MMH's: REVAMPED
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Welcome aboard straw...
I could never go without my morning coffee. .luckily that's my only coffee. ....
I'm going to walk on Monday this week and elliptical Thursday. ....work is closed Monday for the holiday and I have an appointment Friday after work
Gonna get clothes ready today
Have a great week with your goals. ...
Going out for dinner tonight. .after a family baptism for my niece's daughters daughter:)
Carol
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Welcome Strawberry! Thanks for the reminder to be compassionate
In alignment with showing myself compassion, instead of being discouraged, I will acknowledge that I made a baby step of progress at least towards my calorie goal last week , made healthy food choices 5/7 days , made it to both yoga classes and walked the doggies once or twice
This week my goals are:
1. Make healthy food choices with 1 sweet treat or carb treat allowance for the week
2. Stay within calorie goal 3/7 days
3. Drink 7-8 glasses of water 5/7 days
4. Log 6/7 days
5. Exercise at least 3/7 days
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Hi, Girls.
Welcome to StrawbC sounds like some doable goals...except the coffee, may be a tough, but you can do it. Small steps, like you said.
Love the reads Snoozie, especially the one about the muscle loss. I am starting to add in hand weights when I am riding on the bike so maybe that will add some strength to my workout...
Carol, they say something about copying is the best form of flattery...or something like that. Sure you can borrow my Fine Print note. I borrowed one from Snoozie a while back.
This week went great for the exercise part of my goals. I feel I got in quite a bit more than usual. Stopping by when all I wanted to do was go home on Friday and got in an hour...My Tailbone was so ready to get up and get out of there but I stuck it out!!! Good thing I did, cause we went out to eat Saturday, and I may have eaten over 3000 cals...counting the whole day's worth. I'm not stressing over it, cause we all know there will be days like that...maybe not so many calories...but still bad days. I'll just do better this week as far as eating. I am still kinda' proud of myself. Every week I will get better at this.
Seehe, Charip, Milove I hope you are all doing great.
I hope everyone has a fantastic week.
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Carol - the walk and elliptical sound good!!! is your weather good enough for outside walkies or a la treadmill?
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Susan - congrats on the progress to hitting your calorie goal, girl!! It took me a couple of weeks to start getting close to mine most days (and I had even upped mine LOL); so kudos to you for getting closer and closer!! and awesome job on five days of healthy choices - that rocks!!! And I saw a post of yours that you did 65 minutes of yoga in one of those exercise goals... holy moly girl.. well done you that's a long class and Hard!!!
Gail: hand weights?? HIGH FIVE and congrats!! That's fabulous!1 honestly, you have totally blown me away with your dedication to your exercise goals .. you SHOULD be darn proud of yourself, you not only met but EXCEEDED that goal - totally awesome! huge huge IPOU!!!!!!0 -
Thanks Gail. ...:)
Snooze.....they claim it's going to be decent. ...luckily I'm off Monday for the holiday so I can do a daytime walk outside. ...just gotta bundle up.....glad that I. have plenty of cold weather coats sweaters scarves hats and gloves0 -
First day of a new week - ready to rock our individual goals ladies?
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Snoozie...went for my walk around town
Glad I have thermal undies wool hat and gloves
I wore a wind breaker over my sweat pants and sweat shirt
Felt great. ...little over 2 miles in 50 minutes. ...on a windy day0 -
Ok, I'm going to try again...
walk the duck pond at least 3 times this week. Walked yesterday and today and will try to get at least two more in.
log! I'm going to try. I did so well losing weight when I did it last time (that's been a few years ago now I think)
water is not too difficult except in winter. I have a cup that is 24 oz. I drink one 1st thing in the am and one after dinner. I try to get the other 3 during the day. Got 10 cups today 'cause I drink a 32 oz water bottle after I walk the duck pond.
that's my starting goals list...
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Carol - great job on the walk; let me know if you need to borrow my parka and toque next time i'll be happy to loan em out lol!0
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Patrice!! lovely to see you, and super goals for the week btw!! Very realistic ones and you're already almost AT your walking one and it's only Tuesday - well done you!!
I can TOTALLY relate to the logging goal as it's one of mine too.. I don't know why i'm finding it so hard to get back into it because I religiously logged for almost two years so what the hell?? lol I have no doubt you'll make it though - and fab job on the water too!! Yay YOU!0 -
I met all my goals yesterday (except the exercise one... but did a lot of scrubbing floors and cleaning since my back is finally feeling better, so today my one goal is to get 30 min on the treadmill!)
