[Challenge] Super Mario Fall 2018 Challenge - Week 0

Hello and Welcome to the LoseIt Fall 2018 Super Mario Challenge!

Your hosts this round will be u/Jameson1780, u/bananaslammock08, u/cosmam, u/sweetpsd, myself, and u/ThatCanadianGuy88 King of the Peasants!

Sign ups are still Open Sign Up Link Here!

Note: You will be randomly assigned to a team following the submission of your sign up form. Please visit the Challenge Tracker linked below to find out what team you are on. Please do not ask to be assigned to a particular team.

Challenge Tracker Tracker Page Here!

WEEK 0 WEIGH-IN HERE

Note: You can now submit multiple weigh-ins per week, however only your newest submission will be included on the tracker for the challenge. You can submit your weight anytime between when this form opens (on the Friday listed on the schedule, e.g., "October 12 - Week 0") until 7:59am EST the following Friday.

Teams & Captains:

Joining your team subreddit isn’t mandatory but it should be. Being active with your team keeps participation up and might be that extra little push you need to keep you going. It could be the difference between an 8 week grind or 8 weeks of fun and support to lose the weight you want.

Team Mario Subreddit Here! - u/sweetpsd & u/gan1lin2 & u/dylzim

Team Yoshi Subreddit Here! - u/bananaslammock08 & u/Vicariousgluten

Team Bowser Subreddit Here! - u/420spirit9 & u/revdrviking, & u/vampedvixen

Team Luma Subreddit Here! - u/capitulum & u/nukaprincess

Team Waluigi Subreddit Here! - u/ravenclawedo1 & u/Cadamar & u/Koehanna

Team Boo Subreddit Here! - u/ZeAltHealthAcct & u/Unconcernedlion & u/MrManBeard

If you have any questions, problems, concerns, ideas, or just want to drop us all a line, please use the message the challenge admin feature, which you can find in the r/loseit sidebar or by clicking here. Responding to this thread is great, but ultimately if you want to make sure all of us read it, the message the challenge admin feature is the way to go.

Please also note that we are not the r/loseit moderators. We’re volunteers and everyday users who run a specific aspect of one of the many interactive community elements of r/loseit. If you have questions about r/loseit that aren’t specific to the challenge, please take a look at the sidebar.

INTER-TEAM CHALLENGE WEEK 0 FORM

INTER-TEAM CHALLENGE TRACKER

The inter-team challenge is an optional round-robin style tournament where teams compete against different teams each week in exercise minutes, strength workout minutes, and step count.

Week 0 Match-Ups:

Team Yoshi v. Team Boo

Team Bowser v. Team Waluigi

Team Luma v. Team Mario

How points will be awarded each week:

• 1 point to the winner of each 1 vs. 1 matchup
• 1 point for the team with the highest step count for the week
• 1 point for each team with a step count higher than 2M for the week
• 1 point for each team with a total minutes count higher than 10k for the week

What are we doing/how are we doing it:

We are tracking exercise minutes, strength minutes and Steps. You have until Friday 8am EST of next week to submit your minutes and step count. We would like to point out this is entirely optional, so if you can't do it or it's not for you - that's cool.

You can submit them each day or wait until Thursday to submit them all. The form is re-submittable, but please only submit one form for each day - multiple forms for one day (e.g. 3x Tuesday) will be deleted. As with all things, if you notice an error or forgot to add something, tell us and we’ll fix it. That’s goes for everything - misspelled username, used the wrong unit of measure, transposed steps and workout minutes, etc. Please enter numbers only. If you jog for an hour, it's just 60. If you get 12,000 steps, it's just 12000.

What counts as Exercise or Strength Minutes?

Whatever you can do safely. For example, jogging outside, running on the treadmill, climbing stairs, going for walks, etc, all count as exercise minutes. Strength minutes include all types of weight lifting and strength increase workouts. If an activity is both cardio and strength focused, it doesn’t really matter which category you assign it to as long as you don’t double count it (aka don’t put the activity in as both strength and exercise). Also please don’t count strength or exercise minutes from during work unless they were measured by a fitness tracker. This is because the main point of the inter-team challenge is to encourage people to start exercising or doing strength workouts in their spare time, or to continue if they’re already going! If you have any questions or need clarification, please feel free to ask!

