@DaffyGirl88 Great work! I love it when I get an even number(or all zeros at the end!) Getting a perfect thousands number is exciting when it happens!

@HASWLRS and @cmhubbard92: Thanks for the encouragment! Each day is an adventure and a journey, right?

Very grateful to be involved with such an awesome team!

Saturday, July 17 daily check-in:
Tracked: yeppers
Under: yup
Exercise: Yes. I went out this morning for a lovely and much-needed 2 hours of solitude kayaking upstream and back downstream on the Lehigh River. Nooooice indeed. I've mostly been doing a lot of cycling and hiking, so this arm workout was a nice reminder to focus on the top of my body too. My arms and shoulders are sore this morning, but if I'm to be completely honest, I LOVE that feeling. It means I was working something I've been neglecting.

ToM approaches, so trying to replace some snacky cravings with focused exercise. Feeling icky and bloated, so trying to remind myself to stay the course through the next 4 days and the water weight will fade away quickly. Blerg. My trick has always been to just stay super active so I'm just not able to idly nibble.

My spousal unit picked up my bike yesterday, and he surprised me with a new set of gravel tires. I have a Cannondale mountain bike that I LOVE, and I used to keep slicks on it because the bulk of my riding was endurance road biking. But I've had my regular treads on it this past year because I've switched from road cycling to gravel riding mostly. There's just too much distraction on the roads and wanton aggression in our world these days, so I try to avoid it. I don't want to leave my kids without their mama. There was a group of road bikers I know, very experienced, and an SUV actually targeted them, ran them off a non-busy and very wide road, knocked off his own rearview mirror and sent 2 of the bikers to the ER with severe road rash. Then sped away. They're still looking for the guy. So anyway, I digress. I tend to stay on gravel these days and I've been lamenting my lack of a gravel bike, so he got me gravel tires for my Cannondale. I DO have a beach cruiser style bike too, but it's ungeared, so not really practical in this area, with all the hills and climbs. I'm super excited to hear about all your new gear, everyone, from new fitness trackers to new rides! Yay! And bird-rescue adventures to boot! Now THAT is awesome.

I'm going to take my bike out for a spin this afternoon at some point, just for a short ride since Sundays are designated "family days."

Have a good week, y'all. Stay the course and hang tough. Do it as an act of self-love, and be as forgiving of yourself as you are of others. And have fun!!!

Date: 07/15
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: yes
under calories: yes
exercise: yes
Steps : 5977
Water: 128

Just for today : 07/16, keto day 1, 6000steps🚶‍♀️, 20hr IF , read bible plan , read chapters 📚1, Daily calm, walk 30 min, sleep 8 hr, PT exercises

Yesterday: 07/15, keto day 4👎🏻, 6000steps🚶‍♀️👎🏻, 20hr IF 👎🏻, read bible plan 👎🏻, read chapters 📚1, Daily calm👎🏻walk 30 min👎🏻sleep 8 hr👎🏻, PT exercises 👎🏻

Date: 07/17
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: yes
under calories: yes
exercise: yes
Steps : 4673
Water: 128

Just for today : 07/18, keto day 3, 6000steps🚶‍♀️, 18hr IF , read bible plan , read chapters 📚1, Daily calm, walk 30 min, sleep 8 hr, PT exercises

Yesterday: 07/17, keto day 2,👍🏻 6000steps🚶‍♀️👎🏻, 18hr IF 👍🏻, read bible plan 👍🏻, read chapters 📚1, Daily calm👍🏻, walk 30 min👎🏻, sleep 8 hr👍🏻, PT exercises 👍🏻


Username: Murdog3t
Weigh in week: 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Last Week's weight: 157.8
Todays Weight: 158

7/18
Username Gamommy2
Tracked yes
Under no
Exercise yes
Steps 5000
Water dnt

Sunday 18 July

Track: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: no, much needed rest day

Steps: 10,853
Water: 80 oz

Good morning, team!

And for me, Monday mornings are almost always good as I usually have had a good Sunday, seeing as it is the only full day my husband has off work. (This time of year they only work a part day on Saturdays). I am going to try to extend this feeling beyond today for this week and see what happens. I was reading and catching up on posts, and the topic of "self-love" came up. I am sooo hard on myself; not for the way I look, specifically, but for my actions. As I am scarfing down chips, or ice cream, or whatever, and not even enjoying it.....well, let's just say that the only person on Earth that I tell to eff-off daily is me!!

I also realize that I have this amazing tool in front of me....this group of supportive and knowledgeable people known as The Big Butt Theory! Why am I not tapping into it? Why am I not trying to get everything I can out of it? Questions to ponder, for sure.

