TEAM: Gutbusters (July)
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Hello everyone, I’m Lydia 23 years old nursery assistant. I’ve used MFP before when I was in school and it worked well. So I’m back here now after being in uni and gaining 4 st, I’m actually struggling with binge eating right now and I need the support and motivation not to. So I hope this July challenge will keep me on track!
I’ve made going to the gym a part of my life for the past 3 months and I’ve been fairly good been going around 3 times a week when I can. I actually feel guilty when I don’t go on my set days.
My eating is what’s letting me down now. So here’s to July, let’s make it count.3 -
hi I'm Fatima from Nigerian ,I used to weigh 54kg but after I had a car accident I piled on alot of weight my heaviest was 93kg
I need to get to an ideal weigh and I hope to achieve that by being here
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June 30
Exercised?: Yes - 2.25 mile run and walk after
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Also completed the daily strength challenge!
Tomorrow will be my day off since we are having a cookout! It is normally a rest day but I'm going to wake up a bit early and get a walk in. I'll be doing my best to stay mindful but no tracking tomorrow!2 -
June 30
Exercised?: Yes. Over 10k steps. 45 minutes on treadmill with an incline of 4.
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Had a high calorie lunch today, was intentional but I worked out hard and made better choices throughout the day and lots of water. Weigh in is in the morning for me. Even if the scale is not kind, I've had a very successful week. I'm fully motivated and inspired again and I feel so happy.0 -
Hi there, everyone, I'm Tara and this is my second month to be a Gutbuster.
I'm a cyclical dieter. I've lost and gained 70lbs three times in my life, each time bouncing back to a higher weight. This time I'm determined to make changes to how I eat, not what I eat.
I have a difficult relationship with food. I've always been the ectomorph in a family of endomorphs, and even as a child I knew I was the fat one and the odd one out. (That's not what pictures show, but it's how I felt). Even when I'm at normal BMI I feel like the fat girl in the room.
I have five kids aged from 19 to 1-year-old twins, and I've always cooked healthy meals. Where I fall down is snacks, particularly ones that combine fats and sugars. I'm fighting that at the moment with a combination of not keeping snacks in the house (sorry kids) and a mindset that they're not for me. I'm not able to stick to small nibbles -- a half slice of birthday cake becomes a full birthday cake, for example, and then I'm off the wagon for a couple of weeks.
I'm making good progress this time (like I always do), but I feel the rest of the iceburg lurking under the water. Unless I get my head right I know that I'll hit the wrong roadblock and bounce my way right back up again.1 -
Username: CrowChild
Weigh in week: July Week 1
Weigh in day: Sunday
Previous Week's weight: 178.4
Today's Weight: 173.6
This feels like a huge loss, but really it's because last week was a bad week and this week I'm getting back on track.4 -
Username: fatburner2018
Weigh in week: week 1
Weigh in day: Sunday
Previous Week's weight: 197.7
Today's Weight: 191.83 -
Username: LydiaKate1995
Weigh in week: July week 1
Weigh in Day: Sunday
Previous weeks weight: 306lbs
Today’s weight: 306lbs
Last week was a bad week of binge eating, this week I’m determined not to.
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July 1
Exercised?: Yes. Drone racing - over 10,000 steps.
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Good flying. Skills are still improving. Unfortunately one craft now out of action, but I have others that are still flyable.
Interstate again tomorrow morning.
Daily Strength challenge
Challenge for July 01 is plank. (standard, forearm or knee) (https://greatist.com/fitness/perfect-plank)
2 sets- First set 30 seconds if new to them, 60 seconds if a regular, 90 seconds if can regularly make 60 seconds. , wait 2
- Second set 15 seconds, 30 seconds or 60 seconds
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Username: ahelgers10
Weigh in week: week 1
Weigh in day: Sunday
Previous Week's weight: 212.6
Today's Weight: 2093 -
Username: jenfett1
Weigh in week: week 1
Weigh in day: Sunday
Previous Week's weight: 300.5
Today's Weight: 296.72 -
Username: ariel808
Weigh in week: Week 5 (and starting weight for July)
Weigh in day: Sunday
Previous Week's Weight: 217.4
Todays Weight: 218.2
Hopefully I did that right!
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username: cjscoey
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Thursday
Previous Week's Weight: 179
Thursday's Weight: 177 (sorry if I was supposed to weigh in today this is my first time)
July 1
Exercised?: Yes. Swam 43 mins
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Not sure if I did this correctly, first time in a challenge.1 -
July 1
Exercised?: Yes - 11,000 steps during a long walk today
Calories?: Didn't track, but probably not!
Tracked?: No
Still completed the daily strength challenge and ended the day with almost 19k steps. Happy I was active to help counteract all the food I ate today. Back at it tomorrow!0 -
July 1
Exercise?:No
Tracking?:Yes
Calories?:Yes
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July 1
Exercise?: Yes Walking, target 14,000 steps, achieved 16,000 steps
Tracking?: Yes Everything tracked
Calories?: Yes Under calories target slightly0 -
Username: ginjennie
Weigh in week: July week 1
Weigh in Day: Monday
Previous weeks weight: 165lbs
Today’s weight: 165lbs
No weight loss, stayed the same this week. Had a bit of late snacking binge on Saturday evening, evening snacking I need to work on this week.
I did however measure myself and have lost an inch across my hips and waist2 -
July 1st
exercised: busy day at work, 16k steps
calories: yes
tracked: yes
Welcome to the newbies this month! (and hi to the returners!)1 -
Week 1 Weigh-In
Monday July 2
Previous Weight: 191.8
Current Weight: 190.2
Road trip started last Wednesday -- 1200+ miles in two days, and now we're here for the next 3.5 weeks. I got the fitbit scale working yesterday, and I'm astonished by the loss. I'd been mindful of eating and continued exercising, but I wasn't tracking calories just because of the difficulty measuring and finding accurate calorie data for some restaurants.
But... I will say that I thought of all the weeks to undertake that drive, this was a better one. I've been tracking my 3-week TDEE (@craigo3154 wrote out the instructions back in May - thank you!) and I had previously seen that my TDEE seems to increase hugely periodically, and I predicted I was reaching that phase again. I've found some more information about this effect here on MFP: Women - menstrual cycle, weight and fitness matters
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July 2
Exercised?: Yes. 8km in 60 mins (various walks in North Sydney).
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Interstate (again). Dodged rain showers in the evening to get dinner and walk.
Daily Strength challenge
Challenge for July 02 is dips ()
3 sets- First set till the point where you can do no more, wait 2 mins
- Second set of 60% of the number you did in the first set (half, then another 10%), wait 2 mins
- Third set of 50% of the number you did in the first set (half)
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