Thinner for Thanksgiving! 7 week challenge
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@ Joe - good job!Forgot to post this yesterday.
Sept. 30: 269.8
Oct 07: 269.8
Oct 14: 267.8
Oct 21: 267.0
I'll take the 0.8 pound loss. Missed the gym two days this week. Missed it when I couldn't get away from my desk to go, and them missed it because I wasn't there.0 -
@ Mandy - another great challenge! I just finished my 2nd set of three -- its really good exercise!***Mini-Challenge for Week 4***
Okay, gang. Here is the mini-challenge for the week. We are going to do the all-time class squat! It's great for the glutes, quads, hammies and calves. Three sets of 15 every day! If you can manage all of those okay, try adding hand weights,. Or for you super-heroes, try doing them with a barbell and weights. You can really work your core by doing them on a bosu ball at a gym.
For the proper form of a squat, the key is to maintain the right alignment. Keep the feet approximately parallel, about shoulder-width apart. Lower hips as if sitting on an invisible chair until legs are almost parallel to the floor, then come back up to standing. Keep your torso and back muscles taut. And make sure your knees DO NOT come out farther than your toes to avoid knee damage. Remember that this exercise should work your glutes well, so really squeeze them!
If you keep up this mini-challenge, in no time at all you will be doing tons of squats. Check out this six week program:
http://www.twohundredsquats.com/
By the way, I will be updating the spreadsheet sometime after 7pmPST tonight, so get those results on in!0 -
New spreadsheet posted:
www.schmole.com/myfitnesspal/results.htm
Dave, Mimi, and Jay - hip, hip, hooray! Congrats on losses this week!
Maria, Sam, and RatsyRoo - holding steady.
Me - rough one, 'nuff said.
Wimberley, Kelly, Joe, Keisha - how did y'all fare?
Poop! I forgot to post on here, but I did post it to my progress on my profile. Another .2 loss but that was after I had eaten breakfast and stuff so it may be a bit more. Regardless last night I had italian for dinner and drank jack and diet coke so I will be busting butt to get back to what I was when I weighed in I'm sure LOL.0 -
Hi everyone, I hope you're doing well. It's been a rough week. At this point I think I just maintained. I'm on the road again this week and seriously need to get back on track. I think it will be a little easier and hope to stay in touch more. Yay for squats!!!0
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Hope everyone is doing well. First full day of my business trip in Florida and I'm trying to be good! But all the food is provided for us, so I'm at the mercy of what they are serving. Overall I think I've done well, but how can I really tell for sure when I'm not making it myself. I have some free time before dinner and the evening festivities, so I'm going to hit the treadmill for a bit (jogged 1.5 miles outside yesterday, which is much different than the treadmill - something I'll have to get used to). Hope my friends in fitness are doing well. I'll talk with you all later!
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Hope you are having a fun and safe trip so far Dave!!
Today I woke up feeling weird, and it showed at my trainer session. She was pushing me hard and I almost blacked out....oops! So we ended the session early by about 10-15 minutes. I walked to/from the gym so that helped and I think I'll go walking tonight after dinner with my neighbors. I don't know what was up with this morning. I didn't eat breakfast and I know that's a big no-no but I was feeling sick to my stomach so nothing sounded appealing. Doing yesterday's and today's squats in addition to the kettle bell squats I did this morning! Agh! My poor behind!!! LoL hope all of you had/are having a great Monday!
Aloha!0 -
Feeling so good today. Had to do two days of squats yesterday to make up for blowing it off (in my weight-gain induced funk!) from Saturday. I did just two sets of 45. Holy smokes - my behind is SERIOUSLY sore from that! Even felt it during my walk this morning. Don't know why but haven't had those rough binge urges the past two days. Thank goodness - hate fighting that! I have held still at 129 since Friday but I am okay with that. Just looking forward and remembering that this is a lifestyle change, not a diet. The weight will come off - I know what to do to make it happen. I sat down with my calendar last night and mapped out my exercise times during the next three weeks. Sometimes the fact that I am a part-time SAHM and part-time tutor can make it difficult to fit it in. But I have a plan. I am in this game!
@Dave and Kelly - Nice job sneaking in those workouts on the business trips. So proud of you two. Don't know how you run the treadmill, Dave. I call it the "dreadmill" - can ONLY run outdoors!
