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September 7
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Exercise: 37 minutes active stretching (I really needed that much stretching after a weekend of lifting and carrying)
Calories: barely under my limit
Tracking: good6 -
My snacks are almost always fruits like apple or banana and carrot sticks. It works but at night I need crunch so sometimes it’s. Popcorn or a (healthy) cereal with milk.6
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September 7, 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
Did you go "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.) I am still learning a lot about myself in this area!
Pass day 0/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).6 -
@jamcnewman - wow - those articles you referenced are so interesting! A bit shocking too. Thanks for sharing that.
@taurie - ooh - pickles - why haven't I thought of that? Great idea!
And this is exactly what I'm trying to be careful of. Snacks that are marketed as "healthy" but really aren't. BTW - I was really impressed with the pictures of the potatoes from your garden that you posted a couple days ago!snowshoe072 wrote: »Snacking hum… I would like to think the protein bars whole grain ceral bars etc are healthy but when I read the label on some of them especially the carbs they often go back on the shelf at the store.
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Snacking. I have to plan my snacks. I actually struggle to get enough calories in. I do need to include more freggies, thus I stocked up on fresh grapes, apples, and mandarin oranges for this week, and the garden is producing grape tomatoes, green peppers, and cucumbers galore. I get carrots in a 5 lb bag. Hoping to increase my fiber by changing from cheese to fruits and more veggies. Great topic!
Exercise:✅ gentle short walk, very light housework. Trying to accommodate a bad fibromyalgia day.
Tracked: ✅
Under: ✅
"I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets." ~ Dolly Parton9 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, went for a few walks totaling 92 minutes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes I did
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? You bet
Snacks for me just depend on the day, how active I've been, and what I had for meals. I really don't have a set formula or any sort of plan for them, aside from using up whatever is remaining in my calorie budget.
I will basically snack on anything that fits with my budget. Sometimes volume feels more important and in those moments choosing healthier things is going to be best overall, but sometimes I am fine with a smaller portion of something higher in calories, and that's okay for me too.
Before I decided to change my lifestyle, I would eat anything anytime with no regard for whether I was really even hungry or not. The real difference for me now is that I am strict about my calorie budget. And I remind myself there is no food that needs to feel urgent at any time, because another occasion to eat is just around the corner.8 -
Trying to make this a routine!
Calorie allowance Yes
Exercise Yes
Log my food Yes!
Weigh in tomorrow!
Have a nice night!!6 -
Yes x 36
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Tracked - yes!
Stayed within calorie budget - yes!
Exercised - yes! 20 minutes upper body weight machines, then went to a nearby trail for a 2 mile run/22 minutes.
Back on track after getting off track over the weekend. Thanks @donna25trinity for pointing out yesterday wasn't a total failure since I got in exercise, oh and also for liking my username. 🙂
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9/7/2021
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes.
Did I track everything? Yes.
Did I stay within calorie goals? Alas. It was fairly close, but I snacked. And it came out to a little over.
Snacks. Many times those are what do me in. I don't snack every day, but it's more days rather than fewer. I tend to like sweet. Sometimes salty. Sometimes crunchy. But primarily sweet. Not good. The diet I'm supposed to be following doesn't really lend itself to snacking on anything other than veggies. And my favorite snacking veggie is carrots, which aren't allowed. I can't eat most of my favorite fruits (only allowed half a cup of berries, twice a week). I can eat string cheese (limited), hard boiled eggs (but I eat eggs for breakfast and don't want to overdo them during the day), or meats. I can have sugar free popsicles or sugar free jello. Not always available at the store we go to, but I will get those.
Something else for me to work on. Sigh.8 -
Yes x3
Lots of walking6 -
Sept 7
Exercise: 90 minutes mountain biking, 55 minutes weight training, 50 minutes stretching and PT exercises
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days: 16 -
8th September ;
Exercise: 30 minutes walk ✅
Tracked calories: ✅
Stayed under calorie goal: ✅
1/3 pass days used
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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: 36 mins / 2.22 mi
Passes used: 2/3 (1sep) (4sep)
I usually eat two meals per day though I'll have a protein shake if I've had a hard workout. If I have hunger and sufficient calories left at the end of the day I might have a snack or light meal but it's not necessarily snack type food but rather one of my mini meals of protein (cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, prosciutto, kipper snack, tuna, etc) and nut thins. I might add 3-4 olives. On rest days (Tue/Sat) I try to avoid it unless I'm truly starving. Last fall I had them frequently because my meals were so low in calories but these days I'm eating bigger meals especially at dinner.
