WAISTAWAYS January 2020 Chat
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Steps for today: 6,030
I had a lot of walking for Orientation day without my phone...more exercise happening every day. Yay!
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conleywoods wrote: »Happy Monday to everyone. Glad to be on the tail end of the day. My boys have been sick and I was up at 3AM with one of them! I have had coffee morning, noon and night today. So glad that all my kids at school were pretty laid back today and happy to work. Had my regular oatmeal for breakfast. Made a chicken ceasar salad for lunch with an apple. For dinner I made a chorizo hash with toast. The worst time for me is right when I get home and I ended up snacking on some chips. I had big plans to work out this morning but the 5 year old insisted on sleeping on the couch since he didn't feel good. Oh well, tomorrow should be better.
My non scale measures:
Feeling lighter
Clothes fitting better
Looking more toned
Complements from others
Workouts are easier
Craving healthy foods
Not craving junk
@conleywoods That is the one thing I don't miss about my kids being little, the sickies... Hope they are all feel better soon ! Congrats on all of your NSV's that's awesome...2 -
Steps for 1/27 was 6453
@micki48 Yes I would like to do the Step challenge for Feb, I am going to increase mine to 6K... I'm shooting to increase 1k per month till I get to atleast 10k per day...
Yesterday was not so good, I'm going to be entirely honest with you guys, I ate a whole bag of life savers... LOL - they did not save my life, they made me feel really bad about it.. so don't believe the name... THEY LIE !
Then I ate goldfish, they looked like they needed saving so I put them in my belly with the life savers... I am pretty sure they didn't survive... DOH...
I did not do yoga this morning, because my shoulder/neck is killing me, I musta pinched a nerve on sunday, it was hurting yesterday, but not this bad, so I musta slept on it funny, on top of it.. I did so some neck and shoulder stretches, but I am planning on doing my 15 min of yoga this evening, along with the strength training (might need to skip shoulder presses though) and getting my 6k steps.. I had originally said today was Yoga/ video, but I am moving the video to tomorrow because I am leaving work early, so I will have more time...
Boy I have alot of excuses today... hmmmmm
Have a great day all !3 -
Remember to keep it GREEN and push hard to finish this month stronger than when you started!
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Happy Tuesday!
I am having a wonderful chuckle this morning about the goldfish swimming around with the lifesavers. And big smiles about looser clothes that no one can see because, well, winter. I think loose warm clothes are a much better choice than body fat for keeping warm! Both effective, but I like being able to take off the sweaters, coats, scarves, hats, mitts, leg warmers, wool socks, etc.
So today, @Gidgitgoescrazy - you are my workout buddy. I have been slacking on Pilates and strength even though I have been walking tons. I have plenty of excuses too, but none that would stand up under interrogation, so I'm going to have to hit the mat today. You'll be with me, right??3 -
@Gidgitgoescrazy Glad I am not the only one. I log it - so honest with myself but not brave enough to confess it to the group. lol
Thank you for being brave!!! Makes me feel like I can keep trying.5 -
@Gidgitgoescrazy - have you ever had your neck checked out by a dr? Mine was a herniated disk. I still have to be careful worh it
I had the same issue with food yesterday. That’s just the thing with sugar. My taste buds get a “hit” if it And I go crazy. So, I didn’t eat supper last night. It’s now 9:30 and I’m just starting to feel interested in food again.
@jugar yes, sounds good. February here I come! Boot comes off the 5th I think.
I’m doing IF. 16:8 .... starting 1/29 I’ll track my food also. As a friend said, I’m gonna just attack it and be done with it. None of this screwing around!
I did 20mins pilates for my booty and then 45min of Les Mills invincible from YouTube. Loved kicking and punching. I imagined I was kicking a s s on yesterday’s treats. Punching them and them exploding. I like to do that visualization when I do kick boxing. It mentally has always helped me.
I think it’s time for coffee.
Oh, I’m 49 today. Not at my ideal weight anymore. .... that’s changing tho.3 -
I have been working on a document with everyone's introductions from the beginning of the month. I have not found them all yet (some were at the end of December), but I am slowly pulling it together. I find it helpful to remind myself where people are, which have young kids, who is retired, etc. etc.
It is a GoogleDoc, so you can get in there, view, and edit it yourselves as well!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y_cLaQDEEoxZiulsWKKIPyfSGR5985PeQvWa6_wjKLA/edit?usp=sharing
I'll keep looking for the ones I have missed, but feel free to revise, add, or fix your own introduction any time. If you would rather just post here, that is fine too - I can add info to the shared document to keep it up to date.2 -
We're booked in on Feb 16 for a Harry Potter themed escape room. We actually got out of the Tesla one last time, our first success, so hopefully we can do it again.
