WEIGHT NO MORE Team Chat - April 2020
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Week 3
I aim to get more workouts in this week, so far a busy day, gardening, cleaning windows , 1 3 mile walk and cleaned the house from top to bottom,!
Hope your all having a lovely Monday and staying safe!3 -
Hello Team and Happy Monday. I just called to put my gym memberships on hold. I have one membership at my local privately owned gym. The owner is about 30 years old and one of the most ambitious and informed people I know. I use that gym on my weekday mornings for an interval training workout and it is a more supervised workout. I also have a membership for $29.00 a month through my Blue Cross Insurance with "Fitness Your Way" and it gives me access to over 10,000 different gyms, although I pretty much use it for an LA Fitness nearby to do Zumba classes, Step classes and Aqua Aerobics. I do miss the variety of my workouts and as boring as it is, I still do the same YouTube video every weekday morning right now. It is almost neurotic and I am trying to analyze myself as to why I don't watch other videos. I get up at 4:45, the same time I used to get up for the gym, and I get dressed normally and go into my living room and do my workout. Maybe it keeps things simple so I don't have to do much thinking at that time in the morning. I really don't know why I don't change it up. I think maybe I'm just weird!! lol!! Anyways, I realized the payments were still coming out of my bank account and I'm just trying to cut costs wherever I can right now.
I'm in a good frame of mind with my exercise and food so maybe I just am afraid of changing anything in the mix. Yesterday my son and I got a carryout from a local restaurant that was doing a buy one get one Easter Dinner. I don't eat Ham, so I ordered the Salmon dinner instead and it was awesome. It came with a green bean casserole and steak fries, which I offered to my son. He didn't want the steak fries so I immediately put them down the garbage disposal so that I wouldn't get any bad ideas! This is the longest stretch of time that I have gone with losing weight - probably in my whole life! I started eating great and losing weight at the beginning of February. Sometimes it's only a half a pound, but at least it's going in the right direction. Having my son living with me right now adds another challenge of having things in the house that I normally wouldn't have. I'm and all or nothing kind of person - so right now the all is being dedicated to a great diet and consistent exercise.
Anyways, thanks for being there for me team. I appreciate you all putting up with me and my weird habits. You guys know more about me than some of my closest friends. Its nice having a group like you guys to share my deep dark eating secrets!! Like sweets, nuts, and midnight trips to the gas station - which I haven't done in a really, really long time!! Yeah!!6 -
@tryingagain5 what a thoughtful take home meal your friend put together for everyone. And that pie looks delish. I don't think I could trust myself around it. I just discovered white chocolate Reese peanut butter cups and they are quickly becoming my new obsession.
@xX_PhoenixRising_Xx I hope you get some relief soon. I suppose knowing how to manage it is key at least
@mrsbell8well your brunch and tablescape look lovely
@sleepymom5 So wonderful that Jim's continuing to improve and is able to handle the phone by himself so soon. His recovery is such a blessing
@Cafelelia I hope you feel better today. and very sorry to hear that about @1theresamcvean. She has certainly had more than her share of hardship of late.
Sunday
Food: Not good... didn't IF, didn't log. Cooked a breakfast that was greasy, salty and fatty. At 9 degrees it seemed like a good idea to add a nip of Bailey's to my morning coffee. Rest of the day was better and my husband made chili for dinner that was spicy and had an assortment of beans. Not our typical Easter fare but its not a typical Easter. Also I didn't snack on any sweets. I need a sign on my husband's candy stash that says "Not for you today" LOL
Water: 80 oz
Exercise & steps: dog walk; 11,130 steps
Spent a little time yesterday drawing up a rough plan. My focus this week will be on fruits/veggies & fiber, 80 oz water, and no sweets (except a square or two of dark chocolate, on occasion)
Happy Monday all!3 -
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!
We have already seen some amazing photos here on our team thread!2 -
Monday 4/13
Food: I haven't had supper yet but have only eaten 600 calories so far today so I think I'll be fine there
Water: 16 oz so far, guessing it will be about 32 or 40 oz total
Exercise: 10 minutes low intensity, 30 minute walk around condo complex
I'm going back to work tonight so I tried sleeping this afternoon. I didn't sleep well so I may have to nap again before work.
