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TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge

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    Loki
    wrote on last edited by
    #84

    My healthy eating during this challenge is going to consist of 2 fruits and 3 vegetables a day.

    https://www.studyfinds.org/right-amount-fruits-vegetables-eat-daily-longer-life/

    Still working on weight lifting goals.

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    • F Friday

      121.4 lbs. 37-31-37. Goal is to lose 10 lbs or 3 inches.

      I failed already. I had coffee and doughnuts for breakfast. They had a fundraiser this morning for my kids old high school; and the only thing they had were Krispy Kreme.

      Does anyone know how much cardio I'm going to have to do to make up for this failure?

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      Catseye3
      wrote on last edited by Catseye3
      #85

      @friday said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

      Does anyone know how much cardio I'm going to have to do to make up for this failure?

      280 hours.

      And that's the truth. 😑

      However, you are to be congratulated on your noble sacrifice in the name of community service. 🙂

      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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        Doctor Phibes
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        #86

        Now it's time for the dog walk. 2 miles, or thereabouts.

        This doesn't really count as exercise, since I do it every single bloody day anyway.

        I was only joking

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        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

          Now it's time for the dog walk. 2 miles, or thereabouts.

          This doesn't really count as exercise, since I do it every single bloody day anyway.

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          LuFins Dad
          wrote on last edited by
          #87

          Ugh. I broke on the fasting because I started getting a bit of a stomach cramp. So I had an apple. Yes, carbs, but I can’t help but feel that fruit carbs are better than others...

          1700 calories, 142 carbs, and about 90oz of water.

          The Brad

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            Doctor Phibes
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            #88

            Stop beating yourself up. I had two beers and I don't care.

            I was only joking

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              jon-nyc
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              #89

              I didn’t do my third set of shoulder presses.

              Only non-witches get due process.

              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              • 89th8 Online
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                89th
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                #90

                Ok today I avoided a few extra things I normally would've eaten just because. Lots of cookies at work and at home, but only had 2 instead of the likely 4-5 I would've consumed.

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                  #91

                  weight_log.png

                  So I almost forgot about this...those in TNCR 13 years ago might remember it.

                  In 2006 I was 232 pounds. I decided I wanted to get back in shape so I tracked my weight daily for the next 2.5 years. A combo of eating better and working out... and then a few marathons...eventually got down to 170.

                  Of specific note, it's NOT easy (obviously!) but if you run a few miles each day and eat somewhat reasonably (like for dinner, have a 6" club sandwich on wheat bread, baked chips, and a diet coke), the weight will melt off week after week.

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                    Aqua Letifer
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                    #92

                    It's 11:26 and I'm eating pizza and drinking beer, watching a YouTube video about how, canonically, the T-1000 was so badass that even Skynet was afraid of it, hence there never being any subsequent models.

                    So I wouldn't say that I'm hitting the ground running per se.

                    ...Unlike the T-1000, which can run up to 40mph.

                    Please love yourself.

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                      Catseye3
                      wrote on last edited by Catseye3
                      #93

                      I wasn't stellar today, either. I had planned out an exercise program, but only managed two foot rolls with the foam roller. How I discovered that standing up straight without leaning on something has become (more) troublesome. Gonna have to do the foam rolling sitting/lying down until I get some weight off.

                      Did eat better than usual, though.

                      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                        jon-nyc
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                        #94

                        Don’t get discouraged, even a little progress is progress.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          #95

                          What I’m learning from my favorite online horse trainer - change one thing at a time. And feel good about very small successes (like no added sugar today, or eating 3 servings of vegetables)

                          So the first two weeks in February I just counted calories. Did not try to do extra exercise. My goal was to stay under 1600 (which I did) - and then when I fell off that wagon the last two weeks, my body was more used to eating fewer calories, so I didn’t gain anything back - I just didn’t lose. Now I am adding in extra exercise. Luckily I had to do two things yesterday that seriously got my heart rate up, so I didn’t have to do planned exercise - once was chopping ice and shoveling snow at the barn to try to keep the running water (it was almost 40 degrees out, yay!) channelled away from the horses stall and the horse trailer. The other was the two hours I spend with a respirator on at the new gallery space sweeping the leftover crud from grinding the cement floor up with an oil based sweeping compound. Blisters on my hand, but it felt good to go to bed exhausted.

