WAISTAWAYS Team Chat - April 2020
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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 -
My migraine seems to have finally let up. I got through a whole night without painkillers. Been a while since it was this bad, I blame the weather.
On Wednesday afternoon a group of us are donating blood, so my plan for at least until then is to drink as much water as I can. After that maybe I'll switch to rye. Just kidding.
It sure is quiet at work and the days are long. I feel like I've aged 10 years.5 -
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.
I apologize for the delay. My cw is 189.2 I gained a bit of weight since the last weigh in. I actually was about 4 pounds heavier than this at some point. I am back on now. Started walking too and will be interested in logging those too. My aim is to hit 5000 steps every day this week or 10,000 on alternate days. Also want to focus on water.
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Happy Monday (it's Easter Monday here in the UK - a bank holiday!)
So this weekend I decided on changing my daily schedule around. I'm fortunate to work from home, but I needed to find a new work around to handle my Covid-related anxieties. So from now on I will continue to do my workouts as soon as I get up, but after that, I am now spending 2-3 hours on housework/de-cluttering. Then after lunch, I do my work. All of my digital lessons with my students are in the afternoons anyway, so it makes sense.
It will be interesting to see how I feel at the end of the week!
Love to all and stay safe!5 -
I just read in the news that instead of toilet paper, hair dye and other personal grooming products are now flying off of the shelves. Here is a new F2F group challenge. We want to see it all from you, the success stories, the greying roots, the crazy beards, the long bangs, the tussled hair. Post photos of your grooming successes, challenges or fails relating to you, your family or your pets. Maybe you have discovered your inner hairdresser or pet groomer? Maybe you went a little to crazy with the scissors? Maybe your roots are in high contrast right now? Show us what is going on!
You can post photos and commentary at the thread link here:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10792163/the-good-the-bad-the-really-not-good-grooming-photo-challenge#latest
Have fun and we will keep this challenge going as long as you like!1 -
conleywoods wrote: »...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.
Well, there's always the spouse-swap-plan. I have similar issues at my house. Some days are easier than others, that's for sure.
I successfully established a quarantine habit whereby if deserts are going to be eaten, supper needs to be eaten a LOT earlier in the evening or else, nope. No dessert.
It's interesting that I'm not having too big a problem with that "rule". Ask @jugar - I usually dislike all rules!
Good luck. I believe that the highs and lows of our emotional and spiritual states will even out pretty soon and let us calm our inner stressors out. Desserts won't be quite as "loud" pretty soon.
hugs to you
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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...) ... I really rot at being patient... That never works up a sweat...
Hahahahaha! Yeah. those words don't usually go together. Either set (patient with your name or decluttering and sweating)
In my house, if you're not breaking a bit of a sweat while decluttering, you're not doing it right!
Take it EASY, sister-o-mine. I know. That's not usually in your vocabulary, either!
Become proficient at Fitrockr so you can help figure out why I'm having trouble with it.
That'd be great.
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April Week 2 Step Results
Total Steps - 158,309
Number 1 Stepper was @evangsimmons170 with an INCREDIBLE 98,751
So close to her goal of 100,000!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! We know you'll get there, Rhonda!
Moving forward for the next few weeks, do we want to continue to have our Step Team here? Please let me know. I know many of you who are steppers are also doing Fitrockr. You still need to report your steps here on our thread as they don't carry over and I can't see them. Please respond below YES to continue on our step team or NO to put it on hold for this month. As long as I have one other person who wants to continue, we will.
@Micki48
@KellyBgetsfit
@YinxFed
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... to the Stepping question!2
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It is so good to see you back! No matter that you put some weight back on, now you are here + walking + logging + water. All of those things will help - just don't expect yourself to be perfect on every single one of them every single day. A wonderful jazz pianist I met a few years ago put it well - "We just do the best we can. Every day." Keep us posted, and enjoy getting back on track.graceojo999 wrote: »I apologize for the delay. My cw is 189.2 I gained a bit of weight since the last weigh in. I actually was about 4 pounds heavier than this at some point. I am back on now. Started walking too and will be interested in logging those too. My aim is to hit 5000 steps every day this week or 10,000 on alternate days. Also want to focus on water.1 -
Moving forward for the next few weeks, do we want to continue to have our Step Team here? Please let me know. I know many of you who are steppers are also doing Fitrockr. You still need to report your steps here on our thread as they don't carry over and I can't see them. Please respond below YES to continue on our step team or NO to put it on hold for this month. As long as I have one other person who wants to continue, we will.
