April 26
Mrs_Hoffer
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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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Taste the Rainbow
Howdy, UAC family!
On Monday, my sinus started acting up. And it made me realize 1) the toll stress can take on the body (had speak in front of my church on Sunday) 2) that my food intake has been "off " and I was consuming far more processed or fast foods than normal.
I feel as though I did a good job at managing my stress. I took many walks and managed the resources of my mind. But when my nose started running like a faucet on Monday and I felt miserable I was like "Ok, what do I need to do to boost my immune system and keep it up?"
My emergency protocol is take my multivitamin, drink lots of water, drink hot water, apple cider vinegar w/ stevia these days (or honey). At night I'll have echinacea drops in cherry juice (or water), Benadryl and Halls cough drops.
Less than 24hrs later, things are trending upward this Tuesday!
But a few weeks ago, I went through a "Nutrition as we Age" online training. Seeing the benefits of each color food was eye opening and motivating to make every bite count. So I wanted to share what I could find online. PLUS there is a free virtual health conference, Food Revolution Summit, going on!
Question: When it comes to your fruit and vegetable intake, how intentional are you at consuming the rainbow?4 -
Tuesday
@StayFITTer I love that rainbow table! I will print this out - thank you!
I am here to explain why I have not been here. I have been and still am sick with a non-Covid virus which has knocked me around completely. My calorie intake has been fine, being sick, but obviously not exercising while still sick. I will be back when I am recovered and able to have normal days.14 -
Tues
yes x3
1/3 pass days used4 -
3xyes. Day 13 of Epic II + 4.9km run3
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1️⃣ Pass Day remaining
I eat lots of fruit/veg daily and have no problem consuming a rainbow.4 -
✔︎ 20+ mins exercise (43min walk)
✔︎ Within calorie budget
✔︎ Log everything
Consistency Tracking (🌱=3 ✔︎'s, 🏴☠️=pass):
🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱–🌱-🌱-🌱-🏴☠️-🌱-🏴☠️-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-🌱-27-28-29-30
Passes used = 2 / 3
Habit tracking this month:
✔︎ read/listen/take notes with intention on subjects towards desired identity 5+ days/week
📚-📚-📚-📚-📚–📚-📚-📚-📚-📚-✘-📚-📚-📚-📚-✘-✘-📚-📚-📚-📚-📚-📚-📚-📚-📚-27-28-29-30
✔︎ more whole foods/less processed food, this month: no flour 5+ days/week
🫐-🫐-🫐-🫐-🫐–🫐-🫐-🫐-🫐-🫐-✘-🫐-🫐-🫐-✘-🫐-✘-🫐-✘-✘-🫐-🫐-✘-🫐-✘-🫐-27-28-29-30
@StayFITTer This is a great visual! This month I've been purposefully including more whole foods and eliminating processed foods ( ⬆️ 🫐 ⬆️ ). One thing I've been having every day is blueberries and raspberries. Most weekdays I also have carrots and broccoli at lunch and an apple in the afternoon if I'm feeling hungry. I keep frozen cauliflower on hand to add into dishes as we love it and it is neutral enough to go with just about anything😁 I love your saying: "make every bite count"!6 -
yes for 3
1/3 pass days used3 -
April 26th
Exercise: yes
Tracked: Yes
Calories: yes
3/3 pass days used)4 -
Tuesday
@StayFITTer I love that rainbow table! I will print this out - thank you!
I am here to explain why I have not been here. I have been and still am sick with a non-Covid virus which has knocked me around completely. My calorie intake has been fine, being sick, but obviously not exercising while still sick. I will be back when I am recovered and able to have normal days.
@jjjcat I have missed you..... I hope that you are getting better.... even if it is slowly.
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I love this chart as well! Thanks @StayFITTer !! This is definitely worth printing off and keeping! I can't say that I do a very good job of eating the "rainbow", but I do try to get a wide variety of freggies! (Who came up with that word "freggies" are few months ago here in this group - does anyone remember?)
Anyways, terrific opener!!!2 -
26 April
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0 pass days used
I think Maddie started the freggie term but maybe she knows if it wasn’t her
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I have been focusing much more on “freggies” the past few weeks I am not having trouble eating the rainbow but red seems to be dominant for fruit!
Walked at lunch, just got done rowing and this is the third day of tai chi and I really like to start my day this way.5 -
4/26
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
March goals
1 Miracle Morning ~ S.A.V.E.R.S
2 Wake up EARLY for meditation
3 Yoga (5/6 times weekly)
4. Minimum sweets (work them in my calorie goal)
5. 30 day squat challenge 6. No late night snacking
7. Daily journal logging
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, Pahla B strength
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
I feel most days I get a rainbow of fruits and vegetables. If I am out of fresh I always have frozen available.5 -
✅ Exercise: 3 walks today, about 11,000 steps
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 passdays used ( )
I am very conscious of increasing the diversity of plants in my diet, but not very conscious specifically of color coordination.
My most recent experiment-- eating dandelion leaves. The leaves were more bitter than I would like, but I am dehydrating roots now to make a dandelion tea which has many positive effects for liver health and metabolism.
