MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLE TEAM CHAT - September 2019
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We start today!!! Will you give yourself just 10 days to see what your body will do?
Navydaddjtc, just posted this week's winners and while we certainly congratulate the winning teams, I want us to be the #1 team. Let's do this!!
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This week’s challenge is brought to you by Team Weight No More.We want everyone to join us in a little self care this week. Self Care may sound indulgent but it is crucial for our physical, emotional and mental well-being.
Self-care produces positive feelings and boosts your confidence and self-esteem. Overwork and the accompanying stress and exhaustion can make you less productive, disorganized and emotionally depleted. It can also lead to all sorts of health problems, from anxiety and depression to insomnia and heart diseases. Professional self-care habits like taking intermittent breaks, setting professional boundaries, avoiding overextending, etc. ensures that you stay sharp, motivated and healthy.
Smart self-care habits like eating healthy, connecting with a loved one or, practicing meditation cuts down the toxic effects of stress by improving your mood and boosting your energy and confidence levels.Even little things like sipping tea while looking at the raindrops racing down the window glass, enjoying a bubble bath, or reading a book are essential for your daily happiness. Self-care is not just about your mental health. It’s also about caring for your physical self, by eating healthy, taking adequate sleep, caring about your hygiene, exercising regularly, etc.
This week take some time to practice a little self care and post it to your teams thread. The following chart shows some examples of simple things you can do each day to show yourself a little self love. You can follow the chart or do whatever you would like. It is all about you!
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Sunday 9/22 checkin
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 202.6
Todays Weight:
Yesterday
Calories: over/under? Over
Water: over/under? Under
Macro/micros :
Exercise:
Goals or Improvements for today:
Meet step goal
Lots of water
We went to a family gathering last night and I, unfortunately, consumed a bit too much wine.2 -
Daily Post: September 21st
Track: Yes
Calories under goal: Yes
Exercise: yes2 -
@TeresaW1020 - I am IN on the NO SUGAR CHALLENGE! 🛑✋🍬
I will add that for me, I have to keep an eye on some of the things that occur in nature. Some things in nature I can't have (bananas, honey) or have to keep limited (sweet potatoes, acorn squash, butternut squash).
I am also IN on the SELF CARE CHALLENGE posted by @sleepymom5 . That will look like my adding Meditation to my daily check-ins. 🧘📿 It will also look like me working on some sleep related habits. 😴
@digger61 - Yippee! What a great Saturday! 🎉🎈
@mrmcgrath - I hope the wine was fun at the time! 🍷 Today is a new day. Onwards! 🌄
@Apple852hk - Hurray for the weigh-in! Brilliant! 🎇
If it is chewing you particularly like, can you find some foods that are not calorie dense to include in meals? Maybe high fiber roasted or lightly steamed veggies? Baby carrots?
Would something like putting down your utensils between each bite help slow you down?
Check in with yourself after each bite has been chewed and swallowed, asking yourself how full you feel?
Other ideas (some pretty wild, but I am a pretty silly person, so take or leave as you like):
Putting down your utensils and then doing something else for a moment, like talking to others at the table?
Pretend to be a food critic and grade your dish on spices, style, substance, stopping to describe after you eat the first bite or two? ✔️
Try eating with chopsticks? 🥢
Downton Abbey dinner, where you practice super-formal etiquette and dab with a napkin after each bite? One could even dress for dinner... 🍽️
Okay, I am probably getting to silly (creative?). I work with kids and would totally do these things, but they may sound too crazy. Anyway, maybe that sparked some ideas, at least.
@buniphuphu - Brilliant weigh-in! You are doing so great! 🎉🎈
@raleighgirl09 - I love @TeresaW1020 's question about your overall goal.
One thing I have done in the past is find a magazine photo of the body I wanted, and then keep that goal image where I can check in and see it regularly. Over the last year and a half, it was not a picture so much as a set of health issues I wanted to resolve. It could be having a copy of your blood work or some other health report where you can see it, if that's a thing. Do you have a clear sense of what you want, and why, and a way to get reminded?
