DOWNSIZERS Team Chat - MAY 2020
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Monday 11 May
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Monday check in
Calories: over🤦♀️
Exercise: 74 minute walk
Water:✅
Steps 5/11 11,728
Yesterday, I did 5.68km. I planned on going further but my leg had other ideas. I am supposed to see a specialist on the 28th of May for this and I am hoping it doesn’t get rescheduled due to Covid19. Today I am expecting another package so I will be walking the hill and parking lot. Have a great day everyone.
Today’s goals
1. Walk 5km minimum
2. Strength training video
3. Tai chi
4. 8 cups water
5. Stay within calorie goal2 -
Steps 11.05.2020: 6 3991
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Steps 5/11: 13,049
Short of my 15,000 goal-rain at lunch break is my excuse. I did meet the rest of Monday's goals.
Goals for today:
Minimum 15,000 steps
Meditate
Stretch
Log it all
Not destroy my work computer that keeps blacking out and freezing up...grrr...dealing with IT is equally frustrating...oooohhhmm may be time to get that meditation in...
Happy Tuesday!3 -
I'm terrible with posting my steps, again I apologize!
Friday, May 8: 10,380
Saturday, May 9: 9,751
Sunday, May 10, 5,967
Monday, May 11: 616 (I took off my Fitbit to recharge and forgot to put it back on, so I guess I take the "L" on this day!)
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Week 2 Weigh in
panda4153
CW - 173.4
PW - 171.4
Grrr - so frustrating, yesterday the scale said 170.8 so I know its probably just water weight, but of course it strikes on my weigh in day. Hopefully next week will be a bigger drop because of it. I know I have been eating under so there is no way its a true gain, but its definitely
dissatisfying to see it.
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Steps 12 May 2020: 7 2552
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charlottemilton
I am overdue.
Sunday
PW 239.5
CW 236 (From last Sunday)
Just busy. Contemplating a major real estate purchase and trying to get our ducks in a row with money, equipment, supplies, etc. I have to get a budget together in the next week or so to determine if the numbers all line up before we make an offer. Part of the complexity is that the property is 3 hours away and without any cell or wifi signal. I have been pretty good with my food except yesterday when I downed a huge 8 oz chocolate bar from stressing. Regretted it afterward but the damage was done. Back to being good today. Weight-loss is a long term effort and I know all days will not be good but I am making progress. Sunday marked 30 lbs lost since February.
Slowly making progress on reorganizing the house. Working on the hall closet/pantry/storage area right now. I think I have found at least 5-10 years worth of light bulbs, foil paper, plastic wrap, swiffer pads, etc., plus a lot of expired food including stuff I would never have bought. Our garbage cans will be full again this week. My truck bed is loaded with stuff to take to the only Salvation Army drop off in the area tomorrow I hope. Slowly we are getting stuff out of the house to make room for stuff that is still in the middle of the floors after getting it out of the back apartment which is now rented.
Goal is a bag of stuff thrown in the garbage a day and a bag of stuff to give away each day. More than that won't fit in our garbage can each week or the back of my truck. I am only taking one trip to the drop off site a week as it is a bit of a drive until the local site reopens from Corona Virus shutdowns.
I will probably be away from my computer quite a bit until we figure out if we want to make an offer on the property. When I am online at home, I am occupied with cost calculations and logistical issues that must be solved before I can do me stuff.
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5/12 steps 27173
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My weigh-in for this week from yesterday is: 172.8. Though this morning I weighed in at just under 170 which makes me so happy - haven’t seen the 160s in over a year
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Check-In: Monday, May 11th
•Log all food: Fail ❌
•Calories: under ✔️
•Exercise: 5K run ✔️
•Water: 2L ✔️
•Steps: 20,169 ✔️
Check-In: Tuesday, May 12th
•Log all food: Fail ❌
•Calories: Fail ❌
•Exercise: 5K run ✔️
•Water: 2L ✔️
•Steps: 18,864 ✔️
Good afternoon Team! I’m sorry I didn’t get to check in yesterday. We had one of those crazy busy days and this morning was the same. Our realtor came by yesterday to take photos of our house and have us sign some paperwork. I spent my entire day Monday and Tuesday cleaning my house and getting everything ready for the photos. I Want my house looking nice for when it goes on the market today. I’m a bit sad about selling this house. We’ve been here for 10 years. It was our first build and our first family home. Now we are building our second home so we are both excited and sad about it all.
