WAISTAWAYS TEAM CHAT - March 2020
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Chemistry as a break from Stats - what a concept. Put it in your journal - it will never happen again after this!!!evelynladams527 wrote: »Who'd have ever thought that I'd like a break from math by doing Chemistry! Strange times, indeed!
I like the idea of the pile on month. It seems as though we've had a year in one week so, why not? It's definitely a challenge to get them all done but I'll try to get online earlier in the day to be more (gulp) *disciplined*. Not a user-friendly word in my experience.
Having 2 different locations for daily entry and group challenges is kind of annoying. I know.
As to the two-places-to-post problem: one quick solution is to have 2 tabs open.- Start at the F2F main page - https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/114605-fat-2-fit-weight-loss-challenge-and-support-group
- Go to the top of the tab and right click (or two finger click or whatever system you have) and hit "Duplicate".
- Now you have 2 copies of the main page.
- On one, open our team thread (under discussions)
- On the other, open the monthly challenge (under announcements)
- Leave them both open all day and go when you feel the urge to share something!
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You're in the range of your goal weight, where it gets really hard to stay or lose any more. Low caloric density food really helps! As you say, lots and lots of veggies (they can be joy food if you fix 'em right!), different special treats (sorbet, chia puddings, etc.), and then you don't need to worry about portions so much. My husband always laughs about the huge plate full of food I have at dinner. Since it is almost all veggies, I can really pack it inThe struggle continues. The only good part is that I can tell from my boobs that I’m doing a hormonal cycle. Only can hope I lose some water Weight soon.
Weighed myself Tues at 107.4 😳
Today @jugar
Cw: 105.4 Up another 1/2# this week. So that’s 1# up from when the whole corona began.
Obvi. I need to adjust something... probably eating less joy food & eating more veggies. Reducing portions more.
Steps I’m good at. Tracking them maybe giving me a green light for more food tho. So I don’t think I’ll track steps come April.
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@steph1498 - I like your keystone concept idea. It is really helpful. I'll add that to the list on the "pileup". I think I can take most of the suggestions all together and make a pileup list that includes de-cluttering, helpful ideas, fitness activities, food goals, and all the things. Then people can pick whichever one works for them, and see how many they can get done through the week or month.
@evangsimmons170 - WTG!! Great loss this week - but not so big that you'll bounce back when your body gets shocked. Fantastic! I expect to see more green weeks in your future!2 -
Help us get some more members for F2F!
Our team is doing fine, but we could use some more members for some of the other teams -
Go to https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10790199/support-group-registrations-open#latest
Add a message saying that you like this group, and encouraging folks to sign up.
This will help keep the thread at the top so it doesn't get buried. Thanks!1 -
The new chat threads for April are up and running!
Please use it for introductions and posting goals for the new month that begins Sunday March 29th. Keep on weighing in and updating steps here until then!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10790211/waistaways-team-chat-april-2020#latest3 -
PW: 219.8
CW: 218.0
Made some real progress on snacking. Not every day was a win but trending in the right direction! Really happy with the scale this week. March started with work stress followed by coronavirus closures. I feel like I'm coming down from the crazy and getting back to reality. I have some similar issues as @KellyBgetsfit. I'm trying to remind myself that this is all new and I don't have to be good at it anytime soon. I'm going to just do my best and cut myself some slack. Sometimes the kids don't do as much school work and one day they did none! It will come together. Overall I like being home so that parts been great. I tend to have very firm boundaries with work and home. Kind of a weird transition to have work to do at home. Glad to be home with my family keeping everyone safe and healthy.8 -
matthewsfive wrote: »Doctor officially released me today, make to normal. Was able to take a 20 minute walk today, first walk in 4 weeks.
What wonderful news! I'll bet that walk was like coming out of the winter den into the fresh air. Do your lungs feel bigger now?
Thanks,
Lungs feel bigger but the rest of me felt really tight. taking more walks each day, need to get muscle mass back
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Time to get those numbers in! I need numbers. See if you can get them all in please!