@hinemoa2088 - Up just a bit. That happens on the journey. Keep working your plan! If there is anyway we can support you this coming week, let us know!
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Sunday Check-in:
Calories: under (39 net carbs!
Who knew balsamic vinegar was so high in carbs! NOT me!! 
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Exercise: I helped hubby hang a bunch of pictures and then I cleaned the kitchen. I also danced this morning as I taught the kids in church.
Day one of the no sugar challenge complete!! I had my cup of afternoon coffee with no dark chocolate and I ate my meals without following up with two or four cinnamon mints.
@AustinRuadhain, yayyy for joining us in the NO SUGAR CHALLENGE!! I have to limit the same things as well. And it seems I need to balsamic vinegar too!
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raleighgirl09 wrote: »raleighgirl09
Weigh in week: 3 (20Sep2019) a day late!
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 207.4
Current Weight 208.6
remember the good, be the good, encourage others on their journey
I am totally going in the wrong direction! And I get it - the calories are up more days than down in the last week, sodium, too, and way less exercise. UGH. Looked back at my last MFP leg of the journey and it was about 5 months and then I started having small lapses and then big ones and then....petered out. Here at 5 months, or so, and there isn't any reason to do that again. I don't know why I seem to be falling back - but I need to get a handle on it.
Make this time different. You can’t leave the team!!! It sounds like you know exactly what to do to improve next week. If you need to change one thing at a time to get through this 5 month challenge that’s fine. Whatever you think will help you stick with it.
What’s your overall fat loss goal?
@Kres567 thanks so much! I won't be leaving the team - but I am coming to some stunning conclusions about the 'big' loss many years ago as it relates to 2 years ago on MFP and now on MFP. I'll be writing that to my blog and I'll share - such a long train of thought... => But I have struggled and it seemed it started creeping up a few weeks ago - with just wanting to eat. Cravings, but less cravings for food and more like craving to eat. Don't know what it's about, I have just logged it, although sometimes late and that also doesn't help. I have had a couple of days, now, where it feels good again to not be doing that. Not eating out of boredom, stress, unhappiness, yaddayadda - but also can't say what it is, only what it isn't. Must continue stewing on it and take it a day at a time. You are always kind and helpful, I appreciate that!
I don't want to state a loss goal, honestly. My weight is having some wide swings and not making a goal is not making any of this (whole darn thing) easier so for now my goals will be centered around...I don't know what. Doing well for the moment and looking to do the same in the next one.
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TeresaW1020 wrote: »raleighgirl09 wrote: »
I am totally going in the wrong direction! And I get it - the calories are up more days than down in the last week, sodium, too, and way less exercise. UGH. Looked back at my last MFP leg of the journey and it was about 5 months and then I started having small lapses and then big ones and then....petered out. Here at 5 months, or so, and there isn't any reason to do that again. I don't know why I seem to be falling back - but I need to get a handle on it.
@raleighgirl09, then let us help you get a handle on what is going on.
Losing weight is the hardest thing most of us will ever do! I've been trying to get to my goal weight for 40 years!! There have been months and even years when I have given up and the only thing that accomplished was gaining even more weight. So, in 2017, I made a vow to myself, my husband, and God that I was NOT giving up! I've had setbacks and struggles. I've even changed my plan completely several times, but I don't give up! You can't either. Take a look at your plan and see if you need to tighten it up, tweak it, or change it altogether. Weight loss is not about motivation. It's about commitment and consistency. You can do it!!
Join our 10-day NO SUGAR CHALLENGE! Just see if that will be the kick in the pants you need.
@TeresaW1020 it is - it so is. And it doesn't matter how long I've been at it and the success I've had and what I know...I can still trip on a speck of dust, it seems. Your story sounds a lot like mine! I agree, I need to really look at what I am doing and figure out what it is that could be better overall to maintain many, many days of sticking to it, in a row. I *can* do it - and I am so grateful for you and the team reminding me of that!
