6 Week Xmas Challenge - 12th Nov to 24th Dec

aosborne81 wrote: »

pacsnc6 wrote: »

@aosborne81 could be too much salt with the healthy choice dinners everyday. that could cause water retention

hmmm thats a thought. I should track my salt intake for awhile.

Could be any of the things previous mentioned, but also if you've started working out differently - more or just working different muscles, it can cause water retention until the muscles heal. It's really a pain because you can actually go up in weight (due to the water retention), but still be getting leaner.

Recommend doing something other than the scale to check progress too. Hopefully you are doing measurements (chest/waist/hips and if motivated include neck, shoulders, arms (upper and lower), legs (upper and lower)). Tape measurements kept me sane when the scale wouldn't cooperate. And I'd typically see a drop in the tape measurements one week and the next week I'd see it on the scale.

Also have you needed to adjust calorie burns for any weight lost / and adjust calorie intake yet? As you get lighter, you burn less calories for doing the same exercise, and you also get less calories for eating as you get lighter (which is why many of us will exercise a bit more so we can keep eating normal amounts and not bird portions, though some on the forums seem to have issues with that idea).

Early Thanksgiving with my family yesterday - daughter's family will be out of town Weds thru Sun - so I over ate by a lot. Had a fun long day and was very tired by bed time. I slept good too.
First thing in the morning (7:30) I was unloading a truck and setting up to pack peanuts in jars for a couple hours. Went to a craft fair and walked a lot (6900 steps) so I earned some of that extra. Burned over 500 "move" cals by my watch. Of course, the scale is up today. We'll see what it does tomorrow.

Beka3695 wrote: »

Connie7355 wrote: »

Beka3695 wrote: »

Friday Check In

Tracked: Yes
Calories: 1202 consumed/1300 goal
Water: I didn't really track this
Exercise: nothing official
Steps: 5161 - scheduled rest day

I was supposed to run a 5k this am, but my partner has strep and I didn’t want to make the 1:20 drive alone and cold... so I will attempt a solo 10k at a local park. Wish me luck!!!

Hope it went well!!

Run and reward. I ended up with over 20k steps for the day. I consider that a victory!!

That’s definitely a victory!! Way to go!!

Okay to join a week late?
Have a long term goal but staying on track through the holidays would be great.
SW: 172.05
GW 165
Calories: 1400
WO: Piyo 6days a week - just purchased BeachBody on demand

any input is welcome.

So, 1st official weigh in. Scales up from yesterday but still a good loss for me.....
SW - 85.5
19-11 : 84.6kg
26-11 :
03-12 :
10-12 :
17-12 :
24-12 :
GW - 79.9kg

Thanks @oEmmao for this challenge and for the motivation it brings in the run up to the holidays!
Have a good week everyone 😊

pacsnc6 wrote: »

SW - 168
GW - 160
I plan to start each day with a glass of water - not a habit yet
I plan to eat no more than 2 small snacks a day
I plan to move more every day - the Apple watch gives a calorie count for "moving" and I'm trying to increase the number each day

11/12 - 168
11/19 - 168.6

I met my water goal 5 days, and my move goal 6 days.

Sunday check in

Tracked: Yes
Calories: 1727/ 1300 goal
Water: I’m really bad at tracking this...
Exercise: 6 miles of misc walking.... Exercise calories earned per MFP 1268
Steps: 20,221

Beka3695 wrote: »

SW- 215 lbs
11/19 - 209.0
11/26
12/3
12/10
12/17
12/24
GW - 199 lbs

WAY TO GO GIRL!