Love Your Health: Feb 2021 Challenge
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February 13th and 14th
1- Log everything ✔️ ❌
2- Stick to my meal plan ❌ ❌
3- 8,500 steps each day ✔️ ❌
4- Meditate before bed to help relieve stress/sleep better ✔️ ✔️
I definitely relaxed this weekend and enjoyed some wine and carbs. I refuse to call it a "cheat" as I am changing my lifestyle and my life sometimes includes delicious meals and alcohol with too many carbs and calories. Tomorrow is a new day though. One where I am committed to moving forward with my goals in a healthy direction!4 -
2/12-14
Weekend as a whole was pretty good—calories and carbs in check. We went on 2 very long hikes in the snow, which was accompanied by a generous amount of (sugar free) Glühwein, but kept under target. I earned more than 1,000 exercise calories yesterday! Didn’t know what to do with them all 😀4 -
MaraOfNaamah wrote: »February 13th and 14th
1- Log everything ✔️ ❌
2- Stick to my meal plan ❌ ❌
3- 8,500 steps each day ✔️ ❌
4- Meditate before bed to help relieve stress/sleep better ✔️ ✔️
I definitely relaxed this weekend and enjoyed some wine and carbs. I refuse to call it a "cheat" as I am changing my lifestyle and my life sometimes includes delicious meals and alcohol with too many carbs and calories. Tomorrow is a new day though. One where I am committed to moving forward with my goals in a healthy direction!
Great attitude! We have to be adaptable. The “all or nothing” mentality is a goal-killer for sure.
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For 2/13-2/14
1) Log all food daily - ✔✔
2) Keep carbs 45 or under - ✔❌
3) Daily calorie deficit of 500 - ❌✔
4) Exercise 45 min daily - ❌✔
SW 171.5
CW 173 wrong direction
GW 167
Had a very productive meal prep day Sat and gym day Sun. I know the scale is not a great indicator of progress so trying to ignore it. Will take measurements again at end of the month to compare with end of December.4 -
2/14
Calories😝 were over by about 160 for the day. I got crazy and ate cereal for breakfast and a big salad for dinner. This drove my carbs over goal for the day as well. I don’t do that often but will see when I take a jog this afternoon if my knees pay for it or not. Protein was well over 100g for the day. Also clocked about 18k steps but barely made my move goal for the day. The problem getting more fit is needing higher intensity workouts and less food to fuel you. I desperately wanted to snack in the evening and ended up having a small amount of yogurt but didn’t need it. It did satisfy me and now thinking about it, that cereal is likely to blame.4 -
2/14
Lean Beast - done legs, plus some stretching
Daily Calories - 1,257 on target
100g protein - done 102
Great day, plus spent a good part of the day watching the first season of The Witcher, not only was it a super fun show, but I didn't even snack except one round of air popped popcorn, total win in the not eating like an idiot on a holiday spent sitting in front of the tele!4 -
MaraOfNaamah wrote: »jennordhavn wrote: »I tracked breakfast and snacks but didn’t track dinner. My bf and I stayed overnight at a hotel. We ordered a wedge salad, orzo salmon pasta, zucchini cakes and a slice of cheesecake which we shared. I also had one diet cran pineapple juice with vodka.
That sounds absolutely delicious! I hope you enjoyed every bite!!
I did. It was excellent. I ate about 1/4 to 1/3 of it and he ate the rest. We didn’t even finish the slice of cheesecake cuz we fell asleep lol.2 -
2/15
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Good day across the board on being under calories, under on carb goal and over on protein.
I was right about the cereal hurting my knees during my jog yesterday. I just felt winded overall too. I did step on the scale today and lost what I gained from last week plus some. Still tracking a bit behind on my loss of a pound a week but a win, nonetheless!
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2/15 food was good and we walked 4.68 miles .....2/16 Food on point and will be doing aerobics and walking with Leslie Sansone party hits2
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2/15
Lean Beast - done back/bis, plus some combat for cardio
Daily Calories - 1,687 (M) on target
100g protein - mediocre 87
Super hungry all day, which is to be expected, but kept it to maintenance as planned, and all in all another good day on the road to success.4 -
2/16
Carbs. 73❌
Cals. 1312—ok with exercise✅
Exercise✅
Household—I turned on the robo vacuum. Does that count?
You guys, I am giving up wine for Lent. Yikes!4 -
2/16
Lean Beast - cardio done, abs didn't get done, can maybe do that today
Daily Calories - 1,263 on target
100g protein - done 103
did all the grocery shopping and didn't pick up any snacks or treats, which was lovely, and it wasn't even hard which was even better4 -
For 2/15-2/16
1) Log all food daily - ✔✔
2) Keep carbs 45 or under - ✔✔
3) Daily calorie deficit of 500 - ✔❌
4) Exercise 45 min daily - ✔❌
SW 171.5
CW 172 back in the right direction
GW 167
Breakfast and dinner have been well planned but I'm struggling with lunches. I need to think about that when doing the grocery shopping this weekend.4 -
2/16
1. Track everything ✅
2. 55-70+ G protein ✅ (exceeded at 83 g)
3. 50 - 75 net carbs ✅ (32 g)
4. 1,200 - 1,300 calories ❌ (1,165)
5. 64 oz water/decaf liquids ✅ (72 oz)
For the month:
6. Lose 5 pounds ❌ (0.4 so far)
My body is being stubborn and I feel like I’m making no progress for Feb. I keep going up and down the same few pounds. Frustrating.
