Jumpstart January 2020 Challenge!
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Couldn't check in yesterday, cos of brain stuff. 😼 We stuck to the plan tho, & did the logging & stuff. So today is a double check in. 😺
Jan 4 we just went over on calories again but otherwise were good:
1) Carbs < 30g - ✅
2) 1000 < Calories < 1500 - ❌
3) Log Everything! - ✅
4) Hit our activity goal every day - ✅
5) At least 5 workouts/week - ◼️◼️◼️◼️◻️◻️◻️
Jan 5 we hit all the goals:
1) Carbs < 30g - ✅
2) 1000 < Calories < 1500 - ✅
3) Log Everything! - ✅
4) Hit our activity goal every day - ✅
5) At least 5 workouts/week - ◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◻️◻️ ✅
We hope everyone's had a good weekend! 😸4 -
Stay under 50 total carbs everyday: Yes
Exercise everyday: Yes
Lower my blood sugar: Yes, current blood sugar: 169
Lose something: I won't weigh until next Wednesday
I'm trying to use up some meat that I bought before I started keto, and I had a port chop marinaded in sweet chili sauce, I counted the sauce in my carbs for today, but it had 15 grams, likely at least some of it from sugar, so I think my blood sugar is a little higher as a result. I'm still below 50 for the day, though.6 -
I ended up using FatSecret to log this weekend since the MFP app wasn't working at all for me...it was good to log, and pretty much all my goals were done with some exercise swapped for yard work, and the writing skipped.
Happy Monday!!!3 -
Here I am.
I had to claw my way out of bed. This bug has been murder on my schedule. I managed to get out of bed at 9am today. Major improvement from 11am.
Time for the kiddos to get back to schoolwork. Homeschool co-op starts back Thurs. Thankfully I'm not teaching this semester.
Hoping for a good work out today. I'll be trying to get my strength back.
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Dec 3 check in.
1. Lose 5 lbs before 1/31 Going in right direction!
2. Stay under carb goal, <35 day, (45) not so good, went to a HS b-ball game and ate most of a bag of popcorn
3. Stay under calorie goal, <1,500 day YES!
4. Exercise every day YES!
5. Plan ahead for meals and snacks YES! but got carried away with the popcorn
Dec 4 & 5 check in.
1. Lose 5 lbs before 1/31 The scale is not going in the right direction this time
2. Stay under carb goal, <35 day YES!
3. Stay under calorie goal, <1,500 day YES!
4. Exercise every day YES! Lots of exercise this weekend, Sat. about 940 calories burned
5. Plan ahead for meals and snacks YES! Did really good after the Friday night bag of popcorn
Let's see what the scale does after I've really cut the carbs way down again, I had a few days in a row very close or over on goal. I do weigh myself every day and don't get terribly upset with a slight gain.2 -
I did good over Xmas, then got sick, went down hill. 4 pounds, plan on having it off in next 2 weeks.
1) no candy kisses
2) drink more water
3)drink not tea
4) eat soup
5) eat 100 gr of carbs or less a day
6) exercise 5 days a week
7) Say No to myself
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Day 6 is done for us - been kinda sluggish today but we managed to hit our activity goal & went for a walk/hike in the snow to get our excercise done. It was abit of a chore tho. 😼
1) Carbs < 30g - ✅
2) 1000 < Calories < 1500 - ✅
3) Log Everything! - ✅
4) Hit our activity goal every day - ✅
5) At least 5 workouts/week - ◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◻️ ✅
We hope everyone's having a good day! 😺1 -
Stay under 50 total carbs everyday: Yes
Exercise everyday: Yes
Lower my blood sugar: Yes, current blood sugar: 132
Lose something: I won't weigh until next Wednesday
I'm amazed at how quickly my blood sugar is responding to the new plan. I'm not on medication, and in less than a week I'm down over 100 points. Hopefully sometime in the next couple of weeks I'll hit the normal range. I wanted to cry on the treadmill today, but I got through it. The half hour on the bike felt much better.4 -
Day 6:
Eat at maintenance (1764 +/-200 per day)
Do the planned workouts every day
Get 10K steps a day
Write 30 min a day
Not only did I do the workout, I totally killed it, it needs an ambulance for sure...even did the alternative moves on the "rest" times between sets...I haven't been to the yoga studio in a year or more, but my fitness is still improving from my home workouts, and that was very encouraging to feel...I used to struggle with an hour class, and I rocked it with energy to spare on the 1:15 class while still doing many of the advanced moves and pushing my abilities...it was super great!!!4 -
Jan 6
on-plan cals: low day
on-plan carbs: low day
workout: 1/6, cardio
NEAT:
Still quite tired, It would be nice if it would stop raining and the sun would come out.
First strength workout in 2 weeks slated for this afternoon. Time to get the kiddos crackin on their schoolwork.
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Glad to hear that you are feeling better so your able to work out, @baconslave.
Sounds wonderful to be eating at maintenance @tcunbeliever. I know I'll get there someday.
