MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLES Team Chat - MAY 2020
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Check-In
MONDAY 🙂🟢
Exercise fun: Leslie Sansone 10 Minute Cardio Blast walk; Leslie Sansone channel 10 Minute Walk Blasting Workout (with Nick & Rocky) ; Jenny Ford March Across America Program-Arizona ; Sydney Cummings Foam Roller Stretching; plus a bit of martial artsCalories: 🟢 all good, on-plan choices; everything weighed/measured and tracked
Water: 🟢
Exercise 🟢
Monday Goals 🟢
- Cardio platform workout ✔️
- 10K steps ✔️
- Yoga or stretching - 10+ min ✔️
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!) ✔️
- Meal prep (lots of veggies and fruits to wash) ✔️
- Work my 5 Tiny Habits ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
TUESDAY Goals
- Cardio platform workout - 45+ min ⚪
- Yoga or stretching - 15+ min ⚪
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!) ⚪
- Work my 5 Tiny Habits (tracking in May Habit Tracker) ✔️✔️⚪⚪⚪
- Declutter one kitchen cabinet ✔️
- Declutter one shelf in office ⚪
- Scouts project - start work on each of 6 items (open the email from my task list links) and CELEBRATE each time I open an email⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪0 -
@gberin - Woohoo to having your dad join us! 🎉🎉🎉
@berinstein1667 -- you are most welcome to be part of this conversation now, if you are interested! No pressure, but know that you are welcome! 😊
@Cornanda - I think you are 💡 so brilliant to just notice that thought -- "I'm being such a good girl, why am I not losing?" I know it's a thought I have had many, many times. It's so very great to notice that "idea of good" does not necessarily lead to the desired results. Darn it! The power of actually tracking, hainvg that reality check, is just so amazing.@TeresaW1020 I think that much cleaning in one day IS a work out! Enjoy your new grill. There's lots of yummy stuff you can make on it. Here is a WW marinade- soy sauce- enough to decently cover the meat, a couple of generous squirts of honey, a 2 heaping tsp of chopped garlic from a jar. This is good on chicken and pork and keeps the meet very juicy. We like to do chicken breast and then slice up a pineapple and grill the slices- so good with the chicken. (disclaimer- lately I have cut back on my sodium, and now I find this a bit too salty. However if you are eating normal American sodium levels, it should be OK for you.)I got back on the habit tracker sheet this month and let me tell you it's humbling. I say to myself "I'm being such a good girl, why am I not losing?" This sheet only tracks 5 habits and I'm not keeping up. There are certainly many more than 5 habits needed to lose weight. I'm not beating myself up though, I'm going to learn from this.......
@trooworld So glad your fridge is clean! I'm jealous of your spare room cleaning. I've been meaning to start on my garage, but so far have only looked in one box and gave up.
🤔 One thing I would add -- tracking food and tracking habits and then going back to look over the data (what's working? what's not working?) -- that has been the keys to the kingdom for me. For me, at some point in the process of tracking, I made my peace with the fact that I did not know for sure what would work for me and my body, and that it might not be what works for some other people. (For example, if I ate the foods my husband and son eat, I would go back to feeling bad and gaining weight. "No fair!") Tracking data and analyzing and then making small changes -- acting like it was all an experiment -- has had me figure out things that work for me (my body, personality, genetics, biome, etc.).
🎉TL;DR Go, Cornanda, go! I have no idea what your exact recipe for success will be, but I do think that with the persistence and attention you are bringing to this, you will get there!
Another thought (I am full of those today! what's up with that?), habits add up. 💹 Once something gets to where you feel like it's really solid, you can add on. So even if you aren't seeing the payoff on the scale right now, you may be laying great foundations! When I started all of this and had 100+ pounds to lose, I worked at changing behaviors and making healthier choices for a couple of months before the scale number started changing. 👍 Anyway -- keep on doing!👍
@trooworld - 😮 Good heavens! What an amazing day! What a lot of energy you had! I am envious of all that cleaning!
Sorry about the bad sweet potato recipe! I love sweet potatoes, and find it is almost always a mistake to sweeten them at all. The only time I add sweetness to sweet potatoes is when making sweet potato souffle at Thanksgiving, and that's a dessert that I make for other people to eat! (Not my thing, but beloved by some family members!)
👐 As to Mother's Day -- hugs. I am sorry it is a tough day for you, and glad you got through it.
@Jactop - Woohoo! ⭐ Another week in Onderland! Great job maintaining! A week of weight at level when you work in a chocolate shop is IMPRESSIVE! 👍
@TeresaW1020 - All of that cleaning definitely counted as a workout! Hurray for staying in motion!
The new grill sounds exciting! I can get that burgers and beer may not work as a regular way to enjoy your grill, but there are a bunch of less indulgent things you can do with a grill! (We don't have a grill, but I love to look at recipes of all kinds!)
👐 Also -- big hugs to you for getting through Mother's Day.
💡I loved your post about time being nonrefundable -- so inspiring. Thank you, Captain, our Captain! ❤️
@Bethanie0825 - Yay to having you chat more! And nothing's wrong, but it's always nice to hear from you!
And thanks for the reminder about the Step Challenge. I need to post the final info for last week. Coming soon! (It was on my calendar for today!)