Safety is key.

Feel free to contribute as much time you can put in safely. Someone else might be running a marathon, which takes hours, while you can only squeeze out fifteen minutes on a treadmill - that is perfectly fine! Don't compare yourself to that person. Don't hurt yourself trying to help your team. Every minute is valuable to your team, whether it's 10 minutes or 100, so only do as much as you can handle without injury.

FAQs

What is the challenge?

The challenge is team-based competition that will last for 6 weeks (8 weeks from the beginning of signups to the results week) for which you set a weight-loss goal and then weigh in weekly, hoping to be at or beyond that goal by the end of the challenge.

What will I have to do during the challenge?

Weigh-in every week - each week begins on a Friday, so you will have until the following Friday 8am EST (when the next week is posted) to complete your weigh-in. You can miss the occasional week, but if you are going to miss two weeks in a row you must let the challenge admins know so they don’t remove you from the challenge. If you're a forgetful person, setting up reminders on your phone and/or joining the group discord chat might be a good idea.

How to succeed during the challenge:

• Check what team you’re on by looking at the Challenge Tracker and searching for your username (control + f username).
• Join your team’s subreddit, introduce yourself and be an active team member. Many captains have an online chat set up for their teams too!
• If you have any questions, worries or need encouragement, lean on your team and if someone else needs some support, be supportive.
• If you binge or have a bad week, don’t give up, log honestly and come back next week. Weight loss is not always linear and there will be ups and downs, but focus on the overall downward trend.

Rule Reminders

Missing Week 0 is an automatic boot. Do not ask for access to edit anything. All entries are submitted via form. The only people who can/should edit the trackers are the Challenge Admins.

Timeline

September 28th - Sign ups open

October 12th - Week 0

October 19th - Week 1 - Sign ups close

October 26th - Week 2

November 2nd - Week 3

November 9th - Week 4

November 16th - Week 5

November 23rd - Week 6/FINAL WEEK

November 30th - Results week (and break until January)

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7 Vegetables That Taste Best in Fall

Right now, stores are full of the widest array of fresh fall vegetables at the peak of ripeness. The cool days of the season bring out the best flavor in many crops—good news for all of us looking for great-tasting fall vegetables to enjoy each day as we stay on track to our weight loss goal.

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Here are seven of the best fall vegetables with a few healthy and delicious ideas for eating them:

1. Carrots

The crunchy roots taste great raw or cooked. While orange carrots are most familiar, many stores now offer yellow, red and even purple varieties. All are loaded with beta-carotene, a nutrient your body converts into vitamin A. It plays a key role in protecting your vision, supports your immune system and ensures that your body produces healthy new cells.

Nutrisystem category: Non-starchy vegetable

Serving size: 1⁄2 cooked or 1 cup raw

Try this: Carrots are easy to enjoy as a snack on-the-go—no mess or fuss necessary. For a bit of satisfying protein, dip carrot sticks in humus or herb-flavored yogurt. Shredded carrots add sweetness and fiber to muffins or fritters, while pureed carrots can be the foundation for a robust soup. Roasting brings out even more of their natural sugars. For a quick side dish, try our recipe for Honey Balsamic Glazed Carrots. >

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2. Brussels Sprouts

The little cousins of cabbage lose their bitterness after a light frost, which is why they taste best in fall. You typically see them loose on produce shelves, but just before Thanksgiving farmer’s markets and some stores offer whole stalks, so you can get them at their absolute freshest. A cup gives you more than 120 percent of your recommended daily amount of vitamin C and nearly 200 percent of your daily vitamin K needs. You also get over three grams of fiber.

