WAISTAWAYS Team Chat - April 2020
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CW: 213.82
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Sorry @jugar here is my weight from last Sunday: 154.6..up from. 154.33
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I am madly making face masks for one of the local hospitals who are doing a drive for people who live in the east end of Toronto. Sorry to be so absent. Think I will be done what I am going to do this week. Am gaining a bit right now. Have to take some "me" time today..4
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evangsimmons170 wrote: »In other news, I did a total of 10 Leslie Sansone miles yesterday for the first time in my life! I feel amazing! I got in almost 20,000 steps yesterday altogether. I'm especially proud of the fact that I actually planned my workouts for this week (Monday-Friday). (I wrote out my plan on Saturday evening.) Who knew having a definitive plan actually works?! LOLOL
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Happy Caturday, everyone!
Perhaps this will make a few of you smile. My weigh in is on Wednesdays and I was disappointed that it was only down by a point. I decided to check it again today and noticed (as I pulled the scale out from under the portable washer/spin machine) that there were two "dust kitties" under two of the four "feet" of the scale. I removed them and, voila! I'm down from 183.2 to 182.4! Those pesky kitties even mess up my weigh ins! I'm sure it would've been a bit lower even on Wednesday but, there we are.
I'm making a couple of masks to send to Monica's boyfriend and his 5-yr-old daughter and then getting some more homework done. Since the sun is finally going to be out today, Sarah and I will take a longer walk/hike and see if we can't get more physically tired for a change.
Have a good day.
Let's hear it for sorting and clearing. We'll be getting more done with Monica's help. Of course, that comes with the "benefit" of a "don't-take-it-personally-lecture" about methods of being tidy, organized, and clean, but needs must.
I *know* it'll help all of our psyches at any time but especially now that we'll be cooped up. Thank God warmer temps will be here soon!
hugs to you all (from 6-feet and then some away).
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Matthewsfive
Week 2
PW 162.2
CW 161.8
Small loss but I will take it, checked all the other numbers and I increased in muscle mass and lowered my fat%. So all going in the right direction.4 -
It's Saturday! End of April Week 2 tonight. Thanks for the lovely green weigh-ins @AmyRobF @lovethyneighbor and @matthewsfive -- you are doing great! And @Andreabroadley you are doing great too, making masks and helping out. You are right that you need to include self care in there, so be sure to at least take a few deep breaths from time to time, a quick stretch or other short routine that does not take much time but that helps you feel centred.
Everyone paying attention to the dust kitty/bunny/Sasquatch lesson from @evelynladams527 ? Those dratted wads of dust. I'm just glad my daughter with her super long hair (that was ALWAYS all over the bathroom floor) is not living here any more! Vacuuming is much more mellow now. And even though I grouse about my husband's asthma, at least it makes me vacuum often! So, everyone, beware the dreaded dust under the scale feet.
Winter got its revenge on me this morning. I think it felt jilted after I complained about it yesterday. I got up early, had my coffee. It was freezing in the house, so I scraped down the ashes in the wood stove, put on the big Sorel boots that fit over my super wooly socks (and they look especially fetching with my huge fleecy bathrobe), took the ash pan and headed out the door towards the barrel. The steps looked wet. They were coated with vicious, quite thick ice - so down I went. This is the only time I wished I still had the extra padding on my butt I used to have. Luckily, I didn't hit the tail bone, just the left buttock and elbow. I got quite covered in ashes, the rest are still all over the snow just in front of the steps. I am going to have a spectacular bruise, but otherwise all is well. It feels like someone blew up a rather large baloon inside the muscles of that buttock, though - it is huge! No measurement taking today, I can tell you.
Exercise plan revision! No roll ups, roll downs, no anything sitting on the floor! Standing exercise only today
@eggfreak - say hello to Massachusetts for me! My dad always takes me to get gas at BJs in Leominster. My sungold tomatoes get planted tomorrow - they are amazing, and I always plant loads of them. Along with a Canada-friendly mid-size tomato called Mountain Magic. There are too many weeks before we'll be eating them, but I love the little plants in the house in the meantime!2 -
It's Saturday! End of April Week 2 tonight. Thanks for the lovely green weigh-ins @AmyRobF @lovethyneighbor and @matthewsfive -- you are doing great! And @Andreabroadley you are doing great too, making masks and helping out. You are right that you need to include self care in there, so be sure to at least take a few deep breaths from time to time, a quick stretch or other short routine that does not take much time but that helps you feel centred.
