Butterball Babies~ ! (Closed Group)
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I know I'm not using my usual format--but wanted to check in anyway! :bigsmile: And Tausha, welcome back from your vacation! Hope you enjoyed every bit of it! The last few days I've been killing my calorie burning goals as usual and staying under my calories since Thursday. Some days I have gone close, and almost gone over. Still eating more then i'd like to, comfort wise, but always been making up for with it for exercise. I decided to check in on the scale as well..i do peak every few days, just not every day since it can be stressful..too much..I'm already down 0.4lbs..so next time, I'll weigh in Thursday for the final result. I'm still going in the right direction! :flowerforyou: As for water--I'm still drinking a minimum of 8 cups. sometimes i have to use a water bottle and use propel a little to flavor it..(despite knowing the chemicals) all and all, im going good!0
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Hope everyone is having a good weekend. My in laws are here so managing to keep food under control as im doing the cooking. Time for exercise limited but walked loads yesterday and planning to do same today. Am on annual leave as of tomorrow so week off yay! Got to tidy the house and get some muchh needed chill time. Plus planning to try out my new jillian dvd and go running in the mornings and ikeep up with my zumba and running club in the evening. I will get my 3500 cal burn! Lol0
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10/20--500 calories burned, 21 c water, 0 strength training, under calories
10/21--500 calories burned, 15 c water, 10 strength training, OVER calories
10/22--1200 calories burned, 12 c, 0 strength training, under calories
10/23--
10/24--
10/25--
10/26--
Calories burned: 2200/3500
H2O Intake: 48/110 cups
Under Intake Calories: 2/7 days
Strength Training: 10/60 minutes0 -
(caught up through Friday)
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under cals: 1/6
under sodium: 1/5
cals burned: 561/2000 (includes Sat workout)
10min meditation: 0/3
70 cups H20 total: 15/70
cal avg for week 1400: actual~
weight: 10/19-123.8.........10/26-TBA
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Sandy-congrats on the loss this week and so far...that is great! as for challenges...we all made our own again for the week, and most of us are stayin similar to last weeks goals! Seeya when you get back
Nat-of course my recommendation would be to log your food everyday (just to be sure you are close to your goals at least). other than that, inches are going to show your true progress with you focusing on the exercise portion, and I would recommend you meaure at least every other week to keep you motivated with your progress...I would measure: biceps, chest, ribs, natural waist, belly button, hips, thighs, and calfs...this will give you the best idea of how your REALLY are doing vs what the scale says. Keep on movin girl!
Thanx - I do log all my food every day - except for when I eat at my Mum's house - no clue what it is & why it's so hard to log there, but we know it's always good home cooking, no canned/premixed stuff & LOADS of veggies: but it would probably be good to get a handle on my eating there - but I don't think once per week or every other week would really hinder me much. I measure about once p/mnth with Hubz - he seems to really enjoy measuring my chest... :laugh: ... But since he's pushing harder at the gym I think we are going to switch to measuring once p/wk, I'm going to add the calf measuring in as well as he says I no longer look like I have tree-trunk legs, so maybe things are changing just slowly enough that I'm not "seeing" it, but trusty tape measure will "show" it. And, of course, the way my clothes look & feel is a good tell-tale. I think I'm just frustrated that I work my butt off & the "scale" still doesn't move, but as long as the muscle is getting more solid I think I can deal with it. Though I wouldn't complain if the scale did move!
And, not sure if this is an NSV, or maybe it's a BBV (body-builder victory - lol!): I have to get a new winter jacket: none of my old ones fit... well, they do fit, I just can't move my arms! Apparently while my chest has lost an inch, my shoulders have gained a couple & while the jackets fit & zip up, my shoulders are so broad I can't move my arms much & when I can the sleeves seem shorter than I remember! So there is a plus to firming & building as well as the minus0 -
(caught up through Sat)
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under cals: 2/6
under sodium: 2/5
cals burned: 862/2000 (includes Sun workout-walks)
10min meditation: 0/3
70 cups H20 total: 27/70
cal avg for week 1400: actual~
weight: 10/19-123.8.........10/26-TBA
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I will most likely be over on cals tonight (we are having a potluck at work) but if I am, I will use it as my cheat day for next week and move on! Gonna try my best not to go overboard though...I HATE potlucks!