@Wimberly - take good care of yourself, okay? Don't push it if your body needs to rest!
@Mimi - Your encouraging words really helped the last few days. Thanks for helping me get back to it. 0 -
Hi everyone....hope everyone had a great week. I'm feeling a whole lot better. This week was pretty rough but I am glad to say I am weighing in at 146lbs. YAyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!! I'm 1lb away from my goal for this challenge. Wow I can't believe that. Great job for all those who have lost weight. Hope everyone has a great weekend.
How exciting!! Good for you...you should be proud :flowerforyou:0 -
Today I weighed 19.2--so no loss this week . I'm pretty sure I'm retaining water or something right now (or hoping that 's it!). I am about to leave for a women's retreat with some ladies from my church. We'll be eating out at least twice and I probably won't have much say in where we go so.....gotta commit to finding healthier options and hopefully not mess up too much this week.
Looks like everyone is doing great!! Keep up the good work, guys!
You can do it! Just stay away from the fried foods lol Hope you're doing well0 -
***Mini-Challenge for Week 4***
Okay, gang. Here is the mini-challenge for the week. We are going to do the all-time class squat! It's great for the glutes, quads, hammies and calves. Three sets of 15 every day! If you can manage all of those okay, try adding hand weights,. Or for you super-heroes, try doing them with a barbell and weights. You can really work your core by doing them on a bosu ball at a gym.
For the proper form of a squat, the key is to maintain the right alignment. Keep the feet approximately parallel, about shoulder-width apart. Lower hips as if sitting on an invisible chair until legs are almost parallel to the floor, then come back up to standing. Keep your torso and back muscles taut. And make sure your knees DO NOT come out farther than your toes to avoid knee damage. Remember that this exercise should work your glutes well, so really squeeze them!
If you keep up this mini-challenge, in no time at all you will be doing tons of squats. Check out this six week program:
http://www.twohundredsquats.com/
By the way, I will be updating the spreadsheet sometime after 7pmPST tonight, so get those results on in!
Thank you for another great challenge! I love how your challenges are attainable...just a few minutes here and there :happy:0 -
Hope everyone is doing well. First full day of my business trip in Florida and I'm trying to be good! But all the food is provided for us, so I'm at the mercy of what they are serving. Overall I think I've done well, but how can I really tell for sure when I'm not making it myself. I have some free time before dinner and the evening festivities, so I'm going to hit the treadmill for a bit (jogged 1.5 miles outside yesterday, which is much different than the treadmill - something I'll have to get used to). Hope my friends in fitness are doing well. I'll talk with you all later!
Dave
Enjoy your trip! I know how it is when it comes to business lunches....hope you will make good choices. Is it nice in FL right now? I miss the sunshine already.0 -
Hope you are having a fun and safe trip so far Dave!!
Today I woke up feeling weird, and it showed at my trainer session. She was pushing me hard and I almost blacked out....oops! So we ended the session early by about 10-15 minutes. I walked to/from the gym so that helped and I think I'll go walking tonight after dinner with my neighbors. I don't know what was up with this morning. I didn't eat breakfast and I know that's a big no-no but I was feeling sick to my stomach so nothing sounded appealing. Doing yesterday's and today's squats in addition to the kettle bell squats I did this morning! Agh! My poor behind!!! LoL hope all of you had/are having a great Monday!
Aloha!
I hope you're okay. Maybe your body was telling you it needs a little rest...hopefully it's just because you din't eat breakfast. Happy Monday!0 -
Sorry I haven't posted all week. Thanks for everyone's good wishes! I've been slowly getting better but have had no energy the whole week, and haven't exercised at all since last Saturday. So I did do two days of the mini-challenge before getting sick on Sunday -- those jumping jacks were tough and my legs were really sore! But I did manage to do 3 minutes continuously and did 75 sec of hand/toe planks. Great mini-challenge, Mandy!
Anyway, coping with work this week has been a real struggle (too bad I couldn't put all of the issues on hold until next week!) and I've hardly been online at all. I ended up calling in sick on Tues. and today so that I could get some rest.
My weigh in today was bad -- 136.4 lbs, so I'm almost back to where I started (!36.8 lbs). :ohwell: That's kind of what I expected since I wasn't exercising and have been constantly over my calories as well. I was just feeling pretty miserable the whole week and wasn't motivated.
