November 14
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Pass Day 3 used today, stopped tracking at dinnertime. Just got lazy, oops! 🤭😉
For those who aren't able to use their android phones to get onto Community because they get a white screen, have you tried logging in without using the app? That's what I did, I went to www.myfitnesspal.com via Google Chrome and was able to sign in that way. Hopefully they'll get the problem fixed soon, but in the meantime it's a way to be able to use your phone. 😊6 -
Nov. 14
Exercise: 55 minutes stretching and PT exercises
Tracking: yes
Calories: over - pass day
Pass days taken: 15 -
The mental boosts of exercise are a big one for me. I feel so dull when I’m sedentary and when exercising regularly I feel on top of the world. I had always prioritised it before but marriage and having a child sidetracked me for a few years.
Being active is part of who I’ve always been so I will not let that happen again!
✅ exercise - ran for 20 minutes. Just realised I ran without stopping… it never crossed my mind to stop. It was only 20 minutes but I hadn’t gone for a run quite some time. I would’ve ran for longer but we had to get ready to go.
✅ calories
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14/11/2021
Exercise – yes, a 30 minute bike ride this morning and a short walk this afternoon plus a couple of short cardio sessions
Tracked – yes
Calories – yes
I spent too much time on that cross-stitch app again!
However, I did manage 12,000 steps.
I know that getting outside on my bike or walking has helped my mental health immensely these last 2 years – through the Covid lockdowns and of course my son’s illness and the grief of losing him.
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I love exercise I've never been successful without exercise.
I've been struggling to update as my app isn't letting me access the community. I used a pass day today (14th) but have had 3 X yes on the other days. I'll try to remember to come via the website in the future.6 -
ashleycarole86 wrote: »Did I exercise? Today felt like a great day of exercise! I did a 30 minute Peloton Bike Bootcamp workout which was 17 minutes on the bike and 13 minutes of a full body bodyweight strength routine. I also walked 85 minutes. The weather here was FANTASTIC!
Did I track my calories? Yes, everything
Did I stay within? Yes
To the opening post, I have found exercise is almost making me emotional (in a good way) lately.
The weight I registered on the scale today was officially 100+ pounds lost. Sometimes it feels surreal. My mind hasn't caught up with the changes my body has made. I feel so much stronger - I am finding the inner athlete again.
Exercise has always made me feel better mentally throughout this journey. The benefits can't be argued!
Huge Congrats to you @ashleycarole86 !! This is such fantastic news! What a milestone - very impressive! You're doing so well!
Like Maddie said, you've clearly got this!!
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Nov 14
Exercise: 1 hour of walking while talking on the phone to family, during the nicest part of a cold day.
Tracking: Planned the day, adjusted as I went
Calories: Under
The changes to my life with COVID made me really realize how important exercise is for my mental health. Part of it is that I work in my bedroom now, so some days my daily walk is the only time I leave my house (and other than meals, the only time I leave my bedroom). I am not exercising hard enough to have many of the benefits of the endorphins - one day I would like to have time to exercise like some of you. But the fresh air and time to think or socialize (sometimes I walk with a friend or while talking on the phone, sometimes I just think) is so important to my mental health. I consider the walking non-negotiable - since the beginning of everything closing I have said to myself that even prisoners in solitary confinement get to see the sun once a day. I'm not sure if that's actually true, but for myself I consider it the minimum for humane treatment, and when I don't do it my mental health immediately collapses.4 -
Exercise:
35 minutes on the walking exergame (and mini trampoline)
Logged: absolutely everything
On Target: without the exercise calories eaten
Passes used so far: 1/3 (bad planning)
Even before The World Changed (and the first covid lockdown began) I would use Youtube Treadmill training postings to "quick walk or run" (or stationary "bike") different trails, in different seasons. Some familiar (like the Cornwall coast where we went for vacation in 2019) or some of the streets in London .... some I have never been to and may never get to (The French Mediterranean, The Grand Canyon, parts of New Zealand)
I am not a fan of the cold. But this way I was less "housebound to the same view" when I didn't want to (or couldn't) stick my nose out the door.3 -
@LazyBlondeChef - Happy Anniversary
@ashleycarole86 - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! 🎉🎈🍾
I’m spending some time in a new place. I don’t know anyone. So if I get an invite to lunch or dinner, I go. Before this, I didn’t eat out very much. Now I’m eating out 1-2 meals a day. I’m looking at this month as an adjustment period. I’m hoping the newness will wear off and I will find new routines.
