Ultimate Accountability Challenge February 2021

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  • reachedmylimit
    reachedmylimit Posts: 172 Member

    Feb 18
    Exercise - Yes
    Tracked - No ☹️
    Calories - No 😣

    Passes used : 2/3

    Back on track tmrw
  • alaskamutts278
    alaskamutts278 Posts: 520 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Rowing and snow shoveling
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
  • i_SWEAT_n_SWEAR
    i_SWEAT_n_SWEAR Posts: 3,315 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? ✅ Yes, 80 minutes of Spin and stretching
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? ✅ Yes
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? ✅ Yes
  • RangerRickL
    RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
    @donna25trinity Thank you, Donna! You are an encourager too!
  • RangerRickL
    RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
    @SummerSkier I'm glad you escaped the CO. It is a silent, odorless, dangerous and stealthy threat.
  • RangerRickL
    RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
    @omd94 Thanks for sharing a new concept. I had to look up beep or bleep tests.
  • corriepelc
    corriepelc Posts: 2,088 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 2 mile treadmill run + 47 minutes of strength (back and biceps) this morning

    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes and under

    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yep!
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    edited February 2021
    RangerRickL wrote: »
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    Thank you for sharing your tears. We are here for each other.

    Lovely. 😁
    BobWw2017 wrote: »
    Sorry I've been out of touch for a few days. Things were messed up for most of the last week, but they're getting sorted out now.
    In my part of Canada, Newfoundland, we have been spared a lot of the effect of the virus since we are an island and fairly remote. For months the most cases we would have were at most 1 or 2 a day. That all changed last week when it was discovered one of the variants had been spreading here, and the new case count went up to 100 one day. My daughter is front line health care. My son in law and 2 year old grandson had symptons that the health care recommends should be tested. They spent close to 4 hours in a lineup for testing last weekend and most of this week in isolation. They finally got the results early this morning and thankfully they were negative.
    Anyway, my life is getting back to a routine again. It was more than the dropping off food and other things to be doing over the last week, it was the mental part of it also. I haven't become complacent with the virus, its just that we went from being relatively safe to going into lockdown overnight.
    Anyway, I appreciate this group and hope to get back to tracking and posting regularly over the next couple days.

    I am so glad they are okay!❤️
  • calvin20874
    calvin20874 Posts: 1,342 Member
    Feb. 18
    Exercise: 42 min. Cross-country skiing, 45 min stretching
    Tracking: yes
    Calories: under
    Pass days. 0
  • LazyBlondeChef
    LazyBlondeChef Posts: 2,809 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes, treadmill 30 mins / 1.73 mi
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes

    Pass Days Used: 2/3
  • Hulya_79
    Hulya_79 Posts: 451 Member
    Feb 18

    Exercise: Yes, 25 mins walk
    Calories: Yes
    Tracked: Yes
    Pass days: 1/3
  • achagpar
    achagpar Posts: 493 Member
    Feb 18:

    Exercise: Yes! 20 min walking
    Track: Yes!
    Under calorie allowance: Yes!

    Passes used: o
  • SModa61
    SModa61 Posts: 3,098 Member
    Start weight, February 1, 2021: 126.2
    February 1, 2021 – 126.2 (-5.8); Tanita BF scale at 6 am 126.5 and 26%BF
    January 1, 2021 – 132 (-3.6)
    December 1, 2020 – 135.6 (-5.2)
    November 6, 2020 – 140.8 (-7.0)
    October 2, 2020 – 147.8 (-5.2)
    September, 14, 2020 – 153.0

    Plans for setting calorie goal
    For February, I will be joining the others in the group that are here for accountability while maintaining. I am adding 200 calories/day to my January target calories, for a total of 1680. For comparison, MFP stated that my maintenance calories should be 1610. We’ll see how this goes and adjust daily calorie goal if I begin to consistently gain.

    Also, I will consider calories a “yes” if either my food is under 1680, or my net is under 1400. Both of those numbers are 200 calories above my January numbers.
    Date: 2/1
    Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 45:58; 6 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit ups (27), push ups (23)
    Calories?: Yes, 1526/1680 – 195 exercise ( 1331 net)
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, 1 out of 7, trying for 7 in a row (Monday – Sunday) challenge on watch
    Apple Watch TDEE: 2125

    *** For indoor cycling, I am going to start over riding the MFP exercise calories with data from the bike. MFP seems high.

