WAISTAWAYS January 2020 Chat
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Missing steps: Please get those steps in before 3pm tomorrow. 🙏🏼
@ddmiddleton2 -Wed-Sat
@YinxFed - Wed-Sat
@evangsimmons170 - Tues-Sat
@fourathomej - Wed-Sat
@cedarfoxy - Wed -Sat
@lovethyneighbor Fri-Sat
@Gidgitgoescrazy Fri-Sat
@conleywoods Fri-Sat
@offitgoes Fri-Sat
@Steph1498 whole week0 -
Daily check in: Saturday
Calories: within calorie goal but higher
Exercise: taking decorations down and carrying boxes upstairs
Water: 80 ounces
Steps: 8508 right now. My Fitbit was cranky today and wouldn’t turn on even after it was charged. I was hyperventilating a little. 😉
Went to a nearby hotel and listened to jazz this evening. 🎶 😎What fun!
Tomorrow’s goals or opportunities:
Meet step goal and try for 10k
Log everything and stay under calories
Go to the gym or do 30 minutes at home
Write a letter to a friend
😀😀😀
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evelynladams527 wrote: »Steps: 4,900
I’ll check in more tomorrow. Lights are out and I’m ready to lie down.
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Great step day Evelyn! Talk to you tomorrow. 🙂
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Hi Gang! Hope everyone has had a good week. I was sick with the 'crud' Sunday evening through Thursday, when I started to feel better. It wasn't the flu because I never had a fever, but I think it may have been allergies. The cedar here has been horrendous this week. Either way, I felt like I'd been beaten to a pulp most of the week. Despite that, I decided to make 1 change and stick with it this week. I eliminated all breads and anything else made with flour this week. Still no exercise....just didn't feel up to it most of the week.
SW: 349 (from my 1/4/20 entry I believe)
CW: 346.2
I'm going to keep the no bread/flour thing going for a while to see if the losing trend continues. Additionally, next week, I'm going to make 2 changes: no sweet snacks/desserts/candy and at least 1 meal each day has to be all veggies (no meat). My calorie count is too high and I definitely need to eat more vegetables anyway.
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@evangsimmons170 Hi Rhonda! Good to hear from you. Sorry to hear the crud had you down. Hopefully this coming week has you feeling much better. Your steps were really great for feeling bad.
I think your goals are fantastic. In fact, I was thinking of making one day a week meat-free. I’m excited to find good recipes. Good luck. Not sure I could give up bread/flour. But I do watch my macros. The sugar elimination can be hard, at first, but once you do it, you don’t crave it as much. I was doing great for awhile, but since Christmas not nearly as well. Still have some stray sweet things around here.
Today, I was eating ganache icing on cookie crumbs 😂(Shhhhhhh🤫) I told my husband, you have to go in the kitchen right now and pour water on that icing. Destroy it. Throw it away. I just can’t do it myself.
Anybody else have adjusted or new goals to share? How about substitutes for sweets? Yummy meatless recipes? Share and let us know what you are doing. 🙂1 -
Steps
1/11: 7,432
1/12: 4,3261 -
@micki48 I think the meal that derails me the most is lunch, especially during the work week. So that's the meal I'm going to focus next week for my all veggie meal each day.
Tomorrow I'm going to slow cook my favorite bean recipe....refried beans without the refry.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/70312/refried-beans-without-the-refry/
Plus I have a spaghetti squash, which works well as a pasta replacement or by itself. I recently tried a sweet potato topped with spinach and asiago cheese at a restaurant. It's amazing! I can make that too. I just need to get the asiago cheese. I'll probably add an avocado too.
Finally, I found 2 cabbage recipes that I want to try this week.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/152937/ethiopian-cabbage-dish/
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/231980/sauteed-cabbage/
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Weigh in - 67.3kg!
I'm so so sorry! I'm letting the team down.
We've just moved cities, I've started a new job and I'm house hunting! I need a gazillion hours in the day! Plus I have no laptop yet (everything in storage thanks to a 3 week holiday before the move!)3 -
Weigh in - 67.3kg!
I'm so so sorry! I'm letting the team down.