Sunday, November 14
Tracking: Yes
Calories: over
Exercise: Yes, stretching, golf 18 holes6 -
nope: I am officially out of the winner's circle, but still plodding toward a championship.
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yes for 34
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@ashleycarole86 - WOW - congratulations on your weight loss. You are truly awesome!
It seems the older I get, the more I need outdoor exercise to feel “good.” I just don’t get the same soul-satisfyingly contentment from the treadmill or other indoor workouts. If it’s cold, I focus on how good the fresh air feels on my face. That said, I’m headed into several months when outdoor exercise can be difficult. When the roads are covered in ice or snow or slush, I know I can’t risk a fall. I am, however, in the process of buying the correct gear so I can ride outside once in awhile (thanks to @lesdarts180 for the hint on shoe covers - one detail I hadn’t considered). When I get cranky, my husband will usually say “you need to go for a bike ride, you’re getting twitchy” and he’s absolutely right!7 -
Yes, yes and yes
Nice list of benefits from exercise. It really is great for you. I made the mental switch from working out on the treadmill to walking outside in the cold this weekend. I think I am better off getting directly acclimated to the cold and that it will help me get through the winter with a better attitude.4 -
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~🦃~~11 / 14 /2021~~ Waving Hi ~~🙋🏼 ~~ NOVEMBER ~~ BLESSings ALLways ~~ 💖 ~~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 210+ min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS.........27,170 +.......... 180 walking ........ 30 min. house cleaning....
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
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I never thought about indoor vs outdoor exercise. I always thought I felt especially great on vacation because of the R&R but I also spend many hours outdoors during vacations so maybe that also plays a part.2
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exercise-yes
tracking and calories-no
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ashleycarole86 wrote: »The weight I registered on the scale today was officially 100+ pounds lost. Sometimes it feels surreal. My mind hasn't caught up with the changes my body has made. I feel so much stronger - I am finding the inner athlete again.
Congratulations @ashleycarole86!! I haven't been in the different challenges for that long (10-day rounds, UAC, etc.), but you are one of the folks that always motivates me. I love how you push on and stay disciplined even when you have minor upticks on the scale. It is really something I'm having to focus on, especially during the next couple of months.3 -
✅ Exercise - 1 hour Jazzercise.
X Calories - Sampling of the appetizers I brought to Friendsgiving and all the random bits and bites of probably put me over
X Tracking - who knows…
Closed all my Apple watch rings today.
4/3 Pass days used
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November 14
Great opening post @LazyBlondeChef and contributions from so many - thank you!
Happy 11th Anniversary @LazyBlondeChef and congratulations on reaching 100 pounds gone @ashleycarole86 💯
Posting on the 15th as I fell asleep before I could get into MFP and post last night. Had a super hot epsom bath (and drank lots of water as it is so dehydrating, I know) and woke this morning after a great sleep and much less sore than I was sure I would be. Thank goodness!
Three falls on the ice and many more “catch yourself” almost falls yesterday and I am sworn to indoor exercise until the surfaces are consistent enough to use my IcyTrax (IT) outside. When the pavement is a mix of icy and dry, the IT are of no use. They are like a death wish on dry pavement. We have a blizzard on the way in today so I should be good from this point forward. I hate falling on the ice (and the almost falls are just as bad on my shoulders and back). Onwards.
I love to do my walking outside and really believe the exposure to sunlight and nature is a positive benefit to our mental health. 🥰
For Sunday November 14 ✅✅✅
My monthly weigh in is tomorrow at my doctor’s/Nutritionist’s office and I am, like always, terribly anxious. It is irrational, I know, but it is there. I keep working on this in the hope that I will, some day, be able to create some relief for myself from this anxiety. Onwards.
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11/14/2021
Exercise? No
Tracking? Yes
Calories? No5 -
✅ Exercise: 30 minutes walking
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 pass days used ()
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November 14, 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
Habits to maintain/work on this month:
Kitchen Closed? Yes
Did you go "nuts" with nuts today? No (10 days "nuts" free)
Within Sugar macro today? No (8 days)
Pass day - on a road trip.
Pass day 3/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).4 -
_JeffreyD_ wrote: »nope: I am officially out of the winner's circle, but still plodding toward a championship.
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@_JeffreyD_ GOOD FOR YOU for continuing to 'plod' toward a CHAMPIONSHIP! YOU ARE A CHAMPION!!!!
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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? ✅3 -
Nov 14 - Catching up on recording in the group: no x 3 today.3
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NOV 14
Exercise ✅ [> 20 min walk]2
