August 12
Mrs_Hoffer
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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?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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Apologies for speaking in "meme" instead of my normal wordy gobbledygook.
I originally intended to talk about setting realistic goals (and blew through a couple drafts in that regard). But I kept getting stuck around messages and imagery like those above, and realized that this is (in a sense) all you really need. Even if you have lofty goals. Just keep going and making progress towards your goals. Even if it's just tiny steps. Even if you have some "off days". Just never give up! And if you suddenly realize that you have stopped for a bit (for whatever reason), then quickly brush it off and get going again!
Or maybe I'm just unable to stay focused today and I am letting my mind wander about aimlessly (again) and this post gets to suffer for it! 🤪
I know, I know, there is no "question" anywhere up there, or otherwise any resemblance to a regular daily topic discussion point. So...
Extra credit question
Once I get to my goals, then what?6 -
I love a good meme. Thanks for sharing these.
Extra credit - when I get to my goal weight, I’ll do exactly what I do now, just with a few more calories/ day. That’s a truth that I’ve realized.
@jamcnewman - you expressed an interest in the half size me podcast. There are a couple episodes that for me, we’re transformative. They are #473, #469, #477, #442. The messages probably just came at the right time, but I found them encouraging, eye opening, and completely changed how I thought about this journey. This podcast and the UAC are absolutely the key to my successful journey, despite the hiccups, slow speed, and my own bad choices. I’m trending down, I’m not giving up, and I will get there eventually.6 -
biketheworld wrote: »I love a good meme. Thanks for sharing these.
Extra credit - when I get to my goal weight, I’ll do exactly what I do now, just with a few more calories/ day. That’s a truth that I’ve realized.
@jamcnewman - you expressed an interest in the half size me podcast. There are a couple episodes that for me, we’re transformative. They are #473, #469, #477, #442. The messages probably just came at the right time, but I found them encouraging, eye opening, and completely changed how I thought about this journey. This podcast and the UAC are absolutely the key to my successful journey, despite the hiccups, slow speed, and my own bad choices. I’m trending down, I’m not giving up, and I will get there eventually.
Thanks so much @biketheworld — I will seek these out!2 -
@biketheworld Thanks for sure, I have recently started listening to the podcast... I've listened to #477 from your list already but not the other three.. adding them to my queue!5
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes - I actually felt energetic enough for the first time in weeks to get some sprints in also.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Pass days: 0
Once I get to my goals, then what? Why then I re evaluate and set new ones!!! Or work on new habits? And if you are having trouble reaching your goals, I would give the same answer. Part of this whole journey is learning to be flexible and forgiving with yourself. Just because I did not run 8 minute miles today when I was sprinting doesn't mean I failed. It just means it was HOT at noon in Tx.
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3xyes
6.5 km run. 1st run this week 😊. But strength training is the priority7 -
✅ - Exercise 20+ Minutes: 97 minutes, aerobics/walking/dancing/circuits
✅ - Calories within budget
✅ - Tracked everything
3️⃣ Pass Days left
Some goals are ongoing. For others, once I reach one goal, I create another goal. Also, some goals can be broken down into small steps.8 -
August 12
UAC Goals
✅ - Exercise 20+ Minutes
✅ - Calories within budget
✅ - Tracked every detail I consumed
Pass Days Used: 0/3
Additional Challenges
✅ - Net Carbs 30g or less (25g)
✅ - Protein 180g or more (203g)
✅ - 5+ Fruits/Veggies (8)
✅ - 15k Steps or more (21,233 so far)
✅ - Eat back fewer than 30% of exercise calories (24% - 315 of 1293)
Additional Challenges Met: 12/12 days
Today's Exercise- Early Morning Walk - 61 mins (3.50 miles)
- Late Morning Walk - 44 mins (2.46 miles)
- Afternoon Walk - 60 mins (3.30 miles)
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12/08/2021
Exercise – yes, bike ride 40+ minutes, plus light cardio (ribs still sore)
Tracking – yes
Calories – yes
@WhatMeRunning I don’t think there needs to always be a question? And in a sense your discussion point is there in the 3 “memes”. We can start and keep going without necessarily having a fixed “goal”. I might have a “goal weight” but good health doesn’t have an end goal. As one ages the goal posts tend to move and priorities change. We may have to adapt.
