Determined December Challenge 2019
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1. FOCUS ON MAINTAINING (or lose a pound or two)
2. PLAN ACTIVE HOLIDAY FUN (Going to AZ for winter break/Hiking is on my list)
3. SCHEDULE WORKOUTS (just booked 12 OTF classes)
4. GET EXCITED ABOUT LOOKING GOOD AT HOLIDAY PARTIES (because!!)
I did good! Body Fat% is going down.
I went to 2 OTF's and Run/Walk session while waiting on my son.
Eating Low carb most of the time. (not exceeding 100)
Sleeping good.
Keep this up over the weekend (I have 2 OTF's booked
) and continue on to next week! 1 -
I hope you're feeling better now @tcunbeliever! Sorry you were sick.
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Hey all! I’d like to join in, even a few days late! My weight has started to creep back up for the past several weeks and I want to get back on track and feel comfortable in my own skin again.
Goal 1: Track everything. On paper for a week or two, then back to logging.
Goal 2: Plan low carb holiday meals, so I’m less likely to get off plan.
Goal 3: Run 3x and lift 3x a week.
I’ve made it to 1 and 2 this week, but I skipped my run yesterday for a work project. I’ll need to run 3 days in a row to make it. But... that could happen!4 -
booksnbrains wrote: »Hey all! I’d like to join in, even a few days late! My weight has started to creep back up for the past several weeks and I want to get back on track and feel comfortable in my own skin again.
Goal 1: Track everything. On paper for a week or two, then back to logging.
Goal 2: Plan low carb holiday meals, so I’m less likely to get off plan.
Goal 3: Run 3x and lift 3x a week.
I’ve made it to 1 and 2 this week, but I skipped my run yesterday for a work project. I’ll need to run 3 days in a row to make it. But... that could happen!
Welcome! Welcome! Come on in and stay a while!
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Been INSANELY BUSY. I'd like to be done with the Health class but there is grading and grade tabulation left to be done. One guy has HORRENDOUS handwriting. Not looking forward to it.
Dec 4th
On-plan calories: Yep
On-plan carbs: Yep
Workouts: 3/6
Dec 5th
On-plan calories: Yep
On-plan carbs: Yep
Workouts: 4/6
Must bake a billion cookies for a charity event today. AND manage to get in a workout. AND manage to get my rotten kids to do their schoolwork.
Heavy tasks for today.
Still need to work on my NEAT, but I'll be on my feet a bit today baking.
Tomorrow, I'll be working a charity event for about 5 hours. Barista and manager btw the kitchen and the counter. Then clean up of the facility.
It's a church thing. So high maintenance but rewarding. So there's a bit of NEAT for me.
--Jess (the big ol' Mess) in Northeast TN1 -
The good news is that I stuck to my goal and logged everything for Day 5. The bad news is that I tasted the mini cinnamon buns I was baking 😬
I’ve been baking them in small batches since Tuesday and resisting beautifully, but somehow last night I ended up choosing to taste them. Oh well, logged it as best as I cld and movin on.
It happens. But it will be fine. You're back on track.
I'm baking today so there's going to be endless sweets in the face all day.
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booksnbrains wrote: »I’ve made it to 1 and 2 this week, but I skipped my run yesterday for a work project. I’ll need to run 3 days in a row to make it. But... that could happen!
Even if you only go for 5-10 minutes it still counts as a run!
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This group is helping me stay accountable and I'm thankful for that.
1. Lose 5 lbs before 12/31/19 [going so well I may get to add a couple lbs to the goal]
2. Stay under carb goal (< 35) and under calorie goal (<1,500) every day [success, 22 carbs & 933 calories, I wasn't hungry but I made myself eat more]
3. Exercise every day at least 30 minutes, walking on treadmill or outside if weather permits [exercised 35 minutes for 2.0 miles on the treadmill]
4. Plan ahead every day which is challenging with so many potluck opportunities and I love to socialize. [success, not easy, there was an Xmas bizarre down the hall but thankfully it was only for the morning so I managed to go to the gym on my lunch so when I got they were packing up. There were good smells coming from the conference center]
Looking forward to seeing what we can all accomplish this month!
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Hey everyone! Happy Friday!
1) Stay under the carb goal -
2) eat enuf calories, but not too much -
3) log everything -
4) hit our activity goal every day -
5) workout at least 5x a week - +
Had a pretty good day today! Did like 40 minutes of shovelling snow which we counted as a 'bonus workout' lol. It was a pretty good workout after all lol!
Also ate a bit more than usual but not by much, still well under our goal, but gosh I'm full now! It was sooo good tho lol!
Hope everyone's having a good day!
