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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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Today, I have a 2 hour initial appointment with an exercise physiologist. Frankly, I don't understand the distinction of that degree. She is supposed to meet me; understand my back problem issues;and then recommend an exercise regimen to mitigate my now chronic lumbar area pains.
I'll report in tonight and let you know what I learn that might be helpful to you.
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This is so unfair: I've just entered the possible calories of tonight's Christmas dinner, out with cultural club. I've chosen the lightest options and it still comes to over 1000 calories. My limit is 1200 calories and I'm doing really well, sticking to it and losing about 100 grams a day. My exercise today won't exceed 400, I'm limiting my breakfast and lunch, but I don't want to go without or else I'll start snacking. What else can I do? Not eat half of what's on my plate? Even the fish comes in pastry, loads of calories. Eat the fish and not the pastry? Eat the pineapple but leave the mascarpone icecream to melt? Just have one spoonful? Lentil salad comes with boiled egg and orange - wtf? Leave the egg? Or the lentils?
I don't want to declare a Pass Day already, trying to save those for Christmas and Boxing Day with my Chef son ...7 -
December 6
Exercised?: Yes (5 km in 40 mins - hills)
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Still tired, but pushed harder today to make it back to my normal pace.
Drone race tomorrow and Sunday. Feeling quite unprepared. With all that has been going on at home, my focus on drone racing has been almost non-existent.
Daughter had a pretty good day today, no meltdowns, no crisis.
@RangerRickL. Looking forward to hearing how the appointment with the exercise physiologist went.7 -
Sorry I didn't update yesterday; unforeseen circumstances kept me from doing so, as well as from exercising, forcing me to play my final pass for the month.
I'm not worried, though. I lost weight yesterday and both exercised and ate very well today.5 -
I was lazy today so even though I ate well I'm using pass day 4.
Oh well, I can still do my best for the month even if the circle is beyond me.
Back to work on Monday properly, although I'm in tomorrow to feed the seal pups.
We have 5 going back to the island on Sunday, plus the elephant seal who is waiting for his release in mid December and the one we are hand raising. Plus a yearling coming on Monday. It's going to be a busy season so I chose to rest today, although I could have done something at home.6 -
Sorry I didn't update yesterday; unforeseen circumstances kept me from doing so, as well as from exercising, forcing me to play my final pass for the month.
I'm not worried, though. I lost weight yesterday and both exercised and ate very well today.
@lotta7e. You are welcome, even encouraged, to stay even if you have more than 3 pass days.
UAC is the learning process and also a friendly, encouraging environment.
UAC is, by far, the toughest challenge on MFP. It:- Forces you to be accountable to primarily yourself.
- Requires continued daily focus.
Lastly, UAC should not be someone's top priority. Their top priorities should be similar to: 1st to themselves, 2nd to their family, 3rd to their career, 4th to their friends, 5th to their recreation. Your NEEDS come before anything else. Your WANTS come after a lot of other peoples NEEDS, but before others WANTS. The real tough one is working out the difference between NEEDS and WANTS (both for you and others).
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Agh pass x 4 for Dec 2nd to today. Haven't got back into the habit of finishing off my diary on here and have been fighting a bad cough. Fresh start tomorrow.5
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Exercise: Yes, hour-long Yoga class and at least 50 minutes walking, 10 of which with enormously heavy shopping bags.
Calories: Stayed under. The Christmas dinner I was stressing about turned out to be pretty inedible, so I only had half of the starters, a couple of mouthfuls of the mains, and most of the bland icecream and half of the pineapple for dessert.
Tracking: Yes, logged everything.
The company was good though! Even my partner enjoyed himself. He got the chance to tell all his ancient stories from his glory days and I didn't have to listen to them...
Off to Marseille tomorrow, on the bus 'cos the trains are still on strike.6 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Elliptical for 30 minutes, rowing machine 5 minutes, weight machines workout 15 minutes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes. 3.5 hours walk. 20km
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Yes. Fasted for 25 hours and had a 1 hour eating window. Dinner was 790 calories.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Yes. 2 litres of water down!3 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes, bodyweight routine. Every day is a new personal record for me when it comes to exercising!
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Yes, I did!
