WAISTAWAYS TEAM CHAT - May 2019
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So sorry to hear about your family sad news @Navydaddjtc..thanks for all you do.1
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I went to a nutritionist yesterday. Not that I haven't ever done it before, but I need a boot from someone who is going to help me every week face to face for a while.
It will be interesting to see what changes they have me try. My guess is that caffeine is out the window (ugh). Time for a nap. 
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5/7 - 9,000
I'm going to work on getting more water in. Only drank 42 oz yesterday
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Andreabroadley wrote: »I went to a nutritionist yesterday. Not that I haven't ever done it before, but I need a boot from someone who is going to help me every week face to face for a while. It will be interesting to see what changes they have me try. My guess is that caffeine is out the window (ugh). Time for a nap.
Oh no! The dreaded caffeine headache! I hope you just nap right through it.1 -
Steps Tuesday 11,080
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UserID: karenesg
Weigh in: Wedn Week 1
PW: 188
CW: 1883 -
UserID: fourathomej
Weigh in: Wedn Week 1
PW: 148
CW: 148.2
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Monday 5/3:
Steps: 10877
Water: 95oz
Tuesday 5/4:
Steps: 11239
Water: 90oz
Sunday 5/5:
Steps: 11436
Water:98oz
Monday 5/6:
Steps: 12809
Water: 102oz
Tuesday 5/7:
Steps: 13099
Water: 90oz3 -
@fourathomej I like your surrealist days of the week!
and .2 pounds is nothing to go all frowny face about. You know what to do! And you know how small a fluctuation this is.0 -
fourathomej wrote: »Monday 5/3:
Steps: 10877
Water: 95oz
Tuesday 5/4:
Steps: 11239
Water: 90oz
Sunday 5/5:
Steps: 11436
Water:98oz
Monday 5/6:
Steps: 12809
Water: 102oz
Tuesday 5/7:
Steps: 13099
Water: 90oz
What a fantastic week!! You should be proud of those stats. Way to go!!0 -
fourathomej wrote: »UserID: fourathomej
Weigh in: Wedn Week 1
PW: 148
CW: 148.2
3 oz difference .... that means you maintained!3 -
This isn't what I am looking for ... about how to identify a true plateau and then possible ways to kick-start breaking it ... but it is just as important a read.MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »New habits are tough, I struggle. But as MadisonMolly2017 said, small changes do add up and progress can be made. I also overeat when stressed, and I 'give up' if it all gets too much, so I'm a serial starter. I've had to gradually work on other aspects of my life because I can't succeed with weight loss and fitness unless I address the underlying cause. I'm not sure if I am there yet, but I have made slow progress over the years. Be proud that you are trying and celebrate every small success because that is the path to take.
@marthall
I agree with underlying causes, but also want to offer something that helped me even more!
If I found/find myself worrying/stressed, I exercise (which you do), take some deep breaths (which I’ve been taught stop the fight & flight reaction & calm the parasympathetic system), and use my mantra... “the Past is passed.” I then take one more deep breath & let all that worry & stress flow out of me...
But here’s what I wanted to share (no doubt you do all of those) ... Find something you LOVE to do. Give yourself permission to do it - as your top priority, not your last. It’s been a game changer for me. I realized food was not only my comfort, but also the way I connected to people & relaxed.
It took a lot of rewriting my brain to realize food is not comfort (not the next morning when I weigh myself or when I hated going clothes shopping & nothing looked good or even immediately after when I realized What I’d done)
And food is not relaxing (for all the reasons above)... doing something we LOVE is, Exercising is (afterwards lol), seeing friends and family with no food involved is, joining groups & classes who have similar interests is!
Yoga helps a lot. Have you considered on-line yoga classes?
I have developed my art practice from Maybe Someday to a Daily Companion, Mood Lifter, and Comfort. I’m in 2 classes & 2 art groups & Ive started my own creativity groups at my house 1-3 X a month, as well as taking on a 5th & a 9th grader to tutor in art.
