Yes x 3 for today!

I went back to counting calories along with my WW point counting. I found that I missed not knowing the number. Guess I'll just stay a double tracker for the time being.

1/8
Exercise? Yes, walk for 70 minutes in the village. Overcast today...but milder temps.
Calories? Under by less than 10...but I used no earned exercise calories.
Tracked? Yes

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? y

January 8
Exercised?: Yes. (3km in 24 mins - hills)
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes

Work at client site today. Early walk before heading out the door. Glad I did as I had evening meeting before dinner and then would have run out of daylight.

Work from home tomorrow.

@RangerRickL. Love the graphic. And let me re-iterate to other reading that tossing people out does not happen here in UAC.

Although I have made circle each month since I started, I am an extreme exception (insanely personally driven - part of my personality type). Once my initial drive was spent, I already had the habits in place to keep me on track ever since then.

UAC may, on the surface, seem an easy challenge, but looks are deceptive. However it is worth the effort many times over.

lalabank wrote: »

@trimi1104 ... “I'm eating some more so I can do more of what I like"


A light bulb went on when I read this! I see a lot of “I ate to many calories so I had to add in more exercise”
I really dig looking at it through this new perspective of I love my exercise so I need to eat more to keep doing it. I’m new to the world of working out but in the last few months I’ve gotten really into it. I have been a little hesitant to eat back calories but that one little sentence just made everything click. Thank you.

@lalabank. Amazing what a little shift in perspective does.

As you noticed, the majority think, "I need to work more because I ate more", but once workout becomes fun and tracking and eating the right things, you can fall into the trap of no eating enough to do what you enjoy. Therefore you can get to "I need to eat more because I WANT to work more".

Sadly, the majority of US citizens are in the "overweight/obese" Average BMI's of 28.6/29.5 for men/women. Overweight is BMI 25-30. Obese is BMI 30+. Unless you are very well muscled (body builder / elite strength athlete), most of the extra weight is often fat. If the extra weight is fat, then this does not require extra food to do the work as the body needs to be in a glucose deficient state to burn the fat to get tot the "healthy" range. (btw, the BMI healthy range is VERY broad and generous and includes body types of endomorph (thick set), mesomorph (normal set), and ectomorph (thin set).

Date: January 8 2019 -
Exercised?: Yes: elliptical and weights 40 at the gym
Calories?: Yes, under goal, better choices today!
Tracked?: Yes

1/8
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? ✅