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30 Day BACK TO BASICS Challenge

missyinacage said:
Let me preface this by saying, I truly LOVE how much we share on this site and how much feedback we give whenever anyone has a question.

That being said, this thread is for a 30 day SELF challenge. Unsolicited feedback on other people's stats is really not helpful. This is not to say you should not share your daily details or dish about whatever is going on in your life. But, when we comment on others statistics, it can make them uncomfortable. I would not appreciate anyone commenting on my stats, and doubt anyone else is feeling open to it either.

In the interest of honesty, I've thought "WOW! That's a LOT of exercise!" or "WOW! That's not many calories!" Which then leads me down the "Am I doing this right?!?" road that we've all been on at some point. But I feel good at the amount of calories I am eating and the amount of exercising I am getting. And only i can be the judge of that.

The point of this thread is to hold ourselves accountable in a judgement free zone. Unless a poster asks specifically for feedback, let's try to keep thsi an encouragement only zone. Thank you.
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Hi Missy. I will try to comply with your request. I am not sure if I'm misinterpreting feedback as encouragement, so I'm a bit confused. When you discussed your Sunday Funday, would you have preferred no comments on your experiences, or are you referring to no comments on how many grams of protein, ozs of water, amt of exercise, etc.?

I am asking about this with complete sincerity. I sometimes feel I'm missing some social cues at various times, and I struggle to find the correct response. Please let me know, bc I truly love this thread that you started, and I hope and pray that you will continue this. ❤❤❤❤
 
Day 27

Water: 72
Protein: 90
Exercise: 20 min walk
Calories; 1457

Specifically, questioning someone's protein, water, calorie intake or expenditure by suggesting that it's too high, too low, and/or out of whack in any way is not helpful in this thread.

None of us are going to have perfect numbers everyday. We also have a group here in very different places in their journey. My calorie intake at 16 months post op is not going to be your calorie intake at 8 weeks post op. Anyone posting any of these numbers is doing so to hold themselves accountable. Not for anyone else to go over them and make determinations on their validity.

Doing so may make a person uncomfortable posting those numbers, which defeats the entire point of this thread and challenge. I just want to make sure that everyone who is doing the challenge is comfortable being involved. That's it. Have a lovely day.
 
Monday

Protein 56
Water 76
Calories 1247
Exercise yes

Down 8 lbs! Actually that is a little bittersweet. While I am grateful for that loss, I still have to lose more against my weight gain during the funk I was in. Then I can start adding to my total weight loss. Lesson learned!
 
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Oops! Copied my stats from the wrong day. Monday should read...

Protein 63
Water 76
Calories 1336
Exercise yes

JudyNY said:
Monday

Protein 56
Water 76
Calories 1247
Exercise yes

Down 8 lbs! Actually that is a little bittersweet. While I am grateful for that loss, I still have to lose more against my weight gain during the funk I was in. Then I can start adding to my total weight loss. Lesson learned!
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Is dancing a form of exercise? I have a playlist I use and just dance around for about 45 minutes. It's fast dancing. By myself I can dance like a fool!! But does it count as exercise or do I have to go walking? Also, people are posting "Tracking", what is that? Writing everything in a journal? And I never count calories, I count protein. I guess I need to start doing both. But I'm only close to 3 months from surgery so I have just been counting protein.
 
Linda Pittsburgh said:
Is dancing a form of exercise? I have a playlist I use and just dance around for about 45 minutes. It's fast dancing. By myself I can dance like a fool!! But does it count as exercise or do I have to go walking? Also, people are posting "Tracking", what is that? Writing everything in a journal? And I never count calories, I count protein. I guess I need to start doing both. But I'm only close to 3 months from surgery so I have just been counting protein.
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Hello Linda

I do not count calories I just find that information on my Baritastic app. I was only told to count water and proteins. I also would say if you are getting your heart rate up with dancing it would be exercise.
 
