December 30
Mrs_Hoffer
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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're coming down to the wire, and New Year's Eve is tomorrow! Wow, where has this year gone?! 🥳
Please let us know if you're going to be in the Winner's Circle or on the Champion's list for December. We want to celebrate YOU!!
And again, the January UAC group is posted now. I hope you'll join us in January..... You can sign up for January here:
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And if you haven't already done so, please consider leaving a brief testimonial about what the UAC has meant to you on our thread in the Challenges section of MFP. This is where new people go to search out a challenge to join.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10851557/ultimate-accountability-challenge-uac#latest
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30/12/2021
Well, I’m not in the Winner’s Circle but unless I forget to check in tomorrow, I will be in the Champions circle.
I’ve been out on my bike – about 45 minutes
I’ve had breakfast and lunch at home – tracked/logged – OK calorie-wise.
BUT I’m going away this afternoon to stay in a hotel for a few days over the NY (with friends) so I don’t know how easy it will be to track or stay within my calorie allowance today or the following few days.
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lesdarts180 wrote: »30/12/2021
Well, I’m not in the Winner’s Circle but unless I forget to check in tomorrow, I will be in the Champions circle.
I’ve been out on my bike – about 45 minutes
I’ve had breakfast and lunch at home – tracked/logged – OK calorie-wise.
BUT I’m going away this afternoon to stay in a hotel for a few days over the NY (with friends) so I don’t know how easy it will be to track or stay within my calorie allowance today or the following few days.
Enjoy your time away @lesdarts180 with friends! Wishing you a very happy new year celebration 🎉1 -
It's just after lunch-time - so far no real reaction to the 9:30 am booster shot. I am gonna get my exercise out of the way NOW (juuuuuust in case the reaction sets in later in the day) Doodle-challenge drawing is also already done.
Full report at the end of the day, including whether or not I am still in the running for WC (as of end of yesterday, was 3 / 3 pass days used)7 -
@BMcC9 Hopefully you continue to feel good. My husband, Mom and myself all got our boosters yesterday and we are all feeling good. Fingers crossed for you but great strategy to get your exercise done while you still have the energy!2
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Pass day. Girls night dinner that I have no idea how to quantify.
I saw a nutritionist today to try to get me back on track. I feel like it was a waste of time. That being said I really didn’t like that she told me I should be eating 1400 calories a day and not eating exercise calories back (38yo, 5’8”, 185lbs) and I told her that wasn’t sustainable for me and I basically got well then you won’t lose weight. So here I am trying to figure out if some of the things she said were just way off or if I’m just trying to discredit her in my head becuase I don’t like what she told me. These were some of the red flags for me. Let me know if I should be giving her more credit than I am on this.
- When I told her I didn’t eat meat, she asked me if I ate chicken. Same topic - she thinks dairy and eggs are part of a plant based diet. (Edited to note I do eat eggs and dairy, but I shouldn’t have been given a plan that includes eggs and dairy that’s labeled “plant based proteins” 😂)
- My weight has no bearing on the number of calories I should be eating - just my height.
- Vitamin deficiency would have no bearing on the foods I'm craving.
- My muscle mass and/or exercise levels would have no effect on the number of calories I should eat.
- The way I was dismissed when I asked for specific numbers for how much protein I should consume a day - I kept getting “it should be spread across the whole day”. Super. Great. HOW MUCH IS “IT”?!
Ugh. I’m feeling like that was such a waste of time and energy and it was not at all the assist with a reset/ plan development for 2022 I was hoping for. But be honest with me - am I just looking for reasons to disregard her advice here or do her opinions on things seem off?5 -
@mshawski I agree that she seemed clueless. You didn't fit the textbook she was graded on in school. I find many in the medical field have stopped researching and want to give one size fits all answers. You may need to find a nutritionist that specializes vegan diets. They are out there. Being vegan takes you out of the norm... I hate that the medical field has gone to everyone is the same.
My lipoma was so rare that the pathologist had to comment in his report.
