Butterball Babies~ ! (Closed Group)

Karen-you are doing awesome with the goals this week!! I can't wait to see what the scale has to say about it...wtg!

Donna-sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well...hope you feel better soon!:flowerforyou:

Laura-you are KILLING this as usual....woot!

Suzanne-practice makes perfect...I don't know how much over your cals you were yesterday, but just be prepared...you still may see a small gain from it...even a few days down the road! Hopefully not...but don't be too discouraged if you do...it happens! No worries though...you are doing great, and I am sure it will all work out in the end!:happy:

Pat-you are doing great on your cals burned goals....hopefully gym day will knock out some fo that ST for you....make sure you bring your water bottle along when you go!!!!

My Update so far:
10-6 Thurs: I was almost under & then added in a bunch of Wholegrain cheese puffs & went over by about 100! 1367 calories burned doing cardio & strength training AM/PM workouts: approx 50 mins strength: 16 cups water
10-7 Fri: I was under calories, just couldn't eat more since I needed to fast for a religious holiday. Did burn 1130 calories doing cardio & strength training in the AM: approx 60 mins was strength training: 14 cups water
10-8 Sat: No exercise due to fasting: ate 1 meal which was dinner to break the fast, pretty sure it took me over my 1200 cals for the day as I made Chocolate Chip Cookie brownies for desert & ate 2 1/2 plus my Mum's Ginger Spice Cake: I'd estimate water at about 8 cups since I couldn't drink much during the day & didn't want to go on a binge once the fast ended
10-9 Sun: 951 cals burned, approx 30 mins was strength training - under cals by 202 & somewhere around 30+ cups of water (very thirsty date)
10-10 Mon: 1098 cals burned w/about 60 mins strength training: over cals by 240 and 30+cups of water :happy:
10-11 Tues:
10-12 Wed:

Total mins of strength training: 200/45 (oops, I'm over & still got a few more days to pump iron!)
Total cups of water: 98/60
Number of days under cals: 2/7 (probably be 2/7 later today)
Number of days over cals: 3/7
Calories burned- 4546/2000

I might have a slight exercise addiction...

Karen, I didn't see the chart yesterday, it looks great! Wow, look at some of those losses overall-I'm really impressed at the hard work and dedication everybody is putting in. I love that we are on teams so if we mess up, we feel a bigger responsibility to get back on track than if it was just ourselves.

Nat, maybe just a teensy exercise addiction! But as my husband said this morning when I complained about finding a plumbing washer in my 16 year old's shorts pocket while doing laundry (really, what is up with that???)-"at least it's not drugs or condoms" so your addiction could be way worse!

Donna, hope the headaches go away soon.

Everybody else, keep on rocking it. I see great results in everybody's future even if the scale doesn't move. Take those measurements ladies!

Here's my update through Monday. I did a short gym workout this morning but I have hours of yardwork and pool cleaning in my immediate future and the yardwork will burn some serious calories so I'll update that tomorrow.


Thurs: under calories, burned 463 calories, 0 minutes strength, 9 cups water
Fri: burned 680 calories, 30 minutes strength, under calories, 9 cups water
Sat: 0 calories burned, 0 minutes strength, over calories, not nearly enough water (5???) and didn't close out diary
Sun: 215 calories burned, 0 minutes strength(unless you count pushing a vacuum!), under calories, 7 cups water
Mon: 700 calories burned, 35 minutes strength, under calories, 9 cups water
Tues:
Wed:

Total calories burned:2058 /2000
Total mins of strength training: 65/45
Total cups of water: 39/60
Number of days under cals: 4/7
Number of days over cals: 1/7

10/06- 9 cups water, 155 calories burned
10/07- 6 cups water, 0 burned
10/08- 8 cups water, 775 calories burned
10/09- 10 cups water, 142 calories burned
10/10- 0 Water , 102 calories burned
10/11- 10 cups water, 650 calories burned
10/12-

Total mins of strength- 30/45
Total cups of water- 43/60
Days under calories- 5/6
Days over calories- 0/1
Calories burned- 1824/2000

couldn't sleep last night so got up nice & early, got a JM Ripped in and then a 2 mile run!! felt really good and needed to clear my head! very happy to say i stayed on track with excercise this week

went to the library and got a yoga dvd for the first time ever. I thought maybe it would help me to kill some stress, other than just doing ST & running.

DOES anyone else do yoga???

