WEIGHT NO MORE TEAM CHAT - AUGUST 2019
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I have been in a work meeting all day. Took my leftovers from dinner last night. It seems a bit sad. I am not very social so I sit by myself with my little lunch. But that’s ok.
I’m looking forward to responding more to you all but for now happy to finish reading everyone’s posts.
Congrats @lenka1 on the baby. How exciting!
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Last nights dinner featuring zucchini. Made zoodles with garlic Alfredo and roasted cherry tomatoes and asparagus.1 -
forgot to say plan for tomorrow
breakfast haddock egg spinach mushrooms toast
lunch sardine ryvita salad
dinner coconut chicken curry
snacks beef puft yoghurt0 -
Check in for August 6
Food: logged, a little over
Steps: 6,880
Water: not good
I had no plan today, still on vacation with my two boys but home now, husband is back at work. @cyndiesstuff : My goal today was to figure out healthy meals we would want to eat. Shopped and cut up food for snacks, was thoughtful on what we ate and what really needs to be thrown out. Had healthy options for the kids to choose what I made for supper. They were surprisingly cheerful about it and ate it all. Discovered my 13 year old loves dragon fruit, too bad it’s so expensive.3 -
Daily log in for: Tuesday August 6
Logged: yes, under!
Water: 8! woo hoo!
Exercise: Did Day 6 of my Ab Challenge, and went on a walk after work - fast-walked up & down those stairs twice. People were running past me, up & down, but i’m not ready to run them yet. Soon.
Steps: 11,016
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Ok, so I totally forgot to check in yesterday, so here's my check in for the last two days.
Monday was a good day, despite the very early start. I'm not a morning person, so is not easy for new to get up that early. But I managed and food wise it was definitely a good day. I also drank more water than I have lately, so that's also good. The steps are still a bit of a struggle because of my full time job, where I sit most of the time, but I got about 6,000 steps in anyway.
Yesterday was also a good day, but I was a bit hungry when I came home. So I ate a little bit extra, still with a deficit, so I'm happy. As I mentioned, I'm trying to be a bit less obsessed, so I think it worked well yesterday.
Today is off to a good start, so all is good here.
Have a great Wednesday everyone!3 -
Check in for Monday
Food: logged and under (no late night snacks, but had half a piece of birthday cake)
Water: enough
Exercise: 40 min walk + 10 min yoga
Steps: 10789
I'm starting to get sick :-( I feel really exhausted and kind of feverish, thought my thermometer doesn't show increased temperature...
My plan for today:
Try to eat healthy
Stay very well hydrated
Do several small walks if possible
Do some yoga3 -
Daily check in Tuesday
Exercise rode 20 minutes bike in morning
Steps 8152
Water good
Food very good and balanced.
Yesterday’s produce was mint. I have a beautiful batch growing in a patio pot. For dinner I made taboulli with mint and parsley, baba ganoush with eggplant and pita bread and hummus. It’s one of my favorite summer dinners.
We are striving to be out of debt by the end of August. 2 lifelong goals completed this summer. (Still paying off mortgages though).
Contemplating my next focus. Either giving it my all at work or starting a blog. We have monthly work goals so I may strive for 100% for a month then work on a blog.
I love that losing weight is no longer number 1.
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Check in for Tuesday
Food: on plan
Water: 50 oz
Exercise: 50 min walk
Steps:10165
was a good day yesterday. followed my 24 hour plan. it is a good thing i put that walk with mack on there. when i got home from work, i was only at 7000 steps. ohhh i didn't want to walk. but it was so wonderful once i started. mack was super excited to go to the woods. he kept looking back at me making sure i was still coming! it was hot and muggy but in the woods it was cool and damp. mackie rustled up some sort of critter from a fallen tree and was off! he is so funny, he thinks he will catch it. or maybe he doesn't maybe he just does it for the pure joy of the chase. the woods is beautiful. i feel such peace there. one day i will have a little she shed out there. just for mackie and i to retreat to from the busy world. i meditate about that place. and one day i will be able to meditate at that place!!
todays plan
exercise
go to work
eat apple, hard boiled egg, left over stir fry, pumpkin seeds, and dinner out with a friend.
dinner with a friend
go home!
Now.... my commitment to you, is at my dinner out with a friend, I will have water, and i will eat between the 2's. i will ask for a box when i order my meal and i will put some food in it before i start eating. and above all, i will not eat from the bread basket.
