WAIST AWAYS -- February 2019
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mari_moulin wrote: »FEBRUARY GOALS CHALLENGE for Team Waistaway!
Name: Mari
Your Personal Challenge:
FITNESS: Complete 5 - 30 minute workouts this week. Any form of workout counts.
NUTRITION: Stay on or under allowed calories at least 5 days this week.
HYDRATION: Drink 2 liters of water every single day!!!! 💧
SELF-CARE: Take some time for yourself and read a little each day.
Week 2:
Sun - 🏋🏻♀️🍎💧📖
Mon - 🏋🏻♀️🍎💧📖
Tue - 🏋🏻♀️🍎💧📖
Wed - 💧📖
Thu - 🏋🏻♀️🍎💧📖
Fri - 🏋🏻♀️🍎💧📖
Sat - 📖
STEP CHALLENGE:
Sun - 23,046
Mon - 13,397
Tue - 14,728
Wed - 5,708 (hip and leg was really bad, sorry)
Thu - 13,949
Fri - 19,021
Sat - 5,343
DAILY REFLECTIONS:
Well. I had a very lazy Saturday. Enjoyed quite a bit of food and didn’t drink all my water. I got some reading done and just relaxed. I have to say it was a very good week for me. 3 lbs down and feeling my energy levels going up again. I hope this week is as great.
Congrats on a successful week and wonderfully relaxing Saturday, @mari_moulin!
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Username: treebek
Weigh in day: Sunday
SW: 211
2/3: 210.6
2/10: 206.2
2/17: 204.8
2/24: 202.4
I think this is my last official weigh in for this challenge. I’m still gonna weigh in on the last day of the month though so I can get a good picture of how I did for the month overall. Pretty proud that I was able to get down 8 1/2 pounds this month.
I really wanted to get to 200 and yesterday I was slightly closer at 201.8. Who knows, maybe I will have a swoosh and get there by the end of the month!
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A bit up this week, but a lot going on.
Andreabroadley
Weigh in day Sunday
PW: 168.0
CW: 168.32 -
Thought I was getting better but nope.. chest cold is now a head cold too. /cry
And the throwing up could've been a stomach bug b/c my kids have all thrown up once too. Just once each though. Really weird. Hopefully that's all though.
And my weigh in tomorrow is probably NOT going to be very good. TToTM should be starting very soon. Today or within a couple of days and I always gain a few pounds during this time.
I haven't put up the scale. Yet.
It's still been frustrating, but I'm slowly letting it not get to me. I keep telling myself that it doesn't show the whole story. It doesn't show all of your progress.... and it just feels like that's finally sinking in for me. Yes, still frustrations, but not as much.
And that's been about it. Hope everyone had an amazing weekend and has a fantastic week!3 -
Step Records (need to be in by ASAP today so that I can list them before they become "void for this week's standings" )
@evangsimmons170 missing Mon18 through Sat 23 complete
@Leni1us missing Thurs 21 through Sat 23 complete with help from reflectionofme (if Leni1us posts her own numbers, they will be entered)
@jugar missing Thurs 21 (I got 2 since you pulled out ... )
@mari_moulin missing only Sat 23
@sue_01 01 missing Fri 22 and Sat 23 (reflectionofme sub for Monday - is sue_01 posts her own numbers, they will be entered)
@Astrue missing only Sat 23
@mickie48 missing Fri 22 and Sat 23
@willrunformartinis missing Fri 22 and Sat 23
@Kittu125 missing only Sat 23
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Summary:- If your name has a strikethrough, I have ALL your numbers
- If your name is in bold / italics, I am missing one or two end-of-week numbers. Even if they get covered off for this week - let me know them and I will enter your official numbers for the "whole of month" record.
- @Leni1us, I used @reflectionofme's numbers to cover your gaps, but if you post your own numbers, I will swap them in.
Thank you, @reflectionofme for helping cover four of our gaps.
I can only use one person's replacement numbers on one day's gap ... so if there are three people who track their steps and are not part of the Starting Lineup .....
