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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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We have to forget any mistakes we made last week and refresh yourself.
Sometimes it is a good idea to sit down and actually write down your goals. That is a refreshing activity.
What do you do when you need to refresh or commit to a goal?6 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes (30 mins walking)
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
First day on track in over a week. Last week was a struggle. Leaving that week behind and trying to keep on track on days going forward.14 -
The last day I logged in was May 18. Ugh. I have spent the morning reading everyone’s posts and all the triumphs and tribulations. I seem to be out of remission with my autoimmune disease and lots of doctors appointments last week and this week. Today I woke up feeling stronger but my husband is sitting on me because when I feel somewhat well, I try to run a marathon or something. My plan is to start walking again this week and eating well (too much comfort food which, although emotionally satisfying, is definitely not helping physically). I am well out of contention for the winners circle but I am here.17
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in response to your question @rangerrickL I have never been a diary person, so writing down a goal for myself to read has never made sense. THAT is where the UAC and, while I was losing, the "Give me 10 days" group were really beneficial. Posting my intents and goals for the particular challenge (1 month or 10 days depending on which one) actually gave me insights into myself and what I thought I could accomplish, as well as insights into some of the challenges I faced in the previous challenge or challenges for the upcoming one. I think that activity was very beneficial. Now that I am in maintenance, I find that I do not define my intents like I did while losing. Something to think about. Thanks for the suggestion!8
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24th May
Yes walk with bub 30 min and 45 weights session.
Yes and yes.
Night all. Xox7 -
@readyornot1234 - sorry your auto immune disease is back. Please take it easy and good for your husband for “sitting on you.”
Goals - I have found that I need a chart or something written down for me to check off. When I’m training for a half marathon, if I just tell myself to increase my miles, I can handle that. But if I print off a training plan and have to cross off the workouts, I go into that half much better prepared. Same with this strength program I started 4 weeks ago. It’s a laid out plan with a chart for me to track. It’s more of a commitment and more satisfying to have a chart to cross off than just to say “I’ll follow this when I get around to it.”
But I also have realized that if I make a weight loss goal of “by this date I will weigh this amount” I’ve just set myself up for failure and frustration. It’s much better for me to have a goal like the UAC because if I take care of that goal, the weight goal takes care of itself.9 -
24th May
3 x Yes
Exercise: total around 40 minutes walking briskly this morning and almost 20 at a slow pace this evening, taking my partner to see a film. This was a bad move and I feel quite guilty, because he really understood almost nothing and he hates being confronted with his failing brain. I won't do that again, or maybe just something simple and straightforward, or an old movie ...
@victorious55 I'm doing a 'no-nuts' with a 'no-wine'. I am just about at 21 days, and nowadays, when I have problems with my partner, I don't immediately think "must have a drink!"
Calories: Yes, stayed under. My freezer compartment is bulging, so I am going to have to eat some pot luck meals from now ...
Tracking: Yes, logged everything.
Goals: while I am a writer, diary, blogs, lists, letters, emails, stories, reports, I don't write plans or steps or goals. I tend to jump into immediate action. I decide to work on my Italian: sign up for a class. Lose weight: get fit, UAC, swimming pool, Yoga class, stop drinking alcohol. I am now old and wise enough to not beat myself over the head when it takes a long time to reach my goal, or if I falter on the way. I don't have to set deadlines. There are enough of those set for me by others, I don't want to add to those.
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Today I did all my steps and a 30 minute yoga session. Light yin yoga to start with but it’s progress. Good food choices still and apart from my blocked sinus I seem to be recovered. The benefit of getting my steps in by walking around the garden is that I can read a book while I do it because I don’t have to be as alert as I do when out in public.
All competitions are officially cancelled for the next 6 weeks at least as South Africa deals with the third wave of COVID so at least I’m not confronted with a tough choice right now. Coach was not keen on any of us going even though I should have a level of immunity going forward. I can still work towards the next competition even if I don’t know when it will be.8 -
MAY 24
T ✅ 24 | C ✅ 3 | E ✅ 15
Third day within my calorie budget, striving to continue until the end of the month after overeating the first three weeks🙈10 -
24 May
3 x Yes. 1 pass day used.
Question of the day?
What do you do when you need to refresh or commit to a goal?
Something definitely interesting to ponder.8 -
Pass day 3. I hope I will come to my senses soon🤞9
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May 24
Exercise: Yes- 18 mins Yoga
- 45 min Run
- 59 min Walk
- 29 mins Strength (Push-Ups, Lat Pull-Downs, Palloff Press)
Tracked: Yes (everything)
Pass Days: 1/3 (14th)
For goals I plan out the necessary steps to get to my goal and check progress along the way. For fitness related things I love gathering up data on my progress to help me determine if things are on track, or if I'm overdoing it, or could tweak things. I tend to stretch out fitness plans a bit too far into the future and am almost always tweaking them before I complete that plan based on how things have progressed. I save all that data and have found it useful on a couple occasions when getting back into things after injury or some other setback to help develop a new plan.5 -
5/24
Exersized-?just my steps.
