WEIGHT NO MORE Team Chat - June 2020

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  • brown6267
    brown6267 Posts: 476 Member
    Maintenance weight 134.4; range 132 - 137

    06/12 steps 13765
  • sleepymom5
    sleepymom5 Posts: 2,476 Member
    Check in for Friday
    Food-on plan
    Water-64 oz
    Exercise- 40 min walk,PT, strength and stretching

    Sleepymom5
    Week 2
    Pw- 200.6
    Cw- 200

    Ugh! So close! I have been going up and down all week but never dip under. Hopefully this week...Good day yesterday, I have been doing well with my plan but back to my usual struggle over eating. I remember before the quarantine, I was starting to cut back on my meals. I am going to go back to eating 1/2, see how I feel and then continue. Another problem I have, is to remember to do that. I am going to focus on eating and the hunger scale this week. I would love to be back in onderland next week.

    Jim wants to go to the shore on Sunday for a few days. Of course it is going to rain on Monday but it will still be nice to go away. I am hoping to start getting down there a few days a week soon. I don't want to leave Jim too long. I am hoping maybe I can be there longer towards the end of the summer and early fall.

    It is beautiful in Philly. Temps are to be in the mid 70s and no humidity! I need to get out there and enjoy it! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!



    @Ademann1 I can see why you would be stressed! Taking care of 5 little ones is stressful enough without a party on top of it Lol! I am sure everything will be lovely. Hope you can enjoy it. Since you are hosting, you can have a little control over what is served. Have a plan for what you are going to eat/drink and stick to it. You can have fun and still honor your plan. :)
    @lenka1 The scale is still moving in the right direction even with your party. Great job getting back into your routine!
    @GingerPwr You make the best breakfasts! I think everything you post sound delicious but for some reason the breakfasts really get me lol!
    @Mrsbell8well Sounds like you are doing wonderful! Hope you have a great weekend!
    @nstephenson01 No worries about the weigh in, MFP is so glitchy. Nice loss! Yes! 160s are at your doorstep! I am also glad you are feeling better. It is true how now a days our mind goes to the worst when we are sick. It doesn't help that Covid seems to have every symptom imaginable.
    @CassieGetsFit2013 I think the deer netting sounds like a good idea. Even though Idk what that is :p I thought it was funny I read about the chicken wire after I read your post. Good luck!
    @Cafelelia Those little losses add up! Plus the scale has been pretty consistently going down for you. You are doing fantastic!
    @1theresamcvean I am so happy you are going to be able to get together with family! I know you have been waiting for so long! xo. That picture is beautiful! It does look like a painting!
    @lennoncpa Maintaining isn't bad. You have been losing pretty consistently during the past few (or more) weeks. You are doing great and you must be getting close to your goal.
    @KUMEcyclingteam Great job! You will be in the 2teens before you know it!!
    @bburrer30 Just think, keep doing what you are doing and when the TOM is gone, you will have a nice drop. You got this!
    @hope002 You just keep moving down on that scale! Great job! Hope all is well.
    @brown6267 Looks like you are doing well maintaining. Hope all is well! :)
    @Zumba_Luvah Whoo hoo! Good bye 170s! Great job!
  • sleepymom5
    sleepymom5 Posts: 2,476 Member
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    Saturday
    @kirsten11872
    @timibotkin

