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Exercise: Yes, 90 minutes walking in the fog in the nearby national park (a warm 54 F -- it's usually much colder)
Tracking: logged everything
Under calorie goal: Yes, a couple hundred under. I bring all my food for work, a meal and snacks, but walked out and left my salad in the fridge.
I bought one at Panera that had more calories but still came under. 7 -
Exercise? Yes. I did 2 hot yoga classes with some extra Yin yoga in between. I got almost 3hrs in today
Calories? Yep. Did not eat back exercise calories & well under
Tracked: yep.6 -
Exercise? 40 min light circuit
Track? Yes
Calories? Under
Finished 66 hour fast and ate in afternoon.
Have a great Sunday!3 -
January 4
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Felling a lot better, lots of chopping and cooking for my weekly food prep
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? No
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? No3 -
Daily Post date: Saturday 1/4
Exercise: Yes I worked out in my home gym. Stationary bike 20 minutes, elliptical 5 minutes, bike 5 minutes punching bag 10 minutes Kickboxing 10 minutes total 50 minutes
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
My goal for today was to push myself to workout longer and to work on my diet which is a big problem. I tend to get snacky so I needed to keep track of what I ate.3 -
Logged tracked went to gym rowing machine and treadmill well over my 20 minutes.
I will weigh out some foods and others are usually a accurate estimation as I have weighed and measured for along time now it’s not prefect but neither and I and it works for me3 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes - went with the Wii plus fit today fun with the kids
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes with calories and now someone is telling me i'm supposed to stay below 20 carbs so its a good thing i didn't track those with having homemade bean and ham bone soup.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? drinking the last cups as i'm writing this.4 -
Exercise? Yes - 22 minutes of slow walking - still recovering from the flu
Under Calories? Yes
Tracked? Yes5 -
Exercise? Yes, 30 minutes on the elliptical
Under budget? Yes
Tracked everything? Yes3 -
Exercised? Yeppers! 20 min yoga* (23 if you count savasana). Had a headache most of the day, so didn't walk. Just 5k steps.
*We subscribed to the Down Dog app a couple days ago when they offered a $20/year deal. Now that I spent money on it, I am much more likely to do yoga twice a week.
Within my calorie goal? Ja.
Tracked everything? Of course!
I try to balance weighing food accurately without going down an OCD rabbit hole (a risk for me).
I don't weigh items that are labeled and portioned (slice of bread, single serving frozen meal, individually wrapped candy, etc). I have checked a few after reading comments on the forum about inaccuracies, but I have found my products to be super close to stated weights.
I weigh just about everything else in grams, including when making a recipe. Although, I'm a little casual about low cal veggies when I am hurrying.
However, if I do a recipe that has 3 servings, I just eyeball when I dish up. My thinking is that even if I weighed out the final product, each serving will still vary because one might have more potatoes or more sauce or more beans and so on. I figure it all balances out even over time.
When we eat out (usually once a week), I go with the restaurant's nutrition info or calculator, or I do my best estimate if no calories are available. I generally get food cooked simply due to GERD, so it's not too hard to estimate.4 -
Yes - 60m shine dance fitness
Yes - just
yes - that's the east part!5 -
Yes x3. Exercise was a short run and a long walk. 19,000 steps.6
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I did track my food and I did exercise but I’m still eating a bit more than I burn. I see an improvement in my habits but things are not ideal yet.6
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Yes! Yes! Yes! Ran 2.5 miles in some crazy wind and rain. Rainy runs are always my favorite, but that wind was something else!7
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January 4
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. 20 minutes on my exercise bike. Plus 20 minutes dancing to my favorite 60s & 70s songs.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes. Good deficit.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes. Tracked everything
So far- 4 out of 4 days!
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Exercise: Y 11K steps including a 5 mile walk/ run on the treadmill plus a 12 minute stroll to cool down.
Calories: Y 1712/1800+ 760 exercise calories
Tracked: Y
My exercise is predominately walking, but today I ran 2 miles out of the 5. It was definitely the most strenuous exercise I have had since bike rides during the summer. Felt pretty good...will have to do that more often.
I have been tracking now this time around for about 3.5 months and I still use the scale frequently although I’m getting better at eyeballing things. Try to be conservative, but one area I’m not is when it comes to nut portions. I use a container and know about how full it should be for a serving, but it always seems to end up getting filled a little more. Almonds are easy because of their uniformity and usually get counted, but the walnut pieces are where things get hazy.7 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. Put away Christmas trees and decorations and a 25 minute walk.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes, barely, lol.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes5 -
yes x 3
The dog is getting a lot more walking with this challenge. I weigh almost everything, otherwise, I start sneaking a little extra of here and there, which kind defeats that purpose of tracking
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Exercise? yes, 3 hours of pickleball in the gorgeous sun.
Within calories? yes but it was super tight.
Track? yes, had to guess since we ate out but I brought half of it home.5 -
Yes x3 today!4
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Agreed that starting to weigh everything is a real eye opener. I had no idea how much more than "one serving" I was helping myself to until I started weighing absolutely everything. It drives my partner mad when we are cooking because he doesn't care so much about portion control, but I can't do without it.
Exercised?: Yes - 29min walk
Calories?: Yes - only just! Had some snacks at a friend's house that I probably should not have haha
Tracked?: Yes
Pass used: 1/3 (3/01)6 -
Great hike today! 50 minutes going up and then a return trip of only 33 minutes downhill.
Also did one half hour of active back stretches as prescribed by my exercise physiologist
Tracking: good
Calories: well under my limit
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes did 38 minute lower body and ab advance workout on Total gym and then 30 minutes incline on my elliptical.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes5 -
Yes x3, upper body strength.5
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1. Yes, 30 minute run
2. Yes
3. Yes5 -
Date: January 4
Exercised?: No. Pass Day 2/3
Calories?: Yes.
Tracked?: Yes.
Day 4 is over, but no exercise. Tomorrow will be better.5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 5 mile run this morning outside
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes and under
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yep!5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? No
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
I talked to someone today who has kept a food journal for 10 years. That's some motivation!5 -
My digital weighing scales are my godsend!
Exercise yes 10 min quigong, 30 min yoga, 180 min cleaning, 60 min gardening, 50 min walk at dusk
Tracking yes Calories yes5 -
Exercise: yes
Calories: yes
Tracked: yes3
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