@Micki48
@KellyBgetsfit
@YinxFed
@Evangsimmons170
@Lovethyneighbor
@Steph1498
Yes!!!!!
And thanks for the kudos. 1 -
Username: reflectionofme
Weigh in day: Monday
PW: 123.1
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I am not having an easy time, I can not get my head back in the game... I start with good intentions but they do not last past lunch time, yesterday I had some candy at work, then I ate well for dinner, then got on the treadmill, then I proceeded to eat chips with dip... I make a horseradish dip that is super yummy, but I rarely make it cause I will eat it all... Anyway, it's gone now...
My trip to Ireland was cancelled on Thursday, so that completely ruined my weekend... I have a stupid cruise scheduled for next spring, so I can't rebook Ireland then, so now it will be 2 years before I can go... I know, I know I should be happy I can even go, and these are definitely 1st world problems, I know this.. I am grateful, but it is still disappointing ...
I did yoga this morning even though it made 15 minutes late for work, and I brought my headphones to go on a walk this morning, and maybe even this afternoon... It will be nice because the neighborhood I work in has some pretty houses, which means pretty yards... I love a pretty yard...
I gotta do better, I haven't gained any weight yet, but I can tell my tummy is poofing out more, and that is the bad foods doing that... so I have to STOP IT...
It's just so hard the world is so weird now... Like will it ever get back to normal ? Traffic, I hope the traffic stays this way, I do like the new traffic...
Okay I am done rambling...
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I got a bunch of KN95 masks from work. And by a bunch I mean like 40.
I'm sending a few to family/friends and I'm gonna try send the rest to the hospital. If the hospital will take them, I'm gonna try to convince my boss to donate the rest because our China office actually sent us like 500 of them.
If the hospitals won't take them (because KN95s aren't quite as good) or my boss says no, I'm going to continue to try and send them to people on my own.
I'm also working with the government to try and get my company certified to produce and distribute hand sanitizer. Then we're gonna start sending as much as we can to homeless shelters and such.
I spent a few weeks in a bad place, and I'm still there. But doing something, anything, is helping a bit.5 -
This is beautiful, @Terytha ! Homeless shelters and homeless people are in need of everything we can find to help, and friends who need to protect themselves and others will be grateful for the masks, I am sure. This is how to get out of a bad place - hugs to you!I got a bunch of KN95 masks from work. And by a bunch I mean like 40.
I'm sending a few to family/friends and I'm gonna try send the rest to the hospital. If the hospital will take them, I'm gonna try to convince my boss to donate the rest because our China office actually sent us like 500 of them.
If the hospitals won't take them (because KN95s aren't quite as good) or my boss says no, I'm going to continue to try and send them to people on my own.
I'm also working with the government to try and get my company certified to produce and distribute hand sanitizer. Then we're gonna start sending as much as we can to homeless shelters and such.
I spent a few weeks in a bad place, and I'm still there. But doing something, anything, is helping a bit.3 -
Just received this little note, it was a nice surprise0
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matthewsfive wrote: »Just received this little note, it was a nice surprise
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Sorry tried 2x to attach a picture, just can't seem to attach one.1
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It can sometimes be a pain. I find (in the web version anyhow) that it is easiest to click on "copy" on the photo (right click the photo and copy should be somewhere in the list), and then paste it in the message. You'll only see the brackets - img: with long number thing, but when you hit preview, the picture should be there. Hope it works! I know on an android phone, I can never get a picture to work with the app.matthewsfive wrote: »Sorry tried 2x to attach a picture, just can't seem to attach one.0 -
I'm feeling a bit better today - I was able to get out for a good walk to the mailbox (it was empty) - 2 miles round trip, at a very sedate pace. I did have to stop to admire the view on the way up my steep hill, but I made it ok. Then I did an equally sedate Pilates session. I have found work-arounds to avoid putting any pressure on my hematoma, but working the muscles gently seems to help, and I hope the swelling will start going down soon. Blood pressure is approaching that of a normal low! Slowly slowly... my favourite word.
Some of my garden seeds are sprouting! There will be arugula even after the snow! And the indoor plants are starting to look like plants, or at least some of them are. It is always fun seeing the green start to arrive. Red squirrels were gathering up nesting materials outside my window, and the frog chorus last night in the wind was spectacular. News I can enjoy!
Keep well, and post your news any time
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@Gidgitgoescrazy It is super hard to get back in the groove sometimes! It is weird out there but you can do this. I believe in you! You are awesome and inspirational. Baby steps and before you know it, you will feel like you again.
