Ultimate Accountability Challenge November 2020

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What's on your mind today?

RangerRickL
RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
This is where you can share what's on your mind. Recipes, ideas, workouts, anything that you think might be helpful to others.

Maybe, you've tried something that has worked for you in the past and would like to share it with the group. Maybe, you have a NSV (Non Scale Victory) that you would like to share with the group. Anything that you feel comfortable sharing or anything that you feel comfortable asking the group with help....this is the place to come.

The GOOD!! What NSV did you have this week!!
The BAD!! So what....you ate the whole thing!!
The UGLY!! That darn scale went through the window this week....it deserved it too!!

So, what's on your mind today??
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  • RBnorth66
    RBnorth66 Posts: 85 Member
    I'm also new to the mfp groups. I'm going to practice trying to meet this groups' goals starting today. A warm-up. My issues this past year are a hip replacement last Sept. topped off by a broken femur in October. A long recovery and then along came the quarantine. I used to go to gym 3 times a week, but that's not an option now.
  • SModa61
    SModa61 Posts: 3,128 Member
    Second month for me as well.

    Here is a question I posted in the FAQ's of the october challenge. Was interested in input as I sort out how to proceed with November.

    @RangerRickL For FAQ #11, what are your thoughts on excluding or including exercise calories? I am finishing up my first UAC this October, and have excluded the exercise for this round. Thinking through the pros and cons for my next. Thx
  • Dory_42
    Dory_42 Posts: 3,599 Member
    RBnorth66 wrote: »
    I'm also new to the mfp groups. I'm going to practice trying to meet this groups' goals starting today. A warm-up. My issues this past year are a hip replacement last Sept. topped off by a broken femur in October. A long recovery and then along came the quarantine. I used to go to gym 3 times a week, but that's not an option now.

    I can empathise with this. I snapped my radius and ulnar in my arm in Feb 2019, then had surgery in the July (kidney donation). These two combined to cause some complications that kept me out of training until March 2020. I was cleared to train full contact (I do a grappling martial art) just as we went into lockdown. It was tough, but thankfully South Africa is down to level 1 of lockdown so we are training again. It’s tough, but you will get through it!
  • Dory_42
    Dory_42 Posts: 3,599 Member
    SModa61 wrote: »
    Second month for me as well.

    Here is a question I posted in the FAQ's of the october challenge. Was interested in input as I sort out how to proceed with November.

    @RangerRickL For FAQ #11, what are your thoughts on excluding or including exercise calories? I am finishing up my first UAC this October, and have excluded the exercise for this round. Thinking through the pros and cons for my next. Thx

    As far as I understand, you decided on how you will handle this. You set your calorie goal for the challenge, which includes how you deal with exercise calories. You also decide what counts as exercise for you.
  • SModa61
    SModa61 Posts: 3,128 Member
    Dory_42 wrote: »
    SModa61 wrote: »
    Second month for me as well.

    Here is a question I posted in the FAQ's of the october challenge. Was interested in input as I sort out how to proceed with November.

    @RangerRickL For FAQ #11, what are your thoughts on excluding or including exercise calories? I am finishing up my first UAC this October, and have excluded the exercise for this round. Thinking through the pros and cons for my next. Thx

    As far as I understand, you decided on how you will handle this. You set your calorie goal for the challenge, which includes how you deal with exercise calories. You also decide what counts as exercise for you.

    Thanks Dory, I found the rules and saw that it is my say. I was looking for pros and cons of using portions exercise calories. So far, I am not.
  • Hollis100
    Hollis100 Posts: 1,408 Member
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  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,194 Member
    sandee_shore wrote: »
    New member to MFP and first time for UAC. Limited ability to exercise so must rely on food management for weight loss. I want to take off some pounds for health/mobility issues to reduce pressure on joints. Looking forward to part of this challenge as I want to increase my activity level and need accountability for my food choices. Big problem with PORTION control, so daily log is really helpful for me.

    Welcome @sandee_shore I'm new as well and sent you a friend request. I think half the battle is showing up here everyday to post - good, bad or ugly! I'm looking forward to losing in November! (weight that is!) 🏋
  • GigiDoma
    GigiDoma Posts: 445 Member
    @sandee-shore Welcome to the group. This is my second month doing it and I love it and so does the scale!
  • Dory_42
    Dory_42 Posts: 3,599 Member
    openthegatekate wrote: »
    I’m new here, and had been planning on going for about a week before the challenge started so I have a streak on MFP of 9 days...the scales aren’t showing yet but I already feel soo much better and more in control...

    We got this 💪🏿

    My boyfriend lives just over the county border from me and normally goes to the gym at 5.30am each day. Due to the lockdown starting this week all of the gyms will close, so we decided to go together for the last time. This meant I needed to wake up at 3.45/4am in order to drive over to where he is based. As my alarm went off this morning so many thoughts raced through my head ‘go back to sleep, it’s not worth it etc’...and a little quiet firey voice whispered ‘let’s go’.