Part of our task is losing & keeping off our excess weight. Part is exercising & being as healthy as we’d like to be. And I’d argue that the 3rd part is discovering that early dream we had as a middle schooler that got put in the back burner as we pursued careers, etc. Finding & fanning the flames of what brings us Joy is Crucial ❣️
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FOUND it!Problem: ..... I joined 2 mos ago and it has worked exactly 1.5 per wk. Now I'm stalled. Any advice would be appreciated. I use a fitbit and I do actually burn 2100 a day and eat 1350.
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First, 1.5 lbs per week average for 8 weeks is fantastic. Most NEVER achieve this level of consistency.
Second, stalling is normal. Your body adapts to the input/output balance you have been doing and slows down your non-exercise activity to compensate. Also as you exercise, you become more efficient in how you exercise (called the training effect). You are able to do more and burn less.
Third is recomposition. With more activity, you gain more lean muscle mass. Your size and fat% may be going down without the weight changing. You could also be retaining extra water.
So how do you un-stall?
Have you really stalled? How long has weight not moved? Do you weigh daily or weekly (hint it should be daily if doing by numbers and not emotion). If daily weighting and your 7 day average has not moved for 3 weeks, THEN we need to look at your numbers or alternatives.
Are you reducing in size? Are your measurements (chest, waist, hips) moving. Size is a FAR more reliable indication of fat loss than weight. I highly encourage you to measure and take note of these over weight.
If you truly have stalled and the size is staying the same, THEN you can look at any of the following:- Recalculating your numbers (particularly TDEE and based on observations, not BMR formulas - you are tracking in, out and weight, this is enough to get MUCH better numbers).
- Reverse dieting for a week or two - You raise your intake by a little, but MUST keep up the activity - or keep the same intake and REST (substantially reduce activity).
- Revising you macros - big changes to %protein, %fat and %carbs. Find what works for you and how you feel.
- Fasting - A day or two with substantially reduced calories followed by a day or two with more calories. Throws the metabolism off balance so it gets out of stasis.
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Thank you @BMcC9. That's actually very helpful. I definitely relate to you previous post, and have taken that on, just take a deep breath and stop panicking! I went for a run last night to give myself a boost and found it really lifted my mood (bonus- was time alone with hubby, no kids!)
I will continue to log everything and try to work out more and drink more water.
I've recalculated my thingamajigs (sorry never remember all the abrevations) and realised I will be losing weight slower now, and made peace with that.
Have a great day!2 -
5/8 steps --- 15,7442
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Wednesday 5/8:
Steps: 16681
Water: 152.1oz
Tuesday 5/7:
Steps: 18663
Water: 152.1oz
Monday 5/6:
Steps: 18816 (corrected amount)
Water: 152.1oz
Sunday 5/5:
Steps: 7974
Water: 118.3oz
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Due today (Thursday):
Blackbeautysue
Cory17
Due tomorrow (Friday): .... just over half the total team!
BFITB44ON2022
BMcC9 (Captain; cheer squad)
Connie7355
jlbtnc
Jugar (Captain)
leni1us
martinesther88
SANDYSA72
Sue_01
Kittu125
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As soon as I get to work, I will be posting a poster/meme. In summary, it says:
"Most of us expect far too much of ourselves .... you are doing better than you think!"
Thoughtful Thursday ... Forget "perfection!" It's a trap and a delusion.
What have you been doing to keep yourself within the Acceptable => Optimum zone this past week?
NSV reports, please! Include nutrition; activities; DIDN'T eat / do; clothing fits; measures; personal bests of any kind .....
Choices to DO .... and Choices to NOT DO ....2 -
Last week we went from team of 5 (plus two part-time students) to team of 3 (no students) ... now back to team of 4 (with 1 full-time student). I was thrown head first into Surge Support of something I am 100% ZERO experience in ... at a particularly high-volume time when the people who are supposed to be reviewing dockets at various stages of the (unfamiliar to me ) process were scrambling too, and missing things I didn't know enough to watch for ...
I survived. I have been avoiding both stress eating and "victory / survived it!!" eating of fresh baked goods in the caff.4
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