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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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Is there anyone to whom you are grateful for supporting you in your journey toward better habits and health?
After today, only one day left of the May Challenge. Please help me out by letting me know if you are making the Winner’s Circle. So far we have:
@MadisonMolly2017
@Summerskier
@WhatMeRunning
@ClutterQueen
@TerryRichardson112
@MaltedTea
@lesdarts180
@SRMDB
I am confident that there are others I am missing.
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Overnight, I see a couple more winner's circle members
@Biketheworld
@Jtreasures
And I believe @calvin20874 data indicates he will be in as well.
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30th May
No Winners' Circle for me, too many Pass Days at the beginning of the month. Today was a 3 x Yes though. Exercise: It was a beautiful day, I walked for an hour this morning. I was ready to give up after 50 minutes, but I had promised myself I would do an hour, so I did another 10 minutes.
Calories: Under. Nice food, I am trying to empty my fridge and my freezer, without going over budget. Will be interesting when I get to the pizza and icecream... Portion Control!!! Tracked everything.
Today's question / discussion point (you're very good at this @SModa61!): If I didn't have my UAC and other MFP friends to support me, there would literally be no one. My partner, well, poor man... ; other friends: too far away, too much on their own plates. Ditto my brother, struggling with a Covid affected business, my sister, who has a growing family and keeps an eye on my Mum and her equally elderly father-in-law, my kids, dealing with Crohn's disease, unemployment, faced with deportation back to USA; my stepson, coping with girlfriend with cancer... I am doing my best to support them. So, thank you UAC friends, I am truly grateful and appreciative of your staunch support!11 -
3xYES
15km walk
My husband, he is my biggest fan and motivator. But it is not so easy to please him 😉 And he is very honest... Meaning that when now he says I look good, it is really so. 6 -
@SModa61 please consider me for WC. I had 3 pass days. Thank you ☺️4
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MAY 30
T ✅ 30 | C ✅ 5 | E ✅ 21 [> 20 min walk]8 -
I am grateful for my wife's support. She actually gave me the nudge that was needed to get myself back together and working on my health again this year after falling off the wagon completely in late 2019.
May 30
Exercise: YES - 5 mins Yoga, 120 min Run
Calories: YES (under)
Tracked: YES (everything)
Pass Days: 1/3 (14th)8 -
30/05/2021
Exercise – yes, 30 minute bike ride, short walk and some light cardio
Tracking – yes
Calories – yes
3 Pass days taken
I really hope to be in the winners' circle this month.
I can’t say that I have had much support from friends and family in the journey to better health and habits. I’m grateful to the UAC group but I did the weightloss just with MFP and my own determination.8 -
May 30:
✔️ EXERCISE: Yes. 45 minutes walking.
❌ CALORIES: Yes. 1761/1600
✔️ TRACK: Yes.
PASSES USED: way too many
"Failure is an event, not a person." Zig Ziglar.
I'm very appreciative of my hubby's support - even though I often teased him that I don't need him to be my "food police". He often will nudge me and let me know that it's a beautiful day to go for a walk!!!!
@lesdarts180 it's awesome that you've done so well on your own determination and without any support from friends/family.8 -
Yes x3
Pass days: 4
My support is this group and my own sense of satisfaction as I meet goals and get fitter7 -
30th
Yes yes and yes.
As of yest i moved to maintaince calories. This was a hard but necessary decision to make.
Im grateful for my hubby. Im also grateful for u guys! I feel like u all understand me, u hve made me feel like im not alone and u hve been the only ones i hve been honest with about my weight loss struggles and thru that honesty came awareness!! Thanks team ur are a god sent!
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@SModa61 you doing an awesome job!! Xox5
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I will be in the winners circle even with my last pass day today.
Made homemade chocolate whoppie pies with with a decadent peanut butter filling only had a bit but… our sons 26th bday on 6/1 so a bday celebration tomorrow. I did spin and played guitar along with tracking.8 -
My major support comes from my MFP friends, you all at UAC and those in the Just Say No to Late Night Snacking Challenge.