For maximum possible placement in the Team vs Team rankings, I need:
Friday: name - steps
Saturday: name1 - steps
Saturday: name2 - steps
Saturday: name3 - steps
... we made the podium for the first time last week ..... can we do it again?2 -
@mari_moulin , @broncobuddee seems to have a pink box around my (own) Saturday entry which admittedly is my biggest of the week by ~1000 .... is that a "request for validation" or something?0
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Happy Saturday, everyone! Keep up the great work!
I have a question for the March challenge since it’s almost the last week of February. Do I have to sign up again for March? Not sure of the process since this is my first time in the challenge.
Thanks!
Treebek
Good question, especially for all who are only in their first month with us.
Anyone who is active (not on the cheer squad either by request or because they did not report for 2 consecutive weeks) is auto-rolled over to the next month.
So most of you don't have to do anything more than show up in the new Team chat-room once it opens, and start listing your weigh in there beginning next Sunday March 3.
And your Week 4 weigh-in here is what carries over as your "PW" for Week 1 of a new month. You can keep a private record of your turn-the-calendar-page old/new number on Feb 28/Mar 1 if that doesn't happen to be your normal weigh-in day of the week (aka tell us or not, but it doesn't go in the spreadsheet)
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Success Sunday
or ..- Strategize Sunday - what are your weekend advanced-prep activities, to set you up for new week's successes? Stocking the pantry? pre-prepping any bulk cooking? looking over your calendar for special upcoming events and making pre-decisions while the pressure is still off?
- Self-Care Sunday - What are you doing just for YOU today (or have done in the past week) ?
- S ... two other possibilities? Sunday
Also looking to expand Saturday and Monday themes...
Silly Saturday
Sweaty Saturday (for those who don't report on their exercise activities daily ... what did you do as usual / do differently / try out this past week?)
Strategize or Self-Care could be either day ... depending on your usual week-end routine
S .... one other possibility Saturday
Motivation Monday
March-It-Out Monday (for NEAT non-exercise activites that you snuck in or will sneak in ... like marching though tv commercial breaks or while talking on your cell)
M..... three other possibilities Monday
Haven't had my coffee yet this morning .... and this needs to be EVERYONE's willing-to-chat-about themes ..... so help me out, here!
And chatting is OPTIONAL, as is the theme-day statement ....if you need to vent, don't hold it in until Talk-It-Out Tuesday .... If you have something to celebrate (like fitting into that special dress in your closet or setting a new Personal Best record in your exercise routine) don't wait for NSVs on Wednesday to let us cheer and applaud for you!
We are here to support eachother ... and we can't do so if we don't know about "it" ... but your level of comfort is whatever your level is, and we don't ask or expect you to go beyond that.2 -
Feeling discouraged... I know the progress of weight loss isn't easy and that there are struggles but when you do all the right things and it doesn't show on the scale its upsetting.I had a dinner party last night and didn't over eat and stayed well within my calories and I didn't have any desserts. Today I have an early birthday dinner and can't control what is being served to me. I get on the scale this morning and I'm thinking okay I should see a downward movement, but I'm up 2 ounces. I know that's not a lot but I am feeling really down about it. I hate when I hit a wall, I hope I haven't plateaued this soon.
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Thought I was getting better but nope.. chest cold is now a head cold too. /cry
And the throwing up could've been a stomach bug b/c my kids have all thrown up once too. Just once each though. Really weird. Hopefully that's all though.
And my weigh in tomorrow is probably NOT going to be very good. TToTM should be starting very soon. Today or within a couple of days and I always gain a few pounds during this time.
I haven't put up the scale. Yet.
It's still been frustrating, but I'm slowly letting it not get to me. I keep telling myself that it doesn't show the whole story. It doesn't show all of your progress.... and it just feels like that's finally sinking in for me. Yes, still frustrations, but not as much.
And that's been about it. Hope everyone had an amazing weekend and has a fantastic week!
feel better soon
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Steps- Feb.22 10,262
Feb.23 12,049
Monday Feb. 18 7,9071 -
Steps
2/23 6,7461 -
We only have one blank square for our entire week of stepping. Way to BE, people! Only Kittu125's number from yesterday is missing.
