December Challenge
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Start- 10/17-184
11/01- 171
12/5- 159
12/11- 154
My goal was 155 by Christmas. Have changed it to 1503 -
River_Goddess wrote: »chinatowninchina wrote: »River_Goddess wrote: »December 1st: 250.0
12/3: 249.4
12/10: 248.6
I'm thinking I need to re-evaluate my goal this month. I'm struggling with motivation and although I'm not tempted by non-keto foods, I'm finding logging such a chore and I've over indulged in social drinks two weekends in a row. It's my staff party next weekend and vacation after that. I think a more realistic December goal will be to maintain my weight and not gain. I can get back to the grindstone when holidays are over. I'm feeling disappointed at the scale this week but it's a reflection of my choices/priorities. Oh well!
You still lost AND you are still under 250, that is excellent work. I agree though, I'm thinking just staying about the same will be great!!
Thanks. I think the honeymoon period has finally worn off, I'm now six months in and it's starting to feel like work. My losses have slowed a little of course. I do suspect that I'll need to start exercising soon in order to continue with losing. But alas, I'll keep plugging away. I'm sure a renewal of inspiration will hit soon enough!!
Have you recalculated your macros? I always forget that until I start stalling out.1 -
HaideeJo13 wrote: »Start- 10/17-184
11/01- 171
12/5- 159
12/11- 154
My goal was 155 by Christmas. Have changed it to 150
YEASSSS!!! Well done, you!!
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HaideeJo13 wrote: »Start- 10/17-184
11/01- 171
12/5- 159
12/11- 154
My goal was 155 by Christmas. Have changed it to 150
Most excellent!!1 -
Don't the macro percentages stay the same and you just have to recalculate your caloric intake? Then that changes the # of grams of carbs, proteins and fats you should be ingesting?MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »River_Goddess wrote: »chinatowninchina wrote: »River_Goddess wrote: »December 1st: 250.0
12/3: 249.4
12/10: 248.6
I'm thinking I need to re-evaluate my goal this month. I'm struggling with motivation and although I'm not tempted by non-keto foods, I'm finding logging such a chore and I've over indulged in social drinks two weekends in a row. It's my staff party next weekend and vacation after that. I think a more realistic December goal will be to maintain my weight and not gain. I can get back to the grindstone when holidays are over. I'm feeling disappointed at the scale this week but it's a reflection of my choices/priorities. Oh well!
You still lost AND you are still under 250, that is excellent work. I agree though, I'm thinking just staying about the same will be great!!
Thanks. I think the honeymoon period has finally worn off, I'm now six months in and it's starting to feel like work. My losses have slowed a little of course. I do suspect that I'll need to start exercising soon in order to continue with losing. But alas, I'll keep plugging away. I'm sure a renewal of inspiration will hit soon enough!!
Have you recalculated your macros? I always forget that until I start stalling out.
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MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »Have you recalculated your macros? I always forget that until I start stalling out.
Thank you! This actually just occurred to me yesterday, too. I recalculated and it dropped me by 200 calories!! That's huge and could be my problem. That, and I adjusted my macros to be more protein, less fat. I think now that I'm fat adapted I don't need to be eating as much fat... it can come from my body.
Here's hoping that a little tweak goes a long way!!
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Jigglypuff00 wrote: »
Don't the macro percentages stay the same and you just have to recalculate your caloric intake? Then that changes the # of grams of carbs, proteins and fats you should be ingesting?MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »River_Goddess wrote: »chinatowninchina wrote: »River_Goddess wrote: »December 1st: 250.0
12/3: 249.4
12/10: 248.6
I'm thinking I need to re-evaluate my goal this month. I'm struggling with motivation and although I'm not tempted by non-keto foods, I'm finding logging such a chore and I've over indulged in social drinks two weekends in a row. It's my staff party next weekend and vacation after that. I think a more realistic December goal will be to maintain my weight and not gain. I can get back to the grindstone when holidays are over. I'm feeling disappointed at the scale this week but it's a reflection of my choices/priorities. Oh well!
You still lost AND you are still under 250, that is excellent work. I agree though, I'm thinking just staying about the same will be great!!
Thanks. I think the honeymoon period has finally worn off, I'm now six months in and it's starting to feel like work. My losses have slowed a little of course. I do suspect that I'll need to start exercising soon in order to continue with losing. But alas, I'll keep plugging away. I'm sure a renewal of inspiration will hit soon enough!!
Have you recalculated your macros? I always forget that until I start stalling out.
Concur. Macro percentages to not auto-change. Macro grams do auto-change to represent the same % of calories within a different total calorie amount.1 -
Yep. But I did change my macro percentages too. Went from standard thereputic keto (5%c 25%p 70%f) to the Ketogains macros for fat loss/muscle building. So I'm going to try out 5%c 45%p 50%f for a month and see how it feels. Day 2 and I'm finding it hard to keep my fats down in proportion to my protein! Looks like cheese will play less of a role in my daily mealplan, hehe
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@River_Goddess Ahhh...gotcha! I had my macros at 5%c 30%p 65%f and finally changed it to 5/20/75. I'm finding it harder to keep within those perimeters. The reason I changed it was because I read somewhere that the "True Keto Macros" were the 5/20/75. I think I read too much. Anyway, giving it a try for a couple of weeks and see how it plays out. I try my best to reach my protein goals and stay as close to 20 grams of carbs. The fat falls where it may! LOL!2
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SW 178.6
12/3 178.6
12/10 175.6
12/17
12/24
12/31
Happy with my results but still trying to figure things out 4 -
spalm18240 wrote: »SW 178.6
12/3 178.6
12/10 175.6
12/17
12/24
12/31
Happy with my results but still trying to figure things out
Good job!! Wonderful loss! Keep it going! 1 -
River_Goddess wrote: »MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »Have you recalculated your macros? I always forget that until I start stalling out.
