2 week challenge
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My quads are fine today.
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Today was SUPPOSE to be my new weigh day. I just saw a SCARY number. I really don't understand what I am doing wrong. I have gotten really good about measuring my food so I can't be THAT off. I am working out - HARD. that T25 leaves me dripping in sweat. I am doing P90X for some weights - yea I know its not really HEAVY lifting, but it is something and I SHOULD be losing something. I can see SOME body changes but not much. SOOOOO...........I have a new plan. I just found a vegan protein powder recipe on pinterest - yes, I want to make my own for cost and for fear of what is REALLY in what I am buying. I am really going to focus on CLEAN (yes, I said that dirty word) eating. I have to do something to move this weight. I do not want to do it in an unhealthy manner, though. I am going to focus on a minimum of 80 grams of protein, lots of fruits and veggies.0
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Sorry you're having a hard time Kelly. That is so frustrating and I have definitely been there. I hope you find what works! Could just be water retention. Maybe from your diet but maybe also from workouts? Are you drinking tons of water?
Shanaber that pizza sounds yummy. I love pizza.
Beeps, glad you're feeling good.
Abi, hope you all get healthy soon!
Jen, sounds like you are right back in it. Just like that!
That's all I can see. Hi to everyone else!
So I had my circuits class last night. The chick teaches two classes at my office a week, but I just do the Tuesday one. I really liked the class. We had 8 stations. Each station we'd do 8 rounds of 20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest. There was some rowing, TRX, kettlebell, barbell stuff (I did clean and presses....holy cow.....), incline treadmill, etc. etc. etc. It was a great workout. I wanted to do another round of 32 minutes.
I ate a lot of candy yesterday and was just hungry at night. I had almost 400 calories after dinner and only a tiny bit of it was booze. (Poured a glass of wine and didn't finish it....I don't like riesling.....). I was over a little in cals, but not much. I felt good this morning so decided to step on the scale this morning and it was 0.5 pound less than yesterday. So I am feeling good and hope I keep moving in a good direction. I really want to keep things in check this weekend: dont' overdo it with drinking or Easter meal and get two good workouts in at some point. I may go for a run after work. It's kind of nice to get a workout done before the weekend has hardly begun. So we'll see. Have a great weekend ladies!0 -
kclynch....ohhhhhhh, it is SO hard for me to support any "clean eating" stuff!! but, i 100% support YOU b/c i want YOU to succeed in your quest.
So, post lots and often and lemme know how it is going....
(For me, i just don't understand or agree with the whole clean/dirty list of foods. I understand eliminating "junk food" or "empty calorie"-type stuff.....and i understand deficit calories. The rest ends up being "noise", for me.)
BetterBalance - that circuit class sounds like a lot of fun...i really ned to investigate finding a "new" class for maybe one. Ight per week....that might help with my inertia-issue.
So, what is a girl to do with a friday off?!?! Well, fibonacci pyramids, of course! I'm off to the gym in about an hour to go lift some heavy shyte! BOOM!0 -
Ashley- since I'm not working, I may not be drinking as much water so I will focus on that for the next few days. I will redesign and record on Mon. I can think of lots of excuses, water weight, gaining muscle but not losing fat, sodium, carbs, etc. but that fact is, I have been working pretty hard for a month with zero results - maybe a slight change in inches. I will measure next weekend.
