Tracked - Yes
Within calorie budget - Yes
Exercised - Yes, a 4.5 mile run 🏃‍♀️🙂
Pass Days used - 1

Never thought about using the Notes section, but sounds like it could be helpful!

Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes

• Full Body Warm Up: 5 min
• Day 19: EPIC I - Full Body workout / Dumbbell Complex (+ cool down): 64 mins

Passes used: 0/3

Really excellent workout today though I'm not sure what it says about me when my heart rate is higher with the workout than I ever get with the treadmill.

bradkcrew wrote: »

I have been weighing, measuring, and tracking religiously since I'm committed to this challenge and because so many successful maintainers swear by it. Maybe it will help me in the long run...guess that remains to be seen.

Exercise: 30 minutes on the elliptical
Tracking:
Calories:

@bradkcrew
I know folks in here who don’t have issues controlling their intake. Usually they were lifelong normal weight but losing weight after having a baby. Many of them won’t have to track.

So, it depends upon your MO. Do you eat the right amount effortlessly when you don’t track? Then, you might you might not need to track.

In my case I had two obese parents each with their own bad habits & dkssdentary. Lovely warm parents ❤️

So, I’m a formerly obese normal weight person which is quite different than an always normal weight person.

I will eat just a little too much & soon have all 70 lbs back on if I don’t track. An extra 50 cals a day, will put on 5lbs a year. 2 of my 3 maintenance years I put on 5lbs. (I went 5 lbs under my goal at beginning of maintenance & lost 5lbs in between the 2 years. I now find myself in situation of having to lose about 5 lbs (partly be cause our new scale reads higher!)

I know, over time, you will figure out exactly what you m Ed to do to meet your goals for yourself!!

Best,
Maddie 🌸

Hey all!

Did I exercise today? Yes, 103 minutes of hiking and 10 minutes Pilates
Did I track everything? Yes
Did I stay within my calories? No - exceeded my planned deficit. Still within maintenance calories but that wasn't my plan for today so taking pass day #2

Pass days used - 2/3 (Oct 1, Oct 4)

@donna25trinity
I’m gonna be like you when I grow up—reading everyone’s post and mentioning them in a comment. Way to go to YOU for the encouragement and keeping this community going! 🤗

donna25trinity wrote: »

@jamcnewman dw we all hve those days (mine was literally today! lol). Awesome how u are digging deep to understand urself. Xo

@chinkiri that's a really great plan! U will get there 4 sure. Xo

@genevermfp diverse workout plan u got there. U got this. Xo

@Katiecan2021 our hearts go out to u!! Wat a terrible thing to hve to go through. Xo

@lilinchen92 its amazing how much u can learn about wat went right & wrong wen u put pen to paper right!! Xo

@forlanston awww we are all so thrilled for u!!! Well done!!! Xo

@mshwaki tracking the good bad and ugly is the best way to go!! Very honest approach my friend! Xo

@whatmerunning well said and wow not 1 walk but 2!! Impressive! Xo

@healthymidlife rest up!! Xo

10/4
Exercise - 30 minute walk in the rain, 20 minutes stretching
Tracked - Planned the day, adjusted the plan as necessary
Calories - Under
Pass days so far - 0!

Back to one of my four low calorie days. Preplanned and followed the plan, but had to adjust because I slept in and missed my morning workout and had planned on those calories. Looking for where to cut I realized I would have to have my dinner corn without butter. You know what, it was still delicious. I also served myself a piece of salmon and weighed it and it was double what I meant it to be and I put some back - I like to think I can eyeball things well, and sometimes I can but often not! I was quite hungry at every meal time, but satisfied by the meals.

I have tried different thing with the tracking. For a while I was using this morning at the computer time to fill in the Notes from the day before. Then I switched to doing a gratitude journal. Now I am writing here instead. This seems most helpful for me, because I really like the idea of accountability to and sharing with other actual people instead of just myself. If I had infinite time I'd do it all though. But got to get up out of the chair and do my workout before it's time to eat breakfast and get the kids up!

Yes, yes and yes
Walking. It was a slow day as I was quite tired and low on energy.

Oct 4

✅ Exercise: 50 minutes swimming
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked

This was my first day to try intermittent fasting of more than 12 hours. I did a 16 hour fast. Because I am on the border of type 2 diabetes and taking Metformin, I took my glucometer to the YMCA when I went to swim, having never exercised fasting before. But it was no problem. When I got home I did check my blood sugar and it was 121, just a point lower than what it was when I woke up. I felt really good!

In all my prior weight loss attempts, I just did clean eating and calories in/calories out, but since I still eventually gained the weight back, now I am studying some of the newer approaches based on keeping my insulin low and eating more resistant starch. For a week I have been exploring a Keto fusion diet (usually 12 hour window intermittant fasting, 8 hour window of strict keto, 4 hour window with fruits and other carbs (up to 130 carbs per day) I am stunned that the weight is coming off fast, although my calorie budget is 1800, I really am not having much hunger so most days I am 300-500 under. I am thinking eventually I will be doing more intermittant fasting and less hours of Keto.

Yes for 3
It was a better night on the elliptical. 8 min miles did 3 miles in 25 min with my O2 sats at 94% which is great! Getting there.