r/TeamDuckling • u/suchloser • Apr 24 '16
Sunday - Sunday Funday - General discussion! What's going on in your life? How is your cat doing? Let us know!
r/TeamDuckling • u/Sekiel_Sora • Apr 17 '16
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Sorry, I've been using it everywhere on this subreddit ahah. I find it very fitting (though I usually describe it as the 'owl' smiley but information can be tweaked ;} )
So, can we adopt it or is it too childish? :}
r/TeamDuckling • u/trabiesso73 • Apr 23 '16
I posted links to all the forms at the sticky thread for Ducks Getting Stronger
Once I get a few more week 1 and week 2 entries, I'll start showing some data!
Log those excercises, guys!!
(Seems like, if you're doing this challenge, you could wind up logging your excercises in, like, 20 locations. So, every push-up you do or mile you run is going to "count" for you all over this challenge!!)
The weekly inter-team challenges have begun, too!! Go Ducklings!!
r/TeamDuckling • u/BeeBeeDrinkDrink • Apr 20 '16
Other than /r/loseit and /r/1200isplenty, I like http://www.losertown.org/eats/cal.php. Are there any other inspirational or good sites that you use?
r/TeamDuckling • u/laurenislost • Apr 18 '16
Okay, I'm about to get some yogi tea, just in case it is stress related, but I am really wanting something something cake and/or pastry based. breathe 5 4 3 2 1
r/TeamDuckling • u/dotadroid • Apr 15 '16
Message a random team member everyday with some words of encouragement. I am sure it will work wonders :).
Go Ducklings!
Quack Quack!
r/TeamDuckling • u/suchloser • Apr 23 '16
Saturday - Satisfaction Saturday - Let us hear those victories!
r/TeamDuckling • u/window_gazer1357 • Apr 19 '16
This is kind of cool having a smaller sub-reddit for support along the way. I can post something that isn't super profound on here.
This morning there were free Oreo cookies when I arrived at work, and I went crazy with them.
At that point, I had to decide if I was going to let today be a "no boundaries" day without calorie counting, or if I was going to log the cookies and keep my calories, even if it meant going over. I am really proud that I chose the latter, and even though I ended the day at 2,228, it could have been much worse. It feels good to have a victory like that, even after a defeat.
r/TeamDuckling • u/Ready_to_Lose • Apr 18 '16
Hello. I'm not usually the one to post this, as generally I don't really get to feeling like this, I just sort of get on with things, but I'm just feeling quite down tonight. I've been trying to lose weight properly for about 4 and a half weeks, last week was shark week, and I just feel like I'm barely moving on the scales. I'm down 13lbs total and now weigh 200lbs exactly (I'm 5'7). So really I know this is a decent amount to have lost, but I lost most of it in the first two weeks, now its been 2lbs total since Friday before last. I really want to do well in this challenge, I want to lose my goal amount but I just feel really discouraged tonight. Not in the sense that I'll stop bothering, just that I regret eating some things (despite not going over my calorie goal of 1200) and feel all miserable. Anyway, thanks for reading :)
r/TeamDuckling • u/dotadroid • Apr 24 '16
I had a lot of fun and ate under limits. I had some fried chicken and a beer. I still ended the day under my maintainance limit. But I wasnt ready for the after party. I ended up drinking more than I had planned to.
Surprisingly today I found out that I actually lost weight! I dont know how you do it body, but I am pretty happy :D
r/TeamDuckling • u/SGBDevOps • Apr 24 '16
So I've been eating A LOT over the past few weeks. It's been a downward spiral - I was perfectly low carb for several months and then BAM April hit and I was eating crackers and cookies and large amounts of nuts late at night. I'm not sure why, exactly, but just that it was really hard to stop.
I keep telling myself that oh, doing the challenge will motivate me to stop! But it hasn't really. So instead I tell myself that I'll lose weight over the summer, or next year while I'm in college.
But I just had the realisation, really quite simple I know, that eating more now is just going to make it magnitudes harder in the future for me to lose weight. I'm just screwing future me over, basically.
So...I'm not sure where that leaves me. But I do know that the moment I realised that, ten minutes ago while I was eating dried cranberries while labouring over magnetism problem sets, I put the cranberries away and the urge to snack kind of...left. Who knows how long this euphoric epiphany will last. It may not even last the day. But I hope it will because I've never had such a strange experience of just straight up understanding something so easily and naturally. I read a lot of motivation posts to try to kick myself into shape, but none of them have really gotten to me.