Beeps, thanks for supporting me. :laugh: I know that I can't actually go 100% clean and I am am doing it to 1. Help control calories and 2. Try to keep my energy up. I think when I eat junk, I get tired easier. I have a friend on here who just hit under 130 today (she was that low last spring too) She eats lean cuisines everyday and protein bars. She does all home workouts. She has lost and maintained over 60 pounds for several years and she is like 5'7. She did a good blog about convince food.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jennieodwyer/view/in-defense-of-convenience-food-1-year-later-205525
I know I don' t HAVE to eat clean but I need to change SOMETHING because what I am doing isn't working. If I could go back, I would have never gained the weight back. When I was working out 5 days a week, I didn't have to be as strict to maintain. I just can't seem to LOSE!0 -
Kelly I'm friends with her too but I hadn't read that blog. I like it. People can get rather upity with their so clean eating. I admit I do feel better generally if I don't eat the stuff that you buy in the middle of the grocery store. And the majority of foods I buy are from produce, fresh meat, frozen veggies, etc. BUT....I always keep packages of noodles with salt that turns into sauce that I can mix with chicken from a can. I do put frozen brocoli in it. But I top it with parmesean cheese from a can. That I always have. At the end of the day, a calorie is a calorie. I am learning maybe what types of my food my body does best with (from a mentally satisfied state, a digestive state, and maybe even a weight loss state), but that doesn't mean I didn't eat tator tots and diet Coke (and eggs and buttered toast and bacon) for breakfast last Sunday because I was hungover. It's all a balance! Oh and I drink a lot too, so there's that. No one is perfect! We just need to do what works. Some of my friends eats prepackaged food almost all the time and have/are losing. I have other friends and I look at their diary, and I'm like really?! How do you find the time to eat so perfectly!? But good for you.
I also think that if I'm eating more healthfully (fresh foods), it just gets me in a more healthy mindset so I'm less likely to say screw up because I feel good. OK, that's all. 0 -
Jennie was my first friend on here. When I started, she was at 1 year. She was so inspiring. She is really good about commenting on all exercise post, which was really motivating when I started - and still is!
I decided to do a little extra Pilates today. I use to do it a lot and might try to add it back in. Forgot how GOOD it feels. Anyway, off to the library. Everyone, have a great weekend!0 -
Egg, Bacon and Toast isn't clean? I eat that every weekend!
That image did help me to picture that, Jen, thanks. I have not done that exercise but there was something similar in the Drop 2 sizes but you just bridged from the ground.
I will have to read the blog. I do the convenience food quite a bit, I think. I don't like the meat in the frozen meals though, so I often go meat free with them.
I think eating more protein helps me not be so hungry. And fat, if I don't get enough fat I just eat, and eat, and eat...
Last night we did Take-Out Thai and so I don't know how many calories it was, I went with the PF Chang's figure.
Have a great weekend all!0 -
kclynch - i 100% agree that if what you are doing isn't working, it would be insane to keep doing THAT and expecting a different result. Good for you for changing it up.
Today is scheduled cardio.....ZOOM!0 -
Not doing well....work nights and there are bags of easter candies stored right above my head (for the whole night staff..but it's above MY head!!!) so keep mindlessly pulling and snacking.
I feel like its hard to find motivation to do better, when all I want is another piece of chocolate...then another...then another.0 -
Mmmmmmmm, chocolate!!
Happy Easter!0 -
I have to go back to work today
I like my job, but with less than 5 weeks til summer, I got spring fever. I am starting the day with a meeting so I want to post now. 182 over - not bad. The scale is still up. I drank my water. I don't know. Sat was bad. I failed at eating cleaning this weekend. :laugh: but I'm not done with it yet. Sat showed me that one bad choice leads to another - for me.
2 week challenge
1. Workout 6 days with two doubles - I usually do 30ish minutes
2. Eat cleanish- 2 small cheats
3. PROTEIN - I was low this week
I don't know what else. I did some research on losing fat without muscle. One article said IF with minimal cardio. Another article said 5 mini meals and intense cardio. No wonder there are so many over weight people!0 -
Hi ladies,
Silver star for me this week--664 calories over. I'm just glad I logged (though I did estimate here and there) and my weight held steady. My baby is still sick (he wakes up coughing a bunch at night) so sleep is still taking priority over exercise, but I'm going to try to work in a few short workouts during the week this week. I've definitely notice that I'm getting a little softer even though my weight has stayed the same.
