2 week challenge
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I tend to eat the same things for lunch at work. I rotate between:
- Sweet potato with chicken, salsa, sour cream, cheddar
- Wheat pita toasted with low sodium tuna with hot sauce, cheese, spinach
- Corn tortillas with deli turkey, salsa, spinach and cheese
So I just keep a bunch of these ingredients in my drawer and prepare whatever at lunch. I always go out to lunch on Fridays though.
Lately I've also been doing half portions of leftovers too with a green smoothie (vanilla soy milk, vanilla protein powder, kale, 1/2 banana).
If I'm hungry for breakfast, I have a jar of plain almonds in my desk. I like to eat them in odd numbered increments only.
Yeah....I'm a little nuerotic.
This week has been ok. I had a dinner out Tuesday. It was tapas, so high calorie, but not a lot. I have had a drink everyday; Tuesday I had several. I think I am about even so far fo the week on cals so plan on a low cal day today. I've gotten 3 workouts done. Planning on a longish run Saturday and something Friday or Sunday. I did some yoga after my run yesterday and it was nice. I went to www.doyogawithme.com and picked a post run 20 minute long program. I'm excited about that website!
Next week I need to kick it in higher gear for my weigh in.
Have a great day all!0 -
better - awesome website! Can't wait to try it out 0
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Better_Balance - I wonder what the "odd number increments" is all about?!?!?! That sounds like a SUPERSTITION!! Maybe we should do a "fun" thing and everybody comment on ONE "superstition" that they have!
Or one "routine" that they won't break, I guess....
For me, I have to do my stretching routine, after I work-out, in the SAME order, everyday!! I don't know why....even if I try and add in some "new stretches", or try to "change it up", I always end up back with the ROUTINE. The MOST I can do, to try and be EXPERIMENTAL, is to stretch Left left first, for example, then right leg, and then the next gym trip, switch it to Right leg first, then left.
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I don't like the time change either, but my problem is that I don't get tired. It's midnight and I am not sleepy. I have slept less than 7 hours each night this week and still, I cannot seem to fall asleep at a decent hour.
I finished True Detective, the HBO show with Matthew McConoughey and Woody Harrelson. It was good, but super creepy so maybe that gets my anxiety/adrenaline and that is why I am not tired!
I don't know about any superstitions, I am sure I have weird quirks but I can't think of anything right now...
I hope I can get the run I logged so I can have some beers...0 -
I stretch after I run. 90% of the time, it's the same thing. But I'm not opposed to other stretches. Mostly I think it just is almost autopilot kind of thing..... Funny Beeps.
The odd numbered thing is not just almonds. I don't like using even numbered irons when I golf either. But my favorite number is 8 because I won 4 cakes one year at a cake walk with the number 8. I also like 27 because it's my birrthdate and significant age in my life. I count backwards when I run up hills. I count backwards when I sit at stoplights and more than half the time go or pass under the light at 0. Just call me Rain Man. 0 -
I also hate wasting paper. I tear scrap paper in half and write on both sides. At home and at work.
I have tons of quirks.0 -
asjerven - this time change has KILLEd me....I was already wiped out from the LONG, DARK, COLD, SNOWY winter, but I am just a walking zombie this week. It is TERRIBLE.
I have PVR'd every episode of True Detective and hope to binge-watch them ALL before Game of Thrones gets going!
Better - "8" is my favourite number, too!! 8's and 2's....they WORK for me!0 -
Well this hasn't really been my week...... Eric came home early last night and wanted to go to dinner. So we did and split a bottle of wine. I had mussels with some French bread, so it wasn't terrible food wise, but then we split another bottle of wine and a chocolate torte at home. Then I woke up at 4am and had all this guilt and anxiety over the extra calories. This morning I was over it. I like food and wine and I just need to learn to fit it in a little better and balance things out. I suspect I will not hit my weekly goal this week as we have quite a bit going on involving drinking and most likely eating out. I'm going to get a good run in after work and try to convince Eric we're eating leftovers for dinner and have maybe a drink or two. Next week I need to get back to less drinking and eating better. Which will be a challenge since the weather is warming up..... All I want to do is have a cocktail, throw Daphne in the stroller and walk to dinner.... :ohwell: Maybe March is the lion after all..... Still going to try my best and still enjoy the things I like and just try to even everything out with lighter lunches and more moving! Happy Friday!0
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...Then I woke up at 4am and had all this guilt and anxiety over the extra calories....
