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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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Yesterday, a couple of new members asked,"Can we log in ahead of time?"
Maybe, if it actually works for you.
For most people, it works best if you actually log in contemporaneously at the time you actually eat or drink caloric beverages.
It definitely does NOT work to wait until the evening to try to remember and guess what you ate.
Another old business management adage that is true too is: You cannot manage what you do not measure.
Rick12 -
Morning from the UK 7:25am x here's to day 2. I have just read through the whole thread from yesterday and enjoyed reading it. Thank you especially to those who responded so supportively to my friend telling me " it's just a fad it'll fizzle out" - great responses which have given me an extra boost to start my day x have a great one and see you later x thanks Rick for organising all this x10
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Morning @ForAmanda222 - also in the UK here. Your unsupportive friend could be right or wrong (though very unhelpful!). As a veteran (but very inconsistent) UAC member I've seen lots of people come and go. But those who stick around have success. I'm sure you will have success... but ultimately it's up to you. Everyone will find lots of needed advice, support and encouragement here even if real life friends are being less helpful. Good luck and welcome!8
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May 1
Exercise: 75mins weights & stretching
31 min walk
46 min walk
Calories 355 deficit 😀
Tracked everything.
Beginning my 15th month❣️
# of days when I didn’t plan, take the time, and accomplish these 3 reasonable & healthy activities: 0
# of days when I did: 1/1
Completed my 7th day of Official Maintenance
Lost -75lbs over about 3 years.
Unofficially maintained the past 4 months.
Slow habit changes work well!11 -
Morning @ForAmanda222 - also in the UK here. Your unsupportive friend could be right or wrong (though very unhelpful!). As a veteran (but very inconsistent) UAC member I've seen lots of people come and go. But those who stick around have success. I'm sure you will have success... but ultimately it's up to you. Everyone will find lots of needed advice, support and encouragement here even if real life friends are being less helpful. Good luck and welcome!
Thank you x5 -
Male 49, 5'11"
Weight Lifter
Current Weight (05/01): 256 lbs
Goal Weight End of Challenge (05/31): 247 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 240 lbs (07/01)
Diet/Exercise/Water: 2000cal, 240g protein, 115g carb, 60g fat, 16 cups water, exercise 60 minutes
05/01: 256 lbs
Calories: 2059 (over +59)
Exercise: HIIT cycling 45 minutes, weight lifting 60 minutes
Water: 16 cups (okay)
05/02: 256 lbs
Calories: 2263 (over +263)
Exercise: HIIT cycling 30 minutes, weight lifting 60 minutes
Water: 16 cups (okay)7 -
May 2, 2019
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, elliptical, walking
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Pass day 0/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records)6 -
@ForAmanda222, there will always be naysayers around. You cannot stop bird from flying over your head but you can stop them from perching on your head. This what I say to myself everyday about naysayers around me. I do not need their support. I rewrite their words positively, and use these positive words to motivate me.
Some years ago, I had a work colleague who was so upset with me everyday she sees me because I was loosing weight. I rewrote her comments, and continued my weight lost journey (remember nobody can go on this journey for you, yes nobody!!!).
Recently, seeing my success, she decided to start her own journey and she comes to me for advice. hummm......
Hang in there my dear! This is about you and your life! You will definitely see the result!
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May 2
Exercised?: No. (Best laid plans of mice and men)
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
Rain in the morning. Busy work day. Severity 1 customer incident prevented a later day walk (still on the phone at 1:00am).
Hopefully tomorrow is a less hectic day.8 -
mayosenorita wrote: »It feels like a very bad sign that I’m starting off with a pass day
I struggled with having had three hours sleep for the past two nights. Would love advice from all of the wonderfully successful people here in what you do to avoid eating when you’re tired. Also, how do you stop yourself from binging when you already know it’s going to be a pass day/you’re over your limit?
Hoping to get some sleep and turn it around today!
Congrats to everyone else in their awesome start to the month!
