October 2
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Welcome new and old members.
Welcome October, the beginning of cold season for those in the northern hemisphere
and warmer season for those in the southern hemisphere 
The UAC challenge has only 3 rules.- 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?
At first glance, they look very simple. From my experience these rules are applicable to anyone at any stage of this health journey. Whether you are just beginning, advanced or maintaining. (BTW, I've being in maintenance for the past 11 years).
I have come to realized that these are the only things that nobody in this life will do for me. Nobody can eat for me/you, exercise for me/you or track what I/you eat, lick or bite in this world. This is all about me/you, my/your health, and my usefulness to those around me! If I don't take care of my health then I cannot take care of anybody. (You are always advised to put on your mask when there is low pressure in the plane before helping your child/anybody, else both of you will/may die)
Does it mean that I will not fail? No, it is not about being perfect! But it about forming a habit. A habit that will bless me and move me forward in life, it will also bless those around me.
Therefore, as you join us in this month's UAC, you do not have to be perfect. We are not This is a very supportive group. We will support you as you learn these habits. Come by everyday, read encouraging/funny/realistic posts, and post something.
If you have at most 3 pass days (pass day is a day where you could not say "Yes" to any of these 3 rules). Then you are in Winner's circle.
If you have more than 3 pass day but you were here everyday, you are in the Champion's circle.
Welcome, let's hold unto one another like the Sea Otters. Let's each other hands through this month!
These animals famously hold hands to keep from drifting apart. (https://animals.net/sea-otter/)8 -
✅ Exercise: yoga, aerobics, walking
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
3️⃣ Pass Days remaining
Well done on another successful day with 3 x yes:
@donna25trinity 👍🏻
@gelatinouscube <> just go for it and get it over with 😂
@lesdarts180 <> ugh indeed. Not fond of rainy exercise myself
@SummerSkier
@ForLangston
@Lilinchen92 <> 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 One of my favourite ways to exercise, too
@taurie
@snowshoe072
@victorious55 <> 👍🏻 2 nutless days 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@jmf552
2 out of 3 yeses. Keep on keeping on
@jjjcat
Great job so far.6 -
Saturday, October 2
Tracking: Yes
Calories: under
Exercise: Yes, hike 60 min
Pass days to date - 05 -
October 2
✅ Exercise - Walk and core isometrics routine.
❌ Calories - I could almost call this a YES, but I feel better scoring it as a NO because I ended the day just below maintenance, which is not how a normally successful day would end up.
✅ Tracked - All of it, but I ran out of meal slots in my diary so I combined things, most are two meals with half of the listed quantity per actual meal.
2 Pass days used
New Saturday routine for October in spoilerToday was the first day of a new Saturday routine with the goal to see if it helps my plantar fasciitis. It's a long tale about benefits or the lack thereof between resting it and continuing to walk on it. In short when I wasn't able to fit my walk in last Saturday it seemed to feel some actual relief. So I'm repeating that to evaluate if it is actually helping or not.
The new Saturday routine is a core strength isometric routine for my daily exercise and otherwise resting my foot for the day.
I woke up a little early today though and decided to get a short 1 mile slow walk in. I doubt that will change the "resting" intent of the day for my foot, all things considered, since I usually had 6-7 miles walking on Saturdays over the last couple months.
Dealt with hunger cravings today...Today I was hungry after breakfast, and kept finding myself in the kitchen. I was craving peanut butter again. I couldn't seem to come up with anything else to eat, my mind kept going to peanut butter. So I finally made myself grab something other than peanut butter and made myself sit down and eat it slowly. It was extremely satisfying while eating it and I wanted more afterwards. That was my clue that this is just hunger, and not some craving due to a nutrient deficiency. My body just wanted a calorie bomb or three.
I gave myself 30 minutes after eating to verify that I was still hungry (I was) so I started allowing myself to eat other small things, about 200-ish calories each, all close to zero carb (due to keto and to avoid blood sugar interfering with these signals) spacing each of these meals about 30 to 60 minutes apart to verify I was still hungry. The goal was to feed this hunger, not stuff my face to excess, and find the point at which I finally felt satiated. I started to feel a bit more normal by around 4pm and was able to finish the day just under maintenance (67 under adjusted TDEE).
I plan to repeat the same small meal strategy tomorrow. If I'm lucky, I'll still feel satisfied an hour after breakfast! I was planning on chili tomorrow (which can be a calorie bomb), but I'll take whatever I can get so long as I'm not going off the rails!4 -
Exercise – yes
Tracked – yes
Calories – yes.5 -
Sat Oct 2:
A better today by far…
Track: yes!
