WEIGHT NO MORE Team Chat - MAY 2020
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JillyBT
Monday Weigh in
Week 3
PW: 160
CW: 160
sorry I'm late, My mom over the weekend started hallucinating more and more. She was imagining children climbing her 20foot hedges between their house and the neighbors and as well as imagining the kids swimming in their pool. She was trying to get them to come down and each day the story got more detailed, She remembers what the kids did the day before. Then Monday she would not come inside and she was yelling at "the kids", bringing them towels, drinks, snacks. She wouldn't eat herself or drink because she was all consumed by these kids getting hurt. Oh and one did and the paramedics were called in her head. So I have been at her house everyday and on the phone with the doctor. At first the doctor wanted to put her in the Pysch ward at UCLA but my brother and I did not want that. The geriatric consultant that I hired was great. She ran over, helped me, helped my mom and suggested a new medication that has worked in her other patients with Lewy Body Dementia. We finally got the insurance to approve it but the co pay was ridiculous. I finally just said I'll pay that amount. We got the medication Tuesday night. It takes 3-4 days to work. Knock on word as I type this... it started working yesterday, she was not all consumed by "the kids" and she started to believe us that we were able to get the kids to go home. Going for a walk this morning at the beach because I need a break from all this. Then I am going to tackle my day which includes catching up on all of you.
I just want to get into some sort of routine. And every time I think I got it together I get thrown a curveball!4 -
@GingerPwr and @sleepymom5 I was taking a low dose of lisinopril since October with no problems until about three weeks ago. The side effects do include a dry cough which got worse as the days went by. I don't understand why it did n't bother me for the first six months but thought maybe it was in combination with the chemo drugs. Anyway, the cough is much better now that I stopped the lisinopril. I increased the amlodipine as a replacement.My blood pressure is pretty much under control with this.
@nstephenson01 I love the taste of good ribs in BBQ sauce which is FULL of sodium so don't fix it too often. Eating them the day after weigh in gives more time to get rid of the extra sodium.
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@sleepymom5 I too am staying on my plan. It feels good to be back into a "normal" pattern.
I have been thinking of what my life looked like when I was so successful. My sleep was a priority, I ate nutritious meals consistently, I exercised faithfully, I took vitamins, drank all my water. These are the habits that led to success for me. When I say I slipped back into old patterns, that means I quit doing these things and added more alcohol and was reckless with portions, both what and when I ate.
I think I do best when I eat on a regular schedule. It's helping me to feel calmer.
Well I had my interview this morning. It was pretty positive. My bosses boss called to let them know what a good catch I am. She is hoping to give me word by tomorrow afternoon. If I get the position we will be buying a home this weekend and putting ours up for rent. My start date will be July 1st. Crazy yes, but lots of consistent green lights so we keep moving forward.2 -
@sleepymom5 I don't live near where the dam broke either but I have a friend who retired there about 3 years ago and she sent me a picture of her house taken by a security camera. Completely under water! What a shame.1
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Congratulations @nstephenson01, @1theresamcvean, and @GingerPwr for being our top three winners for Week 2!
Congrats also to @nstephenson01 and @1theresamcvean for being in the F2F Honorable Mentions this week!
And a big congratulations to all of us! Lose, maintain or gain we are all winners for focusing on our health, lifestyle and fitness!!
Hurray Team Weight No More!!
What? I can't believe I won something! Thanks to all of you who keep those spreadsheets. This is a new kind of motivation for me.
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ProfDawnLee wrote: »Profdawnlee
Wednesday weigh in
Week 1: 145
Week 2: 142
Week 3: 142.2
Week 4: 141
I was actually down to 140 yesterday but on my way to pick up my sons new bike and to lowes to get some more materials for our new fence I failed to pack a snack so we had to stop at a drive thru and I chose poorly.
Theresa I would have to look for that post on being a runner as it’s prob buried by now . I want to post more in this forum but I’m finding it hard to balance social media with work and family. In fact I’m going to make a better effort at managing my business social media account and there is only so
Much time I can be behind a screen. I think this summer I’ll have some more free time perhaps.