@KatMary71 - You know what? If you can hit those amazing step numbers by doing chair workouts, I myself am all for it!
And I think your Tiny Habit of squatting while feeding the feral cats is awesome several different ways! ❤️ I am now imaging you with a crowd of happy but scaredy cats, waiting for food! 😺
Your note about DQ Blizzards made me smile. That used to be a cheat thing for me, as I could sneak one in and not have to tell anyone.
I know I have said this before, but I find your check-in posts so inspiring. Thank you! ❤️
☕ Your description of your tea made me want some. I just stopped to go brew a cup of Egyptian Licorice tea, my current fave. I was just yesterday browsing on the Celestial Seasonings website, to see if I could order a nice big variety pack with some of the flavors I cannot find. No, not yet. *sigh*
@raleighgirl09 - Happy 11th Anniversary! Woohoo! That's great! We are always glad to hear from you, AND we completely understand that spending time with your husband on your anniversary might just possibly (hopefully!) be a higher priority!
@its_cleo - Yay to the new bike being on the way! And to your apartment having a place you can store it! And to a picture of your shiny new toy when it arrives!
👐 Hugs as to the wrist arthritis.
@wishusdonna - 🎉 Yay! Nice to see your check-in! Sorry that technology has been uncooperative.
@Kelly2013 - This group is like that old TV show Cheers -- we are here and happy to see you whern you join us. We are about support, not judgement. So, please NO worries about the vent. Pull up a seat when you have time, catch up and feel free to vent more as needed. Hang in there, keep working the problem, and you can reach those goals! 😊1 -
Congratulations to all our Slimpossibles Step Challengers!
Tuesday is the day when we finalize our Step Challenge for the previous week. Mondays are a grace period each week, so that anyone who has not synced up with whatever app they use to track steps, has time to do so, to get credit for all their steps on Sunday.
Our high steppers for last week:
1 - @Cornanda with 92,103 steps
2 - @raleighgirl09 with 85,929 steps
3 - @gwamajtw91 with 78,683 steps
4 - @Jactop with 73,200 steps
Together we logged 635,348 steps last week. That's about 300 miles logged doing walks, runs, walking and marching videos on YouTube (Jenny Ford! Leslie Sansone!), socially distant walks outside, walks around the house, and more! Go, SlimSteppers, go!🤩
CHECK IN ON LEAGUE STANDINGS at any time here: https://www.fitrockr.com/#!/challenge/5eba81b1272b550001ef4f79
JOIN THE STEP CHALLENGE AT ANY TIME! Didn't join at the start of the week/month, but think a step challenge would be fun and/or help you stay in motion? (It's doing that for me!) Go ahead and jump in now!
1. Set up an account on FitRockr.com
2. Then click this link to join the challenge: https://www.fitrockr.com:443/#!/join/league/5e42db924dbe5b0001973d73/c81a3fad-1c5a-450d-aef7-6dc1a64a3e7d
3. Ping me if you have any problems getting set up. People occasionally hit a road bump getting syncing to go smoothly, but so far everyone seems to have worked it out (FitRockr is free and has a surprisingly helpful support team).
Happy and healthy stepping to everyone!2 -
Happy anniversary @raleighgirl_09!
@katmary71- ice cream and a bike ride! That sounds super fun, I wish we could do that. I’m sure you could keep up with me. I haven’t been on a bike in ten years, so I will be slow to start.
Thanks @cornanda.
@TeresaW1020 I’ve been thinking getting a grill or something too. I love burgers.
@gberin that is great about your dad joining! My dad is overweight, but he’s not very good with computers. He can do email, I think that’s about it lol. My step-mother is much better at it. Congrats on the dog!
My wrist is doing better. I was doing some things that I know hurt so I just had to cool it. It is still sore today but not as bad. I was only diagnosed in Feb so it’s still kind of new. I feel like I have to tell people- I’m only 43! Arthritis feels like such an old thing to have. Ironically it’s osteoarthritis and I probably got it from too many planks and stuff in the gym over time.
Checkin
-Cals on track today- YAY
-Exercise- did a walk and 50 mins of strength training. Just a mix of stuff, I felt good after. I don’t see trainer until Friday.
Tiny Habits- I may have to rethink this. But I did 2/3, both mobility moves. My neck and shoulders have been very tight so I did my usual shoulder rotation type work and also got a lacrosse ball and did along the upper back of my shoulders. This is same concept as foam roller, but lacrosse ball is better for some spots.
We still have frost warnings here, the weather’s been a bit crazy but I’m hoping it will get nicer.
Tomorrow I will try to fit in some core, depends on how the work day goes.
Take care all and hi to everyone checking in!
