martinesther88 wrote: »

So sorry im late!
Username~martinesther88
Weigh in day~ friday
Cw~152
Im not sure what pw was

No worries and you lost 2 pounds!

For @allieelliott17 and anyone else not sure about the format - as long as the message is clear that it is your weekly weigh-in, and that is the top of your message, everything else is unimportant. If you don't remember your previous week's weight, no problem.

OH! I almost forgot -

Please get your steps (and water if you are tracking that) in tonight for today, and any previous days you might not have reported. We will then be able to name our "triple challenge" winner and also see how many steps were taken over the past week. Thanks!

@evangsimmons170

WEIGH-IN:

User = @evangsimmons170
Week = 1
Weigh-in Day = Saturday (5/11/19)
Previous Weight = 338.2
Current Weight = 341.6

jugar wrote: »

kx7003 wrote: »

If you fast for a day and have limited calories and then compensate the next day by increasing your calories what happens to your body? Will it be a cleanse for your metabolism or will it cause you to gain weight on the second day when you eat an increased number of calories?

This is always an interesting question, as is its opposite - what happens if you allow a "free day"? I think a fasting or semi-fasting day can be really good for your system even if your weight might make a dip down and come back up a bit. If you eat too little for a longer time it can slow everything down, but an occasional fasting day or half day can be good. And the free day can also be a good shake up as long as you're really strict on the other 6 days of the week - it all depends a lot on what feels good and works for you. If you make up for a fasting day by seriously overeating the next day, that can create a pattern that might not be helpful. I know that some people in the team use intermittent fasting, and I hope they join in and tell us more.

Very true. You want the lifestyle pattern(s) you develop and practice to be positive and sustainable, with enough flexibility to allow for contingency planning. Not cycling between starving and binging. Going over need not mean "going over-BOARD on the serious overeating scale"

In the other challenge I am in, the goal is Accountability / Reporting (weight is not reported ... we have everyone from long-way-to-go to long-time-maintenance).

We don't call them "free / cheat days". What we have is a way to "own your choices" with a target objective of meeting " minimum of 20 minutes intentional activity / inside calorie limits (can include some or all of exercise calories eaten back if you define it that way) / log EVERYTHING that has calories" 90% of the time. That means that not more than 3 times in a month, you take a "Pass" by answering "no" on 1 or more of the goals on that particular day (3 x no on the same day still only counts as a single "pass day").

This allows for Life happening .... like @micki48's lunch for a special birthday outing ... while also training you to look JUST at TODAY. This helps with learning that what happened yesterday need not have a bearing on today's choices.

Ideally these would be "intentional passes" (preplanned special occasions, or know-its-coming situations like extended travel days) Unintentional pass days can happen too. You were too sick to exercise. You didn't find out until bedtime when you finished updating your log that the little nibble you had was more calorific than expected and there's no time to make it up via exercise.

If you use 4 (or 5 or even 15) pass days, you are still encouraged to keep reporting daily. The following month, try to use fewer pass days. This is how you eventually learn to keep one not-the-best-day from turning into a week or month off-track before returning to what you KNOW will get you there in the end.

Saturday steps 8,922
💦 72 ounces