May 9
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Another good day - 3 yeses, 1/3 pass days4
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- Yes, 8,000+ steps, 94 zone minutes
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May 9
Exercise no
Tracked yes
Calories yes
Passes used up.
May 2022-UAC goals: 1/7 days. Hopefully, I will start to post some more successful days of reaching the goals.
I’ll come back to post a day of food. Out of time.
I also get ideas from others diaries & I leave mine open for others too. I don’t see it as creeping as I see it as a helpful tool. I need help & I love to help others & believe that most people also like to help others.
Thank you to everyone who does keep their diaries open & for the great responses. It is very helpful to me.
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3 yeses
1 pass day used
Good day eating
Breakfast
Egg or toast with pb
Oatmeal
Lunch/dinner
2 oz burger
Or chicken
Salad
1/2 cup or more of fruit veggie
Snacks
1/4 cup of nuts
Cheese/crackers3 -
I've never had frozen mangoes, but I would think it would work. The texture might be a little different, but the flavor would be the same. Mangoes are everywhere here, so I've never even looked for frozen. LOL about your fruit bat kids! My wife eats mango salsa with a spoon - she doesn't care about the fish under it. I usually have to make extra so I have enough for dinner.Caroline_slowandsteady wrote: »@SilverSage1 Thanks for the mango salsa recipe! How do you think it would be with frozen mango? When we get fresh mango my fruit bat children eat them up so fast! I definitely couldn't keep one around for salsa. And the error when adding a picture is a known bug - I think it happens to everyone sometimes. Did the error say something about vanilla? I think MFP is working on it...
Other than the mango itself, there are no real calories in it.
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Oops, I just posted my comment for the 10th and then wondered whether I had done the 9th?
Here it is:
09/05/2022
Exercise – yes, bike ride, and walking.
Tracking – yes
Calories – yes
3 pass days
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Tuesday
yesx3
0/3 pass days used3 -
@SilverSage1 that mango looks delicious!2
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Thanks Kate - will keep an eye out for these (though haven’t seen either here in Canada, yet 😉). @snowshoe072snowshoe072 wrote: »@jamcnewman try the Sam Adams Just the Haze . The Athletic Brewing Com make two possibly more one is Upside Dawn both are good Sam Adams is my favorite Sam has higher carbs about 22 but only around 98 calories for 12 ozs. Much less then the home brewed beer we make 🍺 enjoy!!1 -
Monday May 9
Oops - thought I’d already posted but don’t see it.
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1 pass day used May 42 -
Eating patterns?
Typical day when I’m at home:
Breakfast is cereal (wholemeal, high fibre, fortified with vitamins and minerals) with soya milk and handful of fruit. Plus a boiled egg and a slice of bread.
Lunch is salad – 100g tomatoes plus cucumber, peppers, lettuce ++…… with cold meat or small tin of tuna. A small slice of fruit loaf, toasted, with a smidgeon of marmalade.
Afternoon snack – raw carrots, a mini babybel, maybe a lentil cake
Dinner – lots of veg plus a small portion of meat or fish. Dessert is yogurt with fruit
Evening snacks: Depending on what my macros look like I may have a protein bar, a high fibre bar, or a really nice (small) piece of chocolate (or all of those if I have enough calories)
At the end of the day my calories are about 1,700 (1,500 + half exercise calories), fibre 45g, protein 95g+, calcium 100% +.
I don’t worry about carbs, fat, sugar etc.
I often have more than 700g of freggies over the day (9 portions)
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pass day - Calories were over my calorie goal, but in the green on MFP so the difference was walked off by the end of the day and I still ended up with a calorie deficit.
I am bad at making notes in my planner for my UAC posts and then go days without posting. When I do that, I make quick posts, which really isn't good for me since I need to post and ask questions about areas I am struggling with and need help in. I am all caught up now, needed to post from last Thursday to Monday, and today's post of Tuesday will be posted tomorrow morning since I am back to normal.
I have noticed that my morning posts are really long because I am posting my UAC check-in info and then posting any questions or comments. Hopefully, my posts will start to settle down and not be so long, or I might need to break them up and post UAC check-in info and then later in the day post my questions in the "what's on your mind" section. I am spending too much time in the morning on MFP and posts and I need to stay on my time schedule.
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Caroline_slowandsteady wrote: »My wife has been drinking a lot of kombucha lately, but I think the kind you buy is too high in sugar and it also has caffeine in it right? Can you make your own with less sugar and no caffeine?
