May Challenge!!!!
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Well, its the middle of the month but I'm gonna go ahead and do this anyway for the last few weeks of May.
What your goals are for the month : To stick with an exercise routine. eat healthy, lose 10lbs.
How you will be measuring (I know that some people have thrown their scales out the window) : Scale=/ and energy levels. how well i adjust to the workouts
What your motivators are: Summer! I want to feel good this summer. I want to be able to wear cute clothes and feel good about myself. A lot of my female employees are trying to lose weight or simply eat healthy so its definitely a push. Especially since most dont have much to lose, it helps to know that they also struggle sometimes. Its nice to hear how they overcome those obstacles.
What your biggest weakness are: losing hope, giving up. i dont know why i do this but I lose motivation and I stop working out or I have days where I eat way too much junk food.I'm also really bad at logging my food and work outs on here which is sometthing i want to work on.0 -
LS_505- welcome. Post as often asyou like for accountability.
@me - Doing good I guess. Really wanted cheat foods yesterday (I did have popcorn) but I didn't give in anywhere else I guess. I just felt like I wanted to eat and eat and eat. It was a strength training day - perhaps that played into it. I did eat my salad. I had a nice Chicken/sub for eveningmeal and my protein shake (in a dish frozen as 'fake icecream').
My goal for today is to get to the Gym at 11am. I will! I have really found through the years that doing a morning workout (be it large or small) and doing something active at noon time, then a walk or something after the evening meal really helps keep the furnace burning. You've got to Move it...move it (thinking madagascar here).
Do you all do Protein shakes? I have one as breakfast - quick and easy! And then I know that I am getting in my bodywieght in protein which is SO important!!! (Esp. when I LOVE carbs).
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Update:
Calorie burn goal: 2200 Actual: 2422 (finally made it!)
Something new? uh... oops.
Something I don't like? I didn't like any of it this week... does that count? I'll keep working on this one. Did take the stairs one day.
5K Goal: Was in a race on Saturday. Almost made it the whole way without having to walk to recover. This one is so close I can almost taste it...
I'm struggling with eating right. I'm tired of the same foods all the time. Need to mix it up a bit but not finding anything new I want to try.0 -
Good morning to you all.
I have to admit that the scale brought me down again today. No gain, but no loss either. I should be happy with just that since I have, again, been stress eating.
I am totally and perfectly fine during the day. Then BOOM!!! the stresses of work, the planning of a wedding when keeping etiquette in mind (yes, we are both very traditional) and the "F it all" attitude that I sometimes get just hits me. I am not liking this at all.
My goal this week is both new and heatlhy for me. EAT CORRECTLY and find an alternative activity when I want to stress eat. That damn ice cream is only a short term solution - - that leads to an even bigger problem. It's true how they say that food is like a drug.
I did hit my calorie goal last week 2616/2400 - but that's not shown on the scale because of my other choices.
Ok, done venting and beating myself up. Time to put on my big girl panties and do what I know I can.0 -
HardyGirl - How do u cook your pork? Just plain or add spices? Tell us what you think of HH Abs ...Please....
Today I did P90X Chest & Back. Its a lot of push ups and a lot of pull ups. I am gradually increasing pushups to be more than what they do on the DVD. Its an amazing feat. Although, I wonder if I'm just doing 1/2 of the push up (ie. nto going down to the floor as far as they are). I just have to keep that in mind. Pull ups...not really something I enjoy doing but, I do like the cardio impact they have on the body so, I do them. Also, I had read that the more you train your back (weight lift) that it will impact your waist line and help make it smaller. So....that's enough reasons for me.
Logging food today! Off to the elliptical for a few minutes.
Hi!!
Here is the recipe for the Pork Tenderloin.
http://www.drgourmet.com/recipes/maincourse/pork/mojoporktenderloin-cs.shtml
I LOVE Hip Hop Abs. Almost as much as Turbo Jam. It's just fun, and the time flies by, and your workout is done before you know it.
Wow, P90X/. That's very impressive. I feel that I personally have to work up to that. I'm not in enough shape to try it yet. Good for you!0 -
Hi everybody!
Last week has been okay for me - not exceptional, but not bad either.