Today was another busy morning. I had to run several errands for my husband. I didn’t get my run in today because it’s raining but I got on my stepper here at home and did an hour and a half on that while I watched a movie.
I’m struggling to get my weight back down after the weekend and I think it may be because I’m starting my ovulation cycle. I’m still getting my workouts in and doing alternating IF/OMAD days so I’m just gonna lee going and hope the scales go down again soon. I’m up 1 lb from last Saturday's weigh in. I I can get it back down by Saturday.
May goals:
•Log all food. The good the bad and the ugly!
•Stay on or under my allowed calorie goal.
•Do at least 30 minute workout each day.
•Drink at least 2L water each day.
•Reach at least 10,000 steps each day.2 -
New week!!
Sundays is my rest day so I always go a bit overboard, something to work on for the future - it's not really a solution.
Well done team, we did so good this past week!
My steps for yesterday, 10.05.2020: 8 462
Hope you had a great rest day this past Sunday and that you are kicking butt this week!Murphyi150 wrote: »Username: murphyi150
Weigh in week: 2
Weigh in day: Monday
Previous weight: 159.6
Current weight: 157.6
Awesome loss! Congratulations!lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Sunday check in
Calories: under
Exercise: 64 minute walk, 15 minute strength video
Water: ✅
Steps: 5/10 11,916
I had a lovely Mother’s Day yesterday. I video chatted with my daughter and granddaughter in Scotland. My daughter brought my other granddaughters that live here in Ontario on the chat and it was so special to see all of them at the same time.
I did my 5km yesterday and I went at a fast pace for me. My knee or leg didn’t hurt so that is a good thing. I really enjoyed the strength video and I do feel it a little today.
Today’s goals
1. Walk minimum 5km
2. Cardio workout
3. Tai chi
4. 8 cups water minimum
5. Log all food
6. Stay within calorie goal
I’m so had you had a nice Mother’s Day! We are so lucky to have the technology we have today. Great job on your walk and workouts! You are killing it! 💪🏻Monday, May 11 --- check in
Today's To Do List --
do chair yoga + 5 min walk, drink all water, be mindful of food choices; log everything
No going outside today ... it's too cold
Mop floors bathroom kitchen
Hope Y'all have a great day!!
Hope you managed to complete your to do list! Keep warm ❤️888Angie888 wrote: »Happy Monday!
Goals for today:
Log it all-the good, the bad, the ugly
Meditate
Minimum 15,000 steps
20 minute interval workout
Hope you reached al your goals!Steps
5/3- 11,369
5/4- 4,739
5/5- 10,139
5/6- 16,310
5/7- 11,076
5/8- 12,358
5/9- 10,668
I didn’t have you down for the step challenge but I’ve just added you in. So glad you are stepping with us!Week 2
Username: kyfrancik
Weigh in day: Monday
Previous weight: 194.0
Current Weight: 191.2
Goal for this week: Accumulate at least 10,000 steps. This should be a challenge because there is supposed to be near constant rain from Wednesday through Saturday.
Amazing loss for the week! Congratulations! I hope you get some nice long breaks from the rain so you can get some walks in! You’ve got this! 🚶🏻♀️💪🏻Hello, Happy Monday Team!!
This last week has been a good one for me overall. I am feeling energized and motivated. I am going back to a tried and true strategy that has worked the best for me in the past when it comes to losing weight.
