December 7
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Yes times 3- sorry, too late to type today, will try to do that tomorrow2
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7th December
Pass Day 1.
Too many calories, working and dependent on food available, tried my best. Should have brought my own lunch, but it was too early, I was too tired, had too much else to do.
Not enough exercise, too tired after two long days work, so took the tram all the way home instead of walking the last few stops.
I really haven't got time / energy for long posts at the moment, too much on my plate. I can only skim through your long posts. The new layout also makes posts look a lot longer, a psychological turn-off. I sort of keep up though. You're all doing really well!8 -
12/7
Exercise: 35 minutes stationary bike, 30 minutes elliptical, 50 minutes weight training, 55 minutes stretching and PT 3
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days: 06 -
Dec 7
3 no's - I've got bulging disks in my low back that have flared up so I've been just laying around nursing my back. Been kinda discouraged today so haven't done any tracking but pretty sure I've gone over on calories.
This is day 4 so guess I'm out .
You are not "out", you are here, commenting and taking part, that is what it's all about.
Rest and heal, just do what you can, you need to take your time.
We are here to support you, keep checking in.
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07/12/2021
Exercise – yes – two short bike rides dodging the rain showers, plus cardio.
Tracking – yes
Calories – yes
Pass days – 0
I joined the UAC in Jan 2021 so just completing a year. (I have been maintaining since mid 2019)
I constantly learn stuff from other members, it is so helpful. I have had great support during a difficult year.
I have learnt that checking in every day is so useful to keep on track.
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biketheworld wrote: »@donna25trinity - “the stand out for me would have to be learning that restrictive quick fix diets don't work instead they hve the opposite effect which results in self sabatage. So slow and steady covering the 3 UAC rules wins the race!!!”
I remember hearing once that the diet industry makes billions of dollars selling us “quick fixes” and next to nothing showing us how to maintain. That was a bit of an eye opener for me.Mrs_Hoffer wrote: »2. Something I learned LAST Christmas was to RE-GIFT all of the candies, chocolates, peppermints and christmas cookies ASAP! Yup! I was re-gifting fast and furious last year and when I looked back at my Libra app (just now), it shows that I LOST 6.2 lbs last December!!!! The idea of re-gifting was a real eye-opener for me!
@TerriRichardson112 and @WhatMeRunning - your comments on maintenance were spot on. That whole concept was new to me too. I never before thought about it as being something to learn and practice.
@biketheworld Yep I remember that too. He he that was Heather that said that. Xo1 -
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~🎄~ 12 / 7 /2021~~ Waving Hi ~~🤶🏼~~ Welcome to December ~BLESSings ALLways ~💖~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 230+ min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS......... 30,120+.......... 150 walking ........ 50 shoveling snow ... 30 min. house cleaning....
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
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snowshoe072 wrote: »@Mrs_Hoffer great idea too bad I wasn’t in the office as much anymore.
@snowshoe072 Kate, I was even giving things away to family/friends that came to my house (we were working from home 100% during COVID, so I was not in the office last year!) If a family member, neighbor or friend came by, they left with cookies or candy! (I did make sure they left with someone else's goodies, not the same goodies that they brought!) Lol.4 -
Dec 7
3 no's - I've got bulging disks in my low back that have flared up so I've been just laying around nursing my back. Been kinda discouraged today so haven't done any tracking but pretty sure I've gone over on calories.
This is day 4 so guess I'm out .
@Pammy757 Pam, just keep showing up and reporting, CHAMP!! It's also important to take care of yourself, so don't beat yourself up about it. Plan now to stick around for the rest of the month as "practice" for NEXT month's Winner's Circle! I hope you'll stay around and continue to get involved in the conversations - there's a wealth of knowledge in this group!3 -
Dec 7
3 no's - I've got bulging disks in my low back that have flared up so I've been just laying around nursing my back. Been kinda discouraged today so haven't done any tracking but pretty sure I've gone over on calories.
