TEAM: The Big Butt Theory (January)
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Morning everyone, hope you all have a great day!
Positives for this morning - my daughter has been getting up really, really early recently which has been tough but this morning we made it to 5am and rather than dwelling and doing a silent scream at how tired I am, I decided just to get up and start the day. So glad I did! I’ve managed to do my yoga for the day, have a coffee, cook breakfast and prep the slow cooker for dinner in the 2 and a half hours I’ve been up already and I still have another half hour until I need to think about leaving for work. Feeling productive!
I’m doing the Yoga with Adriene 30 day Home programme on YouTube. Is anyone else following it here? I’ve loved it so far.
@Coral333 that is an awesome way to get your morning started! I tried the 30 days with Adriene and really liked it, but couldn't keep my focus for more than a week. I do need to get back to trying it again! I like her personality and how she acknowledges the different ways to accomplish different poses. Have a good day at work!1 -
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cmhubbard92 wrote: »cmhubbard92 wrote: »1/6/19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 8,125
Water: 100oz
Plan & Followed food: yes, although I had to substitute turkey for chicken, because I forgot to defrost. All other parts of plan were spot on!
Exercise 30min: no, because I broke my exercise up today instead of all at once.
Edit: I also wanted to add that they put a flyer up at work for a "The Biggest Loser Challenge" at work, and I am going to sign up tomorrow! It will run January 13 through mid-April(I think) and they have a couple prizes... and the results are percent-based instead of pounds, so it's more fair! I figured why not!
This sounds like a great additional motivator Christine! I’m sure with your consistency as well you’ll be in with a great shot for some of those prizes 👍🏻 a little extra motivation never hurts!!
@Coral333 thank you! My losses have been very slow over the last 6 months, so I am not super confident in placing in the contest! The motivation just sounds good to me!
Consistency is what wins the race. How many times have most of us not started a weight loss programme. We jump out of the blocks at the speed of light, live on air and lettuce, loose weight fast and furious and then, .... we can't sustain the pace, air don't feed us, and we then give up. We then gain more than what we lost and a few weeks/months later we try again, and again, and again.
Rather go for slow, use the competition at work as added incentive, but don't let it overwhelm you. In the end the overall result is that as you loose, you are winning the fat race even if you don't win the price.3 -
Weigh In- Jan 7
SW:240
CW: 240
I didn't lose, but I'm not going to dwell on it.From everything I have been reading, not getting enough sleep does affect a persons actual ability to lose weight as fast as they used to. Even though it's not falling off me, I have noticed that my glucose readings are much lower and are steadily dropping. I am especially happy with that. I am staying under my calories, so the other will eventually drop.
1. Log everything : YES
2. Stay inside your allotted daily calorie budget: YES
3. Do at least 20 minutes of activity daily:. YES Step Challenge : 6000 sets/NO (4416 steps)
4. Report each day : yes2 -
petrocoetsee wrote: »cmhubbard92 wrote: »cmhubbard92 wrote: »1/6/19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 8,125
Water: 100oz
Plan & Followed food: yes, although I had to substitute turkey for chicken, because I forgot to defrost. All other parts of plan were spot on!
Exercise 30min: no, because I broke my exercise up today instead of all at once.
Edit: I also wanted to add that they put a flyer up at work for a "The Biggest Loser Challenge" at work, and I am going to sign up tomorrow! It will run January 13 through mid-April(I think) and they have a couple prizes... and the results are percent-based instead of pounds, so it's more fair! I figured why not!
This sounds like a great additional motivator Christine! I’m sure with your consistency as well you’ll be in with a great shot for some of those prizes 👍🏻 a little extra motivation never hurts!!
@Coral333 thank you! My losses have been very slow over the last 6 months, so I am not super confident in placing in the contest! The motivation just sounds good to me!
Consistency is what wins the race. How many times have most of us not started a weight loss programme. We jump out of the blocks at the speed of light, live on air and lettuce, loose weight fast and furious and then, .... we can't sustain the pace, air don't feed us, and we then give up. We then gain more than what we lost and a few weeks/months later we try again, and again, and again.
Rather go for slow, use the competition at work as added incentive, but don't let it overwhelm you. In the end the overall result is that as you loose, you are winning the fat race even if you don't win the price.
You are so right! In 2014 I lost 75ish pounds in about 6mos. While I really got myself in the best shape of my life, my methods were completely unsustainable and I gained all but 2lb back, lost all motivation and ate like a pig. It is sometimes discouraging, but I am happy with my progress this time around!
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HappyGrape wrote: »...
I am having troubles sleeping and at night I am used to snacking few pieces of fruit to give me some quick energy. I have enough for dinner so I shouldn't need that. I would love to stop eating after dinner - any tips on night time snacking?