Exercise:✅
Tracked:✅
Under:✅8 -
Sunday, May 30
Tracking: Yes
Calories: under
Exercise: Yes, golf 9 holes
I am inspired by everyone here. Thank you.7 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, a 60 minute trail run/walk, and 60 minutes weight lifting.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
@biketheworld - no injuries just sore all over, right back out on the trails this morning!
Day #11 75 Hard Challenge complete.
No circle lotsa pass days.7 -
May 30
Exercised? Yes 20 mins walk almost didnt do it but that UAC motivation is real
Calories? Yes
Tracked? Yes
So MFP amd UAC are my biggest motivation and im grateful for all of you guys who share ur wins and struggles daily7 -
Yes x 3 today. Good weigh-in this morning and I fit in a walk between rainstorms, so I'm feeling motivated to finish May strong even though I won't be in the winner's circle.7
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I am grateful for our lake lot!! Time away from the chaos I call life. Time to unwind with a couple great friends and the love of my life!!
May 30
Exercise: yes
Calories: yes
Tracked: Yes
Pass days: 3/3
@RangerRickL Winners circle- by the skin of my teeth!!7 -
Hi Sherri, @SModa61,
While I will not be able to list all of the people who have helped me the last few years, some of our team members are at the top of my list:
@MadisonMolly2017;
@SummerSkier;
@craigo3154;
@TerriRichardson112;
@2020pinktogo;
@Bill70sStrong;
@victorious55;
@Mrs_Hoffer;
@SModa61;
@Chinkiri;
@lesdarts180;
@corriepelc.
Sometimes these individuals have specifically reached out to me and/or posted deep insights and inspiration for me and the entire UAC.
@SModa61 Thanks for asking that question!
Rick
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Exercise: active stretching, walking and farm chores
Tracking; good, even though I attended a family gathering
Calories: under my limit.
Still 3 passes, but I will take an intentional pass tomorrow. That will be the 4th.
No worries, in the manner of @alligatorob, it was a very good day and tomorrow will be one too!7 -
Definitely in the winner's circle 😊
Yes x 38 -
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes ... treadmill 301mins / 1.79 mi + Shoulder/Light Back Workout + pool play
Passes used: 6/3
My first session for my recomp was for shoulders and a light back workout. I've already been doing 3 of the 6 different exercises that were included. The three new exercises hit some areas in the upper back that I've not hit recently so I'm currently feeling some discomfort.
This spring has been unseasonably cool so today was the first day we felt like we could go in the pool. The pool is solar heated meaning by the sun and not panels. It was actually very pleasant and made my uncomfortable back muscles feel better. Today was also the first day I've ever put my Apple Watch in the water. It seemed to handle it well. I've always been curious about how many calories I burn in the pool. It seems to be roughly the same as what I burn lifting weights.
I don't talk about my weight loss or recomp with anyone but my partner. He has been extremely supportive of my efforts. He is also trying to stay at a healthy weight so he appreciates my efforts to make sure we eat healthy meals most of the time. While he is happy to participate in cooking meals he is not very good about planning so that falls on me but he is always appreciative of my choices in that area.
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Yes, yes and yes. Though exercise was yardwork again, but I did it.
I will probably make the Winner's Circle, by definition anyway.7 -
No exercise for me today but a great day. Back at church in time to celebrate a few baptisms at the beach and then catching up with my friends. Logged my food and even though it wasn’t the greatest choices, I was on budget.6
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5/30
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? ✅
Used my Pass #3
Still have 0 passes left!8 -
No winners circle for me but I did have 3x YES days - yesterday and today. Trying to finish the month with positive momentum going into June.7
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May 30
🍀Calories under
🍀Tracked all!
🍀Exercise 14,233 steps 2hr 47min steep down & back up hike (muddy!)
I’m “back in the saddle again!”😁😁😁
Everything’s good, but my sodium is still too high. Will focus on this next! I need to find some unsalted white bread!