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AustinRuadhain wrote: »Check-In
MONDAY 🙂🟢
Exercise fun: Leslie Sansone 10 Minute Cardio Blast walk; Leslie Sansone channel 10 Minute Walk Blasting Workout (with Nick & Rocky) ; Jenny Ford March Across America Program-Arizona ; Sydney Cummings Foam Roller Stretching; plus a bit of martial artsCalories: 🟢 all good, on-plan choices; everything weighed/measured and tracked
Water: 🟢
Exercise 🟢
Monday Goals 🟢
- Cardio platform workout ✔️
- 10K steps ✔️
- Yoga or stretching - 10+ min ✔️
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!) ✔️
- Meal prep (lots of veggies and fruits to wash) ✔️
- Work my 5 Tiny Habits ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
TUESDAY Goals
- Cardio platform workout - 45+ min ⚪
- Yoga or stretching - 15+ min ⚪
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!) ⚪
- Work my 5 Tiny Habits (tracking in May Habit Tracker) ✔️✔️⚪⚪⚪
- Declutter one kitchen cabinet ✔️
- Declutter one shelf in office ⚪
- Scouts project - start work on each of 6 items (open the email from my task list links) and CELEBRATE each time I open an email⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Whoa whoa whoa, I didn't know you had a foam roller, awesome! I learned a lot from Sidney Cummings foam roll video, I like her different videos but her stretches and foam rolling are my favs. Do a Rocky video for me, she's my fav out of the gang! Her Island Dance one is different.1 -
@trooworld way to go on the fridge and workout! Sounds like we both had bad luck with recipes yesterday, how did today go?
@its_cleo so glad your wrist is doing better!
Tues check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- seated arm cardio and seated boxing, abs, yoga, gardening, foam rolling
Habits
30 minutes cardio- done
Weights- arms done
Yoga/stretching and core- done
Recipe- only new thing was egg salad but I stayed from recipe.
10,000 steps- done
Tiny habits
1. Squatting when feeding feral cats- done
2. Career coach emails- done
3. Deep breathing after foam rolling- done
I'm looking into a low FODMAP elimination diet more seriously since cutting foods out separately isn't helping my bloating and I've been bloated since I changed my diet. My insurance is awful or I'd do it medically. It's pretty depressing, the only low FODMAP thing i seem to eat is lean meat and that's a small amount of my diet. It's going to take some planning and I have food to get through first like Costco garlic, fruit, and vegetables but I'm tired of looking 6 months pregnant.
On a good note I didn't flare my legs up today so pain-wise I'm doing better. I finished my workout, did some stuff in the yard like harvesting and dehydrating lavender flowers and rosemary, then came in and have been resting my legs. Tomorrow I'm going to try and squeeze my workout in before my dentist appointment in the city.0 -
@Cornanda Me too, it was anxiety-provoking to open the fridge and have containers fly out! lol re: the spare room...that's been bugging me since we bought the place last May. We moved in and just sort of shoved everything extra into that room and closed the door and said, "Don't look in there"! lol My original goal was to make it a combo yoga studio/meditation room and while I don't think it will ever have the room to be that, I do think it can be a place that can be less chaotic. Maybe you could make a tiny habit around your garage?
@AustinRuadhain I don't often have that kind of energy, so I will take advantage of it while I have it! lol Oh the thing about the sweet potato recipe is that it didn't add sweetness: it had curry powder and some other spices, sauteed onions and red peppers, and about 3 Tbsp of coconut milk (that's the only sweetness). I think baking them in the oven intensified their sweetness. Plus, it was all the same texture besides some cashews for crunch. I like cut up roasted sweet potatoes much better!
@Katmary71 Well, last night was kind of another dud: I made these Grilled Pear and Halloumi Skewers with Chili Sauce which sound amazing, right? The problem was that the halloumi kept crumbling off the skewers.
It TASTED good but was a hassle. I wouldn't make it again as written. But I would totally grill halloumi again, just not on skewers. How did yours go?
Hello all! It's day 3 of adventures of the Black Hole and I think I'll continue today. I'm making progress. Somewhere in there are 2 hammers and a mallet I need to find. lol I don't want to re-buy another item (we've rebought so many things because we haven't been able to find them in the room).
Tiny habits checkin:
1 minute of exercise: Yes
Focus for 5 minutes on Photoshop tutorials: No
I will track my food for the day: Yes
I will work in the spare room for 5 minutes: Yes
Tuesday
Calories: over/under: over
Water: over/under under
Exercise: worked on spare room
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: Work on spare room, 52+ oz of water.0 -
Check-In
TUESDAY 🟢/🟡
Exercise fun:
- Jenny Ford Step Video - 48 Minute Sweaty Cardio
- Jenny Ford Walk/March Video - Chicago Marching Quick Walk at Home
- AskDrJo Shoulder StretchesCalories: 🟢 all good, on-plan choices; everything weighed/measured and tracked
Water: 🟢
Exercise 🟢
Tuesday Goals 🟡
- Cardio platform workout - 45+ min ✔️
- Yoga or stretching - 10+ min ✔️
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!) ✔️
- Work my 5 Tiny Habits (tracking in May Habit Tracker) ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
- Declutter one kitchen cabinet ✔️
- Declutter one shelf in office ❌
- Scouts project - start work on each of 6 items (open the email from my task list links) and CELEBRATE each time I open an email❌❌❌❌❌❌ Okay, I made this waaaaay too big, and then got stopped.