I have started to track my calories monthly again. What I do is look at each month and identify the days where i know I may be over on calories. These are day like birthdays, holidays and other special occasions. Then I pick a calorie goal for those days that is reasonable for the event. A big holiday if might be crazy high, think thanksgiving or Christmas, others might be like 400-500 over goal to account for a nice dessert or some extra wine, think Birthday celebrations. Then I figure out what that means I need my calorie goal the rest of the month to be to account for those days so that I can still lose 2 to 3 pounds for fhe month. Using this strategy is when I’ve seen the most success over the course of my journey, so I’m dusting it off and using it again. For May that means:
2050 calories per day normally
3 special occasions- Mother’s Day, daughter’s birthday, and Memorial Dah BBQ.
I know that I am lucky to be very active so my TDEE is currently 2500 calories a day.
I’d love to hear about any other strategies you guys use to stay on track.
So happy you are finding your rhythm again and that you had a goos week. Fingers crossed it continues this way for you. You seem to have a good technique there for keeping your calories in check and still have room for some treats. I try to do something similar but on a weekly basis.
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Wednesday, May 13 --- check in
Today's To Do List --
do chair yoga + 5 min walk, drink all water, be mindful of food choices; log everything
Dining Room - declutter -- it's the first room entered from the garage so everything seems to get dumped here. .....major decluttering needed; will probably take several days
Hope Y'all have a great day!! 👋1 -
destiny_sierra wrote: »Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 10 Check in
Friday Steps: 11,391
Saturday Steps: 10,115
Sunday Steps:10,833
Calories: Under both days
Water: not enough
Exercise: OK
Got all your steps in. Thanks!metonymicalinsanity wrote: »I went a bit over yesterday on calories, but got back on track today. I’ve also been continuing the planking. I’m up to 28 total minutes of planks for the month! My goal is 60.
I’ve also completed 2 days of 3 mile walks this so far since Saturday. My goal is 5 for the week. Today I could t because it rained on and off. Back at it tomorrow!
(By the way thanks for your support everyone. It’s really helpful! It was cool to see our team on the leaderboard for this week to know I contributed!)
Good job getting yourself back on track! Key up the goos work with those planks. I’m sure you will reach that goal. Also glad you are keeping up with your walks. All of the effort you are putting into this is paying off!5/11 steps 4840
Gotcha!Murphyi150 wrote: »May 11th. 6465 steps.
Gotcha!michelleywardell wrote: »May 11th 34689 steps. Long day at work
wowza!! What a number! Gotcha!Shad0wDancer wrote: »Monday 11 May
6091 steps
Gotcha! I didn’t have you down for the ate challenge but I just added you in. If you want to give me your steps for last week I’m more than happy to add them in.lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Monday check in
Calories: over🤦♀️
Exercise: 74 minute walk
Water:✅
Steps 5/11 11,728
Yesterday, I did 5.68km. I planned on going further but my leg had other ideas. I am supposed to see a specialist on the 28th of May for this and I am hoping it doesn’t get rescheduled due to Covid19. Today I am expecting another package so I will be walking the hill and parking lot. Have a great day everyone.
Today’s goals
1. Walk 5km minimum
2. Strength training video
3. Tai chi
4. 8 cups water
5. Stay within calorie goal
Goos job with your steps! I hope you feel to go see the specialist and finally do what you need to do for those knees.Steps 11.05.2020: 6 399
Gotcha!I'm terrible with posting my steps, again I apologize!
Friday, May 8: 10,380
Saturday, May 9: 9,751
Sunday, May 10, 5,967
Monday, May 11: 616 (I took off my Fitbit to recharge and forgot to put it back on, so I guess I take the "L" on this day!)
Gotcha!Week 2 Weigh in
panda4153
CW - 173.4
PW - 171.4
Grrr - so frustrating, yesterday the scale said 170.8 so I know its probably just water weight, but of course it strikes on my weigh in day. Hopefully next week will be a bigger drop because of it. I know I have been eating under so there is no way its a true gain, but its definitely
dissatisfying to see it.
Great loss this week! Don’t worry about the mini spike. This will be reflected in next weeks weigh in.Steps 12 May 2020: 7 255
Gotcha!charlottemilton wrote: »charlottemilton
I am overdue.
