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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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There are just 2 days left in the year. Let's look forward to sharing our new year together as we commit to share our goals with our team.
My basic UAC type goals are to do what I need to do to stay healthy and active in what will be my 69th year of life. By now, I've learned that short-term flashy fads are NOT the long-term answer to staying active and healthy. My body is aging, but I want to push back decrepitude as long as possible. The UAC thoughtful measured caloric intake; daily activity; and daily tracking support the achievement of my new year's goals.
And you? What are your new year's goals?
Your friend, Rick
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My UAC goals are pretry much the same as yours, @RangerRickL ... I just have a head start on you since I'll be turning 75 this year (THAT is really hard-to-believe).
As of this morning, I am .2 pounds from the upper end of my maintenance range goal weight (yippee!!). So my first goal is to end the year still in my maintenance range.
My second goal is to continue working on fitness. Not quite sure how to quantify this, but am so happy to have gotten to this point that I don't want to backslide.
Finally, I want to make a better effort to cosciously take time to pause and reflect on the many things for which I am grateful. To be healthy, active, happy and doing the things I love to do is a real gift, particularly at age 74+.
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As a mere child of 56 I have the same goals as @RangerRickL @jan110144 and UAC are helping me do just that.
To each & every member of our group ~ onward & upwards wishing you all a successful, healthy & happy 2019 x
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How about one whole year of UAC? I didn't think I'd stick with it when I started and dropped off a few months, although this is the longest I have been in it and I also think this is the best way to manage my diet/training.
2019 is going to bring me some new challenges, totally new (to me) racing distances and the training for them. To be honest I still have no idea what I signed up for, my year is in a blur at the moment and I'm blessedly unaware of what is going to befall on me. Lol
Best wishes for a wonderful 2019 to everyone.
As for today,
Exercise - 1h30 road bike ride
Calories - yes
Tracked - yes
Quiet day. Quiet ride alone in the sun around midday and it was almost warm.6 -
My main goal this year will be to get in the winners circle each month, I will know I'm doing OK then!
Unlike today,
Exercise yes 10 min quigong, 30 min yoga
Tracking yes
Calories no
Pass day # 64 -
Hello UAC, it's been SO great to read posts from the last week. Congrats to those who will make the circle in December!
I have been MIA, am still in recovery from knee surgery, which went great. I have had some complications with vertigo and dehydration, but as of today I believe I've turned a corner. I'm happy to be able to sign up for January, though I don't think I'll be walking for a few weeks, I will be tracking food! Looking forward to 2019!5 -
Oh, and goals for 2019... improve focus in health. 2018 had health highs and lows.
I got sick last new year's Eve and spent the first week of 2018 in bed with a flu. Here I am, the last week of 2018.....recovering in bed!
Ironically, in 2018 I made big improvements in body composition with CICO and exercise, mostly due to UAC.
So, I'm calling 2018 my training wheel year. Take all I've learned and dial it up for 2019. Mobility and health is such a blessing, I want to never ever take it for granted!5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, a 90 minute Yin yoga class in the morning, and 45 minutes weight lifting and a 70 minute trail run/walk this evening.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yep
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yep
I'll be entering my 71st year in June. Goal/goals for 2019, to keep an open mind to new adventures and challenges that will stretch me to explore what I'm capable of. And, of course, to follow the progress and victories of my fellow UACers!!!
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12/30
Exercise? Yes, 42 minutes low impact aerobics videos with Gilad
Calories? Within allowance...only 9 left today
Tracked? Everything logged
No extra calories available for a snack tonight. Tomorrow will be my 3rd and final intended pass day for this month. So pleased to have managed the holiday season of maintaining without gaining any extra baggage. The seasonal celebrations, throughout the year, sure are a challenge, though. Our oldest son took us out to dinner tonight. I checked out the menu and nutrition for the restaurant in advance, and limited myself to 1 small glass of wine, a bowl of soup, spaghetti squash and steamed broccoli to stay within budgeted calories for the day while everyone else enjoyed steak & fries. I can be stubborn as a mule, though; so I stuck to what I intended and pre-planned for my menu selections.
