Gadgetgirl259 wrote: » Hello Everyone! My name is Amy, 54 yo. This will be my third month in a row with Team Slimsons. So far I have lost 20 pounds. I am so happy with my success and plan to continue with my 1-2 pounds a week. Last week was a very stressful time for me. My brother who is only two years older than me had a heart attack. The family rushed to his bed side out of state because the doctors were thinking he was not going to be with us long. Well, they don't know my brother. For him to be in this situation in the first place was unbelievable. My brother is known as Mr. Fitness. When we got to his bedside he was on full life support and unconscious. The doctors stated if he made it the next 12 hours he would have a good chance of survival. The next 3 days were a roller coaster but by day 4 he was off of all life support and talking. His recovery was so fast the doctors were baffled. He went in the hospital on a Friday and was walking out by the next Friday! My brother is in the medical field and a pilot. His body was trying to tell him to go to the doctor which he put for 3 weeks, he didn't listen to his body. His heart was in Afib. He knew better. He was lucky he was in the ER when he had is heart attack. My brother will make a full recovery and I am very grateful. So please we need to listen to our bodies they know when something is wrong. Take the time to tune in and be aware. If your body aches give it time to heal, if a pain is constant have if checked out. Take Care Everyone! Go Team Slimsons! Blessings
SLIMn2016 wrote: » Gadgetgirl259 wrote: » Hello Everyone! My name is Amy, 54 yo. This will be my third month in a row with Team Slimsons. So far I have lost 20 pounds. I am so happy with my success and plan to continue with my 1-2 pounds a week. Last week was a very stressful time for me. My brother who is only two years older than me had a heart attack. The family rushed to his bed side out of state because the doctors were thinking he was not going to be with us long. Well, they don't know my brother. For him to be in this situation in the first place was unbelievable. My brother is known as Mr. Fitness. When we got to his bedside he was on full life support and unconscious. The doctors stated if he made it the next 12 hours he would have a good chance of survival. The next 3 days were a roller coaster but by day 4 he was off of all life support and talking. His recovery was so fast the doctors were baffled. He went in the hospital on a Friday and was walking out by the next Friday! My brother is in the medical field and a pilot. His body was trying to tell him to go to the doctor which he put for 3 weeks, he didn't listen to his body. His heart was in Afib. He knew better. He was lucky he was in the ER when he had is heart attack. My brother will make a full recovery and I am very grateful. So please we need to listen to our bodies they know when something is wrong. Take the time to tune in and be aware. If your body aches give it time to heal, if a pain is constant have if checked out. Take Care Everyone! Go Team Slimsons! Blessings How scary for you and your family to see your brother like that! Thank you for sharing this with us...and I am so happy to know that he made a recovery. AFIB is scary, in the past (about 10 years ago) I had a few cases of AFIB and needed to be cardioverted with drugs in the ER (my resting heart rate was 190). After a battery of cardio testing, nothing was found wrong with my heart to cause it. After a couple of years with no answers I found an AFIBBERS database of people who wrote in with their experiences.... and one young guy (23 years old, had the same issue as me) said he stopped drinking diet soda and all artificial sweeteners and his AFIB went away. I was a Diet Coke junky--(as well as diet teas and loads of Splenda packets each day). As soon as I stopped my symptoms went away. Crazy huh?! Since then I tell everyone to avoid artificial sweeteners (hidden in a lot of packaged foods you wouldn't even suspect). It's poison!!
o0kody0o wrote: » OkieGina & DeshotelK, I’m from the UK. The snowballs I’m talking about are mallow covered with chocolate and coconut shavings. Here’s a pic 😋
DeshotelK wrote: » o0kody0o wrote: » OkieGina & DeshotelK, I’m from the UK. The snowballs I’m talking about are mallow covered with chocolate and coconut shavings. Here’s a pic 😋 Ah, okay. To us, a snowball is shaved ice topped with flavoring. Mainly only available during the summer, but where I live some places sell them year round.