WEDNESDAY Goals
- Cardio platform workout - 45+ min ⚪
- Yoga or stretching - 10+ min ⚪
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!) ⚪
- Work my 5 Tiny Habits (tracking in May Habit Tracker) ✔️✔️⚪⚪⚪
- Declutter one kitchen cabinet ⚪
- Declutter one shelf in office ⚪
- Scouts project - Open ONE email from my task list links, and then CELEBRATE ⚪0 -
Username: leonadixon
Weigh in day: Wednesday
PW (4/129): 202.6
Check in weight (5/6): 202.6
Check in weight (5/13):202.4
Check in weight (5/20):
Check in weight (5/27):
I am freaking out over this weight gain. I KNOW it's all me, in my control, yet I feel out of control! Out of myself. I want everything and just go ahead with what I feel like. It is discouraging. Yes, I know...plan and follow through. But I am not finding IT. That desire to keep trying. I am trying...I think about it all day every day, and still make poor choices. Help?!3 -
Hey @leonadixon -
Deep breath! If I am following -- you are up a little over 3 pounds since start of April (you had a couple of up weeks), and actually DOWN a bit over the last week. So maybe start by patting yourself on the back for having called a halt to the gain an actually having lost a little this week! Seriously! Celebrate that 0.2 drop!!
Perspective: I get the worry about being up some since start of April. For me, up 3 pounds and change over a month actually would reflect work. Totally out of control, I could gain waaaaay more than 3 pounds in a month. You, too, maybe? So maybe celebrate that you haven't taken an anything-goes approach! You say you feel out of control, but the data suggests you are actuallyu exercising considerable control.
As far as the desire to keep trying -- I so get that. I have several projects where I have been stopped, and what I am doing is as follows (maybe some of this will be helpful?):
- Make a SUPER TEENY TINY goal for the day. So small that it looks like not even a drop in the bucket, but super easy to do.
- Immediately CELEBRATE. Not a reward, but a celebration in the moment. (Someting that makes me feel shiny inside right now. Think: what would you do if you just found out you won the lottery?)
- Declare VICTORY for the day if I get that Tiny Thing done!
So for my Scouts project (which I have been thinking about and suffering about but not in action on), my goal for today is to OPEN one of the stack of emails that reflects a To Do. As soon as I do that, I am going to CELEBRATE (one of my super silly celebrations - jump up and down and say "WooHoo!") and then I am DECLARING VICTORY FOR THE DAY. (I will make a note about how this went on my check-in for today!)
Another example of this, is that back when I started on my weight loss journey, I put off eating sweets until the afternoon. Not eating a Reese's or a sweet roll mid-morning made the day a victory. Later in the day - totally an option. But skipping that mid-morning walk to the bodega (where I would buy a cinnamon roll or a Reese's) made the day a victory.
One more thing to check on -- are you logging your food? If you are, maybe start reviewing data and looking at how you feel and what results you get, to see if you can see anything in the realm of food that you want to adjust?
Oooh, another question -- are there any adjustments you can make to your food environment to make it easier to make the choices you want, day to day? Like trigger-y snacks you want to leave at the store or something?
Other Slimpossiblers -- what are your ideas for Leona?1 -
@Katmary71 - YES! I do now have a foam roller. It's an outcome of quarantine housecleaning. My husband bought a small one ages ago, quit using it after he quit having the problem he was working on, and it was knocking around our house. I had not even registered what it was, until you inspired me with to find Sydney Cummings. I tried one of her stretching sessions, saw a foam rolling workout in the suggestions, and realized what the blue foam thing-y of my husband's was. It's pretty basic (short, no core), but it certainly feels helpful.
My guy had also picked up a gadget called a Trigger Point GRID STK, which is very hard and bumpy in contrast to the foam roller. I am trying that out, too.
And all this inspired me to pull the Trigger Point Therapy Workbook off my bookshelf, so I am going to fool around with that, too.
@trooworld - Coconut milk does not seem super sweet on its own, but it feels like it could really accentuate the sweetness in a sweet potato. I love cutting up sweet potatoes and steaming them in foil packets -- easy, but won;t give you the crunch I thin you like from roasting.
Oh, and you and @Katmary71 are impressing me with your halloumi adventures!
I love your phrase The Black Hole!
My Black Hole is my office. I am going to do a bit on it today. I am still on a high from having gotten a kitchen cabinet decluttered and cleaned yesterday. How can we have owned so many pot pan lids for which we no longer had matching pots? One of life's little mysteries, but I sent them away in today's trash pickup. Very exciting! Not sure what I will find in the corners of my office, but looking forward to the Adventure today!0 -
@leonadixon, I totally understand and am right there with you. I start out great in the morning and then stumbled by the afternoon. I just ate too much dinner and am overly stuffed. Why oh why!!! Then I come on here and I read all that @AustinRuadhain has to say to you and I feel like she is talking to me too. I have said on another post that I’m not making my habits tiny enough. Maybe that is something you need to work on too. We got this! We just NEVER give up!!
@trooworld, I’m already imagining the post you share when the Black Hole has turned into the bright star of organizing. Keep on keeping on!!!
@Katmary71, I just looked up the FODMAP diet. Very interesting and something I might need to look into as well. I certainly eat a lot of foods that are the don’t eat list! I bought a foam roller but it’s too short so I don’t get much out of it when I have bothered to use it. Might need to look up Sidney Cummings.
@its_cleo, you should get a grill. Hubby wasn’t sure about the tabletop grill but announced tonight that he loves it. We had hotdogs, which is something we never have! On Friday we are going to make grilled pork chops.
Hey everyone! So my new Booty Kicker arrived today and DH put it together for me. I am excited to give it a try tomorrow after work. Today I did Barre Blend Booty and that really hard pretzel move was still really hard. My butt hurts tonight so I must have done it right.
