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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? YES, WAY UNDER CALORIE GOAL
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YES1 -
April 10
No x 3
Pass Days 9.
It's the morning of April 11th as I do my check-in. I'll be going to work today for the first time in a week and a half. Still feeling unwell. But the sun is shining. And today I WILL track everything I eat and I WILL stay on target. I'm going to even attempt a bit of exercise. I'm taking all the stories of starting small to heart. For me today, a success will be 10 mins of activity. 10 mins is better than the 0 mins of the past week and a half right? ❤️3 -
3 X’s Yes
30 minute walk. Well under on calories but it was mostly just peanut butter since I’m sick and have no real appetite.
I started at 242 with just making better food choices and walking most mornings. In about six months I lost about 30lbs which I kept of for a year.
Last August I decided to take it further and I went Keto, woosh twenty lbs gone.
In October I joined the gym and one class at a time I’ve gotten up to 1-2hrs per day and dropped another 30lbs.
I’m now between 160-65 and plan to drop 30-40lbs over the next year.
What felt like an over whelming goal is being accomplished one sustainable step at a time. Eighty lbs gone and a deep love for exercise forged!6 -
Amazing stories!
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Late check in
Exercised: yes, ran and walked.
Under calories: yes
Logged everything: yes1 -
Yes x 3
It's been a very long time since I've deliberately exercised and so I started with two things. I saw my doctor to ensure there wasn't anything medically preventing me from getting active and the second thing I did was realize that being intentional about my exercise would help prevent injury.
I started in January 2019 with the gym treadmill. My goal was (and is) to walk continuously for 30 minutes each day. The amazing electronic readouts for pace, distance, incline, etc. were all new to me and a delight to figure out. For that first month I walked for 5 minutes at a pace of 1.8 mph, 5 minutes at 2.2 mph and then a cool down back to 1.8 mph for five minutes. My body did not rebel, my joints continued to be amazing, and so I deliberately increased my duration. Same 5 minute warm up and cool down but the 2.2 mph became a 10 minute interval. After two weeks I assessed how I felt. I felt ok.
Great! Now to try and go five days per week. I am still working on this goal.
Keeping the same 20 minute duration I increased my warm up / cool down pace to 2.2 mph and the ten minutes at 2.5 mph. Bit by bit that took me through the end of February. As my body continued to feel pretty darn good I started eyeing the weight stations around the gym. More on that later.
My plan is to keep alternating the increase in duration -OR- pace until I reach 30 minutes and slow jogging speed (4.0 mph). As of today I do 30 minutes with a warm up / cool down at 2.5 mph and 20 minutes at 3.0 mph. I keep gauging how my body is reacting to each change by doing it for at least two weeks and assessing how I feel, how I sleep and if I continue to lose weight.
To combat boredom and challenge different muscle groups I try to first assess if I can do something outside. I like to hit tennis balls against the backboard, water aerobics, or play golf. If those things aren't available or appealing, I go to the gym and start on the treadmill as my "go to" daily exercise. In March I began incorporating the weight stations into my routine, again using the principle of start, just start (!) and assess how you feel. I am past the minimum 7 or 10 pound weight for each station and have increased my reps from 10 to 20 and sets from 1 to 2. Lots of opportunity to improve over time, weight by weight, rep by rep, set by set. And that is how I manage my weight station work. If, after two weeks I am feeling ok then I increase one thing, like weight. Two weeks later, assess, increase reps. Do that for two weeks and assess.
To conclude this rather long post, I have decided that daily exercise is part of my life and I chose to manage it on my terms. An hour a day is good by me, it includes me changing out, walking, doing weights and still having balance in my life. This is my "go to" plan if I am not walking at the zoo with my grandchildren, or playing nine holes of golf with my girlfriends, etc. I am ok that my fitness will be a slow and deliberate progression and I have received some positive validation from my recent lab work and lower blood pressure readings in just three months.
Go me!
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4/10
Exersized-?yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes1 -
April 10
Exercise: 79 min walk
Calories: *just* under (my walks don’t burn the calories they used to. I need to solve this somehow.)
Tracked all.1 -
April 10
Exercised: Yes, ran 4 miles and then about 20 minute walk with my dog and husband
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes0 -
Date: April 10
Exercised?: Yes (Walked)
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
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Exercised?: Yes (workout - 45 mins)
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes1 -
Exercised: yes
Calories: yes
Tracking: yes1 -
Date: Wednesday, April 10th
Exercise Tracked In MFP: No, starting treadmill again on this coming Monday
Calories and Water Tracked In MFP: Tracked Breakfast & Lunch
Within Daily Calorie Range: No
Extra:
Daily Water Goal: 2 out of 7
Disqualified but still posting to develop my healthy habits : )
Keep moving forward and keep making progress….I gotta keep on keeping on : )
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4/10
5th Pass Day...batting 50/50
Exercise? No, my plan to exercise after work failed. I actually forgot all about it.
Calories? No...WAYYY WAYYY over....
Tracked? Yes, finally put the last few shameful items in last night.
Glad that day is what they call...……...history!1 -
April 10, 2019
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
Pass day 2/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records)1 -
10th April
Exercised: yes
Calories: yes
Tracking: yes0 -
Date: April 10
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