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RangerRickL
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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When you have been exercising long enough for it to be a habit, the feelings generated by the exercise become the reward which encourages you to press on!
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Yes x3 today again for me. It's getting easier especially on work days.4
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes.. Hiit
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
I got an extra long workout in today which felt great! I agree with Rick..the habit is a reward in itself. To be on vacation and just assume a workout will be a part of my day is rewarding progress.
Bermuda is simply gorgeous! This pic is the World famous Horseshoe Bay Beach. It has beautiful soft pink sand. It's ranked in top 20 beaches in the world!
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September 14
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.4 -
@less100n00 thank you for the beautiful picture2
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Sept 14
Exercise yes, Tabata and rolling machine for 50minutes
Tracking yes
Calories yes4 -
@RangerRickL
So true!
And what I didn’t know is how much FUN it is to move (hike, walk, run (!) up stairs do high steps, dance, bend, etc) when we are lighter & stronger...with no pain, with the feeling of our muscles propelling is ...with no pain or mild good “muscles are building” soreness the next day. I’m hooked!!
I can tell that these abilities & outcomes are what will make me want to maintain. And my husband of decades, an athlete & truly invaluable support to me & my journey (for ex: he did all grocery shopping in the beginning so I would not get food cues) is Thrilled I can hike with him over 5 Miles 1,000’ elevation happily...it’s what he always wished for...😍
Thank you!5 -
3 x yes today. Hard work but kept it together. Off for an early night to make sure the kichen stays closed.4
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O lordy, I overslept by an hour this morning so my routine went kaput!
10 mi quigong, 10 min yoga, 80 mins walking, 60 min cleaning exercise yes
Tracking yes
Calories yes
Well done everybody, so glad to see you sticking with this awesome group!4 -
3 x Yes
Looking forward to the weekend !!3 -
Exercize - 50 min run / 2.6k swim
Calories - yes
Tracked - yes2 -
Sept 14:
Well....it is tempting not to sign in amidst everyone’s success, but I will own it, to hopefully avoid what happened occurring again (too often).
Today I was involved in some snaccidents which obviously put the calorie count way over. They were not even worthwhile snaccidents or favourites etc sadly.
Anyway.....onwards and upwards.5 -
Exercise? No, still taking care of knee but it's much better today!
Calories? under
Tracking? yes
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9/14
Exersized?- yes
Caleries?- yes
Logged?-yes2 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 50 minutes Pilates
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes2 -
Sept. 14
Exercise: Yes! a 20 minute brisk walk/low impact cardio + 45 minutes strength + 20 minute morning yoga
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
had a great workout to end the week. almost didn't finish logging & updating my food diary, but so glad i did cuz i just stopped myself from overeating on accident 👌
also, recently i noticed doing goblet squats with 30lbs and deadlifting with 60lb don't feel so difficult anymore, they're actually too easy now! it's such a low weight compared to how much other peopel can lift but it's all i got at home, and they're quite challenging for me. i'm getting stronger though! 💪🌸5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. 25 min run
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes3 -
Sept 14:
Well....it is tempting not to sign in amidst everyone’s success, but I will own it, to hopefully avoid what happened occurring again (too often).
Today I was involved in some snaccidents which obviously put the calorie count way over. They were not even worthwhile snaccidents or favourites etc sadly.
Anyway.....onwards and upwards.
@jjjcat Thank you for signing in! That’s the way to success!
Your insight that your snaccidents (love this word) were not worthwhile, nor favorites will lead you to better outcomes in the future!! We might as well make sure every calorie delights us, no?!
“The winner is not the one who never falls, but the one who gets up Fastest!”
The Race
attributed to Dr. D.H. "Dee" Groberg
Whenever I start to hang my head in front of failure’s face,
my downward fall is broken by the memory of a race.
A children’s race, young boys, young men; how I remember well,
excitement sure, but also fear, it wasn’t hard to tell.
They all lined up so full of hope, each thought to win that race
or tie for first, or if not that, at least take second place.
Their parents watched from off the side, each cheering for their son,
and each boy hoped to show his folks that he would be the one.
The whistle blew and off they flew, like chariots of fire,
to win, to be the hero there, was each young boy’s desire.
One boy in particular, whose dad was in the crowd,
was running in the lead and thought “My dad will be so proud.”
But as he speeded down the field and crossed a shallow dip,
the little boy who thought he’d win, lost his step and slipped.
Trying hard to catch himself, his arms flew everyplace,
and midst the laughter of the crowd he fell flat on his face.
As he fell, his hope fell too; he couldn’t win it now.
Humiliated, he just wished to disappear somehow.
But as he fell his dad stood up and showed his anxious face,
which to the boy so clearly said, “Get up and win that race!”
He quickly rose, no damage done, behind a bit that’s all,
and ran with all his mind and might to make up for his fall.
So anxious to restore himself, to catch up and to win,
his mind went faster than his legs. He slipped and fell again.
He wished that he had quit before with only one disgrace.
“I’m hopeless as a runner now, I shouldn’t try to race.”
But through the laughing crowd he searched and found his father’s face
with a steady look that said again, “Get up and win that race!”
So he jumped up to try again, ten yards behind the last.
“If I’m to gain those yards,” he thought, “I’ve got to run real fast!”
Exceeding everything he had, he regained eight, then ten...
but trying hard to catch the lead, he slipped and fell again.
Defeat! He lay there silently. A tear dropped from his eye.
“There’s no sense running anymore! Three strikes I’m out! Why try?
I’ve lost, so what’s the use?” he thought. “I’ll live with my disgrace.”
But then he thought about his dad, who soon he’d have to face.
“Get up,” an echo sounded low, “you haven’t lost at all,
for all you have to do to win is rise each time you fall.
Get up!” the echo urged him on, “Get up and take your place!
You were not meant for failure here! Get up and win that race!”
So, up he rose to run once more, refusing to forfeit,
and he resolved that win or lose, at least he wouldn’t quit.
So far behind the others now, the most he’d ever been,
still he gave it all he had and ran like he could win.
Three times he’d fallen stumbling, three times he rose again.
Too far behind to hope to win, he still ran to the end.
They cheered another boy who crossed the line and won first place,
head high and proud and happy -- no falling, no disgrace.
But, when the fallen youngster crossed the line, in last place,
the crowd gave him a greater cheer for finishing the race.
And even though he came in last with head bowed low, unproud,
you would have thought he’d won the race, to listen to the crowd.
And to his dad he sadly said, “I didn’t do so well.”
“To me, you won,” his father said. “You rose each time you fell.”
And now when things seem dark and bleak and difficult to face,
the memory of that little boy helps me in my own race.
For all of life is like that race, with ups and downs and all.
And all you have to do to win is rise each time you fall.
And when depression and despair shout loudly in my face,
another voice within me says, “Get up and win that race!”
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I'm going to use my first pass for yesterday, and most likely my second for today. We are on the road and won't get in until late, so guessing I won't get my minutes in.3
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Friday check in
Tracked: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: 30 min treadmill. 17k steps
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