CindyB97 Member

Just finished watching tonight's episode and I have to say, if they keep this up I'll be down to my goal weight, and beyond, in no time. Eating is the last thing I want to think about. :|

I vote for the zombie survival workout too.

Yay, my first week was a success! The strength was a challenge, I had been planning to restart the You Are Your Own Gym 10-week routine but never got around to it, so I did 5 and 10 minutes here and there the last 2-3 days until I hit 40 minutes. I did 100 squats this morning! Looking forward to the show tomorrow! Go…

Beginner Cardio - 110/70 Strength - 40/40 Within calories - yes Michonne challenge - yes

And the fact that we have teammates is so awesome! Usually I will join a challenge here or on another weight loss forum and it's something like "Run x miles this month" or "Lose x pounds by Christmas" or whatever. But if I DON'T do those things, nobody really knows or cares and I have zero accountability. So I just lose…

Agreed (on both counts). I get salad, estimate the dressing best I can, and if they have that grilled chicken on a stick I will add it to my salad. Very filling. Then usually just the broth from the wonton soup, also filling and honestly I don't even count it. The green beans (I know they are probably swimming in butter…

I agree with Sezxy Stef above. I have the Jawbone UP24 and I love the things it does beyond just counting your steps. My favorite is the alarm, much better for me than an alarm clock. In fact, I rarely need to set an alarm because I don't have to get up early for anything most days, but I still have my Jawbone set for 7am…

The Turkish Getup sounds awesome! And so does the Zombie Survival workout. We obviously will need to come up with lots of punishment ideas, since we will be victorious each week. I do the You Are Your Own Gym workout app, and for fun I looked at the toughest exercise they had, and it was handstand pushups (not sure what…

ShreddinMama, that's great!! Yikes, 80 jumping jacks? Three times? That is an awesome assignment (I hate to call it punishment, I don't like thinking of exercise as punishment, but jumping jacks.... yeah, it's punishment, all right!). Ms Tiffamee: If we all did it daily it would get out of hand, but I think some people are…

Onolam50: I saw that too, AMC tweeted they were going to show a spoiler after the credits. So excited!!! Planks, squats, and burpees all sound awful so yeah, they would be good punishments. Or jumping jacks, those are the worst for me.

Ms Tiffamee: Ha, that's funny! Great workout, for a couple minutes anyway. :-) But then you're left with pudding and I, personally, cannot resist no matter which flavor. Are we supposed to be thinking of punishment for the other teams for next week? Any ideas?

I love the Zombie Run app too. Question about staying within our calorie goals. How do you define that? If I go over one day, I tend to take it easy the next day. So it would look bad if you just look at one day, but maybe for the week I'm fine. Is there a margin of error or do we have to be exact? Also, how do we report…

My steps finally updated tonight. That is, they synced over to MFP. I hope that means it's fixed for good.

Thank you! That is easy! Looking forward to this challenge. And to the new season of TWD! BTW, we live near where it's all filmed and did a little self-guided tour this summer of some of the filming locations. Fun! It was really cool to find the Terminus set, it all looks the same (except the word Terminus on the…

Same here, it's still not syncing (Friday Oct 9). The weird thing is, the two apps are communicating because the Jawbone app shows the calories I've eaten that I've logged into the MFP app. So it appears the communication is only going one way. Sucks, because I rely on that info to know if I can eat extra calories. I've…

First I have to say, I tried a salted mocha latte for the first time a couple weeks ago and I loved it. So yeah, thanks for reminding me of that high-calorie bit of lusciousness, at least it's still morning so I can make adjustments to fit one in later today. But I totally relate to your story. I used to have a couple…

I was going to wait until I hit my goal weight to start my strength training, but this is such a fun idea I will start early. I'm sure the scale will stall, but at least I'll be getting in better shape regardless. I have never done a challenge like this before, so I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions. And here's my first…

Beginner and Michonne, please. :-)

I make mine with water, not milk. And I eat them .... plain. I guess I'm too stingy with my calories to add more to the oats which I think are great on their own. I do NOT like the quick cooking varieties of steel cut, nor do I like the rolled oats at all. Guess I'm kind of a purist when it comes to my oats, which I have…

I can totally relate to this topic, especially Mike's post. I have been feeling super down the last three weeks and cannot shake it. It stems from a minor incident but normally I guess I would have eaten to cope and moved on. Well, I've eaten alright. And eaten, and eaten. I haven't bothered tracking here at all. But now,…

Here's a weird one: I LOVE bacon, could eat it All. Day. Long. Crispy is best, but there is no bacon, even cooked badly, that I won't eat. BUT, I don't like bacon on or in anything. Bacon cheeseburger? Hold the bacon, please. Bacon on a salad? Nah. Bacon on a pizza? Please, no. I guess I'm a bacon purist (with the sole…

Definitely in your face and neck. That's where I always notice it first in myself, too. Congrats on your progress so far, keep up the good work.

I never understood when people say things like "Eat this cupcake, you're thin, you don't need to watch what you eat!" It reminds me of my mother when she calls to say she's coming over and I say "Give me a few minutes, I need to clean up a little" and she'll say "You don't have to clean, your house always looks nice!"…

You are forgetting that you also burn a lot of calories every day just by living, even if you do nothing but stay in bed all day. It's called your BMR so you need to figure that into your calculations. Personally I would consider it easier to eat a little less rather than workout 3 hours a day, but I suppose to each his…

Yes, I could have written this myself, with only slight modifications. WW helped me lose the first big chunk of weight, but in my opinion the closer I get to goal, the more I have to change things here and there to keep losing. When I finally stalled on WW (and for me, nothing had changed like extra activity or anything…

As far as how to log it, I will usually pick a chain that serves similar food and that is listed in the MFP database (or that I can find nutrition info online). For example, if you are ordering bacon and eggs and grits, maybe you can pick something from Waffle House. It won't be exact, but it might be close. Give yourself…

The weirdest weight loss advice I get is every morning here on MFP when the spam hits. That **** is wack.

Goal weight for me is 143. I came up with that based on figuring where I would be after losing 10% of my body weight 4 times (it sounded good at the time, lol).

The only way to avoid doing it again is just... not doing it. That being said, if you are denying yourself some of your favorite foods, including junk food, you will be more likely to binge. Build those foods into your normal days and you won't feel deprived. But having said all that, I did the exact same thing you did,…

I started running about 3 years ago. That first year I weighed 220 and didn't lose a pound, but then again I didn't focus at all on eating less. So that goes to show not only can bigger people run, but exercise alone is NOT the way to lose weight, lol. When I first started my knees really hurt badly. Finally found out I…