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Yes times three.3
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Great post @RangerRickL
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, about six hours disinfecting the public areas of my workplace due to the virus, plus walking
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? way under
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes. Had another Starbucks Frappuccino today, don't want to make it a daily habit because I'm a sugar fiend. Maybe writing it down here will stop me tomorrow.
Is there a smaller size? A kid size?
Drink 3/4?
Then 1/2 the next day!
Or sip it slowly with water & stop the moment you are ok? Tuck a scale in your bag. Weigh drink before & after.
Ask yourself what is it about the Frappuccino that is drawing you to it? Optimize for that!!
https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2017/5-ways-to-shave-calories-off-your-starbucks-frappuccino/
https://www.starbucks.com/menu/product/424/iced?parent=/drinks/frappuccino-blended-beverages/coffee-frappuccino
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Wednesday 3rd June
Could have been better, but a miss is as good as a mile!
Exercise: Yes, 30 minute walk
Calories: Yes, stayed under.
Tracking: Yes, logged everything.
Really tired of my own cooking and of cooking in general. I cannot be bothered any more to think of nice things to cook, different recipes, and I hate just slapping something together or eating ready meals. Can anyone inspire me? Left to my own devices at the moment, I would end up with peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
@Chinkiri
Well, it seems you aren’t happy cooking or with ready made or simpler fare.
I’ve made the choice to go with fast to put together simpler foods. I find if I’m hungry, I don’t care if it’s fancy or not - just that it’s quick!!!
I eat a lot of peanut butter toast! Healthy bread, unsalted peanut butter, weighed to the gram! Works for me!
You get to choose where your trade-off point is!! Tastier but time consuming... or not as tasty, but quick or somewhere in between!4 -
@signing_megssigning_megs wrote: »Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, I went to the lake and did stand up paddle boarding. Great mental break, and activity level of a leisurely walk for about 2 hrs.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Barely, yes. I started a meal prep delivery service (Sun Basket), and today’s meal did not have a ton of flavor, but lots of veggies, and a huge portion. I’m trying to figure out why I’m still hungry an hour later?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
What were the fat & protein percentages compared with the carbs?
That might give you some clues.2 -
June 3
Exercise YES - it’s a real habit
Tracked : yes
Calories: over
Pass Day 1 used.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, went for a 60 minute walk
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes6 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »Wednesday 3rd June
Could have been better, but a miss is as good as a mile!
Exercise: Yes, 30 minute walk
Calories: Yes, stayed under.
Tracking: Yes, logged everything.
Really tired of my own cooking and of cooking in general. I cannot be bothered any more to think of nice things to cook, different recipes, and I hate just slapping something together or eating ready meals. Can anyone inspire me? Left to my own devices at the moment, I would end up with peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
@Chinkiri
Well, it seems you aren’t happy cooking or with ready made or simpler fare.
I’ve made the choice to go with fast to put together simpler foods. I find if I’m hungry, I don’t care if it’s fancy or not - just that it’s quick!!!
I eat a lot of peanut butter toast! Healthy bread, unsalted peanut butter, weighed to the gram! Works for me!
You get to choose where your trade-off point is!! Tastier but time consuming... or not as tasty, but quick or somewhere in between!
Thank you Maddie. It's true, I am not a fan of ready-made, bland, too salty, although I have found a few that are actually nice, nutritious and healthy. Am stocking my small freezer compartment with those. Ditto fast foods, but I like the pizza from place round the corner. Yep, I eat unsalted, unsugared peanut butter on rye bread, delish! I have to weigh and portion those, like the pizza! Hard!
Simpler food: Yes, I try. Piece of frozen salmon, chunk of lemon, mix of frozen veggies, bit of salad, tomato, done! (Not that satisfying) Bit of chicken, marinade in something spicy, oven ... but then I am cooking and planning already and I start thinking about vegetables: roasted cauliflower, perhaps, no, not more spinach or broccoli, could make a ratatouille... You see?
I am thinking about it though. Now the postal service is getting back to normal, I will order curry spice mixes from UK, that turn simple ingredients into a 'proper' curry, which I love.
Also batch cooking! I could make a load of ratatouille and freeze it!
