February 2020 Monthly Challenge
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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 plan4 -
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-)
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