"A New Me" Group's February Food Challenge

PJilly
PJilly Posts: 22,912 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
For the month of February, our food challenge is to keep our total percentage of fat calories at 30 percent or less EVERY SINGLE DAY.
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  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,912 Member
    February 1

    Katie L. – 1 day below 30%
    Jill – 1 day below 30%
  • kiffypooh
    kiffypooh Posts: 1,045 Member
    I'm a little slow, in general but especially tonight. How do I figure that out?
  • Mamakatspokane
    Mamakatspokane Posts: 3,098 Member
    February 1

    Katie L. – 1 day below 30%
    Jill – 1 day below 30%
    Kathy - 1 day below 30%


    *Catherine I'll have Jill explain it cause I suck at explaining things and she is SO much better!
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,912 Member
    The idea was, since MFP already sets our goal for fat calories at 30 percent, not to have more than 30 percent of our daily calories come from fat. So the easy way is to use MFP's settings or, if you set your own (which I do), to set fat at 30 percent or lower. (I have mine at 25 percent). The more complicated, but not THAT hard, way to do it is take your fat grams for the day, multiply by 9 (because there are 9 calories per gram of fat), and divide by total calories, and that will tell you exactly what percentage of your daily calories came from fat. Clear as mud?
  • HeidiRodzen
    HeidiRodzen Posts: 455 Member
    Well... I was under my calorie and fat gram goal for today, but when I follow Jills handy dandy equation it looks like my fat percentage yesterday was a little over 31%. Guess I'll watch things a little better today :wink:

    Katie L. – 1 day below 30%
    Jill – 1 day below 30%
    Kathy - 1 day below 30%
    Heidi - 0
  • MissKim
    MissKim Posts: 2,853 Member
    Katie L. – 1 day below 30%
    Jill – 1 day below 30%
    Kathy - 1 day below 30%
    Heidi - 0
    Kim - 1 day below 30%

    You know I'm in! Maybe I'll do better this month than last!!!
  • mszSHOGAN
    mszSHOGAN Posts: 2,277 Member
    February 2, 2010

    Katie L. – 2 day below 30%
    Jill – 1 day below 30%
    Kathy - 1 day below 30%
    Heidi - 0
    Kim - 1 day below 30%

    Kim - You WILL do better this month!

    Jill - You doing ok today, I know you were having a problem earlier :flowerforyou:
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,912 Member
    I'm good. Was I having a problem? :tongue:
  • mszSHOGAN
    mszSHOGAN Posts: 2,277 Member
    Weren't you saying earlier that today was hard for you? Maybe not, I don't know anymore. If not, sorry. But if today was hard I'm glad you made it through. Ok, now I've covered my bases. :laugh:
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,912 Member
    Weren't you saying earlier that today was hard for you? Maybe not, I don't know anymore. If not, sorry. But if today was hard I'm glad you made it through. Ok, now I've covered my bases. :laugh:
    Wasn't me. Or if it was, I don't remember, which would be bad! Thanks for the well wishes anyway. :happy:
  • mszSHOGAN
    mszSHOGAN Posts: 2,277 Member
    Well one of us is losing it, that's for sure. I'm banking on it probably being me. I'm scared to think of what I may be like when I'm 50 :noway:
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,912 Member
    Me too. The sad thing is it's only a few months away for me. :noway:
  • mszSHOGAN
    mszSHOGAN Posts: 2,277 Member
    Well if it makes you feel any better you're about as with it as me and I'm only a little more than half your age. One point for Jill! :ohwell:

    Either way, you will be the most awesome fifty year old I know - KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING! (cause you're doing great!) :drinker:
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,912 Member
    Well if it makes you feel any better you're about as with it as me and I'm only a little more than half your age. One point for Jill! :ohwell:

    Either way, you will be the most awesome fifty year old I know - KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING! (cause you're doing great!) :drinker:
    That's my plan — to be the most awesome 50-year-old I can be!
  • HeidiRodzen
    HeidiRodzen Posts: 455 Member
    February 2, 2010

    Katie L. – 2 day below 30%
    Jill – 1 day below 30%
    Kathy - 1 day below 30%
    Heidi - 1 day below 30%
    Kim - 1 day below 30%
  • Mamakatspokane
    Mamakatspokane Posts: 3,098 Member
    February 2, 2010

    Katie L. – 2 day below 30%
    Jill – 1 day below 30%
    Kathy - 2 day below 30%
    Heidi - 1 day below 30%
    Kim - 1 day below 30%
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,912 Member
    February 2, 2010

