Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES (28-mile ride early in morning because it's hot and humid...ugh)
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? YES
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YES

9th June
3 x Yes

Date: 6/9
Exercised?: Yes 30 min walk
Calories?: No...stress eating got the better of me today...but for the first time. I tracked it all!
Tracked?: Yes

Yes x3 today, lunch break jog 6.5km and a half hour walk. Now on my 3 days off and let's see how well I manage to stay in my calories since I bailed on 2 days last week!

Yes x 3

3 YES day. Walk around the neighborhood after dinner.

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: 40 min / 1.99 mi
• Back & Biceps (dumbbells) + crunches
• Pool (jumping, dog paddling, lunges, etc)
• After dinner walk: 27 min / 1.43 mi

Passes used: 0/3

Today I did a random program on the treadmill which is 40 minutes including the slow 5 minute warmup and 5 minute cool down. The random program does both speed and hill variations and each change lasts only one minute so even going faster than I typically would doesn't cause any knee pain.

I'm learning right now that by tripling my exercise I can eat a lot more food and so far it must be the right amount as I'm still hovering in the 119-121lb range. This is what maintenance looks like.

I'm also learning something new about lifting weights. In the past I did simple workouts of maybe 8 different exercises targeting the main muscle groups 2-3x per week. I always tried to lift more weight to failure but fewer reps. But now that I'm targeting specific muscle groups five days a week (with 5-6 exercises for each) and doing way more sets/reps even if using lighter weights I'm already seeing results in two weeks. My arms are showing definition and they feel pretty firm. My legs were already firm but they're becoming even harder. But more importantly I'm mostly avoiding the joint pain problems because of lower weights. I still get a twinge now and then but then I drop down to the next lower dumbbell.

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Samsung Health says 45. I'll take 30. All walking.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.

Like some others who have posted, I wish I'd taken up running earlier in my life. I was 54 or 55 when I started (except for back in the day when I did my fair share of sprinting after the ice cream man - hahahaha). And sooooo out of shape. I'm still slower than that herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter and, right now, I'm not even running due to heel pain. It might be plantar fasciitis, it might be heel spurs, I don't know... and I'm pretty sure I need new shoes, but can't afford them at the moment. So I walk... but more often I ride, which brings me to... Another thing I wish I'd done earlier was cycling. I used to ride to school, to friends, to the mall, around the neighborhood, then... I stopped. I just started again this year. And I really enjoy it. So, I guess what I'm saying is that I wish I'd been more active from the time I left high school until now. In high school, I was roller skating a few times per week at one of the local rinks, and doing modern dance at school instead of PE. Once I graduated, that all stopped. I've always been more of the sedentary, rather than a rolling stone, type of boulder. I'm happy just reading a book and listening to music. Still am. But I've also discovered that if I don't get out at least a couple of times in a week to ride, walk, or (when I could) run, I get yancy and miss it.

I exercised, tracked and stayed in my range. I wish I had learned earlier that "you can't outrun your fork".

@mshawski - good for you! “If momma ain’t happy, nobody’s happy” is more than just a funny saying, it’s truth!

@Winner_in_Life - I was 49 so I understand what you’re saying. Thanks for sharing about this “little old lady” I hope to be just like her s9meday. What an inspiration.

@clutterqueen - amen.

@JennyRebecca1978 - thanks for sharing that. You are on the right path.

@MadisonMolly2017 - every time you post something like this i think, “wow, she is so smart, wise, and inspiring!”

@victorious55 - I can appreciate your problem with nuts. This is June 9 and you’re 7 days nut free. I’d definitely call that a win

I wish I’d realized that yes, even though I could maintain a weight by eating a half gall9n of ice cream one day and starve myself the next, I was setting myself up for a long term binging problem that would only get worse and eventually pack on nearly 100 pounds. I also want to go back and slap me every time I sat down with the ice cream, or the pie, or the whatever telling myself, “I’m treating myself now because tomorrow I’m starting a diet.” I made every excuse for every bad habit. Except exercise. That’s the one thing I’ve always enjoyed and done in some form. But, like we all know now, you can’t out exercise what you eat.

Exercise yes
Tracked yes
Under yes

Passes used 2/3

So this is the morning of the 10th and "my wish I knew" came to me. I wish I realized that I can lose weight and be healthy while eating regular food.