Basically the running post was about how I coached a friend to start running . She recently lost her dad. I got her to do couch 2 5k and convinced her to get a treadmill. She went from doing 15 minute miles to completing her first virtual 5k (that I convinced her to do) and getting 26 minutes. I was a bit jealous as my first 5k was a whole 10
Minutes slower. but I felt a bit guilty for even feeling jealous and it brought up all these old feelings of being an unathletic scrawny kid picked last in gym who failed all her phys ed tests. I was never athletic and I just don’t possess a natural ability so as an adult I struggle with imposter syndrome. I want to call myself an athlete but I second guess myself I suppose because of the image of an athlete was something I never really attained. Anyway, I mostly run for pleasure and personal fulfillment and for health so I’m trying to focus on that. I’ve started incorporating some speedwork because I do want to get faster especially since my time is so limited and the faster I can get the more miles o can get in a given time period.
All right enough talking for me. Gotta get out there and get in this run before it gets too hot.
Have a great day!
-Dawn
I love your insights and vulnerability. It always shows me your inner strength, Dawn. So glad you shared with the group so they could get to know you as I have come to over the past two-and-a-half years. Hugs.1 -
Username: 1theresamcvean
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous weight: 154.8
Today's weight: 154.1
I'm happy with this. It's the second week in a row losing, although it's all weight I'm losing all over again. I have to sleep so much these days from having had that presumptive case of C-19. Exercising just wipes me out, so I don't do it often. As I said last week, I learned a lot from you hear about mindful eating, IF (which I don't really do, but I don't start eating until about 2:00 p.m.), and getting lots of sleep which is helping me in two ways in that it helps me to recover fully and to lose weight.
WARNING - BMI CHART RANT:
This week some of you talked about the BMI charts and what is obese or not. I went and looked at them again because I haven't for so long. They are cray cray (to use Angelina's phrase). If you are muscular, they just don't work. But there are so many reasons they are out of date.
The other day my sister and I were discussing how much body-shaming my mother does and has always done. I was a skinny kid and young adult, probably because she raised and fed me. Some of the things we learned from her were good. We could not drink pop (soda depending on where you live) or juice. In regard to the juice, she was ahead of her time. She said it had too much sugar and we could have fruit instead. She was a registered nurse, which may have played into it. We ate a lot of produce, practically no packaged food, I remember homemade cookies that were whole grain, homemade granola (because the storebought was a sugar bomb), and so on.
The first time she body-shamed me, we were at a family wedding shower for my sister. I had been married for 6 months and probably weighed 127 lbs and I'm 5' 5". We were sitting in a circle waiting for the gifts to be opened and she poked me in the waist and said, "You look large. Have you gained 10 pounds?" Dead silence around the room. (On the positive side, she did tell me when I got married to a 6' 5" man, don't put the same amount of food on your plate as his. Fair point.)
But body-shaming has always been her go-to and now that she's in a nursing home it hasn't stopped. My niece mailed her a wedding portrait in which my mother is out in front in her wheelchair. She is legally blind but must have had a good look at the framed photo with her back-lit magnifying glass using her remaining peripheral vision. She called my sister to say, "My nurse said I look beautiful. It's a good thing my wheelchair was hiding you. You only look busty. Your sister (that's me) looks large." I weighed about 149, which is technically the last pound in the normal range and felt pretty good.
One of her other go-to stories is one that she tells all the women in the family when they first have their babies. For context, I was born in 1964. To this day, she proudly says that she weighed less on the day I was born than she did on the day she conceived me.
When I was in university, I worked at the Science & Medicine Library at UofT. I looked up some periodicals that doctors were reading in 1964 and, first of all, they had cigarette ads (these are business-to-business publications so the ads were targeting doctors). Second of all, they encouraged the use of 'tobacco' and coffee (lots of coffee ads too using the word caffeine as if it were a vitamin) for pregnant women to keep their weight down through peer-reviewed research papers.
