MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLES DECEMBER CHAT
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Saturday Check-in (belated; still working on Sunday!)
Calories: under; all good choices (proud of this, as I was chef for a party and spent 6 hours in the kitchen!)
Water: on target
Exercise: martial arts class (160 min)
Steps (target 7500): under
Daily Goals - Saturday
1. Meditate ✔️
2. Exercise 30 minutes a day ✔️
3. Hydrate ✔️
4. Martial Arts Practice ✔️
5. Thankful ✔️ for my family, friends, and the chance to host a party!
Goals and Improvements for Sunday:
- Stick with my food plan, measure and log everything, stay at/under calories
- Martial arts practice
- An outdoor walk or platform stepping after dinner1 -
12/15
Check In
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 197.6
Todays Weight:
Get friends! A few victories for the week despite being up a tad bit on the scale. 1. I had my yearly wellness exam this week and was dreading the scale. You know how it is, you weigh at home at one weight and then at the doctors it is 10 pounds heavier. Not this time! It was only a difference of 3 pounds and that was with heavy boot shoes and still below the 200 mark! So happy! And 2. Last night I walked around downtown Fort Worth to see the Christmas Tree and did so in heels! I could not do that last year!
@mrmcgrath this is so awesome, that Dr. scale versus home scale situation can be a bear! And heels....sigh. Makes one feel amazing. =>0 -
raleighgirl09
Sunday check in - I missed yesterday evening!
@digger61 - congrats on the great weighin!! =>
Week recap: Been an interesting week with this new style of thought work and working toward that habit! I think I've learned I don't listen to my body and cues much, I do eat what I have planned for the most part, and usually with things on-plan even if I change my mind. I'm a very fluid person in weight loss - I like to do what works and if that stops, go to something else that does. This isn't a revelation, it's always been that way, it's just been reaffirmed.
One revelation - I thought I have more hunger on a typical basis than it seems I have had this week. Will be interesting to see if that continues or maybe this was an anomalous week....?
Prelog 3 meals? B no, L skip, D yes
Times? B 1130, D bridge soup at 430, rest at 645
Non-planned eating? no - I did eat part of my dinner at 430, I think that is a bridge between 2 meals meaning eating within dinner but breaking it up
Thoughts? DISCOVERY thought: I enjoyed breakfast and was hungry but not overly so. No distractions and ate all of it, felt satisfied and great. On walk 45 min later, realized I was just a hair fullish feeling, I do not usually eat to that at any meal - where was it in the meal that may have been a better place to stop? Has this happened before and I was not aware? Oddly, my instantaneous thought when i first realized the feeling is that I felt pleasant and then it hit me that it was instead a slight overfull feeling
Thoughts during overeats? had the above after thoughts but I am just not sure what the heck
Mood? fabulous mood today! Great weather and an outdoor walk!
Obstacles? twingy knee - why are you back?
Hunger? not really a hungry day
1% effort today? took time to enjoy breakfast without any distractions, did not have any negative feelings on a gain by the scale of .9 because it just is (my weight fluctuates quite a bit), bought tights to wear with a dress that is above my knees....another step closer to going out in it!!
3 good things? I've kind of forgotten why I am asking this?
Exercise? 3 mile hood walk [steps logged the next day] (steps 14Dec2019 12,638)
Sleep? 10p-8a [log the morning after]
Nighttime eats? eating late enough for it to not be an issue0 -
raleighgirl09
steps 12/14 12,6380 -
Be good to yourselves and have an amazing week!
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12/16
Check In
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 197.6
Todays Weight:
Yesterday
Calories: over/under
Water: over/under? Under
Macros: fat high
Steps : 3284
Exercise:
5 for 90:
Meet step goal
Stay hydrated
Make self care a priority
Meditate and or journal daily
Encourage someone
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Sunday Check-in
Calories: under; all good, on-plan choices
Water: on target
Exercise: platform stepping (50 min)
Steps (target 7500): over (yay! day 1 of a new streak!)
