TEAM: Gutbusters (December)
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December 8
Exercised? Not INTENTIONAL. Lots of walking bc of parties, concerts, shopping.
Calories? Yes
Tracked. Yes
NSV - went to an annual dessert party and STILL stayed under calories for the day.3 -
December 9
Exercised?: Setup for our church = about 30 minutes of house cleaning; extra steps today at an open house
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes2 -
December Week 1 Weigh-In
Previous: 159.6
Current: 159.5
Busy, busy week! Lots of positives, though. Got a full ride offer to a very strong law school. Went to a holiday party with the guy I've been dating.
Need to get back to tracking though--I fell off the wagon this week. I'm trying to make intuitive choices and to keep focused on fitness but definitely need tracking to actively lose weight. I want to lose at least 3 pounds in December!! I need to get the ball rolling again.
@eevang Full ride to law school! Way to go!
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Happy Sunday, everyone! It's the start of December week 2, and I'm looking for weights from:
@Dommylifts - gotcha -- you're all set to make a downward move again this coming week! (Think positively, keep moving!)
@WishfulThinning18
And in case I'm late checking in tomorrow for the Monday weighers, I'll be looking for:
@amynew4u
@charmainekotze
@eevang
@heartofhearts
@michellelagle
@ryjar80
@westray16
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Dec 8
Exercise: No
Calories: Yes, under
Tracked: Yes
Planned off-day for exercise, but then ended up spending at least half and hour or more playing with Mr. 4 racing around an indoor track while Mr. 6 and my husband were at basketball. I also did some lunges, tricep dips, step ups onto a box, and tricep kickbacks with some dumbbells that were lying around.
NSV: My heel spur pain is basically all gone (knock on wood). Before I lost weight, it was so painful to walk after being sedentary for an amount of time. The first steps after waking up were excruciating. But now, I can go between sitting to watch bball, to running around the track, and there's no pain -- just the fun of running after my giggling little man. So, a big big win!
Dec 9
Exercise: Yes
Calories:No
Tracked: Yes
Day of driving around doing errands, plus took the family to the movies and out to dinner. Dinner was fine, but I overdid it on movie popcorn. It's definitely something I could give up easily if I wanted to, but I'm not ready to yet.
Average daily weight this past week was 1lb less than my Monday weigh-in last week. I'm hopeful this means I bought myself enough wiggle room over the week that I still see a loss for my Monday weigh-in tomorrow.2 -
Way to go, Gutbusters! We took the first place among all the teams!
The TEAM Biggest Loser...
1st - Gutbusters. - 0.68%
2nd - The Big Butt Theory. - 0.62%
3rd - The Slimsons. - 0.55%
Here are our top losers by %:
1st - @LeslckaBod. - 3.58%
2nd - @michellelagle. - 2.53%
3rd - @Dommylifts. - 2.53%
Congrats go to many other Gutbusters who lost over 1% last week:
@amynew4u
@heartofhearts
@ryjar80
@Stimpy56
@bhoskins85
@ShareASmile
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December 8
Exercised:- Yes, 60+mins treadmill. That's a first on a Sunday in a very long time.
Calories:- Yes. But 3 Ghirardelli squares put me over. Busy making Christmas angel ornaments for co-workers...I had to make sure quality control was up to standard!
Tracked:- Yes1 -
December 9
Exercised?: Yes - lots of walking while shopping with the Wife!
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
My NSV for the week was keeping to my workout schedule and staying under my calories all week. My goal is to loose a pound a week. My last 2 weeks, I lost 1.8 pounds each week.
Congrats to us Team for loosing the most for week 1!2 -
WishfulThinning18
Sunday
Previous: 284.8
Current: 285.4
I really need to get my *kitten* together. I don't know what it's been this past month.. all of November was a wash.. looks like December will be too. I just haven't been into it AT ALL. I've been tired all the time... eating like crap all the time... I'll be doing great for the day.. then all of a sudden I find myself shoving 4 ice cream sandwiches down my throat and I wasn't even hungry. Only good thing is, is that I've stayed consistently between 284-286 for the past two months... any tips on getting back into the swing of things?2 -
Hi guys haven't been myself last week with some personal issue. Had holiday parties which couldn't be without eating cookies
This week goal
Drink 64 oz water
Eat healthy breakfast
exercise
Congratulations team on lost and to the top loosers3 -
December 10
Exercised? Yes
Calories ? Yes
Tracked? Yes1 -
Back to the grind. Been really slacking on my eating and its showing. I want to blame the weather and whatever else I can think of but its me. At the end of the day I'm the one making bad choices. Time to slap myself and get it together again1
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December 10
Exercised?: Yes (3km in 25 mins - hills).