Let's see how strong we can finish out the month for this final week, and the end-of-month standings.1 -
matthewsfive wrote: »Feeling discouraged... I know the progress of weight loss isn't easy and that there are struggles but when you do all the right things and it doesn't show on the scale its upsetting.I had a dinner party last night and didn't over eat and stayed well within my calories and I didn't have any desserts. Today I have an early birthday dinner and can't control what is being served to me. I get on the scale this morning and I'm thinking okay I should see a downward movement, but I'm up 2 ounces. I know that's not a lot but I am feeling really down about it. I hate when I hit a wall, I hope I haven't plateaued this soon.
If you had a dinner party yesterday, and you are only 2 OUNCES up, that is amazing! (if there HAD been a bigger increase, even though you remained within calorie limits, it would simply have been not-yet-digested bulk moving through your system. That can take up to 50 hours to "move on".
If you are young enough for TOM to be a regularly occurring event, and it is due soon, that would also explain an apparent stall (and even a slight temporary water-weight gain for a few days that will then woosh away all at once)
One week doesn't make a plateau .... and I checked your whole of month stats. You are down 6.8 POUNDS (or 2.67% of this month's starting weight) with another week to go! That's more than some of us even HOPE to manage over an entire 4 weeks. If "this soon" means you haven't been on MFP for long yet, then keep in mind that you should wait for ~ 6 weeks of steady, total logging practice before you can start recognizing big-picture trends.
In the meantime, let us know if, in reviewing your logs to date, you are seeing a first item / routine choice you might want to try switching out, or evidence of regular situations you might like some brainstorming suggestions on how you might handle. That's what the support side of this "support AND challenge group" is all about.
You are in this for the long haul, and yes some weeks the journey ahead will seem endless ... but it isn't. Just Keep On Keeping On.1 -
Head's Up for Weigh-In Reports due tomorrow (Monday):
Astrue
evangsimmons170
GettingFitTash
LiLee2018
MoStacy
reflectionofme
tdrjustus3
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Steps- 2/24 ----11,5501
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I want to post this real quick, but I will be back to read all the new comments later.
Success Sunday - This past week I exercised six different times!!! That’s HUGE for me. I also reached my steps goal of over 60,000. I’m really proud of myself. And I know I couldn’t have done it without the support and encouragement of all of you. So thank you, thank you.
And... I just got back from the gym. Starting this week right.5 -
Greetings from Winnipeg!
You all are doing great - and a new week is rolling out. It's good to hear your news.
I got stopped in my tracks today by bad weather and driving conditions, so I'm stuck overnight in Winnipeg instead of making it to Saskatoon. It was crazy - a beautiful clear day, but with zero visibility and huge snow drifts across the roads. The wind was so strong that the snow was blowing around even though the sky was clear as a bell. We gave up after waiting 3 hours for the main highway to re-open and trying an alternate route that was so bad we just gave up. I took a walk once we found a hotel, but didn't get far in the bitter cold and wind. No gym. So sushi delivery is ordered! We're just going to relax and try to leave early tomorrow.
Take good care of yourselves and I'll check by as possible. ❤3 -
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@matthewsfive I hear you. I was also up 2/10ths of a pound after a good week. But sometimes our bodies just don’t care what day we weigh in to show our progress. It could be so many things but don’t be discouraged. It’s a journey. Just a thought but have you measured yourself lately. Sometimes your scale doesn’t show your progress, but the tape measure does. Keep at it. We’re all in this together.1
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@matthewsfive I hear you. I was also up 2/10ths of a pound after a good week. But sometimes our bodies just don’t care what day we weigh in to show our progress. It could be so many things but don’t be discouraged. It’s a journey. Just a thought but have you measured yourself lately. Sometimes your scale doesn’t show your progress, but the tape measure does. Keep at it. We’re all in this together.
