January 13
Mrs_Hoffer
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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?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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MEAL PREP
I thought it might be timely to revisit a somewhat recurring topic. We have a lot of people who are newer to UAC who may have some surprising tips of their own, or could maybe use some pointers themselves?
My meal prep routines have seen some changes with my shift from clean keto to WF(mostly)PB. So I'll admit to using this as an opportunity to harvest some new ideas. 😁
What meal prep advice do you have to share which you find most helpful in your daily/weekly routine?3 -
* 45 min beach jog, quick boxing session, walk & stretch.
*Meditation and journaling
* Under calories
* Tracked honestly
* Monitored sugars over
Xo
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »MEAL PREP
I thought it might be timely to revisit a somewhat recurring topic. We have a lot of people who are newer to UAC who may have some surprising tips of their own, or could maybe use some pointers themselves?
My meal prep routines have seen some changes with my shift from clean keto to WF(mostly)PB. So I'll admit to using this as an opportunity to harvest some new ideas. 😁
What meal prep advice do you have to share which you find most helpful in your daily/weekly routine?
First, I had to google what WFPB means.
Then I clicked on “I Tried a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet And Here’s What Happened”.
https://thebeet.com/i-tried-a-whole-food-plant-based-diet-heres-what-happened/
This website has a recipe section and there I found what I really want to try. Too bad that it is not possible to insert the photo. It looks so delicious
Vegan Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie
https://thebeet.com/vegan-sweet-potato-shepherds-pie-for-under-1-a-serving/
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@Winner_in_Life Oh yum!! That does look good. I'm also trying to do more WFPB in January... and I'll definitely give this recipe a try! Let me know if/when you make it, what you think of it and I'll do the same.1
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My family and I are generally WFPB most of the time, with the major exception is the sourdough bread I make is 85% white flour and 15% whole wheat. And because I have sourdough discard, all the crackers and sweets like biscotti, muffins, coffee cake, also have a high percentage of white flour.
As far as meal prep goes, as close as I get is having a loose idea in my mind about what we might want to eat for dinner and having some key ingredients on hand. After that, once I make a dish, it's good for about 2-3 days of leftover. For example, the other day I made the filling for sweet potato, black bean enchiladas. Didn't make the enchiladas themselves, but used the filling for tacos and then as a topping for salads later in the week.7 -
13/01/2022
"Trees don’t grow overnight and people don’t get in shape overnight either"
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
• DAY 4 of Beginner EPIC | Dumbbell Full Body Workout
• Walking 3.24 km in 0:33:14 (5.87 km/h)
• Jogging 6.51 km in 0:44:39 (6:51 min/km); VO2max: 38
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: 4
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13 January
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2 pass days used6 -
Mrs_Hoffer wrote: »@Winner_in_Life Oh yum!! That does look good. I'm also trying to do more WFPB in January... and I'll definitely give this recipe a try! Let me know if/when you make it, what you think of it and I'll do the same.
I will share when I make it. I still have a freezer full from the last batch cooking. And now when I eat only every other day it will take some time to finish what is already in the fridge ☺️4 -
✅ Exercise: 110+ mins
✅ Calories: under goal
✅ Tracked
Remaining pass days: 3️⃣
I cook from fresh for most dinners, but often make enough for 2 meals. I have a 3 week rotation of menus, and shop to accommodate that once a week. I freeze fresh fish, chicken, and venison.
We have fruit and yoghurt for breakfast and alfresco lunches.6 -
Pass day #1. Finally got my appetite back and well....Back at it tomorrow tho8
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January 13, 2022
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 (10 days -free)
Within Sugar macro today? Yes (9 day)
Pass day 2/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).6 -
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? Yes6 -
4.5 mile run
Everything tracked
Under allocated calories3 -
My meal planning has changed since I discovered the Paprika Recipe Manager 3 this past year. (The basic program is free, but to really make the best use of it I paid the extra to have it sync to all my devices). Part of the excitement of changing a lifestyle for me is to try new recipes-- and prior to this year I had never done low carb. I am also trying to be more ¨plant forward¨ and want to try a lot of new vegatable recipes. Today I am trying this recipe https://hip2keto.com/recipes/keto-mississippi-pot-roast/ Actually I do not like raw radishes so we will see if cooked radishes actually are an acceptable substitute for potatoes with the roast!
