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October 28
Mrs_Hoffer
Posts: 5,193 Member
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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A huge THANK YOU to the following members who have commented on the thread in the Challenges board for the new UAC group starting up in November!
@ashleycarole86
@SummerSkier
@snowshoe072
@donna25trinity
@Caroline_slowandsteady
@bookieNJ
@Jana_2020
@jamcnewman
@victorious55
If you haven't, please stop by and make a short comment about what the UAC has meant to you.
Here's the link to our post on the MFP Challenge Board:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10846951/ultimate-accountability-challenge-nov2021-do-you-have-a-plan-to-be-successful-thru-the-holidays/p1?new=1
(And while you're there, be sure to click the link and join the UAC for November.)
Only 4 days left in October!! 📣 Please let us know if you are going to be in the Winner's Circle for October!
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Our holiday has been rescheduled for later in the year.
I’ve had one cold after another for months now. Little one brings everything home from nursery and has kindly shared all the bugs with me. My immune system isn’t where it should be from not mixing with anyone for the past 18 months or so.
I’ve completely lost track of this week and missed too many days. I’ll join again in next month’s challenge.
Best of luck to everyone!8 -
@taurie oh no!!! What a bummer on the holiday being rescheduled. I'm sorry you've had so much illness too. That sure stinks!2
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I am sorry @taurie — that your holiday had to be cancelled, that you and the wee one have been poorly — you must be exhausted. Take good care of yourself. 💛4
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Thursday Oct 28
Exercise: Yes - 30 minute dog walk
Calories under: Yes
Tracked all: Yes
(4/3 pass days used to date)5 -
28 Oct 21
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
Just a quick catch up note. I truly believe that there is no one set way to maintain. It is not a static thing. For many years I thought that a person could diet and lose the weight and then just go on as before without any sort of plan. Perhaps some folks can. However, there also has to be a balance. The nice thing about maintenance is that you can be a little lenient. Trying to control everything to the n th degree seems a recipe for disaster. And maintenance evolves over time for everyone. It's not a static thing which you decide X and do that forever. Sometimes it's a do Y this month and do Z for this week. And focus can change from scale weight to health metrics or fitness goals or challenges in other areas of our lives. I guess I am saying that what is gospel for one person to maintain is possibly a trash novel for another. None of us are perfect and accepting some failure and figuring out a plan to recover is one of the best ways to approach it. But realize that we are all on different journeys and someone else's plan do to a recent glitch and advice for where THEY are right now can be considered but we really are smarter than to fall behind each new plan or advce like lemmings. Absolutely read and absorb, but always remember you are in charge or your own journey.6 -
OCT 28
Exercise ✅ [3 min stair climbing + 1:15 h strength training]5 -
Pass Day 4
I wasn't feeling well the past days but still tried to push through, turns out I have food poisoning and won't be doing any kind of exercise for the next few days. It's annoying this close to the "finish line" but until the poisoning I did very well and this isn't in my hands so overall I'm still proud of myself.9 -
Did I exercise for 20? Yes, so far I've done a 30 minute Peloton and 49 minute walk with more walking to come this evening
Did I track it all? Yes - haven't had supper yet but it's pre-ordered so I'm confident I'll stay within
Did I stay within? Yes
Pass days used - 4/3
On the off chance any of the last two change I'll come back to edit6 -
28/10/2021
Exercise - yes
Tracked – yes
Calories – yes
I’ve only admitted to 2 pass days so far but it looks like I’m going to finish the month about 0.5kg heavier than I started and just over my maintenance goal/range so it looks as though some of my estimating has been off.
I have to admit to a moment of weakness a couple of days ago: my morning weigh in was a steady 51 kg for 5 days in a row from the 22nd then popped up to 51.3 kg on the 23rd and I was very tempted not to record it in my Libra app. Then I remembered something I wrote a couple of weeks ago in response to one of the “nuggets” (thanks to @biketheworld ):
“sometimes, when you know you have gained weight you just want to pretend it’s not happening.” It’s not the fault of the scales, we have to be responsible for our own journey.
PS the weight is dropping again but very slowly.
I agree with Summer that maintenance is not a simple do “this” for ever. As you will all have noticed, I take a lot of holidays so I have three situations – preparing for a holiday, enjoying the holiday, and recovering from the holiday. I don’t go over the top on holiday and I’m often very active, but I do allow myself to enjoy restaurant meals, occasional drinks, ice creams etc. I know that the break may result in a little gain, but that can be reversed again fairly easily.
It was easy during the travel restrictions but I have enjoyed several holidays this year while maintaining in my range.6 -
✅ - Exercise 20+ Minutes: 93 minutes, aerobics/walking/circuits
✅ - Calories within budget
✅ - Tracked everything
3️⃣ Pass Days left
@SummerSkier
For me, maintenance depends on me continuing with my new habits ad infinitum, with the added advantage that I can cut myself some slack for high days and holidays.
If one does choose to go back to one’s old habits, one shouldn’t be surprised when one gets the same results that one got before.7 -
October 28
Yep, Yeppers & You betcha!
4 pass days used (1st, 2nd, 7th, 24th)
Today's exercise was a strength routine; three sets each of dumbbell bench press, banded lat pull-down, banded tricep extension, dumbbell wrist curl
I'm definitely not going to be in the Winner's Circle this month with 4 pass days. And despite how much I could gripe about October, I can clearly see the way forward. This was a month for adjustments. November may present challenges too but I am better prepared for it thanks to October.8 -
10/28
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? 👍🏻
Used 2 passes
Left 1 pass
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October goals
- Miracle Morning daily.