    Learning point = plan ahead. If I hadn’t got my lunch / workout gear sorted the night before it would have been so much easier to just pack it all in and had the lie in...

    That planning is key for me as well. Congrats for getting up and going.
  • openthegatekate
    openthegatekate Posts: 29 Member
    Thanks @Dory_42 - I may need to be reminded of this later on in the month too 😂
  • KCJen
    KCJen Posts: 1,089 Member
    edited November 2020
    SModa61 wrote: »
    Second month for me as well.

    Here is a question I posted in the FAQ's of the october challenge. Was interested in input as I sort out how to proceed with November.

    @RangerRickL For FAQ #11, what are your thoughts on excluding or including exercise calories? I am finishing up my first UAC this October, and have excluded the exercise for this round. Thinking through the pros and cons for my next. Thx

    @SModa61 Your name always makes me think of fabric - Moda fabrics. Quilting is my hobby :smile:

    When I was walking 3 miles on my treadmill every day, I would eat 1200 calories, and then I would eat back a portion of my exercise calories so I would NET 1200 calories for the day. Since then I stopped tracking calories, walking on the treadmill, and stopped smoking which caused me to gain all my weight back. I am now starting again and will be on my treadmill very soon. This time I have adjusted my plan of attack. I am planning to eat 1,450 calories a day, and I will eat back a portion of my calories so I can NET 1200 calories for the day. I hope that helps with your question. I know that you have probably gotten a million different answers to that question, but in my experience - if I don't eat back exercise calories to NET 1200 I will feel weak and get the shakes, especially during certain times of the month as a woman.
  • SModa61
    SModa61 Posts: 3,128 Member
    KCJen wrote: »
    SModa61 wrote: »
    Second month for me as well.

    Here is a question I posted in the FAQ's of the october challenge. Was interested in input as I sort out how to proceed with November.

    @RangerRickL For FAQ #11, what are your thoughts on excluding or including exercise calories? I am finishing up my first UAC this October, and have excluded the exercise for this round. Thinking through the pros and cons for my next. Thx

    @SModa61 Your name always makes me think of fabric - Moda fabrics. Quilting is my hobby :smile:

    When I was walking 3 miles on my treadmill every day, I would eat 1200 calories, and then I would eat back a portion of my exercise calories so I would NET 1200 calories for the day. Since then I stopped tracking calories, walking on the treadmill, and stopped smoking which caused me to gain all my weight back. I am now starting again and will be on my treadmill very soon. This time I have adjusted my plan of attack. I am planning to eat 1,450 calories a day, and I will eat back a portion of my calories so I can NET 1200 calories for the day. I hope that helps with your question. I know that you have probably gotten a million different answers to that question, but in my experience - if I don't eat back exercise calories to NET 1200 I will feel weak and get the shakes, especially during certain times of the month as a woman.

    @KCJen Moda does mean style in both Spanish and Italian, so a moda fabric would make sense, though I have never heard of them.

    What you have described as your plan matches what I am contemplating ie staying under my goal of 1430 but not going under that 1200 number. Right now, I am not yet brave enough to eat back parts of the exercise calories, though I know that is point I need to get to. I have been losing well, and that is so so hard to give up. I am hoping that once I get under 140, I will act on that plan and add those additional calories. I love all the input i have been receiving and it lets me know that it is the correct goal/decision.
  • KCJen
    KCJen Posts: 1,089 Member
    Since I bought ramekins and trying to use them for individual servings, I am having a mental struggle with "good and healthy" foods vs "bad" foods. My son would rather have "normal" foods instead of what I call "healthy" foods. The other night I made us baked potatoes with supper and my brain was having a melt-down. I was thinking to myself I should not be eating baked potatoes or the pasta from another night, but I am on a "diet" and I need to be eating "healthy diet food".

    I thought to myself there should no "bad foods" or "off-limit" foods if I stay within my calorie range. Because of all of this, I got myself more organized in my tracking. I don't have a lot of my homemade meals in MFP. I will lumpsum add calories after I write numbers down on scrap paper as I cook, or sometimes worse, tally up the calories after I have eaten.

    Adding up several ingredients for meals was overwhelming in how I was previously doing it, so I made myself a form. The form is to help me make servings stay in my calorie range. On my form, I will list out the ingredients and amounts, (1 cup milk, 1 large egg, or a half-pound of hamburger) and in the next column, I can write in the calories for that specific item. Then I total the calories for the entire meal. Then I plan on weighing the meal in my mixing bowl, which will let me have and more importantly - learn what the correct portion is. From the correct portion, I can then determine the calories for the serving. With the info in my form, I am thinking that I will be able to put all this info into the recipe section in MFP, and then the next time I make the same meal, it will be much easier, and all I need to do is just measure out the individual serving. I hope this helps me.

