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MyFitnessPal Community

What's your next step?

peggycollinscolorado

Hi all. I'm getting started here in MFP and am working back to some healthier choices. I'd love for all of us to share our next step we are targeting and offer updates here as accountability.

I'll chime in in the comments below about mine!

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peggycollinscolorado

I'm focused on getting my food logged each day in MFP + making at least one good, better, best choice every day. I'll plan to come back to this post to update my progress each day as I get rolling.

6/8/23: Tracking complete
G/B/B: Chose the hilly route on my walk instead of the flat one, skipped the tortilla chips with my dinner burrito, measured most of my food today and cut back on one higher calorie item and added tomatoes.

peggycollinscolorado

6/9/23: tracking complete
G/B/B: only ate 1/3 of my restaurant meal at lunch, used a yogurt sauce for my salad to up my protein today

StrongerJan

Help me Peggy, what is G/B/B?
I am good at tracking, but tend to go over my calories, obviously! LOL

Baby steps to come.

majork29

my goals for right now are to track my food, take a minute to think about my choices and be mindful of those choices.

peggycollinscolorado

Thanks for joining in @majork29! Those are great things to be focusing on!

peggycollinscolorado

@StrongerJan I am focusing on making one or more good, better or best choices a day. My example is I am considering potato chips. A good decision would be to take a portion and put the bag away, a better choice would be to measure out a serving or maybe 1/2 and best would be to skip them all together.

peggycollinscolorado

6/10: Tracking complete
G/B/B: no desserts, hiked 7 miles

peggycollinscolorado

6/11: tracking complete
G/B/B: Took time to figure out a good mini meal that fit my missing nutrients best tonight instead of just grabbing the easy thing that wouldn't have been as aligned.

StrongerJan

I can track and I can exercise - a little - ( weeks out of a shoulder replacement) but stay in range is a struggle. I will continue to work on this

peggycollinscolorado

Shoulder replacement is a big surgery. Hope you are getting to the other side of that. Do you have any ideas about a small step you could try to see if you could get closer to your target?

peggycollinscolorado

6/12: tracking complete
G/B/B: I used my standing desk for more than 2 hours today!!!

georginalouisemcp

I love this chat. Making mini goals, or new things that might help. Do here goes…
G/B/B tracking as I eat rather than when I remember… guilty of that today but hoping to try and do this moving forward.

peggycollinscolorado

Glad it is appealing! I am having good luck putting my plan in the night before and then updating as the day goes. Do you have a firm enough plan that might work? I had to dump an entire meal today but I still think it was worth doing.

peggycollinscolorado

6/13 (how is it almost the middle of June?!??):
Tracking: complete
G/B/B: took the hill route on my walk, stood for 30 min working, tried to mindfully enjoy my wine with dinner. If I'm going to have it, I should notice and enjoy it. It was delicious!

georginalouisemcp

peggycollinscolorado wrote: »

Glad it is appealing! I am having good luck putting my plan in the night before and then updating as the day goes. Do you have a firm enough plan that might work? I had to dump an entire meal today but I still think it was worth doing.

I tend to go old school. I have been writing meals out on paper, then tracking on app after I eat them. So def going to plan meals on mfp. Why didn’t I think of that before. Thanks!

georginalouisemcp

Also need to up my water intake. That’s my mini goal today!

peggycollinscolorado

georginalouisemcp wrote: »

peggycollinscolorado wrote: »

Why didn’t I think of that before. Thanks!

That's one of my favorite things about sharing like this. Sometimes we hear just what we need at just the right time.

Will love to hear how your day goes with tracking and water!

georginalouisemcp

Felt really in control today planning and putting my meals in ahead. Also drank lots of water today. Although the frequent trips to the bathroom are slightly annoying!

Love the feeling of being proactive!

peggycollinscolorado

Great job Georgina!

Here's my update:
6/14: Tracking complete
G/B/B: Used standing desk for 2 sessions, finally returned the calls from my doctor, hiked 3.5 miles, 700 ft elevation after work, had a snack instead of going to bed hungry which would just set me up for rebellion. Did not buy any sweet treats at Trader Joe's.

peggycollinscolorado

6/15: tracking done
G/B/B: walked to the clubhouse for a meeting, drank water when I found myself surfing for a snack and realized I wasn't really hungry but was thirsty.

Chemal71

Peggy, what great consistency. Nice job.

My goal this week is to chart meals daily and spent 10 min. A day figuring out how to use the resources on this app. Anyone have a part of the app they really love?

peggycollinscolorado

Hi all. Checking in. I had an all day event and made the decision ahead of time not to track today.
G/B/B: Chose all green for my bowl at Cava, only had one brownie bite when I really would've normally had 2, drank only non caloric beverages, took a short walk.

peggycollinscolorado

6/18
Tracking done
G/B/B: extended walk, chose an added sugar free snack this afternoon, tried a spritz cocktail which is a lower calorie option, swapped in a lower fat broccoli slaw for the creamy slaw id originally planned, had a 4 bean salad instead of the baked beans I'd usually serve with the dinner I made.

Chemal71

I like how you’re not eliminating but just make better choices like u planned. @peggycollinscolorado keep it up.

Chemal71

Been visiting family for the week. Death in the family only a week after I started my journey. Can’t always choose the meals but trying to at least keep portions low. Looking forward to going home tomorrow to my own kitchen.

peggycollinscolorado

Chemal71 wrote: »

Been visiting family for the week. Death in the family only a week after I started my journey. Can’t always choose the meals but trying to at least keep portions low. Looking forward to going home tomorrow to my own kitchen.

Sorry to hear that. Good job trying to moderate. It's life and we can't always have full control. Way to practice your skills!

peggycollinscolorado

6/19:
Tracking done
G/B/B: had a smaller snack than planned this morning when I didn't get to it until pretty close to lunch, took stairs in the art museum.