline_slowandsteady Posts: 842 Member
    @snowshoe072 I really like grilled tempeh or fried on a nonstick pan with just a little oil, get it a little crusty. Another tip is that with tempeh and tofu, you can cook it and then immediately pour the "marinade" on top, instead of marinating first. That lets it get crispy when cooking and the marinade actually soaks in better when it's hot. For marinades I like an Asian kind of sauce, BBQ sauce, vinegar. I also when I could do spicy things enjoyed a cajun jerk tempeh.
  • snowshoe072
    snowshoe072 Posts: 5,135 Member
    @Caroline_slowandsteady

    Thanks for the tips I would assume extra virgin olive oil or do you use something different?
  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,194 Member
    @Higa2021 I'm so glad to see that you're still here and that you're taking things slow and easy. I'm also glad that they were able to get everything and that you won't need more treatment. I know you're not competing in the challenge this month, but please feel free to chime in on any of the daily topics if/when you feel so inclined. I've missed hearing from you!! :)
  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,133 Member
    @Higa2021 SO GREAT to hear from you!!! Thank you for checking in and glad they were able to get clear margins and do the surgery so quickly.... heal well my friend.
  • jamcnewman
    jamcnewman Posts: 4,417 Member
    @Higa2021 So wonderful to see your post and know how you are doing. 💛 Thankful they could remove it all so quickly and with no need for further treatment. Heal well and I look forward to seeing your posts whenever you are ready. Take good care of yourself. Julie
  • Caroline_slowandsteady
    Caroline_slowandsteady Posts: 842 Member
    @snowshoe072 olive oil is probably fine but I have read it's better to use canola for cooking because olive oil has a low smoke point, so that is mostly what I use.
  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,133 Member
    Just a note. Wear flats to help with your shin splints.
  • jamcnewman
    jamcnewman Posts: 4,417 Member
    SummerSkier wrote: »
    Just a note. Wear flats to help with your shin splints.

    Thanks!
  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,133 Member
    @cherie8525 congratulations! this is SO huge. I am so happy for you to reach a goal you felt unattainable.. I suggest you start your focus on maintenance and gradually increase your cals. You will still continue to drop but you will have more energy and will find working out (to gain that muscle) is more satisfying and easy. Plus your goal is to StAY there. LOL.
  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,194 Member
    @cherie8525 CONGRATS! Yes, this is huge!!! I know you have to feel amazing about reaching this seemingly unattainable goal! And I agree wholeheartedly with SummerSkier in regard to her suggestions! YOU GO GURL!!!! 💪🏼🎯🏆
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    Congrats on that well earned milestone @cherie8525
  • cherie8525
    cherie8525 Posts: 109 Member
    @SummerSkier I haven't been super attentive to macro's.. just the carbs. I have been listening to my body, if wants food, I feed it.. I am not sure how things will change once I start actual lifting of weight and hiking more to build muscle mass. I am excited to find out..
    Mrs_Hoffer I am still riding the high of excitement.

    Thank you everyone for encouragement and congratulations
  • snowshoe072
    snowshoe072 Posts: 5,135 Member
    Awesome work well done such a nice feeling to reach a goal keep up the good work and don’t get discouraged.You did it once you can keep doing it
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    (copied from my wall)
    After a lot of consideration, I'm switching to maintenance calories through the end of October. It's not that I want to eat more, it's that I have been rapidly losing for 6 months now and could probably use a break from a deficit. But mostly it's to see what my baseline calorie level for maintenance is, which should be easy by comparing the scale to my intake while eating at a maintenance level. At least that's what I'm thinking. If anyone thinks this is a bad idea, let me know so I have that info to think about.
  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,133 Member
    Try inputting your data into a TDEE tracker. If your workouts are consistent this will give you a good idea of where maintenance might be,
    Then bump up your cals by 1/3 of what you think is the deficit each week for 3 weeks. Then stick to the total for a month. Maintenance is never just one static # unfortunately and the scale/ CICO does not always react exactly to formulas as we expect.

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7gGXXQIy4R4ejRRNkZHZHFDOW8/view
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    Thank you @SummerSkier and @MadisonMolly2017 for your inputs today, both here and on my wall.

    Thanks to your advice I combined a calculated TDEE for myself based on each days weigh-in since June, against exported MFP's records for nutrition and exercise over that same time to get a spiffy spreadsheet showing my daily data, results and projections since June. Things are a lot more on track there than they appeared just going by the MFP dashboard and the scale. And I can see that the TDEE calculation is pretty much right on the mark as projected weight loss based on actual numbers has matched reality with fairly small variations either way from time to time. So I am no longer just "wondering" what my actual maintenance calories might look like any more, a very accurate number is right there in front of me now (2,379 for today).

    So...I guess I won't be switching to maintenance after all!

    Now if only I knew to do all this BEFOREHAND... lol... learning.

