TEAM: The Big Butt Theory (August)
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therealbluenote wrote: »Saturday Aug 20
Track: Yes
Calories: 54 over 🙄
Exercise: Zero. Zilch. Stayed in my pjs all day, which those days are becoming more far and few between! I needed a day to recover from the conducting and I don’t feel one bit guilty over it! Talk about a milestone - here it is: Me not stressing over exercise! 💪🏼 Now, laying around did cause Fitbit to steal a lot of my calories, which is why I’m over. 😒 Oh well! It was worth it!
This! A thousand times this! Never feel guilty or ashamed about taking a rest day. They are as important for your body as exercise. You get a hold star ✨ Nancy. 👏2 -
Y'all have been sharing a lot lately. I haven't responded but know that I am honored and touched that you feel safe enough in this space to do that. 💕💕2
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Saturday 20 August
Track: yes
Under: no
Exercise: yes
Went to the pool yesterday and floated around for an hour in my floaty chair. My girlfriend says I need to flip over because I'm only tan on one side 🤣🤣 But I can't have my 🍹 if I'm floating face down. What's a girl to do? 🤷♀️3 -
MUAC Daily Post:
Sunday (8/20)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes - Net Under / 💧144 oz.
Exercise: Yes - 🤦♀️ Much more than I should have
Goals/Day/Comments: I did the exact thing that I started the day saying I wouldn’t do anymore. Ughhh…. I just got back into the game. Always seems justifiable until I can step back in hindsight. Need to work on that. Just like the fridge one @krysless2 shared, I might have to stick a note to my exercise gear.
“Nothing positive will come from breaking your body so that it matches your soul”
Thanks for the fun visual and chuckle @daffygirl88. Be uneven 😉.
- I’m also realizing GoT may not be the best influence in this regard. I’m loving the game but….. I might be too competitive. I know I can usually max out every category easy and so I typically do. Whether or not I should is a different story. We’ll see if I can get and maintain control of myself by the end of the season. I committed to that much so I won’t leave my team out to dry.
I might need to sit with Yoda and some of his wisdom today.1 -
Thank you all for the kind words ❤️ I appreciate each of you!3
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Hey team I think we missed some weigh-in’s.
@Arietty32
@SarKrisD
@maryphum
You’re awfully quiet this week. How are things going?
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I thought you guys might likey!!
Omgsh hilarious! 😂Naija82
Week 3
PW = 134.9
CW = 134.9
Sorry only managed to weigh in the evening spent most of the day in the hospital
Update: Mon 15th Aug
Track: Mostly
Calories: Was under, fasted for 19hrs 39mins.
Exercise: Not officially, 10628 steps by walking around the house
Goals/Day/Comments: Did not have a great day today, woke up with severe abdominal pain, nausea and dizziness, I had never experienced pain that bad in my life. Went to A&E where I spent over 7 hours doing tests, a CT scan waiting and waiting. They saw my blood glucose was really low and my ketones were very high so made me drink some glucose gel, didn't want a lecture on low carb so just took it. The CT scan showed I had bladder stones and an inflamed colon so need to get further tests done. As the pain had started to subside and I didn't want to remain overnight they discharged me. Was exhausted by the time I got home.
So far the pain hasn't come back yet
Sorry you went through this and hoping you’re feeling better. Try to stay away from fiber foods and veggies to help your colon heal. If you private message me your email address we can chat more about best options for recovery. Hope you feel at your best soon ❤️🩹
Thank you1 -
I thought you guys might likey!!
Omgsh hilarious! 😂Naija82
Week 3
PW = 134.9
CW = 134.9
Sorry only managed to weigh in the evening spent most of the day in the hospital
Update: Mon 15th Aug
Track: Mostly
Calories: Was under, fasted for 19hrs 39mins.
Exercise: Not officially, 10628 steps by walking around the house
Goals/Day/Comments: Did not have a great day today, woke up with severe abdominal pain, nausea and dizziness, I had never experienced pain that bad in my life. Went to A&E where I spent over 7 hours doing tests, a CT scan waiting and waiting. They saw my blood glucose was really low and my ketones were very high so made me drink some glucose gel, didn't want a lecture on low carb so just took it. The CT scan showed I had bladder stones and an inflamed colon so need to get further tests done. As the pain had started to subside and I didn't want to remain overnight they discharged me. Was exhausted by the time I got home.
So far the pain hasn't come back yet
Sorry you went through this and hoping you’re feeling better. Try to stay away from fiber foods and veggies to help your colon heal. If you private message me your email address we can chat more about best options for recovery. Hope you feel at your best soon ❤️🩹
Thank youJbeanR0212 wrote: »MUAC Daily Post:
*Feel free to skip past just working things out
Saturday (8/19)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes - Gross Under / 💧132 oz.
