December 11
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Pass day 1/3
Tracked everything? Yes
Over calorie ...not worried about it...visiting and eating with friends and my Mom as we mourn my Dad.
Walked for 20 minutes in the colder weather
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MAMA530
EXERCISE: Yes - walked
CALORIES: Under
TRACKED: Yes4 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 13 minute walk, 20 minute Peloton ride, 10 minutes yoga, 10 minutes upper body strength
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
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Yes x 3. Really proud of today. I'm visiting my niece for her college's family weekend and the spreads have been decadent, but my will to not re-do my hard work to get here, is winning.4
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dsgoingtodoit wrote: »Pass day 1/3
Tracked everything? Yes
Over calorie ...not worried about it...visiting and eating with friends and my Mom as we mourn my Dad.
Walked for 20 minutes in the colder weather
@dsgoingtodoit
I am so sorry for your loss. 💛
Julie
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@MadisonMolly2017 yeah that’s probably it. It’s just so hard this month with all of the outings and try to drink more water. Come to think of it I haven’t been drinking much since the el weather turned.
@mshawski Your race pace was better than average so well done 👏
Those dresses will definitely bring on the holiday cheer.
@slimtastesbetter well done on your race too!
@Mrs_Hoffer yes 3lbs is easier than 30. This is a good reminder. Thank you.
@jamcnewman hope you feel better soon!
@dsgoingtodoit sorry for your loss.
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I love the goblet idea. I have used mini origami stars and a little kilner jar to measure small triumphs.
I celebrate the achievements of the Saturday crowd 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
🎉 Congrats 🎉 to those who have 3 x yes
@victorious55
@biketheworld
@SummerSkier
@mmcram
@bradkcrew
@Mrs_Hoffer
@LazyBlondeChef
@Arc2Arc
@BMcC9
@yrc_pr
@jamcnewman Hope you feel better soon
@slimtastesbetter 😍 5k 1st place 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@Mama530
@ashleycarole86
@ForLangston
👍🏻 Bravo for posting no matter what!
@taurie Maybe too much sodium is messing with your system.
@mshawski 👍🏻 4 mile race. The dresses look tres cute 😂
@_JeffreyD_
@WhatMeRunning
@snowshoe072
@donna25trinity I so get that. The guys seem to have iron stomachs
@dsgoingtodoit Sorry for your loss.
Back tomorrow to celebrate some more achievements
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Dec 12
Another pass day - I'm up to 5. I had requested that my wife make me one of my favorite meals (https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sauteed-cod-on-snow-peas-and-cabbage-with-miso-sesame-vinaigrette-106743)
For many years now, I've had this as my reset from Thanksgiving meal - usually a lot sooner to Thanksgiving, but this year it took longer to get to cooking it. I've always considered this a very "healthy meal."
So, when I put it into the tracker the night before, I was very surprised to see that 1 serving had about 1.5x the calories I usually eat for dinner. I thought maybe I was misremembering how much of it I eat. Then when it was time to eat it I realized that I was misremembering in the wrong direction - the meal makes 3 servings instead of 4. So, it was twice the calories of what I usually eat for dinner.
I did manage to get out and walk in a break in the rain, and I did track everything. But when I realized that this "healthy" meal that I was really looking forward to was going to put me over calories, I ate it anyway.
To be honest, I am not 100% sure it was quite so many calories. The reason it was SO many is that the recipe called for really an absurd about of oil, and I am pretty sure my wife did not use that much oil. My weight is down this morning, so that is the reason for my suspicion.
I am going to eat the leftovers today and I have already prelogged and it's a couple hundred calories over, so today's going to be another pass. But I am not going to use that as an excuse to eat other things.
