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February 11 ✅✅✅ 0 pass days used A good night's sleep for me is generally between 7.5 and 9 hours. Any less and I'm tired and have the wrong mindset. Any more and I just seem to feel tired all day. Prior to 2014 I did not sleep regularly at all. Since then I'm a real stickler about proper sleep after realizing the…

Catching up, first time I've been back on MFP since Thursday morning. Hope all are doing well! February 10 ✅✅✅ 0 pass days used Exercise was a 21 minute walk My why is all about my loved ones. I don't have the time to share, but think I've touched on many parts of it in the past. And I'm sure I'll post a nice long spoiler…

Once in a while it is good to revisit WHY we are doing this. It can be challenging, yet here we are. What is it that keeps you going?

Wound up busy last night so posting the next morning... February 9 ✅✅✅ 0 pass days used Exercise was a 21 minute walk. My corrected count is 3 full and 8 half within 365 (much lower).

I think it depends on a lot of factors, and I think it can be tricky for some to know for sure when to rest or stay active. When long distance running was my goal I had a rest day each week. I now feel that as an over 40 runner (50 is over 40, right?) who never really ran at all until after age 40 that this might be a…

@Mrs_Hoffer who knew having a desk job would be so much exercise? February 8 ✅✅✅ 0 pass days used Today's exercise was a 20 minute walk and 32 minutes of weights. Binging (for me) is typically something that is either well under control or way out of control. When it rears it's ugly head it's typically not one thing that…

@donna25trinity I don't recommend this for longer than just a few to several days, but a low dose melatonin (5mg) 30 minutes before bed may help you adjust to a new (earlier) bed time. Just don't keep taking it if it seems really helpful because your body produces it naturally when it is accustomed to normal bed time. If…

February 7 ✅✅✅ 0 pass days used Today's exercise was a 23 minute walk and a 40 minute upper body strength routine.

So many great thoughts on today's topic, I love it! Thank you @Jana_2020 for the lively opener! Spoiler for me being a big old blabber-head today

February 6 ✅✅✅ 0 pass days used My pass days the last few months have not been isolated to just one or two of the 3 goals, but spread about. Typically I would say exercise is the easiest of the three for me, but that in itself presents the scenario where a day with missed exercise results in a pass day for being so…

@donna25trinity I spent a few years as an early riser for run training. I would get up no later than 5:45am most days, but as early as 4:30 on long run and mid-week long run days. I went to bed crazy early to get at least 7.5 hours of sleep (I do well waking after a sleep divisible by 90 minutes) so generally by 9pm, some…

February 5 ✅✅✅ 0 pass days used Right now my goals are to do anything I can to keep things on track without feeling bad or having any regrets. I'm a train wreck trying to get back on track, and thankful that the wreck is not as bad as it could have been. But negativity of any sort is simply out of the question. So in order…

February 4 ✅✅✅ 0 pass days used I wasn't able to do my planned strength exercise today, but I am choosing to allow my steps and stretching exercises to make up for it. I've managed to increase my average daily steps the last couple weeks. I'm hopeful that walk may resume by perhaps March. As for the topic, outside of a few…

I don't use MFP or it's activity levels to set my calorie goals because my body does not run on MFP software (thank God, otherwise things would be so much worse lol) Everyone has their own way of doing things, thereby their own preferences. For me personally, the only number that matters is the number of calories I must…

@jjjcat you may not feel like January was great but you did keep your focus on your goals all month setting you up now for a better February. Just think what might have been had you just given up and walked away. That is why you are a CHAMPION, for beating the most common, and biggest setback people face in their quest for…

February 3 ✅ Exercise - 41 minutes upper body strength (bench press, lat pull-downs, tricep extensions, wrist curls) ✅ Tracked ✅ Calories 0 pass days used

February 2 ✅ Exercise - 20 minutes core isometrics ✅ Tracked ✅ Calories 0 pass days used

February 1 ✅ Exercise - 31 minutes Upper Body strength (bench press, overhead press, bicep curls) ✅ Tracked ✅ Calories 0 pass days used

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Hello all, my name is Chris. I'm married in Kansas, USA, with 5 kids, the 3 youngest living at home (9, 12 and 21) all with severe autism (yes, all three, in one family). I just turned 50 and have spent the last 15 years in a cycle of ups and downs, weight-wise and health-wise. My overall progress has been good, definitely…

January 30 ✅✅✅ Pass days: Lots Was able to do some light exercise in addition to stretching today.

Pass again today, and yesterday. I think that's 8 total, give or take.

Jan 28 Pass day #6 I truly wish I could have found this group back in 2007, but alas it did not exist then. I could have benefitted from it after starting MFP in 2014 as well but was laser focused on running. I only found it in 2021, and have learned a lot in just that first year here. I feel I have learned so much from so…

Thanks for the very insightful post @ideas2 What I meant by not doing anything today is any exercise. I'm not very mobile today with the shingles. I didn't binge yesterday, I think there was a mixup with another post. Your post is still helpful though as times have been tough for a few months here. I know sticking here and…

Today is going to be a pass day, may as well call it now. I am not doing a thing.

I am on an anti-viral prescription, started yesterday. I'm taking ibuprofen and acetaminofen for pain/discomfort for now. I wanted the vaccine and asked about it at my physical back in September. Doc said that insurance does not cover it until age 50, so he recommended I get it at my next appointment, just less than a…

Wait a minute, when did it become Thursday? OK, so for today's topic... Open discussion, I guess! 😜

January 26 ✅✅✅ 4 pass days used I (fortunately) had a follow up doctor appointment scheduled for today with my general practitioner. On Saturday I noticed a soreness in my right hip/upper thigh when standing/sitting, only to see signs Sunday of what looked like a rash around my waistline in that area, and it oddly seemed…

February? What happened to January? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

January 25 ✅✅✅ 4 pass days used