@terytha The world needs more people like you. You are stronger than you know. Keep going. It sounds like helping others really make you feel like your best self!
@jugar Glad you are getting back to moving even if it's modified. Hope you will keep improving and feel better soon. Glad your plants are doing well despite the snow.
I have been doing pretty well. Getting in my workout videos and some cardio. Working on balancing my meals better. Tried a cereal today for breakfast but was starving in about 2 hours. Won't be having that again! Having smaller snacks in the evening with my husband. Had a loooooong video meeting for work today. People talked about nothing for like an hour and 45 minutes. So annoying...I ate a lot of chocolate after it. Then I stopped eating chocolate and made peanut butter toast instead.3 -
@jugar Glad to hear you are feeling a tiny bit better and moving slowly but more. Slowly, slowly. That's the key. And yay for little plants. Here are my little cucumbers. I just need to get some new garden soil.
@Gidgitgoescrazy I hear you!! Weird times for sure. Give yourself some grace. Don't be too hard on yourself. You are still doing really good things, especially with your exercise. Like @conleywoods said, baby steps. <<tells self same thing>>
I am off track with logging my food. Still have those habits I have established this past year, but not quite as disciplined as I have been. I did get out and take a lovely walk today, but I haven't logged a single thing. I will go do that as soon as I post here.
Anyway, you are not alone in your struggle. I am right there with you struggling to get my head completely back in the game. It's not going to get there overnight, because there is so much else taking up room in my head. I think that is a big part of what is happening. You know what to do. One little thing at a time. Also, I get the disappointment in a cancelled trip. Now, I have to make sure I can get as much of a refund as possible.
@YinxFed and @evangsimmons170 Good to hear you want to continue our Waistaways Step Team and reporting here on the thread. So we will. @evangsimmons170 You totally deserved those kudos. So, so close to 100,000 steps in a single week. I know you will get there. All my other steppers, be sure to give me your steps by Sunday afternoon.
@conleywoods Hugs to you on the long drawn out meetings about nothing. You are amazing how well you juggle all the aspects of your life. What a great manager!!!2 -
And just for fun. This gift came from my garden today.
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That is some beautiful flower, @micki48 - is it a peony? I love them, but have not had luck growing them up here. I used to have a dog named Peony, though! A lovely boxer. Her personality was as gorgeous as this flower, even if her face was not!
HEADS UP! Wednesday weigh-ins:
@offitgoes
@evelynladams527
Now that we are heading into the middle of the middle week of our April challenge - post some suggestions for workout videos, snack substitutions, stress eating solutions - we can all beat this slump!1 -
So got home made dinner, then took the dogs for a walk, didn't get my scheduled exercise in, because dinner went long, it was taco tuesday, and both kids were present and thats an ODD thing in my house.... So I took advantage of it and made it last longer than needed... My daughter made
Then after my shower I had some cashews... I know not the most horrible snack, but I am not sure why I even bought them... no self control....
I didn't make it to my walk while at work, I actually got really busy, which is odd, but I enjoyed it, the day flew by...
This morning I got up and did a 20 min Leslie Sansone video before work, and I liked it, I am going to try something different... I am going to try to do a video in the morning, and the pilates or yoga as soon as I get home from work ( before dinner) then dinner, then walk the dogs... I'll do that the rest of this week, and next and reevaluate... I have to admit the past 2 weeks, when I would do my pilates in the morning I was lazy about it, and thats one exercise style where it's easy to be lazy and just do the motions, cause well your laying down for most of it... So I think it's time for a change...
I forgot my wrap for my lunch, so that kinda sucks, maybe I can talk my daughter into bringing it to me... it's just the actual tortilla I have the meat and veggies that go on it... Yeah I know I'm weird, I don't like my food put together until right before I eat it, so I pack everything separately. I could run across the street and buy another pack, but I don't think that would be considered "essential" so I will make due... To bad my lettuce isn't big enough to use as the cover... hmmmm My big dilemma for today...
I also noticed my "game" went downhill when I stopped making these posts daily, I kinda felt like they were boring and no one wanted to hear my petty issues... but I think they do me good and help with accountability, so I am going to get back to doing them daily. I actually feel a little embarrassed when I have to admit I ate a whole cup of cashews, but thats a good thing, when I know I have to admit it to you guys the next day, might make me think about it...
Hope you all have a great day and wash your hands... Oh speaking of that I got a hand soap from my fab fit fun box last year some time, just opened it last night, it's a lavendar epsom sat hand soap, it says lather, then hold your hands by your nose to inhale... OMG it smells so good.... It's a calming soap something other, ya know that stuff you would never buy, but if it's free it's awesome... lol
Okay, Have a great day !
