Butterball Babies~ ! (Closed Group)

OH, and for all those on-line terms - APMROFLMBO (almost peed myself rolling on floor laughing my butt off) :laugh:

I am also APMRILFLMBO!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:::Here are my goals for the week and what I have done so far:::

Calories burned: 1251/4000
H2O Intake: 12/115 cups
Under Intake Calories: 1/7 days
Weight Training: 20/60 mintues


Let's get this done ladies!!!

I think I'm going to take the week to work on ME. I feel such pressure to meet the goals that I cut corners, maybe fudge a little (i.e. "Yeah, I'd say that's about 2 glasses of water), and just feel the need to please. I know that's part of being held accountable, but I think until I can hold myself accountable, I'll dig myself a deeper hole and lie more. I'll still post this week, but I'm not setting public goals. I have plans in my head, and I'm going to stick to them. I'm definitely including the 10 minutes of personal time. Even if I can just sit in my car, alone, for 10 minutes...that's something I need!

Hey BB's! So I did the Spartan Race. I finished, but that was the most grueling 4 miles I've ever done!! I have battlescars...some bruises and scrapes on my legs. I'm a little sore, including my behind, from going down all the mud slides...LOL. It was definitely waaaaay more intense than the Warrior Dash (piece of cake compared to SR). I dragged a cynder block, carried a bucket 3/4 full of pebbles/rocks (both w/some uphill sections), had to do 90 burpees (luckily not all at the same time)...it was the consequence of not being able to complete an obstacle. The terrain itself was an obstacle to overcome. It was super muddy and slick. One obstacle was a super steep, muddy, uphill climb at one point. This definitely pushed my body and mind to the limit. Luckily, I did the race with my brother. We stuck together and he definitely helped push me to keep going. There is also more of a sense of teamwork in this race as A LOT of people help each other through the obstacles. I was most impressed with that! I may not have been able to complete 3 or 4 out of the 12 or so obstacles, but I did the majority of them and I crossed the FINISH LINE...granted I was EXHAUSTED...but I crossed it!! THAT was the main goal I set for myself!! So I'm proud of that!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Today will be a rest day for me. And depending on how my body feels the next couple of days, it may just be some light exercise, like walking for me.

annie, I hope the week goes well for you!!! Sometimes giving yourself a bit of a healthy break is the best thing ever!

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Hey BB's! So I did the Spartan Race. I finished, but that was the most grueling 4 miles I've ever done!! I have battlescars...some bruises and scrapes on my legs. I'm a little sore, including my behind, from going down all the mud slides...LOL. It was definitely waaaaay more intense than the Warrior Dash (piece of cake compared to SR). I dragged a cynder block, carried a bucket 3/4 full of pebbles/rocks (both w/some uphill sections), had to do 90 burpees (luckily not all at the same time)...it was the consequence of not being able to complete an obstacle. The terrain itself was an obstacle to overcome. It was super muddy and slick. One obstacle was a super steep, muddy, uphill climb at one point. This definitely pushed my body and mind to the limit. Luckily, I did the race with my brother. We stuck together and he definitely helped push me to keep going. There is also more of a sense of teamwork in this race as A LOT of people help each other through the obstacles. I was most impressed with that! I may not have been able to complete 3 or 4 out of the 12 or so obstacles, but I did the majority of them and I crossed the FINISH LINE...granted I was EXHAUSTED...but I crossed it!! THAT was the main goal I set for myself!! So I'm proud of that!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Today will be a rest day for me. And depending on how my body feels the next couple of days, it may just be some light exercise, like walking for me.

Hey! Congratulations!!! I am so impressed!!!! It sounds like it was an amazing challenge!!! What an experience!!!! You will always remember this race! I bet your shower after the race was one of the most enjoyable as well!! Again, a super huge congratulations!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Thanks for letting us all know!!!

I am impressed as well! It sounds ridiculously INTENSE!! And definitely something to talk about to say "I did that & made it through!"

SPARTA!! lol :flowerforyou:

Here is the chart. For those who didn't weigh in, I just put the same weight as last week. Let me know if I missed anyone or if there are any errors. Thanks!

10/13--596 calories, 18 cups water, 0 minutes strength training, under calories
10/14--665 calories, 12 cups water, 20 minutes strength training, over calories
10/15--1150 calories, 12 cups water, 0 minutes strength training, under calories
10/16--
10/17--
10/18--
10/19--

Calories burned: 2411/4000
H2O Intake: 42/110 cups
Under Intake Calories: 2/7 days
Strength Training: 20/60 minutes

updated through Sunday (cept for water and walks)
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under cals: 3/6
under sodium: 2/5
burn 2000 cals: 1187/2000
10min relax time: 3/6 (does MFP time count?!-LOL!)
80oz H20/day: 3/7
cal avg for week 1400:
weight: 10/12-125.8.........10/19-TBA
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Keerti-1lb is not bad at all for a vacay week! wtg!

Anita-congrats on finishing the SR...sounds similar to the Mud Run that I do...which is a 10K that includes, wall climbing, river crossing, tunnel crawl, suicide hill, slippery slope, and a ton of mud pits!! Def a tough challenge, and you should be very proud! :drinker:

Karen-thanks for the chart and congrats on your loss this week!

