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Food log (6/21):
Breakfast
Skipped

Lunch
Beef roast (37g of protein)
Steamed cauliflour, carrots, and peas (3g of protein)

Dinner
Salad: lettuce, tomato, chicken, carrots, avocado and ranch dressing

Snacks
Donuts

Total Protein: 40g

I know the chicken and carrots had some protein in them, but this has been such a discouraging week, that I didn't even measure them out to count them.
 
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Justina....... 35+68+53+62+75+49+56+56+47+38+50+M.=589....start wt 258.5, current wt 236.4, percent loss= 9.35%
Belinda....... 35+59+49+63+70+65+58+50+39+41+49+60=638....start wt 193.1, current wt 184.3, percent loss= 4.77%
Transparent 25+65+49+61+73+75+56+54+54+36+44+48=548....start wt 271.4, current wt 269.2, percent loss= 0.82%
Mands........ 25+61+46+31+51+35+44+46+39+43+M.+M.=421....start wt 200.1, current wt 183.8, percent loss= 8.15%
Omega....... 35+70+52+63+77+73+56+56+46+47+56+61=692....start wt 153.8, current wt 150.2, percent loss= 2.40%
Oregongal... 17+54+48+57+49+65+51+51+42+42+M.+M.=476....start wt 177.0, current wt 166.6, percent loss= 6.24%
Goonfairy.... 01+66+49+56+55+63+42+36+15+18+36+M.=437....start wt 309.0, current wt 310.2, percent loss= 0%
Sunflower... aa+bb+cc+dd+17+65+62+52+36+41+50+47=370 +4 weeks @ 80% of average on those weeks...
............................................................................start wt 209.0, current wt 207.0, percent loss= 0.97%

I still need to calculate the averages for Sunflower.

I also need to edit to give the weight loss element as I havent fed in the new weights

We are awaiting some data for a few of our people - but this is no problem as I have been so late in looking at the score sheets.

If anyone disagrees with these figures please let me know.

Reminder for Margaret next time:
The big thing with using the calculator is to remember to do as San suggested and put the current weight in the "from" box and the start weight in the "to" box. It is a bit counter-intuitive in my opinion...
 
Mini challenge for the week starting Saturday 22nd June.

Some people were wary of last week being a high number of grams of protein to hit (feeling that it would force them to eat more) - so this week I am going to have a limit for something which we try not to go over.

Sodium is something that I struggle with - but I am pretty certain that assuming that my sodium was adequately low kept me from my goal weight for a long time. Indeed - on my big project - I dropped the last elusive 12 pounds in five weeks starting when I started counting my sodium every day... I actually had not realised that my sodium had gone up since my last "spot check" and I knew that I was sensitive to sodium... My biggest ever purely sodium gain was over 8 pounds the previous year.



The guidelines vary - but I am going to set a single target for everyone of eating no more than 2300mg sodium per day.
As you can see - this more than covers the sodium element of our diet that we actually need - and some of us will see that our sodium target should be even lower...

I know that I struggle to keep under the 2300mg.

3 points for each day

In addition, like last week I will give 1 point per day if you continue to log your food in this thread... It doesn't have to be timely... It doesnt have to be healthy - it doesnt need calorie counting, weighing or measuring... It just needs to be admitted - we need to take ownership of our food choices.

So in re-cap:
1/ limit sodium to no more than 2300mg 3 points
2/ log food for 1 point
 
Ohhhh, I put salt on everything! This will be hard for me! Good challenge!

21/6

L: crackers and light philli, satsuma.
D: pate and toast, half a pizza
S: lots of booze!

Full points for water and exercise.
 
It'll be hard for everyone. There is sodium in just about everything that you eat. I often go over without sprinkling salt on the plate or in the cooking... I've had 384mg sodium in two plates of apricot and yoghurt.
 
