MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLES - February 2020 Chat
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raleighgirl09 wrote: »raleighgirl09
Tuesday Thinking
Steps 03Feb2020 13,508
Had a great walk today listening to my podcast and thinking about things, the below are those -well, at least what I can recall. =>
Body image TMI warning!! My butt cheek dimples (my mom used to have me run down the hall naked to show them off when I was a toddler!) are sagging in on themselves after nearly 50 pounds off of this 56 year old toushie - what are these??? Wrimples? Drinkles? I'll say this, it's probably not attractive and I'm not going to man the mirrors to try to confirm my suspicions. This was not an issue years back but I'll take it over puffed out dimples on a huger bum! Now this may be an odd thing to say but I've felt pretty a time or two, although sometimes when I look in mirror, I see something not quite as good as what was in my head - like some little bulges by my bra or arms kinda flappy (to match my wrimply dinkles) and I don't like that too much. This is not a body bash, I'm reporting my perception. I do remember that dropping to a size 10 before is where I stopped feeling completely fat and now that I am in a size 12 again (first time in years), I can feel this again, there really is a perceptible difference in how I see myself as I get smaller. It feels strange - and I remember that, too.
Scale thoughts: you don't own me, biyatch!
I love your thoughts on these things!
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Tuesday check-in
Calories-under
Water-under
Exercise- don't know if this counts or not but it definitely was a workout. I carried loads and loads of split wood from our wood pile in back yard and stacked it all next to the front porch. We have a winter storm moving in around midnight tonight with snowfall expected around 4-8 inches and really cold temps. At least now we don't have to walk out in the snow for wood...just go out the front door and there it is lol.
Haven't been doing so good with my preplanned meals. My daughter came over and cooked dinner for us last night. Tonight we finished off the leftovers. I did good staying below my calories but went way over on carbs
I think she's a carb-a-holic lol. Just about everything she cooks has lots of carbs.
This week hasn't been my best but I'm not giving in! Tomorrow is a new day and a new start!
I'd say that's a work out! I've read a lot of progress you made lately- cut way back on smoking, set up the treadmill and thinking about what you are eating and tracking it is a good start!0 -
Here's my check in for the past couple days. Sometimes I feel that this whole thing is like trying to make a pile out of sand. Last week, I struggled with sleep and exercise. This week, I'm doing great with both of those, but my snacking is out of control! So.... when I add some sand to my pile, other sand slips off. I want the castle, all pressed and perfect, so I am not giving up!
However, I do think the scale owns me this week @raleigh_girl
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Tuesday check-in
Calories-under
Water-under
Exercise- don't know if this counts or not but it definitely was a workout. I carried loads and loads of split wood from our wood pile in back yard and stacked it all next to the front porch. We have a winter storm moving in around midnight tonight with snowfall expected around 4-8 inches and really cold temps. At least now we don't have to walk out in the snow for wood...just go out the front door and there it is lol.
Haven't been doing so good with my preplanned meals. My daughter came over and cooked dinner for us last night. Tonight we finished off the leftovers. I did good staying below my calories but went way over on carbs I think she's a carb-a-holic lol. Just about everything she cooks has lots of carbs.
This week hasn't been my best but I'm not giving in! Tomorrow is a new day and a new start!
@prowell57 back in the day when people were hauling wood, chopping it first, hunting and gathering - they didn't know they were working out....YES, it's exercise!! Wooohooo for you! Hey, my first day in the new office - parking is so far away that I will get 10,000 steps just because I went, no walk. And I used the stairs to get back to the 6th floor of the parking deck - BOOM - exercise.
It's not a lot but I'm calling it!