@cory17
@AmyRobF
@mrs_chivonne
@bunnybuns1111
@robertefortier536
HEADS UP for Saturday weigh-ins - FINAL of the month, so they need to be on time without fail - thanks!
@Terytha
@Micki48
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Hi all. Hanging in there. Got in a Pilates workout and a walk today. Made dinner for my family. Ate those darn cookies again. I had a couple day pause, but now they’re all gone. I would be overjoyed if I didn’t gain tomorrow. I thought of asking to be excused. Idk. Who am I really kidding. We will see.
Glad to see everyone hanging in there. I will check all the steps tomorrow and let you know what’s missing. That seemed to help last week.
I think we are getting out early tomorrow to go grocery shopping. Hubby is a senior so we get priority shopping early for safety. If only we could see this virus. It would be so much easier. My heart goes out to all those suffering around the world.
Goodnight all.3 -
Got a little over an hour of exercise in tonight though I really, really didn't feel like it at first.
It's been a tough scary day though and sometimes you just gotta push through the gloom. I feel like I'll sleep better at least.4 -
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Saturday greetings to all - I hope today finds everyone hanging in there, feeling all right. One of the co-captains of Team Weight No More (Pam - @sleepymom5 ) has had a rough time of it. Her husband is in the ICU with COVID-19 as of yesterday. She cannot visit him, but as a nurse, she is impressed with the excellent treatment he is receiving and is hopeful for his good chances of recovery. She has been a huge support to her team for a long time, and they are all holding her hand from afar.
This is a time we get worried when anyone misses posting or weighing in - I know many of you must be busy beyond belief, and find it difficult to take care of everything. Taking some minutes to breathe, stretch, dance, exercise, or whatever it takes to keep it together, is more important than ever. If it is possible to spend a few seconds dropping by here to say hi, that is always much appreciated!7 -
Last March weigh in: 192 even.
(I love even numbers so satisfying.)
But I'm very bloated and uncomfortable today for some reason. Blech.
The plan is to work from home now until Thursday so I'm gonna have to find some other way to keep my NEAT up.2 -
Great loss! 1.6 pounds - just imagine the beautiful even numbers going to appear when the bloat is goneLast March weigh in: 192 even.
(I love even numbers so satisfying.)
But I'm very bloated and uncomfortable today for some reason. Blech.
The plan is to work from home now until Thursday so I'm gonna have to find some other way to keep my NEAT up.
And in our silly weights transformed into time travelling game, you are in 1920. A good year!2 -
matthewsfive
March week 4
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Great loss! 1.6 pounds - just imagine the beautiful even numbers going to appear when the bloat is goneLast March weigh in: 192 even.
(I love even numbers so satisfying.)
But I'm very bloated and uncomfortable today for some reason. Blech.
The plan is to work from home now until Thursday so I'm gonna have to find some other way to keep my NEAT up.
And in our silly weights transformed into time travelling game, you are in 1920. A good year!
1920... the establishment of the NFL and the birth of Haribo of the infamous sugar free gummy bears. 3 -
Yes, the scale means a lot to me but today for the first time in I can't remember when I actually looked at myself in the mirror. Yes I do look at my face everyday but never below the neck but today I forced myself to look. I have a self body image disorder. I avoid all mirrors. I refuse to look at myself in pictures or allow anyone to take a picture of me. I get very depressed when pictures get posted on social media if I am in them. There has been many times I have asked people to remove the posting which is very difficult to do because they always need an explanation. I always hear, "you look fine or that isn't a bad picture" but in my mind its horrible and depressing. Since I started this journey in Jan 2019 I have lost a little over 106 pounds, I know that's awesome and believe me I worked very hard and will have to work just as hard to keep it off. But when I do look in the mirror I just wish I could see how I look now, I only see how I looked over 106 pounds ago. I keep hearing I'm crazy for feeling this way but I can't get out of my own head. My goal is to lose another 14 pounds and it's sad that I will still be considered overweight in the eyes of the medical world but with the starting weight of 270 pounds, today at 163.8 and the my goal of 150 it will need to be overweight. Im nearly 5 feet tall and I will never be able to reach what is considered normal weight. Thanks for letting me get my words out, I really need it.6
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March 28, 2020 8:22AM
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Saturday greetings to all - I hope today finds everyone hanging in there, feeling all right. One of the co-captains of Team Weight No More (Pam - @sleepymom5 ) has had a rough time of it. Her husband is in the ICU with COVID-19 as of yesterday. She cannot visit him, but as a nurse, she is impressed with the excellent treatment he is receiving and is hopeful for his good chances of recovery. She has been a huge support to her team for a long time, and they are all holding her hand from afar.