It made me reflect that I had many years when I was pregnant and breastfeeding and pregnant and breastfeeding where my calorie intake was at least double what it is now. And for the breastfeeding years I was maintaining weight, not gaining and not losing. When I weaned my first I was blindsided by my sudden drop in calorie needs, and over a month I gained 10 pounds and developed all sorts of GI issues (even a trip to the ER) from just eating way too much food - I mean, I was eating less than I had been while nursing, but it was still way too much. The second time around I remembered and did some calorie tracking and thinking about it to drop the calories and I didn't have the GI issues and didn't gain weight (but still didn't lose yet).
Before the pregnant and breastfeeding years, I was much younger and did not yet have my autoimmune thyroid disease (which I developed because of pregnancy). And was also getting a lot of exercise in my daily life, both at work and in leisure time (I had a dog who required long walks). So I was also able to eat a lot more then while maintaining a lower weight.
It just made me reflect that when I feel sorry for myself that I don't get to eat as much as I used to - that is actually true. As someone who loves food, it is hard that my calorie needs are so much less than they used to be and so I can fit in so much less delicious food. And there are plenty of "healthy" foods that I now either don't eat at all or eat in very limited quantities because there just isn't room for them numerically - and I miss them!
Sometimes I kind of blame MFP and tracking for sucking all the fun out of my life. Then I remember that it's not just a choice between fun with food and no fun with food. It's a choice between my body feeling good - no GI issues and all the benefits of weight loss which do really make my body feel a lot better - and eating extra food that is delicious but does not nourish my body. And that I can really enjoy the food I am eating at fewer calories if I focus on it.
So, back at it!
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~🎄~ 12 / 11 /2021~~ Waving Hi ~~🤶🏼~~ Welcome to December ~BLESSings ALLways ~💖~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 200+ min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS......... 20,870+.......... 110 walking ........ 60 min. shoveling snow ... 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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@jam newsman - sorry you’re not feeling well, Julie. Sounds like you’re on the mend and your day relaxing sounds pretty darn sweet!
@donna25trinity - I can’t tell you how impressed I am that this was your first binge since May 28! That’s some serious progress and counts as a huge NSV! I’m throwing you a little party right here. 🎉 🎈 😆
@slimtastesbetter - congratulations on the first place finish. That is AMAZING and makes you speedy so don’t minimize it by saying the speedy women weren’t there, I would do/say the same thing, but when I hear you say it, I cringe because you ROCKED that race and are an inspiration to others, including me!
@mshawski - so glad your race went well and there were no IT issues. I think your time is awesome! And the dresses - they make me smile and you will be the star of the party.
@Caroline_slowandsteadySometimes I kind of blame MFP and tracking for sucking all the fun out of my life. Then I remember that it's not just a choice between fun with food and no fun with food. It's a choice between my body feeling good - no GI issues and all the benefits of weight loss which do really make my body feel a lot better - and eating extra food that is delicious but does not nourish my body. And that I can really enjoy the food I am eating at fewer calories if I focus on it.
OMG this is exact truth. Overindulging and making poor food choices is a temporary pleasure. Feeling good, being healthy, being mobile, is every moment of every day.
@dsgoingtodoit - sorry about your dad. The holidays can be rough.
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✅ Exercise - 40 min of Jazzercise and a 5 mile walk/
X Calories -
✅ Tracking -
Closed all my Apple watch rings today
5 Pass days used
Family all came over to the AirBnB to look through old family photographs and to divvy them up. Didn't make a ton of progress, but it was fun for everyone to see the old pictures of relatives (and quite a few unknown people). Luckily my MIL has a wonderful memory for faces and names.
Although my daughters and I made dinner for everyone, the calories consumed were just too much. I can't wait to get back home to my scales.4 -
12/11
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? 😈
Using #2 pass
1 passes left
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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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Exercise, calories, tracking all yes!6
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✅ Exercise: 34 minutes walking
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 pass days used ( )
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@biketheworld re your "congratulations on the first place finish. That is AMAZING and makes you speedy so don’t minimize it by saying the speedy women weren’t there, I would do/say the same thing, but when I hear you say it, I cringe because you ROCKED that race and are an inspiration to others, including me!"