Well done everyone you are doing so well. :drinker: :happy: Go blue team

I have not been doing exercise as in video, dvd, games consult but have been walking & some jogging. I have no excuse & will change. So far this week things have been going better but 1 day at a time, dh has told me to go & speak to the doc about how i have been feeling (i hit a major low last week) easier said than done. Doctor surgery's new policy if you need an appointment (normally it can be 2 or 3 wks before your seen) & it can not wait for a while you have to phone up @ 8am & tell the receptionist what is wrong then she puts it on the computer & the doctor rings you back later, if they think you need to be seen that day they give you an appointment. I for one will not be telling the receptionist what is wrong, all she will be told it is personal & i will only talk to a doctor about it.
Sorry for not being supportive to my blue team

Tuesday night update:

Thurs: strength training: 0 , H2O - 7 cups , 260 cals burned - , under cals by 10
Fri: strength training: 0 , H2O - 7 cups , 475 cals burned - , under cals by 103
Sat: strength training: 0 , H2O - 7 cups , 213 cals burned - , over cals by 187
Sun: strength training: 0 , H2O - 2 cups , 340 cals burned - , under cals by 408
Mon: strength training: 35, H2O 5 cups, 683 cals burned, under cals by 916
Tues: strength training: 5, H2O 7 cups, 220 cals burned, under cals by 450
Wed:

Total calories burned: 2191/2000
Total mins of strength training: 40/45
Total cups of water: 35/60
Number of days under cals: 5/7
Number of days over cals: 1/7

Well, to hit my water goal I would have to drink a 25 cups of water...no can do. But I will hit all of the other goals this week! If what I am seeing on the scales now remains, I may even see a loss!

D

10/6-18 cups water, 386 calories burned, 0 minutes strength training, under calories
10/7-15 cups water, 288 calories burned, 20 minutes strength training, over calories
10/8-12 cups water, 1200 calories burned, 0 minutes strength training, under calories
10/9-15 cups water, 1100 calories burned, 0 minutes strength training, under calories
10/10-15 cups water, 208 calories burned, 5 minutes strength training, under calories
10/11-17 cups water, 153 calories burned, 10 minutes strength training,over calories
10/12-
Total-92 cups water, 3335 calories burned, 35 minutes strength training, 4/7 days under calories

you are all doin awesome this week!!! With that being said...if I do not get in my 1.5hours of walking tonight at work...I will add another exercise DVD to tomorrow, to insure that I will reach that goal NO MATTER WHAT!! thanks for doing so great, and pushing me to do better myself

L w =179.5lb (81.4kg)
Todays weigh-in is 179.5lb (81.4kg) 3 weeks same
I shows i need to do exercise to lose weight, at lest i know i can maintain when i get to my weight goal.

Updated through Tuesday:

Thurs: strength trng - 15 mins, H2O - 13 cups (had a couple more after closing out diary), cals burned - 278, under cals
Fri: strength trng - 0 mins, H2O - 14 cups, cals burned - 533, over cals (unfortunately by like a meal's worth)
Sat: strength trng - 30 mins, H2O - 9 cups, cals burned - 400, over cals
Sun: strength trng - 0 mins, H2O - 7 cups, cals burned - 0 (didn't get a chance to exercise), over cals
Mon: strength trng - 0 mins, H2O - 13 cups, cals burned - 300, over cals
Tues: strength trng - 35 mins, H2O - 12 cups, cals burned - 198, over cals
Wed:

Total calories burned: 1709/2000
Total mins of strength training: 80/45
Total cups of water: 68/60
Number of days under cals: 1/7
Number of days over cals: 5/7

Sorry Blue Team about going over on calories. I haven't been eating that badly...just too much apparently. But I'm good with all the other challenges. Did my morning workout already and I'm over the 2000 calorie burn goal. I'll just update and end of day or tomorrow w/the weigh in, so I update everything at once.

Everyone else is doing great!! Keep it up!!

Okay, i have surgery first thing in the morning and am on a clear liquid diet from lunch on today. I decided to weigh in a day early to make sure i got it in on time and also so it was a little more fair to myself. I didnt want a bigger loss this week because i wasnt eating and then have a gain next week just because I was able to eat again. I acctually did real well this week even with all my "bad" eating days! I also discovered, logging everything I eat in my diary makes me SO much more aware of what the caloric value of different foods are.

My official weight for this week is: 226.0!!! I know that it is atleast a full pound less then last week, so I am super excited!

Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers tomorrow. I am a very nervous!

