TEAM: The Big Butt Theory (May)

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  • miakelaa
    miakelaa Posts: 43 Member
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    Thursday, May 2
    Logged food: Yes
    Net deficit: Yes - By the skin of my teeth
    Exercise: Yes - One hour horseback riding
  • Tracie_Lord
    Tracie_Lord Posts: 1,761 Member
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    HASWLRS wrote: »
    May Wk1

    Fri Apr 26th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes 44 mins gym, 73 mins fit bit active
    fit bit steps - 11,317

    Saturday Apr 27th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, running around the house and up and down stairs to get my steps after shopping haha, 65 mins fit bit active
    Fit bit steps - 12,095

    Sunday Apr 28th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, 40 min gym and 1.5hr walk, 169 mins fit bit active
    fit bit steps - 16,780

    Monday Apr 29th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise -yes, 1hr yoga and home workout
    Fit bit stats - 14,636 steps & 98 mins active

    Tues Apr 30th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, home workout
    Fit bit stats - 17,234 steps & 97 mins active

    Wed May 1st
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, very sweaty gym lol
    Fit bit stats - 12,694 steps & 69 mins active

    @Tracie_Lord, your new Fitbit is really getting a workout these days!! Look at all those active minutes!

    I love it!!! you really need to invest its so good to monitor your progress :)
  • Tracie_Lord
    Tracie_Lord Posts: 1,761 Member
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    May Wk1

    Fri Apr 26th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes 44 mins gym, 73 mins fit bit active
    fit bit steps - 11,317

    Saturday Apr 27th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, running around the house and up and down stairs to get my steps after shopping haha, 65 mins fit bit active
    Fit bit steps - 12,095

    Sunday Apr 28th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, 40 min gym and 1.5hr walk, 169 mins fit bit active
    fit bit steps - 16,780

    Monday Apr 29th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise -yes, 1hr yoga and home workout
    Fit bit stats - 14,636 steps & 98 mins active

    Tues Apr 30th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, home workout
    Fit bit stats - 17,234 steps & 97 mins active

    Wed May 1st
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, very sweaty gym lol
    Fit bit stats - 12,694 steps & 69 mins active

    Thurs May 2nd
    Meal Logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, home workout
    Fit bit stats - 11,105 steps 42 mins active

    ****** WEEKLY WEIGHT IN ********
    PW 188.25
    CW 184.75
    3.5lbs loss :)
    **********************************


    Good week overall, do feel like I could have worked harder so a big loss has really spurred me on :)

    The UK needs the sun back though please send us some hahaha
  • Tracie_Lord
    Tracie_Lord Posts: 1,761 Member
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    Week 1 Mini Challenge

    Sunday 04.28

    Tracking of food: yes
    With in calories: yes
    Water ozs 84.5
    Exercise: yes gardening / yardwork
    Steps: 12103


    Monday 04.29

    Tracking of food: yes
    With in calories: yes
    Water ozs 84.5
    Exercise: yes push lawn mower
    Steps: 17746 * this is super high. I aim for 10k a day.

    Tuesday 04.30

    Tracking of food: yes
    With in calories: yes
    Water ozs 84.5
    Exercise: yes gardening/ yardwork/ housework
    Steps: 12174


    Wednesday 05.01

    Tracking of food: yes
    With in calories: yes
    Water ozs 67.60
    Exercise: yes treadmill
    Steps: 12360

    Loving the !7K step day!! well done:) I also aim for 10K so anything above 12 for me is super good :)
  • jlbtnc
    jlbtnc Posts: 725 Member
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    swauters wrote: »
    jlbtnc wrote: »
    Week 1 – 5/2 - May Mini Challenge
    Logged Food: yes
    Under Calories: yes
    Exercise: yes – Leslie Sansone’s 3.1 mile – 45 minutes, Richard Simmon’s Cardio – minutes and toning – 15 minutes, and two walks totaling 2 hours and 3o minutes

    Week 1 – 5/1 - May Mini Challenge
    Logged Food: yes
    Under Calories: yes
    Exercise: yes – 50 minutes of walking