Suzanne-keep goin strong girl!! I can't wait to see your final results on Thursday
Mariam-which new JM DVD didya get?!
Nat-sounds like a plan!! Maybe a bodyfat % test is in order now too?! Just saying....you might be getting SO ripped that there is NO other way to tell but that!!! Other than that, the scale will start going in the right direction eventually, so don't lose hope! and congrats on your BBV!! :laugh:0 -
I've been out of town since Friday morning. I pretty much splurged all weekend and I haven't been on to log anything.
I'm going to join Tausha for the remainder of the week, so here are my goals Monday thru Wednesday:
10 cups of water daily
30 minutes of Cardio minimum daily....(actual planned sweaty exercise...not counting daily activities...)
30 Push ups per day
Under Calories daily0 -
Hi Ladies! I've updated the spreadsheets to this point for the last two weeks. I'm missing a few weigh ins.
I will list them... but will probably be removing those who haven't posted by tomorrow.
TEAM BLUE....(down to only 2 active members)... we need to check on Ladybug1620 and Cuddles2523. If they choose not to check in I was wondering if you would like to join the red team to receive some more support? So...Nat (purplebutterfly) and Anita (sas16) Let me know if you hear from them and if you are ok with me including you in the Red team? They have a pretty cute team logo and all... Hope they dont mind either.
TEAM ORANGE: You all are rocking it and everyone is pretty great about check ins! Keep it up!
TEAM RED:.. I'm missing weigh ins from Callmefor911 (kym) and Jenneyd (Jenney) ...so really you are down to 2 active members as well..unless these girls check in soon! How do you feel about the blue team joining you?
TEAM PURPLE: Thanks so much for being dedicated! How lucky I am to have an awesome group!
TEAM YELLOW: Everyone seems to have checked in for you as well! Your team is doing great!
Team Pink: We are missing Shelley (aquasw16) for the past few weeks now. I know she was considering a move and a new job. Can you check on her and I will remove her if we don't hear from her. Let me know!
I messaged Shelley for Team Pink. She said she is mostly doing Weight Watchers now with her roommate. She did take the new job also. So I don't think she is continuing with this challenge.0 -
10/20--500 calories burned, 21 c water, 0 strength training, under calories
10/21--500 calories burned, 15 c water, 10 strength training, OVER calories
10/22--1200 calories burned, 12 c water, 0 strength training, under calories
10/23--500 calories burned, 15 c water, 0 strength training, under calories
10/24--
10/25--
10/26--
Calories burned: 2700/3500
H2O Intake: 63/110 cups
Under Intake Calories: 3/7 days
Strength Training: 10/60 minutes0 -
Nat: well done on your bbv. I agree with Tara, id measure everywhere as im sure u are losing inches. Plus you work so hard i reckon your body fat percentage as reduced as well. Do your trousers feel looser? As the scales may not be obliging but you may be getting leaner which is better in my opinion. I need to get back to ripped and doing JM workouts as i dropped a dress size without losing any weight by doing JM workouts- I was getting leaner which i much preferred rather than what the scales said.
Tara: im sure you've told me before but what is a potluck? is it a party? Ive got No more trouble zones. Im planning for that and ripped to be my winter workouts. im not sure how often i will be able to go out for runs when it snow so have a back up plan along with my zumba. so should be all set.
AFM: i think period is def due as im still bloated and my scales show a 4lb gain! eeeekk!!! lol! it the higher end of my maintainance range so ive changed my settings to lose 0.5lbs/ week and will prob keep it that way for the imminent future . Plus i'll let you all in on a secret. Id like to lose a bit more weight and get closer to 116-118 as hubby and i are trying for no 2.
