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LazyBlondeChef
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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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Let’s talk lunch! Specifically when you know your dinner is going to be high calorie/high fat and won’t have control over it.1
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What a great opener Mary! I’ll be eager to read the responses. @bookieNJ
When I know that dinner will probably be higher calorie and I can’t mitigate that by making or bringing a dish to improve the health outcomes, I do the following:
1. Have high fibre and/or high protein breakfast and lunch.
2. Drink lots of water throughout the day.
3. Be certain to get my exercise in during the day and before dinner time hits.
4. Eat a generous veggie snack (e.g., carrot sticks and cucumber slices with some homemade non fat Greek yogurt dip, etc) before heading to dinner.4 -
I have finally gotten to a place where Breakfast and Lunch are about the same every work day so I have plenty of room for what ever dinner surprise I have. Took me a long time to find stuff that holds me , but I also think the "mind" is better right now.4
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Yes x3
Awesome topic, look forward to responses. I will skip lunch if hubby or I are making a high calorie dinner, or I'll just eat a protien shake or some corn thins and tuna. Xo2 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No. Planned rest day
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes2 -
DATE: April 18
EXERCISED: YES - 3,294 Steps
CALORIES: NO (0ver - so hungry again)
TRACKED: YES
(7 Pass Days Used)2 -
April 18, 2023
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 (11 days -free)
Within Sugar macro today? Yes (11 days)
Pass day 3/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).2 -
April 18
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11K
Got labs today! All great! Blood glucose low.
And my annual eye exam. - apparently the eyes can be early indicators of issues with high bp and/or diabetes. It showed I have neither, but still great to know the exam Showed that!
#HealthFirst
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4/18
Exercise: 160 minutes
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days used: 12 -
Tuesday April 18
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Exercise was weightlifting and walking
Tracked it all and under base calories.
3 pass days used.3 -
18/04/2023
Exercise – yes
Tracked – yes
Calories – yes
1 pass day so far.
If I’m eating out just one meal – ie dinner – I don’t stress about it too much. I eat my usual breakfast and lunch then have a snack before going out so that I don’t approach the meal feeling too hungry. Often my “snack” will be yogurt and fruit – I have a yogurt every day for the calcium – and the fruit makes it dessert so I don’t have to have dessert when out.
Edited to add - you do have some control over what you actually eat. When in a restaurant you can order something sensible and leave some on the plate. If you're worried about eating at a friends, you can ask for small portions, decline sauces, etc.
You are not a dustbin (trash can?), you do not have to eat everything put in front of you. Respect your body.4 -
Congratulations on getting three yeses go to:
@donna25trinity, @victorious55, @MadisonMolly2017,
@calvin20874,
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@CarolAnnM2 – well done for tracking, are you trying to be too strict with your calories?
Can you use averaging over the week to help you with those “hungry” days?1 -
@jmu1965, I see you had a planned rest day – can you do less intense exercise on a rest day? Perhaps a walk? I don’t suppose you just literally sit all day.1
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Date: 4/18
Exercised?: 48 minutes aerobics
Calories?: Y
Tracked?: Y
Pass Days Used - 3/3
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Yes, yes and yes
Walking, yoga and core
This is a great topic. I typically don't start eating until 11 am and eat a series of mini meals thereafter until dinner. I find that even with an event in the evening, I need to stick with my normal food plan. I ultimately do better this way and make wiser choices when I am not overly hungry.2 -
Apr 18 Logged today but over and no exercise.
I seem to save higher calorie suppers for weekends and am able to eat less throughout the day. I'm not sure why I can manage it on the weekend but not during the working weekday - perhaps because I'm more tired throughout the week and not as effective at exercising self control? I've also noticed that food is a comfort to me and when I'm particularly bored or a bit stressed at work, I will start looking for what my snack is. I've been trying to chew some gum or make a cup of herbal tea in an effort to retrain my comfort-seeking behaviour. Yesterday I put some earbuds in and listened to music while working; that was effective and I was able to burn through a monotonous task relatively quickly. (Of course I thought of this after I ate 2 portions of nuts instead of the 1 I had planned on...)3 -
@donna25trinity I made those meatballs from Skinnytaste that you mentioned on Apr 11. They were relatively quick to make using your tip of browning them in the oven. I doubled the recipe and the size of the meatballs (1/4 cup size meatballs). I also did half lean beef & half extra lean beef as I really dislike the flavour of ground turkey. It was a good meal and something different again; thanks for sharing the recipe!1
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Exercised?: ✅ Yes
Calories?: ✅ Yes
Tracked?: ✅ Yes
Pass days used: 3/31 -
✅ Exercise - 20 minute walk around the airport
✅ Calories -
✅ Tracking -
Closed all of my Apple Watch rings (move, exercise, stand)
3 Pass days used
Documenting consistency (if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
UAC: P-P-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-P-16-17-18
Definitely try to pre-log dinner if I can to get a general outline of what calories I have to play with the rest of the day. Sometimes I just give in and say it's one day and not to worry about it. Other times, I'll either do an OMAD or a fairly light lunch (salad).
I had the opposite problem on the 18th which was we did not get dinner at all and lunch was basically a Kind bar and whatever the airlines give you for snack. When we got to our destination I ended up eating an apple, a homemade hot cross bun and a slice of sourdough cranberry walnut bread (also homemade). I was absolutely sure that I was soooooo far under calories for the day. As I plugged all the food into my dairy, I was shocked that I was under calories, but not by very much.
Sometime we talk about body dysmorphia, but I think I have calorie/food dysmorphia.3 -
Things went haywire with my login so unable to log or report for over a week, but it is all straightened out now. April goal of reestablishing the core reporting habits remains the same.
Today:
C:✅ E😕: 3,2K steps T:✅
Month-long Score (3x✅=💖 for that day) vs Pass ( 😕 ) record.
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😕-😕-😕-💖-💖-💖-💖-😕-19-20
21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30My April goal here is to log in every day, and wind up a champion. Everything that arises from those choices and actions will be a bonus.2 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? No.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes1 -
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pass day 2.
plenty of exercise but over.2 -
Yes x 3.1
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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? yes
Passed Days Used 24/5/2023 just one of "those" days
4/9/2023 Easter
If I know dinner is going to be "plentiful", I try to nibble during the day (fruits, nuts etc) to keep hunger at bay and save my calories for the splurge.1 -
yes for 3
1/3 pass days used0 -
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2️⃣ pass days leftStrongerJan wrote: »I have finally gotten to a place where Breakfast and Lunch are about the same every work day so I have plenty of room for what ever dinner surprise I have. Took me a long time to find stuff that holds me , but I also think the "mind" is better right now.
This is more or less where I am now. And I don’t worry about one gala dinner. I just get right back on it immediately0 -
✅ Exercise:
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
Passdays used 10 (April 5, 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,18)
When I have a big social eating occasion dinner planned, I just try to more consciously plan what I am eating earlier in the day. I tend to find lower carb/higher protein breakfast and lunch tends to make me less hungry at dinnertime. Then I will often have some nuts late afternoon to help me not feel hungry when I go into a bigger meal. Usually, there are a lot of things other people eat that I want to avoid due to gluten and dairy, so my goal is just to keep it reasonable and eat what is healthy for me without letting what other people are eating influence me too much. For me, not going in too hungry, and trying to avoid the ¨what the heck, I am over calories anyway¨ attitude works the best.0 -
4/18
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 - 10 - 11 -12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21-22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31
Pass Day - 0
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