September 5
Replies
-
Oops, looks like I'm going to have to use a pass day today. Pass Day #1. Started tracking just fine but had the munchies tonight and it's too difficult, or I'm just too lazy, to try to estimate amounts. Most likely went over my calorie target but not by a whole lot is my guess.
I did get a little activity in, a 20 minute walk and used the dumbbells for 10 minutes.
7 -
Sep 5:
✅✅✅
Exercise today was 2.5 hours hiking at Pettit Jean State Park in Arkansas down into the Cedar Falls Cave with my stepson and grandchildren. Then, when we got back to the house, I walked 60 more minutes. We'll be here in Arkansas another full day, and Tuesday we'll drive back to Ohio.7 -
Exercise for today - 82 minute bike ride, 34 minute walk
Did I track everything- yes
Was that food within my calorie goal- yes6 -
Sept 5
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?✅
30 minute walk & 30 minute yoga
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?✅
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?✅
Sept 4
Used #1 if 3 pass days
To much stress with my parents dementia. My mom was mad at me for not telling her I was her daughter. But then today (Sept) she knows who I am and said she loves me. Stress is my biggest hurdle. I can exercise all day and this situation never gets easier to deal with.
Regarding exercise and weight loss, when I was in my teens and twenties the more I exercised the more weight I lost. But after my late 30’s, that all changed. Exercise alone does not help me loose weight.
That’s why I joined this group, I need accountability on tracking my food.11 -
✅ Exercised - 30 minutes
✅ Tracked everything
✅ stayed within my calorie budget6 -
September 5
1. Tracked it all ✅
2. Kept within calorie limit? ✅
3. Moved for 20 minutes or more? ✅ two 30 minute walks with the puppy; gardening; grocery shopping
1️⃣ pass day used on September 4Extra goals for September success:
8000 steps? 👍🏻 10,386
Reached protein goal of 88g? 👎🏻 (47g actual)
iPhone ban success? 👍🏻 But another rotten sleep 🥱😵😵💫😴6 -
Yes x 35
-
9/5/2021
Did I exercise at least 20 minutes? Today was run/walk time. Sloth/hot, tired sloth pace.
5.15 miles in 90 minutes or so.
Did I track everything? Yep.
Did I eat within my calorie goals? Nope.
I guess, at this point, my pass days are 4/3.
Exercising makes me hungry. And I don't always choose wisely when I'm really hungry. Back a few years ago when I was here, I was exercising a lot (gym classes and run/walk - I was doing something 6 days a week) and I was eating pretty much whatever I wanted, albeit in moderation. These days I'm not exercising as much nor, lately, am I being as careful about my calories. And I'm starting to put weight back on. So, obviously, I need to both exercise and keep track of calories in order to lose weight.8 -
Yes x 37
-
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes
Treadmill: 35 mins / 1.89 mi
HIIT Warm Up: 5 mins
Day 5: Beginner EPIC Full Body HIIT Workout: 33 mins
Pool (light exercise): about 60 mins
Apple rings closed: 5/30
Passes used: 2/3 (1sep) (4sep)
I am not sure if I'll be able to continue with the weekly HIIT workout part of EPIC. I may have to switch to one of her low impact aerobic ones instead. Most of the lunge variations in this one were too hard on my knees so I had to do quite a few modifications. Also, there were too many burpees which is something I've never done before today. I ended up doing push-ups about half the time instead. I plan to start EPIC I tomorrow. I'll continue to make modifications where I need to in order to keep my knees happy.5 -
@JillyBT - my thoughts are with you. What you are going through is painful and both mentally and physically exhausting. Going through the grieving process while our parents are still alive is … I have no words. The anticipation and our need to have them present is overwhelming. Be kind to yourself and know that you are loved.5
-
@LazyBlondeChef - my almost 60 knees are not doing any kind of HIIT exercises anymore. No jumping up and down except for jumping jacks and sometimes high knees. My lunges are seriously modified and probably qualify more as a split stance than a lunge. A few years ago I pushed myself thinking I just needed to try harder. Nope. Bad knees and arthritis. X rays don’t lie. I finally forgave myself - my knees got this way from giving me tremendous joy playing high school and college sports and then continuing with skiing and golfing and other activities that just destroyed my knees but I do continue doing today. So I am more than okay with lifting while not jumping around. Slow, no jumping, modified burpees are my speed.1
-
I find the daily topics thought provoking and the responses well thought out. Thank you to all those taking the time to create the topics and for all of the responses. I find myself reading responses, doing a bit of research, and incorporating new things quite often.
I exercise to maintain (and hopefully build) muscle, stronger bones, heart and lung health, reduce inflammation, etc. I exercise to try to minimize (and hopefully reverse) my osteoporosis, arthritis, and a host of other things. I eat to fuel my body for an active life and do my best to use good fuel as often as possible. I found it difficult when I was overweight/obese to exercise. It was both mentally and physically difficult. I didn’t have the stamina. It seems to me that we have been bombarded with CICO but that seems so simplified. Some posters elsewhere on MFP scream a calorie is a calorie. I do not believe all calories are created equally and many foods actually cause/contribute to insulin resistance and disease. It is important to eat within calorie limits but to also focus on the quality of those calories. For me, eating well and staying active are so intricately intertwined that they cannot be evaluated separately. I cannot accomplish my goals without both.