Exercise: Kickboxing, strength + farm labor (parents)
Goals/Day/Comments: We survived the week! Did a couple hours of work and then decided to take the remainder as a mental health day. Worth it! The hours of work this week without kids interrupting, bickering at eachother and well just being around to lightly distract my focus were a bit of a huge wake up call. Many of my working hours have been spent overwhelmed by grief!
I realized the excessive exercise I’ve been doing these past few months hasn’t just been for weight loss, on a deeper level it has been a harmful distraction. One from what has been too painful to process except when the bubbles begin to fester out. This glimpse in the mirror has added to the sense of being overwhelmed.
In April I kinda shut down. In May I showed up here kicking tail and taking no prisoners. Seeing all my former colleagues at the school asking how I am doing with that empathetic little rub on my shoulder brings it back in but after her watching me fight the tears I had a nice walking chat with my counselor friend. I had my heart crushed and less than 3 weeks later lost my best friend of over 26 years suddenly (stomach flu, asphyxiated on vomit). I instantly lost the only two people in the world I would turn to for anything. Realizing how recluse I’ve become outside of open waters or unpopulated hiking trails. And I am so lonely yet….. afraid to get out and actually socialize again at the same time. The sorrow is just so heavy but I’ve allowed it to fortify itself and it’s time to start really clearing that away. Oh the hypocrisy of failing to accomplish what I’ve spent my professional life advocating. Going to be a long and windy journey.
So here I was crying, meditating, writing my ex a 27 page letter (which I will NOT mail) and talking out loud to Dani’s spirit (aka myself) while working on a memorial sculpture. It was therapeutic but I’m gonna need countless more moments like those before I feel the healing has even begun. Gotta start somewhere I guess but hopefully it’ll give all of you a bit of a break from my madness. I will make the work time up in chunks today & tomorrow.
“I closed my eyes and let the music flow through me, cleansing my soul of all fear and sin and reminding me that I am always better than I think and stronger than I believe.” - Paulo Coelho
Sending you lots of hugs.
It's hard losing a loved one, I didn't know what pain was until I lost my Dad, that was the darkest moment of my life, never thought I would come out on the other side, the pain never goes away but slowly slowly you learn to live with it. I still cry whenever something remains me of my Dad.
Just take each day as it comes along, do what you got to do to get through each day and most of all be kind to yourself
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Sorry guys been away from home so haven't had time to post.
Update: Thu 18th Aug
Track: Some
Calories: Not sure, fasted for 16hrs 34mins.
Exercise: Yes, 7 mile run and 12.5 mile walk with my walking group
Update: Fri 19th Aug
Track: No
Calories: Probably over, fasted for 16hrs 4mins.
Exercise: No
Update: Sat 20th Aug
Track: No
Calories: Don't know, fasted for 18hrs 21mins.
Exercise: Yes, 3.57 mile run and 1.26 mile walk
Update: Sun 21st Aug
Track: No
Calories: Don't know, fasted for 16hrs 57mins.
Exercise: Yes, 4.09 mile run, 2.93 mile walk and 6.66 mile hike
Goals/Day/Comments: I haven't stuck to any good eating plan these last few days and no matter how much exercise you do you can't outrun a bad diet. I'm away visiting my brother in another city so we've been eating out, drinking and you name.
Next week I need to follow a low fibre diet plan as will be having a gastroscopy and colonscopy done on Sunday. Can't eat most of my beloved vegetables or nuts.2 -
@DaffyGirl88 I won't have access to a scale tomorrow so I can roll over last week's weight or weigh in on Tuesday1
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Sunday Aug 21
Track: Yes
Calories: Lirdie, lirdie, lirdie SO over that I think I broke MFP 🤦🏻♀️ 🌪🌭🌮🧀🍔🍟🥃🥃🥃🌪🔥☄️⚡️⛈
Exercise: 10 min walk
As my Polish grandmother used to say when she screwed up, “Boże pomóż mi.” 🙏🏼🤦🏻♀️
TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY. I’m not gonna stress about it. Some was premeditated, some spontaneous. Either way, it is what it is and thank God for tomorrow!3 -
@Naija82 it’s not every day you get to spend time with out of town family. Try not to stress over checking in or the diet, you’ve got enough going on. Thinking of you and your upcoming scopes.
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@therealbluenote tomorrow is a new day indeed! Glad you let your hair down, you deserve “me time”.0
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JbeanR0212 wrote: »@Naija82 it’s not every day you get to spend time with out of town family. Try not to stress over checking in or the diet, you’ve got enough going on. Thinking of you and your upcoming scopes.
