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Exercise - 60 min strength
Calories - under goal
Tracking - definitely5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes. Treadmill walk with short bursts of shuffling (calling it jogging would be giving too much credit) to get my heart rate up.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
Pass days 1/3 used4 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes total 35 min=30 min ab and back circuit + 5 min stretch
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes4 -
Yes, yes, and yes! It was a good day.
I like the "you can't outrun your fork" quote, so true. Someone once told me weight loss is 50% exercise and 90% diet, or something like that, I think it is true. Its hard to be fit and healthy without some exercise, but impossible without a good diet.4 -
Yes - barely
Yes - 7 miles
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Yes to all 34
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Jan 4
Exercise: Yes, 60 mins walk
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
Pass Days: 0/34 -
Jan. 4
Exercise - swimming 30 min + stretching
Calories: yes (barely)
Tracking: yes4 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. Treadmill: 35 mins / 1.98 miles & upper body strength training (dumbbells)
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.
Pass Days used: 0/3
@jenniferbauer211 I also sometimes have trouble getting all of my calories when I eat a lot of vegetables even though I'm full. In that case I'll have a snack that will fulfill one of the macros I'm low on for that day. Things like nuts or dark chocolate can be caloric without being filling.3 -
Exercise: no
Tracking: yes
Calories: no3 -
@molly3210 I've never trusted the exercise calories on MFP either but I recently discovered if I use the 3 mile per hour walking exercise the calories are pretty close to what my apple Fitness app shows as active calories so I'm now comfortable using it. Also my treadmill shows calories and they are usually pretty close to what the app shows as total calories.
However, I don't go to any great effort to try to eat my calories back but it is useful to have when it's needed.2 -
Jan 4
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Under 360
1:49, 12.7K steps
1,558 sodium❣️ Yay!
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Exercise: yes, Hitt 30 min, Yoga 45 min
Calories: yes
Tracking: yes
Passes: 1/3
I've lost 2.2 pounds since starting this challenge. This accountability along with the tools I already know how to use is the key. Hope to keep it going!5 -
Yes x 3 for Monday
Under calories! Prelogging dinner and calling it a day. Plus a boot camp, and an am and pm dog walk.
I don't normally enter my workouts into MFP cause I don't trust the estimated calories burned. However, I do sometimes "eat back" calories on weekend workouts to justify an extra snack or takeout meal.
Yes! And this is why I use the exercise calories from my smartwatch when posting to UAC. The high estimates are another reason I tend to eat below my weekly net calories, as stated by MFP.
I'm sure there's logic behind the differences we're seeing...but until I take the time to figure it out, this works for me3 -
Exercise: yes
Calories: yes
Tracked: yes
Pass Days: 1/3
"You can't outrun your fork" - this is what I've known for years, and yet have such trouble managing. I'm very active, but I absolutely out-eat all that running and biking. I am a snacker with a sweet tooth - bad combination.
On the bright side - my husband offered me a piece of lemon meringue pie last night, I had calories to spare, but I still turned it down. To say he was shocked and impressed would be an understatement. To say I'm proud of myself would be true!8 -
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
0 pass days used5 -
January 4
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Yes. By a lot
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Yes
First day back at work and forgot to pack a complete lunch. Got hungry but worked out ok calorie wise!
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Jan 5
Exercise? YES
Calorie budget? YES
Track? YES3 -
Yes x 3 for Monday
Under calories! Prelogging dinner and calling it a day. Plus a boot camp, and an am and pm dog walk.
I don't normally enter my workouts into MFP cause I don't trust the estimated calories burned. However, I do sometimes "eat back" calories on weekend workouts to justify an extra snack or takeout meal.
Yes! And this is why I use the exercise calories from my smartwatch when posting to UAC. The high estimates are another reason I tend to eat below my weekly net calories, as stated by MFP.
I'm sure there's logic behind the differences we're seeing...but until I take the time to figure it out, this works for me
I eat back exercise calories as calculated by my Garmin smart watch BUT I don't include any calories for weight lifting. I figure the exercise estimates are probably a little over, but the added maybe 50 calories a day on average for weight lifting that I don't count offsets that. Seems to work for me.3 -
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
Good exercise day.1 -
Yes x 3. Exercise = 20 minute walk2
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@LazyBlondeChef thank you for that heads up! It's good to know that the numbers aren't that far off.
@MaltedTea I don't know why I haven't looked into a FitBit or similar yet, especially when im really trying to push my fitness to that "next level". I know it's a great tool to track heart rate and data, I might look into it. Thanks!2 -
Date: 1/4
Exercise: Yes 20 mins on the treadmill ( burned 104 calories )
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
Pass Days: 3 left
Just posting today. I will catch up on reading when I get time.2 -
Date - 1/4
Exercise - Yes
Calorie budget - Yes
Tracked - Yes
Pass days left - 13 -
@LazyBlondeChef thank you for that heads up! It's good to know that the numbers aren't that far off.
@MaltedTea I don't know why I haven't looked into a FitBit or similar yet, especially when im really trying to push my fitness to that "next level". I know it's a great tool to track heart rate and data, I might look into it. Thanks!
Although I don’t eat back exercise calories, a fitness tracker is definitely helpful for so many reasons. Tracking heart rate 24/7 is actually a great way to identify when you are getting sick. Often your first symptom is an increase in your daily average, and I have found that if I rest when that happens I can often avoid getting worse or recover from whatever illness I have quicker. With COVID around, this is very helpful. It also helps you see progress in various data points as your fitness increases which can be encouraging.4 -
Yes, yes, yes
2 passes left3 -
biketheworld wrote: »Exercise: yes
Calories: yes
Tracked: yes
Pass Days: 1/3
"You can't outrun your fork" - this is what I've known for years, and yet have such trouble managing. I'm very active, but I absolutely out-eat all that running and biking. I am a snacker with a sweet tooth - bad combination.
On the bright side - my husband offered me a piece of lemon meringue pie last night, I had calories to spare, but I still turned it down. To say he was shocked and impressed would be an understatement. To say I'm proud of myself would be true!
This is GREAT! What a terrific NSV! ESPECIALLY when you know you're a snacker with a sweet tooth! HUGE kudos to YOU!!2 -
Exercise: Yes half hour walking and BodyPump half hour
Calories: Yes
Tracked:Yes
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@jensam327 Congratulations and thanks for sharing your success!1
