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January 21

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?

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  • Posts: 3,218 Member
    I know this isn’t our monthly NSV day but something happened today and I’m pretty stoked. I have an old pair of jeans that I wear when I work outside or paint. For the last few years, even if I could get them on, they were so tight that I couldn’t stand to wear them. Today, grandkids came sledding. I don’t have snow pants so I first put on my fleece running pants and then wore those jeans OVER the fleece with no problems! They fit fine, with maybe even room to spare. It was great evidence of the progress I’ve made.

    Awww how exciting!! Yay to u!! Xo
  • Posts: 3,218 Member
    21/01/2022
    Love the opener post today – thankyou Maddie.

    Exercise – only a short bike ride, it was so cold! But I got my 12,000 steps doing Utube videos.
    Tracked – yes
    Calories – yes
    2/3 pass days

    I should have gone to the gym today - I have been trying to go 3 x a week - but I just didn't feel like it. I cut my bike ride short, just went to the shops, round to mum's and home.
    Winter blues?

    Awesome that u still went for ur bike ride though yep winter blues is def a thing!! Xo
  • Posts: 19,493 Member
    ✅ Exercise: 110+ mins
    ✅ Calories: under goal
    ✅ Tracked

    Remaining pass days: 3️⃣

    @MadisonMolly2017 Very thought provoking.
  • Posts: 666 Member
    Exercise – yes
    Tracked – yes
    Calories – yes
  • Posts: 3,538 Member
    January 21
    ✅✅✅
    4 pass days used
  • Posts: 955 Member
    Pass day
  • Posts: 3,657 Member
    edited January 2022
    Hi Friends,

    Congratulations to all of you who are hitting your UAC goals & making progress!

    Today’s opener is for those of you who might be struggling (as I am) right now.

    I’ve dealt with this a few times over the past few years of maintenance. Here are some things that have helped me & that I’m concentrating upon now

    1. We are dealing with a “chronic, relapsing disease” NOT a personal failing.

    * SO, no shame (the disease wins.)
    * No giving up (the disease wins.)
    * No “I’m dealing with X, Y, or Z, so I’ll just take a break / stop tracking / reduce my exercise / stop weighing myself / etc (the disease wins).
    * No feeling sorry for ourselves (the disease wins)

    How to beat this disease?
    1. Gratefulness. We’re alive❣️
    2. Self-Love, Self-Care, Positive Self-Talk
    3. Keep tracking/weighing/exercising even if you don’t like the results & especially if you don’t want to! (Refer back to #2.)
    4. Don’t make drastic changes. Little tweaks work. Treat our bodies with love.
    5. Look at past records to see what worked.
    6. Decide on the One Thing that would help the most & do that.
    7. Focus on stopping the gain first. Once you are solidly maintaining a weight (even if it’s higher than you would prefer), THEN work to lose.
    8. Veggies & water!

    So, I recently came across an article on the great British actress, Dame Judi Dench, who is still acting at age 85-6 (Amazing). But the inspirational part to me was she has macular degeneration & cannot read/see. Did she give up? NO! Her friends read her the lines over & over & over until she’s got them. The director guides her if she’s saying her lines to a tree instead of her fellow actor - with gentle humor.

    I decided - and have already begun - to ask myself when dealing with a tough situation- what would Judi do?

    Enlist help
    Ask for feedback
    Come up with creative solutions
    Never give up

    Wishing you all the best these final 11 days of a January. I’m beginning a fresh start right now. This minute. I think Judi would, too❣️

    How is it going for you? What strategies are you implementing to make the rest of January awesome?

    Thank you @MadisonMolly2017, this is very inspirational. We should always have the winner's attitude. I like Judi's attitude.
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/judi-dench-is-tired-people-748698/
    I have an aunty (89yrs) who has this same attitude and she inspires me a lot.

    "Where there's a will, there's a way"
  • Posts: 1,142 Member
    @biketheworld - High five on those loose jeans!!

    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 45 minutes Peloton bike.
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
  • Posts: 919 Member
    :):):)
  • Posts: 2,188 Member

    Friday 1/21/22

    Exercise 30 min Wii Tennis
    Calories Budget 1200: under
    Tracking: Complete

    unused pass days 3/3
  • Posts: 78 Member
    @MadisonMolly2017
    You are Awesome, thank you for that moment or your mind

    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? MMMM, woirk more than anything
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes, but today is Friday I need indulgence, tomorrow I will go back to it
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
  • Posts: 1,040 Member
    Exercise – yes
    Tracked – yes
    Calories – yes
    1 pass day used
  • Posts: 2,618 Member
    ✅ Exercise - 1 hour 40 min 5.72 mile walk
    ✅ Calories -
    ✅ Tracking -
    Closed all my Apple watch rings today

    0 Pass days used

    Documenting consistency (if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)

    UAC: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21
  • Posts: 889 Member
    Yes x3. Active day overall plus an upper body workout.
  • Posts: 5,023 Member
    yes for 3
    1/3 pass days used
    113.5/2022 miles
  • Posts: 8,559 Member
    Tracked Yes but lots of approximating all the nibbles.....
    Within Calories- according to what I tracked, Yes, but used almost all the exercise calories I earned
    Exercised YES, a 4 mile run 😊🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

    Have used up all my Pass Days but still a Champ. 😁

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