    Date: 2/2
    Exercised?: Yes, AM: 30 min snow shoveling; PM: 0:59:54 snow boot walk at 15’54” pace for 3.76 miles, avg HR 118 BPM; 5 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit ups (36), 1 min knee push ups (20)
    Calories?: Yes, 1603/1680 – 466 exercise ( 1137 net)
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, 2 out of 7, trying for 7 in a row (Monday – Sunday) challenge on watch
    Apple Watch TDEE: 2042

    Date: 2/3
    Exercised?: Yes, PM: 40 min snow shoveling; 6 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit ups (30), 1 min knee pushups (26), 1.5 min squats (58), 1.5 min hip bridges (36); Indoor cycle 21:06
    Calories?: Yes, 1682/1680 – 330 exercise ( 1352 net)
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, 3 out of 7, trying for 7 in a row (Monday – Sunday) challenge on watch
    Apple Watch TDEE: 2193

    Date: 2/4
    Exercised?: Yes, AM: 4:26 min single forearm plank; PM: 0:32:26 run at 11’16” pace for 2.88 miles; 1.5 min sit ups (29), 1.5 min pushups (5 real, 18 knee)
    Calories?: Yes, 1660/1680 – 238 exercise ( 1422 net )
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, 4 out of 7, trying for 7 in a row (Monday – Sunday) challenge on watch
    Apple Watch TDEE: 2372

    ***So though my “exercise” is on the lighter side, before I headed outside at 8:40 PM in 27 degrees, my apple watch said I had already done 602/510 move calories, 49/30 exercise min, 14/12 stand hours, 9,792 steps, 4.4 miles and 138 flights.

    Today was also my “second” run. Shorter than my first, but I needed to make sure my second run was a success so there would ever be a third. I did throw in a hill AND the one time I passed my friendly speed detector I sped up and got it to flash a “9”. :P

    Date: 2/5
    Exercised?: Yes, Indoor cycle 30 min
    Calories?: Yes, 1670/1680 – 126 exercise ( 1544 net )
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, 5 out of 7, trying for 7 in a row (Monday – Sunday) challenge on watch
    TDEE: TBD

    Date: 2/6
    Exercised?: Yes,
    Calories?: Yes, 1650/1680 – 362 exercise ( 1285 net )
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, 6 out of 7, trying for 7 in a row (Monday – Sunday) challenge on watch
    TDEE: 1975 Note:100

    Date: 2/7
    Exercised?: Yes, AM: 0:40:47 Solo walk at 13’43” pace for 2.97 miles, avg HR 130 BPM, 5.5 min mixed planks; PM: Indoor cycle 20:13, 3.0 min single forearm, 1.5 min sit ups (28), 1.5 min pushups ( 7 real, 17 knee), 1.5 min squats (58), 1.5 min hip bridges (42)
    Calories?: Yes, 1752/1680 – 364 exercise ( 1388 net ) – using my rule #2
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, 7 out of 7, trying for 7 in a row (Monday – Sunday) challenge on watch***
    TDEE: 2076

    *** Woot! I finally earned the Perfect Week All Activity via my Apple Watch!

    Date: 2/8
    Exercised?: Yes, Indoor cycle 20.38 min, but day was busy enough (MIL’s condo) that watch said I did 100 min of exercise prior to dinner time real
    Calories?: Yes, 1649/1680 – 153 exercise ( 1496 net )
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes
    TDEE: 2076

    *** I owe a bunch of responses and will catch up today. At dinner time last night, I made gnocchi but scalded my hand and dropped my iphone into the recently boiling water when I tripped on the dishwasher door while carrying the pot to drain while calling for information to help get my advanced senior parents their COVID vaccinations. Amazingly, saved the gnocchi, iphone works (was in the hot water at least 5 minutes – Kudos to Apple), parents got their appointments, and I after a long evening trying to treat my hand I feel asleep with mega dose of advil and my wrapped hand in a bucket of cold water. This morning, I think it is going to be ok. Still tender, but I think I won’t lose any skin. Last night, I tried to type on the computer but could not, and for my indoor cycling I did it will my hand raised over my head. The cycling increased blood flow made my hand burn like heck. BUT, no Pass day. I am saving those for something I enjoy!!!

