February 4
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Rest day = Yoga.
I was put on a muscle relaxer before bed and I had dreams that it would loosen up my hamstrings. This yoga session taught me I need to keep dreaming 😂.7 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes 37 minutes of HASFit
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
I have been tracking consistently since I started with MFP. My dietitian reviews it on my appointments and we adjust accordingly. I learned a lot by reading the posts today.8 -
✅ Exercise: Slow, steady hike (cold and awesome).
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
Pass Days Used: 0
While losing, I tracked really carefully because I didn’t want to work hard without results. In maintenance I track carefully so I don’t sacrifice those results. I really don’t want to give up the control that comes with it. I’m also in the process of figuring out how to use my calories in maintenance to expand my options. I feel like I can fit in almost anything through budgeting.
That said, @ideas2 I’m having a similar experience in finding I prefer the healthy stuff even when I’ve budgeted for something less healthy. It’s a great NSV.7 -
Furnace update: I have heat!! And the furnace guy was so nice! Thanks all for hugs!!
Really wanted to slough off exercise, but then I thought...do I really want to take a pass day, do I really want to break my streak on the Peloton bike??
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 40 minutes on the Peloton bike.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yep
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yep8 -
yup, yup yes!4
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Yes!
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Erm...no. >.< oops
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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Friday February 4
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✔︎ 20+ mins exercise (57 min walk, 7 mins strength, 33 min brisk walk)
✔︎ Within calorie budget
✔︎ Track every BLT
Consistency Tracking (🔥=3 ✔︎'s, 🏴☠️=pass): 🔥-🔥-🔥-🔥-
Passes used = 0 / 3
Other habits I’m tracking this month:
✘ Morning meditation📿-📿-📿-✘- (got going right away on a project this morning and forgot... I plan to add some time onto my evening meditation but the two are just so different in purpose/intention that I don't see them the same)
✔︎ Drink >64oz water💧-💧-💧-💧(smashed my goal!!! 106oz)4 -
Yes x3. Too tired to catch up on the thread tonite, will have to check in tomorrow! Zzzzzzz4
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@Bill70sStrong My Peloton inspiration
You sure know how to get it done!!
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 48 minute walk, 31 minutes on the Peloton, 10 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 - 0/3
I've talked about this before, but I'm surprised at times how defensive or questioning certain people get about tracking.
I had this conversation with my Mom just the other day....
"I'm sure when you get to your goal weight you won't want to track so obsessively as you do now... that you'll just get on the scale and see that you're up and diet down."
My goodness this type of "advice" frustrates me!! To suggest that tracking when I hit maintenance is obsessive and somehow not good for me when I came from a place of morbid obesity and know without controls that binge eating my way right back up there could easily be in the cards....
All that to say = tracking is life for me! Obsessive? Sure, because I don't feel like suffering from obesity related issues... and I really have made the dream finally come true here shedding over 100 pounds. I'm not willing to turn my back on that.
One thing overall I will say is that I've felt proud of how even keeled and non-obsessive I've stayed during my journey, how I weigh daily and don't get frustrated with the upticks, etc. I understand the value tracking brings to me and I am not willing to make excuses for it.11 -
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 40min strength training video.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 35 min cardio and ab workout
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes5 -
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Thanks @Mrs_Hoffer! 😉
I’ve tracked everything I’ve eaten since December 2017 (if not before).
Quite simply: I want the data!
I look at my Monthly & Yearly averages, and I find that is a tremendous guide & motivator.
Over the past 6 years 1 month 4 days LOL, I have used tracking to gradually improve my nutrition.
I reframed eating well as “true love & care for myself” … not the restaurant meals & the desserts I used to Eat.
I have successfully changed the last habit these past 15 days. I eat under the AHA’s saturated fat recommendation. This is the first time I’ve ever been able to do it.
I think it’s because I have learned and practiced improving my choices for a long, long time now. A nutritionist had said my sat fat level was fine, but my cholesterol (that I thought was good to great) needed some improvement.
I am so glad I was able to make this change easily!
Practice Makes Perfect!5 -
Yes xs three!
2/3 pass days so far. And more to come.
I just wanna pat myself on the back- it's taken a year, but I'm now almost completely consistent with some exercise every day. Cardio is a mainstay and I'm regularly doing strength training now too. Today I even got some good stretches in. My back and hips have been a bit sore.
I'm 58, fat, have chronic pain issues, fall short often and modify, modify, modify, and I am heading for the best health of my life so far. haha
I feel so rawr.
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✅ Exercise: 50 minutes walking
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 pass days used ( )
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Exercise- 35min treadmill
Tracking- everything
Calories- under target but feeling a bit hungry still. Oh well.
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3 Yesses 🙂
Exercise was a 4.5 mile run
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February 4
Exercise: Y. 1 hour walk, 20 minutes strength
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? no. Using a pass
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Passes remaining 2/3
passes used: 1/3
Pass day because we got Korean-Sushi fusion. My logging was the best I could do with very creative take out meals.4 -
Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes- Treadmill: 1.46 mi / 26mins
- Upper Body Dumbbells (circuit style / no rest) / 15mins
I track the usual carb/fat/protein (@40/30/30) plus fiber and satfat. I don't care about fat (most of my fat is olive oil) but do try to keep saturated fat within recommended levels. In the past I've tracked sugar and sodium but my levels are so low that it's not a concern. I upgraded to pro MFP thinking I could see more than the five columns and was disappointed that I couldn't.
For me tracking is important to stay within my low calorie guidelines. These days I set it to 1300 per day plus active exercise calories but aim to stay around 1200 when I eat at home and a bit higher when I eat in restaurants. I'm relatively sedentary outside of my daily exercise. I rarely get 10,000+ steps. As much as I think I should try harder I'm not quite ambitious enough to actually do it consistently.
@SummerSkier Ice on bare trees looks so cool even though I know it's not so great for the poor tree.
@ashleycarole86 I also will most likely be tracking for life. I think that's the only way for many of us to stay successful.
Personally, I don't ever mention MFP to anyone outside of my partner as I don't welcome comments about my weight or eating habits from anyone.7 -
✅ Exercise - 85 min of walking around the neighborhood
✅ 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
I think last month I answered the question about "what is the best thing about tracking" in a very flippant way - I replied "nothing." The funny thing is that I've tracked everything I eaten for the last 155 days, with maybe the exception of a quick calorie add one or two times when it was too complicated of a meal. Everyday I look at my macros to see how I'm doing with my protein vs carbs and fats. I pre-log some days and then change up what I'm eating to make sure I stay within calories. Does this take time? Honestly, not much. So why the flippant answer? It feels like I think about food, tracking food, balancing the nutrients in my food all the time. I sure do like the results of being conscious of what and how much I eat. I enjoy having a buffer of calories when I include my exercise calories. I just wish I didn't have to think about it so much.
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~💖~ 2 / 4 /2022~~ Waving Hi ~~ 🙋🏼 ~~ BLESSings Everyone ~💖~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 210+ min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS......... 27,120+.......... 180 = 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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💖 Wishing EVERYONE all the BEST & Much Success 🏆 We Got This 🏆
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