Sunday
PW 239.5
CW 236 (From last Sunday)
Amazing loss! Congratulations
Just busy. Contemplating a major real estate purchase and trying to get our ducks in a row with money, equipment, supplies, etc. I have to get a budget together in the next week or so to determine if the numbers all line up before we make an offer. Part of the complexity is that the property is 3 hours away and without any cell or wifi signal. I have been pretty good with my food except yesterday when I downed a huge 8 oz chocolate bar from stressing. Regretted it afterward but the damage was done. Back to being good today. Weight-loss is a long term effort and I know all days will not be good but I am making progress. Sunday marked 30 lbs lost since February.
Slowly making progress on reorganizing the house. Working on the hall closet/pantry/storage area right now. I think I have found at least 5-10 years worth of light bulbs, foil paper, plastic wrap, swiffer pads, etc., plus a lot of expired food including stuff I would never have bought. Our garbage cans will be full again this week. My truck bed is loaded with stuff to take to the only Salvation Army drop off in the area tomorrow I hope. Slowly we are getting stuff out of the house to make room for stuff that is still in the middle of the floors after getting it out of the back apartment which is now rented.
Goal is a bag of stuff thrown in the garbage a day and a bag of stuff to give away each day. More than that won't fit in our garbage can each week or the back of my truck. I am only taking one trip to the drop off site a week as it is a bit of a drive until the local site reopens from Corona Virus shutdowns.
I will probably be away from my computer quite a bit until we figure out if we want to make an offer on the property. When I am online at home, I am occupied with cost calculations and logistical issues that must be solved before I can do me stuff.
Wow it all sounds so overwhelming! Wishing you all the best and fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly.5/12 steps 2717
Gotcha!
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lisasolo149 wrote: »My weigh-in for this week from yesterday is: 172.8. Though this morning I weighed in at just under 170 which makes me so happy - haven’t seen the 160s in over a year
Congratulations on reaching that milestone! I can not wait to get to the 160’s as well. I hit it last year and went back up again.
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charlottemilton wrote: »charlottemilton
I am overdue.
Sunday
PW 239.5
CW 236 (From last Sunday)
Just busy. Contemplating a major real estate purchase and trying to get our ducks in a row with money, equipment, supplies, etc. I have to get a budget together in the next week or so to determine if the numbers all line up before we make an offer. Part of the complexity is that the property is 3 hours away and without any cell or wifi signal. I have been pretty good with my food except yesterday when I downed a huge 8 oz chocolate bar from stressing. Regretted it afterward but the damage was done. Back to being good today. Weight-loss is a long term effort and I know all days will not be good but I am making progress. Sunday marked 30 lbs lost since February.
Slowly making progress on reorganizing the house. Working on the hall closet/pantry/storage area right now. I think I have found at least 5-10 years worth of light bulbs, foil paper, plastic wrap, swiffer pads, etc., plus a lot of expired food including stuff I would never have bought. Our garbage cans will be full again this week. My truck bed is loaded with stuff to take to the only Salvation Army drop off in the area tomorrow I hope. Slowly we are getting stuff out of the house to make room for stuff that is still in the middle of the floors after getting it out of the back apartment which is now rented.
Goal is a bag of stuff thrown in the garbage a day and a bag of stuff to give away each day. More than that won't fit in our garbage can each week or the back of my truck. I am only taking one trip to the drop off site a week as it is a bit of a drive until the local site reopens from Corona Virus shutdowns.
I will probably be away from my computer quite a bit until we figure out if we want to make an offer on the property. When I am online at home, I am occupied with cost calculations and logistical issues that must be solved before I can do me stuff.
Congrats on the amazing loss! Sounds like you are really busy. Make sure you take some time for yourself each day.2 -
Week 2 Weigh in
panda4153
CW - 173.4
PW - 171.4
Grrr - so frustrating, yesterday the scale said 170.8 so I know its probably just water weight, but of course it strikes on my weigh in day. Hopefully next week will be a bigger drop because of it. I know I have been eating under so there is no way its a true gain, but its definitely
dissatisfying to see it.