Awww, thank you that is so nice of you to say that. Honestly I wasn't trying to minimize my victory, just being realistic, LOL. (I checked the 10K results, there were 4 women with better paces than me so if they would have done the 5k instead they WOULD have beaten me.) And looking at the race results for 2019 for my current age group, I would have been in 5th place.
The top 5k times for F 60-64 in 2019 were:
25:16
27:00
27:11
28:22
31:28
There really are some speedy older women runners out there, and they are an inspiration to me! I guess I consider myself "semi-speedy" LOL and am thankful that I am able to run at my age and enjoy it. I've slowed down since I first started running races at the age of 47 (5K PR 26:08) mostly because I haven't been putting in the effort to train. I really don't like that feeling of discomfort doing speedwork. But actually, I would like to start putting in 'some' effort again to chip away at my 5k time to get back under 30 minutes, even if just to 29:59. In my 50s my 5K times were usually 27 minutes to 28 something. Now in my 60s (I'm 61) I'd be tickled pink to be even 1 second under 30 minutes!
I imagine I should have put this in Spoiler but I don't exactly know how to do that. But I figure people can just skip over this post if they're not interested, which is probably most people!
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pass day3
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Yes, yes and yes
Walking, stretching and a lot of movement getting ready for travel and early holiday celebrations.
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Congrats @slimtastesbetter on the AG 1st WOW!!! You are amazing! Way to go!4
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To be fair though, any one looking for best pace would sign up for the 5k, and that best 5k pace was YOU!slimtastesbetter wrote: »...I checked the 10K results, there were 4 women with better paces than me so if they would have done the 5k instead they WOULD have beaten me...5 -
yes for 3
0/3 pass days
Came close. Made sugar cookies... First time in forever. Turned on the cookie monster. Stopped before I hurt myself.6 -
yes for 3
0/3 pass days
Came close. Made sugar cookies... First time in forever. Turned on the cookie monster. Stopped before I hurt myself.
Well DONE!!! (I TOTALLY understand how a truly good sugar cookie recipe can do that. I have one of the BEST gathering dust on my shelf 'cause it is TOOOOOOOOO good! (and even in my childhood I could tell the difference between (a) that one
(b) other home-baked ones (that were decent-but-not-good-enough) 
and (c) commercial slice&bake sugar cookie dough 
or commercial boxed version ) 3 -
Awww, thank you @WhatMeRunning! ☺1
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Dec. 11
Exercise: 84 minutes mountain biking, 55 minutes stretching and PT exercises
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days used: 05 -
Dec 11
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12.1K multiple climb hike - wild turkeys, bunny, Mountain View’s, bay views
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OK, here's a question before I actually post for the day ..... I am trying to get a handle on the BMR / TDEE thing (and breaking the MFP-thinking thing of many many many years' standing)
According to The Formula provided in the Topic opener of "How did you pick your Daily calorie goal number", the maintenance calorie level for my target top-of-range (5 or 6 pounds away) is ~1388 (assuming sedentary lifestyle and before intentional activity / exercise).
I set my MFP daily range to 1250 (being now stalled out at plus-or-minus 143 while set to 1300 - finding it hard to eat as much as that lately, and started to be not as active as I was through Nov, first week of dec)
Today I ate 1295 cals, and with fitbit activity credits for just-over 6050 steps, I am 13 cals in he red. IF I also log my morning session of 51 mins / 365 cals burned on my exercise bike this morning, MFP "Yells at me" for not even breaking 1000 cals net. (which makes me nervous)
Do I put the biking back in the exercise log and ignore the level of deficit? Make a note in the exercise log so that I know I am not REALLY "over by 13 even though the Food Diary says I am" ? Do enough extra steps so that the fitbit activity credits put me back in the green? (given that I am only 13 cals shy that would be do-able)1 -
Exercise? Yes
Tracking? Yes
Calories? Yes!3 -
@BMcC9
I don't know the answer to your question, but I would put it in What's on Your Mind, so more people see it and answer. I think it's a good question for discussion.0
