March 10
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Yes x3.
I used to push hard with workouts. If it wasn’t a long sweat session, then does it even count? I can’t be bothered with that anymore. I stick with things I enjoy - walking is a 10 when I can get outside. Walking, kickboxing and low impact videos indoors is less enjoyable - 7. Weight lifting is a 9. Biking in the summer is a 9. Food is 10. I pretty well eat all the same stuff as I always have (my hubby cooks and I don’t complain!), just portions that fit into my calorie goal.4 -
Exercise-30 minutes
Tracking- all
Calories- in range
2 passes remain2 -
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? yes2 -
✅ Exercise: 55 minutes swimming, 45 minutes walking
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 pass days used ( )
Being brutally honest, some of what I am eating is a 7-9 on the pleasure scale, which is where I like to be. (For me a 10 is not usually a good thing---that is the ¨bliss point¨ of hyperpalatable food that makes me desire to have more than what is good for me... I prefer 9s which are things that give me a lot of pleasure to eat but that I can be satisfied with a serving or less.) But I am also in the process of trying to develop extreme healthy habits from a ¨food as medicine¨ perspective. I read recently that it is a fallacy that we eat what we like. In reality, it says, we come to like what we eat a lot. In the hope that there is truth in that, I am currently trying to eat 1 cup cooked or three cups raw green leafy vegetables at every single meal or snack. Some of which (like kale, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, and beet greens) I really currently don´t find a lot of physical pleasure in, only the pleasure of feeling good about my food choices. I make sure I eat those first when my hunger is highes to get the most pleasure out of them, but being generous I can probably only give them a 5. We will see if this is sustainable or not--- it is probably only sustainable if what I read is really true and these eventually moved up to at least a 7 for me.
On good days, swimming and walking are 10s. And there are other days when maybe they are only 7 or 8 and I am relying on that ¨feeling good about making healthy choices¨ more than just the innate pleasure of the activity.4 -
3 x yes today.
I'm so busy (and stressed) right now that I hardly have time to post let alone participate in discussions. I expect it to be this way until sometime in May unfortunately but I still intend to meet the three rules of UAC and post each day.5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 25 minute walk, 46 minutes Peloton, 5 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 - 1/3
Exercise:
Walking - in nice weather, 10/10. In winter, 5/10 but I still do it to a lesser extent
Biking (outdoors) - 7/10. Hoping to build this up this year but the stress of pedestrians on shared pathways and motorist rage is stressful to me.
Peloton (indoor cycling) -10/10.. feel like an athlete again
Everything else - ebbs and flows, I only really do other things as I feel like it
Food for me is a 10.. is it perfectly healthy? No...but I am in a mentally pleasant place with my control over it and that's all I can manage for now. I love food, I eat what I like, and my struggle is not eating way too much of it.4 -
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Thanks for your opening post today @WhatMeRunning and helping to cause me to think through some things today. I keep pining for what isn’t and can’t be (winter and Covid) and have been in such a funk.
On a scale of 1 to 10 (and be brutally honest) how much enjoyment do you get from your chosen exercises and foods?
Food: 10. I love to cook and bake and really enjoy creating healthy options. I am very fortunate to have the means to buy and prepare high quality healthy food for my family. I can and do manage my calories to include a glass of wine when I feel like it. I don’t feel deprived. I promised myself that I wouldn’t do anything that I wouldn’t or couldn’t sustain. ✅
Outdoor walking: 10 in every season except winter, when the score is 4
Indoor Treadmill walking 6
Dance workouts (Apple+ and Zumba Gold): 8
Stretching and core: 8
If it's not a high score, do you have any thoughts why it might be that way, and how you might be able to make your healthy journey more enjoyable?
Winter walking outdoors: I hate the icy sidewalks, the mealy snow with deadly ice underneath, and the really, really cold wind and weather. I am terrified of falling and can’t really get a great heart rate elevation at the rate I can travel on ice. Spring will come and I need to stop trying to make this work for now. Outdoors for fresh air and sunshine. Stop trying to get my exercise this way. Wow - why didn’t I decide this sooner? 🤦🏼♀️
Walking indoors: I liked it a lot more when I did it earlier in the day and walked (via YouTube) in Hawaii, Greece, Italy, and on the coastal walks of Britain. I can re-arrange my schedule and have just done so to allow this to happen.
And keep on with the exercise I am enjoying. When warmer weather comes, I will be back in the outdoor pools and the water jogging and swimming lengths will be so wonderful.
💡 Thanks for my “wake up” Chris!3 -
✅ 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-P
Tonight was my social event. I did everything that I had planned: did my workouts, got 600+ move points on my Apple watch and ate fairly low cal prior to the event (<400 cal for the day). Once at the event, did fairly well, but still quite hungry so indulged when we got home. The wine and cheese definitely put me over calories.3 -
Thursday March 10
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46 minutes of exercise (combination)
10,000+ steps
No pass days used to date in March3 -
3/10
Exercise: 150 minutes
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days used: 05 -
Exercise: no
Tracking: yes
Calories: no
Pass days to date: 53 -
I have missed several days, but I'm back on it.