Good job on the cals! My opinion (which is sometimes humble) is that I am less concerned with carbs except to try to keep them under 100 grams. You are so right, tomorrow is a new day and you didn't have a bad one today, seems like!1 -
raleighgirl09
Wednesday quickie
steps 04Feb2020 12,997
Quick one - not sure I'll get back on after going to my mom's, my stuffiness knows no bounds and is backed up by weird-took-allergy-medicine feelings in my head. No appetite all day, will likely not be able to close my diary but not going to worry about it. I'm mentally borrowing cals from the days I went waaaaaay over. =>
No time for a walk today (boo-hiss) but the parking at the new office is so far away from the actual door and desk that I'll get 10,000 today anyway. Had to take an extra trip to the car and used the stairs up to the 6th deck and also lost the car when I went back and wandered aimlessly - more steps, WOOHOO! Don't worry, this is me on a good day - let alone it being rainy, first day, medicine-head and empty stomach. I never get lost, merely misplaced for a short period of time. Also - as long as I remain on planet earth, I'm always within reach of getting back. Perspective.
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Hello everyone! No time for personals tonight because Wednesday's evenings are for church and I'm beat. I do have something funny that happened tonight that I want to share. I work with elementary kids on Wednesday in a program called Awana. Our children's director, Anna is teaching the kids about missionaries this month and tonight we learned about a lady who was a missionary in China. So Anna played Chinese words for the kids to guess and then fed them some snacks. One snack was seaweed and it was sooooo funny to see how the kids responded. A very few actually liked it but many couldn't get to the trash fast enough to spit it out. I was the first to make it to the trash. Yuck!!
2/6 Accountability (Habit Tracker)
Track Every Bite-Yup, every little bite and I adjusted where needed because I pre-tracked which is key for me!
NO gain on the scale-the scale was down this morning!
Workout or 7500 steps-I did a 60 minute booty workout on 80 Day Obsession and cleaned house.
Steps for 2/4-8041
IF (17+ hrs)-17 hrs. 32 min.
Thoughts for the day-Exercise, food, water, and IF were all on track today.
I really wanted some chocolate with my afternoon coffee but I had decided to give up last week to help me stay better on my calorie count so I had to tell myself to get over it and enjoy the hazelnut coffee by itself. I'm also very happy that I did the whole 60-minute booty program today and while I'm a little sore, I am not at all in the kind of pain that I was in last week. Progress is a wonderful feeling!! 
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@TeresaW1020 what is think green?0
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Wednesday check-in 02/05/2020
Calories- under
Water- 41.8 oz
Exercise- none
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Wednesday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- elliptical, weights, yoga
Water- over, got a pack of water bottles today and they're huge, 26oz each. I DO drink a ton of water now that I know the ounces I'm drinking!
Habits
Gym 3xs a week- today was 2
Cardio 30 minutes- hiked Yosemite for an hour on the elliptical at my Dad's gym, I wish my gym had machines with programs like that! After trying 3 different elliptical machines in the last year my gym's definitely are the worst, feels like the arms and legs are made for someone a foot taller than me.
Core- on hold
Yoga 2xs this week- did a hip yoga routine, 2nd this week. Definitely not good at doing moves standing on one leg!
Decluttering- went through a few magazines at breakfast
Recipe- nothing new yet, not at home
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@TeresaW1020 what is think green?
We are trying to encourage all the team members to either lose weight or stay the same which means on the spreadsheet your weight is recorded in green. If you have a gain then it is recorded in red. We did it in January and had really great percentages of those who lost weight. So we have carried it over to this month. It's also a fun bit of competition between the teams to see who gets the best percentage. 2 -
TeresaW1020 wrote: »@TeresaW1020 what is think green?
We are trying to encourage all the team members to either lose weight or stay the same which means on the spreadsheet your weight is recorded in green. If you have a gain then it is recorded in red. We did it in January and had really great percentages of those who lost weight. So we have carried it over to this month. It's also a fun bit of competition between the teams to see who gets the best percentage.
Oh ok. I thought maybe it had something to do with eating vegetables 😁.
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Woke up this morning with a really stiff and sore shoulder. Lifting around on all this wood I guess has irritated it. Planning on taking it easy today as far as lifting on things.
I did good on my water yesterday. Didn't get in my 64 oz but did drink 40 oz, that's a lot for me lol. Slowly learning to like drinking water.
