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RangerRickL
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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?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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Let's shine a spotlight on @calvin20874 who posted,
"I weighed in under 200 for the first time in more than 2 decades! I will probably bounce around for a few weeks before getting under 200 for real but this is an important milestone and feels good. 200 was my goal weight, down 33 lbs since Jan
1 and 45 lbs since summer. I may set a new goal of 180."
There are lots of reasons to reset goals. Sometimes we are way to tough on ourselves and may need to reset a calorie goal to be higher. Or like Calvin, we achieve a goal and decide to reset beyond our original plan.
Well done Calvin!!
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"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there" Cheshire Cat6
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Thanks for the reminder around goals @RangerRickL and @calvin20874 yay for u with regards to achieving ur goals!!! Just fantastic!4
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18 April 21
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes. I think a PB for a 10K split on my run today.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
SummerinSpringinTx5 -
18/04/2021
“Life exists to be enjoyed and the most important thing is to feel good about yourself.”
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
• Planks Day 18 Intermediate (8min 45sec).
• Freestyle 11.01 km in 1:23:20 (7:92 km/hour)
• Fitness Age/VO2max: 35/36
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: 1/3
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"If I am tired of starting over, I need to stop giving up."
I was allowed to quote this and I think I should put this everywhere in the house. Just to be reminded8 -
18th April
3 x Yes8 -
18/04/2021
Exercise – yes bike 35 minutes, 2 walks total about 60 minutes, and some light cardio.
Tracking – yes
Calories – yes
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18th
Yes × 3. Dipped into exercise calories as went out for lunch. Poor choice for lunch so went to bed very hungry. Pleased that i didnt use a pass tho. Bubas bday tomorrow yay, we are takimg him away for a night so will use my pass then. Xox6 -
✅ I exercised for at least 20 minutes
✅ I stayed within my calorie budget for the day
✅ I kept track of everything I ate and drank
3️⃣ Pass Days left
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APR 18 - Pass day
T ✅ | C ❎ | E ✅ [2:50 h walk]
Pass = 10/3 | No sugar ❎ | Sleep ✅
During weight loss, I made a plan on how to transition to maintenance. I initially considered adding calories incrementally until my weight remained stable. Since I was feeling somewhat fatigued the more I neared my goal, I changed my mind and decided that I would jump to a conservative estimate of what my maintenance calories might be.
After I hit my goal, I did not manage to stick to a maintenance budget despite further adjustments over two weeks. So I told myself to view that time as an unplanned diet break and that I would simply get back on track after that.
However, the overeating has continued. It's as if something switched when I saw my target number on the scale. I went from ~ 60 kg (132.2 lbs) at the beginning of the year to 55.5 kg (122.3 lbs) mid-March and am now almost back to 56.9 kg (125.4 lbs). While the absolute numbers do not worry me too much, I do not want to develop a yo-yo pattern.
I know the good habits that helped me get to my goal (meal prepping, pre-logging, closing the kitchen at a set time, no sugar, enough water and sleep). I also know my current challenges (a more social office environment and irregular work hours).
I estimated that I could return to my target weight by my birthday if I go back to my original weight loss budget. While I managed to adhere to that budget under “controlled“ home office conditions, returning to it in my current setting when I did not even manage to stick to much higher maintenance calories seems like a sure way of setting myself up for failure and also not really conducive to learning how to maintain.
I also feel a bit guilty about posting in the group at this point, since I am obviously not properly applying myself to the challenge.
In conclusion, I would be very grateful for any advice!8 -
April 18, 2021
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
Kitchen Closed? Yes
Pass day 1/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records)5 -
1/3 pass days 2 left
Tracked logged did strength work and grocery shopping for incidental exercise5 -
APR 18 - Pass day
I know the good habits that helped me get to my goal (meal prepping, pre-logging, closing the kitchen at a set time, no sugar, enough water and sleep). I also know my current challenges (a more social office environment and irregular work hours).
I also feel a bit guilty about posting in the group at this point, since I am obviously not properly applying myself to the challenge.
In conclusion, I would be very grateful for any advice!
Please do not feel guilty posting here. We are very supportive. This is the right place to put it. We've all had one setback or the order. I have fallen down and up again. This journey is not linear. It is both ups and downs. The goal is to reduce the down times. Thereby, building a good habit. I am in a maintenance. But, there a lots of time where I have had to reset.
Whenever, I get to the point you've described, these are what I say to myself. I self talk a lot...- Okay, you've fallen off the wagon. Get up, dust of the sand/dirt and climb again. If you keep staying down then everyone will not only know that you fell off and you will be full of sand and dirt. The dirt may even dry on your body "*ouch*".
- Okay, you stepped into poop. Go home quickly and wash yourself immediately else there will be too many flies around you and you will stink. "*ouch*"
- Okay, the china bowl fell off your hands. What do you want to do now? Do you want to remove all your china bowls from your cabinet and destroy them?
- I can't help the past. But, I can make a different for tomorrow by today's decisions.
- There is a purpose why God did not give me eyes on my back. So that I can always look forward and walk forward. Nobody, walks backward and make it to their destination.
- I say this is in my local language (it is more meaningful in my local language) screaming at myself "STOP FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF. THIS IS NO TIME FOR THIS NONESENSE. IT HAS NEVER MOVED YOU FORWARD IN LIFE. GOT UP. GO GIVE YOURSELF A GOOD BATH. ANOINT YOURSELF WITH GOOD SMELLING PERFUME/OIL. DRESS UP, PUT ON SOME MUSIC, DANCE IF POSSIBLE, AND RESET. YOU ARE GOING TO SUCCEED!!! " OTHERS HAVE DONE IT. YOU TOO CAN!!! GOOD GIRL!!!
Lastly, I pray for strength and then come here and read other people's postings and get encouraged.
I pray and hope that one of these my "self talks" will be helpful to you.
You are worth the reset button. You can make it.
Take those good habits that helped got you to your goal (meal prepping, pre-logging, closing the kitchen at a set time, no sugar, enough water and sleep).
Take them one at a time. Start with the simplest and progress.
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Pass day #3, but only by a little.
Exercise: ✅
Calories: ❌ Over by 216
Tracking: ✅
I haven’t been sleeping well and I’m just spent so I needed more calories to get through the day standing. Lol. I’m not sure what’s going on with April and me, but hopefully I snap out of it quickly. At least I was over but still in a “lose weight” zone. Hopefully I can not have another pass day until May and stay in the winners circle.6 -
April (18)
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, walking + stretching.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes, 1,152/1,400
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes, 2,860 ml of fluid.
Pass days: 3 /3
burned calories: 14,399 /33,000
Wall pushups done: 1,230 /3,000
Saved 500 calories for dinner but was too late so ate a little , hence the calories' leftover.
Goodnight 💜💛4 -
April 18
Exercised? Yes 30 mins stationary bike, 30 mins walking and 10 mins jogging
Calories? Yes
Tracked? Yes3 -
4/18
Exersized-?yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes4 -
@oh_jackie Please be encouraged to post to the group. That is what we are here to do. We share accountability for ourselves and for each other.2
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@victorious55 Thanks for your words of wisdom. I will repost them tomorrow and save them in my collection of great posts!!1