    Late weigh ins
    @kenzierenzieroo
    @Barbb1557

    Weights for week 2 need to be submitted by 11:59 pm EST tonight

    Week 3

    Sunday
    @cassiegetsfit2013
    @xX_PhoenixRising_Xx
    @annliz23
    @Twyla77
    @kenzierenzieroo
    Monday
    @jedaschultz
    @JillyBT
    @podperson1
    @danisp
    Tuesday
    @Barbb1557
  • 1theresamcvean
    1theresamcvean Posts: 940 Member
    @sleepymom In addition to mindful eating and splitting portions in two, which I am so happy to have learned here, one thing I've been doing quite a while is making any recipe with extra vegetables to increase the volume, less of the carb ingredient, and sometimes if it's beef, less of that too (this could be for stews, soups, stir-fries, pastas, anything that has all the food groups). Then, because the extra veggies increases the overall volume, I take a recipe that was, for example, 6 servings and make it 8. I record it in the MFP Recipes here and over time I've gotten quite used to these new 'serving sizes.'
  • 1theresamcvean
    1theresamcvean Posts: 940 Member
    @Zumba_Luvah Congratulations on getting into the 160s. That must feel fantastic.
  • 1theresamcvean
    1theresamcvean Posts: 940 Member
    @podperson1 Shelli, I'm sorry to hear about the stress of possibly having to return to work, especially envisioning needing to use transit. I think it's also exacerbated by not getting an email back when you know they are returning other emails. I hope this means they are trying to help you connect with someone to share a ride with. I won't be going on transit for a very, very long time. The idea of it is just frightening. Be firm. Hugs.
  • Zumba_Luvah
    Zumba_Luvah Posts: 443 Member
    @Zumba_Luvah Congratulations on getting into the 160s. That must feel fantastic.

    Yes it sure does! It has been 5 years since I was in the 160s
  • Zumba_Luvah
    Zumba_Luvah Posts: 443 Member
    @podperson1
    Thank you!
  • Cafelelia
    Cafelelia Posts: 1,298 Member
    Friday check in
    Food - on target
    Water - 2l
    Exercise - 10545 steps
    Yesterday was a good one. It was really nice seeing my mom. She did so well during lockdown, but she is feeling so much better mentally now that we can be with her and give her hugs. I am not exactly sure how I am going to “unspoil” my younger son after this visit. He is already talking about staying longer with my mom so he can get more pampering.
    @zumba_luvah - Congratulations on your new weight decade!! I think that you are close to goal?
  • nstephenson01
    nstephenson01 Posts: 854 Member
    @Freeglerock Love the pictures of your garden!

    @lenka1 and @xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Impressive cakes! You ladies are quite talented!

    @melaniedscott I have never been so entertained reading about weeds!! Thank you... I enjoy your style of writing!! That is quite a lot to manage tho. Sodium is a weakness for me as well. I don't have much of a sweet tooth but I can get down with salt.

    @1theresamcvean My garden is in survival mode. June's weather is fickle here in Montana... we have some very hot days and then some very cold ones. Parts of MT received several inches of snow just the other day. If my garden survives June, it will flourish July/August/September. Your garden patch is super cute and your terrace are lovely!! I want to join you there with a glass of wine. Big congrats on your IG and FB features... terrific accomplishment!!

    @cafelelia I used to get migraines in my 20's and 30's also but fortunately don't get them very often anymore. Glad you are feeling better and how wonderful you were able to see your Mom finally! I love that your son spent the week with her. I was fortunate to spend a lot of time with my grandparents when I was growing up. Not sure that's necessarily often the case with a lot of kids these days.

    @pacsnc6 best wishes for good results from your CT scan and congrats on completing your chemo sessions thus far. Hoping that's the last of them for you.

    @tryingagain5 I find it sooo easy to gain weight during the summer because we tend to socialize more with food. You stay away from those 200's, you hear me Linda!! :smiley: I know you can get back on track and hope you're able to get back to the gym.

    @sleepymom5 Happy Belated Anniversary!! Congrats to 30 years!! Hope Daisy is on the mend by now. You'l be seeing those 190's next week for sure!!

    @ljdanny So sorry about that news from your doctor. Not fun! We also have the kind of mattress that arrives rolled up. Actually we have two. We bought the first one for our RV as an experiment and loved it so much we bought a second one for the house. Don't recall the brand but its a knock off tempur pedic style. I think you'll be very happy with your new mattress. It does take a couple of days to fully expand so be patient.

