A YOU Worth Fighting For | January 2016 Weight Loss & Better Living Challenge

[DisPup75]

Wretched wretched day. Bad eating, bad studying, bad commute to work and worse commute home. About to crash in hopes that a good night's sleep will set me up for a better Friday.

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QOTD for Thursday, January 7, 2016

We've all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and it's true! It gets your metabolism going, and sets you up for success for the rest of the day. But it's also the most often skipped meal, mainly due to time constraints.

Do you say breakfast every day, or are you more likely to skip it? What are your favorite/go-to breakfast foods? If you usually skip, are you going to make more of an effort to work breakfast into your routine?​

Always, always, always breakfast. I don't function without it. Before going back to work, I was experimenting with eating a significantly bigger breakfast than usual and finding that I was much less hungry the rest of the day. I've been trying to keep it up this week but my schedule is not so forgiving. And I like sleep as much as I like breakfast.

Morning is the one time of day I'm really iffy on sweets. I much prefer savory. Eggs are my most frequent choice, generally fried in a bit of olive oil or scrambled. Bacon and toast are my preferred sides but I've been going with spinach and Canadian bacon lately. I also eat English muffins with extra sharp cheddar and Canadian bacon fairly frequently and go through stages where I drink a green smoothie every morning. Occasionally a peanut butter and banana sandwich or berries and Greek yogurt. And of course a slice of cold pizza always makes me happy.

Re oatmeal - my brothers and I would all tell you that oatmeal and cream of wheat are really nothing more than vehicles for brown sugar and butter. I like both but am far more likely to eat them for lunch or dinner than I am for breakfast. I have found that cooking fruit in with the oatmeal (usually berries, apples, or pears) usually makes it sweet enough that I don't need to add sugar, butter, or anything else. If I need the fruity oatmeal to last me for a while, I will stir in s spoonful of peanut or sun butter before eating.

 

[JacknSally]

It's fun to incorporate a little "Disney" into your exercise! A couple of months before leaving for Disney, I start walking with my kids. Over the years, I started making charts to give the kids rewards for walking. The last couple of years, I planned it out and got more creative than ever with it. First, the kids and I figured out how many miles it was from our house to Disney. For every mile we walked, I said it would count as 10 miles. With those as the rules, we “walked to Disney” in the 2 months and a week before our trip. I blogged all about how we did this here https://aleasalbums.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/walking-to-disney/

Welcome to our thread, and good for you & your family finding an exercise method that works for you! Are you wanting to join our challenge? If so, catch up on our ins-and-outs on page 1, then jump right in and tell us a bit about yourself, your goals for this month, and start answering our questions of the day!

 

[courtneybeth]

@JacknSally - Your treadmill report is hilarious. Agreeing with @flvy - get outside and enjoy the cold. It'll feel more exciting. If you can't, at least try to drive to an indoor mall and walk laps with your tennis shoes on and get steps that way!


In between interviewing intern candidates, I managed to throw together an exercise calendar that puts together all things I should be doing. Looks like I'll be at some sort of gym 6 days per week: Yoga M/W/F during lunch and doing practice runs on Su/T/Th after work. And... apparently running 5Ks and HMs.

While we're not doing the SW marathon at Disney next weekend, we're still going to head to the expo and check it out. Maybe they'll have a sneak peek at the Tink medals.

 

[JacknSally]

Okay okay I guess if it's bad weather that's okay. I used to live for the treadmill! I would also kill for it to be 65 out.



I agree. I side eyed the whole idea when I first say it. It's basically lets throw people on fad diets and see what happens. It's all about money and that's kind of disgusting. Unless there is some kind of twist where a person just calorie counts and eats in moderation and they win. I'm sure there will be episodes where people have binged because of how restrictive some diets are and they'll be made out to be failures.

It's just a bad idea.

