MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLE January 2020 Chat
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TeresaW1020 wrote: »Good morning!
@rachelleashsmom, I don’t know how to change your username but if you look at the top of our page you will see a little star on the right-hand side. Click it and make it yellow and then you will be able to find the page easier by clicking the small bell at the top of the page on the right. Did that make sense? 😊
@TeresaW1020, I clicked on the little star and all it does is give me a list of the other things I have bookmarked. Hmmm...0 -
@rachelleahsmom, there are two stars. One is at the top of the screen, which is the one you are talking about. The other one is at the top of this page. Just scroll up a little bit until you see the heading...MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLE January 2020 Chat and it is to the right of that. Right above the page numbers. Does that help?
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PLEASE join me in thanking two of our most awesome members, @Katmary71 and @raleighgirl09 who have graciously accepted to join our amazing @AustinRuadhain as Team Mission Slimpossible motivators!! Our motivators are a great help to me and @broncobuddee as they provide you with the extra support and encouragement that this group is so good at giving!! #bestteamever
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I am really missing my workouts so today, even though my workload hasn’t decreased, I will get to the gym! Sorry I haven’t really responded to any of your wonderful post. I have read them.
01/08
Check In
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 198.2
Todays Weight 196.4💥
Yesterday
Calories: over
Water: over/under? Over
Macros: changed from % to grams. 2 out of 3
Exercise: ??? Laundry. Lol
Yesterday’s Fitbit/mfp stats:
4973 steps. 5500 goal steps
2.17 miles
2400 burned calories
12 active
81 sleep score
64 resting sleep
2039 calories consumed
Macros by grams. carb 198g, goal >150g, fat 94g, goal 44-77g, protein 101g, goal 70g
Basic Goals
30 active (heart rate driven) minutes: 12👎
Complete food diary: 🎉
Stay hydrated(more than 64 oz): 💦
Stay below sugar goal: 👎
Meet fiber in range: lettuce 👎
Daily self care: meditating, crafting, reading, etc.🧘♀️
Sleep: minimum 7 hours 💤
My vision for 2020:
To find out who I am outside of “mom” since I will be an empty nester in the 5 months.
To love me no matter where I am at in my journey.
To pursue habits and hobbies that I will enjoy and that will enrich my soul.
To focus on total health (mind, body, and soul)
Don’t let any one weigh-in dictate what I do.
Choose to do the work.
Choose to show up & do the actions.
Don’t give up when you get your first bit of resistance.
Stick to your habits no matter what. Ignore your ego and avoid complacency.
Keep a connection with others who understand what this journey. Isolation is not helpful
Don’t hide when weight gain happens. Assume it will. Share your truth, and don’t let your mind tell you no one will understand.
Make up your mind that you are and will be successful.
Accept that this is your struggle, and you will not be fixed. I will need to continuously manage my condition.1 -
Username: leonadixon
Weigh in day: Wednesday
PW (1/1): 197
Check in weight (1/8): 196.6
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I am really missing my workouts so today, even though my workload hasn’t decreased, I will get to the gym! Sorry I haven’t really responded to any of your wonderful post. I have read them.
01/08
Check In
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 198.2
Todays Weight 196.4💥
Yesterday
Calories: over
Water: over/under? Over
Macros: changed from % to grams. 2 out of 3
Exercise: ??? Laundry. Lol
Yesterday’s Fitbit/mfp stats:
4973 steps. 5500 goal steps
2.17 miles
2400 burned calories
12 active
81 sleep score
64 resting sleep
2039 calories consumed
Macros by grams. carb 198g, goal >150g, fat 94g, goal 44-77g, protein 101g, goal 70g
Basic Goals
30 active (heart rate driven) minutes: 12👎
Complete food diary: 🎉
Stay hydrated(more than 64 oz): 💦
Stay below sugar goal: 👎
Meet fiber in range: lettuce 👎
Daily self care: meditating, crafting, reading, etc.🧘♀️
Sleep: minimum 7 hours 💤
My vision for 2020:
To find out who I am outside of “mom” since I will be an empty nester in the 5 months.
To love me no matter where I am at in my journey.
To pursue habits and hobbies that I will enjoy and that will enrich my soul.
