TEAM: The Slimsons (May)
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melodyis4reals wrote: »Daily Post: Tuesday
Track: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: Walked 14,000+ steps
Are Fitbit calorie adjustments really accurate?
No, they seem to overestimate by quite a bit.0 -
Daily Post: May 1st
Track: Yes
Calories under goal: Yes
Exercise: 11,850 steps
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hippienana wrote: »cydneebauman wrote: »Track: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: some abs and arms tonight at home. It's been raining all day so no walk.
Im addicted to popcorn. I can't stop eating it. Send help.
@cydneebauman I was addicted to it too, and maybe try to find an alternative to start transitioning to? I gave it up when I went Keto, but there are low calorie snacks you can transition to..
So AB0215 you do Keto? I do as well and I feel so much better. 14lbs down since April 1st. 11 more to go before my husband starts. He told me he would start Keto if I lost 25 lbs so the game is afoot. LOL. I also follow Push for your better on facebook which is a Keto blog that has so much good info from a woman who has lost over 100 lbs since March 2017. Check it out. Nice to have a Keto buddy in this challenge.
I am doing keto too down 40 so far
Nice. You should also look into Push for your Better on facebook. Amy has some much knowledge about Keto and how to break a stall and everything. I was doing Keto before but not the right way and she has taught me a lot.0 -
@gjaholy33 You know gains here and there are part of the process, hang in there!! You've been doing so well!! Keep up the great work and you'll be down again next week!
@grizziegriz You are doing great, maybe the goal should be to slowly bring down your calories a little each day, that way you can get them closer to where you want to be, but don't necessarily notice the sharp decrease...
@melodyis4reals Fitbit calorie adjustments can be relatively accurate and that really depends, it seem the translation from fitbit to mfp does seem to be a bit higher than I'd expect. I would say that the exercise calories that fitbit calculates are relatively accurate if it uses your heart rate, BUT it seems high when it imports into MFP and I never eat back my exercise calories, I just like seeing the estimates as it's encouraging to me to see that I'm burning calories and working hard, but I don't use it for anything other than that.
I love that you took a walk at lunch! I went to a funeral Monday and had some time between the service and the dinner celebration, and I used that time to go to the gym, when you make this a lifestyle change, everything changes!!!
@303lissy You're doing great! Hang in there, we have all done the mindless eating, and I STILL have to watch it or I still do it, you will get there, maybe you can make adjustments during the rest of the week to sort of offset the goldfish....
@hippienana I have been keto since July of 2017, and I love it. I've lost 90 lbs and I have NEVER felt better, I don't have cravings for candy, sugar, etc, and it makes IF SO much easier and I am able to workout completely fasted and I love how I feel free from food, and in general, my health has DRAMATICALLY improved since I started eating this way.
@nbatch456 I love your attitude, one foot in front of the other! Going to use that one, it's a great reminder!
@jmitts2 Great loss this week! You're going to be there in no time!!
@batgirl140 You are doing great and I love that you're doing Taekwondo!!
@SLIMn2016 You are killing it everyday!! You are amazing! Inspirational!
@o0kody0o Great job changing it up! Boredom usually leads me down a dark path and I wind up doing or eating something I shouldn't! Great job taking steps to keep that from happening!!
@vicky2767 Hang in there, and get back into it for tomorrow, you GOT this!
@CindyJNC1963 Awesome day!! You crush it everyday! Such an inspiration!4 -
@gjaholy33 You know gains here and there are part of the process, hang in there!! You've been doing so well!! Keep up the great work and you'll be down again next week!
@grizziegriz You are doing great, maybe the goal should be to slowly bring down your calories a little each day, that way you can get them closer to where you want to be, but don't necessarily notice the sharp decrease...
@melodyis4reals Fitbit calorie adjustments can be relatively accurate and that really depends, it seem the translation from fitbit to mfp does seem to be a bit higher than I'd expect. I would say that the exercise calories that fitbit calculates are relatively accurate if it uses your heart rate, BUT it seems high when it imports into MFP and I never eat back my exercise calories, I just like seeing the estimates as it's encouraging to me to see that I'm burning calories and working hard, but I don't use it for anything other than that.