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Yes!6 -
12/6
Exersized-?yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes
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Taking a pass day today. I went to a wine tasting, and I had a couple of mince pies. I didn’t check calories beforehand, and the second one took me over goal.
Over 20 mins exercise? ✅ Physio + 2hr dance class + walking
Under Calorie Gaol? ❌
Tracked? ✅
Remaining Pass Days? 2️⃣ our of 3️⃣
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Exercised? Yes, 35 min walk.
Within my calorie goal? Yes.
Logged everything? Yes.4 -
12/6, six days in and still going strong.
Exercise: Easy Peasy today, 60 minutes at the gym mostly weight lifting and 40 doing Hip PT
Calories: Yes, increased my calories because of the workout but was still under by about 300
Logged: Yes, logged everything and stayed within macro range
Looks like a lot of us are doing great. I'm saving my pass days for Dec 22 (big party here), Dec 24 and Dec 25..............LOL4 -
Exercise: Yes. 20 minute brisk walk, 10 minutes stretching.
Calories:Yes, under
Tracked:Yes3 -
Pass Day #1-
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No, took a complete rest day, no regrets.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes4 -
12/6
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 20 minutes indoor exercises & 20 minutes shoveling snow.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes, on target.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes3 -
So I've missed my walk for 2 days now, unfortunately. Have been trying to get a walk in every day and want to add running once I get some weight off. Don't want to injure myself. I have, however, been very careful with my calories and logging.
Sadly I've been with my elderly father who has taken a turn for the worse. We're now just waiting. I think I'll do my walk tomorrow morning before I drive the hour to my dad's.
Trying hard not to lose focus. So far so good. Wish me luck!
So yesterday and today are passes since I didn't get my exercise in.7 -
@Bill70s Rest days are important. Good that you took one.
@Chinkiri I loved your description of the Christmas meal -- fortunately, it turned out to be not as good.
@RangerRickL Sorry you have back problems. Hope the appt today is helpful.
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, about 90 minutes. I took the day off from work, and planned a longer walk in the cold, but my enployer called and asked me to come in, so that was the end of that. Sigh.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes3 -
Yes x3. Exercise was 60-minute HIIT class and 18-minute midday walk.3
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December 6
Exercised? YES - Walking at Lunch
Tracked? YES
Calories? YES
Passes Used:0/33 -
Pass day 3! I still have faith I can finish the month without any more passes. I walked my dogs today and I'm honestly fine on calories looking at it weekly, but I put on a Christmas party for my youth at church and besides pizza I just grazed and had to majorly guesstimate my logging. I could've done much better by fixing a plate and seeing it all at once vs grazing. So pass day 3 but not worried. I'm still losing 2 pounds a week and I'm only 3 pounds away from my goal of hitting the healthy BMI by year end.5
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Tracked stayed under, logged and walked over a mile at lunch slow with the knee oa but got it done weight coming down from holiday hope to keep it off for Christmas4
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Yes x3. Strength training. Avoided most of the goodies at a Christmas event tonite.4
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yes x3
Overall solid day.
No pass days yet4 -
12/6
Hello all!
Lots of food around me today.
As predicted, I went over my daily goal (by 226 calories) today.
Calories earned with exercise today: 404 cal.
Net +178 calories.
I have not eaten all the exercise calories I banked all week.
Yes, x 3.
Passes: 3
Have a successful day all!4 -
Yes to all 3.4
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@Christine4695 Dearest Christine,
Your father and family are your highest priority. The UAC and other goals are insignificant at a time like this.
Best wishes, Rick0 -
Pass day for me:
3 hours with the exercise physiologist. She is licensed in massage therapy; personal training; and certified by a number of different organizations. Her focus is functional movement. She gave me a book entitled "Treat Your Own Back" by the late Robert McKenzie, of New Zealand. His McKenzie Method is distinctively different than chiropractic in that his focus is on helping the patient to commit to stretching exercises that will get the fascia and muscles to be prepared for movement. By actively focusing on specific exercises, the body will move fluidly when it is asked to exert.
Tomorrow, I'll be back at the chiropractor for a follow up adjustment. I will be reading the McKenzie book tonight.
@craigo3154 I am going to save your post of today in my "Great Posts of the UAC' archive. Thanks, Rick4