Ok, I watched tonight's episodes because I wanted to see how ridiculous the things they were doing were. They definitely are using short-term, quick-fix diets. There was a week of a liquid cleanse... Someone on the "no diet diet" is going from 2 hours of sleep a night to 6-8 (obviously that's going to help!)... One guy lost 16lbs the first week and 5 the next... One woman lost 6 the first week and 0 the next - and of course the trainers say they don't know what the issue is but it CAN'T be the diet! Oh goodness. I feel bad for the people who do these shows!

 

[ohMom]

Morning LOSERS!

Breakfast - yes I must eat breakfast, I take my largest steroid replacement dose upon waking and so my stomach is very unhappy if all it gets is coffee. Also, I WO in the morning so I need some fuel. I try to eat a high protein and avoid breads so things like, hard boiled eggs, turkey sausage, Greek yogurt, smoothies, and protein oatmeal. I want to try steel oats again

Yesterday was disastrous eating, we were out all day for my daughters infusion and so she gets to pick a place to eat lunch. It was a local organic food type restaurant with small portions but I'm sure it was cooked in butter and yummy sauces, end of the day and I found myself drinking a Moscow mule. Tonight my husband wants to order pizza ! Ugh!

Dreadmill....ugh the dreadmill. Loved your dialogue ! I'm in same position, need to get back on hopping for an evening stroll to get my steps in, the weather here is iffy and winter will be coming even though it's late this year. I usually watch Netflix and cover up the screen so I don't obsess over the time dragging

 

[pjlla]

So today we had our open house at work for WW, I guess the at work sessions are changing .. so depending on how many people are signed up and PAID on week one will determine how many weeks our session will last and it all cost the same no matter.. so if we have 12 people we get 12 weeks but if we get up to 13-16 the we get 16 weeks and if we 20+ people we get 20 weeks for our same payment, so we had 14 paying people today and 1 maybe for $112.00 I would love to see 20+ of course that means I would only be 5.60 per meeting vs. 9.33 .. If it was a different day I'd have my daughter come sign up but she works from 8-8 on Thursdays so it won't work and of course it's right in the middle of lunch service so I can't have my hubs sign up either because on top of being paid you need to weight in on week one and our meeting is right in the middle of lunch service for him.. but we'll see what happens..

Sorry it isn't working out more beneficially for you. I wasn't aware that they changed some of the At Work policies. But remember, you are worth it!

I couldn't take sitting on the couch any more so I sucked it up and jumped on the treadmill in a strange burst of dedication LOL. I'm 18 minutes in, though, and bored out of my mind. Anyone around to chat? I'm reading through TPAS threads trying to keep my mind off the clock on the treadmill (and thus avoiding the "20 minutes isn't 30 minutes but it's close and it's better than nothing so it's totally ok to stop now" rationalizing) but it's slow there and just making me want to go to Disney haha

I hate the TM too, but sometimes I hate the cold more!I agree with Lady Marie who said find a good Netflix show and make it your TM-only show! I found BL on Netflix several years ago and binge watched every season.... but I told myself I could only watch from the TM!

I am trying so hard to be better at having breakfast! I bought some Greek yogurts that I bring with me to eat at my desk. My problem is I am not hungry when I wake up. It takes me an hour or so to get my stomach even interested in food. That could have been the heavy dinners weighing on my stomach from my previous eating habits that I shall be improving here shortly (my Southern Mamma is here and insisting on cooking us dinner twice a week and I feel bad turning down her cooking, but it is totally derailing this week-- yes just those two days! I feel it! Which must be good news that my body is acclimating to my cleaner eating, but I digress....). Anyway, I feel like when I eat cleaner or lighter dinners I am ready for breakfast so that's what I am working on.

Sorry about this..... maybe mom can learn to cook a little lighter when she visits....or serve smaller portions??
This is sooooooo me!!!! I have now started streaming episodes of shows that are definitely 30 minutes and telling myself I have to finish the episode before I can get off! Haha!

Agreed!

Being 100% real right now. I'm 1.43 miles in, 41 minutes (yes I'm going slow) and all I can think about is cake.

