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RangerRickL
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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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Sometimes, the person we have the greatest difficulty forgiving is ourselves. Here at the UAC, we strive to be very forgiving of each other. Unfortunately, a lot of people leave this team because they get 3+ Pass days and they quit. Forgive yourself and keep moving forward.
Rick
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Exercise done running to work. Till later!3
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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.
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@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).0
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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.7 -
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.@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".
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Exercise: Yes. 30 min walking
Calories: Yes.
Tracking: Yes.4 -
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? Yep3 -
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? Yes2 -
Exercise? Yes; 45 minutes of strength training and a 1.5 mile run
Calories? Yes
Tracking? Yes
I believe that when I started to forgive myself, I began to succeed. The fail, succeed @am_change post really hit home. I used to miss a day of the gym and quit working out altogether or eat one unhealthy thing and let my whole day or week go. Since then, I started to accept that life happens, learned to forgive slip-ups, and tried to make each day better than the one before. This helped me incorporate and focus on life-long healthy habits rather than 'quick fixes.' Wonderful posts!
I almost didn't workout today, because I have a test tomorrow, but as usual, I'm so happy that I did. I'm not nearly as stressed and have been able to stay focused
I hope everyone is doing well!5 -
Exercise: yes, gym before work and so far 13,000 steps today
Track: yes
Calories: under
Hope everyone is having a great week!2 -
Today was a good day.
Calories: under by a substantial margin
Tracking: ok
Exercise: 35 minutes cardio/strength intervals1 -
Yes, yes,yes. A little walking and a little light cleaning. I am still quite weak, but trying to move a little.3
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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? Yes1 -
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."4
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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 everything2 -
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? yes2 -
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)2 -
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
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Yes x 3
Three short walks, that add up to 45 minutes1 -
Oct 9th & 10th
Exercise: 20 min body weight exercises & 20 min walk
Calories: yes
Tracked: yes1 -
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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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!0 -
@bocasdelbob I'd like to be on one of those horses at your trails!!0
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October 10
Exercise yes
Calories yes
Tracked yes
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@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.0
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