MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLE TEAM CHAT - September 2019
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Weekly weigh in
Last week: 130.4
This week: 136.8
Exercise walking on beach. My calves are so sore from about 5 hours of walking that I'm limping!
Calories way over
Had a great weekend at a wedding out-of-town. The scale's way up, I ate bad but not 7lbs worth of bad! Hoping it's water weight for the most part.
It is definitely mostly water. You will see that come off quite quickly once you are back on your plan and drink a lot of water.0 -
Goals for Monday;
1. No workout today. I worked out both days on the weekend and my plantar fasciitis is acting up. I have a physio appointment this week and am hoping they can help me get some relief. Anyone else have plantar fasciitis? It’s kind of frustrating - the workouts I want to do I can’t because it hurts my foot so I’m left with less strenuous workouts. I’d like to walk at lunch - that’s my goal. ❌ did some walking after work because my train broke down. Going to try again today!
2. Drink a tonne of water❌
Goals for Tuesday:
1. Drink 100oz of water
2. Go for a 40 minute walk sometime today1 -
bethanie0825 wrote: »I've stepped on the scale a couple times this week and I'm still stuck. It's starting to get discouraging bc I've been stuck. I feel better. My clothing fits better. People have noticed. But the dang scale Will. Not. Move.
Plateaus suck. Official weigh-in tomorrow afternoon when I wake up.
Good luck with the scale today!1 -
raleighgirl09 wrote: »Goals for Monday;
1. No workout today. I worked out both days on the weekend and my plantar fasciitis is acting up. I have a physio appointment this week and am hoping they can help me get some relief. Anyone else have plantar fasciitis? It’s kind of frustrating - the workouts I want to do I can’t because it hurts my foot so I’m left with less strenuous workouts. I’d like to walk at lunch - that’s my goal.
2. Drink a tonne of water
I stayed the same weight over the weekend so if I follow my plan I’m hoping for a loss this week!
Yeah man, it's a drag. Between PF and a second digit toe that gets roughed up when walking with vigor, it's cramping my style. Big help for the PF for me was never going barefoot, even in the house. Some support and not too much flex in any shoe. Also, calf stretching several times a day - I stretch both directions. Also took some nsaids for a few weeks, per podiatrist. It took about a month and now is mostly not a problem. The toe, on the other hand (haha), is not good - pretty sure the toe nail will fall out at some point. If anyone has ideas, I'm all ears.
Thanks so much for the info! I’ll start with the calf stretches today. What are nsaids? Is the pain low enough now that you could do physical activity like running for example? If that was your workout of choice?0 -
Monday 9/17 checkin
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 204.2
Todays Weight:
Yesterday
Calories: over/under? Under
Water: over/under? Right at
Exercise: arm strength workout
Didn’t complete all goals from yesterday but today is new day!
Goals or Improvements for today:
Thighs. Fit-on app
Meet step goal
Lots of water
Start journaling for self-care
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Daily Post: Monday
Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: 30 minutes strength, 60 minutes walking1 -
Goals for Monday;
1. No workout today. I worked out both days on the weekend and my plantar fasciitis is acting up. I have a physio appointment this week and am hoping they can help me get some relief. Anyone else have plantar fasciitis? It’s kind of frustrating - the workouts I want to do I can’t because it hurts my foot so I’m left with less strenuous workouts. I’d like to walk at lunch - that’s my goal.
2. Drink a tonne of water
I stayed the same weight over the weekend so if I follow my plan I’m hoping for a loss this week!
I deal with that too. One thing I did was to do stretches often every day and get a massage ball for the arch of my foot. I’ll be honest, I hate the way the massage ball feels but it helps so much. Good luck!!1 -
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
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Weekly Weigh-In
Day - Tuesday
Username - bethanie0825
Previous - 232.6
Current - 235 Okay, my peeps who have been on this journey longer....please tell me that if I keep up eating at a deficit, not eating back my exercise calories, and moving, that this scale will budge??? This week was discouraging. 4 -
Tuesday check in
Calories - over
Exercise - none
Sounds like a bad day but it hasn’t really been all that bad. I’ve eaten good food but just a little too much
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bethanie0825 wrote: »Weekly Weigh-In
Day - Tuesday
Username - bethanie0825
Previous - 232.6
Current - 235 Okay, my peeps who have been on this journey longer....please tell me that if I keep up eating at a deficit, not eating back my exercise calories, and moving, that this scale will budge??? This week was discouraging.
I’m so sorry you have had such a tough week. I’m honestly not a great person to offer advice on calories in and out because I haven’t found the formula or success on my journey..yet.
