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3/7
Exercise: ✅ 45 min circuit training class and a 30ish min walk with my kiddo on the trail to see if it was too snowy to run on this week.
Calories: ✅ With 1 to spare. One 😂🤣.
Tracked: ✅
FYI incase anyone doesn’t see - there is an International Women’s Day badge available tomorrow (3/8) on the Apple Watch for anyone that likes collecting those. It’s for any workout 20 min or more.
Happy Sunday ❤️
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Yes x 33
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Si
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Si
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Si
Getting things sweet for the next week. Hoping for at least as good of results as this past week 😁
Have a wonderful successful well everyone. I enjoy reading everyone thoughts. Always so helpful❤️6 -
Yes x 36
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A good day today got a spin ride in 5.9 miles played guitar twice today was really nice just to relax. Tracked and logged under for the day.
0/3 pass days🙂7 -
Mar 7
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? ✅ 50 minute walk in the beautiful sun!
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? ✅
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? ✅
Pass days used: 1️⃣ (Mar 4)5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 82 minutes Week #16 - Day #1 marathon training app on the trails.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes5 -
Exercise 20: ✔️
Under Calories: ✔️
Logged Food/Dranks: ✔️
Long day of delayed flight waiting in the airport. Now for relaxing... and 😴
Stay fabulous UAC peeps 🖤6 -
Exercise ✔️
Calories ✔️
Tracking ✔️
Thanks so much for all the sweet comments on yesterday's post. At this morning's weigh-in, I discovered that I'd somehow lost a pound last week--so even if I wasn't keeping track, apparently I was still ON track! That, combined with your support, definitely gave me a much-needed boost in motivation and confidence.10 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? I don't think I did
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? NO
Well, I didn't keep track of what I ate, BUT I got to brave the chilly weather and go for a leisurely ride on my new road bike! I've had the same hybrid bike for 25 years and got a road bike about a week and a half ago. It's definitely different that my hybrid bike! It's so light and I absolutely LOVE it! While I'll still will be using my hybrid for gravel trails and hooking up the tagalong bike to mine for my niece (as soon as she's grown into it...almost there), I will be using my road bike the majority of this year.
Pass days used this month: 36 -
MARCH 2021 ULTIMATE ACCOUNTABILITY CHALLENGE
Start weight, March 1, 2021: 123.2March 1, 2021 – 123.2 (-3.0)
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
Thoughts for daily calories goalI need to revisit how I am handling my daily calorie goal for maintenance as I am “failing” in that regard as I lost another 3 lbs while “maintaining” during this month. Having two variables of food calories and exercise calories is challenging for me. In the past I have lost and maintained with less significant exercise numbers so it was more a single variable. I do not want to drop back on exercise as I am doing it for overall health and fitness.
Just use MFP to calculate my maintenance calories/day. Nutritional needs are estimated at 1590, and it predicts that with exercise, I would need 1862 for 1 hour exercise for days/week. Average Apple Watch TDEE for February was 2126. Average calories consumed/day for February were 1686. With three pound loss over the month, to maintain, I would have needed an additional 375 calories/day for a total of 2073/calories/day. So, my thought for March is to consider my daily goal, 1590 plus daily exercise, but, for planning sake, I will expect that number to be around 1900 calories.
March HistoryDate: 3/1
Exercised?: Yes, 1:27:01 group walk at 17’27” pace for 4.98 miles
Calories?: Yes, 1890/1590 daily + 309 exercise (net 9 cal)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings Closed?: Yes, March goal is 27 out of 30 days
Apple Watch TDEE: 2056
Date: 3/2 (Pass #1)
Exercised?: Yes, 1:23:51 group walk at 17’10” pace for 4.88 miles
Calories?: No
Tracked?: until dinner yes, then no
Rings Closed?: Yes, 2/27 - March goal is 27 out of 30 days
Apple Watch TDEE: 2096
*** First pass of the month used. Very much worth the treat – Went to Square Grouper and started with a Key Lime Martini with graham cracker rim (sorry @RangerRickL not the pie), shared appetizers of Flash Fried Conch with Ponzu and Wasabi drizzle (amazing!!), and Ahi Tuna and Avocado eggrolls with Asian dipping sauce, then an entrée of Seared Sesame Encrusted Tuna with Jasmine rice and Asian slaw, and finished with a cup of coffee and a shared Strawberry Nutella Bread pudding with warm butter rum sauce. Though I may not make winners circle at the end of March, I fully intend to end a champion.