Everyone paying attention to the dust kitty/bunny/Sasquatch lesson from @evelynladams527 ? Those dratted wads of dust. I'm just glad my daughter with her super long hair (that was ALWAYS all over the bathroom floor) is not living here any more! Vacuuming is much more mellow now. And even though I grouse about my husband's asthma, at least it makes me vacuum often! So, everyone, beware the dreaded dust under the scale feet.
Winter got its revenge on me this morning. I think it felt jilted after I complained about it yesterday. I got up early, had my coffee. It was freezing in the house, so I scraped down the ashes in the wood stove, put on the big Sorel boots that fit over my super wooly socks (and they look especially fetching with my huge fleecy bathrobe), took the ash pan and headed out the door towards the barrel. The steps looked wet. They were coated with vicious, quite thick ice - so down I went. This is the only time I wished I still had the extra padding on my butt I used to have. Luckily, I didn't hit the tail bone, just the left buttock and elbow. I got quite covered in ashes, the rest are still all over the snow just in front of the steps. I am going to have a spectacular bruise, but otherwise all is well. It feels like someone blew up a rather large baloon inside the muscles of that buttock, though - it is huge! No measurement taking today, I can tell you.
Exercise plan revision! No roll ups, roll downs, no anything sitting on the floor! Standing exercise only today
@eggfreak - say hello to Massachusetts for me! My dad always takes me to get gas at BJs in Leominster. My sungold tomatoes get planted tomorrow - they are amazing, and I always plant loads of them. Along with a Canada-friendly mid-size tomato called Mountain Magic. There are too many weeks before we'll be eating them, but I love the little plants in the house in the meantime!
Get your butt into the snow! Well, perhaps some coolness will at least keep some glute-swelling to a dull roar. Of course, I know you're not a fan of baths however, we both know the wonderful benefits of EPSOM SALTS. Even a homemade poultice of Epsom Salts will be a help on your poor bum. Take care of that elbow with salts, too. (*next time*, let some of the ashes go ahead of you on the "wet" stairs..you'll see them "poof" off instead of sticking, which might give you a brief warning).
Good luck!
I'm trying to get the fitrockr sign up to cooperate but haven't quite made it, yet.
more in a while.
be well, big sistah! Happy to lend you a few inches of the flubber I'm trying to lose - then, the years of exercise will help burn it off faster!! (Such a deal!)1 -
Saturday weigh in
Week 2
PW 189.9
CW 189.4
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April week 2: still 189
Which is good honestly. I'm on day 5 of a terrible migraine and the painkillers plus lack of sleep caused like 5 lbs of weight gain over the last week. Its finally going down.
Anyways. My game came in the mail and I'm stocked up on Advil so that's all of my plans this weekend.4 -
@jugar ouchie!!! I felt it with you as you described your tumble. I’m so sorry. Big soft hugs coming to you. Hope it’s not too bad and glad it wasn’t your tailbone. My sister fractured hers when she visited me last and she was in sooo much pain. Feel better. 🤗
Everyone is doing great this week!!! That is quite an accomplishment considering the circumstances we are all experiencing. Everyone give yourself a big hug, then reach around and pat yourself on the back.
Have a great day everyone!!!
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Well, gang - it looks like I'll be off the exercise for a couple of days. The swelling is impressive! The fitrockr gang will have to add on a few extra points for me! Mine are still not appearing on the team the same way they are on my own individual stats, so who knows? I'll keep trying to figure it out when I can get back to some exercise. Right now I'm not feeling too swift... and I don't have any Epsom salts, @evelynladams527 - where's my sister's supply cupboard when I need it!!! My lovely son used ours all up (or took them with him when he moved), so I'm sending him grimaces.
Keep well, everyone! I'll be on my couch...5 -
Well, gang - it looks like I'll be off the exercise for a couple of days. The swelling is impressive! The fitrockr gang will have to add on a few extra points for me! Mine are still not appearing on the team the same way they are on my own individual stats, so who knows? I'll keep trying to figure it out when I can get back to some exercise. Right now I'm not feeling too swift... and I don't have any Epsom salts, @evelynladams527 - where's my sister's supply cupboard when I need it!!! My lovely son used ours all up (or took them with him when he moved), so I'm sending him grimaces.
