Chevy_Smart's October 2013 Challenge
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Chevy_Smart's October 2013 Challenge
Major Goals:
1) to eat pizza every week this month. I will actively seek out places that sell slices!
2) On days I don't eat pizza I will try to regularly eat the following foods:
- Plate of Bacon
- Pop Tarts
- Cheese Popcorn
- Biscuits with real butter
- Hushpuppies
- Ice Cream
- Peanut butter spread on dark chocolate
- Kettle Cooked potato chips - the high fat version
- A Real Mountain Dew - not sugar free
2) to meet my daily/weekly/monthly macronutrient goals by choosing other foods to
complement the nutritional content of the pizza.
This also means I will be eating a lot of:
- Oatmeal
- Egg Whites (High cholesterol!)
- As many varieties of fresh vegetables as possible
- All kinds of fruit
- Chicken, Fish
- Nuts
- Protein Powder
3) to lose 2-3 lbs during the month. I have about 30 lbs to go and I am purposely taking the slow route because this is a lifestyle not a "diet"
4) On weekdays wake up between 5:15 AM and 5:45 AM and get out the door before 6:00 AM . Then I will run, walk, or go lift. In October that is 23 days!
Minor goals: (mostly stolen verbatim from the burro)
4) to help demolish the silly myths about weight loss perpetuated by clean eaters, orthorexics, and food shamers.
5) to demonstrate that eating adequate protein and strength training to muscle failure will help preserve LBM while losing fat on a significant calorie deficit.
Also - To demonstrate that eating "enough" calories provides me adequate fuel and endurance
6) to show that you can still enjoy foods you like while losing weight.
Major Goals:
1) to eat pizza every week this month. I will actively seek out places that sell slices!
2) On days I don't eat pizza I will try to regularly eat the following foods:
- Plate of Bacon
- Pop Tarts
- Cheese Popcorn
- Biscuits with real butter
- Hushpuppies
- Ice Cream
- Peanut butter spread on dark chocolate
- Kettle Cooked potato chips - the high fat version
- A Real Mountain Dew - not sugar free
2) to meet my daily/weekly/monthly macronutrient goals by choosing other foods to
complement the nutritional content of the pizza.
This also means I will be eating a lot of:
- Oatmeal
- Egg Whites (High cholesterol!)
- As many varieties of fresh vegetables as possible
- All kinds of fruit
- Chicken, Fish
- Nuts
- Protein Powder
3) to lose 2-3 lbs during the month. I have about 30 lbs to go and I am purposely taking the slow route because this is a lifestyle not a "diet"
4) On weekdays wake up between 5:15 AM and 5:45 AM and get out the door before 6:00 AM . Then I will run, walk, or go lift. In October that is 23 days!
Minor goals: (mostly stolen verbatim from the burro)
4) to help demolish the silly myths about weight loss perpetuated by clean eaters, orthorexics, and food shamers.
5) to demonstrate that eating adequate protein and strength training to muscle failure will help preserve LBM while losing fat on a significant calorie deficit.
Also - To demonstrate that eating "enough" calories provides me adequate fuel and endurance
6) to show that you can still enjoy foods you like while losing weight.
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Will also periodically post my:
Gross Calories - I want to show that I can lose weight eating over 2000 calories per day.
Net Calories - Show that I am consistenly netting between my BMR and My TDEE
Actual 10 day running average weight. (Smooths out the fluctuations)
Exercise Calories - Describe what I did for calorie burns
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And we start.... NOW!0 -
I just checked my Scooby's calculator (I use some others too:)
My TDEE is 2375
My BMR is 1727
Daily Cals no Ex: 2019
Projected weight loss .7 lbs per week
Goal is to NET every day between my TDEE and my BMR.
If my Gross Calories exceed my TDEE I will not freak out.. I just will exercise more.
I guarantee you I will be eating "Bad" stuff and I will show pictures!0 -
OK..
My goal Calories are 2020
Net: -394
Gross: 1881 (-139)
Exercise: 255 (Walking)
10 day average weight: 185.78
and.....
I am liking this!0 -
Speaking of non Low fat
Mid Morning Snack and Lunch!
Hey Brainy,
I am going to total my macros up after a week and request that you give them a give "look over" to make sure I am cool!
Thanks for making this challenge!0 -
Speaking of non Low fat
Mid Morning Snack and Lunch!
Hey Brainy,
I am going to total my macros up after a week and request that you give them a give "look over" to make sure I am cool!
Thanks for making this challenge!
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Thanks BB!0
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Oct 2nd - Under my calorie goal. Keeping track of macros in a separate spreadsheet so that I can analyze them in a week.
Enjoying the challenge!0 -
Oct 3rd results
Oct 3rd food highlights!
