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March 8
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Exercise- 30min
Tracking- everything
Calories- in range
2 passes remain7 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, housework for the rest of the week until the weekend
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes and it wasnβt always easy but the weight is coming down so itβs worth it!7 -
March 8
Happy International Womenβs Day to all!
β β β
π 22 minute outdoor walk (bitter wind and blowing snow βοΈβοΈβοΈ β but I got outside)
π 70 minutes exercise indoors
π 14,500+ steps so far today
No pass days used so far in March6 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes an hour walk
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes5 -
Yes x3. More shovelling and ended the day with yoga.6
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 48 minutes of outdoor walking in the frigid cold
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
Love reading all your stories!7 -
@donna25trinitydonna25trinity wrote: Β»Yes x3
I hve not been well so sorry as i hve not been very active on mfp. I hve stayed on track with my eating and workouts and it has been great cos I believe it has helped me sweat it out. Ill jump on later to catch up on comments. Xo
Sending good wishes that you feel better soon π4 -
Thank you to each of you @biketheworld @MadisonMolly2017 @victorious55 and @TerriRichardson112 for sharing your journey with us today. Your testimonies are such powerful reminders and encouragement to me that although the road is long and sometimes quite hilly, and feels very lonely at times, it is possible to reach and keep good health. I am grateful to and for each of you today. ππππ6
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biketheworld wrote: Β»@MadisonMolly2017 - thanks for sharing that. Iβm so impressed with your steady downward movement! That really shows that you put your mind to it and stuck with it. I know you had some extra motivation but not many people are that diligent. Super kudos to you!
@biketheworld
Thank you!
But did you see the regain in the beginning? I had to change a lot of habits. It took time!
Eventually I joined NOOM & set a goal of 4lbs per month. That worked well until I joined MFP & UAC & lost the rest. I marvel now at how perfect I was in UAC in those days. I was extremely curious about what I would look like at a truly normal weight. That motivated me. Then once there, how Great I felt motivated me!7 -
3 yes day
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jamcnewman wrote: Β»Thank you to each of you @biketheworld @MadisonMolly2017 @victorious55 and @TerriRichardson112 for sharing your journey with us today. Your testimonies are such powerful reminders and encouragement to me that although the road is long and sometimes quite hilly, and feels very lonely at times, it is possible to reach and keep good health. I am grateful to and for each of you today. ππππ
@jamcnewman
I keyed into your word, lonely. Iβd love to know more.
I also think losing weight & maintaining is best done in short time frames. I trained myself not to get into βfor-the-rest-of-my-life-itisβ just today or this meal etc.
I should add. When I began in 1/1/16 & all along, I wasnβt sure I could lose the weight. I took it in 4-5 lb increments. My goal was to lose 5%. Then 10%. The health benefits are clear. I told myself if I had raging hunger to just stop at 206 lbs. that would be good enough. Self-Kindness for improved health.
The whole time I was losing, Iβd go upstairs immediately after dinner so I wouldnβt eat any more.
I did the same the first year or more of maintenance. Finally I decided to try to handle being near food & not snacking. Baby steps.
For the first 2 years of maintenance I wasnβt sure I could do it.
We must re-write all the garbage weβve read & heard over our lifetimes.
You donβt have to lose weight fast.
You donβt have to weigh what you did in college or high school.
You donβt have to starve.
You do get to craft meals that make your heart sing.
You do get to move more easily.
You do get the empowerment of overcoming the biggest challenge of your life.
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β Exercise - 1 hour of Jazzercise and a neighborhood walk.