Everything I read says you have to be careful how much of a deficit you keep. I’ve read somewhere to eat back half your exercise calories but others on the team might have some other suggestions.
I hope you have a better week! Your energy is always so positive - you deserve to feel
successful whatever that means for you!2 -
Tuesday check-in
Calories under
Water over
Exercise recumbent bike, elliptical, weights
Tomorrow plan weights2 -
Daily check in
Tues sept 17
Tracked yes
Calories under
Exercise yes walking and weights1 -
Check in
Calories were definitely over. Gotta track and plan
Water...how did I ever drink 100 oz in a day?!
Exercise....I’ll get there.
My goals for the rest of this month are to get back into the habit of tracking, checking in and drinking more water.1 -
Username:TeresaW1020
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Tuesday
Previous Weight: 206.4
Todays Weight: 205.0
I'm happy that the scale is moving back down. I'm still up .2 since the first of the month. I'm still holding out hope that I will finish this month strong!
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Username: Fleetwood1
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Wednesday
Previous Weight: 256.6
Today's Weight: 255.83 -
@sunshineplace - Those sound like great goals! "I'll get there" works for all of them! If it gets hard to juggle, consider breaking it down to concentrate on one at a time? Welcome back! 👐🤗
@digger61 - What a great Tuesday! 👍🏾👍🏾
@Katmary71 - What a great day you had! And I love the varied workout!
@Jamidi - Hurray! Good for you for noticing you were just a little off your goal! And today's a new day! 🌅 🌄😀
@leonadixon - Hang in there! 👐👐👐
@mrmcgrath - What a great day you had! How are you doing today? I loved hearing you were doing journaling. That sounds like a great tool! ✍🏽
@fleetwood1 - Great weigh-in! Congratulations! 😀😀😀
@TeresaW1020 - Hurray! What a great weigh-in! I'll bet you end up finishing strong this month! Keep up all the great work!1 -
bethanie0825 wrote: »Weekly Weigh-In
Day - Tuesday
Username - bethanie0825
Previous - 232.6
Current - 235 Okay, my peeps who have been on this journey longer....please tell me that if I keep up eating at a deficit, not eating back my exercise calories, and moving, that this scale will budge??? This week was discouraging.
I know how frustrating it can be to be doing everything you think is right and still not see the scale budge. I've struggled with that most of my life. Have you tried changing up the foods you eat? I know for me, I finally figured out that when I eat too many carbs my weight stalls or goes up. Like it did these last couple of weeks because I have been eating way more carbs than normal. I highly recommend Dr. Jason Fung's book the Obesity Code. It was truly eye-opening on how calories in vs. calories out are not always the best solution. My best advice is to keep on tweaking until you find what works for you. Just NEVER give up!! 2 -
Wednesday 9/18 checkin
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 204.2
Todays Weight:
Yesterday
Calories: over/under? Right at
Water: over/under? Under
Exercise: stretching and treadmill
Goals or Improvements for today:
Meet step goal
Lots of water
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Tuesday Check-in
Calories: on target, all healthy choices/on plan
Water: on target
Exercise: platform stepping (85 min)
Steps: over
Martial Arts: Yes! Yay!
Wednesday Plans/Goals/Improvements
Calories: on target, all healthy choices/on plan
Water: on plan or over
Exercise: martial arts class
Steps: at least 7500
Martial Arts: at least 2 minutes
Other: work on home office decluttering!2 -
TeresaW1020 wrote: »bethanie0825 wrote: »Weekly Weigh-In
Day - Tuesday
Username - bethanie0825
Previous - 232.6
Current - 235 Okay, my peeps who have been on this journey longer....please tell me that if I keep up eating at a deficit, not eating back my exercise calories, and moving, that this scale will budge??? This week was discouraging.
I know how frustrating it can be to be doing everything you think is right and still not see the scale budge. I've struggled with that most of my life. Have you tried changing up the foods you eat? I know for me, I finally figured out that when I eat too many carbs my weight stalls or goes up. Like it did these last couple of weeks because I have been eating way more carbs than normal. I highly recommend Dr. Jason Fung's book the Obesity Code. It was truly eye-opening on how calories in vs. calories out are not always the best solution. My best advice is to keep on tweaking until you find what works for you. Just NEVER give up!!
I'll second what @TeresaW1020 says -- never give up!
And I am so sorry you are feeling discouraged. 👐
Zipping up this reply, as it is long. I am so wordy!Running at a calorie deficit does matter, so maybe take a look at that as a start.
How carefully are you tracking?
Are you using a food scale whenever possible, since weight is a more accurate measure than volume? ⚖️
Are you bring careful to pick the best possible entries in the MFP database?