Daily Goals - Sunday
1. Meditate ✔️
2. Exercise 30 minutes a day ✔️
3. Hydrate ✔️
4. Martial Arts Practice ❌ (oops! missed a day! starting a new streak)
5. Thankful ✔️ for my mobility
Goals and Improvements for Monday:
- Stick with my food plan, measure and log everything, stay at/under calories
- Martial arts practice or class
- An outdoor walk or platform stepping
- Decluttering! I have an unexpectedly open evening and want to spend at least an hour making home a little lighter.0 -
Today-
Cals- between yesterday and today I am 40 over so that is ok.
My other goals are half met. Yesterday aimed to do 45 mins of mobility work, I did 20.
Today wanted to do some upper body with weights, but can't find my dumbbells which is completely ridiculous. But I washed my carpet last weekend and so I put them somewhere and now I can't remember where.
Thinking about NY's goals- did I say some goals scare me or I think about easy goals? So I think sometimes I do and so maybe in the new year I need to challenge myself more. The hardest thing for me to make goals on is sweets.0 -
@its_cleo funny about your dumbbells, I hate when I misplace something, especially as I live alone and can't blame it on anyone else! I just finished replying on the "20" thread and was thinking over the last year and where I am now. I think it's good to have a combination of easier and harder goals, that way you can achieve some you might otherwise put off then have ones to strive for. The latter can always be broken down into smaller goals so it is less intimidating.
Monday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- strength training, bike, calisthenics, dancing/aerobics
Water- over, not as much as usual
5 for 90
1. Gym 3xs a week- I'm so proud of myself for going today! I even went in the gym and left 2 minutes in, returned a call in my car for 1 hour, then made myself go back in and do weights even though I'd spent that hour thinking of leaving. I slacked on elliptical though! But I made it and my main gym focus is weights.
2. Exercise 30 minutes- done
3. Decluttering- shoot, none. If I hit my "garbage can full" goal this week I'll need to spend some time doing tomorrow.
4. Social media- stayed busy, checked in
5. Trigger foods- this category has changed a bit for me as I'm more "triggered" by feeling hungry when I'm probably not, eating too much, then skipping my official dinner. I didn't go through this when losing weight, it's frustrating!! I'm trying not to eat dinner before working out at night because I was eating all my calories between lunch and exercising. I made it another day without overdoing it before working out. I added in dancing/aerobics then some floor exercises and squats and did those right after eating and that helped with a full feeling plus put me more in touch with how I was feeling.1 -
nbbaby
Week 3
Monday
PW: 219.2
CW: 225.1
I've has a serious reaction to my meds so I've swelled everywhere. I'm not sure if that's where the gain is from. Because that's alot.2 -
Username: Jactop
Weigh-in week: Week 3
Weigh-in day: Monday
Previous Weight: 216
Todays Weight: 211
5lb loss courtesy of the worst flu virus I've had in decades but I'll take it0 -
Made it back to the gym yesterday after a few weeks of slacking. It sure did feel good!
12/17
Check In
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 197.6
Todays Weight:196.4
Yesterday
Calories: over/under
Water: over/under? Under
Macros: way off
Steps : 6205
Exercise: 30 minute stationary bike
5 for 90:
Meet step goal
Stay hydrated
Make self care a priority
Meditate and or journal daily
Encourage someone
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Username: Jactop
Weigh-in week: Week 3
Weigh-in day: Monday
Previous Weight: 216
Todays Weight: 211
5lb loss courtesy of the worst flu virus I've had in decades but I'll take it
@Jactop - I hear ya! Weight loss courtesy of food poisoning for me yesterday (classic symptoms) so I had a loss this morning. As well as a kick-butt abs workout. Whoa. No food plan yesterday! => Glad you are on the mend...0 -
Username: wwood008
Weigh in day: Tuesday
Weigh in week: week 3
Previous weight: 156.7
Current: 155.8
I fell off the wagon a LOT over the weekend so I’m just glad I didn’t gain. Multiple Christmas parties and cookie decorating 😬0 -
@wwood008 Good for you! Maintaining is a nice option over the holidays.
@Jactop sorry to hear about your flu virus. Hope you are feeling better.
Tough day- over cals. All day was craving something greasy/carbs like french fries. I resisten and then realized I had nothing for dinner. So ended up with fastfood. Over cals by about 150.
With trainer today. He started to teach me how to do a clean and jerk which is a tough move with a barbell. I love this stuff so I was super excited. Unfortunately it hurts one of my wrists- my right wrist has been messed up for months. So disappointed. Sat I'm seeing a massage therapist/acupuncturist so maybe he can help.
