TEAM: Gutbusters (September)
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LesIckaBod wrote: »Sept 5
Exercise: Yes, hauling rocks for yard and other odd jobs, moving furniture for carpet cleaners
Calories: No
Tracked: Yes
@Rocknut53 I thought the name "Rocknut" meant you were into hiking and climbing, but now I see hauling rocks is part of it, too!
Nothing like taking care of yard and house work to make you grateful for functional strength, right?
The reality: I'm a geologist, but yea, everything else fits, except the climbing part. I am a has been when it comes to climbing.
@Rocknut53 A geologist! My crystals-obsessed 6-year old would have so many questions for you! Do you have a particular focus? Do geologists focus on eras, or places, or types of rock, or all of the above? (Guess it turns out that the 6 year old is not the only one with lots of questions....)
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Sept 7
Exercise: Sort of, walking between train stations
Calories: Maybe?
Tracked: Sure tried
Long commute day yesterday and dinner was catered Indian food for a work event. I enjoy Indian food and had a small plate, but it was really hard to tell how much I actually consumed of each portion. For one chicken dish, I was able to find a big clump of chicken, but mostly everything was kind of soupy and probably carb-heavy? Kept the rice to a minimum, had a quarter piece of naan.
Anyway, it was a long day, and I got home after everyone else was in bed, and I was up before everyone this morning to exercise, since I missed my regularly scheduled workout yesterday due to the commute (normally Saturday is my off-day). And of course the little dudes have a supersonic hearing in the morning, which means that because I'm up early, they are....
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Sept 7th
Exercised: Yes
Calories under: Yes
Tracked: Yes
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LesIckaBod wrote: »...
@craigo3154 Sounds like you're on a roll of good news lately: wife off the insulin and succeeding in her weight loss, daughter doing well in school, qualifying for your national competition in drone racing, now acing Spanish and Zelda, too. Not all of these are your own personal wins (give wife and daughter due credit), but still, I want to know more about your time management strategies!!
@LesIckaBod. Time management strategies:- Make time for activity. - Keeping active gives me energy and focus for everything else.
- Something every day. - Languages, Puzzles (mental exercises), Physical activity. - Just a little each day.
- Break bigger tasks into smaller ones. - Great personal achievements are impossible to do all at once. But I can usually dedicate 10 mins to a task that gets something else closer to completion.
- Nothing needs to be perfect. - You do the best you can in the time you have, but do not obsess on a perfect outcome.
- Mutiltask where possible. - I use audiobooks while walking so I learn as I maintain health.
- Focus is short bursts where multi-tasking is impractical. - When not multi-tasking, give the task at hand full focus (if only for 5 minutes). You can get more done in less time.
- Work on memory. - Memory is a skill. Learn tricks to enable you to recall lists and details. This helps a lot.
- Get some down time/me time - Going 100% all the time will burn you out. Take regular breaks and take time out for you when you need it. You come back better than before.
- Be grateful for any result. - Just because you put in the work, does not guarantee results (makes them far more likely, but no plan survives first contact with the enemy). Lose the sense of entitlement and be grateful / appreciative of any forward progress. In others as weel as yourself. You can control the effort, but not the result.
(more to do now - must finish packing - It's 12:30 am and the taxi will be here in an hour).
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September 8
Exercised?: Yes. 3km in 23 mins (hills).
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Quick flying session at the club this morning, then final work for Spain before walk.
Stupid AM (5:00) flight to Spain. 23 hours airport to airport. Going to be a long day and night.
Daily Strength challenge
Challenge for September 08 is side planks. ()
2 sets- First set 15s, 30s each side, wait 2 mins
- Second set 15s, 30s each side.
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LesIckaBod wrote: »caitlynns727 wrote: »September 6
Exercise: Not intentional, but got over 12k steps
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
September 7
Exercise: Yes - kickboxing
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
Sorry I am a little inconsistent with these! I coach and on game nights I'm out for the count when I get home since I get to school at 7 am and don't get home until 8 pm or so
@caitlynns727 No need for apologies as I see it - we all participate at the level we can, that makes sense for our needs.
What are you coaching? Soccer? Field hockey?
Volleyball it's so much fun! 2 -
Weigh in Week: September Week 1
Weigh in Day: Saturday
Previous Weight: 158.6
Today's Weight: 158.04 -
Hi team, I'm Emma, 35 and from London UK. You'll have to forgive me for my late contribution to the September thread - I've just returned from my wedding and mini honeymoon! Since I joined this group in October 2017 I've lost over 50lbs and this group has been a huge part of that journey. I can't thank my teammates enough for their help and advice - if you want to achieve your goals this is the place to be!
