Treats of pounds gone for Fall - October 2017 Check-in & Accountability Thread
WELCOME to our October 2017 weigh in/check in - Join us as we continue on our journey to a healthier YOU. Fall is here . Hoping the lbs will fall off as we enjoy the new season ... No ticks let's embrace the cooler days. We're glad you're here so let's love on ourselves and accomplish our goals. While here we can shed some pounds & inches and share some great NSV's. Always remembering to be thankful and grateful for our efforts to remain/get healthy ... remember that whether we lose or not we are still working through this journey with a PURPOSE and doing it together - this is a place to chat, vent and/or to use just for the accountability
Come on in, join us, meet some great people
EVERYONE's
Here you can:
~track your weight daily, weekly or however you'd like ... but do check in
~keep track of what you eat or didn't eat
~keep track of your water intake or lack of
~keep track of your exercise/other goals
~vent, rant ... express yourself or just chit-chat
We can and will ALL get closer to our goals AND hit them together
Hi! This is a great post. Count me in as well. I currently struggle so much with the daily water in take. Do you have any tips in order to drink more water and avoid mindless eating?
Thank you Rennie, I'm SO excited to be here. To recap to anyone new, I started last month mid month on the 11th on a journey to a healthier me - at 258, so far I've lost 7lbs. Looking forward to my first full month! I have to say this board really helps. It helps to see people trying. Its inspiring to see those who have done it and see its possible. its awesome to have the company.
sweetgirl, I struggle with water too. Here's my most recent discovery - I flavor it, with True Lime and true Lemon. There's no sweetner, just the citrus flavor and its so easy and works well. i fill a glass with ice, water and add my flavor (you can squeeze real lime or lemon into it too - I use the packets just cause its so much faster and I can take them to work). Then I sip away. The lime drink reminds me of drinking a mojito lol I've actually experimented with making a super low carb mojito drink with just adding some mint and truvia. Anyway... I just keep sipping.
Mindless eating? ... There's only one way around it. Start being mindful. I've lived with mindless eating for years. Right now I try to have 5 small meals a day and I try to make them as delicious as I can. I have absolutely loved some of the low carb slow cooker recepies I've tried.
Good luck this new month everyone - lets make October great! I think the important thing is not just how we start and end the month and how many goals we've met... but that we are all still here at the end of the month, ready to check into the next month and the next and next... I've fallen off the bandwagon before many years ago.. and so paranoid about that happening again. I know once you've been at a certain weight... its kind of like fragile glass, your body will always easily get back there if you let it. My goal is to not let myself be unhealthy again. Here's to a healthy month everyone!!!
Curvy and Martine I'm glad to see you're still here and hanging in there with me even though I'm MIA more than here
sweetgirl and to the thread Glad to have you My tip for more water is to make the infused water. I actually bought some already made bottles when I went to see my Mom awhile back ... quite tasty Ah, mindless eating ... I use to think that if I prepared my meals ahead of time it would be easier (but I get bored and don't want what I made). I also bought frozen meals for dinner so no thought and quick (that didn't work) .... however I will say that I HAVE DONE those things in the past and they did work. I'm just not sure why I can't seem to stick to either now but give them a shot. Most of what I've done I've learned from people here on 3FC. Lots to read for sure.
facingfacts, on 7lbs GONE, keep up the good work ... I like this ---> lets make October great! the important thing that we are all still here at the end of the month, ready to check into the next month so true once once you've been at a certain weight ... your body will always easily get back there if you let it.
Hi FattyToSkinny, I need this too ... I hope I can be more active this month.
I gained 2.8lbs in September (going off the few weeks that I weighed myself).
Back for real this month... I have been reliably tracking but not weighing every week or always making good choices. Still, my couple months off have not produced a weight gain so that's good.
10/1 - 198 (2 pounds up from when I was nearly always making good choices)
I'm back after having fallen off the bandwagon for the past few months. I have gained almost 30 lbs since we moved here to Arizona in June and realized that I was getting out of control. I stopped tracking, stopped drinking water, started emotional binging due to real life things (which I usually never do, even when not on track), and just stopped being active altogether. It's been horrible. So, I'm grabbing a hold of the reins again before I do any more damage. I just don't want to completely destroy all the progress I'd made this Spring, where I'd lost 75 lbs -- now I'm back up to just 48 lbs lost overall, but that is still a good chunk I'd like to keep off. So, here's to getting back on track ASAP! Hoping to set my normal goal of 10 lbs down for the month to jumpstart myself back into the grind.