I dont want to balloon up and gain 40lbs again so will keep it sensible, my hubby is agreeable with this! lol, i usually get a lot of resistance from him when i talk about losing more. If i get my weight under control now i shouldnt have that much to lose. Im petrified as Ive worked so hard to lose it- but hey if i did it once i can do it again. My daughter is 3 in january and ideally i dont want more than 4-5 yr age gap so its now or never! Im hoping to continue being active if we do get pregnant. I think my attitude towards food and exercise now are vastly different to what they used to be- plus i want to continue to run as late as i can! Nothing on my main feed please- trying to keep it quiet0 -
Oh, Mariam, good luck on the baby!! You definitely will be able to remain active while you're pregnant and that and eating healthy will give you a good healthy weight gain.
Nat, you're working out so much and I know you eat well, you must be growing tons of muscle and burning fat. That's probably why you're starving too! I second the body fat measurement. I'm scheduling one for me the early part of November. Even if the caliper test isn't spot on perfect, it's a good gauge of where you are.
I had an awful (really good!) weekend. It started Friday night and just kept on going. I had high hopes for Sunday but never got my planned workout in, had a huge breakfast with our out of town company and the desserts I made on Saturday kept calling to me all day long.
BUT, last night hubby said he wants to get back on the working out and eating right train (Whoo-hoo-it's about time!) so I won't have him bringing the junk in the house and always asking for takeout. Other than my son's birthday and a couple of golf tournaments where lunch is included and I have no control over it, I have the rest of November until we leave on our cruise to eat right and keep working out. Even though I'm in my maintenance range, I'm going to try and drop a few lbs. before our cruise to give myself a cushion so I'm resetting my goals to 1/2 lb. per week.
Tausha, I'm with you on the next three days. I've already had 8 cups of water this morning, gotten a 700+ calorie workout in and did strength work. I won't actually be doing pushups because I did chest presses and flyes this morning and the muscles are sore.
Have a great day all! I have 2 weeks until the golf tournament I"m in charge of and have TONS to do on it. We've already raised over $10,000 though so I'm really excited. Our goal is to net $10,000 so have to get some more golfers. Anybody wanna come play??? :laugh:0 -
Zigzag cals-800 net calories: 1/3...Fr(995)...Su(700)...Tu(
Zigzag cals-1600 net calories: 2/3...Th(1602)...Sa(2207)...Mo(
under sodium: 3/5...Th(-139)...Fr(181)...Sa(1349)...Su(337)...Mo(
over 75 g protein: 1/5...Th(88)...Fr(64)...Sa(31)...Su(60)...Mo(
burn 2500 calories: 1471/2500...Th(621)...Fr(340)...Sa(0)...Su(510)...Mo(
10 min relax time: 3/5...Th(1)...Fr(1)...Sa(0)...Su(1)...Mo(
60 cups of water: 19/60...Th(8)...Fr(4)...Sa(0)...Su(7)...Mo(
Weight: 10/20 167.6.................10/27
Ugh, I usually weigh better on Monday than on Friday, but I am up 3 pounds from Thursday (170.2). Maybe body prep for TOM, but usually don't have an issue. Also, motivation to exercise is way down...usually I look forward to it (well...I at least don't dread it). Gotta get back out of the 170's!
Gotta get back to work, needed to catch up. Looks like everyone is doing great so far! Keep up the good work
I SUCK at pushups (better, since doing 30DS and 1/2 or RI30, but still suck). I won't make them my official goals this week, but will try to throw some in daily... (welcome back from vacay, Tausha
Mariam--potluck is where you have a get together and everyone brings a dish to donate to the meal.0 -
AFM: i think period is def due as im still bloated and my scales show a 4lb gain! eeeekk!!! l! it the higher end of my maintainance range so ive changed my settings to lose 0.5lbs/ week and will prob keep it that way for the imminent future . Plus i'll let you all in on a secret. Id like to lose a bit more weight and get closer to 116-118 as hubby and i are trying for no 2.
