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  #886   ^
Old Fri, Feb-14-20, 11:10
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Plan: Low Carb
Stats: 247/242/200 Female 5'4"
BF:
Progress: 11%
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Day 5

No bread, crackers
No tater tots potato chips
No Sweet Potato Chips


I keep going up and down the same 1 pound, so today cut back on the carbs and the quantities. No Almond butter (that is a triggery food). I was able to eat some veggies yesterday and tolerated them well, so that's encouraging.
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  #887   ^
Old Sat, Feb-15-20, 07:19
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Plan: P:E=>1 (Q3-22)
Stats: 168/100/82 Male 182cm
BF:
Progress: 79%
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Practice plan thru March 31.

X = Practice Items Met
O = Practice Items Not Met
- Make note of items not met on any day here

Practice Items:
- Less than or equal to 20 Net Carbs per day
- Zero artificial sweeteners
- 3 liters water / day
- Zero snacking in car (lowering sodium hit without hydration)

Tracking below. First line is days of week, lines below them are hits and misses for the days that week

MTWTFSS
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XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX
XXOXXXX
XXXXX

Ideas for this period came from this interesting talk on Fructose and other stuff:

"Fructose—The common link in high blood pressure, insulin resistance, T2D, & obesity?"

https://peterattiamd.com/rickjohnson/

==== notes from day below ====

Looks like I forgot to post yesterday. Too busy looking at other posts I guess. Both days good. Last night ate small dinner but was distracted while editing a video (kind of the opposite of what Niki mentioned about mindfulness in eating) and when I got back to eating I found I was already full - rare for me - I wonder if it was because i wasn't thinking about food or that the full signal hit when i was distracted. Maybe slowdown eating? Goes against my current nature - but maybe

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Originally Posted by dk_Swan
I was SO tempted by these pot stickers my sister made, and also by crackers, but I remembered the 90 day challenge thing and resisted. It really does seem to help.


The reminder of being in a practice session with you guys has helped me many times, at least take pause and consider what I said were my goals when I started session. It doesn't always happen but seems helpful. Good work DK - I could and can eat pot stickers or Chinese type dumplings till my head explodes.
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Old Sat, Feb-15-20, 09:59
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 240/188/185 Female 5'11"
BF:
Progress: 95%
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After nine months away, I'm rejoining this challenge for the good motivation as well as the good company.

Day 1 of 90:

My goals pretty much pick up where they left off last May, with slight revisions:

Weigh daily. Stay well hydrated. Move more. Avoid caffeine, nuts. Limit dairy and artificial sweetener. Be mindful of portions and make sure to eat and drink enough as well as not too much.

Weight goal: Stay under 205 lb for life, ideally <200 as I'm there now.

Goal weight: <205 for life
Weight at start of this challenge: 199.4

Last edited by barb712 : Sun, Feb-16-20 at 08:02.
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Old Sat, Feb-15-20, 10:44
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Posts: 486
 
Plan: Lo-carb/low cal
Stats: 313/295.4/150 Female 70 inches
BF:Hibernation
Progress: 11%
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by thud123
The reminder of being in a practice session with you guys has helped me many times, at least take pause and consider what I said were my goals when I started session. It doesn't always happen but seems helpful. Good work DK - I could and can eat pot stickers or Chinese type dumplings till my head explodes.

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Originally Posted by Dk_swan
I keep going up and down the same 1 pound, so today cut back on the carbs and the quantities. No Almond butter (that is a triggery food). I was able to eat some veggies yesterday and tolerated them well, so that's encouraging.

This group is awesome!. Last night at Valentine’s Day 💌 dinner, we went to a seafood 🍤 restaurant. I had tuna earlier in the day on a salad for lunch and really didn’t want to eat Fish again. I kept eyeballing the filet mignon. But, you all would be so thrilled to know that I thought of you on my valentine’s day dinner. One of my goals was elimatinating red meat for 90 days. I didn’t order the filet because I would have broken my 90 day goal.
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Old Sat, Feb-15-20, 18:36
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Plan: Low Carb
Stats: 247/242/200 Female 5'4"
BF:
Progress: 11%
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Day 6


No bread, crackers
No tater tots potato chips
No Sweet Potato Chips


I can definitely feel I'm losing weight. Can see it in the mirror as well. Now if my brain would only function properly LOL! My memory is not so great these days.....

