MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLES OCTOBER CHAT
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Tuesy 10/16checkin
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 204
Todays Weight:
Yesterday
Calories: over/under? Right at
Water: over/under?Right at
Macro/micros :
Steps : 3803
Exercise:
5 for 90:
Meet step goal
Stay hydrated
Make self care a priority
Meditate and or journal daily
Encourage someone
I have had some work projects lately that have me getting to office early and home late-late which is causing my exercise and steps to be really low. I think I can see the light at the end and then hopefully back to a normal routine for me.
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10/10 steps were 50622
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Sorry @TeresaW1020 I got a little behind with posting
Steps
10/11 - 15,284
10/12 - 12,098
10/13 - 6,832
10/14 - 5,777
10/15 - 10,2892 -
Username:TeresaW1020
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Wednesday
Previous Weight:205.0
Todays Weight: 204.4
Weight is still up for the month but at least it's moving back down. I talked to my Beachbody coach and she thinks I'm eating way to much cheese and processed foods and wants me to clean up my diet. So, that is what I will try to do and see if I can get better results.
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Day 4 of this Week's Optional Challenge
Hydrate! How do you meet your hydration goals? Share tips!
For me, one of the key things to do is to start early. I try to get a lot of hydration done by mid- to late-morning, which sets me up for the day. That includes drinking before I break my fast. A hot drink helps me put off eating a bit longer and helps with the hydration.
I am also a big fan of cold-brewed herbal tea (Celestial Seasonings fruit flavors!) and water with a little fruit or vegetable in it (a few cucumber slices in a pitcher, maybe add a few lemon slices, yum!).
See the entire Week 3 Challenge Thread here.
Spoiler alert - Check it out just to see @jugar 's photo of the Scottish island where she did her walking yesterday. Breahtaking!0 -
@Katmary71 I’m sorry to hear about your chronic pain. That adds a whole other level of challenge when it comes to weight loss. And yet, you are approaching your goal! That is so exciting!
@AustinRuadhain I’m glad you got those kicks in. Your dedication always inspires me and seeing all those checkmarks!
@TeresaW1020 thank you for the morning chuckle. Boobs and gravity just don’t mix. 🤣
@Wishusdonna absolutely agree about the pizza thing....I certainly don’t tend to stick to two pieces even when I’m not feeling meh. Lol.
@TrishasTime I love your mfp name. Speaks volumes.3 -
Check-In
Weigh-In Day: Wednesdays
October Start Weight : 254.4
Oct 2: 254.4
Oct 9: 253.6
Oct 16: 257.4
Oct 23:
Oct 30:
Yesterday we had a work function with plenty of salty foods like pizza. Feeling water weight today.3 -
Steps. Oct 14 - 10,121. Oct 15 - 9,0242
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Tuesday Check-In
Calories: under
Water: way over
Exercise: walking and weights arm day
Steps 115492 -
TeresaW1020 wrote: »
I will post our winners tomorrow morning!
I need the following steps from the following members:
@its_cleo, 10/10
@Digger61, 10/12 & 10/13
@Jacktop, 10/11, 10/12 & 10/13 and 10/14
@mrmcgrath, 10/10 & 10/14
@raleighgirl09, 10/13 & 10/14
@TrishasTime, 10/13 & 10/14
Thank you!!
Digger61
10/12 12310
10/13. 37151 -
Good morning everyone!
@AustinRuadhain I made split pea soup with barley and jalapenos, the recipe used a lot of herbs from the garden and came out great! Thanks for asking!
Wednesday check-in
Calories under
Exercise recumbent bike
Water over
In response to hydrating, I grew up on and love diet Pepsi and Crystal light but know they're not the best for me. I've switched over to drinking a lot of iced tea. For water I add some combo of lemon, cucumber, and fresh mint to my water. I drink hot tea before bed.1 -
oct 10 26041
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oct 16 steps 65041
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Wednesday checking
Calories 0ver
Water Over
Exercise: Walking
Goals for Thursday: try to get in as much movement as I can despite being on the road for 4 hours
@TeresaW1020 16/10 Steps 135851 -
Good morning everyone!
