August LC Basics Challenge Week 2 (8/8-8/14)
baconslave
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Obligatory challenge blurb:
Week 2 in tha hizzzzzouse!
Own this week.
baconslave wrote: »Welcome to the August LC Basics Bootcamp!
At the request of the Challenge members, and since no one else has mentioned anything else , here we go again!
One key thing that I have learned in my journey is this:
Consistency + Persistence + Time = Success
Consistently nailing the basics is so important. And consistency creates good habits, routines, and gives you momentum that will carry you through hard times or disruptions to your normal schedule. Forget motivation. Motivation is a fickle thing. Discipline carries you through when motivation fails you.
So what are the basics?
Well, hitting your carb goal, obviously, right? There are other very important other basics. Staying hydrated, keeping electrolytes up, logging consistently (if you're a logger), exercise (if that's one of your goals), hitting your macros, staying away from trigger foods and other things you know set you back...
You can report your progress to your goal, whether it be ultra-obsessive daily hitting your low-carb plan basics, or working on a fitness goal, or even nailing down other good habits in your life. And if you have problems or need advice, you'll find that here.
Each week there will be a thread to collect your progress that week and to interact with other challengers.
I'll keep links to the weekly threads at the bottom of the stickied post should the thread get buried. 2 clicks, to this post and the Weekly link, will get you back to it.
So go ahead and post your goals in this Thread.
My daily post would look something like this.
SW: 159.6
CW: 159.6
Wed 8/1:
Logged:
Water:
Electrolytes:
Calorie Goal:
Carb Goal:
Exercise: HIIT
Prelogged next day:
No booze!:
8/8
But this is your show. So focus on your basics.
Make this month count! Tear it up!
Week 2 in tha hizzzzzouse!
Own this week.
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slimzandra wrote: »
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Good start to the week (cycled to work and back, salad for lunch) and I only had one of those lovely biscuits that a colleague brought back from their Italian holiday.2
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Going to Zumba today. Looking forward to it. I have so much energy lately!2
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Keto SW: 216.8
August SW: 204.4
CW: 202
I've had a weird start...cracked femoral neck and enter crutches. Sore underarms, back, hands and arms. No more swimming at the beach this year!
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Regrouping this week. Staying close to home and re-evaluating a whole lotta stuff. Doing my decluttering - finally seeing some beginning results. The whole rest of it can just be on hold, whilst I ponder.
Keto or bust.3 -
SuperCarLori wrote: »I've had a weird start...cracked femoral neck and enter crutches. Sore underarms, back, hands and arms. No more swimming at the beach this year!
@SuperCarLori Unsolicited suggestion: Wrap your hand grips in bicycle tape. It offers additional padding and relief for your hands and arms.
ALSO. A bicycle bottle cage can be attached to crutches - these bottle cages allow you to transport a water bottle, or a coffee to-go cup.
(my beloved partner is spending 18 weeks on crutches. We are only at week 6....)
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SuperCarLori wrote: »I've had a weird start...cracked femoral neck and enter crutches. Sore underarms, back, hands and arms. No more swimming at the beach this year!
@SuperCarLori Unsolicited suggestion: Wrap your hand grips in bicycle tape. It offers additional padding and relief for your hands and arms.
ALSO. A bicycle bottle cage can be attached to crutches - these bottle cages allow you to transport a water bottle, or a coffee to-go cup.
(my beloved partner is spending 18 weeks on crutches. We are only at week 6....)