Exercise: yes! 45 min weights class; 45 min BodyCombat
Under calorie goal: yes!
Passes used: 15 -
snowshoe072 wrote: »I did my first Epic workout today I have to admit I did modify it to meet my needs but with that said I did fine.
Wow, impressive!
@WhatMeRunning Sorry you are having a tough day!3 -
Exercise:
Went to the gym for my weight circuit. Hated it, as always, but I did it. It is my rest day before my long run tomorrow, so I went on a lovely hour long walk in the woods afterward. Not for cardio, or calorie burn, or conditioning, or for a challenge, but because I genuinely enjoy walking in the woods and hearing the crunch of crisp leaves underfoot. I took a trail I hadn't been on in years and never crossed another person. And, I supposedly burned 200 passive calories in the process, so total win!
Tracking:
Calories:
A potato chip tried to tempt me today. Silly chip.8 -
gelatinouscube wrote: »Huzzah, a successful day!
Tracking: yep
Calories: yep
Exercise: jog/walked 5kms and only got rained on a tiny bit hahah
Good grief it's hard getting up and leaving the house to do exercise... If anyone has helpful tips I'm all ears 😅
Ha ha i feel u!!! I did the gym thing for many years and suited me at the time. But since having bub I'm enjoying bashing out a quick weights session in front of the television.. I hve even been guilty of doing it in my PJs on the odd occasion. Lol!! No doubt u will find wat works 4 u!!4 -
WhatMeRunning wrote: »
Just get it out of the way ASAP, like ripping off a bandage. Get out on that walk/run before your brain is alert enough to figure out what you're doing!gelatinouscube wrote: »Good grief it's hard getting up and leaving the house to do exercise... If anyone has helpful tips I'm all ears 😅
Ha ha love this i agree 1st thing is always the best!!!3 -
October 2
Hello! Hope everyone is having a good weekend
✅ Exercise
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 Pass Days Used5 -
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1 mile walk, 3 mile run.
Kicks mileage: 10
On the goal of increasing my freggies - I prepped 2lbs of butternut squash, 4 carrots, 3 zucchini, 2 jalapeños, and 1 red onion to get dumped in the crockpot tomorrow along with crushed tomatoes, black beans, and a meat alternative for a super awesome veggie chili for dinner for the week. I plan on pairing it with brown rice. I’m not sure how many servings of veggies I should count that as? 🤔 (I plan on breaking it into 6 servings.). I’m hoping my chili can count as 2-3 servings to help me hit my daily goal.7 -
Exercise: lots of walking on the farm. 37 minutes is tracked. Lots more movement was bonus and not tracked
Calories: definitely tracked and under my limit6 -
Oct 2:
✅✅✅ Exercise today was a 10 mile #icecreamwalk after giving massages at the chiropractor's office today. I did it today because they're calling for rain all day tomorrow here - thunderstorms even. It was sunshine when I left home at 2:15pm.... and was shooting for 15 miles today - but had to call hubby to come get me when the rain moved in. At least I got in 10 miles. Lol. Tomorrow I'll have to use the treadmill!
Pass Days Used: 0/38 -
3/3 again today despite migraine. Yay!5
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Saturday 2 October
3 x ✅
Beautiful walk/hike with hubby where we saw dolphins in the distance
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Date: October 2
Exercised?: No
Calories?: No
Tracked?: No
Travel day - started out tracking but got side-tracked.5 -
Within calories - yes
Tracked everything - yes
20 min exercise - yes
Knowing I had to log on to this group tonight forced me to do the exercise time today. After my excursion to the huge corn maze yesterday, my body was so sore. So I pushed myself to do a 20-minute Leslie Sansone Walk at Home video on YouTube.5 -
10/2/2021
Exercise - Yes - 78 minutes on my bike this morning. I didn't even leave the house until almost 8 this morning because the weather is *finally* cooling off! I like not having to get up before the sun to be able to enjoy a ride or run.
Tracking - Yes.
Calories - Yes - I had to go into my exercise calories but I did it. A little high on the carbs and too low on the protein, but .... I'm a work in progress.
A 3-yes day! Tomorrow will likely be a pass as I'll be at Chase Field through lunch watching the Diamondbacks take on the Rockies... and watching my teacher daughter being honored with other teachers.
Pass days? 1/3 We'll see how I do. 6 -
Did I exercise today? Yes, golfed 18 holes and walked the course, plus took my dog for a very short walk and did yoga for 17 minutes.
Did I track everything? Yes
Did I stay within calories? Yes
Pass days used - 1/3 (Oct 1)6