I have to admit, they've become a slight obsession. I adore them.5 -
Dear Friends,
Just out of interest - who has a Fitbit and uses it to log their exercises instead of MFP? I always thought that the calories burned figures from MFP were somewhat inflated. However, I notice that although I religiously update my Fitbit with my exercises, they don't appear on MFP - weird, right?
Perhaps I should return to MFP, and while I'm there I might log my food too, as I rather fell out of the habit of doing that over the past couple of years. What do you think?
Oh, and @micki48 yes please, can I stay on the Steppers log. I also saw that my Fitbit report from last week said that I had an average of 5K+ per day, so can I also put my daily goal down to 6,000 steps a day. If I can be successful at this goal, I can put it back up to 7,000 steps.
And my steps for yesterday (Monday 27th Jan) was 10,135 (zumba!)3 -
@YinxFed I have a fitbit, and I do log my exercises in MFP, but have it for negative adjustment.. So if I walk on the treadmill and enter 30 minute walk at 2.5 in MFP, it will deduct those calories from my Fitbit adjustment calories... It works best if you log the exact time you started the exercise. I've never put it in fitbit, because I just figured that would calculate from my heart rate and steps... Hope that made sense.
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@Gidgitgoescrazy Thank you so much - yes you've been super helpful. I'll do the same from now on!1
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Yesterday was not so good, I'm going to be entirely honest with you guys, I ate a whole bag of life savers... LOL - they did not save my life, they made me feel really bad about it.. so don't believe the name... THEY LIE !
Then I ate goldfish, they looked like they needed saving so I put them in my belly with the life savers... I am pretty sure they didn't survive... DOH...
@Gidgitgoescrazy You had me cracking up with the lifesavers and the goldfish!! Thank you for that.
@YinxFed I also have a Fitbit. I use it to count my steps. It syncs well with MFP.
I log all my food on MFP and don’t worry much about the Fitbit, but it does transfer.
I let the Fitbit pick up on my exercise, but if it doesn’t I log it, I enter it on MFP. For some reason, my Fitbit exercise does not sync with MFP, but it does go from MFP to Fitbit.
Anyone know why? And I agree, MFP calories burned are high compared with Fitbit which uses heart rate as well.
@YinxFed and @Gidgitgoescrazy and anyone else-would you like to share your user name so we could do a friendly challenge on Fitbit some days?
@conleywoods Hugs to you. It’s no fun having sick kids, even when they are 32. I’ve been helping nurse my daughter back to health from her surgery since last week. Mostly with childcare and dinners. Hope your kiddos are well real soon. 🤗0 -
@jugar Hugs 🤗 I know having all those temptations and being out of your home space makes it hard. But, I know you. And I know that you will be right back on track as soon as your return home. Grace over guilt.
And thanks for the document. It is sometimes hard to remember the details of all our friends here, so having it consolidated in one locations is wonderful. ❤️0 -
@YinxFed Do you have Sunday steps? Didn’t see that posted, but I got Monday.
Sorry Micki - Sunday steps were 6223
And at the risk of sounding like a first class dufus, where would I find my Fitbit name? Been digging around the desktop version, and this was in my address bar https://www.fitbit.com/user/33VL9H do you think that's it?1 -
@YinxFed Do you have Sunday steps? Didn’t see that posted, but I got Monday.
Sorry Micki - Sunday steps were 6223
And at the risk of sounding like a first class dufus, where would I find my Fitbit name? Been digging around the desktop version, and this was in my address bar https://www.fitbit.com/user/33VL9H do you think that's it?
If you go to your profile, you should see it. Mine is Michele L. You can look for me if you want. I tried the web address above and couldn’t find you with that.0 -
Thanks to everyone who has sent well wishes to my sick family. The kids are getting better but I think my husband and I might be starting. Oh man. At least it hasn't been to bad and we will be better soon enough. @jugar I love the shared document ideas, so helpful. Sorry for being surrounded by delicious temptation with no escape. It's amazing how much our environment influences our decisions and will power. Makes you reflect on all the great changes you have probably made at your house that help you be successful.
Today was a great day. Woke up early and worked out. Meal prepped everyone's food the night before. Had a great hair day. But....then I brought home takeout. But stayed in my calorie budget. I also bought doughnuts. The doughnuts are for my husband since he is taking a sick day tomorrow. If I leave him with Gatorade, chicken soup and doughnuts tomorrow he'll be fine...right?
