TEAM: The Big Butt Theory (November)
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Tuesday 9 November
Track: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
Happy Hump Day!0 -
But this week will be better!! I already got my exercise in for today and started tracking my calories. I look forward to losing weight with everyone!
@kkay2345 Hello! Are you still with us? Even if last week wasn't a better week, that's okay; just keep trying! Monday is a great day to start fresh!!
I am still here!!! Sorry! I had the craziest past week. I was in total survival mode. I was able to exercise and track most days so I would say that is a win! Back on track with posting today.
Here is my weigh in from Sunday:
Username: kkay2345
November Week #2
Weigh in Day: Sunday
Previous Weight: 173.2
Current Weight: 172.22 -
My Why
I want to feel good about myself. Right now, I hate going places/ doing things because I feel so awful about myself. I'm missing out on making memories because of it. I want to feel good about wearing something other than jeans and t-shirt. I want my clothes to not pinch and squeeze.
I am hoping for a special major life event to happen soon before I get too old. I am too afraid to say what it is out loud because I am afraid it won't happen. Y'all can probably guess. But I want to be as healthy as I can be.
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kristiekay1962 wrote: »kristiekay1962
Nov. 9
track: yes
under: no
water: 8 glasses
exercise: 62 min.
steps: 9762
Went home from work today. I have an eye infection, so I got an antibiotic. Not sure why I keep getting them, I'm careful, wash my hands and use hand sanitizer all the time. I keep thinking it has to do with having to wear a mask all the time. This is the 3rd one since 2020. Have a Wonderful Wednesday Team TBBT. 🍂🍗🍁🦃💞
@kristiekay1962
I hope it will heal quickly and be gone for good.1 -
I know I said I was gonna write out my why. . But life gets in my way. Maybe I will have to resort to writing it in a note on the phone and transferring it here cause time at my desk and computer sure isnt happening like I thought it would. Guessing we all know about that time thing... I can say I opted to walk vs sit/type yesterday in my 25 min notice before visitors arrived... but a parent drop by I am not gonna turn down...have to make time for family.
Traveling again tomorrow and next day so hoping another college town will bring me some walking time cause I will be sitting alot on the long drives. Fingers crossed for good (and right!) Food orders this time.
Hope everyone has a great week!
Enjoy your travels. You are right about taking time for family.1 -
Hey all, not a great day. But, ...ok..I'll take a minute and come back with better choices on my attitude1 -
Hi everyone! I didn't log my food for a couple of days but restarting today.. I thought about something I read a really long time ago because I got kinda down standing in front of my mirror before my shower this morning.. When you start back up with healthy living.. and whatever that looks like to you.. you will always feel better first before you look better.. and that is what I am going to focus on.. My energy is going up, my body hurts a little less in the joints and it takes me longer to get out of breath when I go for a walk.. the NSVs are important.. Also, I find that if I change the narrative in my head from "I didn't" to "I did" it helps... so instead of saying "I didn't work out today" I say all the things I did do today to add to my health bucket.. so far today I had a lot of veggies for breakfast, I drank a lot of water, I picked a healthier lunch option, I went for a walk.
Keep up the great work everyone!!! Even if the scale doesn't reflect our hard work, that's ok!! and even if you didn't put 100% in today, that's ok too.. baby steps are better than standing still or walking backwards.. ok rant over! Thanks for coming to my tedtalk..
This is what we all need to come back to when we are getting down on ourselves and our journey. Thank you for this!
@mhoss2
I love your profile picture, by the way!2 -
@DaffyGirl88DaffyGirl88 wrote: »@brandi_84 OK, here goes, and I'll try not to write a book.
I'm 61 and have been on this journey most of my life. My Why changed over the years from wnating to look good going out partying with my friends, to lose the baby fat, to not be an embarassment to my kids, to look good for a special event, etc. I think perhaps my current Why may be the most important.
Being 61, retirement is no longer some far off point in the future but actually just a couple of years away. Life expectancy being what it is my biggest fear is not having enough money to live on. I've been doing a lot of research on the subject and the biggest expense senior citizens have is healthcare. Thus, if I want my money to last I need to be healthy. I need to do cardio to keep my heart and lungs strong. Strength and yoga to keep my bones and muscles strong and my balance good so that I don't fall and break a hip. I need to eat right so that my body has the nutrients that it needs to stay healty and strong.
My father was morbidly obese. The last years of his life he had emphysema and COPD and was on oxygen 24/7. I recently saw my brother at my niece's wedding, first time in 2 years due to COVID. I was shocked at the weight he had gained. Talking to him later I learned that during the last 2 years he had been bedridden due to blood clots in his legs and had a total hip replacement (yes I somehow missed those things). While talking he was sitting down because he didn't have the energy to stand, and he had to take off his bowtie because he couldn't breathe. Honestly it's a wonder he made it down the aisle. My brother is only 63.