I still didn't feel up to exercising today, but I'll see if I can find the energy to do the mini-challenge tomorrow.
I hope you're starting to feel better. Don't push yourself too hard. Sometimes our bodies act tired for a reason and we should listen :happy: Be sure to drink a lot of water
I also have not been posting or logging...work...work...work. I feel so guilty for not logging or posting but I honestly had no time.0 -
Found some really delicious crackers today that are not too bad for you. Blue Diamond Nut Thins...cheddar cheese flavor. mmm mmm good. 16 crackers 130 calories glutten free and I think they only had 3 grams of fat. Good stuff!0
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Found some really delicious crackers today that are not too bad for you. Blue Diamond Nut Thins...cheddar cheese flavor. mmm mmm good. 16 crackers 130 calories glutten free and I think they only had 3 grams of fat. Good stuff!
Thanks for this tasty idea I think these will go on my grocery list!!!0 -
@ Mandy - I'm glad I could help! Its great that you're back on track now!Feeling so good today. Had to do two days of squats yesterday to make up for blowing it off (in my weight-gain induced funk!) from Saturday. I did just two sets of 45. Holy smokes - my behind is SERIOUSLY sore from that! Even felt it during my walk this morning. Don't know why but haven't had those rough binge urges the past two days. Thank goodness - hate fighting that! I have held still at 129 since Friday but I am okay with that. Just looking forward and remembering that this is a lifestyle change, not a diet. The weight will come off - I know what to do to make it happen. I sat down with my calendar last night and mapped out my exercise times during the next three weeks. Sometimes the fact that I am a part-time SAHM and part-time tutor can make it difficult to fit it in. But I have a plan. I am in this game!
@Dave and Kelly - Nice job sneaking in those workouts on the business trips. So proud of you two. Don't know how you run the treadmill, Dave. I call it the "dreadmill" - can ONLY run outdoors!
@Wimberly - take good care of yourself, okay? Don't push it if your body needs to rest!
@Mimi - Your encouraging words really helped the last few days. Thanks for helping me get back to it.0 -
Found some really delicious crackers today that are not too bad for you. Blue Diamond Nut Thins...cheddar cheese flavor. mmm mmm good. 16 crackers 130 calories glutten free and I think they only had 3 grams of fat. Good stuff!
Thanks for this tasty idea I think these will go on my grocery list!!!
I found them in the natural section at Fredys0 -
Hope everyone has been doing well this week. The last few days have been a real challenge for me. All of my meals have been provided (all which were excellent and came with dessert!) and I have enjoyed different foods I wouldn't normally eat (and some I shouldn't). For my sanity sake as well as keeping me on track, I have decided to not weigh in this coming Friday. Hope this is all ok with you guys, but mentally for me, I think this is the best way for me to handle it. I will be back on track on Thursday (tomorrow) and will kick *kitten* until our next weigh in, where I'll weigh in and record the results, no matter what the outcome. Again, this is something I need to do for myself so I do not become a slave to the scale. My meetings are done for the trip. I have a lot of information to process and take back to my team/staff which is what I'll be working on for the rest of the day (plus hitting the gym and checking out the pool). Ok, I'm done talking, hope you are all doing great!
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Hope everyone has been doing well this week. The last few days have been a real challenge for me. All of my meals have been provided (all which were excellent and came with dessert!) and I have enjoyed different foods I wouldn't normally eat (and some I shouldn't). For my sanity sake as well as keeping me on track, I have decided to not weigh in this coming Friday. Hope this is all ok with you guys, but mentally for me, I think this is the best way for me to handle it. I will be back on track on Thursday (tomorrow) and will kick *kitten* until our next weigh in, where I'll weigh in and record the results, no matter what the outcome. Again, this is something I need to do for myself so I do not become a slave to the scale. My meetings are done for the trip. I have a lot of information to process and take back to my team/staff which is what I'll be working on for the rest of the day (plus hitting the gym and checking out the pool). Ok, I'm done talking, hope you are all doing great!
