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Exercise > 20 minutes? According to my phone, I managed to pull off 37 minutes of walking today. It helped I got out of work late so had to take a different bus home.
Stayed within calorie? ✔
Logged everything? Yes.
I really have to work at staying away from those things I know I shouldn't eat and sometimes I feel like I'm just going crazy for a taste of this or that. It's especially noticeable to me when I'm stressing. And, frankly, the past year has been nothing but stress, and not even because of Covid. Tonight was one of those nights. But, instead of caving in to the desire and going to the store, I went outside and sat on the balcony, cried a little, and sighed a lot. (I considered going downstairs and laying in the "grass" - it's artificial turf - to stare at the stars, but a rattlesnake was spotted slithering its way into a patio a couple of apartments down from us last night so... nope, wasn't going to happen). I still want something, but now it's time for bed and, hopefully, when I get up, the craving will be gone.
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I do so agree with @LazyBlondeChef, kudos to those of you who work and stay on track! I am semi-retired and on the days that I work, it's a lot more difficult, especially if it involves staying in hotels. With a 9pm curfew, evening walks are sometimes not possible, but from tomorrow the curfew will be 11pm. Welcome, now the temperature is hotting up! 31° forecast for today!
How do you do it, working friends? Pre-planning, bringing your own lunch, knowing the cafeteria options off by heart?6 -
JUN 7 - Pass day
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I was out of town last week and couldn't really track calories. But I did consider what I ate and went for a walk every day. So all in all, I did well. Now I have to keep at it. No pass days yet.4
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Not today5
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No, unless I can count pacing while waiting for a tow truck. What a day!
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes6 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 30 HIIT and 30 min 2km walking hill repeats
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?yes4 -
@LazyBlondeChef @Chinkiri great question about working and fitting things in. I can't wait to hear how others do it (could help me out). Details in spoiler to save scrolling...For me the most important factors are preparedness and routine. Sometimes the routine gets changed and maybe preparedness can cover the gap. Vague descriptions for sure. But that's perhaps the best way to sum it up.
For my current work day routine, I spend the first 5 - 30 minutes after waking up (after a drink of water and bio break) doing a routine of stretches and isometrics which I log here as Yoga. I only do the isometrics 4 days/week so the longer sessions have the isometrics while the shorter sessions are only the stretches.
Afterwards I do the necessary things to get the day started (wake kids up, get them ready for anything like school, etc). One thing unique to my routine/life is that if the kids are going to be at home that day on some sort of break, I take those days off work so long as I can. Our children are uniquely challenging and require at least two adults to supervise. Something as simple as a single adult going to the bathroom or refilling a drink can result in kids doing all sorts of crazy, dangerous things. They are opportunistic and seem to have a death wish of some sort.
Once things are in gear it is time for my 45 minute run. Then I change, clean up and get to work.
While working, provided I can get out for lunch, I will take a walk during lunch, opting to eat while I work. Sometimes there is a conference call during that lunch time, and if it is highly unlikely I will need to share my screen or anything I'll walk while listening in on the call. But I have been burned by that a couple times and had to fess up that I was away from my computer and could not share my screen. It never resulted in an issue, luckily, but does make me a little hesitant to do that sometimes.
In the office I bring all my own meals, pre-measured, ready to eat, so I can easily eat it and log it ahead of time or later. If there is some sort of party or other thing where I might eat with co-workers, I stick to my diet and log accordingly, and take whatever meals were uneaten back home. If I can work from home, I do, but that is more about the kids than about health. Working from home can free up valuable minutes that would otherwise be spent commuting, so it does help. I am fortunate to have a job where I can work remotely most of the time (all of the time since COVID of course, so far).
At the end of the work day, or a little earlier if it's a strangely quiet afternoon, I will do my strength routine. When in the office I am fortunate to have a gym within short walking distance that I am a member of. At home I have enough dumbbells and resistance bands to have set up my own home gym space right next to my home office space.
So you can see how preparedness comes into play. The reason routine is so important is that all of that can be done as outlined within that routine. Where things can get tricky is when the routine has to change. For example, just last week I took the week off of work because the kids were all home last week as well, one starting summer break, the other on a week long break from her school. While the morning routines were able to get fit in early before anyone else was awake, and I was also able to fit in the afternoon strength routines (but wasn't easy), I was unable to do a single walk outside at all for the entire 9 days of that break (the weekends and the whole week). So routine is pretty important, but not always available, of course.4 -
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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? ✅
Used #1 pass day
2 passes days left4 -
June 7th
Exercise: yes! Ran 3 miles and finished the c25k program!!
Calories: ues! Managed to stay within my budget and enjoy a little sweet snack 😁 about 100 calories under
Tracking: yes! Everything I eat and drink is all marked down!
Pass days used: 2/3
Self Efficacy
I guess I like to give myself realistic daily, weekly, and monthly goals. Daily goals is usually to get my workouts and certain chores done. Weekly is to lose at least 1 pound a week, run for at lrast 3 days, and not get too behind on laundry. Monthly, I want to lose 5 pounds before the end of the month and improve my running5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? I did
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? nope
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? nope4 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES (32 mile bike ride)
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? YES
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YES5 -
Exercise: Stationary bike 45min + stretching
Calories:yes, at 1270
Tracked, yes5 -
Yes, yes and yes
Walking and stretching.
With your objectives here in the UAC, what do you do, or can you do, to strengthen your self efficacy and foster your successes? - Accepting that all dips are temporary and getting back on track as soon as I can.5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Morning swim and an evening walk
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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I'm a little late checking in for Monday. Day went well, until it didn't at about 9 pm. It's an old trait that is showing up more lately. Anyhow, yes for exercise, fully tracked perfect day until 9 pm, then not. So a no and third pass for the month.2
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I am impressed with the thoughtful responses. It was a comparatively heavy topic. Something I wonder about is how this Self Efficacy concept could relate to another concept I heard about maybe 6 months ago. That concept was to identify oneself as x. For example if you want to eat healthier, instead of thinking "I want to try and eat healthy" one should think "I am a healthy eater".
@seilidhe It is amazing how helpful a good cry can be. It confuses my husband sometimes.
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June 7
Exercised: Yes
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
0/3 Pass Days Used3