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Oct 12 Exercise - 15 minute MommaStrong video, 20 minutes walking while on the phone with a friend - didn't have time for the usual 30 minute walk, so walked the same route but faster. It was such a beautiful fall day! Tracking - Planned and followed the plan Calories - Under Pass Days - 1 so far I have to say when I…
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@tahm42 I don't think that dealing with life threatening food allergies is food drama at all. It sounds like you have found good ways to keep yourself safe while still having fun, and I'm sorry that anyone gives you a hard time about that.
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Mon Oct 11 Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. Back on track after Sunday's pass day! Exercise - 15 minute MommaStrong and 45 minute slow (but hilly) hike with kids and my friend - a much better way to celebrate a visit from a friend than the eating out! Tracking - Planned, adjusted the plan as I went…
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Oct 10 First pass day of this Challenge. I feel pretty proud that I got to double digits before taking a pass day - doing way better than last month. But it was a full pass day - I have a friend visiting for the first time since COVID, and we got fancy takeout to celebrate and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I think today's…
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Oct 9 Exercise - Yes, walked at least 20 minutes doing laps back and forth at the playground while supervising my kids' play. I don't think I would have bothered with that without this challenge, so thanks! Tracking - Preplanned the day and mostly followed the plan. I had to adjust dinner to what my wife actually grilled…
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Oct 7 Exercise - 15 minute MommaStrong, 20 minutes biking to town and back Tracking - Didn't make a plan, but tracked as I went (estimating) Calories - Under Pass Days - 0 Friday is my planned high calorie takeout day, with the new plan that some people here suggested. I was estimating like crazy, and estimating high, but…
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@KCJen Thank you for your advice about restaurant meals. I will try that website. I really like your question about whether to eat the same thing every day for ease of tracking or whether to be flexible so you don't get burnt out. To me, on my slow and steady journey, keeping things interesting is 90% of the battle. I am…
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Oct 7 Exercise - 45 minute walk, 30 minutes stretching Tracking - Planned, followed the plan Calories - Under Pass days so far - 0 That was the low calorie part of my week, and I did it! I have some challenges coming up, with a friend coming to visit (which hasn't happened since COVID) and a 3 day weekend, so anticipating…
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Oct 6 Exercise - 15 minute MommaStrong, 30 minutes walking (beautiful day!) Tracking - Planned, adjusted the plan along the way Calories - Under Pass days so far - 0 Thanks for the podcast recommendation and the nugget. It's interesting because I have been "doing" weight loss to some extent my whole adult life. But really,…
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Oct 5 Exercise - 15 minutes MommaStrong video, 30 minute walk Tracking - Preplanned, followed the plan Calories - Under Pass Days - 0 I have had periods in my life where I got a lot of exercise (mainly for work - I used to have a job where I walked through the woods - not on a trail, just over land. That is good exercise,…
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My first time losing weight was at the beginning of my adult life, right after college. I did weight watchers online and I think they gave the "healthy" BMI range as a goal weight. My real goal was to lose my belly fat, if I could do that while staying in a healthy BMI range. Both out of vanity and because I had read that…
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10/4 Exercise - 30 minute walk in the rain, 20 minutes stretching Tracked - Planned the day, adjusted the plan as necessary Calories - Under Pass days so far - 0! Back to one of my four low calorie days. Preplanned and followed the plan, but had to adjust because I slept in and missed my morning workout and had planned on…
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Exercise - 15 minute MommaStrong, 20 minute walk in the rain Tracking - Preplanned and stuck to the plan, except I skipped part of my afternoon snack because I wasn't that hungry Calories - Under Pass Days - 0 This was first week of trying more calories on the weekend, fewer during the week - something I had never…
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@Katiecan2021 I have found that as I have stopped eating fatty foods and drinking alcohol, when I go to have a treat my stomach usually makes me pay for it. It is one way to be motivated to stay on track! It's very unfortunate, though. I actually had a recent bad experience with a really good chocolate cake myself.
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Oct 2 Exercise - 45 minutes or so walking in a corn maze with my family (that's all the patience the kids had for it) Tracking - Yes, preplanned and followed the plan Calories - Under my slightly higher weekend number 0 Pass Days so far!
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Thank you all so much for your insight! This is very helpful.
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So many post! I am going to catch up on reading them later, but just wanted to post my stuff while I have a minute before the kids get up. Congratulations to all the winners! You all are so amazing. Oct 1 Exercise: 15 minute MommaStrong and 30 minute bike ride Tracking: Planned the day in advance except my Friday takeout,…
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@donna25trinity Thanks, Donna, yes that does really help. How exactly do you do the research to estimate? I think the fact that you have reached your goal weight actually does make you an expert :smile:
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Hi! I'm going to start off the discussion with a question. This is my second month doing the UAC, and I have learned so much. My question is to those of you who are experts at this - how do you track restaurant food? Or do you just not eat out? My method had been that if I ate out, I just didn't track that day because I…
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9/30 Exercise - 15 minutes MommaStrong, 20 minute walk (just squeezed it in before dinner, not time for my usual 30 minutes) Tracking - Planned the day Calories - Technically over by 98, but I was so hungry I had to eat more. I had a bit of prepared food in there and I think my guess as to what it would match in the…
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Hi all, I just started last month with the September Challenge, and it has been very helpful to me. I've learned so much already and been very inspired. Though I was nowhere near the winner's circle, I did manage to check in every day. I am 41 and am looking to lose the baby weight from my daughter who is almost 10. My…
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Congratulations to all the winners! You are so inspiring! I'm on a good streak right now. Exercise: 15 minute MommaStrong and 30 minute walk with my 5 year old on his balance bike - intervals of jogging and intervals of stopping to look at leaves, mushrooms, ferns Tracking - Planned out a 1200 + exercise calories day…
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Sept 28 Exercise - yes, 40 minutes walking, 20 minutes stretching Tracking - Yes, planned the day and followed the plan Calories - under Pass days - I think 9 Definitely not winner's circle! Catching up on 3 days right now. I didn't wake up early enough to have my computer time on Monday or Tuesday. I was still reading…
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3 yeses and I think I am 9 pass days.
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9/27 3 yeses. I think I am at 9 pass days? Definitely not winners circle.
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September 25 Pass Day 9 or so, I've kind of lost track. Since the restaurant my wife wanted to order from for her birthday had been closed on her birthday, we ordered from it last night. It was a crazy overindulgence, and my belly was very mad at me. But it made her very happy. It was also our wedding anniversary so…
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Exercise - 15 minute MommaStrong and 30 minute walk Tracking - yes, planned and made some adjustments but tracked them Calories - under, yes under my new provisional 1200 calorie a day goal (plus my ~130 exercise calories) All the stuff I read above is so inspiring for doing some real exercise. I have never been a real…
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Exercise - Did over an hour of stretching yesterday, because I stretched for morning exercise and then got caught up in watching a TV show that my wife put on at night, and did at least stretch through it. Sleep would probably have been better, but stretching was good. I also went for half an hour walk on a really pretty…
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Sept 22 Pass day - I think I'm at 8/3 now? I did exercise - did my MommaStrong 15 minute video in the morning and an hour long hike in the woods with my wife - at high speed b/c mosquitoes. But did not track and was over calories. I didn't do as badly as I thought I would - we didn't go out to lunch, just dinner, and…
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Exercise - 15 minutes MommaStrong video, 30 minutes walking Tracking - yes Calories - under (though there is one thing I've been eating for the last week that I was estimating calories on, and I have not been losing weight, and I think that is the culprit -inaccurate estimation. Thankfully, I finished it last night so I…
