December 28
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Dec 28
“With that in mind, what accomplishment(s) in 2021 are you celebrating?”
Yearly avg daily steps > 10K ✔️
Yearly avg daily exercise minutes > 90 ✔️
Yearly avg daily calories < 2,100✔️
Oct-Dec avg daily calories < 2,000 ✔️
Yearly avg resting HR:
2018 61
2019 59
2020 57
2021 55✔️
Protein ✔️Better than 2020
Fiber ✔️Better than 2020
Sat Fat✔️Much better in Dec.🎉
Weight- yearly avg daily weight 2021. 158.21 BMI < 24.9✔️
Average wt the past 3 years 156.73 ✔️🎉🎉🎉
I know this is very “number-y” but that’s how I roll. I check the averages above throughout the year & gently improve them or get back on track.
I know that the way I’ve re-gained my weight every other time was by verrrry gradual increases - hardly noticeable.
Many thanks to @SummerSkier who in this group or one in Maintenance discussions a while back shared the trends she had seen in those who did not maintain…creeping, shifting maintenance range up, etc. I saw myself. Summer, you helped me wake up & start tightening up again.
Very grateful. Thank you!
So I paid extra attention to my numbers. Very pleased to have edged downwards these past few months. It took attention. It took tracking.
I am also celebrating an improved sleep habit since July, and a significant reading habit as part of that.
In my creative pursuits, I am honing in on the making that brings me the most joy. And I finally accepted I was retired.
Happy 2022, folks! I’m glad we can cheer each other on this journey!
🌸Maddie7 -
Hi UACers, I don't think I've posted since before Christmas. Taking a break from tracking and relying more this last week in 2021 on hunger cues and mindful eating. Will start tracking again in the new year.
Accomplishments in 2021:
On this day in 2020 I weighed 140 lbs. This morning I weigh 133.2 lbs!
Most of this was lost between Sept this year (when I started UAC) and now. Before then I had been hovering between 138 and 140ish for most of 2021.
Running mileage so far this year is 751.64 miles. (Not bad for a 61 year old. In 2011 at the age of 51 my total miles for the year was 1200!) Haven't run since 12-23 due to Christmas and then catching DS1's cold (or possibly Omicron--he tested negative but there's always the chance he didn't put the swab up high enough for a good sample...). Today I'm feeling better than the past 2 days, but still not feeling well enough to run. If I feel up to a run tomorrow or on New Year's Eve, it'll have to be our treadmill because we have had snow on the ground here in the Seattle area since Sunday.
Congratulations to you all for your accomplishments this year, and congrats to those of you who have been able to stick to the 3 UAC rules during the holidays! 7 -
✅ Exercise - 1 hour of Jazzercise
✅ Calories -
✅ Tracking -
Closed all my Apple watch rings today
13 Pass days used
Accomplishments for 2021: I started (restarted?) this weight loss/healthiness journey on September 7 of this year and have lost a little over 22 pounds, have done at least 30 minutes of deliberate exercise 95% of those days, all without feeling that I've had to make sacrifices in my life. This period now is a really tough one for me as I tend to peter out in my enthusiasm and diligence when it comes to tracking and eating within calories after the initial 3-4 months of success. I am thankful that I found this group to help me get over that hump.6 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »With that in mind, what accomplishment(s) in 2021 are you celebrating?
Despite the falter in MFP sign-in & food logging (7.5 mos mia between mid March and last days of Oct) - the Exercise didn't lapse.
Dec 29 2020 - Dec 28 2021: total steps 2,721,832 (daily avg 7,457 / daily minimum target 6000)
Dec 29 2020 - Dec 28 2021: total miles 1,173 (daily avg 3.21)
Since I came back onboard in the closing days of Oct, I have had only UAC 6 pass days in my 60 sign-in-every-day Streak
So the good eating / logging habit was there - just waiting on the required trigger to reassert itself.6 -
Dec 28 report
Exercise:
20+ minutes balance practice and 25+ minutes walk-in-place while watching a Christmas Special
Logged: everything
In goal: JUST (in green by 7 cals .... good thing, as NO fitbit activity credits earned)
Drawing caught up and posted higher up the thread.
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Exercise yes
Tracking and calories no5 -
✅ Exercise: 40 minutes walking
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
1 pass day used (Dec 25 )
My accomplishments include lost 27 pounds, re-established regular exercise routine, learned a lot of new health stuff, lowered my A1c (to low end of prediabetic) and hyperinsulinemia substantially (to normal level from extra high.) Retired from my practice and made self care my priority for first time in my life.
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ashleycarole86 wrote: »With that in mind, what accomplishment(s) in 2021 are you celebrating?