It was really windy and cold here today so we just walked around the condo complex.3 -
So I did a stretching Yoga video off YouTube yesterday in the hope of loosening some muscles, yeegads I can feel muscles today that I haven't felt in years!
I lost a lot of flexibility since I stopped Personal Training and heavy lifting, and although I've been stretching a lot in the past few months to regain some of it, this is the first time I've done a proper yoga workout in maybe 3.5 years. It certainly did help loosen me up though, and I did manage the whole session even with my nerves flared. Granted, it was a 25 min session. And beginner level. 🤣 But I am still proud! You eat an elephant one bite at a time, so this is a good start.
My weight was also down 400 grams this morning (450 grams is 1lb), too bad weigh in is a Sunday for me... it will probably bounce up by then. But I'm satisfied that the overall trend is fat loss and the bouncing is water weight.
Kids are all back at school tomorrow... or should I say schooling from home. We won't know until the 20th if our lockdown is extended, or if we step back one level. It's only Term 2 of our school year however, so the kids have to continue learning no matter what. Mine are the equivalent of US High school Junior, Sophomore and the twins would be Grade 6 I think? They're Year 7 here, but we count differently. ("Kindergarten" is counted as Year 1).
Anyway I am technically at work, just wanted to throw some encouragement at you all, I will check in properly later. 🙂❤8 -
@nstephenson01
It sure was a nice gesture. That's the way she is all the time. She always takes in "strays" at holidays or any other time. You're have no place to go for the holiday, now you do, come over at 1pm.
Everything was wonderful. I should probably have saved the pie for another day but couldn't control myself. If I had been with my family I would most likely have eaten more than I normally would too. I love Reese peanut butter cups, can't have them in the house, I'd eat the whole package. I haven't had the white chocolate ones. I'll have to try them sometime but will have to buy an individual one.4 -
04/13 steps 37741
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Started painting the young one's room yesterday. Hopefully finishing today. Nibbled too much instead of planning meals.
So today I have a plan. Gonna start with fruit and yogurt then go for a short run. Then we're painting the rest of the day.4 -
@sleepymom5 seems like you have a good plan, now just to make it work! Good to hear that Jim is steadily improving, hope he can come home soon
I go in for round 2 chemo on Friday - hoping it goes as well as the first - I am ready!
@1theresamcvean sorry to hear your got the virus, hope you get the right treatments soon and recover quickly
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Hope that everyone is having a good day so far! I have recovered from my migraine, but still feel a bit tired. I was able to do as plan yesterday and stick to it. I need to get my water and exercise back on track this week. I am starting with water today and will start up my walking program tomorrow. School is back in session today online and the assignments are rolling in. The online learning is really largely self-study. I still have to do a fair bit of child wrangling and supplemental teaching to get the assignments done, but at least the kids are learning and busy. Once I get things going a bit more smoothly with the schooling, I can turn my mind to my part-time legal practice again. A lot of legal processes have been moved hastily into the virtual world and our professional body had to make a bunch of rule changes to let it happen. I need to figure out some of my technical requirements and the privacy aspects for the investigations work that I do. My husband does a lot of hearings and negotiations. When the quarantine first happened, he just deferred a lot of things, but as this goes on, he started to resume a lot of that work virtually, which has been a bit of a challenge.
@pacsnc6 - Good luck with round 2 and keep us posted when you can!
@GingerPwr - Getting some things done like painting is a nice way to stay occupied during all of this.
@tryingagain5 - I hope that your first shift back at work went well.
@xX_PhoenixRising_Xx - It is amazing that you can still do a workout with that nerve issue. I hope it resolves soon.
@nstephenson01 - Hope that the plan is going well today. Baileys in coffee is so good! I limit it to Christmas, otherwise I would consume way too much!
@lennoncpa - Thank you for being such a great team member! You are doing great! We all have our deep, dark eating secrets, trust me. Doritos ruled me for a long time!
@annliz23 - Fantastic plan for the week!
@podperson1 - Great loss! You will see the 180s very soon!