In response to hydrating, I grew up on and love diet Pepsi and Crystal light but know they're not the best for me. I've switched over to drinking a lot of iced tea. For water I add some combo of lemon, cucumber, and fresh mint to my water. I drink hot tea before bed.
I have been putting an orange slice (squeeze first) in my water instead of lemon. Such a nice change. I have also got myself some fruit teas from Davidstea and drink that as ice tea. Nicer than drinking plain water all the time.1 -
raleighgirl09
Check in Sun-Wed (ouch)
Steps: 13Oct 12,421 14Oct 12,621 15Oct 15,518 16Oct 11,977
5 for 90: I love the 5 as it reminds me to pinpoint something I am grateful for..... =>
Make time for yourself: really enjoyed my walk this evening - because I worked from home, I got a lot fewer daily steps so walked about 1.5 hours for almost 4 miles - recent rain made all the beautiful leaves on the ground shining and the just-in-time sub for sunset lit them up like neon....breathtaking
Exercise 30 minutes a day: doing well, Nike up!
Hydrate: on target
Give up a trigger food / behavior: planning better the past several days - but thinking cheese is a trigger food...I just want to eat all the cheese!
Thankful for: bad luck that comes at the best time - AC went out on a much cooler day and we got a tech out right away to fix it today. Fan in the window last night reminded me of childhood
Remember the good, be the good, encourage others on their journey - and even a little of these goes a long way...if I can't run the marathon, it's still good to jog to the mailbox and back... => So to speak.
I'm feeling strong, feel like I'm doing well, not too much struggle for the moment. Coming to the 200 mark - wonder if that will happen in October. It's a bit anticlimactic because it has been a big milestone twice before; now it's more of a 'well, I can't get to 175 (for example) if I don't get to 200 first, so come on in 200; say hello and keep moving to make room for your slimmer numbered cousins. Ya don't have to go home but you can't stay here.0 -
Day Five! Come join us tmo! 77 days til the New Year! I am glad we can share things to help each other of certain trigger foods substitutes! 👍👏💃
Head on over and also share with your team!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10768217/under-construction-week-three-challenge-from-workout-warriors#latest
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10/16 steps: 12,3700
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Daily Check-in
Wednesday Check-In
Calories: under, and all healthy choices (stuck to meal plan!) ✔️
Water: way over ✔️
Exercise: platform stepping (72 min) ✔️
5 for 90
Self Care - Meditation ✔️
Exercise 45+ minutes ✔️
Steps Goal ✔️
Martial Arts Practice (100 Kicks) ❌ (did some, but did not hit 100)
Thankful for: autumn weather! ✔️
Step Challenge - 10/16 - 10,343 steps
Thursday Plans/Goals/Improvements
Calories: slightly under; all healthy choices/on plan
Water: on plan or over
Exercise:
- Both outdoor walk and platform stepping if I can make both fit!
- Martial Arts Practice (100 Kicks)1 -
Day 5 of this Week's Optional Challenge
Replacing trigger foods! Post a picture, quote or list the item that will replace your trigger food today!
A couple of replacement foods for me are steamed butternut squash (I steam diced butternut with apples and sprinkle with cinnamon for a dessert) and cauliflower spinach mash (low carb, not as calorie dense as mashed potato, and needs nothing on it)! Yum to both!
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Sunshineplace
Thursday
Week 3
PW 162.4
CW 158.2
Fantastic yes BUT I gained 5.2 last week so this is just removing some of that. The real loss is yet to come.4 -
5 for 90 yesterday
1. Time alone- y
2. Water- y
3. Exercise- n
4. Fast food- none
5. Gratitude- Not sure. Yesterday I was just focussed on work.1 -
Username: renaegry
Weigh in: Week 3
Weigh in day: Wednesday
Previous Weight: 156.2
Today's Weight: 156.4
Steps Oct 16 - 91632 -
Not feeling great still, but have been to the docs and found out my bladder repair needs additional care and I'm super prone to infection.
For once, green zoned the calories! And I have a weekly deficit so far of 1400 still, so could maintain or lose yet.
