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March 9
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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It's hump day. Hope everyone is having a fabulous week. Today's question is very simple but not easy.
What motivates you in the moment?
I know we talk about long term goals and the whys of what we do and digging deeper. But every day we are in the trenches. How do you win the small battles which lead to overall victory in the war?
Today's motivation for me was a new pair of shoes waiting for me when I got home from work? I was a little bored and could have easily raided my afternoon snack drawer but then I started thinking about those new shoes? Wouldn't it be fun to do another run after work and see how they were? A new style for me so sometimes that can be hit or miss. And then of course the sun came out so BINGO. there was the motivation.7 -
Wed 9th
Exercise: Yes - dog walk
Tracked all: Yes
Calories under: Yes
(0 pass days used)
I get motivated to keep up MFP by aiming to gift future me more energy, being able to fit clothes better and having better mental health.8 -
09/03/2022
A very well-timed post for me today. My motivation was totally lacking. I slept badly and then slept late in the morning, didn’t feel like getting up let alone going out anywhere. But sheer determination got me outside and on that bike. I knew I would feel better if I got out. Once I was out there, I did my usual bike ride and gym workout.
One of the “problems” with maintaining v losing is that you don’t have such easily recognisable goals, and there are no scale victories. I know we try to celebrate NSVs every month but it does tend to be the same old same old week after week. I guess that’s why it’s so easy to regain the weight.
Motivation can be elusive, I try to build habits and just do it.
Exercise – yes, bike ride, gym and cardio.
Tracking – yes
Calories – yes
0 pass days used
PS I did feel better after my ride and gym workout. But the next few weeks are going to be very difficult.9 -
No exercise, no tracking, but home, at least 2 hours later, but at home 😊. And I had a wonderful time, I even think I looked fresher with running and hiking and eating and drinking and.. 😊7
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Exercise: 25 mins walking
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
Pass days to date: 47 -
March 9, 2022
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
Habits to maintain this month:
Kitchen Closed? Yes
Did you go "nuts" with nuts today? No (7 days -free)
Within Sugar macro today? Yes (8 day)
Pass day 1/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).
Today my motivation was putting a checkmark beside the EPIC Endgame.7 -
✅ Exercise: 65 mins
✅ Calories: under goal
✅ Tracked
Remaining pass days: 3️⃣
Who am I?
I am a person who values the health and fitness of my mind, body, and spirit.
My motivation is the desire to continue to be as fit and healthy as possible for as long as possible. Creating sustainable Solid habits, and adjusting my attitudes is my means of ensuring this.@lesdarts180 said:
One of the “problems” with maintaining v losing is that you don’t have such easily recognisable goals, and there are no scale victories.
I used to feel like that, but am working on modifying unhelpful habits/attitudes to support my desire to stay fit and healthy.
My daily morning weigh in is a ‘scale victory’, irrespective of the number on the scale. My digital scale provides me with a wealth of valuable information to help me decide on what I need to do to achieve my goals.6 -
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?
I need to (fail) pass today. Oops5 -
Date: 03/09/22
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?👍🏻
(Documenting consistency (if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
UAC: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31
March goals
1 Miracle Morning ~ S.A.V.E.R.S
2 Wake up EARLY for meditation
3 Yoga (4 times weekly)
4. Minimum sweets (work them in my calorie goal)
5. 30 day squat challengeSpoiler6 -
Wed 9th
Exercise: Yes - 51 minutes Body FX - Figure 8 - Cardio 7
Tracked all: Yes
Calories under: Yes
(1 pass days used)6 -
Exercise ✅
Calories ✅
Tracking ✅
Pass days used 06 -
What motivates you in the moment?
What’s been working for me is to ask myself if I’ll be glad I ate “X” in the morning. I want to gift myself the satisfaction of waking up and be able to think “I’m so glad I didn’t eat that”. An example is popcorn. I used to be a popcorn every night gal - slathered in butter. Now, I probably have popcorn only once every 3 months. Monday night was one of those nights. Tuesday night I wanted popcorn again, but asked myself “will you be glad you ate popcorn again when you wake up tomorrow morning.” I knew I’d regret it so was able to suppress the urge. And sure enough, I woke up and thought “I’m so glad I didn’t have that popcorn. Seems so simple, but it works.