I was doing better when I wasn't measuring out food or worried about nutritional values. I've gained 1/2 pound off the protein challenge. At least this challenge isn't increasing my intake of something. With that in mind, today is going to be my "off" day. I haven't had a dedicated "off" day in several weeks and it might as well be at the beginning of our final week. So no counting sodium or food logging for me today.
 
I will not be counting my sodium tomorrow. I have been asked to eat at a friend's house and I will never be able to estimate the sodium content.

She is Italian and I am sure that she will make a wonderful meal for us. I am not going to mar it by worrying about sodium or calories... I am going to have a day off too...

There is no denying that it takes calories to hit various nutritional targets... It is still worth doing - as in some ways it indicates that we were not managing to hit the targets when we were bringing in the calories in at a lower level... Although there is a short term calorie-saving gain - the nutritional shortfall does not benefit our health. The calorie rise encourages us to look at our nutrition to see if we can see a better way of spending the calories... After all - it isn't just while we are trying to lose weight... Our "dieting" calorie level directly helps to determine the maintenance calorie level that we get to eat at for the rest of our lives... if we cut calories too low when losing weight - our bodies will get used to that level and will trigger us to gain weight at a lower level in the future...

It is easier with a less than target like with sodium - but it can challenge us in another way as the sodium level can quickly rise. It is amazing how quickly you can get to 2300mg without adding salt to anything...
 
Well done on your 2 pound loss. That is brilliant.

There is no denying that sodium is difficult.
 
I'd better copy my food from fitday...

Saturday food:

750g Total 0% Greek yoghurt
250g low fat Greek yoghurt (Morrisons)
3 tins apricots
200g raspberries
330g pork loin steak
1 tin low sugar low salt baked beans (Tescos healthy eating)
tomato chilli sauce in the baked beans

1 ltr tap water
2 ltr sparkling water - orange

totals from fitday:
calories 1837.6
sodium 1795.2mg
protein 178.9g
calcium 2284.5
fibre 40.6
sat fat 8.8

I did some walking plus an hour of salsa and an hour of fast zumba - so would have a calorie deficit.

Sunday food was not nearly so good as we were invited out to a meal (and our friend Idria made a 4 course feast) and we had been busy during the day. LOL I'll list it to get 1 point but that is about my points limit for nutrition...

500g Total 0% Greek yoghurt
2 tins apricots
500g green grapes
1 bread roll
effectively Greek salad with cubes of feta, cherry tomatoes, olives, olive oil
prawn and asparagus risotto
mushroom and asparagus risotto
sea bass baked in a lovely sauce
ratatouille
spinach
chocolate dessert

There was no real opportunity to count the water I had.
I cannot claim any water points as I did not have an entire litre of water during the earlier part of the day and there was no opportunity to count water at Idria's house...
My water consumption would not be too bad as we shared 6 litres of water beween us...

I got my pedometer over 15,000 steps so got my exercise points ok...
I would not hit any of my targets
 
Food log (6/24):
Breakfast
Slimfast shake (210mg of sodium)

Lunch
Chicken wrap (1130mg of sodium)

Dinner

Snacks

Total Sodium: 1340 mg
 
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No more than 2300mg of sodium daily (3 points); log food (1 point).

6/22: 2 points exercise, 3 points water, 0 points mini-challenge
6/23: 1 point exercise, 2 points water, 0 points mini-challenge
6/24: 2 points exercise, 2 points water, 4 points mini-challenge
6/25: 2 points exercise, 2 points water, 4 points mini-challenge
6/26: 2 points exercise, 3 points water, 1 point mini-challenge
6/27: 2 points exercise, 3 points water, 0 points mini-challenge
6/28: 2 points exercise, 2 points water, 0 ponits mini-challenge

Exercise: 13
Water: 17
Mini-challenge: 9
 
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Monday food:

500g Total 0% Greek yoghurt
4 tins apricots
250g low fat Greek yoghurt - Morrisons
121g raw weight salmon greased in butter
half tin sweetcorn
tin mushy peas
200g cherries

2.5 ltr tap water during zumba & aerobics
1 ltr sparkling water - orange

totals from fitday:
calories 1771.0
sodium 1476.7
protein 112.1
calcium 1572.2
fibre 28.5
sat fat 14.0


done 1 hr aerobics class, 2 hrs zumba and some outdoor walking
 
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Hi guys, I know I have been MIA for a bit, but I am leaving at the end of next month (July) for about 10 weeks and I have a lot of things between work, home and family and friends to get in order before I go.