When did they create those BMI charts? Things have changed in so many ways. Our heavier bodies are so much healthier than someone's skinny body from that era.4 -
Wednesday check in
Food - on plan
Water - 2l
Exercise - 5 km walk
It has been a long day of homeschooling and I still have some business items to take care of, so I have to make this brief. The nice weather has finally arrived! Yesterday was a good day and I managed to stay on track. I think that is my theme to May, getting back on track. I have read all the posts, but will have to respond another day! Hope that you are all having a good day!2 -
@Mrsbell8well Wow things are progressing quickly but when the universe offers up so many green lights, you gotta go with it. Good luck!3
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Wednesday check in
Bummed about my gain so took a moment to reflect on yesterday and not just shrug it off
Food: too much... slow roasted fall off the bone honey tamarind ribs did me in. How I can have so much willpower one day and the next... mmm, not so much LOL
Water: good
Exercise & steps: 40 minute walk; 11,132 steps
Got right back on track with a 16 hour fast this morning but dinner is planned and it’s not a healthy meal. Hubby will be happy... the scale not so much. One day at a time!3 -
Username: bburrer30
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous weight: 175.4
Today's weight: 173.8
This week has been an off week But I am getting re motivated.it is sunny and beautiful♡ I was really happy I lost 1.7 lbs. That was a shock but I am proud.5 -
05/21 steps 103193
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Username: lennoncpa
Weigh in Week: week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous weight: 133.0
Today's weight: 132.8
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My weight was kind of fluctuating this week and I was afraid I’d break my losing streak but I pulled it together the last few days and really stuck to some great eating choices. Now I think I’d like to be able to get into a maintenance mode. I looked at some “ideal” weight charts yesterday just out of curiosity and I think my BMI is at 27 which is considered overweight for my height. That’s why I know those charts don’t make sense. I’m actually built like my father was - very muscular. Those charts strictly look at height and weight. @1theresamcvean I can relate to what you said. My mother made comments about my body when I was pregnant with my first son and I was wearing shorts. She asked how I had the guts to wear shorts with “the way I looked “. I weighed less than 120, but it was a mean thing to say in any case!
Anyways, we finally have some good weather here for this weekend so I have plans to go for a socially distant walk with a couple friends who live on a lake on Sunday. It will be hard not to run up and hug them, but we all plan on behaving ourselves.4 -
Cafelelia
Friday
PW - 154.7
CW - 154.1
I will take any loss, particularly after this bumpy week! The beautiful weather is finally here too! Homeschooling is a little less today so I have some sourdough in the oven and will take my walk after.
@bburrer30 - Fantastic loss! I am proud of you too! Enjoy the beautiful weather!
@nstephenson01 - You know, sometimes a yummy meal is worth it, so don’t sweat the ribs! So funny, my husband loves to smoke everything too. We had smoked Turkey at Thanksgiving even. I have to tell him about cheese, because he has not tried that.
@lennoncpa - Nice loss! I continue to have a hard time believing that you are overweight. Enjoy the nice weather!
@1theresamcvean - Totally agree with your BMI rant. We are the exact same weight this week! It must be a Toronto thing! Hope that you are enjoying this gorgeous day!
@mrsbell8well - good luck with the job and possible move! There is a saying in Italian “quello che non succede in un anno, puo succedere in un’ora” - What doesn’t happen in a year, can happen in an hour.
@pacsnc6 - It is so good to hear from you and I am glad that your treatment is going well. Take good care and hope that it continues to go smoothly!
@JillyBT - I am so sorry about your mom and this is just such a stressful situation for all. You are doing great at handling everything and I cannot imagine how hard it is. With respect to your routine, take it day by day and try you best, even with just little things. Sending you a virtual hug!6 -
I knew it! Tracking is the key for me
Week 3:
Pw: 170.8
Cw: 168.0
-2.8lbs
I counted calories all week. Max 1800 cals a
Day, did all my workout and hit planned steps.