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Working from home today. Walk after work, but before dinner.
Not much else to report.2 -
dommylifts wrote: »Non scale victory
I made it to the gym everyday this past week with a rest day yesterday. I will be going to the gym today!
@dommylifts. Great work. Keep it up.1 -
LesIckaBod wrote: »....
NSV: My heel spur pain is basically all gone (knock on wood). Before I lost weight, it was so painful to walk after being sedentary for an amount of time. The first steps after waking up were excruciating. But now, I can go between sitting to watch bball, to running around the track, and there's no pain -- just the fun of running after my giggling little man. So, a big big win!
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@LesIckaBod. Great news. Great NSV. Amazing how some of the niggling problems tend to disappear with the weight.1 -
WishfulThinning18 wrote: »WishfulThinning18
Sunday
Previous: 284.8
Current: 285.4
I really need to get my *kitten* together. I don't know what it's been this past month.. all of November was a wash.. looks like December will be too. I just haven't been into it AT ALL. I've been tired all the time... eating like crap all the time... I'll be doing great for the day.. then all of a sudden I find myself shoving 4 ice cream sandwiches down my throat and I wasn't even hungry. Only good thing is, is that I've stayed consistently between 284-286 for the past two months... any tips on getting back into the swing of things?
@WishfulThinning18. Getting on track (or back on track) is often a hard thing.
First. Don't beat yourself up over mistakes. Until you learn better coping strategies you are bound to mess up. Recognise when mistakes are being made and learn from them.
Second. Small manageable changes. Note: no diet. PERMANENT changes. These are things you need to live with for the rest of your life. They must deal with social situations, lifestyle, family, etc.. The problem with diets is that they stop and they do not TEACH us anything. Once they stop, any weight lost usually comes back. Examples of small permanent changes are: no eating between meals, or track what you eat, or 10 mins activity a day.
Third. Try eating ONLY when seated at a table. Not at a work desk, not in front of a computer, not on the go. Only when sitting. The reason for this is that it stops you from eating while distracted.
Fourth. Portion out what you are going to eat, put the rest away, then take it to where you will eat. The reason for this is that it becomes inconvenient for seconds or third portions. You can have the extra portions, but you must go get them, portion them out, put the remainder away, then take it to eat. If you make it inconvenient to get an extra helping, you are less likely to do it.
Fifth. Make a preference for fats and protein over carbohydrate (particularly processed carbohydrates). Fats, protein and fibre (unprocessed carbs) fill you up and keep you full for longer. Unfortunately most "comfort food" is high in processed carbohydrates (sugar, soft drink, cookies, bread, pie, etc..) You can still have these, but they should be more occasional food (and smaller portions) than the meat and veg part of your normal consumption.
Lastly, nothing should be forbidden (not eave ice-cream sandwiches). If something is forbidden it becomes more desirable. By allowing yourself to have treats (but within your calorie budget), you never feel deprived.
Hopefully these tips help.2 -
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LesIckaBod wrote: »It's Saturday, the day of December Week 1!
Today I'm looking for:
@bhoskins85
Les, did you see that my username has changed to BonnieHosk85. I'm sorry. I didn't even think about the challenge when I changed it. Just wanted people to be able to know my first name. Blessings, Bonnie0 -
LesIckaBod wrote: »Dec 8
NSV: My heel spur pain is basically all gone (knock on wood). Before I lost weight, it was so painful to walk after being sedentary for an amount of time. The first steps after waking up were excruciating. But now, I can go between sitting to watch bball, to running around the track, and there's no pain -- just the fun of running after my giggling little man. So, a big big win!
