Daily check in
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Exactly Dana!! I used to just not have it around!
Today
Exercise: walking, but seem to have hurt my back (new for me?)
Logged everything: yes
Met goal: Had people over, gone over, but not by much and I'm ok with it for today! :P0 -
Yesterday
Exercise: Stronglifts
Logged everything: yes
Met goal: yes, sort of - technically over a bit, but that's still spillover from the weekend. Sigh. I really hate going over for just this reason - eating less to make up for it is so hard, but if I don't, I end up blowing my deficit for the week. Not to mention it's shark week and I just want all of the chocolate. All I could find yesterday were chocolate almonds, and kept eating them two by two until suddenly they accounted for 200 calories. At least they have protein in them? haha
Raining this morning, so I'm not running. Kind of disappointed because I was looking forward to a higher calorie limit today... we'll see how I feel after work tonight. So that's my limit for exercise enthusiasm - get up 20 minutes earlier? fine. Get wet? nope nope nope.0 -
Over by 150 calories yesterday. Why? I decided to go for a glass of wine and stealing French fries off my kid. Bad timing too cuz weigh in is tomorrow and I have two parties this weekend. I have to avoid letting the parties ruin everything for me!
Good luck Coady! Have u ever ran in the rain? I actually like it. If it's raining so hard my feet will be squishing in my shoes that's a no, but a little rain can feel nice
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Over today- a bit bad by not realising the hidden calories in dressings. Also naughty having a cider following hosting a 9year old ten pin bowling party with gem kids. I was feeling strong but when hubby buys a cider esp for you how can you say no? :noway: time will tell... I did say to hubby that I may not like him in the morning!0
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@Dana I've heard it's nice and I was tempted to try... maybe next time
Did pretty well today - had a quarter's worth of Reese's pieces at work, but after dinner I was starving and I put the ice cream back at the last minute and had a banana instead.
Nervous for tomorrow's family reunion - our family parties always involve lots of food. Going to do today's run tomorrow and there will be swimming so I'll have a bit more to work with. I'm trying to pre-log everything I can (people generally bring the same things every year) and giving myself permission to go up to maintenance for a day, so hopefully it won't be a repeat of last weekend.0 -
Hi Everyone
I have been good today trying to make up for the extra calories I had yesterday. However my sodium was too high though. Hopefully the scales forgive me tomorrow. I am still strong with the no beer rule! I joined the Jillian Michaels ripped in 30 days group so will start exercising soon :sad:
Hope everyone is doing well. Good luck CoadyMarie 0 -
Gah, ate over yesterday, but I had a brunch date with some friends out of town.
Today I ate back all my cals, which wasn't what I wanted, but oh well, still got goal!0 -
@ Bettyboag - awesome on keeping with the no beer. And have fun with your exercising
@ Kiwi - good job getting back on track
So I did not do as well as I hoped yesterday. I tried to stretch out my run as long as possible (tacked on 30 mins walking at the end), ate lightly for breakfast and lunch, but I was still over goal by about 800 calories (so 550 over maintenance) - and that's estimated. I was hoping to burn some calories swimming but it thunderstormed all day.
It wasn't all bad though. I didn't massively overload my plate, just had one or two things that were higher cal than I thought (meatballs and stuffing, I'm looking at you). I managed to have a small serving of two desserts rather than all four, and only one and a half bottles of beer instead of drinking all night. So I don't feel too bad about how I did - at least I managed to restrain myself more than last weekend, and I'll take any improvement.0 -
Well done CoadyMarie it's so hard to restrain at social gatherings!
Today calories in check. A bit over in sugar but very hard to get macros perfect. Hubby has put a box of beer in the fridge-this will test my will power :frown:0 -
@Bettyboag Good luck today - it's hard when other people buy things you are trying to avoid. I'm living with my parents again and they always have beer and nibbles lying around tempting me, but it's not as if I can ask other people to give things up because I lack willpower.0
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Hey everyone!
@Bettyboag good luck with the beer in the fridge. It is hard when its right there in your face but you can do it!!
@CoadyMarie good job on the gathering really, it wasn't near as "bad" as it could have been!!
This weekend was good! I didnt work out but made some great choices and stayed pretty darn near my cal goal. Today I went to the gym, did Stronglifts and some assisted pull ups at the end, and so far the cals are in check I already planned my day. 7 cals under goal haha!
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@Gen, nice job! I really want to do pull ups, but they screw with my elbow
@CoadyMarie, Really, I think you did amazing! It's so hard at gatherings!!! Im such a social eater too, love making food for people, and eating and sharing! :P
Today is going well, 200g (1/3lb) from month goal weight. So hope I can do it by thursday!!! Slow goings....0 -
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Exercise: Walk, played at the park
and t25
Logged Everything: yes
Met goal: Yep, got a tiny credit too!0 -
Good job everyone!!
Yesterday's goals were in check yay!! Though the rest of the week will be exercise free, I screwed up my lower back yesterday in the gym.. So, taking it easy but staying within calories should be alright.
Have a good day everyone!!0 -
Hi everyone!
Today went over in calories by half a potato :laugh: it was worth it! Hopefully though still see a loss.
Hope you feel better soon Gen :flowerforyou:0 -
@Gen, yikes - hope you heal quickly
@Betty, glad it was worth it I'm sure it won't hurt in the log run
Another good day for me. I was on my feet for about 10 hours so I had some extra calories - now I've mostly paid off my Sunday spillover
Exercise: C25k week 3 day 3
logged everything: yes
met goal: definitely0 -
Exercise: heavy lifts, cardio machines, and heaps of walking
logged everything: yes
met goal: 380 to spare, WTF?!?
My back also felt a bit niggly doing dead lifts! So didn't finish them
Yum! Love potatoes, they're the most satisfying food too! Like, fill you up the most out of any food.0 -
Yeah, don't screw with feelings in your lower back!!