Calorie counts for exercise can be way off. If the source for that number is the machine at the gym, it's really, really rough. As @Kres567 says, lots of people don't eat back all of those.
So, one thing that has helped me a lot is to regard the enterprise of losing weight as a science experiment. I tried making changes, and then used tracking and watched the data to see what worked for my particular body, biome, genetics, etc. 🥼 🧪
Here's a link to a TED Talk I found super inspiring. The speaker talks about a study his team did on 1,000 people that had them see and document very different responses to the same food by different people. Fascinating!
What is the best diet for humans? | Eran Segal | TEDxRuppin
I have had to pay careful attention to what I ate as well as how much. You cannot get away from the importance of a deficit, but I also found that when it came to losing weight, I was sensitive to some foods. What works for me is certainly peculiar to my body, biome and genetics, but the "science experiment" part might be a place to start. Try something. Pay attention to the results over several weeks and see what looks to be effective.
Fasting window: Some people get great results with Intermittent Fasting, by simply extending the window of time each day in which they are not eating. Nephrologist Dr. Jason Fung has written (The Obesity Code) and spoken (quite a few videos on YouTube, like this one) about this quite a bit. (I do this, aiming for a 13-14 hour fasting window each day.)
Macros: Some people do well with being careful about the balance of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, like the Zone Diet (40-30-30 - I lost weight doing a vegan version of this, but eventually shifted my focus). Some people do really well if they cut carbohydrates way down using a Keto Diet.
TL;DR Whatever you do, don't quit! But maybe track carefully if you are not already doing so, study and try experimenting with some things, to see if you can figure out what works for your body/biome/genetics. If you are stuck, it means you haven't found the way yet, not that there is no way!
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Suggested Team Challenge - Share an Idea About Weight Loss Plateaus
Have you faced a plateau in your weight loss? If so, what kinds of things did you try?
Note that all ideas here are of interest, since what did not work for you might work for others!
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bethanie0825 wrote: »Weekly Weigh-In
Day - Tuesday
Username - bethanie0825
Previous - 232.6
Current - 235 Okay, my peeps who have been on this journey longer....please tell me that if I keep up eating at a deficit, not eating back my exercise calories, and moving, that this scale will budge??? This week was discouraging.
So in 2017 I dropped about 150-160lbs in 11 months. The first five or so months (and then, spoiler, the following six months, but I digress) had losses (or small gains) that were all over the map. But at month five I had a week with a good loss and it was following a week of very average, sustainable eating. I had a meticulous food diary and Fitbit activity data so I decided to do the exact same eating (and activity level) the next week so I could have the exact same loss. I didn't lose anything the second week. Confused, but determined, I tried again for a third week with yet a different result. And then a fourth week with a result that didn't match any of the previous weeks. I stopped trying to predict after that.
The TLDR version is you probably have a "woosh" in your near future if your deficit is accurate and you aren't eating back exercise calories. I didn't know what a "woosh" was at the time, and even after hearing and reading, I was skeptical for a while. But there is little other way to describe the yo-yo look to my spreadsheet.
Keep it up - you've come too far to do otherwise!3 -
Username: notsolazylisa
Weigh In Week: Week 3
Weigh In Day: Wednesday
Previous Weight: 174.4
Today’s Weight: 175.45 -
Username: KMD1214
Weigh In Week: Week 3
Weigh In Day: Thursday
Previous Weight: 151.4
Today’s Weight: 150.7
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Daily Post: Wednesday (Sept 18)
Track: yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: walking and aerobics
Having a good week. My wife called last night and said she found a really great deal to Cuba and booked it. So Cuba at the end of February. Have a blessed4 -
Check in
Calories were over and still working on tracking. I started back on my WW program today.
Water was much improved. My iced tea press has become my new best friend. Lol
@AustinRuadhain thank you! Glad to be back!5 -
@notsolazylisa - Hang in there! 👐👐
@KMD1214 - Woohoo! Excellent weigh-in! Congratulations! 🎉
@digger61 - What a great day! And it sounds like you got in plenty of exercise!
So glad you are having a great week! The news about going to Cuba is super exciting!
Does this mean you get to spend extra time listening to Cuban music?
@sunshineplace - What a great day! I love your step by step approach! So glad you are back! Your sunny presence is such a plus! 👣
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Thursday 9/19 checkin
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 204.2
Todays Weight:
Yesterday
Calories: over/under? Under
Water: over/under? Over
Macro/micros : sugar and sodium high/all rest in good range
Exercise: stretching
Goals or Improvements for today:
Meet step goal
Lots of water
This past week I can’t seem to meet my step goals or get to gym. I need to step it up!
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