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October 14 Sign In
RangerRickL
Posts: 8,469 Member
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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How do you stay sane in crazy world?
Finding balance starts with the intention, belief, and commitment to feeling sane in the world no matter how crazy it seems.
BELIEF. ...
INTENTION. ...
COMMITMENT. ...
WRITE THINGS DOWN. ...
MAKE A DECISION. ...
WALK OUTSIDE. ...
HAVE A GRATITUDE PRACTICE. ...
FORGIVE AND FORGIVE SOME MORE.14 -
There is a new banner-ad at the top of my exercise diary page I had to share:
"COURGAE, aisle 3. Thank you to grocery store workers and production line staff for helping keep Canada fed"
I like seeing Google doodles and money for ad space taken up by this kind of recognition.
Thank you to all front line workers (and those who work on the "back-room front lines") that stock shelves, deliver goods, keep the lights on, and garbage collected, and all those other essential services that we finally realized and acknowledged AS essential.11 -
I stay sane by doing Jiu Jitsu. We all refer to it as our therapy. There is something about that puts everything else in a better perspective. Maybe the fact that I spend time every week defending my life (from my friends in a safe and controlled way). Today was kids and adults again. Plus I did morning run and busy day at work, which included repacking the fish freezer (moving about a ton of fish so the new stock can go on one side). Getting back into training comes with the dreadfully delightful body aches as my muscles adapt to the new routine. I know it is just a period and it means I’m getting stronger so I’ll deal with it.
Ate well today and stayed in budget. When I planned my food I was actually over budget but I was able to adapt during the day to drop it enough. Training helps me stay on track with food and I know I’ll struggle if I don’t fuel my body properly.10 -
Walking keeps me sane! Always has! We've come this far...
Exercise yes 10 min quigong, 30 min yoga, 30 min afternoon walk in rain
Tracking yes calories yes7 -
Date: 10/14
Exercised: Yes 70 mins on treadmill before work, 30 min walk outside with the dog ( burned 507 calories total )
Tracked: Yes
Calories: Yes
Pass Days: 3 left
Hope everyone enjoyed the day. Its probably the last nice warm day for Illinois.6 -
Date: 10/1
Exercised?: Yes, 56.5 min walk at 14’46” pace, 3.5 min planks
Calories?: Yes, 1164/1430 + 326 exercise
Tracked?: Yes
Date: 10/2
Exercised?: Yes, 20 minutes indoor cycling, 2 minutes planks
Calories?: Yes, 1390/1430 + 180 exercise
Tracked?: Yes, today was challenging to make sure I did not cross the 1430, but I regrouped!
Date: 10/3
Exercised?: Yes, 50 min walk/stroller - 24 lb/cats at 16’54” pace, 2 min. planks
Calories?: Yes, 1400/1430 + 212 exercise ( starting to find it hard to not eat any exercise calories )
Tracked?: Yes
Date: 10/4
Exercised?: Yes, 55 min walk/stroller - 24 lb/cats at 16’01” pace, 2 min. planks
Calories?: Yes, 1380/1430 + 232 exercise
Tracked?: Yes
Date: 10/5
Exercised?: Yes, 58 min slower walk at 16’39” pace, 2.5 min. planks
Calories?: Yes, 1381/1430 + 212 exercise
Tracked?: Yes
Date: 10/6
Exercised?: Yes, 77 min of walks at mixed paces (stroller with grandson), 4.0 min. planks
Calories?: Yes, 1387/1430 + 324 exercise
Tracked?: Yes
Date: 10/7
Exercised?: Yes, 20 minutes indoor cycling, 4.0 min. planks
Calories?: Yes, 1367/1430 + 133 exercise
Tracked?: Yes
Date: 10/8
Exercised?: Yes, 25 minutes indoor cycling, 3.0 min. planks
Calories?: Yes, 1399/1430 + 166 exercise
Tracked?: Yes
Date: 10/9
Exercised?: Yes, 75 minutes walking at 14’32” pace, 4.0 min. planks
Calories?: Yes, 1422/1430 + 412 exercise
Tracked?: Yes
Date: 10/10
Exercised?: Yes, 27 min indoor cycle, 4.0 min. planks
Calories?: Yes, 1373/1430 + 179 exercise ( I think the cycling estimates are high)
Tracked?: Yes
Date: 10/11
Exercised?: Yes, 57 min walk/jog, 4 min planks
Calories?: Yes, 1387/1430 + 315 exercise (woot! I had planned to use a pass but didn’t!!)
Tracked?: Yes
Date: 10/12
Exercised?: Yes, 25 min indoor cycle, 4.0 min planks, 4 min planks
Calories?: Yes, 1333/1430 + 166 exercise
Tracked?: Yes
Date: 10/13
Exercised?: Yes, 30 min step, 6 min cool/stretch, 4 min planks
Calories?: No, today was a planned “pass” day with tracking, early anniversary dining out, but pleased that IMO I did not go overboard, 1559/1430 + 281 (note: not using exercise calories)
Tracked?: Yes!!