Having trouble motivating myself to get on the treadmill. I think it'd be easier if I had something to do while on the treadmill. Told my husband I wish I could set it up in the living room so I would have him to talk to or the TV to watch. It's set up in the spare bedroom and there's nothing in there but 4 empty walls and a window.
What do y'all do to motivate yourself? I'll be glad when Spring/Summer gets here. I have no problem being motivated to work outside 🙂1 -
Steps:
Feb 3 - 6,698
Feb 4 - 11,858
Feb 5 - 5,2130 -
gwamajtw91
Thursday weigh in
PW: 171.9
CW: 170.62 -
Wednesday Check-in
Calories: a little over; all good, on-plan choices
Exercise: resistance training (35 min); outdoor brisk walk (32 min); platform stepping in the evening (37 min)
Water: over
Habit Tracker
- 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) ✔️
Grateful for: knees that let me run a few sprints!
Goals and Improvements for Today (Thursday)
- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min)
- Meditation (daily 2+ min)
- M.A. Forms Practice (daily 2+ min)
- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min) - platform stepping
- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily)
- Work on the To Do List1 -
We had a brief winter storm yesterday so no gym for me but I did walk in place while relaxing with the family in front of fire place last night.02/5
Check In
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 196.1
Todays Weight 196.2💥
Yesterday
Calories: under
Water: over/under? Over
Macros: right on
Exercise: walking and plank
Yesterday’s Fitbit/mfp stats:
5686 steps. 5500 goal steps
miles
burned calories
33 active
sleep score
59 resting sleep
1519 calories consumed
Macros by grams. carb 185g, goal > 271g, fat 55g, goal 44-77g, protein 75g, goal 70g
Basic Goals
Active (heart rate driven) minutes: 🏃♀️
Complete food diary: 📖
Stay hydrated(more than 64 oz): 💦
Stay below sugar goal: candy 🍭
Meet fiber in range:👎
Daily self care (10 min): meditating, crafting, reading, etc. 📖
Sleep: minimum 7 hours idk
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.
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@prowell57 I hope your shoulder loosens up quickly! If you're going somewhere with a pharmacy Tiger Balm helps, I've been using it daily for my chest strain along with icing. Only problem is it reeks of menthol, it's the strongest one I've ever used. For motivation I schedule the time I'm going to work out, put in my earbuds, start a workout playlist, put hair in ponytail and change, fill water bottle, then go to gym or get on bike. I usually tell myself ten minutes minimum, put on a warmup song that's 10 minutes and promise myself to get through that or at least do weights, then am usually warmed up and keep going. Reading on the bike helps pass the time but that may be harder on a treadmill.
@gwamajtw91 nice loss!
@mrmcgrath awesome dedication to still work out!
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Username: leonadixon
Weigh in day: Wednesday
PW (1/29): 196.6
Check in weight (2/8): 198.6
I am extremely frustrated this week. I have had pain in my right side for almost 2 weeks now. I am finally going to go see my doctor tomorrow. While I am fairly sure there is some inflammation going on, it is still frustrating to see the scale go up on me this way.
I hope everyone is having a good week!
Steps:
2/1- 816 (forgot my fitbit that day!)
2/2-4084
2/3-4146
2/4-3921
2/5-4935
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UGH! I thought I did so good yesterday and only went over calories by 80. Closed out my food diary. And a couple hours later it popped into my head that I had a snack to tide me over before dinner. And that snack ended up costing me almost 400. So I want to throw my hands up and say, "screw it" and eat chips. But I won't. I will remind myself that it only put me at what my maintenance calories would be. Shouldn't cause any gain. Alright. Dusting myself off and about to eat this gorgeous lunch of greens, quinoa, tofu, and bell pepper topped with garlic tahini sauce. Thanks for listening
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@vegan4lyfe2012, good for you for NOT tossing your hands up and eating chips just because you forgot about the snack. That would have cost you even more calories and you would have been even more upset. Your lunch sounds lovely!