I'm way too far behind to comment on everything, but here's what I can see:
Kelly--ha ha I know what you mean about all the conflicting info out there! I don't really know what the right answer is as far as nutrition and cardio, but the most impressive before/after pics I've seen from out there on MFP from those trying to change their body composition have definitly been from the heavy lifters.
Beeps--happy Easter to you! Thankfully I was able to avoid the Easter chocolate this year....
zgolub--food at work is tough. It's so much easier to be good when you don't have the temptation right in front of you (or above your head). Can you move it someplace else?0 -
Hey ladies. I was on track for a really good week. Got a lot of workouts in (2 days of running, 1 day of circuits, 6 week 6 pack, and 45 minutes of biking with Daphne), ate reasonably on days I drank, but Sunday was a big fail. In addition to no workout (I chose sun and book over running), I ate a lot, and drank quite a bit too. I CAN NOT do all weekend free for all. Two days max. So I know what to do. I'm over Easter. I have 2 more "cheat" events - Derby and Memorial Day. But I can still make my goals. Despite all the junk, I feel surprisingly good today! Well mostly good. I'm still motivated.
GOALS:
1. Stay within my drink limit
2. 5 workouts
3. Log throughout the weekend so I know where I stand in regards to my weekly goal
I have been bad about logging weekends. I back log, but that does little to deter me from overeating day of in order to meet my 10,000 weekly goal. I was about 700 over last week. Let's have a great week!0 -
Hi Ladies -
I had two days being really over and thought I was going to be over for the week but I also had a couple of days where I was really low so it evened out for the week to being under by about 20. I took an extra day off from running because I was tired (probably because I didn't eat enough!) but I did get in a good, long (10 mile) run in on Saturday. I won't be able to run next weekend so it is my last long run before the race. I also lost about a pound, not a huge amount but I am hoping it stays lost and isn't just water or a general fluctuation :happy:
I have a very busy week at work and weekend coming up so I am a little concerned about fitting everything in and eating ok. I know I won't be able to run this coming weekend and the next week I taper. Hopefully my weight won't go up with the reduced running...
So my goals for the next 2 weeks are to:
1. Run every day this week - even if it is a short run
2. Eat the right amount of macros, especially more protein (KC - isn't this so hard!)
3. Enjoy the weekend and try to eat well - not going to give myself a pass to eat whatever but not going to beat myself up if I don't
4. Run M-W-F the next week and focus on eating 'good food' and more carbs
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I was 1243 over last week so bronze star. Not great. But, my workouts were very good last week. I got in my 3 days of Chalean and 3 runs. And a good 2 mile walk. But, my carbs were 43% and my goal is 30% so I need to work on that.0
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kc - hopefully you can find something that will work for you, it's so hard sometimes with all of the conflicting info & advice out there
chloe - 30% is pretty low with carbs, good luck with that - great job getting in your workouts though
shanaber - wow on the 10 mile run, I've yet to go further than 4 myself, hopefully the eating was okay last weekend, I totally overindulged on Sunday which I knew would happen
Better - I hear you on the back logging, not helpful after the damage is done
Ris - hope the baby is better soon
Now that I have enjoyed my sweets, just ate my last Cadbury egg this morning, it is back to healthy eating and getting in my workouts. I did squeeze in a run yesterday between church & family gatherings which was nice. The weather was beautiful, Spring is finally here! Hopefully it will stay that way.0 -
No star for me!! Although my eating was fine, I don't usually drink and, whatever happened this weekend (too much company in the house; my parents insisting on "happy hours" throughout, giggling until wee hours....) I DRANK TONS OF ALCOHOL.
Somehow, i avoided hangovers, although I have no idea how!!
Anyway, I am totally low-carbing it this week because I feel so bloated and awful. Easter was totally fun and I really had a great time, but I feel like road sludge now and it is less than 3 weeks to Europe!!