Sunday, July 18th

logged: yes
under: yes
exercise: yes, a 44 minute walk with my husband

water: yes, 12 cups
steps: 14,522

maryc11 wrote: »

Good morning all!

This morning I broke through that weight barrier! I have been toeing that line for soooo long I believe I was self-sabotaging. Not my weigh-in day so I won't share because I am hoping beyond hope it was not a one day number flashing in front of my eyes. I know we all have that magic number we hope to see on our scales and I saw mine today! YAY for me!

Kudos to all who reached their goal weight(s) before me and if I can do this, all of you following me can too!

I love MFP! And cheers to TBBT! Go TEAM!

@maryc11 Congratulations on seeing that magic number!! You have been working so hard....you deserve this!! I will cross my fingers that, come Saturday, you will be able to carve that number in stone!!

JulySW: 145
Wk1: 143.5
Wk2 145.5
Weigh in Day: Monday
Mon-Sun Total Cals: 13385Cals
Wk3 Result: 142.5lbs = 3lbs gain⬇️/2.06%

I am liking the “enabling Calorie goal adjustment” feature on MFP! Especially since I finally broke that aggravating brick wall of a plateau!

Sun, July 18th
Week 3 - Day 1
Net Calories: 2753
MUAC:
Tracked: Yes
Under Calories: No
Exercise for 20mins: Yes
Sunday - Saturday
🔴🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘(MUAC🟢YesDays) 
Steps: 9917 Steps
Water: 105oz

@Krysless2 I think I may have found it, but it has a little lock, are you premium by chance? And what's the difference between that and adding back in exercise calories? 🤷‍♀️

@DaffyGirl88 @Krysless2 instead of using premium, you can enable negative calories, which will reduce your calorie goal if you don't have a very active day. And what's even better: it's free

I had contemplated getting premium for the sole purpose of tracking net carbs... With user entered food entries, there are so many errors in nutrition info, and premium uses the same entries. I don't see net carbs being accurate when they utilize that same inaccurate information to calculate net carbs. I'm all for supporting MFP because it has been very helpful in my journey, but I wish they could develop a better database for logging(maybe use the Facebook fact checker )

Monday, July 19 check-in:

Tracked: Yes and under
Exercised: Yes, 14.62 miles on the stationary bike at the gym. Also took the kids to the local fish nursery, where we walked along the extensive trails and fed the fish.

cmhubbard92 wrote: »

@DaffyGirl88 @Krysless2 instead of using premium, you can enable negative calories, which will reduce your calorie goal if you don't have a very active day. And what's even better: it's free

I had contemplated getting premium for the sole purpose of tracking net carbs... With user entered food entries, there are so many errors in nutrition info, and premium uses the same entries. I don't see net carbs being accurate when they utilize that same inaccurate information to calculate net carbs. I'm all for supporting MFP because it has been very helpful in my journey, but I wish they could develop a better database for logging(maybe use the Facebook fact checker )

I used to have a job that gave you a rebate for using a healthy living platform of any kind. So it has been paid for in a way. I’m not sure if my new job will give me the same rebate, but I’m fine with paying when the time comes…if only to keep this new-found function! 😊 I’ve just found it to be really helpful. I’ve tried lowering my calorie goal on lazy days before, and it’s really not the same thing because you are just locking yourself into a lower Goal. When you Enable calorie adjustments your goal is constantly moving and I am personally noticing a difference between the two!
I have been on here every day. And I was a little …stuck.
This is what I personally needed to change things up in my routine! For anyone who refreshes their MFP diary frequently and especially if you’re facing a plateau. I highly recommend😊 @DaffyGirl88 give it a week to see what I mean!

Monday 19 July

Track: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes

Steps: 14,586
Water: 100 oz

Mon, July 19th
Week 3 - Day 2
Net Calories: 2222
Steps: 5905 Steps
Water: 81oz
MUAC:
Tracked: Yes
Under Calories: No
Exercise for 20mins: Yes
I half-assed it but it’s still considered 20 minutes of exercise. Even though I feel just wrong calling it that.
Sunday - Saturday
🔴🔴🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘(MUAC🟢YesDays)
Even though the “enable Calorie adjustment” is pushing my net Calories to 2222 when I only ate 1800, I’m still staying under 50g net carbs and after weighing in this morning and seeing the scale go down (just a smidge of a decimal) it seems like I’m just in maintenance right now but I should definitely cool it with the late night snacking, it’s just a bad habit I need to figure out how to break!