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@violet flux
Are you eating cat treats?!?! Maybe I’ve mis read something.. I’m genuinely curious as to why, if you are, maybe some sort of nutritional value I have taken for granted. My cat eats temptations chicken flavor less than 2 calories per piece. 🤷🏼♀️ please educate me...0 -
Day 5-skipped. Didn’t log. Not sure if I met my goals or not. How does one know if they are staying on track when they don’t log???
Day 6
I am determined:
Staying under carbs-50g total-No splurged on beer buttered onion rings. I’m assuming I was over my goal...
Staying under calories-1500 per day-probably not- but maybe
Logging and measuring-No
Getting in exercise/movement-3/3
Increasing water intake-YES still working on increasing
Planning ahead meals-No- but I think made good choices on the fly.1 -
@herblovinmom Yeah I got some Blue Buffalo chicken-flavoured kitty treats!
They're low cal, low carb, crunchy treats. They're great if you want something crunchy or just want like a little savory treat but don't have time to cook or whatever. They're kinda like teeny little crackers except they're made out of chicken instead of starch.
Only problem is they're kinda low sodium - as in no sodium. They use potassium chloride as a 'salt' in the catfoods I've looked at. So like, the treats, and regular kibble i've tried, it all tastes like it needs salt lol.
Its probably not the right thread for all this stuff tho. I'll see if i can find one of our old threads where we share the crazy, and do an update there.0 -
This is great! I haven't checked in lately and my weight has indeed gone up a few pounds in the past few weeks.
OTOH, I ran my first race in two years the Saturday before Thanksgiving (after months of PT) and then ran another one on Thanksgiving morning!
For December:
* I am determined to hit 140 lbs by 12/31 (loss of about 3 lbs).
* I am determined to do my PT home program at least twice a week.
* I am determined to walk/run/do cardio at least 3x a week.
* I am determined to log my food every day.
* I am determined to stay under 50 gm net carbs 6 days a week, and under 80 total every day except Christmas Day. I've done keto/low carb holidays before and it's doable, but this year I'll keep it simpler and not log that day.2 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »I'm determined to work out 5 days a week in December.
I'm determined to eat SLOW carb throughout the month.
I'm determined to lose *some* weight.
I'm determined to get restful restorative sleep.
I'm working out 5 days a week, so far
I'm eating SLOW carb
I have not lost weight
I got a good night sleep last night, but I'd say that's the hardest part.3 -
Met all my goals for the week 💪🏻 Changed one of them from weight loss to trying new meals because I can already tell weight loss is gonna be slow and erratic and it’s more of a long term metric than a goal.
1) Planned foods only, no grazing
2) Track every day
3) Invent tasty new meals
4) 5 workouts / week, 25+ hours for the month
5) Fit back into the clothes I recently hulked out of
I added turkey burgers back into the rotation because ground turkey is 2.49/lb right now and they are easy to make after I get back from the gym. My new afternoon protein boost is Chocolate PB powder mixed with a little almond milk and toffee SF syrup with cottage cheese. I like my protein shakes but they get old fast and food boredom is the #1 reason I stray from my diet (grazing is #2).4 -
Staying under carb goal of 55 per day, I normally bank a few for weekend
Logging every day, Measuring all foods
Exercising 6 days a week, 45 minutes minimum.
Weigh in once a week, on Saturdays
Stay away from real deal Holiday sweets, convert to alternate flours and alternate sugars.
Be in control, reap the rewards.
Starting weight 11/30/2019 231
I weigh in on Saturdays, lost 1 lb. Logged every day, exercised every day. Weigh every thing, can say that has become almost second nature to do.
Onward and downward we shall go.5 -
End of Day 7 - first week is done!
1) Stay under the carb goal -
2) eat enuf calories, but not too much -
3) log everything -
4) hit our activity goal every day -
5) workout at least 5x a week - +
For the week - we've been pretty much keto levels on carbs all week! Calories have been pretty much right where we want too! Logged everything! Even the kitty treats lmao! Hit our activity goal every day! Did 6 workouts this week, so +1 over target!
Didn't workout today cos there was a bunch of stress & stuff this morning & just couldn't get the energy to excercise after dealing with all the bad stuff. But we had enough NEAT to hit our activity goal!
I hope everyone else has had a good 1st week of Determined December too! 3 -
Checking in for both Dec 6 and 7. One real good day, today not so much.
1. Lose 5 lbs before 12/31/19 [still going okay, I may get to add a couple lbs to the goal]
2. Stay under carb goal (< 35) and under calorie goal (<1,500) every day [12/6 good, but 12/7 over, went to the movie theater, the popcorn got the better of me. Calories under though both days]
3. Exercise every day at least 30 minutes, walking on treadmill or outside if weather permits [treadmill 12/6 and outside walking 12/7, also shampooed my carpets so I counted it for light housework]
4. Plan ahead every day which is challenging with so many potluck opportunities and I love to socialize. [not so good today but did okay on 12/6]
Looking forward to a good day tomorrow to get back on track with LCHF.
