March Mindfulness Challenge 2023
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I survived a carby start to the week from celebrating my birthday and finished off the desserts yesterday so got back to keto today and was quite relieved. I know how my body rebels against sugar and carbs and yet I still partake. Isn’t that just dumb?? Ah well, another year to keep learning, I suppose. While eating off plan, I have stuck to my fasting and exercising to support my cycle. Now to keep the food on point and we’ll see how I feel over the next few weeks. I’m hoping for a decrease in cravings and maybe a few pounds dropping since I seem to be back to maintaining. I need to get some measurements and plot them to see how I’ve trended over the last year.2
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Happy Birthday @taylok23 ~ wishing you a year full of healthy, happy & progress
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My name is Mary, 65 from Pennsylvania.
Been MIA for a few months but still logging in everyday since I started MFP 5/14/21. Trying to get back into the swing of posting on my threads I've been in for awhile. 657 continuous days today in a row since I started MFP.
Unfortunately lost my mojo and gained a lot back but not all Thank God! Need to get back on track and focused. I bought a NEW to me, gently used, Commercial PreCor EFX 835 Elliptical. It was delivered the beginning of November, as others here know I wore my previous 10+ year old one out from my extensive workouts. Back up to 150 minutes on my 3 days off per week.
Good to see some familiar names here and glad to see some new ones too!
Heaviest weight 255 lbs, twice. :-(
9/14/20-255 lbs
5/14/21-232.2 lbs
4/6/22- 147.6 lbs (107.4 lbs lost) I did NOT have a surgery. Did Keto.
8/1/22- 167.2 lbs
12/1/22-198 lbs
1/1/23- 213.4 lbs
2/1/23- 207.4 lbs
3/1/23- 201 lbs
3/5/23- 200 lbs Elliptical Thurs, Fri & Sun 150 minutes for just over 10 miles each session. Finally glad to see a drop. I was hoping for Onederland though. Oh well, it's inevitable. Can't complain about 7.4 lbs since 2/1, in 4 1/2
3/12-23 205 lbs. Too many carbs lately. Elliptical HIIT setting on Friday & today (Babysitting on Sat) 150 minutes each day, just over 10 miles each day.
3/19/2#- 206 lbs. Having trouble keeping my carbs lower as I did before. Elliptical HIIT setting on Thursday, Friday and Sunday 150 minutes each session for 10+ miles each.
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@swimmom_1 ~ hang in - the holiday food ads get me! what carb range are you shooting for? I bumped up from keto <50g/day to low carb <100-150g/day and 4 meals a day +/-30g per meal/snack. Find it easier emotionally.0
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I'm not overly happy with my poor choices and lack of movement while on the road so much last week. I have a whole lot of room for improvement to make things better this week!0 -
LifeChangz wrote: »@swimmom_1 ~ hang in - the holiday food ads get me! what carb range are you shooting for? I bumped up from keto <50g/day to low carb <100-150g/day and 4 meals a day +/-30g per meal/snack. Find it easier emotionally.
I aim for super low, net carbs 15+/-3. Otherwise I seem to gain, whether its water weight of whatever.0 -
Ah, the scale...I really want to break up with it and not worry about the number, but darn it, that is hard and as women, I think it is engrained into our very nature. I wondered how I've been trending so I took a look since I weigh myself regularly. Over the last year, I've stayed within the same 10 pound range. I guess I should celebrate this, but when I want to be 10 pounds lighter, it makes me crazy! I did the same with my measurements. While they have gone down slightly, it tells me I'm not really losing much fat. I got a scale at the first of the year that measures fun stuff like body fat, lean mass, water weight. Boy, does that put things in perspective. While I question the accuracy, the body fat percentage is much higher than I anticipated. So now, I'm trying to focus on non-scale victories like how I'm feeling, how my clothes feel, etc. Guess I'm just having one of those days where I'd like to say, forget it, let's have a treat, but you know what? I'm not having that kind of craving, so I guess that's a small victory, right??
I started cycle syncing on the 14th right before my birthday and have stuck with the recommendations for fasting and carb intake ( with the exception of birthday treats) and am doing alright with it. I finish off 17 hour fasts tomorrow and drop down to only 13 hours with a bit more carbs for a 3 day stretch. I'm interested to see how it feels. Hope everyone else is having a good day. Thanks for the vent!
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@kimberwolf71 ~ this week going better? it is easier to be at home - travel sure makes self-care a little more difficult.
@taylok23 ~ lol, hear that - have daydreamed ways of killing the scales! sounds like you're doing well with IF.
@swimmom_1 ~ is that 15g +/- per day? or meal? ~ i have found that if I break ketosis, you can hear my body sucking up water! I don't like the switches between/in & out of ketosis, so try to do one or the other, and if i'm doing keto. getting back into keto is the hardest; pushing thru the flu for a week.
my lower carb approach eating +/-30g per meal/eating event is working well for me at this time, but I think that is because i recently did a solid 8 weeks of keto (+/-12g per meal/eating event) where i was eating and it helped me find meals/snacks that worked. all I really have done is about double my carbs per meal.0 -
You know when things are so new, you're afraid of saying anything lest you jinx it? That's how I feel right now. But here goes anyway.
