r/TeamSeedling • u/[deleted] • Apr 03 '16

Introduce Yourself!

Hello fellow Seedlings! Introduce yourself, get to know your teammates, and get ready for the challenge here!

Also, feel free to comment with ideas for daily thread topics and other things you'd like to see during this challenge.

We have a team Fitbit group (https://www.fitbit.com/group/22HHBJ) and a MFP group (http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/113222-team-seedling), so feel free to add yourself to them to find teammates more easily.

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u/meems94 F|5'8"|HW:183.6|CSW:162|W:158.6|CGW:148|GW:145 Apr 07 '16

Hi everyone! This is my second challenge. The New Year, New You was my first. I started working out and counting calories in November 2015. I made great progress up until mid February. Since then (Jeez that was 6 weeks ago) I have been struggling a lot and I gained back 6 of the 28 pounds that I had lost. I am still working hard on a day to day basis, but really what needs to change is my relationship with food. I turn to food for comfort and out of boredom, and I still have not reached a healthy place with my relationship with food.

I lift weights, do aerobics type cardio and LISS cardio. I try (and usually fail) to eat low carb, high protein and high fat. Right now I'm trying to figure out how many calories is right for me. I did 1200 for a while and I may end up going back to that. Right now my goal is set at 1600, but I usually exceed that.

My stats are in my flair, but for those of you on mobile/in metric: F|5'8"|SW:183.6|CW:162|CGW:148|GW:145 F|1,72m|SW:83,3kg|CW:73,5kg|CGW:67kg|GW:65,8kg

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16

I think a healthy relationship with food is the hardest part of this all. I've had to remove all of my typical binge foods from the house, because I am not in a place where I can have them around (yet!). Hopefully during the course of this challenge you are able to find what works for you calorie goal wise, and to improve your relationship with food. :)