Wish Away the Pounds - August Challenge - with two new twists!

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

It's Training Thursday today and just in time is some new research about exercise and weight loss courtesy of sparkpeople.com.

How Much Exercise Do You REALLY Need To Lose Weight?

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has revised its guidelines for the amount of exercise a person needs to lose weight. In 2001, ACSM recommended that overweight and obese adults get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week to improve their health. 200 to 300 minutes per week was recommended for long-term weight loss. But will this amount of exercise really help you lose weight and keep it off?

New research shows that "between 150 and 250 minutes per week of moderate intensity physical activity is effective in preventing weight gain greater than 3% in most adults but will provide "only modest" weight loss." So ACSM has published new physical activity recommendations in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Overweight and obese individuals are more likely to lose weight and keep it off if they exercise for least 250 minutes per week. Exercising for more than 250 minutes per week has resulted in "significant" weight loss for these individuals.

So what does this mean? If you're trying to lose weight, 50 minutes of cardio exercise along with regular strength training might be what it takes to see the results you're hoping for.

Here is a link to the entire article if you are interested:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/blog/blog.asp?post=how_much_exercise_you_really_need_to_lose_weight

What do you think? Does 50 minutes of exercise, 5 days a week seem like a lot to you? Or is that in line with what you're already doing? What amount of daily exercise has given you the best results?

 

[lisah0711]

What is one of your bad eating habits?

Are you already trying to get out of it? Do you have any ideas of how to tackle it? Do you already have it under control and if so how did you manage it? Do you need ideas on how to work against your specific habit?

One of my bad eating habits is mindless, stress eating, especially if I am tired. I get busy, skip a meal, am tired and then bam! Mindless eating. I do try to be better at planning to avoid that situation or at least be aware and make an effort to curtail things. If all else fails, it's back on track the next meal that seems to work. Which reminds me of this quote I saw today:

Lisa volunteered to be our "Musings Hostess" for the month! So she will need lots of topics for Musings! I know some of you already said that you would think of something. Please, go ahead and PM your question to her! And don't be shy about it, just think of something that you would like to discuss or that you think would be helpful for others. It does not have to be anything great!!

Thanks for hostessing the thread this month, Magdalene!

I will be the Musings Hostess this month so any of you who have some ideas for questions or topics please share them.

Eating too fast is one of my bad habits too. Plus late night snacking gets in my life too much as well.

Smaller bites help. I do notice I take too much at once sometimes and if I don't get chewed well I feel it. Its a struggle to eat sometimes with bad teeth. I think I'd chew more if I could actually chew on both sides. Too much dental work needs done on my left side right now.

Dental pain is the pits, Melissa. that it is behind you soon. Late night snacking is a struggle -- you can close the kitchen after a certain time but if other people in the house are eating after the kitchen is "closed" it makes it tough not to join in.

Hope home schooling is doing well!

Thanks! I got these: http://www.amazon.com/Definity-HHP-...F8&qid=1407268077&sr=8-1&keywords=pushup+bars

So far, so good. I am *terrible* at full pushups, but I can already see how these will help my wrists as I get stronger.

Thanks for the tip on the pushup bars, Liz! And for the reminder about the push up challenge! I confess that I am doing wall pushups and my arms say that is plenty challenging right now.

My worst eating habit is probably out of control mindless snacking

I'm trying to control it by scheduling healthy snacks into my day - I schedule one snack between breakfast and lunch, and one between lunch and dinner. It helps a little, but I do sometimes still snack a little if I'm bored (and I snack sometimes after dinner, so I've been thinking of scheduling a snack after dinner).
I definitely have room for improvement, but my snacking is a lot more controlled than it used to be.

It sounds like you are doing a great job of being aware of what is going on and working it into your plan -- having a scheduled snack instead of finding what is a round is a great strategy!

I didn't declare a push-up goal... I will make it 100 for the month.

