October 8
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Yes X 3! Thanks for the interesting discussions this past week all.5
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✔️✔️✔️ great day!
I know I have said it many times but the fluxes of the scale daily are just a tool to help me be mindful about what I need to do. Like drinking more water if I had more sodium than I should the day before.6 -
I also weigh daily first thing in the morning this keeps me on task during the day it’s also a good tool if I want a special treat to know where I am. Tracked logged walked 2.89 miles for exercise walked twice with the dogs my steps for day and not over yet just shy of 20,0006
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Tracked everything I ate. Kept it under my goal. Worked out 25 minutes in am.5
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Exersised yes
Caleriesyes
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Oct 8:
✅✅✅ Exercise today was 4 miles over 4 separate walks (on breaks while working from home; and in between clients at the chiropractor's office).
Pass Days Used: 1/3 (4Oct)
I too weigh myself everyday and record it in the Libra app to keep track of the trends. I can see myself doing the same once in maintenance - just to always keep my eye on my weight. When I began back on MFP a little over a year ago, I also began taking my measurements every first day of the month and it was exciting to see several inches fall away some months, even if the scale didn't show much of a loss for the month.
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Exercise:
Fartlek run today, 2.1 miles plus my usual collection of planks/wall sits/push ups and PT exercises to round it out. I flaked on the gym for my weight circuit...so I have to go tomorrow and I'll just do upper body.
Tracking:
Calories: What ever the hunger was yesterday it passed. 6 -
I quite like these discussions and reading everyone’s thoughts. I’ve been incorporating a bit here and there.
I weigh daily as a tool:
- I can catch an upward trend sooner and figure out what I’m doing differently
- I prefer to lose slowly to help with skin and resetting my metabolism. I prefer no more than 3-5 pounds a month. If I’m losing too quickly, I increase my calories.
- I switch between maintenance and losing quite a bit and weighing helps me find the sweet spot.
- I used to eat out or get take out at least 4 days a week. Daily weighing is an eye opener. It’s amazing how quickly I gain when eating out even a few times a week. Weighing motivates me to prepare meals at home and if I am out, I am much more aware of what I’m eating.
In my younger years, I would hyper focus on the number on the scale and get upset and discouraged if I didn’t lose a pound or 2 a week. Now I use the scale purely as one of the tools in my toolbox.
Friday, October 8
Tracking: Yes
Calories: under
Exercise: Yes, walk
Pass days to date - 37 -
I only weigh once a week now. I have been given a lot of advice to weigh daily and use a tracking app once I start maintenance, but I am not sure if that will be the best for me or not. I will probably try it to find out because I do like data.
Either way I think the scale is a crucial reality check, and in the past when I stopped weighing regularly it was because I had given up and just didn't want to know.
Although 0/3 on nuggets for me, they have been great for dialogue and I appreciate that many others find them relatable.4 -
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1 mile walk, 3 mile run.
Warning the topic of the scale kind of winds me up so if my tone sounds sharp, it’s not you guys it’s me 😂
I argue with my trainer about this all the time, and I’ll say here what I tell her: until my doctor hands me a piece of paper after each apt with a visit summary that says “great habits” instead of one that says “you’re overweight/obese” my scale remains king. I realize it’s probably not the best mind set but… 🤷🏻♀️ LOL. I step on it daily, if I don’t it gets out of hand fast. I didn’t step on it regularly for a few months and it creeped up like 6lbs I need to lose to get back to where I had originally plateaued. Lol. But seriously, how am I supposed to ignore the scale when it’s the first thing my doctor tells me to do when I walk into any apt and so clearly what they see as the #1 indicator of “health”?
On the other hand… I will also note that the reading on the scale has been a point of frustration for me for ages (I am on the taller side and built like a line backer. Size 11 feet. I am not tiny. Lol.) I was diagnosed with anorexia at 155lbs in high school based on habits and body fat % when the max weight for my height is only 164 and I was no where near “underweight” on the scale. I don’t fit the mold that the BMI scale was designed for and it shows.
So I guess what I’m saying is yes the scale shouldn’t be our main focus, but our medical system - at least in the US - is not designed to recognize that good habits out weigh the number on the scale. (See what I did there? 😂)
My apologize if I seem aggressive in this post, this is a really loaded and sensitive topic for me. Lol.
Anyhoo.
In other news I built a lentils and potato recipe when determining my meal plan for next week, and when MFP imported the ingredients it changed 3 cups of greens/arugula to 3 cups of Reese’s peanut butter cups. MFP knows me 😂🤣7 -
Exercise - 46 minute walk and 20 minute dance cardio
Tracked - yes
Under calories - yes
Nugget #3 for me is the right advice if you know that a number you don't like sends you into a tailspin. If the self-sabotage response is the default, it's not worth it.