@mayosenorita
First, I don’t call them Pass Days in my own mind. To me, that wording means eat whatever I want.i know I can’t do that anymore & stay slim.
I don’t believe in overeating because I’ve noticed I don’t feel good when I do. Why would I want to feel bad?
I got 3 hours of sleep last night, too. I’m drinking lots of water, hot tea, decaf coffee. A walk & being outside will help. I’ve pre-planned what I will eat & I have already reminded myself 3 times to be kind to myself today (in non-food ways.) I just got a pair of jeans in the next lower size that had another price drop. I will paint & sketch to keep myself occupied. I have a great book too.
But my MOST USEFUL approach is: “Eating won’t help; it will just give me two problems. The original one (lack of sleep) & having to lose the weight I gain.” That’s enough to remind me to find other ways of self-care.
If you’re at work, some folks take a nap at lunchtime in their car.
Part of losing & maintaining weight for me is figuring out the days like this one:
Lack of sleep
Sick
Celebrations
Vacations
Too much work
Emotionally taxed - a disagreement, bad news, grief, etc.
Feeling lonely or bored.
HALT = hungry anxious lonely tired
A big part of my 3-1/3 year journey has been creating non-food ways to care for myself. Before, I just used food.
I use:
* Exercise - love it & it works the best for me
* Creating, Inventing, imagining particularly with color including doodling
* Learning of all Kinds
* Calling family or friends
* Taking the time to set up get together with friends/family
* Petting my cat
* Some tv/movies (rare)
* Decluttering for fun, not have to
* Rearranging decorative objects in house (swapping out one with another)
* Spiffing up the house
And if all this fails:
I keep busy with laundry, errands (walking if possible), calendar, desk jobs, purge old emails, washing hair, playing with make-up, prepping salad bar items ie I keep busy
I hope this helps.
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May 1
Exercise: 56 mins cardio, weights & stretching
Calories 436 deficit
Tracked everything.4 -
May 1
Exercised?: Yes walked 2.5 miles
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes4 -
victorious55 wrote: »@ForAmanda222, there will always be naysayers around. You cannot stop bird from flying over your head but you can stop them from perching on your head. This what I say to myself everyday about naysayers around me. I do not need their support. I rewrite their words positively, and use these positive words to motivate me.
Some years ago, I had a work colleague who was so upset with me everyday she sees me because I was loosing weight. I rewrote her comments, and continued my weight lost journey (remember nobody can go on this journey for you, yes nobody!!!).
Recently, seeing my success, she decided to start her own journey and she comes to me for advice. hummm......
Hang in there my dear! This is about you and your life! You will definitely see the result!
The support here is amazing thank you. Right: I am going to rewrite her words to "it's a mission and you'll be Victorious" And I going to take myself on a walk!5 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »mayosenorita wrote: »It feels like a very bad sign that I’m starting off with a pass day
I struggled with having had three hours sleep for the past two nights. Would love advice from all of the wonderfully successful people here in what you do to avoid eating when you’re tired. Also, how do you stop yourself from binging when you already know it’s going to be a pass day/you’re over your limit?
Hoping to get some sleep and turn it around today!
Congrats to everyone else in their awesome start to the month!
@mayosenorita
First, I don’t call them Pass Days in my own mind. To me, that wording means eat whatever I want.i know I can’t do that anymore & stay slim.
I don’t believe in overeating because I’ve noticed I don’t feel good when I do. Why would I want to feel bad?
I got 3 hours of sleep last night, too. I’m drinking lots of water, hot tea, decaf coffee. A walk & being outside will help. I’ve pre-planned what I will eat & I have already reminded myself 3 times to be kind to myself today (in non-food ways.) I just got a pair of jeans in the next lower size that had another price drop. I will paint & sketch to keep myself occupied. I have a great book too.
But my MOST USEFUL approach is: “Eating won’t help; it will just give me two problems. The original one (lack of sleep) & having to lose the weight I gain.” That’s enough to remind me to find other ways of self-care.
If you’re at work, some folks take a nap at lunchtime in their car.