Sunday, September 5
Tracking: Yes
Calories: under - way under
Exercise: Yes, serious yard work for 6 plus hours. I skipped lunch and figured I’d go in for dinner. When I got in, I took a shower and climbed straight into bed. I’m hungry this morning but the big field looks fantastic.
Pass days to date - 05 -
@LazyBlondeChef
I don't know what kind of lunge variations you are doing with your program, but I was finding doing lunges with weights was really bothering my knees. I started doing reverse lunges instead and it solved the problem for me. This is the video that I found that helped me. She goes over squats first and then lunges
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ne8yvlyiO-s4 -
Exercise: Yes, barely squeaked it in, and wouldn't if not for the challenge - 15 minute walk and 15 min stretching
Tracked: Yes
Under calories: Yes
Pass days: 1/3
I have never been much of an exerciser, but times that I have gotten a lot of exercise I have found it really helps with maintaining calories - I can eat whatever I want and stay the same weight, but I can't not eat whatever I want (because I am too hungry). All of my weight loss efforts have been accompanied by only moderate exercise - more than moderate and I get too hungry.6 -
Probably more people would characterize the exercise I do as minimal, to be honest, not moderate.5
-
September 5
UAC goals
✅ Exercise 20+ minutes
✅ Calories within budget
✅ Tracked every detail I consumed
Pass days used: 0/3
Additional challenges
✅ 3+ strength sessions in last 7 days (9/3, 9/1, 8/30)
✅ 17k+ steps (18,181 steps)
✅ 7 day avg. 7.5+ walking miles (9.2 miles)
Additional challenges met: 5/5 days
Today's Activities
🚶♂️ 66 min Morning Walk (3.3 miles)
🚶♂️ 52 min Evening Walk (2.53 miles)3 -
I’m so sorry you are dealing with this. Truly one of the most stressful things to experience.To much stress with my parents dementia. My mom was mad at me for not telling her I was her daughter. But then today (Sept) she knows who I am and said she loves me. Stress is my biggest hurdle. I can exercise all day and this situation never gets easier to deal with.
Every time someone says something about a sloth I think of that movie where a sloth was working at the BMV. Makes me laugh every time.Today was run/walk time. Sloth/hot, tired sloth pace.
Burpees should be labeled cruel and unusual punishment. I haven’t done them in ages but when I do, I use my bosu ball and then they’re tolerable and doable.LazyBlondeChef wrote: »
Also, there were too many burpees which is something I've never done before today. I ended up doing push-ups about half the time instead.
4 -
Sept 5
To much stress with my parents dementia. My mom was mad at me for not telling her I was her daughter. But then today (Sept) she knows who I am and said she loves me. Stress is my biggest hurdle. I can exercise all day and this situation never gets easier to deal with.
@JillyBT I can relate. My Mom has advanced Alzheimer's and will be living with me three years this December. It's incredibly overwhelming and the disease has not only robbed her of her life, but me of mine as well. Working on weight loss, exercise, and focusing on my wellness in dozens of little ways has helped me feel that I have some sort of "control" in my life. It has really helped me, but yet some days I feel I just can't cope with it another moment.
So, virtual hug.6 -
Caroline_slowandsteady wrote: »Probably more people would characterize the exercise I do as minimal, to be honest, not moderate.
Right there with you in this. But, as I keep being told, at least you are doing... that's more than can be said for a lot of people. 2 -
.
~~~9 / 5 /2021~~~ Waving Hi ~~ 🧚🏼 ~~ BLESSings ALLways ~~ 💖 ~~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 170 + min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS.......... 21,200+ ........140 m Walking .... 30 m house cleaning .....
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
1-2-3-4-5
.3 -
Sept 5
✅calories <2,100!
✅everything else - 14,907 steps 1,000’ elevation
3️⃣Pass Days Remaining
I believe walking/hiking every day 10K+ every day since mid-2017 has had a huge impact on my Heath & appetite.
Frequently, I give thanks to my surgeon who told me to walk 10,000 steps every day for the rest of my life.
(The hardest part is in the beginning.)3 -
Exercise y
Track no
Stayed below yes3 -
9/5
Exersised yes
Caleries yes
Logged yes3 -
yes x 33
-
September 5, 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
Did you go "nuts" with nuts today? No (5 days-free )
(I go "nuts" with nuts most times, trying to continue a good habit this month. Counting the number of "nuts" free days.) I am still learning a lot about myself in this area!
Pass day 0/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).2 -
Sept. 5
Exercise: 80 minutes mountain biking, 50 minutes weight training, 55 minutes stretching and PT exercises
Tracking: yes
Calories: a little over, have to take a pass day
Pass days: 13 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 25 min Cubii
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
3 -
Exercise for 20+ minutes: yes - 3.8 miles power walking at the track
Tracked all intake: Yes
Stayed within budgeted calories: Yes3 -
SEP 5
Exercise ✅ [2:45 h walk]2