I’m actually on a journey to live well and keep as happy as possible for as long as I live. Sometimes the journey is more important than the destination.
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Yes x3
Exercise was a workout from New rules for weightlifting.
I always prefer to be a work in progress than a finished product. I would go mad without a goal to work towards so I like to mix my goals up and work on different things all the time.6 -
August 12:
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 45-minute dance video.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.
I fell off the accountability wagon in the sense that I have not checked in here all week.
But, I have been exercising and tracking. 
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Thursday 12th August;
Exercise: 30 minutes walk ✅
Tracked calories: yes ✅
Stayed under calorie goal: ✅
I managed to avoid the rain altogether today on my morning walk only for it to pour down 10 minutes after getting home! Yay!
Old mindset:
If I was to go over my calories, I'd use it as an excuse for the rest of the day to overeat .. I'm sure there's a lot of us that have been here! Start again tomorrow ... Start again on Monday .. Start again after a certain occasion ... then the guilt kicks in as well.
New mindset:
If I feel the need to eat more one day, then allow myself some extra calories ... 100, 200, 300, 400 or even 500 ... enough to get me through that day ... set the amount extra and stick to it! In doing so, make sure I continue to track my calories for that day and do NOT go over allocated calories. Enjoy those extra calories guilt free ... I have still 'stayed within my calorie allowance for that day' ... 'I have still tracked my calories for that day' ... then tomorrow go back to my normal calorie allowance. This stops a trigger binge/overeating, no guilt trip, no starting again. Overall this isn't going to harm my progress as much as a day when I say 'sod it', overeat on one day, which turns in to two days and so on. I'm not saying to do this every day, week etc but on those occasions when i really need it, this is my new way forward.
Day 12
2/3 pass days used10 -
Aug 12:
C❌ T✔️ E✔️
PASSES USED: 1/3
❌ Net carbs <25%? No. 32%
✔️ Protein >100g? Yes. 125g.
❌ Yoga. No. Kettlebell. Rest Day.
✔️ Planks and counter pushups? Yes. 60 sec and 30 pushups.
✔️ 12k steps (yesterday)?
I overslept today and had to rush just to get to work on time. The breakroom that I've used a few times for yoga once I got to work was locked! Today was a rough day - I'm just not getting enough sleep. I worked both jobs today and am going to bed early tonight as I'm T.I.R.E.D. Lol. 10 -
Extra credit answer: once I get to my goals I need to re evaluate and set new ones or maintain.
Tracked logged exercised7 -
@JennyRebecca1978
You are accountable to only yourself if you have done what you needed to do that is the important stuff for the whole week remember the rules post every so often I think it’s every 3 days 😊5 -
Tracked, at, and getting used to being on the elliptical for more than 35 mins (whoop whoop!)10
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Extra credit question
Q. Once I get to my goals, then what?
A. You live the Life you always Dreamed of❣️
I created - and Use - my multi-room Art Studio ie most of living room & dining room.
I began gardening with my husband.
I speak regularly with friends &family.
5 years 8 months in…current improvements…
I have created & follow a sleep schedule
I read every night
I do strength training a little every day.
I have learned enough about my art practice that I am reconfiguring the tables, materials, and tools to support my spontaneous style of creating.
I am making a (slow, final) pass through all sentimental photos & memorabilia.
But really, my weight/health goal is
To maintain my weight & get as strong as I can injury-free as EASILY & EFFICIENTLY as possible, so I have more time for everything else!!9 -
yes x 3.
