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April (30)
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, walking.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes, 1,972/1,720 + 454 from exercising.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes, 2,550 ml of fluid.
Pass days: 4 /3
burned calories: 21,093 /33,000
Wall pushups done: 1,450 /3,000
Didn't achieve any of my goals this month, but I'm still satisfied with the results:
-Instead of 25 minutes of stairs climbing, I managed 21 ( was 17)
-I'm 79 ~ 78 kilos ( will confirm it tomorrow) was 80.2 in March, so new number, new stage.
-couldn't burn 33,000 but did 21,000.
My goals for this month:
31,000 calories to burn.
Do more muscle training
Start practising running again
Be in the winner's circle
My insights for 4 days of maintenance:
This is pretty much the first time I ate without feeling guilty, knowing how much calories I consumed, cleared any doubts. I know four days won't show whether I have eaten enough or more, but it was a nice vication from hunger. I'm thinking about doing this again next month, but as a reward for completing my goals ( except winner's circle).
See you in May ☺️💜4 -
Yes, yes, and yes. Exercise was just some yardwork, but it was exercise none the less. Hope I can keep it up in May, will do my best.7
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Yes x 33
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Friday is a pass day. Happy weekend to all!3
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APR 30
T ✅ | C ✅ | E ✅ [20 min walk]
Pass = 20/3 | No sugar ❎ | Sleep ✅2 -
4/30
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. Walked 6.3 miles (in the rain!)
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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April 30
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
No
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
No
Glad to be done with April. Looking forward to May!
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Some of these are in response to April 29 posts -
@Mrs_Hoffer @LazyBlondeChef @SModa61
It's no secret I'm a Half Size Me Podcast fan. The episode that got me fired up about strength training is #208 - all the way back from Feb 1, 2016. She interviews Lou Schuler, who is the author of "Strong" and, yes, his first book is "The New Rules of Lifting for Women." I don't often immediately buy a book when I hear a recommendation, but I did this one. I'm reading, I'm marking, I'm putting stickies on pages and getting ready to begin on Monday.
As for the binge eating - one of my favorite episodes is #469 from February 1 of this year. It doesn't solve my problems, but it certainly is inspirational. I heard about a "Brain over Binge" podcast - is anyone familiar with that? I listened to two episodes but had to force myself to listen to it all. There were some things that really annoyed me. I kept telling myself "listen to it and glean what information you can" but it was a struggle. Do any of you have knowledge or experience with her? (Kathryn Hansen). If it's worth it, I'll keep listening.
@SummerSkier - wow - I LOVE your goblet idea! Talk about a great visual reminder AND motivator. I'm definitely incorporating that - which will make my hubby chuckle. Another thing that would make him chuckle is the idea of me not having coffee immediately in the AM. Although just as I typed that - the realization hit me that I used to wake up, ready to go as soon as my feet hit the floor. And I do believe that the more "dependent" I became on coffee, the slower my mornings became. Am I up to the challenge of putting off that first cup of coffee? Yikes - I take Fosomax (osteoporosis) one morning a week and I have to wait 30 minutes for that first cup of coffee. We already joke that those 30 minutes are the worst of the week for me. I think I have a psychological problem here. You also really gave me something to think about with the bingeing. Maybe I need to accept that it's an issue that will probably surface from time to time and the success comes in stopping before it becomes a free-fall. Thanks for your suggestions.
@abowersgirl - loved your post about overly restrictive food plans and the toll it takes on our emotions and weight loss journey. You are SO RIGHT! I read your post over a few times - you are spot on and very inspiring.
@MaltedTea - "Grimy" - LOL - you are so right!!! April was brutal - May will be beautiful
@SModa61 - I would definitely call maintaining your weight a HUGE win!
There were a few posts about eating after dinner. Here's what I've realized in the last few months. I am a HUGE nighttime snacker and I used to think that I needed to completely stop snacking after dinner. But in March I came to realize that I could PLAN an after-dinner snack. I eat enough during the day to rarely actually feel hungry, and usually have enough calories left over to eat something around 8:30 or 9:00. It might be a handful of peanuts, a bowl of fruit, maybe even a sweet. I'm so much happier not having the "night time snacking is evil" idea and instead have the "plan for something reasonable" idea. I've accepted that's the way it is, incorporated it into my life, and know that it's a sustainable idea. For me, trying to eliminate that nighttime snack is probably not realistic.
I ended April EXCELLENT - all 3 yes's and headed into May strong, fired up, and ready for success. Let's make May's winner's circle a LONG list!4 -
Yes x 33
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April 30
Exercise: Yes - walk with the dogs...Yard work!
Calories: yes
Tracked: Yes
Pass days: 2/3
First day out at the lake lot...so much to do...2 -
April 30
Exercise: 40 minutes stationary bike, 50 minutes weight training, 55 minutes stretching and PT exercises
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days: 00 -
Sadly, I took pass #5 on the last day of the month.0
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Apr 30:
✔️ EXERCISE: Yes. 20 minutes.
✔️ CALORIES: Yes. 1853/1900
✔️ TRACK: Yes.
PASSES USED: 3/3 (10Apr)(15Apr)(16Apr)
Target your biggest “threat to success”... work on it until you land on a solution that works. Then pick the next “threat to success” Repeat. -MadisonMolly
Hubby threw me a "surprise" birthday dinner party today... and I panicked because #1 I hadn't really "cleaned" my house.... (it was ok, just not like I would've like if I'd known company was coming!!!!) but #2 because I hadn't pre-planned it into my food diary!!
He smoked a pork tenderloin in the smoker and the guests (2 couples) brought sides. So I had a HUGE salad (my friend makes the BEST salads!!) and about 4 oz of the pork. I was even able to splurge on a very tiny piece of Ding Dong Cake and still came in UNDER my calories for the day!!!! I was certain that I would go over for the day when I realized what was happening and the first thing that I thought of was OH NO!! I can't go over! @RangerRickL has ALREADY listed me as being in the Winner's Circle!!
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February 10/3
March 12/3
3 yes
10/30 -
30th
Yes yes and yes0 -
@Mrs_Hoffer - happy birthday and you're AWESOME!
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