May Challenge!!!!

So end of week 1:

Calorie burn aim: 2200 and managed 2432 so that was ok
Did gardening a couple of times as a different way of burning cals and replaced an hour on my laptop in the evening with an hours housework, twice.

Stayed within my cals and logged everything every day apart from Monday when I did log everything but went over my cals by a fair bit.

I weighed myself on Monday morning and I was 2 lb down from last week but when I weighed in this morning i was 1 lb up from last week! Like others have said, its annoying when you do all the good work then ruin it all so easily!

Ah well, here's to another week, starting today.

Still aiming for 2200 cal burn. Going to get up 15mins early twice this week and walk the dog before work (believe me...that will be a challenge!!) And this week's different exercise is going to be strength work with weights..aiming for 3 sessions in addition to my wiifit and treadmill running.

Right gotta get off this laptop and do one of my 'not so nice things!'

Good luck all!!

I've been very sick the last past week but now I am feeling better. I will be posting up my sw when I get home and will keep handing my business on here

I'm a little late posting. Yesterday was crazy!
As for my goals... not a great week. About 200 calories short, gained the better part of a pound, and only did one thing new/don't like. Got closer to running the 5k, though.

This week will be much, much better.

Sherry's goals are for the month:
For May 6-11th: Eat clean foods! Do not Binge(overeat)

How you will be measuring: Track on MFP calories consumed. Use food scale.
May 7th: Didn't really use the food scale but I did track my cal's on MFP. Calories:1320-1375 and grams of Protein 130+ (I target more than 100g per day)
May 8th: Again, I didn't use the food scale but I did track my cal's on MFP. Caloris: 1295 Protein G111. Calories may be a little low because I didn't have a scale to measure food on. Needless to say, I am allowed 1800 calories so If i were off by 30% that would be 400 caloris more... so 1695 is still within range. Weight this morning down 1# more to 100.4 (I was at 104 on Mon morning...talk about hormonal retention!).

What your motivators are: Feeling in control of my eating and not fat from eating the wrong foods
May 7th: Felt in control of my eating. Felt really focused on my tasks at hand and not on food. so mentally I would give today a 10++
May 8th: Felt in control again of my eating. I wonder how much of last weeks out of control was from hormonal TOM. I was focused on my tasks at hand and kept busy. I was't hungry by the time supper came but, ate healthy and just a bit smaller. Then had an 8pm snack that contained casin so I wouldn't burn protein/muscle over night. this is the 3rd night I have tried this method...seems to be favorable on the scale.

Other things I want to track:
May 7: Stress level : 8/10 - Sleep 8/10 (neck issues) -Food 10/10 - Exercise 10/10 WorkoutChest and back) -focus level 9/10
I didn't feel as focused in my workout, I was concerned with pushing too hard.
May 8: Stress level: 6/10 (1 being none); Neck issues are getting much better. Food 10/10 - Exercise 10/10 (Insanity MIC and 20min elliptical) - Focus level 8/10 (10 being all focused). Felt I brought it today and promised/prayed to God that I would remain focused on Wed when I work remote.

Sherry's goals are for the month:
For May 6-11th: Eat clean foods! Do not Binge(overeat)

How you will be measuring: Track on MFP calories consumed. Use food scale.
May 7th: Didn't really use the food scale but I did track my cal's on MFP. Calories:1320-1375 and grams of Protein 130+ (I target more than 100g per day)
May 8th: Again, I didn't use the food scale but I did track my cal's on MFP. Caloris: 1295 Protein G111. Calories may be a little low because I didn't have a scale to measure food on. Needless to say, I am allowed 1800 calories so If i were off by 30% that would be 400 caloris more... so 1695 is still within range. Weight this morning down 1# more to 100.4 (I was at 104 on Mon morning...talk about hormonal retention!).
May 9th: used food sclae and tracked calories. 1496cal; 133g protein; Bodybugg said I used 2200 calories...yet the scale didn't move...perhaps I missed a few in my calorie log. So Figuring 30% off on calories...150*3=450..1500+450=1950cals. Still a 300 calorie difference.

What your motivators are: Feeling in control of my eating and not fat from eating the wrong foods
May 7th: Felt in control of my eating. Felt really focused on my tasks at hand and not on food. so mentally I would give today a 10++
May 8th: Felt in control again of my eating. I wonder how much of last weeks out of control was from hormonal TOM. I was focused on my tasks at hand and kept busy. I was't hungry by the time supper came but, ate healthy and just a bit smaller. Then had an 8pm snack that contained casin so I wouldn't burn protein/muscle over night. this is the 3rd night I have tried this method...seems to be favorable on the scale.
May 9th: Worked from home, was a little bored at home. I ate my casin snack at 8:30 even though I wasn't hungry. The scale didn't go either way....so we'll see what it says tomorrow. I was able to get in 2 or 3 walks outside during my day, so that was REAL NICE.