Sometimes progress is one step forward 2 steps back. As long as you learn something valuable on the 2 steps back. I am living life the way I want when I make my goals. I am not waiting. If I want to try something new I go for it. Even if I fall flat on my face, I can say, "I've tried that." The healthy lifestyle does not stop when you hit a weight goal. Training is a life long commitment just as eating healthy is life long. That is why doing weight loss must be sustainable not something you do until you hit goal.7 -
Exercise- yes 6 mi walk
Track - yes
Cal - yes but just barely (not including exercise cals) still doing IF so by lunch was starving. Went to Moe's and had burrito and chips w/queso. That took me right to 1500 cal. Then I felt sick. I think combo of walking in heat , no food, then an amount of food I'm not used to anymore wreaked a little havoc on me.6 -
Congrats on the 3 x YES day @SummerSkier @Winner_in_Life @TerriRichardson112 @lesdarts180 @Geneveremfp @JennyRebecca1978 @Healthymumlife @snowshoe072 @ForLangston @tahm42 @crusherbrickman
@Mrs_Hoffer I hope you get some good sleep tonight and have an awesome day tomorrow!
I am really loving all of the answers to the extra credit question. So much great advice and insights!4 -
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Pass days remaining: 2
Progress for me right now is no progress. That sounds stupid, but really - my weight has plateaued for like 3 months at this point but I haven’t given up yet, I’m still at it, and that right there is progress over my former self who would have said f it where is the cake after two weeks.
One day the scale will move again. Someday. Somehow. Even if it’s just me throwing it off a cliff, it will move. Mark my words.
Off topic: anyone have any suggestions for a particularly nice cliff in the Hudson Valley? 🤔6 -
@mshawski with daily activities like strength, running and now even yoga, plus an 11/12 on UAC days so far this month (that's an A seeing as it's back to school month), I would definitely call that progress!3
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Exercise: Yes. 25 minute run plus weight circuit at the gym
Tracking: Yes
Calories: Yes
I have been thinking a lot about what happens when I reach my weight goal. Obviously, the new goal is to keep it off, but I'm not completely sure what that looks like yet. Through the many years of yo-yo diets I have never once formulated a post diet strategy. That's crazy when I stop to think about it.
I am absorbing a lot of wisdom from the maintainers here, and I want everyone to know that I am reading your posts and appreciate what you have to share.9 -
Traveling with the grandkids!
Over on calories but a great day!
Pass8 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, started my day with a 20 minute walk and then my husband and I went out together for a longer one at lunch
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
When I get to my goal weight I intend to re-evaluate if that's truly the place I want to be. At 125 less it was sort of a shot in the dark as to where I wanted to land. There really no change expected... what I focus on or how will shift, but I plan to keep doing the work in the same way.6 -
✅☑️✔️
All is good. 16 mins late turning off screens
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8/12/2021
Did I exercise 20 minutes or more? No.I was in court all morning and, sadly, no breaks to do any stretching or anything. Then it was finishing paperwork before I had to leave for a doctor's appointment. Everything looks good and she didn't hear the heart murmur the GI doc said she heard when I was there last week. In addition, she was quite happy with my current A1C and told me to get out of her office because I was too healthy to be there. Got home and daughter was not in a good place, so I sat, talking and listening and just being silent, with her. Trivia at the pub tonight.
Did I track everything? Yep.
Did I stay within calories? Nope.
Extra Credit Question: If/when I meet my goals, I will look ahead to the next, whatever that may be. Right now I can't even fathom hitting my goal weight, but I have faith it will happen. I keep thinking this:
You still move around the room, so I'm just going to cha cha my way towards my goal and then we'll see how it feels and where I'll go next.
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2 YES day. Tracked and I had a 35 minute treadmill run/walk. But went over on calories. Tomorrow is a travel day so we’ll see how that goes.5
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12th
Yes yes and yes. Only did 1 weight session this week and no jogging but at least stuck to walking. Hmm for me i am much the same as @Mshawski in the sense that i cant get that darn scale to stay down but wen i finally get there my priority is to learn how to maintain for a while then once i hve mastered that skill i wld like to do sum body recomposition but thats a long way off. Xo4 -
I am learning so much from this topic. I especially like the cha-cha analogy. As a dance lover I’m definitely going to cha-cha cha the rest of the way today and tomorrow and The next day ad Infinitum6
