December 17
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Pass Day 4. Ugh, have been on the couch all day with flu like symptoms after getting the Pfizer booster yesterday. Temp 100.4, achy all over, feeling weak, slight headache. Hoping I feel a whole lot better by tomorrow! 🤒10
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Dec 17:
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Pass Days Used: 3/3
This will be the first year that my family won't be getting together to bake cookies together. I didn't get it planned early enough and everyone just has too much going on now. I'm not really too upset, because I can't afford to eat any cookies, and since it's at my house, I usually end up doing most of the clean-up. I'm just not up to it this year.
For Christmas, we're driving 4 hours to western PA to visit my hubby's family for Christmas. We'll stay for the weekend and come home on Monday. My sister is going with us this year as it's her first Christmas without her husband (who passed away in June). She doesn't want to be alone for Christmas.
As I begin to feel better, I want to get back to my daily walks outside as much as possible. I also need to get back to pre-logging.
@slimtastesbetter I hope you feel better soon..... I know that's miserable.9 -
@Slimpossible007 — your neck sounds so painful. I hope that you are able to get in for an appointment quickly and get some real relief.
@mrs_hoffer I am so grateful for you — your work and dedication keeps our challenge running ♥️ I am so glad that you are coming out of the woods from this extended period of illness. I hope that you can get get back outside for your walks. I know how I you love them and they are such special times for you.
@victorious55 I am so very sorry for the losses you and your family have experienced over such a short period of time. My heart goes out to you. 💛 Your strategies and your intentions are so powerful and have helped me think more about how I’ll handle the holidays. Thank you 🎄
@biketheworld You WILL end December in the Winners’ Circle! Your determination and resolve is palpable! 🌟
@arc2arc Aha! You are in Utah. We lived in Banff Alberta for 7 years and I loved being in the Rocky Mountains every day. I hope your rehab continues to progress well. 🥰
@slimtastesbetter I am so sorry that you are suffering through the response to the booster. Take good care of yourself as your immunity builds. 🤒
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December 17
I'm going to visit my family for the Holidays. It's going to be a long trip so I'm going to try my best to stay on track as much as possible. I'll make the best choices I can but I know there will be some days that I'm just going to enjoy and not stress about it. I just gotta keep in mind to not over do it. 😁
✅ Exercise - walking
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My plans for the upcoming holiday:
We are being very open to the absence of firm plans, and a definite change to our “normal” holiday traditions this year. Our daughter’s partner’s sister is very ill. We’ve been saying “do whatever you need to do” to Katie, James, and his parents for the past month (James normally spends Christmas holidays with us). 💔
Arrival and departure dates, confirmed meal dates and times, and every one of our many traditions will be as they will. It will all work out to ensure the most important thing: that everyone feels they have done all they can to be at peace.
How do I plan to stay on track through the end of the year?
With this situation, I am less focused on the food and more focused on how to keep calm, help my family know they are loved and supported, and help everyone to be as healthy as we can be through this. I have treats and everyone’s favourites prepared or purchased and they will all be given away once Katie/James leave.
I am keeping up with my exercise and tracking every day and will through the end of the year. There will be treats, special dishes, wine, and they will be all recorded. ✅
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Pass day #2 (I think, will go back and check if it's 2 or 3).4
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Friday December 17
Tracking 🌟
Calories 🌟 Under - the fasting for lipid testing caused me to not eat until noon. So that caused a gap….
Exercise 🌟 Walking on the treadmill and met with the exercise physiologist this morning to get a new core routine. I did the routine again tonight. 🤩 I hope I can walk tomorrow.
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Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes- Full body warm up 5 min
- Day 5 of EPIC II - The Slow Bur full body workout (+ cool down) 65 min
Plans for the holidays are quite light. Normally we go to the house of my partners sister for Christmas (I have no family here) but they have a multi-family living situation and a couple of them are down with covid so we have no intention of going there this year. Today we decided we'd go the the very high end grocery store and get prime ribeye steaks and fully loaded (baked) potatoes for Christmas. For Christmas Eve we'll go with some type of charcuterie board. I should be able to stay within my calories limits these two days with a little extra time spent on the treadmill or walking the neighborhood.
As far as staying on track I don't foresee any issues. We had planned to go out of town with some friends on NYE but we already cancelled since we were concerned about omicron. We may still get together with these friends on NYE but they are relatively light eaters (neither are overweight) so I don't anticipate any issues if we decide to stick with these modified plans.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 30 minutes on the Peloton and 10 minutes of arm strength
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Pass days used - 1/3 (Dec 3)
Plans for the holidays:
My company is closed between Christmas and New Year's but I work in a very operational based role that requires coverage every day. So, I am on call the 25th to 27th, working the 29th-31st, and then I'm off for a stretch from Jan 1-6.
