February 2020 Monthly Challenge
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Day 3:
1. Eat within cal/carb limits
2. Do scheduled strength training
3. Do 20 min cardio
4. Find some daily inspiration and share it
Yesterday was hard to stay within food limits, and I did have a hangry moment when I got home from work super hungry...BUT...I managed to eat a sensible snack, and went to yoga/pilates as scheduled, and ate on plan afterward, so all in all a successful day, if a somewhat challenging one.
Today's inspiration:
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Check in for Feb 3
1. get rid of 5 lbs by 2/29. Work in progress
2. stay < 35 net carbs daily. Did good, even had some carbs available for some popcorn at my nephew's basketball game
3. stay < 1,500 calories daily. Stayed under goal
4. intermittent fasting 16:8 every day. So far so good, one day at a time
5. Plan ahead every day. I have all my work day meals ready to go in the fridge and a plan for dinner every night.
I like the daily inspiration, keep 'em coming! Thank you.4 -
Feb 3
on-plan cals:
lower day
on-plan carbs: lower day
workout: 1/6 cardio
NEAT:
Yesterday was super easy. It hit 67 deg here. Sunny. I got to walk outside today. Glorious. No freezing to death until the evening and was motivated to NEAT around a lot despite it being my lower cals/carbs in my cycling protocol.
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Feb. 3
1. Eat more veggies and fruit.
I had a salad for lunch....it's a start lol
2. Do a light workout 3 times this week.
not yet
3. Take apple cider vinegar daily.
4. Cut back on portion sizes. In laws took us out for Mexican and I left at least 1/3 of my food uneaten. I'm usually a clean plater even if it nearly kills me lol 4 -
Day 2 and 3. Under CHO and Cal limit. Gym on both days- bike for 30 minutes plus one weight workout for chest and back. Happy, happy!1
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weatherking2019 wrote: »February goals
#1:Stick to light dinner diet 👍
#2:Drinks on weekends only 👍
#3: OTF 4x week👍👍
#4:10 min morning Kettlebell workout👍👍
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Feb 4: I can’t say either lunch or dinner was mindful, but portions were on target, everything logged and currently under calories for the day. Water consumption is okay and will continue for another couple of hours. Kitchen is on lockdown now so let the fasting begin!1
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My February goals:
Walk a minimum of 10,000 every day this month
1300 calorie daily goal for month
Stretch 10 min each morning
No eating after dinner
Lose 2 lbs per week
Low carbs
High nutrient food
I started 2/1 and so far I am on target just 25 more days to go 😀3 -
Gluten free eating-👍🏻
Sugar free lifestyle (no sugar added)-👍🏻
5,000 steps daily-👍🏻
Increase water intake-👍🏻
Exercise 3x per week- 0/3
Daily planning/tracking-👍🏻
Intermittent Fasting-👎🏻 night time snacking got the best of me tonight, not sure of the trigger though..1 -
Day 4:
1. Eat within cal/carb limits
2. Do scheduled strength training
3. Do 20 min cardio
4. Find some daily inspiration and share it
I was doing good for the day until I got home and there weren't any good snacks so I had a glass of wine...small glass...then did my workout to the tune of another glass of wine...then another with dinner...then another after dinner...calories were not on target, but not horrible either...it's just that there's no nutrition there...I could have had more protein, I could have been better, and I just didn't...today will be more of a challenge because lunch and dinner are both social events...so, I will need to be more diligent, and I'm thinking no alcohol today...
Today's inspiration:
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Feb 4
on-plan cals: higher day
on-plan carbs: higher day
workout: 2/6 strength
NEAT:
Not a lot to say. Did fine. Workout went well. I clearly need to work on the lunge situation still though. MFP, where is my eyeroll? Also, I hate my adjustable dumbbell set. That's what I get for going cheap. I should have just sucked up the hit and gotten Powerblocks. Whiny whine whine.
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STRUGGLING with the mindful eating, have had several eating outbursts, while of healthy foods, just way too much. Now I feel bloated and horrible, but am telling myself its a bumpy patch in the road and today is a new day. Heading back to the city today, so much easier to stay busy and distracted. Determined to not let a bumpy start to February totally bounce me off track for the whole month!3
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2/4
Ate out with friends but managed to stay under calorie limit. Probably a little over carb limit but not too disastrous. Let's see how today goes.....
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I hear you on the going overboard on the healthy snacks. There is a sale in one of the shops down the hall from me so I bought roasted almonds- a good snack but not so good if I can't keep my hands off them. I swear they are calling my name from the desk drawer. You are right to stay determined like the daily inspiration "one day at a time".3
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Check in for Feb 4.
1. get rid of 5 lbs by 2/29. Work in progress
2. stay < 35 net carbs daily. good
3. stay < 1,500 calories daily. Good
4. intermittent fasting 16:8 every day. So far so good.