Part of losing & maintaining weight for me is figuring out the days like this one:
Lack of sleep
Sick
Celebrations
Vacations
Too much work
Emotionally taxed - a disagreement, bad news, grief, etc.
Feeling lonely or bored.
HALT = hungry anxious lonely tired
A big part of my 3-1/3 year journey has been creating non-food ways to care for myself. Before, I just used food.
I use:
* Exercise - love it & it works the best for me
* Creating, Inventing, imagining particularly with color including doodling
* Learning of all Kinds
* Calling family or friends
* Taking the time to set up get together with friends/family
* Petting my cat
* Some tv/movies (rare)
* Decluttering for fun, not have to
* Rearranging decorative objects in house (swapping out one with another)
* Spiffing up the house
And if all this fails:
I keep busy with laundry, errands (walking if possible), calendar, desk jobs, purge old emails, washing hair, playing with make-up, prepping salad bar items ie I keep busy
I hope this helps.
This is another brilliant really helpful post I think x all the "slimming clubs" I've attended over the years and I never ever heard encouragement like this x7 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »mayosenorita wrote: »It feels like a very bad sign that I’m starting off with a pass day
I struggled with having had three hours sleep for the past two nights. Would love advice from all of the wonderfully successful people here in what you do to avoid eating when you’re tired. Also, how do you stop yourself from binging when you already know it’s going to be a pass day/you’re over your limit?
Hoping to get some sleep and turn it around today!
Congrats to everyone else in their awesome start to the month!
@mayosenorita
First, I don’t call them Pass Days in my own mind. To me, that wording means eat whatever I want.i know I can’t do that anymore & stay slim.
I don’t believe in overeating because I’ve noticed I don’t feel good when I do. Why would I want to feel bad?
I got 3 hours of sleep last night, too. I’m drinking lots of water, hot tea, decaf coffee. A walk & being outside will help. I’ve pre-planned what I will eat & I have already reminded myself 3 times to be kind to myself today (in non-food ways.) I just got a pair of jeans in the next lower size that had another price drop. I will paint & sketch to keep myself occupied. I have a great book too.
But my MOST USEFUL approach is: “Eating won’t help; it will just give me two problems. The original one (lack of sleep) & having to lose the weight I gain.” That’s enough to remind me to find other ways of self-care.
If you’re at work, some folks take a nap at lunchtime in their car.
Part of losing & maintaining weight for me is figuring out the days like this one:
Lack of sleep
Sick
Celebrations
Vacations
Too much work
Emotionally taxed - a disagreement, bad news, grief, etc.
Feeling lonely or bored.
HALT = hungry anxious lonely tired
A big part of my 3-1/3 year journey has been creating non-food ways to care for myself. Before, I just used food.
I use:
* Exercise - love it & it works the best for me
* Creating, Inventing, imagining particularly with color including doodling
* Learning of all Kinds
* Calling family or friends
* Taking the time to set up get together with friends/family
* Petting my cat
* Some tv/movies (rare)
* Decluttering for fun, not have to
* Rearranging decorative objects in house (swapping out one with another)
* Spiffing up the house
And if all this fails:
I keep busy with laundry, errands (walking if possible), calendar, desk jobs, purge old emails, washing hair, playing with make-up, prepping salad bar items ie I keep busy
I hope this helps.MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »mayosenorita wrote: »It feels like a very bad sign that I’m starting off with a pass day
I struggled with having had three hours sleep for the past two nights. Would love advice from all of the wonderfully successful people here in what you do to avoid eating when you’re tired. Also, how do you stop yourself from binging when you already know it’s going to be a pass day/you’re over your limit?
Hoping to get some sleep and turn it around today!
Congrats to everyone else in their awesome start to the month!
@mayosenorita
First, I don’t call them Pass Days in my own mind. To me, that wording means eat whatever I want.i know I can’t do that anymore & stay slim.
I don’t believe in overeating because I’ve noticed I don’t feel good when I do. Why would I want to feel bad?