303lissy wrote: » I'm having trouble finding motivation and being consistent. I feel like I know *how* to do everything and *what* I should do, I just don't, won't, or can't. I make plans for good changes, then when it comes to implementing them, my brain is like "nah, you're good." I'm really aiming to be accountable this month with you guys. If anyone wants to ping me if you don't hear from me, that would be wonderful, and I'm happy to do the same back. I may not have dedication to myself (yet), but I'm good at helping others. Sunday 4/28 check in Calories - didn't track but probably over Water - good Exercise - went for a walk with my boyfriend Today I went for a walk in the morning before work and am hoping to go for a walk again later today, as well as get some strength and/or yoga in. I'm trying IF again (it worked well for me in the past, it's just HARD). I'm donating blood tomorrow so I don't think I'll be able to be as active tomorrow afternoon.
o0kody0o wrote: » OkieGina wrote: » o0kody0o wrote: » Weekly weigh-inUsername: o0kody0oWeek/ May week 1PW: 160 lbsCW: 160 lbs No loss this week. I weigh myself daily so I can log it in the Happy Scale app to better understand my fluctuations and during last week I saw 158 on the scale. However, Monday is my “official” weigh-in day and this morning I was 160, so no change from last Monday which is fine. That’s what I get for eating the snowballs and FOUR packed fajitas (with lots of salsa and sour cream) the other night lol. But they were sooo good 😋 Anyway, here’s to a fresh start this week...we’ve got this 💪💟 Ok, so I'm still trying to get caught up in this thread, but your post caught my eye for 2 reasons: 1) I had a trainer once who suggested I log my weight everyday, but really only concern myself with week-to-week comparisons, i.e., Monday to Monday, Tuesday to Tuesday, etc. That way you could see patterns in your eating (i.e., weight is down every Friday, but up every Monday - are you splurging too much), catch any upward trends before you are 2 weeks (or more) into them, and not get discouraged my a temporary weight gain. I felt like that gave me pretty good insight into my eating habits without being discouraging. 2) "snowballs" ... are you in Louisiana or from Louisiana? Or does someone else use that term? (I'm not from there, but did live there for a while.) DeshotelK wrote: » OkieGina wrote: » 2) "snowballs" ... are you in Louisiana or from Louisiana? Or does someone else use that term? (I'm not from there, but did live there for a while.) I had the same question! I'm from Louisiana and don't know of any other state that calls them "snowballs". Got excited that there may be someone else from my area in this group. Hi OkieGina Yeah that’s exactly what I do. I weigh everyday and log my weights into an app called Happy Scale that shows your average loss/trends etc. However, my official weigh-in day is a Monday so it’s just the Monday-Monday weight that matters to me if you know what I mean. It’s just interesting to see the daily fluctuations and keeps me on track for the day. OkieGina & DeshotelK, I’m from the UK. The snowballs I’m talking about are mallow covered with chocolate and coconut shavings. Here’s a pic 😋
OkieGina wrote: » o0kody0o wrote: » Weekly weigh-inUsername: o0kody0oWeek/ May week 1PW: 160 lbsCW: 160 lbs No loss this week. I weigh myself daily so I can log it in the Happy Scale app to better understand my fluctuations and during last week I saw 158 on the scale. However, Monday is my “official” weigh-in day and this morning I was 160, so no change from last Monday which is fine. That’s what I get for eating the snowballs and FOUR packed fajitas (with lots of salsa and sour cream) the other night lol. But they were sooo good 😋 Anyway, here’s to a fresh start this week...we’ve got this 💪💟 Ok, so I'm still trying to get caught up in this thread, but your post caught my eye for 2 reasons: 1) I had a trainer once who suggested I log my weight everyday, but really only concern myself with week-to-week comparisons, i.e., Monday to Monday, Tuesday to Tuesday, etc. That way you could see patterns in your eating (i.e., weight is down every Friday, but up every Monday - are you splurging too much), catch any upward trends before you are 2 weeks (or more) into them, and not get discouraged my a temporary weight gain. I felt like that gave me pretty good insight into my eating habits without being discouraging. 2) "snowballs" ... are you in Louisiana or from Louisiana? Or does someone else use that term? (I'm not from there, but did live there for a while.)