However, if I don't weigh, I'll get out of hand.
I prefer to weigh daily and use it as practice to strengthen my mind to see it as just data to act based upon and not to send me into an emotional binge based on perfectionist all or nothing thinking. I struggle with this - it's not easy for me but I have gotten much better at it.
When I started I weighed weekly and never thought I'd enjoy weighing daily, but now I swear by it and have no intention of stopping.7 -
8 October
Exercise ❌ Feeling heaps better today but still gonna have 1 more rest day & hopefully start back tomorrow
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5 pass days used4 -
✅ - Exercise - one hour strength training + warm up on the rower
✅ - Calories within budget
✅ - Tracked everything
3️⃣ Pass Days left
Thanks to this post/discussion I’ve downloaded Happy Scale and am really enjoying all this data!5 -
So I guess what I’m saying is yes the scale shouldn’t be our main focus, but our medical system - at least in the US - is not designed to recognize that good habits out weigh the number on the scale. (See what I did there? 😂)
My apologize if I seem aggressive in this post, this is a really loaded and sensitive topic for me. Lol.
This is a judgement free, all opinions welcome zone. How you feel is how you feel,and I appreciate your honesty. I’m only offended that there’s something wrong with size 11 feet? I’ll put my size 11 klonkers against yours anyday. My husband likes to say that if he knew how ugly my feet were when we met, there never would have been date #2.
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biketheworld wrote: »So I guess what I’m saying is yes the scale shouldn’t be our main focus, but our medical system - at least in the US - is not designed to recognize that good habits out weigh the number on the scale. (See what I did there? 😂)
My apologize if I seem aggressive in this post, this is a really loaded and sensitive topic for me. Lol.
This is a judgement free, all opinions welcome zone. How you feel is how you feel,and I appreciate your honesty. I’m only offended that there’s something wrong with size 11 feet? I’ll put my size 11 klonkers against yours anyday. My husband likes to say that if he knew how ugly my feet were when we met, there never would have been date #2.
Your feet are lovey ❤️. It was just to illustrate I was not a petite human. I have lots of shoes you can borrow!. My two BFFs are all 5’0” with size 6 feet. When they try on my shoes they quite literally look like children trying on their moms clothes 😂
Edit: I feel like the sentence “your feet are lovely” probably sounds suuuuuper creepy. I feel like in this context it’s ok though? 🤔 I promise I’m not creepy in real life 😂❤️
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Thank you @biketheworld for the time you are taking with this series and your comment posts. Although yes, we have some different journeys and thoughts, I'm certain that many of us are absorbing and applying these nuggets. And the others are kind enough to quietly let us do so.
I do tend to weigh daily, sometimes several times a day, but I may be a tad OCD 😉 However, I've learned not to be discouraged and watch the trend. In the past, I did get discouraged and gave up. Luckily my daughter recognized this, and brought it to my attention (several times lol). These nuggets are going to be something that I reread often to keep my eye on the end goal.
Yes x3 today.
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@biketheworld - I am super appreciative of the time you’re putting into your posts and the feedback. Hopefully my first response didn’t come across as rude or unappreciative. I’m more just triggered by this topic and probably should have just skipped posting. Ah well. I really do love this little UAC family we’ve got going on here. ❤️4
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@biketheworld - I am super appreciative of the time you’re putting into your posts and the feedback. Hopefully my first response didn’t come across as rude or unappreciative. I’m more just triggered by this topic and probably should have just skipped posting. Ah well. I really do love this little UAC family we’ve got going on here. ❤️
@mshawski and @biketheworld you guys are both hilarious!! Loved ur posts today literally made me laugh out loud!!! @mshawski dnt fret u were very considerate, respectful and funny in the way u articulated ur feelings on this topic!! Good 4 u!!! Also I tots get ur frustration, I am not tall but I am def big boned. I hve big hips etc and because I'm pretty short if I literally put on 1 kg ppl can notice! Ha ha!!! Ur doing all the right things, u soooo got this hun!!! Xoxo4 -
Exercise: yes
Calories : YES
Tracked all: YES4 -
October 8:
I knew today was going to be a tough day… busy at work, back to back meetings, no time to get to the gym… so I prepared for it. I grabbed a quick 15 min walking workout video in the am, and topped it off with another walking workout for 10 min before bed…so exercise done!
Track: Yes!
Under calorie goal: Yes!
Passes used: 2
I’m going to do my very best not to use any more passes… we can do this!!!!7
