December 9
Exercised?: Setup for our church = about 30 minutes of house cleaning; extra steps today at an open house
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes

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
@zimborunner

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

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!

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 loosers

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 again

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.

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.

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, Bonnie

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?