So, MY 2.5-week-challenge will be:
1. LOW carbs. At least for week 1 and hopefully for the last 1/2 of the 3rd week, too.
2. WATER, WATER, WATER
3. At least 3 x lifting and 1 x cardio
I am back to only jumping on the scale 1 x per week....I can't seem to manage the 1 x per month without feeling lost and koo-koo when I finally do jump on it!
Keep those *star* challenge reports coming in!
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no star for me either. I was 1600 over after Saturday and then I couldn't log the easter buffet very well, I think I did pretty good making choices there, but still...
I will see what the scale says but my program calls for a week off after 4 weeks and I am going to NY, upstate to see my fam on Friday. So I will work out today and tomorrow, and jog Tues and Thursday, then resting:yawn:
Haha, that little sleepy emoji made me yawn!
Beeps, I missed your post about Europe-where are you going?0 -
I am off to London from May 10 - 15 and Paris from May 15 - 18!! My best childhood girlfriend is backpacking through Europe for the month of May, with her 2 oldest daughters (aged 21 and 20).
I cannot take a month of work (....remain shocked that my gf can....), nor do I want to do the 'backpacking' thing....but, I did insert myself into the URBAN part of their trip!
They will meet me in London on May 11th - I arrive one day before them because they will have already been in Europe for a week, touring Scotland, and I want to recoup from jet lag! And then, when I leave Paris, I leave the day before they train off to Spain!
I am VERY looking forward to this trip!! I haven't been to Europe in 14 years, and I haven't seen London or Paris in 15 years, so it is W-A-Y overdue!!
I remember my husband and I saying to each other, when we were honeymooning in Italy 14 years ago...."we will, for sure, return to Europe every 2 years. FOR SURE"....so, here we are, 14 years later, lookin' at each other going, "wth?!?!? WHERE did the time go (having kids....) and WHAT HAPPENED to our VACATION PLANS?!?!?!"
Anyway, while I am away with ladies, my husband is taking a buddy and heading down to Bonaire (about 90 km north of Venezuela, so I am told...) to go scuba-diving!
These trips were all planned, and (mostly) paid for BEFORE the "great BRACES project" descended on us....so, while excited, we are also feeling VERY BROKE and I am trying NOT to let THAT spoil the fun trip I am supposed to be having!!0 -
Hi Ladies!
No star for me last week. I thought I had only gone over by 1,200 ish but realized I hadn't logged any of the ice cream I ate throughout the week... oopsies. Had a really high carb week last week, couldn't stomach much more than mac n cheese there for a few days. Forgot to weigh in this AM, so I'll need to remember to do that tomorrow. Along with bad eating, I didn't workout or even walk as much as I had planned to. I'm feeling better this week and seem to have more energy, so hoping to get back into the gym at least twice this week and walk as much as I can.
I'm way too far behind to catch up with everyone, but here's what I can see:
Chloe - I think I was at like 55% carbs last week lol. Good work getting those workouts in!
Abi - I just ate my last package of chocolate too! So jealous of your nice spring weather.
Amy - Have fun with the fam.
Beeps - SO jealous of your Europe trip. That sounds simply amazing. Can't wait to hear stories and see pics when you're back!
Ok so my goals for this week:
Lifting 2x
Cardio (running or elliptical) 1x
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I've never been to Europe. Eric went when he was a kid as he was the way youngest of 10, so by the time his parents were retired and ready to travel, he was still in the house. I will go to Italy. And a lot of other palces, but Italy is on my bucket list. I suspect we won't get to do much European traveling until kids are out of the house. Considering we only have one of the two or three we plan on, it'll be while.....
Beeps too funny. Sounds like your parents and my parents (and me for that matter....) would get along!
So we haven't done a question in a while. What's in your top 5 on your bucket list?