To focus on total health (mind, body, and soul)
Don’t let any one weigh-in dictate what I do.
Choose to do the work.
Choose to show up & do the actions.
Don’t give up when you get your first bit of resistance.
Stick to your habits no matter what. Ignore your ego and avoid complacency.
Keep a connection with others who understand what this journey. Isolation is not helpful
Don’t hide when weight gain happens. Assume it will. Share your truth, and don’t let your mind tell you no one will understand.
Make up your mind that you are and will be successful.
Accept that this is your struggle, and you will not be fixed. I will need to continuously manage my condition.
WOW! This check-in is the first thing I am reading today, and @mrmcgrath has so much to say that is just SO inspiring.
Key points, for me:- Choose to do the work... YES! There are no shortcuts.
- Don’t give up. YES! Sometimes the work is figuring out which actions even work for us, for our body and environment and personality. Do the actions. Watch the results. Adjust as needed. But never give up!
- Keep a connection with others who understand what this journey. Isolation is not helpful. SO MUCH YES! And Slimpossibles is such a great space for sharing the journey!
- Accept that this is your struggle, and you will not be fixed. YES! And I think this may be the secret to maintenance. The future I at one thought I would find was one in which I lost all the weight and then got to eat what everyone else eats (more accurately, what I think they eat), as much as I want, and exercise as littler as I want (again, my *idea* of that, not anything reality-based. But of course I never get to be anybody else. All I can do is make my own choices about managing my own body and life.
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Thank you!bethanie0825 wrote: »wrknonmedaily wrote: »Thank everyone for the feed back I have to figure out how to do the gray comment thing from other people's post.
If you mean this, just click 'Quote' on the post you want to comment on and it'll add it to a new post and you can add comments below
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Tuesday Check-in
Calories: under and all good, on-plan choices
Water: on target
Exercise: platform stepping (46 min). some martial arts practice at home
5 Habits: Checks for all of them! ✔️
Goals and Improvements for Wednesday
- Work my 5 Habits- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min) ✔️
- Meditation (daily 2+ min) ✔️
- M.A. Forms Practice (daily 2+ min) ✔️
- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min)
- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily)
- Weeding (2+ min)2 -
TeresaW1020 wrote: »PLEASE join me in thanking two of our most awesome members, @Katmary71 and @raleighgirl09 who have graciously accepted to join our amazing @AustinRuadhain as Team Mission Slimpossible motivators!! Our motivators are a great help to me and @broncobuddee as they provide you with the extra support and encouragement that this group is so good at giving!! #bestteamever
This is awesome news!
@Katmary71 and @raleighgirl09 - Thank you both SO much! We are so lucky to have you and so grateful for all that you contribute to this wonderfully supportive conversation! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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@leonadixon - Woohoo! What a great weigh-in! I am so delighted for you!
@rachelleahsmom - What a great day you had! And I super duper loved that you marched in place while brushing your teeth for those last few steps! #ThePowerOfGoals
@bethanie0825 - Rock and roll! What a great weigh-in you had!
@Katmary71 - I love your wind-down routine! And a big hurray for riding out "my brain wants to snack" without giving in!
Is your new black-eyed peas and collards recipe a "make again?" (The phrase we use at my house for a success.)
Oh, and you are so right about doing wall pushups to get started on those. I have gotten to where I can do floor push-ups, but had to do a lot of wall/kitchen counter pushups to get there. It's all good, as they all build your arms! I still do counter push-ups in the kitchen sometimes, while waiting for something in the microwave to warm up.
@wrknonmedaily -- I love that you got in your 30 on the bike yesterday! That is so great, and so great that you used the check-in here as accountability to help make sure you got it done! And wow!Hurray for those loose pants! What a victory!
@TeresaW1020 - I so love our Habit Tracker! Thanks for making this happen! #WeHaveTheBestGroupLeader!
Reposting this great graphic Teresa found because it is so inspiring!
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TeresaW1020 wrote: »PLEASE join me in thanking two of our most awesome members, @Katmary71 and @raleighgirl09 who have graciously accepted to join our amazing @AustinRuadhain as Team Mission Slimpossible motivators!! Our motivators are a great help to me and @broncobuddee as they provide you with the extra support and encouragement that this group is so good at giving!! #bestteamever
That is fantastic! You both fit the role very well! Thank you to everyone that gives their time to make this group so great! I know I appreciate it very much.
