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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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Every month, we celebrate and share our Non-Scale-Victories. Maybe it's how you are more flexible or more fit. Maybe you fit in a smaller size of clothes.
What is making you happy this month that is due to making a healthy habit change of life?
For me, I'm focusing on Pilates core strength exercises to support my back and allow me to do the exercise that I love the most...riding horses.
I've gotten much stronger and my posture is more often, much better.
How about you...what are you excited to share?
Rick7 -
Oh, i love NSV day! I enjoy reading about everyones NSV's - i find it really inspiring!
Date: March 15
Exercised?: Yes - 25 minute walk.
Calories?: Yes - nicely under.
Tracked?: Yes - every bite tracked.
I went clothes shopping recently and found that I'm 2 sizes smaller on the top, and one size smaller on the bottom. Yay! I'm running more than i used to (and I'm loving it!), which has helped me knock a few minutes off my PB at Parkrun. And I'm feeling just more confident and content within myself.
But one of my biggest NSVs is that over the last few months I've finally learned that i can lose weight without starving myself. I'm enjoying all the foods i always have, just smaller/correct portions. I found an old notebook of mine this week that contained a "diet plan" I'd written to help me lose weight. I don't know how old this notebook is, but it would be years. But i read what I'd written down as my sample daily menu - it was 850 cals total! I'm shocked that i used to think that was healthy, or achievable... it's no wonder i never stuck to it! I'm so glad i started using the MFP forums, as I've learnt a lot about how to safely lose weight, and I'm thankful for this group as you've kept me accountable and I'm doing better than i ever have before.
Sorry, that turned in to a novel!
Looking forward to reading about all of your successes
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My favorite day, too!
NSV’s:
Hiking a trail with many hill climbs 14 minutes faster than a month ago. 90 to 76 minutes!!
Lifting heavier weights for shoulder/back!!!
Handling sad/stressful news much better (visualizing news coming in & flowing through me like water down into the ground/aquifers)
Making art fearlessly/enthusiastically daily!
Significantly more positive body self-talk than even 2 months ago.
Exercising significantly daily. A true habit.
I can feel the new muscles building!
Attracting (slowly) a group of fellow Creatives to make art together..:
More social engagements without calories
Sleeping better.
Since I am on the tail end of the time zone for this group, if it’s ok with you all I will post on the next day’s chat.
I will re-post yesterday’s here to begin:
March 14
As you all know, I’ve been struggling with weight this past month- bad habits slowly crept in, hunger signals ramped up, I was pretty scared...
I am Back on track - finally!
Scale got up to my top wt 155
I had spent the last week whacking sweets from 3 a day to 2. Embarrassing, but yes that was what I slowly changed & began to do.
Then I looked at my micros & macros, looking at averages over the past year. Feb & the first 2 weeks of Mar were The anomaly.
Sodium- ⬆️⬆️
Sugars ↗️
Servings fruit/veg ↘️
Eating out ⬆️⬆️
Fiber⬇️⬇️
Carbs
Sat fat (feb)⬆️⬆️
Calorie deficit ↘️
Realized I’d substituted sweets for fruit sugars AND was eating some white flour instead of whole grain, both of which almost halved my Fiber.
So reduced sodium < 1,500mg
Upped fruit/veg > 5
Whole grained bread only
Max one sweet per day
Eating at home
Yes x 3
Exercise 90 mins Very fast, multiple hills walk- so grateful I can do this.
40
Mins shoulder, back - weight lifting/PT
Calories- Under 341 BEST in a Ling time!
Track - All, every day- for Life. Data is Power!
Now, to do it again 6 -
Oh yes, looking forward to reading all the nsv's!
This week I have felt so much fitter and more toned on my short legs lol, my energy levels have rocketed, I feel less tired
Exercise yes, 10 min quigong, 30 min leslie sansone, 30 min yoga, 150 min cleaning, 40 min walk
Tracking yes
Calories yes6 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »My favorite day, too!
NSV’s:
... Making art fearlessly/enthusiastically daily!
(sighs wistfully and ever so slightly jealously .... )
that's a NSV I hope to be able to report SOME day .... but won't even start working on it until (maybe) Jan or Spring 2020.
By next month I WILL be reporting "making progress on Second Language Test practice fearlessly (for sure) / enthusiastically (kinda?) daily (needs to be part of new daily evening routine to make it stick)!"
One emotionally high-stress target goal at a time. And the SLE test has a work-related time-deadline that breaking creativity mental-blocks does not.
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THIS month's NSV report ....
I bought BRAND NEW CLOTHES THREE TIMES (so far) this month! Not "new to me" from thrift store.
