Yes X3 for me but my calorie deficit was a bit smaller than intended, oops!

September 7
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. Still doing more strength training until my right foot heal properly. I am beginning to enjoy it.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.

3 x yes
I drown my fitness tracker during last nights walk in the deluge of rain ~ I feel naked without it LOL

9/7
Exersized?- yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes
Have a great weekend everyone ❣🤗💜🤩

9/7
Exercise? Yes, 1 hour walk with DH this morning.
Calories? Yes
Tracked? Yes, No more snacks allowed

Exercise- yes, Pilates
Calories- under
Tracked - yes

TGIF!

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes..  Cardio
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?    Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?  Yes
Happy Friday!

Sept. 7th

Exercise: Yes, really pushed myself tonight and walked on treadmill for 42 minutes! I'm not a fast Walker but I did manage to get 2 miles in! Just recently got a FitBit and I'll really focusing on my steps! I hit my goal today (thanks to the treadmill) of getting over 10,000 steps in!

Calories under: yes!

Tracked Everything: Yes! I did not eat the best things today, but I owned it! And at least I still came out under!

Tomorrow I am going to a Bigfoot Festival! Haha. Have no idea what to expect from it.
One thing I know is that I'm sure I'll be walking and getting a lot of steps in. Just hoping I don't go crazy with any bad foods they may have. I have no more pass days left!

Hope everyone has a great Saturday!

September 7
Exercised?: Yes. 3km in 23 mins (hills).
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes

Busy work day at home today preparing for Spain. Quick walk before dark.

Had to prepare a presentation document in Spanish. Was complimented by the Spain team that it read very well and was not plagued by the contextual errors usually present with a machine translated document. I'm still a long way from fluency, but also now a long way from totally inept.

Fly out Sunday morning 5:00am and loads of work to do before I fly out.

Too much Zelda again tonight.

Sep 7
Yes x 3
Ex: 119 mins, 3 mile walk & errands & Active decluttering
Under 350
Track all

Habits, wisely developed, practiced, and refined, make it all so easy. Truly transformative! Habits remove the fear of regaining for me - Invaluable!!

An example:
Weighed a few walnuts to eat before bed after checking my calorie deficit. Paid a lot of attention to each bit of the 1st three but began to munch the 4th fast. Stopped, put it down, said good job to myself “why eat it if you’re not paying attention”. Sat down and focused on the remainder of that one & the final one.
This happened because:
1) I happily track everything I eat & have since at least Sept 25, 2017. Everything, to the gram.
2) I read up on nuts, realized they were good for me (unsalted, raw or dry roasted) and said, “OK, you can eat them if you track them & don’t go nuts with them. That’s the deal” so, weighing 15g of them was the result of over 2.5 years of managing my nut consumption.
3) I was really hungry. I tried water first, and some hot tea, so I used some of my deficit, but at end of the day I was still under by 350, so I’ve learned if I’m truly hungry before bed a few nuts & water will help me sleep. I can trust my hunger.
4) I’ve practiced eating mindfully for 2-2/3 years now. Paying attention to each bite. Savoring. Lingering. Pausing. I get annoyed if I have to eat in a rush. So I realized when I wasn’t being mindful & changed my behavior.
5) My self talk is positive & has a few phrases I use often. “why eat it if you’re not paying attention?” “Food won’t fix it— Really - you’ll just have two problems” “it’s not a race” “The Past is past” (let it go)

Hugs!

Sept 7 - Pass Day 2

Exercised: Yes, 33 min walk with total of 7,144 steps for the day
Calories: Nope, had seconds at dinner.. + 200 cal over for the day
Tracking: Of course

So I'll just tell my type A personality to calm the heck down...lol. and remind myself that making it to the winners circle is NOT my goal, a healthy lifestyle is! My main focus for joining this challenge was to get up, get moving and commit to 20 mins of exercise a day. And I am 7 - 0! It feels good to start to exercise again, and I find I am actually looking forward to it everyday. For me that's a huge success, and I am embracing it!