Step It Up September 2021 Challenge
baconslave
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It's been a long slog. Dang it, Rona! GO AWAY! 
Such a trying 10 years year and a half. Whew!
But what can ya do? Other than follow the guidelines to fight this stupid virus
and try to make it through the best that you can, you can Step Up your efforts to achieve your health and fitness goals. Whether or not that sounds exciting to you, you can agree it's something to do, and time will pass anyway. Might as well accomplish something. 
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So buckle down and renew your fight for your goals another month, whether it be weightloss, increased fitness, or overall better health, let's Step Up the drive to hit those goals this month.
We got this!
Such a trying 10 years year and a half. Whew!
But what can ya do? Other than follow the guidelines to fight this stupid virus
and try to make it through the best that you can, you can Step Up your efforts to achieve your health and fitness goals. Whether or not that sounds exciting to you, you can agree it's something to do, and time will pass anyway. Might as well accomplish something. :So buckle down and renew your fight for your goals another month, whether it be weightloss, increased fitness, or overall better health, let's Step Up the drive to hit those goals this month.
We got this!
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Ok, I need a hard reboot. No cntrl/alt/del for me; I’m unplugging and powering back up.
I have been plugging along at this since Jan, when the increased threat of severe COVID in overweight/obese people scared me straight. In order to not discourage myself right off the bat, I committed to a keto diet, increased exercise and set my first weigh in day as Feb 15. Felt pretty good at that weigh-in and went back to regular weigh ins at least weekly. Well somewhere around May my enthusiasm started to wane and weight loss became painfully slow. Yadda, yadda…I need a reset.
So Sept 1, I am resetting my MFP baseline to current weight and measurements and gauging progress going forward without looking back. I will take advantage of the fitness improvements I’ve made and redouble my exercise efforts.
September has always seemed like a month of new beginnings. Let make this happen!1 -
I’ll sign on again with @baconslave ’s mantra of Consistency + Persistence + Time = Success. So that means continuing to watch calories in and eating when hungry, not when boredom strikes. I dropped 4 in August so let’s see if I can go for another 4.5
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I'll give it a go. My doctor just told me that I have high triglycerides so I'm looking to drop the carbs and drop the sugar lower than what I currently am at. He also told me I have high blood pressure so same thing goes for that as well drop the weight. I'm starting to feel like I'm a mess LOL. Not taking any more doctors calls LOL but seriously these doctors calls maybe just the kick in the butt that I needed.2
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I am restarting today and looking for others to take journey with and help ease the process1
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I am with you on this!0
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Shifts, hotel food - I am not gonna lie, goodly folk, I was a little trepidatious stepping on the scales this morning and setting about myself with body fat callipers and tape:
As always a lot of these measurements are imperial except for the callipers (which are easier to read in mm)... What can I say - it's how the UK does things, it's where I live - if you need to convert I believe Google is your friend here.
August ➡️ September
Weight: 10st 11.5b ➡️ 10st 9lb ✅
Callipers 32mm ➡️ 25mm ✅
Waist 39in ➡️ 37.5in ✅
Hips 40.5in ➡️ 39.5in ✅
Body Fat % 41.9 ➡️ 39.1
Happy with that as I actually took my August measurements well inside the month.
Off to play golf over the next two days and plan is Treadmill on Friday and Spin Bike on Saturday with some Qi Gong Tai Chi on Sunday.
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After a beach week I weighed in Sunday to keep myself honest. As of this morning I dropped what was gained so starting Sept with a clean slate. My fav spin instructor left my gym so need to switch classes.
I have been aiming for 3 hours a week of activity all summer but will up that 3.5. An extra half hour doesn't seem like much but I need to see if I can maintain that before going to 4.1 -
I am continuing to proceed forward with my good eating, and tracking my food. Next, I will charge my Fitbit and start adding additional steps to my day!1
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I'm in again. Thanks to @ Baconslave. She helped me early on with my macros needing adjustments.
8/1/21- 212.0 lbs.
9/1/21-200 lbs.
Wanted under 200 lbs by 9/1 but can't complain about a 12 lb loss in a month! Have a NSV of being able to go upstairs alternating steps in the last 3 days. I haven't done that in 5 years, since I broke my leg in 10/15. My goal for this September is to keep myself on track, as I have been and lose 5 lbs. I know the weight loss will soon slow down. So ONWARD AND UPWARD! OR I guess it should be ONWARD AND DOWNWARD!5 -
Slight change in my plans - I think two days in a row of schlepping about after disobedient golf balls (lord I lost so many yesterday on the back nine) but more to the point my knees yesterday were so painful after not having played for well over a month (and I am doing two days in a row, heaven help me!).