I love that you took a walk at lunch! I went to a funeral Monday and had some time between the service and the dinner celebration, and I used that time to go to the gym, when you make this a lifestyle change, everything changes!!!
@303lissy You're doing great! Hang in there, we have all done the mindless eating, and I STILL have to watch it or I still do it, you will get there, maybe you can make adjustments during the rest of the week to sort of offset the goldfish....
@hippienana I have been keto since July of 2017, and I love it. I've lost 90 lbs and I have NEVER felt better, I don't have cravings for candy, sugar, etc, and it makes IF SO much easier and I am able to workout completely fasted and I love how I feel free from food, and in general, my health has DRAMATICALLY improved since I started eating this way.
@nbatch456 I love your attitude, one foot in front of the other! Going to use that one, it's a great reminder!
@jmitts2 Great loss this week! You're going to be there in no time!!
@batgirl140 You are doing great and I love that you're doing Taekwondo!!
@SLIMn2016 You are killing it everyday!! You are amazing! Inspirational!
@o0kody0o Great job changing it up! Boredom usually leads me down a dark path and I wind up doing or eating something I shouldn't! Great job taking steps to keep that from happening!!
@vicky2767 Hang in there, and get back into it for tomorrow, you GOT this!
@CindyJNC1963 Awesome day!! You crush it everyday! Such an inspiration!
Awesome. I just started Keto in February and then hooked up with Amy Smith Hightower on #ucanketo# and she has helped me with IF, breaking a stall, using MCT oil and bone broth. You should check her out. She does videos every week and her group is free. You are not obligated to buy anything. I love it and she sure has helped me stay on track and be accountable for what I eat.0 -
Daily Post Wednesday
Track yes
Calories yes WAAAY under
Exercise yes walking
Water 180oz
Goals/comments
MY MOM CAME HOME TODAY YAY! JUST IN TIME FOR MOTHER'S DAY! 😍😍😍😍
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Daily check in!
Track: Yes
Calories: under!
Exercise: meh... I need to get on this.
Feeling good! Under 200 again!3 -
Daily Post: Wednesday May 1
Track: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: No
Tonight was softball night. Got home too late to exercise. BUT I did good with my food today and feel so much better than I did this morning after yesterday’s binge.
I started using Happy Scale this week. I’ve never been a person who weighs daily, but I’m hoping to gain useful insight from seeing my weight trends.3 -
My stomach is growling 😩
It’s late not the ideal time to eat.
Just needed to vent here. Thanks All!
WILLPOWER !! 😬4 -
Daily Post: Wednesday, May 1
Track: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: No
No exercise. Went to a youth leadership graduation for my oldest and had appetizers and a bunch of fried foods. Probably didn't help but it was special for my son and I wanted to partake with him. Tomorrow is a new day.
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Daily check in May 1
Track: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: No.0 -
Hello all, hope everyone is well. Just wanted to apologize for last month. I was in a bad place mentally with my weight loss. I felt like such a failure. My weight seemed to either stand still or go the wrong way on the scale. I was also having a problem adjusting to the changes my body was going through. Everything was sort of soft and jiggly and I couldn't handle it. Let me explain a little about my journey. I now know that I cannot rely on the scale as I am losing fat and building muscle which is not an easy task. I work with a personal trainer 5 days a week, I attempt to achieve 20,000 steps daily and I was eating super clean. Well that is until I began to stress about the loose fat and I went back to my old ways. I am an emotional eater, food is my comfort or at least use to be, now it just make me feel horrible when I eat junk. Anyway my goal is to be fit enough to compete in a show just once. I have a long road ahead but I am determined. You guys are great and it felt good to be able to post, vent or ask for advice which I did in March. I really don't know how I let it get so out of hand in April and I am sorry if I messed up this competition.
Wanted to give a special Thank You to Ashley for lending an ear and giving sound advice. So if you guys have room for me I would love to come back to the group.
