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RangerRickL
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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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Good sunday morning to all. Quick coffee and the computer before by day.
Saturday was another day with no formal exercise. Hubby and I are considering our own version of @rangerrickL 's downsizing, so yesterday I began tearing apart master bedroom and bathroom. This whole house either needs less "stuff" in it (reason to clean) or needs to be seen by real estate agent (reason to clean). So I am on day 2 of working on this and hope to have finished this one room/combo by the end of the day - essentially 10 rooms and storage room plus bathrooms to go. Yes, this house is too big for two humans and pair of cats. Friday we put a refundable deposit on a townhouse that would get completed in 13 months from now. Unfortuntely, unlike Rick we would end up 15 minutes FURTHER from all family. The boston area real estate is going nuts, so there is a give and take regarding choices. Nothing out there is the perfect scenario. (I wanted perfect layout, move in condition, perfect price and close to family - a girl can dream, right?)
Anyhow, yesterday was pass #7. But over the past two days I did learn something. 1600 calories is not my TDEE when not exercising. I am at my lowest weight now since 1987. After trying on clothing from my closest, this weight is bringing mixed emotions (even some skinny clothing are baggy now).
Need to work on my exercise. This morning as I stepped on the scale, and look in the mirror at plain old skinny, I realize I need some shape back and that has to happen via muscles. New non-muscle weight at my age will likely land as a tire. I was listening to Jordan Syatt yesterday and he was pointing out that calories deficit is for weight loss while exercise is for muscle/strength. At my current point of trying to maintain, it gave be something to think about. Off to finding the floor of my bedroom (thank goodness hubby is out of town until tonight).10 -
@SModa61 - Sounds like you are being plenty active, cleaning up a full house filled by life is not easy, explains why you are trimming up. Are you thinking of straight up strength training by chance since the target is muscle development?1
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »@SModa61 - Sounds like you are being plenty active, cleaning up a full house filled by life is not easy, explains why you are trimming up. Are you thinking of straight up strength training by chance since the target is muscle development?
@whatmerunning I would love to do pure strength training again. I have done it in the past. Problem with the heavier end of that exercise, is it needs bigger equipment, which either means outfitting a home or joining a facility. Problem with that (and I won't get any pity here), is that we have three homes in different states (mass, maine, florida). So with a gym, in the mass and maine scenario, that means two gyms at the same time payment wise. We go back and forth with an imprecise pattern for 5 months. Could so planet fitness, but I also likely need some refresher guidance. Not sure trainers work in them (they do have staff but unclear about their knowledge). I have dumbells and TRX and can do body weight. Even if I don't go that way, I think I need to focus on "pushing" myself with whatever I do - in the cardio genre that would likely doing the running more often than the fast walking or indoor bike that I have up north (florida I have a spin bike - Maine I have NO equipment and place is small).
That's where I am at
I also meant to add a note to @mshawski I did read your post to me the other day and I added it to my notes. I don't think I acknowledged you and now cannot find the original post, but I have already extracted its contents for my word file.
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A really good day for me. I got in my steps around the garden and soaked up some vitamin d to help with recovery. I realised tonight that I haven’t really had much of an appetite (this realisation came when I actually enjoyed a normal full sized meal for the first time since I got tested.) Working my way through the freezer and enjoying the options I’m finding there.
Still got the blocked sinus but don’t feel run down or anything so trusting I’m basically over my plague.
Tomorrow I’m going to add some light yoga to my walk for exercise. I’m hoping to be ready to get back on the mats as soon as possible. Got some stuff to work on post competition.7 -
MAY 23
T ✅ 23 | C ✅ 2 | E ✅ 15 [> 20 min walk]
I will have to estimate calories the next two weeks, but will continue documenting my meals.
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Pass day 2 6
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23rd May
I had a lovely Sunday, thank you @RangerRickL. I hope you did too. Went for an early walk, about 40 minutes, bought some more little plants.
Did another 20 minutes on my way to and from the cinema, where I saw a film on a big screen amongst other people! First time in months and months! Well spread out, all masked, of course!
Had some nice food, but stayed under by 4 calories, without using exercise calories!
Logged everything.
Have a good week, everyone!6 -
23 May
Happy Sunday to all as well!
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?yes - was able to get my run in before the rains came again...
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. 17 -
23/05/2021
Exercise – yes, just 30 minutes of cardio.
Logging – yes
Calories -yes
Pass days – 2 left
(pass day taken May 5th)
This Sunday was good - lunch with the family went well in spite of the dreadful weather which meant that we weren’t able to get outside. (We’re not really allowed to mix three households or more than 6 people but went ahead with 8 people from 3 households. However, all the adults have had at least one vaccination, and mum and I have had both shots)
I'm a bit behind with reading posts - I shall catch up tomorrow.
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Went for a walk in the Central Park and meant to take a new picture for you all but got lost in my thoughts. NY has lifted the mask mandate for vaccinated people, and this was my first outing without one! It felt a little weird but was nice not to have it given the warmer weather.
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May 23
Exercise: Yes - 6 mins pre-run Yoga, 120 min Run
Calories: Yes (under)
Tracked: Yes (everything, even the gnats during the run)
Pass days: 1/3 (14th)5 -
Signed up for the June UAC! I'm going into the last full week of May with the intention of finally completing a full week of the workout program I said I was committed to.
Surprisingly, my metrics have still improved despite eating more (without enough protein) and exercising halfheartedly. This is not a trend I want to continue, however, as that's a bit too precarious considering my personality and past lifestyle habits.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES | Walking 'n errands (20), Stretching (20) TOTAL: 40
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? YES | *Base + 119
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YES |
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* NOTE: Activities counted as half the calories
Personal Bonus: Did I meet my protein macro for the day (40%)? NO | 21%
Pass Days Used: (MAY14)6 -
May 23, 2021
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
Kitchen Closed? Yes
Going nuts with nuts today? No (19 days-free )
(I go nuts with nuts most times, trying to build a good habit this month. Counting the number of "nuts" free days. Did they say 21 days to form a habit?) Well, I am almost there! day 19.... 2 more days???
Pass day 3/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records). Trying to hold on to only this number 7 -
Wow Monday fast approaching again I will be spending a few more hours in the office this week will be a change but I must admit I do really like working from home.
Tracked and logged my food and water 60 ozs so far today and a labatt blue na beer tasted pretty close to the real thing and only 50 calories😊. Did just shy of 5 miles on my spin bike and got almost 11,000 steps in.8 -
Yes x 3 today. It's taken about 3 weeks but today I finally noticed I had some stamina and was able to push myself while exercising. I am happy with that NSV.9
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Biked 35 miles today. My garmin claims I burned over 2,000 cals which I seriously doubt. From Sunday to Sunday I put in 113 miles. A good start to the biking season.
Exercise - pretty sure I got in 20 minutes haha
Tracked - yes
Under - yep.
Pass days so far: 2/3
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, an 80 minute trail run/walk, and 60 minutes strength training.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Day #4 75 Hard mental toughness challenge completed.7 -
Exercise:✅
Tracked:✅
Under:✅5 -
Hi all!
Happy Sunday! Sorry for the radio silence the last couple of days... they were not great days, and in fact this whole week is going to be tough for me... so I’m going to take this time to give myself a break, get my head back in the game and get back on track. Thanks as always for the incredible support! I’ll see you back for the June challenge!
E-hugs to all!14
