eevang wrote: »

@biche896 I’m excited to have you on our team!

You might already know this, but I think it is worth sharing...

Changing your diet can cause a drastic change in your waistline and waist to hip ratio. Low sugar, low carbs, and high protein helps that area specifically. I had to see an endocrinologist about my PCOS and metabolic syndrome years ago and that was the major takeaway. Exercise would help me lose weight overall and would of course be beneficial. However, to improve my waist to hip ratio, reduce belly fat, and improve my metabolism, changing the make up of my diet would be the key factor. He recommended more vegetables, dramatically reducing carbs, and staying away from refined sugar. Keeping an eye on macros might be the way to go!

@eevang , thank you ! I’ll give that a go and see if that would help. I’m currently count my macros and most days I have 2 slices of bread in the morning but veggies, yoghurt etc takes up the rest of my remaining carb grams. I’ll go through my diary though and see if I can make adjustments. Hopefully that would work !

Hi everyone, I'm Emma, 35 and living in London, UK. I've been a part of this challenge and the Gutbusters team since October last year and in that time have gone from 229lbs to 200lbs, and I guarantee that this group has been an important part of my loss and building my fitness. It's an incredibly supportive and motivating group, shout out to the awesome @craigo3154 and @GoBlue1981 for their support! Even with my wedding date on 1st Sept getting steadily closer sometimes you need a community to keep you on the right path.

Have a great April!

Has anyone been having a problem with their Fitbit syncing to MFP? It was fine the last 2 weeks, but now I can’t get it to sync today. My friend is having a problem as well, so wondering about others too.

March 31
Exercised?: no but i went walking around 2 malls
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes

March 31
Exercise: yes
Calories: yes
Tracked: yes

Username: biche896
Weigh in week: week 1 April
Weigh in day: Sunday
First weigh in : 144.2
Today’s weigh in: 142.6

Yesterday’s check in (April 1):
Calories ? Yes
Tracked ? Yesl
Exercise ? Yes

Hoping I got the weigh in correct !

User ID: brunchowl
Weigh in day: Monday
April week 1
Weight: 186

Exercise yes
Tracked yes
Calories yes

emmclean wrote: »

April 2
Exercised?: Yes, 5km outdoor run
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes

Thanks for the heads up @sunderland_mich93 - I had to disconnect and reconnect my Fitbit twice this weekend to get my steps to log, it worked each time but I don't want to have to keep doing that!

I was finally able to get it to connect after about 4 days of not having it. Hopefully the maintenance issue is figured out now.

Username: eevang
Weigh-in week: Week 1
Weigh-in day: Monday
Previous week's weight: 194.2
Current weight: 190.8

Having a great start to April! February and most of March were pretty tough, but these past two weeks have been good to me. I can’t wait to get out of the 190s! I’m so close!

I want to recommend the Nike Training app for those who might be looking for free home workouts or for workouts to get you started. They have workouts for all different levels and let you choose your purpose (endurance, mobility, etc.). I particularly appreciate their active recovery workouts. They keep me moving when I feel too sore to walk.

It’s great, especially if you’re nervous about going to a group class and being the most out of shape person there. I used to be afraid I couldn’t keep up, but this app and cardio at the gym got me to the point where I felt I could do it. Went to my first group class in maybe 3 years this past Friday. I definitely struggled at times, but I wasn’t the only one, and I killed it on the cardio portions. I’m going to more classes this Wednesday and Friday.

Hi all,

April week 1 - still the same weight. 155lbs