We've just moved cities, I've started a new job and I'm house hunting! I need a gazillion hours in the day! Plus I have no laptop yet (everything in storage thanks to a 3 week holiday before the move!)
Steps this week thanks to house hunting and having no car yet!
6/1 - 14, 039k
7/1 - 15,913k
8/1 - 15, 434k
9/1 - 14, 162k
10/1- 14,900k
11/1 - 21,971k
12/1 - 16, 140k5 -
@mrsjar5311 - great job on staying connected to this group while you have so many other things going on! Best of luck with the househunt and new job!2
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My steps
1/10 = 7998
1/11 = 10,593
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mrsjar5311 wrote: »Weigh in - 67.3kg!
I'm so so sorry! I'm letting the team down.
We've just moved cities, I've started a new job and I'm house hunting! I need a gazillion hours in the day! Plus I have no laptop yet (everything in storage thanks to a 3 week holiday before the move!)
No problem! Life happens and you are in the thick of it! keep up when you can And on top of that, your weight was in the green! You lost, so you certainly did NOT let the team down. Thanks! 3 -
Happy Sunday, y’all,
The weather is so warm here in Vermont it seems perfectly reasonable to use Southern expressions. I’ve lived here long enough to know that winter is *not* ending, yet. It’s part of the regular January thaw. It is really way too warm (up to high 50s today), and it makes me edgy.
It didn’t help that I spent the afternoon on Friday celebrating my younger daughter’s 34th birthday watching Aladdin (remake-it’s actually pretty good), while she napped. We had a short visit while eating homemade cheesecake (which I made that morning) and later, sharing take out from a local Asian restaurant. It seemed odd that she wanted me there to be a part of her day even though she was too worn out to stay awake for more than an hour or so. I guess it’s about “being” and not just “doing”. I guess I had some other concept of what we’d be doing after driving 2.5 hours (x2), like museum trotting.
Well, off to church and then back to do laundry and get the last of the decorations boxed and put in the attic.
Have a great day. Happy everything!2 -
Checking in. Having a terrible week with work stress, rubbish manager and chaos at home, not eating well..
Anyway
PW 224.8
CW 2276 -
@jugar did you get my weigh in that I posted last night?0
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Good Morning everyone!
Last week weight 157.5
Cw : 158
Would have loved to see a loss but kind of releived that I basically held even. This was a rough week for me. Lots of social functions that involved eaging out. I feel a bit puffy and rings a bit tight so wondering if im holding a bit of water weight too. Well- on to a new week!
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WEEK ONE WINNERS
PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Downsizers 1.17%%
2nd Trimstones 0.95%
3rd Waist Aways 0.69%
3rd Mission Slimpossibles 0.69%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
1st Downsizers 55.0 Lbs
1st Trimstones 55.0 Lbs
2nd Waist Aways 43.2 Lbs
3rd Mission Slimpossibles 36.2 Lbs
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @MaegyS 5.58 %
2nd @DreaRN15 4.90%
3rd @kguin0323 4.04 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @DreaRN15 13.8 Lbs
2nd @MaegyS 12.9 Lbs
3rd @kguin0323 7.6 Lbs
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evangsimmons170 wrote: »@jugar did you get my weigh in that I posted last night?
I certainly did! And a wonderful one it was 1 -
Andreabroadley
Weigh in day Sunday
PW 166.5
CW 166
This is what I’m expecting based on net calorie deficit..
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Sorry I’ve been so absent I’m the admin owner of another group. This is my 4th year.
New Year always taxing buts it’s slowing down now in terms of getting things running..
