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3 yeses today! Checking in now before bed because not sure I will have time in the morning.
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Nov 4 Exercise -30 minutes walking Tracking - Preplanned, followed the plan Calories - Under Great topic starter @jamcnewman . I have tracked points and calories frequently over the years at various points in my weight loss journey. When I started back on MFP I started tracking. I agree the copy to date is awesome - I tend…
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Nov 3 Exercise: 15 minutes MommaStrong in the morning and a few hours of walking in the woods for work - a rare treat! Tracking: Planned the day, then on the way thought I could fit in a bakery cookie because of my exercise calories. Checked it before I ate it and I could and it was good. Calories: Under
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Hi, This is my third month doing the UAC and I have found it very helpful! I am 41 years old and have 2 kids ages 9 and 5. I have been working mostly from home since the pandemic, but I do go out and meet with farmers and walk around farms for work 1-2 times per week. My weight loss history is that shortly after college I…
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Nov 2nd Exercise- about an hour of walking in farm fields for work Tracking - Planned the day partly in advance and partly as I went because my wife changed the dinner plan and because I went to vote at the senior center and they were having a bake sale and I was tempted Calories - Had a small dinner to fit in that bread…
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3 yeses but no time to post
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Oct 31 Another pass day! I am really not ending the month strong. I did get a lot of walking in with trick-or-treating. And I also did a 15 minute MommaStrong exercise video in the am. But I didn't track my food and I didn't plan what I was going to eat and I wound up eating too much and eating a lot of Halloween candy.…
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Oct 30 Pass Day 7ish My belly was doing a bit better, but it was another day where I felt like I needed to just take eating as it came rather than plan in advance. I also didn't manage any exercise because it was just kids and housework all day, and it was raining. I have not yet made a plan for today but I think I can. I…
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Oct 29 A 6th pass day. My GI symptoms seem to be back. Went for a covid test and have a doctor's appointment on Monday. Felt unsure about eating real food and ate bread and oatmeal for dinner. Before I started feeling bad I did exercise - 15 minute MommaStrong video, 30 minute walk. And I had planned the day, just didn't…
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Oct 28 Exercise - 30 minutes stretching, 90 minutes walking for work Tracking - Planned the day - not the day before as I usually do because I was too into my pass day yesterday. But I planned it in the morning. Actually, dinner plans changed mid-day so I had to replan dinner. But planned before each meal and stuck to it.…
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Oct 27 Pass day - Date day did wind up being a lot about food. I am hoping to sub that for my usual Friday takeout day, at least. Exercise - none Tracking - none Calories - over for sure We haven't traveled much with COVID, but even before our travel was with young kids (my oldest is 9.5 so that's been a while). We tend to…
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Oct 26 Exercise -15 minute MommaStrong video (done in chunks over the course of an hour because that's how my morning went!), 30 minute walk in the rain Tracking - Planned the day, followed the plan Calories - Under Pass days so far: 5? @mshawski that sounds really hard. I definitely relate to the longing for a second…
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Oct 25 5th pass day (I think) Exercise - 15 minute MommaStrong, 30 minute walk Tracking - Planned the day, adjusted the plan - and started out continuing to track as I ate extra but gave up tracking when it was clear I was over calories - and continued to eat Calories - Over, but not by a huge amount This was actually the…
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@donna25trinity glad to help!
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I just joined the group last month (so have done 2 months of it). I've found everyone to be very welcoming, kind, and insightful. I am pretty far along on my weight loss journey but had been stuck in a plateau for months and I have gotten unstuck and started losing again thanks to this group!
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Photo of a hike with my kids and friend a few weeks ago. My daughter really wanted to get to the view and my son and friend were tired. We left them eating a snack on the side of the trail and dashed up the mountain. Really happy to be able to do that. Oct 24 I continue to be back on track after my illness Exercise - 15…
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Oct 23 Back on track. Feeling quite a bit better from being sick, but not all the way. But - Exercise - 20 minutes walking with my daughter at the park as she practiced hoverboarding Tracking - Planned the day, adjusted the plan. Lots of bone broth and fewer veggies, no dairy, but otherwise back to eating regular food.…
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@KCJen there are no bad foods. But I find that a pasta salad makes me feel really hungry afterwards. I do a lot better at making it to the next meal if I have lots of protein and lower carbs or whole grain carbs. But if pasta salad is making you happy and keeping you full then yes, you absolutely can lose weight while…
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@donna25trinity I also feel like a treat is very important to me, also after I get the kids to bed. I don't try for "healthy" or low fat with my treats, though I do keep them to `~150 calories unless I happen to have some extra to use. I have had trouble with continuing to snack after I finish my snack, but am not right…
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Oct 22 A 4th pass day. Recovering from my stomach bug. I was again definitely under calories (especially considering that Friday is my high calorie day), but needed to have the kind of day where I ate what appealed to me without thinking too much about it, so tracking really wasn't going to work. And zero exercise. I am…
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Oct 21 I need to take Pass Day Number 3. I think I ate something that did not agree with me/was bad on Wednesday. I started feeling sick Wednesday night and it continued yesterday. I am obviously way under calories and have actually lost a bunch of weight (though I am sure I will regain it as I recover). But no tracking…
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Oct 20 3 yeses. Felt sick with GI troubles and went to bed early without my bedtime snack so definitely under calories.
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@KCJen I think those are some great insights and plans for long-term weight loss. Having recently moved towards a 1200 calorie diet for most of the week (though not really, because I eat back ~150 exercise calories a day) I will say I find it a lot harder to fit in what I want to eat than in the 1400 calories I was aiming…
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Oct 19 Exercise - 15 minute MommaStrong and walking for work, including some real walking through the woods (not on a trail, just over land) which I had not done in a long time and definitely was good exercise. Hard to track that kind of thing, but I estimated and I think underestimated but it still gave me some extra…
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Oct 18 Exercise: 15 minute MommaStrong, 30 minute walk Track: Planned the day, followed the plan Calories: Under I forgot to weigh yesterday - I think because we haven't turned the heat on yet and I was very cold so focused on getting out of jammies and into workout clothes and forgot the scale in between. Today I weighed…
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10/17 Exercise: 15 minute MommaStrong video, 30 minutes walking Tracking: Yes, planned the day and adjusted the plan as necessary Calories: Under Pass days used: 2 Thanks for the list, @Mrs_Hoffer . It is pretty inspiring to see myself tagged with the group. Last month, my first month, I saw the list and thought "Wow, I…
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Oct 16 Exercise - about 1 hour walking (some with kids so very slow, some without so a bit faster) Tracking - Pre-planned Calories - Under - followed the plan Pass days total - 2
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10/15 Exercise - Probably 40 minutes of stretching, half hour walk I think I'm going to have to call it my second pass day. It was takeout Friday at my house, but I'd decided to keep it a low calorie day for me. I got some sashimi to add to veggies we had at home. I planned it all out and followed the plan - but also ate a…
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Oct 14 Exercise - yes, 2+hours of walking in the woods at a work retreat Tracking - yes, but had to do some estimating for the walking and the ice cream Calories - under, but I do fear that I overestimated the walking and underestimated the ice cream Friday is to be my high calorie day in my new eating plan, but I am going…
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3 yeses today. 1 pass day so far. Quickly checking in before bed because I won’t have time tomorrow morning.