1. Skydive
2. Italy
3. Hike part of the Appalachian Trail (like big enough to warrant backpacking and camping for around a week)
4. Tour the country in an RV traveling to art shows and selling stuff we make (we're crafty) for about a year
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well, when I was 21 my friend and I did 4 weeks in Europe with a Eurorail pass, and we went from Amsterdam to Paris to French Riveria, to Roma, Florence, Venice, Budapest, Austria, Germany, Barcelona and then back to Amsterdam, we had a lot of fun. I always figured I would go back but really haven't. We did go to Spain for 2nd Anniversary and saw Madrid and San Sebastian, which I hadn't in 1997. In 2001 I went to South America for 3.4 months and went to pretty much every country there. We do get to the caribean every year-Jamaica, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.
Planning our trip to New Zealand next year and I am super excited, I think I have to stop in Fiji or Tahiti because, why not?
Also on my list if I go back to Italy I would want to see the Amalfi coast.
I would also like to go to Greece. And I haven't been to London so I would want to do that.
But I was also realizing how little of the US I have seen and I think I should focus on it more. I get these daily emails from Department of Interior (I work for one of the bureaus of Interior) and they have these incredible pictures of different National Parks and I have never been to Yellowstone, which I really want to do.
Also, I have never been to Chicago or Miami and I really want to see those places.
I would also like to raft the Grand Canyon, that looks fun!0 -
I don't even have a bucket list!!! I dunno, I don't seem very imaginative and I have never actually sat down and thought about it. I do know that we were given a book, for our wedding, titled "40 places to see before you die..." and we have seen ZERO of them. Now we have already used up 14 years of our precious time together, and even at 1 place per year, that means I'll be 85 the year I complete them!
Too intimidating! I just stick the book at the bottom of the "unread" pile and leave it at that, lol!!
Amy - a very good gf of mine moved to New Z. in fall, 2013 and LOVES it! She had the WORST 2013 EVER - her mother died, she lost her job AND her house got flooded in the Calgary floods....so, she picked up and went to New Z to visit with a sister that she reconnected with at the time of her mother's death.
Since her arrival, she has found an AWESOME job, a GREAT room-mate, she is dating and toodling around and is HAPPY as a pig in mud!
I totally want to see New Z - and Australia, too! And, watching Wills and Kate and Georgie do their thing down under is REALLY making me smile!0 -
So I may be the oldest one in this group. I have a daughter (close in age to some/many of you I suspect) and when she graduated from college she went to Europe backpacking for 2.5 months. She went initially with her college roommate and then met up with other friends in various times and locations. While she was there we had business trips to London and to Germany (Nuremberg) so we were able to meet up with her and she could sleep in a nice bed and have a nice bath! Since her birthday was near the end of her trip, she invited me to meet her and go to some of her 'favorite' places for a couple of weeks. We traveled by train mostly and slept in hostels. We started in Switzerland (Lucerne and Grindlewald) and then went to the Italian Riviera, then to Florence and Venice and then I took her to Vienna, Austria (one of my favorite places). We had the most wonderful time!
I have been incredibly fortunate that between my work, my husband's work and professional organizations we have gotten to travel to lots of places in the US and quite a few countries. I would love to go back to Vienna (I have been there 3 times!). I spent 2 weeks in the Netherlands doing client presentations in a very small village and I would love to go back there and take my husband with me - what wonderful people and it is so beautiful!
Other places I would like to visit - Ireland cause my family is from there, Hungary cause my husband's family is from there and China and Australia just because... I would also like to go scuba diving somewhere wonderful like Belize or Costa Rica!
Beeps - I have decided I am going to live to 120 and screw up all the actuarial tables! So if I were you I would get started picking a place out of that book!0 -
Lots to catch up on!!