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October 1st Weigh-In: 249.0 Month Goal Weight: 239.0 October 31st Weigh-In: 232.4 Total Month Weight Loss:16.6 lbs.
Week One
01: 249.0 - TOM.(Great way to start off the month, lol.)
02: 245.8 - TOM.(Major dip must be from being on plan with food, water, and working out helping to flush out some of the bloat.)
03: NWI. - TOM.(Friends arrived in town last night and went out to eat...sure it was a gain!)
04: 242.8
05: 242.2
06: 241.6
07: 241.2
---------------------------- Total Loss for Week One:7.8 lbs.
Week Two
08: NWI.
09: 240.6
10: 239.0
11: 238.0
12: NWI.
13: NWI.
14: 241.0
---------------------------- End of Week One: 241.2 Total Loss for Week Two:0.2 lbs.
Week Three
15: 241.0
16: 239.6
17: 240.6
18: 238.2
19: 238.2
20: 236.6
21: 236.2
---------------------------- End of Week Two: 241.0 Total Loss for Week Three:4.8 lbs.
Week Four
22: 235.4 -- TOM.(Not sure why it is starting again already, boooo...)
23: 236.6 -- TOM.(Sooo bloated today, ugh.)
24: 234.4 -- TOM.(Feeling a little less puffy.)
25: 234.4 -- TOM.(Felt bloated again today, but at least no gain.)
26: 233.4 -- TOM.(Feeling really lethargic and foggy today.)
27: 232.4 -- TOM.(More normal today...hoping TOM ends soon.)
28: 233.2 -- TOM.(Should be the last day.)
---------------------------- End of Week Three: 236.2 Total Loss for Week Four:3.0 lbs.
Final Days
29: 231.0
30: 233.0
31: 232.4
---------------------------- End of Week Four: 233.2 Total Loss for Final Days:0.8 lbs.
Last edited by opheliaphoenix; 10-31-2017 at 04:13 PM.
opheliapheonix we'll be right there with you getting back on track
Vladadog welcome back! Wish I too could say that after 2 months of not being 100% on track I would have only gained back 2 pounds. That shows that there were more good choices than bad ones for sure
Day 1 done. I ate well, drank 1.3L of water and I just completed 37 minutes of cardio/lower body workout. To be honest I thought I would stop after about 20 minutes but I pushed through the workout. Now to do this on my work days.
Hello everyone! September went well for me, I had a 9.6 pound loss, I'm aiming a little lower this month because I'm celebrating my birthday and Canadian Thanksgiving...I'll eat on plan, but I won't count calories so much at those times.
Angie what a fantastic result in September! Birthdays and celebrations sure can throw a wrench in the best of plans, but being realistic about it helps.
Forced myself to get up early this morning to exercise, knowing that I wouldn't be home until 6:45pm and wouldn't feel like it after work. Starting the month off right is easy, keeping it going is the challenge. Hope everyone will have a great day!
01: 37 minutes cardio/lower body workout
02: 37 minutes cardio/upper body workout
i work the afternoon/evening shift today, so I walked this morning. Feeling a bit sore from yesterday's workout (a good thing) so I decided to do something a bit less taxing today, to let my muscles recover. Have a great Tuesday everyone!
01: 37 minutes cardio/lower body workout
02: 37 minutes cardio/upper body workout
03: 3.3km walk
Checking in ladies - I'm celebrating that I'm now in my 40s lol... Meaning I weighed 249.5 this morning (original weight 258).
At least the pounds are coming off, no matter how slowly. But yes, its insane how QUICKLY they pile back on the moment one slips!! opheliaphoenix, so glad to see you on here taking the reigns, its a great thing that you are grabbing on before you gain anymore. I will be celebrating when I get back to my ORIGINAL starting point in 2012. I had a baby since... but I actually lost weight during the pregnancy. since giving birth I gained 35+lbs!! Just by not noticing how they pile on.
All I can do right now is not let this happen to me again and have a plan of attack of when life sneaks up on me, to combat anything it throws my way and not let it throw me off track.
Last edited by facingfacts12; 10-03-2017 at 02:01 PM.
Treats of pounds gone for Fall - October 2017 Check-in & Accountability Thread
- this is a place to chat, vent and/or to use just for the accountability 
lol I've actually experimented with making a super low carb mojito drink with just adding some mint and truvia. Anyway... I just keep sipping. 
and to the thread 
but give them a shot. Most of what I've done I've learned from people here on 3FC. 
on 7lbs GONE, keep up the good work 
... I like this ---> 
Hoping to set my normal goal of 10 lbs down for the month to jumpstart myself back into the grind.
