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@yellobird13 I think that's fine and I think it has come up before and been fine. The rules are to benefit the individual. If these are the lifestyle habits that you want to work on I say go for it - it's planned which, to me, is different than going over budget and then retrospectively allowing yourself more calories if that makes sense.3
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@am_change Thank you for chiming in! I see both points of view and will try a scheduled higher calorie day tomorrow to see how it goes! I’ll probably use my second pass day for it, mainly so I don’t feel like I’m cheating this month.1
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I live in WV and it is supposed to be winter but it was 71 degrees today! I've had a head cold all week but the nice weather made me super happy! I love warm weather & the sun.
Anyway, my husband & I started our day by drinking our coffee in the hot tub! I opened the windows and let fresh air in. I cleaned (even mopped floors) and did laundry. I completed 45 minute full body HIIT workout from HASfit and 30 minutes on the elliptical! Whew...I'm tired now and maybe over did it a bit but life is good. 👍
I hope everyone had a great Saturday!7 -
I would love a ten minute blitz to fix my home! I have a 3 year old and 7month old. There's a clip I've seen a few times on Facebook of a mum folding and putting clothes back in the drawers while a little one is simultaneously taking them out. That's my life! 🤣 🤣 🤣 Today as I put clothes away my daughter hid all 26 pieces of an alphabet puzzle in different places around the house
. As I then hunted them down she took all of her clothes back out to look for one dress. Cushions constantly off to make dens and castles, things everywhere and now the baby's adding to the mess by getting food everywhere weaning aaaaagh!
My resolution for this year is to be productive. I can procrastinate and feel my to do list is never ending. But also I want to balance this with being realistic aims and expectations.
I want to lower my carbon footprint and use less single use plastic.
I want to establish a routine that allows me to eat well and exercise regularly.
I have enough friends with toddlers and babies to understand that situation. I think the important part is to be kind to yourself in the process, setting realistic goals for your senario, which you do seem to be doing.
My kids are all grown up and boy I wish I would have let my OCD go back then. My house would get messy with 3 boys, but I did the nightly 10 minute picking stuff up after they went to bed but I would spend all day Saturday or Sunday cleaning which ever day we didnt have sports or commitments. I realize now that it didnt matter and no one ever came to visit. My advice is do what you can, pick your battles and let the small stuff go. Family is more important!5 -
I’m out...I’m still going to continue tracking and walking at least 20 minutes a day again, but I went over by 200 calories on Saturday even though I walked for 90 minutes. Oops. This week is a travel week and I had an impromptu dinner out with coworkers. I didn’t go over calorie, but I didn’t get a dedicated walk in today. I’ve realized though that a couple 20 minute walks a day and I can easily hit 10,000 steps a day. That’s progress!5
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Goal for today as always is to keep track of what I ate and exercise. I am also trying to control what I eat and how much of the sweets, salty high caloric foods that I eat. It is kind of hard right now but, I am working hard to get my eating habits under control. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.2
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@WMEJA finding a few healthy recipes that I really enjoy and can cook ahead of time or always have the ingredients around for really helps me. I do this for all meals. I try to plan ahead and go shopping when I’m not hungry. That way I don’t have the unhealthy things I’d prefer to avoid at home and more often eat healthier foods I really like. I repeat a lot of the healthy dishes I like, it makes tracking easier.
On the other hand, I do make sure that I eat small amounts of treat foods pretty regularly before the cravings build up. For example today I had a 200 calorie bag of pita chips in the afternoon and 50 calories worth of chocolate after dinner.
I also try to remind myself that it’s easier on some days than others and to accept that. It’s all work in progress.2 -
defiantlyoptimistic wrote: »My goal for 2020 is to weigh under 300 lbs. Its a big goal, but I think I can do it...
You can do this! So glad you are here in this group - UAC is a wonderful group.1 -
I am a little late to the discussion, but the goals discussion and what are you planting for 2020 was a great topic! I am not a big fan of new year resolutions, but I believe we need to set goals, chase our goals, and then make new goals to chase. I have goals that I have set for rebuilding my life from my divorce, and graduating in December was one of those goals. Another goal is learning and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, which includes multiple components like learning portion control, exercise, eating healthy, tracking calories, and making this all sustainable for the rest of my life. I have other goals as well, but I feel convicted as I am also trying to learn how not to have "too many irons in the fire" but I think that is a lifelong lesson for me! : )
Oh, another goal that would be UAC related, would be that I would like to also be a better active member in the group by posting more and getting to know everyone better.
