Username: parinzz
Week: MAY WK 1
Weigh day: Thursday
Previous week: 140.0
Current weight: 140.0

LesIckaBod wrote: »

May 2 Check in
Exercise: Yes
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes

Held it all together by a thread...

Held it all together by a thread - can relate completely with that. It sums up exactly how I feel when I get through the day still in control

Username: alydanbeads
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous weight: 138.8
Current weight: 140.2

This would normally be an easy question for me, but I kind of feel like I am barely holding on this week. Not ideal conditions for actually learning. I already knew I had little patience for fools.

Oh, wait, I did learn to sear scallops! Yum!

Username: typeitdaily
Weigh in week: 1
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 242.6
Todays Weight: 241.2

Last week 142
This week 142
Allergies are bad on the Eastern shore,my black car looks like a bumble bee!

Username: emmclean
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Saturday
Previous Week's Weight: 195
Todays Weight: 197

Not happy! Have been doing more strength training than cardio this week but no significant change to my diet. Hopefully just water weight. I've been patient before and it's all worked out in the end.

craigo3154 wrote: »

craigo3154 wrote: »

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Daily question for today: What did you learn this week?

I believe you should never stop learning, or finding opportunities to learn. I am listening to an audio book on depression, cognitive therapy and medication. Just today I learned about how the brain nerves fire and what different anti-depressant medications do to the brain chemistry.

I also continue to learn German (as my daughter is studying it at school, I am learning the language to assist her) as well as professional learning about IT systems (this is my day job that keeps me busy).

So no one else on the Gutbusters team learned anything this week?

It's an interesting question. I generally pride myself on learning and teaching myself how to do things, practical things, I mean. But this week, I guess I've learned to make time for myself which has been really hard to do lately. That is mostly thanks to joining this team and the challenge which has kept me inspired and motivated.

May 4:
Exercise: yes
Calories: no
Tracked: yes

Calories were still in a deficit and the food choices were reasonable. All in all, it was a horrible day, but in the end we finally saw the newest Star Wars.

May 4
Exercise:yes (45 min circuit training)
Tracking: yes
Calories:yes (under limit)


Daily question for today: What did you learn this week?
I learned to use the tare button functionality in my newly bought glass scale for measuring items of food this week.It reads the weight of container and shows zero to start with.More items can be put in the container pressing tare button each time and it gives the reading of the newly added substance.A small thing but useful and was new for me.
I have learnt that if kids are not eating at the table and escape then I must go after them and make them eat with patience because this was becoming a problem.This week I was running after my 3 year old.
This week I also attended Pilates class and learnt balance exercises.
I continue to learn programming languages and algorithms because I find this subject difficult.

This week I learned that my weight had a much larger psychological effect on me than I previously realized.

I highly value mental health and have—for a long time now—felt very steady and secure from a psychological perspective. However, this weight loss process taught me a lot about myself and how my weight affected my quality of life.

I already learned that I avoided mirrors and photos without realizing it. This week, I’ve learned that I kept clothes because they looked okay on my body...not because I liked them. In fact, I have items of clothing that I hate. Like, most of my old clothes. At 25 years old, I had the wardrobe of a 50 year old woman. This was, in large part, due to the plus sized clothing choices in my rural community being abysmal. I do think there are nice plus clothes out there, but in my area, they are hard to find, and I’ve never been a driven shopper.

Having a boring, overly mature wardrobe...made me sad even if I didn’t process it at the time. It’s hard to feel confident when you can’t stand what you’re wearing. This week, I’m getting rid of things that blatantly don’t fit (mostly non-stretchy items) and any items I don’t like.

I always felt like I didn’t have an overly large wardrobe. But when you factor in the amount of clothes I’ve kept around because they fit, my overall wardrobe was huge while the wardrobe I actually wore was so, so small. I felt uncomfortable getting rid of something that was remotely flattering when so many things weren’t.

eevang wrote: »

But when you factor in the amount of clothes I’ve kept around because they fit, my overall wardrobe was huge while the wardrobe I actually wore was so, so small.

I can totally relate to this.

May 5:
Exercise: yes
Calories: no
Tracked: yes

It was a wonderful day with my husband.