GET DAT REAR IN GEAR July 2020
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7/9
Carbs under, protein met
IF 16/8
Not enough activity, gotta get over this mental bump in the road.3 -
7/9
Steps -> 7000
Exercise -> morning bike ride for 13.3 miles and body weight workout
Movement -> moved every hour during work
Food -> calories on point, 129g protein, 56g net carbs3 -
7/9
Logged food: yes.
Net carbs: 27
If: I fasted for 15 instead 16hrs. Hungry.
Exercise: yes. Light exercisd
Physical Therapy: no.4 -
on-plan:
exercise: Stomping about the hilly yard for over an hour. 11k steps for the day. 4 -
7/9:
Everything logged: 👍🏻
Calorie/macro goal: 👎👎👎 terrible showing. I let a good deal help make a bad choice. Who doesn’t eat dessert when it’s included in the cost, right? Tomorrow is another day.5 -
7/10
Carbs 4 over total but cal & protein great
IF 16:8
Plank only today
Helping son move tomorrow, that will give me stairs and lifting for a few hours.4 -
7/9 and 7/10 goals were met4
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7/10:
on-plan:
exercise: 50min of arm murder with Sydney Cummings plus a 2 Miles Sweat walk with Leslie Sansone. My triceps be screamin' today. 
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7/10:
Logged everything: 👍🏻
Calorie/macro goal: a bit over on each but still should be in good shape compared to the prior day. Decent NEAT for a strength day.4 -
7/10
Logged everything: yes
Net carbs: 9
IF: no
Exercise: yes
Physical Therapy : yes4 -
7/11 goals met and I got some of my meal prep done today
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7/11:
Logged everything for the day. I notice I don’t really want to log the stuff I know I shouldn’t have and sometimes finish the diary the next day. But I still do it!
Calories/macros goal: more like maintenance calories for the day but was carnivore so carbs were next to nothing. This morning I already feel like having all the food due to poor sleep so I’ll have to create some diversionary tactics.6 -
Heh I was getting my rear in gear starting 7/5 but am just now making it back here to MFP and this group.
Sorry it's such a long post. It's... been a while.
I knew LCHF works wonders for my mental illness(es), but it turns out being mentally ill also makes it reeeeeeally hard to stick to big life changes, so I tumbled back into SAD again and stalled out on any weight loss. The good news is I maintained my previous progress, so nothing was lost except some time.
Early this year I found a new doc and figured I'd try finding a medication that would work, with the thought that if I can do that I can climb back to a place where I'm better able to manage changes to my habits. *kitten* me, I was so wrong. Six failed medications later and I'm back. I don't know why medications (so far) just make everything worse and dietary changes work for me, but I'm done arguing (with myself) about it. It finally sunk in that I need to just suck it up and be determined. It's a rough transition but this year has felt like a slide towards rock bottom and changes need to happen right now. No more waiting. No more maybes. I have an appt tomorrow to chat with my doc about just how horribly I've been reacting to meds and what I'm going to do now.
SO FAR SO GOOD! I've been on target for my calories and food choices every day, no cheats, no "maybe just a taste", no screwing around anymore. When my fiance and our roommate have brought me home burgers or subs from a local awesome restaurant, who aren't really equipped to serve breadless food to go, I've peeled away the bread and ate the rest. No hesitation, no being tempted (too strongly) to eat a little, and thank god they're both supportive. We're going to get in the habit of bringing a little container and asking them to just chuck the sandwich/burger fillings in that for me.
It's too soon for any real fat loss yet, but it's always a hoot watching that water weight fall off. Thank goodness I'm past the pee-every-20-minutes phase and that I work from home to cope!5 -
7/11
Logged food: yes.