If I have a true snack it'll be dried fruit, nuts, dark chocolate (rarely) or one of the various bars (Kind, Clif nut butter, Lara) but I've been getting away from the bars lately. I would buy them for "emergency" but then eat them because I was too lazy to prepare a plate. Now I only want them when I'm going to be away from the house for 4-5 hours in case I get hungry. I don't buy mainstream junk food type snacks. Most of it has a chemical taste that I find off putting. I am addicted to nut thins though. They are gluten free crackers made from nuts, rice flour, etc. I've tried some other gluten free crackers and haven't found them satisfying.6 -
Sept 7
Exercise - No
Tracking - No
Calories - definitely over
This was my third pass day! I was kind of planning it, as I posted the day before, because it was the Jewish new year and I needed to eat lots of challah and apples and honey. But I really took it over the top with unnecessary snacks midday and getting takeout in the afternoon.
Today 1/2 of my kids is returning to school. The other has a "phase in week" and so doesn't really go back until Monday. I am really looking forward to them being back in school to get back on track. I mean, hoping to get back on track starting today (Sept 8 - it's 5:30am)
Snacks. I started my weight loss journey 20 years and half my lifetime ago. I do remember unlearning a lot of what I termed "magical food thinking" from my family of origin. Like, as a kid we were allowed to have Apple Jacks cereal but not Fruit Loops. And then my mom started the Atkins diet when I was in high school which introduced all kinds of ideas to me. I learned then to read nutrition labels and to focus on fruit and veggies.
I lost weight back then with mini meals and snacks, and kept it off still doing that. I am only back working on this project because I was very sick during my pregnancy with my now 9 year old, and the only thing that kept the nausea at bay was constant snacking of cookies, pizza, milkshakes. I gained over 50% of my body weight, and am now working on losing that.
Losing weight is a lot harder for me now that I have kids. We have two scheduled snack times for the kids (morning snack and afternoon snack), not unlimited snacking. But snack time is when we allow things like chips, cookies, other baked goods, ice cream. We don't do after dinner desert generally. I really struggle on the weekends with not joining in on that kind of snacking - I wind up making healthier choices than what the kids choose, but often having a snack when I didn't really need one at all.
When the kids are in school, I have breakfast, then an early (11am) lunch, then an afternoon snack (fruit and a limited portion of nuts, cheese, or yogurt), then dinner then bedtime snack. The bedtime snack I have struggled with giving up - it is kind of my time, once the work with the kids is done, to relax and treat myself, and psychologically I feel like I need it. Mostly I keep it to 150 calories or so, but occasionally if we have something tempting in the house I go over. I've managed to lose ~25 pounds with that in the schedule but I keep thinking I need to take it out.
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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? ✅5 -
Caroline_slowandsteady wrote: »The bedtime snack I have struggled with giving up - it is kind of my time, once the work with the kids is done, to relax and treat myself, and psychologically I feel like I need it. Mostly I keep it to 150 calories or so, but occasionally if we have something tempting in the house I go over. I've managed to lose ~25 pounds with that in the schedule but I keep thinking I need to take it out.
Late night snacking became a problem for me when my oldest was 3 and then I had twins. For those next few years, my days were so busy that the only time I could relax and eat was after they were in bed. And then I would start working my way through the kitchen eating everything in sight. Well, those twins are 29 years old and while I don’t eat my way through the kitchen anymore, nighttime snacking has remained an issue. For years I believed I “had” to cut out after dinner snacking, and would beat myself up when I “failed” time and time again, which just led to more late night snacking. I now (usually) leave myself some calories to enjoy something and I’ve found I’m just happier knowing I get to have some kind of treat around 9:00. Sometimes it’s a bowl of fruit, sometimes it’s a portion of pretzels, once in awhile it’s something sweet. I rarely go off the rails at night anymore and I really believe it’s because I removed the idea that the only way for me to succeed was to stop all late night snacking, but have instead accepted it, enjoy it, but I control it, it doesn’t control me.5 -
Yes to all 3
Pass days: 1/3
Freggie report:Week of July 18 avg 4.42/day
Week of July 25 avg 3.42
Week of August 1 avg 4.57
Week of August 8: avg 4.57
Week of August 15: avg 4.71
Week of August 22: ??
Sunday: ?