Mmmmmmm........cake.....

I haven't done a proper catch-up yet because I'm not on my computer and it's too hard to do multi-quotes from my phone. But I just wanted to say - does anyone else think the show "My Diet is Better Than Yours" is a bad idea? People will compete and compare diets to see what diet out there is the definitive "best" and if you don't like your results you can change diets after a week? Bodies don't respond the same way to the same things! A diet that works for one person won't work the same for someone else necessarily. I just feel like it's asking for trouble, and people who do t know better will get upset that they can't get the same results from whichever ends up as "the best".

Ok, soapbox over. Lol

I don't disagree with what you say..... but I'm interested to watch anyhow. I'm curious if the person who chooses to change diets has to choose from one of the four that someone else is using or gets to pick something totally new. And honestly..... how much info were these folks given before they chose their plan?? Some of them seemed to have NO IDEA what they were getting themselves into!

Ok, I watched tonight's episodes because I wanted to see how ridiculous the things they were doing were. They definitely are using short-term, quick-fix diets. There was a week of a liquid cleanse... Someone on the "no diet diet" is going from 2 hours of sleep a night to 6-8 (obviously that's going to help!)... One guy lost 16lbs the first week and 5 the next... One woman lost 6 the first week and 0 the next - and of course the trainers say they don't know what the issue is but it CAN'T be the diet! Oh goodness. I feel bad for the people who do these shows!

I agree with all of that! That guy living on 2-3 hours of sleep a night.... WHAT??! How could you do that long term? That is one of the WORST things you can do for your health (short of smoking or doing drugs I imagine). Not getting enough sleep has been PROVEN to increase your waistline, raise your BP, increase your stress level.... lots of nasty things! Honestly..... for myself I'd pick that WILD DIET because it seemed the most agreeable to most of the health things I believe (that being said, I'm so fat phobic it would be hard to get used to)..... but it was totally a LOW CARB diet.... not sure why that wasn't really mentioned. But the contestant ate his bacon cheeseburger on a lettuce leaf.... proof enough for me! And that Clean Mamma lady seemed a little out there..... I haven't heard a WORD about her eating plan..... but she goes on and on about her TASKER-CIZE ideas! I LOVE the idea of building exercise into my everyday routine..... but weight loss happens primarily in the KITCHEN.... so let's hear about the food!

BTW, not hearing more about the food end of things is one thing I really hate about the BL series. I know that watching people cook chicken breast and eat salads doesn't make for very exciting TV compared to watching them sweat and puke and cry in the gym while being yelled at...... but I'd love to see/know more about how/what they eat!

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Morning all! Had a small but respectable loss this week.... so happy to start the year off right! Off to make breakfast (probably oatmeal today, since I am home with the time to make it) and do some housework while I wait for DD to rise and shine. We are running some errands today to get school supplies for the new semester................P

 

[JacknSally]

Good morning, losers!! It's our first RESULTS WEEKEND of 2016!

Post your results here in the thread, and, as always, make sure you give the percentage of your progress so I can track it. That's the only number I need so if you don't want to give your weight or anything, that is totally fine!

Example for results posting: if your goal is to lose 4lbs and you've lost 2, you'd report that you're at 50% of your goal. If your goal is to walk 100 miles and you've walked 30, you'd report that you're at 30% of your goal. That kind of thing.

Post your percentage any time between now and Sunday. I'll get the progress chart posted sometime Sunday night or Monday morning.

QOTD for Friday, January 8, 2016

Do you have/use any tricks when you weigh-in each week? Not eating before hand, going to the bathroom first, not getting on the scale with wet hair or in your shoes, etc.?​

 

[flvy]

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Good morning, losers!! It's our first RESULTS WEEKEND of 2016!

Post your results here in the thread, and, as always, make sure you give the percentage of your progress so I can track it. That's the only number I need so if you don't want to give your weight or anything, that is totally fine!

