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January 5
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Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes- Light upper body dumbbell workout ~25 mins
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Yesx3
Pass days used: 17 -
What is it that they say? You can't outrun your fork.
3 YESSES for me today. Exercise was a 3 mile run.
I finally was able to get outside for a run this morning! But just because the streets were pretty much clear didn't mean the trails were free of snow. I went to a nearby gravel trail and was surprised to see it still had a lot of snow on it and slush that had refreezed, making it quite slippery! But thankfully there was a strip along one side that was just bare gravel, so I was able to run on that without fear of slipping. However, after only running 0.25 miles, the nice little strip of bare gravel was no longer, it was the icy refrozen slush like the rest of the trail. So what I did in order to get in 3 miles was I ran that quarter mile bare gravel strip back and forth TWELVE TIMES in order to make it 3 miles.
If you see the hill in the distance, that's where I had to turn around because I no longer had my little path of bare gravel to run on.
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✅ Exercise - 1.3 hour of Jazzercise plus a 53 (3.4 mile) minute neighborhood walk
✅ Calories -
✅ Tracking -
Closed all my Apple watch rings today
0 Pass days used
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Exercise: 91 minutes Peloton, 10 minutes light stretching
Tracking: every bite:
Calories: under budget
Pass days used - 2/3
I love exercise but more for the feeling of working towards something and improving my body. It's helped my weight loss but it wasn't the key! I do love seeing all the benefits it brings.9 -
* 30 min jog, weights, 30 min walk, quick beach dip , & stretch.
*Meditation and journaling
* Under calories
* Tracked honestly
* Monitored sugars and under.
* xox
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Exercise - yes 30 min walk
Calories - well under
Track - yes
0/3 pass days used7 -
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check xs 3!
Good day. Even got to splurge on a lite cocktail this eve with my video games. Woo!8 -
1/5
Exercise: 60 minutes elliptical, 55 minutes weight training, 50 minutes stretching and PT exercises
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days used: 07 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes an hour swim and an hour walk
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
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Jan 5
Exercise - Lots of stretching, 40 minute walk
Tracking - Planned the day
Calories - Followed the plan - under
1 pass day so far (Jan 1)
I don't get a lot of exercise. I really like the 20 minute goal here on UAC, because that's about my level. I have a goal to do MommaStrong exercises or stretching most days, which is usually 15-20 minutes. And then I also have a goal to go out for a walk every day, which is more just to get out of my house and see the sun than for the exercise, but the exercise is a nice bonus.
I do think that the MommaStrong, which has a focus on core strength and posture, has really made a difference in how my body looks and feels, maybe as much as the weight loss (I've been doing them at the same time, so hard to parse out).
When I was maintaining a weight loss, back when I was 24-31 (I'm 41 now) I do think that the exercise I was doing for work helped me maintain. I have read that exercise really helps in maintenance.
I have found that with the low calories I am eating now for weight loss, the exercise calories really make a difference - I do use them to add treats but it's things like olives or cheese on my salad - just making all the healthy food more delicious.
I did learn from people here that if you'd doing a lot of exercise a few days a week, it's best to average that over the week or just adjust your activity level rather than try to eat what you burn on the day you burn it - because often you're actually hungry the next day. That makes sense and I am remembering that for if I ever get to exercise like that again (I actually am hoping to switch jobs to a job where I would get more exercise at work again).
But I think for the exercise I am doing - about 150 calories of exercise nearly every day - eating back my exercise calories helps to incentivize the exercise and it doesn't really make a difference mathematically.
I did have a long road of trying to lose the baby weight without tracking calories (from age 32-age 40). I did a variety of things with a variety of success. I definitely tried exercising more, and found, as I had found before, that if I am not tracking, exercise increases my appetite at exactly the right amount so that I maintain.
Thanks for the insights, everyone.7 -
1/5/2022
Exercise? Yes
Tracking? Yes (ouch - wasn't feeling great, wanted quick and easy, I know better but, somehow, it's always a shock when I see the numbers).