I dont want to balloon up and gain 40lbs again so will keep it sensible, my hubby is agreeable with this! lol, i usually get a lot of resistance from him when i talk about losing more. If i get my weight under control now i shouldnt have that much to lose. Im petrified as Ive worked so hard to lose it- but hey if i did it once i can do it again. My daughter is 3 in january and ideally i dont want more than 4-5 yr age gap so its now or never! Im hoping to continue being active if we do get pregnant. I think my attitude towards food and exercise now are vastly different to what they used to be- plus i want to colontinue to run as late as i can! Nothing on my main feed please- trying to keep it quiet
At least now you know what to do to lose the weight. I wish I had not waited after 3 kids to lose it! 50 lbs is really daunting. LOL oh! well, one day at a time.0 -
Tausha, I don't mind if team blue joins us.
This week I am down to 154.2 lbs. My weight had balloned up to 157lb lbs. Eeeek! But I am back on track and even more motivated.0 -
update so far
Calorie burn : 913/ 3500 cals (2587 to go)
Run/walk 20 miles: 14.35miles/ 20 miles (5,65 miles to go)
More fruit and veg: getting better, managing atleast two portions per day0 -
Thanks for all the welcome backs ladies! :0) Glad to be back in action myself.
Mariam!! Good luck and God Bless about trying for that beautiful baby! I'm so excited for you and all is hush hush from me!
Angie...Awesome about the golf tournament! I may have missed what you are raising money for??
Karen...Thanks for checking in on Shelley and letting me know. I am happy for her about the job and will remove her from the pink team list.
JoAnne..Thanks for your input on allowing the Blue to join you! I will probably try to make some adjustments to the spreadsheet before sending it out this time. Just add the two girls that are left to your friends list! :0)
Kory...I suck at real push ups so far too, but I'm modifying them by doing Girlie ones and some on the Wall when my arms get too tired. You can look up wall push ups if you aren't familiar, but it's pretty self explanitory.
Nat.. I feel your frustration b/c I know how hard you work ! Hey...at least a shopping trip for a new coat will be fun! :0) By the way, you are looking ripped and slim in your pictures! Keep it up!
As for me, I didn't get my goals yesterday as hubby surprised me for my birthday. Good news is that I'm definitely on track today and feeling a little more back to normal around the house. It's surprising how much "out of whack" you feel from being gone for 10 days. Whew...
Oh!!! And I started Turbo Fire today. I'm doing the 5 day kick-start plan. I've even bought the protein shakes...blah...but hey...If it works I'm thrilled! I haven't done the work out yet, as I'm planning it when my 2 year old goes down for nap. I've done some TurboJam classes before though, so I know it will be fun and intense! Wish me luck.
I'll be sending out the spreadsheet today. Keep an eye out for it. If anyone wants a copy and I don't have your email address just send me a private message and I'll add you to the list. Karen is awesome at posting our public spreadsheet though!!
Much love girls!
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Accidental double post! Rock on today girls!
Did you know we only have less than 5 weeks left?? I think that's pretty awesome!
Would anyone be in for another challenge after Thanksgiving?? I'm thinking it would be nice to have a bit more of a kickstart BEFORE New Years!
Would you want a Christmas Challenge or a New Year's challenge?? Or both?? 2 short term challenges??
Let me know what you think!0 -
Accidental double post! Rock on today girls!
Did you know we only have less than 5 weeks left?? I think that's pretty awesome!
Would anyone be in for another challenge after Thanksgiving?? I'm thinking it would be nice to have a bit more of a kickstart BEFORE New Years!
Would you want a Christmas Challenge or a New Year's challenge?? Or both?? 2 short term challenges??
Let me know what you think!
I think a New Year's Challenge sounds good after this one. There's really only a week between Christmas and New Years. After this challenge ends, there will be 5 weeks to the New Year.0 -
Oh..ok..