I think I'm back on track...- I've lost five pounds in the last three days. (That's my normal initial water weight loss.)
- My net carbs are staying under 50/day.
- I'm not having physical cravings for treats, just wishfulness.
- My reaction to the wishfulness has switched,
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- from: "I WANT this & have calories left, so OK."
- to: "I've had enuf and don't NEED this, so NO."
- Also, my inner daemon's lies aren't as loud and lack conviction. I'm so susceptible to these!
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- You already blew it, why stop?
- Just one more won't hurt.
- You can always start tomorrow...
- You realllly need this.
- You've been so good, you deserve a treat!
Fingers crossed.
Thanks for being here. :flowerforyou:
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I had my podiatrist appointment this afternoon .........4th surgery happening on Friday the 31st at 8am.. I really hope this is the last one ...I am soooo over it ... I can't wait to heal up start PT and be able to walk my 2 dogs ... I broke my ankle and tore my tendons and ligaments on 10/8/22.... it has been a very lonnnnnnnnnnng road2
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@LifeChangz I do about 15 +/- 3 net carbs per Day. I don't seem to have a keto flu period. Not sure why I never did but that's ok with me to not feel bad. Stuck with that low of net carbs for a year but now hard to get back to it on a steady basis again.1
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that's great @swimmom_1 ~ that you don't get the flu factor. the keto flu is a major reason it's hard for me to get started... i know what's coming - and actually, seems harder to get going/stick with it every time - mental blocks, i 'spose.
-- choosing lower carbs is just 1/2 the equation - releasing 'excess carbs' is the other 1/2... frequency, quantity, favorites, treating... and/or the gazillion reasons we eat extras... i've found the leaving off to be the hard part. hang in & keep practicing ~ you'll find yourself back on a roll again, soon, i hope 1 -
My name is Mary, 65 from Pennsylvania.
Been MIA for a few months but still logging in everyday since I started MFP 5/14/21. Trying to get back into the swing of posting on my threads I've been in for awhile. 657 continuous days today in a row since I started MFP.
Unfortunately lost my mojo and gained a lot back but not all Thank God! Need to get back on track and focused. I bought a NEW to me, gently used, Commercial PreCor EFX 835 Elliptical. It was delivered the beginning of November, as others here know I wore my previous 10+ year old one out from my extensive workouts. Back up to 150 minutes on my 3 days off per week.
Good to see some familiar names here and glad to see some new ones too!
Heaviest weight 255 lbs, twice. :-(
9/14/20-255 lbs
5/14/21-232.2 lbs
4/6/22- 147.6 lbs (107.4 lbs lost) I did NOT have a surgery. Did Keto.
8/1/22- 167.2 lbs
12/1/22-198 lbs
1/1/23- 213.4 lbs
2/1/23- 207.4 lbs
3/1/23- 201 lbs
3/5/23- 200 lbs Elliptical Thurs, Fri & Sun 150 minutes for just over 10 miles each session. Finally glad to see a drop. I was hoping for Onederland though. Oh well, it's inevitable. Can't complain about 7.4 lbs since 2/1, in 4 1/2
3/12-23 205 lbs. Too many carbs lately. Elliptical HIIT setting on Friday & today (Babysitting on Sat) 150 minutes each day, just over 10 miles each day.
3/19/23- 206 lbs. Having trouble keeping my carbs lower as I did before. Elliptical HIIT setting on Thursday, Friday and Sunday 150 minutes each session for 10+ miles each.
3/26/23- 210 lbs :-( Elliptical HIIT setting 150 minutes on Friday & Sunday 10+ miles each day(too many errands & a hair appointment on Saturday)
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snow today? again???? so late in the year.
cheers to all of us who choose to keep going - despite the times when it's harder - and the courage to look this in the eye and kick it some more! Have a good week everyone!1 -
I'm the accident prone member of the family. Fell last week so no activity since and awaiting Dr advice before I can resume my routine. IF is still working quite nicely so I'm happy about that.2
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Food was a struggle for me last week. Possibly in part due to lack of prep, but in reality I make a lot of excuses when it comes to food.
I was able to quit smoking almost 11 years ago. I reigned in my spending, got debt free and happily live within my budget now to also save for a rainy day. Why can't I tell myself no when it comes to the food and exercise portion of feeling better?
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LifeChangz wrote: »
snow today? again???? so late in the year.
I LOVE THE FUNNY PHOTO!! We haven't had much snow this year in PA Several storms missed where I live in South Central PA.1 -
Food was a bit of a struggle for me this week too, @kimberwolf71. I let my husband talk me into donuts, my total weakness. But I’m back in the saddle afterwards. I think I justified the choice by being in a hormone feast phase of my cycle where a few more carbs are encouraged (just not that many). Also, in looking at your checklist, you have a lot of stuff checked off for the week. You won’t be perfect all the time but are you doing better than last week? I’m my own worst critic so I get it!1
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Next month's challenge: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10887562/active-april-2023-challenge/p1?new=10
