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  • Krysless2
    Krysless2 Posts: 2,212 Member
    edited May 22

    👟Step Goal:10k🏃🏻‍♀️Sun-W(Thu⚖️✔️)
    • Sun 5/18: 6196
    • Mon 5/19: 3179
    • Tue 5/20: 8110
    • Wed 5/21: 8101

    So far this week..
    (Click for Goal•Tickers: Sun-Wed) 
    (Memorial Day Ahead: “Thank you for your service!!” (🇺🇸=Yes or⚔️=No)

    Net•Cals (7637 / 11200)
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    =  Daily Avg: 1909 (Goal: 1600) 

    MV•500 (1880 / 3500)
    •🇺🇸⚔️⚔️🇺🇸🔲🔲🔲 
    =   Daily Avg: 470 (Goal: 500)

    YesDay(UndCal+MV500) (❤️or🖤)
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    Mon5/12»\/•⚖️•\/»Thu5/15
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  • LaurieWrobo
    LaurieWrobo Posts: 1,590 Member

    Steps

    5/18 10,473

    5/19 9,442

    5/20 5,714

    5/21 3,527

    The past two days have been nothing but heavy rain; yesterday I had meetings in between my lunch hour so I couldn't even do my bike inside😑

  • Zaxa2021
    Zaxa2021 Posts: 1,139 Member

    Steps

    5/20: 8,859
    5/21: 10,369

    Goal: 12,000

    It's getting hot here. Too hot to go on walks past around 9 am. I have to use that time in the morning to let my boys play outside. I also haven't been good about the treadmill lately, which I can (and will) do better at.

  • PatriceFitnessPal
    PatriceFitnessPal Posts: 1,611 Member
    edited May 22

    @DaffyGirl88 - I like your idea of putting your pajamas in your yoga space to remind yourself to stretch!

    Thanks for your encouragement about the marathon run @frankwbrown. Your endurance run was impressive! I have never run for three hours (yet! 😊) so I’ll definitely use your example for inspiration. I looked at the links you included in your post and it seems as though there were no competitors in the age 75 and over categories. Your second place finish is a huge achievement — and first place could be in your future, too! 🧐 (Long tangent warning: skip to the last sentence for the TL/DR ending).

    Your story reminds me of my high school track experience. I don’t consider myself much of a runner but we moved to a small town about 10 miles north of Binghamton, NY when my father was coaching the American Hockey League team there.

    For a little background, I was a third year (junior) student and my Physical Education (PE) teacher was also the track coach. We got to choose our PE classes (monthly, I think) and I selected jogging/ running in the first rotation because I didn’t know any of the other students yet. So, it was a somewhat solitary activity I could do while adjusting to my new life - and observing the local teen culture - since I was not happy about moving from the city (Boston) to a small suburb that felt very isolated to me. I always liked running for the reflection and problem-solving time it gave me.

    Anyway, the PE teacher noticed that my pulse didn’t elevate much after our runs and I recovered quickly, so she asked me to join the track team. The team needed a hurdler in the longer distance races, and I had never tried it, but I was willing to enter the race so our team could get the points. I’m sure I looked ridiculous but I got second place!

    When I came home and shared the news with my family at dinner, my brother quickly figured out the situation and asked, “How many people were in the race?” — Two, of course! 😉🥈😆 but I’m always a ‘team’ player. I really loved all the different activities we got to try during PE at that school but I was glad when my father was fired at the end of that season (common for professional coaches) and I could return to Boston for my senior year of high school — a good experience all the way around for me and he ended up with a much better coaching job so everything worked out well!

    There’s no shame in second and I always admire anyone who enters the arena for showing up/trying! We’ll just keep learning, improving, and moving!

  • nancyinmiami
    nancyinmiami Posts: 219 Member

    Happy Thursday Team! It’s time to take a look at the 4th (and my personal favorite 😊) Pillar: Reward (Make it Satisfying).

    Two things on the graphic stand out to me personally. The first is “add a little bit of immediate pleasure to habits that pay off in the long run.” I live in a condo that has an amazing cafe, filled with decadent pastries, coffees, and other yummies. Not surprisingly, it is located directly in between our gyms/pools/tennis courts, and you must walk through it in order to travel between those areas and our building entrance. While the smell of those croissants are hard to resist, I do, instead reaching for a “skinny” iced vanilla latte. I don’t know what coffee they use, but it’s Cuban and the most delicious treat (even with 2% milk and sugar free vanilla). So, after my workout, I know there’s a yummy cold treat in my future! No workout that day? No coffee.