Monday: 5
Tuesday: 5
Wednesday: 5
Thursday: 4
Friday: 4
Saturday: 4
Sunday: 5
Monday: 3
Tuesday: 45 -
September 7
UAC goals
✅ Exercise 20+ minutes
✅ Calories within budget
✅ Tracked every detail I consumed
Pass days used: 0/3
Additional challenges
✅ 3+ strength sessions in last 7 days (9/7, 9/3, 9/1)
✅ 17k+ steps (25,166 steps)
✅ 7 day avg. 7.5+ walking miles (8.9 miles)
Additional challenges met: 7/7 days
Today's Activities
🚶♂️ 87 min Pre-Dawn Walk (5.01 miles)
🚶♂️ 91 min Morning Walk (5.14 miles)
💪 17 min Core Isometrics (Supermans, Alternating Arm & Leg Raise Planks, Side Planks, Hollow Tuck Holds, Reverse Planks)4 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. Day 3 of 21 Day transformation (yoga/stretching) and a self-created strength circuit.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes5 -
Snacking - i seem to be reaching for nuts to tide me over and nuts seem to be in everything lately. My stomach is not happy about all the nuts. I need to pay attention to this.
Tuesday, September 7
Tracking: Yes
Calories: under
Exercise: Yes, mowing lawn 3.5 hours, yard work
Pass days to date - 15 -
September 7
1. Tracked it all ✅
2. Kept within calorie limit? ✅ Well under
3. Moved for 20 minutes or more? ✅
Was having many of the signs that a flare up was on the way and really listened to my body. Took it easier on the exercise today but kept a gentle level of activity. Took a nice easy long walk outside (without the puppy) and did three sessions of gentle stretching. Trying something new. 💡
1️⃣ pass day used on September 4Extra goals for September:
8000 steps? 👎🏻 4,210 steps (but fine with this)
Reached protein goal of 88g? 👎🏻 (68g actual)
iPhone ban from the bed success? 👍🏻 Fantastic sleep4 -
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~~~9 / 7 /2021~~~ Waving Hi ~~ 🧚🏼 ~~ BLESSings ALLways ~~ 💖 ~~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 210 + min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS......... 29,100+ ........180 m Walking .... 30 m house cleaning .....
SNACKing ... I am happy to say... I have Evolved into a Healthy Snacker...
Usually ... Seeds/nuts ... Cheeses ... Veggies & Ranch dressing & on special occassions ...
Pork Rinds with Ranch dressing as dip or Homemade Shredded Cheese Chips with Quac.
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
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Hi everyone!
Exercise-yes! 20 minutes on treadmill and then 3 different strength training things. Want longer on treadmill but i am wearing a mask so i am a little hesitant.
Tracked-no (but so close)!
Calories-no (again so close)-hubby and i grabbed a snack while at walmart last night...
Since you’ve begun your journey, what snack have you THOUGHT was healthy only to realize it’s not? honestly probably p/b crackers. peanut butter isn't bad in small quantities but the crackers with it just make it that much worse.
How have your snack habits changed? I definitely am trying to track every bite. I know when i am starving and it's stomach not head and trying to drink water when it's just head hunger.
How do you plan to incorporate healthier snacking, or control the amount of calories that come from snacks? I am enjoynig using the loseit app that gives me a number to stay below...because snacking can add up so quickly.
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Yes x 3
I schedule 3 snacks, because I can't make it through to a meal. It's pretty much that same.
Baguette and butter, before lunch, dates before dinner, and yogurt and honey before bed. I switched out the dates for chocolate covered raisins this week. BIG MISTAKE. I can stop at 1-2 dates, but I lose it with the raisins, so I'll go back to the dates for my afternoon sugar fix.6 -
Sept 7
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Exercise for 20+ minutes: Yes
Food/drink within budget: Yes
Tracked it all: Yes4 -
@jamcnewman, wow o that is so true. Thank you for the article. It's nice to know the background of these stuff
I am from CA too and I have found those 100 cals stuff don't work in my house! So they don't visit my house.2 -
@Caroline_slowandsteady & @biketheworld im the same as u guys my night time treat is literally wat I fantasized about all day lol. It's the one meal I can sit down to and actually enjoy without a screaming toddler around. Since introducing the treat at night it's stopped my late night uncontrollable binging and I no longer feel any guilt wwen I hve my treat like I use to as it fits in my calorie limit. I did use to hve chai lattes as a snack thru the day but hve had to stop that as they are so high in calories. Xo3
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