    Week 1 – 4/30 - May Mini Challenge
    Logged Food: yes
    Under Calories: yes
    Exercise: yes – 35 minutes total Richard Simmons (20 cardio and 15 toning), also a 39 minute walk with the dog to get my grandson at the bus stop

    Week 1 – 4/29 - May Mini Challenge
    Logged Food: yes
    Under Calories: yes
    Exercise: yes – walking 1 hour and cleaning and vacuuming for 1hour and 6 minutes

    Week 1 – 4/28 - May Mini Challenge
    Logged Food: yes
    Under Calories: yes
    Exercise: yes – over an hour of walking


    I used to do Richard Simmons and loved it but I cant seem to find any complete workout videos on YouTube. Do you own the videos?

    @swauters yes, the one I do is from the project hope. I know I loved the dancing to the oldies and not able to get on YouTube, it suck.
  • jlbtnc
    jlbtnc Posts: 725 Member
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    Username: jlbtnc
    Weigh in week: May Week 1
    Weigh in day: Friday
    Previous Week's weight: 196.8
    Todays Weight: 197.6

    I will trust what I am doing, and still working on getting back in the the groove of my routine. Pushing forward and looking to next weeks weigh-in with a loss. I am not going to let this get me down!
  • erikNJ
    erikNJ Posts: 1,009 Member
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    jlbtnc wrote: »
    Username: jlbtnc
    Weigh in week: May Week 1
    Weigh in day: Friday
    Previous Week's weight: 196.8
    Todays Weight: 197.6

    I will trust what I am doing, and still working on getting back in the the groove of my routine. Pushing forward and looking to next weeks weigh-in with a loss. I am not going to let this get me down!

    Love your attitude! Keep at it. Things will go in the right direction
  • erikNJ
    erikNJ Posts: 1,009 Member
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    @Tracie_Lord Nice loss!!!
  • HASWLRS
    HASWLRS Posts: 7,997 Member
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    enyagoboom wrote: »
    Weigh in! 221.1 :smiley: Super happy about that. I will get the rest of the information for today posted tomorrow (probably do a twofer including thurs/fri) as we're traveling tonight.

    @HASWLRS thank you for keeping track of everyone! :)

    @enyagoboom, you should be super happy about that, it's a five point four pound loss!! Great start to the May Challenge. TBBT is very glad you came back!!
  • HASWLRS
    HASWLRS Posts: 7,997 Member
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    Coral333 wrote: »
    End of April Weight/May Start Weight - 212
    May Week 1 - 211.4

    That's us arrived on holiday and so excited for the break ☺️ Hope everyone is well. Xx

    @Coral333, have a splendid holiday, Coral, and soak in as much sun as you can! Sounds like there is not much sun at home for you right now.
  • HASWLRS
    HASWLRS Posts: 7,997 Member
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    HASWLRS wrote: »
    Loving the discussion on yoga and running apps and 30 day challenges! I am not participating in any of them, and part of me feels guilty. The other part of me is just focusing on my successes these days, and not trying to add something to the mix that might cause me to fail (by not doing it!). I have been eating at a deficit for 8 days now, and making some headway in my invoice filing at work. I did order a new workout outfit on-line and it came today. None of my workout clothes were fitting, especially the bras, so I desperately needed something new. I haven't tried them on yet, because I am afraid they won't fit, or I won't like it. I never order clothes on-line!! My foot is still sore, but only slightly, so that is promising.

    I have a hard keeping away from that all or nothing way of thinking. It's really is the baby steps .. that add up. WTG .. on your eating, I bet your new workout clothes will look great and make you feel good!