This is a time we get worried when anyone misses posting or weighing in - I know many of you must be busy beyond belief, and find it difficult to take care of everything. Taking some minutes to breathe, stretch, dance, exercise, or whatever it takes to keep it together, is more important than ever. If it is possible to spend a few seconds dropping by here to say hi, that is always much appreciated!
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March 28, 2020 11:04AM
Last March weigh in: 192 even.
(I love even numbers so satisfying.)
But I'm very bloated and uncomfortable today for some reason. Blech.
The plan is to work from home now until Thursday so I'm gonna have to find some other way to keep my NEAT up.
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March 28, 2020 11:14AM
Terytha wrote: »
Last March weigh in: 192 even.
(I love even numbers so satisfying.)
But I'm very bloated and uncomfortable today for some reason. Blech.
The plan is to work from home now until Thursday so I'm gonna have to find some other way to keep my NEAT up.
Great loss! 1.6 pounds - just imagine the beautiful even numbers going to appear when the bloat is gone
And in our silly weights transformed into time travelling game, you are in 1920. A good year!
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March 28, 2020 11:59AM
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Great loss! 1.6 pounds - just imagine the beautiful even numbers going to appear when the bloat is gone
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1920... the establishment of the NFL and the birth of Haribo of the infamous sugar free gummy bears.
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March 28, 2020 12:22PM
Yes, the scale means a lot to me but today for the first time in I can't remember when I actually looked at myself in the mirror. Yes I do look at my face everyday but never below the neck but today I forced myself to look. I have a self body image disorder. I avoid all mirrors. I refuse to look at myself in pictures or allow anyone to take a picture of me. I get very depressed when pictures get posted on social media if I am in them. There has been many times I have asked people to remove the posting which is very difficult to do because they always need an explanation. I always hear, "you look fine or that isn't a bad picture" but in my mind its horrible and depressing. Since I started this journey in Jan 2019 I have lost a little over 106 pounds, I know that's awesome and believe me I worked very hard and will have to work just as hard to keep it off. But when I do look in the mirror I just wish I could see how I look now, I only see how I looked over 106 pounds ago. I keep hearing I'm crazy for feeling this way but I can't get out of my own head. My goal is to lose another 14 pounds and it's sad that I will still be considered overweight in the eyes of the medical world but with the starting weight of 270 pounds, today at 163.8 and the my goal of 150 it will need to be overweight. Im nearly 5 feet tall and I will never be able to reach what is considered normal weight. Thanks for letting me get my words out, I really need it.