I made a good choice when faced with a lunch out today...that feels great! I have birthdays coming up this week which will mean special meals and I really want to LOSE on Friday!

on the push-up goal, Molli! And kudos to you for making good choices so you can enjoy the birthday celebrations this week!

My worst habit is eating when I am bored or eating because I need a change of pace or I am frustrated at work.

At work often when I am just so tired of doing my assigned task...I start thinking about how I could stop working for a few minutes if I had something to eat. Then my mind gets fixated on finding something to eat even though I wasn't hungry before I got bored.

I also eat very fast! I usually finish my lunch at work in about 5 minutes and then spend the rest of my hour on the internet or playing games on my phone all the time thinking how I wish I still had more lunch to eat because I miss how it tasted.

I don't know how to fix my boredom eating. For the most part I hate my job so quite often I just cant stand doing this crap for another second and I just have to get up and do something else.

Boredom eating is a tough one. Is there something else you can do when you need a break besides eating? Take a walk? Change of scenery? Read a magazine? Run an errand? Getting away from your desk for awhile might be enough to break the cycle.

I feel like I have fallen off the bandwagon. This weekend and the first 3 days of this week have been a blur of not horrible eating but not good eating either.

Sorry for the tough start to your week, Desiree!

I am hoping by getting back here on the board that I will find my motivation again. I feel so extremely bloated lately it's ridiculous. I also haven't gotten on the scale since the first and I am feeling a little scared to weigh in on Friday. I know I will have bumps in the road like this but I feel like I am stuck in the mud all of a sudden.

Look just in time the wagon is right here waiting for you! That bloated feeling is so not fun -- why is it that off plan eating isn't as fun as we remember it to be? Some weeks you can only do the best you can and try to maintain. Don't let a few tough days turn into a bad week.

Oh I know well both boredom eating and eating way too fast. I'll even stuff another bite in my mouth before I've done chewing the last bite! So I'm trying to slow down too. Taking sips of water in between bites helps.

In fact I once read a good tip that sometimes when you think you want something to eat, it's not always a hunger signal, it's a thirst one. So if you're itching for a snack, sometimes that just means you're really thirsty.

I've tried to take that advice and reach for water with lemon, or diet beverage (I know, I know) when I get the urge to snack. I've found sometimes a swig of something helps satisfy the snacking urge. Sometimes it doesn't...

I also once read the tip to do your nails every night? With the idea it's hard to reach into a bag of potato chips with wet nails!! I've never tried it but I always remembered that one too and thought it could be a clever way to distract yourself, dissuade you from snacking, and leave you with flawless, ever-changing, fabulous nails!

Love the ideas on how to avoid the mindless eating!

One of my WW leaders shared a thought that is so simple, yet one that we can all identify with -- don't put food in your mouth when there already food in there! Yet how many times do we do this?

Jill, I hope that you are having a great time on your vacation!

QOTD: What do you think? Does 50 minutes of exercise, 5 days a week seem like a lot to you? Or is that in line with what you're already doing? What amount of daily exercise has given you the best results?

50 minutes, 5 days a week is in line with what I am doing now since I started this last running group session -- it is totally doable but a bit of an adjustment. I know that exercise will never outdo a bad diet and controlling the food that goes in my mouth is the best way to weight loss success. But exercise makes you feel so wonderful, so much stronger and more resilient. I would do it just to keep those great feelings.

A friendly reminder that tomorrow is weigh in day and reporting on the push up challenge.

Good luck to everyone tomorrow!

 

[amberama76]

Boredom eating is a tough one. Is there something else you can do when you need a break besides eating? Take a walk? Change of scenery? Read a magazine? Run an errand? Getting away from your desk for awhile might be enough to break the cycle.

I suppose I could go walk a couple flights of stairs. Most anything else I do besides eat something I get dirty looks from my boss! She doesn't say anything but she does sometimes come by and ask stupid questions that I know she is asking because she thinks I am not "working" and wants to be nosy and try to see what I have minimized on my computer or what I have turned over on my desk..

