matthewsfive wrote: »

BonnieHosk85 wrote: »

Since it's Wednesday, it's time for our last weekly challenge. Because this is the last week of the month we will only do this challenge through Saturday. How vital do you think it is to weigh and measure everything you eat or drink each day? Do you currently do that, or do you wing it? I'm trying to get into the habit of weighing and measuring everything accurately.

The challenge that starts today until Saturday is:

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Gutbusters Weekly Challenge:
Did I faithfully measure and log everything I ate or drank?

I measure everything, sometimes, I see wow that's only a cup or tablespoon. It really opened my eyes to portion control

I agree 100%!! When I started using my scale and measuring cups I was shocked!! I thought my portions were good but I was totally overdoing it!!
I love my scale haha!

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, recumbent bike, 20 minutes, 5.91 miles
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Gutbusters Weekly Challenge:
Did I faithfully measure and log everything I ate or drank? No, logged but not measured.

Stressful time in the kitchen this afternoon. I was making dinner for a young family who just had their fourth baby. I've done turkey breast in the Instapot before and it turned out great. This one was too big so I thought I'd defrost it first and maybe it would fit afterward. Well, defrosting it in the microwave caused it to have a huge puddle of icky juice. It fit in the pot then but didn't cook all the way through. I tried finishing it up in the oven but was running out of time so called the mom and asked what they wanted from Cracker Barrel. Thankfully they were thrilled with that. LOL! I finished cooking the turkey when I got home and was too stressed and frustrated to think about measuring it. I think I'm close on the meat, but I don't know for sure like I would have if I had measured it. LOL! On a better note, my microwave is sparkling clean now!

inshapeCK wrote: »

inshapeCK
June Week 4
PW: 138.0 pounds
CW: 136.0 pounds

Happy to be back down 2 pounds after being up 2.3 pounds last week and up 1.5 pounds the previous week
but it's hard to get excited about a loss when I am just re-losing what I had re-gained.

Still need to lose 1.8 pounds to get back to my June 5th weight of 134.2 pounds.
I know I can do it but I need to stop reverting back to unhealthy eating.

This is my struggle. It's so easy to slip into old bad habits and requires much more effort and intentionality to stick with healthy foods and portions.

Good morning! Nice loss, @inshapeCK! You're getting there and doing so well!

Today we’re looking for weigh-ins from:

@Colleen790
@Stimpy56

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June Week 4
PW:
CW:

Wow! Great loss, @Stimpy56!

While you're concentrating on measuring your food ... I was checking out the nutritional value on this and noticed the small print (highlighted in yellow):

Colleen790
June week 4
PW 161.1
CW. 160.7

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Not today

Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes

Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

Gutbusters Weekly Challenge:
Did I faithfully measure and log everything I ate or drank? Yes!

@TangoJuliet110, I moved week 2's weight into week 3 and then added the above weigh in to week 4's weight. I'll ask Ashley to move you to Fridays for July.

Good morning! Today we’re looking for weigh-ins from:

@deanit
@fe452436
@keepingtrack1234
@Robandy12345
@BonnieHosk85

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One more day, team, and then we'll move to the July thread.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10751055/team-gutbusters-july#latest
Have a great one!
Bonnie

Good morning everyone and happy Friday! I hope everyone is feeling good and excited for JULY! I have been really incorporating more protein and less snacky-carby junk this week and saw a nice loss. I think a lot is water weight, and it's weight I had lost and re-gained, but I feel better and more confident and energetic--focused on long term!

Keepingtrack1234
June Week 4
PW: 143.6
CW: 140.2

Great work, @Keepingtrack1234 and @Robandy12345 !!

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, recumbent bike, 20 minutes, 5.97 miles; organizing 15 minutes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Gutbusters Weekly Challenge:
Did I weigh and measure everything I ate today? No (this challenge has been a bust for me!! )

Matthewsfive
June Week 4
PW:215.4
CW:212.8

BonnieHosk85 wrote: »

Good evening, team! The following folks have made it through the entire month of June with us!! Each and every one of you deserves a for hanging in there when things got messy or you didn't see the scale move like you would have liked it to. Some of you have done really well and have seen good numbers on your scales this month, and others haven't seen much of a change. That's to be expected sometimes. The winning comes in not giving up and continuing on toward a healthier lifestyle. I applaud you all and thank you for a great month. I'd love for everyone to continue on to July, but if you don't, know that I wish you well and hope you great success. I've enjoyed being the captain to some pretty amazing people. Thanks for all your input, your transparency, your faithfulness, and your willingness to do some hard things for your health.
Much love and respect,
Bonnie

@allietuge
@BJDavidson964
@crystalbarton31
@LadySaton
@lisadianehays55
@shalvy2007
@Syd43
@audreypawdrey
@beloved0922
@hickchic67
@Jodilynnreeves
@Kenyaa3
@Lifeisspiffy
@looneycatblue
@Micheller1210
@SuzanneElizabeth16
@tuddy315
@kkmark
@Betsymoomoo
@inshapeCK
@lja860813
@mmarch427
@Colleen790
@Stimpy56
@deanit
@fe452436
@robandy12345
@keishamaggie
@Matthewsfive
@Keepingtrack1234
@TangoJuliet110

Thanks so much Bonnie for everything. I’m looking forward to kicking July’s butt, 😁