Bottom line here is that we have a choice on how we age. We can't prevent getting older but we can prevent decaying. I intend to stay strong enough and healty enough to live my life, not sit in a recliner and watch from the sidelines. I want to continue to ride my bike and roll down hills with my grandson and everything else that life entails for as long as possible.
That is my why.
I've been thinking about much of what you have said a lot lately. I'm seeing people around me decay because they are choosing to be comfortable sitting in the recliner and blaming it on everyone else. I have decided that I don't want that to be me at any age. Thank you for sharing your "why". You are so inspiring. I see how active you are in life and I want to get to that in my own life.2 -
@HASWLRSSo, I ask you TBBT - What is your why?
Please share what made you decide to begin this journey, what motivation do you have?
@brandi_84 This is an excellent jumping off point for a thought provoking post which embodies both retrospection and envisioning the future! I would encourage everyone to be as specific as possible; everyone wants to "look better" and "feel better", but delve a little deeper!
MY WHYS
Looking Better:
1. My son is in a very serious relationship and a wedding is most certainly in the near future. (And if they cannot get their Visa situation figured out, it may be sooner than any of us thinks!) Those pictures are forever and I do not want any negative thoughts coming into my head every time I look at them! I only want happy memories, with no regrets! And I also want my son to be proud of my transformation, which would be evident in those photos.
2. My husband has gained a few pounds since our wedding, too, but no where near as many as I have. It hardly seems fair to him. He is always telling me how much he loves me and he still calls me his bride, so he deserves a woman that is closer to that woman in appearance! It would be one thing if there was a disease or serious injury responsible for my weight gain, but it is just me being self sabotaging and basically unappreciative of the good things that I have in my life, even if there are a few things missing.
3. My husband has a bucket-list dream of going to an opera or a symphony in Vienna or Prague or London and in this dream he is wearing a tuxedo and I am wearing an evening gown. If this dream were to become a reality, I definitely would want to do it up right and look smoking hot!!
Feeling Better:
1. I injured my right knee a year ago. It is basically okay for the most part, but it will never be as good as it can be until I lose weight. I was going to physio for it, but I realized I was wasting my time if I didn't lose the weight, too, so I quit. Two and a half years ago I hurt my right foot, (boot camp) and two years ago I hurt my right ankle, (curling) and both injuries were weight related. I am too young to have to bow out of activities because I can no longer do them....I can no longer do them because I am overweight, not because I am a senior citizen!! I still want to run a 10K someday, but again, until I lose weight, training for such an endeavour would be fruitless, not to mention impossible!! I would also like to go skiing with my son's new girlfriend and her parents next time we are in Slovakia, and again, to do that I need to get in shape, and to get in shape I need to lose weight!!
2. In the spring, my blood work revealed I had a fatty liver. Apparently many people do and are not even aware! I do not eat fried foods, and I drink rarely so the culprit is the junk food that I consume in copious amounts at any one sitting!! If I keep this up, my liver will stop working altogether, and then I am dead....you cannot sugar-coat that one!!
I love your "whys". Thank you so much for sharing, Lisa. I love that your reasons are so that you can be more active.
I also have something coming up where there will be pictures and I, too, want to be able to go back and just have happy memories. So, I understand.
Also, I wish curling would become a thing here. I would so love to try it.4 -
workout: 3.25 mile walk
drank my gallon of water
stayed within my daily calories
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kristiekay1962
Nov. 10
track: yes
under: no--went out to lunch with my daughter.
water: 8 glasses
exercise: 32 min.
steps: 8305
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WEIGH IN
Username: rawrxamberx
November Week #2
PW:329
CW: 329
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Thank you for this! Because lately I’ve been feeling the same way. I’ve been with this group for so long, but I feel like I’ve made hardly any progress. That sentence right there is what I need to work on. Instead of comparing myself with others or my idea of where I should be, I need to focus on my actions to better myself in the present to keep moving forward.
Another negative I keep doing is looking back at a time where I lost a drastic amount of weight and feeling ashamed that I let myself “get back to where I was before.”
Anyway.. back to the original question, my whys for keeping coming back to not only my journey, but for this group;
- You guys are really supportive! You put a lot of things in perspective, just like this question I’m answering.
- Another why I keep coming back is because I need to do this for my health and you guys are always encouraging me to keep going even when I am so close to giving up. You have no idea how much I appreciate it!
