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December 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
Habits to maintain this month:
Kitchen Closed? Yes
Did you go "nuts" with nuts today? No (20 days -free)
Within Sugar macro today? Yes (18 days)
Pass day 3/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).4 -
Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes- Treadmill: 30 min / 1.68 mi
- Full body warm up 5 min
- Day 13 of EPIC II - Chest & Triceps workout (+ cool down) 45 min
As far as 2021 accomplishments I'd say that I've been able to maintain my weight in about a four pound range since around April. I'd still like to lose another 8lbs or so in 2022 but it's not absolutely imperative that I do so. If I can lose a few more inches via exercise that will work for me just as well.5 -
Exercise: no
Calories: over
Tracked: yes4 -
❌ - Exercise - On the DL
✅ - Calories
✅ - Tracked
Pass days exceeded.
In 2021, I began realizing the program works even if you miss a day, even if you can't exercise, even if you can't resist the chocolate covered toffee one day and even if it at times it seems like it doesn't. It does...
22 down, 4 to go.
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12/28
Exercise: 90 minutes mountain biking, 55 minutes stretching and PT exercises
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days used: 0
Winner's circle: yes4 -
*30;min jog, weights, walk & stretch.
*Meditation and journaling
* Under calories
* Tracked every blt
* Monitored sugars slightly over
Being able to maintain this year has been nice, also building some new habits such as journaling, meditation, reading, waking up early to do work out and going to sleep early.. xox
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Dec 28
Exercise: Stretching and walking
Tracking: Planned the day
Calories: Followed the plan - under
Feels good to be back on track
Accomplishments for the year re: health
Lost 4.5 pounds - really 6.5, because I got a new scale in April that is 2 pounds higher. It's not a lot, but as my tagline says, slow and steady. I've been working on this weight loss thing seriously since May 2019 and have lost 26 pounds all together. As I approach my maintenance weight it is definitely getting harder.
As part of that effort, started tracking on MFP in February and joined UAC in September, both of which have been VERY helpful.
Since the world shut down in March 2020 I have been doing some flailing about how to get my basic needs for socialization, sunlight, exercise met on a routine basis so that I don't feel extremely depressed (settling for moderately, which I feel is maybe appropriate right now). I think early this year I found a routine that works, and have been able to keep that up and feel OK most of the time. The routine includes: planning my meals the night before, morning check in here, morning MommaStrong exercise, daily walk (sometimes with a friend), phone calls with family and friends a few times a week.
The only exception being when my autoimmune thyroid condition is in a flare, which happened a few times for a few days, which I can handle, but happened in April-May for 6 weeks, triggered by the COVID vaccine. When it's a flare I feel awful and I need 9 hours of sleep a night instead of 7.5 and that time means I don't have time for the little things that keep me sane (also I don't have energy to want to do them). I still need to figure out how to keep myself feeling OK in that situation - I think I will need to take medical leave from work next time that happens.4 -
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~❄️~ 12 / 27 /2021~~ Waving Hi ~~🙋🏼~~ 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......... 27,220+.......... 180 walking ......... 30 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
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Good for you @WhatMeRunning! It's been so encouraging to watch your progress on your health goals this year. I'm certain you'll rock your 2022 shift in plan and we look forward to being able to continue to share in your journey!
@SummerSkier I find I have such a hard time maintaining rigid plans; a bit of flexibility for 2022 sounds doable. I admire your continuity!
Congrats @taurie, Happier, more active, & weight loss sounds like a successful year!
Amazing dedication @TerriRichardson112 & even lowering your maintenance weight, so impressive!
Goodness @ForLangston, what an impressive year, congrats!! On top of your book success & boundary setting, taking care of yourself & others & being happy?! A remarkable year!
@snowshoe072 Sounds like a wonderful year in spite of a few hiccups; 'me time' is so important too!
@Mrs_Hoffer, it's been so inspiring to watch your progress this year. I've enjoyed your journey pics and it's so motivating seeing how active you are, congrats!
@ashleycarole86 Congrats!! If I was on my phone, I'd add some fireworks emoji's lol. 100 lb loss!!!!! Truly impressive!!
Awesome @LazyBlondeChef, maintaining and your dedication to exercise/toning has been an incredible accomplishment!
@Arc2Arc Very encouraging post - proving that consistency over perfection works! Congrats on your realization and progress!
I see you @calvin20874!! Sneaking in with a very impressive 0 pass days & making the Winner's Circle in one of the most difficult months of the year - Congrats!!
@donna25trinity Congrats on maintaining and establishing new habits! I'm trying hard to do the same this year but haven't been overly successful yet. Thank you for being such a delightful contributor to our group!
@Caroline_slowandsteady Congrats on a successful year! Your self awareness approach has been enlightening and the progress you've made continues to be a motivator to those of us lucky enough to share in your journey, thank you!
And lastly, congrats to all who showed up & posted today!
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SummerSkier wrote: »28 Dec.
✅✅✅ 0 pass days taken.
I think for 2022 that I am going to work my calories a little looser. I have always set a limit and tried to stay close but I think as long as I stay below 2k total that I can work within that limit a lot less rigidly.
@SummerSkier
Are you saying you’ll set a 2K weekly or monthly plan?1 -
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