 

[amberama76]

What do you think? Does 50 minutes of exercise, 5 days a week seem like a lot to you? Or is that in line with what you're already doing? What amount of daily exercise has given you the best results?

I'm not sure I could do 15 mins of exercise right now much less 50!

I really have no excuse not to exercise other than LAZINESS. I basically have a gym in my house. We have an elliptical, a heavy bag on a stand, a weight bench, a million videos, dumbbells, resistance bands, weighted balls, yoga mats, a balance ball, a vibration trainer, pilates bands, and I even have an old school thigh-master that I got at a yard sale for a joke.

 

[Zoesmama03]

Took a sneak peek at the scale up .6 so far. I'll base my weigh in on tomorrow mornings but .6 is in line with my less active week and a few days of overages on calories. Gonna have to work on some last chance workouts and stay strict with calories.

I did my push ups and some make up push ups though. I need to make a chart so I can keep track easier.

Lisa,

I don't think 50 minutes a day is too much if I do multiple activities or one long swim. I can walk that long probably easily(now wasn't true a few months back) but not on my exercise bike. I'm lucky if my tushy can make it 30 minutes on that darn seat we have. I think an hour walk a day would be ideal but its hard to stick to all year in this heat. But should stop the excuses. Still settling into the home school routine and we will get a exercise hour into habit. I'm thinking I will have to make it daily because if I take a day off tends to turn to many missed days.

 

[glss1/2fll]

Wow! Time really is flying by. Already a week into August!

My eating problem is that I get the afternoon bored/munchies. I really try to stop myself if I catch myself looking in "that" cupboard. I make myself turn around and look inside the fridge! I also keep a glass of water on the counter in front of that cupboard so I make myself drink! My other thing I do that is so stupid I can't believe I do it, but I eat a big snack right before I make dinner. Why do I do that?! I mean, I AM MAKING DINNER. I know I am about to eat, yet I am shoving something in my mouth. How stupid is that?! Oh well, at least I am aware that I am doing it now so can stop!

I need to work on the exercise. Since I do the exercise challenge I know I meet those requirements (285 minutes so far this month), but I could do so much more. I barely do any weight lifting anymore. Really, really need to get back in the habit of doing that. My foot is getting better so may get back to walking again. Yesterday just to see how it would do I walked with my early morning group (I've missed that soooo much). We walked 4 miles and my foot wasn't great but wasn't excruciating either. I am finally getting better!

All right, enough of all that. Here's my big scary possible life change. I was asked to apply for an almost full time position as an office staff at my favorite school. It would be a six minute walk to work! Now I've been a SAHM 20 years with subbing at 2 schools in the last 9 years. My ideal job would be a program assistant for the special ed classroom I am always subbing in (as in full time Dec-June this past year). But that job isn't open so I've decided to apply for this one. Wish me luck as I try to figure out this online application stuff.

 

[Flossbolna]

Training Thursday:

Wow, 50 minutes is a lot!! I guess I really need to step up my activity. I did quite a bit of walking today (fitbit is at 12000 steps). But I really think I need to step up more real exercise again. I really hope to get back into a running routine, but I already see how I am starting to come up with excuses. So I better get organised, pack my bag for the long weekend in Berlin now and then go for a run this evening (currently still rather hot outside...).

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I know that I still owe you the end of July update! I am really sorry, but now with being away the weekend, I won't get to it until Monday... But I promise Monday it will be there as well as this weeks weigh in (which I am dreading...).

I thought I would be full of energy for weight loss now that the work stress has gone away. But stupid me suddenly is back thinking that I need to celebrate with food... I don't get it how I constantly sabotage myself. Fortunately things have not yet been totally out of control and this weekend I am visiting my sister who currently is trying to lose weight as well, so hopefully we will be cooking healthy stuff together and not go out and eat high calories things.