Sometimes I could not resist the temptation and got myself an ice cream (hmmm) and some chocolate... I know these will slow me down with losing weight, but I found that if I don't have some small goodies now and then, sooner or later I will lose all good intentions and eat way too much of those things at once... So, I allow myself some slack here and don't beat me up on this.
I lost some weight this week and now am 1 kg from my goal for this May challenge, which has been 82 kg. So it should be possible to lose this kg in the next 9 days!
Calorie burn goal: 3014/2500 (yeah!)
Things I don't particularly like: I ate fish twice this week
New things to try: I just played around with my new heart rate monitor, so that has been nothing really new...
Goals for the next week:
Same calorie burn of 2500
I will once again eat some fish - since it is in the freezer ;-)
I will try the 30DS - really, and not just writing about it like the last two weeks!0 -
My diet plan wants me to eat pork tenderloin twice this week. I've never liked it, but I'm going to make it and eat it anyway.
I just starting eating port tenderloin also, I actually had it last night. If you have a Nuwave, 24-28 (half on each side), you'll be extremely happy with the results! YUM!
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Good morning to you all.
I have to admit that the scale brought me down again today. No gain, but no loss either. I should be happy with just that since I have, again, been stress eating.
I am totally and perfectly fine during the day. Then BOOM!!! the stresses of work, the planning of a wedding when keeping etiquette in mind (yes, we are both very traditional) and the "F it all" attitude that I sometimes get just hits me. I am not liking this at all.
My goal this week is both new and heatlhy for me. EAT CORRECTLY and find an alternative activity when I want to stress eat. That damn ice cream is only a short term solution - - that leads to an even bigger problem. It's true how they say that food is like a drug.
I did hit my calorie goal last week 2616/2400 - but that's not shown on the scale because of my other choices.
Ok, done venting and beating myself up. Time to put on my big girl panties and do what I know I can.
Ugh, I stress eat too. And when stressed I crave chocolate.0 -
This week I actually logged my one cheat day and discovered I'm eating at least 1000 calories over what I should be consuming. No wonder I can't lose any weight. I totally pigged out on both cheat days. But it's a new week. I actually gained a pound, but have since lost 0.9 so I feel like I'm on a track now. My pants are still too tight, and I can't fit into most of my summer clothes, still worried about how I'll look in the bride's maid dress, and I still feel like the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man. (I always feel bloated and fat) So I ate waaay too much crap on the weekend, but I kept myself from buying any Nutella. (This is good cuz I can go through a big jar in about 2 1/2 days.)
I burned 2442/2290 calories this week. What a relief. Sunday is kinda scary, apparently I only burned 17 calories!!
I did do my Hip Hop Abs for 6 of the 7 days as they recommended, on the schedule that they recommended.
I'm sad to say that I didn't end up having my pork tenderloin this week. It was scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Thursday got away from my husband and me (he was off work that day), and by the time the dishes were done, and with the time cooking, we would've been eating at 9pm so he went and got me a pita from pita pit. I found two foods that we can get from fat food places, tat are fairly healthy and fit in my plan. I had the Pita on the Thursday, and then a chicken caesar salad on Friday. (My own dressing, not theirs).
This week:
I'm following the advice of someone who posted on here and was very successful with their weight loss and doing the TDEE thing so I will no longer be confused and will no longer just be winging it as to whether or not I eat back my exercise calories. So now that my calories are up I have to burn 2428 this week.
My new activity to burn calories is my Denise Austin videos. I had great success during Jenny Craig while doing ALL of my exercise videos in a cycle, rather than focusing on one program for several weeks at a time. Like mosneakers said, variety is the spice of life so I'm going for it.
This week my meal plan wants me to eat Tilapia twice. Bleh. So I will do that. I hope. Unless Saturday ends up being a cheat day, then I'm screwed. But I'll do my best.0 -
Last week I did a lot better, even on the weekend, I continued to try to make better choices. I was successful at lifting weights at least twice last week. My calorie burn was in excess of the 2360 (I wear my fitbit throughout the day).
This week, I am going to try to run at least twice this week. I’m still going to stick to my weight lifting Mon, Wed, and Fri.
It felt really good to have my friend tell me I look like I lost 5 lbs, when the scale only said .8 this morning. But I know that weight training can really make the difference. If I continue to make better choices and keep challenging myself, I will definitely achieve my goal sooner than later.