No morning workout tomorrow. I have to leave an hour earlier for a meeting. Hoping I will feel good enough to work out tomorrow evening. I can always convince myself to do some pilates because how bad can it be if you get to lay down!
@micki48 I am a terrible watch wearer and will take a break from counting steps. I am moving more and that is great. Maybe in the future.3 -
Today’s steps: 3800
School day after morning at work - trying to jump into the computer system with almost training. Yeehah!
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I can't remember what steps I've posted so will repost from Sunday.
26/1 - 4, 709
27/1 - 15, 241
28/1 - 14, 606
29/1 - 22, 465
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Hi everyone -- I don't have much time this morning, but I'll try to "update" more this evening -it's been a wonderful week -- celebrating hubbie's b-day this past Saturday (even last night, went out to dinner with my sister and niece to celebrate!) BUT it's not pretty. I'm giving you the last time I had the courage to weigh myself -- it was 137! A few pounds added on and I'll end January in the red. SORRY!
I am going strict for February -- I really need to get myself back to the 120's.... it's a mental thing now. As I said, more later.
CW: 137.0 (ugh!)5 -
Steps for 1/28 = 7393
Yesterday was a good day, I got home from work and walked on the treadmill for 40 minutes, did my strength training and then did some restorative yoga...
We had pizza for dinner, we make it on the Mission Carb balance wraps, I had red peppers, onions and pepperonis on mine.. it was yummy...
@conleywoods A great hair day, is always a good day... That made me laugh... Hope you are able to avoid the sickies...
Did yoga this morning, it was nice.. My shoulder doesn't hurt nearly as much, I tried to be more careful about how I slept on it, and it is feeling better. @Shexio Yes, I have, about a year and a half ago, I had some horrible neck ,shoulder, Upper back pain. I ended up having 3 bulging disks and reverse lordosis ( also called text neck) so I ended up at the chiro for a year, and it's almost back to a normal curve, and the disks are no longer bulging. My chiro shares the same building my office is in, so its very convenient, You'd think they'd give me some kind of discount or something, but nope... I still see them once a month, but mostly do the traction and exercises at home now. This pain was way different from that pain, and it's getting better fairly quickly, so I don't think it's neck related, but you never know when I had the neck issues before it cause some really odd symptoms, like it was causing chest pain etc, all because it was pushing on nerves... Oh and Happy Birthday ! I hope you had a great day !
Today I get off work early to see the ENT, so I can get another tube put in my ear, oh boy ! But it will be nice to be able to sleep on my left side again, and the ringing will go away, so Its worth it...
I will do a video today, something that will get my heart rate up...
Have a great day !
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I'll be spamming this everywhere, but today is Bell Let's Talk Day. If you can, please join the fight against stigmatizing mental illness.
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@jugar I was reading through the posts I’ve missed lately and noticed I have given an introduction of myself in awhile...
Hi! My name is Stephanie, I am from Oklahoma but now live in the small country of Luxembourg in Europe. I quit my high stress job last June and moved here to travel with my husband and two kids. I’m not working here so there is a lot of time for exercise, new recipes, traveling and French lessons. All the free time is honestly driving me a little crazy. But I know we are very fortunate to have this opportunity. The best part is building a strong connection with my hubs and kids.
Also, I’m working to get to know myself again and regain my fitness levels to free strong and healthy. I have about 20 pounds I’d like to lose during 2020. I’m planning to run a half marathon in May and run in whichever city we visit on the weekends.
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Also here are my five random facts:
1. I started my career as an aircraft mechanic
2. I’ve required all my kids to learn how to play an instrument but I don’t know how to play any...
3. My real hair color may be brown but I’ve colored it for so long I can’t really tell.
4. I love baking but nothing quite turns out right.
5. When we are traveling I like taking pictures of old doors. The bigger and older the better!
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Weigh in day Wed
PW: 176.4
CW: 175.6
Steps for the week so far
Sun 2,574
Mon 13,239
Tues 10,4956 -
Hi. Workout / shoulders and some upper body. Not feeling like moving . I wanted to
Test out my toes but, outside this walking boot they don’t work. I’m a little apprehensive about feb5th now.
Eating IF window for last 2 days. Going well. Today is day 3. Water now until 5:30pm .
My goal is to use this to stop the mindless snacking.
Thanks for the. Day wishes. 49yr here. Sure a ton harder than at 40 to keep weight off. WHY IS THAT?!?! I must be lazier I guess and eat more food. Idk. I am looking forward to each day as I nail l my plan and get to my goal weight!!!!
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