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TEAM: The Belly Flats (August)

AB0215
AB0215 Posts: 7,141 Member
Welcome to the Challenge new and returning teammates!! This is the conversation/weigh in thread for your Team :) Keep on losing because our first weigh ins begin THIS Sunday! Should you need anything, please post here and your team Captains will answer as soon as possible.
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  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,454 Member
    Daily Post: Sunday, July 31

    Track: Yes
    Calories: Yes
    Exercise: Yes (πŸ€½β€β™‚οΈ65 min; πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ3.15 mi/65 min; πŸ‘£14,442 steps)
  • dheliason
    dheliason Posts: 316 Member
    dheliason
    August week 1 (Monday)
    PW: 162.8
    CW: 161.5
  • carenwilson1983
    carenwilson1983 Posts: 204 Member
    edited August 2022
    Carenwilson1983
    Aug (1-5) Week 1
    Weigh in day: Fri.
    Previous Week's weight: 161.8 lbs
    Todays Weight: 161.8 lbs
  • carenwilson1983
    carenwilson1983 Posts: 204 Member
    Week 1 Aug (1-5)
    Daily Post (Monday 08/01)
    Track: Yes
    Calories: Yes
    Exercise: Yes (60 Mins. Aerobic )
    Goals/Day/Comments: Keeping a low carb routine and still going strong. Today I did 22/2 intermittent fast. I skipped Breakfast and lunch but still drank 1/2 gallon lemon water. I had a huge dinner:homemade Jamaican Oxtail, rice and kidney peas with sorrel(I still did my carb count and still amazed). I'll continue IF until I reach 150 lbs, afterwards I'll do just 2-3 days per week.
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,454 Member
    Daily Post: Monday, August 1

    Track: Yes
    Calories: Yes
    Exercise: Yes (πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈ53 min; πŸ’ͺ31 min; πŸ’—17 min; πŸ€½β€β™‚οΈ50 min; πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ3 mi/67 min; πŸ‘£15,750 steps)
  • WA_Teacher
    WA_Teacher Posts: 1,042 Member
    Daily Post: Monday
    Track: Yes
    Calories: Under
    Exercise: Strength training (arms) & 2.5 mile walk
  • pkgcandoit
    pkgcandoit Posts: 511 Member
    Daily Update - August 1, 2022

    Track: yes
    Calories: under
    Exercise: elliptical, 15 mins

    Wasn’t feeling well in the morning so did a short workout but still pressed Start so it’s a good thing. Ended up feeling better later in the day.
  • Krysless2
    Krysless2 Posts: 2,137 Member
    ABOUT THE CHALLENGES & REQUIRED WEIGHT POSTINGS
    We are going to be running a daily post challenge or MUAC(Mini Ultimate Accountability Challenge) Based on another MFP Challenge called the UAC

    Participation in this challenge is optional but highly encouraged for the following reasons:
    - Helps to keep your goals in focus daily
    - Motivating to see others working on the same things and having the same struggles too. It's defintely a reminder that we're not alone and we are a team
    - Many of us who participate and have successfully lost weight, m would all agree that the daily posting MUAC really is the key!

    The way it works:Β 
    #1. Track EVERYTHING you eat that has calories.
    #2. Stay inside your allocated daily budget. (you set your own budget)
    #3. Try to do at least 20 minutes of activity a day (anything: walk, run, cycle, swim, gardening, housework, yoga, gym, etc.. As long as it gets you active and off the couch)
    #4. Check in daily (tracking yes/no, calories yes/no, exercise yes/no).

    ****End of the week. those who have managed to keep to plan for 6 out of 7 days are recognized in the thread as being part of the weekly "Winners Circle".
    Our weeks always start on Sunday so we started tracking yesterday. Sunday, July 31st πŸ˜‰

    Your MUAC Posts should look like this:
    Daily Post (Sunday)
    Track: Yes/no
    Calories: Yes/no (were you under)
    Exercise: Yes/no (what type and how long)
    Goals/Day/Comments: (Tell us a brief description about how your day went or your goals for the day)


    Your Weekly Weigh-In Posts should look like this:
    Krysless2
    Week 1
    PW =(previous weight)
    CW=(current weight)


    Also, if you have any suggestions for the team or fun ideas to spice things up a bit, please feel free to share them, we look for new ways to help engagement and keep people motivated!!