Hardygirl4ever, I can definitely understand how sometimes our lives can take control of our planned dinners. I’m happy you were able to find something good on the menu that was within your range.0 -
Last week wasn't such a good one for me
2044/2100 calorie burn which was just short but bad considering my aim was quite low.
Eating was good for most of the week and 1lb loss on the scales, when I checked in on my own weigh in day on Thursday.
Tried out a new home exercise programme with weights etc but didn't manage to achieve 'not nice but twice' things.
Completely lost the plot since Monday and I'm not sure if this challenge is giving me enough of a kick to keep going....
Done very little exercise, struggling to keep within my cals and got nothing new or 'not nice but twice' planned.
Quite demotivated as the scales are showing a hike in pounds and I don't think its just the time of the month!!
Its very hot here at the moment and not easy to exercise, but I'll see how the net few days go.
I will get back to healthy eating tomorrow but I don't think I will aim for much else at the mo.....0 -
Last week wasn't such a good one for me
2044/2100 calorie burn which was just short but bad considering my aim was quite low.
Eating was good for most of the week and 1lb loss on the scales, when I checked in on my own weigh in day on Thursday.
Tried out a new home exercise programme with weights etc but didn't manage to achieve 'not nice but twice' things.
Completely lost the plot since Monday and I'm not sure if this challenge is giving me enough of a kick to keep going....
Done very little exercise, struggling to keep within my cals and got nothing new or 'not nice but twice' planned.
Quite demotivated as the scales are showing a hike in pounds and I don't think its just the time of the month!!
Its very hot here at the moment and not easy to exercise, but I'll see how the net few days go.
I will get back to healthy eating tomorrow but I don't think I will aim for much else at the mo.....
Hey, don't give up! Even if this challenge isn't the one for you, today is a new day to start again. Everyone struggles now and then so keep trying. Remember why you are eating well and exercising! Oh, and thanks for your honesty about your struggles. Remember, you're not alone.0 -
Last week I did a lot better, even on the weekend, I continued to try to make better choices. I was successful at lifting weights at least twice last week. My calorie burn was in excess of the 2360 (I wear my fitbit throughout the day).
This week, I am going to try to run at least twice this week. I’m still going to stick to my weight lifting Mon, Wed, and Fri.
It felt really good to have my friend tell me I look like I lost 5 lbs, when the scale only said .8 this morning. But I know that weight training can really make the difference. If I continue to make better choices and keep challenging myself, I will definitely achieve my goal sooner than later.
Hardygirl4ever, I can definitely understand how sometimes our lives can take control of our planned dinners. I’m happy you were able to find something good on the menu that was within your range.
Congratulations on your great week!! I have a fitbit too! Still not good at logging my exercise on here with it. It doesn't seem to take for me and the "fitbit adjustmet" always ends up being separate than the exercise I log and MFP picks that calories for me. Maybe I just don't wait long enough for it to change? Thank you very much for understanding. I love this group. It's the first one I've been in that doesn't make me feel bad if I fall short, or don't follow everything to the letter. I wish it wasn't ending in a week. :sad:
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Last week wasn't such a good one for me
2044/2100 calorie burn which was just short but bad considering my aim was quite low.
Eating was good for most of the week and 1lb loss on the scales, when I checked in on my own weigh in day on Thursday.
Tried out a new home exercise programme with weights etc but didn't manage to achieve 'not nice but twice' things.
Completely lost the plot since Monday and I'm not sure if this challenge is giving me enough of a kick to keep going....
Done very little exercise, struggling to keep within my cals and got nothing new or 'not nice but twice' planned.
Quite demotivated as the scales are showing a hike in pounds and I don't think its just the time of the month!!
Its very hot here at the moment and not easy to exercise, but I'll see how the net few days go.
I will get back to healthy eating tomorrow but I don't think I will aim for much else at the mo.....
Every week is a new week, and a fresh start. I'm sure you'll get your exercising back up. I'm not able to make my not nice but twice thing this week either, so I decided as long as I do something twice I don't really like, I'm still good. You could do the same.
If this challenge isn't working for you, start a new one! You can do it! Do you plan your food out the day before, or as you go through the day? I try to plan mine the night before so that I know that I'll be staying within my calorie budget. Don't worry, the scale will budge. Are you eating enough calories? I found that I wasn't. I upped them, and started losing again.