    @countrycreek, yeah, "all or nothing" never works, yet some of us never learn! Speaking of learning, I have learned not to buy workout clothes on-line. The capris are too big, the bra needs to come with a personal assistant just to get it on and the tank, well, I might keep the tank, even though it is not the material I wanted. I live in a small town and I just don't have the time or energy to drive to the city right now, so I thought I would try on-line. Now I have to look up how to return things.
  • HASWLRS
    HASWLRS Posts: 7,997 Member
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    5/2/2019 Mini Challenge
    Tracked: Yes
    Under: Yes
    Exercise: Yes, 39 minutes c25k(week 3 day 1)

    Somewhere in the middle of my c25k workout, I accidentally skipped through a walk session about 30 seconds after it startes(I was supposed to walk for 3 minutes), so I just continued and started running again. I decided after the last 3 minute walk, I was going to see how long I could run for without having to stop. I ran through the 5 minute cool down, and then started the stopwatch on my phone. I ran for 12 minutes and 57 seconds without stopping. Then I finished up walking to cool down a bit! I felt really good about that!

    Today I DID go and get a pedicure, and it was amazing! It was a lavender one, with hot stones and paraffin wax... now my toes look *kinda* girly for a change! The massage chair that I was in for the duration of the pedicure felt amazing as well! I also ended up getting my fingernails done as well, and I got a nice back/neck massage after I was done! I felt very pampered in there!

    We also went to lunch before the nail salon. I had a buffalo chicken salad and we shared onion rings. Also, ended up making homemade pizza for dinner and everything fit nicely in my diary with a little wiggle room if I decide to have a snack!

    And l was trying some of my clothes on today, and some things that used to fit me pretty horribly look pretty good now! Some jeans are too big, and even some of my shirts! I do have a Uconn shirt that I got last summer that didn't fit at all, and now does! Woohoo!

    Today was just a pretty good day overall and I wanted to share!

    @cmhubbard92, I'd say it was an excellent day!! So glad you decided to pamper yourself. It was a well deserved indulgence! But you didn't just get your nails done...you had a complete spa day, it seems! For a girl who has never had a pedicure, you started with the Cadillac model...hot stones and paraffin wax! Then you had lunch out, and still came in under budget...well done! And of course, anytime we can fit into clothes we haven't fit into for a while deserves a hearty congratulations and a whoo hoo!!

  • erikNJ
    erikNJ Posts: 1,009 Member
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    Weigh in
    Last: 247.7
    This: 247.2

    It isn’t much but I was expecting a gain this week. Honestly I deserved a gain after the way I ate and drank for 4 days. But then sometime I work my butt off and the scale doesn't cooperate. I really think intermittent fasting is helping me along. Now only if I would stop ‘weekend sabotaging’ all my good work during the week, I might be much lower on the scale
  • karrihowlett
    karrihowlett Posts: 122 Member
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    May 2 Mini challenge

    Tracked - Yes
    Under- Yes
    Exercise- 60 minutes Orange Theory, 20 minutes walking
  • Bradleys8299
    Bradleys8299 Posts: 136 Member
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    Weigh In:

    4/26: 233.2
    5/03: 232.8
  • HASWLRS
    HASWLRS Posts: 7,997 Member
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    May 2
    Weigh in day- Thursday
    Previous- 181.3
    Current- 184

    I guess I’m doing the roller coaster @ mickey10111 but mind is not in my favor this week. Here lately I’m been doing my exercises and over and under my calorie deficit on some days more over lately. Not to sound self pity but my motivation has been down. I really want to give this month a break. I’ve be been in this weight range waaay to long and I don’t know what to do to break out it.

    @Nicoletime4me, I am so sorry to hear you are struggling to stay motivated. The only way to break out of this weight range is to significantly change up what you are doing, because the net result of what you are doing right now is keeping you where you are, stuck in this weight range. The thing is, we can't do it for you. All we can do is support and encourage and offer advice if you ask. So unless you have the mindset and determination to make these changes, and push through, nothing will change. You mention about taking this month off. If you need time to figure out what you want and how to get it. I completely understand. I just worry that you will give up entirely if you step away. I suppose if you were to keep things status quo while you took a break, then at least you would be maintaining. You could always stick around and just do the Mini Challenge this month without weigh-ins, if you trust yourself not to throw caution to the wind. I guess what I am saying, is that you have options. You just have to decide what you want to do and then let us know. (hugs)
  • HASWLRS
    HASWLRS Posts: 7,997 Member
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    swauters wrote: »
    5/2/2019 Mini Challenge
    Tracked: Yes
    Under: Yes
    Exercise: Yes, 39 minutes c25k(week 3 day 1)

