Daily check in

Motivation712014

I saw several mentions of a daily check in that it would be helpful for others and I agree. Any thoughts to keep us accountable? Do we have a weight loss buddy that we check in with our progress daily that is about the same weight and support each other while we lose weight.

I do weigh myself daily and I would like to find a buddy that does the same. We check in daily after weighing. How awesome to achieve weightloss together and achieve our goal! I have read studies that when you have an accountable weightloss buddy you do lose weight. I am 136.5 and my goal is 125, age:34. Anyone out there that wants to join me?

CoadyMarie

Maybe we can have one thread for daily weight check-in, and another for daily calorie check in - for me I only weigh myself every week or two but I'd like to post my daily calorie count since it's easier for me to go over my goal but say "eh... it's not so bad" when it's only me looking at it.

Thoughts?

auburn3535

I would like to do a daily weigh in as well. I had stated earlier I don't usually weigh me self on a regular basis. I think I should start as 10 lbs has crept on over the past year. I am 52 years old height 5' 41/2'' weight 140 and goal weight is 125. I will agree to weigh my self in the morning and report this to you.

Motivation712014

Awesome! I agree it does help when it's not only you looking if you went over your calorie count.

We could do one thread that has our daily calorie intake and another for those who want to weigh in everyday.

CoadyMarie

Or if people don't feel comfortable broadcasting their calorie count, even a "here's what I ate today, this is what I did for exercise, I was over/under goal and I feel good/bad/so-so about it" type thread could be helpful.

Motivation712014

So agree with you! I think it should be you met goal or not.

CoadyMarie

Yes, meeting goal or not was what I had in mind when I thought of it, but only figured out how to say it much later

I see that another thread was started for weigh-in so do you guys want to just use this one for goal check-in, since it's already titled appropriately?

maicap22

My goal for today is to do at least 30 minutes of cardio and finish day 6 of my 30 days fitness challenge. Yesterday, I've done well although I originally plan to finish my day 6 yesterday but since I was busy, I thought to just move it today. Looking forward to see the daily check in of the other members.

CoadyMarie

Well my goal for today was to actually stick to my calorie goal after two weeks of terrible logging - and I was only over by 30, so I feel pretty good about that!

Rest day for me, so no exercise, only 4 hours working (on my feet).

maicap22

I wasn't able to do my 30 day fitness challenge yesterday, ugh. But I atleast had a 30-minute walk while carrying my baby. I am hoping I can proceed with the challenge this day.

CoadyMarie

Hey, something is better than nothing!

I managed to stay under (well, just) goal today! Plus a 40 minute lifting session.

maicap22

I wish I could also do lifts! Maybe after a month I'll buy little dumbbells. I actually plan to restart my fitness challenge today as I've already rested for quite a few days and since I'm not too far from the first day, I'll just restart. I really need to start upping my exercise if I want the scales to move further down. Good luck to all the others!

CoadyMarie

You should definitely start lifting, and don't be afraid to go heavy! It does wonders for your figure. I was intimidated at first too but I joined the Stronglifts group here on MFP and now I love it and make everybody listen to how great lifting is :blushing:

I am constantly doing that with challenges, it always takes me a few false starts.

I almost met my goal, but then my brother made cookies and I couldn't resist... but I am cheating a little and logged it for tomorrow.

Also I started Couch to 5K today, and OMG I am sore. But I really want to learn to like running, and hopefully be able to run a 5 k by the end of the summer

maicap22

I also cheat like that sometimes ^^

Anyways, I already did Day 1 of the 30 day fitness challenge and a separate cardio exercise aside from walking with baby. I feel accomplished. I hope I can continue like this for the next days to come.

Good luck again to the others!

CoadyMarie

That's great! Good luck with your challenge

Nearly spot on calorie goal for me today, plus my Stronglifts workout.

But the thing that makes me most happy today is that I got a fitbit! I'm really excited to find out how close my TDEE estimate is to my actual activity level and hopefully start losing again

ekat120

I'm feeling super hungry today, which is funny because I way overate yesterday. I'm always hungrier the day after I eat a lot. It's like my body gets all excited and says, "Again! Again!" (FTR, I eat plenty--2,000 Cals most days, so it's not because I'm not eating enough normally)

maicap22

I'm feeling super hungry today, which is funny because I way overate yesterday. I'm always hungrier the day after I eat a lot. It's like my body gets all excited and says, "Again! Again!" (FTR, I eat plenty--2,000 Cals most days, so it's not because I'm not eating enough normally)

Maybe because your stomach has expanded again? I'm not sure but from a smaller calorie intake, if I take in larger calorie intake, I will feel full easily. But after more than 2 days of eating large proportions, I can really eat large amounts without getting full easily.

Anyways, I've been doing good with my exercise today. I increased my walking session with baby plus additional cardio work out. I am also at day 3 of 30 day fitness challenge. I'm really looking forward to the result of this challenge as I am already seeing slight changes right before I stopped at day 9 before.