Calories? No6 -
@slimtastesbetter - you get the perseverance award! Way to go!4
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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
Remaining pass days 34 -
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~❄️~ 1 / 5 /2022~~ Waving Hi ~~ ☃️ ~~ BLESSings ALLways ~💖~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 240+ min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS......... 27,680 +.......... 180 walking .........60 cleaning ....
back to Winter deep cleanup DeClutter Organizing ... Mon. Wed. Fri. If I fall behind
I will do Tues. / Thurs / Sat.
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY & Celebration
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
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Jan 5/22
I tracked (although I filled my diary in this morning - which I don't like to do bc I do tend to forget), I stayed under (deliberately paid attention to what I was eating) but I didn't exercise. I was very conscious of not letting perfect be the enemy of good and managing to NOT let a non-perfect day become my enemy (by not letting myself have free reign to eat whatever I want - and yes I was tempted to last night but I refocussed myself and ate 1/2 cup of Tom Yum soup, some grapes and 2 mini cucumbers instead and then put myself to bed).7 -
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? ✅5 -
Dec 5
Exercise: ✨ core work - 12 mins; balance practice - 5 mins; exergame 35 minutes plus other get-those-steps-in
Logged: ✨ everything
In Range: ✨ all 206 fitbit activity credits left in the pot!
(if there is a P=instead of a 🌟, its a Pass Day)
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yes x 35
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Thanks @biketheworld, I was proud of myself, especially because at first I thought I'd just do 2 miles. But then as I was finishing up 2 miles, I thought to myself why not do 4 more "laps" and make it 3 miles. So that's what I did.
Last night it rained and today it's supposed to rain like crazy with a high near 50 so perhaps all the snow and ice will be gone from the trail(s) tomorrow! Today I'm going to stick to the treadmill, probably a combo walk and jog, and I should also use the dumbbells, even if just for a few minutes. Got out of the habit of strength training.
Re eating back exercise calories, I like to know they're there if I 'need' them. I usually eat some but not all of them. Yesterday I earned 300 extra calories but only used about 45 of them.4 -
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? yes3 -
January 5, 2022
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 (4 days -free)
Within Sugar macro today? Yes (2 day)
I am calling this a pass day because of activities that disrupted my day.
Pass day 1/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).5 -
Exercise yes
Tracking yes!
Calories no3 -
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Thank you for your opener @victorious55!
I love your chart!!
I believe 1/2 my weight loss was due to significantly increased daily walking- 90 mins & a total of 4.2-4.5 daily miles for the past 4 years. It raised my whole level of movement & I was more as drive throughout the day, too.
I lost about 1 lb a week at my best or a decrease of 500 cals a day. 250
Decrease in food 250 increase in exercise.
I felt this gave me the nutrients & energy to walk faster & longer & hopefully kept my
Metabolism up - which it did seem to do
PS I know there is astonishing new research on metabolism currently…4 -
✅ Exercise: 110+ mins
✅ Calories: under goal
✅ Tracked
Remaining pass days: 3️⃣
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Pass day, exhausted.3
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Yes x34
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@victorious55 Great opener today. I came back to read it since I was busy yesterday. The chart is eye-opening and your post about your friend who continued to drink an excessive amount of juice (sugar) was insightful. Thanks for sharing!2
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Jan 5/22
I tracked (although I filled my diary in this morning - which I don't like to do bc I do tend to forget), I stayed under (deliberately paid attention to what I was eating) but I didn't exercise. I was very conscious of not letting perfect be the enemy of good and managing to NOT let a non-perfect day become my enemy (by not letting myself have free reign to eat whatever I want - and yes I was tempted to last night but I refocussed myself and ate 1/2 cup of Tom Yum soup, some grapes and 2 mini cucumbers instead and then put myself to bed).
@Jana_2020 what I do is pre-log (usually the night before for the next day), and then for each meal or snack, I open the MFP app on my phone, and take a look at the diary to see "what's on the menu" for that meal! That way, I know if I'm following the plan, that I won't go over.... and I don't ever forget to log a meal! Just FYI.....
I also wanted to add a HUGE CONGRATS for not going hog wild for the remainder of the day!!!! Way to go!!!2