Including a "deck-party casual" stretchy-material dress in a Medium. (snugger-fitting line than the size Small tops I bought earlier). I don't usually wear skirts ....
And after having three bags of clothes and dresser-drawer-stuff picked up for the donation drive last Monday, I have already started a new donation pile of "no point in mending / trying to alter" clothes from the overflowing mending basket. (The thrift store also accepts "unsellable" clothes so that the cloth is still re-purposed by their warehouse and kept out of landfills)5 -
Date: March 15th
Exercised?: yes
Calories?: yes
Tracked?: yes - Hubby went to work early so pushed self to get up and exercised – Richards Simmons Project Hope – 1st month cardio and toning (with weights), later went for a 49 minute walk and to get grandson from bus stop.
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3 X’s Yes
60 minute yoga class.
I’m stupid under on calories, hoping to kick this colds butt (mostly by sleeping through it).
I love NSV day! My closet is totally bare, every week I’m getting rid of more and more. I’m super excited for some spring shopping. I had to buy all new underwear last week!
I got a new license photo and I look 10 years younger!
Had to get a ring guard for my wedding band, this is the replacement for the one that flew off after the first 40lbs! I’m not losing this one.5 -
Pass day (1 of 3)4
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3/15
Signing off and will be taking pass days for the rest of the month. Tomorrow is our oldest grandchild's 16th birthday celebration (her actual birthday is 3/20 the first day of spring)...and we'll be traveling for the remaining days in the month of March as well as the first 2 weeks of April.
I have never mastered estimating and reporting calories when I don't have access to a food scale; and internet access will be intermittent if not non-existent, at times, during our trip. I will miss all of you and look forward to coming home to UAC mid-April. Cheers everyone...and best wishes to you all for the remainder of the month!
Kindest regards,
Carol7 -
Nsv: feeling better, having more energy and putting on clothes that were too tight or just not flattering now fit and you look good!
Exercised: P90X3 The challenge
Tracked: yes
Under: yes6 -
3/15
Exersized-?yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes
NSV- got rid of a bag of too big cloths. Go up stairs easier.6 -
March 15
Exercised: Kickbox FastFix L1 + 25K steps
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
Awesome NSVs, everyone! It's always so empowering to read all the ways people's lives are changing for the better.
My NSVs for this month:- I actually put a pair of jeans in the dryer to shrink them deliberately to make them fit better.
- A t-shirt that was too small the last time I tried it on fit unexpectedly when I tried it on without much hope yesterday.
- When I re-did Beginner Shred this week, I was able to do the harder versions of several of the moves having not realised how much I'd improved from when I'd first been doing it.
- I didn't have storebought cake at work just because it was there. (I don't really like storebought cake that much, but in the past, "free" would have trumped that.)
- I made it through two very stressful weeks at work by preplanning my meals and sticking to them rather than using it as an excuse to not eat well.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Recumbent bike, 20 minutes, 6.12 miles
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Safe travels and see you in April, @w8goal4life!
I am able to go to social functions now and not even be in the food area. No temptations, no draw, nothing. My birthday was yesterday and a good friend in my small group brought an angel cake with sliced strawberries and whipped cream (very sweet since they know I'm eating healthier). They brought me a piece and sang "Happy birthday" and I was able to save that for today. Not even tempted to get into it at the gathering or at home. That is huge for me, a former food addict.
I'm going to try on a pair of pants one size smaller tomorrow. I haven't worn them since '14 or '15. I'll let you know what happens.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. 30 minutes of walking to and from the gym, plus about 50 minutes of strength training (Stronglifts Workout A).
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes. I cycle my calories over the week, so I always eat more on the weekends than weekdays. I don't eat back my exercise calories, I work off the TDEE method.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes. Homemade pizza! An Old-Fashioned! So good.
I love NSV day. Great NSV's from folks, loving reading them!
My NSV - today was my monthly gym selfie and I can see serious progress when I compare them to the ones I took in January and February. Plus, my pajama pants and my workout pants both are almost too big to wear. I could probably size down now, and maybe I should, but I'm going to keep wearing these until I absolutely can't because it would be great to go from X-L to M!
@fitphoenix - that's a great NSV on the Shred! That's a hard program!
@lalabank Those are awesome NSV!!
@MadisonMolly2017 What a great set of NSV!!!6 -
Exercised:yes
Calories: yes
Tracked: yes
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes 64 minutes on the mini-trampoline
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Safe travels and see you in April, @w8goal4life!
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yes to all three. Exercise was 40 minutes of HIIT circuits and 34 minutes of running.4
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Pass Day No 2
Exercise: 45 cardio/10 strength/35 yoga
Calories: No! I had a planned Pass day today as we went to a wine tasting, and there were nibbles.