@leonadixon, uggghhh don’t you just hate when you forget your Fitbit! The good news is that I didn’t start counting steps until Feb. 2nd so your good! And I really hope the doctor can help you with your pain.
@mrmcgrath, relaxing in front of the fire sounds wonderful. I need to get DH to build us another fire before it gets too hot here to enjoy it.
@gwamajtw91, yayyyy for the weight loss!! And thanks for posting your steps.
@prowell57, sorry that your shoulder is hurting, and I hope you feel better soon. Girl, you need to turn that spare room into your workout sanctuary! That is what I’ve done and I love it. I have a TV in there so I can watch when I’m on my treadmill. If you can’t have a TV right now, can you watch YouTube videos or listen to music or books on your phone?
@raleighgirl09, how is your stuffiness doing today? I just started using a neti pot and it was weird at first, but I LOVE it now. Totally clears out my nose so I can breathe!
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Steps:
2/1- 7690
2/2-4719
2/3-5412
2/4-13192
2/5-78662 -
2/6 Accountability (Habit Tracker)
Track Every Bite-I did track but I didn’t pre-track which was a mistake because now I’m over on calories by 300. Not good!
NO gain on the scale-the scale was down this morning again and I’m really hoping to have at least a little loss to report tomorrow.
Workout or 7500 steps-Today was my rest day and I have done nothing but sit at a desk and work most of the day. Steps for 2/5-7544
IF (17+ hrs)-18 hrs. 47 min.
Thoughts for the day-I should have tracked my calories before eating so I could tweak as needed! That was just pure forgetfulness on my part. Thursdays are always off for me because of my staff meeting and having to get up earlier than normal. What I did do well was to decline the offer from my boss to go to lunch today with him and the guys. That would have thrown my whole day off and my calories would have been even higher. I want a loss tomorrow.
I want to be in the GREEN!!!
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I’m a little late to the party. I’m Sharon aka Sunshineplace, 48 years old from Ontario, Canada and proud mother of twin boys soon to be 18. I run a home daycare since my boys were eleven months old which can be very stressful, physically demanding and with long hours. After caring for these little people who have been sick, I got sick as well and am now starting to feel human again (hence being late to the chat). I cannot wait for cold and flu season to be over! So I check in when I can and try to stay active on this weight loss journey.
I have been reading all these introductions and stories of triumph and hardships and I am moved and inspired and so happy to be part of this amazing group. Some of you are so entertaining...furniture polish on the cookies (love it) and TMI about the cottage cheese butt and wrimply dinkles! When I’ve had a rough day/week this group is always there to support and encourage and I love it.
I so appreciate all the people who take the time to make this group so amazing, from the captains and the motivators to the members who post. THANK YOU!
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Sunshineplace
Thursday
Week 1
PW 157.6
CW 157.23 -
Midweek. I’m doing reasonably well on all my goals. This was a lighter week of exercise for me- 6 activities. And so far I’m on track. Two to go on Saturday- a run and an upper body workout. The upper body workout will be light to test my bicep and see how the tendonitis is. I do think it’s healing.
I don’t usually talk about calories much. But I’ve recently set a goal to stay under 1800 and my bonus goal is to meet the MFP rec calories for me to lose .5 lbs a week. It has been hard this week, partly bc it requires a lot of tracking and planning, whereas before I pretty well knew what my intake was and didn’t have to think about it much. But I’ve had some success at staying under 1800 and I haven’t met the MFP goal, but I’m closer than I was in my last 3 month goal series.
I think my weight has come down slightly, I could see it in my arms today and that was nice.
Hi @sunshineplace I’m from Ontario too! Canucks in the house!
@TeresaW1020 good job on the tracking! That’s the first step.
@vegan4lyfe2012 that’s great you didn’t give in to temptation .
