August Challenge!

[emullett]

I'm starting this on Aug 1. I will post my weight and won't weigh until the end of August. My goal is to be perfect in August!

[jellybeans01]

I am with you on that. I will post my weight aug.1st and at the end.

[EmilyGF]

I need to think about this. My mom is coming to visit and I find it so hard not to snack when she's around.

I think it actually bothers her if I don't snack. Sigh.

Emily

[emullett]

yay!! jellybeans and emilyGF! The more the merrier.

[r.jean]

I will join as well. I will weigh in tomorrow and will seek some sort of weight loss this month by making better food choices. I am already pretty compliant with Vanilla No S and with exercise, but I continue to fill my plates with foods that are high calorie and are not always healthy.

8/5: I am going to enter weekly updates on Mondays because I do not visit the site daily. Update 1: I am not entering a weight yet because it has not been a full week. Also, food consumption was a disaster with a family reunion this weekend. Two days of disordered eating and one of those days with a fair amount of liquid calories. The rest of the week was okay but nothing spectacular. I am trying to combine food choices with portion control. (Larger portions of healthy stuff that I do like and smaller portions of the not so health stuff that I like too.) Like Jelly Beans I will never be a total chicken and salad eater, but there are healthly foods I like and need to make a point to eat more. I did fine with exercise overall but still failed to add a routine of Shovel Glove. I did it once this week.

[jellybeans01]

so how does this go, I am excited and ready.

[jellybeans01]

r.jean, just an idea, maybe keep your foods just use smaller plates. I personally will never be a salad, chicken breast girl. I like higher fat foods , but if I keep in on a smaller plate I still lose weight on this diet.

[Jammin' Jan]

I want to try Vanilla No-S this month. I will not weigh until the end of the month.

1.
2.
3. S-Day
4. S-Day
5.

Looking forward to September. August had some bumps in the road.

[tobiasmom]

Starting Weight: 202 (-6 in July, -33 total since giving birth Nov 2012)

Goals this month: Vanilla No-S, Couch to 5K 3 days a week
Going to be on vacation for 3 weeks this month. That ought to be a little challenging!

8.1: SUCCESS!! Couch to 5K week 2 Day 2
8.2: SUCCESS!
8.3: S DAY! Couch to 5K week 2 Day 3
8.4: S DAY!
8.5: SUCCESS! Couch to 5K Week 3 Day 1
8.6: SUCCESS!
8.7: SUCCESS!
8.8: SUCCESS!
8.9: SUCCESS!
8.10: S DAY!
8.11: S DAY!
8.12: SUCCESS!
8.13: SUCCESS!
8.14: SUCCESS!
8.15: SUCCESS!
8.16: FAILURE.
8.17: S DAY!
8.18: S DAY!
8.19: FAILURE.
8.20: FAILURE.
8.21: FAILURE.
8.22: FAILURE.
8.23: FAILURE.
8.24: S DAY
8.25: S DAY
Vacation did me in last week!!!
8.26: FAILURE
8.27: FAILURE
8.28: SUCCESS!
8.29: SUCCESS!
8.30: SUCCESS!
8.31: S DAY

[r.jean]

Vacations can be hard, but if you at least stick to 3 meals it helps. You are really doing well.

[janiean1]

Hi all! I'm starting fresh again today! Where do we post our weight?

[Dhack]

Hi All!

August is my second full month. I love the accountability of this thread!

1- s day (binge )
2-:D
3-:D
4-:D
5-:D
6-s day
7-:D
8-:D
9-:D
10-s day
11-:D
12-:D
13-:D (weight:153 -5.5 lbs )
14- s day Travel day. Never realized how strongly snacking and car travel go together. I literally had to pull my hand out of a pack of cookies 5 times and remind myself I DO NOT SNACK! But I made it to our destination with out snacking. The snacks are for entertaining the kids but I'm going to skip them on the way home. My kids are all slim but really want for all of us to move away from snacking.
15-:D on vacation and portion sizes are too large but on plan
16-:D
17-s day
18-:( big old failure. Actually my first red day since starting. Dessert and Snacks after dinner.
19-:D
20-:D
21-:D
22-:D
23-s day
24-:D
25-s day
26-:D
27-:D I went to the fair and stayed on plan without any feelings of deprivation! yay! HUGE step for me. [going to the fair today but not making it an s day. Either taking my garbage food home for the freezer or just passing completely. Definitely don't want another red square!!]
28-:D another happy day! Tonight was bunco put all the "not sweets" on one plate and was done!
29-:D
30-:D
31-s day

[Bssh]

I'm in again!

June challenge: 3 failure days, 0 lbs lost (as I'd stopped wanting to lose weight, thought I wanted to maintain, changed my mind in July!)
July challenge: 4 failure days, 5.2 lbs lost.
August challenge: Last recorded weight 140lbs (19th July 2013)

Goal - NoS (with my usual mod - one small dessert after dinner if I want it on NoS days)
I also do 5:2 intermittent fasting twice a week.

