I loss .6 pounds this week, which is better than gaining. I am getting tired of dieting and have been waiting to eat more…The challenge is coming to an end, with only a few more weeks left. Last week I joined a gym, which might have been a mistake, I have only been therer once so far. I am going to try to hold the membership and see if I can get myself to go there, I usually prefer to stay home and do exercise with my kids.
MyFitnessPal – Nutrition Facts For Foods
This was a great week for my weight, I lost 2.4 pounds! I am happy with my this, but know I need to do this again next week. Basically I loss what I gained over the past several weeks.
I am at 2.43% weight loss since I began this challenge, if I can get 9 more pounds I will be extremely happy and then will just work on maintain that weight for a bit. I am trying to set realistic goals, I have to be able to achieve them and then after I achieve it I work on the next goal.
My team is currently at 6.20%, right in the middle of the other two teams. The top team is at 8.64% and the bottom team 5.59%. My partner is doing great, I need to do better these next couple weeks and we can win this.
MyFitnessPal – Nutrition Facts For Foods
1.2 pounds!
That is what I gained this week, I am not happy, this weight in cost me $2.00. I don’t have a lot to say about it this week, the numbers speak for themselves.
MyFitnessPal – Nutrition Facts For Foods
I gained again this week, 0.4 pounds.
I knew I didn’t do good this week and I can blame it on anything and everything. But, the fact of the matter is that I gained and I need to be loosing. I would be super happy if I could get under 200 by the end of this challenge in June. I am currently at 210, so this is an achievable goal to just under 200.
My Fitbit broke this past Saturday while I holding my dog for the vet, during the time I apparently bumped the table and broke it. First off, a Fitbit is a small super pedometer in my opinion, it wirelessly transmits data from the small device to my computer and then I can monitor my activity through their web site. I am able to tell how many steps I traveled as well as the number of floors I climbed and the intensity of effort that I put in. This information combined with my personal information (weight, age, height) is used to determine how many calories I burned.
I started the week using that as an “excuse” to overeat this week and that is what it was an excuse. Also, I emailed the Fitbit and told them what happened to my Fitbit and they replaced it for me. I am amazed that they needed, I was hoping to buy a refurbished one and didn’t expect to have it replaced. This company is amazing, the fact that they replaced the Fitbit for me shows they really care about their customers and I am now a customer for life.
MyFitnessPal – Nutrition Facts For Foods
This week was not a good weight it, I gained 0.08 of a pound from last week. Below are a few of the charts that I pulled from MyFitnessPal that I will talk about in this post.
My goal is to stay at 1,500 calories a day, which from looking at the chart I went over on 3 days. Also we can see that on 2 days I was under that which is not good. I need to make sure that I am maintaining a healthy caloric intake for my weight loss to work.
Every weekend my steps go up and I usually try to get 10,000 steps on each day off. I need to increase my steps on weekdays and also add a regular exercise routine to my schedule.
I can see that my carbs increased as I left stoped attempting to “Do Atkins”, maybe this wasn’t the right idea, not sure on that. Another factor is that I do like to have a beer on weekends. I stay with low calorie beer and only have a couple.
I think keeping my carbs under control does a lot, I will see how I do this week and will increase my calorie burn.
I am happy with my weigh in, I am loosing weight still and sticking to my diet and logging everything I eat in MyFitnessPal.com. I have decided not to continue with Atkins, it is just not working for me, couting calories is something. As you can see my weight is dropping, but I still have a way to go before I reach my goal.
It’s amazing how many calories are in different foods, sometimes it just surprises me. I am hold off on one thing to have another. My daily calorie goal is 1,520 per day, this goes very easy. The more vegetables and lean meat make it easier to achieve, keeping the carbs low helps also. I pass on the bread so I can have more meat or a light beer.
This week I will be introducing more walking into my routine, I am going to start using the treadmill again and would like to also start doing some kettlebell works a few times a week. I would like to jog on the treadmill, but I wll see how that goes. My goal for this week is to put activity in my daily routine.
I am at 2.43% and my team is at 4.10% this week, we progressing well. Everyone has lost wait again this week so noone is adding more to the “pot”.
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Today is the second weight in for our Weight Loss Challenge, I weighed myself at home this morning to see how my scale compares to the “official” scale at work. I have been logging my food and rotating between Aktins and just low calorie. The first phase of Atkins has a limit of 20 net carbs per day, it’s is harder than I thought, net carbs are calculated by subtracting fiber from carbs which gives you the net carbs.
I am making sure that I always have a calorie deficit which I now will make me loss weight and also measuring my activity with my FitBit. I am not doing any extra exercise, yet.
Mid week I switched to MyFitnessPal.com for logging my food, I felt this site was more intuitive and the iPad app is awesome! MyFitnessPal also links to FitBit so my steps are passed automatically from FitBit to MyFitnessPal. I am able to adjust my goals such as the amount of daily calories and carbs as well as my goal weight, plus several others.
So, my offical weigh in went good, I am 1.31% down, my team is at 3.26% with this weigh in. This weigh in had everyone’s initial weight loss and we will see how everything continues.
I made a steak salad for dinner and am enjoying a Bud Light Lime tonight, I will be adding some more exercie into my daily activity next.