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                            Doctor Phibes
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                            #96

                            I just used the Ab-wheel for the first time in about 6 months - only 10 reps to be on the safe side.

                            If history is anything to go by, I'm going to be in agony tomorrow.

                            I was only joking

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                            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                              I just used the Ab-wheel for the first time in about 6 months - only 10 reps to be on the safe side.

                              If history is anything to go by, I'm going to be in agony tomorrow.

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                              #97

                              @doctor-phibes said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

                              I just used the Ab-wheel for the first time in about 6 months - only 10 reps to be on the safe side.
                              If history is anything to go by, I'm going to be in agony tomorrow.

                              That thing is the device of the devil. I fiddled with it in my fitness-center days once or twice -- wow, PAIN.

                              If you got in ten reps, you're doing pretty good, I'd say!

                              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                              • 89th8 89th

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                                So I almost forgot about this...those in TNCR 13 years ago might remember it.

                                In 2006 I was 232 pounds. I decided I wanted to get back in shape so I tracked my weight daily for the next 2.5 years. A combo of eating better and working out... and then a few marathons...eventually got down to 170.

                                Of specific note, it's NOT easy (obviously!) but if you run a few miles each day and eat somewhat reasonably (like for dinner, have a 6" club sandwich on wheat bread, baked chips, and a diet coke), the weight will melt off week after week.

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                                Loki
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #98

                                @89th said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

                                weight_log.png

                                So I almost forgot about this...those in TNCR 13 years ago might remember it.

                                In 2006 I was 232 pounds. I decided I wanted to get back in shape so I tracked my weight daily for the next 2.5 years. A combo of eating better and working out... and then a few marathons...eventually got down to 170.

                                Of specific note, it's NOT easy (obviously!) but if you run a few miles each day and eat somewhat reasonably (like for dinner, have a 6" club sandwich on wheat bread, baked chips, and a diet coke), the weight will melt off week after week.

                                That is so cool not to mention the great job! How tall are you?

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                                  Loki
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #99

                                  My garmin says I burn about 2400 calories a day on average.

                                  Using a calculator it says I should consume 3000 a day to maintain weight. If I were sedentary it ways 1900 a day.

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                                    @89th said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

                                    weight_log.png

                                    So I almost forgot about this...those in TNCR 13 years ago might remember it.

                                    In 2006 I was 232 pounds. I decided I wanted to get back in shape so I tracked my weight daily for the next 2.5 years. A combo of eating better and working out... and then a few marathons...eventually got down to 170.

                                    Of specific note, it's NOT easy (obviously!) but if you run a few miles each day and eat somewhat reasonably (like for dinner, have a 6" club sandwich on wheat bread, baked chips, and a diet coke), the weight will melt off week after week.

                                    That is so cool not to mention the great job! How tall are you?

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                                    LuFins Dad
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #100

                                    @loki said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

                                    @89th said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

                                    weight_log.png

                                    So I almost forgot about this...those in TNCR 13 years ago might remember it.

                                    In 2006 I was 232 pounds. I decided I wanted to get back in shape so I tracked my weight daily for the next 2.5 years. A combo of eating better and working out... and then a few marathons...eventually got down to 170.

                                    Of specific note, it's NOT easy (obviously!) but if you run a few miles each day and eat somewhat reasonably (like for dinner, have a 6" club sandwich on wheat bread, baked chips, and a diet coke), the weight will melt off week after week.

                                    That is so cool not to mention the great job! How tall are you?

                                    He’s like 6’8” or something. He and Aqua are both monstrous giants in height.

                                    The Brad

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                                      LuFins Dad
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                                      #101

                                      I managed to fast till 12 without a problem. Now it’s time for breakfast for lunch. A Fried eggg on a slice of whole wheat toast with a slice of Irish cheddar and a small bowl of steel rolled oats and blueberries.

                                      The Brad

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                                        Doctor Phibes
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                                        #102

                                        2 eggs and a slice of bread for breakfast. Stationary bike for 1/2 hour.

                                        Now some chicken, another slice of bread and a cup of tea before back to work, then a 2 mile walk. And that'll be it for the day.

                                        The stuff I'll do to avoid writing up performance reviews.

                                        I was only joking

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                                          I pulled my kettlebells out from storage. Gonna get back on the horse today.

                                          Please love yourself.

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