I ate too much for dinner tonight and I’m mad at myself for that. I’m going to switch up my Tiny Habits to be even tinier but need to think about it some more. Tomorrow I have a staff meeting and not sure how long that will take. This stupid virus is seriously annoying me! I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one that feels that way. 
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@leonadixon you mentioned making poor choices…do you know why? Like what is motivating you when you do that? Sometimes when I look at why and do some work on it, that helps. Sometimes it doesn’t lol. If it is rebellious, then in the past I have just taken a break or eased up in the goals. If it is emotional or something else then I would find another approach. If it’s your motivation maybe you just need a mental break from it.
Also incremental change is good, so I echo what @AustinRuadhain said.
Yeah @trooworld I love that Adventures in the Black Hole. I would watch that movie. I feel like it would have 3 kids/adventurers…
@TeresaW1020 yeah a tabletop grill is exactly what I was thinking. Last summer I was going to start researching kinds and never got around to it. May try again this summer. ...I hear you re virus. Most places are shut here. I miss going out for breakfast. I miss going to a coffeeshop and getting a nice muffin. i miss going to the dentist. I miss going out to a pub with my friends. I understand the reasons why (here in Ontario), I totally get it, and I agree with it, but it is hard.
@katmary71 do you have a doc or anyone advising you about when you can do and not overdoing it with your legs? I know you’re working hard to take care I just wondered.
Checkin
Cals on track yesterday and today maybe
Ex- I didn’t get any exercise done today. I worked a bit, and had errands to run so I didn’t get to it. I will be trying tomorrow.
Tiny Habits- I did 1/3 so far. That is the taking a few minutes to sit peacefully. I intend to do some mobility work for my back before bed.
Calories are better this week overall but I feel like I’m treading water exercise wise. I do some, but about half of what I want to/wish to do.
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My foam roller is super old- school, it's literally a long piece of white rolled foam. The newer, shorter pressure point ones look awesome!
@TeresaW1020 check out Sidney Cummings stretches, they're really good! She puts out videos every day, aside of always saying, "What's Up Guys" every time she's one of the few I can listen to repeatedly without getting annoyed.
@trooworld your food sounds delicious! No recipe today, I was on the phone during dinner and felt bad interrupting, he talked so much I made and ate dinner and had dessert and he had no clue until I told him.
@its_cleo it's taking about 5 weeks to see my doctor, I figure it'll be better by then, at least I hope so!0 -
Wednesday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- arm cardio chair videos, chair boxing videos, yoga
Habits
All done but arm weights, ran out of time and will take today as my weight rest day off
Tiny Habits
Deep breathing- didn't foam roll but did it during dentist appointment to stay calm when it hurt as I didn't want shots.
Squatting when feeding cats with disco hand- done
Click on career coach email- did, internet was down for an hour so I didn't do anything past that but familiarized myself with what all the email links were for tomorrow.
I don't know why because I've probably only had fast food twice in the last year-and-a-half and it's because of road trips but I always perk up when I see them even though I don't stop at them, I don't even like hamburgers (like chicken though) so they really AREN'T tempting. Stopped for a Diet Pepsi at 7 11 and was even eyeing the gross-looking pizza in the display and doughnuts. That double Big Gulp did it's job, not healthy but at least no calories. Tomorrow's my SIL's birthday and we're going to celebrate by spreading out in the backyard and getting one of her favorite (my fav Chinese food) meals so I may stay under unless there's cake, then all bets are off. I don't want to go to the store more than I have to but also don't want to show up without a card, plus I'm bringing a gift I ordered for my nephew's birthday without a card.
I think I'm disconnected from Fitrockr, I got a notification and have been off the last week, I tried reconnecting yesterday and it didn't work, just reconnected three times and it's not showing any steps. No wonder I'm in last place!0 -
raleighgirl09
Week 2 weigh in (14May2020)
Previous weight: 182.7
Current weight: 182.4
Good morning, all! Trending in the right direction which I'm pretty thrilled about! I've been getting all of my steps, planning and logging my food (paper, not MFP logging), all water and sleep and about half of the time not night eating. The night eating has been trending down in volume when it has happened - last night I had 2 small spoons of peanut butter. I never NEVER had this issue with the peanut butter jar and now it is so a trigger. Hubs and I have agreed (because he's doing it, too) that we are not buying anymore for a while. We finished 2 large jars in a month's time....unbelievable. I know the issue is not peanut butter - it's a habit and an action that can be transferred to any type of food. Just wish I was having this issue with cucumbers, instead. Maybe that will be the progress, eventually...? =>
Thanks for all of the anniversary congrats, guys! Me and the Franklin are some happy campers! Not without some aggravations and woes but we work to forgive each other when that happens and that makes all the difference.
@leonadixon I am right there with you...have been successful and now in a setback that has been difficult to dig out of. We can do this by doing something to the good every time we can and think of it - the next meal, the next bite, the next day....whatever it is. As others also said - the key is in not giving up. Celebrate any and every win - learn from every mistake and don't beat yourself down.
@Cornanda congrats on the stepping, great job! And I love the forward progress for not beating ourselves up...so important!