Since Tuesday I have been trying really hard to eat slower and I think I am getting more successful at it. I still often forget about it, but I do try to slow down when I remember. I am trying very hard to have smaller bites. It is really really difficult. But when I manage it, it is quite rewarding. Yes, because I do like eating and if I eat slower I get to do it for longer! It is just so much more satisfying. My mother already told me this when I was 6 and I had to become 42 to realise that this is something I really need to change.

 

[SarahDisney]

What do you think? Does 50 minutes of exercise, 5 days a week seem like a lot to you? Or is that in line with what you're already doing? What amount of daily exercise has given you the best results?

I think 50 minutes 5 days a week is doable ... if you count smaller bursts of exercise in addition to longer ones. Today I went for a 20 minute run, but I also spent 30 minutes walking to and from an errand I had to run. That adds up to 50 minutes, but is a lot more doable for me on a consistent basis than one long 50-minute exercise session.

 

[lisah0711]

I suppose I could go walk a couple flights of stairs. Most anything else I do besides eat something I get dirty looks from my boss! She doesn't say anything but she does sometimes come by and ask stupid questions that I know she is asking because she thinks I am not "working" and wants to be nosy and try to see what I have minimized on my computer or what I have turned over on my desk..

Sounds like a good reason to get away from your desk during your lunch hour so that you truly get a break from work.

I'm not sure I could do 15 mins of exercise right now much less 50!

I really have no excuse not to exercise other than LAZINESS. I basically have a gym in my house. We have an elliptical, a heavy bag on a stand, a weight bench, a million videos, dumbbells, resistance bands, weighted balls, yoga mats, a balance ball, a vibration trainer, pilates bands, and I even have an old school thigh-master that I got at a yard sale for a joke.

Sounds like you have lots of fun stuff easily available. Start with 10 minutes a day and work your way up.

Took a sneak peek at the scale up .6 so far. I'll base my weigh in on tomorrow mornings but .6 is in line with my less active week and a few days of overages on calories. Gonna have to work on some last chance workouts and stay strict with calories.

I did my push ups and some make up push ups though. I need to make a chart so I can keep track easier.

Lisa,

I don't think 50 minutes a day is too much if I do multiple activities or one long swim. I can walk that long probably easily(now wasn't true a few months back) but not on my exercise bike. I'm lucky if my tushy can make it 30 minutes on that darn seat we have. I think an hour walk a day would be ideal but its hard to stick to all year in this heat. But should stop the excuses. Still settling into the home school routine and we will get a exercise hour into habit. I'm thinking I will have to make it daily because if I take a day off tends to turn to many missed days.

The end of the long, hot summer is in sight in your neck of the woods, Melissa. A new walking routine as part of the new school routine sounds like a great idea.

Wow! Time really is flying by. Already a week into August!

My eating problem is that I get the afternoon bored/munchies. I really try to stop myself if I catch myself looking in "that" cupboard. I make myself turn around and look inside the fridge! I also keep a glass of water on the counter in front of that cupboard so I make myself drink! My other thing I do that is so stupid I can't believe I do it, but I eat a big snack right before I make dinner. Why do I do that?! I mean, I AM MAKING DINNER. I know I am about to eat, yet I am shoving something in my mouth. How stupid is that?! Oh well, at least I am aware that I am doing it now so can stop!

I need to work on the exercise. Since I do the exercise challenge I know I meet those requirements (285 minutes so far this month), but I could do so much more. I barely do any weight lifting anymore. Really, really need to get back in the habit of doing that. My foot is getting better so may get back to walking again. Yesterday just to see how it would do I walked with my early morning group (I've missed that soooo much). We walked 4 miles and my foot wasn't great but wasn't excruciating either. I am finally getting better!

All right, enough of all that. Here's my big scary possible life change. I was asked to apply for an almost full time position as an office staff at my favorite school. It would be a six minute walk to work! Now I've been a SAHM 20 years with subbing at 2 schools in the last 9 years. My ideal job would be a program assistant for the special ed classroom I am always subbing in (as in full time Dec-June this past year). But that job isn't open so I've decided to apply for this one. Wish me luck as I try to figure out this online application stuff.

and good luck to you, Linda, on the job application. Any school would be lucky to have you and how fun would it be to be able to walk to work.

