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Hi all.
I'm Elsa from sunny Pretoria in South Africa. I'm new to this group. I lost about 30kg in 2016, but with Covid I picked up most of the weight I lost. I'm back however to loose it again and to keep it off this time. I'm 39 years old (turning 40 in September), I have two sons, by oldest is disabled, he has many health challenges. I am happily married, it was our 18 year anniversary yesterday.
Thanks for this group. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone.
Ps. English is not my first language so ease excuse any errors.
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koeitjiesa wrote: »Hi all.
Ps. English is not my first language so ease excuse any errors.
Elsa
You are not alone here
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Hi I'm Babs, and this will be my 6th month doing UAC, I started in September.
Basic info: I'm 61 years old, live in the Seattle area, married for 34 years, have 2 sons ages 30 and 27 (the youngest is getting married in July), am a breast cancer survivor since I was 39, a runner since I was 47.
I'm 5'3". My highest non-pregnancy weight was 175 (back in the 1990s), lowest adult weight was 125 (around 2007 for about 2 days, LOL).
The last few years my weight has fluctuated between 135 and 141, usually closest to 138. But since becoming more diligent at tracking and not going over my calorie target 'most days', my weight has finally shifted down a few pounds. I don't think this would have happened without UAC!
September 1 - 138.6
October 31 - 135.4
November 30 - 136.4
December 31 - 132.8
January 31 - 135.0
My personal weight goal range is 132 to 135.
Yesterday, despite being at my Red-Light Number of 135, I ignored the sirens that are supposed to go off when I am back up to that number and had myself a little 1000 calorie binge. It was the end of the month, I was already out of the Winner's Circle, so that little voice in my head convinced me to Pig Out before starting a new month of the UAC rules. This is a problem I've dealt with off and on for years, basically the "Last Supper Mentality" eat what you want tonight before starting the Diet Anew on 'Monday.' I'm not going to beat myself up over it, it's just the way I am. One night of indulgence isn't going to do lasting harm. But in the moment, I really don't like the way I get out of control like that, eating one food after the next in such a short time, including some peanuts, a Nature Valley Crunchy granola bar, a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, a chocolate protein bar, and a small bag of Cheetos.
It is important for me to TRACK my food in MFP to keep my eating in control, so that is why UAC is so important to me, for that rule and the accountability.6 -
Hi, all. I am Svetlana, 54 y/o, living in Germany, originating from Russia. I joined UAC community in February last year and successfully got rid of 26 kg accumulated during successive lockdowns. In October last year my husband passed away quite unexpectedly. I still didn’t recover from my loss, but I am trying at least to do what he always preached me: “You must stay slim and you must be active. And NEVER smoke again”. In the last three month I gained 7 kg back which have to go now. In January I managed only 1 kg minus. But I am “smoking-free” for 30 days now. I hope February will be better. I am pretty fit for my age. I run regularly. I joined 12 weeks running challenge with a local runners’ club in November aiming at running (at least 5 km) / walking (min 3 km) 3 times a week. I normally do much more. I am also in love with strength training (EPIC Program Caroline Girvan). Welcome to all newbies and nice to see the oldies.
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Hi everyone - Julie here. I am Canadian and live on the prairies with my husband and our beautiful standard poodle Beauregard (aka Mr Handsome 😍). Our daughter and her partner live a few hours drive north of us and we love spending time with them.
I love to cook and bake and have always had a whole foods (minimal packaged prepared foods) focus. I have made it a new hobby to find and make healthy alternatives and “tweaks” and new favourites. My husband is a true “meatatarian” and hasn’t yet clued in to the shift to a more plant based focus 😂😂😂
I joined MFP in August 2021 and found UAC a few days into the journey. I have re-joined the UAC each month and this is my 7th month! 🤩 Walking (on the treadmill, if I must) is now my principal aerobic exercise. Love to water jog and swim lengths but can’t use the indoor public pools while we are in this pandemic (severely immune compromised). I am living for summer and outdoor pool time to return.
For me, the accountability that UAC allows me to practice in a more “public” way is essential to my success. And the great company and support here make the journey so much more enjoyable. Happy to be “friended” and support you on your journey too.