@trooworld haha, the black hole - I have it over here, too! That's one of the main reasons I want to sell this house next year - if I lose something, I want there to be fewer options on where it might be!!! =>
@Katmary71 I was thinking it was just me with this odd reaction to fast food or foods I actually am not tempted to eat! I think it's a reaction to being cooped up - I don't even really want those things but I find myself perking up to look twice, too!
@TeresaW1020 have fun with the Booty Kicker! You'll wrestle that tiny habit to the ground, I have faith in you!3 -
@leonadixon Whenever I find myself slipping into the oblivion, I put the breaks on it by doing what Austin is saying: making small goals for myself. If I'm not tracking, I start there. I make pretracking goals. I also surrrrrrrround myself with health-related information: I read up on weight loss on the internet on different reliable sources. I may search for healthy recipes and save some. I focus on the idea of health. I also try to get more liquids in because that seems to help me not eat as much junk. I hope this helps you.
@AustinRuadhain Yeah, I think it was just too much, the coconut milk and roasting the potato. Halloumi ! Congrats on decluttering your kitchen cabinet and cleaning it! You remind me that I need to do that with our plastic containers...I hate that I have so many that don't match and then they all fall out of the cupboard when I open it. Today's the day! I am inspired by your efforts!
@TeresaW1020 Today is the day! It's DONE! Well, except for a few finishing touches. I'm so proud of it. You are not alone in being annoyed by the virus. I'm super annoyed, too. I feel like a prisoner stuck in the house.
@its_cleo LOL I would watch that movie, too. Sounds like a good movie. I can see the kids from the Goonies in it! lol
@Katmary71 Thanks! Just don't try to put halloumi on a skewer, it doesn't work as good as you'd think!
@raleighgirl09 Congrats on the loss! Yeah, when we moved in last May, we just shoved everything in that room and said we'd deal with it later. I think if I had never been furloughed, later would have never came! I hope you get to your black hole. You never know what you'll find!
I finished the spare room and it is such a big improvement! It went from having a small walkway path (kind of like the Hoarders show) to being totally open to being able to walk in. My husband is planning on working out in there now. I just need to sew some curtains to cover the shelving units because I don't like how they look. I found the mallet but I never did find the 2 hammers lol. So, it looks like I will be re-buying a hammer.
Tiny habits checkin:
1 minute of exercise: Yes
Focus for 5 minutes on Photoshop tutorials: No
I will track my food for the day: Yes
I will work in the spare room for 5 minutes: Yes
Wednesday
Calories: over/under: over
Water: over/under under
Exercise: worked on spare room
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: YouTube video, 52+ oz of water.1 -
@raleighgirl09 Congratulations on trending the right way! Peanut butter has been an issue for me in the past too. Don't wish for that issue with cucumbers, I've eaten my share of veggies with salsa to fill the "hole' and you end up so stuffed, at least peanut butter doesn't take up much room in the stomach! Done the same with butternut squash, apples, and frozen berries, I don't keep most bingey foods in the house so when the emotional demon comes out there's always something to fill the void even if it's lower calorie. I don't know if this is the case for you but it's worse if my blood sugar is near hypoglycemic, I could eat the whole produce department when it's real low.
@trooworld I've never even tried Halloumi, it sounds like I'd love it so once I get through some of the cheese I have I'll try it out! I keep seeing it in recipes. I'd stopped eating cheese but recently upped my calories and added it back in, a little goes a long way.
I have one of those dark pit rooms, it's my closet! The ceiling light bulb is stupidly at the furthest part of the ceiling and I have nerve damage in my feet so I can't stand on ladders, the light bulb went out a few years ago and I can barely see, I was keeping my main clothes on the dresser or chair and am slowly working on getting it clean enough for someone to come over and replace the bulb for me but I hate trying to clean with a light at the front while I sit in a pile of crap, it's awful! That's where I try to focus on one box or shelf at a time, I literally have boxes and shelves of books, there's probably over 10,000 and I'm down to my favorite books. Everything else I've put a dent in. My decluttering is on hold as I have a bunch of boxes to be donated different places but everywhere's closed, don't want the garage to end up like the closet was!0 -
@Katmary71 made a comment here that I love. This strategy works so well for me, too!I don't keep most bingey foods in the house
Oh, and you just made me laugh pointing out that Sydney Cummings says "What's up, guys?" at the start of each video. I do tend to start ten seconds in or zone out for that little moment!
Sydney's stretching sessions really are very good, @TeresaW1020 ! Katmary got me started on them, and I now love them and got my husband to try them!
As to FitRockr - I will ping them and ask if they can help you. Maybe there's a glitch at their end?
@trooworld - Yes to all of this! I had not thought to mention the soaking-myself-in-reliable-health-info, but I do that, too!
Congratulations on all; your work on your spare room! And finding that mallet -- woohoo!Whenever I find myself slipping into the oblivion, I put the breaks on it by doing what Austin is saying: making small goals for myself. If I'm not tracking, I start there. I make pretracking goals. I also surrrrrrrround myself with health-related information: I read up on weight loss on the internet on different reliable sources. I may search for healthy recipes and save some. I focus on the idea of health. I also try to get more liquids in because that seems to help me not eat as much junk. I hope this helps you.