I think I'm most proud of the darn logging to be honest lol.. although upping my water so much is right up there on the list of IPOM's too.. it's taken me almost three weeks of trying to actually succeed at these goals, have been harder for me than the calorie counting part, so i'm a happy camper these small changes are coming to fruition.
We can make this a great week for ourselves ladies - let's take the opportunity!0 -
I thought today might be a good time to remind ourselves that getting back on track doesn't have to be an "all or nothing" mentality - making small changes, and setting realistic yet somewhat challenging goals for ourselves when we start back at taking charge of our health let us SUCCEED, which gives us the motivation to keep working at what we want.
but we often seem to revert to thinking it's all or nothing, or spin a negative into our efforts. "i can't have this... I failed because I ate that..." I swear our own mind games are our biggest hurdles to our goals of losing our excess fat and getting healthier!
So this week, how about we start focusing on the GOOD steps we're taking.. the positive changes we are all making every day... whether it's one extra veggie you wouldn't normally eat, or an extra few minutes of exercise, or the decision to swap out a less healthy choice for a better one... every day we all make positive decisions and positive changes, and we need to remember THAT's the true goal for all of us; progress - not perfection.. and every single one of us is making that progress so... I wanna hear lot's of IPOMs this week, my friends... 0 -
Why yes, my little Hatters - I did happen to find an article on just this very subject... perfect timing for the subject at hand, eh??
Beginning your weight-loss plan doesn't have to mean drastic changes. You don't need to live at the gym or subsist on crackers alone to get your eating and exercising on track.
Instead, think of more realistic, sustainable changes you can make to your lifestyle. Sometimes small, simple adjustments can produce the biggest results. Consider these suggestions, and think about what other small changes might work for you.
•Trim back your eating a bit here and there, not altogether. For example, sauté your broccoli with one teaspoon of oil instead of two.
•Make some wise food substitutions, like opting for low-fat cream cheese instead of regular.
•Kick it up a notch in the activity department by taking the stairs instead of the escalator.
All or Nothing
"People put too much pressure on themselves to change everything in their diets, which sets them up for failure," believes New York-based registered dietitian Shari Mermelstein. Her advice? Set your sights on making several small dietary and lifestyle changes, and you'll lose weight without really missing out.
Need some incentive? Try this on for size: Cut back 100 calories on a daily basis and you could lose about 10 1/2 pounds in a year. One hundred calories equals:
•1 cup of regular soda
•1 tablespoon of butter
•1 ounce of cheese
Skimming Off the Top
Here are seven simple slim-down ideas:
1.A spoonful of sugar can add up over the course of a year. Add one less teaspoon of sugar (15 calories) to your cup of morning and afternoon coffee each day and you'll save about 10,000 calories—the equivalent of about 3 pounds per year.
2.Slim down that bowl of cereal: Switch from 1 cup regular whole milk to 1% milk (about 50 calories less per cup) every day. Once your taste buds adjust, you'll be thrilled! That's a tad more than 5 pounds lost by this time next year.
3.Take the scenic route. Park your car as far as possible from the entrance to your office, the shopping mall or a restaurant and get those legs pumping. Ten minutes of daily moderate paced walking (five minutes each way burns about 20 calories) can take off over 4 pounds a year.*
4.Get your vitamin C boost with a whole orange (60 calories) instead of a cup of juice (110 calories) each day. Your 12-month weight loss: 5 1/4 pounds.
5.Go calorie-free by switching from regular to diet soda (150 versus 0 calories per can). If you drink one can per day, that's nearly 16 pounds lost in a year.
6.Flavor your sandwiches with very low-cal condiments like mustard or vinegar instead of calorie-packed mayo. Leave off 1 tablespoon (100 calories) every day and you're looking at close to 10 1/2 pounds a year.
7.Downsize, don't super-size, fast food meals. Opt for a small McDonald's French fries (250 calories) instead of a large order (570 calories) at your weekly fast-food meal. You'll enjoy the same great taste all year long but with an added bonus: almost 5 pounds lost.
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Hi Pareice- great to see you!
Gail- good for sticking it out and getting all your exercise in!
Carol-nice job walking even though it's cold!
Snoozie- sounds like you are making great progress with your goals- great job! Thanks again for all the encouragement and helpful readings and tips
I had a good day yesterday. IPOM cause I exercised twice yesterday , walked the dogs in the early afternoon and went to curves after an early dinner, ( in spite of the fact that during yoga Sunday while in the in triangle position something went CRACK and then all the muscles in my left hamstring went into a knot, and they still are in spite of a message. My neuromuscular guy is coming today so maybe he can help. ) IPOM too cause I was successful with portion control when I went out to dinner last night.