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Julie…your dog is a hoot!2
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Hi guys, Donna here muma of a cute lil toddler and wife to a great hubby. Working on below habits both for health and personal. Welcome to the newbies and best of luck to all the UAC peeps. Hope u slay ur goals. Xox
* Continue to wake up at 4.20am to do weights, run, and stretching 5 times a week.
* Be out the door for workout no later than 4:50am
*Meditate 5 min in morning
* Look at my habit list in the morning
*Beach swim after workout if weather permits
* Pray and gratitude with bub wen he wakes up daily.
* Limit phone usage, turn phone off as much as possible.
* Be present with bub
* Track every BLT honestly even wen i
graze.
* Make bub laugh at least once a day
* Talk bub and hubby up not down to ppl
* Wen bub has a tantrum in public pull him away and give him the attention he needs.
* Aim for no pass days in Feb instead eat at maintaince or use exersice calories.
* Listen more, talk less and refrain from over explaining myself.
*Journal daily
* Take my vitiman daily
* Read at least 1 page a day, 5 times a week.
* Do 20 min of intentional exercise on w/e
*Play with cat at least once a day
* Ask hubby how he's day was
*Meditate 5 min eveining
*Floss daily
* Monitor sugar intake 5 days a week
*Pretrack calories for next day
* Be in bed at 9.00pm 4 nights a week.
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Hi, I'm Caroline. Welcome to all the new people!
I'm 41, live in the Northeast US and have a wife and 2 kids (9 and 5).
My first weight loss experience was just after college. I did weight watchers and lost 25 pounds and kept it off (with some effort) until getting pregnant 10 years ago.
With my first pregnancy I was super sick and gained over half my body weight. I've been trying to lose that "baby weight" ever since. But I wasn't really able to get serious about it until May 2019, when the kids were 7 and 3. I switched jobs and took 3 weeks off in between jobs and did kind of a fitness and life reset.
From May 2019 - July 2020 I lost 21 pounds, just by changing my diet to be better (no calorie counting). I then plateaued for the next 7 months and knew I needed to up my game if I wanted to keep losing.
In Feb 2021 (a year ago) I joined MFP and started tracking calories. I started losing again, slowly (3 pounds in that 6 month period).
I joined the UAC in September and the group has been enormously helpful to me. I haven't lost much more weight (2 pounds June 2021 - Jan 2022) but the lessons I have learned have been so helpful.
I've lost about 25 pounds in total.
I have an autoimmune thyroid condition that is mostly dormant but gets triggered when I get sick and from certain vaccines. The covid vaccine seems to trigger it worse than anything else I have experienced it. So I had a very rough period after my first and second vaccine and am just coming out (I hope!) of a rough period after my booster. I think that in general it is just making it harder to lose weight, even when I'm not actively in a flare.
My original goal had been to get back to my pre-baby weight. I am still 18 pounds away from that. But I am teetering on the border between overweight and "normal" BMI. I am not deciding to be in "maintenance" but kind of accepting that I may be at the part of this weight loss journey where I run as fast I can just to stay in the same place. And that I need to focus on how to make that sustainable long-term, even if I can't/won't lose any more weight.4 -
Name: Marilyn
Senior - 73 years = turning 74 this month (February)
Married to a great man, 4 adult children, 8 grandchildren, 2 great granddaughters and 2 very spoiled rescue dogs.
NOTE I see some people post what looks like an eye with the word spoiler - how do I do that2 -
Marilynsretired wrote: »Name: Marilyn
Senior - 73 years = turning 74 this month (February)
Married to a great man, 4 adult children, 8 grandchildren, 2 great granddaughters and 2 very spoiled rescue dogs.
NOTE I see some people post what looks like an eye with the word spoiler - how do I do that
Hi @Marilynsretired - in the comment box you can highlight what you want spoiled and then click on paragraph symbol. It is a pull-down and select "spoiler".Example of spoiled text
Alternatively, you can type "(spoiler) text you want spoiled (/spoiler)" but use square brackets instead. I tried showing it here, but then it made my comment a spoiler.
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Hi! I am Sarah. I’m 39 and have two elementary school aged kids. I am a former lawyer turned home-bakery owner. The pandemic has not been kind to my health. But I’m trying to make my return to MFP less about weight and more about finding happiness in my body. I don’t want to be disingenuous about the fact that a recently 20 pound weight gain has impacted me. But I think I can be happen in my body at this size if I know I am eating well and mindfully and keeping my body physically healthy.
