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May 25
Exercise: mountain biking 76 minutes, stretching and PT exercises 45 minutes
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days: 0
But maybe a pass day tomorrow? 😮5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes ... treadmill 32 mins / 1.93 mi + after dinner walk 29 mins / 1.51 mi
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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@Mrs_Hoffer - oh goodness I’m so glad you are ok! And I’m really glad it wasn’t a stroke. Hopefully you are on the road to recovery.
@RangerRickL - I have real trouble picturing you as a “critical humorless old guy”. I have no trouble picturing you as highly regarded and appreciated by your peers. You are certainly highly regarded and appreciated here.
Thank you to all who responded so kindly and thoughtfully to my little story. I have tried to learn from the whole experience and remind myself that we just never know what someone is experiencing. I had a friend tell me once “there’s a lot of walking wounded out there.”
Exercise: yes
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Pass days used: 2/3
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@biketheworld Thank you for sharing. You have been through so much in the recent years. Glad you have found a wonderful man who is there for you, and glad you are with us here in the UAC
@MrsHoffer Glad you are ok. What a scary episode. Heal quickly!
Counting as a "3 yes". I have been tracking and keeping under my calorie limit and in the process yesterday was at a new low weight. That's not necesarily my goal. I am supposed to be maintaining. Anyhow, Tuesday was a very long day ending with welcoming my MIL home to her new downsize townhouse. She is widowed (year and a half) and this downsizing was my FIL's dream, which she always resisted. Yesterday was going to be, and was, quite emotional for her. I few of us family were there when she arrived, and joined her for pizza's. Hubby and I got sent home with the leftovers. When we got home, I was at exactly "0" calories remaining (cool how those numbers sometimes happen). Later in the evening I decided to have another slice (the buffalo chicken pizza was one of the best pizza's I have ever had). Now, what to do? Well I remembered a suggestion by another maintaining member that they use the nutritional feature on their mobile device and check their 7 day average. Well bam, I was still solidly under for my 7 day average. I then got on the exercise bike at 9:30 PM and did my 20 minutes. No pass for me.
To share more about this 7 day average feature. I think this could be a good maintenance tool for me. I have been really struggling with finding how to make calorie tracking while maintaining not set me off, and also how to set the right calorie limit for stasis (past few days I have had unplanned weight losses). Normally on a day like yesterday, once I went over, there would have been no reason for me to limit my "over" because if the 100 calories is pass then what's to stop me from making 1000 calories a pass. This is the psychological piece of the puzzle. So by not having to forfeit another pass by using the average, there is motivation for controlling the overage and preventing binge behavior. This will also allow me to have re-feed days to compensate for under eating on previous days and prevent the unplanned weight losses. Lastly, it helps me to make sure that I track everything, even on a day that has turned into a pass, because using the average tool is only useful with accurate data provided.
Final comment, wow on the scale. That pizza was not kind. 2.6 lb gain overnight. (BTW from my years of daily weighing I know that high carb, salty foods will produce a temporary gain that is illogical in size based on the calories consumed. So I am very much not concerned. That is NOT a trigger for me fortunately because it has become familiar.)
I think I am at 7 passes and 19 non-pass days.......but 3 day weekend is coming!5 -
@SModa61 - I love your calorie averaging strategy, especially as a way to keep you from binging if/when you have a high calorie day. That is brilliant!1
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biketheworld wrote: »@SModa61 - I love your calorie averaging strategy, especially as a way to keep you from binging if/when you have a high calorie day. That is brilliant!
@biketheworld I cannot take credit for it, and to be honest I am not 100% which member mentioned it (it may even have been more than one member that uses it - this was likely March when mentioned). During that time when I wanted to start using it, I was having so many pass days, including inaccurate tracking, that I never had an accurate 7 day average to utilize. I really think this could help me live the maintaining lifestyle.
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@biketheworld so happy that u have found happiness dispite all your challenges, keep pushing on 👍👍👍👍
May 25
Exercised? Yes 20 mins stationary bike and 60 mins walking
Calories? Yes
Tracked? Yes6 -
To share more about this 7 day average feature.