My Update so far:
10-6 Thurs: I was almost under & then added in a bunch of Wholegrain cheese puffs & went over by about 100! 1367 calories burned doing cardio & strength training AM/PM workouts: approx 50 mins strength: 16 cups water
10-7 Fri: I was under calories, just couldn't eat more since I needed to fast for a religious holiday. Did burn 1130 calories doing cardio & strength training in the AM: approx 60 mins was strength training: 14 cups water
10-8 Sat: No exercise due to fasting: ate 1 meal which was dinner to break the fast, pretty sure it took me over my 1200 cals for the day as I made Chocolate Chip Cookie brownies for desert & ate 2 1/2 plus my Mum's Ginger Spice Cake: I'd estimate water at about 8 cups since I couldn't drink much during the day & didn't want to go on a binge once the fast ended
10-9 Sun: 951 cals burned, approx 30 mins was strength training - under cals by 202 & somewhere around 30+ cups of water (very thirsty date)
10-10 Mon: 1098 cals burned w/about 60 mins strength training: over cals by 240 and 30+cups of water
10-11 Tues: Not even telling you how many cals I was over as I didn't log dinner: I know it had to be by about 400 but since I ate the last of the left over brownie-cookies I think I'll have better control Anyways: Exercise was a light day - Hubs & I were still hurting from the last 2 days of workouts so only burned 537 cals with about 50 mins going to strength training. Drank over 30 cups water though!
10-12 Wed:

Total mins of strength training: 250/45
Total cups of water: 128/60
Number of days under cals: 2/7 (probably be 2/7 later today)
Number of days over cals: 4/7
Calories burned- 5083/2000

Hubs also agrees that there could be worse addictions... But I think I'm rubbing off on him. On the way home from the gym on Monday he tells me "I would like to workout more" !!!!!!! Whoo Hoo!! And as a bonus he is eating healthier.

And, while I haven't lost any more weight, I do have another NSV. We updated out measurements last night & I've gained almost an inch in my biceps! While my thighs are still the same size, they are more solid (as is my butt - who ever thought, I'd actually get a butt at 36 :laugh: )

All the Butterballs are doing AMAZING!!! I'm getting ready to go to the gym & get my addiction fix for the day. No more strength training (except for what I did in JM's Ripped earlier) so it's strictly cardio on the Arc Trainer today.

Let's go Butterballs!!! :flowerforyou:

Thurs: strength trng - 15 mins, H2O - 13 cups (had a couple more after closing out diary), cals burned - 278, under cals
Fri: strength trng - 0 mins, H2O - 14 cups, cals burned - 533, over cals (unfortunately by like a meal's worth)
Sat: strength trng - 30 mins, H2O - 9 cups, cals burned - 400, over cals
Sun: strength trng - 0 mins, H2O - 7 cups, cals burned - 0 (didn't get a chance to exercise), over cals
Mon: strength trng - 0 mins, H2O - 13 cups, cals burned - 300, over cals
Tues: strength trng - 35 mins, H2O - 12 cups, cals burned - 198, over cals
Wed: strength trng 0 mins, H2O - 13 cups, cals burned - 768, over cals (but just a bit)

Total calories burned: 2477/2000
Total mins of strength training: 80/45
Total cups of water: 81/60
Number of days under cals: 1/7
Number of days over cals: 6/7

Wednesday night update:

Thurs: strength training: 0 , H2O - 7 cups , 260 cals burned - , under cals by 10
Fri: strength training: 0 , H2O - 7 cups , 475 cals burned - , under cals by 103
Sat: strength training: 0 , H2O - 7 cups , 213 cals burned - , over cals by 187
Sun: strength training: 0 , H2O - 2 cups , 340 cals burned - , under cals by 408
Mon: strength training: 35, H2O 5 cups, 683 cals burned, under cals by 916
Tues: strength training: 5, H2O 7 cups, 220 cals burned, under cals by 450
Wed: strength training 5, H2O 6 cups, 564 cals burned, under cals by 573

Total calories burned: 2755/2000
Total mins of strength training: 45/45
Total cups of water: 41/60
Number of days under cals: 6/7
Number of days over cals: 1/7

Sorry team about the water. With this persistent heartburn I just cannot drink too much. I will try to hone in on fixing this!

Kristin: you will be in my prayers!! Congrats on the loss!

Suzanne, Anita, and Tara: You are all doing so great!!!

Nat, I am so glad you are on my team!!! Way to burn those numbers! Looking forward to seeing a loss for you tomorrow! If not, well the better looking body thing is way better than a number on the scales!

I am really hoping for a loss tomorrow.

D