Summary of Monday's progress:
1 yes- healthy choices
2 yes- within calorie goal today
3 yes - 8 glasses
4 yes- logged today
5 yes -exercised today
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Susan!!!! omg how fabulous!! look at YOU go!! So many great successes yesterday - you hit every single one of your daily goals (YAY YOU!) AND managed a second exercise spurt, and portion control at dinner - seriously STUPENDOUS way to make great choices and meet your goals - totally impressed!! Well done!!! (but VERY sowwy to hear about the neck crack - I swear mine twinged just reading that out of sypmpathy!! Will keep paws crossed your guy can give you some relief!!0
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Thanks for the enthusiastic support Snoozie, as well as the empathy it wasn't my neck that cracked, luckily, but something in my trunk or hip or back or somewhere thereabouts . Luckily Jack works in other things besides my neck when needed. So hoping he can help this. If not maybe a chiropractor - but don't know of any good ones .... 0
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Lol sorry Susan - I knew was the hamstring but thought it was something in the neck that popped and carried down to the leg!! Not that the hop or leg is any better!!! But will hope jack can help!0
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I'm happy to say that Jack was a miracle worker and my hamstring is sooooo much better and my back pain gone - yipee! Think I will pass on yoga today just to be safe ...0
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Yayyyyy Susan!! So glad to hear he was able to help !!0
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Morning Hatters...
Was up wayyyyyyyy too early this morning; today is my official weigh in date and no change in the scale or in the tape measure, so spent some time going over my diary entries, graphs and progress markers over the past two years - must say the MFP app on my phone provides a lot more visual aids than the site itself (IMO) - used the charts to see where I was steadily losing weight and where I gained back the 15 lbs ... was a bit of a shock to see some of the nutrition breakdowns over periods of weeks or months; not to mention realizing just how long I've been on MFP! but it was a very positive review - opened my eyes to the fact I've kinda been coasting for almost a year.. so I'm very glad to have started the revamp already for this year - not that I plan to leave MFP at any time, but it was a good reminder about WHY I came here in the first place!
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So have tweaked a few settings; i'm comfortable with my weekly goals as they are at the moment so looking forward to this next week of progress (my weeks go from wed to wed)
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Snooozie- applause for you for looking over your charts to gain insights . That stubborn scale can be soooo frustrating, and I can totally relate. The morning after I had exercised twice I was all psyched to step on the scale and guess what- I was up two frikin pounds- arg! I'm thinking its a lot trickier to maintain or re lose weight or break plateaus than it is to lose it the first time, but , as you know, you are definitely smarter than the average bear, and the insights you have gained by reviewing all your charts and info should surely empower you even more on your quest. We can do this !!!!!0
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Tuesday's progress:
1 yes healthy choices
2 no staying within calorie goal
3 yes 7-8 glasses of water
4 yes logged today
5 no exercise -taking a healing break
Happy with today's progress
Wednesday's progress:
1. yes- healthy choices
2. yes- well below calorie goal-yay!
3. yes- 8 glasses of water
4. yes- logged
5. yes- walked the dogs 1/2 at a brisk pace
Love these all yes days I feel like I'm finally getting back into the rhythm of things! 0 -
Hello ladies... I know what you mean Snoozie, I feel like I've been coasting since early July. I read an article the other day that talked about exercise vs diet and the effect on weight loss. It was an "aha!" moment for me but I'm sure others would have said, "duh!" Basically, I've changed my mantra to "you control your weight with what goes in your mouth." Exercise is for toning, building muscle, strength and stamina. What I eat is what dictates if I lose weight or not. I think I've been relying on my exercise too heavily and fudging my calories/portion sizes.
I haven't done a great job with my goals this month. It's been very sporadic to say the least. I've started taking some fitness classes and I think that will help me to not lose muscle and I'm continuing my walking and hiking. So goals-wise, here it is:
1) physical activity of some sort 5 times a week
2) DRINK MORE WATER!!!
3) no eating after 8:00pm
4) be more concise on portion sizes
If I can accomplish those three goals then I'll think of others. I'm not going to tie my goals to a specific amount of weight loss.