My main meal today is baked sweet potato with a few spoonfuls of sour cream, dash of pepper and grated nutmeg, sprinkling of chives. I might add a tomato for vitamin C, but it's not properly ripe yet, bored with salad, broccoli and spinach. My Mum was a lousy cook, but when I left home I discovered food in a big way! I mostly like to cook and am very creative, but I have just hit a low point! Thanks for your input!4 -
Yes, yes, yes
Walking on the treadmill. Just one workout as it was a busy day which resulted in a migraine. It makes me glad when I start my day off with exercise.5 -
Pass #1
Exercise - Yes - lifted in the morning, pretty active day overall
Tracking - Yes
Calories - technically under, but most of them came from alcohol, so I'm calling it a No. Lots of fun, but definitely not a healthy habits kind of day.
Today was both corporate retreat and spouse's birthday. I feel good about the way I managed my bad decisions. :-) 27 days and 2 passes to go!4 -
Wednesday, June 3
Pass day 2.
My infusion this month was early afternoon so had to leave for it late morning. I like scheduling them late in the afternoon so I can workout in the morning. No late appointments available. The couch was comfy all afternoon and night though! So it was early which means Thursday will be back to normal.5 -
Yes, yes and yes for the 3rd.
However I am a bit under the weather today, a stomach bug, so I may not get my exercise in. We'll see.6 -
June 1 - yes x 3
June 2 - pass
June 3 - yes, within calories, yes logged everything, yes excersied - 30 min gardening3 -
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Exercise? Yes; 30 minute walk
Calories? Yes
Tracking? Yes
I definitely agree that tracking is a very important factor in transitioning to healthier eating. It allows you to be more mindful of what you are consuming. That’s what I am hoping to gain in coming back to MFP: becoming more conscious of my habits again. My other goals should follow easily once I accomplish this.3 -
day 3
exercise - yes
track - yes
budget - yesExercise was not my usual road.
I drove a bit further to the climb I like that is on blacktop.
Cars are a bit more of a hazard but there is a nice shoulder and a side stripe.
I choked up on that hill a little bit so I didn't really get the full value of it. I drove up and parked at like mile 5.5 but then thought that I wouldn't get as much as I wanted so I rode down the hill to mm 4 and started climb from there.
It was early. Air was brisk. I seen a runner girl on my downbound.
I turned around and headed up. Intersected her, she had turned around and was headed down. She stopped me. She told me that she saw a mountain lion right there by where we were talking. I think it was some days before but I kind of don't remember that detail of the conversation.
But she the second person that had a credible claim of seeing a cougar since December.
I always think that I want to see one. Lots of guys in the foothills are getting pics of them on their doorbell cameras.
Don't know that I should be wishing to see one.
Got a good climb though and some PRs.
Talking to that girl probably cost me a PR.
But that'd be weird if I was so obsessed with getting a PR that I wouldn't stop for someone wanting to chat.3 -
Exercise : Yes -> 30 mins walk
Calories : Under by a few
Tracking : Yes3 -
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Date: June 3
Exercised?: Yes
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes1 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »Great post @RangerRickL
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, about six hours disinfecting the public areas of my workplace due to the virus, plus walking
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? way under
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes. Had another Starbucks Frappuccino today, don't want to make it a daily habit because I'm a sugar fiend. Maybe writing it down here will stop me tomorrow.
Is there a smaller size? A kid size?
Drink 3/4?
Then 1/2 the next day!
Or sip it slowly with water & stop the moment you are ok? Tuck a scale in your bag. Weigh drink before & after.
Ask yourself what is it about the Frappuccino that is drawing you to it? Optimize for that!!
https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2017/5-ways-to-shave-calories-off-your-starbucks-frappuccino/
https://www.starbucks.com/menu/product/424/iced?parent=/drinks/frappuccino-blended-beverages/coffee-frappuccino
@MadisonMolly2017 Nope, no kid size. They make a smaller size, but I buy them at work, and there's only one size. It's a strong coffee drink and not for kids anyway. There's no way I would add water to a drink like that -- there would be no point in buying it.
And no, saving 1/2 for the next day doesn't work for me. I'm okay with one a month. Any more than that and it pushes my sugar fiend button. I just have to stop buying them, plus plan a substitute, like taking my own black coffee.
They say there are two kinds of people, abstainers and moderators. I'm an abstainer. If I don't buy things like the frappuccino then I don't miss them. A moderator would feel deprived.4 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, BRISKLY walked all around house including up-and-down-stair through whole of 60 minute listen-in Branch all-staff teleconf presentation plus more brisk walking during daily phone-chat with mom (~20 min?) earned over 80 fitbit exercise calories total
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Days goals met: 3
Pass days used: 04