I'm sorry to say that the 10 day challenge is not a sustainable one for me as it will be too restrictive. Mostly related to my morning coffee and evening drink and those are rituals I really look forward to and those have helped me remain sane and lose weight - most recent history, notwithstanding. Overall, allowing myself to keep those has been a big component of me being successful for the long haul.
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Sunday Check in:
Calories: under. Day 1 of no sugar done. Stuck to my plan and avoided the pantry!
Water: okay - have to drink more tomorrow
Exercise: cleaned the house; up and down the stairs so many times
Goals for Monday:
1. Drink 100oz of water
2. Complete day 2 no sugar
3. Work out on the elliptical
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apple852hk wrote: »Weigh in
Apple852hk
Week 2 - Sept 2019
Sunday
PW 163.8
CW 163 3
Not much change but didn't eat well. I have trouble eating my meals in 10 mins. I don't feel full or hungry afterwards but still want to eat. I think I like munching but not chewing my food slowly.
I have tried watching videos to make eating process longer - but I just leave my food getting cold. I notice I have a belief to eat quickly as food should be hot.
Since I have been eating soup this week - maybe that's why I don't feel full. The favourite part of the meal is chewing the side of bread with the soup.
Has anyone else been a person who likes munching on food but not chewing mindfully? Any suggestion on how to appreciate food than just feel like a task tonbe completed quickly?
I've been thinking about your post. For me, I do best eating a lot of food, which means a lot of vegetables! I try to get decent protein too. I still try to pay attention to how full I feel. Examples of recent meals are about a pound of vegetables with eggs, yogurt an apple and a pear, large spring green salads with lots of diced vegetables beans and sunflower seeds, and salmon or beans with half a plate of roasted veggies. I do well most of the time eating this way. I usually avoid distractions when I'm eating so I can enjoy my food. Sounds geeky but when i eat my salad at lunch i actually think of how it's nourishing my body. If I'm in the mood for snacking, I'll have frozen blueberries or cut-up vegetables with Tajin on them or dip them in a yogurt dressing. Now where I run into trouble is when I'm out-of-town and don't have my own food or healthy stuff to order from a menu! Being used to a lot of food isn't good at buffets! So while I have a good plan and like what I eat daily, I struggle when out of my routine. And they say to wait 20 minutes before getting seconds, I do think that helps.2 -
Sunday check-in
Exercise bike
Calories under
Water over0 -
Monday 9/23 checkin
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 202.6
Todays Weight:
Yesterday
Calories: over/under? Right at
Water: over/under? Under
Macro/micros :
Exercise:
Goals or Improvements for today:
Gym at lunch
Meet step goal
Lots of water
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Hoping you all have a fantastic day!
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AustinRuadhain wrote: »
@Apple852hk - Hurray for the weigh-in! Brilliant! 🎇
If it is chewing you particularly like, can you find some foods that are not calorie dense to include in meals? Maybe high fiber roasted or lightly steamed veggies? Baby carrots?
Would something like putting down your utensils between each bite help slow you down?
Check in with yourself after each bite has been chewed and swallowed, asking yourself how full you feel?
Other ideas (some pretty wild, but I am a pretty silly person, so take or leave as you like):
Putting down your utensils and then doing something else for a moment, like talking to others at the table?
Pretend to be a food critic and grade your dish on spices, style, substance, stopping to describe after you eat the first bite or two? ✔️
Try eating with chopsticks? 🥢
Downton Abbey dinner, where you practice super-formal etiquette and dab with a napkin after each bite? One could even dress for dinner... 🍽️
Okay, I am probably getting to silly (creative?). I work with kids and would totally do these things, but they may sound too crazy. Anyway, maybe that sparked some ideas, at least.
Thank you @AustinRuadhain for your thoughtful suggestions. You always give great advice.
I eat celery to help me get my chewing fix. I need to learn to dab with napkin at every bite.