@amytriesww you work those 4 circles girl and then post them proudly on your frig. keeping your daily goals front and center is important. old sayings become old sayings for a reason. usually because they are true. out of sight out of mind. so be proud you are taking control and post the 4 circles proudly. then out loud, to yourself, say this is the new me. i am going to work on building her every day. she is worth it.
@nstephenson01 i love that you are using the tools! look at you go. super proud. writing out a plan!! and then analyzing it at the end of the day is going to be sooooo helpful to you.
@amsandos ohhhh hula hoops puft is like our funyuns.
what are you going to do next time your feel strange and sad? eating nuts is not the answer. working on what you will do instead. make a plan in advance, so when it happens you will be ready. maybe, you should have just comforted yourself. self soothing is a great tool. some practice with that will really help you.
@Mrsbell8well and why is it sad? are you feeling sad for yourself? what do you think you are missing? or are you sad for the others who are eating the provided food? and that lunch would not make me sad at all. it looks devine. i would have asked you for a bite!! i have never really been a fan of mint in food, i like mint tea tho. i think you will do great with a blog, what is going on with your book?
@Julie8468 ohh yea girl. teaching your children healthy eating is one of the most important skills they will learn. it really is the foundation of our lives. good job... you keep that up!
@twyla77 love that you stuck to your plan. what will you do today to meet your goals?
@ihp2015 ahhh we will excuse you this one time. it's like your a newbie all over again!! as for the steps, i totally get that. office jobs and steps are hard. i have a timer on my phone and walk a little every hour. i pace at work when i can. i also walk before work and now after. it is the only way to get the 10k steps. i also, when it is nice walk for a little at lunch. look for the small opportunities to be active.
@Moarrein ohhh no, i hope your not coming down with something. take care and eat your greens. they really help when your not feeling well.
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I am very nervous about dinner out with my friend. i have not seen her in a while. it will be so nice to catch up with her. but she likes to drink and eat to excess. and she is one who cares if you don't join her. she will call me out on it. i can do this. just because i have not been successful in the past doesn't mean i won't be successful now. i will say, no, i just eat between the 2's. and then use my self soothing to live with the urge till it passes. she is overweight too, and i am not participating in those behaviors any longer. i like the way i feel when i feed my body what it needs. so i will smile, knowing that i will do what is best for me. Wish me luck!!3
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@cyndiesstuff good luck tonight. Maybe you can do a quickie check in before dinner, during dinner (go use the bathroom) and after dinner. Keep yourself accountable.
I am not sure on the sadness thing. It’s just me. I’m an introvert. I don’t mix well with others unless I have to. Reminded me of high school. I ate by myself then too. I sometimes feel like an outsider. Like I don’t belong. I don’t think I want to belong. Always have enjoyed my own company or a good book or one on one with a like minded person. And yes my food was superior but it does make me an outsider. But that’s been most of this last year. I eat and drink differently than most people. And my exercise and fitness are not the norm either. The woman next to me gave herself an insulin shot then loaded up her plate with fried chicken and cookies and cans of soda. 1/2 the attendees were overweight or out of shape. I am feeling my way around this new life. As Cyndie posted its more than food that makes us overweight. Our friends, environment, social media. Birds of a feather flock together. Looking for like minded birds.1 -
@carlsoda I am actually going to be attending the first annual Canada clogging convention in October in Waterloo, Ontario. I’m not sure if that’s near you or not but they have already completely booked up 4 hotels so I think this is going to be a very big deal!!! Thanks for the compliment too!! I don’t feel or act my age so I guess it’s good if I don’t look my age either !!
The one I was talking about is in Shelburne. I used to live in that area before moving to the States. Good luck at the convention!! For a first annual it sounds like a big deal!!
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cyndiesstuff wrote: »I am very nervous about dinner out with my friend. i have not seen her in a while. it will be so nice to catch up with her. but she likes to drink and eat to excess. and she is one who cares if you don't join her. she will call me out on it. i can do this. just because i have not been successful in the past doesn't mean i won't be successful now. i will say, no, i just eat between the 2's. and then use my self soothing to live with the urge till it passes. she is overweight too, and i am not participating in those behaviors any longer. i like the way i feel when i feed my body what it needs. so i will smile, knowing that i will do what is best for me. Wish me luck!!
