Weight-Loss Purple Team Thread

Weight-Loss
MandyH said:
Ok, so I’m pretty upset this week and feel like a big fat failure! My exercise was down. My weight was up. I do not think this is fat gain. My body has been playing tricks on me. My TOM should’ve started several days ago and here I sit waiting. Anyway, the scale has been hovering around 198-199lb all week after being down in the 195’s for much of last week. If I figured my math correctly, I only earned 4 points for this week because of the weight gain deduction.
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Its a good job that you posted - because it prompted me to check your numbers and you got more points than you think...

MandyH said:
Start Weight:--- 197.8lb

-------------Weight--Change--Percent--Percent---Minutes Exercised---------Bonus Y/N---Points for Week
-------------------------------to date--this wk---------------------------------------------------------

Week 1:------196.6----(1.2)----(.61%)---(.61%)----------240------------------YYYYYYY-nnnnnnn---------6 + 16 + 14 = 36
Week 2:------198.2----(+1.6)----(+.2%)---(+.81%)----------135------------------111221-yyyyyyy---------(-8) + 9 + 8 + 7 = 16 - but may be more as only reported about 6 days of water
Week 3:------xxx.x----(x.x)----(x.x%)---(x.x%)----------xxx------------------xxxxxxx---------xx
Week 4:------xxx.x----(x.x)----(x.x%)---(x.x%)----------xxx------------------xxxxxxx---------xx
Week 5:------xxx.x----(x.x)----(x.x%)---(x.x%)----------xxx------------------xxxxxxx---------xx
Week 6:------xxx.x----(x.x)----(x.x%)---(x.x%)----------xxx------------------xxxxxxx---------xx

Total Points so far
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You really gained little more than the weight that you lost the previous week (something that we all do regularly - especially with water retention - and you are expecting TOM...

If the weight loss gave you 6 points last week - almost the same regained would take away a similar number of points...

I checked it all out and put the weight part of your scoresheet right...

I did notice that your scoresheet only reports about your water drinking on 6 of the 7 days... Check your records - and put it right and there may be an extra 1 or 2 points for you...

Don't let the weight loss part of the score get you down... We all have weeks where we gain... If we know that we have worked hard and been good - the reward will come in time... Things like TOM do mask our fatloss from the scales - but the effect is temporary and your reward will come...
 
Well that makes me feel better! I don't know where my head was when I figured it out the first time. As I said before math was never my good subject! I've gone in and fixed my water count. I missed a 2 liter day for 1 more point.
 
Mandy, I gained too. I'm in the same boat. I didn't eat EXACTLY as I'd like, but I also didn't gorge myself. I've got TOM coming in a few days, and the small bag of popcorn I had is probably wreaking havoc on my body :(. But I exercised almost every day, and I didn't give in and pig out like I usually would when given the opportunity. Normally I would have stopped coming to the forum, but I'm not going to defeat myself.

I'm going to keep to my 2000ml of water a day. I felt that it was a good amount and helped stave off hunger.

Saturday
Food
1 Toast w/ cheese whiz - 110
4 Cups cantaloupe (8 portion fruit) - 200
1 Cup Sugar Snap Peas (2 portion vegetables) - 40
1 Cups carrots (2 portion vegetables) - 50
Yogurt - 50
Cereal Bar - 130
Small bag of chips - 140
Frozen dinner - 300
5oz chicken breast with 1 cup green beans and 1 cup mini corn = 360

Exercise
20 min walk

Water
500ml
500ml
710ml
500ml

2210/2000

Fruit/Veggies
Servings of fruit = 8
Servings of vegetables = 8
Total: 16 portions
 
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I'm keeping on trying to push myself to have water. I had 2 litres of water today - which didnt quite hit my target. My target calculates out to just under 2.25 litres so at least it was close.
 
Saturday Food
Sunflower seeds
Banana (1.5 fruit)
Buffalo Wings
Vitamins
Apple (1.8 fruit)

Total fruits = 3.3, Total Veg = 0
 
Loch said:
I exercised almost every day, and I didn't give in and pig out like I usually would when given the opportunity. Normally I would have stopped coming to the forum, but I'm not going to defeat myself.
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That is one reason why I think that there is immense value in challenges which require a level of continuous logging (irrespective of food choices) and reward a reasonable level of exercise... Otherwise it can be all to easy to give yourself a few days off if you are not feeling 100% or stressed...

If people log their food - in my experience they are more likely to try to make better choices - even on naughty days...
If people feel that there is a reward for being active they are more likely to do so - even if they only feel up to going out for a walk and their normal fitness level and weight leads them to normally do something more exerting for exercise.
These are important habits that we need to learn to keep up on bad days as well as the good days... Losing these habits could lead us to regaining lost weight.
 
Sunday food:

2.5 ltr water
diet cola
tin of tuna in spring water
1/3 cucumber
2 tomatoes
lettuce
1 tin apricots
250g Total 0% Greek yoghurt
sugar free butterscotch
2 bananas
3 sausages
1 tin baked beans
cherries

exercise
1.5 hours zumba (went to a charity zumbathon)
walking
 
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Sunday
Food
2 Toast w/ cheese whiz - 220
4 Cups cantaloupe (8 portion fruit) - 200
1 Cup Sugar Snap Peas (2 portion vegetables) - 40
1 Cups carrots (2 portion vegetables) - 50
Cereal Bar - 130
Chips - 250
Frozen dinner - 300
Soup w/ toast and cheese whiz - 260

Exercise
40 min walk

Water
500ml
500ml
710ml
500ml
500ml

2710/2000

Fruit/Veggies
Servings of fruit = 8
Servings of vegetables = 4
Total: 12 portions
 
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I won't do well in the challenge this week. I very rarely have fruit or vegetables and virtually never have the so called 5 a day. To me, as healthy as they might be, they are essentially empty calories, especially fruit. If I have the choice between an apple and a sandwich for breakfast (which comes to about the same calories), I will always choose the sandwich. The apple will not fill me up, won't even give me a sense of having eaten anything. The sandwich will keep me going until lunch. Also, I hate vegetables. I have tried and tried, and there was a short period in which I could stomach some of it, but essentially, I can't stand the stuff. And I am not going to waste the calories that I allow myself on something that I despise. So I apologise in advance for not getting those points.