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Yes x33
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April 26, 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 (15 days -free)
Within Sugar macro today? Yes (13 days)
Pass day 7/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).4 -
✅ Exercise: 3 walks today, about 11,000 steps
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
0 passdays used ( )
I am very conscious of increasing the diversity of plants in my diet, but not very conscious specifically of color coordination.
My most recent experiment-- eating dandelion leaves. The leaves were more bitter than I would like, but I am dehydrating roots now to make a dandelion tea which has many positive effects for liver health and metabolism.
Susan!! Oh my, how we do think alike! I went out yesterday and told hubby "oh my! look at all the dandelions!! I want to make some more dandelion wine, and try some leaves in a salad this year too!" I made a gallon of wine a couple of years ago.... it was decent. But I've just never taken the time to try the leaves. I do make tea (both hot and cold) and although it's an acquired taste, I've gotten to where I really like it.3 -
I wanted to let you all know that my son has a new place to live!! Lol. They found a "new" house with a lease-to-own option. Yes, it's a brand new build! Hopefully, he'll be able to go back to work within the next 30-60 days as he's started physical therapy for that ankle and leg. His boss did write the a letter saying that they are holding his job for him. I'm just glad that I can leave tmrw morning (Wed) for this wedding in NC and not have to worry about them!
(I do feel just a little bad that I won't be here to help them move). Hahahaha. 5 -
3x yes
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Exercise? No
Under calories? No
Tracked meals? No
Long day, 16 hr fast went well, letting my body re-adjust to all the changes. Starting fresh tomorrow.4 -
@Mrs_Hoffer and @SummerSkier I started in UAC in August 2021 and thought, at times, that I had landed on another planet. 😂😂😂 The “freggie” posts were full of codes that, I eventually learned from @WhatMeRunning meant how many servings were consumed of each. I remember @biketheworld used to post about them a lot as did many others. The iOS emojis are abundant with them 🥦🥒🥕🥗🥔🌶🍆🌽🍅🥬🧅🧄🫑🍒🍓🍇🍎🍉🍑🍊🍋🍍🍌🥑🍏🍈🍐🥝🥭🥥🍅🫐3
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Thanks for such an interesting opening post today @StayFITTer I have never seen this chart before and it is really interesting! I recently completed a mini-course that had us tally for how many plant based foods we ate in a week. They said to aim for a minimum of 25. I felt proud that my number was 35. This included nuts, grains, fruits, and vegetables. I like the idea of the rainbow and will give that a try this week. Thanks for this!4
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 72 minutes walking, 31 minutes Peloton, 5 minutes stretching
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? No
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Pass days used - 10
Oh freggies! I think of @biketheworld when I hear that
Love my fruits and veg!4 -
@Mrs_Hoffer Amazing news about your son!! Enjoy the wedding3
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Tuesday April 26
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Not a big exercise day but hit my minimum 30 minutes walking and did my morning meditation & stretching. Brutal winds today and the trees (and their leaf pollen) are waking up. Snow threatened for tomorrow so good times all around 🤧🥶😑
Two pass days used to date.3 -
4/26
Exercise: 100 minutes
Tracking: yes
Calories: over, pass day (son's birthday)
Pass days used: 33 -
✅ Exercise - 1 hour of Jazzercise and a hike
❌- Calories -
✅ Tracking -
Closed all my Apple watch rings today
8 Pass days used
Documenting consistency (if there is a P=instead of number its a Pass Day)
UAC: P-2-P-P-P-5-6-P-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-P-18-19-20-P-22-23-24-25-P
I'm going to call today a pass day - was making a bunch different dishes/desserts (not the rainbow!) and had little tastes here and there for seasoning. I'm pretty sure it was enough to put me over.4 -
Tues April 26
Exercise: 15 minutes MommaStrong (so good to get back to it!)
Tracking: Planned the day, adjusted plan as needed
Calories: Under, with estimation for leftover birthday cake that I am unsure about
I'm going to count it as not a pass day, because I really need a win. It's been all pass days since Fri April 15.
@StayFITTer I love that rainbow! I have a veggies at every meal rule (even breakfast). And I eat a fruit for lunch "dessert" and for afternoon snack (and morning snack as well if I have one).
This time of year, though, I am really in a veggie/food rut. I love to eat local food and it's still a while before anything grows. I eat a lot of frozen veg and then we do get some non-local fresh but it's all not as good. I am eagerly awaiting asparagus ... at which point I probably won't be eating a rainbow, just asparagus for every meal until its short season is done.
But I am thinking that maybe part of the inspiration I need is to try to eat more good food, rather than trying to eat less bad food. So I am going to really think about eating a rainbow for the next week - starting tomorrow, since I already have today planned. Though, let's see, what do I have planned today...
Breakfast omelet:spinach or broccoli (green)
Lunch: Lentil soup (with tomatoes and onions in it) over cauliflower (red, white) and cantaloupe (orange)
Snack: Mango and cottage cheese (more orange)
Dinner: Salmon with butternut squash, mushrooms, broccoli, sugar snap peas, asparagus, fermented ginger carrots (orange, white, green)
A lot of orange today, huh?4 -
Exercise no
Tracking yes
Calories no
Used all pass days3
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