Haven't had time to look for my own weights yet. They're here somewhere.0 -
raleighgirl09
Tuesday check in
steps @TeresaW1020 I realized I am behind: 12/14 -12,839, 12/15 - 12,178, 12/16 - 353
So. Yesterday was a monster bout of food poisoning. No eating plan, not much eating, but a really awesome abs workout. Ugh. Today I was **so much** better, which I suppose 16-17 hours of sleep within 24 hours might play a part in. Didn't much feel like eating today but it was all good. Didn't (don't?) feel much like super analyzing the food and thoughts and whatnots today, just going with the flow.
Prelog 3 meals? no
Times? B skip, L 1130, D 7
Non-planned eating? all on plan
Thoughts during overeats?
Thoughts? Had a lot of work to do today and didn't think much about food
Mood? Happy to not be sick!
Obstacles? getting over food poisoning the day before
Hunger? not really
1% effort today? logging and jpurnaling when I didn't really want to - felt like I didn't have much to say
3 good things?
Exercise? [steps logged the next day] none
Sleep? [log the morning after] wowser - from 10-745 after sleeping almost all day yesterday
Nighttime eats? n1 -
Username: wwood008
Weigh in day: Tuesday
Weigh in week: week 3
Previous weight: 156.7
Current: 155.8
I fell off the wagon a LOT over the weekend so I’m just glad I didn’t gain. Multiple Christmas parties and cookie decorating 😬
@wwood008- not to worry, the wagon is always there and it seems except for parties and cookie decorating, maybe you were mostly on it... => Lovely thing about that wagon, it's always in the garage, just gotta hitch that puppy up.1 -
@nbbaby try not to worry about it, if you're swollen it's likely the cause.
@Jactop sorry to hear you're not feeling well, I hope you feel better soon!
@mrmcgrath Nice loss! Way to go at getting back to the gym, it's a great feeling!
@wwood008 nice loss! Making cookies and parties are definitely a challenge!
@its_cleo Don't be too hard on yourself for going over, we all need to be able to enjoy foods we don't eat like we used to every once and awhile. Only 150 calories over is really good!
@raleighgirl09 so sorry to hear about the food poisoning! I'm glad you were able to get some rest.1 -
Calories- under
Exercise- bike, core/squats, stretching
Water- over. I'm cutting back on stevia in tea which is fine for hot but iced is yucky!
5 for 90
1. Gym 3xs a week- going tomorrow
2. Exercise 30 minutes- done
3. Decluttering- none
4. Trigger foods- not a specific one, just was real "cravy" grocery shopping but got out with just a diet Pepsi.
5. I'm changing this to goal for tomorrow- go to gym1 -
Good Morning Friends!
12/18
Check In
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 197.6
Todays Weight:197.2
Yesterday
Calories: maintenance
Water: over/under? Right at
Macros: Fat and Protein off
Steps : 4065
Exercise:
Yesterday’s Fitbit/mfp stats:
4065 steps. 5500 goal steps
1.73 miles
2284 burned calories
13 active
77 sleep score
66 resting sleep
1827 calories consumed
Macros…Carb 39% goal 40%, Fat 38% goal 30%, Protein 23% goal 30%
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Username: leonadixon
Weigh in day: Wednesday
PW (11/27): 198.8
Check in weight (12/4): 199.6
Check in weight (12/11): 200.6
Check in weight (12/18): 198.2
Counting the carbs has been an easy transition for me. Let's hope I really succeed on this!
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Wednesday Check-in:
Calories: under
Water: over
Exercise: 25 minute strength program on the treadmill and 30 minutes, day 14 of 21-Day Fix, pilates.
Sorry that I've been MIA for the last couple of days. Work and life have gotten in my way yet again. I've also been doing a lot of thinking and reading about my eating plan and what I want to do next year. For several reasons, I'm going to back off of strick Keto, which I suck at sticking with and going into a more low carb, whole-food approach with the occasional indulgence tossed in. I'm mostly going back to calorie counting and letting the macros take care of themselves. I'm tired of trying to try to fit myself into a diet plan and just want to be normal. I will continue to do intermittent fasting and even try to extend my fasting hours along with continuing to challenge myself with my workouts. The best thing that has happened to me this year is learning about IF and signing up for Beachbody on Demand. Now, I just need to get my eating in order and I will be unstoppable in achieving my goal weight in 2020!