Tracked: No!
Although I tried estimating my food calories to track them this evening, I had to give up in the end, so I can't, in all honesty, say that I was under.
NSV was that I only had a very small sip of each wine, and a minimal quantity of the nibbles.6 -
March 15, 2019
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 3 mile treadmill run this morning
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes and under
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yep!
Being I'm very close to my goal weight, I haven't been having as many NSVs lately. However, I have noticed how much stronger I've been getting and more defined my muscles have become. And the other day, I noticed I had baby abs! It's nice to know I can still have NSVs even when so close to my goal weight. 6 -
Wow!! What a fun day it is to read all of your successes!!
Exercise: I did 63 minutes of strenuous speed walking with jump rope intervals and lots of pushups and split squats.
Tracking: good
Calories: nice margin under limit.
This was my hardest workout since my back pain problem last Christmas. I am getting stronger and continuously reminding myself to both sit up with neutral spine and stand up with neutral spine.5 -
Yes x3. Strength training this morning and a walk with the family after supper.
This months biggest victory is actually scale related. It finally moved after plateauing all of February. I’ve also noticed more strength and better balance lately.5 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »My favorite day, too!
NSV’s:
... Making art fearlessly/enthusiastically daily!
(sighs wistfully and ever so slightly jealously .... )
that's a NSV I hope to be able to report SOME day .... but won't even start working on it until (maybe) Jan or Spring 2020.
By next month I WILL be reporting "making progress on Second Language Test practice fearlessly (for sure) / enthusiastically (kinda?) daily (needs to be part of new daily evening routine to make it stick)!"
One emotionally high-stress target goal at a time. And the SLE test has a work-related time-deadline that breaking creativity mental-blocks does not.
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THIS month's NSV report ....
I bought BRAND NEW CLOTHES THREE TIMES (so far) this month! Not "new to me" from thrift store.
Including a "deck-party casual" stretchy-material dress in a Medium. (snugger-fitting line than the size Small tops I bought earlier). I don't usually wear skirts ....
And after having three bags of clothes and dresser-drawer-stuff picked up for the donation drive last Monday, I have already started a new donation pile of "no point in mending / trying to alter" clothes from the overflowing mending basket. (The thrift store also accepts "unsellable" clothes so that the cloth is still re-purposed by their warehouse and kept out of landfills)
@BMcC9
I hear you.
When I was insanely busy like you, I thought “how can I use a couple of minutes each day to make art?”
My answer: I moved a small table next to my bedside with
One inch squares I cut from a small pad of watercolor paper
A set of watercolor pencils. A water cup, and a small brush
Small bottle glue
A few pages from magazines
Some markers
A black stamp pad
And a set of teensy stamps.
Micron (waterproof pen)
Before going to work, I’d create a background on one “Inchie” - sometimes a square of magazine glued down
- sometimes a watercolor wash
- Sometimes marks with a micron pen or with teensy stamps
When I got gone from teaching, I’d add more to the one I began. Marks, collage, color, etc.
At bedtime, I’d look at the tiny piece of earth, and add a last finishing touch...
I kept them in a small box and loved laying them out & admiring them.
Later I got a coin collector’s or slide plastic pages to store them.
I even did some with fabric straps and sewing!
Gradually, over the years, they got bigger: backs of old business cards are awesome!
I Began to cut 2” squares
Then Zentangle...larger squares
To a 5x7” notebook
Fast forward : now I’m workin 12x17 or 15 x 22” I NEVER thought I’d do that!
I can.tell you are an artist! Find one tiny thing you can do to fan that flame 🔥
EVEN when busy as heck!
Some possibilities:
Make 5 marks on the newspaper
Doodle for a minute in margins of your class notes
Draw on shower walls with water solvable markers
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 16k steps.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.
As for NSV, one of my favorites is love noticed a spring in my step that means I am feeling fit. The second is a month ago I set s mini-goal of not eating any candy from the many candy dishes at work (one of which is in the office next to mine so I walk by it often), and over the last month I've only slipped once.4 -
Love the NSV day! Today was a very symbolic day for me, landing in nsv day. Today I was able to do the almost the same boot camp routine as the rest of the class. I only had to modify one exercise only because of knee soreness. I was also able to go up in weights for all exercises.
I really needed the boost this week, I haven't seen the scale move barely at all in almost a whole month. knowing that I'm getting strong again makes me feel good.
And, yes x 3 for Friday. Under caloories too!7 -
Ok, I logged all my food, but it was not under. I also did not exercise. (I'm jumping in mid-month so not aiming for winners circle, just aiming to get back into routine right now.)