Check in for Dec 6.
1. Lose 5 lbs before 1/31Scale sitting at the same spot, that's okay, not gaining.
2. Stay under carb goal, <35 day YES!
3. Stay under calorie goal, <1,500 day YES!
4. Exercise every day YES! Normal treadmill at 3.5 for 2 miles, I didn't push it
5. Plan ahead for meals and snacks
I had friends over after work so we tried the keto friendly no crust all meat pizza from Papa Murphy's. Felt really heavy in my stomach like indigestion. I had an ugh feeling for several hours.2 -
Yesterday was excellent with regards to eating and listening to hunger cues. I went to bed on a stomach that felt normal and not stuffed. Lunch was also light eating just to satisfaction. Can I do this regularly? I can sure try. I almost gave up ad libitum after getting on the scale Monday. In a month I’ve stayed weight neutral but would really like to start losing again. I’ll give it the month and see what happens.2
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Eating - good
Gym - good3 -
Stay under 50 total carbs everyday: Yes
Exercise everyday: Yes
Lower my blood sugar: Yes, current blood sugar: 126
Lose something: I won't weigh until next Wednesday
Tomorrow is my weigh-in day, so we'll get to see where I am after my first week of low carb. Even if I don't lose anything the reduction in blood sugar is truly astounding. I imagine being in the normal range in the next few weeks, which would be pretty amazing for such a short amount of time.
I'm feeling pretty good. I had a couple days where I felt pretty tired, but I'm mostly over that. I'm thinking about going out to dinner tomorrow night to use a gift card that I got for Christmas, but I might cook at home and wait to eat out until I go to visit a friend next weekend. Whether it's tomorrow or next weekend I'm going to make sure that I'm making well-informed choices about what I choose to eat.3 -
1) Wait 20 minutes when having urges to binge 💩 I waited and waited but ended up binging anyway haha! 4 days in a row. New goal is to go 37 days, 1/10th of a year.
2) Exercise outdoors 💪 I went on a hike this weekend. I had to push myself to find a place to go, drive there, find a parking spot, locate the trail, etc. I got a little lost but I did it and it was awesome! Looking forward to going again this weekend. Also kept up with my other workouts this week 5.5 / 300 hours far.
3) Meal prep 💪 Started with prepping 2 meals at once so I only have to heat something up every other night.
4) 1700 calories, 100g carbs & 130g protein, no eating between 8pm and 12pm. 💩 yeah, NOPE except I have been keeping up with protein.
5) Shed “all or nothing” attitude and remain accountable 💪 My track record has been horrible the past 2 weeks and I would have quit half a dozen times by now but I am still here and still trying.3 -
I'll get back into the challenges next month after reestablishing my routine. I took a significant break from goals and tracking midway through 2019. I stayed active however and maintained due to sticking with mostly Lchf foods. Now that I am refocused (and mostly recovered from a nasty cold), I'm tracking and staying within my old limits. I didn't shop well this week protein wise but have plenty of staples to make do.4
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We've wrapped up our first week of January. Today was all right - nothing bad, nothing great. Stayed on plan, though our carbs were a little higher today due to some extra vegetables.
January 7:
1) Carbs < 30g - ✅
2) 1000 < Calories < 1500 - ✅
3) Log Everything! - ✅
4) Hit our activity goal every day - ✅
5) At least 5 workouts/week - ◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️ ✅
@chickencereal kudos to you for sticking with it despite the set-backs. Good job on the hike too!
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Trying to provide a daily update and the app is being dumb!!!! Ahhhh 🤬
Day 7
Ate good food today, stayed on track, followed my diet plan,didn’t exercise, didn’t have a good plan for dinner but my hubby grilled some burgers, so thankful...
The full moon is coming, my head is all crazy but I stayed on the course for good health. One day at a time right.
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Day 7:
Eat at maintenance (1764 +/-200 per day)
Do the planned workouts every day
Get 10K steps a day
Write 30 min a day
Mostly a good day...it was snowing so the trek home was long, but then I got a fire going and watched the last of season 2 Stranger Things while having half a bottle of wine...it was nice and relaxing, and a change up from my normal mid-week hustle.1 -
Jan 7
on-plan cals: higher day
on-plan carbs: higher day
workout: 2/6, strength
NEAT:
Only used the 12.5lb dumbbells for strength. Just trying to get started. Didn't do bad at all. A tad sore in a couple places today as would be expected. I hit 10 out of the 9 nags on my Fitbit and got the
for NEAT. Still didn't care for my step number. When part of your hour long workout is Arnold presses and bench presses, you just don't get those steps. On strength days, if I can just break 5k, I'm mostly satisfied. I only have so much time. It is what it is. I have my hour, and I'm lucky to get that. On cardio days, I get over 10k so that is good.
I finally got on the scale and I've maintained throughout the holiday season.