On Christmas Eve, we are doing appetizers and such at my Mom's house.
Christmas Day will be turkey dinner.
Boxing Day is a very small gathering with two other couples.
New Year's Eve my husband is doing surf and turf for us.
Jan 1-5 we are driving to Manitoba and back to visit my Dad.
Before the month really kicked off I sat down and pre-planned days I was going to eat at maintenance vs. deficit. I am 0.6 pounds lighter today than my original plan for the month, so things are on track so far.
@Mrs_Hoffer
Please continue to rest up and be kind to your healing body.... lots of looking after precious you time!!
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Mama530
Exercise: basketball
Calories: under
Tracked: everything
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@tahm42 , that is really good news! Such a relief!3
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~🎄~ 12 / 17 /2021~~ Waving Hi ~~🤶🏼~~ Welcome to December ~BLESSings ALLways ~💖~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 150+ min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS......... 20,310+.......... 150 walking .........
Feeling a bit under the weather ...
So cutting back some walking time & declutter cleaning
Small Family gathering for the holidays
(I am planning on Maybe taking 2 pass days ... Taking a bit of a dietary Holiday
on Christmas Eve & New Years Eve... Just enjoying both days... will document
exercise (still will put in lots of walks to bank Calories for the holiday)
& calories & track the following day, which MAY take me over on calories budget)
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
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12/17
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 4 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 17
On target for the day - successfully resisted the takeout the rest of my family got.
Exercise - 15 minutes MommaStrong, 40 minutes walk with a friend
Tracking - Planned the day
Calories - Under
Pass days so far - 7?
My plans for the holidays as far as temptations - 2 extended family gatherings and probably some things with just my family, like cookie decorating and some takeout.
I don't have any ambitious plans to be fully on track before the end of the year. I think I will keep muddling through as I have since Thanksgiving - trying to be on track when I can, when there is nothing tempting planned. If it's a get together day, I will try to focus on the joy of seeing people and being together and not what we are eating. But those will be pass days, just trying not to go "hog wild."
Overall I am considering this a bit of a break in my slow and steady pace, and I hope to refocus on weight loss in January.4 -
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Pass day number 9 for me. It was a bust all across the board in terms of exercise, tracking and calories.
You all continue to inspire me, and despite my poor track record here, I take to heart all of your wisdom and enthusiasm on our shared journey.
Plans for the holidays: my older daughter will be arriving tomorrow from the east coast and my younger daughter's boyfriend will arrive on the 23rd. It will be just the 5 of us with perhaps a friend from our volunteer place for a low-key Christmas dinner. We haven't planned the menu yet, but leaning towards doing homemade pasta and sauce with a lot of veggie sides. Christmas morning will be sticky buns and something savory. We had planned for the 5 of us to go backpacking in Marin to a place that overlooks the Pacific Ocean for two nights right after Christmas but weather forecasts shows solid rain for the next 10-12 days, so we might cancel.
Plans to stay on track through the end of the year: with 9 pass days already, I clearly haven't done a great job of planning so far. I already know that with my family around, I tend to overeat because I cook bigger meals every day vs just a salad or soup for dinner. I don't know...I need to think this out. This was a great question.6 -
✅ Exercise: 30 minutes walking
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So far my husband and I have been happily avoiding our old way of eating at holidays. We are extremely happy eating pretty low carb and avoiding buying processed food. Starting this Wednesday we will have his family Christmas and my husband signed us up to bring a veggie tray and a jello salad. It is a buffet so I will probably stay low carb without two much difficulty unless I decide I want to indulge in a dessert. My two sons and my oldest´s partner will be at my house for several days. We will plan our meals together then but I think the fact that the family has always been flexible will work in our favor. I will just make sure there are plenty of dishes I can have and keep my portions small if my son fixes any special dishes that don´t fit well with my plan. All of them are very supportive of my weight loss. All three of our guests are runners, two are training for marathons, and none are food pushers.
My youngest son is home with us today and he is the most flexible of all. When we went out for lunch my husband offered two choices of restaurants. I was happy with my delicious salmon and grilled vegetables and felt no temptation to ask for a bit of my son´s pasta. So far the holiday has not been difficult for me and I am not expecting it to be too much worse. We enjoyed going to the indoor farmer´s market today to buy some bison roasts and kombucha. We are focusing on allowing ourselves to spend money experimenting with new high quality foods--- with quality being willing to pay for healthier food and make an event and hobby out of cooking it instead of buying cheap sugary stuff.
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