Example for results posting: if your goal is to lose 4lbs and you've lost 2, you'd report that you're at 50% of your goal. If your goal is to walk 100 miles and you've walked 30, you'd report that you're at 30% of your goal. That kind of thing.

Post your percentage any time between now and Sunday. I'll get the progress chart posted sometime Sunday night or Monday morning.

QOTD for Friday, January 8, 2016

Do you have/use any tricks when you weigh-in each week? Not eating before hand, going to the bathroom first, not getting on the scale with wet hair or in your shoes, etc.?​

My results are coming Sunday because I'm pretty sure that's the last time I did weigh myself.

I like to do it right when I wake up after I've made my am potty break. I'm normally still half asleep and can't get too mad or happy about the number haha.

@JacknSally - Your treadmill report is hilarious. Agreeing with @flvy In between interviewing intern candidates, I managed to throw together an exercise calendar that puts together all things I should be doing. Looks like I'll be at some sort of gym 6 days per week: Yoga M/W/F during lunch and doing practice runs on Su/T/Th after work. And... apparently running 5Ks and HMs.

While we're not doing the SW marathon at Disney next weekend, we're still going to head to the expo and check it out. Maybe they'll have a sneak peek at the Tink medals.

I put together my training calendar (it's frozen themed ) for this cycle till after the Disney races. It can be a little daunting to get it all down on paper I looked at it after and just said oh. There's the first half of my year all planned out.

Please hunt down those Tink medals. I need to see it. I just remembered it's an anniversary race so the medal is going to be cooler.

Morning LOSERS!
Yesterday was disastrous eating, we were out all day for my daughters infusion and so she gets to pick a place to eat lunch. It was a local organic food type restaurant with small portions but I'm sure it was cooked in butter and yummy sauces, end of the day and I found myself drinking a Moscow mule. Tonight my husband wants to order pizza ! Ugh!

Dreadmill....ugh the dreadmill. Loved your dialogue ! I'm in same position, need to get back on hopping for an evening stroll to get my steps in, the weather here is iffy and winter will be coming even though it's late this year. I usually watch Netflix and cover up the screen so I don't obsess over the time dragging

Bad stuff happens. Have your drink and a slice of pizza and move onto tomorrow. I'm most likely going to have a drink or two tonight and eat some oreos because that's what I do every time I hang out with my boyfriend at his house. He eats such crap so I have nothing good to munch on.

Wait so am I the only stupid one out in the cold and the snow/slush? I'm starting to panic about running without my garmin now. When did I get so dependent on that thing?

Ok, I watched tonight's episodes because I wanted to see how ridiculous the things they were doing were. They definitely are using short-term, quick-fix diets. There was a week of a liquid cleanse... Someone on the "no diet diet" is going from 2 hours of sleep a night to 6-8 (obviously that's going to help!)... One guy lost 16lbs the first week and 5 the next... One woman lost 6 the first week and 0 the next - and of course the trainers say they don't know what the issue is but it CAN'T be the diet! Oh goodness. I feel bad for the people who do these shows!

Ugh that's so upsetting. Shows like that are so damaging, and kids and younger teens will end up watching it. It's also trigger material for people with eating disorders. There is so much wrong with that show.

 

[dsnyfn1022]

QOTD for Friday, January 8, 2016

Do you have/use any tricks when you weigh-in each week? Not eating before hand, going to the bathroom first, not getting on the scale with wet hair or in your shoes, etc.?

This is a day before ritual that I have but I drown myself in water the day before my weigh-in. I have found that I have much better results if I'm just drinking water all day long. I tend to drink lots of water throughout the week anyway but I really up my intake on Fridays.

The day of I weigh first thing in the morning, after using the restroom, and without clothes on lol. It's kind of embarrassing to think about my little weigh-in ritual but I can't do it any other way! I think that's part of why going to WW meetings didn't work for me. I need to be able to weigh myself.

