January 13
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes 40 minutes Pahla B. Today I created a playlist on YouTube of over 30 minutes. I have been working out at 20 minutes a day for a couple of years. 40 minutes is going to take a little to get used to.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
0 pass days used
I usually eat leftovers for lunch. It takes me two minutes to go home for lunch. I do have quite a few frozen leftovers for a backup.6 -
Super topic Chris - I find I do so much better when I prep some things so they are readily at hand. @WhatMeRunning
I hard-boil eggs every week to be sure I have them ready for use in salads, sandwiches, or on their own as a burst of protein.
I prep carrot sticks and celery sticks so that they are always ready and every few days use them up by cooking the carrots for dinner or using both in soup prep. That way, the raw veggies are always fresh.
I make a lot of soups in large batch cooking and always have a number of options in the freezer. Right now I have split pea and ham; Masala red lentil & barley soup; “creamy” vegetable chicken soup (like a chicken pot pie soup but made with low fat evaporated milk as it is stable freezes well); red lentil and spinach soup; and leek, potato, and carrot soup. Our daughter loves (and always has) my soups and takes numerous 2 cup Ziploc containers of it from my freezer back to her condo whenever she drives down for a visit.
I also large batch prep turkey chili, spaghetti sauce, a Mexican Chicken, Black Beans & Rice bowl, a takeoff on Starbuck’s sous vide egg bites, protein breakfast cookies, and banana bran buttermilk blueberry muffins. I also make healthy high fibre nut granola and have in a big jar on the counter and enjoy it measured out with Greek yogurt. Husband has it every morning as a topper on his cooked oatmeal.
All are at the ready in the freezer and brought up in time for mealtimes throughout the week. Everything is entered in the recipe builder so it makes it really easy to 1. Maximize the calorie and macro counts when I am cooking; 2. Track whenever we eat any of these items.
Everyone in the family eats and loves all of these — I don’t cook separately for myself.
So yes, food prep is key for my success!
Julie6 -
Thursday 1/13/22
Exercise: 60 min Wii Tennis
Calories Budget 1200: under
Tracking: Complete
Jan pass days 36 -
jamcnewman wrote: »Super topic Chris - I find I do so much better when I prep some things so they are readily at hand. @WhatMeRunning
I hard-boil eggs every week to be sure I have them ready for use in salads, sandwiches, or on their own as a burst of protein.
I prep carrot sticks and celery sticks so that they are always ready and every few days use them up by cooking the carrots for dinner or using both in soup prep. That way, the raw veggies are always fresh.
I make a lot of soups in large batch cooking and always have a number of options in the freezer. Right now I have split pea and ham; Masala red lentil & barley soup; “creamy” vegetable chicken soup (like a chicken pot pie soup but made with low fat evaporated milk as it is stable freezes well); red lentil and spinach soup; and leek, potato, and carrot soup. Our daughter loves (and always has) my soups and takes numerous 2 cup Ziploc containers of it from my freezer back to her condo whenever she drives down for a visit.
I also large batch prep turkey chili, spaghetti sauce, a Mexican Chicken, Black Beans & Rice bowl, a takeoff on Starbuck’s sous vide egg bites, protein breakfast cookies, and banana bran buttermilk blueberry muffins. I also make healthy high fibre nut granola and have in a big jar on the counter and enjoy it measured out with Greek yogurt. Husband has it every morning as a topper on his cooked oatmeal.
All are at the ready in the freezer and brought up in time for mealtimes throughout the week. Everything is entered in the recipe builder so it makes it really easy to 1. Maximize the calorie and macro counts when I am cooking; 2. Track whenever we eat any of these items.
Everyone in the family eats and loves all of these — I don’t cook separately for myself.
So yes, food prep is key for my success!
Julie
WOW Julie!! @jamcnewman WOW! Fantastic prep!
I’m Going to have to “up” my game!!
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Steps✅
Tracked everything to the gram✅❣️HOORAY❣️✅
Calories under ✅ if I don’t eat anything more tonight. I’ll update my post later on if I do, but I really want to hold it at this point.
Per James Clear:
I am a person who tracks every gram I eat, walks every day, tracks protein, fiber, sodium, sat fat & corrects as needed, and weighs daily, tracking my BMI.
I am a person who puts her health first.
And most importantly, I am a person who persistently adapts my habits to insure my success.7 -
✅ Exercise: Light walking
✅ Calories: Under goal
✅ Tracked
Remaining pass days: 2
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yes to all three.
long walk and a HIIT work out today.
1/3 pass days for this month so far.
Trolling through your posts for recipes!