First off, I don't think I got a star this week, i didn't log this weekend but I know I went WAY over! Oops
I'm so jealous of your trip Beeps!! You'll have a blast
I was fortunate enough to study abroad in Florence when I was in college, it was the most amazing time of my life! While I was there we traveled to Rome, Venice, Sienna, Perugia, Lucca, Amalfi Coast (amazing, highly highly recommend!), Milan, and then outside of Italy I went to Cork, Dublin & Galway in Ireland (beautiful!), London and Barcelona. Then a year later when my fiance (then bf) was studying abroad in Germany I went to visit him there (northern Germany) and then we went to Florence again and then to Majorca, Spain. I can't wait to go back though! I would love to go to Greece and back to Italy. I definitely want to go to Paris and Croatia as well! Maybe that will be a trip after we get married
Shanaber, that trip you took sounds amazing too! That's awesome that you get to travel for work sometimes, I definitely don't get to do that!!
I don't really have a bucket list though, mainly to travel more and have a family eventually!!0 -
*STAR* challenge update:
ONE WEEK LEFT!
(Because I am gone to Europe for 10 days in May, i won't participate in any May challenge....if someone else wants to run it, have at 'er!)0 -
You ladies are some traveling fools! Nice! I have only been out of the country twice to Jamaica, once on a Carribean cruise, and twice to Mexico. Clearly I need to get out more. However I have seen much of the US, 26 of the states. I just counted. I have not been to the northwest, but would love to go. I haven't seen much of the southwest either; just went to Phoenix for the first time a couple months ago. And I'd really like to see more of the northeast too. The midwest.....ehh......
I had a good day yesterday. I ate under calories (I won't say well because I had tortilla chips with my Qdoba lunch and my macros were high in carbs and fat and lower in protein). I ran almost 2 miles with a stroller at a 9.5 minute pace, which is super fast for my stroller runs. And D woke up at 5:30 this morning briefly and I never went back to bed so I got out of bed and did 6 week 6 pack! It's nice to have it done.
Another goal I want to work on is my macros. I aim for 40/30/30, but usually end up for the week more like a 45/30/25 or less protein sometimes.
I'm still trying to decide if I want to do a weigh in this week or keep it at every other week.
I was also thinking that it's about time to start incorporating strength training back in. I think after this week I am going to shoot for two 30 minute sessions a week of total body stuff. Not necessarily super heavy 5x5 type lifting, maybe some of that, but really whatever I am feeling, but focusing on total body. I'm a little afraid that I may have lost a teensy bit of muscle during my lifting hiatus which could have resulted in some of my recent weight loss. Maybe not....I do feel like my sides are a little less squishy. Anyways, I'll finish this week out with some running, my circuits class, maybe a kettlebell workout and I need to get back on deadlifts. I was doing good with my Sunday work on them, and I've skipped the last 2 weeks.
Have a great day! I'm off tomorrow and hope to enjoy some sunshine!0 -
I was actually under cals for the first time in a week-last week was just bad for over-eating. Dinner was pretty good, too, I took chicken breasts and baked them with a slice of ham and slice of swiss, then sprinkled bread crumbs on top and baked, it was a simple, lower-cal chicken cordon bleu. I thought it was tasty.
I like to hear about everyone's travels and recommendations! Shanaber, what is your job? I would like to travel for work but I haven't much in the last few years.
Shander, have you picked a honeymoon spot?
We have friends getting married in June and they are going to Greece and Italy for 2 weeks for their honeymoon but when I got married I didn't want to plan a wedding and a trip to Europe, so we just did 5 days in Mexico with a swim-up suite, all inclusive. We did an excursion but mostly it was just lounging which is nice after all the wedding festivities. and cheaper!0 -
We have friends getting married in June and they are going to Greece and Italy for 2 weeks for their honeymoon but when I got married I didn't want to plan a wedding and a trip to Europe, so we just did 5 days in Mexico with a swim-up suite, all inclusive. We did an excursion but mostly it was just lounging which is nice after all the wedding festivities. and cheaper!
We went to Jamaica for both of our honeymoons (and got married there once too). Same deal....all inclusive, swim up bar, very little but lounging. Especially the second. We didn't leave the resort once. I want to go back.....0
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