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August 22
Mrs_Hoffer
Posts: 5,193 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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Don't be too hard on yourself when you have an off day.12 -
3xyes
5 km walk
Tomorrow I start with 10 week Epic I program. 2 months of Epic for beginners is enough ☺️9 -
22 Aug
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
Pass days used: 0
@LazyBlondeChef agreed. Being too hard on yourself normally starts the yo yo rollercoaster cycle and doesn't really help with progress. Better to move on and be thankful for the progress already made. You haven't "ruined" everything with one off day but if you attempt to lick an apple for lunch chances are the 1 day will spiral into 2 or 3 or a week.8 -
August 22nd
Yes to all questions.
Pass Days: 0
Calories to burn: 36,960.
Eating less made me binge eat more frequently. Right now, after 22 days, I'm starting to crave some food, but I still feel like I can have control. While I couldn't stop myself before.
Goodnight to you all, closing early today. 💜💛6 -
I honestly tried to keep it simple, typing up brief thoughts on the topic, and it kept morphing until I got this weirdo thing below in the spoiler.
I decided to edit it until it seemed at least somewhat cohesive and just post it anyway, because even if I come off as a weirdo, at least you were warned about me (yes, I'm a weirdo if you haven't noticed yet).
For future reference, it's usually a bad idea to get me started or else I'll dump yet another stream of consciousness (edited and re-edited for readability) into a spoiler or something.
Here you go.I think the most difficult thing to convey, which was hardest to learn myself (and still requires relearning every so often), is that the way to build discipline with healthy habits is a complete opposite way from restriction mentality and punishing transgressions.
You have to "want it" therefore you have to find the ways to make it pleasurable to you and not punishing.
If you find such pleasurable pathways but still choose not to follow them and resent yourself over that inaction, then you have some self-work to do in order to learn what is preventing you from doing what you have chosen is the correct way.
When we're not the perfect human beings we thought we were and make some mistakes along the way, we can sometimes get super pissy about it and would do better taking some anger management classes towards our selves in those moments. As opposed to abusing ourselves back into another eating disorder.
August 22
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 (19g)
✅ - Protein 180g or more (204g)
✅ - 5+ Fruits/Veggies (5)
✅ - 15k Steps or more (17,196 so far)
✅ - Eat back fewer than 30% of exercise calories (24% - 258 of 1048)
Additional Challenges Met: 22/22 days
Today's Exercise- Walk - 116 mins (5.97 miles)
- Run - 10 mins (1 mile)
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August 22nd
Yes to all questions.
Pass Days: 0
Calories to burn: 36,960.
Eating less made me binge eat more frequently. Right now, after 22 days, I'm starting to crave some food, but I still feel like I can have control. While I couldn't stop myself before.
Goodnight to you all, closing early today. 💜💛
@thabit11 yayyy to control!! It feels great doesn't!! Xo3 -
@SummerSkier yep ur sooo right!!! Xox2
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@whatmerunning loved ur disclaimer ha ha and yep tots know wat u mean!2
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22nd Aug
11 days no grazing.
Walk, tracked, ate every single calorie.
Scale went from 58.8kg down to 58.4 yest yayy !! So painfully slow lol but again trying to stay focused on keeping the bingeing, impulse eating, Stress eating and grazing at bay instead of obsessing about the fluctuating number on the scale. Xo
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@LazyBlondechef funny meme lol cos for alot of us thats excatly how life was! Xo2
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Pass Day
@RangerRickL Hope you had a Happy Birthday!!
So I am in a bad habit of not tracking on the weekends. I did this last weekend too.
On a much happier note, I got a book to teach me how to quilt my quilts with my walking foot and I am sooo sooo excited to get started. I have been trying to find good marking pens over the past couple of days.
Now if only I could walk on my treadmill and quilt at the same time!!10 -
22/08/2021
Exercise – yes, bike ride and some cardio exercise in short bursts.
Tracked – yes
Calories – yes – well under. (I have to make up for all the treats I had while away)
“Don't be too hard on yourself when you have an off day.”
So true, give yourself some kindness – that off day may have an underlying reason. Just get back on track when you can.
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Yes x3
Gardening at my allotment for exercise today. Very enjoyable couple of hours spent in the sun.5 -
✅ - Exercise 20+ Minutes: 67 minutes, aerobics/walking/circuits
✅ - Calories within budget
✅ - Tracked everything
2️⃣ Pass Days left
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@Winner_in_Life I think it's awesome that you're going to start the Epic 1 Challenge! Kudos!!
@thabit11 eating less always made me crazy as well. It was always such a struggle to not go over every day. But this time, with an increase in protein, I'm doing MUCH better!!