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@nbbaby - Your weigh-in number does seem like water retention could be involved. Keep making healthy choices, and see how things shake out. Get well soon! 🤗
@Jactop - Wow. Congrats on the great weigh-in, but so sorry it came to you by catching the flu. I hope you are recovering well! 😮🤗
@mrmcgrath - Hurray to getting back into the gym! Do be sure to go a little gently with yourself, as a few weeks is long enough to need a little building back up! 🔥💪🏾
@raleighgirl09 - Oh, my. I am So sorry to hear about your bout with food poisoning. That is NO fun. 😮🤗
I am super impressed you were then at the gym this morning doing abs. You are one tough, determined cookie!
As far as your check-in: "Mood? Happy to not be sick!" This so made me smile. I know it's so easy for me to take health for granted until I don't have it!
And this, your comment to @wwood008" -- "Lovely thing about that wagon, it's always in the garage, just gotta hitch that puppy up." -- SUCH words of wisdom! 🏆
@wwood008 - What a great weigh-in, holiday indulgences and all! 🏆 😊 👍🏽
@its_cleo - So glad you are having fun at the gym! And you are super smart to get a trainer to help make sure you lift heavy stuff with good form. 🤓💪🏾
@KatMary71 - I loved your comment to @its_cleo -- "Only 150 calories over is really good!" Ain't it the truth? It's so easy to beat ourselves up for going over just a little. 150 calories is indeed not a lot. And awesome to have that kind of overage be an off day during December! 👍🏽🎉
@leonadixon - 🎈 Woohoo! What a great weigh-in! Congratulations on finding a way of eating that is working for you!
@TeresaW1020 - 🤓 All that thinking and planning sounds super great. Finding the way of eating that works for you is such an individual project, and it is great you are doing the work.1 -
Tuesday Check-in
Calories: under; all good, on-plan choices
Water: on target
Exercise: platform stepping (46 min)
Steps (target 7500): over (day 1 of a new streak!)
Daily Goals
1. Meditate ✔️
2. Exercise 30 minutes a day ✔️
3. Hydrate ✔️
4. Martial Arts Practice ✔️
5. Thankful ✔️ for my health and mobility
Goals and Improvements for Wednesday:
- Stick with my food plan, measure and log everything, stay at/under calories
- Martial arts practice and class
- An outdoor walk tonight if I can fit it in; otherwise platform stepping
- Keep up work on a "what I need to work on" inventory (thinking of through now and year end, and in 2020)0 -
raleighgirl09
Wednesday check in
steps 12/17 2,840 not setting records these last few days!!
I think there have been two game changers for me, of late. 1- I stopped having the visual of the extra exercise calories in front of me so if I go over the planned amount, I am faced with the red; I hate the red, it feels like failure. I'm still getting the exercise but not the extra food which was way too easy to drift into. 2- the journaling, however brief, is really helping me be more aware because I'll be writing it down. Two somewhat simple changes that I am really glad I made; they have not been easy or natural and I don't know if they ever will be but they are more familiar now, a few weeks later - I think? I'd have to go back and look to see how long I have been doing it. But in terms of habits, I think this is me starting to see some structure of new habits forming...some solid ground under me, even if it is thin, so far. In terms of actions, I can see them documented daily because of the new habit. And in terms of results, I am eating less and am losing weight. I'd love for me to always see this as a simple formula - but if I forget, will someone please remind me? =>
Prelog 3 meals? B pre-log no but pre-planned yes, L yes, D yes
Times? B730, L 1045 , D 7
Non-planned eating? yes, a few ounces of turkey when I got home after work
Thoughts during overeats? thinking I should not just eat at the sink at 430 but was hungry again and dinner with Mom is at 7. Thought I might reduce something planned later
Thoughts? DISCOVERY thought: had an awesome revelation while walking with the podcast that I now cannot recall - new discovery thought is to carry a notepad and pen on the walks, not the first time that has happened!! I think it was around the topic of hunger
Mood? good mood, start vacation time after Friday, just winding up
Obstacles? Time - have to make up time for work to avoid losing PTO time I have already planned so am combining with going easy on myself and skipping the very early morning workout until Friday from home
Hunger? Woke up starving! Ate early and had to eat early for lunch
1% effort today? got home early enough for a walk this evening
3 good things? organizing my work day to be sure I got a work walk, the great feeling after my late walk, being so much more aware now of what I am doing and sometimes surprised - which can be from either direction
Exercise? 1.75 miles around the pond at work and a hood lap, 2.15 miles [steps logged the next day]
Sleep? 1045p-530a [log the morning after]
Nighttime eats?2 -
Been reading through all the posts, lots going on - and cheer up, holiday parties are coming to an end here, soon!
