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December 20
Mrs_Hoffer
Posts: 5,193 Member
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?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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When I signed up in November to be a content creator, this is not what I intended to post. I was fairly confident that I could make it through the holidays and still be in the Winner's Circle....
I just want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! For those of you that are sailing through December, kudos to you! If you are struggling like me, let's just try to move forward even if it is only baby steps!
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Even baby steps puts you miles ahead of the couch potatoes!
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@bradkcrew and @BMcC9 - spot on for both those memes. My 2021 weight loss won’t make headlines, but I’m thrilled to be here, still plugging along, regardless of the speed. Every baby step is an improvement.9
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For everyone struggling, or feeling like quitting, or wondering if/when to start again...
THIS is when it counts! THESE are the moments you want to do everything you can! You don't have to succeed. You only have to try. If you do that, just think how much easier it will be to succeed during simpler times.13 -
I think sometimes when things take a long time it's easy to feel discouraged but I often ask myself "where will you be in six months if you don't keep trying" ... the time will arrive regardless13
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DEC 20
Exercise ✅ [20 min indoor walk]8 -
Wow - I really needed these posts today to help my mindset. Thank you!8
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December 20, 2021
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Habits to maintain this month:
Kitchen Closed? Yes
Did you go "nuts" with nuts today? No (16 days -free)
Within Sugar macro today? Yes (17 days)
Pass day 1/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).6 -
Thank you @bradkcrew and @BMcC9.
This is a posting on MFP on this topic
https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/should-you-pause-your-weight-loss-efforts-over-the-holidays/5 -
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2️⃣ pass days
The only real failure is when you give up trying.
Keeping on keeping on is the ultimate success.9 -
20/12/2021
Exercise – yes, bike ride, gym and cardio workouts
Tracked – yes
Calories – yes
3 pass days taken
@bradcrew and @BMcC9 – two very good and timely thoughts for today.
Taking a short break – a rest on the staircase while you brace yourself for the next step – is not quitting. As long as you keep on trying – keep plugging in here, keep reminding yourself of the “why” you are doing this, you will get there. We have all made changes that improve our health, you really don’t want to go backwards.
Yesterday @donna25trinity mentioned getting disheartened by the message MFP posts about where you will be in 5 weeks’ time. I just want to say that, like @biketheworld, I never close my diary.
Pay no attention to that message – it assumes that every day will be exactly the same, which it won’t, especially at this time of year.
I found that I couldn’t close my diary while I was losing weight because I was so often under the magic 1,200 calories. How can I average 1,200 per day without being under most days to balance out the occasional day over? It's just daft and unhelpful.
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Thank you, @bradkcrew and @BMcC9 for those timely, kind messages! I needed to hear those words today.
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December 20
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4 pass days used
Today's exercise was an upper body strength routine8 -
12/20
Exersised yes
Caleries yes
Logged-yes6 -
✅ Exercise: 1 hour walking
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 pass days used ( )
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December 20 - Pass day #36
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Loved the messages today December has been an ongoing work in progress up and down up and down but…I WILL NOT QUIT!!
I need a pass day 2/3 used or 1/3 I don’t really remember but to many cookies I did track and completed some spin.
I signed up for the 100 mile winter challenge in our community I have the option of 200 miles by spring I am going for that one. It’s a winter to spring exercise challenge will keep you posted any exercise that will calculate your mileage.
We are in the clear no Covid thanks for everyone’s thoughts8 -
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Pass Days Used: 3/3
Such encouraging posts today from everyone! I needed the encouragement today as well. As many others have already said, we can do this if we just #dontgiveup
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20th Dec
Love the intro, sounds like it's just wat alot of us needed to hear! @lesdarts180 and @biketheworld i like the strategy u use with not completing ur diary! Genius!!! I shall give it a try. Wenever I go back to weight loss faze I get really microfocused on restricting calories as this has been my old diet mentality then after a long day thinking about it I came to the same conclusion as last time I need to be flexible & not too restrictive every single day. So some days eat at a deficit and others wen I need to eat more then eat at maintaince. Lastly I need to continue to track honestly. Xox
*30 min jog, weights walk & stretch.
*Meditation and journaling
* Under maintaince calories today
* Tracked every blt
* Monitored sugars and under.
I'll jump on later and read all ur posts. Hve a fab day Xo
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Today was good.