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes6 -
Sometimes I like planning out my whole exercise week, but other times I just like do to whatever strikes my mood that day. If I feel like I need to re-set, I'll journal for the day but I journal maybe once every two months.
Exercise: Arms
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes5 -
readyornot1234 wrote: »The last day I logged in was May 18. Ugh. I have spent the morning reading everyone’s posts and all the triumphs and tribulations. I seem to be out of remission with my autoimmune disease and lots of doctors appointments last week and this week. Today I woke up feeling stronger but my husband is sitting on me because when I feel somewhat well, I try to run a marathon or something. My plan is to start walking again this week and eating well (too much comfort food which, although emotionally satisfying, is definitely not helping physically). I am well out of contention for the winners circle but I am here.
Me too, I think, regarding a flare of my Crohn’s. Will learn much more tomorrow. However, my Crohn’s doctor thinks it’s the meds Kidney Transplant chose to put me on.
I’m thinking of you & hoping for the best for us both!
Hugs,
Maddie4 -
Did a new Darabee workout so many to chose from worked the upper body chuckled to myself at first but by the end a good workout. Walked twice today and finished my day playing electric guitar a fun Monday.
The house reno is moving along quite nicely siding should be here soon I can’t wait.
Logged and tracked all my food another day done5 -
I exercised, tracked and went over calories. Pass day 8? High anxiety day but I'm going to put it behind me and have a better day tomorrow.
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May 24
Exercised? Yes day 2 labour day painting, still have more but will do them gradually
Calories? Yes
Tracked? Yes5 -
I do have goals that I commit to. I have a group of friends in a private group on MFP that I connect with each day. I list my goals every day and then ✅ or ❌ each goal. When I feel like a goal has become such a habit that I don’t need to list it every day, I choose a new goal to take its place. I never have more than 5 goals at any one time.
I was a teacher for years and when I taught writing, I tried to impress upon my students the importance of planning ( outlining) what they were going to write before they dove into it. Otherwise they would lose focus. Writing my goals each day helps keep me focused.
On my classroom wall I had posted,
If you fail to plan,
You plan to fail!
Exercise:✅
Tracked:✅
Under:✅7 -
Ugh, I typed out a post and hit 'Done' instead of 'Post Reply. I do this all the time! Anyway, too tired to retype so I will just say:
Yes x 3 today.6 -
Three yes for today4
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✅✅✅
Walked 1, ran 4, walked 0.25.
Pass days remaining: 0
I love writing things down. I specifically love writing things on post it’s and sticking them everywhere. I’m not sure where I would be in life if not for post it’s.
Today’s victory: I may not have hit my diary protien goal (194g) but I did hit 174 which is the highest I’ve gotten it and only 4gs off my goal of 178 (1g of protein per lbs at current weight). It wasn’t terrible and I think quite sustainable for at least a couple of weeks as I battle this stupid plateau (I’m really getting grumpy about it at this point). It will not win.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, a 60 minute Osteo Health class, followed by a 60 minute trail walk in the morning, then a 45 minute Pound class, followed by a Yoga Flow class this evening.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yep
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yep
Day #5 75 Hard Challenge completed5 -
@readyornot1234 Welcome back to action! I'm glad you are feeling better and that your husband is protecting you from too much ambition.
Best wishes, Rick0 -
Exercise had both the usual and the unusual: The usual was active stretching and walking. The unusual was moving (2x) twenty bags of horse bedding in which each bag weighed 40 lbs. The active stretching prepared my back for that lifting movement (I hope. So far so good)
Calories: under my limit
Tracking: good4 -
Yes, yes, yes, a good day.
Hmmm, when I falter I guess I just keep on keepin on... Seems to work ok.5 -
Yes x3
Pass days: 23 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes ... treadmill 30 mins / 1.85 mi + after dinner walk 27 mins / 1.52 mi
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
Passes used: 5/3
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Yes x 34
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✅ 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
2️⃣ Pass Days left
Goals: I have short/long term goals which I regularly monitor/adjust. I belong to several daily support/motivation groups on MFP.
I tend to think of goals as aims/aspirations, and find it helpful to focus on what I have achieved rather than what I haven’t achieved each day.
Every morning I get a new opportunity to choose what I will do.
PS:: Yesterday, I chose to have a pass day 😂 We were finally able to visit family after being in lockdown since Christmas Eve. I didn’t go mad, just chose not to log.6