Week#1: May 1, 2019
Username: genajonas
PW: 206.8
CW: 2087 -
Daily Check In: May 1
Track : Yes
Exercise : Yes2 -
Daily Post: Wednesday 5/1
Track: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: Yes--rode the Streetstrider (it is like an elliptical on wheels). A beautiful day to be outside after all the rain we have had.2 -
Hello all, hope everyone is well. Just wanted to apologize for last month. I was in a bad place mentally with my weight loss. I felt like such a failure. My weight seemed to either stand still or go the wrong way on the scale. I was also having a problem adjusting to the changes my body was going through. Everything was sort of soft and jiggly and I couldn't handle it. Let me explain a little about my journey. I now know that I cannot rely on the scale as I am losing fat and building muscle which is not an easy task. I work with a personal trainer 5 days a week, I attempt to achieve 20,000 steps daily and I was eating super clean. Well that is until I began to stress about the loose fat and I went back to my old ways. I am an emotional eater, food is my comfort or at least use to be, now it just make me feel horrible when I eat junk. Anyway my goal is to be fit enough to compete in a show just once. I have a long road ahead but I am determined. You guys are great and it felt good to be able to post, vent or ask for advice which I did in March. I really don't know how I let it get so out of hand in April and I am sorry if I messed up this competition.
Wanted to give a special Thank You to Ashley for lending an ear and giving sound advice. So if you guys have room for me I would love to come back to the group.
Week#1: May 1, 2019
Username: genajonas
PW: 206.8
CW: 208
I also failed in April and I know that it feels really bad. But it’s okay, we can pick up and keep going again, and I hope you have a brilliant month of May. Show past you who’s boss!
Welcome back
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Daily track - May 1st
Tracked: No
Under calories: not sure, probably close
Exercise: Badminton! I do love badminton2 -
Daily track - 1st May
Tracked - Yes
Calories - Waaaayyyyy over, girly night out with my daughter
Exercise - Oops, none of that either.
It was my weigh day yesterday morning so hopefully I'll be able to recover the rest of the week.
Goal for today - Drink more water!1 -
@gjaholy33 Great job staying under today and I'm so glad your mom is home!!
@cydneebauman Good day, and as for exercise, you'd be surprised in the beginning how much benefit you see from just a little like a 20 min walk, or even 2 10 min walks...
@DeshotelK I've weighed everyday since July of 2017 and you'd really be surprised at some of what you learn from it and you do have to take some of it with a grain of salt, I've seen days where I was magically up 3 lbs or down 3 lbs the next day, but the constant feedback helps me. The trick is to watch it, but don't go crazy if you see fluctuations, because you will...
@nbatch456 I love the thought today, I had it at like 3 am, willpower! I woke up hungry, and that's usually not a great sign, but I resisted and attempted to go back to bed, but that didn't really happen, now I'm just going to go to my basement gym and start my workout, because WILLPOWER
@BEASTFIELD314 Honestly, fried foods aren't generally the greatest, mostly because of what it's fried in, although, I tend to stay away from them altogether, I do on occasion when I have a hankering for mozzarella sticks, "bread" them and fry them in coconut oil, because I generally don't give up anything, I just have it occasionally and I make it fit my goals, in my case, keto.
@batgirl140 Great job staying under!!
@Gadgetgirl259 Great day and I am going to have to look up what a Streetstrider is, it sounds fun.
@thelandkraken You didn't fail in April, you just found a way that wouldn't work! And you had a great day, even if you're close to your calorie goal, it's still going to help!! And Badminton, don't think I've played that since...maybe middle school! I was terrible!!
@Thumper0104 You have time to recover before your next weigh in, you can adjust and try to make some changes to your daily routine to adjust for your one "bad" day! You got this!
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Daily Post for Wednesday:
Track: yes
Calories: no
Exercise: stairs at work, standing and walking around a lot at a job fair....
Water: not enough!! I think I logged 98 oz. But it was a guess.
I had a date and it was a first date... and we went out to dinner. I didn't intend to watch my calorie intake, just order what looked good and enjoy myself.
I haven't gone on a date in a long time, so it was nice! And totally worth the probably 3 lb gain that will show on the scale.... hahaha I know it will come back off, and it certainly won't derail me. But I did enjoy my food and have a good time!4 -
Today's motivational quote is from Thomas Edison and seeing some of your comments, I think it's fitting.