All I want to do is have a cocktail, throw Daphne in the stroller and walk to dinner....
To the FIRST item, I just think you have to CALMLY say "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" to ANY guilt!! Guilt is a useless emotion and does NOTHING.....you are going to stumble forward because that is what you are MADE OF, on the inside!
As to the SECOND item, I totally agree....I totally think I need to 100% "temper my enthusiasm" about getting anymore LARGE poundage losses off my body....at best, it will be SMALL increments, likely not even NOTICEABLE to the human eye, and there won't be anymore SLAPS ON THE BACK for "job well done", etc.
Time for me to ENJOY the body I created, and continue to create, and that means, sure, MANAGE my calories, but if I want some alcohol, then I'm going to forego the bread....if I want dessert - maybe I'll order that right off the top and skip the f*cking entree!!!
SUMMER IS COMING and I am NOT going to "worry, fret, curse, guilt" NUTHIN'....
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Love it Beeps! Very well said indeed.
It's that never ending struggle...... I want to lose those LAST 5 POUNDS, but do I really? Will it really make that much of a difference? Is that sacrifice really worth it? Sometimes. Yeah, the guilt thing is not typical. When I eat and drink like that I usually plan for it or at least anticipate it. Maybe that was it....I had set myself up for a low cal day and ended up being 500 calories over. It was worth it though. Got some nice QT with my family, Daphne was actually good at dinner, and that torte is totally worth it.....And I will be having that meal again. Besides, Thursdays are half price bottle night! :drinker:
I have a vacation planned for June. I think if I can get down to 128 by then, that's 5.5 pounds, I would be ecstatic. I've got 12 weeks. That's half pound a week...... OK, maybe 130.... Really I just want a little fat gone from my waist. And I want to enjoy the srping, St. Patty's, March Madness, Derby.......0 -
Agreed, I think it's a bonding thing too with our spouses and friends and we need that too. So if they are like, let's go to happy hour I had a crummy day, you can't say no, just do what you can to balance.
Last night I logged the run but I wasn't able to get it in. I will run tonight and we are getting sushi. I am going to work out tomorrow and then join some St. Patty's festivities.
I might be over by 1000 again, but that's not so bad...0 -
amy - I love sushi, haven't had that for awhile. I will be celebrating St. Patty's on Sunday night at family dinner with boiled dinner - corned beef, cabbage, potatoes & carrots - one of my faves, can't wait. We will also be decked out in green & there will be green beer for the guys. My mom also gets all kinds of jewelry & stickers for the kids to cover themselves in, they love it.
better- 12 wks should be plenty of time to get to where you want to be
beeps - right on about guilt being useless, you just have to let things go & move forward
My quirk is with those K-cups that you use to make coffee. We have a metal "tree" at home & at work that holds the cups & I like it always to be full, no empty spots & I always have to organize it by the different kinds & flavors - there you have it.0 -
Happy Monday!
THE CLEANSE IS OVER!!! Woo! My results were awesome!! I started out really high (girls weekend.. lots of wine & junk!) so I know the first few lbs were just water weight from that, but I ended up "losing" 8lbs, and shrunk my natural waist by 1" and my belly button "pooch" by 1.5" I got a new phone so I lost my before pictures (bummer!!!) but I'm happy with my afters! Yesterday I "feasted" but got full so quickly since I hadn't had empty foods all week! The result is *gaining* 2.5 lbs back, but I know that the low weight after the cleanse wasn't maintainable for now, I'll get there though, it was only 1.5lbs away from my ugw Overall it was successful!! Hopefully I can maintain my weight that I got this morning for the week and into next week It worked really well for my fiance as well! He was able to buy 34" waist pants which he hasn't been able to do in a few years now, so he is more motivated than ever to keep himself in them.
Abi - Love the quirk!! I hope your St. Patty's day celebration was fun!
Amy - I hope you were able to catch up on some sleep this weekend!
Ashley - I have the same issue with guilt sometimes and wonder if reaching my goal weight or having the figure I want is really worth it (have I mentioned how much I LOVE food & wine?!) But it does have to be some sort of balance and I think it's a continuous effort to make that work! And 1/2 price bottle night is just AMAZING!! You'll look amazing for your vacation!!