My goals for the New Year are to be active, within reason, so as not to become complacent about exercise. I don't, particularly, relish exercise for fear of hurting myself; but I recognize I do feel accomplished once I've finished a session. That being said, exercise is good for me. I will continue to be, cautiously, fit within the parameters expected by UAC so as to continue in maintenance for another year. Winner's Circle may not be a regular achievement during the course of this next year; but I thank each of my team mates for helping me face this daily challenge. It really is helpful to know others are on this same journey with me.5 -
Exercise: 5 minutes abs + 50 interval walking
Calories: Under
Tracked: Yes
New Year's Goals:- Achieve a maintenance weight which allows me wriggle room for high days and holidays
- Improve flexibility, strength and stamina
- Pre-log daily food to balance macros/micros.
- Hydrate adequately
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@Bill70Strong I am will be 73 in April. Here's to many fit and healthy years to come.4
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12/30
Exersized-?yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes4 -
@Bill70Strong @TerriRichardson112
The 70's must be the new 50s :-) Super to see other active septuagenarians here ... glad to have the company!6 -
I have been MIA the past few days. Expected pass days as we celebrate Christmas with my family. Headed home tomorrow and looking forward to getting back to routine and normalcy. Haven’t thought much about resolutions yet, I don’t typically make them.. health wise though I would love to lose 5-8lbs to get into my maintenance range, deadlift more than my bodyweight and conquer a handstand.4
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Both Rose and I got a day to rest. It felt good to put away the Christmas ornaments; update the annual friends/family contact list; decide what to do with the good-bad-and-ugly Christmas gifts; and throw out the unnecessary accumulated sweets.
Exercise: treadmill walking x 30 minutes
Tracking: good
Calories: under my limit3 -
I am pretty sure I have used 4 and will be out of the circle .... but thinking back I can only specifically remember 3. I know I posted them as they happened so I will look back and verify.
Yes, it was definitely 4. I am out of the circle this time .... but only by 1. Not bad for only my third month AND this being December.
I was having trouble remembering the 4th because it was a "no exercise" pass (only one since before Nov 23!) rather than a food / tracking related one.
Dec 30:
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes - 69 minutes on the mini-trampoline
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
I am sooooooo close to being a Normal BMI for my height - only 2 or 3 pounds to go, so aiming for "Normal before (Chinese) New Year".
After that, it will be a question of fine tuning where I want my Maintenance Zone to be (absolute top range 135-139 lbs, but may end up with 135 lbs as either the middle or the top end ... being 60 yrs old, I doubt I will aim as low as the charted dead-centre of Normal Zone for my height (BMI = 20), which would be 124 lbs.
Once I find my zone, I will be working though the mind-set conversion and learning curve to deal with HAVING to eat more daily calories than I have been for the last 19 months it took to get this far. But smart calories ....2 -
I am pretty sure I have used 4 and will be out of the circle .... but thinking back I can only specifically remember 3. I know I posted them as they happened so I will look back and verify.
Yes, it was definitely 4. I am out of the circle this time .... but only by 1. Not bad for only my third month AND this being December.
I was having trouble remembering the 4th because it was a "no exercise" pass (only one since before Nov 23!) rather than a food / tracking related one.
Dec 30:
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes - 69 minutes on the mini-trampoline
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
I am sooooooo close to being a Normal BMI for my height - only 2 or 3 pounds to go, so aiming for "Normal before (Chinese) New Year".
After that, it will be a question of fine tuning where I want my Maintenance Zone to be (absolute top range 135-139 lbs, but may end up with 135 lbs as either the middle or the top end ... being 60 yrs old, I doubt I will aim as low as the charted dead-centre of Normal Zone for my height (BMI = 20), which would be 124 lbs.
Once I find my zone, I will be working though the mind-set conversion and learning curve to deal with HAVING to eat more daily calories than I have been for the last 19 months it took to get this far. But smart calories ....
Hi @BMcC9 !
Congratulations on all that you have accomplished!
I believe the normal range for BMI runs from 18.5 to 24.9. And I have read that many doctors recommend not going below 20.
So I set my GW to BMI = 22.5.
3.4 to 4.4 lbs to go
Down ~ 74-75.
Please let me know if I’ve got this wrong!1 -
December 30
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
I can think of one goal for the new year... Clean out my bedroom closet!4 -
@MadisonMolly2017 @BMcC9
It looks like we are all going to arrive at maintenance in nearly the same time! Congrats.
I am starting to think about just how I will step my way into increasing calories in. Ii find the thought of changing anything a bit unsettling. After all the hard work to get here, I don't want to derail myself in the next step!1 -
Ate out, couldn't even estimate calories, did exercise, didn't log, probably didn't stay in the caloric limits! I'm not giving up, though. Very encouraging to this 63-year-old to see so many active, fit people here in the UAC.
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