Thomas Edison was often questioned about his failure in making the lightbulb and his response was always the same. I did not fail, I just found 2000 ways how not to make a light bulb. We can apply his sound logic to our weight loss and fitness journey. We may not always succeed, but we will most certainly not succeed if we don't get back into it. And we can move forward with the knowledge that what we just tried did not work so we can try something else. Let's move forward and try something else (if we need to, not all of us need something else!)!!
We got this team! Let's make May our month!!
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Daily Post (Wednesday)
Track: no
Calories:?
Exercise: 20 minutes elliptical
I've seen several posts about having failed in April, and I am in the same boat. Total stress eating. I am so hoping to come to my senses in May, but I got on the scale this a.m. and am up again. Hopefully tomorrow's weigh in will be a tiny bit better than today.2 -
Hello all, hope everyone is well. Just wanted to apologize for last month. I was in a bad place mentally with my weight loss. I felt like such a failure. My weight seemed to either stand still or go the wrong way on the scale. I was also having a problem adjusting to the changes my body was going through. Everything was sort of soft and jiggly and I couldn't handle it. Let me explain a little about my journey. I now know that I cannot rely on the scale as I am losing fat and building muscle which is not an easy task. I work with a personal trainer 5 days a week, I attempt to achieve 20,000 steps daily and I was eating super clean. Well that is until I began to stress about the loose fat and I went back to my old ways. I am an emotional eater, food is my comfort or at least use to be, now it just make me feel horrible when I eat junk. Anyway my goal is to be fit enough to compete in a show just once. I have a long road ahead but I am determined. You guys are great and it felt good to be able to post, vent or ask for advice which I did in March. I really don't know how I let it get so out of hand in April and I am sorry if I messed up this competition.
Wanted to give a special Thank You to Ashley for lending an ear and giving sound advice. So if you guys have room for me I would love to come back to the group.
@genajonas I am glad you're finding the strength to move forward. I have been right where you are, more than once, and it's part of the process and it's still hard to move past mentally. I would honestly say the weight loss game is more mental than it is anything else. I think it's really important to realize that there is a period of transition, one that you're noticing now, where you're not going to look or feel your best, but if you push through, a few months from now even, you'll look back and see the difference (and I encourage you to take pictures, I am glad I did.
Glad your back, and believe me, we ALL go through a lot of the same, don't hesitate to ask or share, we understand!!0 -
@CourtneyLomonaco We all have times like that, just remember, you did not fail, you just found a way that won't work!
@tinak33 Glad you went out on your date, sounds fun. Well, I take that back, I never really liked "dates" and I can't tell you the last time I went out on a first date because well I've been married 9 years and well, yeah, glad you had a good time, and if you're really worried about it, you can adjust over the week and plan for it better, for next time, and the same thing applies, even if your weight is up this week, you can still adjust and help it go back down a bit faster for next time!! You're doing great and one day isn't going to kill you!1 -
Daily Post (Wednesday)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes!
Exercise: Yes, 60 mins weight training, 15 mins elliptical, 45 mins walking.
Comments: Somehow I managed not to post this yesterday, but it happens I suppose!3 -
Today's motivational quote is from Thomas Edison and seeing some of your comments, I think it's fitting.
Thomas Edison was often questioned about his failure in making the lightbulb and his response was always the same. I did not fail, I just found 2000 ways how not to make a light bulb. We can apply his sound logic to our weight loss and fitness journey. We may not always succeed, but we will most certainly not succeed if we don't get back into it. And we can move forward with the knowledge that what we just tried did not work so we can try something else. Let's move forward and try something else (if we need to, not all of us need something else!)!!
We got this team! Let's make May our month!!
Love this excellent motivation for today❤👌🏾0 -
but artificial sweeteners has been linked to so many health issues---cancer and neurological issues as well.
Have you tried Zevia natural sodas? I drink them--made with stevia... I really like them as an alternative to soda.... or you could make your own with seltzer water, a little lemon and swerve too!
@SLIMn2016 So I tend to take that "Link" with a grain of salt and I will explain. If you look at the study where they used Aspartame (diet coke, etc) for example, the study used mice, as many do, and the aspartame did appear to cause cancer, but the part where I have an issue with it is, they basically gave the mice an amount of aspartame that would roughly equate to a person drinking 2000 diet sodas a day! 2000! I can imagine if you were to take in a lot of things in that proportion, you'd run into issues. And while I tend to limit my sweetener use, because I believe that it's better for you in general to limit anything artificial, I also don't worry if I drink a diet soda considering, just saying.
