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@abowersgirl Your sense of humour is apparent in your last few updates. Please keep checking in until the end of the month, even if you have 3 passes.
@Chinkiri hopefully you're feeling a lot better this week.
@thabit11 kudos on getting to the next level and being smart about your progress
@mshawski Your new ring is gorgeous. It looks mystical!
And, yay, @pamsja!
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES | Bret Contreras' Strong Curves "At Home Workout" (28), Just another Manic Monday (15) TOTAL: 43 min
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? YES | Base + 178
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YES
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Personal Bonus: Did I meet my protein macro for the day (40%)? NO | 32%
Pass Days Used: --
Need to use some of @SummerSkier's tips because eating enough has been a challenge this month (and it doesn't help that I've added 100 calories/day). Timing my eating to be done by 8 pm is hard. I get to some evenings with a lot of calories available. Maintenance and recomp require more learning, I guess.3 -
@thabit11 Congratulations on hitting a new low weight!!2
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@Bill70sStrong You deserve rest. Most days you are an locomotive at full steam!3
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 3 mile treadmill run + 47 minutes strength (glutes + abs) this morning, and 47 minute cardio dance class tonight
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes and under
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yep!5 -
@mshawski Thanks for sharing. I really like the photo and you & your husband are an inspiration!4
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Exercise: Active stretches for 19 minutes at 5:30 a.m., then out in the desert for 63 minutes. Based on my actual hiking elevation gain, I am already improving my cardiovascular fitness.
Calories: unintentionally skipped breakfast. Under on calories
Tracking; good4 -
Date: 2/8
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? ✅
PASS: 1/3 (for my own accountability)3 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes, but I think I have injured my calf, so instead of the run I had planned, I did a brisk walk. Tomorrow I'll know better if this is an injury or just a hurt...
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Yes, with room to spare.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Yes
2 pass days left
I am worked about tomorrow. I have to leave the house at 3 am to ride with others in our group 4 hours away and sit through 3 or 4 hours of Senate hearings, followed by a group lunch that will be out of my control, then 4 hour ride home. All of this with my 2 young kids in tow, and they will be expected to behave perfectly throughout... I am not sure when there will be time for exercise in my day tomorrow, and most of my meals will be out of my control.
I've packed snacks, I plan to track the best I can even if I have to estimate lunch, and hopefully there will be time to get up and walk around before or after lunch, but I'm really just not sure. I know I tend to want to snack all day when I'm stressed and tired too... I really don't want to use another pad day though, so I'm going to do my best.6 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes,20 mins yoga, 20 mins rowing machine
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes4 -
Feb 8
Exercise: Yes, 45 mins walk at home by Leslie Sansone
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
Pass days: 0/34 -
Yes x 34
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February 08
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 1 h 9 min of walking ( with 4:30 of jogging within ).
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes 1,198 / 1,200.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes, 2,500 ml of fluid.
Today I finally reached a new weight ( haven't seen in three years ) = 85.6 kilo/ 188.7 lb. It made me grin through the day. I thought about doing extra effort to lose more weight this month, but after deep thinking I changed my mind, we tend to work harder than we can and that's make us give up sometime. So, I would rather take my time to improve my athletic ability and lose weight, than to work hard one month and stop.
Good night everyone ❤️
@thabit11 that's really exciting news! Great strategy as well, slow and steady wins the race!1 -
2/8/21
Exercise - Yes, 45 min walk on recently “repaired” treadmill.
Calories - Yes
Tracked - Yes
1 pass day remains after a disaster of a weekend 😬. I was 4lbs heavier this morning than I was Saturday morning. I mean it was bad but not THAT bad 😂.
A fun thing that happened today: I got a new ring from the hubby. I haven’t worn my engagement ring in years - I’m not really a diamond girl. We got a diamond because that’s what you’re supposed to do and at 22 (when we got engaged) we were to young to really push back on what people told us we were “supposed to do”. So after years of not wearing the diamond solitaire, today I got this rose quartz ring I’m calling an anniversary band that I will be wearing in its place and I am slightly obsessed with it. It suits me far better than the original ring and I just love it. LOVE 😍 Major props to the hubby (who is morally opposed to diamonds so I am not offending him on the least by not wearing it). I also have a 50# loss ring I ordered as a present to myself coming at some point (will share pics of that when I get it) for the other hand - so soon I will have a new ring for each hand. I’m feeling pretty lucky over here today. Lol.
I hope everyone else had something good happed today too! ❤️
So pretty!! Enjoy gal!! Xox1 -
Hello everyone,
still not able to catch up on posts. The free minute I can take while kids are busy with homeworks 📚 (before they are ready and I need to check 👩🏫 what they did or while they dont have any questions🔊 ⁉️📢), will be used for a quick report:
A few times in the afternoon and evening I thought that I need to use my 2nd pass. 🙀 I just couldnt take time off to exercise and just did a brief walk 🚶♀️in the cold. However, I got all my strength together after putting the kids to bed and did my strength 🏋♀️routine and then a quick tabata💃 on top, to melt some ingested calories. Not optimal (to exercise late), but good enough to say: no pass.
No idea why Feb needs to be so hard 😐.
Hugs to all 🤗 & thanks to @MaltedTea for brightening 🌞 a very cloudy 🌧 day 🤗3 -
Feb. 8
Exercise: 45 min. Weight training, 30 min. Stationary bike, 45 min
Stretching
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
Pass days: 04 -
RangerRickL wrote: »
Yesterday, @pamsja shared that she had 'the smartest Pass day that she could imagine".