RED Team and BLUE TEAM>..... I would like for each of you to add each other on your friends lists. We are down a few members on each team and this will ensure you have more support. However, I've not changed the spreadsheet....and you can just keep your same team logos if you want, or if someone gets fancy you can get a new one. It's up to you!
I'm sending the spreadsheet now, so you will be able to see who to add!
Blue team members left are:
purple1butterfly (Nat)
Sas16 (Anita)
RED TEAM members left are:
Soccermum75 (JoAnne)
Sandypants64 (Sandy)
Jenneyd (Jenney)0 -
I hope that everyone is having a wonderful monday ! I would like to do the new years challenge after this one ! I love these challenges they keep me motivated !0
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Tausha, my son goes to a magnet school and while the program he is in is incredible, the school is pretty poor. It's run down, the traditional parents are mostly single parents or if the family is lucky they are dual income but the parental involvement is pretty minimal and financial support is really lacking. As a result, this school is definitely one of the "have nots". Last year, some of the magnet parents started an academic foundation to help fund teacher grants, improve the school facilities (truly, my son WON"T go to the bathroom at school-he runs in the door at the end of the day-not very healthy!) and improve school technology. They did their first fundraiser and actually netted $50,000 which was amazing. So now they want to start having a golf tournament every year and I got "elected (more like shanghaied!)" to be the chair of the inaugural golf classic. The good thing is their goals are very modest so I'm not trying to raise the bar from previous years. The bad thing is everything has to be done from scratch and getting golfers has been a challenge. The schools parent base aren't exactly the golfing set! But, it's coming along and as long as everybody has a good time this year, they will hopefully come back next year.0
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Did some research on zigzagging and nutritional stuff and I have come to the conclusion that my 3 month plateau (only lost 6 pounds in 3 months) is due to not eating enough. So will change my goals here mid-week to reflect the new recommendations from the zigzag articles.
Anyone else that is interested...ended up going w/ the 2 low/1 high method.
Use MFP's calculator to determine what your maintanance calories are (mine is 1930)
Put your setting to lose 1 pound a week (will be -500 from your maintanance number)
Then remove an additional 300 calories--this will equal your low days and your maintanance number will be your high day
On average, will equal out to your 1 pound a week loss goal, but shakes up your metabolism a bit.
It says that even though your setting is to lose 1 pounds a week, it could acually be anywhere from 0.5 to 3.5 pounds...every body is different.0 -
TAush- Welcome back!!!
Maria- I hear ya and have been thinking about that too.... i too will be "trying" for baby #2 in spring possibly- and sometimes i think to myself- "is it worth doing all this work when i'm just going to be prego soon?!?!" BUT then i think of the woman i heard who finished the Chicago Marathon 38 weeks pregnant, and then actually went into labor & had a healthy baby within hours after finishing...now thats crazy & amazing. I DO NOT plan on running marathons, prego or not, but still the plan to stay on track, healthy & fit- even if pregnant- will offer such amazing benefits & rewards even after baby arrives!!! That's what keeps me going!!
Last week i didn't seem to have much calorie burn and only got in a WO on saturday. Today I got my Monday butt out of bed & "shredded"... felt GOOD!!! Hoping to keep it up all week!
and YES- i would love to continue onto a NY's challenge after this is done0 -
Maria- I hear ya and have been thinking about that too.... i too will be "trying" for baby #2 in spring possibly- and sometimes i think to myself- "is it worth doing all this work when i'm just going to be prego soon?!?!" BUT then i think of the woman i heard who finished the Chicago Marathon 38 weeks pregnant, and then actually went into labor & had a healthy baby within hours after finishing...now thats crazy & amazing. I DO NOT plan on running marathons, prego or not, but still the plan to stay on track, healthy & fit- even if pregnant- will offer such amazing benefits & rewards even after baby arrives!!! That's what keeps me going!!
