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@HarleyWolf55 You are definitely doing it right!! Welcome to the UAC! We are so glad you are here!3
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@harleywolf55 you definitely have the hang of it already!
@DebyS137 thanks for inspiring @WhatMeRunning's post today. I've always been the type to (not so) jokingly berate myself as a part of stirring action or change.
It's definitely not how I would approach someone else dealing with a similar issue though 🤔
Welp, I have so many other neuroses to prioritize but I'll add this one to the list. See? Did it again 🤣
While I work on that, here's the tale of the tape today...
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? YES | Theresa Depasquale's 90-Day Workout Program (32) TOTAL: 32
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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Personal Bonus: Did I meet my protein macro for the day (40%)? YES | 40%
(Actually a 40-40-20 day, which is my ideal. My 🧠 seems to function better on 20% fat and lots more carbs 🙌🏿 And, my brain needs all the help it can get these days)
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@Mrs_Hoffer Give yourself some grace! You’ve had a very stressful day, but tomorrow is a new day. Enjoy time with the grandkids and just try to minimize the damage for the next five days!4
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Worked out for an hour and tracked everything but went way over so 2/3 pass days. But! No dessert hahahaha. I could have had ice cream and said who cares? But I care, so I didn't. 3/8 days for dessert.6
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What would I say to someone? You're doing these best you know how, and that's got to be good enough. Keep going and you'll get there.6
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July 8, 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 (7 days-free )
(I go "nuts" with nuts most times, trying to continue a good habit this month. Counting the number of "nuts" free days.)
Pass day 0/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).6 -
That is great advice and I really like the reminder that you can save that extra item for tomorrow. Also congrats on developing a new healthy habit. I find I really get to thinking about things sometimes during easy paced runs and sometimes even figure things out that were bothering me. Sorry to hear about your friend.clutterqueen wrote: »I’d say we’ve all been there. We’ve all messed up. Failure isn’t falling down. Failure is not getting back up.
There’s one thing I do to help myself when I feel like I just want to eat something at the end of the day that’s more than the allotted calories I have left. I tell myself I can still have it TOMORROW! Most of the time that works. But you all know I still mess up plenty!
@MadisonMolly2017 keeps talking about how important our habits are. I was thinking about that this morning when I was jogging. I’d just found out about an hour before that a friend of mine passed away from ALS. I knew the end was near, but I still feel so bad for the family. That’s where habits come in. I could’ve just skipped my workout, but it’s a habit that’s so ingrained that it never even occurred to me to skip it.
Excellent point, we are all learning how to do this for ourselves. Huge kudos for skipping dessert on a day that you already knew was a pass day. That is a big win!What would I say to someone? You're doing these best you know how, and that's got to be good enough. Keep going and you'll get there.
Way to turn the day around @SModa61 congrats!
I hope you and your husband have a great trip @JennyRebecca1978
@Mrs_Hoffer you are identifying obstacles and learning. I know if anyone can figure ways around it, you will!
@harleywolf55 so far you are doing perfectly, keep on going!
@MaltedTea I really love your sense of humor!
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7/8/21
✅ Exercise: Alloy Afterburn
✅ Calories
✅ Tracking
So today’s question is a weird one for me, and I’m definitely going to be in the minority with how I think about this. I’m also pretty sure I’m going to do a terrible job of saying this, but here we go…
I generally don’t respond well to “positive” vibes when trying to accomplish something , I process “negative” vibes in a more constructive way. So what I need to succeed isn’t someone telling me I’m great, that just makes me uncomfortable and not want to talk to them. I need the person that’s going to tell me I stink and need to fix it. Doubt is one of the things I respond most strongly to. If you tell me you don’t think I can do something, I go into “hold my beer and watch me” mode and I’m most certainly going to do it. Therefore, If I need to motivate myself it’s never as much encouraging as it is challenging my own abilities. So maybe what I should say is that I need to be challenged and not encouraged. With others, though, I’m aware that most people process things differently and need encouragement. So yes, I’m kinder to others than myself - but that’s what would set us both up to succeed.
Hopefully that made sense. Lol. 🤷🏻♀️7 -
Yes. Yes, this right here. I feel you on this @MaltedTea! 🙌🏻
@DebyS137 thanks for inspiring @WhatMeRunning's post today. I've always been the type to (not so) jokingly berate myself as a part of stirring action or change.
It's definitely not how I would approach someone else dealing with a similar issue though 🤔
Welp, I have so many other neuroses to prioritize but I'll add this one to the list. See? Did it again 🤣
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All three were good. Kind of amazing because I've had two or three good days in a row. I have a vacation coming up in about a week, so I will be hard to maintain during that week. But I plan to check in every day, and pay attention.
Had a good evening.DW and I walked over to the park for one of our weekly summer concerts sponsored by the local arts association. The concerts happen in a band shell that I designed.
I had a non-scale victory as one of our friends said I was looking really thin. Haha I am not really thin, but I am a lot thinner than where I started.6 -
@mshawski that made perfect sense to me, and I certainly have those sorts of thoughts go through my head as well. They are certainly what I need in some cases when I'm doing something difficult where warm and fuzzy thoughts won't help. One example that came to my mind was during mile 19 in my first full marathon when each step sent more pain throughout my whole body than I had ever imagined was even possible, and I still had 7 miles to go. But I had suffered through so many miles in training, and already suffered through those first 19 miles, there was no *kitten* way I was quitting then! I ran a mantra through my head over that next hour of, "Medal, Injury or Body Bag". I was only leaving the event with one of those. It worked!5
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@WhatMeRunning Since I know that I cannot ever control anyone else nor know why someone feels the way that they do, the best that I can do is ask permission to walk alongside of another.7
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@Winner_in_Life 25kg lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!2
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Congrats on the great compliment @_JeffreyD_ I hope you have a wonderful vacation1
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Exercise: walking for more than 30 minutes plus lots of lifting and carrying
Calories: below my limit
Tracking: good4 -
Wow! So true! And effective medicine at that!RangerRickL wrote: »@WhatMeRunning Since I know that I cannot ever control anyone else nor know why someone feels the way that they do, the best that I can do is ask permission to walk alongside of another.
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Yes, yes, and yes, a good day.
However tomorrow I head out on a 2 day camping trip. Not sure if I can keep things up on that, I will do what I can.6 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. Not much more and just a quick Cubii, but that was what fit today.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes. I need to make sure I stick to this one; I've had a couple nights where I just don't feel like putting together the dinner I had planned for various reasons. The end result is I'm significantly under calories (i.e., 300-500 calories), which can actually be really dangerous because those are the times I feel like I can just eat whatever because I'm not going to go over calories, but I'm usually reaching for the least healthy/nutritious foods in the house.
Leaving tomorrow for a weekend away so hoping I can keep up with everything (and have decent enough weather for some nice long walks).5 -
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: 30 min / 1.93 mi
- Chest & Arms WO + crunches
Apple rings closed: 8/313 -
July 8
Yes to all questions.
Pass days 2/3.
After many tryouts, I stopped getting angry at myself when I miss up my good days. I feel like it will only makes me give up, so forgiving is the best solution.
If I were to say something to someone, it would be to move on, and plan the next day, and as someone here once said: there is no perfect month, so don't wait for one to accomplish your goal.
Than you @clutterqueen you just gave me a motivational shot ☺️☺️.
Goodnight/ good morning to you all 💛💜4
