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March 12
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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So one day, my page-a-day calendar in the bathroom said “Be a friend to yourself”. It’s such a simple yet profound statement.After reading the phrase, it just dawned on me in the moment —and begged the question,
“Would I want to be friends with myself?
If not, why not?
Do I treat and respect other people more than myself? If so, why is that?
Negative Self-talk can easily go unchecked. I notice that I can be really hard on myself. When I hear friends say something harsh about themselves, I quickly run to their aid and encourage them.
The first step to change is awareness. Now that I know better, I can position myself to do better by extending myself the same compassion as I would a friend.
Some people might not have this problem. Congrats! Thanks in advance for tips on how you keep yourself grounded and your tank full.
BUT to the people in the back of the room, who struggle with not being enough or kick themselves for past mistakes, it’s ok. It’s always a good moment to be a kind friend to yourself, as you are with others.
Your Food For Thought: What is one thing I can do to be a better friend to myself?
Whatever step you take, my hope is that it will in turn make you a better friend to others as well.
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Emoji = Pass
UAC: ✔️-✔️-🤔-✔️-✔️-✔️-✔️-✔️-✔️-😎-✔️-✔️-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31
Pass Day on Thursday, March 10 but I was cool with it. I made healthy choices, I tracked my food, even made a good go of trying to accumulate 20 minutes of exercises by walking in between Zoom meetings. But I fail short. I gave an honest good go of it that I’m proud of.
Since Friday, March 11th was 3✔️, but noticed I squeezed by caloric wise—I figured I’d set my intention early so I can set my mind up for success this weekend.
Have a great and intentional weekend, UAC Family!4 -
Saturday
Exercise: Yes - 30 minutes RPM spin bike workout
Tracked all: Yes
Calories under: Yes
(1 pass day used so far)
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Interesting subject.
I've certainly been the person who most of my life only managed to get things really going by giving myself a kick in the butt.
I've also become a person who has had to be forgiving on myself when that becomes destructive.
I've also been a person who felt that being too forgiving let me slip into bad habits or behaviors and would have to strictly put myself back in line.
I've also been a person who got tired of such cycles from brutal motivation to overly contented relaxation, and all of the areas between.
I am trying to be the kind of person who stops rocking that boat either direction and just be the person I need to be, and do the things that need to be done, when I know those things should be done.
I'm still quite the work in progress.
I've come quite a ways though.6 -
Did I exercise at least 20 mins? Heck yes! Cycled for 2.5 hours. The best part was when a lady not with our group passed be and I thought, "no, that's not on!" So I gave chance but once I caught her, I realized I wouldn't be able to pass her. I got right on her wheel, let her do all the hard work and just tried to hang on for as long as I could. She was going 30kph and it felt amazing!! I didn't stay with her long, but long enough.
Did I log all my food? Yes.
Did I stay within my calories? Yes.
Woo hoo! I did it again!!5 -
Hello!
Popping back in after the perfect storm of family adjusting to new puppy + work being chaos kicked me off the wagon. If this was Oregon Trail, Maryann would have died from dysentery. Thankfully, there are some newly appointed wizards on the trail that can raise people from the dead! Woohoo! Lol.
Work event is over, puppy is a bit more settled (cats still despise him but it’s a work in progress) - so I’m ready to get back to it. I probably put on a few pounds in the last month but I’m not weighing in until Monday. Doing meal prep this weekend to hit the ground running. 2022 is the year I hit maintenance and I have my work cut out for me - but I am annoyed about it and being annoyed/mad at something is usually the best way to motivate me to fix it.
While I can’t officially do UAC for March at this point I will be checking in to get back into the habit for April.
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@mshawski good to see you back Maryann!3
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Saturday
Exercise: 60 mins
Calories: under goal
Tracking complete
pass days used 1/3
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Pass day 23
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0 passdays3 -
✅ Exercise: 65 mins
✅ Calories: under goal
✅ Tracked
Remaining pass days: 3️⃣
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12/03/2022
Exercise – yes, bike ride and cardio.