Nutrisystem category: Non-starchy vegetable

Serving size: 1⁄2 cooked or 1 cup raw

Try this: Steamed Brussels sprouts are ready to eat in minutes and they have a mild, cabbage-like flavor. Add sliced Brussels sprouts to stir-fries and soups. If you prefer your veggies raw, shave or chop the small heads of Brussels sprouts and toss them with other greens to make a zesty salad. Slow-roasting Brussels sprouts turns them crispy and smoky. They also pair well with sweet fruit. Click here to get this savory Brussels Sprouts with Apples recipe. >

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3. Butternut Squash

The oblong-shape, bulbous at one end and the pale orange skin make it easy to recognize butternut among the many varieties of fall vegetables and winter squash that are in-season. Removing the relatively thin skin on the outside and the seed cavity inside isn’t hard, but many stores now sell it peeled, seeded, cubed and ready to cook. Like other orange veggies, butternut squash is packed with beta-carotene and vitamin C. A single cup has 500 milligrams of potassium, a mineral that helps keep your body’s sodium levels in balance.

Nutrisystem category: SmartCarbs

Serving size: 1 cup cooked

Try this: The deep-orange flesh of butternut squash is lightly sweet and smooth-textured. It’s so naturally creamy, some bakers prefer to use it rather than its close relative, pumpkin, for making pies. That quality also makes pureed butternut squash a healthy main ingredient for soups or stews. It works well as a replacement for cheese in lasagna or enchiladas. It adds flavor, fiber and nutrients to this Butternut Squash Turkey Chili recipe, a family favorite on cool autumn days.

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4. Kale

You’ve probably heard that this leafy green is a superstar of healthy diets and it’s also one of the healthiest fall vegetables because it is so nutrient-dense—high in vitamins and minerals, low in calories. A single cup has just 33 calories, but comes with more than 130 percent of your RDA for both vitamins A and C. It’s also a great source of calcium, a mineral that helps regulate your metabolism. While kale is available most of the year, it tastes best in fall because a few frosty nights soften its texture and reduce its bitterness.

Nutrisystem category: Non-starchy vegetable

Serving size: 1⁄2 cooked or 1 cup raw

Try this: When sautéed, kale becomes tender and mild-flavored. Add garlic or onions and mushrooms to make a savory side dish. If you want to eat kale raw, slice up an avocado and massage it into the leaves with your hands—this tenderizes the leaves and adds a creamy coating. Add kale to smoothies and you won’t even know it’s there. Or try snacking on this simple-to-make Crunchy Kale Chips recipe. >

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5. Sweet Potatoes

These starchy tubers are a staple of fall meals because they are so sweet and tasty. They’re also significantly more nutritious than ordinary white spuds. An average-size sweet potato has around 50 calories and more than 150 percent of your RDA for vitamin A in a half-cup serving, along with healthy doses of essential minerals like potassium and copper. Because sweet potatoes are high in fiber and low on the glycemic index, they’re classified as SmartCarbs, so you need to be sure to follow the recommended servings for your plan.

Nutrisystem category: SmartCarbs

Serving size: 1⁄2 cup cooked

Try this: A baked sweet potato is simple and filling, but skip the butter and instead add flavor with no-calorie spices such as cayenne pepper or nutmeg. Oven-baked sweet potato fries or wedges are easy to make and fun to eat. Sweet potatoes work well mashed, too. With a spiralizer, you can quickly turn sweet potatoes into noodles that are a healthy alternative to ordinary pasta. Slices of the tuber are the sturdy base for this zesty Mexican Sweet Potato Toast recipe, loaded with tasty beans and low-fat cheese.

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6. Cauliflower

Most of us know the snow-white heads, but in fall you may also see orange, yellow and even green cauliflower on produce shelves. All have a very mild taste and are crunchy when raw and tender when cooked. Cauliflower is low in calories (25 in 1 cup) and high in fiber (2.5 grams per cup). It is especially rich in unique compounds called glucosinolates, micronutrients that have been linked to a reduced risk of cancers of the digestive tract.

Nutrisystem category: Non-starchy vegetable

Serving size: 1⁄2 cup cooked

Try this: Cauliflower is perhaps the most versatile of fall vegetables, making it a valuable ingredient, especially for people trying to lose weight. Steamed cauliflower becomes soft enough to be incorporated into mashed potatoes. It can be milled into grains that resemble rice or sliced into thick “steaks” ready for the grill. At snack time, try this Cauliflower Buffalo Bites recipe that have the same spicy flavor as your favorite chicken wings.