Keep well, everyone! I'll be on my couch...
Feel better soon
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@jugar I'm sorry about your fall. I hope you heal quickly. Someone posted that you don't like baths, so take lots of hot showers. I'm a shower girl myself, as my arthritic knees make getting out of a bathtub quite painful. Anyway, please take care of yourself. We need you!
@Terytha I hope your migraine goes away quickly. I used to suffer with them years ago and can't imagine enduring that kind of pain for 5 days. Folks who have never had a migraine don't understand that it is quite a different type of pain that a "regular" headache. Please take care. As much as I don't like sodas or energy drinks, I found that anything with high levels of caffeine helped a LOT when meds didn't. Take care of yourself. We need you too!
@micki48 Here are my steps for this week. I was soooo close to my 100,000 goal, but that's OK. I now know that I can do it! Next week I'll get there for sure.
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Happy Easter! I was up bright and early with my children who were so excited to see what the Easter Bunny left them. 6AM is acceptable, one year my kids got up at 3 AM they were so excited, yikes! I have been outside getting lots of activity lately and I'm sure today will be the same. I will have lots of candy around today but I also am stocked up on healthy stuff thanks to a successful grocery run! I'm looking for balance today since I know I will also eat some yummy food.
@jugar and @terytha Hope you both start feeling better soon! I can't imagine. Hugs coming to you.
I am still working on snacking and I really need to cut back on evening snacks. My husband always wants something in the evening and he can definitely fit all day...and night eating into his calorie budget. I can not and I think it's really slowing my progress. I am not sure if I should switch to a different type of snack or just cut evening snacks out completely. Just not sure what to do.1 -
PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Mission Slimpossibles 0.28%
2nd Waist Aways 0.26%
3rd Trimstones 0.08%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
1st Mission Slimpossibles 13.6 Lbs
2nd Waist Aways 9.1 Lbs
3rd Trimstones 3.5 Lbs
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @achagpar 3.94 %
2nd @cesse47 1.70%
3rd @annliz23 1.59 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @cesse47 5.2 Lbs
2nd @achagpar 4.8 Lbs
3rd @evangsimmons170 4.6 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@davors19
@GingerPwr
@nstephenson01
@jrortega1912
@raleighgirl09
@eggfreak
@vegan4lyfe2012
@mulecanter
@Emmajhare
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Sunday post:
PW - 177.4
CW - 176.5
Hmmm... that familiar feeling of deja vu! But at least it's green!
@micki48 My Fitbit failed this last week, and although I have now replaced it with a cheap and cheerful tracker, there are no steps to record this week. But I'll be back on it from next week!
I finished my 8 week Fitness Blender program yesterday, so my workout schedule for the next 4 weeks is alternate days of yoga (Yoga with Adriene) and 20 minute HIIT workouts (Effortless Health). I might also add one of Lucy Wyndham Read's 7-minute routines (check out YouTube) if I have any juice left each morning. I plan to workout 6 days a week (Monday to Saturday).
Have a wonderful Easter my friends
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Happy Easter!!
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Greetings! We're Number Two!! What was that old advertisement? We try harder - and it worked this week. We might not have outdone the Slimpossibles, but they are a bigger team than we are at this point, and I have to say their daily reporting and very active chat thread might have something to do with it
Big congrats to @evangsimmons170 @eggfreak and @lovethyneighbor for coming out on top of our losses for this week, and also to everyone who kept us in such a healthy "green zone". Almost 58% of us lost at least a bit, and that is a good week. Let's aim for over 60% this week, ok?
@YinxFed has started us off right! Remaining Sunday weigh-ins:
@Andreabroadley
@deniners2
@graceojo999
Let's hear more workout and eating plans - what are you going to aim for this week?
