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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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There is a joke in our culture that no one wants to read the directions. To help each of us, I am going to share a part of the UAC FAQs
1. Do I have to lose weight in order to win the Ultimate Accountability Challenge?
No. You just need to exercise every day, eat within your calorie budget every day, track everything you consume every day for the entire month and check in at least every three days.
2. If I'm trying to maintain or gain weight, can I join the Ultimate Accountability Challenge?
Yes. Although many people who join this challenge are trying to lose weight, those who want to use this challenge to gain or maintain weight are welcome. Members still need to exercise, have a calorie goal, track everything consumed and report for every day of the entire month.
3. What counts as exercise?
Nearly all physical activity counts as exercise. That includes walking, cleaning your house, playing tag with the kids, walking your dog, etc. This doesn't mean you should do the bare minimum every day if you're capable of much more. If you want results, you have to challenge yourself, but for the purpose of the Ultimate Accountability Challenge, 20 minutes of any kind of exercise will suffice.
4. What if I only go five calories over budget? Or one calorie over budget?
We are all adults here. Frankly, it's up to you to make your own decision about your calorie limit and then adhere to your own rules. You keep track of your own days and your own fulfillment of the Thoughtful Healthy Habits of the UAC.
5. What if I forget to track something I've consumed, but I remember later and update my food diary?
If, for any reason, you forget to include something in your food diary, but you later remember, you should add the item to your food diary.9 -
look up!12 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes 100 minutes walk, 30 minutes weight training
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes with deficit
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes and hit 2 litres of water yay!8 -
Yes x 3 (walked 5km in 40 mins - hills).
Thank you for all the messages of encouragement yesterday. UAC is part of my support.
@RangerRickL. Love the graphic (and the FAQ's on the guidelines of the challenge/group).
Something I've always known, but really helped today was making time to go for a walk (as I really did not feel like it before I went). Felt SO MUCH better after having been.
Motion creates emotion (also helps alleviate bad emotions).
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I've been thinking of giving up white rice, which I usually have with fish and tofu dishes, which I make often and love the taste of.
The bad news was that the new fish recipe I tried tonight was way too spicy. The good news is that I was so preoccupied with cooling off my mouth with water that I totally bypassed the bed of rice on which I'd put it!
Got in a good workout. My weight hasn't changed since yesterday, but I did significantly better than then in the nutrition department today. We'll see!5 -
My watch claims I burned more calories than I ate, so technically I could call this a win today. I logged all my food and started my day at gym doing rehab for my shoulder, so I definitely got those 2 right, but no matter what my watch says, my goal is to eat 1600-1800 calories (I'll push it to 2000 for various reasons) but over 2500 is too much for me so pass day 1 it is.
I'm surprised that my watch thinks driving is exercise, but I will admit to being exhausted by it, which is why I ate badly. I was going to eat when I got back but was low on energy which would potentially lead to falling asleep driving. I could have made better choices on what I bought but I didn't and then we did pizza for supper because I was already over.
I did however save a little turtle and a day old seal puppy who will be hand raised now. Adorable little one who it was worth giving up a day of leave for.8 -
Date: 02/12/2019
Exercised?: Yes , Bike ride there and back to the gym. Worked on arms and legs
Calories?: Yes with deficit and even went to the noodle night market but watched what I ate during the day to allow for this.
Tracked?: Yes I did6 -
Whoop whoop, day two.
Did my first body weight routine ever, succesfully! Push ups, squats, crunches and lunges... I'll be sore tomorrow but I am proud of myself.
So in short;
Exercised?: Yes!
Calories?: Yes!
Tracked?: Yes!10 -
December 2nd
Exercise: Yes, managed a 30 minute walk at lunchtime, then 15 minutes more for a dash to the cash point and some shopping.
Calories: Yes, stayed under, thanks to my pre-prepared lunchbox. Didn't go out for dinner with my colleagues, but did have the two small glasses of white wine which I'd already budgeted for, in case I had gone out with them.
Tracking: Yes, logged everything.
@craigo3154 My thoughts are with you. I tried to help my youngest son during the worst times of his depression, for ten years, off and on, and it was difficult to see him in this dreadful state. I cannot even begin to imagine how you feel about your daughter. My son is doing fantastically well now, although depression never really goes away, but he has coping strategies now and can manage the bad days. I'm sure your daughter will also get to that point, eventually.11 -
December 2
Exercised?: Yes. 11 mile cycle round trip to work.
Calories?: Yes.
Tracked?: Yes.8 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, over 90 minutes, a walk outside and later at the gym because we're getting a cold rain here
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes, barely, but made it under
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes6 -
December 2, 2019
Exercised?: Yes, 48 mins.
Calories?: Yes, "under"!
Tracked?: Yes.7 -
I've been thinking of giving up white rice, which I usually have with fish and tofu dishes, which I make often and love the taste of.
The bad news was that the new fish recipe I tried tonight was way too spicy. The good news is that I was so preoccupied with cooling off my mouth with water that I totally bypassed the bed of rice on which I'd put it!
