March 20
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A pass day2
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Mar 20
Exercise: Yes, 30 minutes
Tracked all: Yes
Calories under: yes
(all 3 pass days used)3 -
✔︎ Exercise actively at least 20 minutes every day
Eat only your budgeted calories every day
Track your caloric food and caloric beverages every day for the entire month.
✔︎ Report in to the group once per day or no less than once every 3 days.
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3 x No.
Given the number of NOs this month and since I joined this group, I'm sure you can guess what's going on with my weight. Right now, I'm pretty angry and extremely disappointed in myself, but I'm having a hard time breaking this destructive cycle since, basically, I just want to sit in a corner somewhere, cry, and eat high caloric, high carb yummies. I know what I have to do. I hope y'all don't mind that I continue to stick around here and read, even if I don't reply.
Thanks. (First day of Spring, and it's dropped to the mid-60s (it had been upper-mid 80s) and a little drippy here... of course, next weekend we're supposed to be in the 90s.)
@seilidhe
Our Food Monkey Brains aremanipulative little beasts.
It tempts us with “treats” but they actually makes us less well.
It convinces us that overeating will make us feel less sad, and sometimes it does temporarily, but then we feel much much worse.
And when all else fails, it tells us we’ve blown it, and makes us disappointed in ourselves & then creeps back when we are in a weakened state & gets us to overeat again. Perpetuating the whole cycle again.
Once I realized there was some inner monkey brain in me that had no interest in my health & well being, I saw food as what it really is: nutrients.
It’s not love, it’s not a treat, it’s not comfort (side note: Comfort Food is not comforting especially when we step on the scale the next morning..) Food is nutrients
And almost all of our whole culture does not realize that.
My
Monkey brain on several occasions has absolutely convinced me that I am fat & regained tons of weight & should just eat what I like. I’d only gained a pound & was still in my maintenance range…
But I’m on to its tricks now. It takes awhile. It takes deep self-kindness
Now, I tell it “nice try” and laugh at it when it suggests I stop
Tracking my food or some other idiocy. People don’t lose (in my case) 70lbs after being obese since I was in 9th grader, by listening to their monkey brains.
When I’m in your situation, I focus everything on 1. Maintaining the higher weight first. 2. Tracking every bite - that stops the Monkey Brain in its tracks.
You deserve to be healthy & happy & proud.
Kick your MB to the curb. It will put up a fight, but you will be Victorious.
#NeverGiveUp
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UAC:
🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
🍀 P 🍀 P 🍀 🍀 🍀
P -🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 21
22-23-24-25-26-27-28-
29-30-31
Absolutely wonderful walk today:
Canada geese✔️
Northern Shovelers✔️
White pelicans
Coots✔️
Seagulls✔️
Avocets✔️
Dowitchers
White-crowned Sparrows
Song Sparrows
A hovering Kite
And at the very very end….
A Great Egret!!
✔️ means I saw two of them flying, eating, or swimming in sync. It became the theme of my walk today!4 -
Definitely exercised: 74km on the bike over 3.5 active hours, averaging 21kph.
Tried logging my food though 1/6 of Turkish Breakfast from a restaurant in Surrey is hard to calculate.
Went over the number of calories MFP reckons I need to lose weight, so that's a no.
You asked yesterday why I want to lose weight. I realise that was a rhetorical question. Some days I want to lose weight so I can fit comfortably into an airplane seat or buy clothing at normal (not specialty) stores. I also tell myself that cycling up hills would be easier if I was lighter. And all that is mostly true. Today, though, I think....meh. This is me, I've been fat my entire adult life, and I clearly can't seem to change any of that, so why bother? Just keep cycling and it will all sort itself out in the end.
From a cycling standpoint, I am in a better place than I was this time last year. Last year, it was mid April before I did a 70+ km ride and I was broken afterwards. This year, its earlier and I feel stronger. I also feel like I am still digesting those tacos from Saturday night....
I find weekends much more difficult than week days for this.2 -
March 20
Way over pass days in my learning month
Yesterday was a full pass day in that I did not follow what I planned to eat the day before, did not track changes from the plan, and definitely ate far over my goal. It was my daughter's 10th birthday party and I enjoyed it.
I did manage the exercise trifecta, though - 15 minutes MommaStrong, 30 minutes stretching, 20 minutes walk (split into 2 5 minute walks and 1 10 minute walk).
