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@Chinkiri Could it be that women gravitate towards the group/community aspect more than men when it comes to weight loss, which is a common goal on MFP?
About your post from yesterday, I also like the time differences, but we are actually in the same time zone!
I post after dinner, which is usually early even by German standards (some stereotypes cannot be denied hehe).
Ici, on mange à l'heure des poules (= Here, we eat at the time of the chickens)! ^^[/quote]
Impressed with your French idiom! My Mum, in the Netherlands, still always eats her 'dinner' between 5.30 and 6.30pm. I have to calculate phone calls to my Dutch friends and relatives until well after 8 pm, which is my French dinner time.2 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes, treadmill 35 mins / 1.89 mi + crunches & pushups
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: 3/3
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. Weight training + 1.5 mile treadmill walk/shuffle. (Can’t call it jogging at 4mi/hour. )
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Next month, I may add additional exercise goals so I don’t fall back to the minimum 20 minutes as often: distance goals or intensity as measured by the fitness tracker.3 -
1/26
Exercise: 50 min. Weight training, 29 min. Stationary bike. 50 min. Stretching
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes3 -
Jan 26
✅✅✅
Tracked all
Under just
Walked 11,347 steps! WOW!
Protein✅
Fiber✅
Salt✅
Sat Fat✅
Sugar✅
ALL under the goals I have for them!!!!
It took me 11 days, but little by little, I got here.
Scale came down slightly today. Yay. 11 days...finally
Will keep with this plan & re-assess the 1st of Feb.
0️⃣ Pass Days Used
Last year, I gained through January & February. I am pleased I’ve been able to improve things & am almost back in my (tight) maintenance range.
A while ago, in another group, someone mentioned the Half Size Me podcast. I was /am SO appreciate. Today, I revisited it while on my walk, and was reminded again of so many great ideas & approached. So in case you’ve never listened, consider checking it out!
Points I heard today.
Your diet plan should have foods you love & will eat. Over time you will find ways to make them that keep the taste & use fewer of your calorie budget.
“The definition of Success is losing the weight AND keeping it off.”
Once you know how many calories you can eat (to lose weight or to maintain), consider using 10-20% of them for a “treat.” Harder you get down in the dumps about having to do all of this when you are eating what you love, losing or maintaining your weight, and having a treat each day! (She highly recommends these be purchased at a bakery etc) to control portions in the beginning. Later in, you’ll realize it’s “just food” & they will lose their pull over you.
I have to say that’s true. I never thought it would be. Peanut butter has no pull over me now. I ate it every day for over 3 years with great joy. Now, I have it occasionally.6 -
yes x 3. 30 minute walk and 45 minute HIIT4
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good morning world let’s get after it!
exercise: 13 mi at work and some yoga
budget: all clear!
tracking: got it done
only a few more days left let’s all finish strong (:4 -
Yes, yes and yes
Walking on treadmill (double) and a little bit of stretching.
Two very tough days in a row at work but still hanging in there.
Maddie, I just recently started listening to the Half Size Me podcast. I am in the middle of listening to my second podcast with her but am appreciating what she has to share.2 -
January 26
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
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Exercise: Yes, Walk 20 min, Yoga 45 min
Track: No - I track breakfast, then get too busy. Got to get back to this, it helps!
Calories: Maybe?
