Lose weight the fun way.

11/06/2024 9:00PM in Adventure Time Transformer - Win an experience of your choice!

Hello all! Good morning 😃
Well I am still in the UK and because of that I am not doing my buttons walking. As a result, I am not losing weight but also am not gaining weight either. I get back home on Saturday 9th and will resume my walking rigorously. Walking is solid proof of losing weight.

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11/02/2024 7:49AM in Adventure Time Transformer - Win an experience of your choice!

Even if you don't have buttons, keep walking and moving. Good luck Silvana!

Lisa K.

I didn’t make weight but I definitely won this month. Took an amazing two week vacation. Wore clothes I have not fit into in years. The scale is one tool. I will beat next month, but in the mean time, keep moving forward! We got this!

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Meagan W.

100% agree!! I personally also feel if you can take body pictures but cut out your face, you’ll notice even more change. Something about when we see ourselves, we tend to always see the negative. Keep pushing! You got this

11/02/2024 4:08AM in Adventure Time Transformer - Win an experience of your choice!

Winning isn't the number itself but how you feel and how positive you feel about your healthier look. Great job appreciating your hard work and seeing that you are a WINNER when you are OBVIOUSLY healthier, not just to you but everyone around you.

Timothy B

I didn’t make it this month. I need to try harder. Going into November behind will be tough.

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LinLin

You can do it!

Good luck Timothy B!

10/29/2024 2:28AM in Adventure Time Transformer - Win an experience of your choice!

Good morning all 😊
In the UK now visiting my daughter and grandkids. Have been dining out frequently but doing my best to be good and watching what I eat. Weigh in coming up soon so I must keep strong. Have a great day 😊

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I'm in Italy visiting my daughter at night. We eat late so I am trying to intermittent fast during the day and drink lots of water and walk tour Florence and Pisa

10/19/2024 7:08AM in Adventure Time Transformer - Win an experience of your choice!

@ George enjoy your time!

Lisa K.

We just returned from a 10 day trip to PR. We got in our morning walk 5 times. We hiked rivers to waterfalls. We snorkled and swam in glowing algae. I ate whatever I wanted. I drank the pina coladas and ate the pastries.

I’m one lb lighter than when we left. Activity made all the difference. Keep moving my friends. We got this!

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A huge well done to you. I agree, eat what you like and exercise as much as you can.

Great job Lisa K!

10/16/2024 12:42PM in Adventure Time Transformer - Win an experience of your choice!

I've been thinking about re-writing my WHY statement and SMART goals and came across the idea of "SMARTER" goals. Have you seen this before? They added "Evaluate" and "Revise." One other version I saw said "Reward" for the final R.

Have you found creating a Why-statement and SMART goal planning to be useful in your weight loss journey?

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Tammy I have never seen any WHY statements as the one you posted but I have come up with my own version of WHY.

B eautiful
U nique
T oned
T ransformed
O utstanding
N ice
S mart

Buttons are the way forward for me :smiley:

So I do this occasionally with people who get stuck and get the "what's the point" attitude especially if they lost a good amount of weight. I figure out how much they lost, then for the duration of our workout, I'll have them carry dumbbells back and forth to every place or station we work out without them realizing. When done I'll ask how they feel and the response is usually "man that was harder carrying that extra weight around". I remind them that's how much they lost so far, and THAT'S the point of doing everything they are doing. They get it after that.
Imagine if they lost 50lbs and had to lug it station to station for just 30 minutes (I remind them that it was just 30 minutes and not all day).

10/13/2024 7:18AM in Adventure Time Transformer - Win an experience of your choice!