Oh, and I was just laughing with a friend last night about the puzzle of plasticware containers! One of my little projects a while back was pulling all the plasticwareout, matching things with their lids, and then discarding items that no longer had lids. Suddenly I had more room, and it was easier to set things up so that I did not have a little trap with things poised to fall when I went looking for something in that cupboard.
@raleighgirl09 - WOOHOO! Congratulations on trending in the direction you want to go!
I have to be careful with peanut butter, too. One thing that helps me (you may already do this) is to buy the super-plain peanut butter that contains no sugar/dextrose. For me, that added sweetness with the peanut butter (it's sweet, salt & fat altogether -- bliss point!) is a trigger.
(After giving it up for a long time, I am back to enjoying it, but only the unsweetened version, not every day, and in very small servings, planned and weighed. But there are some trigger-y foods I just can't do.)
Oh THANK you for sharing your happiness with Franklin! Sometimes I think that there are not enough stories floating around of happy marriages.
@its_cleo -- Keep being kind to yourself! "Calories better this week" is huge and worth a celebration. In my experience, getting food right is a great place to start. ("You can't outrun your fork!") So from here it looks like your having food go right is a super smart place to be concentrating!
@TeresaW1020 - So glad you liked that comment I made about working on making habits tinier. Just to be super clear, I was also talking to me!
I did hit my Teeny Tiny Goals for the office de-clutter and Scouts projects yesterday. I then had to give up making myself wrong for not getting everything done that I want to/wish to do (thinking of you, @its_cleo !). So today's a new day and I am out to do those Teeny Tiny Goals again.
Oh, and HURRAY YOU for having a great morning yesterday! Are afternoons a time when you stumble food-wise regularly? If so, would pre-planning a healthy afternoon snack help? Or an afternoon walk around the block, to reset the brain? I am sure you will think of something!0 -
Weekly check-in: Thursday
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PW: 166.8
CW: 165.3
Heading back in the right direction this week (phew)!!4 -
Daily check in
Cals- on track, slightly over yesterday but I think I made up for it today.
Ex- no, didnt get done what I wanted to. Just felt tired.
Daily habits- no I havent been doing this.
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Check-In
WEDNESDAY 🟢/🟡
Exercise fun: Date walk with husband (50 min); trigger points & stretching session (15 min)Calories: 🟢 all good, on-plan choices; everything weighed/measured and tracked
Water: 🟢
Exercise 🟢
Wednesday Goals 🟡
- Cardio platform workout - 45+ min / changed to date walk, but made sure to go over 45 min, so giving myself a pass for this 🟡/🟢
- Yoga or stretching - 10+ min ✔️
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!) ✔️
- Work my 5 Tiny Habits (tracking in May Habit Tracker) ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
- Declutter one kitchen cabinet ⚪
- Declutter one shelf in office ❌ Nope. One shelf may have just been too big. I did part of one. actually happy with progress! 🟡/🟢
- Scouts project - Open ONE email from my task list links, and then CELEBRATE ✔️
THURSDAY Goals
- Cardio platform workout - 45+ min ⚪
- Yoga or stretching - 10+ min ✔️
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!) ⚪
- Work my 5 Tiny Habits (tracking in May Habit Tracker) ✔️✔️✔️⚪⚪
- Scouts project - Open ONE email from my task list links, and then CELEBRATE ⚪
- Declutter something in the kitchen and then CELEBRATE ⚪ Scaling this back for today; I want to do more but maybe need to build up some momentum.
- Declutter something in the office and then CELEBRATE ⚪ Scaling this back for today; I want to do more but need to build up some momentum.1 -
Hey Team! Today was a long one. We had staff meeting at right now we think we will be opening up the church on June 28th. After our meeting, we went over and worked in the sanctuary and taped off pews to direct people on where they can sit so that we can do our best to maintain the six feet distance from each other. We also packed up all the Bibles and hymnals from the pews. Next week we plan to make a video that we will post to our people about what they can expect and what we expect out of them. We just all pray that it will work out! I didn't workout today so no Booty kicker tryout. Tomorrow, I have to take mom to the doctors in the morning and then I will come home and work out. I have to say that I'm not looking forward to weighing in tomorrow. I really have to figure out what the heck is up with me and my inability to stick to my plan. Tomorrow I'm going to work on tweaking my tiny habits and see if that helps me. 1
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@leonadixon - read one of those dumb "weight loss tips" things yesterday, but it actually contained something interesting. It said that if you binge, you should journal after- what triggered it (feelings) and was it worth it? It was said better than this- not meant to shame you, but to help you become aware of why this happens. I don't even know if you binge, but I do and it's always emotional, and I don't think about why. I'm definitely going to try this. Also, I've not had a lot of success with losing, but when I don't try to lose, then I'm gaining and that's worse. So, (thanks to the wisdom of @AustinRuadhain) I'm trying to focus on being healthy and keep on trying and be less focused on the scale. This group is helping me to become more aware of my habits and look for things to tweak. Eventually I will find what works. It sounds simpler than it is. Hang in there!0
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@TeresaW1020 - you've been so fierce the past couple weeks. Don't beat yourself up now. Hang in there girl!1
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@AustinRuadhain So happy you like the Sidney Cummings stretches! I've merged stuff from her with my yoga and do that when I'm tired of watching videos.
@gwamajtw91 nice loss, way to go!
@its_cleo hang in there!
