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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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Since the issue of sleep came up during the last two days, let's focus on that vital and often deficient part of our lives....
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I have problems with insomnia. I don't sleep much anyway, ever since I was a child, and, my Mum says, ever since I was a baby. If I do 7 hours a night, it's a miracle or I am catching up on days or weeks of lack of sleep. I am generally happy with 5 hours of continual sleep, with an hour of snoozing before or after. Mostly I just give up these days when I cannot sleep, get up and do something, but I have found recently that listening to a BBC podcast puts me back to sleep in about 15 minutes. Problem now is that I have this pile of podcasts that I have no idea about how they end!
Last night I was exhausted, went to sleep early and did a couple of hours before I woke up at around 1am. Went back to sleep with podcast about the state of America and didn't wake up until 6.20! A triumph!12 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. It was a 50min light workout today.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Sleeping is one area I'm good at! Im one of those people that count their fingers each night to check how many hours sleep they are about about to get. I just find it really easy to fall asleep. On average I sleep about 7.5 to 8 hrs a night.
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6th August:
Exercise: Yes, some 40 minutes walking. It's still hot, but I had arranged to meet friends in town for drinks and tapas, so that added a few minutes to my daily walking routine.
Calories: Yes, just! Had lovely squid with my drinks, which hasn't got many calories, so I stayed under.
Tracking: Yes, logged everything.
Excited about tomorrow when I am going to try to walk to the beach, a couple of hours, before it gets too hot. We will take the tram back though, after a swim in the Mediterranean and some lunch!10 -
Tracked, yes
5932 KJ which is less than my 6,000 limit
I ran for 1.0 km and walked for the rest to make up the 20 minutes8 -
Yes x 3
Sleep like a baby most nights, it’s sugar and caffeine that really affect it. I try to avoid those things in the evening7 -
Yes x3. Evening run was my exercise.
I used to be bad at sleep. I sometimes still struggle. I used listening to a meditative story and trying to visualise really helped. I listened to it every night and it didn't always work at first but now it's a sleep signal so it works really well.8 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 35 min yoga
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes, I even included the single 365 brand tator tot that I ate. It was 16 calories!
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Yes x 3 for me today. I am getting closer to breaking most of the bad habits that I had since March. I finally feel I am getting control again. My macros are not perfect, weight loss macros but by next week I expect to be mentally ready.
Sleep is always a challenge for me. Sometimes I sleep well, but often I wake up in the middle of the night & sometimes I don’t fall back to sleep. I keep a routine, take my supplements & do everything I can think of. I can’t even blame it on age because this has been happening for years. I hope someday I figure it out but for now I try to let let it stress me out too much. Reducing alcohol & avoiding late night eating are very helpful I think8 -
I logged tracked and stayed under did a 33 minute walk at lunch and did resistance bands for knees and arms for 12 minutes overall a good day. Posted early as I have a book I would like to finish then I can sleep well this evening.7
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Ah! Sleep! The best medicine there is! I generally don’t have an issue but more recently have been struggling with my toddlers bedtime which leaves me stressed and awake. I’m tying to sleep train a toddler in the hopes of reclaiming my dear sleep back 🤞
Yesx3 day. No sweet snacks meaning under calorie budget; 15 mins Pilates class and 30 min boot camp class. Good night!6 -
Yes times three.6
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Yes x 3. Ate the foods I wanted, still came in under goal. Been on the low end of my range this week, so when I am legitimately hungry? I will eat! 😂 six hours of desk time, but still moved patients for two hours. Logged it all.6
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 60 minutes 10K training on the trails, 45 minute trail walk, 35 minutes Yoga video with Adriene. 10 minutes meditation with Adriene, but not counting that as physical exercise.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes4 -
Thursday, 8/6
Tracking: Yes
Calories: under
Exercise: Yes, cycle 45 minutes
Pass days to date - 2
Ahhh, sleep. Very elusive. My mind gets busy at night and constantly goes through my to do list. It’s like a recording on a loop and I can’t shut it off. I’m working on it though. I’m trying meditation.4 -
8/6
Exersized-?yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 25 minutes indoor cycling
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes5 -
@Chinkiri that sounds incredible! Enjoy the Mediterranean / beach!