@Caroline_slowandsteady All kombucha starts out with sugar (or honey) to ferment. The longer it is fermented the less sugar is in the product consumed, down to even zero sugar. I did find one commercially made that is Keto but I have not tried it. They explain on this page how they make it https://hummkombucha.com/humm-zero/ They allow it to ferment until there is no sugar. They add plant based sweeteners--- I don´t actually see the ingredients but I have some doubts about whether I would be fully comfortable with the sweetners or the price. You can definitely make your own with less sugar but the problem for me is knowing how much sugar is left. For that reason on my to do list this week is to learn how to use the refractor my son bought me and determine how much sugar there is in my various batches of kombucha.
Kombucha is actually really simple to make. If you wife is consuming a lot of kombucha you all could probably save quite a bit of money making it yourself. I started out with a kit from Amazon because it made it simple but you could just buy a gallon jar of pickles to get a gallon jar cheaper than you can from Amazon and then purchase a scoby from Amazon or Etsy and find instructions online. I now use what is called the continuous brew method which is actually easier than the batch method if you like to have kombucha on hand at all times. For that you need a 2 gallon or larger container with a spigot. We bought a more expensive crockery one but for our second one I found this quite cheap at Walmart. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-Gardens-2-Gallon-Glass-Beverage-Dispenser-with-Glass-Clamp-Lid I replaced the cheap plastic spigot with a metal one I got from Amazon. I have ¨The Big Book of Kombucha¨ which is excellent at explaining different options and has lots of flavoring ideas.
I believe I read that the caffiene in the tea also makes the scoby healthier and more effective. I have heard that you can make a form of caffiene free kombucha from lemongrass instead of tea. I read a studies that suggested lemongrass kombucha may have even additional health benefits. I also found this recipe for a caffiene free type of kombucha. https://www.fermentingforfoodies.com/caffeine-free-sugar-free-kombucha/
My husband and I really enjoy making and trying different flavors of kombucha. I just need to be able to figure out better how much sugar I am actually consuming. You let the kombucha ferment until it gets to the strength you want. Apparently kombucha fermented down to have no sugar is often called kombucha vinegar and can be used in place of vinegar for many things. For many people, kombucha vinegar is too strong to consume straight. Strong kombucha that has been fermented a long time ¨bites¨ the back of the throat and may make you cough.
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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? yes4 -
@Caroline_slowandsteady Re veg
Apart from Fri/Sat nights, we would have a 4 or 5 different veg with meals, which would usually cover about three quarters of the plate.
Egs: this week
Sun - Tues: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, parsnips, broad beans
Wed: casserole: onion, mushrooms, celery, courgette, red peppers, carrots, parsnips, potatoes
Thurs: lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, baby corn, red peppers, radishes, pickles
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Bummer @jamcnewman will think of you when I have one !
Tracked and logged exercise minimal but done.
My back up plan stay out of the kitchen!!3 -
Great job on 3 yeses!
@donna25trinity
@biketheworld
@Maggie_MJ
@bookieNJ
@lesdarts180
@Caramel_Apple - though I think you posted on the wrong day
@jamcnewman
@Marilynsretired
Good job posting regardless - on the way to Champion!
@Elbee1
Thanks for the food ideas!
@bookieNJ
@SilverSage1 - that looks SO good!
@lesdarts180
@KCJen - I do have trouble keeping to my morning routine with UAC too. I've kind of decided that I'll do it 3 -4 times a week and that will have to be enough
@ideas2 that sounds like a lot of fun
@TerriRichardson112 that sounds like a great variety of veggies!2 -
@Caroline_slowandsteady You can google protein coffee recipes. I make a simple one with vanilla protein powder, coffee and sometimes cashew milk. If I'm not in the mood for a smoothie, but need to balance my sugar, I'll drink this instead. I also consider this part of a fast if I'm trying to wait until lunch to eat.2
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5/9
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? 👍🏻
(Documenting consistency (if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
UAC: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9[/9]-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28
May 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
6. No late night snacking
7. Daily journal logging
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*correction
Monday
Yes x3
0/3pass days used
Thanks Caroline2 -
Thank you @Caroline_slowandsteady0
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tahm42
no tracking this week
Hogwarts bound
1/3 pass days used2 -
@Caroline_slowandsteady I just make a "coffee smoothie" by adding some vanilla protein powder and sometimes cashew milk to a strong cold coffee. Then I blend it in my mini blender and either add ice to drink it cold or warm it in the microwave. I wanted to try fasting but since I have low blood sugar, I need something to keep my sugar balanced and this seemed to do the trick for me.3
https://youtu.be/g83v1m2P4_g