@WhatMeRunning very well said!
@donna25trinity Fantastic job on 11 days no grazing!! Whoop, whoop!! And glad to see that the scale went down .4 kg for you yesterday!!!! Yay is right!! While the process can be "painfully slow", I think that we have to learn to be patient with ourselves and with the process.....
Great job with 3 yesses today: @donna25trinity @lesdarts180 @SummerSkier @TerriRichardson112 @WhatMeRunning @Winner_in_Life @Geneveremfp5 -
Aug 22:
C✔️ T✔️ E✔️
PASSES USED: 1/3 (12Aug)
Net carbs <25%? Yes. 22%
Protein >100g? Yes. 101g.
I did my 11 mile #icecreamwalk today. (20 total miles this wkend!) Very frustrated that I walk all the way to the store and they are out of my Rebel keto triple choc ice cream! But I chose another Rebel keto flavor - choc chip cookie dough. It was just ok.
Looking forward to smashing another week! We got this!!
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donna25trinity wrote: »@LazyBlondechef funny meme lol cos for alot of us thats excatly how life was! Xo
yep! I was looking for health memes and saw this one which I thought was funny but I struggled with what to say. I really like what @SummerSkier said about it. We all struggle with different aspects of trying to follow the UAC. Many of us have food issues while others have exercise issues. But ultimately we can all create good habits by doing our 20 mins of exercise, tracking our food and staying within our personal calorie guidelines.
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Sunday 22 August;
Exercise: 20 minutes walk ✅
Tracked calories: ❌
Stayed under calorie goal: ✅
Again I didn’t over eat so imagine I was in calories but just having a weekend off of tracking
Day 22
Over on pass days- out of winner’s circle5 -
1/3 pass days good on my logging and tracking. Got some good strength work in and some flexibility work. I know it’s not NSV day but what I noticed when I got down on the floor today to do some flexibility stuff it was not so hard, my knees even accommodate very in getting off the floor it’s still not pretty but overall I noticed a difference and some stretches were so much easier.
I try to have a day that I relax I have been able to stop and think do I really want that particular item if so I know what it may do to my habits so I try to stop and think and follow it up with no. The easiest way around it for me is to have it in the house!8 -
August 22nd
Yes to all questions.
Pass Days: 0
Calories to burn: 36,960.
Eating less made me binge eat more frequently. Right now, after 22 days, I'm starting to crave some food, but I still feel like I can have control. While I couldn't stop myself before.
Goodnight to you all, closing early today. 💜💛
@thabit11 two things to try. Increase your cals by 100 per day.. try chewing slower and savoring. Better to have 700 extra cals per week then bump onto the rollercoaster again. Just some thoughts. You could also add variety to the menu.
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We all need to have rest days @snowshoe072 , having a day that you relax is a good idea! And not having a particularly troublesome item in the house is a pretty darn good idea too! :lol You're doing very well!!
@thabit11 the only thing I might add to what @SummerSkier said is to take a look at your protein numbers. I lowered my calorie goal, but increased my protein by 25-40g/day and it's made a world of difference in my feeling more satiated throughout the day. Just a thought.....4 -
@WhatMeRunning - This: “ You have to "want it" therefore you have to find the ways to make it pleasurable to you and not punishing.”
All of this.
This is why I buy myself mini goal rings and subscribe to StitchFix. While I’m not totally all about clothes and dislike shopping (hence the styling service), wearing a pretty dress or ring that didn’t fit six months is a visual reminder of the “win”. I DO like winning. Probably too much. Lol.9 -
✅ Exercise (yoga)
❌ Calories (over by 187, so not a disaster)
✅ Tracking
So much rain today.
Pass days used: 6?8 -
@mshawski great job! even though you technically went "over" for the day, you didn't use that as an excuse to go crazy today! CONGRATS to you!! 4
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Exercise:✅
Tracked:✅
Under:❌ but not over either. Had zero left. First time ever to be exact.
Not a Winners Circle candidate this month, so not an issue7 -
Yes x 3
Today was good. I thought it may not be with the mood I woke up in. A decent work out help only a smidge but walking at the mall and actually finding 2 new bras that really fit well...How can a girl's mood not improve!10 -
A three yes day today for me. One pass day used so far.
Hit my protein goal for the first time in weeks!
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Exercise: I bought a bike recently after not having one for years. Went out geocaching and rode over 10 miles, but it was a lot of stop and go, so I can't really consider that exercise. Came home and walked 3miles/43 minutes. Back to running tomorrow!
Tracking:
Calories: 10 -
8/22
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? 👍🏻
Using pass #4
PASSES USED: 4/37