I hear you on the way that August is flying by!

I'm go happy to hear that your foot is better!

Training Thursday:

Wow, 50 minutes is a lot!! I guess I really need to step up my activity. I did quite a bit of walking today (fitbit is at 12000 steps). But I really think I need to step up more real exercise again. I really hope to get back into a running routine, but I already see how I am starting to come up with excuses. So I better get organised, pack my bag for the long weekend in Berlin now and then go for a run this evening (currently still rather hot outside...)

Sounds like your fitbit is doing a great job for you, Magdalene. I'm sure 12,000 steps would be more than 50 minutes of exercise a day.

Have a great time in Berlin and enjoy some well deserved rest and relaxation!

Thanks for hostessing and no worries on updates -- just have fun!

I think 50 minutes 5 days a week is doable ... if you count smaller bursts of exercise in addition to longer ones. Today I went for a 20 minute run, but I also spent 30 minutes walking to and from an errand I had to run. That adds up to 50 minutes, but is a lot more doable for me on a consistent basis than one long 50-minute exercise session.

It is hard to carve out 50 minutes some days -- sounds like you are doing a great job of working activity into your every day activities. Everything I've read says that short bursts of activity work just as well as one session.

I'm down .5 pounds which is 10% of my goal. I went to my WW meeting for the first time in a month yesterday and was down 2.5 for them. That was a relief since I have not been very faithful on the tracking, OP eating, etc. while vacationing.

And I'm so happy I ran while vacationing because between work and home commitments I've missed two runs this week. I'll be making up those exercise minutes to keep up with the exercise challenge.

And speaking of challenges, I'm at 40/250 for the pushup challenge which has me right on track.

Looking forward to hearing more about how everyone did on their WI.

 

[ohMom]

Whoa must admit I was surprised at 250 mins needed weekly! I had to add my regular schedule and if I make every workout planned in my routine it's 275 mins. But, and this is a big BUT, most weeks I physically just cannot do them all. I will tuck this info into my brain to motivate me to do shorter more frequent ones when I don't have the energy in my energy budget for all my routine WO

One week of journaling and I've lost half of my vaca fluff! Hopefully I can keep this up for another week!

 

[Zoesmama03]

Oh wow I could not believe my weigh in today. Down .8 lbs. I was totally expecting a small gain. Considering the days I messed up I'll take it. Only 12 more pounds and I'll reach my first mini goal weight. MFP is almost showing my mini goal as the projected 5 week weight. Next weeks weigh in will likely be off from TOM that I know is coming soon.

Lisa,

Yes I can see an end in sight to this heat all day thing. Probably in a months time it will be super nice in the morning and evenings but still warm enough to swim during the afternoon.

 

[glss1/2fll]

Well, I was a samer. Which just seems so unfair since on Wednesday I'd lost a pound! Oh well, I'll weigh again tomorrow (which is my usual day) and see how that looks.

I got my application submitted for the job. Cross that off the list! I am on track for exercise challenge. I swam this morning then walked and while walking a friend texted to go swimming! I declined. Didn't really want to get all chloriney again.

Somebody gave us some zucchini (do believe it's that overload season!) so for dinner I'm going to cook that with some mushrooms and tomato, serve over pasta and will melt some provolone cheese into it. Yes, it's really healthy until you add the cheese. But oh so tasty! I've also got some corn on the cob that I was too lazy to cook yesterday! Although, I saw you can just pop the whole thing in the microwave for a minute and it cooks great. I did 2 at a time and one wasn't completely done and they didn't slip right out of the husk like the recipe said. It was easy, though.

 

[myweegirls]

Samer here, too...it could have been *so* much worse! I'll take it and keep moving...