    Somewhere in the middle of my c25k workout, I accidentally skipped through a walk session about 30 seconds after it startes(I was supposed to walk for 3 minutes), so I just continued and started running again. I decided after the last 3 minute walk, I was going to see how long I could run for without having to stop. I ran through the 5 minute cool down, and then started the stopwatch on my phone. I ran for 12 minutes and 57 seconds without stopping. Then I finished up walking to cool down a bit! I felt really good about that!

    Today I DID go and get a pedicure, and it was amazing! It was a lavender one, with hot stones and paraffin wax... now my toes look *kinda* girly for a change! The massage chair that I was in for the duration of the pedicure felt amazing as well! I also ended up getting my fingernails done as well, and I got a nice back/neck massage after I was done! I felt very pampered in there!

    We also went to lunch before the nail salon. I had a buffalo chicken salad and we shared onion rings. Also, ended up making homemade pizza for dinner and everything fit nicely in my diary with a little wiggle room if I decide to have a snack!

    And l was trying some of my clothes on today, and some things that used to fit me pretty horribly look pretty good now! Some jeans are too big, and even some of my shirts! I do have a Uconn shirt that I got last summer that didn't fit at all, and now does! Woohoo!

    Today was just a pretty good day overall and I wanted to share!

    You did have a great day. Those are some fabulous non scale victories! You cab run almost 13 minutes without stopping?!! Holy cats! I can't wait to be able to do that!

    Granted, a turtle can probably run faster than me 🤣 but it was very unexpected that I was able to run for that long! Thank you 🙂

    @cmhubbard92, you do know, that when starting out running, it is all about endurance, not speed. The speed will come as you increase your endurance. So embrace your inner turtle!!
  • HASWLRS
    HASWLRS Posts: 7,997 Member
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    miakelaa wrote: »
    Thursday, May 2
    Logged food: Yes
    Net deficit: Yes - By the skin of my teeth
    Exercise: Yes - One hour horseback riding

    @miakelaa, horseback riding....there's an exercise you don't see often! I have done horseback riding a couple of times, as a tourist on a slow trail. I have to say, I am not a fan! The rider is supposed to be in control, but I know that's only because the horse let me think that. At any moment that large, strong, fast animal could do what he wanted, with me on his back at his mercy....no thanks!!
  • HASWLRS
    HASWLRS Posts: 7,997 Member
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    HASWLRS wrote: »
    May Wk1

    Fri Apr 26th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes 44 mins gym, 73 mins fit bit active
    fit bit steps - 11,317

    Saturday Apr 27th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, running around the house and up and down stairs to get my steps after shopping haha, 65 mins fit bit active
    Fit bit steps - 12,095

    Sunday Apr 28th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, 40 min gym and 1.5hr walk, 169 mins fit bit active
    fit bit steps - 16,780

    Monday Apr 29th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise -yes, 1hr yoga and home workout
    Fit bit stats - 14,636 steps & 98 mins active

    Tues Apr 30th
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, home workout
    Fit bit stats - 17,234 steps & 97 mins active

    Wed May 1st
    Meal logging - yes
    Under calories - yes
    Exercise - yes, very sweaty gym lol
    Fit bit stats - 12,694 steps & 69 mins active

    @Tracie_Lord, your new Fitbit is really getting a workout these days!! Look at all those active minutes!

    I love it!!! you really need to invest its so good to monitor your progress :)

    @Tracie_Lord, I do have a Fitbit, I have just taken it off while I am having my foot issues. I know full well I am sitting on my butt right now, and I didn't need a gadget reminding me of that!! Mine is a three year old Charge HR. I would like to upgrade when I decide to get back into moving. There was a group from here doing Fitbit Challenges. @cmhubbard92, is that still happening? Maybe Tracie, or anyone else with a Fitbit would like to join?
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