I got 3 hours of sleep last night, too. I’m drinking lots of water, hot tea, decaf coffee. A walk & being outside will help. I’ve pre-planned what I will eat & I have already reminded myself 3 times to be kind to myself today (in non-food ways.) I just got a pair of jeans in the next lower size that had another price drop. I will paint & sketch to keep myself occupied. I have a great book too.
But my MOST USEFUL approach is: “Eating won’t help; it will just give me two problems. The original one (lack of sleep) & having to lose the weight I gain.” That’s enough to remind me to find other ways of self-care.
If you’re at work, some folks take a nap at lunchtime in their car.
Part of losing & maintaining weight for me is figuring out the days like this one:
Lack of sleep
Sick
Celebrations
Vacations
Too much work
Emotionally taxed - a disagreement, bad news, grief, etc.
Feeling lonely or bored.
HALT = hungry anxious lonely tired
A big part of my 3-1/3 year journey has been creating non-food ways to care for myself. Before, I just used food.
I use:
* Exercise - love it & it works the best for me
* Creating, Inventing, imagining particularly with color including doodling
* Learning of all Kinds
* Calling family or friends
* Taking the time to set up get together with friends/family
* Petting my cat
* Some tv/movies (rare)
* Decluttering for fun, not have to
* Rearranging decorative objects in house (swapping out one with another)
* Spiffing up the house
And if all this fails:
I keep busy with laundry, errands (walking if possible), calendar, desk jobs, purge old emails, washing hair, playing with make-up, prepping salad bar items ie I keep busy
I hope this helps.
This was incredible! Thank you so much for the time you took to share this with me. I’m going to be coming back to this again and again. Off to a way better start today, I went right to sleep and got almost five hours instead of watching TV, I’ve already done over 20 minutes of PT exercises for my diastasis, and I’m less than 200 calories into the day at 3pm, all of it logged.
Thanks to everyone who accomplished their goals for the inspiration!6 -
I thought keeping up with drinks was logging your water... Then it hit me that it is probably for alcohol? My poor little naive mind 😇6
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May 2
Posting early because I will be busy tonight with family.
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? will be, am headed to physical therapy appointment
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? planned meals, am right on track
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes, sticking to plan5 -
Yes x 3. Happy to see May off to such a supportive, encouraging start with lots of great advice! 5
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Logging my day 2 outcomes: exercise yes went for a walk! Which I wouldn't have done if not for this challenge x took my daughter with me so good for her too x have tracked every calorie and I'm a few hundred under my limit and feeling full of dinner x pleased x see you tommorow x6
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Yes yes and yes. Lovely 9 holes of golf after work. Feeling great today. Keep smashing it guys.
Pass days 1/39 -
Exercise- 90min yoga
Calories -yes
Tracked yes7 -
May 2
Exercised?: Yes
Calories?: Yes I set my menu in the am and create a 750 cal def and follow
Tracked?: Yes
it was 88 today so pool season is coming... are you ready? (Im not)6 -
5/2
Exercise? Yes, another woodland walk (45 minutes) with DH and Annie, our dog
Calories? Yes, on target with spare calories for evening snack
Tracked? Yes5 -
Date: May 2
Exercised?: yes 45 minute Leslie Sanson, Richrad Simmon’s cardio 20 minutes and toning 15 minutes, and walking times 2 – 1 hour 33 minutes and 57 minutes.
Calories?: yes
Tracked?: yes
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0 success: 2 pass
Exercise? No
Tracked? Yes
Calories? No[/quote] that Welsh cake pushed me over
Really busy day. I haven't stopped since I got up but it wasn't anything you could call exercise, although I have clocked up just under 10,000 steps.8 -
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? Yes8 -
Tracked yes
Under yes only just
Exercise yes8 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, cleaning David's apartment, packing boxes, and doing 4 loads of laundry, 2 hours total.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.7 -
Yes x 3
Exercise - 3 miles running after a storm blew through. I'm grateful spring is here.
Dinner - made a new recipe...creole black eyed peas. Yum!
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