XO
Liz

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[amberama76]

I lost three pounds. I am attributing it to the fact that I was on my period when I weighed in last week and now I am not.

It is certainly not due to my great eating since me and DH went to eat Italian on Wednesday and I had a HUGE bowl of Bowtie pasta with alfredo and pesto plus a ton of bread with the olive oil and herb stuff for dipping!

And I didn't do a lick of exercise all week. Not even the pushups for the challenge.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

I'm going with a fun question for this week-end.

Well-Being Week-end

picture from POTD thread disboards.com of the last supermoon in 2013

Did you know that tomorrow we will have the most "super" of the supermoons of 2014?

Full moon falls on August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC (1:09 p.m. CDT in the U.S.). This full moon is not only the closest and largest full moon of the year. It also presents the moon’s closest encounter with Earth for all of 2014. The moon will not be so close again until the full moon of September 28, 2015. In other words, it’s not just a supermoon. It’s the closest supermoon of 2014.

An astrologer, not an astronomer, coined the term supermoon, and it has only recent come into common usage. Although this term is of little to no importance in astronomy, its significance to astrologers may be greater, and some may suppose that a supermoon has some kind of effect on people on Earth.

Supermoons are important because they focus attention on the moon, and nature in general. But the bottom line is that any physical effects of supermoons are not exactly super. There is no reasonable evidence that they cause super disasters. The effects that people may attribute to them are psychological rather than physical.

Click this link if you want more information on the supermoon from earthsky.org:
http://earthsky.org/tonight/most-super-supermoon-of-2014-on-august-10

WATP Musings 8/9/14: Do you think a full moon has an effect on your behaviour or the behaviour of people or animals in general? Does the full moon affect your willpower? Do you have an interesting full moon story to share?

 

[lisah0711]

One week of journaling and I've lost half of my vaca fluff! Hopefully I can keep this up for another week!

for kicking the vacation fluff to the curb, Molli!

Oh wow I could not believe my weigh in today. Down .8 lbs. I was totally expecting a small gain. Considering the days I messed up I'll take it. Only 12 more pounds and I'll reach my first mini goal weight. MFP is almost showing my mini goal as the projected 5 week weight. Next weeks weigh in will likely be off from TOM that I know is coming soon.

Lisa,

Yes I can see an end in sight to this heat all day thing. Probably in a months time it will be super nice in the morning and evenings but still warm enough to swim during the afternoon.

for an unexpected loss, Melissa!

It won't be long until you have the best of both worlds walking and swimming in your neck of the woods.

Well, I was a samer. Which just seems so unfair since on Wednesday I'd lost a pound! Oh well, I'll weigh again tomorrow (which is my usual day) and see how that looks.

I got my application submitted for the job. Cross that off the list! I am on track for exercise challenge. I swam this morning then walked and while walking a friend texted to go swimming! I declined. Didn't really want to get all chloriney again.

Somebody gave us some zucchini (do believe it's that overload season!) so for dinner I'm going to cook that with some mushrooms and tomato, serve over pasta and will melt some provolone cheese into it. Yes, it's really healthy until you add the cheese. But oh so tasty! I've also got some corn on the cob that I was too lazy to cook yesterday! Although, I saw you can just pop the whole thing in the microwave for a minute and it cooks great. I did 2 at a time and one wasn't completely done and they didn't slip right out of the husk like the recipe said. It was easy, though.

I bet that sneaky pound will be gone in no time, Linda.

I thought of your statement about zucchini overload yesterday when I saw someone in my neighborhood had set a giant zucchini out in their driveway hoping it would disappear yesterday.

Samer here, too...it could have been *so* much worse! I'll take it and keep moving...

XO
Liz

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for maintaining, Liz!

I lost three pounds. I am attributing it to the fact that I was on my period when I weighed in last week and now I am not.

It is certainly not due to my great eating since me and DH went to eat Italian on Wednesday and I had a HUGE bowl of Bowtie pasta with alfredo and pesto plus a ton of bread with the olive oil and herb stuff for dipping!

