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January 22
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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My goodness. How did it get to be Jan 22nd already!?!!! WOW. Pretty soon we will all be watching the days get longer and warmer again. Spring time is my favorite time of year but winter could also be fun. What are some of your favorite ways to combat the "S.A.D." post holiday January and February (who put that extra R there?)?
I don't like the cold but I do love taking a boiling hot shower and then getting into an electric blanket heated bed. Seems to relax me all over. And of course when it drops into the VERY cold nights here I have to give them ratings. Last night was a "3 cat" night. 4 cat nights are rare but I had a few last year when we lost electricity for days on end.6 -
LIGHTS:
* lighting
* Keep my Christmas tree up - white lights
* Mini fairy lights
WARMTH:
* warm Fleece blankets
* Multiple Layers
* a friend gifted me a double (lined) pair of really warm socks. I need to find more!!!!
Funny Movies /TV - hopefully with tropical setting (I don’t usually watch tv/movies)
Call friends/family
Go walking/hiking daily with proper gear.
But I have to say, it SAD still gets me…mildly…sometimes
So then I use gratefulness
Great post Summer!
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My Winter Blues Remedies:
🔹Cosy up with a good book.
🔹Layer up with colourful clothing
🔹Virtual walk in a warm country like Italy
🔹Hot spicy drinks like Chai latte
🔹A fleece blanket on my recliner
🔹Put on some music and 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
Sometimes all of the above are needed 😂
And occasionally, a good kick 🥾up the backside.5 -
Saturday Jan 22
Exercise: Yes - dog walk
Tracked all: Yes
Calories under: Yes7 -
I have found that if I can get outside for even 1/2 hour it helps. I focus on how refreshing the cold air is on my face, breath it in, and remind myself how fortunate I am to be able to be out there. And really, the secret to being outside in the cold is to dress right.
I also have a fantastic space for sewing and I can disappear in there for hours.
Honestly I don’t hate winter, probably because I’ve always “played” in the snow. As a matter of fact, some of my best childhood memories are with my cousins, being pulled behind a tractor on a toboggan. It’s a wonder no one got hurt - but oh my gosh how we laughed.
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How do I address winter doldrums? Most winters this works for me. :-)
The surgery went well. Headed home today.12 -
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* Rest day so just 2 short walks,beach swim and cleaning. I find on the w/e my mood is lower, I think uts I dnt do my early morning work out routine so today while hubby was working i forced myself to get out for a walk. I automatically felt more positive and energized. Its so amazing tp see way a difference being out in nature has on our mood!
*Rest from Meditation
*Journaling
* Used a tiny bit of exercise cals.
* Tracked honestly
* Monitored sugars but over
* 1 pass day used
Working out in the colder months has always been ok for me but in Aussie it doesn't get super cold like it was for u poor guys. I use to struggle wen it was raining but now I just suck it up and get out there. Makes me feel like such a hero wen I do. Ha ha
Xo
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Pass day7
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Made it but tired knee still troublesome going on second week may need dr appt hoping it gets better without dr but ….7
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Saturday1/22
Exercise 30 min Wii Tennis
Calories Budget 1200: under
Tracking: Complete
unused pass days 3/3
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January 22
✅✅✅
4 pass days used
This and yesterday's topics are nice and timely! I'll tackle both today since I'm feeling more up to it. I've struggled keeping up with MFP the last week or so, part of it is time but part of it is doldrums as referenced in the opener! 🤷♂️
SAD never affected me really until perhaps last year. So I don't have preventive measures. How I solved it last year was more of a side effect of tackling my overall well being with diet and exercise. I got outside and started moving. That's not an option right now as I still have to rest this plantar fasciitis impacted foot. It's better, but I've tried getting out and walking on it before after it started feeling better only to get set back further. This is a forced, long rest, until any echoes of discomfort are old memories.
Something I started trying this week was to wear some bone conduction earphones during the day listening to relaxing music at low volume as background noise. I can't definitively say it has helped, but I am feeling decent today. So there's that.
Otherwise I'm trying to be mindful of how I feel and address it, which is why I am going back on anxiety and depression meds (possibly TMI), those feelings were no longer addressable solely by mindfulness and working to stay on top of it. So some assistance is being enlisted there.