Passes: Done and gone. Tracking is my downfall.2 -
Start weight, January 1, 2021: 132.0December 1, 2020 – 135.6
November 6, 2020 – 140.8
October 2, 2020 – 147.8
September, 14, 2020 – 153.0
My calorie rule for January UACDefining, for myself more than anything, what is the definition of my daily calorie goal. For Oct and Nov, I used 1430 and not eating back exercise. December, I raised that to 1480 with no additional calories for exercise. For January, I am going to try a blended rule; either Food calories under 1480, or Net calories (ie Food minus exercise) under 1200. So, if my exercise burns less than 280 on a given day, there is no added calories. BUT, if I exercise more, I have the option additional food OR if I overeat, I have the option of exercising more to not use a pass day. This flexibility was not something I allowed in my previous rounds. Once I exceeded my goal calories, regardless of my exercise burn. Also, I am defining that I am using the MFP estimate for the caloric burn from exercise. I know I could get different numbers elsewhere, but I am going to use only the one source – good or bad.Date: 1/1
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Solo walk 0:56:56 at 13’58” pace for 4.07 miles, avg HR 133 BPM; 5 min planks/pushups
Calories?: Yes, 1422/1480 – 284 exercise (1138 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2078
Date: 1/2
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 31 min; 0:26:34 Solo walk/jog at 11’59” pace for 2.21 miles, avg HR 157 BPM; 3 min mixed plank; 1 min sit up (20), 1 min squat (28), 1 min knee push ups (21)
Calories?: Yes, 1537/1480 – 455 exercise (1082 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 1971
Date: 1/3
Exercised?: Yes, AM: Indoor cycle 15 min; 1:14:55 Solo walk at 14’53” pace for 5.03 miles, and HR 121 BPM; 4 min mixed planks; 1 min sit up (20), 1 min squat (31)
Calories?: Yes, 1424/1480 – 494 exercise (930 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: No, Stand
TDEE: 2018
Date: 1/4
Exercised?: Yes, AM: Elliptical 20 min; 6 min mixed planks
Calories?: Yes, 1459/1480 – 180 exercise ( 1279 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: No, Move
TDEE: 1817
Date: 1/5
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 30 min; 4 min mixed planks, 1 min sit up (21), 1 min squat (32); 0:57:55 Solo Walk at 14’15” pace for 4.06 miles, avg hr 121 BPM
Calories?: Yes, 1458/1480 – 528 exercise ( 930 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2240
Date: 1/6
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 35 min; 4 min mixed planks, 1 min sit up (21), 1 min squat (36), 1 min scap pushup pike (10) (341 20/60), Elliptical 12 min; 0:25:01 Solo walk at 15’30” pace for 1.61 miles, avg HR 119 BPM (420 21/60)
Calories?: Yes, 1480/1480 – 512 exercise ( 967 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2120
Date: 1/7
Exercised?: Yes, PM: 1:25:51 Solo walk at 13’43” pace for 6.26 miles, avg HR 130 BPM; 5 min mixed planks; 1 min sit up (22), 1 min squat (35)
Calories?: Yes, 1386/1480 – 423 exercise ( 963 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2277
Date: 1/8
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 25 min; Under desk Elliptical (testing before I bring to 86 yr old father) 39 min; 0:38:41 Solo Walk at 14’15” pace for 2.71 miles, avg HR 123 BPM; 4 min mixed planks, 1 min sit up (26), 1 min squat (44)
Calories?: NO, 2605/1480 – 540 exercise (2065 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2181
Date: 1/9
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 25 min; 0:23:55 walk/jog at 11’19” pace for 2.05 miles, ang HR , avg HR 153 BPM: 0:05:58 cooldown walk, 4 min mixed planks, 1 min sit up (23), 1 min squat (37), knee pushup (10) (672 46/60)
Calories?: Yes, 1286/1480 – 441 exercise ( 845 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2131
Date: 1/10
Exercised?: Yes, AM: indoor cycle 40 min; PM indoor cycle 25 min, 4 min mixed planks, 1 min sit up (23), 1 min squat (43), knee pushup (10)
Calories?: No
Tracked?: No
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 1965
Date: 1/11
Exercised?: Yes, PM: 1:00:55 Solo Walk at 14’22” pace for 4.24 miles, avg HR 130 BPM; 4 min mixed planks, 1 min sit up (24), 1 min squat (38), knee pushups (11)
Calories?: Yes, 1427/1480 – 300 exercise ( 1127 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2106
Date: 1/12
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 30 min; 4 min mixed planks, 1 min sit up (21), 1 min squats (34), knee pushups (11)
Calories?: Yes, 1452/1480 – 236 exercise ( 1216 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: No (at 9:30 realized watch died, by the time I get it charged, I am not heading outside to get the “move” I need for that ring. Ready to faceplant at the moment.)
TDEE: 1875
Date: 1/13
Exercised?: Yes, PM: 1:04:10 Solo walk at 13’48” pace for 4.65 miles, avg HR 133 BPM; 3 min forearm planks, 1 min sit up (23), 1 min squats (36), knee pushups (12)
Calories?: Yes, 1466/1480 – 397 exercise ( 1069 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2303
Date: 1/14
Exercised?: Yes, PM: indoor cycle 20 min; 0:48:20 Solo walk at 13’58” pace for 3.45 miles, avg hr 122 BPM
Calories?: Yes, 1433/1480 – 393 exercise ( 1040 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2110
*** late in the day posting given I did not get my activity in until I headed out at 8:45 PM with slush coming from the sky. But I got it done!