Oh, and I ordered a new swimsuit a size too small so that I have something to work towards. We're going to the beach in May!0 -
Susan - I read somewhere recently that it's not unusual to GAIN a pound or two after starting to exercise - your muscles and other parts hang on to water for a while when we begin incorporating it so i'm glad you didn't freak over the scale hop moment!!! I had a "are you KIDDING ME" moment when mine went up too, but the only reason I didn't panic either was because I knew I was doing well with my eating changes and honestly, I just had to laugh at the irony it went up...
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I have to say I LOVE the way you listed your success in making your daily goals and i'm completely going to follow your lead in a daily listing - I think it's an awesome idea and a super positive way to not only help keep to the goals, but to be able to SEE you are succeeding at getting to them...thanks for posting them... a total YAY YOU in all your fabulous YES achievements - you should be very proud of yourself - WAY TO GO!!! 0 -
In following Seehe's awesome idea with a daily listing of my progress in hitting my goals: (I revamped them slightly for this week which for me, starts on Weds)
Wed results:
- YES - to paying attention to portion control
- YES - to consciously focus on healthier choices thru the day
- YES - to staying within calorie goal
* NO - to 7-8 glasses of water (hit 6)
- YES - to logging today
- YES - to 30 min of exercise
thanks to Susan, starting my day today seeing all those lovely YES's (?) from yesterday will inspire me to do the same again today!!
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Suzy - I totally agree with you.... and with the theory that 80% of weight loss happens in the kitchen, and 20% in the gym.
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Someone on MFP once posted a reply to a question I put out there.. can't remember the question or who posted this, but I kept a copy of it and your post reminded me I need to remember it! They said:
"Exercise should be about rewarding the body with strength and endurance, not about punishing your body for what you've eaten."
My recent review of my diaries also supports the fact that my weight loss will happen as you said, from what I put in my mouth. I log my exercise to show to myself I've made my daily goal with it, and now to remember WHY I'm doing it as above... but I don't eat back those calories now. They are two separate entities now for me - food and exercise, one for weight loss, one for my physical health.
I reset my daily cal limit after my review, but I am going to have to rejig it every week as I move forward, til I find the right number for losing the weight.
Love your daily goals; very realistic ones and absolutely ones that will get you to your ultimate goal so look forward to hearing your progress! kudos on the fitness classes and LOL @ the swimsuit.... I'm going on vacation next month and still haven't tried on my suits from last year - in my head I'm convinced if I don't try em on, I won't find out they don't fit so if I just pack em, miraculously they will fit when I get there....LOL... 0 -
Morning Ladies...
Colder than heck in Jersey... think of the boy from the Christmas Story all bundled up and has to go....lol... no exercise / elliptical today, but will make smart choices and shake my tail on Monday....
My week has been pretty good diet wise and I did get out for a walk on Monday...
Like you all said... what you put in is more important than what you burn off...
Have a great day... and let me know where to send the winter weather that is coming this Friday / Saturday... the ocean works for me....
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Snooozie- glad you like my goal daily progress charting and find it useful for yourself. And look at all your yesses ( is that even a word lol?) - great job! Go Snooozie! I like what you posted about exercise being about rewarding the body with strength and endurance and not about punishing your body for what you've eaten- how insightful is that!?! Thanks for sharing
SuzyQ-.great job joining some fitness classes as well and love you're goals. I think you are smart to just start with those. Personally I can get over ambitious sometimes, but I've been reading a lot lately about baby steps which can be quite helpful. I also agree about how what we put in our mouths is what's most important for weight loss while at the same time exercise is important to maintain muscle which stokes our metabolism. And like you, I don't put a weight goal. I like to set goals for things over which I have control, and let the scale do its own thing as it definitely has a mind of its own!
Hope everyone has a Thrilling Thursday
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Seehe said "And like you, I don't put a weight goal. I like to set goals for things over which I have control, and let the scale do its own thing as it definitely has a mind of its own!"
amen ladies.. i'm with you on both statements!!
It seems MFP isn't planning to restore the "Snooozie replied to MMH Revamped" topic" in the newsfeed anymore... any thoughts on if we wanna post a reply on our own, or just leave it for everyone to check for replies for themselves.. ? I think i'll put one up and just see how it goes..
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The scale definitely has a mind of its own in my house! lol
Snoozie, thanks for posting this am 'cause I don't automatically come check this group but your post reminded me to.
Got my water in yesterday.
Logged but went over cals. Ate mostly better foods... Thinking about it more anyway so that's a start.
Didn't get to walk the duck pond 'cause work got in the way and then it was too late. Maybe today...
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