WAISTAWAYS TEAM CHAT - March 2020
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Hi I’m sherry. I was from South Dakota and am recently a newbie in Tennessee.
I have 2 kids ages 22 and 21. Neither live with me. I have a hubby if 26 years.
And a puppy noodles (profile pic).
I look forward to reporting steps and having an on track month.4 -
Sat Steps -14,020
And I want to continue for the March steps.3 -
Happy Sunday to everyone! I wanted to share my 1 year progress picture with you all. I started at 255lbs and am currently down to 217lbs. I have lost about 5 inches off my hips. I have been able to change a ton of habits and it has taken time and patience. Some of my favorite changes have been for my whole family. I have lost the weight without making separate meals for myself or making any one crazy at my house. Our family no longer drinks pop or juice. We all do a lot of active things together. We eat a more balanced diet as well with better portions and occasional treats. Exercise has been my biggest hurdle. It took me 10 months to build a regular habit. It can be hard to workout when you are big. It's finally easier and actually feels good now.
I'm going to keep at it and hope the rest of you do to. It's a new month and spring is definitely here at my house!
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That's great Kristi! ! I'm excited for the new year too and keeping up good habits...and seeing and FEELING the results. Spring in Washington already?? only a few brave crocuses here in Massachusetts, cold today but got out in the woods for a brisk walk.
Liselyn, I'm a little further south in Hingham, more and more congested and expensive here every year. Fun to go for a walk together if you're visiting down in Milton sometime.
I'm new to the message board format for MFP and finding it slow going, but I'll get there.
One thing I really like is the recipe builder because I like to cook and on Sundays it's cook a meal, find out how much a cup is (braised beef ragu today) and be able to track it for me, everyone else can have what they like.
Hello to all the Waistaways team!! How many are we?4 -
PW: 148.5
CW: 1465 -
@conleywoods I love your photos - and you look amazing! What a change already - and just think how amazing you'll be looking by summer
@deniners2 great job! That is an excellent loss this week. You lost 3.5 pounds in February, and if you keep on going, you'll beat that in March for sure. Wear the crown!
@eggfreak Sylvia! thanks for the questions. It takes some getting used to all the sites and messaging, etc. in here. If you want to be sure that somone is given a notification or knows that you just talked to or about them, use their MFP user name (type the @ before it ). I agree with you about the recipe builder. It is a bit of an effort to put in a recipe, but if you make it often, there it is, ready to go. I love that - since I do almost 100% of my own cooking, it beats always putting in the individual ingredients day after day. Although I do that a lot too!
We are 27 members at the moment. Generally we are somewhere between 22 and 30. There are always a small number of new people each month, and some discover that this approach is not for them, or they are just not committed enough to stick with it at the moment. Many of us are here for a long time, and we hope you'll be in for the long haul too! Losing or maintaining - it is a good group, and we work hard to support each other through all the ups and downs.
For anyone struggling with the Quote function - if you want to answer someone directly by quoting their post, click on Quote at the bottom of their message, and it will be there in your reply. Write your reply below theirs by starting right after the bracket /quote. You can edit the quote if it is long and you only want to answer one part, but be sure to leave the bracket quote and bracket /quote bits there at the beginning and end.2 -
NOTICES!
I goofed! So sorry -- for Third Place February Pounds Lost - it should have been @Emmajhare with 9.5 pounds tossed to the curb. @timibotkin was also amazing, but I somehow overlooked the quiet little 9.5 sitting there on the spreadsheet. Sorry!
WEIGH INS DUE TODAY! I know it feels like we just started, but the people who weigh in on Sundays had their last weigh-in on February 23rd. New people who only just signed up might feel like this is too soon! You can change to a different weigh-in day if you want, or just give me today's weight and from now on it will be full weeks.
@ejdp254
@graceojo999
DUE MONDAY:
@KellyBgetsFit
@reflectionofme
@Juliemargaretkim
On Monday also, the full F2F group challenge will begin. Everyone is invited to join in - this is a great way to get to know people from other teams, and share some ideas together. This month is listed as a Photo Challenge, but the photos are optional - words work just as well, even if it takes 1,000 of them!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10787221/march-spring-it-forward-photo-challenge#latest
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Steps 3/1:123092
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One more thing -
Anyone interested in using our very own F2F Habit Tracker is welcome to get right into it starting today. You can put in any 5 habits (or fewer if you prefer) and simply check them off every day. It is a good study at the end of each week and month to see which habits you struggle with, and which ones are easy.
The full instructions and link are at:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10787094/f2f-habit-tracker-march-2020#latest0 -
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Hello everyone, my name is Grace, I am 28 and I live In Nottingham UK. I am not married, no kids and the cute dog is my friends. I am a full time post graduate research student and a part time pharmacist. My highest weight was about 207, 4 years ago after I lost my Mum. My back was aching at that time so I got a personal trainer and brought it down to 163 in 3 months. It took about 1 year to go back up to 173 and it seemed like my body was happy at that weight (I tried many times to get back down to 163 with Keto and did so successfully a few times but bad habits creep in. Recently about a year ago I put even more weight back on and I found myself at 207 pounds again. I decided to join MFP to loose weight, avoid Keto
( keto was the only way I knew how to loose weight, but the problem was I was uncontrollable off it) and help improve my relationship with all foods and it’s working so far.