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Random thoughts Day 4
What I like about food logging in general (MFP is not the only site), is that it forces you to confront what you really eat and what your food habits are. At first it was really ugly... i would stop logging for days when I would eat 4009-5000 calories of Junk at fast food places and convenience stores. Then, I slowly started to log everything and that alone was enough for me to pause and say "do I really want to do that"?
Eventually i started to build a balance between eating and exercise a few months ago and finally understood that I didn't need to starve myself to lose weight.
I built up a "clean list" of go to "clean foods" that if I ate at certain intervals, I could meet my goals. Chicken breasts, egg whites, salads, apples, almonds, protein powder, oatmeal.. but it wasn't exciting.
Now I feel like I am already "on maintenance" (in reality I have 30+ lbs to lose) and it is fantastic.
The keys
1. Plan your days in advance as much as possible. I found that even travelling on business I can do this.
2. Exercise a lot - I call it the "safety valve"
3. Take a long view approach (weekly for example) like this challenge instead of pronouncing a 'red" day a "failure"
It is still too early to tell.. but making sure I eat something previously "forbidden" has become a game. I am less stressed out about what I eat and so far I have been meeting my goals. It will be really interesting to see 27 days from now!
Go for it everyone!0 -
Oct 4th results:
2 slices of Pizza and Pork Barbeque!
Daily:
Calories - 159 Green
Fat: -9 red
Protein: -9 red
Cumulative
Calories - 1158 Green
Fat: -23 red
Protein; -3 Red
Feel good about my cals and macros!
--- No pics today, but will appear in my 10 day "collage"0 -
Oct 5th
NSV - Saw my heart rate on my HRM in the 60's today. I thought I would never see that again.
Also was able to do a really hard kettlebell workout for 20 minutes straight!
How about Shrimp and pepperoni pizza today!
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Will update my macros etc soon. .. but it has been a good month.
My 10day average weight is 185.54
May 7 - 199.92
June 1 - 195.98
July 1 - 192.26
Aug 1 - 193.26
Sept 1 - 188.26
Oct 1 - 185.78
Oct 7 - 185.54
This is regularly consuming 2000+ calories per day by the way!
Monday - oct 7th - 4.6 miles - Elliptical and walking outside
39.5 miles
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My "Pizza" today - A Jersey Mike's Italian - with Real Potato chips
Results - I have a higher fat macro thank most because I eat a lot of olive oil and peanut butter which are good fats
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Hi,
I haven't had a chance to update, but I am staying loyal to the cause.
Ate some great pizza at my favorite pizza place today.
Yesterday I ran a 5K (by myself) in the best time in 2 years!0 -
Hi,
I haven't had a chance to update, but I am staying loyal to the cause.
Ate some great pizza at my favorite pizza place today.
Yesterday I ran a 5K (by myself) in the best time in 2 years!
Congrats on your 5k result! Pizza really helps my running as well!0 -
@minimalistCongrats on your 5k result! Pizza really helps my running as well!
Thanks! - I actually have fuel to run!0 -
still in.. just behind posting! Great Challenge!0
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That's awesome. I still haven't ran one yet, (except on a treadmill) I was signed up for a Run or Dye here, but it was cancelled.Hi,
I haven't had a chance to update, but I am staying loyal to the cause.
Ate some great pizza at my favorite pizza place today.
Yesterday I ran a 5K (by myself) in the best time in 2 years!0 -
That's awesome. I still haven't ran one yet, (except on a treadmill) I was signed up for a Run or Dye here, but it was cancelled.Hi,
I haven't had a chance to update, but I am staying loyal to the cause.
Ate some great pizza at my favorite pizza place today.
Yesterday I ran a 5K (by myself) in the best time in 2 years!
I am going to sign up for on in November - can't wait!0 -
I am a little behind on the logging here , but I will update all my calorie counts and macros.
Stayed true to the cause and had a slice of pizza on Saturday and Sunday!!! (Home run Inn)0 -
I wrote this today to another person who had "all caps" HELP ME ETC.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1121501-please-help-i-am-starting-to-feel-defeated?page=3
Hello OP.
I know that this is extremely frustrating. But I just re-read over all the threads. I have seen a great number of experienced people who have been through the rigors of figuring out the puzzle of health and fitness.
When I was new to the board I was defiant about my beliefs and I took great offense to what some people said when I asked for help. I realized later that they were right.
There is a theme. And I feel people have been expressing this as diplomatically as possible:
1. You need to get more accurate about what you are eating.
2. You are most likely overestimating your calorie burns.
Please hang around the forums, find positive groups, and read, read, read... there are a lot of practical, helpful people out here who can really help you out..... if you let them.
