September 22
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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: 35 mins / 2.12 mi
Full Body Warm Up: 5 min
Day 12: EPIC I - Shoulder Workout with Dumbbells (+ cool down): 49 mins
Apple rings closed: 22/30
Passes used: 2/3 (1sep) (4sep)4 -
9/22
Exercise: 35 minutes stationary bike, 30 minutes elliptical, 55 minutes stretching and PT exercises
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days: 14 -
Sept 22
Pass day - I think I'm at 8/3 now?
I did exercise - did my MommaStrong 15 minute video in the morning and an hour long hike in the woods with my wife - at high speed b/c mosquitoes.
But did not track and was over calories. I didn't do as badly as I thought I would - we didn't go out to lunch, just dinner, and dinner was not the restaurant she had chosen because they were unexpectedly closed. So that will happen on Friday. We had sushi for dinner, which is a difficult to count meal but usually is OK for me in terms of weight loss. But what definitely put me over was the birthday cake, which was delicious but actually made me feel sick the rest of the night - apparently buttercream does not go so well now that I am used to lower cal. I don't think I will be tempted by the leftovers.
I was on such a break yesterday that I forgot to preplan today. I am going to do that this morning!
I just found this UAC group this month, and you all have been very helpful to me! I've found similar groups helpful in the past and had been looking on the MyFitnessPal boards but not finding it. It just gets hard for me to feel like the time and effort spent on weight loss is worth it, when there is so much going on in the world and in my life. The daily check in from all of you who also have busy lives but seem to find it worthwhile is great!
@KCJen
Those changes you are making seem like a good step and sustainable. As my name says, I have been all about losing slowly and steadily. I do think that figuring out a way of eating that is sustainable long-term is the most important step - and that is probably easier if you only cut calories a little bit, don't cut out major food groups, allow treats, etc. And I will say as someone with kids that adds a whole level of complication, because it needs to be sustainable for them too. We do a lot of separate or adaptable meals (i.e. burritos for them, taco salad for me; spaghetti for them, spaghetti squash for me). We do have lots of snacks in the house for them that do not fit into my eating plan - we keep them in a drawer that I try not to look in. It requires a lot more will power, which is easier if you have arranged it so that your meals are also satisfying. That is why I am all about the pre-planning.6 -
✅✅✅ thanks to the team here, I was "inspired" to go out for a walk after I got home from a meeting at 9:00 last night. It was one of those things where I did not want to do it, but ended up being very happy that I did.
When I first did the UAC, I used to quit after my fourth pass day. I was totally missing the point. I may never make the winners circle, but I benefit from this group in other ways.10 -
September 22
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 (9/22, 9/20, 9/15)
✅ 17k+ steps (21,733 steps)
✅ 7 day avg. 7.5+ walking miles (8.9 miles)
Additional challenges met: 18/22 days
Today's Activities
🚶♂️ 61 min Morning Walk (3.61 miles)
🚶♂️ 83 min Afternoon Walk (5.0 miles)
💪 26 min Core Isometrics (Supermans, Alternating Arm & Leg Raise Planks, Side Planks, Hollow Tuck Holds, Reverse Planks)5 -
Sep 22
✅❌✅ Exercise today was a 33 minute walk at work INSIDE the building as it rained most of the day. I'm thankful that I work in such a large building, so that I can walk all over the building (and 3 floors!) and the walk is not really boring at all. Lol.
The last cpl days have been very busy and hectic, and I haven't taken as much meticulous care in PRE-PLANNING out my protein for the (next) day - thus I haven't been getting my 100g/day goal. Sooooo, I realize now that ever so slowly, I was getting more and more "hangry", and that my "willpower" (to stay away from the sweets) waned a little more each day. Ugh. It culminated today (Wed) at our bi-monthly Bible study potluck night with me eating snacks that I would have easily been able to say no to - had I stayed on top of my macros like I should have. As far as tracking.... I even woke up this morning (Thu) and immediately remembered something that I ate for breakfast yesterday that I had forgotten to add to my diary! Double Ugh. (I wonder why my brain does that?!) Anyhow, my personal scolding for today is: "Pre-log and then STICK to the flippin diary Teresa!!!! It only 'works' if I work it"
Pass Days Used: 3/3 (10Sep, 18Sep, 22Sep)
For me, the UAC has made all the difference in the world.
I've lost weight many times before (lose and eventually gain all or most of it back!) But the education and personal mindset shift that I've experienced by hanging out in this group for the last year is what will make "THIS TIME" the one that will be successful for me long term. There's so much knowledge, wisdom and insight in this group, but you won't be able to soak that in everyday and make it a permanent part of YOUR mindset change if you quit after you've hit your 4th pass day! Falling down is part of the journey. Success will come when I just keep getting back up again - no matter how many times it takes. I determined a year ago that I would not give up - I would not quit the UAC, no matter how many Pass Days I ended up taking! I appreciate that I've never felt like anyone in this group was judging me, (trust me, I beat myself up enough for all of you!!) Lol. And I just keep telling myself that I CAN DO THIS, I WILL DO THIS, and that I'M WORTH IT!!!
