TEAM: The Slimsons (October)
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Daily check in
Sat 10-9
Tracked yes
Calories just under
Exercise 15 min stretch
My leg has been bothering me. My outer thigh. Just kinda on and off for a few weeks now. So I thought if I did some stretching it might help. Well it helped at first but by the end of the day my whole upper leg was hurting so bad. Slept with a heating pad. Seems a little better today. Will take it day by day and if it doesn’t start to feel better I will go to the dr0 -
Daily Post Thursday
Track: Nope
Calories: Nope
Exercise: Walking, I didn't pay attention to how much, I could go back and look but I don't think I'll do that so I'm not disappointed by how little it was.
Daily Post Friday
Track: Nope
Calories: Doubtful
Exercise: I walked, again, don't know how much but it couldn't have been a lot since I was more focused on video games.
Daily Post Saturday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes, 1.2 mile walk, actually went to the park, we're going to ignore the fact that the only reason I did that was to play pokemon go on community day and just take the win.
Comments: TOM came Wednesday and Thursday and Friday I had very little desire to do anything in the food or exercise department, which I realize is okay. I'm going to have days that aren't great for whatever reason. Saturday was good so we're going to take the win and realize that I'm human and we're also going to be happy that I chose to get back on track on a Saturday!2 -
Daily Post Saturday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes, Under
Exercise: Yes
Comments: Tonight I ate Sugar Free cookies to stay within my Sugar Limit. Still good but not as good at Fig Newtons. The market is out of the Coconut Yogurt I like to eat for dessert. The other flavors are acceptable, I just happen to like the coconut more. I am guessing we have Sugar Limits so we don't just eat Cake and call it a day. Tomorrow I'm eating a loaded baked potato my way.
@jeepkat1The sugar topic is one that I find hard to not comment on. I've done some very extensive research on it. So.....sorry for the long story below but I'm really fascinated by some things, science and research is one of them. I like to know how things work and why they work and as such, my research into diet led me down a path. I know diet is a controversial topic, and I will stick to the science and why rather than the path I ultimately chose after learning these things. There is still more than one way to get to weight loss and fat burning and some work better for some than others, but ultimately, because we're all individuals, we need to figure out what works best for us, sadly, usually by trial and error.What I've learned is that in the late 70's and early 80's someone in government had a bright idea and decided that fat was bad and therefore directed people in the food industry to begin removing fat from food. Well as it turns out, that makes food taste terrible. Their solution? Add sugar. Fun fact about sugar: Sugar raises insulin because sugar can't be running around in the blood stream all willy nilly once you have too much of it. Insulin's job is to remove that excess sugar from the blood stream. What insulin inevitably does to sugar is it turns it into fat for storage. Sugar by itself isn't really bad for us. It's a problem when we take in too much.
Sugar is an energy form. The body can use it for energy. However, when you have too much of it, your body turns it to fat for storage. The part of this equation that really isn't great is how you use stored fat. In order to tap into our fat stores, we have to be free of carbs (or sugar) for a significant period of time, usually over 6 hours. This can be overnight, or if you're fasting (intermittent fasting does this too) so that your body goes, "hmm, we haven't taken in food in a while, let's use our reserves." Typically, you're either in fuel storing (eating) or fuel burning (fasting) mode. And everyone does this, because when we go to sleep every day, we are fasting, it's a normal part of life. Also part of human evolution is prolonged fasting, we're meant to be able to do this in times where food may be scarce. Ketosis is name for the process in the human body that is responsible for burning fat. If you want to burn fat, you will be in some form of Ketosis at some point and the truth is, while we realize it or not, that is our goal. We don't want to lose muscle or other things, we want to lose fat. We all think of it was weight loss, but it's not that, we want and need to lose fat.
So to make a really long story short, sugar limits are a good thing. You don't want to store extra fat, you want to lose it.
PS- fun fact, we do actually need dietary fat. It's necessary for hormone production and storage.
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Goal/Comments
I had a Rough couple of days my nephew died. There was drama behind that because we still don't have any kind of details it was a shootout with the police officers so.. .😥😥oh and then there's an issue with this Biologic Therapy injection that I was supposed to start yesterday for my lungs but they wanted me to pay $12500 (which my insurance was supposed to cover). So yesterday was very bad for me. I wanted to eat soooo bad just wanted to binge eat. But I didn't get the donuts or the cookies that I was craving. I came home ate my fruit salad, cucumber salad, and my farro Stew.
@gjaholy33 I'm sorry to hear about nephew. It's never easy when you lose a loved one, especially when it's unexpected. I lost my mom in April without warning. I know how hard that is.
