TEAM: The Big Butt Theory (July)
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Hello and welcome new teammates.
Thanks for sharing your story @IncredibleShrinkingGirl I too love the outdoors, I find it my recharge, and hope it gets easier to make time for yourself when your kids are back in school.
I have been doing as much as possible. Still working on packing, moving, decluttering and trying to get ahead in work so I can be ready for the move in 5 weeks. My knee was feeling better since I injured it trail running 5 weeks ago. Tried jogging a short time and the pain was back. Maybe it's good that it's causing me to slow down and reprioritize.
7/7
Username Gamommy2
Tracked no
Under no
Exercise no
Steps 4200
Water 8 cups
My weigh in Wednesday
158.5
I hate what I ate, and now I don't feel great!
I will get back on track.
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ugh.. why do I eat when I’m not hungry?? Why eat a cold half eaten unappetizing totinos pizza? I’ve worked so hard, trying to break old habits for 5 years now and still I am triggered... even when I’m in a good headspace, ie. good sleep, no alcohol, happy in general, My daughter left her unfinished food on the table and there I go shoving it into my mouth while I clean up the kitchen. My parents old childhood mantras rear their ugly heads
“Don’t waste food.”
“Finish your plate if you want to get down from the table”
Will I never fix this? Can’t I be stronger then the urge? I am certain I wasn’t hungry, I only wanted the satisfaction of finishing it. Can’t I just get a grip!?
Wed, July 7th
Week 1 - Day 4
MUAC: Yes/No/Yes
Calories In / NetCalories: 1824 / 1747
5563 Steps
96oz
Sunday - Saturday
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Tues, July 6th
Week 1 - Day 3
MUAC: Yes/No/Yes
Calories In / NetCalories: 2555 / 2259
11650 Steps
72oz
Sunday - Saturday
❤️❌❌🔘🔘🔘🔘(MUAC❤️YesDays)
Mon, July 5th
Week 1 - Day 2
MUAC: Yes/No/Yes
Calories In / NetCalories: 1740 / 1653
8403 Steps
96oz
Sunday - Saturday
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Wednesday 7 July
Track: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 16,995
Water: 1001 -
yesterday was not stellar...I ate pita chips for lunch! (and nothing else, basically I finished the bag) then we went to get hubby a new bike and had to go to two stores, resulting in take-out gyros for dinner. NO exercise and NOT UNDER on cals...today is a brand new day!
Wednesday, July 7
steps: 2445
water: 80+
tracked: yes
under: nope
exercise: nope
I tend to hit this mid-week slump mostly from poor planning on the exercise front, and a little bit because of food choices. That's something to work on.
Tomorrow I am getting a FACIAL and a MASSAGE from a gift certificate my family gave me about 5 years ago that hasn't expired. I am SO READY...then an awesome weekend is on the plan!
Welcome to all the new folks. And @DaffyGirl88 - I say swap out those kayaks for the bike and enjoy that beautiful ride. It sounds perfect! Being in the bike shop (I used to work in one) made me realize how much I miss biking too. And I am 1 block from a 45 mile rails to trails trail and own three different bikes. Let's do this!3 -
Wednesday, July 7
Tracked: Yes
Under: Yes
Exercise: Yes (swam laps while the kids played at the township pool)
Water: 128oz
I'm so excited to see so many other bikers and paddlers in the group! While getting away and doing any distance cycling has been difficult for me because there's nobody to watch the kids while I'm gone, I have faith that the tide will turn. I always tell myself that I'll wake up at, like, 5AM to paddle board on the river, but I can never drag my butt out of bed that early. And my bike is, ironically enough, at our local bike shop (appropriately named "The Broken Spoke") for, well, a broken spoke. Blerg.
And while I'm a summer baby at heart, I am also looking forward to the fall. I'm going to be coaching a Girls on the Run group out of my kids' elementary school this year, and I'm also going to be working on trying to get more involved with our local biking advocacy group. Plus, I'll have daily time to get back into my century-ride training, which I'm dying to do.