I've been working in more plant based foods, less animal products. I do really well with protein and moderate carbs though and it seems plant based foods tend to be more carb heavy. Do y'all count net carbs or all carbs? If I count all carbs and get enough protein, then plant based shoots my carbs way up. I haven't quite figured it out yet. But I'll keep at it.4 -
Thursday January 13
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Exercise - first try was an outdoor walk with the pup but the wind was just too brutal and we had to head home. @Winner_in_Life You asked about the dog’s winter wear and absolutely! He has fleece lined sled dog boots and a custom gortex and polar fleece coat (as he has such a long body). His gear cost more than mine 😂😂😂 (no joke).
Two walks on the treadmill brought my waking exercise minutes to 64 for today. 10,500+ steps so far today.
Kitchen is now closed for the night. Weigh in tomorrow as long as my rapid test in the morning is negative.
0️⃣ pass days used so far in January.
Night all.6 -
pass day 2/3 - though I tracked and such - just could not exercise... the covid is probably in my body... Had one negative test; waiting for the pcr test result ...but will go try to get another test tomorrow...because... two people I was around have tested positive... so - you know how it goes... I'm popping all the vitamins and such... will try to get an infusion...6
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Yes x3. Yoga with Adrienne.
My husband does the majority of the cooking. Sometimes he plans and preps ahead of time. Usually it’s deciding on supper the night before based on what we have on hand. He’s a meatatarian. Loves barbecuing and smoking all sorts of delicious meats so we are not so plant based here.5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 54 minutes walking, 46 minutes Peloton, 5 minutes stretching
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Pass days used - 2
My husband does almost all of our cooking.
We use meal kit services quite a bit. We both work busy stressful jobs and it's one less thing to think about.
He is a barbecue master.. he loves cooking on charcoal and pellet grills.
He is also an incredible baker and latte maker.
Oh, and he's also on MFP and on a very similar journey to me so I get all my measurements to the gram. A true blessing.. I have the most wonderful support at home.
He is however not a big leftovers person so batch cooking or what have you doesn't happen here... we usually just make enough for the two of us. More work yes, but as he's cooking that is totally fine with me.8 -
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Exercise: 120 minutes gym trainer workout
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days used: 05 -
jamcnewman wrote: »Thursday January 13
He has fleece lined sled dog boots and a custom gortex and polar fleece coat (as he has such a long body). His gear cost more than mine 😂😂😂 (no joke).
We need a picture of the Doggy
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Meal prep...mine is really simple.... I ensure I cook double veggies at dinner so I hve left overs for lunch. I also make soups, so pumpkin, cauliflower and zucchini soup and freeze them to eat for lunch. Xox4
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Yes x3
I don't really meal prep. I've tried it before and it just doesn't give me enough flexibility so I end up stressed about it. I've got some nice healthy cookbooks and will take photos of the meals I want to make and then get the ingredients. Then I can still choose on the day or mix things up if I need to. Right now I'm on maternity leave so I cook both lunch and dinner but when I'm at work I cook double at dinner and use the leftovers for lunch.5 -
Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes- Lower Body Dumbbells ~25 mins
I don't do much meal prep. When I still worked in an actual office my partner and I always took breakfast and lunch to work as we both left rather early to beat the awful traffic. At that time I would often make a weeks worth of breakfast on Sunday night (usually a scramble with eggs, a veggie or two (mostly spinach or other greens, tomatoes, sweet potato or potato) and meat (bacon, sausage, chorizo, etc) freezing all but Mondays portions. Sometimes we'd take a break and switch to smoothies or yogurt & fruit. The latter two are what my partner usually makes for himself these days unless I'm kind enough to make him a weeks worth of oatmeal w/dried fruit, nuts & chia seeds.
Eventually I stopped with the scrambles because I started working from home full time (long before Covid) and I don't own a microwave (by choice) which made reheating them too much of a hassle. The one thing I do now and have for quite a few years is to make four servings at dinner so we can both have the leftovers for lunch the next day. This works out nicely and is pretty economical.
Outside of that if I do a roast in the slow cooker or make chili I'll put the leftovers in individual containers (after allowing for our four portions) and freeze them. Then my partner has those available for the nights we have no leftovers which happens maybe once every couple of weeks. I also sometimes freeze portions of meat sauce for pasta when I make it although that's mostly for my partner as I minimize pasta while he loves it.
The next days lunch is fine but beyond that I'm not interested in eating leftovers. I get bored quickly and I can only freeze so much since I only have the smallish freezer that is part of the fridge unit. I would love to have more freezer space because I would pack a lot more pre-made single portion dishes there. Unfortunately, I have no space for it.
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Yes, yes and yes
I don't cook much as my husband does most of it so I don't have a lot to add. Right now I am forced to cook for myself as he has been away for the past two weeks. My own cooking when he is away is quite simple. I rarely eat red meat except for an occasional bison burger indulgence. I am, however, interested in trying out a bison roast mentioned in an earlier post.5 -
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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......... 31,150+.......... 200 = walking ......... 30 = Cleaning ....
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY & Celebration
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
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Oh no, I had to take a pass day for 01/138
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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? ✅4