Thank you!1 -
Naija82
Week 4
PW = 134.9
CW = 134.5
My brother did actually have a scale. This month I have just been maintaining, which is fine2 -
MUAC Daily Post:
Monday (8/21)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes - Gross Under / 💧144 oz.
Exercise: Yoga + Walking
Goals/Day/Comments: “Eventually all pieces fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moment and know that everything happens for a reason” - Albert Schweitzer1 -
therealbluenote wrote: »Sunday Aug 21
Track: Yes
Calories: Lirdie, lirdie, lirdie SO over that I think I broke MFP 🤦🏻♀️ 🌪🌭🌮🧀🍔🍟🥃🥃🥃🌪🔥☄️⚡️⛈
Exercise: 10 min walk
As my Polish grandmother used to say when she screwed up, “Boże pomóż mi.” 🙏🏼🤦🏻♀️
TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY. I’m not gonna stress about it. Some was premeditated, some spontaneous. Either way, it is what it is and thank God for tomorrow!
YAY for a Polish grandmother! Sto lat!!2 -
Sunday 21 August
Track: mostly
Under: no
Exercise: yes1 -
JbeanR0212 wrote: »
- I’m also realizing GoT may not be the best influence in this regard. I’m loving the game but….. I might be too competitive. I know I can usually max out every category easy and so I typically do. Whether or not I should is a different story. We’ll see if I can get and maintain control of myself by the end of the season. I committed to that much so I won’t leave my team out to dry.
I might need to sit with Yoda and some of his wisdom today.
@JbeanR0212 I'm usually competitive myself, although lately work has gotten in the way and I've struggled to get the minimum and just said "EFF it!"
One thing that helps keep me in check with GoT is there's no value in maxing out every category, the only one that matters is the tie-breaker. You're not helping your team, and CERTAINLY not helping yourself if you overdo it. That's the main reason that there IS a maximum.
Unless it is the tie-breaker, I rarely max out on cardio, even with spinning every day. In the history of GoT no team has ever not met the cardio goal, so I try to work on strength and flex. Especially flex, not sure why so many people hate that. My "usual" plan is to spread my minutes fairly evenly among the 3 categories during the week getting close enough in each to max out once the tie-breaker is announced. Once it is announced I can turn all of my energies - or what's left of them LOL - to that.
That's just my approach but it works "most" of the time. As you have seen it's easy to get thrown a curve ball, but that's the fun of the game. You really can't try and game the system so to speak.
I would've PM'ed this to you but my work computer doesn't allow that. I think there's Java script or something involved there that my Government issued computer doesn't like. POS that it is... Besides, I know there are other people in this thread that may also have a "tendency to overdo it".
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JbeanR0212 wrote: »Hey team I think we missed some weigh-in’s.
@Arietty32
@SarKrisD
@maryphum
You’re awfully quiet this week. How are things going?
I second this! Y'all didn't leave us did you??
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8/21
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes - 45 min strength training1 -
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Previous Weight: 151
Current Weight: 149.24 -
On a roll @BlissfulK, congratulations.2
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Thank you for the words of wisdom always @DaffyGirl88. I’ve tried to max out all areas before the tie breaker is announced to ensure we hit our house goal but mostly with the aim to …… 😂 “eliminate that performance pressure”. Yep I heard myself say it as I typed it 🤦♀️. That approach obviously hasn’t worked for me so I have my workout times mapped in advance. Telling myself if I miss it, then I miss it, no makeup work will be accepted 🧘♀️. Rolling with that and your tie breaker mindset going forward. Mind over matter - we can do this! All of us.2
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@JbeanR0212 Pardon my ignorance, but what is GoT? I thought it was Game of Thrones. 🤷🏻♀️1
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Monday Aug 22
Tracked: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: housecleaning and purging clothes and shoes literally from 7:00pm-3:00am. I was on a roll! 🌪 Now I can’t sleep. 😳1 -
8/22
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes - spin class1 -
therealbluenote wrote: »@JbeanR0212 Pardon my ignorance, but what is GoT? I thought it was Game of Thrones. 🤷🏻♀️
@therealbluenote It's a challenge based on Game of Thrones that some of us are participating in. I've done it off an one for a couple of years and when the new season started I invited the people from this challenge. Where they all promptly signed up to compete AGAINST me TYVM.
It can be a lot of fun, if you don't let it stress you out. The next season won't start until October but we can let you know when it does and you can join HOUSE STARK if you're interested. 
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Monday 22 August
Track: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes1