    Welcome to the Challenge!!
  • Krysless2
    Krysless2 Posts: 2,137 Member
    How to make The Biggest Loser Challenge more β€œuser-friendly”
      • Don’t keep losing us!! If you’re here reading this now go ahead and bookmark this thread at the top right of the page; then we will always appear in your β€œbookmarks”. Once you’re in MFP and have clicked on β€œCommunity”, you’re β€œBookmarks” will be on the Community’s landing page. You’ll also be able to click your profile picture and find β€œnotifications” from your book marked pages.
      • Want to respond directly to what someone posted? At the bottom of their post click β€œquote”, scroll down and you’ll see their message prefilled in your text box and you’ll respond below their quotation.
      • Need to get someone’s attention? When you’re typing out your post you can put an @ symbol in front of their username and that will tag the person, they’ll then see a red β€œnotification” when they go to click on their profile picture to get to their bookmarks.
      • Still confused? Its ok! Tag me or better yet! Click on my name next to this post. Go to my profile picture and send me a friend request then you can send me a message or look at my food diary, or just be my friend!

      Oh yeah and Welcome!!! πŸ€—
    • frankwbrown
      frankwbrown Posts: 13,454 Member
      Daily Post: Tuesday, August 2

      Track: Yes
      Calories: Over
      Exercise: Yes (πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈ53 min; πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ2.85 mi/74 min; πŸ‘£8,888 steps)
      Goals/Day/Comments: resting a bit today; just yoga and a walk
    • carenwilson1983
      carenwilson1983 Posts: 204 Member
      Week 1 Aug (1-5)
      Daily Post (Tuesday 08/02)
      Track: Yes
      Calories: NO
      Exercise: Yes ( 120 Mins. Aerobic )
      Goals/Day/Comments: Keeping a low carb routine and still going strong. I did count throughout the day but our oldest turned 12 today so we took him to Red Lobster. All I had in the day was 1/2 gallon lemon water 1 protein shake and bar. I had a salad at red lobster but we already know they are packed with millions of calories so I just paused.
    • WA_Teacher
      WA_Teacher Posts: 1,042 Member
      Daily Post: Tuesday
      Track:
      Calories:
      Exercise: Strength & 3 mile walk
    • UnicornMermaidMom
      UnicornMermaidMom Posts: 228 Member
      Hey! I'm new and didn't really understand the daily posts yesterday so here's my first daily. I'm excited to be part of this team!

      Daily Post: Tuesday August 2
      Track: Yes
      Calories: Yes
      Exercise: 24 minutes of Darebee workouts
      Comments: I'm finally getting back on track with water intake so I'm happy about that. Overall I think I had a good day.
    • therealbluenote
      therealbluenote Posts: 1,448 Member
      @UnicornMermaidMom Welcome! 🌻
      @carenwilson1983 Happy birthday to your son! One more year and he is a teenager! 😳
      @pkg1998 Glad you’re feeling better. πŸ’
    • pkgcandoit
      pkgcandoit Posts: 511 Member
      Daily Post: Monday, August 1

      Track: Yes
      Calories: Yes
      Exercise: Yes (πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈ53 min; πŸ’ͺ31 min; πŸ’—17 min; πŸ€½β€β™‚οΈ50 min; πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ3 mi/67 min; πŸ‘£15,750 steps)

      Your Monday check-ins are always inspiring.
    • pkgcandoit
      pkgcandoit Posts: 511 Member
      Daily Update - August 2, 2022

      Track: yes
      Calories: under
      Exercise: elliptical 25 mins, walk to office 15 mins

      I work in a chemical plant and we have to park outside the plant. We have the option of a shuttle to get to our office or we can walk. It’s about 1/2 mile walk for me so I try to do it most days but when it’s 80 deg F at 6:30am it’s sometimes hard to do in blue jeans and long sleeve shirt (required attire).
    • pkgcandoit
      pkgcandoit Posts: 511 Member
      @Krysless2 Thanks for getting us started this month and providing explanations to the new members. πŸ‘πŸ»
    • cormierannie
      cormierannie Posts: 5,834 Member
      cormierannie@ymail.com
      weigh in day wednesday
      pw: 144 pounds
      cw: 144 pounds
    • frankwbrown
      frankwbrown Posts: 13,454 Member
      pkg1998 wrote: Β»
      Daily Post: Monday, August 1

      Track: Yes
      Calories: Yes
      Exercise: Yes (πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈ53 min; πŸ’ͺ31 min; πŸ’—17 min; πŸ€½β€β™‚οΈ50 min; πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ3 mi/67 min; πŸ‘£15,750 steps)

      Your Monday check-ins are always inspiring.

