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Feb. 3
Exercise - Yes. HIIT x 60 min Walk x 50 min
Calories - Yes
Tracked - Yes
Love reading what you’re all doing to stay active, and really enjoying everyone’s thoughts & stories. 😃5 -
@Mrs_Hoffer Glad you know when to give yourself a break!2
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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
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
TDEE: TBD
Date: 2/3
Exercised?: Yes, PM: 40 min snow shoveling; 6 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit ups (30), 1 min knee push ups (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
TDEE: TBD
Remaining passes: 3
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Jan 3:
Exercise: Yes! 20 min HIIT, 30 min Zumba and 7 min workout
Track: Yes!
Under calorie goal: Yes!
Passes used: 04 -
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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Yes x 3 for Wednesday
I'm on target with calories, tracked and had two dog walks, one with a rucksack for added resistance.5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes, 30 minute run
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Yes, with some left over
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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@SummerSkier code is autocorrect for coffee. Silly phone, I use coffee often enough that it should know!3
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Yes x's 3 , changing calorie goal tomorrow... best wishes to all5
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Yes, yes and yes. A perfect February so far and 10% done!8
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Yes to all 35
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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? Yes5 -
#GreyGirl915 20k steps! That is amazing! Well done and very inspiring.3
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@Mrs_Hoffer We are all in your corner. I appreciate you!4
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Exercise: walking plus horse training activities for more than an hour
Calories: under my limit
Tracking: good6 -
Yes, yes, yes
3 passes6 -
Feb 3
Exercise: Yes,35 mins walking
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
Pass days: 0/36 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes, doing physical things around the house for at least an hour
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
I really don't like using non-treadmill/actual exercise but I was in the right mood today to go through cabinets, toss things and prepare things for donation. A ladder was involved. This is something I've been trying to do over the last few months but I'm never in the mood for it as it's dull so I thought I should take advantage of my temporary enthusiasm for it. By the time I was finished I was too tired for the treadmill and now my back hurts a bit.
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Feb 3
Wednesday
Tracked all to the gram!❤️
Calories: 2223 🆗
Exercise 1:08❤️11 ❤️
Protein 83 ❤️
Fiber 41 ⚠️ 11 over
Sodium 1,576 ❤️
Sat Fat 50 ⛔️⛔️ 21 over yikes
A day of accomplishment...
Food wise: I thought I had eaten too much but was under 2,000 + exercise calories! I have to remind myself that my body knows.8 -
Feb. 3, 2021
Exercise: weight training 45 min., swimming 30 min., stretching 45 min.
Calories: yes
Tracking: yes
No pass days yet in Feb.
Update: my morning weigh-in was 214, down from 231 on Jan 1 when I started with MFP, 234 at Christmas, and 245 at my summer peak.10 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 20 mins aerobics + dumbbells :-)
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes7 -
Yes x 35
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Yes yes and yes5
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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? YES5 -
Tracking = yes
Calories = yes
Exercise = no
3/3 days Pass Days used
Well, I've given myself a challenge right out of the gate. I'll continue posting because doing so is keeping me mindful.7 -
@Ja_Kl - IMO I would not have used a pass day for your situation. What I would have done is treated it like I was dining a friends or a restaurant. I would estimate the components ie I ate 16 oz broth, 4 oz tofu, etc etc. I often will try and reverse engineer something and track the pieces. It is not my first choice, but the point of tracking is IMO accountability and awareness.
@lesdarts180 - the good news of feelings reaction is that from what I have been hearing, that is the indicator of your building your immune response which is what you ultimately want. I have even heard that ideally you want to let the symptoms work their way out on their on and not interfere with the response ie take medication due to a fever, etc. Hope you feel good quickly. For my daughter, it was one lousy day, the day after the shot, and felt great the second day after.
@Bovaryoo - it is so frustrating that we get different calorie burn information form different sources. I try and pick one source and stick with it for at least the month. I then have consistency data to evaluate
@TheresaM787 - Are you well enough hydrated? I have had it pointed out to me that low hydration can cause that. I am terrible with my fluid consumption
@Newbie2143 - I give myself two rule options for a calorie "yes". One was for most days with typical to lower exercise - food < flat number of 1480. Second option was for higher exercise days with Food minus exercise < 1200. I did the first 3 months with only a flat number, but I found there were days that I got too low after exercise and had no way to eat more without exceeding my target calories and having to use a "pass". Currently working on maintaining and have a similar double rule flat <1680 or food - exercise <1400.
@Pamjsa - you mentioned that your calories are well under target. Remember you are in this for the long run. I did always try to get close to my target calories and if I was super low one day, the next day I ran the risk of the hungry horrors.
@Thabit11 - Again, you caught me.
So for planks. I started in a plank challenge group on Oct 1st. Goal in the group is to do 60 min planks in the month, but you can set your own goal. Mine has been 90 the past couple months now. When you see "mixed plank". For me that is a single set of planks (ie no stop) but changing positions to different holds. Yesterday was 5 positions, each to a slow count of 30. Sometimes you will see "single plank". That is a single extended hold. 5 or 6 minutes of mixed planks is pretty average for me now. I often stop more because I get bored. My longest is probably 8 min, my lower numbers are either due to time constraints or injury. (starting push ups was impacting planking at first - I had no idea how much my arms had weakened). Just did a science experiment - tried for best single forearm plank (those are my easiest, though they are not supposed to be) and just hit 4:20 min. Not the case in October. Like the UAC, I like the cumulative push. I am here for daily accountability, track and calories. Then I am in 3 other groups, one that I weigh and report daily (I needed that) with challenge lengths are shorter which helped with my losses, one for the planks, and one for total exercise (24 hours in a month) to push me past the 20 minutes I need for here. Each challenge supports the other three. Sorry for long winded response.
General comment, with all the snow shoveling, removing very heavy show from cars, and hauling broken branches the size of trees, I am glad for the exercise from the past 4+ months. I definitely felt the benefit. I even had my neighbor see me hauling the largest of the branches and he called over saying "you are a strong woman and no body better mess with you". Felt good! 7 -
Yes x3
Sorry, all, I'm exhausted out of my mind from work and digging out of a snowstorm. Will try to catch up here later. Hope you're all doing well.8 -
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Sorry, all, I'm exhausted out of my mind from work and digging out of a snowstorm. Will try to catch up here later. Hope you're all doing well.
@Hollis100 No need to be sorry, luv. It’s important that we take care of ourselves at those super stressful points. Passes you a deliciously warm cup of blackberry - mint tea & gives you a bit hug 💞2 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? ✅. 30 mins walking
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? ✅
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? ✅
Pass days used: 1/33
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