I'm finding that, while I tend to prefer solitary cycling and solitary paddling, it's still helpful to surround myself with like-minded folks who like to DO the same things that I do, so these advocacy/educational groups are good volunteer options for me, beyond just being a "class mom."
@annabananamc Enjoy that massage!!! Sounds amah-zing and well-deserved!!!
Here's to another beautiful day! I'm taking the kids to the local science center for a while (they have a dino exhibit right now), and then we'll head out for a hike afterwards.
Maybe I'll set a 5AM paddle goal for tomorrow morning, if weather allows. Somebody ask me how it went!
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ugh.. why do I eat when I’m not hungry?? Why eat a cold half eaten unappetizing totinos pizza? I’ve worked so hard, trying to break old habits for 5 years now and still I am triggered... even when I’m in a good headspace, ie. good sleep, no alcohol, happy in general, My daughter left her unfinished food on the table and there I go shoving it into my mouth while I clean up the kitchen. My parents old childhood mantras rear their ugly heads
“Don’t waste food.”
“Finish your plate if you want to get down from the table”
Will I never fix this? Can’t I be stronger then the urge? I am certain I wasn’t hungry, I only wanted the satisfaction of finishing it. Can’t I just get a grip!?
Wed, July 7th
Week 1 - Day 4
MUAC: Yes/No/Yes
Calories In / NetCalories: 1824 / 1747
5563 Steps
96oz
Sunday - Saturday
❤️❌❌❌🔘🔘🔘(MUAC❤️YesDays)
Tues, July 6th
Week 1 - Day 3
MUAC: Yes/No/Yes
Calories In / NetCalories: 2555 / 2259
11650 Steps
72oz
Sunday - Saturday
❤️❌❌🔘🔘🔘🔘(MUAC❤️YesDays)
Mon, July 5th
Week 1 - Day 2
MUAC: Yes/No/Yes
Calories In / NetCalories: 1740 / 1653
8403 Steps
96oz
Sunday - Saturday
❤️❌🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘(MUAC❤️YesDays)
I SO feel this sentiment. Those BLTs (bites/licks/tastes) are so tempting, especially when preparing meals and cleaning up after meals. Even this morning, they all left a few tiny nibbles of toast and scrambled eggs on their plates. As I was cleaning up, I instinctively went into that, "Well, don't mind if I do..." mentality. And yes, while a few nibbles here and a few nibbles there don't make a difference in the grand scheme of things, it's the mental instinct that drives that behavior that drives me insane. Why did I feel that desire to see an empty plate when I teach and teach about how important it is to pay attention to our bodies so that when they send us the "I'm full" signals, we recognize them and put down the fork.
All this to say...I feel ya. Sometimes our instincts and learned behaviors trump logic, but we'll get there. We'll get there. 3 -
@IncredibleShrinkingGirl Welcome, and thanks for sharing your story! And just like another newbie, @MargaretYakoda , you come in here ready to kick some butt!!
@rawrxamberx and @prehistoricmoongoddess Pretty much a maintain on the scales this week, so no harm, no foul. But next weigh-in though, I hope you both kill it!!
@cmhubbard92 Your restaurant outing sounds lovely, and I am not even a Harry Potter fan! It was an experience, not just a meal, and that is intriguing! Glad you got to go....and you stayed under!
@murdog3t A good day. No, you didn't get all of your "thumbs up", but you got three "yes's"!
@annabananamc and @Krysless2 Glad you both survived Hurricane Elsa with little or no damage!
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@annabananamc The siren call of the pita chips was too strong this time, but maybe next time you will be stronger! Today is a new day, like you said.