Dave
I sincerely do not blame you and agree that it would probably be best since you couldn't really help what was being fed to you during this business trip. What do you do by the way?0 -
Okay people!! I think I just ripped through a whole new layer of muscle tissue!!! I did this cardio/sculpt class at the gym with my neighbor today and my whole body is shaking!!! Ahhhhh but I definitely feel motivated! Tonight is zumba so I think we are doing that too. It's Halloween themed so you can either wear your costume or wear a white t-shirt and they will have black lights and glow sticks to wear so that everyone glows in the dark, lol. I'm excited! I am also feeling more excited about weigh in on Friday. Hope you are all having a great week!0
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Hope everyone has been doing well this week. The last few days have been a real challenge for me. All of my meals have been provided (all which were excellent and came with dessert!) and I have enjoyed different foods I wouldn't normally eat (and some I shouldn't). For my sanity sake as well as keeping me on track, I have decided to not weigh in this coming Friday. Hope this is all ok with you guys, but mentally for me, I think this is the best way for me to handle it. I will be back on track on Thursday (tomorrow) and will kick *kitten* until our next weigh in, where I'll weigh in and record the results, no matter what the outcome. Again, this is something I need to do for myself so I do not become a slave to the scale. My meetings are done for the trip. I have a lot of information to process and take back to my team/staff which is what I'll be working on for the rest of the day (plus hitting the gym and checking out the pool). Ok, I'm done talking, hope you are all doing great!
Dave
I sincerely do not blame you and agree that it would probably be best since you couldn't really help what was being fed to you during this business trip. What do you do by the way?
Wimberley -
I'm in retail selling sporting goods, specifically specialty sporting goods selling hockey equipment, accessories, and related merchandise. The trip is a yearly one that one of our vendors does to show us the new product for next fall (go figure we have to figure out what we want to order for next fall when this hockey season just got going!). We call it the dog and pony show, basically the company spends a lot of money to show us new product, let us know what is in the works, and give us tools to help us grow our business. My boss had me go last year as well as this year to take in the info, sort out the crap and report back the relevant info (after the brain washing has subsided a little bit
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Dave0 -
I have a feeling that this will be another week of no loss. I run a tutoring business and go home to home. After the five week notices came out, I got slammed with calls. On days like today I am away from the house for 14 hours. It feels good in the wallet, but it forces me to grab quick/fast food. Tomorrow is another day of the same and then next week I am away working a part time job upstate where all meals are reimbursed and everyone meets after work for drinks and buffets and drinks and wings and... Did I mention drinks? Dave I am looking to you for inspiration this week!0
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Hope everyone has been doing well this week. The last few days have been a real challenge for me. All of my meals have been provided (all which were excellent and came with dessert!) and I have enjoyed different foods I wouldn't normally eat (and some I shouldn't). For my sanity sake as well as keeping me on track, I have decided to not weigh in this coming Friday. Hope this is all ok with you guys, but mentally for me, I think this is the best way for me to handle it. I will be back on track on Thursday (tomorrow) and will kick *kitten* until our next weigh in, where I'll weigh in and record the results, no matter what the outcome. Again, this is something I need to do for myself so I do not become a slave to the scale. My meetings are done for the trip. I have a lot of information to process and take back to my team/staff which is what I'll be working on for the rest of the day (plus hitting the gym and checking out the pool). Ok, I'm done talking, hope you are all doing great!
Dave
Hi Dave,
I think you should do what you feel is right. If you feel you need to not weigh in than don't :happy: I'm certainly not an expert but from all of my years of dieting I've come to the conclusion that it does not help to completely deprive yourself or to push yourself too hard because I always end up binging. If I don't push myself too hard I tent to have better progress in the long run. I allow myself to have 3 or 4 cheat meals a week. We're here for ya Dave :drinker:0 -
I have a feeling that this will be another week of no loss. I run a tutoring business and go home to home. After the five week notices came out, I got slammed with calls. On days like today I am away from the house for 14 hours. It feels good in the wallet, but it forces me to grab quick/fast food. Tomorrow is another day of the same and then next week I am away working a part time job upstate where all meals are reimbursed and everyone meets after work for drinks and buffets and drinks and wings and... Did I mention drinks? Dave I am looking to you for inspiration this week!
