Summer Stretch July 2017 Challenge: Week 1 (7/1-7/7)
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This month's challenge brought to us by a brilliant idea from @Steph_Maks
Ok...ok. It's not summer for some of us. It's winter in the southern part of the globe. Summer works with the alliteration I'm trying for here.
Do forgive, me hearties. 
Still, the month of July is as good a month as any to endeavor to challenge ourselves to stretch our goals, to push ourselves a little farther or harder, because we know, if we want to, we can do anything. Whether it be literally adding stretching into our fitness routines (like yoga) or trying to stretch our limits, let's challenge ourselves to improve our efforts. As long as it represents an improvement for you and your health/fitness, your goal is perfect for this month. Buckle down on plan basics? Push a little harder in workouts? Branch out and try a new kind of exercise? It's all fair game.
I've posted a few days early, as I'll be gone over the 1st of the month, feel free at anytime to go ahead and post your goals in this thread. Please keep it bumped for me while I'm are gone, but, as always, I'll have links to each week's thread at the bottom of the Challenge Sticky post for easy access if/when it gets buried. Things are always hoppin' here.
Stretch just a bit, and see how far you can go! I think you'll surprise yourself.
Ok...ok. It's not summer for some of us. It's winter in the southern part of the globe. Summer works with the alliteration I'm trying for here.
Do forgive, me hearties. Still, the month of July is as good a month as any to endeavor to challenge ourselves to stretch our goals, to push ourselves a little farther or harder, because we know, if we want to, we can do anything. Whether it be literally adding stretching into our fitness routines (like yoga) or trying to stretch our limits, let's challenge ourselves to improve our efforts. As long as it represents an improvement for you and your health/fitness, your goal is perfect for this month. Buckle down on plan basics? Push a little harder in workouts? Branch out and try a new kind of exercise? It's all fair game.
I've posted a few days early, as I'll be gone over the 1st of the month, feel free at anytime to go ahead and post your goals in this thread. Please keep it bumped for me while I'm are gone, but, as always, I'll have links to each week's thread at the bottom of the Challenge Sticky post for easy access if/when it gets buried. Things are always hoppin' here.
Stretch just a bit, and see how far you can go! I think you'll surprise yourself.
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I'm sorely in need of this, by now to get the basics right again is challenge enough.
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Most of June I was able to get myself back into good keto habits. At the end, I had a setback-not critical- but enough to lose momentum. For July, the challenge for me is to get back into my keto roll, and continue on my way to my three month goal!
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I have jumped back into zero carb over the last week and half and think I will jump into this challenge - my goal is to do ZC for the whole month and beyond and to start reducing the amount of coffee I drink and increase my water intake - I have a lot of weight to lose and would love to be down 21lbs by the end of July9
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I would love to stretch my IF into an EF so maybe I'll try that in July! I've been researching a lot & it sounds like the best idea is to ease into it with baby steps. I've done one 24h fast, I'd like to try 48 but even if I just make it 36 that would be great.3
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I'm planning to do a 16:8 fast Monday through Friday at the least, keep keto, and maybe start some exercise program.5
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I'm in! My goal is to stretch my no cheat days or alcohol for 30 days promise to last the entire month of july. I started last monday (6-19).4
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Our goal is to stretch our beginning workout routines from 10 mins a day to 15-20mins a day for both my husband and myself.4
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My goal is to incorporate the gym 2-3 times a week. Seems simple, but I haven't been doing it. I started Keto about 3 weeks ago, and have not been able to get the fitness AND the diet into action at the same time!4
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First time posting and am fairly new to LCHF way of eating..my goals for the month of July are to stay at or below 50 carbs a day, walk on the treadmill 20 minutes 4 times a week, and drink a minimum of 80 oz of water a day.8
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I have three goals coming up in July. The main one is, I want to ride my bicycle up to my mum's house. It's about a 45 minute trip by car and it is pretty much uphill all the way. My plan is to ride up on a Saturday, spend the night, then ride home again on the Sunday. As to which Saturday/Sunday, it'll depend on the weather and how I'm feeling, confidence-wise. But it will definitely be a weekend in July.8
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msberger508 wrote: »First time posting and am fairly new to LCHF way of eating..my goals for the month of July are to stay at or below 50 carbs a day, walk on the treadmill 20 minutes 4 times a week, and drink a minimum of 80 oz of water a day.
Welcome to the forum.
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Hubby and I are starting a new exercise workout so my July goal is to be able to do these workouts the entire month and see some good progress by the end of the month.7
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My goals for July is to keep my carbs under 75g everyday (NO EXCUSES!!). I really need to get my food back on track. Hopefully I will be lower most days but I'm setting the ceiling high to increase my chances of success right now.7
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You all are intense. Zero carbs, 75 carbs. I m happy to stay under 150. Go to the gym 2-3 times a week. (last week I went 6 days in row).7
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My stretch goal is to kick that keto ball into high gear again. Another successful day after my mini relapse In late June.
My first stepmother, Crazy Betty, had a good diet tip, which I am holding on to for dear life at this time as i work my way back to keto.
When faced with a food temptation:
Just say, "No, thank you. Not now."
This was meant not just as a repsonse to a person offering food or a fleeting off plan food opportunity; but, as an acknowledgement to yourself that saying no for this moment does not mean never again.
It means just not now due to a current goal which is a priority to me.
It means when I can make it work for me, I can have it.
It means I am not feeling forever deprived, I am choosing to make a choice for now, so that I will feel better in the long run.
I am choosing to get back to my goal weight this summer. That is my priority.
Don't need no stinking carby binge food.
And as for plan B:
As they say in matters of a failed romance....Living well (looking good) is the best revenge.
That might also help me get the job done.