@mrmcgrath WOW, very well said in your last post! Inspiring. Thank you for that.1 -
Thank you for welcoming me as a cheerleader, I'm looking forward to it as I love this group!
@AustinRuadhain loved your post about what's important to focus on! I know I've felt isolated not just making health changes but in general, I'll post an introduction later but I'm coming from what I thought would be a bedridden life to gradually getting back in society so fighting isolation has been a big deal as well as staying dedicated to health improvements despite pain. MFP community in general helps and this group has been great support in sharing struggles we have in common.
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Wednesday Check in:
Calories: under
Water: over
Exercise: LIIFT 4, Week 2, Day 2, biceps and back with HIIT, plus a 15-minute strength program on the treadmill. I earned my day off for tomorrow.
Today went by so fast!! I had this big list and only a few things got marked off. Ohhhh well...tomorrow is another day! Can anyone guess what movie that line if from?
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rachelleahsmom wrote: »Yesterday was good. A little weight lifting and then a balance class. Got all my steps in, although I did have to march in place while I was brushing my teeth for those last few steps! Still didn't get enough water in. Have a great Wednesday, all!
@rachelleahsmom I totally have been there - and will shamelessly do it again, I'm sure! => As silly as it seems, I'm always proud of myself for the last few marches in place or two laps in front of my house to make the goal! I get a lot of encouragement from that rolling over of the numbahs!!!2 -
Wednesday check-in
Calories under
Excrise got 30 in on the bike as soon as I got home. Upper body with resistance bands
Water just made it
So cold here today. Just want to get under heated blanket. 3 -
Had to catch up some guys - everyone is so excited and so busy for the last couple of days!! A couple of shout-outs and.....keep it coming, I love the spiritedness and seeing so many of the new members jumping in as well as happily discovering some posts from faces I haven't seen in a while!
@TeresaW1020 and @AustinRuadhain - thanks guys for all of your wonderful encouragement, sound advice, realism and ideas....and execution (love that habit tracker @TeresaW1020!) So thrilled to join @Katmary71 for some rahrahsisBOOMbah!!!! Love our team!
@wrknonmedaily lots of great advice from many folks - I'm in the honesty camp, personally, and I actually do it more for me than for them so maybe I'm some in the selfish honesty....? I always hope it is well received
@Wishusdonna - hey, we're thrilled to see ya pop in,good luck with getting the data right for a longer post when you can! Fabulous job over the holiday!!
@cnweiss88 @Jactop @mrmcgrath @leonadixon and @bethanie0825 - WOW, great Week 1 weigh-in YAY YOU GUYS!!! =>
@metubal - it's a *very* worthy weigh-in - I'll take a .1 all day long...can't get to .2 or 2 or 20 without a .1, first
@nbbaby best of luck on the eating plan switch up - I have found many times that changing what I was doing was another shot in the arm toward some successes!
@mrmcgrath - heck ya, laundry is exercise!! =>
@sunshineplace it is so awesome to see you back and doing well! I am really into the pre-planning and pre-logging right now, has been a tremendous help! What a great start out of the gate, I'm with ya on a Thursday weigh-in so see you there!
@Motiv8tedMom I'm excited to see how you do as we chug along - what you're doing and working on for the last few days are all great things and they *will* show up in your results!
@rachelleahsmom no worries on the technology thing...that's me in a nutshell and it took a little time and I eventually got the hang of it. One thing I do - bookmark the new thread immediately (copy and paste into the browser address bar and then 'favorite' it to my bookmarks bar. I also keep them bookmarked for a few months until I know I won't need to go back4 -
raleighgirl09
Wednesday check in
A quickie - was a great day....but a hungry day. I dealt with it by breaking up some of the meal foods, eating the next meal early, eating an apple and deciding I can just eat an apple without worrying about loggng the calories and I boosted dinner a little with some spanakopita! Then - I was satisfied with dinner before finishing so I left some and didn't finish just because it was there. Hectic day but I did the hunger without being irritated by it - it was just a thing and one of the many possibilities of what I might encounter on any given day. That, too shall - and did - pass.