Food for the weekend:

Saturday:
Sesame Bagels
spready cheese
blueberry muffin
peanut butter sandwich
Lasagne
coffee
Pepsi Max

Sunday:
Sesame Bagels
mature cheddar
Blueberry muffin
Twix Bar
Muesli with skimmed milk
Roast Dinner
Ben and Jerry's Ice cream
coffee
Pepsi Max

30 minute walk on Sunday

I don't know how much longer I can keep up the exercise. I am looking into alternatives to walking, since I can no longer do that without serious repercussions. My GP has now put me on Morphine at night to keep the pain at levels that allow me to get some sleep. He tells me that it will eventually 'burn itself out', but hasn't been very clear on how long that is going to take. I can't go swimming at the moment either, so that severely limits what I can do. Not going to let that beat me though - I've talked to the people at my gym, and they are actually going to move one of the recumbent bikes into the smaller area where I work out (they are usually in the main gym, which I don't really go into), so I can use that. never used one of those, so that's going to be interesting.
 
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All you can do is your best, San, I don't think any of us will be mad at you for that :).
 
Don't worry about it San. I certainly will not get mad at you.

I have to say that I cannot lose any weight ever if I eat bread... It always piles on the pounds for me - so a sandwich would never work... I register a gain the next day if I have a single slice... I love it so I do occasionally relent... Having said that - it is tricky to find a sandwich that you can have for 116 calories which is the cost of a pretty large apple. I cannot stand that taste of diet bread - it tastes like polystyrene to me... Then there are the calories for the butter / spread and the filling... All my sandwiches end up being a lot more calories.
 
I eat crisp bread, which I really enjoy. Slices are between 40 and 50 calories. No butter, just a slice of cheese (about 45 calories) or a slice of ham (about 10). That's it. Cup of coffee with it and I am good to go until lunch. I have tried eating muesli and porridge, and while I love Muesli, it's surprisingly high in calories, and the portion I'm allowed is so small that it just doesn't do anything for me. And porridge leaves me hungry. I know it shouldn't, it should be the opposite, but I think there is something really substantially screwed up with my metabolism. I'm trying to make my lunch fruit and yoghurt most days, but it feels more like a snack than actual food, and on those days I'm hungry as a wolf by the time dinner comes around. That's what I mean with feeling as if my body is working against me....it's like there's something in there that wants to make it as hard as humanly possible for me to eat healthy (well, healthier at least) and lose weight....*grumble*
 
I hear you on the porridge. Honestly, with anything I eat, I feel hungry within like...20 min. It's incredibly difficult to eat healthy when your body is like that. That's why I actually eat small "snacks" about every hour.

What I like about the challenge is that it allows us to think about other ways to change our lifestyle, and although we all want to be competitive and win, we're all winners so long as we try, right? I'll try anything at least once!

I'm still making up for my date night, but hard work pays off!
 
Sunday Food
Pepperoni Pizza slice
Walnuts
Banana
Beet Greens
Dates
Lettuce
Vitamins
Chicken
Milk, skim
Nectarine
Peas
Raspberries

Total Fruit = 5
Total Veg = 3
 
Monday food:

2.5 ltr water
diet cola
2 bananas
2 tins apricots
500g Total 0% Greek yoghurt
sugar free butterscotch
roast lamb, gravy, courgettes, carrots, broccoli, potato
250g low fat yoghurt
blueberries
2 shape yoghurts

Exercise:
1 hr light aerobics
2 hrs zumba
1.5 hrs social salsa dancing
 
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That explains it... I dont think of crispbread as bread... They are more like crackers and like other biscuits do nothing to fill me up... LOL Rod and I used to literally half a packet of biscuits and then start eating... with crackers we would get the packet and plough through making biscuits and cheese until we ran out of the cheese...
 
Ok, in keeping with bein honest here. I don't think I'm going to hit all of my bonus points for fruits and veggies. Mostly because I'm not to crazy for most vegetables. I eat a garden salad every weekday which consists of green pepper, cucumber, romaine lettuce, and tomato, but I don't think I have enough full servings of each to qualify for points. If potatoes counted, I'd have it made. I could LIVE on potatoes! LOL

I'm much better with fruits, but again don't think I have enough on hand to qualify. Money is tight and we do our groceries on Thursday nights so I've already spent my budgeted money on food. I can't go spend more money to try to get bonus points for a challenge that's supposed to be fun. :(

On the flip side, I'm going back to taebo workouts so I should have more points for exercise than I have in past weeks. Doing the best I can at the moment. :)
 
You can have servings made up of a variety of vegetables if that helps... For instance if you have half a serving of green pepper and half a serving of cucumber to make a veg serving if it helps.

Also - it is worth checking your serving sizes to see how they compare to the official ones... Some of these serving sizes come in as really wimpy to me - as I am used to eating big portions... I probably always serve myself multiple portions of just about everything...

If you do not get the points - that is not an issue - but you do not want to rob yourself if you actually deserve the points.
 
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