Date: 1/15
Exercised?: Yes, PM: 0:40:31 Walk/stroller with 23 lbs of cats at 14’36 pace for 2.76 miles, avg HR 154 BPM; 6 min mixed planks, 1 min sit up (26), 1 min squats (41), kn. pushups (13); Indoor cycle 30 min
Calories?: Yes, 1546/1480 – 433 exercise ( 1113 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2098
*** exercise description for yesterday was omitted. Now filled in under the spoiler.
Date: 1/16
Exercised?: Yes, AM: Basement stairs/daughter’s condo for 23 minutes ≈ 69 flights (20 sec/trip)
Calories?: Yes, 1449/1480 – 181 exercise ( 1268 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: No
TDEE: 1840
** basement stairs, my creative solution to a complicated day!
Date: 1/17
Exercised?: Yes, AM: 0:40:18 walk/stroller w/ cats at 14’45” pace for 2.73 miles, avg HR 132 BPM; PM: 6 min mixed planks, 1 min sit up (27), 1 min squats (42), knee pushups (12); indoor cycle 10 min
Calories?: Yes, 1473/1480 – 273 exercise ( 1200 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2024
Date: 1/18
Exercised?: Yes, PM: 1:22:20 Solo walk at 13’28” pace for 6.11 miles, avg HR 135 BPM; 5 min mixed planks, 1 min sit up (26), 1 min squats (46), knee pushups (7)
Calories?: Yes, 1403/1480 – 516 exercise ( 887 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2378
Date: 1/19
Exercised?: Yes, 1/19 – AM: Indoor cycle 20 min (bare minimum day!)
Calories?: Yes, 1448/1480 – 156 exercise ( 1292 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 1846
b]Date:[/b] 1/20
Exercised?: Yes, AM: Indoor cycle 20 min; PM: 0:51:06 Solo walk at 14’12” pace for 3.59 miles, avg HR 126 BPM; 7.5 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit up (35), 1 min squats (41), knee pushups (15)
Calories?: Yes, 1370/1480 – 405 exercise ( 965 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 2116
Date: 1/21
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 30 min; 4 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit up (37), knee pushups (15)
Calories?: Yes, 1479/1480 – 233 exercise ( 1246 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: 1994
Date: 1/22
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 41 min; Climbing stairs 11 min
Calories?: Yes, 1584/1480 – 403 exercise ( 1181 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: No
TDEE: 1862
Date: 1/23 – Pass #3
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 30 min
Calories?: No
Tracked?: No
Rings closed?: No
TDEE: 1917
*** Very much worth today’s pass. Had pizza and ice cream cake with my grandson for and early first birthday celebration. AND he walked for the first time!!! Having trouble believing it happened in the few hours we were there. So fortunate to get to share that moment. Tomorrow is already pre-tracked!
Date: 1/24
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 52 min; 7 min planks, 1.5 min sit up (40), 1.5 min squats (60), knee pushups (15); 30 flights stairs
Calories?: Yes, 1468/1480 – 488 exercise (980 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes (but after posting for the day)
TDEE: 1931
*** next few weeks are going to be more unpredictable that usual so to help mitigate I have a tentative plan for the next 7 days pre-tracked into MFP.
Date: 1/25
Exercised?: Yes, AM: 0:54:45 Solo walk at 13’36” (4.44 mph) for 4.02 miles, avg HR 134 BPM; 6 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit up (34), knee pushups (20)
Calories?: Yes, 1444/1480 – 327 exercise ( 1117 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes (Completed Apple watch’s January challenge of closing all three rings for 18 days)
TDEE: 1871
Date: 1/26
Exercised?: PM: Indoor cycle 25 min
Calories?: Yes, 1438/1480 – 194 exercise ( 1244 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings closed?: Yes
TDEE: TBD
Pass #3
Remaining passes: 0
*** You wonder why you aren't getting post notifications for a particular UAC day, and then you realize that you yourself never posted.
Caught up now! 4 -
@Pearl0408 - thanks for sharing what you’re going thru. Hugs to you.
@Chinkiri - your comment about your mum in the Netherlands and dinner brought to mind something I hadn’t thought about in years but often wondered if it was a Dutch thing. I grew up in Michigan on a farm, in an area settled by the Dutch. (I’m referring to the 60’s). We ate breakfast at 7, lunch was at 9, dinner at noon, lunch at 3, and supper at 6. It wasn’t until I went to college that I discovered no one else called the noon meal dinner! The only big meals were breakfast and supper. I also didn’t learn until I was an adult that my mom hated to cook. That poor woman was stuck feeding 6 of us, morning, noon, and night every day. No pizza take out, few trips to a restaurant, my goodness and I complain about stupid stuff.
