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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, a 60 minute Yoga class.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes5 -
Yes x 3 for Thursday
Tracked, under calories and a ton of exercise with two dog walks and an hour of tennis.5 -
Three ✅ for today and all three pass days remain.6
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Feb 4/21. (I accidentally entered this at the end of Feb 3 thread too by mistake... sorry for the confusion)
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? ✅ Yes, 45 minute walk in the beautiful sunshine! Good to enjoy it now, snow coming tonight!
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? ✅
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? ✅
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Start weight, February 1, 2021: 126.2February 1, 2021 – 126.2 (-5.8); Tanita BF scale at 6 am 126.5 and 26%BF
January 1, 2021 – 132 (-3.6)
December 1, 2020 – 135.6 (-5.2)
November 6, 2020 – 140.8 (-7.0)
October 2, 2020 – 147.8 (-5.2)
September, 14, 2020 – 153.0
Plans for setting calorie goalFor February, I will be joining the others in the group that are here for accountability while maintaining. I am adding 200 calories/day to my January target calories, for a total of 1680. For comparison, MFP stated that my maintenance calories should be 1610. We’ll see how this goes and adjust daily calorie goal if I begin to consistently gain.
Also, I will consider calories a “yes” if either my food is under 1680, or my net is under 1400. Both of those numbers are 200 calories above my January numbers.Date: 2/1
Exercised?: Yes, PM: Indoor cycle 45:58; 6 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit ups (27), push ups (23)
Calories?: Yes, 1526/1680 – 195 exercise ( 1331 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings Closed?: Yes, 1 out of 7, trying for 7 in a row (Monday – Sunday) challenge on watch
TDEE: 2125
*** For indoor cycling, I am going to start over riding the MFP exercise calories with data from the bike. MFP seems high.
Date: 2/2
Exercised?: Yes, AM: 30 min snow shoveling; PM: 0:59:54 snow boot walk at 15’54” pace for 3.76 miles, avg HR 118 BPM; 5 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit ups (36), 1 min knee push ups (20)
Calories?: Yes, 1603/1680 – 466 exercise ( 1137 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings Closed?: Yes, 2 out of 7, trying for 7 in a row (Monday – Sunday) challenge on watch
TDEE: 2042
Date: 2/3
Exercised?: Yes, PM: 40 min snow shoveling; 6 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit ups (30), 1 min knee push ups (26), 1.5 min squats (58), 1.5 min hip bridges (36); Indoor cycle 21:06
Calories?: Yes, 1682/1680 – 330 exercise ( 1352 net)
Tracked?: Yes
Rings Closed?: Yes, 3 out of 7, trying for 7 in a row (Monday – Sunday) challenge on watch
TDEE: 2193
Date: 2/4
Exercised?: Yes, AM: 4:26 min single forearm plank; PM: 0:32:26 run at 11’16” pace for 2.88 miles; 1.5 min sit ups (29), 1.5 min pushups (5 real, 18 knee)
Calories?: Yes, 1660/1680 – 238 exercise ( 1422 net )
Tracked?: Yes
Rings Closed?: Yes, 4 out of 7, trying for 7 in a row (Monday – Sunday) challenge on watch
TDEE: TBD
Remaining passes: 3
***So though my “exercise” is on the lighter side, before I headed outside at 8:40 PM in 27 degrees, my apple watch said I had already done 602/510 move calories, 49/30 exercise min, 14/12 stand hours, 9,792 steps, 4.4 miles and 138 flights.
Today was also my “second” run. Shorter than my first, but I needed to make sure my second run was a success so there would ever be a third. I did throw in a hill AND, the one time I passed my friendly speed detector, I sped up and got it to flash a “9”. :P
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes - Aerobics then Pickleball
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, another good day.
Good quote, now is the only right time to do most things that need doing.RangerRickL wrote: »
do it now
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“Do it now”. Great advice and works for me in so many ways like do the dishes, go for a walk, etc. When it comes to calories, what I need is planning and pre-tracking, and then tweaking/editing if and as needed. If I track totally as I go, then I tend to mismanage my food for the day (Both under or over), and, for me, tracking as I go is actually more work. To my crazy extreme, I am facing a 1600 miles in 10 days, and already I pre-tracked the fast food dinners for those two nights about a week ago just so I could sort out those days and have a little control (this is compared to a year ago, on the same drive, and the multitude of bags of chips and candy that we blindly ate along the way). I’ll also have my travel breakfasts and lunches tracked by early next week so everything is on my grocery list. My normal pre-tracking is at least the next day, and I have pre-tracked as much as a week or 10 days.
