What worked for you today?
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Yesterday I accidentally ate like it was a rest day even though I ended up doing about 4 hours of exercise. So today I gave myself the tools for long term success.
- I’m taking a rest day (yoga only)
- I planned a walking errand to get some steps in
- I allocated snacks throughout the day to get some extra calories in. Normally I just do my 3 main meals and a pre workout snack as needed.
- I scheduled my snacks with my workday in mind to make sure I had a level head and energy for the tasks/meetings that were daunting.5 -
One hour run with my preferred music
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Oatmeal for breakfast (made with milk for protein value), raspberries, blackberries, and canteloup on the side. Store brand clam chowder for lunch, shortbread cookies and raspberries as a treat. A stroll of a little over a mile, with an activity monitor.
Slightly under on breakfast calories, slightly over on lunch calories, leaves me right on target for exercise-adjusted calorie targets for dinner (negative adjustments authorized).
Today I hit the "lost 50 lbs" mark, though I expect to bounce up again for a few days before solidly going beyond that barrier; in my experience I first cross a psychological milestone (eg: any 10 lb milestone) due to hydration variances and it only becomes 'secure' a few days later.10 -
What worked for me today is upping my walking. I upped my time, my steps, my distance, and calories burned. Very proud of myself!11
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Healthy snacks, water and eating one large meal.3
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Pre-planning meals on the week-end for the rest of the week. Staying away from fast food joints. No carbonated beverages just tea, coffee or water. Of course, journaling in My Fitness Pal. So far have lost 57 lbs. since July 17, 2020.10
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Pre-workout, an extra hour in bed (worked night/sleep in shift at work, am a care worker) when I got home early this morning, real ground coffee with double cream and sweetener and putting my head down and getting it done (90 minute weight training session at home on zoom with five other friends). I am tired and cold.5
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I had xmas cookies, ate 6, should have eaten 4 but I did give the rest away to teens next door, which is a win win. I wanted to throw the rest away but husb hates that I do that. (he was brought up poor). Anyway next time I am not telling him and throwing them away! I then wanted bagels and you can buy 2 mini at dunkin donuts so that was good. I think I am feeling holiday stress, families are complicated.5
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Keto1
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My spouse cooked dinner tonight. Instead of complaining that he chose to make something calorific, I thanked him for making it, then altered it to suit me. Swapped out chicken for chick peas and salad for most of the french fries.
Earlier today, he had suggested we get fast food while we ran errands. I talked him down to a poke bowl. Fish, veg, and brown rice.
Two calorie crises averted.
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Logging my snacks first.5
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Exercising in short bursts, when my body can handle it. It's okay to ride five minutes at a time if you do it six times it's 30 minutes.14
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What worked for me today was having soup first for dinner before anything else. It’s cold and rainy here, and it was just a perfect meal. Once I finished it I realized I didn’t actually need to eat the big dinner I planned.7
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I love to walk. The longer the distance, the better. I realized that if I add in 2-hrs of walking, which I enjoy, I feel so much better on any level... body/mind/soul. It also means I can eat a bit more calories & still be in deficit.
It sincerely helped that it was also 70-degrees today. Lovely walking on the beach.10 -
I re-named extra meal slots, changing them from "snack" to "Overflow (from day before)" and "Backflow (from day after)" so as to give myself flexibility while maintaining the bigger picture.
If I go over my Calorie budget it goes into "overflow" on the next day's entry and in essence borrows that day's Calorie budget. If I was under on the previous day and want to include it in the budget of the current day, I enter Calories under the previous day's "backflow."
It really helps me to play the long game of averages while not forcing me to keep balance sheet of the week's totals to date.10 -
Meal planning and the food scale. I have all the tools I need to get this under control.8
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sweet__kitty wrote: »I re-named extra meal slots, changing them from "snack" to "Overflow (from day before)" and "Backflow (from day after)" so as to give myself flexibility while maintaining the bigger picture.
If I go over my Calorie budget it goes into "overflow" on the next day's entry and in essence borrows that day's Calorie budget. If I was under on the previous day and want to include it in the budget of the current day, I enter Calories under the previous day's "backflow."
It really helps me to play the long game of averages while not forcing me to keep balance sheet of the week's totals to date.
I love this idea! Do you pre-log the following day then? Or do you just log that entry as "extra" or whatever?0 -
It’s my husband’s birthday today. He wanted big burgers for dinner and Cheesecake Factory for dessert. I wanted him to enjoy his day AND stick to my calorie deficit.
I was able to participate and not overeat by choosing a veggie burger and some berries, whipped cream, and a few dark chocolate chips. Still delicious.7 -
last day of swimming, so sad, they are closing the pool
for the record: lost 23 pounds in 8 weeks and went from 22% body fat to 18%
started out swimming 30 minutes then 45 for a few weeks, then built up to an hour none stop!
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Bringing snacks and a water bottle to work instead of sitting to eat a big meal2
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