When I'm forced to eat out, I try my best to ask for no cheese or no sause and so on. It makes me feel kind of proud for making that alteration and not as guilty :bigsmile: I would recommend drinking a ton of water to flush that all that sodium out.0 -
Okay people!! I think I just ripped through a whole new layer of muscle tissue!!! I did this cardio/sculpt class at the gym with my neighbor today and my whole body is shaking!!! Ahhhhh but I definitely feel motivated! Tonight is zumba so I think we are doing that too. It's Halloween themed so you can either wear your costume or wear a white t-shirt and they will have black lights and glow sticks to wear so that everyone glows in the dark, lol. I'm excited! I am also feeling more excited about weigh in on Friday. Hope you are all having a great week!
I'm going to have to try Zumba. I've heard so many good things about it! Have lots of fun!0 -
@ Dave very cool profession!
@ Maria, Zumba was AMAZING! I sweated my BUTT off. It was "Zombie Zumba" and you were supposed to wear white/halloween outfit so my neighbor and I wore a sheet over us tied as a toga. It was hilarious and a great workout. I love workouts where you don't feel that "ugh FML" feeling, lmao! You should definitely try it sometime. I know I will be going back next week! 0 -
@Dave - I think that's a GREAT idea to "weight" a week. Ha! I got so discouraged last Friday that it really sent me for a loop. A little over the top, in retrospect. But weight is an emmotional trigger point for me. So I personally like your idea. Just get back to the grind!
@Maria - Don't you live in Portland, too? I'm in SE. Maybe we could ACTUALLY try a Zumba class together one day. I am all for working out and not feeling like it was just to work out!
@Wimberley - You amaze me with all of your calorie burns. Two classes on one day? I would be a zombie without the Zumba then!
@Samwelli - I TOTALLY relate. I was tutoring starting at 8am on Wednesdays and finishing at 5:30pm, grabbing dinner with the fam, and then back at it again until 8:30pm. (I have since scaled back a bit, because it just wasn't working well for me or my family to have such long days like that!) I started planning and packing my food on Tuesdays nights. Breakfast was veggie/egg-white scramble with salsa and a piece of toast, morning snack was string cheese and a piece of fruit, lunches were usually salads with smoked salmon and crackers, afternoon snack would be more fruit or a ThinkThin high-protein bar. Believe it or not, I actually found in the end that I could manage my calories WAY WAY better on those days with just my one bag of food to last for the day. Calculating it all out ahead of time was awesome for me. And I wasn't at home to have to resist my urge to eat the food all around me.
Hope EVERYBODY has a good weigh-in tomorrow. May the weight loss gods and goddesses be kind! 0 -
Mandy I was a little amazed with myself too. I think I overcame another physical boundary. I was dreading going especially because I made homemade meatloaf and mashed potatoes and green beans and didn't want to be sweating my butt off while my husband is enjoying a delicious dinner. I think doing Zumba helped me not want to eat as much too though. Regardless it was great and I am SORE today. I also forgot to do squats yesterday so I need to double up today. Contemplating on doing yoga and walking or just going walking. I think yoga will be good on the sore muscles though.
Happy Thursday everyone!!0 -
189.0!!!!!!!!! I guess that extra hour at the gym last night paid off. I had to step off and back on the scale this morning to make sure it was really true. I made sure both feet were on the scale and I was standing straight up. First time below 190 in what seems like forever, but in reality the whole spiral started in 1999 when I threw out my back and the subsequent spinal fusion and yearly (if not more often) pain injections and treatments. I am going to take a picture of th scale now. Be back on later!0
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Week 0: 136.8 (
) -- starting weight
Week 1: 133.8 (-3.0 lb)
Week 2: 136.4 (+2.6 lb) -- sick
Week 3: 133.2 (-2.8 lb)
Week 4: 130.8 (-2.4 lb)
Lost 2.4 lbs last week and I'm really happy! :happy: Ever since I started exercising again 9 days ago (after recovering from being sick), I've tried to get more exercise during the day by walking instead of standing or sitting whenever I could, and doing leg lifts if I had to stand -- I spent very little time standing still! :laugh: It looks like that's really helped me to burn a lot of extra calories, because previously I had only been able to lose ~1 lb/week while doing the same morning workout and following the same eating plan.
I'm going to keep doing the extra exercise during the day and see if it continues to boost my weight loss. Onwards to week 5!0
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