Today is yes x 3
Made bruschetta with cherry tomatoes and basil from my balcony garden (will post a photo sometime this month-- it's so much large than back in May!) that I enjoyed with cheese and salami. Healthy? Not that much. Delicious? Oh yes!
My overall day was still under though. FitBit is back to being calibrated and working normally.
Exercise was 75 minute walk in the morning due to chance of rain in the afternoon.
I definitely struggle with sleep, especially living in a city. I slept so well while on vacation out in an area where you can actually see stars! The last two nights here I've had decent REM and deep sleep according to my FitBit, but still need more hours overall, especially if I'm waking up at 6:30 to walk even on non-work days (since I'm a teacher I'm still off of work-- one week left!)4 -
Yes x 3 for Wednesday and Thursday. Logging dinner early, about to play an hour of tennis, and will eat afterwards.
My sleep pattern has been off for a week, which is very abnormal for me! Definitely feeling the importance of enough rest. Should be back on track with sleep after this weekend.4 -
Exercise: ✅ jogged 6 1/2 miles
Tracked everything:✅
Under calories: ✅
Sleep has definitely been a problem the last few years. Some nights as little as 3-4 hours.
Covid pandemic is not helping!5 -
Yes X 3. What I’m extra proud of though is I think I’m finally, finally in a stride. I have sidestepped some trigger foods this week and it feels soo soo good to have self-control. Yay!
I always need more sleep. I’ve averaged 5-6 hrs for most of my adult life and function with the help of ☕️☕️ But, getting more is on my to do list.7 -
Yes, yes & yes for me today. I have issues with sleep (or should I say wakefulness in the middle of the night), ever since I got pregnant 24 years ago. I make due with the aid of sleeping pills. It has been better in recent years. I try not to dwell on it; it is what it is. Taking iron regularly has helped also. I'm just relieved the worst of it seems to be over for about 3/4 years now. I still wake up a lot, but am able to go back to sleep right away most times.3
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Yes, yes & yes for me today. I have issues with sleep (or should I say wakefulness in the middle of the night), ever since I got pregnant 24 years ago. I make due with the aid of sleeping pills. It has been better in recent years. I try not to dwell on it; it is what it is. Taking iron regularly has helped also. I'm just relieved the worst of it seems to be over for about 3/4 years now. I still wake up a lot, but am able to go back to sleep right away most times.2
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In a normal evening, I take melatonin about an hour before trying to go to bed. Then, 30 minutes before trying to go to sleep, I take a prescription drug called gabapentin. It's for the 'busy brain' of wakefulness that I have.
It's okay and helpful. It's not a knock out drug, but rather a calming effect.
A 3 yes day.3 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Stationery bike 31 minutes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes2 -
Yes, yes, and yes, 6 good August days so far.
I am lucky I guess, I rarely have trouble sleeping and wake up naturally after 7 or 8 hours. Keep my fingers crossed it stays that way.4 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes 30 minutes on my stationary bike (lots of burn there!) plus over 6700 steps including an evening walk (long way round to the grocery store)
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Only J U S T !! Fitbit burn has surpassed calories eaten by maybe ... 10 or 15 with only 35 minutes till midnight.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes ... although some was AFTER I ate it instead of before (not so common an occurrence for me) which explains why it was such a squeaker meeting #2 despite the big bike-burn even before supper and the evening walk.
Days goals met: 6
Pass days used: 0
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, I did hand weights for half hour and then a nice long walk around the lake.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes!
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes!
I have had sleep apnea for years now. It started when I was first getting more overweight. I have a apple type shape. I use a cpap machine and it is very helpful. I’m hoping as I get down to a lower weight that I may not need my cpap anymore.3 -
Exercise: yes With yoga and a free cardio class on UTube.
Tracked: yes
Within goal: yes
Have an issue with staying asleep due to hot flashes. So normally average 6 1/2 hours of interrupted time. Very frustrating, so open to any tips. I’ve tried diet, cut back on caffeine, no alcohol, no spicy, occasional melatonin, etc.
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