Thank you! This actually just occurred to me yesterday, too. I recalculated and it dropped me by 200 calories!! That's huge and could be my problem. That, and I adjusted my macros to be more protein, less fat. I think now that I'm fat adapted I don't need to be eating as much fat... it can come from my body.
Here's hoping that a little tweak goes a long way!!
Yay! I tend to agree that you we need less fat than when we first started (and I resisted this thinking for a loooooong time). When I started, it was 5/20/75 for the first couple of years. Then I hit super slow down/stall/started rolling backwards. I've tried as much as 85%F and right now I'm at 60%. At 60%, I can finally say things are starting to move in the right direction, even though I'm getting very close to goal. Now comes recomp, so I do need to keep my protein higher to help build some decent muscle mass. I'm at 25% body fat right now, aiming to hit 20% and lose about 7-10 more pounds of fat. Strength training, here I come.0 -
spalm18240 wrote: »SW 178.6
12/3 178.6
12/10 175.6
Happy with my results but still trying to figure things out
Not doing at all badly thus far!! Well done and good luck this week. If you have any questions about Keto etc just ask and someone will answer!
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Am I the only one who looks at others and thinks, man I wanna be that skinny again!!! Well I have this one co worker I always think.. I wanna be that skinny, if I looked like her I would be happy. I joked today about her being lucky she can eat a crap ton and still weigh 130 lbs. She said... um add 15 lbs to that. I was shocked!!! I am only 9 lbs away from that!!! I was so excited lol. It's the little things hahahaha! Another one of my coworer was saying she is going keto all the way after the new year (as she was eating a bag of chips). Then she was going on about all the things keto entails. She is a total know it all lol, except she had no clue what she was talking about when it came to keto. And no one was gonna tell her other wise. I just sat and listened. She can do her thing. I will do mine. I have not told anyone other than my family I am keto. No one has asked and that's fine with me lol. I am proud to be skipping all that junk now instead of waiting till after the new year. Weightloss will not be my resolution this year!!!6
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12/05 starting weight 205.8
12/10 205.8
12/17
12/24
12/31
Pretty disappointed that I didn't lose any, but it's been a crazy and busy week. On the bright side though, I'm very happy about the keto woe. I started on Oct 4th of this year at 231.5 lbs. I'm hoping to get to onederland by the 1st of the year!
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debbie7373 wrote: »
Pretty disappointed that I didn't lose any, but it's been a crazy and busy week. On the bright side though, I'm very happy about the keto woe. I started on Oct 4th of this year at 231.5 lbs. I'm hoping to get to onederland by the 1st of the year!
You didn't gain! Count that as victory.2 -
HaideeJo13 wrote: »Am I the only one who looks at others and thinks, man I wanna be that skinny again!!! Well I have this one co worker I always think.. I wanna be that skinny, if I looked like her I would be happy. I joked today about her being lucky she can eat a crap ton and still weigh 130 lbs. She said... um add 15 lbs to that. I was shocked!!! I am only 9 lbs away from that!!! I was so excited lol. It's the little things hahahaha! Another one of my coworer was saying she is going keto all the way after the new year (as she was eating a bag of chips). Then she was going on about all the things keto entails. She is a total know it all lol, except she had no clue what she was talking about when it came to keto. And no one was gonna tell her other wise. I just sat and listened. She can do her thing. I will do mine. I have not told anyone other than my family I am keto. No one has asked and that's fine with me lol. I am proud to be skipping all that junk now instead of waiting till after the new year. Weightloss will not be my resolution this year!!!
Me too re looking skinny, well not actually: I'd settle for looking ok to myself and at my age looking skinny does no favours as a little fat around hides some sags! However a couple of sizes down of clothes, yes please!
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Hi! I'm new to using the message boards, hence new to this challenge. Thanks to the folks who put this together!
12/3: 203
12/10: 199.6
12/17
12/24
12/31
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TraciTrouble wrote: »Hi! I'm new to using the message boards, hence new to this challenge. Thanks to the folks who put this together!
12/3: 203
12/10: 199.6
12/17
12/24
12/31
Woohoo hooooo! Congrats on having an awesome week, and Onederland!!!
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After last week & the scale yoyo, I was wondering if I'd actually hit the goal I set for myself by end of the year. I know a lot of people get discouraged when they see the scale not budge, or worse go up especially if they've stuck with the plan. I decided to just continue what has worked for me all along and ignore the bumps in the road. It is paying off. I'm locked in
on that goal. Keep up the good work even when it's hard. It'll be worth it in the long run.6