Planned and Prelog 3 meals? yes - and switching as needed but within the choices
Times? B 9q, L 1130a, D 7p
Non-planned eating and thoughts?
Hunger? whoa, a hungry day, started early. had eggs and waited, had oatmeal cup and waited, had an apple (not counting apples in calorie count when hungry - calling it free)
Things that went right? stopped eating dinner at satisfied
Things that could be better? I didn't start drinking water until after lunch - so from the first morning water to the midday.
Exercise? 1 mile at work and 2 miles in the hood! [steps logged the next day] (steps 07Jan2020 5,112)
Sleep? 1030p-530a [log the morning after]3 -
Checking in for Wednesday....
It was a really good day.
WW points stayed within my budget
Water 130 ounces. That’s a whopper for me!
Exercise 11,013 steps including a 30 min High Intensity Full Body workout by PopSugar.
This made me think of you @TeresaW1020 because it included a push up challenge. I could not do it for love or money but I tried! Lots of planking too.
I thought I had decided my five habits that I want to build but today I made some decisions that will change that list. I need to give it some thought. One thing I am doing is cutting out artificial sweeteners. I would like to see if it improves my joint pain. I want to keep my promise to make time to check in everyday as well.
Thank you @raleighgirl09. I’m happy to be back.
Weigh Day tomorrow. Yay!2 -
raleighgirl09 wrote: »rachelleahsmom wrote: »Yesterday was good. A little weight lifting and then a balance class. Got all my steps in, although I did have to march in place while I was brushing my teeth for those last few steps! Still didn't get enough water in. Have a great Wednesday, all!
@rachelleahsmom I totally have been there - and will shamelessly do it again, I'm sure! => As silly as it seems, I'm always proud of myself for the last few marches in place or two laps in front of my house to make the goal! I get a lot of encouragement from that rolling over of the numbahs!!!
See, this is why I'm concerned about getting a Fitbit, I could definitely picture myself marching around the house for an hour to hit 10,000! I'm awful about wanting to beat times and weight when working out, a Fitbit might create a monster out of me!3 -
@TeresaW1020 Sounds like a killer workout! You can always mark stuff off your list tomorrow. I'm horrible at movie quotes!
@wrknonmedaily you rallied getting your workout and water in! Resistance bands are great for strength training, I just did an at-home workout with them and was sore!
@raleighgirl09 woot woot, we're squad mates, congratulations! You're already so supportive! You did great eating and waiting before eating anything else. I have days where I'm thinking of what I could eat next while I'm starting to eat and am bad about waiting at least 20 minutes. I caught myself doing that today so I went for a walk.
@sunshineplace Sounds like a great day! Do you log all your calories as well as count points?2 -
Wednesday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- weights, stair treadmill, core/stretching, walking
Water- lots of tea
Great workout day, have two NSVs! A MFP friend mentioned doing the stair treadmill and it inspired me to try it again. A couple weeks ago I lasted 1 song on it, i have nerve damage in my feet and the stairs kept pinching my toes when they came up and it was frustrating. I put on my new favorite song, decided I'd go 10 minutes, then kept upping my goal and went for an hour! I wanted to end on 150 flights but came in at 148 and went an additional 20 seconds. I'll beat it next time! BTW, don't overdo on it right before leg weights, between the two my legs are jello!
I was so pumped I came home and decided to conquer a fear- doing the 4-5 mile loop walk by myself. Before my back surgery I was 10 minutes in with people and was hurting so bad I had to turn back. I couldn't walk and spent a long time on the curb. I was pulling myself up a fence when a friend was driving by and rescued me. I didn't want to end up like that again. I made it around the loop! Took longer than I expected and this time I had my phone. I thought I'd be ok from walking with others but it's a big deal that I did it alone.