I also plan to resume strength exercises this week since I seem to be over my cold symptoms, which 100% matched my wife's COVID symptoms (she tested positive), but I tested negative. 🤷♂️
All that combined answers how I plan to address recent setbacks with diet and exercise.
Yikes, another long post. 🤷♂️
In case I didn't use this emoji enough here's another 🤷♂️5 -
✅ Exercise: 55 minutes swimming
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 pass days used ( )
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Jan 22
Exercise: ✨ ( 12 min core / 5 mins balance / LOTS of exergame plus 15 minutes youtube "jog through New Zealand Forest" - 12,246 steps before 9:30 )
Logged: ✨ EVERYthing
In Range: ✨ left all 185 exercise calories in the pot
(If a ❌ instead of a 🌟, it was a Pass Day)
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? active all day
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes, not so humgry out and arround all day doing things
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes3 -
Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes- Treadmill: 1.65 mi / 29 min
- Before & After Dinner Stroll: approximately 15 min each way
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✅ Exercise - Did a 10K walk in 1:42 minutes
✅ 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-
I don't usually get SAD as we have mild winters in the Bay Area of California. I don't particularly care for being out and about in the rain and a week's worth of rain would be very irritating to me. Luckily for SAD but unluckily for the environment, we are in major drought so no big issues for me. That being said, I am always excited for spring. I love the smells, the sunshine, and the general lightness of the days.5 -
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1/3 pass days used
120/2022 miles
I tend to try to get some sun. Even if it is through a window. I used to go to the tanning bed when I was younger. Yes, young and dumb I know. However it would improve my mood. Now I exercise and sit in my window seat. When it is pretty weather I get outside and for a hike or paddle.6 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. 45 minutes from a new to me YouTube channel. HASFit. Great cardio and ab workout.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Sort of. I wasn’t sure how to track a combo pizza and I ate homemade rice krispy treats. With that being said I will count as a pass day.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.
2nd pass day used today.
2 of 3 pass days used.
I started a puzzle this evening.7 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 520 minute ( 100 miles ) PeloFondo ride on the Peloton bike. These 73 year old knees are feeling it, too!! lol
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yep, burnt them all up!
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes6 -
Yes x's 3, still IM fasting, reduced calories to low activity level for now, calf is finally 95% better, 10 days later, no idea what caused the injury...but will listen to my shin and calf so I dont do it again...
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. 45 minutes from a new to me YouTube channel. HASFit. Great cardio and ab workout.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Sort of. I wasn’t sure how to track a combo pizza and I ate homemade rice krispy treats. With that being said I will count as a pass day.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.
2nd pass day used today.
2 of 3 pass days used.
I started a puzzle this evening.
can you show us a picture of the puzzle? (jigsaw, i presume?)0 -
Pass day #1 today. Hubby’s birthday so I didn’t worry too much about cals. Logged at the end of the day and over goal but still under maintenance. Got in some shovelling, a walk and yoga.
Spring is still soooo far off here. Lots of cold, dark days ahead. Getting outside helps some. Staying active, journaling, keeping a gratitude list, finding things to be hopeful about.4 -
Hi everyone!
yes to exercising at least 20 mins.
yes to logging
yes to under calorie goal
2/3 pass days so far
met up with a local walk/run group that I found on facebook and did some fast walking around the area. So fun! Connected with some folx who want to do a couch-to-5k too! That'll help keep me accountable and make it more fun I think.
I'm lucky in that I don't get SAD. I love the Fall and Winter so much. I sometimes get a little bummed by the light returning so fast in the spring, especially with daylight savings time jump forward. That makes my mornings brutal.
I love reading about how you all deal with the challenges of it. You are so resourceful and resilient.
Spring is coming and I am happy for those of you that love it. I'll get my Autumn again soon enough. hahaha the year has something for all of us! And I do like the Spring and Summer. And I have black out curtains. 
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1 Yes, I exercised. - Ran 2 miles in 20:36. 35 degrees and super foggy here in Seattle this morning.
Have used all my pass days but still a Champ. 😊
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 203 minutes cycling (PeloFondo event complete - met my 100 KM pledge), 46 minutes walking, 15 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 - 3/36 -
Jan. 22
I0,350 steps✅
Calories filly tracked✅ & calories under✅
Measuring & logging my after dinner snack in the AM *worked*!!!
Food was under control all day.
On to tomorrow!4