The program serves as an organizer, meal planner, shopping list on my phone, and more. My oldest son downloaded the program at Christmas, so recently we are exchanging recipes (they have a feature to make that easy also). Just since Christmas he also has decided to try low carb and for him the fun is also trying recipes and telling me about his favorites. The program just makes it incredibly easy to download the recipes online from any site into it and also is very compatible with MyFitnessPal-- each recipe saves the website where it was found so I can simply use the recipe function of MyFitnessPal, add the link, and log the recipe I made easily.
Instead of using the full features of planning exactly which meal I will make which day, I plan about 5 recipes, usually at least three of which are new to me, that I will make over the coming week or so. I add the ingredients to my shopping list, do my shopping to have things on hand, and ¨pin¨ the recipes the area ready to cook. Now that I have retired, my husband and I usually cook supper together, and at the supper we rate the recipe we tried, decide if it is good enough to make again, and decide which of the other recipes we will make the next day and when we might need to shop again. Other times we ¨fend for ourselves¨ preparing simple things for lunch or snacks, usually not having a breakfast within our 8 hour eating window.
My son bought me a prep station for Christmas but so far I have not tried it. I do occasionally cook things in large batches, such as making a turkey and freezing it in homemade ¨frozen dinners¨ for later. But those are the kinds of things I eat when I am ¨fending for myself.¨4 -
13/01/2022
Exercise – yes bike ride and gym workout
Tracked – yes
Calories – yes
2/3 pass days
It was bitterly cold this morning (about 2 C) and still frosty in the shadows when I set out on my bike ride. Didn’t feel like doing my usual cardio exercises this afternoon but my steps are just over 9,000 so far and the day isn’t quite done yet.
Being retired I don’t need to prep as I’m never that short of time – i.e. not taking packed lunches to work any more. However, I’m on my own so I often cook several portions of meat at once and freeze them. I then cook the veg from scratch. It’s cheaper to buy meat and fish in larger quantities and portion them up for the freezer.
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Pass day 2/3 pizza was good but put me over I did hit my protein goal and somehow stayed under my carbs, net .
I am off tomorrow so hopefully a good exercise work out as long as knees and elbow cooperate. I think my daughter is kicking my butt in the spin race perhaps tomorrow would be a good catch up day will see.7 -
I skipped yesterday because I had a late shift from work and I didnt have time, here it is.
Exercise 12, 13: I did an hour of walking and about an hour and a half of swimming.
Tracking: Yes for both days.
Calories: I've stayed within my healthy range.
An UPDATE on the shoes > I found a local place about 25 miles from my house I didnt know about and I'm planning on making a trip to get the right pairs for running.
I also lost 2 pounds from my starting weight 7 days ago which is a pretty healthy goal.11 -
✅ Exercise: 90 minutes walking
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 pass days used ( )
We tried that recipe I mentioned above and I found out that I actually like cooked radishes. They actually are very like potatoes with a little spiciness. The recipe also have pepperoncini peppers which I had never heard of before. They were a bit hotter than I expected but the recipe was good, one I will make again. The recipe calls for peeling the radishes but I only peeled half of them (peeling radishes is a lot of work) and we decided they were just fine unpeeled. We made it in the oven instead of the slow cooker, and I used a bison roast instead of beef, but it was quite tastey. https://hip2keto.com/recipes/keto-mississippi-pot-roast/
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 30 minutes on the Peloton bike, 20 minutes Yoga Flow, and 10 minutes stretching.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes7 -
Jan 13:
✅✅✅ exercise today was a 20 min walk outside in between massage clients. I also did 5 mins on the wobble board tonight.
Pass Days Used: 2/3 (4Jan)(9Jan)
Working 2 jobs, my sweet hubby (retired) does all of the cooking at our house. He usually makes a large amount of whatever he's cooking so that we can have left-overs for lunch or for another supper.
@ideas2 thanks for sharing that Paprika app! I've just downloaded it and am looking forward to trying it out! Your pot roast sounds like it turned out amazing! Lol.6