So Friday will be a rest day (and send me good vibes folk - I find out if this short term contract that has changed my life will be extended) and then I am doing the 10m and 20m Qi Gong Tai Chi program on Sat and Sun. I think getting some of that healing chi flowing round the body will set up up for the tready and next week's efforts.
Fresh groceries being bought on Sunday and back to decent home cooking.
I have also decided I am completely overhauling my meals and recipes - but the MFP options and tabs are so damn flakey half the time - but l will prevail! A lot of my meals etc were back before I was diagnosed as a diabetic (and the amounts of carbs are eye-watering!) so time to completely ring in the changes with low carb alternatives I have developed.
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9/1
Carbs 27
Cals 1342
Steps 15362
Exercise 42 min cardio
Ok then! My excitement for the day was getting one of those little hand-held milk froth er’s so I can turn my 1oz of skim milk into foam for my bastardized version of cappuccino. It’s the little things…2 -
Hi Everyone ... Our Covid test came back negative YAY... I still can not smell... Everything I eat still tastes very salty like the Ocean... We went on our 1st walk yesterday after not being able to for 2+ weeks ... it felt great being out there but I was nauseous almost the entire time ...we walked 141 minutes and 5.94 miles ... I have been dealing with migraines the past few days ... I plan to take this month off from weighing in and not going back on Keto until next month ... Wishing everyone the very best
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I hope you feel better soon!Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Hi Everyone ... Our Covid test came back negative YAY... I still can not smell... Everything I eat still tastes very salty like the Ocean... We went on our 1st walk yesterday after not being able to for 2+ weeks ... it felt great being out there but I was nauseous almost the entire time ...we walked 141 minutes and 5.94 miles ... I have been dealing with migraines the past few days ... I plan to take this month off from weighing in and not going back on Keto until next month ... Wishing everyone the very best
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Ringbearer2 wrote: »
I hope you feel better soon!Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Hi Everyone ... Our Covid test came back negative YAY... I still can not smell... Everything I eat still tastes very salty like the Ocean... We went on our 1st walk yesterday after not being able to for 2+ weeks ... it felt great being out there but I was nauseous almost the entire time ...we walked 141 minutes and 5.94 miles ... I have been dealing with migraines the past few days ... I plan to take this month off from weighing in and not going back on Keto until next month ... Wishing everyone the very best
Thank you so much @Ringbearer2 ...Nice to see you again I hope you are doing good 0 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970 thanks, I am well. Still recovering from my trip to the US where I ate (and drank) all the stuff I can’t get in Germany. Net gain of 2.2 pounds, but worth it for the lobster 😀
9/2
Carbs 51
Cals 1459
Steps 15,342
Exercise 3.7 mile brisk walk2 -
I just want to gripe that my low-carb wraps are now four-fiddy at the store, so I ain't payin' that! Ridiculous. I guess I won't eat them for a bit. Deli-meat/cheese rollups are fine but sometimes a girl wants a wrap!
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September Goals!!!
food - 5 days poverty and 2 days maintenance per week
exercise - month 3 p90x/3 - do all the workouts (including abs which I have a tendency to skip)
alcohol - reduce, it's just adding calories with no nutritive benefits, replace with protein shake or some other form of extra protein2 -
baconslave wrote: »I just want to gripe that my low-carb wraps are now four-fiddy at the store, so I ain't payin' that! Ridiculous. I guess I won't eat them for a bit. Deli-meat/cheese rollups are fine but sometimes a girl wants a wrap!
I either buy crystal farms mozzarella cheese wraps or I buy Joseph's lavish wraps /pita bread at Walmart1 -
9/3
Carbs 27
Cals 1520
Steps 8235 😖
Exercise gardening, I guess
Husband messed up my plans by coming home from work at lunch—we had a nice afternoon at the plant store but I can’t do my workout when he’s home. Oh well. Big hike tomorrow.1 -
9/1-9/4
Two good days and two that were over calorie goals. I was my own saboteur this time by having chips, ice cream and beers between those overage days. But I met a girlfriend out that I hadn’t seen in years so I’m okay with a little water weight because of it. Trying to get back on the wagon today through the long weekend. Good luck everyone!1 -
9/4
Well, I blew it. We went on an 11 mile hike and then ended up in town and while I was probably ok on cals I was WAY over on carbs (hi, chocolate lava cake!). I need to be prepared with snacks when I hike. It’s not like I don’t know I’ll get hungry.
