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This is my first check-in 😀
Exercise: yes, weight training
Calories: yes
Tracking: yes5 -
RangerRickL wrote: »Exercise: 5 hours of horseback activity with almost 3 hours of very active horse riding.
Calories: under my limit
Tracking: good
WOW 5 HOURS!!!!
Amazing Rick!0 -
January 3
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes, couple of long walks
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Yes, barely, but cut back on night time snack
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Yes
Thanks for the comments on the picture of the three dogs on yesterday morning’s walk. One is mine and the other 2 my daughter’s and they love to get out in the fresh snow.
Back to work today after a couple weeks off so some new challenges.
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Exercise: Yes. weights (UT) 20 min, Yoga 45 min
Tracking: Yes
Calories: Yes!
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@Hollis 100
Thanks such a nice spot good for mountain biking, hiking and hunting if you choose. No motorized vehicles which makes it really nice feel better2 -
Exercise: Yes
Calorie budget : Yes
Track : Yes3 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? No
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? No
Using first pass. Day got away from me tracking wise, guessing I went over goal?
Back at it Jan. 4th...3 -
alligatorob wrote: »Yes, yes and yes, but exercise was just shoveling snow. Actually I spent several hours doing snow removal, but most of it was plowing with my tractor or ATV, I only counted the ~30 minutes of actual shoveling. Guess that will have to be good enough.
That is impressive Rick, I am also in maintenance and staying in a 10 lb range can be hard, my weight just bounces a lot. The UAC has been a great help to me, and I guess the range doesn't matter so much as long term stability. In some ways I find this harder than losing weight, thanks for the UAC, it makes it a bit easier.RangerRickL wrote: »The accountability has helped me to maintain my weight within a 5 lb range.
@alligatorob I have also found maintaining more difficult than the losing, not that losing is easier. But with losing, there is a degree of excitement to it and goals to meet that feel rewarding. With maintenance, once is much less likely to be excited by seeing the same number each week. There is a different mindset needed to keep the focus, and this is something that I clearly need to develop. Even now, being within 3 lbs of my goal, I am starting to struggle with the mental component, and need to figure this out.
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1/3/2021
Exercised 20 minutes … Y
All calories logged … Y
Under calorie limit … Y
Pass day remaining 33 -
I am here...I am finally off of my phone and could get on the boards! I've missed my daily accountability with you guys... so much! LOVE all of the pictures! I will be going back as time permits. Wishing you all a GREAT start to this new month of dedication to living our best lives.
1/1st - yes, x's 3
1/2nd - nope - over on calories...but way over on exercise thanks to my pet sitting client walks...so - yes - pass day 1
1/3rd - uhhh - nope - over on calories.... big rest day after all of the appreciated work I had for the holidays...
1/4th is going to be an on track day!
Okay - here are my personal goals for this month:
Aiming to lose 7 more lbs by day 365 on MFP.
I'm going to employ a few techniques a successful UAC member shared with me... with a couple of tweaks. Long and short of it... Aiming to eat my last meal by 6 pm, I will aim for few carbs after 2 pm each day, protein way up, keep macros in mind, aim not to eat exercise calories back - but on days where I exceed my step goal and have done walking and an exercise class (online) - then a few extra will be allowed
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES (tread and bike)
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? YES
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YES
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Yes x 3 for Sunday. Enjoyed the last of the bread, cause as of Monday it's banned from the house
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Date: Jan 3
Exercised?: Yes - 3 mile walk
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes2 -
Yes, yes, yes
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@alligatorob I have also found maintaining more difficult than the losing, not that losing is easier. But with losing, there is a degree of excitement to it and goals to meet that feel rewarding. With maintenance, once is much less likely to be excited by seeing the same number each week. There is a different mindset needed to keep the focus, and this is something that I clearly need to develop. Even now, being within 3 lbs of my goal, I am starting to struggle with the mental component, and need to figure this out.
There are a few successful maintainers on these communities still hanging around. @MadisonMolly2017 has a lot of experience. Just to make maintenance more fun when you start, think of the extra CI and energy you will have. For me being a yo yo er but always a runner it seemed like I was constantly trying to run when in a deficit. But running in maintenance is SO much more fun with the extra energy. And remember maintenance is JUST the start. There are so many extraordinary things you can do and it's constantly changing so it's not boring. The # on the scale is just one very tiny part of the journey. Join the maintainers forum and read some of the stories there if you haven't already. I admit I hung out there pretty much full time my first year and it wasn't always easy but keeping my toe in the water was very important. (and my history is full of Yo and Yos and more Yos but the big difference to me so far this time is that I started focusing on the maintaining very early and KEEP focusing on it. Just because you hit goal weight does not mean you go back to all the old habits)4 -
@bellesouth18 I'm so sorry for your home being invaded and trashed. It's a terrible emotional blow as well as financial distress.1
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@Hulya_79 You are getting a great start for 2021!!0
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@calvin20817 Welcome to the UAC team. Just consider today as your Day 1.
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yes x 31
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@MadisonMolly2017 What I did not add, to my own embarrassment, is that my horse riding ended when I hit the desert floor. The horse belonged to a friend and it was not used to dogs running freely alongside me. My dog is very used to running along with me at our home farm. Fortunately, the horse was not injured. I am sore and roughed up, but grateful to not be injured. Rose saw the whole thing happen, but once she saw me get back up from the ground, it was nothing to get excited about. She is a nurse so it takes a real injury to warrant an emotion.
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