Have a great day pals...planning to be on the lookout for all the usual weekend triggers at dance night tonight.
Keep calm, keto on.
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"Crazy Betty" LOL. I have a "Crazy Paula".
I'm back in for July. I was on vacation last week. It wasn't very diet friendly.
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I'm posting for the first time. I am starting the Eat Fat, Get Thin on July 1st. It is a 21-day challenge which I would like challenge for a month long. It is basically low carb, clean eating. Hopefully, the outcome will be a weight loss of 5 - 10 lbs.6
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This is a prevalent strategy in the recovering community, otherwise known as "One Day at a Time."When faced with a food temptation:
Just say, "No, thank you. Not now."
This was meant not just as a response to a person offering food or a fleeting off plan food opportunity; but, as an acknowledgement to yourself that saying no for this moment does not mean never again.
It means just not now due to a current goal which is a priority to me.
It means when I can make it work for me, I can have it.
It means I am not feeling forever deprived, I am choosing to make a choice for now, so that I will feel better in the long run.
My stretch goal for July is to avoid all refined sugar. After great success in May with the "Meativore May" challenge, life smacked me upside the head with some huge stressors, and I responded by diving into a vat of chocolate. Okay, so the "vat" of chocolate is only figurative, but the amount of chocolate I ate in June, the weight I have gained, and the rising BG numbers are very real.
I need to stop eating All The Sugar. I'm going to try to do it just one day at a time. Just for today, I'm going to be good to my body and only eat what is healthy for me.
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I have HIIT goal of 30min daily 6x wk, which is same as June avg. I'm going back to Fitbit to track my efficacy.
I have water hydration goal of 10gl/daily + 1/2tsp mineral salt/daily . ( an avg improvement ~1gl/daily)
I have IF goal to cease eating M-Th at 5p/20-25g net carbs (this is an hour earlier, but same new net carb range set only a wk ago). Wkends still have parameters, but are broader to be family compatible.
I aim to lose 6lbs in July!5 -
Hi all! This is my first forum post even though Ive been a MFP user for years. My stretch will be to exercise 3x/wk. Wish me luck!13
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JustMaxine55 wrote: »Hi all! This is my first forum post even though Ive been a MFP user for years. My stretch will be to exercise 3x/wk. Wish me luck!
Good luck Maxine. Welcome!2 -
I am currently doing
*Absolutely no sugar and no grains.
Including sweeteners
*20g net carbs a day
*intermittent fasting 18:6
*Fasted HIIT exercise. Minimum 30 min a day but try to get in over an hour (6 months ago I was unable to walk, except to the bathroom)
*and a trial run of absolutely no night shades.
*I Cut down my caffeine intake from 12 black tea bags in my morning tea (no that isnt a typo)
to 3 white tea bags (white tea has 1/4 the caffeine as black)
Have been going strong and am on week 6 of my keto adaptation.
I have over 100 pounds to lose.
My stretch: I really want to be at my previous weight of 230 by my birthday on July 21 (or at least end of july which is my daughters birthday and marks my absolute heaviest ever,m of 408). My goal weight of 135 will officially be less than 100 pounds away if I can do it!
Ketoooooooo onnnnn
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Well, I fell off the wagon at the beginning of June when I went on vacation to Disney World. Yeah, that one "planned" week has now stretched into four.
So I've finally managed to get myself back here and hopefully on the right path again. Right now this feels like a stretch to me, so my goals for this month's challenge are just getting back to the basics...
1) Log everything I eat on a daily basis.
2) Aim to keep carbs under 100.
3) Do at least 15 minutes a day of some type of activity (cardio/strength/stretch/flex/whatever).5 -
Sticking to plan so far foodwise. I expect better alcohol compliance now that my social life is slowing down somewhat for a couple months.
In June I lost almost 10 pounds and almost met my goal. So far in July I've lost a couple more, and still have a good feeling about being able to stay on my summer goal track.
I am so hoping for a nice, pleasant stretch of no drama, just having some fun and living the good life.5 -
I'm working to push my endurance / range with the bicycle, this morning I hit a new personal best -- 42 kms! I'm 100% confident now that I'll be able to hit my goal of riding 'two towns over' to visit my mum. I'm sure that's only about 50km so it's definitely in my reach now.
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I am totally on track and feeling great, even adding in some exercise (mainly gardening) and feeling very motivated (finally it has taken a long time to get back in the rhythm)7
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Chillycatmum wrote: »I am totally on track and feeling great, even adding in some exercise (mainly gardening) and feeling very motivated (finally it has taken a long time to get back in the rhythm)
And I still LOVE that hair! Nice nice pic too.0 -
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Thank you, my friend took the photo yesterday at the beach1 -
You guys are doing great! Lot's of good vibes here today!
1) log my food- done
2) carbs under 100 - close at 109 (um, I had a large 7-11 burrito left over from the dark side)
3) 15+ mins activity - did 35 mins of a jessica smith walking dvd4 -
Hey everyone! I started CICO and walking/running again 3 weeks ago, incorporated lazy keto about 2.5 weeks ago, and have been doing IF 16:8 for the past week. In this period, I've already lost 10 pounds . I'm hoping to keep this going through July and was really excited to find this group!
My goals for July:
1) Resist the urge to stress eat while studying for the bar...
2) Log everything I eat on a daily basis
3) Get moving everyday, even if it's a leisurely 30 minute walk
4) Incorporate more keto-friendly ingredients into my meals (discovering almond milk and hard seltzer was amazing!)
5) Keep to under 32 net carbs/day by making keto-friendly alternative dinners.
These past couple of days haven't been great, especially on the last point (I made chicken and dumplings for my partner a few days ago and couldn't resist the leftovers...). But I'm excited to turn it back on today!4
