GET DAT REAR IN GEAR July 2020
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7/9
Carbs under, protein met
IF 16/8
Not enough activity, gotta get over this mental bump in the road.3 -
7/9
Steps -> 7000
Exercise -> morning bike ride for 13.3 miles and body weight workout
Movement -> moved every hour during work
Food -> calories on point, 129g protein, 56g net carbs3 -
7/9
Logged food: yes.
Net carbs: 27
If: I fasted for 15 instead 16hrs. Hungry.
Exercise: yes. Light exercisd
Physical Therapy: no.4 -
on-plan:
exercise: Stomping about the hilly yard for over an hour. 11k steps for the day. 4 -
7/9:
Everything logged: 👍🏻
Calorie/macro goal: 👎👎👎 terrible showing. I let a good deal help make a bad choice. Who doesn’t eat dessert when it’s included in the cost, right? Tomorrow is another day.5 -
7/10
Carbs 4 over total but cal & protein great
IF 16:8
Plank only today
Helping son move tomorrow, that will give me stairs and lifting for a few hours.4 -
7/9 and 7/10 goals were met4
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7/10:
on-plan:
exercise: 50min of arm murder with Sydney Cummings plus a 2 Miles Sweat walk with Leslie Sansone. My triceps be screamin' today. 
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7/10:
Logged everything: 👍🏻
Calorie/macro goal: a bit over on each but still should be in good shape compared to the prior day. Decent NEAT for a strength day.4 -
7/10
Logged everything: yes
Net carbs: 9
IF: no
Exercise: yes
Physical Therapy : yes4 -
7/11 goals met and I got some of my meal prep done today
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7/11:
Logged everything for the day. I notice I don’t really want to log the stuff I know I shouldn’t have and sometimes finish the diary the next day. But I still do it!
Calories/macros goal: more like maintenance calories for the day but was carnivore so carbs were next to nothing. This morning I already feel like having all the food due to poor sleep so I’ll have to create some diversionary tactics.6 -
Heh I was getting my rear in gear starting 7/5 but am just now making it back here to MFP and this group.
Sorry it's such a long post. It's... been a while.
I knew LCHF works wonders for my mental illness(es), but it turns out being mentally ill also makes it reeeeeeally hard to stick to big life changes, so I tumbled back into SAD again and stalled out on any weight loss. The good news is I maintained my previous progress, so nothing was lost except some time.
Early this year I found a new doc and figured I'd try finding a medication that would work, with the thought that if I can do that I can climb back to a place where I'm better able to manage changes to my habits. *kitten* me, I was so wrong. Six failed medications later and I'm back. I don't know why medications (so far) just make everything worse and dietary changes work for me, but I'm done arguing (with myself) about it. It finally sunk in that I need to just suck it up and be determined. It's a rough transition but this year has felt like a slide towards rock bottom and changes need to happen right now. No more waiting. No more maybes. I have an appt tomorrow to chat with my doc about just how horribly I've been reacting to meds and what I'm going to do now.
SO FAR SO GOOD! I've been on target for my calories and food choices every day, no cheats, no "maybe just a taste", no screwing around anymore. When my fiance and our roommate have brought me home burgers or subs from a local awesome restaurant, who aren't really equipped to serve breadless food to go, I've peeled away the bread and ate the rest. No hesitation, no being tempted (too strongly) to eat a little, and thank god they're both supportive. We're going to get in the habit of bringing a little container and asking them to just chuck the sandwich/burger fillings in that for me.
It's too soon for any real fat loss yet, but it's always a hoot watching that water weight fall off. Thank goodness I'm past the pee-every-20-minutes phase and that I work from home to cope!5 -
7/11
Logged food: yes.
Net carbs : 10
If: no
Exercise: yes
Therapy exercises: yes3 -
7/12 goals met 4
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7/10 - 7/12
Steps (3 days): 21,756
Exercise: Bike on Friday (13.7 miles), yard work Saturday and rest day on Sunday
Food: good for the weekend, stayed within calorie/protein/net carb goals.3 -
7/11-7/12
Calories under but carbs over
Helped son move so didn't really track much else
Had a salad with lettuce from my garden last night!3 -
7/12:
Log everything:✅
Calorie/macro goal: why is it that on my rest days, I always want to eat way more than what I burn? When will the stars align?? Probably as soon as I take charge and make better decisions. I was over on calories and ate more low carb than keto for the day. Not awful but still not on target. Especially when I had lesser activity for the day. Keep on keeping on.3 -
7/9 - 7/12 (slackin!!)
protein goal: mostly good!
carb limit: lolz what is that?
exercise: somewhere in the middle
water intake: somewhere in the middle
BUT its Monday and a fresh and beautiful week, so I am back on it today
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Met my goal of 30+ minutes of exercise everyday. Plus I invested in a row machine so I can still get cardio in when my foot is hurting too much. It's a really good full body workout. I live with chronic plantar fasciitis. In the past few years its ranged from at its best slight pain everyday, to at its worse disabling pain to where I could barley walk across the street without limping. I had surgery earlier this year but so far I'm not out of the woods yet. My recovery has been up and down, but I still have hope to be pain free and run again. But even on bad days I don't give up and let it hold me back from getting exercise, I adapt and do what I can.
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