And I didn't do a lick of exercise all week. Not even the pushups for the challenge.

for an unexpected loss!

WATP Musings 8/9/14: Do you think a full moon has an effect on your behaviour or the behaviour of people or animals in general? Does the full moon affect your willpower? Do you have an interesting full moon story to share?

I do think a full moon has an effect on people's behaviour -- I can tell by the type of phone calls we get at work. I also have trouble sleeping the week before a full moon. I had a crazy week this week especially being a card carrying member of the sandwich generattion. I much prefer blaming the craziness on the full moon as opposed to thinking I am losing my marbles.

 

[glss1/2fll]

I don't think the full moon has an effect on me, but as a special education worker I can most definitely say that it does with some of those kids!!! Just a wee bit louder and less focused! But so stinkin' cute!!! If I get this office job I will miss working with them like crazy.

Nothing big planned this weekend. Supposed to be crazy hot tomorrow so need to figure out something easy food-wise for the family. I have a blanket thrown over our family room's east facing window, but have been looking at material. Hoping I can take DH to a fabric store today and we can make a purchase. I can make curtains myself, but so much easier to have my mom do it when I am visiting her in a week!

Enjoy your weekend!

 

[amberama76]

The kids at the daycare where my daughter works are always way more unruly when it's a full moon. She will be happy that this mega one falls on a weekend.

 

[Zoesmama03]

Good morning all!

I'm going with a fun question for this week-end.

Well-Being Week-end

picture from POTD thread disboards.com of the last supermoon in 2013

Did you know that tomorrow we will have the most "super" of the supermoons of 2014?

Full moon falls on August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC (1:09 p.m. CDT in the U.S.). This full moon is not only the closest and largest full moon of the year. It also presents the moon’s closest encounter with Earth for all of 2014. The moon will not be so close again until the full moon of September 28, 2015. In other words, it’s not just a supermoon. It’s the closest supermoon of 2014.

An astrologer, not an astronomer, coined the term supermoon, and it has only recent come into common usage. Although this term is of little to no importance in astronomy, its significance to astrologers may be greater, and some may suppose that a supermoon has some kind of effect on people on Earth.

Supermoons are important because they focus attention on the moon, and nature in general. But the bottom line is that any physical effects of supermoons are not exactly super. There is no reasonable evidence that they cause super disasters. The effects that people may attribute to them are psychological rather than physical.

Click this link if you want more information on the supermoon from earthsky.org:
http://earthsky.org/tonight/most-super-supermoon-of-2014-on-august-10

WATP Musings 8/9/14: Do you think a full moon has an effect on your behaviour or the behaviour of people or animals in general? Does the full moon affect your willpower? Do you have an interesting full moon story to share?

I dunno if I believe the full moon has and effect on people or animals. I guess its a possibility but I haven't ever thought hey this person(or myself) is acting strange maybe its the full moon.

I lost three pounds. I am attributing it to the fact that I was on my period when I weighed in last week and now I am not.

It is certainly not due to my great eating since me and DH went to eat Italian on Wednesday and I had a HUGE bowl of Bowtie pasta with alfredo and pesto plus a ton of bread with the olive oil and herb stuff for dipping!

And I didn't do a lick of exercise all week. Not even the pushups for the challenge.

That happens to me. The TOM week leaves me bloated and weighing more and then I'll have a semi large drop the next week. I was good yesterday and I think TOM will start sometime this weekend. So Next Friday's weight will probably be off. But I'll keep at it knowing the next week can be great.

Samer here, too...it could have been *so* much worse! I'll take it and keep moving...

XO
Liz

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Staying the same is way better than a gain. So even when we stall at the same weight we gotta keep hanging on because the next week will come.

for an unexpected loss, Melissa!

It won't be long until you have the best of both worlds walking and swimming in your neck of the woods.

