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Great reminders from both @craigo3154 and @RangerRickL to look for all the things we can be thankful for! I need this today, as I'm feeling grouchy and put-upon and just ate some Godiva-flavored feelings. I have many things to be grateful for, despite how easy I find it to complain. Let me say I'm thankful for you all for…

@nodm Thanks! Just hanging low a bit while taking care of some other stuff! Thanks to you and @bold_rabbit for the comments on macro estimates. I figured that was the problem, but figured it wouldn't hurt to have someone check my math! :smile:

Jan 12 Scheduled pass day (1 pass of 3 remaining)

Jan 13 Exercise: Yes - upper body strength followed by leisurely walk on treadmill at incline Tracked: Yes, thank goodness for pre-tracking Calories: Yes Pass remaining (1 of 3)

@nodm thanks for the confirmation! I made entries in my spreadsheet, and the %s weren't adding up to 100% except in the test case, so I wasn't sure what I had done wrong.

Jan 11 Exercise: 40 min on treadmill with incline Tracked: Yes Calories: Yes Can someone check my math? What %s do you get for carb = 127 g, fat = 50 g, and protein = 137 g, where total calories is 1481? Something seems to not be adding up right for me, and I can't figure out why. The equation I'm using for carbs is Carb %…

Jan 10 (2/3 pass days remaining) Exercise: 40 min slow walking on incline Tracked: Yep Calories: Yep

@nodm Thanks for the feedback! Yes, I'm boosting my calories to 1500. I started with 1390 because that was around what MFP recommended, but I'll continue monitoring the TDEE. In the past, my records have shown that my TDEE cycles across a month, so I suspect it will take a dip pretty soon. I've got about 13 pounds to reach…

@pridesabtch, @nodm, @Dory_42 Thanks all for chiming in. I've opened up my food diary if anyone is interested (and discovered yesterday that I didn't drink all of my pre-planned coffee milk, so that brought my total down for yesterday). I think I'll allow boosts to 1490/1500 and see how that does for the next week or so.…

Let's call it a pass, I wanted a little more food today. Exercise: Yes, but tweaked back 27 minutes in :s Tracked: Yes Calories: Over by 100

@yellobird13 Interesting question about higher calorie days. Is this what they call calorie cycling? I think planning one is probably a good idea, using @impala007's idea to track the calories and keep them under a certain higher amount. I've found myself thinking recently that the problem with counting pass days is that…

Exercise: Yes 30 min walking Tracked: Yes Calories: Yes Question for the experts in the crowd: I really felt the calorie deficit today and had trouble focusing on work, so I did other things that required less attention. My tracked TDEE for the past 11 days (all I've been keeping track so far) is 2292. Should I boost my…

Jan 7 (7 for 7) Exercise: Abs, stretching routine, then 20 min walk on treadmill Tracked: Yes Calories: Under FYI: if you eat a lot of the same foods regularly or if you make meals on MFP and repeat them, it's worth double-checking all the calorie and nutrient values for those foods. I've been checking my reports more…

Jan 6 (6 for 6) Tracked: Yes Exercised: Yes; 45 min hasfit hiit tabata Under calories: Yes Made a tactical error by getting a decaf latte this afternoon, and I've been hungry and right at the calorie limit the remainder of the evening.

@dory_42, @chinkiri, @readyornot1234 Thanks all for your words of wisdom! Ironically, after planning for their events today, we got from the first (a dr's office visit) and while making my dinner I completely forgot about their evening activity until Mr. 7 wistfully said, "we're going to be late." At which point, we were…

Went out to a local restuarant for dinner and half a meal of chicken cacciatore, just the chicken, peppers, and onions, no pasta. It's hard to estimate that, but I think I'm within my allowable calories. Tracked: Yes Exercise: Yes Under calories: Yes

Last day of vacay before the kids start back to school tomorrow. Wins:* Returned to my old exercise habits, and it feels great! * Returned to my old eating habits, plus added some new delicious meals, and it feels great! * Kept the dining room table clear and kitchen mostly clear, which helps with food prep, eating, and…

@w8goal4life "Live on air" is more apt for orchids than you might think -- they like to grow on trees! That's why the roots grow up and out of the pot, searching for the tree.

@yellobird13 It's such a joy to see the blooms, especially during the winter, and so gratifying to bring the blooms back! Enjoy them, and thanks for sharing the pic with us!

Jan 4 - goals met (4 days out of 4!) Tracked: Yes Calories: Yes Exercise: Yes - 30 min walk Thinking about calories: MFP sets my calorie goal at 1275 (ETA: Just did the guided setup again, and now MFP has me at 1390/day, right in line with my 7-day average anyway). Out of the last 7 days, I've been under that 4 times, way…

Piping in as an omnivore here... one thing that's always confused me is whether we're supposed to weigh meat before or after cooking. I used to weigh after, but I've started weighing before instead. What's the established wisdom on this? Also, I tend to drink a little too much coffee and probably underestimated my "splash"…

@yellobird13 Congrats on your orchid, and congrats to you for perserving and taking care of it while it was resting for all those years! Now that it's blooming, I wonder if you'll find that it blooms more regularly from here on.

Jan 3: 3 for 3! Exercise: 45 min hasfit total body strength & cardio Calories: Under Tracked: yes Maybe a sprout on the seeds planted for kids' healthier eating habits? They didn't ask to break into their stocking candy today, and Mr. 7 asked only about the melon I'd brought home from the grocery store yesterday. Sad to…

@BonnieHosk85 Thanks, Bonnie, and I'm glad to see you here, too! I admit, I'm secretly lurking back on the Gutbusters page, too, just to see how everyone's doing. I'm glad to see the group was left in such good hands! :smile:

@LisaPower123 My fingers are crossed right with you! I've got good intentions, so I hope that will count for something in the end!

Exercise: 40 min hasfit full body routine Tracked: yes Calories: under On track for day 2 of 2! I've been worried lately that my usual meals don't provide enough fiber, so before bed last night I tried pre-planning by first identifying fiber-rich items I could include, then building the remainder of the meal around them.…

Exercise: Yes, 25 min walking - this was a "rest day" Calories: Yes, under goal Tracked: Yes

Guess we're all working on those adductor muscles! 😄

Hi all! I'm trying out UAC after learning about it last year in a different group (The Biggest Loser). I started MFP last April at a high of 212.2 and managed to hang on around the low-160s well into 2019. Over the last 6 months, and especially in the past 4 months, I've been battling self-destructive habits - eating too…

LesIckaBod October Week 2 PW: 172.6 CW: 173.0 A gain, but hiding a personal win, as my weight had creeped above this for a few days. I feel like I'm beginning to dig out from the hole of bad thinking and poor choices that I had fallen into. I've not been participating much, but I checked back in today and I really do…