I'd say just keep talking and talking and talking so she won't notice what you eat or drink. Keep her distracted
and do what is best for you. Good luck and have fun!! 3 -
Tuesday check in
Bad day food wise...well part of it was bad. I'm into another cycle of cravings and trying to work through it. Nothing sounds good except carbs. I'll keep listening to F2F and work through this. I did however drink plenty of water yesterday and did yoga last night plus 10,000+ steps. Work up this morning with a sore neck so maybe I'm coming down with something?
Today's plan is to just get through the day, journal my thoughts, write a plan and do my best to stick to it.
Have a great Wednesday!!!3 -
Good morning team weight no more! I’m finally getting around to doing my intro. I’m sorry but this is going to be a long one! My name is Timi, I live in Virginia with my boyfriend of 13 years, I have a grown son who is 22 and a few four legged critters I absolutely ador!
I started with this team in May or June of 2018 and was doing fairly well, until life started happening. There were multiple little things that were going wrong, but in October my father had a stroke and was airlifted to UVA, my mother was beginning to show signs of dementia so everything about caring for them got thrown on me.
The last day of Oct I was having a lot of pain in my side and decided to do a self exam on my breasts and low and behold I felt a lump, and it was significant in size. I brushed it off and continued on about caring for my father and mother. My dad was placed in a rehab facility at a local hospital for a couple of months, so I would take mom to see him after work everyday. One day I finally stopped in my doctors office to schedule my yearly appointment, they told me I had to wait until after January 1st for insurance to cover it so I made the soonest appointment I could. Needless to say once at that appointment I was scheduled for a mammogram the next day and immeadiately scheduled for biopsies in both breasts, along with an appointment with a surgeon. One of the breasts tested benign while the other tested malignant for her2+ Cancer. Because my tumor was so large I immeadiately started chemotherapy. I had to have 6 rounds of TCHP. While taking chemo they advised me not to lose any weight. So my weight loss journey stopped.
I finished chemo on 5/28, I had a lumpectomy and sentinel node removed 7/16 and just started back on the HP portion of the chemo which is supposed to be a targeted therapy type drug. I still have to have radiation and I’m not really sure how much longer I’ll have to have the HP portion of the chemo but I think it’s a total of a year. I was told the side effects should not be nearly as bad as they were before, and I am able to eat a more normal diet now. While on chemo I couldn’t have any type of fresh fruit or vegetable. It was torturous! I haven’t been 100% cleared yet to lose weight, I was hoping to talk to my Dr. about it yesterday but he didn’t show up during my infusion. I have several appointments next week one with radiation, another for a ct scan because they also found nodules on my lungs, but they were too small to biopsy at the time. And I have another follow up with the surgeon the following week. I will see my oncologist 8/27 for my next infusion so hopefully we can discuss the weight loss portion of it then! I’m excited to be back and excited to be feeling somewhat back to normal again!6 -
@amytriesww They are fun! Its dancing but lower impact than zumba. And I dont feel like I have to try and keep up with the instructor. In fact that's what she says in every one of her videos. You move how you want to.
@cyndiesstuff Yes definitely check it out! Right now I'm doing the 30 day challenge and it's free the first 30 days then 9.99 a month. But you u get access to all of the videos for a bit to see if its something you like. I know I'll be paying the 9.99 a month once my free trial is over! Haha
@nstephenson01 Thank you. Body groove is a dance workout but low impact. And you move how you want to.
@Moarrein Body groove is a dance workout but low impact. And you move how you want to. It's a lot of fun. I've been doing that more than I have been doing zumba!1 -
Just say NO!
Team Trimstones has posted the week 1 team challenge, and it is simple, easy, and GOOD. All you have to do is post a daily commitment to saying NO to something. What is your NO for today? Go check it out -
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10758291/week-1-group-challenge-trimstones-august#latest0 -
Username Barbb1557
Weigh in week Week 1
Weigh in day Wednesday
Previous Weight 249.2
Today's Weight 244.4
Loss 4.8 Yeah
Checking in. Yesterday was a very good day starting with spending 30 minutes with my trainer I was exhausted and walking like John Wayne when I left, fabulous!! Food was on track but did not log many steps. Will try to do better tomorrow2 -
@cyndiesstuff we have funions too although we call them onion rings we also have onions rings (as in rings of onion battered bread and fries). These are potato rings the dimensions are different. They are baked so lower in fat where are onion rings are puffed wheat flavoured and fried.