I hit my target weight for my wedding of 179lbs (starting weight 235lbs September last year) and am now aiming to hit around 160lbs for my big honeymoon trip in December. I hope to be more active in the group in the coming weeks but I now have less than 3 weeks until the art gallery I work for opens in central London, there are going to be some long nights ahead!
@AB0215 and @craigo3154 - sorry for late weigh in this week, only just arrived home this evening - will weigh in tomorrow morning. Hope the damage from the post-wedding celebrations and 4 days in Tuscany isn't a huge set back!3 -
Sep 8th
Exercised: No
Calories under: Yes
Tracked: Yes
I'm so motivated on reaching my goal that I don't want anything to slow down my weight loss right now. Not many lbs left.2 -
Baby_carrit
Saturday
Pw 190
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Sept 8th
Exercised: No
Calories: A little over
Tracked: Yes
Heading out of town and off the grid for a few days. Wish me luck, I'm going to need it!2 -
September 9
Exercised. Yes Walking
Calories. Yes
Tracked. Yes
Did a lot of walking today.1 -
September 8
Exercise: Yes - 9round
Tracked: Yes
Calories: Yes2 -
Username: emmclean
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Saturday
Previous Weight: 178.9
Last week's weight (not reported): 181lbs
Todays Weight: 186lbs
Sorry for the gain team, but not as bad I expected after honeymoon!2 -
WishfulThinning18
Sunday
Previous- 307.8
Current- 303.42 -
September 9
Exercised?: No.
Calories?: Most likely
Tracked?: No
Over 24 hours in travel. Most of the time with no internet connection, so no tracking (as yet).
Over 10,000 steps between gates (so it could classify). Also did regular 5 min lunges and stretches while on the plan.
Will put in todays tracking tomorrow (as I remember everything I ate and portion sizes).
@emmclean. Hope you had a great wedding. Don't stress any gains. It's a special time. Enjoy it. Hopefully you only do it once (Im still happily married after 28 years, so I've only experienced one wedding ).
Daily Strength challenge
Challenge for September 09 is push ups
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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Sept 9
Exercise: Yes
Calories: No
Tracked: Yes
Call today, "Les's Lessons Learned." We were out all day yesterday on errands and a shopping trip and ate two meals out at restaurants. I didn't stress it. I had gotten up early to exercise, and I had faith that today I'd be back on track, and it's a treat to go to one of the restaurants we ate at. Got up today, got partly dressed in workout clothes to be one step closer to exercising after breakfast, boiled my eggs (chickens are like the mascot of my weight loss - like my spirit animal, except I'm always eating them), then got a text from someone who had baseball tickets they wouldn't be using. And so, out of the workout clothes, into fan gear, and off we went on another big adventure for the day, me with extra boiled eggs in tow for the ride.
It was fun. But, I ate food at the ball park, and while yes, they do sell fresh fruit and probably salads or grilled chicken somewhere, I am merely mortal, and ate a hotdog, some fries we shared as a family, some soda I shared with my husband, and a slice of pizza, not shared. Plus a small cheeseburger on the way home. Not exactly my plan for the day.
Lesson learned: I really need to remember to pack a protein drink for the 2+hour car rides, so I'm better positioned to withstand temptation at the destination.
But, there was a win for the day: the whole way home, I envisioned myself doing my previously scheduled strength workout. I envisioned starting roughly 30 minutes after arriving home, with time to get the kids into bed, and me into workout clothes, etc. And I did it, right on schedule. And it felt good -- much better than it would have felt to flop around until falling asleep, feeling the burden of the day's junk food piling on top of the guilt of missing a workout.
I'm going to show a weight gain for tomorrow, folks. I don't like having two back to back days of eating over my calorie target, and I really don't like showing a gain, especially when on Saturday morning I was looking forward to a big loss to show on Monday! But, I'm learning more about what I need to do to succeed even on these special days, and I'm really working to keep my mind focused on the positive, without becoming complacent.
Long post, sorry! I guess I get meditative late at night!6 -
Username: Mycocoabubbles
Weigh in week: Week 2
Weigh in day: Monday
Previous Weight: 228.4 lb
Todays Weight: 226.8 lb2 -
September 10
Exercise. Yes. Body pump class
Calories. Yes
Tracked. Yes1 -
Username: mthomas0228
Weigh in Week: September Week 2
Weigh in Day: Monday
Previous Weight: 147.0
Today's Weight: 145.72
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