 

[dsnyfn1022]

Wait so am I the only stupid one out in the cold and the snow/slush? I'm starting to panic about running without my garmin now. When did I get so dependent on that thing?

I hate running at night but on the weekends I'm out there with you! I actually am one of the few people who enjoys running on the treadmill but I question the accuracy of my garmin on the mill and so I prefer outside running now because it's more accurate. I bought a foot pod to use on indoor running days but I've only had a chance to run outside with it once. It's self calibrating so the more you run outside with it, the more accurate it is. Let's just say that it's not accurate at all yet. I had it on last night and it was saying that I was at like at 16 min mi pace and I could tell that wasn't the case. So I turned off the foot pod and went with the built-in accelerometer and the pace shot up to 13 min mi! Which was more in line with what the treadmill was saying. So those are my current garmin struggles lol.

 

[5xdisneyfans]

I haven't done a proper catch-up yet because I'm not on my computer and it's too hard to do multi-quotes from my phone. But I just wanted to say - does anyone else think the show "My Diet is Better Than Yours" is a bad idea? People will compete and compare diets to see what diet out there is the definitive "best" and if you don't like your results you can change diets after a week? Bodies don't respond the same way to the same things! A diet that works for one person won't work the same for someone else necessarily. I just feel like it's asking for trouble, and people who do t know better will get upset that they can't get the same results from whichever ends up as "the best".

Ok, soapbox over. Lol

I have it DVR'd and will watch it later but as a person that has struggled with eating disorders since grade 3 it seems it could be a little dangerous for some people. Not everyone loses the same even if everyone were to eat and do the exact same thing everyday.

 

[5xdisneyfans]

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Good morning, losers!! It's our first RESULTS WEEKEND of 2016!

Post your results here in the thread, and, as always, make sure you give the percentage of your progress so I can track it. That's the only number I need so if you don't want to give your weight or anything, that is totally fine!

Example for results posting: if your goal is to lose 4lbs and you've lost 2, you'd report that you're at 50% of your goal. If your goal is to walk 100 miles and you've walked 30, you'd report that you're at 30% of your goal. That kind of thing.

Post your percentage any time between now and Sunday. I'll get the progress chart posted sometime Sunday night or Monday morning.

QOTD for Friday, January 8, 2016

Do you have/use any tricks when you weigh-in each week? Not eating before hand, going to the bathroom first, not getting on the scale with wet hair or in your shoes, etc.?​

I like to weigh myself first thing in the morning before I get in the shower before I eat anything.

 

[PrincessCooper's Mom]

Good morning!!!

I lost 2lbs this week which puts me 25% towards my goal for January.

I have not started exercising but I have been making better food decisions and I really increased my water intake.
Only drinking 1 glass of sweet tea or diet coke per day. I have been drinking about 60oz of water daily.

I weigh first thing in the morning. I get up go to the bathroom and before I get in the shower I weigh.

Hopefully this week I will increase my water intake to about 80oz daily and do better logging my food in MFP.
My username is SEP1210.

 

[MochaDrinker]

I've eaten something for lunch every day this week. And haven't gorged at dinner. I'm also averaging two liters of water and at least 10 minutes of exercise a day.

 

[JacknSally]

I've eaten something for lunch every day this week. And haven't gorged at dinner. I'm also averaging two liters of water and at least 10 minutes of exercise a day.

That's great to hear! Good job! Do you have a percentage for your progress so we can add you to the list?

 

[JacknSally]

OK, those who are more experienced with MFP than I am... It's convinced I've lost 4lbs since I started using it, when really I've only lost 1.2. How can I fix that? Has anyone run into that before?

 

[MochaDrinker]

That's great to hear! Good job! Do you have a percentage for your progress so we can add you to the list?

I'm at about 20% of my monthly goal.

 

[DisPup75]

Sneaking in a mid-day break. Don't tell!

Happy happy birthday to @Lady Marie! I hope you have a great day!!!