Just goes to show we aren't the same and should have individual care.5 -
No winners circle for me ... probably will end up with a pass day tomorrow since we're going to a friends house for NYE. I'll be fine today since meals are already planned.3
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@mshawski I agree that she seemed clueless. You didn't fit the textbook she was graded on in school. I find many in the medical field have stopped researching and want to give one size fits all answers. You may need to find a nutritionist that specializes vegan diets. They are out there. Being vegan takes you out of the norm... I hate that the medical field has gone to everyone is the same.
My lipoma was so rare that the pathologist had to comment in his report.
Just goes to show we aren't the same and should have individual care.
Thanks @tahm42 - you’ve made me feel less crazy. Lol. ❤️ I actually eat eggs and dairy so I’m just a standard vegetarian not a completely plant based vegan - but the fact that she thinks eggs are part of a plant based diet made me LOL. 😂🤦🏻♀️
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@mshawski that doesn't sound right to me at all so I would wonder what her credentials are. Maybe try another one who has an actual degree and perhaps one who specializes in vegetarian or vegan (I thought you were vegetarian not vegan but now I'm not sure). They may be more in tune with your nutritional needs.
As far as I understand eggs & dairy can be part of a vegetarian diet but presumably "plant based" is the equivalent of vegan but to be honest it's not something I've ever looked into as I am a meat/fish eater and always will be. But my instinct is she is wrong in her statement. She is probably right that cravings don't equate deficiencies even though we humans like to think they do.
She is wrong about eating back exercise calories ... though I would say only the active ones and also insure that whatever you use to determine those calories accurate because MFP is not.4 -
Wednesday
Exercise yes
Tracking and calories no
Yes to champion list
No to winners circle4 -
@mshawski
Maryann - I am sorry for your experience today. Personally, I don’t think your reaction is off. Feedback is from my experience with the one dietician that I have ever seen, and who I have been meeting with monthly since August when I started on this wellness journey, MFP, and UAC.
My immediate reaction is to ask whether she is certified, and by which board or college? Every country is different in this regard, and in Canada, the title “dietitian” is protected by law. “Nutritionist” is a protected title in only three of our provinces and in the rest of Canada, anyone can call themselves a nutritionist (or a nutrition coach, or any other title). Not sure what the situation is in the US?
I can’t imagine any registered professional being confused about what constitutes a plant-based diet. 😳 My dietician will recalibrate my daily calorie target based on weight change. We haven’t had to change so far (40 pounds lost) as I am still losing an appropriate amount each month. The 1400 a day may need to change when I stall. My protein/carbs/fats are set right now as a standing percentage of the daily calorie total (which does not include exercise calories):
Protein - 25%
Carbohydrates - 45%
Fats - 30%
I have been encouraged to eat some of my exercise calories IF I am hungry (and preferably as protein to be certain this macro is maxed out, as I personally struggle with doing so). Not doing so (IF I am extra hungry) could lead to a sense of deprivation and a greater risk of a binge. A sense of deprivation, at any time, is not a sustainable approach to wellness — either in the short term and especially in the long term. I like her advice and it is working for me.
The red flags were going up and my “spidey sense” invoked as I read your post. Others like @ideas2 have been to dieticians recently — it would be great to get their sense as well.
Julie
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✅ Exercise 1499 mins:- long walk + other exercise
✅ Calories:- Under
✅ Tracked
1️⃣ Pass Day left so I will be in Winners’ Circle
@mshawski - you aren’t at all crazy.
That doesn’t sound helpful at all. You don’t fit the norm plus some of her info is just plain wrong. Egg/chicken are NOT plant based. The ignorance is staggering for a so called professional.4 -
@BMcC9 and @ashleycarole86 — hope you and your loved ones all continue to feel well today and in the coming days as your systems process the booster. We’ve been “boosted” (me back in mid-September due to my immune suppression therapy and my RA); husband a month ago. Our daughter (age 28) got her booster today. 🤞🏻for everyone to be well protected. 🥰4
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@mshawski From your horrid experience, it strikes me that the process of choosing a dietician is like choosing a psychologist - the right fit is so important and the wrong fit makes you doubt the whole experience / process.