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7. Spinach

Cool weather is prime time for all sorts of leafy greens, including this nutritional powerhouse. The lower temperatures of autumn keep spinach leaves tender and bitter-free. Each cup has only seven calories, but 56 percent of your RDA for vitamin A. Spinach is just about the best vegetable source of iron, which helps your body produce red blood cells and ward off fatigue.

Nutrisystem category: Non-starchy vegetable

Serving size: 1⁄2 cooked or 1 cup raw

Try this: Raw spinach can be used in every way that you like to eat lettuce—in salads and on sandwiches and wraps. You can add the leaves to smoothies, too. Toss a handful or two of leaves into spaghetti sauce and no one in your family will know but you. For parties or snack time, try this Skinny Spinach Dip recipe. >

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6 Slow Cooker Recipes You Need to Try This Season

2018 hasn't been kind to me. Up 12lb after a 100lb loss and I'm stopping it now! Progress pics included.

I've had a terrible year. Between my dad passing away in January and personal issues, I've gained 13 lb in 10 months. Not too bad but it's definitely not what I want.

I'm finally crawling out of that hole and getting back on track. This post is more for accountability and to make it "official". Food tracking is restarting TODAY. I'd love to hear someone's experience with weight loss and then gain and then loss again, I'm feeling pretty crappy about it.

A progress pic to see where I started, where I got to, and where I am today. It isn't too bad but it needs to stop.

http://imgur.com/a/0X2qjyC

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Day 1? Starting your weight loss journey on Friday, 12 October 2018? Start here!

Today is your Day 1?

Welcome to r/Loseit!

So you aren’t sure of how to start? Don’t worry! “How do I get started?” is our most asked question. r/Loseit has helped our users lose over 1,000,000 recorded pounds and these are the steps that we’ve found most useful for getting started.

Why you’re overweight

Our bodies are amazing (yes, yours too!). In order to survive before supermarkets, we had to be able to store energy to get us through lean times, we store this energy as adipose fat tissue. If you put more energy into your body than it needs, it stores it, for (potential) later use. When you put in less than it needs, it uses the stored energy. The more energy you have stored, the more overweight you are. The trick is to get your body to use the stored energy, which can only be done if you give it less energy than it needs, consistently.

Before You Start

The very first step is calculating your calorie needs. You can do that HERE. This will give you an approximation of your calorie needs for the day. The next step is to figure how quickly you want to lose the fat. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of fat per week you will need to consume 500 calories less than your TDEE (daily calorie needs from the link above). 750 calories less will result in 1.5 pounds and 1000 calories is an aggressive 2 pounds per week.

Tracking

Here is where it begins to resemble work. The most efficient way to lose the weight you desire is to track your calorie intake. This has gotten much simpler over the years and today it can be done right from your smartphone or computer. r/loseit recommends an app like MyFitnessPal, Loseit! (unaffiliated), or Cronometer. Create an account and be honest with it about your current stats, activities, and goals. This is your tracker and no one else needs to see it so don’t cheat the numbers. You’ll find large user created databases that make logging and tracking your food and drinks easy with just the tap of the screen or the push of a button. We also highly recommend the use of a digital kitchen scale for accuracy. Knowing how much of what you're eating is more important than what you're eating. Why? This may explain it.

Creating Your Deficit

How do you create a deficit? This is up to you. r/loseit has a few recommendations but ultimately that decision is yours. There is no perfect diet for everyone. There is a perfect diet for you and you can create it. You can eat less of exactly what you eat now. If you like pizza you can have pizza. Have 2 slices instead of 4. You can try lower calorie replacements for calorie dense foods. Some of the communities favorites are cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash in place of their more calorie rich cousins. If it appeals to you an entire dietary change like Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian.

The most important thing to remember is that this selection of foods works for you. Sustainability is the key to long term weight management success. If you hate what you’re eating you won’t stick to it.

Exercise

Is NOT mandatory. You can lose fat and create a deficit through diet alone. There is no requirement of exercise to lose weight.

It has it’s own benefits though. You will burn extra calories. Exercise is shown to be beneficial to mental health and creates an endorphin rush as well. It makes people feel awesome and has been linked to higher rates of long term success when physical activity is included in lifestyle changes.

