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  • evangsimmons170
    evangsimmons170 Posts: 1,188 Member
    @evangsimmons170

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  • YinxFed
    YinxFed Posts: 1,094 Member
    jugar wrote: »
    We had a fantastic week, WaistAways!!! The results will be posted this afternoon, but
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    We're NUMBER ONE! We passed the Downsizers who have been #1 for quite a while :smiley:

    Wow - well done us! That's got to spur us all on for the coming week!
  • TeresaW1020
    TeresaW1020 Posts: 3,231 Member
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  • KellyBgetsfit
    KellyBgetsfit Posts: 1,713 Member
    Steps
    Mon 6886
    Tues 8654
    Wed 8086
    Thurs 9131
    Fri 5439
    Sat 15983

    Not my best week. Next week, I want to average 10,000 per day
  • CanadianGiraffe
    CanadianGiraffe Posts: 205 Member
    @YinxFed Congratulations on 21 years!
  • Terytha
    Terytha Posts: 2,097 Member
    I took some pills before bed and my back is perfect today. Gonna make a mini goal of stretching more this week so I don't re-pull it.

    I just got added to a local group called the Wine Ninjas. It's all women who ding dong ditch care packages full of alcohol and treats on each other's doorsteps. So sweet how people pull together during tough times. I might need to hit up the stores for some stuff. :)
  • deniners2
    deniners2 Posts: 968 Member
    PW: 149
    CW: 148

    My week: 1 free day. Gain weight. Spend all week losing a few pounds. Pull out a loss at the end. 😒 😂
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    What a day!
    This was our warmest day so far this spring, and it felt good to just spend the whole day outside. Of course, the insects are also happy it is so nice out, so there was a certain amount of swatting, itching, and cursing the black flies. Still, hanging out with the plants, the birds and frogs singing away, and all kinds of lovely outdoor tasks was wonderful.

    And we are so good! Of course, a lot of our success is because @unevano was ill last week and lost a lot of weight, but we'll thank him and take it! Let's hope that everyone continues to carefully balance and feel great about eating within the margins.

    Remaining weigh-ins for Sunday:
    @graceojo999
    @justinb_83
    @alexsandramorff

    Coming up for Monday:
    @reflectionofme
    @unevano
    @MoStacy
    @ells_runs

    Request! If anyone is getting close to goal, please let me know! How close are you?
  • EvMakesChanges
    EvMakesChanges Posts: 567 Member
    Happy Sunday evening, everyone!
    @jugar don't worry. I'm not close to goal weight by a mile or two. It seems like I'll be puddle-jumping to it by the time I"m fully retired. sigh. I'll be starting the "tiny steps" week tomorrow and the book should arrive soon.
    That'll help.
    My goal this week is to move more. I've got to get this fit-bit of Em's set up so I can keep it going when I'm not lugging my phone around.
    My meals tomorrow will be eaten off my very small plate so I can pay better attention to quantity.
    Onwards!
    xoxo
  • SMcFall0215
    SMcFall0215 Posts: 122 Member
    Wow we did great y’all!!!!! Congrats to everyone let’s keep up the great work. I have stayed at my calorie goal all weekend. So I’m pretty proud of that.. 17 days strong with no sweets ANDDDDDD I have officially finished half my miles for the month.. 30 more to go!! Here’s🍹🍻 to a great week everyone

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  • micki48
    micki48 Posts: 2,322 Member
    @matthewsfive Vera, I keep forgetting to mention this, but I LOVE your new profile photo. So beautiful. <3:)
  • CanadianGiraffe
    CanadianGiraffe Posts: 205 Member
    @micki48 You are both adorable!!
  • YinxFed
    YinxFed Posts: 1,094 Member
    @micki48 Wednesday's steps (13/5/2020): 3188

    Sorry I didn't send them in sooner.

    And yesterday (Sunday's) steps were 3544
  • jguldi11
    jguldi11 Posts: 201 Member
    Happy to see us in first place this week! Hopefully we can do it again soon without anyone being ill.

    @micki48 Steps for 5/17: 2,700

    My plans for yesterday's workout did not work out haha. Instead I again crashed on the couch. So sleepy during my luteal phase, and the rain doesn't help. Today I will start the day with a workout video, so it is done while I still have the energy for it.