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Monday 9/2 checkin
Username: leonadixon
Weigh in day: Monday
Previous Weight: 196.8
Weigh in Week 1 (9/2): 198.2
Weigh in Week 2 (9/9): 198.4
Weigh in Week 3 (9/16):199.0
Weigh in Week 4 (9/23): 197.64 -
Sunday Check-in
Calories: on target, healthy choices/on plan
Water: on target
Exercise: platform stepping (110 min); outdoor date walk with husband (30 min)
Steps: over (working on a 30 day streak; completed day 4 of 30)
Martial Arts: Yes! Yay!
Self Care: win - 10 min meditation session; boo - got to bed late
Monday Plans/Goals/Improvements
Calories: on target, all healthy choices/on plan
Water: on plan or over
Exercise: martial arts class
Steps: at least 7500 (goal: day 5 of 30)
Self Care: 10 min meditation session; get to bed by 11:301 -
Monday weigh-in
Last week: 137
Today: 129
Thank goodness my vacation gain came off plus 1lb!5 -
WEEK 4 MOD CHALLENGE
HOW OLD WOULD YOU BE IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE?
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10765758/week-4-mod-challenge-how-old/p1?new=10 -
Daily Post: September 22nd
Track: Yes
Calories under goal: yes
Exercise: walking1 -
Username: Jactop
Weigh in week: Week 4
Weigh in day: Monday
Previous Weight: 214
Current Weight: 2124 -
apple852hk wrote: »Not much change but didn't eat well. I have trouble eating my meals in 10 mins. I don't feel full or hungry afterwards but still want to eat. I think I like munching but not chewing my food slowly.
I have tried watching videos to make eating process longer - but I just leave my food getting cold. I notice I have a belief to eat quickly as food should be hot.
Since I have been eating soup this week - maybe that's why I don't feel full. The favourite part of the meal is chewing the side of bread with the soup.
Has anyone else been a person who likes munching on food but not chewing mindfully? Any suggestion on how to appreciate food than just feel like a task to be completed quickly?
I've been thinking about your post. For me, I do best eating a lot of food, which means a lot of vegetables! I try to get decent protein too. I still try to pay attention to how full I feel. Examples of recent meals are about a pound of vegetables with eggs, yogurt an apple and a pear, large spring green salads with lots of diced vegetables beans and sunflower seeds, and salmon or beans with half a plate of roasted veggies. I do well most of the time eating this way. I usually avoid distractions when I'm eating so I can enjoy my food. Sounds geeky but when i eat my salad at lunch i actually think of how it's nourishing my body. If I'm in the mood for snacking, I'll have frozen blueberries or cut-up vegetables with Tajin on them or dip them in a yogurt dressing. Now where I run into trouble is when I'm out-of-town and don't have my own food or healthy stuff to order from a menu! Being used to a lot of food isn't good at buffets! So while I have a good plan and like what I eat daily, I struggle when out of my routine. And they say to wait 20 minutes before getting seconds, I do think that helps.
As I read through the various teams threads, sometimes I am inspired to answer. First of all, this exchange is a great example of the kind of discussion that is effective and helpful on these teams. Secondly, I second @katmary71 ! I do not worry about how fast I eat, but I load up my plate with a LOT of vegetables and the chewing is both satisfying and cannot be rushed. I love munching down a big plate of food, and I'm not the slightest bit ashamed of it - but what is on that plate makes all the difference. Sometimes I see the photos of people's meals on these challenges and I feel sad that they eat so small an amount! The best way to be able to eat a high volume of food is to lose the grains, keep the fats and proteins reasonable, and load up on vegetables, beans, fruits. Give it a try and see if it is more satisfying. The mindless problem is when you are eating trigger foods, which for me usually involve grains. I eat plenty of other carbs as veg and fruit, but grains get me going. Sometimes nuts or trail mixes will push me past the point of healthy, so identify what gives you those "I can't stop" moments and avoid those if you can.3 -
apple852hk wrote: »Not much change but didn't eat well. I have trouble eating my meals in 10 mins. I don't feel full or hungry afterwards but still want to eat. I think I like munching but not chewing my food slowly.