My eating wasn’t perfect though- too much dark chocolate due to stress eating. So something to work on.
But i didn’t overeat at all.
My mentality is - what it’s not recorded on my fitness pal - doesn’t count and I tend to eat way more that way. Another thing to work on.
Oh well counting calories, here I come again.5 -
Congratulations "losers"! Lot's of success this week. And for those that are struggling keep on going. It takes lots of tweaking.
@Cafelelia thank you so much for the Italian saying. I wish I could hear you say it in person. LOL. I am expecting a phone call to let me know one way or the other within the next few hours. Oh boy.
Daily check in Thursday:
Water-perfect 64 oz plus
Food-perfect!
exercise-Day 2 of C25K, yoga, weights and abs
Sleep-perfect!
Vitamins Yes
My workout is only a 6 minute yoga today. I started wearing my fitbit again this week. My goal today is 10K steps.
I will let you all know as soon as I hear an answer.
I am trying to relax and stay calm. Going back to the basics of self nurturing has felt so rewarding.2 -
Sleepymom5
Friday
PW - 203
CW - 202.5
Daily check in Thursday:
Water-80 oz
Food-on plan
exercise-30 min walk, PT, stretching and strength
Not a big loss but I am happy with it. I actually was up quite a bit more after the weekend and it came off very slowly. I had a good week and plan to keep it going. This week I will be focusing on portion control and the hunger scale. So far today is going well, we went for our walk already, we even got caught in the rain that we were trying to avoid. Hope everyone has a great day! TGIF!
@JillyBT How scary for all of you. I also know how real the delusions are for you Mother too. I am glad that you were able to get a new medication that seems to be working. It is terrible that insurance won't pay for it. Just try to take one day at a time. I know you don't know what is going to come your way but maybe just concentrating on one day will get you through. Also through that crazy week, you didn't gain, so that is good. Hugs!
@pacsnc6 That is what I am taking so I guess symptoms can develop at any time. Glad that you were able to go off it with no difficulties.
@Mrsbell8well. Great day yesterday! Good luck with everything! Exciting times!
@lennoncpa I am glad you aren't near the dam. How scary for your friend!
@1theresamcvean You had a great week last week and you still lost this week so that is awesome! That virus just wipes you out. I am glad you are listening to your body and getting rest. You will slowly build back to where you were before. What you say about the BMI charts are so true. Even with that, I so want to be out of the obese category and into just over weight Lol! I don't know why that is so important to me with all I know. I guess weight was always important to your Mother if she still says things to this day. I do think it was different back when they were raised. Did you ever see that article from the 1960s about how women should be sure the house is straightened up and the kids and wife should look clean for when the husband comes home from work? Priorities were a lot different back then.
@Cafeleia Nice loss! As you know, May was my month for getting on track too. I think we are doing pretty awesome Lol!
@nstephenson01 Yum! They sound worth the going off track. Lol! Sounds like you made up for it the next day although you didn't mention what the delicious dinner was going to be.
@bburrer30 Nice loss! For not having the best week, you must have done something right! Keep it going!
@brown6267 Another great day of steps!
@lennoncpa You have been doing great! So what are your plans for maintenance? I hope you would stay here and check in once in a while Sunday sounds like it will be such a nice day! Enjoy being outside with your friends.
@lenka1 Whoo hoo! Nice loss! Seems like you hit your stride this week.