I also need something right before I go to bed or I have trouble falling asleep. So I usually have a single Ak-mak cracker (22 calories) at bedtime. Does the trick for me. If I'm feeling really hungry, I add about 7 grams or Maranatha Organic Peanut Butter (44 calories) and I feel satisfied and ready to fall asleep. The main thing is that I accept that this is a habit that I usually need in order to sleep. Sleep is important. So I have found a "go to" that I don't have to think about at night and it's something that I'm not tempted to keep eating. I focus on quantity/quality of the food I eat during the day. I allow myself this at night because it works for me. --- Now to work on forcing myself to turn off my laptop and not watch the next episode of whatever I'm viewing on Netflix. That's seems to be my current bedtime problem.
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Jan 6
Username: Murdog3t
Step :13439
Water : 92 oz
Food : Yes
Exercise: yes
Yoga & meditation 49 min
1.97 mile hike
Happy Tuesday3 -
Sunday 1.5.19
No x3
Monday 1.6.19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes 60 min Zumba
Exercise Challenge: 1 day complete
Food Challenge: 1 Day complete
Pre- Logged and stuck to it
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Monday, 6 January-
Mini Ultimate Accountability Challenge:
Logged food: yes
Under calories: no
Exercise: no
Water:4.5L/152.16oz
Steps: 1,749
Tuesday, 7 January-
Mini Ultimate Accountability Challenge:
Logged food: yes
Under calories: yes
Exercise: yes(20 minutes of yoga + 60-minute walk)
Water:4L/135.25oz
Steps:11,1832 -
7th of January
1. Log everything : Yes
2. Stay inside your allotted daily calorie budget : yes
3. Do at least 20 minutes of activity daily. yes, walks
4. Report each day - yes
I posted my report for one day late but I have reported for every day
I hear you on netflix!
One more day only until my 1st weigh in!
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HappyGrape wrote: »...
I am having troubles sleeping and at night I am used to snacking few pieces of fruit to give me some quick energy. I have enough for dinner so I shouldn't need that. I would love to stop eating after dinner - any tips on night time snacking?
I also need something right before I go to bed or I have trouble falling asleep. So I usually have a single Ak-mak cracker (22 calories) at bedtime. Does the trick for me. If I'm feeling really hungry, I add about 7 grams or Maranatha Organic Peanut Butter (44 calories) and I feel satisfied and ready to fall asleep. The main thing is that I accept that this is a habit that I usually need in order to sleep. Sleep is important. So I have found a "go to" that I don't have to think about at night and it's something that I'm not tempted to keep eating. I focus on quantity/quality of the food I eat during the day. I allow myself this at night because it works for me. --- Now to work on forcing myself to turn off my laptop and not watch the next episode of whatever I'm viewing on Netflix. That's seems to be my current bedtime problem.
I make a little room for a snack about an hour before I go to bed, lately it has been a serving of peanut m&ms. After I have that snack, I brush my teeth and only allow myself water before I go to bed.
With netflix, my boyfriend and I binge watch a lot of shows. It is something we have to get better at... but we have started upping our non-TV time by going bowling, for walks, etc. So at least that's a positive!0 -
@Zella132 , I can totally relate to Netflix! I get into an almost addictive mentality with it. I just decided to make myself use my bike while watching Hours of shows.lol at least I’m being somewhat productive then !
Also, I also need food before bed
@LMK02020 that's a great idea! I should move my bike into our TV room!1 -
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Sunday 1.5.19
No x3
Monday 1.6.19
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes 60 min Zumba
Exercise Challenge: 1 day complete
Food Challenge: 1 Day complete
Pre- Logged and stuck to it
@brandi_84 great job! I've always wanted to try Zumba! How is it? Do you go to a class, or do you do a video?0 -
Monday, 6 January-
Mini Ultimate Accountability Challenge:
Logged food: yes
Under calories: no
Exercise: no
Water:4.5L/152.16oz
Steps: 1,749
Tuesday, 7 January-
Mini Ultimate Accountability Challenge:
Logged food: yes
Under calories: yes
Exercise: yes(20 minutes of yoga + 60-minute walk)
Water:4L/135.25oz
Steps:11,183
@p_mad I love your water intake! Keep up the awesome work!1 -
1/7/20
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 8,806+
Water: 96.9
Planned & Followed: yes
Exercise 30min: yes2 -
1/6
Logged : yes
In calorie budget : yes
Exercise: yes (2 hrs pickleball)
Water: yes 67 ounces
Step: 10,228 ( had to walk circles around the living room to get over 10k 😄)2 -
cmhubbard92 wrote: »
@brandi_84 great job! I've always wanted to try Zumba! How is it? Do you go to a class, or do you do a video?
@cmhubbard92 I follow along with YouTube videos. My daughter found them and wanted to try and asked me to do it with her. It's fun, so I get a lot in with our realizing how long I've been at it. I'm sore today though.
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cmhubbard92 wrote: »
@brandi_84 great job! I've always wanted to try Zumba! How is it? Do you go to a class, or do you do a video?
@cmhubbard92 I follow along with YouTube videos. My daughter found them and wanted to try and asked me to do it with her. It's fun, so I get a lot in with our realizing how long I've been at it. I'm sore today though.
@brandi_84 Could you share the link? I would be interested in trying some of them out! that's really neat to do with your daughter! 0
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