When you see your friend you should put some tubs in your handbag (purse) then when she does to the loo (bathroom) or bar sneak some food into your tub and have it the next day. Everyone's happy
ok that is terrible advice but you have got this. I don't really get self soothing it makes me thing of leaving babies to cry it out in the crib. I could never cope with that either. The minute my LO cried I would pick her up. Hearing her cry was like having a drill in my brain. I definitely need some better strategies for now I will have it and track it.
@carlsoda omg chips and gravy is amazing. I love that it is a national dish in Canada. As I understand it they have cheese gravy and chips. That is awesome chip and cheese and chips and gravy on one plate. I think i am planning my next joy eat!
daily check in
food a little over but still in the weight loss zone
water on target
exercise club swim
the plan went out of the window but i stayed in the weight loss zone so i am taking it as a win. I avoided the biscuit (cookie) tin. Although i did have some sweets (candy) but I counted it all and I didn't eat that much.
I am going to say no to the kitchen again tomorrow tomorrow's plan
breakfast - egg salad sandwich
lunch crumpet cheese salad
dinner chicken passander rice
exercise whole body circuit. Let one good day follow another.1 -
Hey, guys! I’ve been researching and finally just ordered the BEST natural supplements. I seriously can’t wait to get started! These products have helped my friend Darleen with her tummy/bathroom issues, weight loss, low energy levels, blood sugar levels, cravings and so much more! I know myself all too well… I need some peeps to do this with me to keep me consistent. Who’s in?
PS. If this shouldn't be here, let me know and I'll remove it. Miss you guys! Beach trip in a few days!2 -
Daily Check In: Tuesday
Food: Pre-logged, changed up dinner at the last minute to a steamed artichoke and a leftover grilled chicken thigh as I didn't feel like cooking an entire dinner
Water: Great
Exercise & steps: 6 mile hike with the dogs; 21,456 steps
The scale has been generous this week but tomorrow is weigh in day so I'll see if its going to be fickle. I'm caring for my momentum like a fragile egg afraid to drop it and have it break, actively pushing aside negative thoughts. Its a process, for sure. We are our own worse critics. Its still hot here and not cooling off much at night so I shortened my hike a little bit. I didn't really want to go in the heat but I had written it down in my calendar and told my husband that was my plan... not to mention the dogs knew, of course. I couldn't let them down LOL. It felt great to get out after what seems like such a long period not hiking. Garden is popping with all the hot weather. Just washed a ton of basil and am about to make several batches of pesto for the freezer. Happy Hump Day everyone!
@carlsoda I was wondering the other day if you are doing Whole30 into August or was it just July? Is it hard to transition out of it? Hope you're not coming down with something.
@Mrsbell8well I just saw an alfredo recipe that uses white beans...??? Blew my mind! I was thinking about trying it. I love alfredo but not the calories and fat. Do you have a recipe you like?
@cyndiesstuff I got nothin' as far as advice. I just hope if she truly is a good friend she appreciates your journey to wellness. Its not like you're pushing your ways onto her.
@Zumba_Luvah Ha... that sounds perfect. I have zero skills in the dancing department although I envision I do!
@timibotkin What a lot you have had to deal with all at once! Sending healing energy and hugs your way. Hope the worst is past. Stay strong Timi!1 -
Happy Wednesday everyone. I just got home from work and I’m driving to Port Huron Michigan for a 2 hour boat cruise with some friends.3
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check in for Tuesday
Food: not too much, but not the best choices
Water: plenty
Exercise: 2 walks
Steps: 11,349
We got back from camping on Monday and not only I did not gain, I lost a quarter of a pound.
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Phoebe112476
Tuesday (sorry I missed the post yesterday!)
Week 1
PW: 164.1
CW: 163.44 -
Anyone else wondering how @cyndiesstuff is doing? Hope the evening out for dinner with a friend went ok.
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Daily log in for: Weds Aug 7
Logged: yes, under!
Water: ugh not enough
Exercise: Did Day 7 of my Ab Challenge, walked 30 mins to an off-site meeting rather than taking an Uber
Steps: 13,3153 -
Check in for Wednesday
Logged: yes and under
Water: 10+cups
Exercise: 55 min brisk walk, 65 minutes biking, 15 bum exercises, plank challenge
Steps:12,934
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User Name: Cyndiesstuff
Week Number: Week 1
Previous weight: 154.5
Current weight: 1543 -
I am so tired today but I am resolved not to eat myself awake. I must have an early night this evening.6
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