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Susie R.

09/16/2025 5:35AM in Dash to Weight Loss Transformer - Win a Treadmill
Non scale victory

I noticed that I shaved off about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes on my walking pace!

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Joe

That is fantastic!

Stuart H.

Well done!

Lisa P.

09/15/2025 8:55AM in Dash to Weight Loss Transformer - Win a Treadmill
Beginning week 3 for me - week 2 went well but could be better,

✅ ate on plan with zero cheating
✅ no alcohol
✅ maintained at least a 1000 calorie deficit daily
✅ exceeded my step goal and my active minutes
✅ drank more water
❌ did not do any strength training

Down total of 6.6 lbs at end of week 2

This week I need to focus more on exercise plan.

How’s everyone doing? Feeling good about round 1?

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Susie R.

It’s been slow go BUT scale is finally moving down again. And i noticed my first non scale victory of increased walking speed :grin:

Joe

Amazing progress, well done.
A 1000 kcal daily deficit is very, very aggressive and may not be sustainable long term.
I would suggest drastically reducing this deficit to at most 500 kcal a day.
If that deficit includes calories 'earned' from activity, be aware that almost all fitness trackers drastically overestimate calories lost from activity.
It is best to only eat up to half the calories earned through activity back to avoid long-term disappointment.
I hope this doesn't dampen your spirit --- you are doing amazing.
I used to cut drastically, was never able to maintain that long term, and it always ended up being counterproductive (I gained weight).
I am taking a long term, slow, gentle, and consistent approach now, and that works better for me.
You do what works for you.
Great work!

Stuart H.

09/15/2025 4:48AM in Dash to Weight Loss Transformer - Win a Treadmill
I used to think it was harder to eat well whilst travelling (food options on the road are generally terrible). But this weekend I wasn’t particularly restrained at home - I had the munchies and munched on a few things that don’t really serve me.

I’ve made progress on ‘what’ I eat (better default food choices) and have reduced snacking a fair bit - I should be ok to meet the Round 1 target at least - but my biggest enemy seems to be boredom. Or procrastination.

Need some tips to keep me moving please!

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Joe

Have a look at your macros.
My partner snacks heavily, and the root cause is that he is not getting enough calories, protein, and fibre from his main meals. His snacks are usually empty calories that do not help him feel full (e.g. chocolate, cake, brownies, biscuits).
Then 'add rather than take away', so add something with protein and/or fibre to your snacks. Such as apple and peanut butter, or some fruit with chocolate or cake. See if that helps.
It may help you to figure out if you snack due to boredom, procrastination, use food to cope with stress, or are not getting enough calories, protein, and/or fibre from your main meals.

Kacky

I am a world class procrastinator so I am trying to use that to my advantage by procrastinating the extra eating. That seems to be working at the moment.

Susie R.

09/13/2025 7:58AM in Dash to Weight Loss Transformer - Win a Treadmill
Although my focus has been on my health and not weight loss, it was frustrating stalling on weight loss early on.

After a month of no real movement on the scale (most likely due to a bacterial infection caused by all the original antibiotics) I finally see movement again in the right direction

Keep reminding myself that slow and steady is the way to go. Keep on keeping on so to speak.

I feel that having any setback isn’t ideal but life sometimes tosses in a wild card to keep things less boring and I’ve learned to roll with the punches

Hope everyone else is staying healthy

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Stuart H.

Setbacks seem to be part of the process. As you say, keep on keeping on :thumbsup:

Joe

I agree with you and Stuart: Focus more on behavioural change and consistency than scale.
You can do this!
Joe accepted the challenge.
08/19/2025 5:47PM in Dash to Weight Loss Transformer - Win a Treadmill
The pot in Round 1 is now $400

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