@Krysless2 We all do that, eat food that we don't really want or enjoy, and it makes no sense. Traci said it well... "I feel ya. Sometimes our instincts and learned behaviors trump logic, but we'll get there. We'll get there". The fact that you posted about it here, in my opinion, lessens its hold on you and makes the instinct to do it again (temporarily) weaker.1 -
Wednesday, July 7th
logged: yes
under: yes! (Even though the choices were not great (understatement) due to my fatigue!)
exercise: no
water: yes, 12 cups
steps: 7,114
I feel not too badly today. The arm is sore, yes, but I have been taking the OTC pain killers. I did not sleep well, again(!), but I don't believe it had anything to do with the shot. It is raining outside, but I do not have plans to go anywhere today. My only "to-do" thing on my list is to get caught up on dishes! Our 20 year old dishwasher started leaking water in February, so right around March 1st I ordered a new one and I still don't have it. The ETA back then was the middle of April; now it is the end of this month! And I hate doing dishes by hand!!2 -
Wednesday, July 7th
logged: yes
under: yes! (Even though the choices were not great (understatement) due to my fatigue!)
exercise: no
water: yes, 12 cups
steps: 7,114
I feel not too badly today. The arm is sore, yes, but I have been taking the OTC pain killers. I did not sleep well, again(!), but I don't believe it had anything to do with the shot. It is raining outside, but I do not have plans to go anywhere today. My only "to-do" thing on my list is to get caught up on dishes! Our 20 year old dishwasher started leaking water in February, so right around March 1st I ordered a new one and I still don't have it. The ETA back then was the middle of April; now it is the end of this month! And I hate doing dishes by hand!!
When you are present here! You really are in tune with all of us! I love that about you! 💗
I personally have learned to love doing dishes by hand! Once I let go of those negative complaining thoughts. Like “why am I the only one who does this? Why does no one care to hand wash those Do-not-put-in-dishwasher-type-specialty items or oversized bowls and serving dishes? I just let it go and utilize the time as extra “activity points” and a way to meditate..oddly enough! A way of focusing on a mundane activity can briefly free you from your worries so why not? That may be weird to some.. but still! Any activity that is tedious or that doesn’t require too much brain power, that’s how I try to get those things done.1 -
Saw this and had to post. I might have to consider it if I'm not careful🤣0
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Date: 07/07
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: yes
under calories: yes
exercise: yes
Steps : 6265
Water: 96
Just for today : 07/08, keto day 5, 6000steps🚶♀️, 20hr IF , read bible plan , read chapters 📚1&2 , Daily calm/ meditation, walk 30 min, sleep 8 hrs, BBD10
Yesterday : 07/07, keto day 4👍🏻, 6000steps🚶♀️👍🏻, 36hr IF👎🏻 , read bible plan👍🏻 , read chapters 📚1&2👎🏻 , Daily calm/ meditation👍🏻, walk 30 min 👎🏻,sleep 8 hrs👍🏻, finish up my garden 👍🏻, rest day no exercise 👍🏻
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I just wanted to let my teammates know that I just changed my username from IncredibleShrinkingGirl to CycleMomOf3. I've been uncomfortable with that first name for so long, and I decided that it was time to change it to something more representative of me. The first username was one I blogged under when I first lost the 200+ pounds 10 years ago (pre-kids), and now that I'm losing again and facing different challenges as a mom, I thought it was time.
@cmhubbard92 and @annabananamc can you please let the powers that be know so that they can adjust the database, if necessary? Sorry for creating extra work for y'all!
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"Krysless2 wrote: »
I personally have learned to love doing dishes by hand!
I feel the same way. I like the purposeful time 'playing' in soapy water. I even had our dishwasher taken out to make room for another cabinet in the kitchen!
I also like to wash floors by hand with a rag and scrub brush. But I have a very small house with only two tiled floor rooms, so not too hard.
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user name = maryc11
Date = Thursday July 8, 2021
Tracked = Yes
Exercise = Yes
Under = Yes
Water = 68 oz
Steps = 5,5953 -
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Username Gamommy2
Tracked yes
Under yes
Exercise yes
Steps 4645
Water 10 cups3 -
Date: 07/07
Username: MargaretYakoda
logged food: yes
under calories: yes
exercise: yes
Got errand done
Need to get household chores done tomorrow that I ignored today. 😉1 -
Thursday 8 July
Track: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Steps: 16,360
Water: 80 oz2
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