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Exercise? Sho'nuf. 30 minutes on the treadmill.
Within my calorie budget? Yessir.
Tracked everything? Yes ma'am.3 -
@Fongyi3 The imaginary world of MFP future weight loss does not exist on this planet!1
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2.18.20
Yes to all three with some energy to spare. 😁4 -
Intentional pass day today
Once in awhile, it’s an okay thing to do4 -
Yes x3
Between leading a field trip (had the kids walk 25 min to the location) and 14k steps by tonight, 9mi roundtrip biking, and an hour of jumps in parkour I had a tonn of exercise calories. Only ate half of them and left a good amount as buffer. Feels good!5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes - exhausting leg workout this morning followed by an hour of Pickleball.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes, exercise calories are the best
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Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.4 -
@Fongyi3
You may be struggling because you selected too aggressive of a loss goal. Try a lower goal, like 1 lb or .5 lb a week. That will give you a higher base calorie amount.
Also, if you are using MFP as designed*, you are supposed to eat the calories to cover any exercise you do.
* As designed:
(1) You entered your basic stats.
(2) You selected an activity level based on your everyday life before intentional exercise. For example, sedentary/very little activity for an ambulatory person would be a desk job and little or no daily living chores. A desk worker who comes home and cares for kids, cleans, does laundry, goes grocery shopping, etc will generally by lightly active or even active.
(3) You selected a weight loss goal that isn't too aggressive.
(4) You enter intentional exercise and eat the calories burned by that exercise. Because often the burns are inflated, many people start by eating half and monitoring weight loss.**
(5) You understand that weight loss is not linear and that the scale is also measuring water weight, undigested food, etc. A weight trend app is a great way to see what is happening over time.
**This is slightly different if using an exercise tracker, which I can explain if you are.
Hope that helps.2 -
✅ 1. 30 mins calisthenics
✅ 2. 1008 / 1460 cals eaten + 445 burned = 897 deficit
✅ 3. Tracked 💯 %
Some days I just don’t feel like leaving my apartment to go to the gym. Today it was raining all day and when I got home I just wanted to curl up and hunker down. I did sit-ups and stuff for half hour but that’s it.
A good friend of mine called tonight to tell me he wants to give me his Total Gym XLS with ALL the attachments and he’ll even come drop it off this weekend. No More Skipping the gym!!
Used my 3 passes on 2/4, 2/9, and 2/104 -
Yes to all 34
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Pass day, tracked-but over- still below tdee which is a plus , exercise yes4
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 95 minutes, two walks, some of it on the nearby national park. I love the peace out there, nothing but grassy fields and open sky.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
I went into maintenance last November. I pack my lunch and snacks to take to work, but lately I've been ditching my own food and eating at the Panera across the street (better food, but more calories).
My new tactic: leave my bank card and most of my cash at home (I don't have Apple Pay or other payment apps on my phone). I'm only taking enough cash for one coffee out. Three days, and so far, so good.6 -
Yes x33
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Yes, no point giving up now, we're half way there!
Exercise yes 10 min quigong, 30 min leslie sansone, 60 min walk around Wymondham Uk
Tracking yes calories yes3 -
Feb 18
Exercise: 82 min walk ❤️
I always exercise > 20 minutes.
Tracked all: ❤️
I always track all of my food.
Calories under 2,000. ❤️ YAY!! 1,986!!
Pass Days: Feb 1, 4, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14
Getting back on track... faster, by far, than I did in January! Progress!
Sodium 1,521
Weight down another pound.
I’ve gained 2lbs in 6 months. At that rate it would take me 18 YEARS to get back to my starting weight.
FOUR days with no Pass Day. A record for my wonky February. ELEVEN to go!
I never give up regardless of Pass Days. Often those are the days that I learn the most for my future success.
Happy 6 -
3x’s yes- I’m almost embarrassed to say 4hrs of exercise- it makes me look a little crazy!
But I’m trying out a new gym so I took an hour athletic ability class there. And I didn’t want to skip my regular Pilates class because it’s a small group and we are learning, so each week we are expanding on the previous week. So of course I HAD to go.
Lol and then I was already AT the gym so it seemed silly not to stay for spin. Boom I spent 3hrs exercising before 9:30am.
Lol I stiffened up sitting at my (home) desk the rest of the day and started thinking too hard about dinner way too early. Why not go to a kickboxing class and get some movement. Kept me out of the kitchen!
And that is how I became a crazy exercise person....
And yes I ate at the very top of my calories!!!4 -
Exercise: N
Calories: N
Tracked: N not all
Not a good day food wise. Need to be careful the wheels don’t come off for the rest of the month now that the WC is not in play anymore.5 -
February 18
Yes X 3
Thanks for the reminder.@RangerRickL I'm at 4 pass days now. I didn't post the last couple days thinking why bother but so glad I posted for today. This month is harder than I thought it would be. Reflecting back I guess I thought I could just jump back in make the winners circle and all is good. The reality especially this time if the year is it's not easy.
Good post for today. This was exactly what I needed.😉3 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES (only 40 min on treadmill at gym, but hubby came with me...YAY!
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? YES
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YES
Out of the race but NOT quitting!!! 2 -
Yes x 3 (2-18-20)1
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Yes x 3!1