This is day 4 so guess I'm out .
You're definitely not out! There are still 24 days remaining to make the champions list, and that's the best list to achieve month to month!2 -
✅ Exercise - 1 hour of Jazzercise
X Calories -
✅ Tracking -
Closed all my Apple watch rings today
2 Pass days used
We had my husband's relatives over to our AirBnB for dinner - some we hadn't seen in 20+ years. We picked up some salad, pasta, and pizza, and others brought tons of dessert. Calorie-wise, I might have been okay had I stuck with good portion control principles. No excuses, but the time change affected my hunger patterns a bit. Now we have soooooo much leftovers of everything. Following @Mrs_Hoffer 's footsteps, these will get re-gifted back!
To the question of when I joined UAC and what it my biggest lesson, I joined last month (Nov 2021) and the really big aha for me is that I don't manage my calories or portions very well in social situations. If I look back to this past month plus, just about every one of my 8 pass days was some type of eating out, party, get together. I'd love to hear other people's strategies for that.
The other lesson I've learned is tracking, especially on the days that are difficult to track, is so important to maintaining my other healthy habits. This really applies to leftovers and high calorie dishes I've made. Knowing ahead of time how that dish tasted, how it made me feel afterwards, how many calories and grams of fat it was, I have enough discipline at home to answer the question "is it worth it today?" I don't have that same discipline when we eat out or at someplace with a lot of options. Cookie exchange? Well, I really should try most of them. Catered buffet? Well, I really should try a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Argh! I really wish I had more food dislikes or sensitivities (I jest) so that I have a built-in food moderator. I stopped drinking things with caffeine years ago because I realized I didn't feel well afterwards.
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My Bestest Lessons Learned ... (the hard way)
[*] Much as I championed and promoted the idea that UAC was supposed to be "discovering healthy and SUSTAINABLE lifestyle habits that fit YOUR reality and preferences during my initial most-of-two-years .... I hadn't ACTUALLY finished discovering and internalizing my own quite as thoroughly as I thought I had by the time I reached "my goal weight". (I am far better at focusing on supporting others - it's the Reference Librarian Bent in my personality)_JeffreyD_ wrote: »
I have learned I can benefit from being here without being in the winners circle.12/7/2021
I've basically maintained for the past year. It's good to know I can maintain, but I still have 30 pounds to go. I keep saying I know what I need to do... and I do... but I have just had the hardest time doing it. Keep on keeping on... that's my plan for the future, and I'll be here for as long as you'll have me.MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »1) that every time we post something to help another member, we solidify our own commitment to that habit, motivator, technique, etc. 😄
2) that daily consistency & never giving up insure our success. Keeping our awareness on our exercise, food tracking, and body weight (not for everyone, but important for me to do) is essential.
3) a positive community is invaluable. Every time one of you posts, I learn something. Every time you cheer me in or say something I posted got you thinking or helped you makes my day!
Thank you ALL for being here. Ours is a valiant fight against a formidable foe, and we are winning - together❤️❣️❤️I've got bulging disks in my low back that have flared up so I've been just laying around nursing my back. Been kinda discouraged today so haven't done any tracking but pretty sure I've gone over on calories.
This is day 4 so guess I'm out .
Oh that does sound painful. Take care of yourself, but stick around! You’re only “out” of the winners circle. I’ve been “out” 9 of 11 months, but I’m still here, still learning, still making slow but somewhat steady progress.6 -
enlightenme3 wrote: »If I look back to this past month plus, just about every one of my 8 pass days was some type of eating out, party, get together. I'd love to hear other people's strategies for that.
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enlightenme3 wrote: »...the really big aha for me is that I don't manage my calories or portions very well in social situations. If I look back to this past month plus, just about every one of my 8 pass days was some type of eating out, party, get together. I'd love to hear other people's strategies for that...