Walked for 20 minutes, and participated in 5 minute living room dance party.
Did not log my meals.
Probably didn't stay to my calories.
Going to do better tomorrow.
I think I've used 9 of my 3 pass days.6 -
UAC:
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🍀 P 🍀 11-12-13-14
15-16-17-18-19-20-21
22-23-24-25-26-27-28-
29-30-31
Funny, I thought my calories were over today. They were under. Sooner or later, I’ll realizeI can actually trust myself with food now.
Sun nt sleep: 6.5
Mon nt sleep: 7 🌸 tired during day
Tues nt sleep ~6.5 wide awake at bedtime, disjointed sleeping pattern- lots of energy today!
Wed nt sleep: 7+!! 🌸Woke up early &told myself to go back to sleep & I did!
Thurs
Exercise- walk/hike 90 mins per day- 10
I used to call fam/friends or listen to music/podcasts. After earbud accident & getting tinnitus in one ear, I stopped all that.
Took a few months but I figured out how to include art & natural science & my hikes & I’d actually rate my exercise a 12 now!
Food- it’s simple & easy to prepare, but I only eat 10’s. Lots of raw nuts, peanut only peanut butter, Whole wheat toast, roast potatoes, grilled skinless chicken (yum), salmon, apples of all kinds, cuties, pears, raw & roasted vegetables, small box raisins. 0% Fage yogurt with berries of all kinds. Decaf cinnamon tea! Oatmeal, pipping hot with cinnamon, nutmeg, and a dash of allspice! And did I mention nuts? 🤣 Raw, unsalted. Pecans are my favorite at the moment.
Two of my meals are generally the same each day - by choice. The third follows a similar pattern but the veg or protein varies. I Love my BF & L, so I keep eating them lol
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~🍀~ 3 / 10 /2022~~ Waving Hi ~~ 🙋🏼 ~~ BLESSings Everyone ~💖~
Exercise for at least 20 minutes .................................... ✅ ... 230+ min.
Stay within my calorie budget for the day ...................... ✅ ... I am
Keep track of everything I ate and drank ....................... ✅ .... I did
STEPS......... 27,820 +.......... 200 = walking ......... 30 cleaning
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY & Celebration
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-
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💖 Wishing EVERYONE all the BEST & Much Success In March 🏆 We Got This 🏆
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March10 report: P🦁P (didn't exercise / logged all / including unneeded snack ) rather stressful day at the office. More so than most
Monthly report: (Documenting consistency (if there is a P instead of 🦁 its a Pass Day; if there is a ✈ I am overseas and [currently assuming] unable to report)
🦁-🦁-🦁-P-🦁-🦁-🦁
🦁-P-
11-12-13-14-15-16- (17 includes travel)
✈-✈-✈-✈-✈-✈-✈-✈-✈-✈-✈-✈-✈-✈ (out of country March 18 - April 1)3 -
Mar 9
Exercise: No, was sick today, again. Rough day.
Tracked all: Yes
Calories under: yes
(all 3 pass days used)
Mar 10
All 3 no
Ghah!7 -
@Elbee1 sorry that your still sick... I know how rough that can be. Hope you get to feeling better SOON!!!1
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Gosh, I've been super busy this week.... but I'm so stinkin excited that the time is changing this weekend! I've wanted to ride my bicycle to work at the chiropractor's office this week, but right now it's dark by the time I leave there. (no bueno!) I read through the posts for the last few days but I think that I forgot to post (myself) on the 9th....
March 9:
Exercise: 20 mins walking around inside at work and then 60 mins of giving a massage.
Tracking: Yes
Calories: Under
Pass days used: 1
March 10:
Exercise: 180 mins of giving massages.
Tracking: No.
Calories: Probably not.
Pass days used: 2
I lowered my calorie goal this week to 1700 as I'm working on setting my mind to LOSING again (now that Spring is right around the corner!) I'm usually super busy on Thu and Fri (working 2 jobs), and if I don't pre-log, then my day can easily get away from me. Yesterday (10th) was a perfect example of that....
We've had some terrific opening posts this week.... thanks so much Chris @WhatMeRunning for another good one. I too have found myself getting into a funk this last month or so.
On a scale of 1 to 10 (and be brutally honest) how much enjoyment do you get from your chosen exercises and foods?
Walking outside in the warmer weather is my exercise of choice [10], but in the colder months, it's probably more like a [4]. I did buy a treadmill last year and honestly haven't used it much this winter. I tell myself that I can go do 20 mins tho - and sometimes will go a little longer, usually not. For me, the treadmill is a [4], but I can feel good that I've at least met my UAC goal. Lol. I also enjoy dancing [9], and the rebounder [8], but honestly, I've just been pretty lazy these last couple months. I know that I need to do more strength training, but it's about a [2] on my list....
Hubby fixed my bicycle seat (it was too low), so I'm looking forward to getting out and riding my bicycle. Right now I'm not sure where to rate that on the scale... only because I don't know if my knees are going to be able to take it - we shall see!5 -
Yes x2
Didn't work out.
I started part way into March, so not eligible for winner's circle, but if I was, this would have been a pass day.3