@yellobird13 great question on the cheat days, and I really liked reading everyone's responses. I don't have anything to add to it that hasn't already been mentioned except I am not good at handling cheat days because it turns into multiple cheat days for me.4 -
About controlled splurges. It behooves me to remember that the body has more pharmaceutical armamentarium than the local pharmacy, sharpened by evolution over time, so it is important to listen to the body and vary the plan once in a while. Sometimes, I just need a little break.4
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@KCJen - it turns out I’ve not been able to handle the controlled splurge either :-/
The last two Saturdays I went way over and this weekend it led to a Sunday splurge as well. I have to learn how to eat better when I know my energy level will be low (the weekends). I had planned to food prep on the weekend, but the last two weekends this didn’t work out.
But I’m still here and will keep making an effort for the last days of this month.4 -
@yellobird13 I am a yo-yo roller-coaster dieter, where I will restrict certain foods or view foods as "good" or "bad". So I am finally learning that a healthy lifestyle means no yo-yo and foods are not "good" or "bad". All food is good and ok if within my calorie range. Learning to think like that is hard to reprogram my brain over the years of the yo-yo. Cheat days will trigger the yo-yo and then I have a couple of cheat days. It's a struggle for me but I will do this. I need to get healthy for me and my son. I am glad I found the UAC.
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@yellobird13 I am a yo-yo roller-coaster dieter, where I will restrict certain foods or view foods as "good" or "bad". So I am finally learning that a healthy lifestyle means no yo-yo and foods are not "good" or "bad". All food is good and ok if within my calorie range. Learning to think like that is hard to reprogram my brain over the years of the yo-yo. Cheat days will trigger the yo-yo and then I have a couple of cheat days. It's a struggle for me but I will do this. I need to get healthy for me and my son. I am glad I found the UAC.
We can do this together
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I‘ve fallen off the wagon for the last few days...the year started really well and my schedule got stressful :-(. I‘ll try to get back on tomorrow!7
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How does everyone determine that they have met their calorie goal every day?
Although I know that I need to balance my lower calorie days with higher calorie days (essentially using banked calories) in order to stop losing, I have this mental roadblock that I would have to consider it a "pass" if my calories are over on any particular day.
I really love UAC, but keep wavering on continuing into February because of this concern.
I could use guidance from long term members, especially those in maintenance
I think my (usually minor) OCD is tripping me up here.1 -
@bold_rabbit
I'm not a long-term member so will defer to others, but I'll share from what I've seen. I know some UAC members have their weekly calories be their cutoff for pass days or not, rather than daily calories.
I think this would especially apply in your situation since you are in maintenance and also have found yourself losing weight too quickly. UAC is all about setting your own limits, so for you this probably makes sense health-wise. Ultimately your limit is up to you, and it would work for you to stay in the UAC if you find the community and tracking helpful for your health goals.1 -
@bold_rabbit
UAC should work for any plan as long as we stick with the plan and stick with our own “budgeted” calories, whether we are in maintenance, bulking, cutting, recomposing or just tracking to remain in health. Good luck!0 -
@cjane917 and @nodm
Thanks for your input!
I've brainstormed with my family and figured out a fairly easy way to calculate and feel comfortable determining that I am, in fact, "within my budget" even if my current day is over/in the red. I now feel good about continuing into February.
I'd still welcome info from anyone doing UAC while in maintenance, but I truly appreciate the 2 of you weighing in!2 -
@bold_rabbit that's great! Glad you figured it out and it's not too complicated. You might want to post earlier in the day on the Jan 30 thread to get input there since I don't know if everyone follows the what's on your mind thread1
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@bold_rabbit
I am also glad that you figured it out and feel comfortable with your plan. Your plan reminds me of what people are doing in Weight Watchers while trying to lose or maintain. They have daily points which they can consume and weekly points that they can consume anytime within the week. I believe that they are now able to “bank” points that must be consumed within 4 days. It’s a system. The three basic principles of UAC: tracking everything with calories, staying within the “budgeted” calories and expending a minimum of 20 minutes in exercise daily, are what we are supposed to be doing anyway for the rest of our lives. Therefore, these basic but important principles should work with any plan. Good luck.1