I like exercising when it's hot, I find that it makes me a lot more flexible and sweating is very good. Just keep plugging away taking it day by day and you'll be just fine! 0 -
Last week I did a lot better, even on the weekend, I continued to try to make better choices. I was successful at lifting weights at least twice last week. My calorie burn was in excess of the 2360 (I wear my fitbit throughout the day).
Congratulations on your great week!! I have a fitbit too! Still not good at logging my exercise on here with it. It doesn't seem to take for me and the "fitbit adjustmet" always ends up being separate than the exercise I log and MFP picks that calories for me. Maybe I just don't wait long enough for it to change? Thank you very much for understanding. I love this group. It's the first one I've been in that doesn't make me feel bad if I fall short, or don't follow everything to the letter. I wish it wasn't ending in a week. :sad:
This is how I deal with Fitbit and MFP. I only log my workout through MFP, I do not use the start/stop function on my fitbit, and I make sure I log it before my fitbit syncs to my computer. Also, I adjusted my fitbit calories, MFP shows your daily goal less your deficient and FITBIT adjusts their calories daily as you burn. So, I upped my goal on FITBIT to be equal to MFP plus the 500, so now, when it goes over it's not too excessive. I have noticed a different in my fitbit adjustment now.0 -
Last week was not the best, but I am not mad with the scale because I've realized that stomach isn't working to well (trying not to going into detail, it'll be TMI), so I'm thinking that the number I've seen is not really the truth.
This is the last week, so I hope everyone was able to achieve their goals and those that may have not, you were able to find a place or area that you can improve. For me, I learned I've started making better choices over the weekend and still drinking water too. (used to be my biggest problem).0 -
Last week I did a lot better, even on the weekend, I continued to try to make better choices. I was successful at lifting weights at least twice last week. My calorie burn was in excess of the 2360 (I wear my fitbit throughout the day).
Congratulations on your great week!! I have a fitbit too! Still not good at logging my exercise on here with it. It doesn't seem to take for me and the "fitbit adjustmet" always ends up being separate than the exercise I log and MFP picks that calories for me. Maybe I just don't wait long enough for it to change? Thank you very much for understanding. I love this group. It's the first one I've been in that doesn't make me feel bad if I fall short, or don't follow everything to the letter. I wish it wasn't ending in a week. :sad:
This is how I deal with Fitbit and MFP. I only log my workout through MFP, I do not use the start/stop function on my fitbit, and I make sure I log it before my fitbit syncs to my computer. Also, I adjusted my fitbit calories, MFP shows your daily goal less your deficient and FITBIT adjusts their calories daily as you burn. So, I upped my goal on FITBIT to be equal to MFP plus the 500, so now, when it goes over it's not too excessive. I have noticed a different in my fitbit adjustment now.
Thank you so much for the help!! I'll have to try and do those things!0 -
This week I burned 2136/2428 calories this week. That's not very good. I'm a little confused about Saturday cuz I did quite a bit of walking, but my fitbit said I only walked 1000 steps that day and showed 0 calories burned on MFP for that day. The reason I'm confused is because, for example, I did less walking yesterday and had 6,200+ steps. Oh well, hopefully I'll do better this week.
I did do my Denise Austin videos this week, as well as Ballroom Learn and Burn & Biggest Loser 2. I'm mad at myself that I missed exercising two days this week, yesterday and Saturday.
I didn't get the two days of Tilapia this week, but then I decided that I had done something else I highly dislike, and I did it three times this week. Lunges. I don't know what it is, but I have a strong dislike for them. But they're really good, so I do them anyway.
On the plus side, I lost 1.7 pounds which is what I was aiming for, and was a little worried I wouldn't achieve.
This week, the last week
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As of today I can eat 1410 calories so I have to burn 2410 calories this week.
My new activity to burn calories is Chalene Extreme. This will really kick my butt and make me sore. Though, Yoga made me a little sore, and Biggest Loser made me moderately sore.
For my not so nice twice thing I will do burpees. I absolutely HATE them. But they're in my videos and people seem to think they're beneficial.
Thanks for letting me join late. Wish I started on time, don't want this group to end!0 -
Hey everyone,
So, as many of you saw, even those that are so very motivated to start a challenge can fail, have second thoughts about this whole thing and make the decision to move on or out.