    Date: 2/9
    Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 29:10 for 7.03 miles, 6 min planks,1.5 min sit ups (31), 1.5 min pushups ( 7 real, 16 knee ), 1.5 min hip bridges (43), 1.5 min squats (63)
    Calories?: Yes, 1320/1680 – 124 exercise ( 1196 net )
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes
    TDEE: 2137

    Date: 2/10
    Exercised?: Yes, PM: 0:30:55 Under desk elliptical
    Calories?: Yes, 1611/1680 – 118 exercise ( 1493 net ) 100
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, 10 day in a row!
    TDEE: 2020

    Date: 2/11
    Exercised?: Yes, AM: Indoor cycle 20:16 for 5.21 miles; 5 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit ups (32) 1.5 min pushups ( 7 real, 16 knee)
    Calories?: Yes,1618 /1680 – 153 exercise ( 1465 net )
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, day 11
    TDEE: 2147

    Date: 2/12
    Exercised?: Yes, AM: Indoor cycle 30:22 for 7.44 miles; PM: 25:06 Under desk78`` elliptical; 5 min mixed planks
    Calories?: Yes, 1548/1680 – 323 exercise ( 1225 net )
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, day 12
    TDEE: 2082

    Date: 2/13
    Exercised?: Yes, AM: Indoor cycle at 5:30 before trip 0:26:49 for 6.01 miles
    Calories?: Yes, 1641/1680 – 120 exercise ( 1521 net )
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Nope – the streak is broken :P
    TDEE: 1894

    Date: 2/14
    Exercised?: Yes, PM: 0:33:25 Solo walk at 15’32” pace for 2.14 miles (WRONG sneakers!) Calories?: Yes, 1657/1680 – 157 exercise ( 1500 net )
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: No
    TDEE: 1871

    *** Completed 1400+ miles of driving and got to MIL’s florida home for the night. Leaving again in the morning. Walked her neighborhood after dark with my led arm bands and thought my “strolling” sneakers would cut it. They did not. Cut walk short. Those were my only shoes I packed for the road trip. Will remember next time to bring another option.

    Date: 2/15
    Exercised?: Yes, PM: 1:08:02 Solo walk at 13’34” pace for 5.01 miles; 0:08:59 slow walk at 15’13” pace for .59 miles
    Calories?: Yes, 1621/1680 – 418 exercise ( 1203 net )
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes and hope to try and complete last 14 days of February
    TDEE: 2257

    *** Made it to Marathon. The last 200 miles took 5 hours, then unloading the SUV I stuffed full because, why not? Boxes are everywhere. Made dinner and at 7:45 headed out for first long walk in a while. Did 5.5 miles. I think I need to acclimate to the temps and humidity in Florida. 75 degrees is not super pleasant for me…..yet. When I left home two days ago, it was 14 degrees. I personally like 58 to a high of 73. Yes, you can ask me why we bought a place in Florida. :P Tomorrow AM, I will step on the scale for my reference point for the next 10+ weeks. My scale here and the one at home are within .2, so it will also tell me how my planning and pre-tracking worked for the trip. Paper expects it to be fine/good.

    Date: 2/16
    Exercised?: Yes, AM: 1:19:15 Group walk at 15’57” pace for 4.96 miles; PM: 5 min mixed planks; 1 min crunches (36); 1.5 min pushups
    Calories?: Yes, 1681/1680 – 306 exercise ( 1375 net ) **my rule #2
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, 12 to go
    TDEE: 2183

    b]Date: [/b] 2/17
    Exercised?: Yes, AM: 1:20:12 Group walk at 15’59” pace for 4.95 miles
    Calories?: No, 2132 /1680 – 306 exercise ( 1826 net )
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, 11 to go
    TDEE: 2136

    *** using pass #1, MIL gave us biscotti for our travels which I avoided for days. Then I had one….. you know the rest. I know I cannot have these foods easily accessible.