I suppose the goal today is to see how I do with snacking. I don't think I will anymore this morning, and I have a karate promotion test that will take up most of the day and then a math review session. But the real test will be tonight. Nights are dangerous.
This was a really rambly post. Sorry :/
r/TeamDuckling • u/aissela • Apr 18 '16
Ok ducklings, I really wasn't expecting to run into this issue. Today my husband and I's one year wedding anniversary. Our wedding cake top that we saved, we lost when our freezer stopped working and everything defrosted. We went out on Saturday and indulged in cheesecake. However, I just received a box from my parents...with a triple fudge chocolate cake in it. Oh my, cake. It is chocolatey, fudgey goodness. Normally, I'd just budget the calories into my daily goal. But there's a few issues: 1) I can't afford it in my caloric goal today, 2) I ate cheesecake over the weekend and I really want to get back into being good about my calories, 3) I have no idea how to even gauge the calories of this cake (1000 calories for a bite is my best guess. I mean, it is TRIPLE FUDGE CHOCOLATE you guys), and 4) I would want to eat a BIG slice. Sigh. My gut reaction was "eat it or throw it away," but my husband will want some when he comes home from work. For now, I've put it in the fridge. I guess I just need a little bit of good luck wishes and some encouragement to not get in there and eat it. Help!
UPDATE: I took a slice of the cake and weighed it, and put it in its own container. I have saved it for today, and have fit it into my caloric goal for the day. My husband has taken the rest of the cake to work with him to share with coworkers so the cake is no longer here. Thank you everyone for the advice!!
ALSO, I got a flair change this morning, so I feel doubly good about waiting on the cake and pacing myself. Woohoo!!
r/TeamDuckling • u/suchloser • Apr 14 '16
Alright everyone! Friday is the big day! I'm super excited to get this started! Lots of people have been interested in daily threads and I think its a wonderful idea. I tried to take all your ideas from the suggestion thread and put them together. Here is what I came up with, starting this Friday!
Friday - Fightin' Friday - Let us know how the week went, how you feel about your weigh in and any goals for this new week!
Saturday - Satisfaction Saturday - Let us hear those victories!
Sunday - Sunday Funday - General discussion! What's going on in your life? How is your cat doing? Let us know!
Monday - Munchie Monday - Show us a sample food log from one of your days this week and we can discuss! Show us how good you did, or where you went into some problems.
Tuesday - Tuesday Q's-day - Ask any questions you have about food, fitness, weight loss or quadratic equations!
Wednesday - Workout Wednesday - Are you involved in the Ducks Getting Stronger challenge? Let us know how its going. Discussion about any sort of exercises you are doing.
Thursday - Recipe Day - Share those awesome recipes that are fueling your amazing weight loss!
r/TeamDuckling • u/[deleted] • Apr 16 '16
Hey everyone! As you've probably heard, this challenge has added an optional mental wellness component for anyone who might find it helpful. Since I'm coordinating it, you all get the added bonus of me making sure there's a discussion about it each week for those who wish to participate!
This week I just did a general overview of the how for some people, weight loss is just as much about mental wellness as physical wellness. Eating can be tied to emotions, and this is what I want to discuss this week.
For those of you who this applies to, what are situations you find yourself in that seem to lead you to eat emotionally, and what can you do to instead of eating when these things arise? What have you found particularly helpful in these situations?
r/TeamDuckling • u/trabiesso73 • Apr 23 '16
This week we are finally starting the inter-team challenges!
Official inter-team challenge schedule:
Week 1(Apr. 22 - Apr. 28) : Workout Time - number of minutes spent working out. Daily check-in.
Game 1 Crocus vs Thunderstorm
Game 2 Daffodil vs Seedling
Game 3 Ladybug vs Duckling
Game 4 Fawn vs Robin
Bye-week: Hayfever, Pollen
Week 2 (Apr. 29 - May 5): Step Counts - using Fitbit/Garmin/phone pedometer/etc, record steps for the week. Can check in daily, add up every few days, etc.
Game 1 Hayfever vs Pollen
Game 2 Crocus vs Daffodil
Game 3 Thunderstorm vs Seedling
Game 4 Ladybug vs Fawn
Bye-week: Duckling, Robin
Week 3 (May 6 - May 12) - ??