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Thursday's Weigh Ins
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Friday's Weigh Ins
@hope002
@Cafelelia
@lennoncpa
@sleepymom5
@srw32
@KUMEcyclingteam
@lenka1
@bburrer30
Saturday's Weigh Ins
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Weekends don't seem to be as exciting as usual these days. Try to find a way to make them a little special. Maybe take a break from working if possible, plan something fun to do or just relax. Enjoy! 3 -
I did something fun this morning, instead just teen school wrangling:
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ljdanny
week 3
thursday
pw 189
cw 191
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not sure why my weight went up. I have not been eating crap and have been walking every day. i will have to work harder. the weather is hot here today. i am not feeling all that great so i cut my walk in half. yesterday i got my husband to come hiking with me. it was quite the adventure, not sure if he will be coming again anytime soon. we are going to my sons house tomorrow for a cookout he just bought a new smoker he wants to use. my husband helped him put it together last night. we are going to the store to get all the meat for him, lol. should be a fun day. i get to hang with both my grnaddaughters, thats all that counts. i will figure out this weight issue. hopefully going back to work will help.5
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Hi all,
@Mrsbell8well - wow, sounds like it's all go for you at the moment. I do think when everything seems to align just right then it is a sign and hopefully it will be a big improvement for you all x
@sleepymom5 - I'm very familiar with feeling like 'if only I was where I used to be' but we can only go forwards. I think you've amazing considering all the stress you've had the last few months, and sounds like you're totally back on track now so am sure the scales will be showing it in no time
@1theresamcvean - congrats on the loss! I've also tried to be a lot more aware of mindful eating, it's surprised me how often I would go to eat when I wasn't really hungry, just bored or out of habit, or a certain craving.
@Cafelelia - your bread looks yummy! So many talented bakers in this group
Lovely to see so many losses this week. I think we're maybe getting into new routines? Well done to all anyway xx
I have to agree the BMI scale is frustrating. The thing is it was never meant to be used for individuals, it was originally to measure huge groups, like whether the population of a country was overweight, and it probably gave a fairly general average for that purpose. I find it frustrating that now so many medical professionals seem to use it as a 'go to'. I think it's so much more about where you feel healthy and comfortable at.
Week is going ok, sticking to the stricter plan and seems to be paying off so far. A few friends have all got together and we're digging out old photos and scanning to share with each online - it's giving me a giggle if nothing else. It's also a bit eye-opening to think that I thought I was really overweight at the time and I would love to be back at that weight now.4 -
sleepymom5 wrote: »Sleepymom5
Friday
PW - 203
CW - 202.5
Daily check in Thursday:
Water-80 oz
Food-on plan
exercise-30 min walk, PT, stretching and strength
Not a big loss but I am happy with it. I actually was up quite a bit more after the weekend and it came off very slowly. I had a good week and plan to keep it going. This week I will be focusing on portion control and the hunger scale. So far today is going well, we went for our walk already, we even got caught in the rain that we were trying to avoid. Hope everyone has a great day! TGIF!
@JillyBT How scary for all of you. I also know how real the delusions are for you Mother too. I am glad that you were able to get a new medication that seems to be working. It is terrible that insurance won't pay for it. Just try to take one day at a time. I know you don't know what is going to come your way but maybe just concentrating on one day will get you through. Also through that crazy week, you didn't gain, so that is good. Hugs!
@pacsnc6 That is what I am taking so I guess symptoms can develop at any time. Glad that you were able to go off it with no difficulties.
@Mrsbell8well. Great day yesterday! Good luck with everything! Exciting times!
@lennoncpa I am glad you aren't near the dam. How scary for your friend!
@1theresamcvean You had a great week last week and you still lost this week so that is awesome! That virus just wipes you out. I am glad you are listening to your body and getting rest. You will slowly build back to where you were before. What you say about the BMI charts are so true. Even with that, I so want to be out of the obese category and into just over weight Lol! I don't know why that is so important to me with all I know. I guess weight was always important to your Mother if she still says things to this day. I do think it was different back when they were raised. Did you ever see that article from the 1960s about how women should be sure the house is straightened up and the kids and wife should look clean for when the husband comes home from work? Priorities were a lot different back then.
@Cafeleia Nice loss! As you know, May was my month for getting on track too. I think we are doing pretty awesome Lol!
@nstephenson01 Yum! They sound worth the going off track. Lol! Sounds like you made up for it the next day although you didn't mention what the delicious dinner was going to be.
@bburrer30 Nice loss! For not having the best week, you must have done something right! Keep it going!
@brown6267 Another great day of steps!