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Well, last week someone from work approached me about joining a weight loss challenge. We would be competing in teams, and the team with the highest percentage of weight loss wins.
This is a great idea to help motivate and stay committed to my diet, Atkins is moving along very good. The hardest part of Atkins for me is not know that something has carbs or is high in carbs. This has messed me up several times, but I am also watching my caloric intake and I am always under what I burn.
So, back to the challenge, we had our first weight in last Friday, I am at 214lb for a 5’6 man. I have a good way to go to get to a good healthy weight (170 is my goal)., the challenge run until June 1st and I am determined to win. An extra motivation was agreed upon this week by all members, we will be penalized $1 per pound gain from the last weigh in, this plus the $10 entry fee will make the pot grow bigger. The winning team splits the winning and also has bragging rights of the most weight lost. But, more importantly we all lost some weight hopefully.
I am looking forward to the weigh in tomorrow and expect to have lost weight, I have checked my weight in at home to verify but have been watching what I eat strictly all week.
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My first week was difficult, but I did it. Like I said previously, I am not a breakfast person and that is what made this difficult. I had to force myself all week to eat breakfast and all I ate was a bowl of Special K cereal.
I ate breakfast every day but one and that day I just forgot. I remembered later in the morning when I was at work and there was nothing I could get there. I plan on continuing to have breatfast every day, I will try to change my breakfast up a bit later this week.Now, I am starting the 2nd week of the Healthy Every Week Challenge, as you can see below this week’s challenge is to eat more whole grain. This part I don’t expect to be difficult, I like whole grains and will post what I eat next week. To read details about whole grains, read this article.I am getting ready to start a Couch to 5K exercise routine this week also, my kids and I are planning on running a 5K (well jogging) on the 4th of July. Once I begin I will post my updates and hope to hear from others that are participating in this or other fitness challenges.
Below is a list of the challenge:
Week 1: Eat breakfast daily
Week 2: Eat more whole grains
Week 3: Cook at home
Week 4: Eat more fruits and vegetables
Week 5: Stay on track
The idea is that this themes will turn into healthy habits that will be used throughout the year. If you want to participate, then join here.
Updated 1/10/2012 to add the links of blogs participating:
Picky Eater Blog: Chocolate Brownie Oatmeal
Family Fresh Cooking: Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal
Healthy Eating Starts at Home: Eating Breakfast Daily
Carlene’s Figments: Bits of Nutrition: Eat Breakfast Daily and Avoid Common Excuses
Simple Food, Healthy Life: Week 1 Comes to a Close + Healthy Breakfast Recipes
JBR Nutrition: Be a Breakfast Eater
Ramblings of a Pittsburgh Dad: Healthy Every Week Challenge, Week 1
Meghan’s Kitchen: Ham and Cheddar Hash-brown Bake
Don’t Be (Too) Timid and Squeamish: Maple Macadamia Nut Butter and Back to School Oatmeal
Eat. Enjoy. Live: Healthy Every Week Challenge Week 1 + a Recipe for Oat-y Pancakes
City Life Eats: Breakfast Bias
Boys ‘n’ Berry: Week 1: Oatmeal
Netlycka’s Distracting Confusion: Eat Breakfast Every Day
You Don’t Look Sick: Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis: First Week of Healthy Breakfasts
Deep Thoughts and Amusing Musings: Food Network’s January Challenge
Healthy Kitschy Vegan: Guess What I Ate Last Night? Peanut Butter and Banana Oat Bran Mess
An Uneducated Palate: Creamy Chevre, Pistachio and Fig Breakfast Sandwich
Healthy Plates: Avocado Egg Sandwich
Essentials of Nutrition: The Most Important Meal of the Day
Pursuit of Healthiness: Healthy Every Week Challenge, Breakfast Edition
Chick Bike: January Challenge, Week 1
Nutritious Daily: Breakfast Every Day
Cookin’ in my Kitchen: No-Butter Baked Apples
Hungry Jenny: Breakfast All the Way + an Easy Granola Recipe
I have a few goals that I want to achieve this year. I guess they are resolutions also, but goals I usually strive to fulfill. I have 2 main goals for 2012 that I am writing abouting this post and will post updates throughout the year.
Healthy Lifestyle
I tried this last year and did good for a few months. This year I hope to take this further and achieve my goal weight of 175lb (currently at 213lb) and maintian this weight throughout the year. I will be taking this slow to increase the odds of achieving and maintaining my goal weight.
As I have mentioned in a previous post I have joined the Healthy Every Week Challenge. I also will be using my Fitbit to monitor the amount of activity that I do dailey, I will be setting a goal for that later in the week. I will also be working with kettlebells.
Budget
This year we want to tighten our budget, with the condition of the economy we want to save more to be beter prepared. We have joined Project: Food Budget and will be posting weekly updates and hopefully find ways of lowering our food budget and learning some new meals.
Kids Education
Our children do well in school, but lately have been slipping a little and some classes are a little more challenging. We are looking at new schedules and techniques to help our kids keep our grades up. They both love reading and we want to keep it that way and also help them increase their comprehension.
Join us on this journey and we look forward to hearing other peoples ideas.