Date: 3/3 (Pass #2)
Exercised?: Yes, 1:22:02 Group walk at 16’50” pace for 4.87 miles
Calories?: No
Tracked?: Tracked well all day, then old habits crept back in the evening
Rings Closed?: Yes, 3/27 - March goal is 27 out of 30 days
Apple Watch TDEE: 2187
Date: 3/4
Exercised?: Yes, 0:30:31 Apple Fitness spinning
Calories?: Yes, 1292/1590 + 229 ( net 527)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings Closed?: Yes, 4/27 - March goal is 27 out of 30 days
Apple Watch TDEE: 2159
*** yes, today was a good day!!!
Date: 3/5 (pass #3 – not a great trend)
Exercised?: Yes, 1:18:16 group walk at 16'17" pace for 4.80 miles
Calories?: No
Tracked?: No
Rings Closed?: Yes, 5/27 - March goal is 27 out of 30 days
Apple Watch TDEE: 2169
*** today, was the first time we have socialized with friends in almost a year. The 95 year old is vaccinated, and the son and DIL both had COVID at Xmas. I failed at juggling tracking like I normally would have done.
Date: 3/6 (Pass #4)
Exercised?: Yes, 0:31:50 5K run at 10’03” pace for 3.17 miles, 0:38:50 group walk at 16’24” pace for 2.36 miles, 0:05:10 run at 10’20” pace for .5 miles
Calories?: No
Tracked?: No
Rings Closed?: Yes, 6/27 - March goal is 27 out of 30 days
Apple Watch TDEE: 2224
*** Ran my first live 5K to start the day. Drove from the race to my walking friends and left the car beside the road to walk with them, then ran back to pick up the car I left. Great start to the day, but everything else came apart. Still the 5K outranks the rest of my day.
Date: 3/7
Exercised?: Yes, 0:54:29 group walk at 16’44” pace for 3.25 miles; 0:29:44 Apple Fitness spinning; 0:20:02 Indoor cycle to Hulu
Calories?: Yes, 1704/1590 + 487 ( net 373)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings Closed?: Yes, 7/27 - March goal is 27 out of 30 days
Apple Watch TDEE: filled in following day – see spoiler
*** So while I have already gone negative on my passes and out of the winner’s circle, I am caught up with all my check-ins and though my formal tracking has been off, I have survived these past 4 days. Weight wise, Tuesday was 123.2, then went out to dinner and jumped to 125.2, had another off day and increased to 125.6 (all made sense with my daily weighing), but this morning I am 123.8 and I do not mind that. It is 3:17 PM as I type this comment, and I just finished tracking where I am at for the day, so that I can finish strong today. Exercise has not been a daily issue lately. Tracking and total calories have been my challenge. My final post will go up later tonight once the kitchen is closed. UAC Champions, here I come!
Passes remaining: -17 -
3/7
Exersized-?yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes6 -
exercise: yes
calories: yes
tracked: yes
pass days:0
how are you feeling? a bit surprised. I had already made up my mind that today was going to be a pass day. I was not going to exercise or watch what I ate. My mindset lasted until a few minutes ago when I realized even though I didn't plan it, I got up this morning and did about ~25 minutes of exercise, I still weighed my breakfast and took note of the amounts I used to cook and how much food I ate so my pass day only had to pass the calorie test (as I did not check it throughout the day and I had a bag of chips and a guava radler) to see if it was a pass day. And while I didn't exercise as much as I wanted, I didn't eat as much as I thought. Go figure.9 -
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Podcast that I tend to like is Food Code. Has nutrition aspect which suits the geek in me.
@lesdarts180 - Seeing your difficulties with arthritis. I don't know how much has been discussed already and I just saw your post today. Has the concept of an anti-inflammatory diet even been investigated? I don't know much about it, but I know there is such a concept and maybe nutritional approaches could help. On another note, glad you liked the dog video. I loved it when I first heard the story. What a great dog!
@Thabit11 - Iron has been an issue for me. Been battling it for a few years, and oral supplements are not an option due to their digestive consequences. When I began MFP, I changed my setting for what is tracked. Don't recall what I removed, but I added Fiber and Iron, since I need both. As of January, my iron is officially normal. Yay! as more aggressive testing was coming next. Fortified grains are great with iron - yes, cereal, cream of wheat, oatmeal, and probably bread, but I would have to look. As post menopausal, I only need 50% RDA/day, just like a man. Menstruating females need the full 100%. I happen to eat Fiber One Cereal. Tastes like twigs, but great iron 25% RDA and starts my day with 14 grams of fiber. I also began making homemade vegetable soup that I have for lunch (which I have missed the past 2 weeks), that is a "detox" soup, but has a nice amount of iron. I have also used cream of wheat as a snack when wanting an iron boost. For 110 calories, it contains 50% RDA.
@Mshawski - thanks for the badge heads up
@RBNorth66 - glad you are on the mend!3 -
Exercise:✅
Tracked:✅
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Yes, yes and yes
6 mile hike and 10 min weight workout (Would have liked to have done more of a weight workout but I was tired so I am giving myself points for doing 10 minutes and showing up)
@mshawski Thanks for the notification on the Apple Watch challenge. I am pretty sure you mentioned a prior challenge that I did not know about and was able to secure because you posted it. Much appreciated!!!
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Hey there... so just kidding. I just mindlessly ate peanut butter and since I only had 1 calorie left today is now my first pass day.
I really have a peanut butter problem. 😑6 -
Yes x 34
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Pass Day #1 for this month5