January challenge

[3momchaos]

Day 19
Protein: 100 g
Water: 64 oz
Mindful eating: yes
Purposeful movement: no and honestly I’m probably going to stop with this one because it’s cold and I’m always at some level of soreness. I move but I’m not active if that makes sense. I don’t feel bad about dropping it either. Gotta do what works, right?

 

[NewChallenge]

Day 19

Protein 80
Water 60
Mindful eating yes
Steps 16,000 We go all of our people from one location out to the park for a walk. Some of us walked to the park and from the park too. What a nice day it was. Just feel good when I do not have to do office work all day.

 

[3momchaos]

Day 20
Protein: 60 g
Water: 64 oz
Mindful eating: yes
Very active today
Bi weekly weigh in: 171.8

 

[NewChallenge]

Day 20
Protein 70
Water 65
Mindful eating mostly had a bad spot at the end of the day. But not real bad
Steps 17,000 another good day of park walking, Now we are going to get cold so I do not know how much we will get our members out

 

[KarenWV]

Day 20

Water: 96 ozs
Protein: 60 g
Movement: a little bit

 

[3momchaos]

Day 21
Didn’t track today, but didn’t do too bad

 

[3momchaos]

Day 22 didn’t track
Day 23
Protein: 100+
Water: 64 oz
Mindful eating: yes
SO active today! Went to the aquarium and walked a lot. My knees hurt though.

 

[NewChallenge]

Day 23

did not track
Did not do anything bad just did not keep track of a thing.
So I know that means I did not drink enough water

 

[3momchaos]

Day 24
Protein: 70 g
Water: 64 oz
Mindful eating: yes
I started up the elliptical today, did it for 27 minutes, I started getting a headache so I stopped and didn’t get in the full 30.
Bi weekly weigh in: 174

 

[KayB]

Day 1

Calories: 1178
Protein: 46
Water: 72
Movement: Just what I got at work. I'm a teacher.

 

[KarenWV]

Glad to hear from you, Kay. Teachers rock!!! ❤❤❤❤

 

[3momchaos]

Day 25
Protein: 91 g
Water: 64 oz
Mindful eating: no
22 minutes on the elliptical

 

[KayB]

Calories: 1,148
Protein: 39 I must go shopping this weekend
for some protein-rich food!
Water: 72
Vitamins: yes
Movement: only at work, again

I have trouble remembering my vitamins so I thought I'd make this a category.

 

[NewChallenge]

Day 24

Protein 65
Water 72
Mindful eating mostly
Steps 17,000

Day 25

Protein 76
Water 55
Mindful eating mostly
Steps 22,000 We have a new member who is not happy to be around so many other people today was his first day we went on 4 walks today being outside or in the office with me seems to help him after being with all the other members for about 30min. So he is doing well. Just will take some time. I should get out on some more walks today. and paid for it

 

[KarenWV]

Calories: 1,148
Protein: 39 I must go shopping this weekend
for some protein-rich food!
Water: 72
Vitamins: yes
Movement: only at work, again

I have trouble remembering my vitamins so I thought I'd make this a category.

For what it's worth, I have a notebook to track my daily bottles of water (time started drinking so it doesn't overlap my meal times). I write down each vitamin, supplement, med, & time I took it. I try to put 15-20 min between each (advice from my bariatric team). I take my 2 calcium citrates in the a.m. and later evening, and my multivitamin and every other day iron supplement midday to avoid calcium absorption interfered by the iron. Lastly I try to track meals & times, with protein amounts. Maybe tracking will help you remember. Good luck.

 

[Kcuster83]

Karen,

I agree, tracking makes it so much easier. I am not much for "writing" everything down but if i can do it on my phone I am down. Only problem for me is that I work in a "secured" building with super high cyber security regulations and our cell phones have to be locked up when we enter the building. Therefore, I do not have access to my phone throughout the day to have reminders or enter things "real time". I usually enter my breakfast and lunch the might before ( I mean prep so I always know what I am eating) and then dinners at home. Water, I just keep track of on a sticky note at my desk and then enter is later.

 

[KarenWV]

Karen,

I agree, tracking makes it so much easier. I am not much for "writing" everything down but if i can do it on my phone I am down. Only problem for me is that I work in a "secured" building with super high cyber security regulations and our cell phones have to be locked up when we enter the building. Therefore, I do not have access to my phone throughout the day to have reminders or enter things "real time". I usually enter my breakfast and lunch the might before ( I mean prep so I always know what I am eating) and then dinners at home. Water, I just keep track of on a sticky note at my desk and then enter is later.

Just 1 more thought. Put the vitamins & meds, and the times you are supposed to take them across the top of the page. Put each date on the left margin & make columns down the page. Then all you have to do is check off each time you take a pill. This could be done fairly discretely at work, and you only have to write up the columns every couple of weeks in your notebook. Easy peasy. Hope that helps.

 

[KayB]

For what it's worth, I have a notebook to track my daily bottles of water (time started drinking so it doesn't overlap my meal times). I write down each vitamin, supplement, med, & time I took it. I try to put 15-20 min between each (advice from my bariatric team). I take my 2 calcium citrates in the a.m. and later evening, and my multivitamin and every other day iron supplement midday to avoid calcium absorption interfered by the iron. Lastly I try to track meals & times, with protein amounts. Maybe tracking will help you remember. Good luck.

Thank you, Karen. Writing down everything I ingest is a great idea. I've been using My Fitness Pal to track. I recently started tracking my vitamins on it, too. I need to get in a habit of taking my calcium when I get home from work. I also want to buy an iron supplement to take in the morning with my multivitamin. I already take extra D because my bloodwork showed I was low. Man, it's like a full-time job keeping track of all rhis!

 

[3momchaos]

Day 26
Protein: 61 g
Water: 64 oz
Mindful eating: yes
No exercise today-woke up with very sore legs

 

[KarenWV]

Thank you, Karen. Writing down everything I ingest is a great idea. I've been using My Fitness Pal to track. I recently started tracking my vitamins on it, too. I need to get in a habit of taking my calcium when I get home from work. I also want to buy an iron supplement to take in the morning with my multivitamin. I already take extra D because my bloodwork showed I was low. Man, it's like a full-time job keeping track of all rhis!

It def is like a full-time job. Please check with your doctor about the iron supplement. I take a prescription ferrous sulfate 325 mg every other day with Vit C. You can only absorb about 5-600 mg of calcium at a time, and iron either as a supplement or as part of a multivitamin interferes with your calcium absorption. I take 600 mg Calcium Citrate in the morning & evening, and my multivitamin & iron mid-afternoon, at least 4 hrs apart from the calcium. I could never keep track of water, pills, food/protein levels w/o my trusty notebook.