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@rashel1 I have been struggling a lot with hunger too and there is a lot of good advice for me that might also apply to you in the "What's on Your Mind" section. If it does not apply, I bet if you ask there people will give you some good advice. Being hungry all the time is the WORST! The best advice I got was to track…
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March 6 Exercise: 15 minutes MommaStrong, 30 minutes stretching Tracking; Pre-planned the day, changed the plan, tracked EVERYthing (with some necessarily rough estimations) Calories: 496 over Up 0.5 Seeing a number on the scale I really don't want to see - definitely not a "maintenance" number We are loosening up a bit…
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March 6 Over Pass days already in my learning month Exercise: 15 minutes stretching ONLY, which I had said would be a pass Tracking: Planned the day, had to revise quite bit, but tracked EVERYthing I ate Calories: 384 over Weight: Down 0.2 This wasn't nibbles, it was my son having a playdate and so being on a different…
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March 4 Another pass day in my learning month Exercise: 15 minutes stretching, 30 minutes walk Tracking: Pre-planned the day, adjusted the plan mid-day when I realized my dinner plan was not realistic and got on board with "takeout friday" with the rest of the family, and put in every extra bite I took. Estimates for the…
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@MadisonMolly2017, @ideas2 thank you for the permission and congratulations. I feel kind of awed by it. @makattack220 I listened to the podcast and - yeah - sounds like me. Lurching from snack to snack. It's funny she said "snacking didn't really exist until 1980." Guess what year I was born? 1980! Been snacking all my…
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March 3 Pass Day #2. I think I am accepting that I'm not shooting for Winner this month. Exercise: 15 minutes MommaStrong, 30 minutes walk Tracking: Every bite - that is my main goal this month, I have decided is to gather data by accurately tracking everything Calories: 362 Over Goal. But still some weight lost. I think…
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@makattack220 I had looked at the website but didn't want to give up my email address to get free resources. I will listen to the podcast. @ideas2, I just measured and my waist circumference is less than half my height. Not much less, but less! @MadisonMolly2017, I also am considering the idea of not getting lower than I…
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@MadisonMolly2017 Thank you so much for your kind response. I was really expecting you to lay down the law and tell me to get more serious about eating less! I think your answer to "Really lock in recording every nibble. ... You realize it’s just data & will work to your advantage to record all you eat !!" is exactly what…
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@Cowphilosopher and others who asked what I am eating: In my weight loss so far I have mainly had meals that are mostly vegetables - LOTS of vegetables - with ~3oz of protein and ~1/2 cup of carbohydrate. That was my "meal pattern" that I settled on for weight loss before I was willing to track, and I kept going with it…
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Thank you to everyone for your responses! I am going to write back in a few posts. @makattack220 that podcast looks interesting. I looked around her website a bit and couldn't find anything about the fat adapted vs. sugar burning issue. Can you summarize it for me? I do think that sounds like me, potentially.…
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March 2 - Pass Day 1 Exercise: 15 minutes MommaStrong, 30 minute walk, no stretching (this is why I mention it -- it's too easy to skip) Tracking: Planned the day at my target level. Tracked every extra nibble, which made me over. Calories: Over Yes I still am down 0.2 pounds this morning. I was not that hungry yesterday -…
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I have been struggling with hunger for the last month or so. I wake up hungry, after I eat I want more food, and I am hungry in between meals. That makes it a real struggle to stick to a calorie deficit! That has not been my experience of weight loss so far, and it's been hard. I posted about it in my daily posts some in…
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@jmu1965 that looks very relaxing
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March 1 Congratulations to the winners! You all are inspiring Pass days so far: 0 Exercise: 25 minutes walk, 25 minutes stretching Tracking: Planned the day with a little wiggle room, had a few extra nibbles but tracked them Calories: Under! First time I've managed it a while. The amazing thing was that I was not…