- yoga and strength training at least 3x weekly. (Strength training isn’t happening unfortunately this week, 😢😢
- average 30g or fewer net carbs per day
- No LNS daily, ONLY fruits6 -
Yes x 36
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yes for 3
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✅ all three good night5
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Oct 28 ✅✅✅
Was hungry tonight so I ate back my exercise calories (staying just slightly under). That's okay though. I stopped when I needed too and made sure to eat satiating foods. I could still eat more but I'm satisfied enough to just have a chocolate tea and close the kitchen.
A really big win for me today: I had a trigger that would normally have me emotionally eating so I'm pleased I'm learning how to work through it. What's even more interesting is that I almost didn't realize it. I guess these new coping skills are becoming a way of life!
3 pass days this month: Oct 1, 5 & 12.7 -
Oct 28
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Pass Days Used: Too Many.
Exercise today was a 30 min walk around the inside of the building at work, and 3 hours of giving massages tonight. I got home too late tonight to eat dinner (I don't like to eat and go right to bed, which I'm doing as soon as I finish my posts for tonight!
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Lilinchen92 wrote: »Pass Day 4
I wasn't feeling well the past days but still tried to push through, turns out I have food poisoning and won't be doing any kind of exercise for the next few days. It's annoying this close to the "finish line" but until the poisoning I did very well and this isn't in my hands so overall I'm still proud of myself.
I'm so sorry that you're feeling so poorly. I don't know much about food poisoning, but I know it can be an awful experience. But, you're right..... you were doing VERY WELL, and this isn't in your hands. I hope you feel better soon.3 -
Exercise: Tracking: Calories:
Well, only three days left in the month and no pass days used so yes to Winner's Circle!
I should be able to stretch my no pass day streak to 3 months, but you never know...there is a cake on the counter that has been really messing with me. Today I seriously contemplated how many calories would be in a piece for tracking so I wouldn't need to take a "pass," and more importantly if I would be able to stop if I only had a small piece. I decided it was a bad idea, but I feel my resolve weakening....
I have to convince myself that I CAN eat something off my pseudo whole foods plan and be strong enough to get right back on course, but given my history I just don't believe in my ability to do that.
So, for today anyway, fear trumped cake!6 -
October 28, 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 (24 days -free)
Over Sugar macro today? No (17 days)
Pass day 1/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).
Working hard to be in the Winner's Circle.3 -
October 28
✅ Exercise - dance workout video
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
3 Pass Days Used3 -
October 28
It was a ✅✅✅ day; exercise was on the treadmill again. Husband did the puppy walks today as I was told to self isolate until the Covid test result (which cane back negative). Hoping for another good sleep tonight to make progress on kicking this cold to the curb.
Two pass days used: October 10 & 15
Julie
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Pass Day today, I've lost count how many I've used... 🤭 Congrats to all who are still in the Winner's Circle!
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Oct 28
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💟💟💟💟💟day 5: lower sat fat & calories
Amazing how much sipping hot decaf tea & my commitment to decrease a couple of cholesterol numbers is working! Oct - Dec is always my best weight loss season! I know, weird…right?!
@Mrs_Hoffer I plant to be in the Winner’s Circle. Won’t know until Oct 31 Nighttime, but I’ll let you know if it changes!!
#Every Day Counts.
Over my time in MFP, I’ve often had my best months (weight wise) when I’m out of Pass Days earlier on! Seems true this month, too.6 -
Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes- Full Body Warm Up: 5 min
- Caroline Garvin 20 min knee friendly leg workout
- Caroline Garvin 15 min compound leg workout
Today was supposed to be day 37 of EPIC I but it was a lower body workout consisting of mostly lunges so I had to find alternatives. I ended up doing two different leg workouts. The knee friendly one was all mat work with no weights and a tiny bit of isometrics. The compound one had lunges, squats and deadlifts. As usual I replaced the lunges with calf raises (other than the lateral lunge which I can do pain free).
I should be in the winners circle.6 -
Oct 29
Exercise: 49 minutes biking, 22 minutes elliptical, 50 minutes weight training, 55 minutes stretching and PT exercises
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days: 2
Winner's circle: yes, on pace4 -
Oct 28
Exercise - 30 minutes stretching, 90 minutes walking for work
Tracking - Planned the day - not the day before as I usually do because I was too into my pass day yesterday. But I planned it in the morning. Actually, dinner plans changed mid-day so I had to replan dinner. But planned before each meal and stuck to it.
Calories - Under
I am skipping my "Takeout Friday" today because I did that on Wednesday as a pass day.
Pass days: I think I am at 5? Definitely not the winner's circle. Quite likely another pass day coming up on Halloween, depending on if the kids let me eat their candy...
@SummerSkier and others I love the messages from maintenance-land. Makes me think of what's coming up for me hopefully soon. I didn't have much trouble maintaining last time I lost weight, from age ~24-30. It did actually start becoming more challenging just after 30, and then I got pregnant and began a whole different journey. I do bet it'll be more work this time around at age 41.3 -
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~🎃~~10 / 28 /2021~~ Waving Hi ~~🧙🏼♀️ ~~ OCTOBER ~~ BLESSings ALLways ~~ 💖 ~~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 220+ min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS......... 31,120+.......... 190 walking ........ 30 min. house cleaning....
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28
( 0 Passes used... On track for monthly Consistency Success)
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