β Calories -
β Tracking -
Closed all my Apple watch rings today
1 Pass days used
Documenting consistency (if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
UAC: 1-2-3-4-P-6-7-8
According to my records, I've started the weight loss process so many times. What's funny is that when I would have any level of success, I would stop counting calories because "I got this". Clearly, that wasn't the case. This is one of the first times I've focused on understanding the habits of weight loss and what it would be like to be in maintenance. I'm not there yet, but am currently 3.5 pounds away. My new goals will be associated with staying within a certain weight range.7 -
UAC:
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π9-10-11-12-13-14
15-16-17-18-19-20-21
22-23-24-25-26-27-28-
29-30-31
Sun nt sleep: 6.5
Mon nt sleep: 76 -
3/8
Exercise: 150 minutes
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days used: 07 -
08/03/2022
Exercise β yes bike ride and cardio
Tracked β yes
Calories β yes
0 pass days used
So many inspiring stories! Thankyou.6 -
March 8
Well over pass days in my learning month
Exercise: Trifecta again! 15 minutes MommaStrong, about 1 hour of walking (first I did my usual half hour walk, then joined my friend who I usually walk with, who had hurt her back, and we walked for half an hour VERY slowly), 20 minutes stretching
Tracking: Planned the day, mostly followed the plan, tracked EVERYthing. I think my original plan was a bit over calories, and then I had a few nibbles - finished up that delicious bakery bread and ate off my kids' plates at dinner
Calories: 214 over
Weight: Down 0.3
I am thinking of adjusting my calorie goal because it does seem like I can eat a bit more and still lose. But I'm not going to spend time on it this morning because instead I want to focus on the topic.
Great topic @biketheworld and thank you @MadisonMolly2017 @victorious55 and @TerriRichardson112 for sharing your journeys. I literally pored over the details of those journeys just now. It is so fascinating to see how other people did it! Relevant to my current struggles, I like the ideas of setting a higher goal weight for maintenance than you otherwise might have had. And Terri, I like that you got to maintenance and then continued to lose.
I don't have a nice graph of my journey, but here's my stats:
Pre-2011: I had was below 135 and had been maintaining at that weight for almost a decade (since just after college)
2011-2012: Pregnancy - got up above 200 pounds (stopped looking at 200)
2013: About a year later, at 173, started trying to lose weight. Got as low as 167
2015: Pregnancy with my son - got up to 200 pounds
2016: Stayed at 180 for about a year post-partum, then started losing and got to around 173
2017-2019: Hovered around 173
May 2019: Got serious about losing weight. SW: 173.5
July 2019: Weight 165.5
September 2019: Weight 157
Feb 2020: Plateaued. Weight still 157
July 2020: Losing again. Weight 152.5
February 2021: Plateaued. Weight still 152.5. Joined MFP and started tracking
July 2021: Losing again, slowly. Weight 150.7, but with a new scale that showed my weight 2 pounds higher than the scale I had been using.
Jan 2022: Bouncing around but overall slow loss: 148.6
March 2022: Plateaued. Today's weight: 149
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Good morning I would like to add to my comment from last evening as it was early when I read through the posts. There are too many of us to acknowledge separately today but thank you so much for sharing your stories. Each one of us has been a success story and a role model to one another. This journey we are all on has its ups and downs much like life, but if we persevere we will get where we want to be.
Itβs important to enjoy food and drink as we move through our journey our goals are to do so mindfully and within our limits the hardest part can be saying no I am fine, I donβt want any or anymore. Keep your resolve and stay on your path but please donβt feel to guilty over that sweet or glass of wine, beer etc. Life is to short to let it pass you by.
Best of luck to each of us as we move forward with our journeys.9 -
@MadisonMolly2017 - I absolutely love your comment β You do get to craft meals that make your heart sing.β
I couldnβt count the number of times I tried some diet with bizarre food or food that was horrible, only to lose a few pounds and then gain it all back plus some. I do overall choose wisely, but I also focus on portion control and I end up being so much more satisfied.
@Caroline_slowandsteady - you are only 14 pounds from 2011 weight! That is awesome and a huge win. Kudos to you.
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What a terrific post, and such great responses! I read several last night and then came back and re-read again today!
β€ Thank you so much @MadisonMolly2017 @TerriRichardson112 @victorious55 and many others for sharing your stories - you all are so inspiring to those of us that are still working towards our goals!!
Your posts made me want to go back and look at MY journey graph in MFP.... and although my plan for the winter was just to maintain.... I have known this last 4-6 wks that my weight was slowly creeping up.
My graph clearly shows that in the 6-7 yrs I've been on MFP, I've lost weight at least twice before, only to gain it back again.
Today I'm up about 7 lbs from my lowest weight last fall. I'm so glad Spring is almost here because I need to get busy and get back to losing again!8 -
Mar 8
Exercise: No, was sick today, again. Rough day.