I appreciate each and every one of you, and the 'friendships' that we've made here on MFP and in the UAC.
@KCJen Everyone is different, but I personally cannot do 1200 calories/day. I absolutely cannot sustain that. Even at 1400-1500/day, I absolutely HAVE to make sure that I'm eating at LEAST 100g of protein/day, otherwise, again, I feel like I'm starving all the time!! I don't know how tall you are, but my advice would be to not cut your daily cal goal that drastically right out of the gate! I know that what works for one, doesn't work at all for someone else... so my suggestion is to try different things until you stumble across something that works well for YOU... and then work it!!! I did that for several months until I eventually hit a plateau and then had to began the whole process over again. You got this Jen. I'm excited for you.6 -
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~~~9 / 22 /2021~~~ Waving Hi ~~ 🧚🏼 ~~ Autumn Has arrived ~~ BLESSings ALLways ~~ 💖 ~~ Autumn Has arrived
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 200 + min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS......... 26,800+ ........170 m Walking .... 30 m house cleaning .....
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
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So I thought I answered but can’t find it-so reposting.
9/22
Exercise-yes elliptical for 15, 50 minute strength class
Tracking and calories _no-preplanned for Wendy’s (marching band fundraiser then realized calories were off and didn’t bother 😢6 -
Healthymumlife wrote: »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.
I just wanted to wish you good luck and also talk about the 1200 calories. I also have done this and it's a viscous circle of undereating, depriving yourself etc. only to go the other way.
At the moment I am following a guy called Jordan Syatt's (Syatt Fitness) method. He is on FB and instagram and is really down to earth but I love his advice and approach to things. He says to work out your goal weight in lbs and then x that by 12 and that is the amount of calories per day you should be eating. Now you will look at this end figure and may be freak out (I did) but it makes it sustainable. I'm finding this approach really helpful and just wanted to share.
Hey Jen, I wanted to comment on the 1200 calories as well. I tried to make this work for months and it is indeed a vicious cycle of starving then stuffing. I work out a lot so I did not gain but became a master at maintaining even with all the over-eating I was doing - - the goal though was to lose 20 lbs not stay stuck in the same place. With this challenge, I upped by calories to 1,500 and am doing well even losing weight since we started this month. I find this much more manageable. Good luck to you as you ramp up again.5 -
Checking in a bit late. I've been staying with DIL. Pass day again
Will catch up with posts when I'm at my laptop tomorrow5 -
Yes, yes and yes
Walking and weights
What a great team!2 -
brisingr86 wrote: »Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
This! Yes, so much this ❤️
Julie3 -
lesdarts180 wrote: »Checking in a bit late. I've been staying with DIL. Pass day again
Will catch up with posts when I'm at my laptop tomorrow
Safe travels to you @lesdarts180 as you make your way home. ❤️2 -
✅ - Exercise
✅ - Calories
✅ - Tracked4 -
SEPT 22
Exercised: Yes - BodyCombat
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
1/3 Pass Days Used3 -
Over today and no exercise.3
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Healthymumlife wrote: »
I just wanted to wish you good luck and also talk about the 1200 calories. I also have done this and it's a viscous circle of undereating, depriving yourself etc. only to go the other way.
At the moment I am following a guy called Jordan Syatt's (Syatt Fitness) method. He is on FB and instagram and is really down to earth but I love his advice and approach to things. He says to work out your goal weight in lbs and then x that by 12 and that is the amount of calories per day you should be eating. Now you will look at this end figure and may be freak out (I did) but it makes it sustainable. I'm finding this approach really helpful and just wanted to share. [/quote]
@Healthymumlife Thanks for posting this. I think I am going to try it this way. I just read an article that it takes 10 to 13 calories to maintain a pound, which sounds what you mentioned. Thanks for your help!2 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »You can do it @KCJen !!!
I don’t know how tall you are, but I got really upset when I realized the 1200 cal everyone put me in from WW on was at least 150 cals lower than I needed if I lay in bed all day.
Criminal!
I am 5 foot 6 inches. WW counts calories?0 -
@Caroline_slowandsteady I like that slow and steady
I am not sure I could cook two separate meals for just me and my son. Last nights dinner was skinless chicken breasts and broccoli, I could add mac and cheese or potato for him, and I could just have the chicken and broccoli. Like you mentioned, I just need to get a sustainable plan worked out.
@Mrs_Hoffer You have no idea how inspiring you are to me and all of us in the UAC for that matter! When I cut it down to 1200 calories a day the last time I lost weight, it was hard. And there were times I felt weak. I don't want to do that again. I am currently thinking about setting my calorie goal to 1300 to 1440 a day, but I might adjust that some more.
@brisingr86 Love that quote!
@Jillygirl0220 Thanks for your response. I don't fully understand calories (but I understand how a deficit is needed to lose weight), but increasing calories to 1500 and that lets you lose more weight - well I don't really understand that however it definitely has my attention. I will look into that more.
Thanks everyone for your comments, I hope I got everyone.
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