Thanks for reaching out, I didn't measure myself when I started back in January. I should take measurements but I'm not ready to see those numbers yet. I need to keep strong or I won't be able to have my knees taken care of. 2 -
matthewsfive wrote: »Feeling discouraged... I know the progress of weight loss isn't easy and that there are struggles but when you do all the right things and it doesn't show on the scale its upsetting.I had a dinner party last night and didn't over eat and stayed well within my calories and I didn't have any desserts. Today I have an early birthday dinner and can't control what is being served to me. I get on the scale this morning and I'm thinking okay I should see a downward movement, but I'm up 2 ounces. I know that's not a lot but I am feeling really down about it. I hate when I hit a wall, I hope I haven't plateaued this soon.
If you had a dinner party yesterday, and you are only 2 OUNCES up, that is amazing! (if there HAD been a bigger increase, even though you remained within calorie limits, it would simply have been not-yet-digested bulk moving through your system. That can take up to 50 hours to "move on".
If you are young enough for TOM to be a regularly occurring event, and it is due soon, that would also explain an apparent stall (and even a slight temporary water-weight gain for a few days that will then woosh away all at once)
One week doesn't make a plateau .... and I checked your whole of month stats. You are down 6.8 POUNDS (or 2.67% of this month's starting weight) with another week to go! That's more than some of us even HOPE to manage over an entire 4 weeks. If "this soon" means you haven't been on MFP for long yet, then keep in mind that you should wait for ~ 6 weeks of steady, total logging practice before you can start recognizing big-picture trends.
In the meantime, let us know if, in reviewing your logs to date, you are seeing a first item / routine choice you might want to try switching out, or evidence of regular situations you might like some brainstorming suggestions on how you might handle. That's what the support side of this "support AND challenge group" is all about.
You are in this for the long haul, and yes some weeks the journey ahead will seem endless ... but it isn't. Just Keep On Keeping On.
Thank you so much, I need to read these words.
I have been on and off MFP for many years. I wish I could blame it on the TOM but I'm pass that phase of life. I believe one of my problems is that I might not be eating enough. I should say I know I'm not eating enough.
I'm thinking my body just hasn't caught up with me and I'm hoping to see a better number this Saturday. It just stinks when someone works real hard to eat right and not given in to all those foods that just taste soooo good. If I gave in and put on weight I could handle it easier. I was so good and stayed away from everything. Even when people were telling me to go for it and worry about it the next day. I stayed strong. Even today at the birthday dinner, I had the cook make me roasted chicken with steam veggies(no oil or butter) and I didn't eat any appetizers or cake.
It's just so hard. But I will Keep On Keeping On.
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@mari_moulin , @broncobuddee seems to have a pink box around my (own) Saturday entry which admittedly is my biggest of the week by ~1000 .... is that a "request for validation" or something?
Uhm. Not seeing what you mean here?0 -
evangsimmons170 wrote: »WEIGH-IN:
User = evangsimmons170
Week = 3
Weigh-in Day = Monday
Previous Weight = 338.8
Current Weight = 346.6 (Unfortunately, that's not a typo)
STEP CHALLENGE:
02/17/19 13,679
DAILY GOAL:
Name: evangsimmons170
Your Personal Challenge: Walk 7 miles a day
02/11/19 2.86
02/12/19 2.42
02/13/19 4.08
02/14/19 3.28
02/15/19 2.81
02/16/19 5.69
02/17/19 6.15
Comment: Note to self...little to no exercise + eating out multiple times = a huge weight/water gain, the return of back pain, and the need for meds to alleviate said pain. But in an effort to put a positive spin on such dismal choices and results, this week has taught me that I don't like the lazy, complacent, non-exercising me. I had not realized until this week exactly how much better I was feeling physically with the 22 lb weight loss (as of last Monday). More importantly, I did not realize until this week how much better I was feeling emotionally. Consistent exercise and healthy eating really does keep the negative self-talk, depression, and aching back and joints at bay. This is who I have become now. My takeaway from this past week: THERE'S NO GOING BACK TO THE OLD ME! One really huge celebration (which was probably over the top but felt so right) is that I went on a shopping spree over the weekend. That made me decide that I need to plan my rewards for every 25 lbs. So the shopping spree was a bit premature, so I'll wait until I hit my 50 lb lost mark before I buy that wonderful bottle of parfume; it's a new fragrance from Eternity called Flame. It's incredible. The sooner I hit my weight loss goal the sooner that bottle of smell good becomes mine!