This is inspiring! I've got heel pain, not sure if it's spurs or not, but I was thinking it might disappear if I lost weight. Glad to know it might!0 -
WishfulThinning18 wrote: »WishfulThinning18
Sunday
Previous: 284.8
Current: 285.4
I really need to get my *kitten* together. I don't know what it's been this past month.. all of November was a wash.. looks like December will be too. I just haven't been into it AT ALL. I've been tired all the time... eating like crap all the time... I'll be doing great for the day.. then all of a sudden I find myself shoving 4 ice cream sandwiches down my throat and I wasn't even hungry. Only good thing is, is that I've stayed consistently between 284-286 for the past two months... any tips on getting back into the swing of things?
@Wishfulthinning18 First, don't beat yourself up over maintaining, but try to look at yourself like an impartial external observer. When you feel yourself going for the ice cream sandwiches when you're not hungry, take a little bit of time to track your feelings. What's causing you to go to the food right then? Regarding being tired, are you getting enough sleep? Are you giving yourself the opportunity to sleep, or are you going to bed and feeling worried and staying up?
Do you think there are other things happening in your world right now that are affecting your mindset and ability to focus on weight loss?0 -
BonnieHosk85 wrote: »LesIckaBod wrote: »Dec 8
NSV: My heel spur pain is basically all gone (knock on wood). Before I lost weight, it was so painful to walk after being sedentary for an amount of time. The first steps after waking up were excruciating. But now, I can go between sitting to watch bball, to running around the track, and there's no pain -- just the fun of running after my giggling little man. So, a big big win!
This is inspiring! I've got heel pain, not sure if it's spurs or not, but I was thinking it might disappear if I lost weight. Glad to know it might!
@bonniehosk85 Not sure I had heel spurs/ plantar fasciitis either, but the symptoms seemed to fit, and yes, it did disappear. I also wore a brace at night for a while, but I think the weight loss did more for it.
I did notice your name change, but forgot to mention it to the spreadsheet owners. Thanks for the reminder!1 -
LesIckaBod
December Week 2
PW: 164.2
CW: 163.1
Looks like I did buy myself enough wiggle room last week to have my movie popcorn without giving up my loss for the week. Onward and downward!5 -
Imagine yourself at your goal. What do you think will be different then? Are you thinking about physical, mental, emotional, or other kinds of differences from your life today?
(Tip of the hat to @craigo3154, who asked this question several months ago -- I thought it was worth a repeat now!)
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Today's Monday, December Week 2! I'm looking for weigh-ins from:
@amynew4u
@charmainekotze
@eevang
@heartofhearts
@michellelagle
@ryjar80
@westray16
@zimborunner
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LesIckaBod wrote: »
What are three things that make your weight loss journey better or easier? This could be stuff you have or stuff you wish for, and doesn't even have to be stuff.
So, what helps you? Gear? Apps? Accomplices? Something else? Let us know!
1.Tracking on MFP
2.Getting up and Start doing exercise for just 5 minutes have made exercise easier for me.
3.Not eating between meals1 -
1.I have pre diabetes.Want to reverse it.LesIckaBod wrote: »
Imagine yourself at your goal. What do you think will be different then? Are you thinking about physical, mental, emotional, or other kinds of differences from your life today?
(Tip of the hat to @craigo3154, who asked this question several months ago -- I thought it was worth a repeat now!)
2.Back issues will be better God willing.
3.Clothes in my closet will be worn easily.
4.Won’t hesitate photos to be taken.
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Week: 2
PW: 154
CW: 155
I had a bad week. But I am going to make this week really really good. My goal is to lose 3 pounds. My personal apology to my team for letting them down.2 -
Good Morning Team,
My name is Julissa I live in Southern California. I have been off the wagon for a long time. I lost 60 lbs and due to not tracking managed to gain back 35. I need to go back to basics and be accountable. Day one is today. Have a great week!3 -
@californiajuls I'm in the same place. Dr.'s appt this afternoon and not looking forward to getting on that scale. Been in a funk since May, just eating anything and everything. Got back on the wagon on Dec. 1 and tracking every bite. Best to you in this challenge! Bonnie2
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@LesIckaBod I'm imaging myself at my goal and it will be a different life because I'll be able to hike, go on a great vacation next year in the Western US and won't cringe when I'm in photos, I'll have energy. It will be a habit and totally natural for me to sign in to MFP each morning and track my food and exercise. I'll be able to ride the bike for 30 minutes or more without getting out of breath.I'll be on less medication and have less pain. Life will be enjoyable again!4
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