I woke up STARVING this morning. Not so shocking since I didn't have that much to eat yesterday in spite of eating two days of smartpoints worth of junk and almost nothing of value. Good reminder that high calorie food doesn't do much to satisfy hunger.

Much better plans are in place for today. I started with a big breakfast of corn tortillas filled with scrambled eggs, spinach, and Canadian bacon. Four hours later I took a look at my snack and said nope. Still not hungry. I think my lesson from that is I need to eat breakfast before I leave the house. I had a healthy breakfast packed yesterday but needed utensils to eat it. The train was so bad that I ended up going home and getting the car. Having been up for several hours at this point, I was starving (as I said yesterday, I need breakfast), and I wound up in the McDonald's drive thru and then kept (knowingly) making bad decisions all day. I think most of this would have been averted had I just taken 10 minutes to eat breakfast at home. So new rule: eat breakfast at home.

Ok, I watched tonight's episodes because I wanted to see how ridiculous the things they were doing were. They definitely are using short-term, quick-fix diets. There was a week of a liquid cleanse... Someone on the "no diet diet" is going from 2 hours of sleep a night to 6-8 (obviously that's going to help!)... One guy lost 16lbs the first week and 5 the next... One woman lost 6 the first week and 0 the next - and of course the trainers say they don't know what the issue is but it CAN'T be the diet! Oh goodness. I feel bad for the people who do these shows!

I watched part of this and just had to turn it off. I can't deal with BL either. Just don't like weight loss as entertainment.

That said, I get the urge for the quick fixes. I do wonder if sometimes the quick results from a few days of crazy might be OK IF (and this is a big if) it gets you psychologically motivated to make more healthful lasting changes. My great-grandmother lived with us when I was a kid and was devoted to never weighing more than 135 pounds on her 5'7" frame. She weighed herself regularly and if the scale ever flipped to 136, she spent a few days on the cabbage soup diet. I don't remember her doing this more than once or twice a year but it seemed to be all she needed to "reset" herself. I just asked my mom about this and she confirmed that this had been going on since my mom was a kid. Of course I tried the cabbage soup diet at some point in the last decade and didn't last a day. Ick!

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Good morning, losers!! It's our first RESULTS WEEKEND of 2016!

Post your results here in the thread, and, as always, make sure you give the percentage of your progress so I can track it. That's the only number I need so if you don't want to give your weight or anything, that is totally fine!

Example for results posting: if your goal is to lose 4lbs and you've lost 2, you'd report that you're at 50% of your goal. If your goal is to walk 100 miles and you've walked 30, you'd report that you're at 30% of your goal. That kind of thing.

Post your percentage any time between now and Sunday. I'll get the progress chart posted sometime Sunday night or Monday morning.

QOTD for Friday, January 8, 2016

Do you have/use any tricks when you weigh-in each week? Not eating before hand, going to the bathroom first, not getting on the scale with wet hair or in your shoes, etc.?​

I'll report this weekend! As far as scale "tricks," I prefer first thing in the morning, in my birthday suit, after using the restroom. I consider that my "real" weight. I do WI at WW every week as well but don't pay much attention to it. There are definitely people there who eat or drink nothing until after WI and strip down to the same pretty bare workout clothes every week. I prefer not to worry about what I'm wearing or what is in my stomach. I figure over time the weight keeps coming down. I could deal without the receptionist's frowny/sympathetic "you're up 0.2 this week" face but whatever.

Good morning!!!

I lost 2lbs this week which puts me 25% towards my goal for January.

I have not started exercising but I have been making better food decisions and I really increased my water intake.
Only drinking 1 glass of sweet tea or diet coke per day. I have been drinking about 60oz of water daily.

I weigh first thing in the morning. I get up go to the bathroom and before I get in the shower I weigh.

Hopefully this week I will increase my water intake to about 80oz daily and do better logging my food in MFP.
My username is SEP1210.

Woohoo! Congrats on the great week!