TIP OF THE DAY: Tendonitis- tendinitis is a common ailment that all people get sometime in their life. But with people who exercise regularly, it's a given. Tendonitis NEVER goes away once you get it, but it's the degree of inflammation that hampers you or not.
A couple of ways to reduce tendonitis is to ALWAYS do a sufficient warm up before you exercise hard. Many times it's just simulating the movement you do without resistance. And the second way is to wear a sleeve over the area that's bothered. A PULLON sleeve is better than one you use with velcro. I use elbow and knee sleeves whenever I train (I don't wear them other than training). They keep the joint warm and reduce some of the load off the joint (where tendons connect). And lastly STRETCH the area where the tedonitis is DAILY and frequently. The more stretching done, the less tension on the tendon thereby reducing the inflammation.

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Yeah! I never even thought about this. I just quit moving it, which was probably the WORST solution. Thanks for the info, Jose! Does nutrition have an impact on this kind of inflammation or are "anti-inflammatory foods" a buzz phrase (or not related at all to this)?

Foods that, have antioxidants help to reduce free radicals in the body that encourage inflammation. So things like blueberries, black berries, raspberries, etc.

10/09/2024 8:19AM in Adventure Time Transformer - Win an experience of your choice!

"Hi, my name is Tammy and I'm a food addict." :) I was reading Jose's tip about cleaning ones plate and am inspired to share and learn from a perfect fail from my vacation this past week. Let me preface by saying that I am TRYING to cut cheese out because it is calorie dense, fatty, and salty (and not in line with my vegetarian-for-the-animals feelings).

At camp, we made pita pocket mini-pizzas over the campfire. I did a good portion-controlled-size veggie (mushrooms, peppers, sauce, and a little cheese). At the end, there was a lot of leftover cheese that I didn't want to just throw away. I poured it into a foil "boat" and made jokes about it "going to Valhalla," melted the left over cheese in the boat over the fire, and ate it all.

Where is my strength in those moments??!! I had plenty of time to reconsider, but couldn't find the willpower - in fact, I didn't think about it AT ALL...until later when I was sad that I blew it again!!

I suppose a positive is that I keep getting back in the saddle and overall, my weight loss is progressing (albeit slooooowwwwwly). I experienced food scarcity as a child (and weird twist, my dad horded the few times we had cheese, so it is definitely a trigger) and I'm sure that affects my habits now, but I want to overcome that.

My question for you is HOW to stay more mindfully present ALL of the time? Or MORE of the time?

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You guys are the best!

Lisa K.

I hear you. I once had a friend who loved Mocha Frappes from McDonalds. She would order one, eat one bite to satisfy craving and throw it away after that bite.

I am an all or nothing if I love it. I’ve learned I don’t have the willpower required for certain foods so I just can’t if I’m in weight loss mode. Now there are times, I’m in living life to fullest so I’ll eat the damn cheese. You decide what’s best for you in that moment. You got this my friend.

10/07/2024 11:36PM in Adventure Time Transformer - Win an experience of your choice!

To Jose:
How on earth do you eat fried chicken? If I look at fried food I will put on weight, let alone if I eat it. I have eliminated all fats except for a tiny bit of olive oil, which is good for our bones and joints.
Another thing:
My husband keeps buying ice cream tubs and eats ice cream every evening. That too! If I look at it I gain weight. Incidentally he loses weight. I just cannot understand this. I exercise more than him, eat less and lose weight much slower. Puzzled!

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To emphasize, I do a 35/45/20 split on my macros, I take a multivitamin as well as fish oil and some other supplements (greens and glutamine after I workout as well as at least one protein shake a day) to help sustain the right balance and also to help keep me from too much snacking on things that have little nutritional value, IE cookies, candy, etc.
Also it's easier for me to get protein in if I don't have to always eat it and protein shakes contain less fat than a steak or ground beef. Hope that helps.

Yes it does help quite a lot. Thank you so much. I think that my carbs intake is more than it should be.

10/06/2024 8:25AM in Adventure Time Transformer - Win an experience of your choice!

So it is Sunday again. Tomorrow I increase to 410 buttons. I have a backlog of buttons too ☹️ but somehow I will manage to catch up during the week.
Have a great week ahead all 👍

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