:flowerforyou: CONGRATS on the losses ladies: Anita, Donna, Sandy, Kristen, Annie, Karen, Melinda, and Kory!!!:flowerforyou:

:drinker: Also CONGRTAS to the biggest losers thus far(more than 5lbs): Kym, Sandy, Laura, Tausha, Kristen, Suzanne, Pat, Annie, and Karen!!!:drinker:

I added a couple of goals to last weeks like going to the gym vs. swimming and going walking outdoors while I still can. My mid week check in:
Thurs: 0 water, 355 cals
Fri: 2 water, 908 cals
Sat: 2 water, 296 cals
Sun: 4 water, 391 cals
Mon: water, cals
Tues: water, cals!
Wed: water, cals
Total calories burned: 1950/3500
3 miles outside / 6
Total mins of strength training: 35/45 (gym1/3)
Total cups of water: 8/40 (revised for me)
Number of days over cals: 1/7

10/13--596 calories, 18 cups water, 0 minutes strength training, under calories
10/14--665 calories, 12 cups water, 20 minutes strength training, over calories
10/15--1150 calories, 12 cups water, 0 minutes strength training, under calories
10/16--1026 calories, 15 cups water, 0 minutes strength training, under calories
10/17--
10/18--
10/19--

Calories burned: 3437/4000
H2O Intake: 57/110 cups
Under Intake Calories: 3/7 days
Strength Training: 20/60 minutes

UPDATE:

Cals Burned: 2103/3500
Cups of H20: 51/85
Mins of ST: 90/150
Days UC: 2/5
Days OC: 2/2

(wow...sorry for the length...my pain meds and coffee must've kicked in...)

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under cals: 2/5.......Th (180).....Fr (20)...Sa (-690)...Su (210)...Mo (
under sodium: 2/5.......Th (170)......Fr.....(-435)...Sa (-112)...Su (290)...Mo (
burn 2000 cals: 620/3000.....Th (190)....Fr...(0)...Sa (0)...Su (430)...Mo (
10min relax time: 2/5.....Th (0).....Fr (1).....Sa (1)...Su (0)...Mo (
60 cups of water: 18/60.....Th (6)....Fr (8)...Sa(0)...Sun (4)...Mo (
cal avg for week 1440/1400:.....Th (1220)....Fr (1210)...Sa (1900)...Su (1430)...Mo (
weight: 10/12-167.8.........10/19-TBA
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Awesome job so far guys! Tausha, hope you are having an awesome time on your vacay!

Annie--Completely understand. I had to drop a group that I had started because I realized that I wasn't on the same page at the time and needed to focus on something else. You are correct that if you are fibbing on your diary to meet the goals of the group, then it isn't helping you at all. My hope is that you will feel comfortable posting everything here, including the not meeting of goals (or maybe modify your goals to where it is closer to what you can actually obtain...just don't make it easy...you have to work for it). I don't think anyone says anything about not meeting goals (but will say something if you try to make excuses everyday). Just post your results, recognize your accomplishments, realize what you need to work on, and go from there! By all means, do not give up! Realize your potential and you will succeed! (sorry, Jillian is still in my head even after not doing her video for 2 months).

Anita--all I can say is WOW! all that PLUS 90 of those damn burpees! wow..... yep... just wow... (very impressed)

Laura-I think Aunt Flo and Uncle Tom need to go out and do one of those homicide/suicide things you see on TV! Will have to track mine one more month to see if that causes any weight fluctuations...wish I could mark it on my weight somehow....

Suzanne--Wow, great job on your goals! If you are burning that many calories, don't fret the missing <2000 mark as long as you aren't eating all of the calories back...same with sodium, you are sweating (I assume) a lot, so body may be needing it!

Karen--Thanks so much for the table update! You rock (and congrats on the loss! )

Melinda--Did you enter the wrong starting weight or did something happen? I noticed that you had a 6 pound gain on the first week and didn't know if the data was incorrect (or you were sick the week before). If it was truly that weight, then no biggie and we can get back...but if it wasn't, I would suggest requesting a change in documentation so you don't get frustrated at that final column... (but congrats on the loss with this last weigh in!)

Nat--You are a MACHINE! Wow. Just curious (from my previous issue, just seeing if you find the same) do you have concerns that your high calorie burn is affecting your actual weight loss, or are you seeing enough of a body transformation that the scale doesn't matter?

Great job on the weight losses this last weigh in! I went shopping for new work pants (mine kept sliding down my butt and they were too bunched up w/ a belt). So excited that the size 14s are actually loose and I can fit into my jeans that I had saved from my last weight loss experience! Yay! So glad I kept them...this time I will get to the point that they will be too big and I will not outgrow them again!!!

I have learned that staying below on sodium is hard. I don't add salt to ANYTHING and it is still really close. I saw my 17 y/o step-daughter on Saturday sprinkle salt on her chick fil a sandwich (probably mimicing her mother) and wanted to educate her on it, but she gets EXTREMELY defensive when anything regarding her weight is brought up (has caused a few family fights) so we have told her that we won't try to help her w/ her weight/eating unless she comes to us...but it is really hard to not say something when she is doing something that is so unhealthy!

Sorry for not responding on the 'what is 10 minutes to self'. I am counting it as any time that you are w/o electronics...relaxing your brain/reflecting/meditating/whatever...the main thing is that you aren't having to focus on any kind of stimulus. I am not counting reading for myself becuase I try to get some in every day, but if it isn't normal for you to read, then go ahead and count it (but the idea of it is more of a little bit of time to look, w/ your imagination, what you look like, what you see yourself looking like, what are your goals for the week, how is your financial status and how to make easier for yourself...any type of reflection and motivation...de-stressing...whatever you need it to be).

Thursday goal idea--what about a protein goal for the next round? Not too high, but at least something to shoot for. I know protein is recommended for weight loss (not talking about no carb, just increased protein)

Thoughts? Recommendations for amount? If we like, should it be an amount or a percentage of calories?