I've eaten something for lunch every day this week. And haven't gorged at dinner. I'm also averaging two liters of water and at least 10 minutes of exercise a day.

Great job!

 

[JacknSally]

Hi There! Is it too late to join a group like this? I am on Disboards often and came across you guys this morning. I had decided last night that I have reached an all time low and need desperately to lose weight for my health's sake.

WELCOME @CruisingCamper ! It's never too late to join!! Welcome, welcome, we are so happy to have you!! Read over our ins-and-outs on page 1 and then jump right in with the conversation! Feel free to tell us a little about yourself, your goals for the month, and pick up with our QOTD's! Hopefully we can help you (and you can help us!) stay on track with goals and lifestyle changes - you are definitely among friends here!

I know another person who doesn't care for breakfast foods so her breakfast choices are always rather unconventional..... chicken noodle soup or a ham sandwich are two that come to mind. How about planning a lunch or dinner with leftovers SPECIFICALLY to have for breakfast the next day? I've even had veggie burgers for breakfast when the fridge was bare!..........P

NOT AT ALL HEALTHY.... but I am a firm believer that the best breakfast is cold pizza. I am not a big pizza eater whatsoever, but cold pizza for breakfast... And now we all know why I have weight issues. I think about cake on the treadmill and one of my favorite breakfasts is cold pizza.

I am trying so hard to be better at having breakfast! I bought some Greek yogurts that I bring with me to eat at my desk. My problem is I am not hungry when I wake up. It takes me an hour or so to get my stomach even interested in food. That could have been the heavy dinners weighing on my stomach from my previous eating habits that I shall be improving here shortly (my Southern Mamma is here and insisting on cooking us dinner twice a week and I feel bad turning down her cooking, but it is totally derailing this week-- yes just those two days! I feel it! Which must be good news that my body is acclimating to my cleaner eating, but I digress....). Anyway, I feel like when I eat cleaner or lighter dinners I am ready for breakfast so that's what I am working on.

This is me, more often than not. I feel like I'm forcing myself to eat when i first wake up, which seems counterproductive - eating when you aren't hungry. I also get really sick to my stomach if I eat TOO soon after waking up, especially if I have dairy. I usually have to give it at least 45 minutes to an hour before my stomach can handle anything. I never thought it could have something to do with the previous night's dinner, so that's really interesting insight - thank you for that!

I don't disagree with what you say..... but I'm interested to watch anyhow. I'm curious if the person who chooses to change diets has to choose from one of the four that someone else is using or gets to pick something totally new. And honestly..... how much info were these folks given before they chose their plan?? Some of them seemed to have NO IDEA what they were getting themselves into!

I agree with all of that! That guy living on 2-3 hours of sleep a night.... WHAT??! How could you do that long term? That is one of the WORST things you can do for your health (short of smoking or doing drugs I imagine). Not getting enough sleep has been PROVEN to increase your waistline, raise your BP, increase your stress level.... lots of nasty things! Honestly..... for myself I'd pick that WILD DIET because it seemed the most agreeable to most of the health things I believe (that being said, I'm so fat phobic it would be hard to get used to)..... but it was totally a LOW CARB diet.... not sure why that wasn't really mentioned. But the contestant ate his bacon cheeseburger on a lettuce leaf.... proof enough for me! And that Clean Mamma lady seemed a little out there..... I haven't heard a WORD about her eating plan..... but she goes on and on about her TASKER-CIZE ideas! I LOVE the idea of building exercise into my everyday routine..... but weight loss happens primarily in the KITCHEN.... so let's hear about the food!

BTW, not hearing more about the food end of things is one thing I really hate about the BL series. I know that watching people cook chicken breast and eat salads doesn't make for very exciting TV compared to watching them sweat and puke and cry in the gym while being yelled at...... but I'd love to see/know more about how/what they eat!

OK, I have a feeling I'm going to end up watching this show for a while longer (if not all season, LOL) out of curiosity (and mild outrage ) so I'm so glad to have someone to discuss it with!