@Katmary71 - great job on #4 in your 5 for 90, that's hard to do when you're in the moment....and the win feels so great! =>
@mrmcgrath - I often get a sleep score at 75 or even a little lower, sometimes when it seems I slept enough hours, does it seem that way to you?
@leonadixon - congrats on the weigh in, most excellent!
@AustinRuadhain - I have to confess that while it would have been admirable to be in the gym (or anywhere) getting an abs workout after such a mess of illness....eh....I had, and still have, sore abs from the unfortunate number of times I was throwing up - it so was not pretty. My joke backfired!! =>1 -
I'm dreading this week's check in; so much so that I debated skipping it completely but here we go
Weekly Check In
Day - Tuesday
Username - bethanie0825
Previous - 234 (?)
Current - 236.6
I've been moving more and drinking more water but we've eaten out a few times in the past week. My husband even commented that he was up 5 lbs from yesterday morning. I understand why I'm up but it still sucks.1 -
@bethanie0825 - So, I am sorry the number this week is not what you'd like. But...
If you are anything like me in this, weighing in today anyway, despite the bad news you expected, was a SUPER great decision! For me, if I check in promptly and get real on what the damage has been, I get a good idea of what I can and cannot get away with (great data) and I also get to be back in action rather than hiding from what's so. So from me you get a big hat's off for weighing in. I think doing the hard thing of weighing in makes you stronger and sets you free to get back in action. Works that way for me, anyway.
There's lots of temptation happening this time of year. Do damage control if need be, and know that the end of year food-related craziness will soon be past. 👐
@raleighgirl09 - Urg. Maybe I needed more coffee when I read that. I just skittered past and thought you were Iron Woman! Hey, it could happen. And seriously, I hope you and your abs feel much MUCH better tomorrow! 👐👐👐
Thank you for sharing your journaling. It is so inspiring! 🔥
And this made me laugh: " I am eating less and am losing weight. I'd love for me to always see this as a simple formula - but if I forget, will someone please remind me?" 😹 Yes.0 -
@leonadixon great loss!
@TeresaW1020 Sounds like you're developing a great plan going forward with low carb, whole foods and continuing your exercise. I spent a lot of time torn between low carb and whole-food plant-based and feeling like I had to choose. I spend a lot of time reading different ways of eating/living. I'm not low carb and I still eat some meat but that's ok! I'll continue to tweak things to work better for me but feeling like it has to be an exact eating style can cause more stress than we need.
@bethanie0825 don't dread checking in, none of us are judging you! Chances are some of that is retaining water from sodium in restaurant meals. If it's a full gain that's ok too, you'll get it off in no time!
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Wednesday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- bike, strength, gardening, dancing
Water- over
5 for 90
1. Gym 3xs a week- I really didn't want to go today but went and did weights
2. Exercise 30 minutes a day- done, did a little of everything
3. Decluttering- yay, can finally say I did it! Filled up 5 bags and filled the garbage can to overflowing and filled green waste with dirt and dying tomato plants
4. Trigger food- struggled a bit more with eating just my meal for my first two meals. Had pizza before nephew's choir concert and 3 pieces is 750 calories, crazy and it's not that good, I prefer my own cooking now which is scary!
5. Upcoming goal- wrap presents tomorrow, strongly consider doing the stair treadmill at gym for 5 minutes!
I was thinking of the team challenge of thinking to 2020 and how we want it to be. Teresa you said what you're going to change and continue to do, Raleigh girl you're actively changing your thinking, and Austin Ruadhain you mentioned thinking about it. What is everyone hoping to change and what will you continue? Any goals you want to share?1
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