I'm really happy for you that you managed to come home and eat your fruit salad and not binge. I can't say that I did that.0 -
I am doin IF of 16/8 window and under calories. Following low carb diet .Prepare my own meals. Walking flights of stairs really helping my over all body weight loss especially my problem area is my hips they are huge and jiggly
I walk outside for an hour daily but once a week I take break and walk only few minutes. I was into gym but it was very far from my home so doin workout at my place. 4 days in a week doin 300 jump rope. Detox tea and drinks do wonders for me such as senna tea , orange juice (or any citrus fruit available). I take 3 liters of water a day.
We all will reach our goal weight .
It takes time, needs determination and patience.
@SalluR I also do intermittent fasting, always a 16/8, but sometimes I go longer. I believe it's easier to reach our goals this way, its easier to eat less when we aren't constantly eating but we're also burning fat longer by delaying eating, which is the goal, losing fat!0 -
This Week's Winners (posted 6-7 times):
@AB0215.
@Bemybestby60.
@Gemwolf110.
@jeepkat1.
This Week's Runners Up (posted 5 times):
@vicky2767.
This Week's Honorable Mentions:
@SalluR. - 4 times
@walk4today. - 4 times
@DebJB30. - 3 times
@Digger61. - 3 times
@Gjaholy33. - 3 times
@southgirl94. - 2 times
Who will make it into the Winner's Circle next week?
Week 1 Results have also been posted.
Congrats to our top 3:
1st - @Tdrjustus3. - 2.36%
2nd - @chublet25. - 1.35%
3rd - @Gjaholy33. - 1.17%
Congrats again to @tdrjustus3 for taking 2nd overall! Well done!
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WMEJA
Sunday weigh in
Pw: 210.3
CW: 208
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Robandy12345
Weight in Sunday
Week 1
PW: 210.3
CW: 208.3
Loss of 2 lbs.
Very tuff end of the week. Had a death in the family plus my Covid job started this week. Hopefully will be on track again2 -
Daily check in
Sat 10-9
Tracked yes
Calories just under
Exercise 15 min stretch
My leg has been bothering me. My outer thigh. Just kinda on and off for a few weeks now. So I thought if I did some stretching it might help. Well it helped at first but by the end of the day my whole upper leg was hurting so bad. Slept with a heating pad. Seems a little better today. Will take it day by day and if it doesn’t start to feel better I will go to the dr
Hope you recover soon and 🏃♂️ running on your strong legs.0 -
Daily Post Saturday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes, Under
Exercise: Yes
Comments: Tonight I ate Sugar Free cookies to stay within my Sugar Limit. Still good but not as good at Fig Newtons. The market is out of the Coconut Yogurt I like to eat for dessert. The other flavors are acceptable, I just happen to like the coconut more. I am guessing we have Sugar Limits so we don't just eat Cake and call it a day. Tomorrow I'm eating a loaded baked potato my way.
@jeepkat1The sugar topic is one that I find hard to not comment on. I've done some very extensive research on it. So.....sorry for the long story below but I'm really fascinated by some things, science and research is one of them. I like to know how things work and why they work and as such, my research into diet led me down a path. I know diet is a controversial topic, and I will stick to the science and why rather than the path I ultimately chose after learning these things. There is still more than one way to get to weight loss and fat burning and some work better for some than others, but ultimately, because we're all individuals, we need to figure out what works best for us, sadly, usually by trial and error.What I've learned is that in the late 70's and early 80's someone in government had a bright idea and decided that fat was bad and therefore directed people in the food industry to begin removing fat from food. Well as it turns out, that makes food taste terrible. Their solution? Add sugar. Fun fact about sugar: Sugar raises insulin because sugar can't be running around in the blood stream all willy nilly once you have too much of it. Insulin's job is to remove that excess sugar from the blood stream. What insulin inevitably does to sugar is it turns it into fat for storage. Sugar by itself isn't really bad for us. It's a problem when we take in too much.
Sugar is an energy form. The body can use it for energy. However, when you have too much of it, your body turns it to fat for storage. The part of this equation that really isn't great is how you use stored fat. In order to tap into our fat stores, we have to be free of carbs (or sugar) for a significant period of time, usually over 6 hours. This can be overnight, or if you're fasting (intermittent fasting does this too) so that your body goes, "hmm, we haven't taken in food in a while, let's use our reserves." Typically, you're either in fuel storing (eating) or fuel burning (fasting) mode. And everyone does this, because when we go to sleep every day, we are fasting, it's a normal part of life. Also part of human evolution is prolonged fasting, we're meant to be able to do this in times where food may be scarce. Ketosis is name for the process in the human body that is responsible for burning fat. If you want to burn fat, you will be in some form of Ketosis at some point and the truth is, while we realize it or not, that is our goal. We don't want to lose muscle or other things, we want to lose fat. We all think of it was weight loss, but it's not that, we want and need to lose fat.