My NSV is logging my food and committing myself to this challenge again. I'm still at a decent weight (although I still aim to get down a few kgs to maintain at my competition weight and skip the added stress of having to make weight.) However, as I mentioned in my intro, I'm limited on my exercise options right now as my favourite forms (jiu jitsu & Judo) are both out due to a broken arm. Actually, right now all I can really do is run and indoor bike and some body weight stuff like situps, squats etc (and obviously my arm related therapy). This is incredibly frustrating too me and my exercise is my passion and my therapy so I'm super grumpy without it and I get lazy and eat badly. However, I'm determined to pull myself out of this rut and find a new routine that works for now. I also need to focus on some core training so my recovery from the next surgery I have will be as good as possible. (I'm waiting for approval to donate my kidney to a friend who really needs it!)
Well done to everyone for making it this far and all the awesome NSVs that have been shared. Let's smash the rest of the month...7 -
Exercise yes
Calories yes
Tracking yes6 -
A bad couple of days. Out of the winners circle this month.
Not sure what is going on, but taking a day or so to try to figure it out. I have been very sluggish and struggling with cravings ... VERY unusual. Was below lower end of maintenance when I weighed the other day. Also, have been doing a lot. Thinking maybe I have been too restrictive with calories given activity level. So, will up calories a bit and try to make sure that I am adding in more when I am particularly active. Definitely think that I know how to lose but am in a learning curve in terms of learning how to maintain.7 -
Yes - 25 minutes of running cadence drills plus I beat my days step goal
Not sure if this is net or total so yes and no - yes I was under my net. No I was not under my default calorie goal, but as I exercise I have noticed staying with my default goal keeps me at a plateau.
I logged everything including BLTs.6 -
I'm taking a break from the challenge, currently cannot manage to keep up with it together with managing the injury and rehab. Hope to be back soon and wish everyone to be successful in your journeys.
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MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »My favorite day, too!
NSV’s:
... Making art fearlessly/enthusiastically daily!
(sighs wistfully and ever so slightly jealously .... )
that's a NSV I hope to be able to report SOME day .... but won't even start working on it until (maybe) Jan or Spring 2020.
By next month I WILL be reporting "making progress on Second Language Test practice fearlessly (for sure) / enthusiastically (kinda?) daily (needs to be part of new daily evening routine to make it stick)!"
One emotionally high-stress target goal at a time. And the SLE test has a work-related time-deadline that breaking creativity mental-blocks does not.
===============
THIS month's NSV report ....
I bought BRAND NEW CLOTHES THREE TIMES (so far) this month! Not "new to me" from thrift store.
Including a "deck-party casual" stretchy-material dress in a Medium. (snugger-fitting line than the size Small tops I bought earlier). I don't usually wear skirts ....
And after having three bags of clothes and dresser-drawer-stuff picked up for the donation drive last Monday, I have already started a new donation pile of "no point in mending / trying to alter" clothes from the overflowing mending basket. (The thrift store also accepts "unsellable" clothes so that the cloth is still re-purposed by their warehouse and kept out of landfills)
@BMcC9
I hear you.
When I was insanely busy like you, I thought “how can I use a couple of minutes each day to make art?”
My answer: I moved a small table next to my bedside with
One inch squares I cut from a small pad of watercolor paper
A set of watercolor pencils. A water cup, and a small brush
Small bottle glue
A few pages from magazines
Some markers
A black stamp pad
And a set of teensy stamps.
Micron (waterproof pen)
Before going to work, I’d create a background on one “Inchie” - sometimes a square of magazine glued down
- sometimes a watercolor wash
- Sometimes marks with a micron pen or with teensy stamps
When I got gone from teaching, I’d add more to the one I began. Marks, collage, color, etc.
At bedtime, I’d look at the tiny piece of earth, and add a last finishing touch...
I kept them in a small box and loved laying them out & admiring them.
Later I got a coin collector’s or slide plastic pages to store them.
I even did some with fabric straps and sewing!
Gradually, over the years, they got bigger: backs of old business cards are awesome!
I Began to cut 2” squares
Then Zentangle...larger squares
To a 5x7” notebook
Fast forward : now I’m workin 12x17 or 15 x 22” I NEVER thought I’d do that!
I can.tell you are an artist! Find one tiny thing you can do to fan that flame 🔥
EVEN when busy as heck!
Some possibilities:
Make 5 marks on the newspaper
Doodle for a minute in margins of your class notes
Draw on shower walls with water solvable markers
😀
Thank you SOOOOO much for the "start with 1-inch squares' ideas! Maybe I WON'T have to wait till after the fall after all!!
I'll work out how to work that kinda-thing into the daily-routine schedule that has to be re-tooled to fit an hour of French Review "games" most days by end of March anyway .......1