1. Time - time in a cafe to read between the docs and the bus.
2. Exercise - 12832 steps
3. hydration, yes - 16 glasses. Very interesting the hydration chat in here, but my GP has reset my target to 14 glasses per day, says post-surgery this is essential. I feel someone should have told me it should be twice the normal amount.
4. Trigger food - access to booze, but no booze!
5. Yays - free sandwiches with lots of salad.2 -
sunshineplace wrote: »Good morning everyone!
In response to hydrating, I grew up on and love diet Pepsi and Crystal light but know they're not the best for me. I've switched over to drinking a lot of iced tea. For water I add some combo of lemon, cucumber, and fresh mint to my water. I drink hot tea before bed.
I have been putting an orange slice (squeeze first) in my water instead of lemon. Such a nice change. I have also got myself some fruit teas from Davidstea and drink that as ice tea. Nicer than drinking plain water all the time.
I've never tried orange, I'll have to do that! I realized when grocery shopping between lemons, cucumbers, and tea I spend $10 a week just to drink water!2 -
AustinRuadhain wrote: »Day 5 of this Week's Optional Challenge
Replacing trigger foods! Post a picture, quote or list the item that will replace your trigger food today!
A couple of replacement foods for me are steamed butternut squash (I steam diced butternut with apples and sprinkle with cinnamon for a dessert) and cauliflower spinach mash (low carb, not as calorie dense as mashed potato, and needs nothing on it)! Yum to both!
Cauliflower spinach mash sounds awesome! I usually just roast cauliflower, I haven't even had rice cauliflower. Do you use a food processor to blend it?
I adore butternut squash! I think it's my favorite winter squash. I had a woman stop me at the store today watching me load my cart with winter squash and asked me which was good. She ended up going with butternut. I usually just eat it as a side for dinner, love the idea of having it for dessert!0 -
sunshineplace wrote: »Sunshineplace
Thursday
Week 3
PW 162.4
CW 158.2
Fantastic yes BUT I gained 5.2 last week so this is just removing some of that. The real loss is yet to come.
Congratulations! Even if some of it's from last week it's still a great loss!1 -
Wishusdonna wrote: »Not feeling great still, but have been to the docs and found out my bladder repair needs additional care and I'm super prone to infection.
For once, green zoned the calories! And I have a weekly deficit so far of 1400 still, so could maintain or lose yet.
1. Time - time in a cafe to read between the docs and the bus.
2. Exercise - 12832 steps
3. hydration, yes - 16 glasses. Very interesting the hydration chat in here, but my GP has reset my target to 14 glasses per day, says post-surgery this is essential. I feel someone should have told me it should be twice the normal amount.
4. Trigger food - access to booze, but no booze!
5. Yays - free sandwiches with lots of salad.
I'm sorry to hear your medical situation is more complicated than expected. Sounds like you're doing great with eating and exercise. That's a lot of water, good luck drinking that much!2 -
Thursday check-in
Calories under- didn't eat back as many calories as I should have for how much I worked out yesterday.
Exercise- after 3 weeks of slacking I finally got my butt to the gym and had a great workout, weights and 1 hour on elliptical plus a long time on recumbent bike
Water- over
Trigger foods, yikes! Anything sweet is a trigger food for me, I've even scarfed down an entire bag of family pack frozen blueberries when craving. I was buying light ice cream and kept eating full pints. I'm trying to work more at moderating by buying things with single servings, like ice cream bars. I'd love to be able to buy a bag of chocolate and eat one a day but there's no way I'm there yet. For now I talk myself out of chocolate by saying instead of mediocre chocolate I'll wait and save calories for a piece of chocolate from a chocolate store. I can usually ride out the craving before buying it. I've said the same with pizza and have yet gone to a pizzeria.2 -
Hey everyone! I wanted to pop in before heading out for the evening to give you last week's STEP CHALLENGE chart and announce our winner!!
Congratulations to @hinemoa2088 with a big stepping number of 96,733!!! And a very honorable mention to @raleighgirl09 with a VERY close second of 96,168 steps!
Everyone did great this week but we were a little bit less than our first week. So let's STEP up our game and get to counting!! Also, thanks to everyone for posting your steps and making it easy for me to keep track!
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