    I wanted to share this, and see how everyone does it, and get ideas or suggestions.

    I think this will be a lot of work at first, adjusting to the change, as well as getting my food database built-in MFP, but I think this will help me in the long run with controlling portions and eating within my calorie range.
  • KCJen
    KCJen Posts: 1,089 Member
    @SModa61 When I start the treadmill walking again, I won't eat back my calories at first. I will only do that when I notice I am starting to feel weak, or noticing I am not getting enough calories for the day. I can't help but think if I eat back what I just burned on the treadmill, I just wasted my workout and I sweated for nothing. I pay attention more when I start to go under 1200 for the day.
  • SModa61
    SModa61 Posts: 3,128 Member
    KCJen wrote: »
    @SModa61 When I start the treadmill walking again, I won't eat back my calories at first. I will only do that when I notice I am starting to feel weak, or noticing I am not getting enough calories for the day. I can't help but think if I eat back what I just burned on the treadmill, I just wasted my workout and I sweated for nothing. I pay attention more when I start to go under 1200 for the day.

    Sounds like a plan!
  • MaltedTea
    MaltedTea Posts: 6,286 Member
    @KCJen if that logging strategy works for you then have at it!

    I copy/paste recipes I find online and then sub with the local ingredients I have on hand. I do this, usually, before cooking the meal (or in-between since I do "admin" stuff like wash dishes as I go, prepare simple sides, make a quick dessert, text, errrm, chat in the MFP Forums, etc lol).

    It's QUITE the fascination to do it afterwards. I've yet to NOT be surprised at how heavily caloric some things are. But, it's a learning experience. What I thought was one serving is likely better off as TWO or even THREE servings (she said, while looking at her fudge brownies)!
  • Dory_42
    Dory_42 Posts: 3,599 Member
    @KCJen My nutrition plan (which is a phrase I prefer to diet) is very simple. I am to o choose a healthy option the majority of the time. This allows me to eat anything I like but limit the frequency of the less healthy options. There are also so many levels to what is considered healthy. For example, I would happily have a baked potato (being aware of what I’m having with it) because it’s a healthier option than toast or chips etc. For me, healthier means less processed most of the time. The only thing that I ever think of as bad or need to avoid is wheat and that is because too much of it triggers my asthma.

    Just some thoughts which might help you when it comes to mindset about food.
  • KCJen
    KCJen Posts: 1,089 Member
    Dory_42 wrote: »
    @KCJen My nutrition plan (which is a phrase I prefer to diet) is very simple. I am to o choose a healthy option the majority of the time. This allows me to eat anything I like but limit the frequency of the less healthy options. There are also so many levels to what is considered healthy. For example, I would happily have a baked potato (being aware of what I’m having with it) because it’s a healthier option than toast or chips etc. For me, healthier means less processed most of the time. The only thing that I ever think of as bad or need to avoid is wheat and that is because too much of it triggers my asthma.

    Just some thoughts which might help you when it comes to mindset about food.

    @Dory_42 Thank you for your post! As I am trying to unlearn my old bad ways, I am learning that consistency, and choices that are sustainable for the rest of my life are what I think will truly make permanent healthy choices for me. When I was reading your post, it made me think of the 80/20 rule. Yesterday I was reading about it how it is that weight loss happens 80% by calorie reduction and 20% exercise. Another article I read said that make healthy choices 80% of the time, and 20% can be the "not so healthy choices" - which is what you mentioned as well. Of course, I was thinking to myself, will which one is the correct answer? After reading your post, I realized balance in all things is the answer, and the 80/20 rule can be applied to both, but balance is the key. A baked potato is ok, but not for every meal 7 nights a week.

    Thanks for your input - I am sure this will be an on-going topic for me since the "good" and "bad" foods are drilled into my head pretty good over the years as a yo-yo dieter. It will take some time to change my mindset on this, but I am tired of my yo-yo ways. I need to have a healthy lifestyle for me and my son.
  • Dory_42
    Dory_42 Posts: 3,599 Member
    @KCJen I think it’s a process and you need to find what works for you. It helps to hear what others have found works for them because you can try aspects that suit you. For example, my housemate swears by intermittent fasting but if I don’t eat, I don’t have energy for a workout or work so that doesn’t work for me.

    Balance is key but I will admit that I don’t always get it right. I don’t expect myself to be perfect and when I find myself slipping out of the good habits, I don’t beat myself up about it, just try get back to where I know is best for me.
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,177 Member
    Planning is key to good nutrition. I prefer to see my healthy and fitness plan as a series of choices.

    The way I have come to look at it is that my body needs certain nutrients to stay healthy. So I choose to give my body what it needs. You wouldn’t contaminate the engine of your car with the wrong fuel, so why would you do it to your body? And believe me, these days, my body lets me know in no uncertain term when I don’t feed it with what it needs.
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