Hitting the elusive 100 pounds lost mega milestone!
@ashleycarole86 how impressive!! You've done such an amazing job!
You are always so diligent, and your hard work is paying off in spades!!! WTG gurl!!! 
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12/28
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 6 passes 😭😭😭
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December goals
- Miracle Morning daily.
- yoga and strength training at least 3x weekly (Strength training WILL happen this month)
- TRY having ZERO pass days
- No LNS daily, ONLY fruits
- Daily journaling
These are my morning meditation sessions, Pete and Parker enjoy meditation too, lol
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Dec 28
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All macros/calories/etc great
3 more days! Every day counts!!4 -
Thanks @Mrs_Hoffer ... couldn't have done it without this lovely community and the support of good people such as yourself!3
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@snowshoe072: just seeing your msg. Thanks for asking! I actually wrote about the US military occupation of Haiti in the early 20th century and how Haitians resisted against the 19-year experience. It's titled Haiti Fights Back.6
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December 28
Tracking ✅
Calories ✅
Exercise ✅ Am manually adding exercise until I can figure out synchronization between my new Apple Watch and MFP. So tempted to return to my Fitbit at this point as the lack of synchronization is really a drag 😳
Total pass days this month (so far) 5 😊3 -
What a lovely theme for the day Chris! @WhatMeRunning
I am celebrating:
🌟 Making the decision to take accountability for my health and make the changes needed for success.
🌟 Joining MFP and UAC in August and tracking every single day since (156 day streak as of today).
🌟 Learning, learning, learning - how/why to pre-track, meal planning, what exercise I can and will do, how to get out of my own way ….
🌟 Lost 40.2 pounds
Julie1 -
@ashleycarole86 you are absolutely amazing and that milestone is very worthy of celebrating! That is a fantastic achievement and I am so happy for you!
I may also be jealous because I've never done it, but have tried! 🤪 (JK, no jealousy, I am PROUD of you)!2 -
Thanks @WhatMeRunning ... means so much to have your support!0
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@ashleycarole86 You are amazing - such tenacity and drive. I admire you and your success. So happy to have you share with us and to be on this journey with you. 🥰0
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I love seeing your numbers Maddie! @MadisonMolly2017
Do you use a spreadsheet or an app to track? I think I’d like to do this for 2022!
Julie 📈📉📊2 -
enlightenme3 wrote: »✅ Exercise - 1 hour of Jazzercise
✅ Calories -
✅ Tracking -
Closed all my Apple watch rings today
13 Pass days used
Accomplishments for 2021: I started (restarted?) this weight loss/healthiness journey on September 7 of this year and have lost a little over 22 pounds, have done at least 30 minutes of deliberate exercise 95% of those days, all without feeling that I've had to make sacrifices in my life. This period now is a really tough one for me as I tend to peter out in my enthusiasm and diligence when it comes to tracking and eating within calories after the initial 3-4 months of success. I am thankful that I found this group to help me get over that hump.
@enlightenme3
Marisa - you have had such a wonderful success and I totally get the petering out syndrome. I intend to stick this out and hope you’ll be here too. Julie 🥰2 -
jamcnewman wrote: »@ashleycarole86 You are amazing - such tenacity and drive. I admire you and your success. So happy to have you share with us and to be on this journey with you. 🥰
Thanks Julie! Your 40 pounds to date is very impressive as well, your dietician must be so happy to have a diligent client such as yourself.
I am driving across the Prairies to see my Dad in Manitoba on the 1st - hoping for both our sakes we get some warmer weather here soon!
Happy New Year and looking forward to a successful 2022 for both of us!1 -
12/28/2021
Exercise? Yep
Tracking? No.
Calories? I highly doubt it.3 -
jamcnewman wrote: »enlightenme3 wrote: »✅ Exercise - 1 hour of Jazzercise
✅ Calories -
✅ Tracking -
Closed all my Apple watch rings today
13 Pass days used
Accomplishments for 2021: I started (restarted?) this weight loss/healthiness journey on September 7 of this year and have lost a little over 22 pounds, have done at least 30 minutes of deliberate exercise 95% of those days, all without feeling that I've had to make sacrifices in my life. This period now is a really tough one for me as I tend to peter out in my enthusiasm and diligence when it comes to tracking and eating within calories after the initial 3-4 months of success. I am thankful that I found this group to help me get over that hump.
@enlightenme3
Marisa - you have had such a wonderful success and I totally get the petering out syndrome. I intend to stick this out and hope you’ll be here too. Julie 🥰
Thank you Julie!
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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? ✅2 -
DEC 27-28 - Pass days
Exercise ❎2
