Sunday(Wk3; Day 1)

• Tracked / Under / Exercise?
  Yes / No / No

Monday(Wk3; Day 2)

• Tracked / Under / Exercise?
  Yes / Yes / Yes

- As of Day 2; MUAC:
❌✅🔘🔘🔘🔘🔘

What I’ve been tracking: Easter Sunday plans derailed me a little bit ..but I’ve been working at it! I am always so thankful that my daughter and husband have a sweet tooth for candies I don’t really care for, like skittles and fruity sour combos. My sweet tooth only goes as far as certain chocolates or anything birthday-cake-flavored(but not birthday cake itself🙃) Leave me alone with anything like that and I’d be telling a whole other story! I did manage to get some water volley ball in, but since I’m really struggling to lose my last 20lbs, I’ve decided I need to up my game a bit. So from now on I’m only accounting for “intentional” exercises. Hope everyone had a nice Easter!

Monday weigh in
172.3

So obviously still moving in the wrong way, but today I feel a little more on track. I've been very unmotivated, but today I actually got on my bike and did a 20 min ride.

Hey gang! It’s been a hot minute 😝 Is there anyway I can rejoin the group for May?!? Sure been missing my TBBT group!

brandi_84 wrote: »

mooreshelly09 wrote: »

Hey gang! It’s been a hot minute 😝 Is there anyway I can rejoin the group for May?!? Sure been missing my TBBT group!

@mooreshelly09 you have been missed, as well!! You just need to register in the May registration thread when it goes up the last week of the month. Be sure to mention you want to to be back on TBBT.

Will do! Thank you! I have definitely slacked off and the 20lbs I gained back is evidence 😣 excited to get back to work with my team 😁

mooreshelly09 wrote: »

Hey gang! It’s been a hot minute 😝 Is there anyway I can rejoin the group for May?!? Sure been missing my TBBT group!

@mooreshelly09 Hey girl, good to hear from you! Look forward to having you back on the team! 🙋‍♀️

Tuesday(Wk3; Day 3)

• Tracked / Under / Exercise?
  Yes / Yes / Yes

- As of Day 3; MUAC:
❌✅✅🔘🔘🔘🔘
What I’ve been tracking

• We should do this every month as our weight fluctuates
• We are eating way more on certain days so you should plan for this by lowering your daily goals the rest of the week
• It would help to keep up with a Daily Average so you can see how each day affects the next!

[EDITED to switch out websites(I found a better calculating website)[/End EDIT]
I found this Calorie Calculator:
https://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html

Wednesday 20 April
Track: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes

@Krysless2 Thank you for sharing the link, I've been playing around with it a bit. I'm not sure if this is a good week to test it since Sat & Sun I didn't exercise and ate crap food due to travelling to VA and back. 🙁Maybe next week.

So according to the calculator, for my stats (61 yo F, 5'7", 143 lbs (today)) I get the following numbers to lose 1 lb per week:

No activity: 1066
1-3 days: 1295
3-5 days: 1523
5-7 days: 1752
very active: 1950

I'm honestly a little skeptical of those numbers, 🤔 I'll tell you why. My first issue is that they don't define "active". Is it 20 minutes a day? 30 minutes? 10,000 steps? Who knows? 🤷‍♀️ Most people would put me in the Very Active category, even though I have a desk job like you. With very few exceptions I spin for 30 minutes every day (formerly at my gym now on my Peloton), I use free weights 2-3 times per week and typically get 9,000-12,000 steps per day (I get zero steps while spinning BTW).

My daily calories average around 1400 (again disregarding this past weekend). Sometimes I go as low as 1200 and sometimes up to 1600, but usually hover in the 1300-1400 range. It helps tremendously that I eat the same thing every day for breakfast, snacks, and lunch. 😁

I'm the first to admit that my measuring isn't precise. I use an old school WW scale and measuring cups rather than a calibrated metric scale that measures to the XXXth gram, so I know I'm actually eating more than what I'm logging, but if I ate 1752 calories every day I would definitely be gaining every week. 😯

This is why I fall on the "don't eat back your exercise calories" side of the debate. Well...I eat back some, let's be honest, NO ONE can live on 1200 calories unless they're in a coma. I typically eat back about half hoping the other half will cover my measuring errors. 😇

I'm not travelling again until 5/20 so it'll be interesting to look closer at my diary these next few weeks and see what my daily rolling average really is. Maybe even be a little more careful with the measuring while I'm at it. I may even be able to reach my goal of 140! 😊

@DaffyGirl88 okaaay Sue! I completely agreed with you and so I searched and found this one to be way better! There’s more info explaining each level of activity and the calorie count they gave me felt more.. appropriate.
Let me know how this one compares😊!

https://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html

@susanshaughnessy80 I'm so glad you had your second surgery, here's to a speedy recovery. Must be a tremendous relief to have that done, and be able to see!!

Thursday(Wk3; Day 5)

• Tracked / Under / Exercise?
  Yes / Yes / Yes

As of Day 5; MUAC:
❌✅✅❌✅🔘🔘

What I’ve been tracking
Happy Friday!!🥳🥳

Weigh in: 194.6

@Krysless2 I only looked at it briefly but I liked the section on calorie cycling. I like that it showed how I can eat my normal 1400 during the week and eat 1800 on weekends and still lose. That's pretty much what happens to me naturally anyway. Which is why my official weigh in day is on Friday and NOT Monday. 😂😂. Much more useful site, thank you for finding it for us. 👍

Friday, April 22

Tracked: yes
Under calories: no
Exercise: 10 minutes of easy walking
Comments: I had a good report at the eye doctor this morning. Very thankful!