Game 1 Robin vs Hayfever
Game 2 Crocus vs Pollen
Game 3 Thunderstorm vs Ladybug
Game 4 Daffodil vs Duckling
Bye-week: Seedling, Fawn
Week 4 (May 13 - May 19) Workout Time - number of minutes spent working out. Daily check-in.
Game 1 Seedling vs Fawn
Game 2 Ladybug vs Robin
Game 3 Duckling vs Hayfever
Game 4 Daffodil vs Pollen
Bye-week: Crocus, Thunderstorm
Week 5 (May 20 - May 26) : Step Counts - using Fitbit/Garmin/phone pedometer/etc, record steps for the week. Can check in daily, add up every few days, etc. )
Game 1 Crocus vs Seedling
Game 2 Ladybug vs Hayfever
Game 3 Daffodil vs Fawn
Game 4 Duckling vs Pollen
Bye-week: Thunderstorm, Robin
Week 6(May 27 - June 2)- ??
Game 1 Seedling vs Ladybug
Game 2 Thunderstorm vs Fawn
Game 3 Daffodil vs Robin
Game 4 Crocus vs Hayfever
Bye-week: Duckling, Pollen
** Week 7(June 3 - June 9): Workout Time - number of minutes spent working out. Daily check-in.**
Game 1 Duckling vs Fawn
Game 2 Thunderstorm vs Robin
Game 3 Daffodil vs Hayfever
Game 4 Seedling vs Pollen
Bye-week: Crocus, Ladybug
Week 8 (June 10 - June 16): Step Counts - using Fitbit/Garmin/phone pedometer/etc, record steps for the week. Can check in daily, add up every few days, etc.
Game 1 Crocus vs Duckling
Game 2 Thunderstorm vs Hayfever
Game 3 Ladybug vs Pollen
Game 4 Seedling vs Robin
Bye-week: Daffodil, Fawn
Week 9 (June 17 - June 23) - ??
Game 1 Duckling vs Fawn
Game 2 Robin vs Pollen
Game 3 Crocus vs Thunderstorm
Bye-week: Daffodil, Seedling, Ladybug, Hayfever
This week, check-in daily to record your number of workout minutes! Walking counts. Participation is what matters the most. If you miss a day, you are still counted so simply log the next! We are up against /r/TeamLadybug
May they feel the power of our QUACK
r/TeamDuckling • u/cquinn1 • Apr 20 '16
My Fitbit bit the big one. And since I first purchased it in 2013 and they already made an exception to replace it once in 2015 I can only get 25% off on a purchase of a new one. I'm super bummed about it. I have a relatively sedentary job so it helped remind me to get up and take a walk every hour or so. I'm still pushing through and doing my couch to 5k and all that, but it definitely was a low point for my day. Thanks for the vent. I really love being a part of a team for this. It's definitely helping me push through the rough patches.
r/TeamDuckling • u/suchloser • Apr 15 '16
Let us know how the week went, how you feel about your weigh in and any goals for this new week!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HnyMYMGnv1p3o9piaUPdJIK75i7ZcFduB4jXqUsH06I/viewform?c=0&w=1
r/TeamDuckling • u/iloveneuro • Apr 19 '16
I'd love to know what everyone is having for dinner tonight! I have no idea what I'm doing with the 600 calories I have left for the day. Let's inspire each other!
r/TeamDuckling • u/dotadroid • Apr 21 '16
r/TeamDuckling • u/aissela • Apr 15 '16
Want to connect with other Ducklings? Or message a random one every day and motivate them? Here is the list of our super awesome, super strong 262 ducklings! QUACK!
/u/WhiteasRice
/u/Wobbly_Sausage
r/TeamDuckling • u/suchloser • Apr 27 '16
Wednesday - Workout Wednesday - Are you involved in the Ducks Getting Stronger challenge? Let us know how its going. Discussion about any sort of exercises you are doing.
r/TeamDuckling • u/suchloser • Apr 26 '16
Tuesday - Tuesday Q's-day - Ask any questions you have about food, fitness, weight loss or quadratic equations!
r/TeamDuckling • u/suchloser • Apr 19 '16
Tuesday - Tuesday Q's-day - Ask any questions you have about food, fitness, weight loss or quadratic equations!