Good luck to you on your fitness and health journey - The fact that so many of us are taking time to write means we actually do want to help. smile flowerforyou0 -
"Scale Victory"
I hit 183.4 today which is my lowest weight of 2013 !
what is most encouraging is that I am learning to "trust the process" of all this. I am not kidding.. I had three red days of -1844, -1678, -1988 last week. I did not panic and just "got back on the horse", started my workouts, and ate between my BMR and TDEE. And now look... lowest weight in 2013!
--- This challenge I really am convinced has helped me to achieve this ---0 -
New NSV(s) today: I decide to run for a little bit a lunch to see how long I could run at 5.0 mph. I got going and I felt pretty good after one mile and I started thinking about the Movie Forrest Gump for some odd reason. I said.. OK let's see how long I can keep this up. Well.. I ended up running a 5K in 36:53. This means I 1.) Ran My fastest 5K - nobody there to hand me water LOL , 2.) Ran for the most consecutive minutes at 5.0 mph, and 3.) Am finally figuring out that rest days are just as important as workout days! - I had a "walkabout" last week, I just "accepted" it, didn't beat myself up, and now I have more energy than ever! In addition to resting 1 day a week, I am going to make sure that I just chill for 3-4 days every five weeks to get my groove back. --- You know what the best thing about all this is... I find myself working out just because I think it is fun! - Carpe Diem Friends! Carpe Diem!0
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Those are awesome NSV's. I am a lousy runner, despite doing the C25K and the Zombies, Run! I can't run at 5 for very long. In the zombie apocalypse, I won't have much of a chance. :grumble: As for the other one: realizing it's fun... that's what is really great!New NSV(s) today: I decide to run for a little bit a lunch to see how long I could run at 5.0 mph. I got going and I felt pretty good after one mile and I started thinking about the Movie Forrest Gump for some odd reason. I said.. OK let's see how long I can keep this up. Well.. I ended up running a 5K in 36:53. This means I 1.) Ran My fastest 5K - nobody there to hand me water LOL , 2.) Ran for the most consecutive minutes at 5.0 mph, and 3.) Am finally figuring out that rest days are just as important as workout days! - I had a "walkabout" last week, I just "accepted" it, didn't beat myself up, and now I have more energy than ever! In addition to resting 1 day a week, I am going to make sure that I just chill for 3-4 days every five weeks to get my groove back. --- You know what the best thing about all this is... I find myself working out just because I think it is fun! - Carpe Diem Friends! Carpe Diem!0 -
Those are awesome NSV's. I am a lousy runner, despite doing the C25K and the Zombies, Run! I can't run at 5 for very long. In the zombie apocalypse, I won't have much of a chance. :grumble: As for the other one: realizing it's fun... that's what is really great!
--> I am just reading World War Z on my tablet and it is scaring the crap out of me LOL! I better up my time!
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I thought I would finally post some more hard numbers. Cindy & Brainy - you guys are doing a great job.
First.. here are my results:
This challenge has been a missing piece of the puzzle to me. Planning my day around treats makes the whole calorie counting thing a fun game instead of a drudge. I also have worked out my cumulative deficits with a spreadsheet (Brainy.. your spreadsheet helped) and that is a handy tool.
Now what is interesting... up to now
cumulative MFP surplus: -1147 calories (which is really a deficit)
But My TDEE according to MFP is 2230 and my "green bar" is set at 2020. So if I work out the math later I am OK. Slow loss.. but a loss and I am getting all kinds of physical NSVs so it's all good.
Great Group! Thanks!0 -
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Strength: None
MFP "Base" Cals: 2230
MFP Goal Cals: 2020
Food Cals: 2439
Ex Cals: 209
Today's Deficit: -210
Cumulative Deficit For Challenge MFP : -5099
Cumulative Deficit For Challenge using Base Cals: +1201
Weight Loss for Month (using 10 day average)
Start Oct 1: 185.78
Oct 30: 185.23
Difference: .55 lbs
Theoretical Loss (cumulative deficit / 3500 )
1201/3500 = 0.34 lbs
-- It means that hopefully I am
1. Logging my intake accurately
2. not overestimating my calorie burns
It will be interesting to see how I do next month.. I am going to keep posting here
Today's Treat - Orange Scone at Panera!0 -
Strength: None
MFP "Base" Cals: 2230
MFP Goal Cals: 2020
Food Cals: 2721
Ex Cals: 180
Today's Deficit: -521 (RED)
Cumulative Deficit For Challenge MFP : -5620
Cumulative Deficit For Challenge using Base Cals: +890
Weight Loss for Month (using 10 day average)
Start Oct 1: 185.78
Oct 30: 185.23
Difference: .55 lbs
Theoretical Loss (cumulative deficit / 3500 )
890/3500 = .25 lbs
Today's Treat - Munchos
CLOSING OUT OCTOBER0 -
i'm glad this challenge clarified some things for you.0
