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@biketheworld, thanks for suggesting the Half Size Me podcast, hosted by Heather Robertson, I’m definitely going to check her out, 👍🏻👍🏻1
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Yes X 34
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Tracked -Yes
Within calorie budget - Yes
Exercised - Yes, a 4 mile run 🏃♀️
Pass days used - 14 -
Well, I really don’t know…
Not really sure what to write.
I didn’t feel good & I had zero confidence I could lose & even less confidence I could maintain. But I didn’t feel good.
So, I decided to eat only at home for a month. I used a bento box system which re-educated me on proper serving sizes & created a balanced diet.
Then I thought well they say you’re healthier if you lose 5% of your weight, so I set that goal. Took a long time. I was focused on changing habits AND not losing more than I could maintain.
Then 10%.
I’d stop & see if I could maintain the loss- then work to slowly lose more.
It’s all been a complete miracle. One of the major accomplishments of my lifetime.
Do I have to? Yes, because I promised myself; created that contract with myself. Which was a choice.
So there you have it. A choice that I made that created a “have to” for myself
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Maddie
PS I had completely forgotten what it felt like to be a normal weight, running up stairs.
I don’t want to lose that again.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 20 minutes on the Peloton and a 41 minute walk
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes! Turning things around folks
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Pass days used - 3
Focused to still make the Winners Circle!
Great topic @biketheworld ... looking forward to the six day series, I LOVE Half Size Me. What a great resource it is. While I agree with not "having" to lose weight, it can be a tough one to wrap my head around. However, I don't think there is a moral requirement for any of us to lose weight though, so I do agree with this idea of hers. I also think that if it comes from a different mentality than feeling like you HAVE to that you'll be more likely to build long lasting habits for success.7 -
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Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes- Full Body Warm Up: 5 min
- Day 21: EPIC I - Leg workout / Dumbbell Complex (+ cool down): 50 mins
Have I mentioned how much I like EPIC? I believe I have. Unlike most exercise I actually look forward to these. I think it's because every workout is different. Today's leg workout was especially good because there weren't a lot of lunges. I did the side lunges and reverse lunges but replaced the rest with calf raise variations which I need anyway. As Ms Girvan says ... make the workout your own.6 -
Oct 6
Track eats/drinks? Yes
Within calorie budget? Yes
Exercise? Walk 15 min step Aerobic 10min4 -
10/6/2021
Exercise? Yes. About 20 minutes of walking and some minimal stretching at rehearsal.
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Tracking? Yes.
Calories? Right on the limit today, so I'm going to count that as a yes.
Three yesses? Wow!
Pass days used? 4/3
It's almost midnight, so I'll come back to read everything tomorrow. 4 -
Yes, yes, and yes
workout in am and 30 min brisk walk in evening. Yay for me. Yay for all of us!3 -
Oct 6
Exercise - 15 minute MommaStrong, 30 minutes walking (beautiful day!)
Tracking - Planned, adjusted the plan along the way
Calories - Under
Pass days so far - 0
Thanks for the podcast recommendation and the nugget. It's interesting because I have been "doing" weight loss to some extent my whole adult life. But really, when I joined weight watchers right after college, I lost the 25 pounds I needed to lose pretty easily and kept it off until pregnancy. After pregnancy I had maybe 50 pounds to lose. I think that people who have lost 100+ pounds are in a whole different category from me and I have great admiration for what a challenge that must be but I don't know if their truths are my truths, really. But I am interested to keep reading those nuggets and see.
The "have to" brings me back to being pregnant with my first, 10 years ago. I was so so nauseous all the time and the only thing that kept me from throwing up was eating food like pizza and milkshakes. Those didn't even taste good but if I didn't eat them constantly I would throw up bile. The pounds piled on in a really frightening way - I gained half my body weight in those 9 months. My ob said, "You HAVE TO stop eating so much." And I explained that if I didn't eat I threw up and couldn't stop throwing up. She said, "Oh well, then, you HAVE TO work really hard at losing weight just as soon as you have this baby." (With the second pregnancy they gave me some medication that helped - wish they would have done that instead of "HAVE TO" at me!) As soon as I had my baby, I was immediately thinking constantly about how the doctor said "I HAVE TO" work on losing weight right away. It honestly kind of made me miserable in a really unnecessary way. I really couldn't lose weight while breastfeeding and caring for a young child, and then trying to get pregnant again. I don't know when I gave up on that "HAVE TO" - I think it was gradually - but it was a really good thing.
I finally circled back to the weight loss when my oldest was 7 and my youngest was 3. That doctor's "HAVE TO"s still echo in my mind but really, having been overweight for that many years, I felt less like I had to. Obviously I could live at that weight - I had done it already! And the pressure to lose it quickly - that ship had clearly sailed. So, I did kind of chose to do it on my own - and I have embraced the slow and steady way to lose it rather than being in any kind of rush. Losing at my pace, which I do think will be more sustainable in the end.
Wow, I'm not sure I took from that what I was meant to, but it sure was interesting to think about!4 -
Still no exercise due to my pulled muscle so 3/3 pass days used
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✅✅❌ all but exercise.5
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@LazyBlondeChef - you and several others have sold me on Epic. When I get back from vacation in 10 days I have plans to check it out.
@Caroline_slowandsteady - thanks for sharing all that. What a great story.
I had pass day #1 today.
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Wednesday, October 6
Pass Day but feeling much better3 -
Date: 10/6
Exercised ?: YES taught a PiYo class for 1 hour.
Calories ? YES (gotta make sure I’m eating enough 🤦🏾♀️
Tracked? YES
Pass Days 0/3
@biketheworld Thanks so much for the Podcast referral and sharing these nuggets of truth! I love learning about new resources!2 -
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~🎃~~10 / 6 /2021~~ Waving Hi ~~🧙🏼♀️ ~~ OCTOBER ~~ BLESSings ALLways ~~ 💖 ~~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 230+ min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS......... 32,700+.......... 200 walking ........ 30 m house cleaning
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
I have mixed opinions on this topic. On one hand, I'm a horrible procrastinator, so "I have to" mentality tends to be how things get done. When I have that mentality, I am more likely to get the positive results (weight loss).
That said, I also subscribe to the theory of adulthood that I don't "have" to do anything. There are things I should do and there are consequences to not doing them. For every choice, there's the little pros/cons tally in my head. It sometimes is useful to remember this for my mental health, but does not always yield the best results for my physical health.2 -
Oct 6th
✅ Exercise: 3 walks, 10-20 minutes each.
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
I definitely have a little rebel inside that does not respond well to ¨you have to.¨ I WANT to lose weight. I WANT to be healthy. At this moment I am happy and WANT to live longer. (Honestly just a few months ago I didn´t really want to live longer. I was burned out and life felt like such a struggle. I finally realized I need to take the chance and make changes-- letting go of work that has been a major part of my identity all my adult life. Right now I am actually having FUN exploring these lifestyle changes and learning what I missed out on of several years of not paying attention to the controversies related to weight.
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