Awesome loss this week! Water weight is so frustrating but you should see it drop in the next few days.2 -
lisasolo149 wrote: »My weigh-in for this week from yesterday is: 172.8. Though this morning I weighed in at just under 170 which makes me so happy - haven’t seen the 160s in over a year
Way to go on your loss this week! It is always so nice to see a new decade!2 -
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@mellane30
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Wednesday’s weigh ins
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Steps for Tuesday, May 12: 11,2642
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Tuesday’s Check in
Calories: under
Exercise: 56 and 26 minute walks
Water: ✅
Steps 5/12 12,676
Yesterday I took 2 walks. My first got cut short at 4.42 km due to my package delivery. I decided to walk to giant tiger to get the bread we needed instead of driving. I had a lot of pain in the leg the second walk. From now on I will only walk once a day.
It’s sunny but cold here again today. In a month we will be dealing with humidity so this is great walking weather. After today we are going to get lots of rain so I will be doing some Leslie Sansone videos those days.
I am cooking salmon today. I never can decide how to cook it so I always go with the same recipe. I will spend some time on Pinterest again and hopefully come up with something different.
Today’s goals
1. Walk minimum 5km
2. strength video
3. Tai chi
4. Stay hydrated
5. Stay within calorie goal
6. Stay away from bread at night2 -
Good morning! Wednesday morning weigh-in...
Username: missgyst
Weigh-in Day: Wednesday
Weigh-in week: 2
Previous weight: 225.6
Current weight: 222.4
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Monday May 11 and Tuesday May 12 Check in
Mon Steps = 27,725
Tues Steps = 10,607
Water: Good Monday, horrible Tuesday
Calories: Under Monday, over Tuesday
I decided to challenge myself on Monday and see how many steps I could get in, my highest ever is 50,204 in a day so one day I hope to get back to that number. I also wasn't hungry at all on Monday, not sure if that was due to all the exercise or not, I ended up 2100 calories under my goal, so I didn't feel too bad about eating over yesterday, it wasn't planned and technically happened today at 3:45am but I decided to add it to yesterday so as to not sabotage today.
Wednesdays Goals
- 3L of water
- over 10,000 steps2 -
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destiny_sierra wrote: »Monday May 11 and Tuesday May 12 Check in
Mon Steps = 27,725
Tues Steps = 10,607
Water: Good Monday, horrible Tuesday
Calories: Under Monday, over Tuesday
I decided to challenge myself on Monday and see how many steps I could get in, my highest ever is 50,204 in a day so one day I hope to get back to that number. I also wasn't hungry at all on Monday, not sure if that was due to all the exercise or not, I ended up 2100 calories under my goal, so I didn't feel too bad about eating over yesterday, it wasn't planned and technically happened today at 3:45am but I decided to add it to yesterday so as to not sabotage today.
Wednesdays Goals
- 3L of water
- over 10,000 steps
That’s an amazing amount of steps. The most I ever had is just over 20,000 and it has been over a year since I did that. Congrats on challenging yourself.
I think it is fine that you added the calories to the previous day.2 -
Last week 298.6
This week 297.54 -
Good day team! It’s encouraging to see both the progress and struggles everyone has shared this week. Thanks!
My update is that I’ve recovered from the weekend indulgences and the weight is down a bit over the last few days. It was really encouraging to see a number below 310 this morning for the first time in a while. I’ve also been continuing with the planks although I decided today is a rest day because my back is a little sore and could probably benefit from a day off. I have been keeping up with my walking commitment. Today I’ve already hit 3 miles (4/5 for the week!) and I’m feeling good. Weigh in on Saturday for me! Looking forward to smashing it!3 -
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Steps 5/12: 22,509
Tuesday's goals--all good.
I just need to build some consistency.
Goals for today:
Log it all
Minimum 15,000 steps
Meditate
Stretch
Lay out clothes, water, music, etc. for an AM run and upper body strength session so I will have NO EXCUSES!
Happy Wednesday!3
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