@leonadixon @Cornanda I agree with thinking through why you're binging, I actually stopped myself tonight doing that and normally I can't tune in until after I've done it.
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Thursday check-in
Exercise- arm videos, yoga, seated and laying down weights, foam rolling.
Calories- over
Habits
Cardio 30 minutes- done
Weights- upper body done
Yoga stretching/core- done
Recipe- none today, did for the week
10,000 steps- got it with my feet on the desk doing arm videos so doesn't count
Tiny Habits
Done. Felt flattered, one of my tiny habits is to click on emails my career coach sent me. He'd mentioned how he liked people letting him know what links they found useful so I emailed him about one I'd watched regarding Corona and job-hunting. He turned around and sent it to everyone from a "very helpful" client of his. Not too shabby when feeling lousy about life today.
If you're reading this you can tell by above I'm a moody grouch today! Been going back and forth from being ok, depressed, or angry. I was doing great yesterday until I had to stand in a line for getting my laptop repaired then instead of letting you sit you stood 6 feet apart when you finally got to the front. About 10 minutes in my legs tightened up and I had trouble standing. I used to collapse and/or need to sit on the curb or squat then from nerve pain but was determined not to do it (don't know if it'd matter, this is a different issue). Standing shouldn't set me back a week but it has. I'm frankly tired of modifying everything I do and putting on a brave face when I'm in a lot more pain than usual, this crap sucks and the whole situation is old. Just deleted everything else I wrote, I tend to bounce back quick, I'll probably go find some stupid video to get excited about and post it to bug you all! Had Chinese food and cake for SILs birthday and didn't overeat, we sat apart though she had people stopping by all day to wish her happy birthday, my nephews rode their scooters around the table right by my parents and I (care more about parents than myself), and older nephew said it was great not to have to social distance when friends came by. What the heck? Came home and had some fruit and popcorn, then decided my new container of whipped cream cheese would be great with the pretzels I'd bought dipped in and I'd already gone over, who cared about counting calories now? Shockingly I started to feel full eating it and put it away before it was all gone. Not thrilled with myself but not totally disappointed either. I know why I did it, everything's been building up and I managed to rally which is the most important part.3 -
Official weigh in
Day 5/15
Weigh in : week 2
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 192.5
Today’s weight: 192.4
Still struggling to get scale moving . I did do measurements this week since I failed to do them end of April. The inches keep coming off so I can’t be too die. About scale not moving.
I ordered a new digital scale this week abs am excited to see what body composition’s it measures.
Oh AND the gym opens back up on Monday!!!2 -
Check-In
THURSDAY 🟢
Exercise fun:
- Essentrics - Relieve Shoulder Pain & Tension with Miranda Esmonde-White
- Sydney Cummings arms workout
- Jenny Ford March Across America Series - Idaho Jenny Ford got me to do the Mashed Potato dance!
- 15 Min 90's Dance Party - fun music but with no verbal cues, I found this hard to keep up with
- Zumbagold - Bachata - another dance thing; mildly funCalories: 🟢 all good, on-plan choices; everything weighed/measured and tracked
Water: 🟢
Exercise 🟢
Thursday Goals 🟡
- Cardio platform workout - 45+ min ✔️
- Yoga or stretching - 10+ min ✔️
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!) ✔️
- Work my 5 Tiny Habits (tracking in May Habit Tracker) ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
- Scouts project - Open ONE email from my task list links, and then CELEBRATE ✔️
- Declutter something in the kitchen and then CELEBRATE ✔️ Scaling this worked. Doing this again today. I want to do more but maybe need to build up some momentum.
- Declutter something in the office and then CELEBRATE ⚪ Scaling this back worked. Doing this again today. I want to do more but maybe need to build up some momentum
FRIDAY Goals
- Cardio platform workout - 45+ min ⚪
- Yoga or stretching - 10+ min ⚪
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!) ⚪
- Work my 5 Tiny Habits (tracking in May Habit Tracker) ✔️✔️✔️⚪⚪
- Scouts project - Open ONE email from my task list links, and then CELEBRATE ⚪
- Declutter something in the kitchen and then CELEBRATE ⚪
- Declutter something in the office and then CELEBRATE ⚪1 -
@Katmary71 This is actually the first time I tried it too, and it was very good. From what I understand, most people grill it? I loved it grilled. I hope you get to try it. For your closet, can you get one of those lights that you stick on the wall that you just press to turn on? I think they are battery operated. That's great that you are working on it one box at a time, a little at a time adds up. I was lucky that I found a donation place that was open. I'm sorry about the laptop fixing situation. That must have been frustrating. And frustrating about the nephews.
@AustinRuadhain And I'm finding myself needing to take my own advice this morning lol! Seriously, I'm sinking into the oblivion... Thank you, that mallet was a true win! I did order a new hammer though lol. I'm going to get to matching those plasticwares today, I forgot about it yesterday.
@TeresaW1020 That must be exciting, having a date to reopen the church! I feel the same way re: need to figure out why I can't stick to my plan.
Tiny habits checkin:
1 minute of exercise: Yes
Focus for 5 minutes on Photoshop tutorials: No
I will track my food for the day: Yes
Thursday
Calories: over/under: over
Water: over/under under
Exercise: ---
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: Stick to my food plan, YouTube video, 52+ oz of water.1
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