Spoiler: Because I saw that 5xdisney had the episode DVR'ed, and I feel bad for already giving so much away!

TOTALLY AGREE about the 2 hours of sleep - he said we works anywhere from 80-115 hours a week and my jaw dropped. I realize people have to do that for various reasons and I'm blessed to have never found myself in that situation, but oh my goodness. I can only imagine the EXHAUSTION. I felt like I was "working" that much with wedding planning and a 40-hour job and it did such a number on me, and I was really only living like that for a few months. The minute I started focusing on getting more sleep, everything turned around, and several pounds melted off.

I, too, wondered how much information they had before picking their first diets. I felt so bad for the girl who had the vegan diet, and I was happy that she decided to switch. I feel like if she'd been fully informed up front she may never have picked that route. These methods just seem so strange. Everyone is doing a piece of a good "diet", I feel - and by "diet" I mean way of eating and exercising, NOT quick fix plan - and if they would COMBINE several of the methods, they would do so much better.

BUT THE TRAINERS. I told DH so many times that I would've had to hit my trainer - no matter which one I had. HAHA. The one who slept in a tent in the front yard... His 100% perky in your face all the time grin... Oh, goodness. COMPLETELY AGREE about the taskercizing. What are you doing besides multitasking? I do draw the line at exercising during prayer time. That seemed completely ridiculous. Plus that trainer irritated me to no end.

I, too, would've gone with the "wild" diet. It seemed like a combination of Atkins & Paleo, and if you're eliminating processed carbs and replacing it with lean protein and fiber, then it just seems obvious to me that you would do better than a "psychological diet" or juicing for a week.

This is a day before ritual that I have but I drown myself in water the day before my weigh-in. I have found that I have much better results if I'm just drinking water all day long. I tend to drink lots of water throughout the week anyway but I really up my intake on Fridays.

The day of I weigh first thing in the morning, after using the restroom, and without clothes on lol. It's kind of embarrassing to think about my little weigh-in ritual but I can't do it any other way! I think that's part of why going to WW meetings didn't work for me. I need to be able to weigh myself.

OK, I am totally trying your water trick today to see if my number is lower tomorrow! Haha. I know water has a big effect on me, but I don't think I've paid attention to how it affects the scale.

Good morning!!!

I lost 2lbs this week which puts me 25% towards my goal for January.

I have not started exercising but I have been making better food decisions and I really increased my water intake.
Only drinking 1 glass of sweet tea or diet coke per day. I have been drinking about 60oz of water daily.

I weigh first thing in the morning. I get up go to the bathroom and before I get in the shower I weigh.

Hopefully this week I will increase my water intake to about 80oz daily and do better logging my food in MFP.
My username is SEP1210.

GREAT JOB WITH YOUR 25%!!! WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!! That's fantastic!!

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Hey, everyone! Just touching base before I start working on some designs today. I've got some Mickey & Minnie Valentine's designs I'm going to put up, I think. I'm also checking out some documentaries on Netflix that I found via some "If you liked Making a Murderer..." articles. Haha. I couldn't get into Making a Murderer - tried twice but it just moved so slow! - but these sounded really interesting. One is about the West Memphis 3 which literally hits close to home for me.

I DID WATCH "FED UP" and seriously, if you have Netflix, go watch it. If you don't, I'll share my info with you - that's how strongly I feel about people needing to see it. Someone also recommended another one to me that I'll have to check out... Fork Over Knife, maybe? I don't remember the exact title and need to go back and check. I'd love to discuss Fed Up with those of you who have seen it!! My shopping is definitely going to be changing.

I'll be around today and look forward to chatting with anyone who has a chance!

 

[JacknSally]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @Lady Marie !!!!!!!!!!

Sending some cute digital birthday cupcakes your way - digital means no calories, so you can have all the cupcakes you want!

Do you have any wonderful plans? I hope you have the most amazing birthday, full of magic and pixie dust and yummy treats and happy moments! ​