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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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I am thrilled to share photos of tropical plants and flowers. I do not know the names of these plants5 -
It's so cold here and I am in drive thru I am tempted to wear one of my Dec sweaters with snowmen on them. I shall stay strong and after seeing your flowers go for something in hot pink and hope the color warms me. Exercise done till later.
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Travelled most of today, so I'll fall back to one of my old favourites.
You cannot out exercise a bad diet.
I know in the past a few have tried.
It seems to be in the popular culture that the only way to lose weight (or manage weight) is endless hours in the gym or doing long distance cardio. Research seems to shows that nothing is further from the truth. A little bit, properly done, regularly is more than enough.
When I started on my journey of weight maintenance, I thought I could get there by exercise alone. I at least formed the basis of an exercise habit well before I started with MFP. In 3 months I lost 2 kg. Once I started tracking in MFP and making small changes to my eating, I was losing more than 1kg a week.
Does anyone else have similar stories of how they have sabotaged the good work of exercise/activity with poor eating?
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November 20
Exercised?: Yes. Walking between flights and strength exercises.
Calories?: Yes (for now under 24 hour value - but 35 hour day not over)
Tracked?: Yes.
Will take today as a pass day today (first since July - despite 3 x Yes).
Travel sleep has been erratic, exercise sporadic and tracking as best as I can.
4:00pm here in UK and all I want to do is sleep (3:00am from where I started yesterday). Will finished getting myself settled so I can work tomorrow then crash. May have more food, may not.
Apologies for not catching up on reading and responding to threads.
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Signing in 20/11/2017
Well a terrible day today, it all went wrong as soon as it started so I am surprised I held this challenge together today, felt sure it would be a pass day.
Stayed within calorie goal and all logged.
30 minutes walk and 30 minutes on static bike. I nearly talked myself out of doing the bike today but found the motivation from somewhere.
Have a good evening all.3 -
Exercise - Yes Pilates and dog-walking
Calories - Yes Under goal
Tracking - Yes All logged
I have (to my shame and disappointment) never been an exercise fan, so have never been motivated to use exercise to control my weight. I do some exercise now, as I want to improve my fitness.2 -
Nov 20,
tracking - yes
exercise - yes
calories - measured
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Exercise: Yes. (30 min walking)
Calories: Yes.
Tracking: Yes.2 -
I exercise more today as I am trying to tighten and firm things that look best in spanx.
Yes x 32 -
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.2 -
At craigo3154. I’m a good example of sabotaging a good workout with poor eating habits. Finally now, after 3 years of working out 5 to 6 days a week, for about one and a half to two hours daily, I figured out diet needs to be in control. I have gone up and down on the scale. I’m so sick of it. I watch other people at the gym who don’t work out half as much as I do, and they look fantastic. Diet and exercise go hand-in-hand.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? y
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? y
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? y2 -
November 17-20
Exercise ✔✔✔✔
Calories ✔✔✔✔
Tracking ✔✔✔✔
I did circuit training, got 6 miles in and included my dog walk.
Keeping in check and still tracking.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
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Nov 20
Exercise yes
Calories no
Tracked yes2 -
Exercise, yes
Calories, overr 300 under, making up using exercise calories yesterday.
All logged.1 -
It seems that I am on a banana theme. I spent most of today at a rustic home in the Costa Rican mountains. Lunch was very rustic. The cook prepared an odd mixture of macaroni+ham+tomato sauce as the entree. The fresh veggie salad was marvelous in presentation and flavor. I focused on the salad.
Exercise: at least 70 minutes of walking today
Tracking: ok
Calories: under by small margin
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20-Nov
Exercise: yes, a couple of hours of exercise
Calories: yes, I'm under
Tracking: everything1 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 15k steps
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.1 -
Okay so I managed having a good day today even though I ate pumpkin pie..........LOL
My youngest daughter is pregnant and was supposed to have her baby in the middle of December but her water broke today and so we're welcoming our grand baby into this world a little early. Today was fine as far as the UAC goes but all bets may be off now....
Exercise: 46 min walk with my dog on the horse trail
Calories: Yes, even though I had a piece of pumpkin pie I stayed under
Tracking: Yep2 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? ✅ Treadmill/Piyo/Yoga
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? ✅
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? ✅2 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
YES. WALKED WITH MY DAD FOR 30 MINUTES.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
NO. BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP HAD IT'S FINAL MEETING TONIGHT WHICH STARTED WITH A CATERED DINNER SINCE IT WAS OUR LAST GATHERING AND ONE OF THE LEADERS MADE MY FAVOURITE DESSERT THAT MY MOM USED TO MAKE USING MY MOM'S RECIPE SO I HAD SOME AT THE SESSION AS WELL AS A PIECE OF HOMEMADE STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE THAT SOMEONE MADE AND I HAD ANOTHER SMALL PIECE OF MY MOM'S DESSERT RECIPE AFTER MY SUPPORT GROUP WHEN I TOOK SOME OVER FOR MY DAD TO ENJOY AS THE WOMAN WHO MADE IT SENT THE LEFTOVERS HOME WITH ME.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
YES. I TYPED EVERYTHING THAT I ATE AND DRINK INTO MY FOOD DIARY NOTES.2 -
Exercise? Yes; 38 minutes of strength training
Calories? Yes
Tracking? Yes2 -
@luluinca Exciting times!0
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Y (30 minutes of zumba)
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Y (1200-1500, ate 1287 calories today)
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Y (logged all, drank 10-8oz glasses of water)1 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes - steps 45 mintues
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes1 -
craigo3154 wrote: »November 20
Exercised?: Yes. Walking between flights and strength exercises.
Calories?: Yes (for now under 24 hour value - but 35 hour day not over)
Tracked?: Yes.
Will take today as a pass day today (first since July - despite 3 x Yes).
Travel sleep has been erratic, exercise sporadic and tracking as best as I can.
4:00pm here in UK and all I want to do is sleep (3:00am from where I started yesterday). Will finished getting myself settled so I can work tomorrow then crash. May have more food, may not.
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Retracting pass day since no more eaten on the 20th, so remained under.
Crashed from 4:00pm UK time to 3:00am UK time. Long haul international travel really takes it out of you.
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November 20
Exercised?: Yes. Spent half the day cleaning.
Calories?: Yes.
Tracked?: Yes.
I feel asleep last night before posting. I was pooped.0 -
Exercise: weights and Pilates
Calories: under
Logging: everything
I went six months of two hours a day exercising and lost one pound. The only way I lose weight is by tracking my calories and making better choices.0
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