I know I have a lot of catching up to do, but I'll do it... soon.... hopefully....:Angel_anim:

Congrats on the weight loss. I know if the challenge starts right back again that I will not be able to do it as I don't know how the internet connection availability will be where I'm going. But I'll be right here in October to catch whatever one is going on at the time or starting.

If I don't get back before I leave, or if I may forget, CONGRATS TO EVERYONE ON THEIR WEIGHTLOSS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.... SEE YOU GUYS IN OCTOBER....:hurray::grouphug::seeya:
 
Hi Guys

I'm gonna have to bow out of this challenge as at the moment I live, eat, breathe weddings and don't get enough sleep and no spare time to come on here. Great job to those who are doing so well.

Catch up after wedding season but will check in now and again when I have a spare second.
 
Mands - we're sorry to lose you.

I know how busy you get with work. I hope that you are still finding the time to give your health and weight control the attention that it deserves. I really do not like the idea of you not getting enough sleep because we all need enough sleep. Look after yourself!
 
Tuesday food:

750g Total 0% Greek yoghurt
3 tins apricots
1 tin peaches
500g red grapes
3 pork sausages
tin baked beans

2 ltr bottled water (at salsa)
1 ltr sparkling water - apple

My sodium went over... it was all the sodium in the sausages that did it!!!

Calories a bit higher - but Tuesday is my big salsa night - so lots of exercise...

pedometer 35,702 steps - it makes the calories seem not so bad...

calories 2070.0
sodium 2387.5
protein 128.5
calcium 1765.0
fibre 35.4
sat fat 11.5
 
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I fancied the sausages - but knew that they would send the sodium to the limit as I knew that I was looking as 1200mg sodium in the sausages alone... I figured that I could have higher food if I fancied it because of the salsa exercise...

Like Sunday - I am going to have no chance of getting any sodium points today.

We are eating in a restaurant tonight - and I fully expect the meal to be high sodium... There is no way of knowing what the numbers are - but it will be high sodium and high calorie.

I am actually not in any mood to eat particularly healthily... I spent an hour yesterday in the dentist's chair getting my broken tooth drilled in preparation for a crown being fitted. There was a problem with the temporary crown (it broke while being fitted) so the dentist made another one that has since broken up too. I am currently trying to contact the dentist...

I have been taking prescription painkillers to try to numb the pain...

Add in the fact that I am full of cold and have been up half the night - and you will see that I am feeling pretty sorry for myself. We have to go out to dinner as it is a business meeting and needs to be done... At the minute - a high calorie soft meal like chicken korma sounds very appealing... I have pretty much settled on the notion that I deserve it...
 
I gained 2 lbs after this "off" weekend, but I've shed them already so I'm doing pretty good for letting loose for two days.

Food log (6/25):
Slimfast shake (210mg sodium)
Chicken Wrap (1130mg sodium)
Kashi Berry Fruitful cereal (0mg sodium) with 1% milk (120mg sodium)
TOTAL SODIUM: 1460mg

Food log (6/26):
Slimfast shake (210mg sodium)
Chicken (940mg of sodium)
Fat free ranch dressing (580mg of sodium)
Beef Stroganoff
Mashed Potatoes
Herb rice
Special K cereal w/ 1% milk
TOTAL SODIUM: 1730mg (I stopped counting, I know I missed the mark by far; my husband added a ton of salt to the potatoes. But I still want that point for logging.)
 
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Belinda - well done for getting rid of the gained weight.
 
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