- The biggest why I keep coming back for my journey is because I know I DESERVE this. I’m a good person and I know that, but I’m constantly putting others needs in front of mine. I deserve to be happy and live healthier.
I want to thank all of you for being here for me, it truly means a lot. And I love these like thought posts! It truly gets you thinking!
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Is anyone else NOT able to get to the community on the phone app? I have to go to the web version to get into the community portion.
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November 10
logged; yes
under; no
exercise; no
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Date: 11/09 & 11/10
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: yes
under calories: yes
exercise: yes
Steps : 5686 & 10291
Water: 96 oz & 96oz
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Yeah I think everyone that uses the app have the same issue. A lot of the options that are on the web version we don't have access to in the app. I just use it to log in calories
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I didn't log my daily check yesterday but I'm back now.
logged food: yes
under calories: yes
exercise: no
Instead of exercising today I cleaned and put in order my grandfather's garage. It had became such a mess and we all know he can't fix it all alone but he also won't let anyone else do it because apparently he wouldn't find his things after. But it really started bothering us and I knew would be happy too. There's much more work to it but we made a lot of progress.😊
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@brandi_84 Me! I thought it was still totally down. I just tried the web version and got in, phone is a no go ATM. Which is a major drag cuz I need the phone app to check the GoT tie breaker first thing in the morning. 😠😠😠😠😠
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Wednesday 10 November
Track: no
Under: no
Exercise: yes
Yesterday was a planned game night with some friends. Lots of eating horrible, yet delicious, food and alcohol. I tried to minimize the damage by doing extra exercise and limiting what I ate during the day. Tomorrow morning will tell if I was successful.
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I have been able to get to it from the phone app, but it looks different now. Still trying to figure out how to navigate.
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kristiekay1962
Nov. 11
track: yes
under: no
water: 8 glasses
exercise: 32 min.
steps: 7218
Does anyone else feel that the updates are harder than what it was like before? I'm not impressed, the names and pictures are smaller, the coloring is harder to view and it just seems plain.
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@kkay2345 you must have an iphone, Android is still hosed. According to the "bugs" thread they're working it...it's a major pain for those of us who don't want to log into a PC just to check the forums.
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Thursday 11 November
Track:yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes
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Weigh in week 2
PW: 147.2
CW: 147.2
I guess I deserved that 😒
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Weigh in: 188
I should have stayed away from the Wendy's this week.
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Thursday Nov 11
log; yes
under; yes
exercise; yes
I think my spinal epidural and my physical therapy are starting to releasing some pressure and inflammation within my spinal column. I am getting stronger (thank you Pilates!); so other parts of me are supporting my spinal column. ....I'm itching to go running, for years running was my therapy...but...alas that was my past. New reality as my body changed, weakened somehow over time. Well, regardless I am going walking today. Lets see how far I can get before I need to stop and decompress. It's usually about 10 to 15 min, but I'm feeling pretty spunky
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I hope you have a great walk. Even if it is a short one.
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Hi everyone! I didn't log my food for a couple of days but restarting today.. I thought about something I read a really long time ago because I got kinda down standing in front of my mirror before my shower this morning.. When you start back up with healthy living.. and whatever that looks like to you.. you will always feel better first before you look better.. and that is what I am going to focus on.. My energy is going up, my body hurts a little less in the joints and it takes me longer to get out of breath when I go for a walk.. the NSVs are important.. Also, I find that if I change the narrative in my head from "I didn't" to "I did" it helps... so instead of saying "I didn't work out today" I say all the things I did do today to add to my health bucket.. so far today I had a lot of veggies for breakfast, I drank a lot of water, I picked a healthier lunch option, I went for a walk.
Keep up the great work everyone!!! Even if the scale doesn't reflect our hard work, that's ok!! and even if you didn't put 100% in today, that's ok too.. baby steps are better than standing still or walking backwards.. ok rant over! Thanks for coming to my tedtalk..
This is what we all need to come back to when we are getting down on ourselves and our journey. Thank you for this!
@mhoss2
I love your profile picture, by the way!DaffyGirl88 wrote: »
I think I got it. Lol.
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Today. Not feeling good. Start of a cold. Head and face killing me. Face feels like it’s sliding on my head. Lol.
Nov 11. Log most of food. Did 90mins yard work. Working on a blanket for my new grand baby. Using my moms yarn she had left over. I’m missing her more bit. Holidays going to be blah. No money. Lol. No mom. But we have new baby coming. That’s what I’m looking towards.
Non-scale moment. I put my jeans on after washing. Kinda loose. Usually when you wash them they are tight. Not this morning. I was very happy.
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