I have tried watching videos to make eating process longer - but I just leave my food getting cold. I notice I have a belief to eat quickly as food should be hot.
Since I have been eating soup this week - maybe that's why I don't feel full. The favourite part of the meal is chewing the side of bread with the soup.
Has anyone else been a person who likes munching on food but not chewing mindfully? Any suggestion on how to appreciate food than just feel like a task to be completed quickly?
I've been thinking about your post. For me, I do best eating a lot of food, which means a lot of vegetables! I try to get decent protein too. I still try to pay attention to how full I feel. Examples of recent meals are about a pound of vegetables with eggs, yogurt an apple and a pear, large spring green salads with lots of diced vegetables beans and sunflower seeds, and salmon or beans with half a plate of roasted veggies. I do well most of the time eating this way. I usually avoid distractions when I'm eating so I can enjoy my food. Sounds geeky but when i eat my salad at lunch i actually think of how it's nourishing my body. If I'm in the mood for snacking, I'll have frozen blueberries or cut-up vegetables with Tajin on them or dip them in a yogurt dressing. Now where I run into trouble is when I'm out-of-town and don't have my own food or healthy stuff to order from a menu! Being used to a lot of food isn't good at buffets! So while I have a good plan and like what I eat daily, I struggle when out of my routine. And they say to wait 20 minutes before getting seconds, I do think that helps.
As I read through the various teams threads, sometimes I am inspired to answer. First of all, this exchange is a great example of the kind of discussion that is effective and helpful on these teams. Secondly, I second @katmary71 ! I do not worry about how fast I eat, but I load up my plate with a LOT of vegetables and the chewing is both satisfying and cannot be rushed. I love munching down a big plate of food, and I'm not the slightest bit ashamed of it - but what is on that plate makes all the difference. Sometimes I see the photos of people's meals on these challenges and I feel sad that they eat so small an amount! The best way to be able to eat a high volume of food is to lose the grains, keep the fats and proteins reasonable, and load up on vegetables, beans, fruits. Give it a try and see if it is more satisfying. The mindless problem is when you are eating trigger foods, which for me usually involve grains. I eat plenty of other carbs as veg and fruit, but grains get me going. Sometimes nuts or trail mixes will push me past the point of healthy, so identify what gives you those "I can't stop" moments and avoid those if you can.
@jugar - I agree, I get a lot out of the conversations. I used to eat more veggies and theses days I have been eating fewer veggies - and I also am a chewer, usually the last one done. Hm, I need to make more effort on the veggies to see if this helps curb my urge to eat...for the sake of eating.1 -
AustinRuadhain wrote: »
@raleighgirl09 - I love @TeresaW1020 's question about your overall goal.
One thing I have done in the past is find a magazine photo of the body I wanted, and then keep that goal image where I can check in and see it regularly. Over the last year and a half, it was not a picture so much as a set of health issues I wanted to resolve. It could be having a copy of your blood work or some other health report where you can see it, if that's a thing. Do you have a clear sense of what you want, and why, and a way to get reminded?
@AustinRuadhain - me too, and now I think I walked by those suggestion too quickly @TeresaW1020 and @Kres567. The numbers goal is not great for me now...but there are other goals. Walking more, further and faster without foot pain - worthy goal, and tied to the commitment of committing. I think I really fear failure and worry about setting goals too high, but I could be more positive and tailor them to me.3 -
GOOD MORNING TEAM
WHEN I GET BACK TODAY FROM GETTING MY NEW PROSTHETIC TODAY I AM GOING TO OPEN REGISTRATION FOR OCTOBER. I DON'T WANT TO USE ANY HOLLYWOOD MEME OR JPEG. I WOULD LIKE TO USE SOME OF THE GROUPS PHOTOS. REAL PEOPLE LOSING REAL WEIGHT. IF YOU WOULD PREFER ME NOT USING YOU LET ME KNOW.