Anyhow, almost 10:30 and I need to go do the dishes. I should have “Done it now”.
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GreyGirl915 wrote: »I'm having trouble getting enough protein into my diet even using the powder in my morning shake doesn't get me close to my goal. Any suggestions 🤔? Thanks
@GreyGirl915 - I will share with you my breakfast, but it is pretty odd and likely not appealing to others. My goal was protein while getting in my daily fiber and iron that I happen to need. I take 1 scoop Quest protein powder (lots to flavors) and 1 TB chia seeds. Add a 1/3 cup water, stir and let sit for chia seeds to hydrate. Then I swirl in 4 ounces (I use a scale) fat free greek yogurt, and top with 25 grams fiber one cereal. Today (Quest Cinnamon crunch flavor), that came to 35 grams protein, 24 grams fiber, 31% RDA iron (so 62% for me as 59 year old), net carbs of 21 grams, 7 grams fat.3 -
@donna25trinity I would be a happy cat at your house. I love chicken legs!3
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@TheresaM787 Dear Theresa,
You don't have to ask permission. The "everyday" post states the basic daily standards of the UAC. Each team member reports their own results and self-determines if it is a Pass Day. We are here provide accountability. Each team member is responsible for determining their own success or need to declare a Pass Day.
Best wishes, Rick5 -
@SModa61 9 is almost twice as fast as your last speed light record. (for the literalists, it's 1.8 times).5
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I am tired with a very good kind of tired.
Exercise: up before dawn and out in the desert for 67 minutes. horseback riding in the afternoon and active stretching too.
Calories: well under my limit
Tracking: good7 -
RangerRickL wrote: »@SModa61 9 is almost twice as fast as your last speed light record. (for the literalists, it's 1.8 times).
Very true, but I only ran the speed for about 20 seconds of the full run. :P It will be a fun aspect when running that route.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes. I did my body weight program and a 10 minute fast walk on the treadmill while I waited on my husband to get home
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Yes, and stayed a bit under since I had planned my meals without factoring in the extra treadmill walk. I can use a little extra wiggle room anyway.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.
My husband made the best dinner tonight, and he even weighed everything on the kitchen scale for me so I could track accurately, which isn't even new, he's been doing this for me when he cooks for years now (which is most nights anymore), Im just very thankful that he takes the time to do it.7 -
Pass day 1 for me. After work I was exhausted and skipped Jiu Jitsu. Second timer in a week which is very unusual for me. Really struggling with energy levels this week and my resting heart rate is slightly higher than normal. Not enough to be getting sick but my body definitely needs some down time. Gonna take an easy weekend and focus on rest and a small amount of exercise everyday plus getting my nutrition and hydration back on track. I’ve been letting them slip (such as yesterday when I was over due to the not good options I chose).7
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes 20 mins rowing machine
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes 20 minute spin bike ride. Going to get out for walk tomorrow tho as being indoors all day is no fun.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Pass days 0/3
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Date: 2/4
Exercise: Yes, more cleaning and organizing! I think this will be it for some time now!
Tracked: Yes
Calories: Yes
Pass Days: 2 left!4 -
GreyGirl915 wrote: »
I'm having trouble getting enough protein into my diet even using the powder in my morning shake doesn't get me close to my goal. Any suggestions 🤔? Thanks
Happy to help!
Your body needs 1gram of protein per kilogram of body weight. If you’re over 60, some recommend multiplying that number by 1.2-1.4. Or .45-.65 grams per pound of body weight.
I’m about 70 kg, so I eat 70-85g of protein each day. And no more than 1.4 x 70 or 98 ever in one day.
I do have only one kidney, but these numbers are for all adults.
So I quickly fill up my 70-85 with
Mozzarella cheese sticks 8g
Bread varies 3- 6g per slice
Cup of milk 8g
Tuna 3oz = 23 protein
1/2 oz walnuts = 1 g
2% Fage yogurt 3 oz = 9 g
Packet instant oatmeal 4g
Greek salad 7g
Eggs are great.
Peanuts only peanut butter 1 oz = 7g
I find my 70-85 goes fast, but I know other folks have trouble getting enough, too.
Also, I try to keep my protein spread over my meals pretty evenly.
I used to eat & drink a homemade 8ox nonfat milk latte, 2 slices Ezekiel sesame toast, 32g unsalted peanut butter, apple or berries
That was 24 g of protein & ~ 1/3 of what my body needs each day for energy & to keep muscle mass.5