    The second item from that Pillar that speaks to me, and more than likely speaks to all of us, is the Habit Tracker: measure your progress, whenever possibly, automatically. By this point, tracking my food is automatic, and when I don’t do it, something just feels off. It’s not always easy to be 100% accurate, especially when eating out, but I’ve learned it’s essential to be honest, 100% of the time. Fortunately, my Apple Watch and Oura Ring (which I am in love with) do a fantastic job of tracking my activity and steps so that part is easy peasy.

    I hope you were able to find something for yourself from the postings this week. It’s been quite awhile since I read Atomic Habits, so the visual with the pillars was a good reminder. I think I’m going to re-read it over the summer. If anyone is interested in reading along with me, let me know—perhaps we can have a little book club meeting to discuss!!

  • LaurieWrobo
    LaurieWrobo Posts: 1,590 Member
    edited May 22

    @nancyinmiami Hi I would - I had stated I wanted reread it as I never finished it and it was on my summer reading list

  • PatriceFitnessPal
    PatriceFitnessPal Posts: 1,611 Member

    @LaurieWrobo - Good idea to pick up a book on grief to help you process recent losses. In my work with Washington, DC schools, we frequently collaborate with the Wendt Center for Grief and Loss. They do fantastic work. Here’s a link if you think you might be interested in their online resources:

    https://www.wendtcenter.org/

  • PatriceFitnessPal
    PatriceFitnessPal Posts: 1,611 Member

    @nancyinmiami - I appreciate your reflections on the Atomic Habits key takeaways! Thank you!

    I would like to join a summer reading group, too. It’s been awhile since I’ve read the book and I’m working on building some better habits — I’m in!

    This MFP ‘Success Story’ - written by a woman who achieved her weight loss goal and maintained it for two years at the time of her post - captures why I think it’s so important to build positive habits:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1454303/2-years-of-maintenance-130-pounds-lost
  • FWSWCindy
    FWSWCindy Posts: 86 Member

    FWSWCindy

    Weigh-InDay: Wednesday

    HW: 230 lbs

    W Start MayChallenge = 196.8 lbs

    PW: 194.2

    CW: 195 lbs.

    April 30 =198.6

    May 7 = 196.2 lbs

    May 14 = lbs

    May 21 = 195lbs.

    May 28 =

  • FWSWCindy
    FWSWCindy Posts: 86 Member

    FWSWCindy

    Sun. 5/18 = 14,193

    Mon. 5/19 = 14,572

    Tues. 5/20 = 12,359

    Wed. 5/21 = 11,208

  • FWSWCindy
    FWSWCindy Posts: 86 Member

    @nancyinmiami

    I've not ready the book, but I just YESTERDAY picked it up from the library. Count me in on book club!

    Thanks, Cindy

  • Zaxa2021
    Zaxa2021 Posts: 1,139 Member

    Weigh In

    PW: 141.5
    CW: 144.5

    Ouch. Had a few rough days over the weekend/earlier this week. I have since gotten back on track, but the extra weight is sticking around this time. Hoping to get rid of some of extra water weight soon.

  • Zaxa2021
    Zaxa2021 Posts: 1,139 Member

    Steps

    5/22: 18,287

  • mulecanter
    mulecanter Posts: 1,801 Member

    Mule

    PW: 215.2

    CW: 214.1

    Happy Memorial Day

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  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 14,032 Member

    Daily step goal: 10,000
    🔹Tue 5/20: 11,353
    🔹Wed 5/21: 11,200
    🔹Thu 5/22: 10,365

  • bearchested
    bearchested Posts: 262 Member

    Bearchested

    Friday

    PW: 190.2

    CW: 187.4

    Losing some of the water weight from last week's casual weightlifting competition. Restarting intermittent fasting as it's the best way for me to restrict calories and with a lighter workout load I'm not as hungry.

  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,963 Member

    Angmarie28

    Fridays

    Prev weigh 182.6

    Current weight-183.2

    super struggling with my eating. I do well at home but once I'm at work, I have a hard time not eating all the time, ugh. My boss has a closet full of chips, candy, and junk food thats always stocked ugh. I'm going to try hard to skip the snacks this week. I gotta do something diffrent

  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,963 Member

    5/16-7,099

    5/17-6,733

    5/18-8,408

    5/19-8,480

    5/20-8,132

    5/21-10,523

    5/22-12,937

  • DaffyGirl88
    DaffyGirl88 Posts: 5,467 Member

    Good morning!

    Friday steps 3673 😔

    Drove 9 hours to Buffalo yesterday (go Bills!). Not sure my steps are going to improve today as there's a high of 49 degrees and rain ☔ in the forecast. So much for renting an Airbnb on the lake. 😕

    @nancyinmiami I'm always down for a book club! 👍😊

  • alleykat69
    alleykat69 Posts: 349 Member

    alleykat69

    weigh in: Saturday

    pw: 202.2

    cw: 200.5

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