Crawl, Walk, Run

It can seem like one needs to make a 180 degree course correction to find success. That isn’t necessarily true. Many of our users find that creating small initial changes that build a foundation allows them to progress forward in even, sustained, increments.

Acceptance

You will struggle. We have all struggled. This is natural. There is no tip or trick to get through this though. We encourage you to recognize why you are struggling and forgive yourself for whatever reason that may be. If you overindulged at your last meal that is ok. You can resolve to make the next meal better.

Do not let the pursuit of perfect get in the way of progress. We don’t need perfect. We just want better.

Additional resources

Now you’re ready to do this. Here are more details, that may help you refine your plan.

• Quick Start Guide - Build your foundation!
• Loseit Compendium - Frame it out!
• FAQ - Answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

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Am I doing it wrong ?

Hello,

Me : 24, 6'2'', SW 268lbs , CW 263.6lbs

I've been working my ass off to loose weight but it seems that it's not going as well as I thought.

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2 month ago I started to count calories on lose it. Even if I'm told to eat 2200 cal per day, I'm doing 1600ish without feeling starved. I can't prepare something to eat at work (since there is nothing to heat it up and I hate eating only cold food) so I use this to calculate. I might underestimate but since I end up way below 2100 per day it seems ok to me. I don't eat processed food ( or way less ). I was not really disciplined the first two weeks but seeing the calories contained on some stuff and how much I have to work to burn it made me hold on to it now.

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I've also been working out I'm going to the gym 4 times a week for intense work out. I exercise 1h45 during week days, 2h15/30 on my week-end session. I have an app provided by the gym that connect to the equipment and track what you do. Usually at the end of the session it displays around 950 calories burned. I know it can be inaccurate. It depends on you and your body so I usually log 200 less on lose it.

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With all that I only lost 4.4lbs in 2 month. My budget of 2200 cal is set to make me loose 2.2lbs par week but so far not so good. Especially since way less calories make their way in my body

I don't only complain because it really made a change in my mind. I'm feeling better since I started less stressed, less sad, more energetic.

But for the first time since I started I feel demotivated. Even your great stories about your weight loss that motivated me during those two months don't find their way to cheer me up today. So if anyone can help me finding something I might do wrong or anything I would be really grateful.

Thanks.

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my shitty and unhealthy way of losing 20kg

this summer i lost 20kg during a 18 week period. too fast for my start weight i know. since there's so many tips and dos and don'ts in the world of weight loss i'd thought i'd share how i did it the really shitty way although it was extremely efficient and easy for me. i went from 88kg (194 pounds) to 67kg (147 pounds) (175cm male 20yrs old).

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-the first day i made a google form document noting down everything i ate. i weighed everything that had to be weighed,measured any dressing i used. i left nothing slightly unclear. kept it extremely honest all the time. once you get into this habit i couldn't cheat without knowing i did.

-based my diet on cooked egg whites. 15-18 calories each. was extremely easy to get a 400 calorie dinner that filled me right up when i used egg whites to complement chicken/shrimps/fish etc.

-drank extreme amounts of diet soda. (rip teeth) the liquid itself helped me feel more full and the sweetness cooled off cravings. although most of the cravings was gone after the first 1.5 week.

-waited 3-4 hours before eating every morning. also didn't eat during the night so i kept the window where i ate pretty short. probably the middle 8 hours of the day was the only time i really ate.

-tried to move as little as possible, as i was on extremely low calories i didn't really need to burn calories. it felt easier to just focus on one thing instead of balancing two things so i put all effort and focus towards diet instead of both.

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i don't encourage anyone do to it the way i did. i may have suffered some other complications i don't know, i literally went in with 0 research and just thought calorie deficit which probably isn't healthy but then again the deficit is what makes you lose the weight. iv'e always had those extra kilos without truly being blatantly fat if that makes sense and i could never lose it. iv'e tried multiple times losing weight and just gave up. then when i truly decided and made a bunch of changes all at the same time it just worked and was extremely easy all of a sudden. i have no idea why it worked but i'm happy it did, i feel like a new person.

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