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Pass. Didn't get round to tracking.
Oh the struggles. All the struggles! Thanks all for sharing and the great tips and advice. I struggle with:
1. Tiredness = I think I'm hungry.
2. I can still confuse thirst for hunger.
3. I can still confuse boredom for hunger.
4. Procrastination.
5. Prioritising everything else.
6. Lack of consistency. Even though I posted about being consistently good enough being better than being perfect intermittently, I still need to work on that.
7. Diet - I need to work on increasing protein and reducing carbs.
8. As our friend @craigo3154 always wisely says, you can't out train a bad diet.
9. Excuses. As @craigo3154 also advises, dont lie to yourself.
Can really relate to no. 1-3. The other thing for me is constant schedule changes that tend to impact consistency.3 -
Pass Day due to no deliberate exercise.
Posting continues even though the coveted August Winner's Circle is but a dream.
Taking a pause for reflection on what is working well is welcome! UAC is working well for me in the form of accountability, ownership of my actions, support, giggles, inspiration, and other attributes. Really. Thank you, UAC Group Members and @RangerRickL because this is an important tool in my tool box of health.
AND GREAT PICS!!!! Thank you for sharing the places you've been and the things that inspire you!
Some other things I've noticed that are working well for me include:
Starting my day with a plan to exercise
Embracing the idea that my car contains my gym bag which means I am flexible and ready for any activity
Understanding that my mood does not have to depend on validation of my cooking; I cook for my health and taste
Things that I still find challenging:
Finding strategies for my emotional eating triggers
Wanting instant results (w/o the work, w/o the hassle, w/o the commitment...)
Putting my health as my priority after a lifetime of caring for others
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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?
yes, yes, yes,I been kind of on an exercise binge. Well, biking and hiking anyway.
My good camera fizzled good thing I took a couple of pics with my phone.
I rode my bike up a scrabbly road that I haven't been on in maybe 30 years. Last time I packed camping stuff on my bike. This time all I had was water, apple, banana and larabars.
Rode up for like 14 miles then got on a segment of the colorado trail. That trail wasn't really all that rideable to my skill or courage level so a lot of hike a bike. The whole thing was 28 miles. I think I hiked about a third of that. Yeah, like ten miles of hiking. Ugh.
It was grueling but it was a s beautiful as it was grueling.
Heh! It only took me seven hours. But my knee still works. That is good. I might go back out tomorrow. Nothing that ambitious though.
I took a picture of Mt Wilson. In the skyline off to the right you can see that little nub of LizardHead. But that is what the day looked like. It was perfect.
I wore sunscreen and later made my bandanna stuck under my hat for an improvised shade sort of hood.
Mt Wilson as seen from SlideRock Ridge.
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@BuddysSurrogateGrandpa1
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Aug 17 ex✅cal goal✅track all✅
Aug 18 ex✅cal goal✅track all✅🏡
Aug 19 ex✅cal goal✅track all✅🏡
2/3 pass Days used
What’s doesn’t currently work for me is
1. travel (enough so that I’m likely going to postpone a trip from Sept to April). I do not want to gain my weight back
2. Asked to eat more salt due to low bp which increases scale weight
3. Heavy lifting and HIIT are having an effect on scale & on appetite.
4. Eating out causes an uptick in scale (likely due to salt) but I want to be able to see my former students.
Just trying to figure out how to proceed. I want to be strong. I need to eat salt. Tonight I pondered shifting Maintenance Range from 153-155 to 155-157 to accommodate, but I feel much leaner at 153. Time & further experiments will help me determine my solutions.
I’m not giving up.4 -
19th
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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
2/3 pass days taken3