Good job everyone!
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Violet_flux
I have a cat so I have cat treats on hand but I can't bring myself to try one of his treats. I don't know if he'd appreciate sharing with me either LOL. I guess I'll never know unless I try it. I'll let you know if I get enough courage to do it.
I have eaten a dried bug once the my sister fed me b/c I didn't know what I was eating. It was okay but I didn't want another one.1 -
@vkrenz you can always just like sniff them - if they don't smell good, don't bother! I'm the only one over here who eats them, cos I'm the only 'cat'
- the others just roll their eyes at me lol. 2 -
Day 7
I am determined:
Staying under carbs-50g-YES.
Staying under calories-1500 per day- NO
Logging and measuring-NO-didn’t even weigh in.
Getting in exercise/movement-4/3
Increasing water intake-didn’t drink enough today
Planning ahead meals-Sorta-1 -
Anyone have any thoughts on Cronometer vs carb manager apps?0
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Haven’t checked in for a couple of days but my “determination” is paying off. Scale was down 1.8 pounds this morning. I think this is due to actually listening to my stomach when it says I’m full. AND all I logged was my coffee in the mornings! Ad libitum may work for me this time if I listen!2
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I hope everyone has had a great weekend! Determined December day 8 is in the books for us.
1) Stay under our carb goal: Done!
2) Stay within our calorie goal range: Done!
3) Log everything: Done!
4) Hit our Activity goal: Done!
5) 5 workouts per week: 1/5
Today actually marks the end of our 2nd week since returning to a lowcarb/keto WOE. We haven't been weighing ourself but we've already noticed some other positive results: our clothes are fitting a bit better, and we're feeling a lot better.
It's still going to take a long time before we undo the damage we've done over the past year or two, but it's nice to be feeling improvements already.5 -
Day 8
I am determined:
Staying under carbs-50g-YES.
Staying under calories-1500 per day- YES
Logging and measuring-YES
Getting in exercise/movement-4/3 plus have been meeting step goal
Increasing water intake-🤦🏼♀️ I don’t drink enough in the cold weather
Planning ahead meals-This weekend was very sporadic and unplanned but I still managed to make good choices. 👍2 -
Weekend was not exactly on target...the schedule was a bit crazy, and we had an impromptu help someone move furniture that threw the food plan all off...plus, Friday was my birthday, so I had a slice of chocolate espresso rum cake every day this weekend (two on Friday)...and I already have ample evidence that high carb leaves me hungry and eating more than I really need, but yesterday was too low on protein and too high on carbs, so over in calories by 2 beers and the cake.
Celebration time is over now.
I'm determined to get 100% back on track!2 -
Violet_Flux wrote: »@vkrenz you can always just like sniff them - if they don't smell good, don't bother! I'm the only one over here who eats them, cos I'm the only 'cat' - the others just roll their eyes at me lol. My 11-year-old is a cat-lady . She got some cat treats for her pet cat. And said they smelled divine so she ate one. She said "No wonder Zebra(cat's name) goes so crazy over them." I told her no way she was going to start eating those. Not because I was worried about her or anything, but because that brand is EXPENSIVE.
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Well I updated myself for the weekend and the site ate my post... *eyeroll*
Everything is fine. I got lots of NEAT in this weekend. Saturday I worked the event like a boss.
So now here we are at Monday again, doing the Monday thing. Mondays are hard enough since I budget to eat more on the weekend with the plan I have going. And so today I'm supposed to eat less. And hormones...
So it's a little harder to deal with the hungries than usual. But I'm going to plan my workout and crack the schoolwork-whip at the kids and get serious about Christmas because time be a tickin' and it's leaving me behind. 
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Update for the weekend
1.Under 75 carbs tops (I'm usually under 50 but leeway for holiday events) *Good til yesterday. I did tons of housework and my husband grabbed me a gluten free pizza and I ate it all. So a bit over 100 carbs yesterday.
2. Work on adding at least 1 or 2 days of some sort of exercise each week. I know that sounds lame but I have literally done NO exercise, not even taking walks in many months due to a huge long lasting RA flare. *I did hours and hours of housework Sunday that was way out of the norm and I'm sore all over and wore out so I'll count it LOL
3. Try a new low carb recipe each week to motivate me and my husband who is kind of sorting following the plan. YES last week and still on the agenda for this week.
This week I'm planning to continue my housekeeping efforts. I always struggle with housework because we have a small home with very little storage space and RA keeps me wiped out. I'm continually trying to declutter and give/throw stuff away. So yeah...that project will continue and hopefully I'll have my Christmas tree up by the weekend.1