MY INTENT HERE IS TO SHOW OFF OUR GROUP AND CONNECT THE NEW MEMBERS WITH REAL PEOPLE. NOT SOME CRAP I PULLED OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB.
I WON'T POST ANYTHING UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING JUST SO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY YEA OR NAY.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OUR GROUP BIGGER BETTER BADDER
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Tuesday 9/23 checkin
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 202.6
Todays Weight:
Yesterday
Calories: over/under? Under
Water: over/under? Under
Macro/micros : all within range
Exercise: Elliptical and treadmill during lunch. Light stretching throughout day
Goals or Improvements for today:
Meet step goal
Lots of water
I really hate it when you have a great gym workout and the next morning the scale is up. I know it is water retention but I really like seeing the number on the scale go down...not up.
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@Jactop and @Katmary71 - Brilliant weigh-in, both of you! Congratulations!
@Katmary71 - Congratulations on dealing with that vacation weight bounce so quickly! Super impressive!
@jugar - Yes! And some of those trigger foods can surprise you. Nuts are so healthy, but by gosh, I am careful about how I eat them and what with, as mixing them with sweet things can trigger the munchies for me.
@raleighgirl09
This is such a rich conversation, at least for me!
As I think about it, I do best when I have two kinds of goals.
I find it helpful to have that big picture goal -- a physical or mental picture of the healthy body, better blood work, walking without pain.
But what helps me day to day, is working on small "get 1% better" goals that have to do with daily actions, with those actions being actions that will get me to the big picture goal. On a day-to-day basis, I don't aim for a big change. I do best when I focus on small actions, with a win for the day being something small in the area I am focused on -- ate breakfast on plan, ate X servings of veggies, did X minutes of exercise.
Thanks for the reminder to think about this! I am off to review and adjust my daily goals!
On a related topic, I was catching up on the nutritionfacts podcast on a walk last night, and was reminded that what I eat affects how hungry I get. Dr. Greger talks here about people eating oats that have been proceed differently, and having a different level of hunger afterwards. Fascinating stuff, to me! Your comment about working to up the fruits and veggies maybe ties in here!
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-is-a-better-breakfast-cereal-or-oatmeal/1 -
Wow some great discussions going on and I can relate to so many of them. @jugar I agree that is a big part of what makes this group great.
I too avoid the no sugar challenge. I find those kinds of challenges set me up for failure and the bad feelings come along with that. So my goal is to find a way to lose weight while still eating and drinking all the things I really love and I have managed to do that. The moment I start becoming too restrictive is when I fail miserably and start to feel bad about myself. My weight/health will always be a work in progress but I want to eat in a way that I can still enjoy and maintain long term.
That said I haven’t checked in for days. My busy weekend and busy Monday got away on me. I overdid it on the weekend as always but at least it wasn’t as damaging as usual so I am counting that as a victory! I expect the scale will still be down on Thursday.
My goals are to continue building on all the healthy habits that work for me so that I can continue on the weight loss journey that I started nearly a year ago. My long term goal is to get under the top of my goal range and to build a stronger body.2 -
Monday check in:
Calories: under
Water: under
Exercise: nothing formal
Goals for Monday:
1. Drink 100oz of water❌
2. Complete day 2 no sugar✅
3. Work out on the elliptical❌
Goals for Tuesday:
1. Workout in the morning ✅
2. Complete day 3 of no sugar
3. Walk at lunch - just generally try and move more
4. Stick to the meal plan
5. Have fruit or tea when I get home if starving1 -
Weekly Weigh in
Username - bethanie0825
Day - Tuesday
Previous - 235
Current - 234.6
Went to the Dr this morning. He could see the fluid retention in my hands and feel it in my lower legs. He put me back on my old meds. Now I'm waiting on BCBS to approve it. He is pleased with my weight loss since last year and told me to keep it up.4
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