o0kody0o wrote: » Weekly weigh-inUsername: o0kody0oWeek/ May week 1PW: 160 lbsCW: 160 lbs No loss this week. I weigh myself daily so I can log it in the Happy Scale app to better understand my fluctuations and during last week I saw 158 on the scale. However, Monday is my “official” weigh-in day and this morning I was 160, so no change from last Monday which is fine. That’s what I get for eating the snowballs and FOUR packed fajitas (with lots of salsa and sour cream) the other night lol. But they were sooo good 😋 Anyway, here’s to a fresh start this week...we’ve got this 💪💟
DeshotelK wrote: » OkieGina wrote: » 2) "snowballs" ... are you in Louisiana or from Louisiana? Or does someone else use that term? (I'm not from there, but did live there for a while.) I had the same question! I'm from Louisiana and don't know of any other state that calls them "snowballs". Got excited that there may be someone else from my area in this group.
OkieGina wrote: » 2) "snowballs" ... are you in Louisiana or from Louisiana? Or does someone else use that term? (I'm not from there, but did live there for a while.)
gjaholy33 wrote: » Daily Post Monday Track yes Calories yes under Exercise yes 55 min of physical therapy Water 100oz very low Goals/comments Just waking up, I got home at 4pm ate dinner and took my pain meds and was out. Today my Physical therapist, Connie, boy I tell she WORKED me today sooooo much I was screaming a couple times because of the pain in my right knee. She did not believe how sensitive it was well she found out today 😂😂😂But didn't give up, even after that she had more calisthenics for me and then had me do 12 minutes on the elliptical bike after all that. I told her my goal was 8 as I completed 7 last time but after I completed 8 I told her I'll give her 4 more after a 2 minute break. She didn't realize just to do the 8 I had to break after 4 minutes so I had to breaks but at the end I gave the 12 minutes she asked for. Very proud of myself. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👌🏾👌🏾💃🏾💃🏾 Also I did let her know my body was not ready for 30 minutes of at home walking so she said just do 15 minutes to start and work my way up cause she wants me to be consistent. So although she works me hard I love her for looking out for plus she approved water aerobics for me. NSV: (t.m.i) let's talk about hygiene when you're as big as I am. Well I use to need a lot of assistance and I had to buy a bidet and get a specialize shower chair 8 months ago cause things got really bad. Well as of this morning I no longer need the bidet (although I might keep using it at times cause it's so much cleaner than toilet paper) and I was able to stand and shower by myself today still needed my cane to get out but small changes equal to big changes. SMALL VICTORIES = BIG VICTORIES! SO TODAY WAS VERY GOOD DAY. Now I need to get up and finish my assignments for today got to meet the deadline 11:59pm HAVE A GOODNIGHT🌃🌃 STAY POSITIVE AND TOMORROW'S ANOTHER DAY!❤❤
melodyis4reals wrote: » This is my first time doing this challenge. I didn't realize we were suppose to do daily posts, my bad. I will go back and read all the posts, but if anyone can help me and summarize expectations...that would be lovely and I will greatly appreciate you. I want to do my best for our group! Daily Post: Monday Track: Yes Calories: Under Exercise: Walked 15,000 steps
grizziegriz wrote: » Daily Post: Monday April 29th Track: Yes Calories: Yes (over) Exercise: Yes (Walked for 20 min) Goals/Day/Comments: I started off strong in April but by the end of the month I kind of lost my focus. My goals for May: Walk 20 min daily Step daily goal of 10,000 Drink 64 oz of water daily Stay within my daily calorie count