Lost back down to 252. Resisted the available tater tots, well, they are not AS tempting since my sisters have stopped cooking them up nice and toasty in the oven. Cooking at lower temperatures and not letting them over brown due to this:

Can burnt toast and roast potatoes cause cancer?
https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/heal...e-bn/index.html

So I see they are still eating the bread/tater tots but cooking at lower temperatures...…

I made myself a fake latte today out of Almond milk, cocoa powder, sweetener, and collagen. I used a milk foamer stick and it worked better with the added collagen than without it.

Reminding myself that I am doing WAY WAY WAY better than even a couple of months ago, no binging on fried bread or stuffing myself with full plates of tater tots, or mashed potatoes, potato chips etc......
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Old Sun, Feb-16-20, 08:05
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 240/188/185 Female 5'11"
BF:
Progress: 95%
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Day 2 of 90:

Goals: Weigh daily. Stay well hydrated. Move more. Avoid caffeine, nuts. Limit dairy and artificial sweetener. Be mindful of portions and make sure to eat and drink enough as well as not too much.

Weight goal: Stay under 205 lb for life, ideally <200 as I'm there now.

Goal weight: <205 for life
Weight at start of this challenge: 199.4
Today's weight: 199.6
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  #892   ^
Old Sun, Feb-16-20, 08:18
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Posts: 7,422
 
Plan: P:E=>1 (Q3-22)
Stats: 168/100/82 Male 182cm
BF:
Progress: 79%
Default

Practice plan thru March 31.

X = Practice Items Met
O = Practice Items Not Met
- Make note of items not met on any day here

Practice Items:
- Less than or equal to 20 Net Carbs per day
- Zero artificial sweeteners
- 3 liters water / day
- Zero snacking in car (lowering sodium hit without hydration)

Tracking below. First line is days of week, lines below them are hits and misses for the days that week

MTWTFSS
-----------
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX
XXOXXXX
XXXXXX

Ideas for this period came from this interesting talk on Fructose and other stuff:

"Fructose—The common link in high blood pressure, insulin resistance, T2D, & obesity?"

https://peterattiamd.com/rickjohnson/

==== notes from day below ====

big activity day out side. stopped at grocery store and ate some ham and cheese there, got back in car, drove home and made dinner. Working - didn't eat in vehicle
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  #893   ^
Old Sun, Feb-16-20, 11:43
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Plan: Low Carb
Stats: 247/242/200 Female 5'4"
BF:
Progress: 11%
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thud123
The reminder of being in a practice session with you guys has helped me many times, at least take pause and consider what I said were my goals when I started session. It doesn't always happen but seems helpful. Good work DK - I could and can eat pot stickers or Chinese type dumplings till my head explodes.


Thanks Thud,
Yes, I also could eat plate after plate of pot stickers until my head exploded LOL! The same with fried bread, tater tots....yada yada
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  #894   ^
Old Sun, Feb-16-20, 11:49
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Plan: Low Carb
Stats: 247/242/200 Female 5'4"
BF:
Progress: 11%
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Day 7

I can't believe I actually stuck with it for a whole week! Amazing....
I lost a pound FINALLY, down to 251. Close to my mini goal of below 250. If I ever get to below 200 pounds you could just knock me over with a stick, I would be that astonished.
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Old Sun, Feb-16-20, 19:19
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Posts: 486
 
Plan: Lo-carb/low cal
Stats: 313/295.4/150 Female 70 inches
BF:Hibernation
Progress: 11%
Location: Florida
Default Day 7 of 90 ~ 1 week down

Countdown to Saturday, May 9, 2020
83 days to go

Years of lying to myself on the “amount” eaten is becoming a reality.
My carb/cal app is a wonderful tool.
Cutting out red meat sure helps keeping the calories down.
Adding up both cal & carbs, I used to eat around 750 carbs & 5700 calories per day 🤐

90 day goal:

🚫 Red Meat 🥩
Net carbs < 30g 🥑
Caloric intake < 1300 🥗
Exercise daily—swim or walk 🏊🏻‍♀️

right on
🎶 get back on it 🎶

Week 1 of 13

Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun
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  #896   ^
Old Mon, Feb-17-20, 07:53
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barb712 barb712 is offline
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Posts: 1,435
 
Plan: Atkins
Stats: 240/188/185 Female 5'11"
BF:
Progress: 95%
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Day 3 of 90:

Goals: Weigh daily. Stay well hydrated. Move more. Avoid caffeine, nuts. Limit dairy and artificial sweetener. Be mindful of portions and make sure to eat and drink enough as well as not too much.

Weight goal: Stay under 205 lb for life, ideally <200 as I'm there now.

Goal weight: <205 for life
Weight at start of this challenge: 199.4
Today's weight: 198.2

Last edited by barb712 : Wed, Feb-19-20 at 07:34.
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Old Mon, Feb-17-20, 09:49
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dk_Swan dk_Swan is offline
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Posts: 1,101
 
Plan: Low Carb
Stats: 247/242/200 Female 5'4"
BF:
Progress: 11%
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NikiRenee
This group is awesome!. Last night at Valentine’s Day 💌 dinner, we went to a seafood 🍤 restaurant. I had tuna earlier in the day on a salad for lunch and really didn’t want to eat Fish again. I kept eyeballing the filet mignon. But, you all would be so thrilled to know that I thought of you on my valentine’s day dinner. One of my goals was elimatinating red meat for 90 days. I didn’t order the filet because I would have broken my 90 day goal.


That's great! I have been surprised how much doing this 90 day workshop helps! And just coming here every day, doing the daily weigh in, five pound loss thread, and now I'm starting the monthly weigh in as well.
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Old Mon, Feb-17-20, 11:35
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Posts: 1,101
 
Plan: Low Carb
Stats: 247/242/200 Female 5'4"
BF:
Progress: 11%
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Day 8

No bread, crackers
No tater tots potato chips
No Sweet Potato Chips



I'm going to get some frozen strawberries and cashew milk so I can make this nice fake ice cream. My late Mom used to make it for us, it was so YUMMY. I miss her so much She died Nov. 24, 2018. She was 88.
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  #899   ^
Old Mon, Feb-17-20, 13:15
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thud123 thud123 is offline
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Posts: 7,422
 
Plan: P:E=>1 (Q3-22)
Stats: 168/100/82 Male 182cm
BF:
Progress: 79%
Default

Practice plan thru March 31.

X = Practice Items Met
O = Practice Items Not Met
- Make note of items not met on any day here

Practice Items:
- Less than or equal to 20 Net Carbs per day
- Zero artificial sweeteners
- 3 liters water / day
- Zero snacking in car (lowering sodium hit without hydration)

Tracking below. First line is days of week, lines below them are hits and misses for the days that week

MTWTFSS
-----------
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX
XXOXXXX
XXXXXXX

Ideas for this period came from this interesting talk on Fructose and other stuff:

"Fructose—The common link in high blood pressure, insulin resistance, T2D, & obesity?"

https://peterattiamd.com/rickjohnson/

==== notes from day below ====

Happy Monday!
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Old Mon, Feb-17-20, 21:53
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NikiRenee NikiRenee is offline
Running on Empty
Posts: 486
 
Plan: Lo-carb/low cal
Stats: 313/295.4/150 Female 70 inches
BF:Hibernation
Progress: 11%
Location: Florida
Default Day 8 of 90

Countdown to Saturday, May 9, 2020
82 days to go

Years of lying to myself on the “amount” eaten is becoming a reality.
My carb/cal app is a wonderful tool.
Cutting out red meat sure helps keeping the calories down.
Adding up both cal & carbs, I used to eat around 750 carbs & 5700 calories per day 🤐
Started using Nivea Q10 for sagging skin 2/17

90 day goal:

🚫 Red Meat 🥩
Net carbs < 30g 🥑
Caloric intake < 1300 🥗
Exercise daily—swim or walk 🏊🏻‍♀️

right on
🎶 get back on it 🎶

Week 1 of 13
Week 2 of 13

Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun

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