@Coady I actually wanted to have one too but it is not in the priority of my expenses for now.

CoadyMarie

@maicap yeah I got the cheapest one and even then I waited until I found one on sale. I'm enjoying seeing my activity all laid out but the new way of counting calories is going to take some getting used to.... I was doing TDEE estimated from a website - 15% so I could the same amount every day, but it's going to take a week or two to get enough fitbit data to create an average so my eating is all over the map right now.

I'm feeling super hungry today, which is funny because I way overate yesterday. I'm always hungrier the day after I eat a lot. It's like my body gets all excited and says, "Again! Again!" (FTR, I eat plenty--2,000 Cals most days, so it's not because I'm not eating enough normally)

Me too! I was out of town two weekends ago and didn't track, and when I got back I had to gradually lower back to my normal amount because I was starving in comparison

ekat120

I'm feeling super hungry today, which is funny because I way overate yesterday. I'm always hungrier the day after I eat a lot. It's like my body gets all excited and says, "Again! Again!" (FTR, I eat plenty--2,000 Cals most days, so it's not because I'm not eating enough normally)

Maybe because your stomach has expanded again? I'm not sure but from a smaller calorie intake, if I take in larger calorie intake, I will feel full easily. But after more than 2 days of eating large proportions, I can really eat large amounts without getting full easily.

Probably. I figure when I overeat it's usually on carbs, too (fries and homemade pie a la mode yesterday!), so those 2 things probably work together.

ekat120

I'm feeling super hungry today, which is funny because I way overate yesterday. I'm always hungrier the day after I eat a lot. It's like my body gets all excited and says, "Again! Again!" (FTR, I eat plenty--2,000 Cals most days, so it's not because I'm not eating enough normally)

Me too! I was out of town two weekends ago and didn't track, and when I got back I had to gradually lower back to my normal amount because I was starving in comparison

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I'm glad it's not just me! My never-had-a-weight-problem husband thinks I'm crazy. I'll have to try that, too, instead of trying to eat less than usual and feeling bad when I don't.

maicap22

I almost went over my allowed calorie intake today but made up for it somehow with exercise. We'll be going out tomorrow. Family bonding. I hope I can somehow control myself.

ekat120

Went to a street festival and managed not to gorge on fried foods and desserts. I had a small cheeseburger and half a bowl of ice cream, which I think is pretty good in the grand scheme of things. Summer makes it so hard to diet!

CoadyMarie

Good job ladies!

I've been doing well on my food goals the last couple days... turns out I've been burning way more than I thought, which is awesome because I hate restricting.

@maicap22 good luck tomorrow..

@ekat120 yeah it's hard to resist when there's so many ice cream cones and beers on patios calling my name

maicap22

Nah. I did badly on food intake today. I really went over, as in super over my calorie limit. But to be honest, I don't feel too bad about it. I'm just gonna treat it as a cheat day today and start over tomorrow. Congrats to the others and good luck to all!

jocop2003

I went over to and I know I didn't account for everything. Today I am really going to watch it. I have less than 4 weeks to leave on my trip and I really want to be under 140. I know I need to keep moving and watch my munching and sweet.

We are going to be having some nice weather any day know so that will get me and the kids out of the house right now it has been so windy, you can't do anything outside. At least I have an elliptical. My issue really isn't exercise it is food quantity and quality. I almost asked my hubby to by chips thank goodness he was not in town as that is our rule no more chips. Now if I can just do the same with ice cream.

ekat120

Had a bad week, but managed to come out at maintenance for the week. I'll tae it! Finally got my appetite back under control yesterday, and then last night my (not-very-consistent, thanks to PCOS) "friend" decided to show up unexpectedly. So I'm going to blame that as a contributing factor to my hunger the past few days

4 days until a short 3-day weekend trip where I'll be wearing a bathing suit. I'm going to focus on protein, ramp down carbs and alcohol a bit, and drink lots of water until then. I don't really expect to lose much more fat weight than usual, though I'll try to eat fewer calories on days my body doesn't seem to mind it too much. But I'm looking forward to getting rid of the overeating/TOM bloat.

logg1e

Good day today, achieved my calorie and exercise goals.

ekat120

Little appetite today, so I had a nice calorie deficit. Didn't use it as an excuse to go back for pizza like a normally would either. And ran even though it was raining :glasses:

dancingj2

6/30
Exercised: Yes
Logged everything: Yes
Met Goal: No

It was just a crazy day yesterday I could not help snacking in the evening.

maicap22

I was not able to do much cardio but I did lots of strength training so I think I still did pretty good.

logg1e

Another good day today, achieved my calorie and exercise goal. I misread the packaging for a salad I bought tonight (didn't realise the calories were for half of the pack) however I didn't use that as an excuse to eat the whole thing.

A goal I have for tomorrow, weather permitting, is to walk 40 minutes across London to where I am working rather than get the bus or tube. I hope that writing it here will help me be accountable!