So to make a really long story short, sugar limits are a good thing. You don't want to store extra fat, you want to lose it.
PS- fun fact, we do actually need dietary fat. It's necessary for hormone production and storage.
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Nice information.0 -
I am doin IF of 16/8 window and under calories. Following low carb diet .Prepare my own meals. Walking flights of stairs really helping my over all body weight loss especially my problem area is my hips they are huge and jiggly I walk outside for an hour daily but once a week I take break and walk only few minutes. I was into gym but it was very far from my home so doin workout at my place. 4 days in a week doin 300 jump rope. Detox tea and drinks do wonders for me such as senna tea , orange juice (or any citrus fruit available). I take 3 liters of water a day.
We all will reach our goal weight . It takes time, needs determination and patience.
@SalluR I also do intermittent fasting, always a 16/8, but sometimes I go longer. I believe it's easier to reach our goals this way, its easier to eat less when we aren't constantly eating but we're also burning fat longer by delaying eating, which is the goal, losing fat!
Yes same here. I also reach more hours of fasting than 16:8 windows like 20 hours. I did tried OMAD but i wasnt able to focus on my daily activities and was having less energy so back to IF. 0 -
This Week's Winners (posted 6-7 times):
@AB0215.
@Bemybestby60.
@Gemwolf110.
@jeepkat1.
This Week's Runners Up (posted 5 times):
@vicky2767.
This Week's Honorable Mentions:
@SalluR. - 4 times
@walk4today. - 4 times
@DebJB30. - 3 times
@Digger61. - 3 times
@Gjaholy33. - 3 times
@southgirl94. - 2 times
Who will make it into the Winner's Circle next week?
Week 1 Results have also been posted.
Congrats to our top 3:
1st - @Tdrjustus3. - 2.36%
2nd - @chublet25. - 1.35%
3rd - @Gjaholy33. - 1.17%
Congrats again to @tdrjustus3 for taking 2nd overall! Well done!
Congrats to the 🏆 winners !1 -
SalluR
Daily Post Sunday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: 60 mins walking and 15 mins flight of stairs.1 -
Daily Post (Sunday)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes
Goals/Day/Comments: busy day!1 -
Daily Post
Sunday
Track: yes
Calories: yes, under
Exercise: 30 minutes walking1 -
Daily Post Sunday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes, Under
Exercise: Yes
Comments: I stayed within all of the Macro's today with the exception of sodium. Thank you @AB0215 for the information on sugar, it really helps to understand the "why". I'm hopeful that I will get to onederland in 2 weeks. I'm working towards that everyday.1 -
October Week 1 - Sat, 10/9
Track: Yes
Calories: Over
Exercise: 1.9 mi walked around mountain town of Julian, CA - Regardless of where I am, I love mountains. They’re my happy place. ❤️
October Week 2 - Sun, 10/10
Track: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: 4,500 steps (~1.7 mi) around La Brea Tar Pits and Hancock Park in L.A.1 -
Good for you. Glad you’re starting to feel betterDaily Post Thursday
Track: Nope
Calories: Nope
Exercise: Walking, I didn't pay attention to how much, I could go back and look but I don't think I'll do that so I'm not disappointed by how little it was.
Daily Post Friday
Track: Nope
Calories: Doubtful
Exercise: I walked, again, don't know how much but it couldn't have been a lot since I was more focused on video games.
Daily Post Saturday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes, 1.2 mile walk, actually went to the park, we're going to ignore the fact that the only reason I did that was to play pokemon go on community day and just take the win.
Comments: TOM came Wednesday and Thursday and Friday I had very little desire to do anything in the food or exercise department, which I realize is okay. I'm going to have days that aren't great for whatever reason. Saturday was good so we're going to take the win and realize that I'm human and we're also going to be happy that I chose to get back on track on a Saturday!
Nice loss.WMEJA
Sunday weigh in
Pw: 210.3
CW: 208
Sorry for your loss.Robandy12345 wrote: »Robandy12345
Weight in Sunday
Week 1
PW: 210.3
CW: 208.3
Loss of 2 lbs.