Got in a good workout. My weight hasn't changed since yesterday, but I did significantly better than then in the nutrition department today. We'll see!
@lotta7e. You would know by your tracking how many calories white rice has in comparison to other foods. If you give it up, what would you have in it's place?
Best strategy I've found for me is not to "give up" foods, but to find preference alternatives. This way if you REALLY want food X, you can still have it in moderation. It no longer has the allure of "forbidden fruit".
As you are focusing on weight, I highly encourage the preference approach.
Lastly, weight will change daily. Up and down. The best way to see if weight is really changing is the average of 7 days (weight each day for 7 days, add together and divide by 7). If this average is trending in the right direction all is good, otherwise make SMALL changes and continue to observe.
Like the sound of spicy fish
. I, and the rest of my family, have quite a high spice tolerance. Consequently we preference spicy foods (Indian, Korean, Portuguese, etc..). Chilli, kanye pepper, etc.. are staples in my wife's cooking. 7 -
3x’s yes. Snow day! Gym opened late and closed early with no classes. I’m counting 3hrs of shoveling as my exercise.
The snow was so heavy and piled so high by 7am that the snow blower could not handle it. It took me 3 hours to do all of the sidewalks and paths. Lol I flagged down a plow guy driving by and paid him to do my giant U shaped driveway.
Tomorrow morning shouldn’t be as bad but truthfully I didn’t mind the work, it was a really good full body workout.
Logged and good on calories.10 -
I've been thinking of giving up white rice, which I usually have with fish and tofu dishes, which I make often and love the taste of.
The bad news was that the new fish recipe I tried tonight was way too spicy. The good news is that I was so preoccupied with cooling off my mouth with water that I totally bypassed the bed of rice on which I'd put it!
Got in a good workout. My weight hasn't changed since yesterday, but I did significantly better than then in the nutrition department today. We'll see!3x’s yes. Snow day! Gym opened late and closed early with no classes. I’m counting 3hrs of shoveling as my exercise.
The snow was so heavy and piled so high by 7am that the snow blower could not handle it. It took me 3 hours to do all of the sidewalks and paths. Lol I flagged down a plow guy driving by and paid him to do my giant U shaped driveway.
Tomorrow morning shouldn’t be as bad but truthfully I didn’t mind the work, it was a really good full body workout.
Logged and good on calories.
You could do brown rice.4 -
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Exersized-?yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes6 -
Over 20 mins exercise? ✅ Strength + walking
Under Calorie Gaol? ✅
Tracked? ✅
Remaining Pass Days? 3️⃣
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December 1 - pass day (I didn't get in any purposeful exercise)
December 2
Exercised?: Yes, walked at lunch and breaks at work.
Calories?: Yes.
Tracked?: Yes.6 -
Dec 2:
Exercise >20 minutes: Yes. 120 mins elliptical. 50 mins weights.
Within kcal (<1800): Yes-1,284
Track everything: Yes5 -
Dec 2
Exercice? Yes hot yoga class
Within calories? Yes
Log? Yes
Starting strong this month. I will be travelling Wednesday & Thursday. That will be the challenge.8 -
@UTMBdreams, looks like a perfect day!
@lotta7e, I agree regarding the brown rice, more bang for the buck because it's a whole grain and believe it or not takes a little longer to chew...........lol
Exercise: 80 minutes includes 40 minute dog walk and 40 minutes of hip PT
Calories: Left 345 unused so yes
Tracked: Yes tracked everything today and no overages on macros or calories5 -
12/2
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 30 minute virtual hike in Glacier National Park, 10 minutes shoveling sidewalk and 10 trips up and down stairs
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes, on target
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes6 -
December 2
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? Yes5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 45 minutes of housework
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes5 -
Date: December 2
Exercised?: Yes! Spin class for 57 minutes, burned 261 calories based on watch. 112 total exercise minutes for 709 calories and 9,615 steps
Calories?: Yes; 1334 of 1549
Tracked?: Yes (even water now!)5 -
I've been thinking of giving up white rice, which I usually have with fish and tofu dishes, which I make often and love the taste of.
@lotta7e I have not given up white rice (I love jasmine rice or arborio rice in risotto or Bomba rice in paella) but instead have just been much more strict about portions. This way I get to enjoy what I use to eat and feel that it is teaching me more about what portion sizes I can eat at maintenance. (Ditto for pasta) i will sometimes use brown jasmine rice as well If I have time.3 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Cleaning/organizing for 52 minutes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes4 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes 20 minutes elliptical
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes4 -
Exercise? Yes. 20 min yoga/core + almost 10,000 steps of Christmas shopping and housework!
Within calorie goal? Yes.
Logging everything? Yes. Even added back in water tracking, which I had removed my third day on MFP. It's important for me to track because I have poor thirst cues, but I found it overwhelming when I was trying to also learn food tracking.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, over 90 minutes, a walk outside and later at the gym because we're getting a cold rain here
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes, barely, but made it under
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
I forgot to add walking meditation for an hour in a noisy environment.3