Oh.my...GOSH THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
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SW: 191.6
CW: 191.4
Mon 8/8:
Logged:
Water:
Carb Goal:
Exercise: HIIT
No sweets!:2 -
Still on the road. I've mostly done well but the past 2 days I've indulged in some carbage. I'm probably a bit over on calories and probably 100 or so gm carbs per day. So not crazy, but higher than I'd like. A little scared to step on the scale when I get home after two weeks of travel, restaurants, etc.0
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And I did work out today, so yay.4
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sw 213
cw 207
this is week one for me, but started trying to figure out modified ketogenic on friday, and have lost 6lbs of myself in that time.
this week's goal is to log daily, and connect with those doing modified keto..
i'm a bit in the dark!6 -
SW 234.4
CW 228 (-6.4)
Ok, I've tried to save a longer post twice this morning, but it keeps cutting it off...will post later.3 -
Aug 7:
+2.5/-21.4#
Carbs 21%
Sugar 22g
Tried just ground beef with marinara over the weekend then added 2oz. pasta to leftovers yesterday and glad I did, because I felt sick and hope the memory sticks so I no longer want any.4 -
SW 243.8
CW 219.4
GW 130-135
Goals for this month are:
Take my daily vitamins:
Up my H2O to 100 oz/day:
Discipline to combat eating triggers:
Carbs <20%:
Exercise 30 min walking 30 min 5x/wk:
Find a new social activity:
Not much weight loss this week so did a five day fat fast until I was in good, solid ketosis (moderate). However, I did take my vitamins, increase my water, exercised discipline for five days of fat fasting, kept my carbs under 20%. I did walk but not the five days in the last week, sigh. And I got my DH to agree to 7 weeks of ballroom dancing through our local rec department. That doesn't start until January but getting a yes was awesome!!
Jssteverson: How do you get the thumbs up on your posting? Thanks!
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@suzqtme - thumbs up is written as ": +1 :" with no spaces, no quotes.
Logged:
Water:
Electrolytes:
Calorie Goal:
Carb Goal:
Exercise: some fast walking 20 mins.
No booze!: Darn. I had a streak going.. blew it last night.
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to get the thumbs up put the following things in quotation marks between two sets of colons instead:
"+1"
Edit: I'm pretty sure my computer is drunk... When I posted @slimzandra 's post wasn't there. Oh well.2 -
So far so good this week. Having a hard time with my appetite, just not hungry. Have a nasty taste in my mouth, like metal. My water (bleh) intake is improving.2
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I've been having a rough time with snacking at night lately....it's not hunger,it's just wanting to put food in my mouth and eat it, is the best way I can describe it. Is that habit? I'm Thinking maybe make a quart of broth and sip on that?1
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Ok, trying again to post my stats:
Cal <14101 -
Ok...keeps cutting off my posts...will report to MFP.0
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Tue 8/9:
Logged:
Water:
Carb Goal: (went over today)
Exercise: HIIT
No sweets!:1 -
im Australian so sorry for metric.. lol
SW 94 kg
GW 80 kg
Tue 9.8.16
Logged:
Water:
Calorie Goal:
Carb Goal:
Exercise: none
No Grog
5 form 6 good start...
first day!!! loving the maths side if this app, i can run my body on numbers which will help me focus.....1 -
Ok I'm back in!
Sw 316 8/7/16
Cw 313.5
Wed 8/9
Logged: :y
Completed:y
Water: y
Calorie Goal: :y
Carb Goal: y
Prelogged next day: no
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Tue 8/9:
Logged:0 -
hmm
Tue 8/9:
Logged:
Water:
Exercise: 27 mins errand walking1 -
Aug 9:
-0.9/-22.2#
Carbs 6%
Sugar 3g1 -
Is it really Wednesday already? Finally getting some rain here in Massachusetts. Of course, I left my phone out in the car. .
Logged:
Water:
Calorie Goal: :
Carb Goal:
Exercise: : some fast walking 20 mins.
No booze!:
I really need to work at this today.2 -
I realized today that I am probably not doing as well as I thought with my tracking because I hadn't been measuring my food. So I may have been going over carbs all this time. No wonder I'm not losing.2
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For 8/09 - Ketogenic Plan: Start Weight: 206; Goal: 150; Current: 205
Logged MFP:
Water:
Calorie Goal <1301: 1442
Net Carb Goal <25g: 34
Fat Goal <93g: 73
Protein Goal <91g: 94
Cholesterol <300: 369
Ketones: 15-Small
Garmin Steps >7,472: 5,452
No booze!1