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You have no idea how UNboring your posts are. Everyone loves everyone else's petty issues! And it is true, telling the story of your day, including its stupid moments, challenges, smiles, dilemmas, discoveries, and fun moments might be the most important part of the "game". Your voice enters our heads, our voices enter yours. You'll hear us warning you about those cashews today for sure! I actually count my daily almonds, and then put them away in the freezer. It's the only way!Gidgitgoescrazy wrote: »I also noticed my "game" went downhill when I stopped making these posts daily, I kinda felt like they were boring and no one wanted to hear my petty issues... but I think they do me good and help with accountability, so I am going to get back to doing them daily. I actually feel a little embarrassed when I have to admit I ate a whole cup of cashews, but thats a good thing, when I know I have to admit it to you guys the next day, might make me think about it...
So please keep telling us about your day, and I hope the rest of us follow your example of talking about all the things. Thanks!1 -
Gidgitgoescrazy wrote: »So got home made dinner, then took the dogs for a walk, didn't get my scheduled exercise in, because dinner went long, it was taco tuesday, and both kids were present and thats an ODD thing in my house.... So I took advantage of it and made it last longer than needed... My daughter made
So didn't finish this, my daughter made guacamole, it was HORRIBLE... the avocados weren't ripe, it's was yucky, she tried to ripen them but it didn't work.. This the girl who works in a Mexican restaurant, who eats guac daily (when they were open) ... but I guess her fail was not that she can't make it, but that she doesn't know how to buy ripe avocado, takes skill to buy them the day you want to use them...3 -
Happy Wednesday!
We are on the downhill slide to the weekend. My weight is up and I am feeling really frustrated. I have been working out a lot and doing better with food but not perfect. I feel I should be seeing some better results! I'm going to try more vegetables. I have another video meeting for 2 hours today. I was wondering if I could ride my stationary bike for part of it? I will have to experiment first incase I look ridiculous!
@micki48 love all the spring photos! It is pouring rain here and I am wishing for sunshine.
@Gidgitgoescrazy I love your posts and they obviously work for you! Keep'em coming.
Yesterday my mother in law did a workout video with me. She has been complaining about not being able to do as many things physically as she use to. She had brain surgery 2 years ago and she did a lot of sitting prior to surgery. She isn't overweight just weak muscles. She liked it and said she wants to do more.
Since we are sharing workout videos, I use Beachbody on Demand. It is a paid subscription but it's way cheaper than a gym so I am good with it. Right now I alternate 2 programs. I like Barre Blend a lot! I used to go to a barre studio but couldn't do all the travel time. It's low impact and focuses on the full body but lots of booty. I also love the Morning Meltdown 100. Each section has 10 different types of workouts. You get some weights, cardio, yoga, martial arts, full body interval stuff and stretching. Both of the programs don't repeat work outs. Barre has 80 different workouts and the other one has 100 different workouts. It is like going to a studio for a class. I like that they are filmed live so you see people wobbling, changing weights and no corny scripted lines from the instructors.2 -
Happy hump day, everyone!
Talking about workouts, I'm currently doing 20 minutes of HIIT and 20 minutes of yoga on alternate days. And each day I follow up with one of Lucy Wyndam Read's workouts (between 5 and 30 minutes long). I'm really enjoying it, although I seem to be a lot less flexible than I remember when I last did some yoga! All workouts are done in the company of my little dog, Edie. (Her expressions range from confused when I'm jumping up and down or huffing and puffing to disdain as she watches me - while yawning - attempt yet another awkward downward dog without shaking!)
This morning it was yoga followed by one of Lucy's 20 minute walk and tone sessions. Lovely.
On Easter Sunday I made a wonderful (if I say so myself) lamb roast, but it was enormous - there are just the two of us! We're still getting through cold lamb slices in sandwiches for lunch (yummy though). Tonight's supper is chilli.
Current issues - water. I can't believe how much difficulty I have in getting enough of the H2O down my throat! Must try harder. Seriously! I'm also struggling with a small chocolate egg problem! This too will pass.
Our neighbours directly opposite us are a lovely family with 5 lovely, well-behaved children. The children's grandparents live at the bottom of our road. Every morning (since lockdown) at around 11:00am, the grandparents walk up the hill and talk to their grandchildren from the bottom of their outer stairs or sometimes the children lean out of their bedroom windows. It's such an adorable habit to see as I look out of my kitchen window and it always makes me smile.
Enjoy your day, friends!3
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