01 Success (IF day)
02 Failure (houseguests making compliance difficult today)
03 S Day
04 S Day
05 Success (IF day)
06 Failure (succumbed to 2 pieces of birthday chocolate; not a big failure really, but a failure nonetheless)
07 Success
08 Success (IF day)
09 Success (0.4 lb lost)
10 S Day
11 S Day
12
13
14
15
16
17 S Day
18 S Day
19
20
21
22
23
24 S Day
25 S Day
26
27
28
29
30
31 S Day

[grothkat]

I am in!! I will post daily weights though if no one minds. Full Vanilla No S with a goal of 90% compliance.

Katrina
Aug 1: SUCCESS not at home so no weigh in.
Aug 2: 197.2 lbs FAIL went to a party and no real food till 9:30 PM so I snacked on chips.
Aug 3: No Weigh In S Day
Aug 4: No Weight In S Day Feeling guilty about two S days. How do you get over that?
Aug 5: SUCCESS
Aug 6: SUCCESS
Aug 7: FAILa
Aug 8: Making a little modification. The habit I have the hardest time getting down and want to get down the most is no snacking. I am going to make this my primary goal and call the day a success as long as I do not snack.
SUCCESS
Aug 9: SUCESS
Aug 10: S DAY
Aug 11: S DAY
Aug 12: 196.4 lbs I am going to try to go back to weighing daily. I was moving and had packed away my scale.
SUCCESS
Aug 13: 195.0 lbs NWS Day : Out sick
Aug 14: SUCCESS No weigh in: went to work at 5 AM
Aug 15: 195.0 lbs SUCCESS
Aug 16: 193.6 lbs FAIL
Aug 17: S DAY Bingy type though
Aug 18: S DAY
Aug 19: SUCCESS
Aug 20: SUCCESS
Aug 21: SUCCESS
Aug 22: SUCCESS- Almost failed but managed to keep it together.
Aug 23: FAIL
Aug 24: S Day
Aug 25:S Day
Aug 26: 197.6 lbs (expected this as I had some rough S Days) SUCCESS
Aug 27: SUCCESS
Aug 28: SUCCESS I am feeling like I am eating a lot at my meals but I guess that will eventually calm down. None the less, I am feeling deprivation from lots of past dieting and wanting to eat good, unhealthy food meals.
Aug 29: FAIL Activity: 15,364 steps I will start posting my activity. Major failure might be partially due to working a 16 hr day.

[jellybeans01]

okay starting the challenge at 139lbs. My goal is to workout pretty much daily which I do love to do. I am getting my body back after baby number 5. I lost her shortly after birth mid March:( so I just need to get back on track.
Aug 1 success
Aug 2 success 40 min walk
Aug 3 nutty s day yikes, 5mile walk
Aug 4 s day, very controlled and I feel great! 45 min walk
Aug 5 success and exercis
Aug 6 success
Aug 7 success
Aug 8 success!
Aug 9 success
Aug 10 successful s day (not crazy)7 mile walk
aug 11 successful s day
aug 12 fail
aug 13 fail. getting back on track
aug 14 success
aug 15 success
aug 16 fail, birthday for my dad and Grandma
aug 17 s day
aug 18 s day
aug 19 success
aug 20 success
aug 21 success
aug 22 success
aug 23 fail
aug 24 s day
aug 25 s day
aug 26 fail
aug 27 fail
aug 28 success
aug 29 success
aug 30 success 2 more day until weigh in

[Bssh]

Oh Jellybeans, so sorry for your loss

[emullett]

For this challenge if everyone wants to post their daily success that would be great. My internet connection was down yesterday so here is my plan:
I weighed yesterday at 156.8
I am not weighing until sept 1, this will be extremely challenging!
I am doing vanilla no S

1-
2-
3- S day
4-S day
5-
6-

[emullett]

jellybeans, I'm very sorry for your loss.

Welcome to the group:

rjean
jamming jan
tobias mom
janiean1
Dhack
bssh
grothkat

Good luck everyone!!

[grothkat]

August 2cd:
197.2 lbs
August 1st was a green N day. Does anyone know how you edit your old post so I don't have to go back making new replies each day?

[Lornar]

My second try at this, and this time I'm going to split it up so I can see exactly where I'm having problems. Categories I'm checking are:
No Snacks, No Sweets, No Seconds PLUS No Secret Eating (aka binging) AND Number of Alcoholic Drinks

00 SN SW SC SE AD
01 OK NO OK OK 0
02 OK OK NO NO 0
03 S Day ...... NO 0
04 S Day ...... OK 2
05 NO OK OK NO 1
06 OK NO NO NO 1
07 OK NO OK OK 2
08 OK NO OK NO 1
09 NO NO OK OK 2
10 S Day ...... NO 4
11 S Day
12
13
14
15
16
17 S Day
18 S Day
19
20
21
22
23
24 S Day
25 S Day
26
27
28
29
30
31 S Day

[Lornar]

Does anyone know how you edit your old post so I don't have to go back making new replies each day?