A few people commented on my exercise regimen—the thing is I’m on best behavior here so you don’t see me get down and pessimistic when I’m not here lol. So in Jan when things were tough I really wanted to throw in the towel bc of the arthritis and the tendonitis, say screw it- drink too much, order pizza and watch tv. I managed not to but it was hard.
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TeresaW1020 wrote: »Hello everyone! No time for personals tonight because Wednesday's evenings are for church and I'm beat. I do have something funny that happened tonight that I want to share. I work with elementary kids on Wednesday in a program called Awana. Our children's director, Anna is teaching the kids about missionaries this month and tonight we learned about a lady who was a missionary in China. So Anna played Chinese words for the kids to guess and then fed them some snacks. One snack was seaweed and it was sooooo funny to see how the kids responded. A very few actually liked it but many couldn't get to the trash fast enough to spit it out. I was the first to make it to the trash. Yuck!!
2/6 Accountability (Habit Tracker)
Track Every Bite-Yup, every little bite and I adjusted where needed because I pre-tracked which is key for me!
NO gain on the scale-the scale was down this morning!
Workout or 7500 steps-I did a 60 minute booty workout on 80 Day Obsession and cleaned house.
Steps for 2/4-8041
IF (17+ hrs)-17 hrs. 32 min.
Thoughts for the day-Exercise, food, water, and IF were all on track today. I really wanted some chocolate with my afternoon coffee but I had decided to give up last week to help me stay better on my calorie count so I had to tell myself to get over it and enjoy the hazelnut coffee by itself. I'm also very happy that I did the whole 60-minute booty program today and while I'm a little sore, I am not at all in the kind of pain that I was in last week. Progress is a wonderful feeling!!
Wow, you are killing it - on track everywhere and grabbed choco by the throat and said no!! Watch out chocolate - she has furniture polish and is not afraid to use it!! =>3 -
Woke up this morning with a really stiff and sore shoulder. Lifting around on all this wood I guess has irritated it. Planning on taking it easy today as far as lifting on things.
I did good on my water yesterday. Didn't get in my 64 oz but did drink 40 oz, that's a lot for me lol. Slowly learning to like drinking water.
Having trouble motivating myself to get on the treadmill. I think it'd be easier if I had something to do while on the treadmill. Told my husband I wish I could set it up in the living room so I would have him to talk to or the TV to watch. It's set up in the spare bedroom and there's nothing in there but 4 empty walls and a window.
What do y'all do to motivate yourself? I'll be glad when Spring/Summer gets here. I have no problem being motivated to work outside 🙂
@prowell57 do you have a smartphone or iPhone? Many of us listen to podcasts while exercising - most especially weight loss related, goal oriented, habit oriented, that kind of thing. On the treadmill, I do some interval stuff that helps pass the time. Example, I walk at a lower speed for like 2 minutes, ramp it up and go another 5 - I just play with it. When I have a good pace, I then challenge myself for as fast as I can for 2 minutes, slow down for 2 or 5, ramp it back up. Not only is it good for the heart and good for building stamina but - it also helps pass the time, believe it or not. You start focusing on the small chunks of time and the next thing you know - whamo, you're done. Also - I'd start with a reasonable amount of time....15 minutes a day for the first week, add 5 minutes to that each week....? Just a suggestion and an example but something that doesn't feel like being thrown to the wolves. My most successful habits have been those I approached slowly and with patience (and grace, as needed).
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raleighgirl09
Thursday weigh in week 1 (06Feb2020)
Previous weight: 192.7
Current weight: 185.2
Steps 05Feb2020 11,672
I am .7 less than I was on 23Jan2020, my Jan week 4 weigh-in. I was riding the wave up on creeping bad habits and sodium so this is a readjust. I hope my new tactic of only weighing on Thursdays is helpful in my mindset and actions!! Saying that because I have a trend of a gain when I am doing well and losing. Self sabotage, I think.