Very tuff end of the week. Had a death in the family plus my Covid job started this week. Hopefully will be on track again
Thank youDaily check in
Sat 10-9
Tracked yes
Calories just under
Exercise 15 min stretch
My leg has been bothering me. My outer thigh. Just kinda on and off for a few weeks now. So I thought if I did some stretching it might help. Well it helped at first but by the end of the day my whole upper leg was hurting so bad. Slept with a heating pad. Seems a little better today. Will take it day by day and if it doesn’t start to feel better I will go to the dr
Hope you recover soon and 🏃♂️ running on your strong legs.
Thank you for sharing AshleyDaily Post Saturday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes, Under
Exercise: Yes
Comments: Tonight I ate Sugar Free cookies to stay within my Sugar Limit. Still good but not as good at Fig Newtons. The market is out of the Coconut Yogurt I like to eat for dessert. The other flavors are acceptable, I just happen to like the coconut more. I am guessing we have Sugar Limits so we don't just eat Cake and call it a day. Tomorrow I'm eating a loaded baked potato my way.
@jeepkat1The sugar topic is one that I find hard to not comment on. I've done some very extensive research on it. So.....sorry for the long story below but I'm really fascinated by some things, science and research is one of them. I like to know how things work and why they work and as such, my research into diet led me down a path. I know diet is a controversial topic, and I will stick to the science and why rather than the path I ultimately chose after learning these things. There is still more than one way to get to weight loss and fat burning and some work better for some than others, but ultimately, because we're all individuals, we need to figure out what works best for us, sadly, usually by trial and error.What I've learned is that in the late 70's and early 80's someone in government had a bright idea and decided that fat was bad and therefore directed people in the food industry to begin removing fat from food. Well as it turns out, that makes food taste terrible. Their solution? Add sugar. Fun fact about sugar: Sugar raises insulin because sugar can't be running around in the blood stream all willy nilly once you have too much of it. Insulin's job is to remove that excess sugar from the blood stream. What insulin inevitably does to sugar is it turns it into fat for storage. Sugar by itself isn't really bad for us. It's a problem when we take in too much.
Sugar is an energy form. The body can use it for energy. However, when you have too much of it, your body turns it to fat for storage. The part of this equation that really isn't great is how you use stored fat. In order to tap into our fat stores, we have to be free of carbs (or sugar) for a significant period of time, usually over 6 hours. This can be overnight, or if you're fasting (intermittent fasting does this too) so that your body goes, "hmm, we haven't taken in food in a while, let's use our reserves." Typically, you're either in fuel storing (eating) or fuel burning (fasting) mode. And everyone does this, because when we go to sleep every day, we are fasting, it's a normal part of life. Also part of human evolution is prolonged fasting, we're meant to be able to do this in times where food may be scarce. Ketosis is name for the process in the human body that is responsible for burning fat. If you want to burn fat, you will be in some form of Ketosis at some point and the truth is, while we realize it or not, that is our goal. We don't want to lose muscle or other things, we want to lose fat. We all think of it was weight loss, but it's not that, we want and need to lose fat.
So to make a really long story short, sugar limits are a good thing. You don't want to store extra fat, you want to lose it.
PS- fun fact, we do actually need dietary fat. It's necessary for hormone production and storage.
[/spoiler/
What is OMAD?I am doin IF of 16/8 window and under calories. Following low carb diet .Prepare my own meals. Walking flights of stairs really helping my over all body weight loss especially my problem area is my hips they are huge and jiggly I walk outside for an hour daily but once a week I take break and walk only few minutes. I was into gym but it was very far from my home so doin workout at my place. 4 days in a week doin 300 jump rope. Detox tea and drinks do wonders for me such as senna tea , orange juice (or any citrus fruit available). I take 3 liters of water a day.
We all will reach our goal weight . It takes time, needs determination and patience.
@SalluR I also do intermittent fasting, always a 16/8, but sometimes I go longer. I believe it's easier to reach our goals this way, its easier to eat less when we aren't constantly eating but we're also burning fat longer by delaying eating, which is the goal, losing fat!
Yes same here. I also reach more hours of fasting than 16:8 windows like 20 hours. I did tried OMAD but i wasnt able to focus on my daily activities and was having less energy so back to IF.Daily Post Sunday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes, Under
Exercise: Yes
Comments: I stayed within all of the Macro's today with the exception of sodium. Thank you @AB0215 for the information on sugar, it really helps to understand the "why". I'm hopeful that I will get to onederland in 2 weeks. I'm working towards that everyday.
You got this !1 -
Daily check in for sun
10/10
Tracked yes
Calories over
Exercise no
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Daily Post Sunday
Track yes
Calories yes and under
Exercise no but spent all day in the kitchen food preparation.
Happy Thanksgiving to the Canadian Slimsons...🍗1
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