5. Plan ahead every day. Keeping up with my plan
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No gym today- sore++++, so I’ve just had a brisk 30 minute walk as exercise. Under cal and CHO for the day. Thinking of switching to premium to get more advice, macro counselling. Is it worth it? Any thoughts/ suggestions appreciated. Best, bev0
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Gluten free eating- 👎🏻
Sugar free lifestyle (no sugar added)- 👎🏻
5,000 steps daily-👍🏻
Increase water intake-👎🏻
Exercise 3x per week-👎🏻
Daily planning/tracking-👍🏻
Intermittent Fasting-👎🏻 i did a full 14 hour fast but not 16 because I was up eating at 930 last night1 -
Update: 2/6
1. Workout-> cardio OR weights: Tuesday & Wednesday- On It!
2. Weigh/log food daily: Tuesday & Wednesday-
3. Keep carbs to a minimum/daily <50:
4. Tan: at least 3 times a week-- Tuesday ... tonight & Friday are planned
5. Try 10 new recipes: 1 down, 9 more (Meal was okay- the stir fry veggies were the frozen kind & not good-
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6. Clean out garage by end of month: Today more stuff left the building. Empty space is growing
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Day 5:
1. Eat within cal/carb limits
2. Do scheduled strength training
3. Do 20 min cardio
4. Find some daily inspiration and share it
Had lunch and dinner with friends, stuck to salads for both, so probably stayed within goal even though it's all just guess work when eating out or eating other people's cooking...got home super late so didn't do any working out.
Today's inspiration:
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Bev, I haven't tried premium myself. I look for threads within the various forum topics that interest me or if I have a question about something and I read those. I use "google" a lot too, and am careful what I read, bottom line it's simply an opinion, could be good or not so good.1
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Check in for Feb 5.
1. get rid of 5 lbs by 2/29. Work in progress
2. stay < 35 net carbs daily. good
3. stay < 1,500 calories daily. Good
4. intermittent fasting 16:8 every day. Ate outside the window. I was hungry and was way low on calories so I ate 3 pieces of bacon.
5. Plan ahead every day. So far so good.1 -
No gym today- sore++++, so I’ve just had a brisk 30 minute walk as exercise. Under cal and CHO for the day. Thinking of switching to premium to get more advice, macro counselling. Is it worth it? Any thoughts/ suggestions appreciated. Best, bev
Not worth it IMO! I confess I am not the world's foremost scholar on premium's features, but I'm pretty sure you won't get better advice via Premium than you will here in this group for free. Post questions here in this thread, or in the Low Carb group. Hell, ask me! I've been doing LC for over 4 years, and if I don't know an answer, I know where to get it. Being a Librarian in my previous life (BC-before children) helps with that.
In addition, we have a resource/link library complied for our members.
You can skim it and see if some old thread can answer your question. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10423197/open-threads-member-threads-on-low-carb-topics#latest
I do wish you could actually search a group's threads!!!
Sorry you are sore! I am too but thankfully it isn't too bad for me this time. I've had days that I wanted to cry every time I had to bend down for something or sit.
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Feb 5
on-plan cals: lower day
on-plan carbs: lower day
workout: 3/6 cardio
NEAT:
Got over 15k steps yesterday.
I'm pretty sure I need to build an ark. I hope my teens can get hope from co-op today. Flood warnings here. Though I think the roads they go on aren't flooders, except right in front of our house (creek). I hope it doesn't!
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No gym today- sore++++, so I’ve just had a brisk 30 minute walk as exercise. Under cal and CHO for the day. Thinking of switching to premium to get more advice, macro counselling. Is it worth it? Any thoughts/ suggestions appreciated. Best, bev
Try Cromometer. It provides far more data than MFP could ever dream of. It's free but even if you do get the paid version, it is about half the price of MFP paid version.2 -
Cronometer - haven't tried that one.
I do have FatSecret on my phone for when MFP is being a pain, but I don't like it as much...it does work for logging food at least and seems to have a decent database of stuff to select from.
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2/5 & 2/6
Rain and fog both days, so far. Dreary is the word of the day!
Stayed at or close to carb/calorie counts. Missed gym due to other appointments, will have to squeeze in extra time over the weekend.
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I like this group, thanks so much.2
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Gluten free eating- 👎🏻
Sugar free lifestyle (no sugar added)- 👎🏻
5,000 steps daily-👍🏻
Increase water intake-👎🏻
Exercise 3x per week-1/3
Daily planning/tracking-👍🏻
Intermittent Fasting-👎🏻 i did a full 14 hour fast but not 16 because I was up eating at 930 last nights. I’ve been night binging again. Need something else to do2 -
Weighed in this morning. Body is still playing with this 0.5-1lb thing-- off, on & partially off. A teeny-tiny part of me is always hoping the scale will provide a 2-3lb loss, but I know better to not entertain that idea for long
Now... time to tackle those muscles...
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Over the last two days my mindful eating has been up and down. I was completely aware of not being very hungry so ordered dinner accordingly but my saboteur ordered a dessert to share afterwards. Who turns that down? Calorie wise I have been over but water consumption has been good. This cold weather and snow makes me want to overeat and hibernate. Here’s to a better weekend all around!4