I know, have been doing some reading and its ok to keep running whilst pg esp if you are used to it already. just need to take it easy thats all. So for now i'll still be trying to lose the last few lbs and then take it from there. my marathon plans will have to wait! but would love to be able to do this properly this time!
tausha: good to have you back! def up to doing a new year challenge! maybe even longer going up to valentines day or similar! I love challenge groups as they keep me motivated!0 -
(caught up through Sun)
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under cals: 2/6
under sodium: 2/5
cals burned: 1238/2000 (includes Mon workout-walks)
10min meditation: 0/3
70 cups H20 total: 39/70
cal avg for week 1400: actual~
weight: 10/19-123.8.........10/26-TBA
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TEAM YELLOW-great job for all checking in this week!!
Mariam-potluck=food party!! ours was for respiratory care week! great winter plan too btw!! good luck with the baby making!!
Kory-TOM doesn't usually effect me either...but this last time it did!!! hopefully the scale will shift the other way soon Kory-I have heard about that 2-1 plan...let me know how it works...I will figure out what my cal goals will be at work tonight! interested in seeing though (in case it works for you)!:bigsmile:
Tausha-Happy Birthday!!! What did you think about turbo??? I am not a big fan of protein shakes either...but I have found some delish ways of using the powder...what kind did you get? I agree with Karen...New Year's Challenge for sure!!!! I'm in! :happy: :happy: :happy:0 -
I updated the chart and deleted the names Tausha deleted.
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Reporting in again, the last couple of days are getting better..been under my calorie goals..im working on the water as much as i can, its not like summer where id drink a gallon of day, but im working on at least 8 cups of day. Yesterday was horrible, only had a few cups..ugh...haven't done any serious strength training for the past few days and did a very challenging week 3 on Jillians RI30, which right now, im doing random weeks..whenever..still killing those burns! I'm still training for my 5K thats on Friday, where we can run in costumes. :laugh: trained this morning, crisp air, very relaxing. :bigsmile: Thats still going well.0
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10/20--500 calories burned, 21 c water, 0 strength training, under calories
10/21--500 calories burned, 15 c water, 10 strength training, OVER calories
10/22--1200 calories burned, 12 c water, 0 strength training, under calories
10/23--500 calories burned, 15 c water, 0 strength training, under calories
10/24--205 calories burned, 18 c water, 20 minutes strength training, OVER calories
10/25--
10/26--
Calories burned: 2905/3500
H2O Intake: 81/110 cups
Under Intake Calories: 3/7 days
Strength Training: 30/60 minutes0 -
DID WE START THIS CHALLENGE SEPT 1ST?!?!? (that would put us at almost 2 full months so far) JUST CURIOUS...
Out of the 26 people left in this challenge, losses are as follows:
8.0+lbs-4 people
5-7.9lbs-4 people
2-4.9lbs-5 people
0-1.9lbs-6 people
+lbs-7 people
This was interesting to me...so I though I would share! Do you know where you fall?? Do you remember what your initial goal was when you started this challenge?? We have about 1 month left to hit our goals, so let's step it up a notch and focus!!! We can do it!
Suzanne-what's your costume gonna be for the run?!?! that would be so cool!!0 -
DID WE START THIS CHALLENGE SEPT 1ST?!?!? (that would put us at almost 2 full months so far) JUST CURIOUS...
Out of the 26 people left in this challenge, losses are as follows:
8.0+lbs-4 people
5-7.9lbs-4 people
2-4.9lbs-5 people
0-1.9lbs-6 people
+lbs-7 people
This was interesting to me...so I though I would share! Do you know where you fall?? Do you remember what your initial goal was when you started this challenge?? We have about 1 month left to hit our goals, so let's step it up a notch and focus!!! We can do it!
Suzanne-what's your costume gonna be for the run?!?! that would be so cool!!
Tara-I like how you put things in perspective! I believe we started the first because that is why we weigh-in on Thursdays. I know where I am and know how much I wanted to lose and I'm more than half way there...awe yeah! I know you're doing great too so keep it up!0 -
suzanne: your run sounds like fun! im doing a head torch run tonight in the woods with my running club! scary but fun!0
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