Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. 60 mins moderately brisk walk and housework for a total of 10500 steps + restorative yoga
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?Yes .

@readyornot1234, thinking of you and sending positive vibes and virtual hugs your way.

HASWLRS wrote: »

Thank you, @RangerRickL! Unfortunately it is not a long weekend in Canada unless the 1st falls on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Today, the 2nd, is a regular work day!!

it's a regular work day unless one is able to use annual vacation leave (not always a priority day of choice depending on your profession / total available annual vacation-leave days / how family unit tends to prioritize timing of vacation-leave use .....

..... slept in till 11:30 for the second day in a row ...... plan for tomorrow: repeat today ....


(I will stop gloating and go away now )

Hi all day 2 completed

20 mins exercise Yes 40 minute Powerwalk
under calories Yes a few to spare
Tracked everything Yes Yes Yes

Good luck to all
Kate

So I figured I'd write this down now before I either forget or get too lazy to do so later on in the evening:

I'm mapping out my plan of re-losing 35lbs, as well as setting a couple goals.

1st, I'm 150lb, my goal is 115lb. That's a pretty healthy weight for my age (22) and height (5ft).

I'm eating about 1,400 calories, I walk for an hour on days of good weather and slowly getting back into my strength training routine on days I have to workout at home, and then dabbling in a bit of yoga and cardio exercises here and there. Moderate carbs, high protein. Just enough fat. I'm starting to cut out meat/pork/chicken/most dairy, wanting to gradually transform into a more vegetarian/vegan lifestyle but at the moment I'm still eating fish/greek yogurt/whey protein powder/goat cheese. Sometimes I'll eat a little piece of meat/chicken because I still find it tasty and you shouldn't never go cold turkey on a complete food group. I'm also highly limiting added sugars, I finally bought more Stevia so I can start making my own personal desserts because lately I've been eating waaaaay too much sugar that I'm scared what it's doing to my pancreas lol.

My first goal is to lose 15lb and keep it off and prove to myself I won't gain it all back, and then I'm going to reward myself with dying my hair the color I've always wanted for years! I've had the dye put away in a cupboard for a few months now, never feeling good enough to make such a change on my appearance before actually taking control over my health & eating habits. If I don't feel good about myself because I don't like how I eat or look, dying my hair isn't going to help anything.

I wanna try to lose that weight in about 3 months, making it a 5lb lost every month. Which also gets to my next goal of reaching 90 solid days logging onto MFP. Which also means sticking to this group for 3+ months (even if I don't get to the winner's circle every time, that's not necessarily my main goal of being here).

However my goal this month IS to make it to the Winner's Circle. I've been in this group many times and quit because I "failed" (*ahem*, gave up, actually). Personally, the hardest part is exercising every single day. I've always been someone who prefers to exercise every other day. But the thing is, you're only required to exercise a minimum of 20 minutes, and that's such a short amount of time to do something that I feel there really shouldn't be any excuse to not do anything and just lay in bed or sit at the computer all day. Even if it's just yoga, or doing a bunch of active chores, it's still something that gets your blood pumping and helps burn a little calories and it's all adds up after a period of time. So that'll be a challenge I'll have to work on, for now it won't be perfect. But this time I'm not gonna quit no matter what. There are members here who seem to have stuck to this group for a couple years, so why should I only stick around for just a couple months?

This 4th of July is gonna my first holiday since starting over my weight loss journey, and I've already planned out how I'm gonna go about it. My family wants hot dogs with chili and my mom is making dessert. So, I bought myself vegetarian hot dogs (i think they're tasty especially griddled, they're 50calories each and have way less fat and sodium and no nitrates. 7g protein each too!), and instead of a white bread bun, I'm using 45calorie multigrain bread, so less carbs and that would be about 200 calories for 2 hotdogs with a slice of bread each, and 21g protein and not too much carbs or fat! I'll be enjoying that with a couple pickles (practically no calories) and no chili and some salsa on top instead. Maybe I'll have a small serving of tater tots, but no baked beans (too much added sugar, and i don't want bacon). Then for dessert I'll have a Halo Top ice cream! (1 carton has the calories and protein of a whole meal!), and I'll probably have a Diet Coke so I won't feel left out when everyone else has their soda full of 42g added refined sugars lol. Though I will be making an unsweetened ice tea made with ginger tea & infused with fresh ginger, lemon, and cucumber as a refreshing drink to sip on throughout the day.

I also have unsweetened cinnamon gum to chew when I feel like I'm gonna eat something I shouldn't, I'm always tempted to just eat whatever I want throughout the day then by the time I eat dinner & dessert I'm already super stuffed. Causing me to wake up the next day bloated and groggy. But no more of that!

I finally talked to my mom about my weight, how I feel about it, and plans of weight loss, and how I'm gonna do it. I tend to not bring it up to not worry her, but I think it was most important to communicate with her so she's aware of it and it should hopefully help in the future so I'm not always faced with having to eat too indulgently. (because i still live with my family) That itself was a goal to be honest! So I'm proud of that.

I'm quite excited for this, and being here helps because it's the only place I can talk about weight loss to. So far it's 1:45pm and I just ate breakfast and soon I'm gonna have a yoga workout then watch some episodes of Hannibal, do some laundry & art, and maybe bake myself a healthy chocolate protein cake to enjoy this weekend. Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow and I'll go walking. I also made a post in the Motivation & Support community section: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10802347/tired-of-starting-over-time-to-just-do-it/p1?new=1

Have a good, safe day and I'll see y'all to log in my day later this evening

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? Yes

7/2
Exersized-?yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes

exercise > 20 ✅ 96 walk/jog, Pilates, weights, gardening
calories < budget✅
tracked everything ✅

3️⃣ Pass Days left

Yes x 3 for Thursday
I'm prelogging dinner and snack to keep me honest!
Tracked, on target with calories. Did a 30 min walk and 70 min of tennis. I've been doing great at not eating back exercise calories. On days like today I make sure to eat enough to fuel a good workout, and allow an extra 100 calories of protein post workout.

Did I exercise for 20 mins?- Yes. Walked moderately on the treadmill
Did I stay within my caloric intake--Yes.
Did I track every thing I ate and drank--yes.

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 45 minute walk.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

Logged and Under? Yes.

Exercise? Yes, a 46 minute walk.

Was able to get my exercise done at work unloading orders. Stayed under my calories but could have been better and logged everything.

Exercise? Yep a nice 5 mile walk with the bf
Calories? Yeah, and had around 250 left over! I'm getting used to not overeating/eating unnecessarily which is my worst food habit. Either I don't eat enough or too much.
Tracked? Yes