Final comment, wow on the scale. That pizza was not kind. 2.6 lb gain overnight. (BTW from my years of daily weighing I know that high carb, salty foods will produce a temporary gain that is illogical in size based on the calories consumed.
Prior to age 50 I weighed 105lbs and my weight did not fluctuate at all. But now that I'm 15lbs heavier it does. It is something I'm still not used to. I weighed myself the morning after I returned from my vacation and was up about 4lbs from when I left and then the next day I was already down about 2.5lbs. It seems so crazy to me.
On the 7 day average feature. If I'm not mistaken you have iPhone/Watch. The 7 day average an additional app? I also noticed you've mentioned the TDEE from you device. I don't see anything like that ... is that another app?1 -
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March 12/3
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I've mentioned weekly averaging more than once. I've done while losing or maintaining for many years. Weight watchers have a system of daily points and weekly extras that can be taken when you want/need. (Well that was 20 years ago but I think it's still their system). Other weight loss groups allow you to "carry forward" unused calories from one day to the next. It's always worked for me. After all, in real life every day is different.
You can see it easily using an app on your phone (mine is an android) but you can use the "reports" function on the website or you could write notes to remind yourself how many calories you have saved up.2 -
LazyBlondeChef wrote: »To share more about this 7 day average feature.
Final comment, wow on the scale. That pizza was not kind. 2.6 lb gain overnight. (BTW from my years of daily weighing I know that high carb, salty foods will produce a temporary gain that is illogical in size based on the calories consumed.
Prior to age 50 I weighed 105lbs and my weight did not fluctuate at all. But now that I'm 15lbs heavier it does. It is something I'm still not used to. I weighed myself the morning after I returned from my vacation and was up about 4lbs from when I left and then the next day I was already down about 2.5lbs. It seems so crazy to me.
On the 7 day average feature. If I'm not mistaken you have iPhone/Watch. The 7 day average an additional app? I also noticed you've mentioned the TDEE from you device. I don't see anything like that ... is that another app?
@lazyblondchef I am now 59 years old and, over my many many on and off years with weightwatchers, I have done a lot of daily weighing and so has my husband. Over the years we mutually concluded that we would not have a pasta dinner the night before our WW weigh-ins. It was a guaranteed temporary gain, regardless of the calories eaten.
For that 7 day average feature, it is an MFP feature I can access on my iphone. You go to the diary tab (left of center on iphone screen), tap it, then scroll to the bottom of the diary and there will be the options"complete diary", "nutrition", "notes". Tap nutrition. That will then bring up the 7 day average data.
For TDEE, that is available to me because of my apple watch, but can be viewed on my iphone. For that, I open the fitness app on my phone. Then tap on my activity rings. Then in red in the "move" section will be "total" followed by a number. That is your TDEE for that day as determine by your watch.
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@biketheworld "Weight loss" and "getting healthy" are never just really about the scale. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Here's my late entry...
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES | Theresa Depasquale's 90-Day Workout Program (48), 5km run (35) TOTAL: 83
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? YES | Base + 521
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YES |
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Personal Bonus: Did I meet my protein macro for the day (40%)? NO | 35%
Pass Days Used: (MAY14)
ETA: Added my run. Apparently, it was quite forgettable3 -
@biketheworld Thanks for your compliment! I aspire to be an encourager. When my life is over, I will have been a success if there are people who say, "He was an encourager to me."
It is a more simple life aspiration than many, but it is what I consider to be my life well lived.
Thanks again for sharing your life story with me/us.
Best wishes to you too!
Your friend, Rick2 -
May 25
Exercise: yes
Calories: yes
Tracked: Yes
Pass days: 2/33 -
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May 25
4.9K
Colonoscopy & endoscopy went great.
Endoscopic Remission!!!
Waiting for routine pathology.
I’m stunned & thrilled. Was prepared for the worst, and everything was great!!
Thank you @SummerSkier
And all who sent me good wishes and messages ❣️6 -
May 25, 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 (20 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 20.... 1 more day!!!
Pass day 3/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records). Trying to hold on to only this number3 -
May 25
Exercise: Yes
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
Pass days: 3/34