I am really getting back on track starting today, though.
Keystone habits:
I was just doing some thinking about this over the weekend.
- Water is not something I worry about. I have always drunk a lot of water and decaf and herbal tea. I love it. It's not a problem for me.
- Sleep is something I prioritize. I don't consider it a habit because it's really not under my control. My kids still disrupt my sleep and sometimes I struggle with insomnia. It does take me a long time to wind down for bed, and I just accept that - but it leaves less time for other things. But my autoimmune thyroid condition does act up if I have too little sleep or disrupted sleep so I need to prioritize that over other things. I try to average 7.5 hours. I will go to bed very early or take a nap if necessary.
The other habits I try to fit in daily are (in order of when I try to fit them into the day):
- Checking in here (and really doing some thinking and writing, as you can see) - I find this so helpful!
- MommaStrong D15 (lifts my mood with movement and builds functional strength)
- At least 20 minutes of walking (often the only time I leave the house since I work from home - and I get depressed/angry very quickly if I don't do this)
- 15 minutes of stretching (I have specific stretches to do from PT for tailbone pain and if I don't do them I get tailbone pain. I also get tension headaches if I don't stretch my scapula. Doing MommaStrong D15 without stretching is worse than if I skip both)
- Putting a warm wet washcloth on my eyes (takes 10 minutes - if I skip this for a few days I get styes and have dry eyes and sometimes trouble seeing)
As I said yesterday, my accounting over the weekend revealed that there is just not enough time to do all of those things, especially with returning to in-person work 1 day a week. I kind of decided that I need to be OK with 4-5 times a week for most of those.
Good questions!5 -
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jamcnewman wrote: »@jmu1965 Take good care — lots of it going around.
Super opening post today 💡@makattack220 — will respond a bit later today.
@donna25trinity Well done on the loss of inches (no easy feat!) and on recognizing it is time for a period at maintenance. Wishing you (and your family) well as you return to the workplace tomorrow. 💛
Great job today @stella7x7 ✅✅✅
Welcome @RBnorth66 — it is wonderful to have you here. 🥰
Thanks @jamcnewman xo1 -
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~🌷~ 3 / 20 /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......... 24,650 +.......... 180 = walking ......... 30 cleaning
It was SOOOOO Nice Being able to walk outside ... 54 degrees, snow almost all melted
I was able to take my first walk outside since last Oct. ... Looks like we are in an early
Spring here. YAY .... Happy Spring Everyone 💐
Documenting My CONSISTANCY = For personal ACCOUNTABILITY & Celebration
(if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-
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💖 Wishing EVERYONE all the BEST & Much Success In March 🏆 We Got This 🏆
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yesx32
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3 yeses!
2 pass days used3 -
Not on track food wise, yes for exercise, no for tracking. Repeat for last like 4 days I didn't check in.
Emotionally struggling to get back on track. My BFF's 3 year old got diagnosed with high risk neuroblastoma last week and my inner Mama Bear wants all the comfort food ever (both because this child is like my nephew, and that inner mom "this is way to close to home" reaction) and we're chipping in for child care and the couple of days I spent at their house last week I did not plan well for and they were off. I've just been off.
I need to snap out of it, the eating isn't helping anything. It's actually making me feel worse.
I did better planning for food this week, with more things premade I can grab from the fridge and go with and less "I need to be in my house to cook this" things on the menu.
I need to work running back into the schedule though. It's starting to get nicer and it's lighter later, so maybe after work runs are a realistic option again.5 -
Thanks, @MadisonMolly2017, appreciate you taking the time to write that. I will keep working at it.4
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March 20:
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? No.
Did I do my Yoga today? No.
Pass Days Used: Too many.
I just didn't feel well Sunday. I still hurt quite a bit from my bicycle ride, and laid around most of the day. I did do some paperwork and got my taxes filed tho, so it wasn't a total loss.
@RBnorth66 WELCOME back! It's so good to see you again!
I usually drink a good amount of water. I enjoy water, so it's usually not a problem. I also like hot tea, and often will have a cup of something to help me get ready for bed in the evening. I have to go to bed pretty early as I get up at 4:30am most weekday mornings. I have an alarm on my fitbit that goes off to remind me that it's time to start getting ready for bed! Thankfully, I don't usually have too much trouble sleeping.3 -
Cowphilosopher wrote: »Definitely exercised: 74km on the bike over 3.5 active hours, averaging 21kph.