Hi grothkat! You should see an 'Edit' button in the top right corner of your own posts.

[Lornar]

I am getting my body back after baby number 5. I lost her shortly after birth mid March:( so I just need to get back on track.

Oh Jellybeans, I am so sorry to hear that!

[emullett]

How do I get the green and red colors?
We went to a cookout last night so I'm calling that an s day and today will be an N day.

[Lornar]

How do I get the green and red colors?

Select the text you want to highlight, then select from from the drop down menu labelled 'Font Colour' which is just above your post.

[Jammin' Jan]

Jellybeans: I lost my first son at birth, I understand your pain. My prayers are with you.

[oolala53]

I'm here for exercise. Got my 14 minutes in today.

[clarebear]

I want to join in if that's ok (even though it's 5 days into august)! only joined the site today.

Although the day isn't over yet I have got to nearly 3 pm without snacking which is the hardest part of the day for me! I really enjoyed my breakfast and lunch and i'm hoping the worst bit is over!

Will check in tomorrow



August 5th: Success! had a hungry hour between 4.30 and 5.30 pm where i was VERY grumpy! had a glass of milk then went in the gym
6th success! Better day today! Went swimming too
7th success! Each day is getting easier! I'm
Already not as hungry between each meal
8th success! And went gym amd did metafit training after work
9th success! Resisted pudding at my mother in laws house, that is hard to do!
Looking forward to my first S day!
10th S DAY
11th. S DAY
12th success and went in gym
13th success and went to swimfit
14th success
15th success, enjoyed pizza for tea, turned down a cornetto for dessert
16th success
17th S DAY (this was a lot calmer than last week)
18th S DAY (quite wild, but feel ok about it, back to it on Monday)!
19th success and gym session
20th success
21st success
22nd success and metafit training
23rd success!! Nearly s day woohoo!!
24th S DAY
25th S DAY did les mills body attack
26th success and in 21 day club yest!
27th success
28th success 2 days til pudding time woohoo
29th success!! 1 more day and August is complete!
30th
31st S DAY

[emullett]

Welcome clarebear!!! Happy to have you.

Today for breakfast I was happily munching on a donut when I remembered. I only have 1 good day so far. My goal is to be perfect from here on out!

[clarinetgal]

I'm a few days late, but I'm in. I didn't have the best month last month, but doing the challenge really helped with seeing how many successes and failures I had, so the goal for this month is to do better. My goals, for this month, are to eat 4 smaller meals, with no nighttime snacking, and to get in 20 workouts for the month. Since I'm not doing vanilla no s, I won't have actual s days, but I will allow s events, where I'm a little looser with what I eat, but I stay within the 4 meal structure.
Starting weight, as of Aug. 5: 159.4

5.Success! 3/20 workouts
6.Success! 4/20 workouts
7. Success! 5/20 workouts
8.S Event (band concert)
9.Success!
10. Fail (Minor fail). 6/20 workouts
11. Fail
12. Fail
13. Fail (a better eating day than the past couple of days, but I can't call it a success). 7/20 workouts
14. Fail I'm having a crummy week so far, and I've engaged in emotional eating. I know I need to stop doing it.
15. Success! 8/20 workouts
16. Success! 9/20 workouts
17. Fail
18. Success!
19. Success! 10/20 workouts
20. Fail
21. Success!
22. Success!
23. Success! 11/20 workouts
24-27 Was busy with family for the past few days. My eating was mostly on track.
28. Success! 14/20 workouts
29. Fail

[oolala53]

got in my two bouts of exercise Mon. and Tues.

[oolala53]

I had one fail on exercise last week. I did decide to rebound 2x as long one day, but I'm willing to admit now that that doesn't make up for it as a habit-forming tactic.

I was able to dance a lot last night and tough out some bike riding today that I don't think I'd be able to have participated in as much if I hadn't jumped back into some regular exercise, short time though it has been. I look forward to more peppiness.

[clarinetgal]

Well, I'm not going to meet my goal for 20 workouts for this month, but that's okay. I've been dealing with an elbow injury for the past few weeks (some sort of sprain or strain), and my allergies have been really bothering me. I think the fact that I've done 11 workouts at this point in the month is pretty good!

[oolala53]

I've exercised more consistently on my own this month than in years, even if it hasn't been perfect. So glad for that. We've had a cooler summer, which may have contributed. I hope I don't lose momentum when the heat comes, as I often have.