Yeah so far still hot in the evening but more comfortable at least. Though last night when I went to the grocery store around 9 it was still 98. It has dropped to 80 in the wee hours of morning a few times. I can't wait for 60s at night and 70-80s during the day.

I don't think the full moon has an effect on me, but as a special education worker I can most definitely say that it does with some of those kids!!! Just a wee bit louder and less focused! But so stinkin' cute!!! If I get this office job I will miss working with them like crazy.

Nothing big planned this weekend. Supposed to be crazy hot tomorrow so need to figure out something easy food-wise for the family. I have a blanket thrown over our family room's east facing window, but have been looking at material. Hoping I can take DH to a fabric store today and we can make a purchase. I can make curtains myself, but so much easier to have my mom do it when I am visiting her in a week!

Enjoy your weekend!

Yeah you will miss the kids. I worked in a shelter and left because I was going back to school and was 30-45 minutes between home and work and classes 4 nights a week was rough enough without extra commute time. I missed the kids. Then a couple years ago was teaching 1 and 4 year olds at a daycare/preschool(mostly the 1s and 2s though) and left from complete lack of regard for the state set ratios and then getting criticized after a change in the director. The previous one told me I needed to get down with the kids more then the new one said kids were off when I'd be reading stories. But really hard to corral 13+ 1s and 2s alone with no help which is how most days were. She wouldn't take into account that one that was usually off playing alone nearby was violent towards other kids and I let him wander off for space on purpose. This kid was born drug addicted.

The kids at the daycare where my daughter works are always way more unruly when it's a full moon. She will be happy that this mega one falls on a weekend.

LOL Yep let them go crazy at home.

 

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So I have a lot of catching up to do. I've been a member in the past, but I lost my password to the e-mail of my original account, so I had to create a new one. Anyways...

Introduction time!

I'm Kim. I'm 25 and live with my parents in Eastern PA. I've been overweight my whole life, and I go through bursts of wanting to lose weight, then getting lazy and giving up. Earlier this year I was down 15 pounds to what I am now. It's a struggle because if my parents don't care much about eating healthy, then there's so much temptation in the house. I know, excuses excuses, but when I lived on my own, it was so much easier because I could make my own choices on what was in the house.

I'm a firm believer in "if it's not in the house, I'm not going to eat it."

I want to lose at least 50 pounds over the next year. I plan on going out to D23 next August, and I don't want to look the way I do now. =/

What is one of your bad eating habits? Are you already trying to get out of it? Do you have any ideas on how to tackle it? Do you already have it under control and if so how do you manage it? Do you need ideas on how to work against your specific habit?

One? I have a dozen. I mindlessly snack on things. I want to get back in the habit of measuring out portion sizes and whatnot. Back in January I had my family's kitchen completely organized and turned into weight-loss central. As my parents lost interest, the kitchen went back to an unhealthy and disorganized mess. I might have to make better use of the kitchenette in my room (and by that I mean my microwave/fridge).

I also need to cut out the Coke. It's an issue. When it isn't in the house, I go for the healthier alternative (diet green tea or flavored water). When it's right there, I get cravings and... yeah I cave.

What do you think? Does 50 minutes of exercise, 5 days a week seem like a lot to you? Or is that in line with what you’re already doing? What amount of daily exercise has given you the best results?

I think that it is something that needs to be worked up to. I wouldn't be able to go out tomorrow and do that kind of exercise. Granted, I probably do 30 flights of steps in a day (if not more), but getting out and doing stuff is harder than it looks.

While I believe that exercise is important when it comes to losing weight, I also know that too much can make someone burn out and that doesn't do anyone any good.

Do you think a full moon has an effect on your behavior or the behavior of people or animals in general? Does the full moon effect your willpower? Do you have an interesting full moon story to tell?

I work part time in a nursing home. It GREATLY effects the behavior of some of the residents, just saying. I personally don't notice a difference with me. This full moon is a bad example for me because of a huge music festival (with amazing food) ending and other mood issues at hand.


Anyways.

Hi!