Weekdays ✔️
Weekends ✔️
Holidays ✔️
Vacations ✔️
People who have helped me in my journey:
1. Thank you @RangerRickL ! That means a lot to me, and you know how valuable you & UAC have been to me on this journey. Forever Grateful. 😁 You inspire me DAILY, my friend!!!
Thank you also to @craigo3154 & @w8goal4life who taught me so much (along with Rick) about maintenance.
2. My husband has been amazing throughout our marriage - loving me as I was & how I am now, never making me feel bad for my extra wt or inability to keep up with him (he’s very athletic.). He is now DELIGHTED that I can hike with him❣️❣️❣️
He also joined me in not eating out at all & cut out a 40+ Year Dr Pepper “addiction” & dropped 35-40 lbs. I very much appreciate his willingness to shop for our food so I didn’t/dont have to manage food cues & to not have my “trigger foods” in the house. He’s a great support, and it’s much easier now with us both on the same page! I am so lucky to have him! ❤️
3. NOOM & especially my NOOM coach helped me greatly, especially transitioning from fairly strict dieting to maintenance. Specifically, she gently began mentioning having a treat now & again, eating a wider variety of foods, and dabbling with intuitive eating.
4. My kidney transplant surgeon who told me June 2017 that my weight was fine for the surgery (I weighed around 212) because it was evenly distributed, but I should walk 10,000 steps daily - no rest days - for the rest of my life. I have done this! “Doctor’s orders.” I cannot thank her enough. I believe it is the secret to my success. Not only does it improve my health, but it keeps me happy, grateful, calm, and full of joy! 👩⚕️🩺🌲🚶♀️
PS by the time of the surgery in November I was about 195lbs. She greeted me with “You look GREAT!” I was able to thank her for her life changing directive.
6. Finally, it was my son’s transformation that inspired me to try “one more time” to lose weight & get fit. ❤️🧗🏃🥗🥕🍆🌶
6. OK, 2, I mean 4, I mean 6 more:
* The Building Better Habits group and members Thank you @themedalist
* The Maintenance Discussion in MFP. Both have been instrumental!
* The 10 day weight loss group in MFP while I was losing. Thank you @GrandmaJackie
* The 24 HR monthly exercise group in MFP that turned me into “a beast.” Thank you @JDMac82 Simply invaluable!!
And the Halfsize Me podcast
& Phit & Phat podcast
Ok yep probably forgetting some, but it’s been 5 years 5 months, and I like to mix it up!
Although I don’t know them well, @TerriRichardson112 & @Corriepelc have been steady, positive inspirations to me over the years. Doing the work daily. As is Rick. I’m not alone.
Thanks all!
Maddie10 -
February 10/3
March 12/3
April 10/3
3 yes
8/38 -
Wow! Again, such amazing responses! Mine was going to be how I am grateful for my husband putting up with me. :P Now anything else I would add, would just be duplications for what the rest of you shared.
Three yeses for me. Yesterday, May 30 (AKA today) I got my first solid walk in the month of May and best walk since coming back north. Was a little "risky" in that it was not loops or interweavings all near my home from which I could stop at any point. I headed for the 7 eleven that turned out was just over 3 miles away and almost to the highway. The route there was mostly uphill, but long and slow. Took a different route home and got foiled by the longest train ever. I am guessing the car drivers thought I was nuts as I kept walking up and down the street until the train passed. All in all it felt good. Getting outside to walk is so much less natural than when I was in Florida.
No winner's for me with 8 passes (pretty sure it was 8), but pleased with fewer passes than March and April.
Scale indicates that the pass and non-pass days are balancing out well enough. This morning's weight (May31) compared to MFP data is .8 down from March 2, .6 down from April 6, and .2 down from May 3. So pretty steady with a very very slight decline. Interestingly though, if you look at my new habit of entering daily weights into MFP, there is a high to low range of 4.2 pounds. In maintenance I have to be ok with those daily swings and trust the process of being mindful of my actions.7