Tracked all: Yes
Calories under: yes
(all 3 pass days used)
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~π~ 3 / 8 /2022~~ Waving Hi ~~ ππΌ ~~ BLESSings Everyone ~π~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... β ... 230+ min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... β ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... β .... I did
STEPS......... 26,870+.......... 200 = walking ......... 30 cleaning
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY & Celebration
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-
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π Wishing EVERYONE all the BEST & Much Success In March π We Got This π
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Thank you all for the inspiration and stories.
exercise? Yes
Headed out the door for a walk and hubby decided to come with because he was grumpy. I'm glad he came. He has COPD and any exercise he can do is good for him. But it slowed my walk and made it shorter.
within my calorie budget? Yes.
track everything I ate and drank? Yes.
I didn't have many calories left for dinner, so was planning the rest of the day, when grumpy husband realized son was grumpy too so we were going out for dinner. Applebees. It's hard to eat right at Applebees. They ordered waffles fries covered in cheese for an appetizer. Because of this group and goals, I waited until the plate was almost empty and then ate 3 small ones, half my salmon, all my broccoli and half my spuds.
Having any restraint with food is big with me.π
Dropped them off and went to the gym in my street clothes. It had been a long day and I knew if I went in the house to change, I wouldn't go back out in the cold to go to the gym.
I barely stayed within my calorie goal, but I did and I was down this morning on the scale.
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Yes x 3 for Tuesday5
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@VickiSLaw what a huge NSV for you today!! (non scale victory!) High Five, Congrats, and Kudos to YOU!!!!
Both for your self discipline with the cheesy waffle fries AND for going to the gym in your street clothes! Huge! 5 -
Date: 03/08/22
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes ππ»
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day ππ»
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?ππ»
(Documenting consistency (if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
[UAC: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31
March goals
1 Miracle Morning ~ S.A.V.E.R.S
2 Wake up EARLY for meditation
3 Yoga (4 times weekly)
4. Minimum sweets (work them in my calorie goal)
5. 30 day squat challenge4 -
yes for 3
0/3 pass days used6 -
@biketheworld @MadisonMolly2017 @TerriRichardson112 @Mrs_Hoffer thank you for all for sharing - your journeys are a big source of inspiration!π
Apparently I hit "save draft" instead of posting yesterday evening - whoops! Doesn't surprise me since I was half asleepπ
βοΈ 20+ mins exercise (34 min walk)
βοΈ Within calorie budget
βοΈ Log everything
Consistency Tracking (βοΈ=3 βοΈ's, π΄ββ οΈ=pass):
βοΈ-βοΈ-βοΈ-βοΈ-βοΈ-π΄ββ οΈ-βοΈ-βοΈ-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31
Passes used = 1 / 3
Habits I'm continuing to track this month:
βοΈ Morning meditation
πΏ-πΏ-πΏ-β-β-πΏ-πΏ-πΏ-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31
βοΈ Drink >64oz water (84oz and getting into a better groove!)
π§-π§-π§-π§-π§-π§-π§-π§-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31
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Mrs_Hoffer wrote: Β»What a terrific post, and such great responses! I read several last night and then came back and re-read again today!
β€ Thank you so much @MadisonMolly2017 @TerriRichardson112 @victorious55 and many others for sharing your stories - you all are so inspiring to those of us that are still working towards our goals!!
Your posts made me want to go back and look at MY journey graph in MFP.... and although my plan for the winter was just to maintain.... I have known this last 4-6 wks that my weight was slowly creeping up.
My graph clearly shows that in the 6-7 yrs I've been on MFP, I've lost weight at least twice before, only to gain it back again.
Today I'm up about 7 lbs from my lowest weight last fall. I'm so glad Spring is almost here because I need to get busy and get back to losing again!
@Mrs_Hoffer
I only see you gaining it back onceβ¦the second time you didnβt gain it all back!
We learn something new each time we diet, figuring out what works & doesnβt work for us.Iβve used things from the old WW program & another one called βAdventures in Attitudes,β for the past 40years.
And eventually we create our own path!5 -
3/8/2022 (oops)
Exercise? Yes
Tracking? Only part of the day, so no
Calories? I don't think so.1 -
Opps sorry for the duplicate!
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