Date: 10/14
Exercised?: Yes, 30 min step, 5 min cool/stretch, 1.5 min planks
Calories?: Yes, 1331/1430 + 281 exercise (sounds very high, but not using so not concerned)
Tracked?: Yes
Remaining passes: 2
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I stay sane in this world by music reading good food friends family and laughter and a good cry every now and then.
I logged I walked and made it again6 -
Oct 13/14:
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
3️⃣ Pass Days left5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, a 65 minute trail walk.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yep
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yep6 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 40 min of walking
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
1/3 pass days left6 -
Mindfulness/meditation/qigong have helped immensely. Just like physical exercise, it has taken a few solid weeks for me to see any benefit, but it has been 4 months now and I am so glad I stuck with it.
Wednesday, October 14
Tracking: Yes
Calories: under
Exercise: Yes, indoor cycle - 45 min
Pass days to date - 24 -
10/14
Exersized-?yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes4 -
Yes, yes, yes
Walking for exercise and walking with the dog and a few extra core exercises
A lot of craziness in this world and in my life. My family and dog make a big difference in staying sane. One thing that helps me is an app called ThinkUp. I have a list of daily affirmations/miniprayers/lifestyle reminders that help to keep me grounded. Ideally it is supposed to be just daily affirmations but I have made it into something more. It probably takes me a half hour to go through my entire list and I listen to it while I take my morning walk, or drive to work or clean etc. I don't have to do the entire list all at once but can listen to bits and pieces. It helps to center me. I have also discovered meditation over the past couple of months too.5 -
Exercise: ✅
Tracked: ✅
Under: ✅
Better day today. 1 pass day used yesterday3 -
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? Yes3 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes! Week 7 Day 3 of c25k!
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes!
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes!3 -
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES | 10,000 Swing Kettlebell Workout - 9th of 20 sessions (49)**, planks (3) TOTAL: 52 min
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? YES | Base + 368
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YES |
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**49 minutes of actual work. My mom called during Set 2 of 5 and we had a 9 min convo. So, it really took me 58 min, I suppose.
Also, this was the first time doing the KB swings barefoot and no weight gloves. Yay for stability and future callouses on my palms!
As to what keeps me sane? Morning devotions, a decent amount of alone time (especially in loud nature like birds chirping, water gushing, etc), and two cups of coffee.6 -
day 14
yes x 3
- exercise on dayWent for climb today.
More often than not I think that I am too old to be getting stronger.
But I do the same track or segment repetitively. Got that silly gps watch and I turn it on and it tracks me with an uncanny accuracy. Then it uploads all of my times to a database somewhere and I can look at it on a web page. I am sure you have heard of all that.
But I think the word of the day is sanity.
But I am thinking that doing the same track or path day in and day out and expecting a better time is not really the stuff of sanity.
But I been getting better times. I been running in higher gears and my heart doesn't seem to be as loaded at altitude.
Today I think I might have beat all my previous times except I stopped because my phone said it had a text message. It done it twice so I stopped. Ack. Spam!
But I got this weird competitive streak in me. Ain't nobody around to race I race my own dang self. I don't know if that is weird or not.
My exercise helps with the sanity thing, heh, provided that my exercise itself is not the stuff of insanity.
That can't be.
I got within a few feet of a Golden Eagle today. Well it actually got within a few feet of me. I don't know what she was doing. Must have had something on the ground nearby that she was working on. Startled her I guess. I didn't stop. Neither did she.
I see a hawk all the time. Seen that and thought "that sure is big for a hawk."
Not a hawk. Eagle.
But I got that funny little boy every other day or so. He is always going to be a little boy. That is alright. As long as I got any wherewithal in me he's going to be a happy boy.
His laughter keeps my dark thoughts at bay.
There is still some good fall color around here at lower elevations. Higher up the wind blew all the leaves off. I had a windy ride today. This pic is from some past season.
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Exercise: yes - 30 minute walk
Calories: yes
Tracking: yes
pass days used: 3
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@oldDogBiking Thanks for your posts!
My day:
Exercise: time spent with the horses and walking in the woods. Tomorrow, our temperatures dive
Calories: nice margin under my limit and my B/P was excellent
Tracking: good5 -
Yes, yes, and yes. Continuing to do the easy walks for exercise, its feeling good.5
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Yes to all 35
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Tracking: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: 30 minutes walk/jog intervals5 -
First pass day - second driving day in vakay and even with almost 10k steps of walking went over in calories with travel food and hard seltzer’s...5
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Yes x3
Evening walk.
Just booked a 9-day flight home over Thanksgiving. Will see my family and work remotely from there and will help my 87-year old grandmother get on her flight home. Excited to see family and get out of DC for a bit!6 -
Exercise: disinfecting the public areas of my workplace due to the virus, plus walking over 8 hours, plus carrying some boxes
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 45 min exercise video + 9k steps.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.4 -
Pass day 34
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Yes x 3 here4
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