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@JillyBT
Tuesday
@phoebe112476
Wednesday
@GingerPwr
@tryingagain5
@amsandos
@Freeglerock
@ProfDawnLee
Thursday
@ljdanny
@nstephenson01
Friday
@hope002
@Cafelelia
@lennoncpa
@sleepymom5
@1theresamcvean (excused)
@Fi45
@srw32
@KUMEcyclingteam
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Tuesday 4/14
Food: on track
Water: 64 oz
Exercise: 30 minutes low intensity, 60 minute walk with neighbor/friend
I worked last night for the first time in 3 weeks. It was strange being back. So much has changed. They gave us a mask to wear and we will get a new one each night. Gloves used to be optional, now they're required. Tape on the production and breakroom floors so we know how far apart to stay. They gave everyone a stylus pen to use on the computers and testers that are touch screen.
Only one chair at each table in the breakroom. We have to clean it after break and wash our hands before going back to work so they're giving us an extra 5 minutes at each break.
Each shift leaves 30 minutes earlier than normal so the one shift can be out of the building before the next shift comes in.
Everyone is doing pretty well with staying away from each other but it's sad because it's almost like we're afraid of each other.😥
I didn't sleep well today but I'm sure that's because it's the first time switching my sleep schedule from night back to days. I'm going to take a nap before work. I'm assuming we're still working tonight. They told us to plan on going in unless we get a text from our boss telling us not too.3 -
Just a very quick check in since I don't know if I will have time tomorrow morning. Jim is coming home tomorrow or Thursday! He didn't want to go to a rehab facility because he doesn't want to take the chance of being exposed again to Covid. He will have PT and OT in but I am sure they follow strict precautions. I am happy he is coming home but we have to change his office into a bedroom now so I am going to be busy. I will keep you all posted9
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I think I posted a discussion board thread instead of a reply for weigh in day. How mortifying . Hope it doesn’t get posted outside this for all to see. Anyway here is goes a gain.
Profdawnlee
Starting weight 142
Second week 142
Third week 141.2
Weigh in day Wednesday
Hope everyone is safe and healthy! I’ll check back in later. Xoxoxo
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04/14 steps 53502
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@sleepymom5 That's awesome news. I know you are happy Jim will be home. It will take some adjustment to the changes though I know you are up to the challenge.2
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I am so very tired. My work day starts at 7:45 am and ends at 8pm. I pack lots of good food, snacks, water, herb teas, vitamins and yoga clothes. I don't have time to even take my daily bath. Wash cloth this morning. I come home from work and eat dinner that Molly has fixed, a glass of wine, a tv show, read a little then pass out. I am trying really hard to eat well. My weight went back up to 151. I was too tired to fully be upset. I am thinking a lot about lifestyle change. I am going to eat, that's just something I have to wrap my head around. I keep playing the IF game and cleanse as a weight loss tool. I have to find a way to eat and stabilize. I was back down to 149 this morning. Water is going well, exercise 100% on target. Yoga at work and Molly meets me at lunch for a walk to help break up my long day. I keep Lula Mae with me the rest of the afternoon. She is really starting to feel happy being here at work with me.
Part of my problem is that I am a size 6-8 when I am at goal weight of 142. So at 149 I fit perfectly into all my size 8's. My 8's were always a little loose at goal. So there is not the same clothing urge to lose weight. But 142 is my normal BMI and that is were I really love to be. I am trying to survive and still be grateful where I am today and how successful I am on this journey. I try to make peace with each day. We joined the CSA for summer and just joined for Spring. We got our first crate this past Monday. Gorgeous lettuces, kale, salad turnips, radishes and sweet potatoes. I am eating lots of veg and fruits every day and including treats to keep me going.
Hang in there everyone. I will try to respond to each of you when I can. Your all in my heart and prayers daily.6 -
All veg seeds planted hopefully will be harvesting curly kale this week. So far exercised every night Monday did weights and yesterday crunches, tonight plan full cardio it time allows.
@Sleepymom5 - Glad Jim is coming home.
@Mrsbell8well -Lovely foods, sometimes it's slow progress but you will get there in the end.
@GingerPwr - Grest lose well done
@ProfDawnLee - super lose week 3
@brown6267 - Well done getting those steps in
@tryingagain5 - Good luck at work and stay safe
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