So this has helped put what happened yesterday in perspective. I had a giant pity party, was mad at a couple people, am frustrated about some things, and went loco with food. Junk food. Chips. A giant sized candy bar hubby bought me several weeks ago. I didn’t track, didn’t exercise, just had a grand old time feeling sorry for myself. What a dope. I feel much better now.
I’m up to 6 passes for the month.5 -
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GreyGirl915 wrote: »
But yours is beautiful too. Amaryllis are just So cheery this time of year. Mine was a gift from a friend. I have 6 more outside that I decided NOT to force this year and will see if they bloom in the spring or not. Some bulbs I have kept for several years but it is difficult in Tx to force them since we rarely get enough freezes.1 -
Yes, yes and yes
Walking on treadmill (double) and a little bit of stretching.
Two very tough days in a row at work but still hanging in there.
Maddie, I just recently started listening to the Half Size Me podcast. I am in the middle of listening to my second podcast with her but am appreciating what she has to share.
Awesome! I find she is particularly good when talking about
1) what I posted above
2) treating vacations as a separate task (and she has great strategies)
3) that if we lose our way as we are losing & regain. Immediately focus on maintaining that heavier weight. Once stabilized, then resume dieting. It stops the “I gained all my weight back”
I find my walks fly by when I remember to listen to her!3 -
I podcast I have happened upon more recently is Food Code. They deal with a lot nutrition topics which is becoming important to me.
So for past 2 years, my iron was below normal and we were heading towards more testing if it did not come up. When I started MFP in Sept, I changed one column to fiber which is an issue for me, and one to iron. 99% of my days exceeded the 50% RDA needed by a post menopausal woman. Guess what, my Iron is finally OK without a supplement.
Now, on the other hand my B12 and D3 are in the toilet. PCP is putting me on 50,000 IU weekly for 3 months (RDA is 600-800 IU/day depending), then 1000 daily, plus B vitamins. Anyhow, I was caught off guard as I have been eating with better nutrition these months (no 2 pint Ben and Jerry's for dinner :P ). Food Code has entire podcasts on vitamin B or sleep issues and other topics. I have enjoyed the episodes I listened too. The only problem is I often do while walking, and I often wish I had paper and pen.6 -
Date: 1/26
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? ✅
PASS: 1/3 (for my own accountability)3 -
@MadisonMolly2017 I really like #3 below regarding the Half Size Me podcast. IMHO that is some of the best advice I've ever seen on MFP--and I've been on here 9.5 years. I just wish I had seen it 3 years ago...or is 30 years ago...
Awesome! I find she is particularly good when talking about
1) what I posted above
2) treating vacations as a separate task (and she has great strategies)
3) that if we lose our way as we are losing & regain. Immediately focus on maintaining that heavier weight. Once stabilized, then resume dieting. It stops the “I gained all my weight back”
I find my walks fly by when I remember to listen to her!
Regarding my goals
NO
NO
NO
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pass day 3
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bellesouth18 wrote: »@MadisonMolly2017 I really like #3 below regarding the Half Size Me podcast. IMHO that is some of the best advice I've ever seen on MFP--and I've been on here 9.5 years. I just wish I had seen it 3 years ago...or is 30 years ago...
Awesome! I find she is particularly good when talking about
1) what I posted above
2) treating vacations as a separate task (and she has great strategies)
3) that if we lose our way as we are losing & regain. Immediately focus on maintaining that heavier weight. Once stabilized, then resume dieting. It stops the “I gained all my weight back”
I find my walks fly by when I remember to listen to her!
Regarding my goals
NO
NO
NO
@bellesouth18
Yes, it made me quite sad to not have been advised over the years with number 3.
She does an effective job, when she coaches a listener on-line of learning their weight history. I noticed she’ll ask when did you first get heavy & what did you do etc.
Then she’ll ask “how would you feel if you were that heavier weight now? Without exception the person continually gained weight while dieting. So this advice of maintain there is sound in so many ways!
As I was losing I kept telling myself Success is Maintenance. So I’d take 2 weeks and see if I could maintain before losing more. The last thing I wanted to do was go lower than I could maintain... for 2 reasons
1. Psychologically tough
2. Dieting is hard on our bodies
Thanks,
Maddie5