The advice sounds bad, and the fact you feel bad about it reiterates that for me. Sorry for the crap experience when you were out there trying to do something great to set yourself up for 2022.5 -
✅❌✅. 1 pass days used6
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December 30, 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 this month:
Kitchen Closed? Yes
Did you go "nuts" with nuts today? No (22 days -free)
Within Sugar macro today? Yes (18 days)
Pass day 3/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).
Still hanging onto these 3 pass days. So far, I may in the winner's circle.6 -
No winner's circle.
Not sure what the champions thing is....
yes x's 3 for today
used 5 passes this month2 -
Yes x 3 today
9 pass days2 -
@mshawski , I agree with others, she was a waste of time and I'm not surprised you were fed up. I'm under 5'1" and 71 and maintain on 1500 Cal's plus some exercise calories, you could lose weight on more than 1400 easily.
Not knowing chicken = meat is just ignorant, how can she have any qualifications?
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dsgoingtodoit wrote: »No winner's circle.
Not sure what the champions thing is....
yes x's 3 for today
used 5 passes this month
Champion = "you kept reporting, even though you used 4+ pass days." (as opposed to dropping out)
You are still here and reporting ....
You are A CHAMPION!!!4 -
Update at the end of the day,
I didn't track dinner, but it included apple tart and quite a lot of cheese! The main course was a nice light fish dish.
I got some dancing in, but have ended the day at less than 10,000 steps.
On to tomorrow.5 -
December 30
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7 pass days used
Today's exercise was stretching, balance & mobility...or maybe I should just call it yoga? 😁
@mshawski while people can criticize almost any dietary advice, that nutritionist seems like a quack with some agenda to me. Best case she just was never going to be a successful nutritionist for you and you should try a different one for sure. It's not you.3 -
The Champions List is those who continue trying and don't give up. With practice like that eventually a Winners Circle is inevitable. Plus it has a proven track record of better health results than giving up.dsgoingtodoit wrote: »Not sure what the champions thing is....5 -
*45min jog, walk & stretch.
*Meditation and journaling
* Under calories
* Tracked blt
* Monitored sugars but over slightly
@mshwaki I can see why you are confused by it all. Seems really odd! Bless her. Lol! My appendix burst which led to a nasty infection after bub was born. So I consulted a natrapath during my recovery and found that she gave me some really great advice and support with food and health. Long story short might be worth speaking to friends and see if they know of a professional that has a good rep. That's how I found mine. Good luck with it! Xo
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Thursday December 30
Second last day of 2021! 😳 The year that felt like it would never end.
Tracking ✅ (and I genuinely feel back “on track” after some higher calorie (but all tracked) days.)
Calories ✅ Under and aiming to keep just at the underside as long as I can (as long as I am not hungry). This should be easier now that the antibiotics are making me so nauseous (and I can’t have alcohol because of them).
Exercise ✅ Two twenty-minute quick-paced treadmill sessions so far today. One extended stretching session has helped work out some knots. Another hot bath before bed tonight.
No to the Winners’ Circle for me this month; yes to being listed as a Champion! I have worked harder than any of the previous 4 months to achieve this and am proud to have kept on going.
This is truly the best group of people. Thank you each for being here and for all the encouragement you share.
Julie
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3/3 pass days better be careful anyway… tracked pizza and beer oops but it was good! Some weight work bring on 22!5
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2/3 pass days used.
Feeling confident about the winners circle!!!5 -
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Dec 30:
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@mshawski Maryann, I'm sorry that you had that experience.... and she does sound like a quack to me. Please don't let this experience crush your enthusiasm. You're doing well, and I agree with others that you need to find someone who knows what their talking about, someone that you will 'click' with.
I made my own sauerkraut last week and it should be ready in the next day or two - I made it specifically for our New Year's Day meal! Hubby will be eating it with pork.... I will not.5
