Do People Like Spreadsheet Challenges?
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I'm having the same problem as Wifires dealing with logging on the spreadsheet.0
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Ok I will look into that....
ETA: Is it fixed?0 -
Worked for me!0
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Just tried it, worked fine! Thank you
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Forgot to mention that mine works now.0
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Do we need more slots in the spreadsheet for people to join? Lots of new members! Or is everyone waiting till March?0
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Im pretty confused with the spread sheet. Its a 4 week weightloss challenge-what are the start and end dates? I think you put a ton of work into the spreadsheet @VeryKatie but I think it might have too much detail for me. I am down 5lbs from my original weight I put on the sheet, but I dont know when we are ending? Help!0
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The dates are always going to be the 1st and 29th of the month. So at the top, middle, and bottom of the "Logging" sheet it has numbers 1 - 29. That corresponds to the date. Would you find other information in the spreadsheet tutorial announcement useful? I can add more description to the tutorial for sure.
Also if people have suggestions for March's challenge, please let me know. I was considering removing the daily calories eaten part. I'm not sure it's needed. As @Kirstie155 said, there is a lot of detail and I do want to to be easy to follow, not hard. If I remove the "daily calories eaten" part, I could perhaps merge the signup and logging sheet into one tab so that everything is easier to find (the meters will likely stay on a separate tab).
February was a first stab at it but I can get started on the March sheet in the next week or so and people could comment based on their experience in February?
My goal is to have all of you so in love with the spreadsheet that everyone sticks around hahaha.0 -
Hi Everyone! I'm a few weeks behind you all, since I just found the forum post a couple of days ago. I'm getting caught up.
To answer VeryKatie's original post:
1. I find exercise challenges the most motivating. For example- push yourself for 5 more reps, or 5 more minutes on the treadmill/during a run.
2. I think trying to hit the macro % goals, that we've set for ourselves in our diaries, for a week straight would be a hard but fun challenge.
3. We could also do a 'challenge of the day'. Where each member (we can cycle through by our numbers on the spreadsheet) chooses 1 exercise to add. And if you added it to your day then you've completed the challenge.
It could be something small- for example, when it's my day to decide I could say- the daily challenge is to add 20 pushups to your daily activities. Someone else may add 100 jumping jacks the following day, and 10 burpees the day after that, or 5 minutes of stretching and so on. I believe we have 13 people in the group, or at least on the spreadsheet- so we could just keep going around.
Challenges I don't like:
3. Limiting any one type of food from your week (length of challenge)
And I can't think of anything else right now-
I want to add that the I really like the spreadsheet. It is very well planned out and i'm impressed with how you've set it up. Thank you for what you've done! I already feel more excited being apart of a group of ladies working towards the same thing.
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A reminder to please weigh in for today everyone! I'll be posting week 2 and 3 results tomorrow!0
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Hey Are we still officially weighing in Monday mornings? I vaguely remember talk of the day moving to Tuesday or Wednesday? 0
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We start the challenges on the first of the month and weigh in at one week intervals. Since March started on a Tuesday, that's the weigh in day for the month.0
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I made a comment from my phone but it didn't post. Originally I said oh..this is good. Maybe I can lose 4 oz overnight :P haha
but now after looking at the spreadsheet to log my weight and exercise I just realized that I think I've been logging everything on the wrong day thinking that the first of each week was monday (and clearly not paying attention to the conveniently placed numbers at the top of each section)...oops haha
EDIT: Oh yeah, I definitely had it all messed up haha All fixed now! :P1 -
WifiresGettingFit wrote: »I made a comment from my phone but it didn't post. Originally I said oh..this is good. Maybe I can lose 4 oz overnight :P haha
but now after looking at the spreadsheet to log my weight and exercise I just realized that I think I've been logging everything on the wrong day thinking that the first of each week was monday (and clearly not paying attention to the conveniently placed numbers at the top of each section)...oops haha
EDIT: Oh yeah, I definitely had it all messed up haha All fixed now! :P
Hahah I know... I need to lose 1.2 lb over night... I was down there before yesterday...0 -
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Would anyone find it useful if I added a basal temperature tracker to the logging sheet? Or is that too personal/useless?0
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This probably doesn't apply to me as I'm not at that point yet but I think even if I was I wouldn't be using it not necessarily because it is too personal or not useful but more so because I'm finding that I don't update the spreadsheet as often as I used to. I usually wait a few days or so and then update the information on whatever days I've missed so if I were tracking temp I would probably be doing it elsewhere.0
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I'm terrible at using your awesome spreadsheets @verykatie, so I don't think that would help me! I track my CM and symptoms like sore boobs with an app on my phone when i think about it.....but I am awful at consistently logging my calories in MFP or adding anything to the spreadsheets, haha!
I'm just here for the friends
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I am not at that point yet but I don't think it would be too personal for me. I just don't know if I will track my basal temperature, at least at first. My husband has requested we initially try a low stress method of just stopping birth control and dtd when we feel like it, and see what happens.0
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Ok, that works. I've been tracking my temperature but I must be doing it wrong. It's ALL over the place. It would look like I ovulated 4 times by now lol. So I don't think it's that useful for me since, at this time, I'm probably not going to put in more effort to do it correctly.
ETA: Yep, I'm doing it wrong. I'm supposed to take the temperature within half an hour of the same time.0 -
I am having the urge... to develop more spreadsheets!! LOL
Is there anything anyone would like to see or to use?0 -
More spreadsheets?!? I love it! Maybe something to track ttc attempts? (e.g. Methods used to track ovulation etc). I was so proud of myself that I didn't poas before my period last month - maybe something to reward that? Probably not as interesting for you right now though!
Alternatively, something to track the variety of exercises done, to try to promote a range of exercise instead of the same thing? This month I've managed running, walking, yoga, skiing, circuit training and a three day obstacle race! Feeling proud of myself and would like somewhere to track it!
One last thought - there's some evidence that each of the following may help when trying to conceive: Eating wholegrains, eating unsaturated fats, protein from plant sources, full fat dairy, reducing caffeine, reducing or stopping alcohol, avoiding sugared soda and reducing red meat. Could we track some of those things?
None of these are desperate - only if you are really keen to make more spreadsheets! (I love them, by the way - I might be slightly obsessed!)0 -
@samlovesthesnow TTC temps is a great idea! I will get working on that It's the most straight forward one so I will start there whilst pondering your other ideas and seeing how to make them work Thanks! 0
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