@conleywoods - it sounds like you are having a lovely day. For evening snacking - if it is important to join your hollow-legged other half in an evening snack, try to pre-log it and make sure you have enough calories left in the day to be able to enjoy it. If you really want to stop snacking at night, logging everything before dinner time (at the latest) and then declaring "I'm done for the day" when you reach your calorie goal can work. Go brush your teeth. Or snack on slow things like a whole grapefruit, peeled (even the white stuff!), divided into sections, and finally eaten. I find sour stuff like grapefruit is great for killing the desire just to keep eating more and more.4 -
Andreabroadley
Weigh in Day Sunday
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PW: 151
CW: 148.56 -
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So here's my plan for this week: I've already planned my workouts for the week like I did last week. I'm going for 10 Leslie miles a day. I know I can do this because I did it once last week. I think the reason I wasn't able to have more 10 mile days is because I didn't plan specific enough for the actual time when I would exercise. My get in where you fit in approach won't cut it. I'm on a mission! So my plan is to do 8 miles in the morning and 2 on the evening.
I'm also planning to cook multiple vegetable dishes tomorrow so that I can have more colorful and tasty variety for my lunches and dinners.4 -
PW 172
CW 172
I am happy with that. very happy actually, lets just say I haven't had the best week, and leave it there... Byeeeeeee
Goals for this week:
Monday - Yoga and a good hour on the treadmill- No dog walking today- very rainy
Tuesday - Pilates in the morning, and a video and some resistance bands in the evening
Weds - Yoga, treadmill, rower
Thursday - Pilates - video - & resistance bands
Friday - Yoga - The Attic Cleaning
Sat - Pilates - Attic Cleaning
Sunday - Yoga - Attic cleaning3 -
I have lost my goals twice by hitting the done button by accident instead of post. Grrrr
Goals -
1. Log food and close out daily.
2. Get 8.5k steps in daily.
3. Exercise Pilates daily
4. Walk -Tues, Thursday, Friday
5. Strength routine MWF
6. Stationary bike MW
7. Garden when I can get out there weather-wise2 -
The done button should be removed! I have fallen into that one many times - and now I NEVER use the app for posting. Only the website - and even there sometimes I preview and forget to post!I have lost my goals twice by hitting the done button by accident instead of post. Grrrr
I hope that you and anyone else in the path of all the storms in the southern US are OK! My mom is worried to bits, but she is really good at that, and I am sure she is in a very safe place with wonderful people to make sure they get through it. Two of my fellow moderators are in Georgia, and the news is not great there. Keep safe!
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Goals for the week:
I need very modest goals this week, which tends to go against the grain (right sister? @evelynladams527 knows...) After my fall on the icy steps on Saturday, I had a few episodes of extreme dizziness and weakness, and I haven't felt quite right since. This morning I called my doc's office and had a reassuring talk with a nurse. It seems the hematoma on my posterior could be filled with around a litre of blood, maybe as much as 1.5. Since I already have low blood pressure, this has likely caused anemia and even lower pressure - but he was not worried about the numbers (pulse and pressure), and thinks it will improve gradually over the next 10 days. I should exercise but not hard - just enough to help the body clear all that blood out of there. I'm taking electrolytes, drinking tons of water, and actually eating more - so I hope to be back up to my usual soon! So this week, I will eat any exercise calories (helps keep pressure up), do Pilates (especially standing ones!) and quiet exercise bike rides if it isn't too painful. I'll see how it goes, and try to be patient. I really rot at being patient... As my daughter said - icy step 1 : mom 0.
Meh. I say. My goals for the week now include daily de-cluttering on my file drawers and my sewing area. That never works up a sweat...
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My weekly goals
1. Walk daily a minimum of 30 minutes.
2. Do a workout video a day (Barre Blends or Morning Meltdown 100).
3. Eat balanced meals and eat more of my carbs earlier in the day.
4. Plan ahead for snacks with my husband. We will decide on snacks before dinner so I can budget accordingly!
5. Find balance with working at home and school stuff for the kids. Spring break is over...sigh.
Back to working at home this week. I have adjusted all my notifications on my emails and online classrooms so I don't get stuff popping up on my phone all the time. I am going to be more intentional about my time for me, kids and work. I think I was squeezing everything in all at once and nothing got my full attention. I am guessing there will be some changes for work because last week our state announced school will remain closed for the rest of the school year.
I have done some meal prep for the week and am looking forward to cooking now that my fridge is full of lots of yummy fruits and vegetables. I'm looking to have more balanced and satisfying meals. Ate a lot of candy yesterday so I need a refresh!3
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