Carrying 7 pass days on the month after my landslide the past few days.10 -
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1/3 pass days
I have several work out shirts,each with its own motivational message. On bad days I will wear one that says, "I won't quit but I will cuss the whole time." It just reminds me I don't have to like it but I have to do what I need to do.6 -
Goodness I needed to read your posts today and am glad I popped on here. Thanks @bradcrew @BMcC9 @biketheworld @WhatMeRunning @LazyBlondeChef
I just saw a post by @mshawski and @seilidhe — both of who I was just wondering about. I was glad to see you both. Also thinking of @Jana_2020 and hoping she is keeping well.
I am going to stop closing out my diary too. The messages it gives cause me to spin out some days.
Be kind to yourselves.
Julie
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December 20
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Ate ~50 of my exercise calories today in extra protein (yes, I went OVER my protein macro today). All clean eating; just extra hungry. I figure the extra protein saved me from eating chippies which I was craving otherwise.
Exercise was 30 minutes in addition to meeting my step goal. Time to increase that goal again.2 -
Dec 20
Exercise:
more than an hour (between walk-about and exergame); before supper I was already at over 12.000. MUCH more that I have managed for several days.
Logged: everything
Within Goal: fitbit gave LOTS of activity credits; leaving at least 2/3s in the pot.
So far fitbit is staying connected. I presume it is logging correctly (not getting insane numbers, sometimes 2 identical fitbit lines in the MFP exercise log, but then I simply delete one and leave the other)
A 30-day "3 doodles-a-day" self-challenge to break through my fear of active-creativity / "not drawing it correctly". Started Dec 6 (15 for 15 so far!)
Half way through! Atta girl! Way to BEEEEEE!
WK1 (mon=>sun)
Wk2 (mon=>sun)
(two days in one on Sat, so stayed all caught up )
Wk3 (mon=>sun)
Day-by-day Doodle themes:- WK1 - M electronics (cell phone / earbuds / laptop);
T paper-based (banner / paper scrap / coil-spine notepad);
W sweet treats (doughnut / ice cream cone / cookie);
Th unicorn (unicorn toy / gem-stone / lollypop) ;
F around the kitchen (coffee mug / frying pan / stand mixer) ;
S magic (crescent moon / crystal cluster / potion bottle);
Sn self-care ( candle / claw-tub / wine glass); - WK2 - M mental self-care ( journal / pencil / pen-holder cup ) ;
T on the desk ( globe / highlighter / washi tape );
W florals (blossom / vine / leaves );
Th stationary ( envelope / push-pin / paper clip );
F home electronics ( tv/ gaming controller / big chair ) [done on Saturday];
S home decor (potted plant / lamp / wood-grain picture frame );
Sn fitness activity ( water bottle / barbell / bathroom scale) ; - WK3 - M Vegetables (bell pepper / broccoli / carrot ) ;
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Sn ; - WK4 - M ;
T ;
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Sn ; - Day 29 & 30 -
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2 - WK1 - M electronics (cell phone / earbuds / laptop);
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 50 minutes Peloton, 29 minutes walking, 15 minutes Barre
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Had a bigger supper than planned and did an extra session on the bike to account for it. It wasn't so crazy that it was out of reach, but it was going to involve extra activity I didn't originally have penciled in.
I had a moment where I thought "you could just not..."
And then I thought, nah! The bike is fun for me. You can do this. So glad I did!
Not holiday related, but my husband and I are on this journey together, and we were both reflecting yesterday that it will never feel easier or like we'll be able to let our guards down. My default is not to be doing ANY of this. But boy do I feel amazing and that is worth it to keep myself working on my new way of life. I have established great habits, I have a clear idea of what I want to accomplish every day, and I go out and do that.. but there is a girl who is unruly with food and loves to sit on her butt that is still inside me. Not sure she ever goes away..
Pass days used - 1/3 (Dec 3)5 -
Dec 20
2 walks with our son today: totaling 11,000 steps✅ I was tired, but just kept walking.
Tracked all✅
Calories at my maintenance range ✅
Take out for 2nd time in 6 months. Ordered sensibly.7 -
Yes x's 35
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3 Yesses 🙂
5 Pass Days Used
Exercise was a 3 mile run in mixed rain and snow. ❄💧❄💧❄💧🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
Glad I'm feeling back to normal after my booster vax! 😊
Take it one day at a time. Good, bad, or even ugly--we all have those days--just move on and don't give up!
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Monday 12/20
Exercise: 66 min river trail walk
Calories: over by 300
Tracked: every delicious bite4