I still have about 5 vanity pounds I want gone but it doesn't seem to want to budge without an act of God. Ok. To be honest, I do not have the patience at this moment to do the calorie deficit that is required, so I guess we'll just cruise along until I think I can do that again. Maybe next week?
Anyway, onward!
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tcunbeliever wrote: »Day 7:
Eat at maintenance (1764 +/-200 per day)
Do the planned workouts every day
Get 10K steps a day
Write 30 min a day
Mostly a good day...it was snowing so the trek home was long, but then I got a fire going and watched the last of season 2 Stranger Things while having half a bottle of wine...it was nice and relaxing, and a change up from my normal mid-week hustle.
That does sound relaxing!
Daily DH and I usually watch something, if we have enough bandwidth left to stream with my teens gaming with their friends
and I've brewed myself a cup of herbal tea to sip. Just chilling and decompressing after a day of work (for him) and kid educating and wrangling for myself.
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chickencereal wrote: »1) Wait 20 minutes when having urges to binge 💩 I waited and waited but ended up binging anyway haha! 4 days in a row. New goal is to go 37 days, 1/10th of a year.
2) Exercise outdoors 💪 I went on a hike this weekend. I had to push myself to find a place to go, drive there, find a parking spot, locate the trail, etc. I got a little lost but I did it and it was awesome! Looking forward to going again this weekend. Also kept up with my other workouts this week 5.5 / 300 hours far.
3) Meal prep 💪 Started with prepping 2 meals at once so I only have to heat something up every other night.
4) 1700 calories, 100g carbs & 130g protein, no eating between 8pm and 12pm. 💩 yeah, NOPE except I have been keeping up with protein.
5) Shed “all or nothing” attitude and remain accountable 💪 My track record has been horrible the past 2 weeks and I would have quit half a dozen times by now but I am still here and still trying.
Awesome job with the stick-to-it-tivness!
Perseverance.
As far as the evening eating, I work in a large snack before bed every night. I have to white-knuckle a little during the day to have enough cals for that but it's worth it to me. So then I'm only eating on-plan but get my munchies, too.
For urges to binge, I chew gum or sip diet soda or tea to keep my mouth occupied with stuff that's not going to set me back.
Just sharing my hacks. I realize that we're all different, but maybe my things will spark thoughts that will help you troubleshoot yourself.
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Day 7 went well for me. I reeeeeeally wanted to snack all afternoon at work so tried walking around for distraction purposes which seemed to work. Fasted for about 17 hours, tried a new low carb dinner and stopped with small portions. Score!3
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@Violet_Flux thank you! I think I read that you went hiking recently too. Nature is so good for my brain. I made it a point to notice the smells and sounds and pay attention to my surroundings. Looking forward to my next hike this weekend.1
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Hiking sounds like a lot of fun. The weather here is too cold for that or maybe I'm being too soft. It's not going to get to the double digits Fahrenheit today for a high temperature but the weatherman says it's going to warm up for tomorrow.
Check in for Dec 7.
1. Lose 5 lbs before 1/31, Scale sitting at the same spot, that's okay, not gaining.
2. Stay under carb goal, <35 day YES! Way under at 8 net carbs, 10 total.
3. Stay under calorie goal, <1,500 day YES! Way under at 1,005
4. Exercise every day YES! Didn't have much time but did get 30 minutes
5. Plan ahead for meals and snacks
It seems that my body doesn't want to get rid of extra fat unless I stay well under 50 carbs. On January 1, I went up to 76 and that's when the steady weight loss crawled to a halt. I plan to keep the carbs very low and see what happens for this week.
As someone said earlier in the thread, one day at a time.1 -
@chickencereal We love getting out in nature as well. 😺 There's a ravine & park nearby, & lots of trails that are great in summer.
I don't remember hiking recently but maybe we did lol - I'd hafta look in our journal or excercise log. 😸 This time of year its more like "trudging thru ice & snow & freezing wind" but its still a workout. 😺
Jan 8 is done for us, it was another 'ok' day. We had good food tho, sirloin was on sale so we had yummy steak for dinner! 😸
1) Carbs < 30g - ✅
2) 1000 < Calories < 1500 - ✅
3) Log Everything! - ✅
4) Hit our activity goal every day - ✅
5) At least 5 workouts/week - ◼️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️
We hope everyone's having a good week! 😸1 -
I've done really well, 8/8 days of logging, exercising, drinking water and getting sleep. I've kept my carbs below 30g and stayed under my calories each day. I've stuck diligently to my fasting window! Feeling good - on a roll!
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Stay under 50 total carbs everyday: Yes
Exercise everyday: Yes
Lower my blood sugar: Yes, current blood sugar: 146
Lose something: SW: 236.5 CW: 234.5 Loss: 2 pounds
Today was a good day. I got in a swim instead of a a walk and bike ride, and it felt amazing. I think I'm going to probably do a swim tomorrow as well. I also got a massage today, which was really nice after ten days of exercise. I also did some grocery shopping. I went to three different stores, and I got some great low carb options that I'm looking forward to trying.3
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