@znaoiec wat a lovely post and I cld not agree more!

22nd
Yes x3 under calories, walk, weights, lots of cleaning and chasing after bub at the beach.
Stretch done
Journal done
Monitored sugars done
Me time done
No grazing done
Being able to eat more calories is honestly heaven! It's making me so happy and satisfied. I didnt realise how hangry I was all the time. Ha ha!!
Night team. Xox

3xyes
Epic Day 23 Upper abs and glutes. First half of the workout abs without rest. Tough but doable 😝. 3km walk in the evening 😊

22 Sept 21
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:1

I definitely agree that the team and family aspect of the UAC is one of the most critical support items provided. The daily check ins and reading everyone's victories and stumbles makes it the best challenge every. Thank you to everyone who has been helping this month (too many to name!)

I joined UAC because it claimed to be "the real deal" on the monthly announcement thread, it had great testimonials, and was even declared to be the best challenge on MFP by a member who I recognized. The most important thing I have found in UAC though was this incredibly supportive and helpful group of amazing people.

Thank you UAC!

❌❌✅

Over by 300 (normal food, no exercise to eat up that extra 300)

Kiddos first soccer game though, which was super duper cute 🥰

1/3,pass days

All 3 lunch a walk which resulted in a couple of blisters lol no Hokas today but bass penny loafers ouch still managed over 2 miles did some functional resistance band work also.

I definitely appreciate the advice, inspiration, and support I have found here. This is only my second month, but I plan to stick around.

Exercise: Another 5 miler today. That race is getting close!

Tracking:

Calories: Came SO close to a pass day for the first time. I weighed out a bowl of watermelon, set it aside and went to complete my tracking. After I entered dinner and the watermelon I was over! Fortunately, I hadn't touched the watermelon yet and I wrapped it up, put it away, and deleted the calories. Of course now I am obsessed with that bowl of watermelon, lol.

Exersised -yes
Caleries - yes
Logged - yes

September 22, 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 (22 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).

Out of the Winner’s Circle:
Pass day #4.

Wednesday, September 22

Tracking: Yes
Calories: I intentionally increased my calories today to make up for several days of not having an appetite and eating too few calories. I’m trying to stay at maintenance for a few weeks to a month.
Exercise: Yes - Full body warm up 10 min, core 10 min, lift full body 30 min, body weight strength 10 min, full body stretch 10 min, upper body stretch 10 min

Pass days to date - 4

I wanted to check-in and get up to date.

I have not posted since the 6th and I need to take pass days from the 7th to today 22nd - which is 16 pass days and disqualifies me. Now before someone says "Jen, what are you doing, you are such a goofball!", I have been active but I just have not been posting.

For the last 2 weeks, I needed to eat up all the "not so healthy" food in my kitchen from the recent grocery trip at the beginning of Sept. As a single Mom, I just can't go throw food out, and well I didn't want to post every day that I needed a pass day. That would make me feel like a goofball myself!

I also rearranged my cookbooks in my kitchen and pulled out the cooking for two, my healthy cookbooks, and cookbooks for Fall like my crockpot cookbook. I also rearranged my ramekins that I previously bought but didn't really use to make them more accessible in my cabinets to start cooking in individual single-serving dishes.

My goal for the next 2 weeks is to cook at home, divide food into the suggested serving sizes, and track accurately and no rough estimates aka 'ballpark figures', and track daily my calories and water intake. And start getting this under control better.

I have just recently went to the grocery store again, and this meal planning trip was much more "healthy". However, my son has already told me that he wants "normal food" when I told him we are going to start eating healthy again lol. But honestly, that is where I always struggle. I am a yo-yo dieter. I will cut calories down to 1200 a day and drop weight, then I will stop the calorie counting and exercise, and eventually, I have gained it all back. So this time I want to learn how to not diet, but just be healthy. I think learning proper serving sizes is a good start.