SW: 209.8
CW: 209.4
GW: 204.84 -
jennordhavn wrote: »2/16
1. Track everything ✅
2. 55-70+ G protein ✅ (exceeded at 83 g)
3. 50 - 75 net carbs ✅ (32 g)
4. 1,200 - 1,300 calories ❌ (1,165)
5. 64 oz water/decaf liquids ✅ (72 oz)
For the month:
6. Lose 5 pounds ❌ (0.4 so far)
My body is being stubborn and I feel like I’m making no progress for Feb. I keep going up and down the same few pounds. Frustrating.
SW: 209.8
CW: 209.4
GW: 204.8
Feel you. This is what I'm going through myself. Sometimes we set into a holding pattern scale-wise. That's when we look at other measures...literally. Your measurements, clothes-feel, energy level. If we are following our plan and cals are in deficit, then the body has no choice but to eventually shed the water it's holding onto for whatever it's stupid reason is and the scale will going down finally. When it feels like it.
To keep our sanity we check the other tells.
Hang in there. You're doing good things. And setting good habits. Which is progress of another kind for sure.5 -
2/16
Carbs and protein both good for the day however calories were just a bit over. I was stuffed at dinner but ate early and just had to have a snack around 8:30. I went with popcorn and had some restraint. So that pushed me over goal. I can make that up throughout the week- no biggie. I’ve started a new exercise program to mix things up a bit so I may retain some water until I get used to things. I’m wrapping my brain around that now before my next weigh in.3 -
I want to keep being consistent with my new daily training (moderate cardio on some days, light strength training on others, 2 rest days).4
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2/17...food is good .... I changed my carb intake from 5% to 10% (hate seeing those red numbers) and I walked 6.15 miles today
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2/17
Carbs 12✅
Calories 1116-close enough ✅
Exercise-20 minute walk plus 16ksteps— not the greatest, but ✅
Housework ❌
First day of no-wine Lent✅ Maybe I should try for no-whine Lent too.3 -
What is up with the way MFP is randomly formatting text into columns, anyhow?0
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Wednesday February 18th
1- Log everything ✔️
2- Stick to my meal plan ❌
3- 8,500 steps each day ❌
4- Meditate before bed to help relieve stress/sleep better ✔️
I was woken up in the middle of the night by the worst migraine I have had in my recollection. This sadly set the tone for the day. I was tired and didn't get the movement or tasks I had planned in. I didn't go crazy eating, but I did have M&Ms and half a blackberry ginger ale. I am feeling much better today though, so I will make up the steps, and I am back on my game food wise.3 -
2/17
Calories and protein were good yesterday and carbs were at 100g. I usually am much lower but am having some stressors happening lately and last night I just needed a little comfort. I kept it small so I feel good today. I recognize the trigger and see more in my future so this is something I’ll keep monitoring near term.
Ugh, the weather... I’ll be glad to see the backside of it!4 -
Thursday February 18th
1- Log everything ✔️
2- Stick to my meal plan ✔️
3- 8,500 steps each day ✔️ 15k+ 😊
4- Meditate before bed to help relieve stress/sleep better ✔️4 -
2/18...I had a CT scan today for kidney stones and yet another hernia .... came home and went for a 5.82 mile walk ...felt ill the rest of the day so my calories are very low for me ...net 1100 something ...very rare for me5
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2/18
Carbs 23✅
Calories 1260✅
Exercise ❌
Household: the kitchen drain is leaking so I had to pull out the cabinet and clean up a big mess. Still not fixed. Ugh.
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Ringbearer2 wrote: »2/18
Carbs 23✅
Calories 1260✅
Exercise ❌
Household: the kitchen drain is leaking so I had to pull out the cabinet and clean up a big mess. Still not fixed. Ugh.
I say cleaning up the cabinet leak qualifies as exercise!!2 -
MaraOfNaamah wrote: »Ringbearer2 wrote: »2/18
Carbs 23✅
Calories 1260✅
Exercise ❌
Household: the kitchen drain is leaking so I had to pull out the cabinet and clean up a big mess. Still not fixed. Ugh.
I say cleaning up the cabinet leak qualifies as exercise!!
Ha, the shower I had to take afterwards probably would!
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2/18
Calories, carbs, protein 👍🏻
Good day across the board for food and exercise. I’m not sleeping great and have a lot of extended work hours coming up so I’ll have to be careful not to reach for food I don’t need or be less planful. I AM going to end the month strong!6 -
2/17
Lean Beast - shoulders done
Daily Calories - 1,594 (M) on target
100g protein - done 105
2/18
Lean Beast - rest day
Daily Calories - 1,805 way over, had some beer and some whiskey, yikes
100g protein - done 104
The snow is melting and the yard is a mucky mess, and it's definitely time to be more active and less "snow day" in mentality.4 -
@taylok23 You can do it!!0