SUCCESS IS INTENTIONAL!
WEIGH-IN:
User = evangsimmons170
Week = 4
Weigh-in Day = Monday (2/25/19)
Previous Weight = 346.6
Current Weight = 338.2 (oh yeah!)
STEP CHALLENGE:
02/23/19 6,410 (Please update this one.)
02/24/19 10,122
DAILY GOAL:
Name: evangsimmons170
Your Personal Challenge: Walk 4 miles a day (I'm changing it from 7/day to something that the data supports as being realistic, but I will get to that 7/day by May!)
02/01/19 3.21
02/02/19 2.18
02/03/19 8.36
02/04/19 2.4
02/05/19 2.98
02/06/19 3.34
02/07/19 5.11
02/08/19 3.09
02/09/19 4.83
02/10/19 3.98
02/11/19 2.86
02/12/19 2.42
02/13/19 4.08
02/14/19 3.28
02/15/19 2.81
02/16/19 5.69
02/17/19 6.15
02/18/19 1.66
02/19/19 4.8
02/20/19 3.87
02/21/19 3.51
02/22/19 4.21
02/23/19 2.72
02/24/19 4.55
Comments: I did the exact opposite of last week's debacle. I exercised (although I could/should have done more). I scaled the whole eating out thing to almost nothing. I started out the week still needing my pain meds, but have gone several consecutive days without them now. My takeaway from THIS week: NOTHING JUST HAPPENS; SUCCESS IS INTENTIONAL! (Sorry for the all caps; I got excited!)
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Week 3 weigh-in Monday
name- LiLee
week 1- 178.8
week 2- 178.8
week 3- 175.6
week 4- 179.4
Sigh. Thanks so much mother nature. /grumble2 -
mari_moulin wrote: »@mari_moulin , @broncobuddee seems to have a pink box around my (own) Saturday entry which admittedly is my biggest of the week by ~1000 .... is that a "request for validation" or something?
Uhm. Not seeing what you mean here?
It went away again .... there was a pink border around my Friday values box ... could merely have been bb's way of flagging which team she(?) was looking over while checking for completeness or rankings? I'm not well up on cloud-shared finessing indicators.0 -
matthewsfive wrote: »
Thank you so much, I need to read these words.
I have been on and off MFP for many years. I wish I could blame it on the TOM but I'm pass that phase of life. I believe one of my problems is that I might not be eating enough. I should say I know I'm not eating enough.
It's just so hard. But I will Keep On Keeping On.
Thanks Again
If you feel like it can you let us know your MFP target calories / target weight-loss per week / avg exercise calories and whether you are eating any back ... are you eating right up to your target pre-exercise calories and at least half of your exercise calories? This will help determine if you are actually under-eating.
(or you can PM me the info)0 -
mari_moulin wrote: »@mari_moulin , @broncobuddee seems to have a pink box around my (own) Saturday entry which admittedly is my biggest of the week by ~1000 .... is that a "request for validation" or something?
Uhm. Not seeing what you mean here?
It went away again .... there was a pink border around my Friday values box ... could merely have been bb's way of flagging which team she(?) was looking over while checking for completeness or rankings? I'm not well up on cloud-shared finessing indicators.
actually, what that means is that that particlar person is currently on that exact cell. so if i were to click on your cell it will highlight it that i am there .... each person in the sheet has a color and that may just be where she stopped her cursor.
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mari_moulin wrote: »mari_moulin wrote: »@mari_moulin , @broncobuddee seems to have a pink box around my (own) Saturday entry which admittedly is my biggest of the week by ~1000 .... is that a "request for validation" or something?
Uhm. Not seeing what you mean here?
It went away again .... there was a pink border around my Friday values box ... could merely have been bb's way of flagging which team she(?) was looking over while checking for completeness or rankings? I'm not well up on cloud-shared finessing indicators.
actually, what that means is that that particlar person is currently on that exact cell. so if i were to click on your cell it will highlight it that i am there .... each person in the sheet has a color and that may just be where she stopped her cursor.
That explains a lot ....0
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