Glad to see so many are doing well.. I’m doing to try to walk outside this week!3 -
Missing steps: Please get those steps in before 3pm tomorrow. 🙏🏼
@ddmiddleton2 -Wed-Sat
@YinxFed - Wed-Sat
@evangsimmons170 - Tues-Sat
@fourathomej - Wed-Sat
@cedarfoxy - Wed -Sat
@lovethyneighbor Fri-Sat
@Gidgitgoescrazy Fri-Sat
@conleywoods Fri-Sat
@offitgoes Fri-Sat
@Steph1498 whole week
Hello All,
Here are my steps from Wednesday to Saturday:
Wed - 2407
Thu - 6051
Fri - 6023
Sat - 3271
They're not great - but they'll be better next week.3 -
I am so sorry that this is late (is it? It's 4.50pm UK time). Anyway:
Weigh in day - Sunday
Previous weight - 176
Current weight - 175.8
The loss is miniscule, but it means I'm in the green! Yay me! 3 -
Weigh in: 204.4
No matter what I do, the scale keeps creeping up. It's starting to really get to me. -_-3 -
Weigh in: 204.4
No matter what I do, the scale keeps creeping up. It's starting to really get to me. -_-
Amber, I’ve been there as well. You have the exercise down. I haven’t checked your diary, but I’m guessing you are under your calorie goal. I have a couple thoughts.
First, you have lost a tremendous amount of weight this last year. Sometimes the body needs to plateau for awhile to readjust. Even though we hate it, it is actually a good thing. It allows your body to recalibrate your setpoint, so you can soon continue to lose. (I am not a dietitian, it’s just what I’ve read and experienced personally). You will probably have to do something to shake your body or metabolism up if you go on like this for awhile. I had two month long plateaus.
Second, check your sodium vs water intake. Have you had more foods with high sodium lately? That can do it. And as always, keep very hydrated. It doesn’t always seem to make sense, but drinking water HELPS you lose weight.
Finally, do you check your macros? When I hit those plateaus, I did a lot of reading on protein. My protein was low almost every day. In fact, protein aids in weight loss. Make sure you are near the macro target and make sure you are adding protein to every meal. This was tricky, at first, because more protein means more calories,which I didn’t always have. I tried to add flax, quinoa, chia to Greek yogurt (which has good protein.) Chose protein rich veggies, nuts etc. That might be the kick your body needs. Whatever you do, don’t give up. This is a bump in the road. You’ve travelled so far. Just keep going.
Hope this helps. 🤔🙂4 -
Sat steps - 11,807
I wish I had looked at that last night and I then I would have forsure gotten my 200 steps to meet my goal.
@Terytha I'm sorry the scale isn't moving for you. I get so frustrated when I feel like I am on point but the scale doesn't agree. There are so many factors - have you recently changed your workouts because that can add water weight? Sodium and sugar cause a temporary gain as well. Try not to let it get you down and keep on trying.2 -
Andreabroadley wrote: »Sorry I’ve been so absent I’m the admin owner of another group. This is my 4th year.
New Year always taxing buts it’s slowing down now in terms of getting things running..
Glad to see so many are doing well.. I’m doing to try to walk outside this week!
Oh my goodness you are not kidding! How do you manage to do both? I have a question about your weigh-in though -
I had 157 (starting) 156.5 (week 1) as your latest weigh-ins before this one. Either you made a typo or I made 2 of them! Can you confirm if you mean 156 or 166 ?0 -
I am so sorry that this is late (is it? It's 4.50pm UK time). Anyway:
Weigh in day - Sunday
Previous weight - 176
Current weight - 175.8
The loss is miniscule, but it means I'm in the green! Yay me!
Not too late at all! Sunday people have the most relaxed weigh-ins of everyone. Since you're the first day of the week, it won't become critical until the end of next Saturday! It is good to get them in on your actual day, though - so thanks! And don't sweat the time - I try to take all the team's time zones into consideration!2 -
OK Team!
We had a good Week 1 - we were 79.4% in the green, and lost a healthy total of weight at 43.2 pounds. No one lost a too large amount (which always worries me!), so there was a lot of good, consistent effort that went into good, sustainable losses. Well done!
Let's see if we can get our green percentage higher this week. Without getting obsessive about it - just consistent and sustainable.
As @micki48 said above, sometimes a plateau is exactly what we need. Our bodies really want those "getting used to the new normal" periods, and if they don't get them, things can get frantic. If the plateau seems to go on too long, there is surely something you have to change. @evangsimmons170 cutting out flour for a while. @micki48 packing in more protein. But don't throw your hands in the air and just give up! Little step after little step might not be exciting (like some of the other team members who started intermittent fasting in a big way and lost a LOT this week), but dang - it works. And can be sustained.
Tally ho, wonderful people! Another week is happening.3
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