Beeps - So true! you look absolutely amazing and you should enjoy your body! I'm still working on getting your arms! So envious Also, dessert first is my favorite! A friend that shares the same birthday as me go out for our bdays and get the dessert first and then an appetizer sampler to split, I love it!
That's all I can see for now! Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Enjoy some green beer and some Irish food!0 -
Happy Saint Patrick's day, guys! I kind of at a lot this weekend, but still managed to stay fairly low.
Week total: 6692
My sister's boyfriend was visiting when I was visiting my husband and family and I went a bit enthusiastically to the chocolate side of the kitchen. Whoops! I was feeling major guilt, but I'm not going to let this stop me. I'm at 129 lbs, and my next goal is 125 (then 120, and then 115). I can do this. I can definitely get to 121 by the end of April, without guilt and self-hatred.0 -
CONGRATULATIONS, shander, on the cleanse results!! AWESOME!!
wassergottin - thanks for recording the *star* challenge results....I'll get that spreadsheet out!
I get a "bronze" star this week....I actually had an EXCELLENT week, but on Sunday, I really was terrible and therefore, ate way too much!0 -
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
shander - glad your cleanse went well, seems as though it was worth it
beeps - congrats on still getting a bronze even with eating a lot on Sunday. I find that it is important to keep on track & even a little low during the week so that I can enjoy my weekends
wasser - you're right, don't let guilt derail you from your goals
I totally overindulged on apps at Sunday dinner. I should have just waited for the corned beef & cabbage and enjoyed that. The mix of all the heavy foods & a bottle of wine did a number on me, so I am not doing well this morning. I am eating light today & will head to bed early tonight so I should be fine by tomorrow morning. I need to work on getting more exercise in this week, my schedule has been tough & I have been lacking in motivation. If the warmer weather ever decides to arrive it will be way easier.
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My goals for the next two weeks are:
Reduce carbs
Reduce sodium
Eat a plant based diet
Exercise every day
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My goal was 9800, I got 10933, I was 1133 over, so Bronze for me. I went crazy on Saturday! It started out ok, I slept in, worked out and ate reasonably well. We went to a pub and I had a couple of beers and split fish n chips with a friend. Then I just kept drinking and decided I needed Wendy's on the way home-cheeseburger, fries and a frosty.
I was able to reign it in on Sunday, though, but it was a struggle. Even though I wanted to eat everything in sight, I just told myself that it wouldn't be satisfying so I should just satisfy myself with completing my diary under goal
I will try to log this week but I have a lot of plans in the evening so it probably won't be very accurate...0 -
My TOM showed up this weekend and while I really tried to REIN IT IN on Saturday, by Sunday, I just let the CRAVE-WAVE wash over me and I indulged. For whatever reason, for the last 3- or 4- years, my periods are coming at BIZARRE times, and sometimes I get cramps (which I never did before) and now that I've been logging food for a couple years, I really DO have VERY noticeable binges/cravings at that time of the month.
I HATE THAT. I mean I REALLY hate that!! I used to poo-poo all the women who blamed their period for EVERY damn thing....and now, gosh, I am one of those chickadees who recognizes CLEAR changes during my cycle.
The bad news is that I BLEW a good deficit week. The good news is I have 3 weeks ahead of me that I can put in good, solid effort and move off some bodyfat. So, that;s my aim. 1 pound per MONTH....this is NOT koo-koo stuff we are talking about here. This is a solid plan which requires consistent effort and energy!
BOOM!
(PS - keep your *star* challenge reports coming in....I can post the spreadsheet tomorrow!)0 -
My week started out rough.....too much booze, dinner out, etc. but I actually ended up only about 200 over. So not bad! My secret was getting a good calorie burn in the form of stroller running in right after work Friday. Then we had leftovers so a light dinner and just a few drinks. Saturday we were at the parade all day so was sort of forced to skip lunch. Yesterday I just really wasn't hungry and knew I would be injesting lots of calories (made pork carnitas with homemade tortillas, some homemade guac with hint of lime tortilla chips, and margaritas) so just had a protein shake after my workout prior to dinner. Which I had a great workout. Did kettlebells and some lighter upper body lifting and some core work. I am good and sore today and tried not to overdo it with heavy weights. So I think this week I am going to focus my lifting on lower volume higher rep stuff. Maybe work on my deadlifts a little, but otherwise keep is low. Also need to keep my diet in check as Thursday is weigh in day.