Other things I want to track:
May 7: Stress level : 8/10 - Sleep 8/10 (neck issues) -Food 10/10 - Exercise 10/10 WorkoutChest and back) -focus level 9/10
I didn't feel as focused in my workout, I was concerned with pushing too hard.
May 8: Stress level: 6/10 (1 being none); Neck issues are getting much better. Food 10/10 - Exercise 10/10 (Insanity MIC and 20min elliptical) - Focus level 8/10 (10 being all focused). Felt I brought it today and promised/prayed to God that I would remain focused on Wed when I work remote.
May 9th: Stress level: 5/10 (DD at 4pm was a 10/10); Neck better; Still stiff when I wake up but not after my am exercise. Food 8/10 - I ate out of boredom a couple times and I should have done something more constructive. Exercise 10/10(Shoulders/Arms and 20min kickboxing). Focus level 6/10 - hope to get that number up for today! Felt that I needed to step up my game for Thursday...at least I am in the office. That should help alot.

Starting May 11:
I have to burn 2290 calories with exercise each week.
This week I pick yoga.
I will not buy any Nutella this week, and for the do it twice, I won't buy any next week.
Is there anything I"m missing?

Hello to all you challengers!!!!
It's Sunday night - you have one more day to go for that calorie burn, good choice Xs2 and your new activity.

I already know what my goal is for this upcoming week. Yes, I can burn those big cals in the gym, but I eat like crap for dinner and at night - it totally ruins all the work I did. That needs to stop. I'll post my other goals on Tuesday when we do our check-in for the week.

We've almost completed one full week of May - - - are you where you thought you would be? Is this challenge too easy or hard? Where you at?

lol Almost 2 weeks are up in May and I'm just starting tomorrow cuz I didn't shake my sickness as soon as I thought I would. Thanks for still letting me be a part of it!!

I give up, I'm starting on Tuesday.

My excuse for not logging: Crazy busy at work. Ate some junk, didn't feel like logging food....thought somehow that would make it invisible food (ie. if you don't log it, it doesn't count). Does anyone else have that syndrome? I sure do. LOL. Excuse #2: It's Mothers Day. Now, why on earth is Mothers day the day to treat my body like crap? Why? Why? Why? I'll tell you why....because Lifetime habbits are so hard to break. We litterally have been doing this food crap thing for our entire lives and we are trying to break patterns. But, the body resists ALL changes and it trys to revert back to the 'old way'. NOT THIS TIME!!! NOT THIS WEEK!!

Anyway - This week. Eat properly. For goodness sake girl, eat properly. not M&Ms and ice cream and crap! I have 6 days before Vacation and I will go on vacation knowing I ate right for 6 days. Even if 6 is an evil number!.

SO...U turn today.....Back at it starting NOW!

Well, here is my 2nd check in!

Generally, this week has been great!
I finally started to lose some weight, after being at more or less the same level for about three weeks. And then suddenly I lost about 1,5 kg :happy:
I gained some back yesterday evening when we had a celebration at work and I overate my allowance (or overdrank?), but I will lose it again in a few days.
My summer trousers which I said should fit by the end of the month already fit now (okay, it's a tight fit, but a fit - once again :happy: ), so I mentally switched to another pair as a substitute for the end-of-month goal.

Specifically this week: I managed 3211 cal burn (aim has been 2500), and I took the stairs more often, but I didn't manage to try a new kind of exercise.

Next week I will do some new kind of exercise - I just purchased the 30 Day Shred DVD and a HRM, so there are some new things to try, and due to my weight loss I am really motivated!
I intend to eat fish twice. And of course, aim for at least 2500 cal burn.

Hope you had a great week, too!

My excuse for not logging: Crazy busy at work. Ate some junk, didn't feel like logging food....thought somehow that would make it invisible food (ie. if you don't log it, it doesn't count). Does anyone else have that syndrome? I sure do. LOL. Excuse #2: It's Mothers Day. Now, why on earth is Mothers day the day to treat my body like crap? Why? Why? Why? I'll tell you why....because Lifetime habbits are so hard to break. We litterally have been doing this food crap thing for our entire lives and we are trying to break patterns. But, the body resists ALL changes and it trys to revert back to the 'old way'. NOT THIS TIME!!! NOT THIS WEEK!!

Anyway - This week. Eat properly. For goodness sake girl, eat properly. not M&Ms and ice cream and crap! I have 6 days before Vacation and I will go on vacation knowing I ate right for 6 days. Even if 6 is an evil number!.

SO...U turn today.....Back at it starting NOW!

Yes, I have that syndrome! Every time I have a cheat day.

bump for advice in June!

Ugh. Thankful for a new week to start again. Off to a good start today. Have a race this weekend. That's good motivation to stay on track. Almost at the "run a 5k without having to walk at all" goal. Did it once, but don't count it finished until I can do it consistently.

I need some ideas for something new to burn calories. I don't have any dvds or a place to play them right now.

byrkar - what comes to my mind for workout ideas is a Upper/Middle/Lower workout that you could do on your own... Do each move for 1 minute and create as many rounds as you need.
Pick one upper body exercises (Bicep curls, push ups, tricep dips, punching-- think something for arms)
Pick one Middle body exercise (Think any ab exercise - laying or standing abs)
Pick one Lower body exercise (Squats, sumo squats, frog hop squats, lunges, Jump rope, Kicking)

Another thing I like to do (when I am camping) is write my favorite cardio moves each on a slip of paper and then I grab a slip of paper out of the cup and do that move for 1 minute. All while my favorite playlist is playing in the background.

Running, i normally try intervals to mix it up. Such as 30sec as hard as possible, then 30 sec lower pace and repeat.

I hope that helps give you some ideas beyond DVD's and running.

Struggling with my calorie burn so far...going to have to really raise the stakes. Food is going ok though, so thats something!

Kay