Sunday 1/9/22

Exercise: 90 min Wii Tennis
Calories Budget 1200: under
Tracking: Complete

Jan pass days 3

January 9, 2022

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No
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 (6 days -free)
Within Sugar macro today? Yes (5 day)

Pass day 2/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).

A three “yes” day. Managed a short walk, although the roads were icy and after nearly wiping out a few times, turned around for home after just 1/2 mile.

Thanks for the opener and the article @LazyBlondeChef - really interesting.

When I am eating moderately and purposefully, my hunger pains are manageable and are usually genuine signals. When I am not eating moderately, my hunger pangs are nearly unbearable and very painful.

Of course, like most, the scent of delicious food makes me want to have some. But it isn’t hunger pangs that prompt that desire.

I watch that I have regular fluid intake regularly as I have Sjogren’s and really no choice in the matter. So, I am not regularly “tricked” by thirst instead of hunger.

There are certain foods that, when I have them, I will not be hungry for many hours and be tempted to skip the next meal. My fruit smoothies are one of those “foods” [0% fat greek yogurt, frozen unsweetened fruit, low fat milk or SunRype Slim “juice”, skim milk powder for additional protein, and sugar free syrup]. Exercise also makes me lose my appetite for a stretch of time following. So, I need to force myself to eat in these cases, and it turns out I am hungry.

I have a satiated sensation that I have been working to be better tuned in to these past 5 months. The sense of fullness is now uncomfortable to me and I regularly stop prior to test if I have reached it. I’d rather be hungry for a snack in 2 hours than feel full from a meal.

The exception to this is nuts — of any kind (but no issues with peanut butter). It is like I have no “stop” sensation and then feel really unwell after. I just try to avoid them completely.

Julie

So much exercise today! I'm impressed with myself.

40mins fast walk, 20 mins HIIT. I'm rockin' it.

Yes to exercise, yes to logging everything, yes to under calorie goal.

1/3 passes for the month.

Thanks for being here everyone! It matters.

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 65 mins Peloton, 136 minutes snowshoeing, 5 mins stretching
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

My hunger pangs can be quite strong but I've noticed my dwelling on it makes it worse. I used to treat hunger as an emergency that had to be dealt with immediately. I feel much less panic about it now even if I'd love nothing more than to eat.

1/9

Exercise: 45 minutes elliptical, 55 minutes weight training, 45 minutes stretching and PT exercises

Tracking: yes

Calories: under

Pass days used: 0