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Another day of poverty calories, all the workouts, and no drinking, huzzah!!!1
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8/1/21- 212.0 lbs.
9/1/21-200 lbs.
Wanted under 200 lbs by 9/1 but can't complain about a 12 lb loss in a month! Have a NSV of being able to go upstairs alternating steps in the last 3 days. I haven't done that in 5 years, since I broke my leg in 10/15. My goal for this September is to keep myself on track, as I have been and lose 5 lbs. I know the weight loss will soon slow down.
9/5/21-200.4 lbs
Stayed on track but had a procedure Monday with a clear liquid prep and it showed on the scale with my last loss and the slight uptick today. Keeping my goal of 195 lbs for Oct 1 and 190 lbs for November 1.
I did 97 minutes/8 miles on my Elliptical this AM. Got my heart rate up to 140-150.0 -
About 10 yrs ago, i was 220 lbs. Researched LC WOE and gave it a go... in 5-6 months i was down to 150. I stayed LC for the most part (with the bad months here and there) until last year i just stopped altogether and sure enough.. the pounds came back.
On August 6th i stepped on the scale and saw 197... and felt that little click go off in my brain.. you know the one? Where your motivation, dedication and will power go into super power mode!
I went straight back to IF - one good sized, healthy, high protein LC/LSl meal in the afternoons.. and i continued.. every single day. And still at it..
Aug 6th - 197 lbs
Chest: 44
Waist: 39
Hips: 49
Aug. 21st - 186 lbs
Sept. 4th - 179lbs
Chest: 41
Waist: 34
Hips: 44
Goal for September: 170 lbs.0 -
9/5
Well the Labor Day boredom set in which led to drinks, late night snacks and an overage on calories. Hoping today I can get it together but we still have ice cream in the house. I did have a great day of movement so that balances a bit. Can’t use that as my justification though. I know the scales will show the results of this weekend so I’ll need to re-lose whatever was gained in the last two weeks.1 -
baconslave wrote: »I just want to gripe that my low-carb wraps are now four-fiddy at the store, so I ain't payin' that! Ridiculous. I guess I won't eat them for a bit. Deli-meat/cheese rollups are fine but sometimes a girl wants a wrap!
I feel ya! Especially since they work well as a pizza crust.
Hiked the gorge trails at Watkins Glen State Park this weekend and packed less food so happy to report I'm on track with my weekly avg. today will be lovely outside so planning a bike ride after work.
Considering moving all my workout gear back upstairs. Downstairs is hubby's man cave and I don't like not being able to set things up how I want. I have some space in my sewing room so I'll need work on that this week.1 -
9/6
As expected, the long weekend and long work hours gave me a small gain for the last week and a half. I guess my consistency needed some help! I’ll be back at it today so I’m hoping I can get back to a deficit. I’ve been pretty sore from some strength training over the weekend so I’ll take a break after tomorrow and just get some cardio in for the remainder of the week. Football season may trip me up so I need to plan accordingly.2 -
Ok. I may be stuck in the EndGame but ain't got no more time for wallowing and medicating my consternation with food like my beloved Thor. Day 3 of no more booze. Day 1 of getting things under control.
Gotta relearn how to make good decisions EVERY TIME and to say "No thank you" to Le Grand Saboteur.
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YIPPEE! I finally got under 200 lbs today! 199.45
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Ok... I have been on the fence about joining, but i keep ending up back here looking at this thread... so, here I am.
Sept goals - 350 miles on the bike, 100+ grams of protein a day, 150 or less grams of carbs (net) per day, 10 lbs of weight lost for the month.
I know that 150 grams of carbs seems high, but I am riding my bike for an hour + most days and I cannot sustain that effort w/o the carbs - I went low on carbs yesterday to make up for the weekend and 2 hours after my ride this morning my blood sugar was 67, so I won't do that again.
Monthly progress:
Protein has been good except for one day
Carbs have been good except for one day (Saturday was an indulgent day)
Bike - 88.11 miles so far.
Weight - down 2 lbs in 7 days2
