9/19/19 yes/yes/yes
9/20/19 yes/yes/yes
Steps 10090
Water. Nope. I’ll work on this one next week. Stress at work and Diet Coke chosen over water past few days.

3x yes

Sunday yes
Monday no
Tuesday yes
Wednesday yes
Thursday yes
Friday yes

9/20/19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 10,213
Water: 86

Yesterday was a definitely interesting day! I drove my boyfriends car to the garage after work(small problem and needed recalls fixed). We have been talking about getting a bigger car(we both have sedans), and we ended up browsing and trading in my car for a newer, lower miles(only 30 and I was almost at 100k), SUV. It has perfect room for the doggies and everything we had wanted. With all the car browsing I was able to get my steps up, but the puppies weren't too happy that we were gone for so long!

I weigh in daily for my own personal benefit, and my weigh has been dropping a lot this week(extra activity, even better food choices, and drinking only water or iced tea 95% of the week.) This morning I hopped on to see a 1 in front of the number(199.4!), so I hope my food choices and activity remain smart over the next few days and I can have an even better loss come my official weigh in on Tuesday!

@cmhubbard92 YAY! I am so excited for you! Celebrate! Celebrate! Sounds like time for a reward of new shoes, or manicure

So the idea of weighing on a daily basis has been brought up several times and I’m curious about what the team’s view is of it. I have done both - daily and weekly and I’m torn. This week I didn’t weigh daily and did a better job sticking to my plan, but I had only a small loss on Friday so I was disappointed (I think I had built up in my head that it would be bigger). On the other hand, on the weeks when I weigh in daily if I see an increase (which could be for a variety of reasons), I get frustrated and usually end up making poor choices during that day. So I guess for me just weighing once a week would be better because then there’s only a chance of one bad day because of the scale???

Sorry about the rambling, just trying to work on what I can do different this week.

pkg1998 wrote: »

So the idea of weighing on a daily basis has been brought up several times and I’m curious about what the team’s view is of it. I have done both - daily and weekly and I’m torn. This week I didn’t weigh daily and did a better job sticking to my plan, but I had only a small loss on Friday so I was disappointed (I think I had built up in my head that it would be bigger). On the other hand, on the weeks when I weigh in daily if I see an increase (which could be for a variety of reasons), I get frustrated and usually end up making poor choices during that day. So I guess for me just weighing once a week would be better because then there’s only a chance of one bad day because of the scale???

Sorry about the rambling, just trying to work on what I can do different this week.

@pkg1998 I think it depends on how you react to daily weighing. For me, I use libra weight tracker. It gives me a forecasted goal date and tells me a "trending" weight for the week. I do experience many ups and downs, but my trending weight kind of keeps me focused on my overall progress. Plus, I compare a Monday weigh in to one before so I can remain positive that even though my weight jumped, it could still be less than that day the week before, if that makes any sense!

For some people, like you said, seeing a fluctuation on the scale could have a negative impact. Essentially, use your own judgement and do what works best for you and your goals!

pkg1998 wrote: »

@cmhubbard92 So excited for you. I want to believe that I’ll be in “onederland” again someday and seeing your progress (and the other team members) gives me hope that I can.

Thank you! I'm not getting ahead of myself, yet! Like I said, I am waiting for my trending weight to be below 200! You will make it there one day!

9/21/19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 5391(currently)
Water: 72oz

Not a majorly active day, but met the goals. We didn't have pizza, instead I ordered a cobb salad and had a small slice of cake. Was happy to fit everything into the day with some extra room to work with!

I have updated the spreadsheet with a new sheet for next week. I have combined the water and steps into one, in a way that will work for people that are only doing the water challenge or just the step challenge! It looks like it will be easier to input numbers!

@ethelsmommy I hope Synthroid works for you. Thyroid problems are aweful.

9:21/19
Track yes
Under yes
Exercise yes
Steps 10092

9/21 sat
Mini challenge
Tracked... yes
Under... yes
Exercise:  160 min walking (thanks to county fair. And under calories because I refused to do more than just smell the goodies!)
Water: 48 oz.

September 20 FRIDAY
Calories - yes
Tracking - yes
Exercise - 225-Active Minutes - Day Shift
Steps - 19097
Water - 50 oz

cmhubbard92 wrote: »

9/20/19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 10,213
Water: 86

Yesterday was a definitely interesting day! I drove my boyfriends car to the garage after work(small problem and needed recalls fixed). We have been talking about getting a bigger car(we both have sedans), and we ended up browsing and trading in my car for a newer, lower miles(only 30 and I was almost at 100k), SUV. It has perfect room for the doggies and everything we had wanted. With all the car browsing I was able to get my steps up, but the puppies weren't too happy that we were gone for so long!

I weigh in daily for my own personal benefit, and my weigh has been dropping a lot this week(extra activity, even better food choices, and drinking only water or iced tea 95% of the week.) This morning I hopped on to see a 1 in front of the number(199.4!), so I hope my food choices and activity remain smart over the next few days and I can have an even better loss come my official weigh in on Tuesday!

Christine what a brilliant post to wake up and read! Wooohoo on the number starting with a 1 and I have no doubt you'll be comfortably over that line by official weight in

brandi_84 wrote: »

Coral333 wrote: »

Friday Weigh In

Last Week - 208.6
This week - 206.6

Feel like I’m hitting my stride! Think this might be the lowest I’ve been since starting the challenge 🤔 I know this time of year I generally find it easier to stick to it and dig in with exercise but this time round I’ve definitely been taking inspiration from @erikNJ and others on the meal prep front. I think having all my breakfasts and lunches prepped has made a massive difference!

I have a long weekend this week and so ready to get out and about and more active! Hope everyone has a good Friday as we slide into the weekend.

@Coral333 Awesome loss! I'm glad that meal prep is working well for you. I'm getting better at meal planning, but I feel I should try to get on board with doing some prepping as well. Enjoy your weekend!

@brandi_84 Thank you!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. My steps were way down yesterday (still need to update the spreadsheet but they were 6253 for the day). I had a friend's hen party last night which was really lots of fun but I decided to drive so that I wouldn't completely overindulge on alcohol as well as snacks. I was fairly restrained on the buffet as well so I'm hoping it won't have had too much of an impact!

It's much cooler here today after an unseasonal spike in temps so we're hoping to get out a nice long walk after brunch.

energyseeker wrote: »

9/19/19 yes/yes/yes
9/20/19 yes/yes/yes
Steps 10090
Water. Nope. I’ll work on this one next week. Stress at work and Diet Coke chosen over water past few days.

@energyseeker I meant to ask if steps are 10090 for one or both days?

Coral333 wrote: »

cmhubbard92 wrote: »

9/20/19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 10,213
Water: 86

Yesterday was a definitely interesting day! I drove my boyfriends car to the garage after work(small problem and needed recalls fixed). We have been talking about getting a bigger car(we both have sedans), and we ended up browsing and trading in my car for a newer, lower miles(only 30 and I was almost at 100k), SUV. It has perfect room for the doggies and everything we had wanted. With all the car browsing I was able to get my steps up, but the puppies weren't too happy that we were gone for so long!

I weigh in daily for my own personal benefit, and my weigh has been dropping a lot this week(extra activity, even better food choices, and drinking only water or iced tea 95% of the week.) This morning I hopped on to see a 1 in front of the number(199.4!), so I hope my food choices and activity remain smart over the next few days and I can have an even better loss come my official weigh in on Tuesday!

Christine what a brilliant post to wake up and read! Wooohoo on the number starting with a 1 and I have no doubt you'll be comfortably over that line by official weight in

@Coral333 I sure hope so! Thank you!