Thanks for the good wishes! It's already a ton better. just a bit tight and sore today.
Yesterday's goal of staying under was not reached but I was around 50 over (went to the restaurant with a friend so it's an accomplishment in itself that I didnt go more over lol!!)
Today, stay under or just about! And tomorrow am official weigh-in after 1 week at 1750. I think it's going to be good 0 -
The potato last night didn't cause any grief- same weight as yesterday! Today within calories, still no beer-hubby loving life drinking all the beer solo :drinker: and I was active this morning doing household chores. Looking forward to seeing what the scales tells me...
@ kiwipowaRoo- 380 spare? Can you lend me some? :laugh:
@CoadyMarie- great work! 10hours us a killer :yawn:0 -
Very good with food yesterday. Today I successfully resisted the urge to get french toast for breakfast, for the first time in months! I also went on a four-mile run, that I usually wouldn't be able to push myself to do.
Got a dinner date at a pizza place tonight, so I'll have to be very careful. Going to have an extra-light breakfast and lunch, just to be safe.0 -
Not a great day for me... I usually do my heavy lifting on Wednesdays but I got called in to work unexpectedly this morning and when I got home this evening I had no energy left. So I had a beer instead. I'm kind of annoyed - not at myself, because there's not a lot I could do about it - but I felt really close to a breakthrough on squat form. So now I have to decide whether to do my lifting tomorrow and bump my run, or just wait until Friday...
Exercise: none. Well, standing/walking all day.
Logged everything: sort of - we had stir fry for dinner so I had to guess a little.
Met goal: maybe? officially 50 over, but see above re: guessing.0 -
@coadymarie; Hate that! lifting or cardio
hmmmm...
@Gen, I'm currently on 1850 (but I have a BFing toddler 100-250cals?), how are you finding this level?
I wouldn't worry about it! Sounds like you did amazing eating out!!! Im going out AGAIN tomorrow night and freaking out already...
@G01denW01f11 I normally fail at eating light to compensate! Good job! Lol!!
@betty, I don't even know how I did it...
Exercise: Pump, cardio,
Logged everything: Yes, kind of, had a few bites of a pear and ignored it as I didn't log a few exercise ones... lazy logging day
Met goal: 87 Over,0 -
Haven't checked in in a couple days! Husband is on vacation this week and we have been having lots of social festivities. I think I've done ok but I think I will be happy to maintain this week. I just booked a trip to Miami in December (with a slender girlfriend!) so hopefully this will motivate me!
Gen, good job staying in calories and not working out! Sometimes I feel like I rely too heavily on working out and have trouble staying in goal on days I don't work out., so maybe this is good practice for you but I hope your back is better soon 0 -
Happy Thursday everyone!
My back is back (hee hee!!) to 95% normal I would say!! Yay!!! I can't wait for Monday to be back in the gym.
Dana: Well here's a great saying I read I don't remember where.... (lol): Get fit in the gym, lose weight in the kitchen. Totally true!!! I havent done anything this week gym wise and just by tracking very accurately I was able to lose 1.3lbs!! That's awesome for your trip! Enjoy
Kiwi: I am loving 1750 right now. If I keep losing I might up to 1850 just to slow down the weight loss and get close to TDEE (I think it should be around 2000-2100). I get your freaking out when going out. Today, my mom wants to meet for lunch, and my husband wants to eat at a Japanese restaurant tonight. UGH!!!! I hate guessing.
CoadyMarie: Did you decide if you were lifting today? I don't like have gym plans moved around either!
So today is pretty much of a forget it day with all the eating out. I am trying to find a sensitive solution for lunch. I'll have to get creative!!0 -
Going out for dinner is difficult- harder to track calories and not come across as rude. I'm going out tomorrow night to a friends house so weigh in Saturday could be disappointing. Good luck Gen :happy: happy your back is back too!
Today I went over bout 50calories even had to skip my snack :noway: hopefully a all good tomorrow. I am starting the Julian Michael's ripped in 30 tomorrow so hopefully see some positive results soon.
Have a great night everyone.
Good night :yawn:0 -
@G01denW01f11, you have much more restraint than I do - usually I over eat and make up for it later.
@Kiwi, good luck on eating out... I'm sure you'll do great
@Dana I know what you mean - I hate days that I don't work or exercise because then I'm hungry and annoyed - I prefer to do more so that I can eat lots
So I decided to do both today - normally I wouldn't be fussed over missing cardio but I have the day off so I'm not moving as much. Plus I knew that with one more run I could crack week 3 and move on. Going to have lunch and then do my lifting... probably I shouldn't try to go two days in a row but I figure once won't kill me.0 -
For reasons that are not entirely my fault, I was forced to choose between fast food and gas station food for breakfast this morning. Not terribly healthy, but I did at least minimize calories while doing so.
I think I feel my urge to eat decreasing.0 -
@G01ldenW01l11, urgh, that sucks hope you got to eat something nice today after that
So my lifting didn't go that well, but I mainly just didn't want to skip a day. Definitely went over, but may have logged today's snack for tomorrow. I don't know, I was just really hungry today.
Anticipating being over my calorie goal for the week (just by a bit...) but luckily (?) I don't have any food-oriented social gatherings planned for August so I'm hoping for a solid month of hitting goal.0 -
CoadyMarie: I did that a few times, SL two days in a row. I don't think it's all that bad. Except if it becomes a habit. Sorry it didnt go so well though!
So yesterday was a lot of guess work around the calories as I went out TWICE for food. Yes, twice. Boo! And we're going to the cottage on the weekend. It usually means lots of wine and no self control. We'll see, I'll try to limit the no self control part
Have a great weekend everyone!0
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