Ultimate Accountability Challenge January 2022

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  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,303 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 68 minutes of walking in the sunshine over two walks which was very good for the soul
    @Mrs_Hoffer I got a Garmin watch for Christmas so I don't track on Map My Walk anymore :( but I enjoy seeing yours! Your comment about Vitamin D was so spot on.. I felt replenished.
    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 - 3/3

    My husband and I are doing a fun event on the Peloton tomorrow called the PeloFondo. We are both going for new distance records... it'll be fun to see how we do!

    I think my biggest January struggle if I have one right now is just feeling really busy with work and finding it takes more mental effort to look after myself outside of that. I have established the habits that are getting me through and there's been no impact to progress, but it's taking a bit more mental energy to get there.

    I'm happy I've got my habits so I can kinda just work the plan.
  • jamcnewman
    jamcnewman Posts: 4,411 Member
    edited January 2022
    Friday January 21

    Tracking - yes
    Calories - under
    Exercise - yes
  • ideas2
    ideas2 Posts: 1,261 Member
    edited January 2022
    ✅ Exercise: 40 minutes walking
    ✅ Calories
    ✅ Tracked

    0 pass days used ( )


    How is it going for you?
    I am currently very enthusiastic about my changes in lifestyle, still probably in the ¨honeymoon phase¨ of retirement, seeking all the ways to enjoy my life and make these healthy changes fun. It has not been difficult, I haven´t struggled with emotional eating or cravings for several months. Personally, I suspect that it is the combination of not having chronic stressors in my life at the moment and because I am basically off of processed foods.

    What strategies are you implementing to make the rest of January awesome?
    I have taken up hobbies of healthy cooking, indoor gardening, growing sprouts, brewing kombucha, and now have ordered the supplies to begin making my own yogurt. (I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCG73IU94d8&ab_channel=TheIHMC very exciting. As much as a nerd that I am about the gut microbiome, I was not aware that homemade yogurt can have so much more beneficial bacteria than what you can buy in a store, nor the details of the benefits of l. reuteri.)
  • GrandmaJackie
    GrandmaJackie Posts: 36,887 Member
    1/21

    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 #1 pass
    2 passes remain

    January goals
    1 Miracle Morning ~ S.A.V.E.R.S
    2 Wake up EARLY for meditation
    3 Yoga (5/6 times weekly)
    4. Minimum sweets (work them in my calorie goal)
    5. 30 day squat challenge
    https://youtu.be/g83v1m2P4_g
    6. No late night snacking
    7. Daily journal logging
  • Revlish
    Revlish Posts: 62 Member
    Hullo hullo!

    I'm 3 for 3 today, checkin those boxes!
    2/3 pass days used.

    I got my new cushy walk/run shoes today! I wore them around the house for awhile to start breaking them in. I have a walk date with a local group in the morning and look forward to taking the new hooves out for their first real spin. :)

    I'm ready to start a very gentle couch-to-5k program next week. Tweaking my schedule to try some new stuff. phew and woo!


  • Caroline_slowandsteady
    Caroline_slowandsteady Posts: 842 Member
    Jan 21
    Exercise - 15 minutes MommaStrong, 30 minutes super slow walk with my 5 year old
    Tracking - Planned the day
    Calories - followed the plan - under
    Way over 3 pass days

    I was pretty proud of how I made takeout Fri fit within the usual weekend calories (I do a bit lower M-Th and higher F-Sun). I have decided I am allowed to preplan an extra high calorie "takeout Friday" up to once a week, but lately I have been not wanting to and have been trying to fit takeout into the regular calories. This week's experiment was Mexican food. As my wife went to get the takeout, I made myself a base of salad with lettuce, cabbage, cucumber, lime juice, chicken. Then from the takeout I added black beans, pico de gallo, and guacamole. Measured/weighed it all. I actually left some calories for tortilla chips too, but they forgot to include that in our order, which was for the best. I am going to have that salad again today for lunch. It was delicious and satisfying.

    @MadisonMolly2017 thank you for your opener. There are a few people in this group who since I started have pretty much always posted success every day, and I start to wonder why they still see the need to be in the group. You have been one of those people. And I don't wish a slip on anyone, but it is inspiring to me, who struggles more constantly, to see you also struggle but to see you struggle so gracefully that it really is beautiful.

    I add to all your thoughts about the relapsing disease that the world is just built for weight gain - and we're kind of swimming upstream here. That's why this support is so key.

    Thank you all.
  • Intrinsicat
    Intrinsicat Posts: 473 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes swim hour!
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    Jan 21

    Exercise: ✨ ( 12 min core / 5 mins balance / ~35 mins exergame - 7,871 steps by 10:05 )
    Logged: ✨ EVERYthing
    In Range: ✨ left 25 in the pot
    (If a ❌ instead of a 🌟, it was a Pass Day)
    🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟
    🌟-🌟-🌟-🌟-❌-🌟-🌟

  • Marilynsretired
    Marilynsretired Posts: 5,530 Member
    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
  • bookieNJ
    bookieNJ Posts: 4,371 Member
    Yes x 3

  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    haven't tried that setting yet ... but my breadmaker theoretically has a yogurt-making setting ...
  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,194 Member
    ashleycarole86 wrote: »
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 68 minutes of walking in the sunshine over two walks which was very good for the soul
    @Mrs_Hoffer I got a Garmin watch for Christmas so I don't track on Map My Walk anymore :( but I enjoy seeing yours! Your comment about Vitamin D was so spot on.. I felt replenished.