@lennoncpa You have been doing great! So what are your plans for maintenance? I hope you would stay here and check in once in a while Sunday sounds like it will be such a nice day! Enjoy being outside with your friends.
@lenka1 Whoo hoo! Nice loss! Seems like you hit your stride this week.
Pam, I have seen that! Perhaps one of my mother's influences is that her mother was Mrs. Cleaver. That is actually my mother's maiden name. I remember my grandmother putting on lipstick before she answered the door. I still put lipstick on before going out. These days it gets on the inside of my mask. It's a hard habit to break.
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@1theresamcvean oh my gosh I love that article. My daughter and her boyfriend live together and are having some ups and downs. I just read this article to her to give her some advice lol! Gosh I have most of this nailed!!! Never occurred to me to remove Molly's shoes for her at the end of a long day haha.
@Cafelelia Holy cow! That bread is a true work of art! I am a baker and understand how perfect your loaf is! Wow. Was it delicious?
Well still no word from NC so we cancelled our trip this weekend. We are pausing till we hear a definite yes. Once we do, then we will head back there and hopefully purchase a home the same weekend. Not going to deny that I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Molly just made me a Tom Collins. Can you all believe its the memorial weekend? Doesn't that mean summertime??? Wow.
So I have had another really good day. I have made sure to get lots of sleep last night, did my yoga and a meditation, I am at 9K steps and very confident I will hit 10K, I made homemade granola this morning and have enjoyed very wholesome nutritious meals all day. Here is the thing...I am so amazed at how time consuming it is to nurture ones self. Geez it takes a big effort. Actually when I lost 60 pounds I was very very focused on me and my needs. I always took the time to make sure I was on target with sleep, exercise and food. Now that I am refocused it surprises me at how time consuming it is. I feel like a jack in the box getting up from my computer every hour for 10 minutes and doing big figure 8's around the house to get my steps in.
But over all, there is a lot of self love going on, and I feel it. It's really sweet to love myself so much. It makes me feel valued and special.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!
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Sorry I've been less than active online today. It's our 21st anniversary! Got up this morning and did my fitness blender workout. Then hubs and I went to play golf. Now we're headed over the state line to have dinner in an actual restaurant. WHAAAT?!?!
Lots of love to everyone today!! Finish the week strong!!6 -
Mrsbell8well wrote: »@1theresamcvean oh my gosh I love that article. My daughter and her boyfriend live together and are having some ups and downs. I just read this article to her to give her some advice lol! Gosh I have most of this nailed!!! Never occurred to me to remove Molly's shoes for her at the end of a long day haha.
@Cafelelia Holy cow! That bread is a true work of art! I am a baker and understand how perfect your loaf is! Wow. Was it delicious?
Well still no word from NC so we cancelled our trip this weekend. We are pausing till we hear a definite yes. Once we do, then we will head back there and hopefully purchase a home the same weekend. Not going to deny that I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Molly just made me a Tom Collins. Can you all believe its the memorial weekend? Doesn't that mean summertime??? Wow.
So I have had another really good day. I have made sure to get lots of sleep last night, did my yoga and a meditation, I am at 9K steps and very confident I will hit 10K, I made homemade granola this morning and have enjoyed very wholesome nutritious meals all day. Here is the thing...I am so amazed at how time consuming it is to nurture ones self. Geez it takes a big effort. Actually when I lost 60 pounds I was very very focused on me and my needs. I always took the time to make sure I was on target with sleep, exercise and food. Now that I am refocused it surprises me at how time consuming it is. I feel like a jack in the box getting up from my computer every hour for 10 minutes and doing big figure 8's around the house to get my steps in.
But over all, there is a lot of self love going on, and I feel it. It's really sweet to love myself so much. It makes me feel valued and special.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!
Ahh, Angelina, sei cosi divertente!1 -
@GingerPwr Happy anniversary and enjoy your dinner!
@Mrsbell8well you’re right it is very time consuming to focus on yourself and your goals.
But it’s necessary!! For mental and physical strength - to find time just for yourself every single day
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