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RangerRickL
RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
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?

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  • SweetPeasMom55
    SweetPeasMom55 Posts: 3,506 Member
    Exercise done running to work. Till later!
  • craigo3154
    craigo3154 Posts: 2,572 Member
    October 10
    Exercised?: Yes. Walked 5 Km in 36 mins (hills).
    Calories?: Yes.
    Tracked?: Yes.

    Early walk today, first time under 36 mins for the 5 km (35m45s). Needed to get out early to go into the city.

    One of the appointments in the city was a body test (fitness club marketing within a city corporate office). Measured lots of parameters. BF% came in at 11.3% (lowest reading they had of anyone that day - and lowest ideal sustainable). Visceral fat level (organ fat) was one of the lowest the testers had seen (which is excellent). I was also well balanced in upper/lower and core development. Lean muscle mass about the only measurement above normal range.

    Comparing results with a former manager (who has a reasonably thin build and cycles 40+ km 3 times a week). I had not seen him in over 3 years and he had always been reasonable fit and thin. I came in better on most scores (much to his surprise).

    Hard to sell try gym membership to someone who does not seem to need it :) . Proves you don't need a gym to get you in shape :) (do not lift weights, and have not set foot in a gym in many years).

    @RangerRickL. This is one of my goals for the month. Forgive my own mistakes. I am great at forgiving others, but a classic INTJ is not good at forgiving themselves.
    @trixsey1. Thank you for the beautiful pictures of Sherwood.
  • Dosse1320
    Dosse1320 Posts: 242 Member
    @craigo3154 Congratulations on your awesome numbers!!! Job well done. The good news is that you are continuing to practice your new lifestyle /healthy habits even though you have reached your goal weight( and of course that's the difference between diet and lifestyle).
  • craigo3154
    craigo3154 Posts: 2,572 Member
    am_change wrote: »
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    Today is world mental health day. I agree with Rick and hope you're all being kind to yourselves. . One way or the other we will get there.

    Thrilled with your healthy numbers craig.

    @am_change. Love the pic. Saved it off for later reference. So true.
    Dosse1320 wrote: »
    @craigo3154 Congratulations on your awesome numbers!!! Job well done. The good news is that you are continuing to practice your new lifestyle /healthy habits even though you have reached your goal weight( and of course that's the difference between diet and lifestyle).

    @Dosse1320. @am_change. Thank you. I am very happy with the numbers. As mentioned continuing the lifestyle is the key. I took the attitude that "this is a journey, not a destination". This seems to be a different mindset what I have seen from a traditional "dieter".
  • oykucan
    oykucan Posts: 953 Member
    Exercise: Yes. 30 min walking
    Calories: Yes.
    Tracking: Yes.
  • Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 60 minute trail run/walk. Slowly making progress, up to 40 minutes continuous running. Could probably go farther, but faithfully following my coach's training schedule for me. I haven't ran this long/far for at least 25 years. lol
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yep, easily
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yep
  • carlsoda
    carlsoda Posts: 3,429 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes 15,068 steps + yoga
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
  • ShelleyMJ46
    ShelleyMJ46 Posts: 45 Member
    Exercise: yes, gym before work and so far 13,000 steps today
    Track: yes
    Calories: under

    Hope everyone is having a great week!
  • RangerRickL
    RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
    Today was a good day.
    Calories: under by a substantial margin
    Tracking: ok
    Exercise: 35 minutes cardio/strength intervals
  • Gus130
    Gus130 Posts: 598 Member
    Yes, yes,yes. A little walking and a little light cleaning. I am still quite weak, but trying to move a little.
  • tinacuso
    tinacuso Posts: 4,265 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, went for a 4 miles walk
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes, barely
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
  • RangerRickL
    RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
    Thanks, am_change Years ago, one of my mentors taught me that the road to success was Practice, Fail; Practice, Fail; etc. He said, "Everyone wants to succeed, but few are willing to pay the price of being wrong."
  • cardio_enthusiast
    cardio_enthusiast Posts: 639 Member
    10-Oct-2017

    Exercise: Nothing formal, but I did get in about 30 minutes of walking

    Calories: yes, within my goal and made nutritious choices

    Tracking: yes, I kept track of everything
  • pcotter54
    pcotter54 Posts: 707 Member
    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
  • kaye4health
    kaye4health Posts: 115 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Y (worked out at gym 90min. and vigorously cleaned house for 60 min.)
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Y (1200-1500, ate 1252 calories)
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? y (drank 9-8oz water)
  • LoraineGB
    LoraineGB Posts: 926 Member
    edited October 2017
    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

    I got out of work half hour early as I wanted to see the second half of the WC qualifier against Trinidad & Tobago. Shouldn’t have bothered as it was 2-0 before I walked out the door and the end result was a pitiful 2-1 eliminating the US. Unbelievable :s
  • Anya_000
    Anya_000 Posts: 725 Member
    Yes x 3
    Three short walks, that add up to 45 minutes
  • conchita962
    conchita962 Posts: 327 Member
    Oct 9th & 10th
    Exercise: 20 min body weight exercises & 20 min walk
    Calories: yes
    Tracked: yes
  • bocasdelbadbob
    bocasdelbadbob Posts: 111 Member
    edited October 2017
    I don't know ...
    I am still on track and in tolerance.
    Still probably won't make winners circle ... but ...
    this whole tracking thing works. I been doing it for a while but I ain't been doing it perfectly.
    ... but ... my habits have changed. There are a lot of things that I don't do any more with respect to diet. I don't munch. Eh, comfort food. Maybe I better qualify that. Sometimes I eat peanuts. That is munching. But I know how much it costs when I do it. That is tracking.

    But it is all good. I ain't got the big belly any more. I ain't got the sore back that comes with that any more. Somebody takes a picture of me of course I try to suck in my gut because that is habit. But I like them pictures now.

    Heh, I am still basking in the memory of a most excellent perfect Indian Summer camping trip.

    I put a picture here even though it ain't right. The best sunset I ever seen. I always say that whenever I see a sunset. Then I take a picture and look at it days later. I am all like what?

    But I remember my buddy Rick (@rangerrickl) when I see that big ole horse trailer parked there and all of them horses standing by it. There was a couple of drovers or wranglers but on top of each one of them horses was a kid. Beauty big time!

    That make me think about my little rapscallions and whether or not I could heave them up on top of a horse. Dang, I am getting older and dang they are getting heavier.

    But hey, a most excellent Indian Summer.

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  • lamlamsmakeover
    lamlamsmakeover Posts: 6,574 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES 45-min outdoor lawn mowing
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? YES
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YES

    Thanks for your post to "forgive yourself and keep moving." Love it!
  • RangerRickL
    RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
    @bocasdelbob I'd like to be on one of those horses at your trails!!
  • windowqueen2003
    windowqueen2003 Posts: 427 Member
    edited October 2017
    October 10
    Exercise yes
    Calories yes
    Tracked yes

  • bocasdelbadbob
    bocasdelbadbob Posts: 111 Member
    @rangerrickl - I am not much of a horse guy. I doubt that I could spend a day on a horse. But that doesn't mean that I don't have horse fantasies or visions. I got this idea about how cool it would be if I was riding my bicycle on the Colorado Trail but I was with an entourage with pack animals that could carry my air mattress, tent and sleeping bag.
    There is an outfitter like maybe ten miles of where I go. rappcorral.com. They got horses and they provide them for pack trips but I don't know if they would provide them for unguided trips. I can't imagine that they would but I don't really know that business.
    Way cool it would be for a bicycle to show up at a horse camp and find all of the stuff that he couldn't realistically carry.