    Let's all kick butt and have another great week!! 💪😉👍
  • Steph1498
    Steph1498 Posts: 307 Member
    My steps last week felt so off for me. This is without a tracker - just captured while intentionally walking with my phone or during a run with my phone. What a great case to use a tracker. I don't feel like I walked that much less than usual - but I didn't have the routine encouragement and I wasn't able to check in on whether I met my daily step goals.
    5/10: 5,710
    5/11: 1,476
    5/12: 22,236
    5/13: 5,709
    5/14: 442
    5/15: 4,445
    5/16: 11,756

    I did get a FitBit on last Friday and started using it this weekend. I'd love to connect with you all on challenges. Please add me to your groups my user name is Steph S. or if you send me your username I will add you to my friends there. Im still working to figure it out though!! :blush:
  • micki48
    micki48 Posts: 2,322 Member
    CanadianGiraffe wrote: »
    It's been a busy weekend. I have officially finished planting all my garden except transplanting 18 tomato plants. But that's tomorrow's project.
    Happy Victoria Day tomorrow to all the Canadian friends!

    Sounds wonderful! Just curious, how big is your garden/property? I'm still itching to get my tomato plants and a few others, but have ventured out with the virus out there.

    And thanks for the adorable compliment! :)
  • micki48
    micki48 Posts: 2,322 Member
    KellyBgetsfit wrote: »
    Happy Monday! I had a really good weekend. I ate well, worked out, cleaned house, did some work, and spent quality time with my kids. It was the most balanced weekend I've had in awhile. The scale is actually up MORE but I hope that is because I changed my workout routine. This is my last week of teaching. I have tons of paperwork to do. It doesnt have the typical magical last week of school. We don't even have a budget from the state for next year, so I don't know forsure what I am teaching (it's more likely one of my teammates will be asked to switch grades). Plus, we don't have a school calendar for next year so I don't know when I go back to work. In 14 years, this has never happened.

    What a fabulous weekend with your family. You have such a great attitude about the scale. It inspires me to not let it get to me. What a strange and oddly memorable last week of school. I remember the magic of it, the goodbyes, the sweet cards. Hugs to you on the uncertainty of your next school year. I know my colleagues are feeling it too. How will the school open? In person or continue with distance learning? What will you be teaching? Who will your partners be? When do you start and how much can you spend ordering materials? How weird and uncertain. My heart really does go out to all my teaching comrades. Hope you get some answers sooner rather than later...and a few sweet "I love you" cards!

    @Gidgitgoescrazy What a great plan you have for exercise and steps and for your camping trip. I think you are smart to go the weekend after Memorial Day. Are you interested in connecting with the rest of us on fitbit? If so, let us know. It may give you that extra motivation to get those 10K steps.

    Completed 17 minutes of pilates this morning. Boy, did I REALLY need that to wake up this stiff body. I feel so much better having done it. But, those side planks, particularly on my left side, still get me.

    Hope everyone has a productive on target day. I think I need to spend some time looking at my data to get my numbers to go down. <3
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    Happy Monday! And Happy Victoria Day to all the Canadians! We call it la Journée des Patriotes in Québec, of course. Heaven forfend a British Queen should have a day! It's just nice for people to have a day off if they are working, and it is traditionally the "get your garden in gear" weekend. I don't care what it is called :smiley:

    My son is finally getting so lonely he came up to visit last evening, and stayed to talk for a couple of hours! He lives alone, just goes to work and keeps away from everyone there, so even though he is quite the loner, he was desperate enough to come and spend some time with us. It was great.

    So in the holiday mood, that tea party dress on Michele @micki48 is the most beautiful ever! And you are making it look really great - the Pilates waistline is definitely happening o:)

    My tomato plants all got upgraded to much bigger pots yesterday, and they'll go out into the garden in another week or two, depending on the temps. They are looking very happy this morning, but taking up way too much room in my little solarium window. They'll start going outside in their pots every day to get used to wind and real sun now. Toughen them up!
    evelynladams527 wrote: »
    I'll be starting the "tiny steps" week tomorrow and the book should arrive soon. That'll help.
    My goal this week is to move more. I've got to get this fit-bit of Em's set up so I can keep it going when I'm not lugging my phone around.
    My meals tomorrow will be eaten off my very small plate so I can pay better attention to quantity.
    Onwards!
    You will love the Fitbit! And @Steph1498 too! We'll connect with you for sure. I was a complete tracker sceptic until I actually got one. I used the phone, thinking that was good enough, but got sick of having to carry it absolutely everywhere and tell it what I was doing. The fitbit pesters you to get in 250 steps every hour, which is surprisingly easy even if you wait until the 10 minute warning to do them. It is simple to use, and really makes it more fun than I thought. I'm a convert for sure! So, sister mine - get that thing set up and have fun! I'm glad you're doing the Tiny Habits thing too. The tinier and sillier your habits and celebrations are, the more they stick and then can grow into something bigger gradually. I have a completely ridiculous thing I do every single time I leave the bathroom, and it not only helps me keep working on pushups, it makes me laugh about it. Who'd ever think that pushups could be FUN!!!