    Ashley @ashleycarole86 I wondered why I hadn't been seeing your walks. I thought perhaps it was still so cold that you weren't walking much outside. I'm glad you're liking your new Garmin watch though. Perhaps when my fitbit dies, I'll look into one of those instead.
  • seilidhe
    seilidhe Posts: 1,042 Member
    edited January 2022
    1/21/2022
    Exercise? Close, but not quite
    Tracking? Yes
    Calories? No


    My other daughter, the teacher that lives on the other side of town, tested positive for COVID. Yay. There were 5 teachers that tested positive on Thursday (2 of them tested at the school and went home). Meg tested positive today (Friday). She's vaxed and boosted and seems to be doing okay.
  • calvin20874
    calvin20874 Posts: 1,351 Member
    1/21

    Exercise: 55 minute weight training, 45 minutes elliptical, 45 minutes stretching and PT exercises

    Tracking: yes
    Calories: under

    Pass days used: 1
  • lesdarts180
    lesdarts180 Posts: 3,062 Member
    Congratulations on three yeses:

    @roma7774, @SummerSkier, @TerriRichardson112,
    @eokoro, @WhatMeRunning, @victorious55,
    @Bill70sStrong, @ForLangston, @Caramel_Appple,
    @Ginharbe, @jmu1965, @MadisonMolly2017,
    @enlightenme3, @loopydo2017, @tahm42,
    @slimtastesbetter – a 4 mile run earns lots of extra calories!
    @ashleycarole86, @jamcnewman, @ideas2,
    @GrandmaJackie, @Revlish, @Geneveremfp,
    @Caroline_slowandsteady, @Intrinsicat,
    @DebyS137, @bookieNJ, @Marilynsretired,
    @BMcC9, @calvin20874

    another long list of potential Champions and Winners!
  • lesdarts180
    lesdarts180 Posts: 3,062 Member
    And for showing up and posting no matter what:

    @LazyBlondeChef,
    @donna25trinity,
    @snowshoe072 – so sorry you’re still struggling with that knee,
    @Winner_in_Life,
    @seilidhe – teachers are in the front line for catching Covid

    Keep on keeping on, getting one or two checks is good!
  • lesdarts180
    lesdarts180 Posts: 3,062 Member
    @biketheworld, loose jeans – yay!
  • lesdarts180
    lesdarts180 Posts: 3,062 Member
    @MadisonMolly2017 – You are always so supportive of others, so sorry you are having problems, know that you are appreciated here.
  • tdrjustus3
    tdrjustus3 Posts: 542 Member
    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? ✅
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    lesdarts180 wrote: »
    @MadisonMolly2017 – You are always so supportive of others, so sorry you are having problems, know that you are appreciated here.

    Thank you so much @lesdarts180 !
    You inspire me daily.

    By shining the light on it, I bring it into the open & find the resolve to change a couple of things. Much better now, thankfully. This seems to be the secret of maintenance to me: forthrightly & honestly noticing what is happening.

    Thanks again,
    🌸Maddie
  • Jana_2020
    Jana_2020 Posts: 1,345 Member
    Jan 21, no x 3
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,037 Member
    edited January 2022
    @MadisonMolly2017 An interesting concept. Not 100% sure about the efficacy of classifying obesity as a disease.

    In my view, it’s more of a consequence of living in a society where unhealthy fast food is constantly pushed at us 24/7 by big business, for profit, and where many people succumb to these pressures because they are time poor due of the demands of modern life.

    I did not have a disease. I became obese because I ate far too much. My diet and lifestyle choices had a direct impact on my health, I wanted to change that.

    Once I stopped and examined my eating habits, and gradually changed them (a long and somewhat difficult process) I lost the weight. I am maintaining my current habits because nothing tastes as good as a fit/healthy life.

    I know that this is not the case for all of us, but it is my story.

    UAC is helping us to change our habits for the better.

    🥳 Congrats 🥳 to those with 3 x yes
    @roma7774
    @SummerSkier So true. Managing lapses is a vital part of the process
    @LazyBlondeChef
    @lesdarts180
    @eokoro
    @WhatMeRunning
    @victorious55
    @Bill70sStron
    @ForLangston
    @Caramel_Apple
    @Ginharbe
    @jmu1965
    @enlightenme3
    @loopydo2017
    @tahm42
    @slimtastesbetter
    @ashleycarole86
    @jamcnewman
    @ideas2 👍🏻 Well done in setting good habits for your retirement
    @GrandmaJackie
    @Revlish
    @Caroline_slowandsteady
    @Intrinsicat
    @BMcC9

    👍🏻 Bravo for posting no matter what.
    @snowshoe072
    @Winner_in_Life
    @Geneveremfp

    Well done everyone.off to do my exercise. I will be back later to see if anyone else has posted.
  • mshawski
    mshawski Posts: 1,054 Member
    Pass day 3 (out of town guests)
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,037 Member
    mshawski wrote: »
    Pass day 3 (out of town guests)

    Hang in there. Almost at the end of the month, and you can still make the Winners Circle
  • makattack220
    makattack220 Posts: 219 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes, 1hr9min walking
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes, under
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yep!

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