Tried logging my food though 1/6 of Turkish Breakfast from a restaurant in Surrey is hard to calculate.
Went over the number of calories MFP reckons I need to lose weight, so that's a no.
You asked yesterday why I want to lose weight. I realise that was a rhetorical question. Some days I want to lose weight so I can fit comfortably into an airplane seat or buy clothing at normal (not specialty) stores. I also tell myself that cycling up hills would be easier if I was lighter. And all that is mostly true. Today, though, I think....meh. This is me, I've been fat my entire adult life, and I clearly can't seem to change any of that, so why bother? Just keep cycling and it will all sort itself out in the end.
From a cycling standpoint, I am in a better place than I was this time last year. Last year, it was mid April before I did a 70+ km ride and I was broken afterwards. This year, its earlier and I feel stronger. I also feel like I am still digesting those tacos from Saturday night....
I find weekends much more difficult than week days for this.
@Cowphilosopher
I’m not sure I meant the question rhetorically…
Have a truly compelling reason why you want to weigh less is, in my opinion, our essential task in this whole deal.
We need something that is so compelling that we will forego short term pleasures.
That’s it. Long term goals met vs short term momentary tastiness.
For me it boiled down to being as fit &healthy as possible so I would be able to actively enjoy my husband & son.
After I lost the weight, I added the joy of being able to hike mountains easily.
Many times, my “Compelling Why” has helped me stay the course. (That & the fact I don’t even remember what I ate a day or two later, so really how important is it?!!)
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[MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »3 x No.
Given the number of NOs this month and since I joined this group, I'm sure you can guess what's going on with my weight. Right now, I'm pretty angry and extremely disappointed in myself, but I'm having a hard time breaking this destructive cycle since, basically, I just want to sit in a corner somewhere, cry, and eat high caloric, high carb yummies. I know what I have to do. I hope y'all don't mind that I continue to stick around here and read, even if I don't reply. Thanks. ...
@seilidhe
Our Food Monkey Brains aremanipulative little beasts.
It tempts us with “treats” but they actually makes us less well.
It convinces us that overeating will make us feel less sad, and sometimes it does temporarily, but then we feel much much worse.
And when all else fails, it tells us we’ve blown it, and makes us disappointed in ourselves & then creeps back when we are in a weakened state & gets us to overeat again. Perpetuating the whole cycle again.
Once I realized there was some inner monkey brain in me that had no interest in my health & well being, I saw food as what it really is: nutrients.
It’s not love, it’s not a treat, it’s not comfort (side note: Comfort Food is not comforting especially when we step on the scale the next morning..) Food is nutrients
And almost all of our whole culture does not realize that.
My
Monkey brain on several occasions has absolutely convinced me that I am fat & regained tons of weight & should just eat what I like. I’d only gained a pound & was still in my maintenance range…
But I’m on to its tricks now. It takes awhile. It takes deep self-kindness
Now, I tell it “nice try” and laugh at it when it suggests I stop
Tracking my food or some other idiocy. People don’t lose (in my case) 70lbs after being obese since I was in 9th grader, by listening to their monkey brains.
When I’m in your situation, I focus everything on 1. Maintaining the higher weight first. 2. Tracking every bite - that stops the Monkey Brain in its tracks.
You deserve to be healthy & happy & proud.
Kick your MB to the curb. It will put up a fight, but you will be Victorious.
#NeverGiveUp
Wow! I feel like you both were speaking to me. I could have written @seilidhe 's post. As it pretty much described me.
And, @MadisonMolly2017 Thank you so much for your response! I will try to keep your thoughts in my head so I can stop Monkey Brain.
This was so timely for me to read this morning.
Thank you!
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Yes, yes and yes3
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3 x No.
I hope y'all don't mind that I continue to stick around here and read, even if I don't reply. Thanks.
Honestly? It’s the people who continue posting past the 3 days who inspire me the MOST. That’s when it is most tempting to throw in the towel in slink into the bush like the Homer Simpson gif. To that I say please keep posting it’s truly inspiring!
Speaking of which currently at 4/3 days used
Activity? A 45 min walk with the beau
Kept under calorie? Yes
Kept track? Yep
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0/3 pass days used2