Tracking – yes
Calories – yes
0 pass days used
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Pass day3
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March 12, 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 (1 days -free)
Within Sugar macro today? Yes (11 day)
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Pass day 1/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).3 -
One thing to be a better friend to myself- that is such a challenge! I think holding myself to account every day, taking myself for the walk and counting the calories....
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? yes3 -
March 12:
✅✅✅ exercise today was 2 hours of giving massages.
Had my son, DIL, my grandson, his g/f and their baby over to the house tonight for a birthday dinner (hard to believe my son is 41!) I made steaks on the grill, and instead of a birthday cake, he wanted one of my cherry cheesecakes. I had one spoonful - and that's it!! It was a good day!!
@mshawski Maryann, it's so good to see you back!!!!
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Yes x3. Lower body strength.
I think I could do more to speak positively and encourage myself. I don’t really have negative self talk… maybe neutral self talk. Words of affirmation is one of my love languages so why not make an effort to build myself up!4 -
Day 2 of Dallas walking today, and unexpected day 3 of Dallas walking to continue tomorrow! Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Ye!
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes4 -
March 12, 2022
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes- this morning I did a Shine Dance Fitness workout and then the rest of the day was spent with 4 of my grandkids. According to my FitBit, I went 5.5. miles and 40 minutes of activity.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? No - I went a little over today. My mom cooked a Birthday dinner for my son who is turning 37 on Monday.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? No - I think I missed a few things.
This is pass day number 3 for me today.3 -
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Exercise: Yes
Tracked: Yes
Calories: Yes
(0 pass day used)4 -
✔︎ 20+ mins exercise (49min walk)
✔︎ Within calorie budget
✔︎ Log everything
Consistency Tracking (☘️=3 ✔︎'s, 🏴☠️=pass):
☘️-☘️-☘️-☘️-☘️-🏴☠️-☘️-☘️-☘️-☘️-☘️-☘️-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
📿-📿-📿-✘-✘-📿-📿-📿-📿-📿-📿-📿-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31
✔︎ Drink >64oz water
💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-💧-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31
Being a friend to myself has made all the difference for me. Love this topic @StayFITTer , thanks for posting. This time around I've focused on loving my body where I am at NOW and instead of using guilt/shame and a timeline to get to goal, I'm working on changing habits rather than just losing weight. I'm talking to myself how I'd talk to a friend vs the "tough love" approach I'd relied on before (which worked short-term but never elicited lasting change).6 -
Pass day #24
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Saturday March 12
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Date: 03/12/22
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 challenge3 -
3/12/2022
Exercise? Yes
Tracking? Yes
Calories? No3 -
✅ Exercise - 1 hour of Jazzercise and a 5K walk to and from Trader Joe’s.
✅ Calories -
✅ Tracking -
Closed all my Apple watch rings today
2 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-11-12
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 61 minutes Peloton, 41 minutes walking
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
I can be a better friend to myself by accepting that my behavior, reactions and emotions can be flawed and uncontrolled at times and that everyone experiences that.4 -
UAC:
🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
🍀 P 🍀 P 🍀 13-14
15-16-17-18-19-20-21
22-23-24-25-26-27-28-
29-30-31
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 5-6?
Fri 7+ hours. A great nights sleep
Such an odd alternating pattern.
I’m going to keep tracking this.
Began Tracking times of last bite starting (maybe if I stop eating earlier, I will fall asleep more easily(?)
Mar 12: 9:10 PM
“Be a friend to yourself” (great post) is essential. I call it “being kind to myself.”
My ah-ha was realizing eating out was not kind to myself.
Eating sweets is, in fact, not being kind to myself.
It’s a quantum shift when you get yourself into a “Choosing health/healthy” vs deprecation & limiting…5
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