MotylekOkruchy
steps:
Sunday: 7231
Monday: 10,771
Tuesday: 19,249
Wednesday: 15106
Thursday: 12238
Friday: 15659
Saturday: 7041

It's been more gardening than hiking time of the year, but all those squats while gardening - oh my!
Last week I earned another badge from Fitbit - since I got it (mid November 2021) I walked 990 miles.


breakfast: It used to be no breakfast for me when I worked in the office - that was the simplest way to limit the calorie intake for the day. Ever since I switched to working from home (March 2020) it's . . . well . . . different. I try to delay breakfast as much as I can (within reason) because once I start eating, I can't stop. (My cousin's joke: I have one meal a day, lasting from morning to evening.) Last week I had rutabaga fries from an air fryer. One day I added some avocado mayo and that kept me full until lunch. I was experimenting a bit last week with the carbs intake in view.

Target 100: I don't think I am able to get to (or below) 100 grams of carbs a day without scarifying the way of eating I like. It might work for a day or two, or even a week or month, but I prefer to make changes that I can live with from now on. I ordered the book (they don't have it in my library) and will get into more details while I strat reading it. I am using MFP for tracking so excluding any carbs numbers would be extra work, I think, just by limiting the overall carbs, I am doing myself a favor. I am very curious how it will work in the longer run - except for yesterday and today sabotaging my own efforts. Yesterday was, let's describe it as "unhappiness eating" and today is Mother's Day sweet treats.

Weigh In Day: Monday
PW (Previous Weight): 234
CW (Current Weight): 229 (Woohooooo!!!!)

Steps May 1- May 7
May 1 - 16544
May 2 - 6536
May 3 - 8087
May 4 - 7473
May 5 - 8022
May 6 - 3847
May 7 - 15077

Total Kms ran last week - 22 km

Username: EDTake2
Weigh In Day: Mondays
PW (Previous Weight): 191.8
CW (Current Weight): 189.4

Hi all, hope you all had a great weekend!!!

This weekend was a lot of eating out and celebrating with the kids mother day! I am pleasantly surprised at the loss, although, I think the majority was loss from the beginning of the week, and some gain towards the end. As long as it balances out and there is a loss, I am happy

I think calories calc/measuring/ staying within the calories/riding the hunger wave, I have it under control. Need to get better at setting time to exercise (at a minimum get 10K steps a day). This is my homework for the month of May.

Goal for May: get to mid 180's (184-186)

Sunday 10,083
Monday 11,207
Tuesday 10,030
Wednesday 10,038
Thursday 10,027
Friday 8,051
Saturday 4,307

I figured out the walk I need to take to get 10,000 steps (well, I may have paced the living room for a few minutes to get the last couple hundred steps a couple of time). I just need to work on finishing the week strong! I'll get it this week!

Weight in Day: Monday's
PW: 215.6
CW: 212.4

💖🧡💛💚💙💜

UGW: 145
April GW: 210

Weights
5/2: 215.6
5/9:212.4
5/16:
5/23:
5/30:

🌸May GOALS! 🌸
💖Log food everyday.
🧡Weight in on Mondays.
💛Exercise 30+ minutes a day.
💚Drink 64oz of water.
💙Walk 6k steps a day.
💜Take 20 minutes to clean a day.

Woohoo! It's been a very active week and I'm really starting to back into things. I know the hardest part about getting into dieting and activity is starting when I get into the swing it becomes a lot easier for me. Happy the weight is finally showing it.

Had a good Mother's Day with my kids and granddaughter here for dinner and my sister and her husband stopping in on their way from Florida to Connecticut. Stayed busy all day and did not check in here - sorry to end MT streak but . . .
Today spent with my sister walking lots and catching up.

So I have not said much this week but I promised to post steps:

May 1: 1000 (slug, weekend problem)
May 2: 7717
May 3: 3992
May 4: 5641
May 5: 6158
May 6: 5920
May 7: 2737 (slug...also weekend)

So on my Targets...
100 Carbs/day (ha ha ha. 150-200)
100 minutes of extra movement (~320)
100 minutes of exercise (~120 started doing daily physical therapy exercises again)
100 minutes of extra sleep (I don't know. I need to track it better)
100 minutes of stress relief (I need to work on this)
100 oz of water (probably. Or close. Some days are better than others)

Someone else mentioned not tracking veg carbs is work, as they log everything, and that makes math. I am SO on board with that statement! Ashley is our math person. I avoid math like the plague. Not that I can't math, I just don't wanna.