I am beat - heading for bed. My son had surgery and I went over to take care of the baby and do dinner, same tomorrow and 3 nights next week - splitting it up with my DIL's folks. I have to say, I am lucky in family and extended family and those who just feel like family. => I adore DILs parents and they have often jumped in to help, this is my son's second knee surgery
Today:
Planned and Prelog 3 meals? B planned not logged, L and D planned for out and wasn't sure what it would be
Times? B 10a, L 1p, D 630p
Non-planned eating and thoughts?
Hunger? low hunger - also still taking allergy meds and it's suppressing appetite some, although less than yesterday
Exercise? no... =<
Sleep? 11p-6a [log the morning after]
Assessed the previous day / week / month?
@TeresaW1020 the stuffiness seems some better - and we've had a LOT of rain in the past few days. I'm doing the Claritin D which gives me some medicine head feelings but it seems to be working, along with the early pollen being washed away. => Nettipot - oh boy, I can't get past the feeling that I'll feel like I'm drowning. I know it's irrational, but there it is.
@its_cleo
Cleo - say it ain't so!! Haha, we're all reporting the best but, girl, don't discount that not succumbing to the pizza and tv....that crapola is hard when it's calling your name and the devil on your shoulder is getting louder and louder. 100% of us want to do these things - probably 90% of us go ahead and do it, at least sometimes. It's a rare and dedicated bird who is able to remain resolute. And even if you had a pizza and tv day, we are still super impressed with your workouts! Like a BOSS.A few people commented on my exercise regimen—the thing is I’m on best behavior here so you don’t see me get down and pessimistic when I’m not here lol. So in Jan when things were tough I really wanted to throw in the towel bc of the arthritis and the tendonitis, say screw it- drink too much, order pizza and watch tv. I managed not to but it was hard.
@Sunshineplace hey, congrats on a great weigh-in! Glad you are able to peek in from time to time, keep up the great work on your personal journey and stop to wave and shout some pleasantries as you sail by, whenever you can!
@vegan4lyfe2012 I, too, have recalled something late and then had to face the red...(I hate the red)! Good for you for tracking it anyway, I think it actually helps us not forget next time.
@gwamajtw91 congrats on the loss - in the GREEN, baby!
@AustinRuadhain
Can I hear an amen on that one?!? I will occasionally run at a slow pace for a short time on the treadmill because I just get so energized and excited (endorphins are your friends!) and I just want that feeling. I will celebrate your accommodating knees with you!!!Grateful for: knees that let me run a few sprints!
@leonadixon how very frustrating! I had the same last week - a big gain, actually, and it was gone this week. It's hard to see a backward trend, try to not let it get to you - you've got this and can be back on track! I hope that your doc can help with the side pain pretty easily - feel better!
@Katmary71 it's funny - knowing the ounces and creating a way to make it easy on myself was the key for the water, for me too. I found a 4 cup cup (it's a McDonald's cup, actually) and have been making sure I fill it with water and drink both, along with everything else. Did I miss the cassava update - were you able to figure out the best way for you to prepare it?
@mrmcgrath I love looking at your numbers (I'm data driven) and I gotta say, this looks awesome! Cals under, water over and you added planks to your winter-storm, inside the house routine! Sounds like dedication to me!! =>2 -
Thursday check-in
Calories- under
Water- under
Exercise- 0
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@Katmary71 I've been using mineral ice, that stuff sets my muscles on fire but it seems to help. The tiger balm sounds interesting, I'll have to keep that in mind next time I go to Walmart.
@gwamajtw91 awesome loss👍🏼
@leonadixon I hope your side starts feeling better soon.
@vegan4lyfe2012 good job on resisting the chips, you've got this!
@raleighgirl09 I hope you're feeling better. I also use a Nettie pot when I'm stuffed up. Using eucalyptus oil in my diffuser also helps to open up my head.
@TeresaW1020 funny story about the seaweed. I don't know if I could've even tried it lol.
I've been reading/studying up on IF. Not for sure if I'm ready to give it a try just yet but am definitely interested. I'd have to start out easy like 12/12 but work my way up to 16/8. My hairdresser's sister does 21/3. That's a little much for me but she has no problem with it.
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