Net carbs : 10
If: no
Exercise: yes
Therapy exercises: yes3 -
7/12 goals met 4
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7/10 - 7/12
Steps (3 days): 21,756
Exercise: Bike on Friday (13.7 miles), yard work Saturday and rest day on Sunday
Food: good for the weekend, stayed within calorie/protein/net carb goals.3 -
7/11-7/12
Calories under but carbs over
Helped son move so didn't really track much else
Had a salad with lettuce from my garden last night!3 -
7/12:
Log everything:✅
Calorie/macro goal: why is it that on my rest days, I always want to eat way more than what I burn? When will the stars align?? Probably as soon as I take charge and make better decisions. I was over on calories and ate more low carb than keto for the day. Not awful but still not on target. Especially when I had lesser activity for the day. Keep on keeping on.3 -
7/9 - 7/12 (slackin!!)
protein goal: mostly good!
carb limit: lolz what is that?
exercise: somewhere in the middle
water intake: somewhere in the middle
BUT its Monday and a fresh and beautiful week, so I am back on it today
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Met my goal of 30+ minutes of exercise everyday. Plus I invested in a row machine so I can still get cardio in when my foot is hurting too much. It's a really good full body workout. I live with chronic plantar fasciitis. In the past few years its ranged from at its best slight pain everyday, to at its worse disabling pain to where I could barley walk across the street without limping. I had surgery earlier this year but so far I'm not out of the woods yet. My recovery has been up and down, but I still have hope to be pain free and run again. But even on bad days I don't give up and let it hold me back from getting exercise, I adapt and do what I can.
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7/13:
Logged everything 👍🏻
Calorie/macro goal: 👍🏻
Not too bad of a day. Wasn’t super hungry but did snack a little after dinner. Good thing though, is that I didn’t overeat at any point during the day. I’m trying to work on portions rather than taking too much and finishing anyway. NEAT was good for the day as well.3 -
7/13:
I logged all of my food! And I am feeling well enough now that I chased our puppy around in the yard multiple times today!
Small amount of beans mixed in with the taco meat, but not enough that I'm concerned about the carb count, considering how LC the rest of my diet is. I'm just logging the bowl as straight 80/20 ground beef, then the toppings separately.
I also had a doctor appt this afternoon to discuss my mental health, medication reactions, what to do now, etc. He's super on board my plan of setting meds aside for the time being and focusing on diet, and wants me back in 3 months at the latest to see how I'm doing. If this continues going well for treatment, he'll strongly consider suggesting it as a possible option for other patients who also struggle with mental health and medications. Whee! A doctor who listens! Also... I told him I use MFP to keep track of things and he blurted out "I love MyFitnessPal!"
The best thing, though? Fully clothed, including shoes, and I weighed less than I did this morning when I was naked in my own bathroom. I even weighed myself when I got home to make sure it wasn't just the two scales reading me very differently. Nope! They matched up pretty damn well!7 -
7/13:
Steps - 7648
Exercise - morning ride 13.3 miles
Movement - missed 1 hour (long dam conference call)
Food - calories on point, 128g protein, 12g net carbs4 -
7/12-7/13
Logged foods: yes
Net carbs: 24, 25
IF: no
Exercise: yes
Physical Therapy: needed more rest2 -
7/13-7/14 Met my goals 2
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WHOA, where'd that week go? I have been logging daily, tried a fat fast for a few days, then switched to Protein Sparing Modified Fast. I have found hard to meet the low cal level while staying under the fat and carb limits... so still at it. At least have stopped gaining in this covid isolation, which is a good thing.2
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Today has started out with a bloop- my new ghii is far more energy dense than the butter ,and I put the same amount in the coffee! ALMOST ALL the fat for the day!! I will still log and fight to stay in caloric goal...2
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7/14:
Logged everything ✅ even though I didn’t want to
Calorie/macro goal:👎 so I was fine all day but didn’t eat as much as normal at dinner. That allowed me to give in to my husband’s sweet and salty craving and join him in junk food consumption. That put me more at maintenance calories and way over on carbs. Jerk!2 -
7/14:
Steps - 5544
Movement - moved every hour during work
Exercise - morning ride for 15.3 miles
Food - calories on point, protein 152g, 40g net carbs1 -
7/13-7/14
Cal under
Carb met or under
IF 16:8
Strength training, more Mon than Tue
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