@matthewsfive Sending hugs to you. That must be so difficult to know you’ve accomplished so much but can’t see it in your head. As far as BMI and overweight, may I suggest you look at a site called real BMI. It takes lots of factors into consideration and is much more realistic and reasonable. You know you best. Keep trying to see the beautiful you. Maybe journal about your feelings. Draw a sketch of what you “think” you looked like then and now. Ask a loved one to do the same. Compare them. It may help and won’t hurt. Positive self talk is also something you could try. Hope this helps. We are here for you to unload anytime.1 -
@matthewsfive - you looked in the mirror today. It might take a while, but keep looking. Pretend you're someone else. Or just look at parts - your legs while you're on the bike or walking, your arms when you're doing just about anything. It might never look completely the way others see you - but we only see ourselves as kind of inanimate people - in a mirror, in a photo, and that is absolutely nothing like how others see us. They see someone animated, talking about things they love, moving around doing all kinds of ordinary things we never see ourselves do. That's what is beautiful to them. See if you can get some glimpses - you are super brave! You have lost almost as much as I weigh. By the time you're done you'll have lost a whole me and then some. (I know people who have been trying to do that for a long time, and not by losing weight!) I'm still not happy with the way those inanimate parts of me look either, but once in a while I see something not half bad. Keep on keeping on! And, as @micki48 says, tell us about it any time. Every time someone shows us a bit of what is going on inside, someone else says - yep, that 's what I feel too. Or they have an idea that might really click. And something gets better. Thanks
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@cory17
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matthewsfive wrote: »Yes, the scale means a lot to me but today for the first time in I can't remember when I actually looked at myself in the mirror. Yes I do look at my face everyday but never below the neck but today I forced myself to look. I have a self body image disorder. I avoid all mirrors. I refuse to look at myself in pictures or allow anyone to take a picture of me. I get very depressed when pictures get posted on social media if I am in them. There has been many times I have asked people to remove the posting which is very difficult to do because they always need an explanation. I always hear, "you look fine or that isn't a bad picture" but in my mind its horrible and depressing. Since I started this journey in Jan 2019 I have lost a little over 106 pounds, I know that's awesome and believe me I worked very hard and will have to work just as hard to keep it off. But when I do look in the mirror I just wish I could see how I look now, I only see how I looked over 106 pounds ago. I keep hearing I'm crazy for feeling this way but I can't get out of my own head. My goal is to lose another 14 pounds and it's sad that I will still be considered overweight in the eyes of the medical world but with the starting weight of 270 pounds, today at 163.8 and the my goal of 150 it will need to be overweight. Im nearly 5 feet tall and I will never be able to reach what is considered normal weight. Thanks for letting me get my words out, I really need it.
That's not crazy! It's very normal. There's a lag in your self perception. The changes happened so slowly your brain just never picked up on them.
We often don't see reality. Heck, google imaginary colors, or how magenta doesn't exist. Our perception of reality is just an interpretation of things we struggle with.
So don't beat yourself up for that at least. You aren't crazy. You're human!2 -
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matthewsfive wrote: »Yes, the scale means a lot to me but today for the first time in I can't remember when I actually looked at myself in the mirror. Yes I do look at my face everyday but never below the neck but today I forced myself to look. I have a self body image disorder. I avoid all mirrors. I refuse to look at myself in pictures or allow anyone to take a picture of me. I get very depressed when pictures get posted on social media if I am in them. There has been many times I have asked people to remove the posting which is very difficult to do because they always need an explanation. I always hear, "you look fine or that isn't a bad picture" but in my mind its horrible and depressing. Since I started this journey in Jan 2019 I have lost a little over 106 pounds, I know that's awesome and believe me I worked very hard and will have to work just as hard to keep it off. But when I do look in the mirror I just wish I could see how I look now, I only see how I looked over 106 pounds ago. I keep hearing I'm crazy for feeling this way but I can't get out of my own head. My goal is to lose another 14 pounds and it's sad that I will still be considered overweight in the eyes of the medical world but with the starting weight of 270 pounds, today at 163.8 and the my goal of 150 it will need to be overweight. Im nearly 5 feet tall and I will never be able to reach what is considered normal weight. Thanks for letting me get my words out, I really need it.
That's not crazy! It's very normal. There's a lag in your self perception. The changes happened so slowly your brain just never picked up on them.
We often don't see reality. Heck, google imaginary colors, or how magenta doesn't exist. Our perception of reality is just an interpretation of things we struggle with.
So don't beat yourself up for that at least. You aren't crazy. You're human!
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Here we are - times are tough, but let's end the week and the month with everyone present and accounted for! I need these weigh-ins by 7:30 am Sunday, Eastern time. Step on that scale, and send in the number. You can do it!
@cory17
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I was really going to ask to be excused. I’m so sad about this. All my hard work. So what did I do? Ate what ever I wanted and read all day. No exercise except grocery shopping this morning and that did me in. Well that and my weigh in.
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