My main goal this month aside from tracking my food is to cultivate a regular yoga practice to ease my low back pain issues.10 -
Oh! Hey, hi! I found y'all! January was my first month with the group. I really want to continue because I love the energy and you all and it's magic!
I know I'm not going to be logging food every day in the upcoming month though. Time is tight for me at the moment and I'm feeling pretty good about where I am with my diet and exercise. It is okay if I still participate knowing I'll be mostly pass days?
Bring it on February, with your "extra" silent RRRRRR. rawr. We're ready.6 -
Oh! Hey, hi! I found y'all! January was my first month with the group. I really want to continue because I love the energy and you all and it's magic!
I know I'm not going to be logging food every day in the upcoming month though. Time is tight for me at the moment and I'm feeling pretty good about where I am with my diet and exercise. It is okay if I still participate knowing I'll be mostly pass days?
Bring it on February, with your "extra" silent RRRRRR. rawr. We're ready.
OF COURSE it is OK!!
No real difference going in than if you had been recovering from an injury and knew in advance that "drs orders NIX exercise"
Just keep showing up and reporting what you ARE doing (eg for your own purposes, Exercise Y/N ) That way the habits of being a Champion in terms of self-awareness and active accountability aren't totally lost.
Are there any meals where you tend to eat much-the-same-thing that you could pre-load and just copy from day to day? That might help some.1 -
Oh! Hey, hi! I found y'all! January was my first month with the group. I really want to continue because I love the energy and you all and it's magic!
I know I'm not going to be logging food every day in the upcoming month though. Time is tight for me at the moment and I'm feeling pretty good about where I am with my diet and exercise. It is okay if I still participate knowing I'll be mostly pass days?
Bring it on February, with your "extra" silent RRRRRR. rawr. We're ready.
OF COURSE it is OK!!
No real difference going in than if you had been recovering from an injury and knew in advance that "drs orders NIX exercise"
Just keep showing up and reporting what you ARE doing (eg for your own purposes, Exercise Y/N ) That way the habits of being a Champion in terms of self-awareness and active accountability aren't totally lost.
Are there any meals where you tend to eat much-the-same-thing that you could pre-load and just copy from day to day? That might help some.
Oh good! I'll still be around then. woot!
I have some meals saved, but now that I'm cooking more often from scratch, it means entering individual ingredients a lot and can be time consuming. I only eat the same things once in a while. And breakfast is often the same.
I'm applying for my final internship in a few weeks and it's an intense process. I still have some essays to finish up, so much paperwork, interviews, etc. On top of work, dissertation and a trip to Vegas to meet up with some of my gaming guild! Exciting times.
I'm so grateful, even for the challenges. 5 -
Hi I’m Mary! I think I happened upon this group in august? Been here since. I am in New Jersey with hubby and two teenage daughters. Life is busy but good. I haven’t made it to winner’s circle but got much closer in January8
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Hi all. I'm Danielle. I just rejoined MFP. Im really hoping to lose some weight finally. I have 2 small children and a very busy lifestyle. Hoping this group will give me some focus. Thanks.5
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WELCOME Danielle @msmethotfrench !! You've come to the right place!! Some days you may only have time to "check in", and other days you can read and comment (or not) as your time allows. Sometimes, when life gets too busy, some people check in and just give the update for the last 2-3 days... something like this:
Jan 3:
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
Jan 4:
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? No
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
You're totally fine either way. We're totally flexible and very glad to have you! 0 -
I had an accident over the weekend, I fell on my face and broke my nose, my left eye is swollen as well. So there goes my first accountability month🙈. I will however still log everything I eat and try to stay within my calories. I will not be able to exercise for a bit though. I will definitely try again next month.
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koeitjiesa wrote: »I had an accident over the weekend, I fell on my face and broke my nose, my left eye is swollen as well. So there goes my first accountability month🙈. I will however still log everything I eat and try to stay within my calories. I will not be able to exercise for a bit though. I will definitely try again next month.
Good luck everyone.
@koeitjiesa Soo sorry to hear that! Do keep showing up, and reporting on what you CAN do! This will get you to the CHAMPION list, and you won't lose out on basic habit forming plus all the information and collective wisdom that gets shared. Think of it as "exercise for the brain" (even if not for credit)2
