The Twelve Days (before) Christmas Challenge
chris_in_cal
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The Twelve Days (before) Christmas Challenge
We are taking Christmas day off, right? Today starts the "Twelve Days Before Christmas."
Nothing works better for me than filling out my daily food log and then clicking the "Complete This Entry" button. After clicking a note is placed in my newsfeed for all my friends to see:
Doing the work and having all my friends see it is the magic of MFP.
For folks in the weightloss phase, I challenge myself and you to log all of your food completely and at the end of each day click the Complete This Entry button.
Whether you are under your daily goal or not, log all that you have consumed, and wrap it up at the end of each day by clicking complete.
For me completing my food log keeps me in the right mind frame, and helps me build momentum. Let's enter this home run stretch of the holiday season staying in the right mind frame and having momentum for success.
The rules:
That's it.
We are taking Christmas day off, right? Today starts the "Twelve Days Before Christmas."
Nothing works better for me than filling out my daily food log and then clicking the "Complete This Entry" button. After clicking a note is placed in my newsfeed for all my friends to see:
mfpchris's food and exercise diary was completed for 12/11/2017.
Doing the work and having all my friends see it is the magic of MFP.
For folks in the weightloss phase, I challenge myself and you to log all of your food completely and at the end of each day click the Complete This Entry button.
Whether you are under your daily goal or not, log all that you have consumed, and wrap it up at the end of each day by clicking complete.
For me completing my food log keeps me in the right mind frame, and helps me build momentum. Let's enter this home run stretch of the holiday season staying in the right mind frame and having momentum for success.
The rules:
- Starting today, enter all of your food and when complete click the Complete This Entry button
- Do it for the next 12 straight days
- Enjoy your December 25th tradition
That's it.
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Great idea! I’ll do it.1
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I'll join
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I did it! Day 1 of 12 in the books MFP says “if every day were like today...” I’d be down 5.5 pounds in 5 weeks. That would be amazing but I won’t hold my breath! 2
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Me too....I ended up going out to dinner with a friend for a belated birthday gift. But, I dutifully logged it all and hit complete. Day 1 in the books.... On the second day of Christmas MyMFP gave to me.... @gmdodson602 @DananaNanas2
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I'm in too...Day 1 done!! In 5 weeks I would be down 8.2 lbs...yeah right...lol3
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Hey @fourathomej ! We're both on silver team together too!1
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I plan on it. Need the motivation.2
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Day 2/12 ✔️
Actually had to make more food with dinner cause I didn’t have enough calories to close my diary
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Day 2
Went into some kind of carb mode tonight...no idea why but it is what it is....
@DananaNanas I know...noticed when I found it...so Hi!!! I've had that happen a few times too...lol1 -
Great, I clicked off day 2 also. @fourathomej @DananaNanas Christmas is coming. Though the geese are getting fat, we most decidedly are not!
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I'm in!
Side Note: I am new to MFP so if anyone wants to add me I love to motivate people and I love when people motivate me!1 -
Great, I'll add you in. If you adjust your settings in news feeds you can click on the notify my friends when"I have completed my diary for the day"....it's a nice positive feedback loop/transparency/accountability thing. @Zoey__Jane2
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Day 3/12 ✔️ today it says if everyday were like today... I’d be down 6.2 lbs in 5 weeks! I’m just trying to lose 5 in 5 lol0
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This is cool I’m new to mfp so I didn’t know about that complete feature. Day two of ✅1
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Day 3 and 4 in the books...not such goods days but working on it...0
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Day 4 of 12 ✔️ 1850 calories. Said I would actually be up 2 pounds if “every day were like today” in 12 weeks. Well. That’s discouraging...
ETA that is SUPER discouraging but I also need to remind myself that everyday is NOT like today and I only drink 2-3 (at most) days a week which is where these calories are coming from!0 -
DananaNanas wrote: »Day 4 of 12 ✔️ 1850 calories. Said I would actually be up 2 pounds if “every day were like today” in 12 weeks. Well. That’s discouraging...
ETA that is SUPER discouraging but I also need to remind myself that everyday is NOT like today and I only drink 2-3 (at most) days a week which is where these calories are coming from!
The every day were like today projection is a pointless feature of MFP.. no one is going to have a day exactly the same as the day before, even if they ate the exact same food to the exact same gram.. your TDEE for the day would be different then the day before, maybe you take more steps, workout harder then before.. regardless of if it tells you you will weigh more or less, it's never going to be accurate all the time and if people fall short of that projection they just end up thinking they made a mistake and blame themselves for a false promise. I wouldn't let it discourage you, especially since you aren't going to be over in your calories every day for 12 weeks.2 -
Yeah, what Kriss said...March forward confidently and let go of that discouraging noise. You got this. D4 in the books.1
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Day 5 of 12 ✔️
Not pretty... but I did it. Now I’d be up 8 pounds in 5 weeks if... *facepalm*0 -
@DananaNanas lol*facepalm*...too funny!!!
Day 5...says down 8 lbs in 5 weeks...always looks good but I know better...lol
Todays my 49th birthday...3.5 years cancer free...and were going to see Star Wars tomorrow....seen Justice League tonight...can't get much better!!1 -
Happy birthday @fourathomej !!!! That sounds awesome 1
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Day 6 of 12!! ✔️ halfway there!
Today was much better. Only went over by 10 calories despite making nearly 8 dozen Christmas cookies! O_02 -
@fourathomej Wow, what a fantastic message. Happy Birthday (and from my perspective, more importantly) way to rock the challenge and get your food logged.
I had a weekend of a lot of activity, and a lot of poor food choices. I am very happy to be logging though, for me that is the key to start making more healthy shifts in what I eat.
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Day 6 - went ok...upset stomach last night...just too much junk...didn't eat a lot of any one thing but the bits of everything sure did a number on me...lol...well deserved...
@DananaNanas way to go...I've been horrible lately...somedays I'll log my snacks and then my meals...I'm just blaming ot on being December...
@mfpchris Thank you...and weekends seem to be my downfall too!!0 -
So the newbie @Zoey__Jane is hanging in there. Good for you. 6 more days of logging and then Christmas.1
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Day 7 of 12 ✔️
It’s been a real eye opener looking at my weekly total from last week. It usually doesn’t mean much to me since I don’t log regularly on the weekends. Guess this is why I’m not losing weight
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Lol...funny how those weekends get us...
Day 7...not a great one. Ended up working till 4:30...which meant I fasted for 21 hours....I do follow IF but honestly haye going over my 16 hour mark...anyways we started our Christmas baking today...am really going to have to mindful this week...I also have to wprk 6 days...Grrrrr0 -
I completed day 8 of 12 but forgot to post here. Though I guess that isn't necessarily the challenge? lol I was over on calories due to office Christmas party but not too bad....1
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Yup, like most super tough and gratifying challenges, they happen within.....but I'm still keeping an eye on you @DananaNanas
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Day 9/12 ✔️ under on calories but too much sugar0
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