    I advise caution about the small plate, though - be sure to also eat low density foods that can be served in bigger quantities. Large plates full of vegetables, really big salads (watch out on dressing, though!!) - I find the pleasure of chewing and eating a good quantity of food helps - but you have to make sure they are low density. Then the small helping of the main course, or whatever has more caloric density, feels like enough, where it might not if all you are getting is that small plate of food and nothing more. :heart:
    SMcFall0215 wrote: »
    Wow we did great y’all!!!!! Congrats to everyone let’s keep up the great work. I have stayed at my calorie goal all weekend. So I’m pretty proud of that.. 17 days strong with no sweets ANDDDDDD I have officially finished half my miles for the month.. 30 more to go!! Here’s🍹🍻 to a great week everyone
    17 days with no sweets and half the miles done - you are going to finish the month with a medal for sure!
    Gidgitgoescrazy wrote: »
    I did my 2 miles this morning, I came up with every excuse not to, but none of them worked, so I did them, they may not have been the best miles, but they are done...
    I love that attitude. They don't have to be good miles, but they have to be miles. And your excuses FAIL! The best kind of excuses - feeble and stupid - and YOU strong enough to knock them down and walk right over them.

    Have a moving day today!
  • Gidgitgoescrazy
    Gidgitgoescrazy Posts: 636 Member
    micki48 wrote: »

    @Gidgitgoescrazy What a great plan you have for exercise and steps and for your camping trip. I think you are smart to go the weekend after Memorial Day. Are you interested in connecting with the rest of us on fitbit? If so, let us know. It may give you that extra motivation to get those 10K steps.
    <3

    Absolutely, I'd love to connect on Fitbit, I just don't know how.... My Name on there is Vikki H.
  • eggfreak
    eggfreak Posts: 686 Member
    @micki48 gardening steps for yesterday 5/17, 25,612. Sure wish it was part of the 'workweek hustle'. It wasn't all in my garden but I got a lot done. It was a heavenly day and evening to be outside - some weeding and 3 rows of potatoes in. I'll hold off on the tomatoes - the nights are still cool and, having babied them along from seeds, I'd hate to stunt them with rushing it with cold weather - I also have to think harder about how to keep the deer from eating them - we are inundated with deer in this busy suburb.
    Love the photo of you and your granddaughter!
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  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    edited May 2020
    @eggfreak Sylvia, your garden is beautiful! The only way I can make mine deer and other critter proof is to make it ugly. We call it Sing Sing. The fence is high, and it goes into the ground below to discourage the burrowing critters. There are several strands of wire above the cyclone fence to discourage the critters who inspire the Nureyevs and Barishnikovs of the world. For a while, there was a motion detector attached to a truck horn to further discourage the criminal class among the leapers and crashers. And we still never grow anything that raccoons would like because they can get through all our defences! I love living in the woods, but we have to share with a lot of others. And what a step count!!! Yesterday you lapped me like an excited dog off leash on a long walk! I'll try to catch you today :smile:

    I felt good to do a Pilates session today, a good long walk, and then my physio exercises. The hematoma is still just as large as it has been, and may never completely go away ( :grimace: ) but we're working on draining what can be drained. Drainage is my new fave word. You'd laugh at my side planks on that side, Michele @micki48 - the left hip never touches the ground. Ever. And it is usually my good side! My husband and I have come to the conclusion that I no longer have any external pains in the a** in my life anymore, so I had to grow my own. There might be something to that...

    We are missing a lot of weigh-ins! I'll go back and make sure I didn't miss anything between pages or whatever - but if yours is due and not in yet, hop to it, ok?

    thanks!
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    CanadianGiraffe wrote: »
    It's been a busy weekend. I have officially finished planting all my garden except transplanting 18 tomato plants. But that's tomorrow's project.
    Happy Victoria Day tomorrow to all the Canadian friends!

    It cracks me up that you are so much more north than I am, but you can plant your tomatoes outside already! I don't dare for at least another week or 2...
  • micki48
    micki48 Posts: 2,322 Member
    Gidgitgoescrazy wrote: »
    micki48 wrote: »

    @Gidgitgoescrazy What a great plan you have for exercise and steps and for your camping trip. I think you are smart to go the weekend after Memorial Day. Are you interested in connecting with the rest of us on fitbit? If so, let us know. It may give you that extra motivation to get those 10K steps.
    <3

    Absolutely, I'd love to connect on Fitbit, I just don't know how.... My Name on there is Vikki H.

    I sent you a request (I think). It always tells me no user found but then it finds them, so hopefully you’ll get a request from Michele L.
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