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RangerRickL
Posts: 8,469 Member
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?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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A lot of UAC team members really beat themselves up when their success is not linear. Healthy habits over a significant period of commitment will lead to success. Only a magic wand would change that reality.
Even though this graphic refers to money, it's just as true for weight loss and/or maintenance.
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Happy International Women's Day! I thought in view of the overwhelming number of women on this challenge, we deserve some applause and attention! We are all wonderful!
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8th March
Yes yes and yes!
Only 15 calories remaining.
Its day 2 of me making a conscious effort to eat all my calories and not feel guilty about it. I must admit so far so good and can i just say it feels sooo nice to not be so hungry all the time! Lol!
Good night and good day to u all! Xox9 -
08/03/2021
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Rest day today. Planks Day 8 (3min 38sec) + walking 2.8 km.
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
I reached my GW for CW 9 – 77 kg (169.8lbs). Plan for CW 10: 76 kg (167.6lbs)
I increased my calorie goal from 1200 to 1500 just to see if I will still be losing weight
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8 Mar
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes - got my sprint in today and new PB for 3 miles I think.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
@RangerRickL weight loss and progress are never linear. It's hard sometimes to see the big picture when you are in the middle of that diagram on the right but there are just too many factors at play for everything to always be linear. For instance this morning I ran 5 miles and I was slower than a dog (over 11 min per mile) and not even really trying to push it. Yet for my sprint workout all of a sudden I was running under 9 min miles. Of course I think it's the fancy shoes but my pace improvements are never NEVER linear.
@donna25trinity I have to say the nice part of maintaining and eating at a TDEE level is that you DO get to make sure you eat ALL the cals!!!!! And the bonus secret part of this is that you WILL have more energy and over time you will naturally be more energetic and active and be able to increase the TDEE more. (shhhhhh... it's a secret)
@Winner_in_Life congrats on reaching your CW9 goal weight! Not sure that bumping the cals up for just a few days will give you good data because see bullet above #1 progress is not linear. LOL.
SummerinTx6 -
A good day for me. All logged and a decent amount of food with ok choices. Exercise was yoga, abs and some crow pose practise between kids and adults Jiu Jitsu. Really seeing some nice progress in class at the moment which is encouraging. Part of this is the result of dealing with some of my mental blocks with a psychologist. My asthma is so much better, proving that it was partly mental as I expected.7
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MAR 8
T ✅ | C ✅ | E ✅ [45 min walk + 40 min pilates]
Pass = 0/3
Vegan ✅ | No sugar ✅ | Sleep ❎ [6:45 h]7 -
7 March/8 March
✅ I exercised for at least 20 minutes?
✅ I stayed within my calorie budget for the day?
✅ I kept track of everything I ate and drank?
3️⃣ Pass Days left
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@RBnorth66 : So glad you're back and you are feeling better!
@lesdarts180 : I hope you can get some relief from your arthritis soon!!
@KCJen : I've MISSED YOU!!!! I'm so glad you are back!! Congrats on the new fitbit! I can't wait to compete with you in steps!!
(Warning: I'm VERY competitive!)
@mshawski : I feel ya! I think I may have a peanut butter issue too!
I too only buy the one with real peanuts and no other ingredients.
@cnorman100 : Happy Birthday week to ya!! 💖♫❤♫❤.•*¨`*•..¸♥☼♥¸.•*¨`*•.♫❤♫❤♫💖 I hope you have a WONDERFUL birthday!!
I'll be back to post today's numbers later! It's hit 60(F) here so I'm heading outside for a walk!! 9 -
So I had something weird happen and wonder if anyone else has experienced this. I entered my lunch using my phone. Later, I went to the desktop and my lunch had disappeared so I entered it again. Then checked my phone, and lunch was in there twice! I honestly don’t remember if I was using safari or chrome since I use them both. But maybe that has something to do with it?6
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March (8)
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 1h 30min of walking + 1h 30 min of walking,9 min stairs climbing up and down ( got disturbed and had to stop, my plan was 17 min), 5+ min of stretching.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes, 1,208/1200
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes, 3060 ml of fluid 👏
Pass days:0 /3
Calories burned: 13,220/35,000
Weight loss journey is like a very extremely complicated roller coaster, so many ups and downs, today you lost some, tomorrow will gain some. Whether you're dieting or not. Our bodies are really complicated!!
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08/03/2021
Exercise: yes, bike ride 35 minutes. Walk 30 minutes.