      Thank you. Mondays and Wednesdays are my heavy days. I've got years of neglect to make up for, so fitness is my parttime job now! πŸ˜€
    • frankwbrown
      frankwbrown Posts: 13,454 Member
      Daily Post: Wednesday, August 3

      Track: Yes
      Calories: Yes
      Exercise: Yes
      (πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈ52 min; πŸ’ͺ62 min; πŸ’—58 min; πŸ€½β€β™‚οΈ60 min; πŸŠβ€β™‚οΈ1675 yds/61 min; πŸ‘£8,000 steps)
      Goals/Day/Comments: I swam today instead of my usual walking. Early last year, swimming was my number one exercise; walking wasn't that easy. These days, I do a variety of exercise and I don't swim as often as I'd like. It's been a long 2+ year journey, and I've still got "miles to go".
    • carenwilson1983
      carenwilson1983 Posts: 204 Member
      Week 1 Aug (1-5)
      Daily Post (Wednesday 08/03)
      Track: Yes
      Calories: Yes
      Exercise: Yes ( 45 Mins. Aerobic )
      Goals/Day/Comments: Keeping a low carb routine and still going strong.
    • carenwilson1983
      carenwilson1983 Posts: 204 Member
      @therealbluenote thank you.
    • WA_Teacher
      WA_Teacher Posts: 1,042 Member
      Daily Post: Tuesday
      Track: Yes
      Calories: Over
      Exercise: No
      Comments: Bad day.

      Hang in there, we all have bad days.
    • WA_Teacher
      WA_Teacher Posts: 1,042 Member
      Daily Post: Wednesday
      Track: Yes
      Calories: Under
      Exercise: Strength & iFit Treadmill w/ inclines
      Comment: I've had iFit for about a year and have always done the same workouts. Today I started one of their challenges and really enjoyed it.
    • TypingToaster
      TypingToaster Posts: 4,110 Member
      @Krysless2 I noticed that in the August spreadsheet, the weeks 1-4 still say July, as do the other month indicators on the spreadsheet. The title of the spreadsheet itself is the only thing that says August. :)
    • UnicornMermaidMom
      UnicornMermaidMom Posts: 228 Member
      Daily Post: Wednesday August 3
      Track: Yes
      Calories: No (Over by ~200)
      Exercise: 30 minutes of Darebee workouts
      Comments: Water is still good. I want to focus on getting better food choices in tomorrow.
    • pkgcandoit
      pkgcandoit Posts: 511 Member
      Daily Update - August 3, 2022

      Track: yes
      Calories: under - but not great food choices
      Exercise: nothing intentional

      Wednesday’s are usually the start of my troubles. I sleep in instead of exercising in the morning and changes my whole day. Something to improve.
    • pkgcandoit
      pkgcandoit Posts: 511 Member
      Daily Post: Wednesday, August 3

      Track: Yes
      Calories: Yes
      Exercise: Yes
      (πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈ52 min; πŸ’ͺ62 min; πŸ’—58 min; πŸ€½β€β™‚οΈ60 min; πŸŠβ€β™‚οΈ1675 yds/61 min; πŸ‘£8,000 steps)
      Goals/Day/Comments: I swam today instead of my usual walking. Early last year, swimming was my number one exercise; walking wasn't that easy. These days, I do a variety of exercise and I don't swim as often as I'd like. It's been a long 2+ year journey, and I've still got "miles to go".

      I have a pool in my backyard and tell myself all the time to get off my butt and get in it but I rarely do. My husband keeps threatening to fill it in. πŸ˜‚
    • pkgcandoit
      pkgcandoit Posts: 511 Member
      Daily Post: Wednesday
      Track: Yes
      Calories: Under
      Exercise: Strength & iFit Treadmill w/ inclines
      Comment: I've had iFit for about a year and have always done the same workouts. Today I started one of their challenges and really enjoyed it.

      I have iFIT too (I have an elliptical) and love the workouts. I was sidelined for almost a year due to a partially torn Achilles but have recently been doing some of the series and really enjoy seeing different parts of the world through their eyes.