Shader, glad your cleanse went well!!
Beeps, good job desptie your "bad" day. We all need them sometimes.
Amy, sometimes we just need a 4th meal.
Hope you all have a great week!0 -
Oh right! I forgot about the STAR challenge!! I will get a platinum again, being on the cleanse definitely left me way under, next week will be better
Ashley - That's great for incorporating things you like!! Keep it going this week!!
Beeps - That stinks that you're feeling the effects of TOM more now!! I hope you feel better and that the crave wave has passed! Great goal though
Amy - Sounds like you had an awesome weekend Enjoy your busy week!
Abi - I'm glad you fully enjoyed your celebration! Sorry it left you not feeling so great today though, feel better!!
Nessa - great goals!0 -
I had a great week until....yesterday. I just ate and ate yesterday. I was 542 over for the week. Today, I restarted T-25 with some friends on here. Vacation count down has begun....14 weeks. Who think I can lose 14 pounds in 14 weeks?????? I am sooooo UP! I weight what I weighed when Addi was born and I don't think it is fluff because I have been up for a few weeks now. I am ready and determined!
Beeps- I am the same way. TOM is the ENEMY! I gain, I eat, I cry....not in that order!
Shannon- I may try a cleanse on spring break.... How much of the weight stays off????
Ashley- You have been doing awesoem with your workouts! Do you to a video for the kettleball or do you do your own thing?0 -
Major fail this week with about 2000 cals over, I am not even sure what happened and I feel like a blob. I did finish my 7th week of C25K and will complete the program this week, so that feels pretty good. I am going to start Chalean Extreme a week from today and just do the 3 lifting dvds each week and substitute running for the cardio dvds. Looking forward to getting back into lifting!0
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Ashley- You have been doing awesoem with your workouts! Do you to a video for the kettleball or do you do your own thing?
Thanks! I have a video that came with my KB. It's short, like 20 minutes, but judging by how my @ss feels today, very effective! 0 -
Hi ladies!
Lot's to catch up on here... I was about 1,000 cals over for the week, not sure where that puts me. Had a bit of a blip on the workouts last week, but I got back into the gym today and man did it feel good!
Better - homemade carnitas are probably my favorite thing on earth. Seriously so good. You have me craving them now!
Shand- Way to go on the cleanse
Chloe - Let me know how you like Chalean Extreme. I have a friend that swears by it, and I've always kind of wanted to try it.
That's all I can see/remember for now.
Goals:
Strength Train 3 days a week with cardio at the end
Try for one extra cardio day
Water WATER water
Get at least 7 hours of sleep every night
Have a great week gals!0 -
*STAR* challenge update:
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I'm not sure if this is the place for me or not, but I thought I'd say "hi"!
I've lost around 80 lbs over the past two years and am hovering in the 143 range. I hit a major plateu after the holidays (and a diet break) and after much soul searching I decided my body wasn't ready to drop more fat without building some muscle first. My goal is still 135, although depending on how things go I might still revise that.
Right now I'm doing You Are Your Own Gym (beginner level) and eating at a small surplus. In the past 6 weeks I've been hovering around 141-143. If I consistently hit 145 or see measurements going up without added definition, I'm headed back into a cut.
I know y'all are still focused on losing, so I'm not sure if this is a good fit or not since I'm more focused on body composition. My overall goal is still to loose.
BTW, I did ChaLean last summer and LOVED it; I saw some really nice changes in my muscle tone while eating at maitenance.0 -
I've done ChaLean 2 times I think? Its a great way for me to get back into lifting after I take a break. And I always see some good results. I am really looking forward to it. I haven't really lifted since midway through my pregnancy.0
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welcome EmmiDahling! If you stick around, I'm sure you will see that some of us are losing, some of us are maintaining, and some of us (i.e. ME!) are forever in the "last 5- or 10- lbs" club....
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And I'm in the "gained 10 more pounds, now I need to lose 15" group! LOL:laugh:
I feel great though. I did T-25 this am and I prelogged the yoga routine i am doing tonight at school.
Ashley-I love that you quoted my misspelled awesome!
Emmi- That's awesome weight loss!
Oh, for my birthday, next month, I have asked for a heart rate monitor. I will still log 1 calorie but I want to push myself to get the burn higher. I think once I have dropped 5 pounds, I will raise my calories to 1425.0
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