And sadly, this is how a lot of research is conducted, they take it to an extreme and I think that extremes are likely to produce results like that in a lot of cases, what I think might be more useful is finding the point where they started to see issues, like is it really 10 sodas a day, or is it 20 sodas a day, etc, but studies are expensive and they just tend to push one side of things to find a "link" and I find it hard to trust something like that, also a lot of studies are funded by the companies that have something vested in them, like coca-cola funded a study that ultimately said sugar was okay......pretty sure that is skewed...just saying.
Also Zevia isn't too bad, I just don't like them as much as like a Diet Dr Pepper for example, but I do like how they're clear....that's generally a good sign. I do tend to stick to flavored carbonated water more than I do soda instead. It's a better option I think.2 -
Hello all, hope everyone is well. Just wanted to apologize for last month. I was in a bad place mentally with my weight loss. I felt like such a failure. My weight seemed to either stand still or go the wrong way on the scale. I was also having a problem adjusting to the changes my body was going through. Everything was sort of soft and jiggly and I couldn't handle it. Let me explain a little about my journey. I now know that I cannot rely on the scale as I am losing fat and building muscle which is not an easy task. I work with a personal trainer 5 days a week, I attempt to achieve 20,000 steps daily and I was eating super clean. Well that is until I began to stress about the loose fat and I went back to my old ways. I am an emotional eater, food is my comfort or at least use to be, now it just make me feel horrible when I eat junk. Anyway my goal is to be fit enough to compete in a show just once. I have a long road ahead but I am determined.
Welcome back girly,
Many of us have been in the same mindset as you are right now. Yes, MINDSET it's very important to realize losing weight is not all about the physical work but you must change or heal your Mindset in order to be successful. It took me years and I mean years to get to where I am mentally to be successful in consistently losing. I had to do it via lots of psychotherapy. That might not be your case we each have our own emotional battles to get through when it comes to getting healthy. But REMEMBER WE ARE HERE TO HELP ONE ANOTHER. That means ROOTING you on when you're up and MOTIVATING & INSPIRING you when you're down but tje key is for YOU NOT TO GIVE UP ON YOURSELF.
I have faith in you that you will succeed in meeting each and every one of your goals. So stay postive and celebrate the small victories; like coming back this month👌🏾👌🏾👏🏾👏🏾😍😍😍0 -
5/1 Daily Post
Track: yes
Calories: over
Exercise: none
I'm doing a lot of mini travel and back and forth this week, so I haven't been as active as I would like. I'm hoping to change that this weekend!0 -
@tinak33 Glad you went out on your date, sounds fun. Well, I take that back, I never really liked "dates" and I can't tell you the last time I went out on a first date because well I've been married 9 years and well, yeah, glad you had a good time, and if you're really worried about it, you can adjust over the week and plan for it better, for next time, and the same thing applies, even if your weight is up this week, you can still adjust and help it go back down a bit faster for next time!! You're doing great and one day isn't going to kill you!
Thanks!
I have barely dated at all since I got divorced back in 2015...
I was nervous and excited. I pre-planned what I was getting, and planned to only eat half. But then I ate the other half.... lol
Mostly because we sat at the restaurant for 3 hours! I never felt over stuffed or uncomfortably full. Probably because I spaced it out.... but that's ok.
I know my weight will be up, but I tracked it all. So I also know about how many calories I went over. I can get back on track easily enough with some adjustments. It won't deter me from my goal of being solidly in the 140s by end of May!0 -
Today's motivational quote is from Thomas Edison and seeing some of your comments, I think it's fitting.
Thomas Edison was often questioned about his failure in making the lightbulb and his response was always the same. I did not fail, I just found 2000 ways how not to make a light bulb. We can apply his sound logic to our weight loss and fitness journey. We may not always succeed, but we will most certainly not succeed if we don't get back into it. And we can move forward with the knowledge that what we just tried did not work so we can try something else. Let's move forward and try something else (if we need to, not all of us need something else!)!!
We got this team! Let's make May our month!!
I needed to see this today! Thank you!0
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