Day 28

Water: 72
Protein: 85
Calories: 1318
Exercise: no
Weekly Weigh In: -1.1

We're coming up on the end of the month tomorrow but I decided to use my regular weekly weigh in as my final for the month as well. I am thinking of doing another challenge next month with different goals. Let me know if you have anything you'd like to add, if you're planning to join in.
 
Linda Pittsburgh said:
Is dancing a form of exercise? I have a playlist I use and just dance around for about 45 minutes. It's fast dancing. By myself I can dance like a fool!! But does it count as exercise or do I have to go walking? Also, people are posting "Tracking", what is that? Writing everything in a journal? And I never count calories, I count protein. I guess I need to start doing both. But I'm only close to 3 months from surgery so I have just been counting protein.
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Absolutely yes! Any additional activity can be counted as exercise. When I refer to tracking, I am putting all my food into an app, that counts all those number up for me. I definitely cannot be tracking all that by hand. You don't have to count calories this early out. I am at about 16 months post op and need to keep better track of what's going in and out.
 
missyinacage said:
Day 28

Water: 72
Protein: 85
Calories: 1318
Exercise: no
Weekly Weigh In: -1.1

We're coming up on the end of the month tomorrow but I decided to use my regular weekly weigh in as my final for the month as well. I am thinking of doing another challenge next month with different goals. Let me know if you have anything you'd like to add, if you're planning to join in.
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I also would like to start a new Challenge.
 
Linda, I've been calling what I do dancercize, as I twist, step, wave my arms around, etc. It puts me in mind of all of those 80s aerobics classes (that I never took) and Richard Simmons' Sweating to the Oldies tapes that I used to do. Any movement to music or movement in general burns calories and helps work your muscles. That's why I count that as exercise daily.

Missy, I am perfectly happy continuing tracking protein, water, and exercise, and I hope you'll continue this part of the challenge each month please. It really helps me make better choices, especially including getting my exercise back on track. Anything else that you'd like to add to the challenge is ok fine by me.
 
I'm thinking the following work for me:

Tracking - more days than not -
Water: At least 32 of my daily ounces from plain ol' water. (I drink mostly flavored.)
Gratitude: I will list 1 thing I am grateful for each day and how it improves my life.
* Once a week, the thing I'm grateful for will be something to do with ME! (example: I'm grateful for my .. stubbornness lol)
Movement: at least 15 minutes, in addition to my regular activity, every day.
Food: One meal/snack per day will be veggie based.

You can make your own goals to go with the BOLD topics, to fit your situation. For example, if you already drink nothing but plain water. You can change food to your protein goals if you are still not meeting them etc.
But I particularly like the gratitude one, so I hope you'll all stick with that. It's easy to get caught up in our lives and where we're struggling. Which makes it easy to forget to be grateful for not only those things we love and value but especially the things we love and value about ourselves.

I'll post a new thread challenge on the 1st. If you would like me to add anything for this month, please lemme know.
 
missyinacage said:
I'm thinking the following work for me:

Tracking - more days than not -
Water: At least 32 of my daily ounces from plain ol' water. (I drink mostly flavored.)
Gratitude: I will list 1 thing I am grateful for each day and how it improves my life.
* Once a week, the thing I'm grateful for will be something to do with ME! (example: I'm grateful for my .. stubbornness lol)
Movement: at least 15 minutes, in addition to my regular activity, every day.
Food: One meal/snack per day will be veggie based.

You can make your own goals to go with the BOLD topics, to fit your situation. For example, if you already drink nothing but plain water. You can change food to your protein goals if you are still not meeting them etc.
But I particularly like the gratitude one, so I hope you'll all stick with that. It's easy to get caught up in our lives and where we're struggling. Which makes it easy to forget to be grateful for not only those things we love and value but especially the things we love and value about ourselves.

I'll post a new thread challenge on the 1st. If you would like me to add anything for this month, please lemme know.
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Oh Wow Missy, HUGE hugs from WV for coming up with this list. I'm gonna start a little early for next month's 1st gratitude acknowledgement with a shoutout to you, Missy, for your thoughtfulness. ❤❤❤❤
 
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