I want to make this journey slow and steady even though my first instinct is to do the most and loose it fast. I am down to 186 pounds at the moment. Haven’t started excercizing but I will walk a lot this month and maybe do a few runs to contribute to the team.
So I guess PW 186
CW 186
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I had a craving so I got KFC for dinner.
It wasn't as tasty as I remember. Kinda gross if I'm being totally honest. So I actually regret it.
But at least now I know so next time I crave it I can eat something yummy instead. It's out of my system now.
Tomorrow is back to eating decent home made meals.7 -
conleywoods wrote: »Happy Sunday to everyone! I wanted to share my 1 year progress picture with you all. I started at 255lbs and am currently down to 217lbs. I have lost about 5 inches off my hips. I have been able to change a ton of habits and it has taken time and patience. Some of my favorite changes have been for my whole family. I have lost the weight without making separate meals for myself or making any one crazy at my house. Our family no longer drinks pop or juice. We all do a lot of active things together. We eat a more balanced diet as well with better portions and occasional treats. Exercise has been my biggest hurdle. It took me 10 months to build a regular habit. It can be hard to workout when you are big. It's finally easier and actually feels good now.
I'm going to keep at it and hope the rest of you do to. It's a new month and spring is definitely here at my house!
Kristi what fabulous progress you have made. So inspiring. And how wonderful that your hard work has the added bonus of your entire family being healthier. Hugs and congratulations 🎉👏🏼👍🏻❤️4 -
Hi everyone! My name is Stephanie, I live in Luxembourg and have transitioned to be a stay at home mom. In my life just last year (and the 20 previous) I had an intense focus on my career and wasn't focused on my fitness or my interests. I am working to lose 20 pounds this year and am at a lull in my interest in exercise. March will be my revamp month to get back on a roll! I stay on track when I use MFP so I need to do this everyday!
@Micki48 my steps for the end of last month are listed below. Id like to be added to the March steppers group.
2/28: 8710
2/29: 96934 -
Great work Kristi! Thanks for sharing your story.
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Hi Everyone I'm Vikki I'm 48 Live in Baltimore, MD.. I am married with 3 children, who are all grown. I have struggled with my weight pretty much all my life, and I think I am finally at a point where I am ready to take it seriously... I know how to do it, and do great during the week, it's the weekends that get me... I always read that if you could eat well for 80% of the time.... Well that does not work for me... so for my 20% I must do really terrible... Lol - Anyway, I am here for 2 reasons and losing weight is actually the 2nd reason, my 1st reason, is I just want to be healthy, I quit smoking in sept... I cut way back on drinking, and I am exercising to get off blood pressure medicine... that is the only health issue I have currently, so I want to get rid of that , and not get anymore, as I get older... SO although I want to lose weight really badly, I'm happy watching my heart rate go down, and my bp go down, etc....
I have my 1st 5k this month, it's on the 15th...
I was sick last week, but back in full swing today
My steps I think I am missing are
2/27 - 5820
2/28- 2220
2/29- 10898
3/1 - 6740
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@evangsimmons170
SW 349.8
I'd like to change my weigh in day to Friday, as I will be out of town for the next 2 weekends. But I'll be home both Friday mornings.
STEPS:
3/1/20......13,5234 -
@jugar I think I am going to change my weigh in to Mondays.... I am hoping this will help with my weekends, I feel like I am on this cycle of do well during the week, weigh in on Friday, and give my self way too much freedom during the weekend cause well I have all week to make it up... So I want to use March as a kinda test month... SO my starting weigh in for March is
CW - 181.8
Thanks
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Happy Monday!
First things first (aka housekeeping) -
@Gidgitgoescrazy - you are now a Monday person. However, today is the WEEK 1 weigh in, not the starting weight. Do you happen to know around what you were last Monday? The last weight I have for Feb. was 176.6, but you had been excused from weigh-ins for final week.
@evangsimmons170 you are now a Friday person. If you have time, we'd love an updated intro - thanks!
Now the more thoughtful stuff -
@Terytha - so glad you have discovered the downside of KFC!
Has anyone else had their tastes change so that food you used to crave and enjoy now tastes yucky? For me it is just about anything fried (with the possible exception of masterful calamari done by a chef who knows what they are doing), most bread, and even real ice cream. I go for sorbet when I need that cold, smooth, sweet feel - I make my own from fresh fruits and it takes care of the ice cream monster I used to have inside just fine, thank goodness!
People need ideas! Who has some words of wisdom in support of @graceojo999 's move away from keto into more sustainable eating? And who for @steph1498 to get the exercise mojo going?
Both of these questions are more about sustainability than quick fixes - it is one of the hardest parts of this journey. It is quite easy to get all enthused and dive into something that gives you fast results (melts fat! tones your booty in 5 minutes!), but quite another thing to keep slogging on day in, day out. Any thoughts on the theme of the sustainable losses and fitness are welcome!0 -
Just go with the 176.6 Please and thank you.... I'll take the hit... It doesn't define me, but dang it it hurts ! lol... I'll get it off, mama needs a pair of diamond studs...
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