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@Mrs_Hoffer thank you for your idea about cutting out grains @MadisonMolly2017 thank you for all your wisdom and your offer to help. I am copying your questions here so I can answer them later: 1. How much you’ve lost total 2. How much you’ve lost since Jan 1 3. Your current BMI & weight 4. When you track EVERYTHING, how…
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Hi Everyone! I'm Caroline. My first weight loss effort was post-college, losing the weight I had gained from my school's truly excellent dining services desserts. I did weight watchers and learned a lot about nutrition. I lost ~25 pounds in about 6 months and kept it off for ~10 years by weighing myself daily and tracking…
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Feb 28 Pass Day #13 (approximately) Exercise: 15 minutes MommaStrong, 40 minutes stretching and release work (I had a Zoom work training where I got to just listen), 30 minutes walk Tracking: Planned the day at the right number of calories, then tracked every little nibble - didn't deny myself the nibble, just tracked it.…
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Feb 27 Pass day number 12 (approximately) Exercise: 15 minutes MommaStrong, 15 minutes stretching, half hour walk Tracking: Yes Calories: Over I was SO hungry yesterday. And every time I ate I just wanted more food. I do not know what is up with me - is it my thyroid (though otherwise I feel fine re: thyroid symptoms)? Is…
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Feb 26 Pass Day #11 Exercise: 40 minutes walk Tracking: Planned the day with calories already over because it was "takeout Friday" (rescheduled from Friday because of the snowstorm). I couldn't fit the takeout into my calories for the day and I really wanted it anyway. Calories: Over even what I had planned because of…
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@Mrs_Hoffer I'd like to do Mon March 28 if you still need someone for that day.
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I joined UAC in September and have learned so much from the wisdom, kindness, and persistence of everyone in the group. It has really helped my commitment to this journey. It's a group that's very welcoming to new members. You should check it out!
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@ideas2 I am looking into Dance Dance Revolution now - thinking my kids will like it too.
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Feb 25 Pass day 10 or something I posted in "What's on Your Mind" about my new plan to reduce my calorie intake but not by cutting the number on MFP but by no longer counting my exercise calories (which don't amount to much, 100-200 a day). Also as part of that being really strict about not grazing/snacking/munching on…
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Feb 24 Exercise - 15 minutes MommaStrong, 1 hour slow walk with my daughter Tracking - Planned the day Calories - Followed the plan, under @WhatMeRunning the picture gives me hope
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OK, I've been setting my calories at maintenance the past few weeks, and my weight has been pretty steady with that. But then I've had a few pass days that have resulted in weight gain. So the net result has been weight gain. None of that should be surprising. It's math. I am being conservative about cutting calories…
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Feb 23 Exercise: 40 minutes walk in a beautiful spring-feeling day! Tracking: Did not plan ahead because we didn't decide dinner plan the night before. But I tracked ahead of each meal and got to a total that worked. Calories: Under Mindset. I think I have lucked into a usually positive mindset. My main work at the moment…
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Feb 22 Exercise: 15 minutes MommaStrong, 30 minute walk Tracking: Planned the day Calories: Followed the plan - under! Strategy for vacation... is there really such thing as a vacation when you have little kids? It's just doing the same thing in a different place. And for the past 2 years in a pandemic, it's doing very…
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Feb 21 First day in a while that was not a pass day. Exercise: 40 minute walk Tracking: Planned the day Calories: Followed the plan - under! And I was SO hungry all day. Still hungry this morning. My stomach is rumbling as I type this. I am reflecting on my habits and routines lately - which ones serve me, which ones…
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Feb 20 Exercise: 15 minutes MommaStrong and at least 5 minutes of walking around at the ski lodge helping my daughter ski with friends. I did not manage to sneak away for a hike this time as I had hoped. Tracking: Planned the day with an estimation for chili and calories over Calories: Followed the plan, pretty much - but…
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Feb 19 Pass Day 8 (I think) Exercise - I did a lot of going up and down stairs for house work/organizing but no formal exercise and did not manage to leave the house for a walk Tracking - Planned the day, then abandoned the plan Calories - Probably over Friday night I ate half of my takeout, and decided I wouldn't eat the…