    Katie L. – 2 day below 30%
    Jill – 2 days below 30%
    Kathy - 2 day below 30%
    Heidi - 1 day below 30%
    Kim - 1 day below 30%
  • MissKim
    MissKim Posts: 2,853 Member
    February 2, 2010

    Katie L. – 2 day below 30%
    Jill – 2 days below 30%
    Kathy - 2 day below 30%
    Heidi - 1 day below 30%
    Kim - 2 day below 30%

    Glad there is more in on it this time!!! I'm eating some summer sausage today for snack ( i love that stuff!) i'm scared today might be bad on the fat. I'll see what i can arrange though ;)
  • savvystephy
    savvystephy Posts: 4,151 Member
    Thanks Katie L for pointing this thread to me! :tongue:
  • savvystephy
    savvystephy Posts: 4,151 Member
    February 3, 2010

    Katie L. – 2 day below 30%
    Jill – 2 days below 30%
    Kathy - 2 day below 30%
    Heidi - 1 day below 30%
    Kim - 2 day below 30%
    Stephanie - 2 days below 30%
  • HeidiRodzen
    HeidiRodzen Posts: 455 Member
    Man I suck! I just can't get it under 30%! Well, I did once, but just barely. I seem to hoover around 32%! Ugh! If I eat an orange or something right now to increase my calories without adding fat I could probably get there (and I do have calories to use now that I've had my workout...), BUT I'M NOT HUNGRY!

    Good job to all of you that CAN do it! I'll try again tomorrow!
  • mszSHOGAN
    mszSHOGAN Posts: 2,277 Member
    February 3, 2010

    Katie L. – 3 day below 30%
    Jill – 2 days below 30%
    Kathy - 2 day below 30%
    Heidi - 1 day below 30%
    Kim - 2 day below 30%
    Stephanie - 2 days below 30%

    Stephanie - I'm sorry you didn't know about this last month :ohwell: Here's to doing it for this month!

    Heidi - Don't sweat it, you'll get in the swing of it! Just brush yourself off and try tomorrow.
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,912 Member
    February 3, 2010

    Katie L. – 2 day below 30%
    Jill – 3 days below 30%
    Kathy - 2 day below 30%
    Heidi - 1 day below 30%
    Kim - 2 day below 30%
    Stephanie - 2 days below 30%
  • Mamakatspokane
    Mamakatspokane Posts: 3,098 Member
    February 3, 2010

    Katie L. – 2 day below 30%
    Jill – 3 days below 30%
    Kathy - 3 day below 30%
    Heidi - 1 day below 30%
    Kim - 2 day below 30%
    Stephanie - 2 days below 30%
  • MissKim
    MissKim Posts: 2,853 Member
    February 3, 2010

    Katie L. – 2 day below 30%
    Jill – 3 days below 30%
    Kathy - 3 day below 30%
    Heidi - 1 day below 30%
    Kim - 3 day below 30%
    Stephanie - 2 days below 30%
  • mszSHOGAN
    mszSHOGAN Posts: 2,277 Member
    What the crap? Someone gipped me out of yesterday's tally! I looked back and it WAS posted so I'll repost since someone is obviously HATING!!!!!!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    February 3, 2010

    Katie L. – 3 day below 30%
    Jill – 3 days below 30%
    Kathy - 3 day below 30%
    Heidi - 1 day below 30%
    Kim - 3 day below 30%
    Stephanie - 2 days below 30%
  • mszSHOGAN
    mszSHOGAN Posts: 2,277 Member
    February 4, 2010

    Katie L. – 4 day below 30%
    Jill – 3 days below 30%
    Kathy - 3 day below 30%
    Heidi - 1 day below 30%
    Kim - 3 day below 30%
    Stephanie - 2 days below 30%
  • HeidiRodzen
    HeidiRodzen Posts: 455 Member
    February 4, 2010

    Katie L. – 4 days below 30%
    Jill – 3 days below 30%
    Kathy - 3 days below 30%
    Heidi - 2 days below 30%
    Kim - 3 days below 30%
    Stephanie - 2 days below 30%

    YAY! I did it today! :bigsmile:
  • savvystephy
    savvystephy Posts: 4,151 Member
    February 4, 2010

    Katie L. – 4 days below 30%
    Jill – 3 days below 30%
    Kathy - 3 days below 30%
    Heidi - 2 days below 30%
    Kim - 3 days below 30%
    Stephanie - 3 days below 30%

    YAY Heidi!
  • Mamakatspokane
    Mamakatspokane Posts: 3,098 Member
    February 4, 2010

    Katie L. – 4 days below 30%
    Jill – 3 days below 30%
    Kathy - 4 days below 30%
    Heidi - 2 days below 30%
    Kim - 3 days below 30%
    Stephanie - 3 days below 30%
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