Also, to get to know everyone a bit better, I've got a question:

melaniedscott wrote: »

Someone else mentioned not tracking veg carbs is work, as they log everything, and that makes math. I am SO on board with that statement! Ashley is our math person. I avoid math like the plague. Not that I can't math, I just don't wanna.

Even as a math person... sometimes I just don't wanna do it. If MFP didn't calculate all my calorie and macro/micro totals for me, I don't think I would be willing to log my food. That just sounds like an absolute pain in the (ahem) butt.

Also, I've talked about how I am not a fan of the demonization of carbs. Carbs are our friends. They give us fast energy, which allows us to function while waiting for the other macronutrients to digest down into energy. Limiting certain sources of carbs is great, but I feel like limiting all carbs in general is a recipe for disaster. I need to stop myself before I go on another rant.

EDITED BECAUSE I SCREWED UP AND LJDANNY DESERVES TO HAVE THEIR STEPS INCLUDED

Team Statistics -
Steppers: 7
Total Steps: 396,459
Average Steps Per Stepper: 56,637

The Leaderboard -
@ljdanny - 81,505 total | 11,644 average
@shnkrnrynn - 65,586 total | 9,369 average - Most Steps in One Day!
@TwinMama91521 - 63,743 total | 9,106 average
@browan19 - 61,124 total | 8,732 average
@BodyTalking - 57,595 total | 8,228 average
@pacsnc6 - 33,741 total | 4,820 average - Most Consistent!!!
@melaniedscott - 33,165 total | 4,738 average

Steppers, after looking at some of the daily counts, it's clear that several of you are Weekend Warriors and some of you use your weekdays to do the majority of your moving. Which camp do you prefer?

Regardless of which group you fall into, your dedication and consistency to this challenge week after week is incredible. I am always impressed by how much some of you walk throughout the week, especially as someone who always intends to get out more, but never makes it further off the couch than the refrigerator door.

minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »

That just sounds like an absolute pain in the (ahem) butt.

It didn't kitten you!!! Have they turned the profanity kitten off!?! I remember having to jump through hoops a couple years ago when quoting the *kitten* Surfers (American rock band, for those of you not familiar, not especially popular but they had this ONE good song).

minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »

Also, I've talked about how I am not a fan of the demonization of carbs. Carbs are our friends. They give us fast energy, which allows us to function while waiting for the other macronutrients to digest down into energy. Limiting certain sources of carbs is great, but I feel like limiting all carbs in general is a recipe for disaster. I need to stop myself before I go on another rant.

YES! THIS! And I figure five out of six isn't bad. More than 80%. Although...when the I can haz cookiez monster appears at my desk at 3:20 (or earlier), reconsidering carb choices is probably not a bad plan.

Well done fellow steppers 👏
I would like to do more at the weekends but I've been so tired lately, so the weekdays are where I build my step count 👣

minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »

Also, to get to know everyone a bit better, I've got a question:

1. incorporating yoga into my daily routine - a short, 10-15 min, routine works wonders for me
2. not eating after 4/5 pm - going to bed hungry makes me full of energy the next day

MotylekOkruchy wrote: »

minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »

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Limiting certain sources of carbs is great, but I feel like limiting all carbs in general is a recipe for disaster.

Maybe THAT'S why that book recommends NOT counting certain carbs?! That would make sense, don't you think?
The book arrived today and I hope to start reading over the weekend.

It makes sense, but it also creates extra work for people, which is definitely not the way to go about these things. Rarely will people stick with a more complicated option when there is a more simple one available. I hope the book provides some strategies to only count certain carbs while disregarding the rest without requiring someone to resort to spreadsheets/pen&paper.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Pacsnc6
Week 2
Thursdays
Pw: 154.5
Cw: 155