Even though she had a Pass Day, she avoided going off the rails.
Too often, once we go past our chosen limit, we then throw away all restraint and wind up gorging ourselves.
A Smart Pass Day is the result of thoughtfulness. The UAC is all about thoughtful intake and output.
Congratulations to @pamsja
I love the analogy Rick of the de-railed train picture! Congrats to @ pamsja!2 -
Date: 2/8
Exercise: Yes, more of the usual deep cleaning!
Tracked: Yes and needed after the pass day!
Calories: Yes
Pass Days: 1 left
I WILL read today's posts on another day, as hubby is yelling to come to bed already! It is 2:45 am! He is RIGHT, and I NEED to sleep, but I do rather enjoy this quiet time to write!
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes, treadmill 34 mins / 1.95 mi
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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@ginadomaszewicz I generally go to bed between 4-5am and get up at around 11am since I retired a few months ago. I didn't do it on purpose. It kind of evolved. I have always been a night owl but all the years I worked I got accustomed to earlier hours. Still my prior late nights were usually only until 2am or so in the past. One major benefit is that it has mostly gotten rid of my insomnia problems. And I wake up naturally without an alarm.
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Start weight, February 1, 2021: 126.2February 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 goalFor 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 WatchTDEE: 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: TBD
*** 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!!!
Remaining passes: 36 -
Hello everyone,
still not able to catch up on posts. The free minute I can take while kids are busy with homeworks 📚 (before they are ready and I need to check 👩🏫 what they did or while they dont have any questions🔊 ⁉️📢), will be used for a quick report:
A few times in the afternoon and evening I thought that I need to use my 2nd pass. 🙀 I just couldnt take time off to exercise and just did a brief walk 🚶♀️in the cold. However, I got all my strength together after putting the kids to bed and did my strength 🏋♀️routine and then a quick tabata💃 on top, to melt some ingested calories. Not optimal (to exercise late), but good enough to say: no pass.
No idea why Feb needs to be so hard 😐.
Hugs to all 🤗 & thanks to @MaltedTea for brightening 🌞 a very cloudy 🌧 day 🤗
I legit exclaimed "Yeah!!" and looked like this 😀 when I saw your post
On top of all that, February may be hard but to me you're really killing it with your routine: exercise, nutrition and parenting. 🤗
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Exercise: yes A little more than an hour in the elliptical and got into zone three of my heart rate zones for a good workout. Tuesday is supposed to be an easy workout day.
Calories: yes
Tracking: yes
I am currently trying to lose weight and have found that every 10 to 14 days there is this thing where I gain back a pound and it looks like a brick wall. Then a few days later that gain disappears. Looks like I hit those bricks today.
Patience ... Perseverance ... Faith4 -
RangerRickL wrote: »Yesterday, @pamsja shared that she had 'the smartest Pass day that she could imagine".
Even though she had a Pass Day, she avoided going off the rails.
Too often, once we go past our chosen limit, we then throw away all restraint and wind up gorging ourselves.
A Smart Pass Day is the result of thoughtfulness. The UAC is all about thoughtful intake and output.
Congratulations to @pamsja
Love the topic, and Yes Pamsja's strategized and made the best of her day. Bravo! The habit of giving up completely for a day once a "no" appears, or even a whole UAC round after the third "pass" is a challenge to overcome, but a great life skill to develop.2 -
02/08:
✔️ EXERCISE: I overdid it on the weekend and have hurt my bad knee, so no jumping or power-walking for me. I did do 20 mins with the small weights that I have, as I need to build up some muscle in my arms and get rid of the granny flab that I have for triceps!
Asked DH to pick up another 10# weight for me at WalMart while he was there (I only have one) and he said that they were SOLD OUT of ALL their small dumbbells! Hmm, everyone else must be working out at home too! 
✔️ CALORIES: Yes.
✔️ TRACK: Yes.
PASS: 2/3 (02Feb) (07Feb)
Thanks @SModa61 for your encouragement and for the Dominos Pizza menu... that's very helpful! Lol. I went back in my diary to see how far off I was and was surprised that it wasn't off by much..... so I'm still over for the 7th.
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@summerskier I'm never studied my sleep. It just happens...... If you feel energetic, I'm not sure I would worry about rules.
@thabit11 - congrats on the weight. Feels good to return to those old numbers!
@mshawski - Lovely ring. Congrats!
@Mrs_Hoffer - it is a law that any chain restaurant with more than x number of locations in a given state must provide the nutritional information for their customers. So always good to check. If course that is one of the reasons that Legal Seafood has a variety of restaurants types, so even though in Mass they exceed the number of restaurants that would require full nutritional data, because they are "different" styles, they don't have to provide it. At times, I have also reached out to customer service. One time I contacted Capital Grille and they emailed me all the nutritional info for their menu.3 -
Yes X3
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@MaltedTea lol. I try. Thanks for noticing my positive spin .. I won't stop posting.. I joined this challenge to see where I go wrong throughout the month, it might not be pretty sometimes but it's the honest truth.5
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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!!!
Oh my gosh - this sounds dreadful and painful and scary! And despite that - you still exercised with your hand over your head no less, and saved a pass day. AMAZING.
@mshawski - love the ring - so beautiful and how sweet of your husband!
Yesterday was a yes, yes, yes.
But - 2/3 pass days already.3
