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Right now, my successes are my reward. Here is today's success! Many know I have been working my way out of an injury to my lower back/hip that kept me from walking. Well...today I did a 3.2 mile walk. I could feel the injury stretching out during the first quarter mile or so. After that, there was no pain! The smile on my…

Exercise: yes Tracking: yes Calories: yes No pass days

Exercise: yes but minimal. Planned to slack off for the vaccination to let my body do it’s thing Tracking: yes Calories: yes Pass days used: 0 Resting tonight. Working tomorrow then resting some more if I need it. Pay attention to your body. It knows what it’s doing even if you don’t. By the way...you are ALL great!

Yes on everything. No pass days. I've checked in for my vaccination online so it will hopefully be a little faster. When the pandemic started last year, I started working on my sleep habits just because of stress. Tax time is bad for stress at work and when they extended the deadlines last year it was the same as the…

For the record, I kept calling every half hour for an appointment at a place I know schedules both shots. I got through at 8:30, sat on hold for 40 mins, and have an appointment for 9 AM tomorrow, and 9 AM April 2nd, Pfizer. PERSEVERANCE!

Exercise: Yes Tracking: Yes Calories: Yes Pass days: 0 Today will be long. I did not sleep well last night and realized at 5 AM that it's my first try to find a Covid Vaccine day. I figure that is why I couldn't sleep. I can find a "first" shot but not a second. The places closest to my work don't have any. A coworker…

@Winner_in_Life LOL, it is a bit complicated. When I did it I was using Polar heart rate monitors/watches. Their software could do a lot of the setting up for you but I know several who use coaches to help them through this kind of training. If you aren't careful, it can turn into "work" instead of "fun". I prefer the fun…

@Winner_in_Life @KCJen Yeah, I read that article and it is right. However, heart rate zone training isn't about finding the magic fat burning heart rate. In fact, there is no heart rate zone labeled as fat burning. The zones are warm-up/recovery, base, aerobic endurance, anaerobic capacity, etc. Heart rate zone training is…

Exercise: yes Tracking: yes Calories: yes Pass Days Used: 0 Right after I finished my homemade chicken vegetable soup for lunch, one of our clients brought in some lunch for us. Lol She owns the local Chinese restaurant. I skipped the spicy crab salad and egg rolls. I had already eaten and would have had no clue how to…

@Impala007 I work out better in the morning. Try different times to find what works for you.

@KCJen I have worked out to heart rate zones and it does work. You need a good base to start from though (several weeks or months of non targeted light cardio) to get the most from it. The base needed varies by person, fitness level, and age, etc. If you want to do this some fitness/heart rate monitors do it better than…

@cnorman100 I tried to do this but found it didn’t work for me. I want a balanced diet so I started tracking nutrients to see what I was eating. When I looked at what MFP said was off I did research. I found their defaults to be out of date. For me, the iron and potassium goals were too high. So much that I could almost…

Exercise: Yes Tracking: Yes Calories: Yes Pass Days Used: 0 It was a good day but I was exhausted at the end. Slept like a baby last night.

Exercise: yes Tracking: yes Calories: yes Pass Days: 0 I gained a little this weekend but my scale suggests it is muscle mass. I think the strength workouts are working.

@Chinkiri Here is an easy chicken scaloppini recipe. When I first started cooking this, I would pound skinless chicken breast until it was a uniform thickness. Now I cheat and just use chicken strips. It cooks in one pan with a lid. Breading: panko (about half a cup for a pound of chicken) fresh cracked black pepper to…

Exercise: Yes Tracking: Yes Calories: Yes Pass Days Used: 0 I've been doing elliptical for my cardio in the winter in part because I've had pain in my left hip and low back when I stand for any length of time. It has been slowly healing. Today, I went outside to try walking again and was able to walk a moderate pace for…

@RangerRickL True. We reply to those anyway because they are all behind on processing them and they still need to know it's fraud. A local news station showed video of someone in the state unemployment office writing "FRAUD" in big letters on one of the claims. She had a two foot stack of paper on her desk.

@SummerSkier I don't know how Texas is handling it but Ohio has set up a way to tell them the claim is fraudulent and is sending out corrections so people do not get taxed, etc. We can also contact the state attorney general and there is a federal task force investigating some claims. I suggest checking your state's…

@biketheworld @Bovaryoo I'm data driven and started weighing myself daily in January. It helped me realize what I do that triggers weight gain and how my body plateaus. Weighing daily works for me. Exercise: Yes, 66 minutes elliptical and 14 minutes core strength Tracking: Yes Calories: Yes Pass Days Used: 0 Stairs: Yes…

@SummerSkier Since we handle payroll for small companies, we have been responding to a lot of fraudulent claims for our clients. The kicker was that my boss received a notice from unemployment that HE has applied for unemployment when he owns the business and this is our busy season. Exercise: Yes, 68 minutes on the…

Exercise: Yes, 67 minutes elliptical, 13 minutes core strengthening Tracking: Yes (I made sure I kept up with this!) Calories: Yes Pass Days Used: 0 Extras Stairs: Yes, 10 flights is the goal Steps: 7,105 Sore: Yes Tired: Yes LOL

@TheresaM787 @mshawski @Mrs_Hoffer @SModa61 @donna25trinity Thank you all for the kudos and encouragement. This has been a week and your kind words helped me keep focused. My work hours have increased with the tax season to top things off. I don't work this Saturday but next week I do. Good news! I am just bruised. I have…

I don’t know whether to laugh or scream about today... It started off great! Got my cardio in. I am working in an accounting office doing mostly payrolls but we do tax returns. So this is busy season. My boss decided he was buying donuts and lunch today. I skipped the donuts and managed to keep things within my calories. A…

Exercise: Yes, my regular cardio and a small core exercise routine Tracking: Yes Calories: Yes Since this is the March 1 entry, I thought I'd share plans. A few weeks ago I decided to add a gradual increase in steps and meeting the stairs goal my watch sets. So far, I missed that on just 1 day. This month, I want to…

Exercise: Yes Tracking: Yes Calories: Yes Pass Days Used: 2 I finished the month 4 lbs lighter and down a size in clothes. Not a bad month. Thank you everyone!

Planned pass day as a celebration. I cooked a special meal we hadn't had in a while, lamb chops. I still logged everything though! Exercise: Yes Tracking: Yes Calories: Over by 13, LOL Pass Days: 2

Exercise: Yes Tracking: Yes Calories: Yes Pass Days: 1 I felt really good all day. I think I have started to gain muscle just because I have been moving differently and more easily. The feeling just left me with a smile on my face all day. :)

Exercise: yes Tracking: yes Calories: yes 1 pass day used A little too much salt today. Had a day that meant a processed protein at dinner. Still within calories though!

Exercise: Yes Tracking: Yes Calories: Yes Pass days: 1 It rained instead of snowed today! It is time for spring!

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