My exercise wasn't up to par this week. Honestly, I'd be ashamed to even add it. My eating was beyond horrible. I could blame work (I have) but I know it's me. I let the stresses of life get the better or me, gave in to food and now weigh more than I did when I started MFP. I am almost past the point of my heaviest weight and I don't want to go back there.
June 1st is Friday and I'm wondering what you are all doing for the last days of May to make it count.
As for me:
I am not weighing myself every week anymore - it will only be on the 1st of the month.
During the last few days of May I promised myself to get back on track. I NEED and WANT this for myself. I have way too many thinngs to be happy about and don't need the added stresses. When I have uncontrollable stresses, I have to find a healthy way to work things out. Food has been my friend for the longest time - now it needs to be my fuel.
I look forward to reading all that you have learned about yourself during this month of challenges. I hope I have encouraged you as you have encouraged me and hope you'll join me in a challenge again one day!0 -
Hey everyone,
So, as many of you saw, even those that are so very motivated to start a challenge can fail, have second thoughts about this whole thing and make the decision to move on or out.
My exercise wasn't up to par this week. Honestly, I'd be ashamed to even add it. My eating was beyond horrible. I could blame work (I have) but I know it's me. I let the stresses of life get the better or me, gave in to food and now weigh more than I did when I started MFP. I am almost past the point of my heaviest weight and I don't want to go back there.
June 1st is Friday and I'm wondering what you are all doing for the last days of May to make it count.
As for me:
I am not weighing myself every week anymore - it will only be on the 1st of the month.
During the last few days of May I promised myself to get back on track. I NEED and WANT this for myself. I have way too many thinngs to be happy about and don't need the added stresses. When I have uncontrollable stresses, I have to find a healthy way to work things out. Food has been my friend for the longest time - now it needs to be my fuel.
I look forward to reading all that you have learned about yourself during this month of challenges. I hope I have encouraged you as you have encouraged me and hope you'll join me in a challenge again one day!
I was having the same problems, and I still struggle with cooking at home as much as I should. I just recently started losing weight since joining this group. Until about two weeks ago I only gained. Hang in there and you will be able to do this for yourself. I also tend to go for food when stressed, especially chocolate. I've been working on fixing that too. I also need to made food my fuel rather than my friend.
In this challenge I learned that I must log what I eat, cuz when I wasn't logging and letting myself eat what I want on "cheat days" I was damaging my efforts. You have given incredible encouragement, and I really thank you. I would love to join you in a challenge again one day!
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Hi everyone,
sorry for not having checked in earlier!
The no-motivation bug is circulating, I suppose - it hit me on Monday or Tuesday this week, after a great weekend... I had some stress at work, on top of this my TOTM, ate more than I should, and did very few exercises since then, and of course I gained some weight back. And it went so well before - talk about stupid!
But I decided today that this will have to stop - as of tomorrow I will start fresh, motivated and ready to lose some kg again! So any nice words of motivation are appreciated ;-)
Generally, this group and the group challenge has been helping me a lot in the past month - I finally moved away from the plateau I had stayed on for some weeks. The last slip should be just a bounce in the road.
So I really think we should extend the challeng for June as well - what do you think?0 -
Hi everyone,
sorry for not having checked in earlier!
The no-motivation bug is circulating, I suppose - it hit me on Monday or Tuesday this week, after a great weekend... I had some stress at work, on top of this my TOTM, ate more than I should, and did very few exercises since then, and of course I gained some weight back. And it went so well before - talk about stupid!
But I decided today that this will have to stop - as of tomorrow I will start fresh, motivated and ready to lose some kg again! So any nice words of motivation are appreciated ;-)
Generally, this group and the group challenge has been helping me a lot in the past month - I finally moved away from the plateau I had stayed on for some weeks. The last slip should be just a bounce in the road.
So I really think we should extend the challeng for June as well - what do you think?
I personally think that's an awesome idea!! 0 -
We don't have to end the group....Do we want a new thread for JUNE, or keep on this one?0
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I would say create a new thread, but the only way I can get through this one is to go through mosneakers's page. If we don't keep this one, maybe we could create a group? 0
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Created a new thread....for anyone who wants to join in....
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/621517-june-july-august-challenge?page=10 -
That's awesome!! Thank you so much!!! :flowerforyou: 0
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