    Date: 2/18
    Exercised?: Yes, AM: 0:22:43 Run at 11’22” pace for 2 miles; 0:66:19 at 13’47” pace for 4.81 miles
    Calories?: Yes, 1801/1680 – 462 exercise ( 1339 net ) Rule #2
    Tracked?: Yes
    Rings Closed?: Yes, 10 to go
    TDEE: 2390

    Remaining passes: 2

    *** Quick post, still needing to catch up with everyone. At least I have reported in and am now up to date!
  • abowersgirl
    abowersgirl Posts: 3,408 Member

    3 yes

    7/3
  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,194 Member
    alligatorob wrote: »
    I am still here, and yes, yes and yes to yesterday. But again I did my logging elsewhere.

    I went to my new nutritionist yesterday my first visit to a nutritionist ever. And I got a whole new diet, more fat and less carb are the big things. And with a 2 week kind of restart with a lot of changes, no dairy and no sweeteners, sugar or artificial will be the hardest for me. But she says its just for 2 weeks and then a readjustment will happen.

    I did convince her that she could get access to a myfitnesspal diary so I will try logging here again. I am still concerned about how hard that can be for me, I get error messages 60+% of the time when I try to log, and sometimes I can't log at all. I don't know why my logging seems to be harder than most of you. I have a very good internet connection, no similar problems with other websites...

    @alligatorob do you use the smartphone app or the website to log your food? I sometimes have difficulty on the website when I'm trying to log food, but if I do it on the smartphone app I hardly ever have any difficulties (at least with the food diary). So I use the laptop when I'm commenting on the threads (like UAC), but I use the smartphone app when logging my food.
  • alligatorob
    alligatorob Posts: 806 Member
    Mrs_Hoffer wrote: »
    @alligatorob do you use the smartphone app or the website to log your food? I sometimes have difficulty on the website when I'm trying to log food, but if I do it on the smartphone app I hardly ever have any difficulties (at least with the food diary). So I use the laptop when I'm commenting on the threads (like UAC), but I use the smartphone app when logging my food.
    Yes, I use my computer. I have a smart phone, but a dumb operator, I have never really learned to do apps on the phone. Guess I could give it a try. Thanks for the advise Ms H!

  • SModa61
    SModa61 Posts: 3,098 Member
    alligatorob wrote: »
    Mrs_Hoffer wrote: »
    @alligatorob do you use the smartphone app or the website to log your food? I sometimes have difficulty on the website when I'm trying to log food, but if I do it on the smartphone app I hardly ever have any difficulties (at least with the food diary). So I use the laptop when I'm commenting on the threads (like UAC), but I use the smartphone app when logging my food.
    Yes, I use my computer. I have a smart phone, but a dumb operator, I have never really learned to do apps on the phone. Guess I could give it a try. Thanks for the advise Ms H!

    @alligatorob I mix and match my devices for tracking. For general searches for foods, especially new, I use my laptop. I use it also for 98+% of community posting as i can type. I also use the computer for entering recipes that I want converted. For copying past entries or copying current entries forward, again I use the laptop. The best feature of the iPhone for tracking is the remembering of previously tracked food (ie as I am typing it is matching), but I think even that seems to have a timer on it as I will find that no food will come up when I know there should be a match. I'm getting faster and faster with how to force the laptop tracking to do what I want. Hubby ONLY tracks by phone, but then again, I track all his dinners for him via my laptop.

    Oh, another related point. I don't know if it is my computer, but your browser can matter. I go through whole stretches when Safari will not properly track and I have to switch to Chrome for me. I'd use Firefox, but that is where I am logged in as my husband to easily track for him when requested.
  • Chinkiri
    Chinkiri Posts: 1,361 Member
    @alligatorob Does that mean no yoghurts?
  • lamlamsmakeover
    lamlamsmakeover Posts: 6,574 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? YES
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YES

    Pass days used this month -- 1
  • LazyBlondeChef
    LazyBlondeChef Posts: 2,809 Member
    I do all of my logging via web browser on my iMac. I only have trouble with errors sometimes and I retry immediately which so far has always worked. But it's not everyday. Maybe 1-2 times a week and it only started in the last month or so as far as I recall.
  • GrandmaJackie
    GrandmaJackie Posts: 36,836 Member
    Date: 2/18
    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? 😈

    Using my LAST PASS
    Passes used: 3 of 3
  • tlwoodbell
    tlwoodbell Posts: 169 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes
    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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