    @WhatMeRunning
    That’s what we’re here for - so glad it helped!
    Yay!
  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,133 Member
    @WhatMeRunning this is why you are going to be successful this time around. The more tools you have the better. And even if you are not switching immediately to maintenance it sounds like you can ramp up your cals a bit more so that you are in a better position. I can't stress enough how much more important a maintenance plan is than a losing plan. I have lost the same weight over and over and over again in my life so I know I am good at that. But the real power is in knowing what the plan is to keep it off. Or at least keep it in a lower range.
  • cherie8525
    cherie8525 Posts: 109 Member
    I think maintaining is going to be interesting. LOL I am ready to play with it. this month has flown by, I haven't been keeping track or posting daily.. I will attempt to work on it
  • KCJen
    KCJen Posts: 1,089 Member
    I have a question about maintaining. I am yo-yo dieter, where I will go on a strict 1200 calories a day, and then once I lose the weight I stop counting calories and go back to my "normal" ways, which means I have gained it all back. Ugh, I hate this cycle. So again, I am ready to finally start again. I was thinking instead of going on the strict 1200 calories a day, that maybe I should learn how to maintain at the allotted calories a day for my healthy goal weight, which will create a calorie deficit since I have 50 to 75 pounds to lose depending on what the final healthy goal weight I aim for.

    My problem has always been I go on strict diets, cut everything out and then once I start to add those foods back that once was "forbidden" I become a bottomless pit and that is all I will eat. I am thinking that learning to find my balance and how to have a healthy lifestyle versus a diet is the way to have a sustainable healthy lifestyle for the rest of my life without the yo-yo diets.

    So I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this. Thanks!
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited September 2021
    @KCJen - Calories aside, how many healthy dishes do you have which you could easily alternate through every day for the rest of your life because you enjoy them enough to not feel you have to eat a "forbidden food" in order to enjoy eating? Getting that number up can help because at that point the "forbidden foods" has less power over you, and after a while some of them may no longer seem so attractive any more. It's easy to pick the wrong foods when your choices are blah healthy vs delectable gluttony.

    ETA - It can take a while to find such dishes though. Googling for healthy recipes has yielded few hits for me personally. I know that I enjoyed some things from diets over the years and started building upon those to my tastes. I actually eat pretty plain though, but am particular. I love medium salmon, I love sunny side up or soft boiled eggs. I love sauteed spinach. I even did a lot of green smoothies at one time and have some that I love and still use. Give me a fire and either protein or veggies and we have a delicious dinner, I guarantee, from my competitive bbq days, where I learned to cook individual things to perfection and not rely on smothering it in bacon garlic wine jam or such other stuff (save that for the competition itself). Each person has their own tastes and cooking skills and techniques. But I use probably one or more of those simple things almost daily and have a number of dishes I actually love, so have no problem preparing them and eating them with regularity.
  • cherie8525
    cherie8525 Posts: 109 Member
    @ KCJen It is a dance.. I agree with WhatMeRunning what is the forbidden items..
    If you have to eliminate them to get where you want, find a way to substitute it during and for life.

    For me, that is sugar even the sugar substitues you can use on keto.. I am addicted to sugar.. it has been interesting journey seeing the differences of where the "I am full feel' is solid with low carbs and no sugar.. Sugar has the same affect on brain as heroin. hence why it eliminates the feeling of full because the brain wants more more more.. crazy. the fact it is in pretty much everything.

    I have allowed self to eat a little higher carbs, and notice there is a hugh difference in serving size. uggggg sweet potato fries yesterday.. so tasty and so high in carbs aka sugar.

    I will be doing this tango to find my balance, of what I will eat for life and build muscle.



  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,133 Member
    @KCJen understanding yourself is the first step in solving the problem. It looks like you can see the answer clearly already. ;) Best of luck and we will be here cheering you on.
  • victorious55
    victorious55 Posts: 3,520 Member
    @KCJen
    In addition to what everyone here has said, these are some of the questions I ask myself when I know what is affecting my health journey.
    what are the food you call "forbidden"?
    What effect do they have on you?
    What make them forbidden?
    What feeling do you get when you eat them?
    Can you prep healthier versions of them?
  • KCJen
    KCJen Posts: 1,089 Member
    @WhatMeRunning Right now what I would consider "forbidden" is eating out, which has been happening more than it should. And when I went on my 1200 calorie-a-day diet a couple of years ago, there was absolutely no eating out - or I would skip lunch to "save" those calories for that night's dinner at a restaurant. You mentioned competitive BBQ days, which is interesting since the American Royal BBQ contest in KC just finished. Are you close to KC?

    @cherie8525 @Summerskier @victorious55 Thank you all for your posts. Finding my balance in all of this will help, and just learning to replace unhealthy habits with healthy habits.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited September 2021
    @KCJen I don't have a lot of advice for eating out, I sometimes pick apart a dish and add an appetizer to try and build a clean keto meal (that's how I eat, may not help if you're not eating that way), and there are some places where I found no options at all! I tend to have better luck at Mexican restaurants than others for clean keto (meats, guac and cheese all day), but there is no good rule I can apply anywhere, I just study the menu and start figuring what, if anything, I can do!

    Yes, I am in the Kansas City area, hailing from the Johnson County Kansas area for most of my life. The last competition I participated in was the 2013 American Royal BBQ, back when it was still at the American Royal grounds in the west bottoms area.
  • bookieNJ
    bookieNJ Posts: 4,371 Member
    happy monday everyone!

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