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
Pass days used: 0/3
I’m still avoiding vigorous cardio but I went out for a walk this afternoon as well as the bike ride this morning. Our current lockdown rules in England specify only one trip outside the house each day so I was breaking the rules. But I just walked round the neighbourhood and hardly saw anyone.
My arthritis is easing a bit, which helps with the walking. Thankyou for your kind comments.
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@Mrs_Hoffer I missed you too!! I am not that competitive but I am a team player that likes to encourage everyone along the way. So let's get those challenges done!! I do like to achieve my goals tho, so maybe I am secretly competitive? Anyway...let's chase them goals!!8
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Exercise - yes, lots of walking (not sure how long but have done 24,000 steps!)
Tracking - yes
Calories - yes just about
And three yeses for yesterday as I didn’t post last night.
Love the graphic @RangerRickL, I had to zoom out a bit from my progress at the end of Feb as I didn’t feel my weight was changing but sure enough it has juddered down a bit since then..I expect it will stay still for a bit and then go down again so long as I stay on track. This challenge keeps pulling me back to being on track whenever I start veering off!
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Yes x 35
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Exercise: yes,
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 3o min yoga
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
My recovery score dropped to 19, so I hope yoga today helps because I'm a little impatient to get back to the weights.
@Winner_in_Life Congrats on hitting your goal weight!6 -
March 8
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes. 30 minute walk
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Yes
Hopefully back on track
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Women ROCK!!
I tracked logged stayed under. I got a 5.6 mile spin in under 22 minutes felt good.10 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Si
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Si
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Si
OMG! Almost took a pass today 👀. But the better part of brain won over my naggy " eat it but don't log it" part of the brain 😬. Hahaha close call. Hope you all have a successful week!9 -
biketheworld wrote: »So I had something weird happen and wonder if anyone else has experienced this. I entered my lunch using my phone. Later, I went to the desktop and my lunch had disappeared so I entered it again. Then checked my phone, and lunch was in there twice! I honestly don’t remember if I was using safari or chrome since I use them both. But maybe that has something to do with it?
MFP glitchy at lunch today. Yup3 -
Yes, yes and yes
Treadmill 2mi walk this morning and then a 2 mi walk outside this afternoon. Plus 10 min core.7 -
Yes, yes, and yes. Yoga and a nice, long walk made my day
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exercise: yes - really starting the feel the burn from earlier
calories: yes - the exercise allowed me to treat myself within reason and still stay under
track: yes - I'm really getting better at this
pass days: 0
how you feeling? - a bit flabbergasted. A close pal special day was a few days ago and she saved me a piece of cake. I went to visit her tonight and she took me up a bit of food where I had to tell her only small portions, I basically showed her the small bowl she could place all of the food in. I explained what I was going through (the calorie counting and everything) but that I would not eat the cake or food at her house but that I would have to carry them home, weigh them and it will probable take me about 5 days to eat the cake as I know that it has a lot of calories. anyway, came home, weighed it,(the cake) found the total calorie amount..... a whooping 1450 per slice, my goodness
no wonder I am almost as bit as a house. 
I know the amount of food I usually ate from her (almost 3-4X the amount in the small bowl) and the few times I had the cake because she was celebrating something I had a big dinner plate and the cake and ate both of them and followed with a 20 ounce bottle of Coke.
By my rough calculations, on those days with the food and the cake I was easily eating about 3000 calories in one sitting, and that didn't include the food I ate earlier that day. wow. I know I was eating a lot of calories, but 3000 or more never entered my mind.
p.s. I still had the cake, but I measured exactly 56 grams which equaled 207 calories
It will probably take me a week not 5 days to eat the cake 15 -
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Exersized-?yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes4 -
Exercise ✔️
Calories ✔️
Tracking ✔️
Not feeling particularly well today, but I managed to get in some exercise and easily stayed within my calorie budget. Also, found out my son is scheduled for his Covid vaccine this Friday! First in our family!5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 75 minutes, Week#16 - Day #3 marathon training app, and 45 minutes spinning.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes7 -
Exercise:✅
Tracked:✅
Under:✅6 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, worked out with personal trainer
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes6 -
Exercise? Yes, 1hr yoga (with handstands!) and CrossFit (C2B and 65# push jerks), got a PR: 100# 1rep max for my push jerk! 🏋️♂️
Calories? Yes, under by 30 (within 10% on my macros)
Tracking? Yes!
I’m a newbie to the MFP Community/Challenges and really appreciate sharing this journey with others. ✊💪9