- For eating out, when possible look up the menu and nutritional info ahead of time and pre-log the meal. If there is no nutritional data available, you can make a best guess looking up online recipes for the dish, many online recipes have some nutritional data. You can also create your own recipe in MFP based off of how you feel the dish was prepared if it's something you may eat again frequently to try and get the most accurate logging possible.
- Also for eating out, and I suspect this only works for me and not many others, I eat very simple stuff when I am at home. When I eat out I look for matching simple things. Sometimes that means ordering a-la-carte, like maybe a salmon filet and a side of simple veggies of some sort. A lot less mystery in those dishes and generally doesn't seem to throw me off track. Again, this may only work for me as I think most people can't *gasp* "literally exist" without ordering some complicated dish. It probably sounds alien, but I started learning to prepare "items" as tasty as possible on their own, and from there it grew into an array of "things" I eat as a meal, and I LOVE THEM and can eat them every day. That doesn't mean I don't like "blackened X on a bed of Y smothered with Z", it's just something I don't eat currently, and even when I do it's rare. I actually find a lot of complicated dishes a little less appealing than before because, in a weird way, you lose the flavor of the main component sometimes in that sea of other stuff. While the medley may be beautiful, I can get the same level of satisfaction from eating 3 items distinctly that I can from a dish made of those same 3 items. Again, I suspect this is just me, but there it is.
- For parties I either eat something simple that I know I can log accurately, or I eat ahead of time and simply socialize and don't eat there. I'm obviously there for the people and/or event and not just there to eat the food. If I AM there just for the food I ask why I am going at all if that food is a problem, and if it's not a problem I simply log what I eat there.
- When eating at a friend or family members house when visiting, that's more tricky as you may not be able to pre-log it. In that case just do what you can.
- I *prefer* my pass days to be something like "I have zero clue what was in that so I can't log it but I feel I ate very responsibly", or "I just decided not to track for X reason but was still responsible", etc. That's not always the case, but in my mind that is one of the intentions of having a pass day, where it can STILL serve to keep your health/diet on track even when you didn't track or went over for whatever reason. Sometimes even a pass day can be celebrated as a win! Of course that is not always the case, people have THOSE DAYS sometimes. The goal is to try and work towards having more good days than bad ones, and to keep building healthy habits until MOST days are good days, etc!
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Yes, yes, yes (and I think I have only used 2 pass days so far which is huge for me).
I have been part of UAC since august I believe. It’s taught me to track right away, forgive myself and keep trying4 -
✅ Exercise: 90 minute workout split between rowing machine, elliptical, walking and swimming
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 pass days used ( )
I joined UAC at the beginning of October of this year. I have learned it is helpful to pre-log my food. I am still learning how to have some balance.
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✅ exercise - walking
❌ calories - I stopped tracking once I reached my limit
❌ tracking - I tracked until I didn’t
That’s 2 passed days
I signed up last year for March and June but didn’t stick to it. This year I’ve been in UAC since August. I have learned a lot in my time with UAC and even though today isn’t a great example it’s got me in the habit of not just reflecting but making a plan on how I will do better.3 -
12/07
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? 👍🏻
Used 1 pass
2 passes left
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December goals
- Miracle Morning daily.
- yoga and strength training at least 3x weekly (Strength training WILL happen this month)
- TRY having ZERO pass days
- No LNS daily, ONLY fruits
- Daily journaling
These are my morning meditation sessions, Pete and Parker enjoy meditation too, lol2 -
I think I joined September 2021 but I took November off, back in December
I think the biggest lesson for me is that consistency is key
Tuesday 7 December
Exercise: Christmas shopping walking ... oh my legs were so sore! lol
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
3/3 pass days used3 -
Yes x3
I've been here since September I think? Although before becoming pregnant I was here for a few months.
I think the biggest thing I've learnt is how willing I am to try to be dishonest to myself. So I've noticed myself trying to fudge my numbers or report a 3x yes when it's been a pass to keep my pass days under 3. I've always checked myself and been honest but I didn't realise how hard it was to be honest to yourself5