Habits
1. 30 minutes cardio-done
2. Weights 3xs a week- did today
3. Core/stretch daily- done
4. 2 FitOn workouts this week
5. New recipe once a week- did Sun
6. Decluttering- filled the can, yay!3 -
Been doing good with my food planning and avoiding sugar. Worked out for 3 days intense workouts so tomorrow is a necessary rest day to recuperate.3
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raleighgirl09
Thursday weigh in week 2 (09Jan2020)
Previous weight: 188.4
Current weight: 188.9 (ugh)
Hey gang, quick and early check in - got a loooong day ahead! Yep - my weight pattern emerges right on time. I have felt like I may be retaining water but either way, this is the pattern of swings for me. Had a strong December so am expecting a slow and back and forth January.
Keep up the great work - so many of us are back on the downhill slide of things and I hope to join you next week! I want to be part of the Green Team! =>
@Katmary71 yeah, there are times the Fitbit has made me a monster but only a small one... => I only do that to get over a hump because why go to bed missing 120 steps?? Not on my watch!! Ha!
@Motiv8tedMom hey - awesome day, way to go! Enjoy your 'down' day...
@Katmary71 congrats on crushing the loop....!! I think the best part of losing weight are the moments I can feel myself getting stronger and more capable, such an awesome win!
@sunshineplace dude, you are simply killing it with that water and exercise - so many great days in a row!
@wrknonmedaily love the motivation despite the cold - that which doesn't make us freeze will make us stronger!
@TeresaW1020 what an amazing day all the way around! WOOT on the exercise!!
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Got my steps in on Wednesday. Also went to water aerobics. Still not getting all my water intake, but definitely making progress. I have seen some progress on the scale, so that is encouraging. I really want to get below that 140 mark!1
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@Katmary71 that is all the more reason to get a Fitbit! Lol. I can think of someone else who is just like that! ( @Jactop you know who you are 😉).
@Katmary71 I track WW points but I joined a challenge here on MFP so I am currently also tracking on here but typically I only track in my WW app. It is too time consuming for me to do both on a regular basis.
@raleighgirl09 thank you. I had a good loss this week so I’m proud of myself. Also thanks for the chuckle about the Fitbit monster. “Not on my watch!” 🤣1 -
Sunshineplace
Week 1
Thursday
PW 164
CW 160.6
I’m in the green club this week! 😁3 -
Wednesday Check-in
Calories: all good, on-plan choices; on target
Water: slightly over
Exercise: martial arts class (96 min); resistance training (35 min; date trip with my husband!); wee bit of martial arts practice and body weight work at home
5 Habits: Checks for all of them! ✔️
2 Minutes to Start: got a little work done on creating some new space in life by weeding the yard and on decluttering my closet
Goals and Improvements for today
- Work my 5 Habits
--- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min) ✔️
--- Meditation (daily 2+ min) ✔️
--- M.A. Forms Practice (daily 2+ min) ✔️
--- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min)
--- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily)
- Decluttering - home office and/or closet (2+ min)
- Weeding/Yard Cleanup (2+ min)
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Kayla7303
Weigh in week 1
PW 193.6
CW 195.22 -
gwamajtw91
Thursday weigh in week 1
PW 174.2
CW 173.5
Was worried a couple of days ago, but ended up in the green!
Around 4pm (super hungry at work) & night time snacking (hardwired habit) that are the most difficult times of the day.....
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@Sunshineplace - 🌞 Great weigh-in! 🎈 Congratulations on being in the green club this week!
So great that you track your food! Where you track doesn't matter, of course. It's just such a great tool to keep track of what works and make sure you keep calories on target.
Fitness trackers like the Fitbit are super fun! I have a tracker that I love, for sure! And yes, some days I do silly things to hit the target, because like @raleighgirl09 - I love hitting the numbah!
@rachelleahsmom - All that work on steps and water aerobics is definitely going to help you get below the 140 mark! 👣🌊
@raleighgirl09 Like @sunshineplace , I had a huge chuckle when I read your comment about the Fitbit monster. “Not on my watch!” This is a great kind of monster! 👾💗 (I heard that line in my head with a monster movie soundtrack -- Dum-dum-DAAAAAH! 🎺)
For me, you are super funny -- such a GREAT quality for a Motivator! 📣 Thanks for helping make Slimpossibles such a fun place to check in! 😹
Anyway, I am totally going to channel my Inner Numbers Monster for the forces of good today! Goal Step Number, here I come!
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