@lesdarts180 - I know you’re coming up to a rough time. My heart goes out to you.9 -
Exercise: Yes
Tracked: Yes
Calories: Yes
(0 pass days used)6 -
What keeps me motivated good question some may think my answer is vain but I have come to like how my body looks, I like to see the results of my hard work and I never want to lose that. I also want to live a long and healthy life so I work each day to be as productive as I can I want to be that grandma sho rides up on my motorcycle to visit one day !!
I tracked I logged and I exercised7 -
March 9
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Today's exercise was a morning and an afternoon walk.
I try to make sure the things that align with my goals are enjoyable. If they aren't and I feel I have to make myself do or eat that specific thing I reevaluate it and seek alternatives. That is very vague, but is something I apply very broadly. The more healthy things I make part of regular life which I find enjoyable, the more healthy things I tend to do even when I'm "off track", because even when I'm "off track" I'm looking for enjoyable things.5 -
Wednesday
Exercise: 75 min
Tracking: complete
Calories: under
pass 1/3 taken6 -
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✅ Exercise: 50 minutes swimming
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 pass days used ( )
At the moment wanting to keep my brain healthy is motivating me. I started out wanting to lose weight, have more energy and feel better. But more recently learning how related metabolic problems and Alzheimers are seems to be prompting me even more to eat better and lose weight.
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✅ Exercise
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
1 Pass Days Used6 -
yes for 3
0/3 pass days used5 -
March 8 2 pass days used
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 35 minutes HASFit leg workout. Still recovering from yesterday.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
What motivates me is my morning exercise. I feel stronger.4 -
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
0 Pass Days used.4 -
SummerSkier wrote: »
What motivates you in the moment?
I know we talk about long term goals and the whys of what we do and digging deeper. But every day we are in the trenches. How do you win the small battles which lead to overall victory in the war?
Thanks for the questions. I actually got to think about this. But what I’m trying to do is anchor my identity to help spur me on and keep me motivated.
✔️✔️✔️ 3/9/22
Piyo Workout
Emoji = Pass
UAC: ✔️-✔️-🤔-✔️-✔️-✔️-✔️-✔️-✔️-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-315 -
✔︎ 20+ mins exercise (1hr 7min walk)
✔︎ Within calorie budget
✔︎ Log everything
Consistency Tracking (☘️=3 ✔︎'s, 🏴☠️=pass):
☘️-☘️-☘️-☘️-☘️-🏴☠️-☘️-☘️-☘️-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31
Passes used = 1 / 3
Habits I'm continuing to track this month:
✔︎ Morning meditation
📿-📿-📿-✘-✘-📿-📿-📿-📿-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31
✔︎ Drink >64oz water
💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31
Feels great to be gaining some momentum with meditation and water habits! Keeping on track with my morning routine (which involves both) is critical. My motivation is my personal "why" list and visualizing my big picture goals.5 -
✅ Exercise - 1 hour of Jazzercise and a neighborhood walk.
✅ Calories -
✅ Tracking -
Closed all my Apple watch rings today
1 Pass days used
Documenting consistency (if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
UAC: 1-2-3-4-P-6-7-8-9
What motivates me are keeping streaks going. For example, closing my Apple watch rings daily or checking yes on all my UAC goals. I also am motivated by being able to keep wearing the new jeans I bought. :-)8 -
Yes x3. I walked the kids to school this morning then did a loop by the creek. It was -30ish but the sun was shining!
Feeling strong motivates me. Avoiding the spiral of shame from overeating motivates me.6 -
Today is a pass day for me (no housework/movement and over on my caloric goal). Back on track tomorrow…these PMS symptoms always increase my appetite!
I’m motivated by my physical appearance and wanting my clothes (new jeans) to fit. So far, I’ve lost 5 pounds by carefully watching what I consume.7 -
pass day 15
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 44 minute walk, 45 minute Peloton ride, 10 minute full body stretch
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 - 1/3
My daily motivation:
Habits I've created that I feel compelled to complete daily, the result of which adds up to weight loss over time6 -
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- Walk outside done
- Stretches and core and indoor walking
So ready for spring! 🌷
0 pass days used5
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