    @lennoncpa oh yay a Sunny pic!! That dog has the life!!
  • nstephenson01
    nstephenson01 Posts: 854 Member
    Daily check in for Friday

    Food: 14:10 IF. We got Thai takeout last night for dinner. It was delicious and I ate a bit beyond full. Not as bad as I could have or have done in the past but wasn't as disciplined as @lennoncpa was with your restaurant meal. I'll keep working on it.
    Water: Good
    Exercise: 15,888 steps; 4 mile hike with the fur babies
    Saw 169 on the scale yesterday morning... ooh happy dance but that didn't keep me from overeating last night. Doh!! I still need to get my plan together or I'll be back in the 170's in no time.

    Almost caught up with posts. Sorry I haven't commented to everyone individually but keep on keepin' on. The wind is crazy right now and I'm afraid we might lose power so better hop off here. Wishing everyone a good, successful weekend.
  • kirsten11872
    kirsten11872 Posts: 519 Member
    kirsten11872
    Week:2
    Weigh-in day:Saturday
    Previous weight:175.1
    Current weight:173.6
    -1.5😊
  • timibotkin
    timibotkin Posts: 235 Member
    My garden from this morning!
  • tryingagain5
    tryingagain5 Posts: 1,037 Member
    @lennoncpa
    Happy 1st birthday to Sunny!
  • tryingagain5
    tryingagain5 Posts: 1,037 Member
    @nstephenson01
    Thanks, Nancy


    I really hope the gym can open sooner rather than later. Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula have been open since Memorial Day, gyms and all.

    I really don't want ro see the 200's again. Definitely too close to it. Im pretty sure my issue is not having much to do since every evening activitiy I was doing isn't happening right now. So not only am I home more, my sleep schedule is all screwed up. My work schedule is also all over the place. This week I worked 28 hours, last week was 16. Next week, hard to tell.

    I know I shouldn't eat out of boredom but am sure that's what I've been doing. I have made a plan for next week that should help some.
  • Mrsbell8well
    Mrsbell8well Posts: 1,652 Member
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  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,469 Member
    I saw my doctor this week and we are changing my migraine meds, a lot of the feeling awful that I've been putting up with can be put down to side effects of Topamax which I've been on a high dose off for over a year. It's nickname is Dopamax and they're not kidding. I didn't realise that so many other things I was getting were known side effects though. But extreme tiredness, vision disturbances, dizziness, ringing in my ears and forgetting everything including basic words, just to name a few. My migraines are severe though and all of that is better than them coming back, but I can't function anymore on that med. So now we have to trial and error dropping the dose and increasing another med I'm on and hope I don't get knocked out...
    Your comment made me laugh. Years ago I tried Topamax for a couple months and I couldn't get past the lowest dose. I thought I was the only one who called it Dopamax! That stuff is terrible! My migraines stopped suddenly about 5 years ago. I really feel for you. Migraines are misery. I found that consistent anti-inflammatories helped reduce them but that can be hard on your stomach. Oddly, a muscle relaxer + a prescription anti-inflamatory helped reduce severity. And ice on the forehead and base of skull. I hope you can get it figured out.
  • JillyBT
    JillyBT Posts: 153 Member
    Saturday / end of the week check in
    Tracked food and was over
    Need to track and drink more water. I think that will be next week's goal.
    Got the steps in this week....

    Sun: 15,137
    Mon: 3,263
    Tue: 19,090
    Wed: 22,493
    Thur: 17,651
    Fri: 18,640
    Sat: 20,702

    Total for the week: 116,976 Yippee!

    But the eating and drinking are keeping me from loosing.

    @lennoncpa I'm impressed that you still did the online classes, I couldn't get into them. I'm up early still but had trouble actually getting out of the house. This week I did. My gym opens up on Monday too but I don't know if it is just machines or weights, you have to sign up for a time, but I never liked those, it was the classes that I really liked. I would wake up excited to go. Not so excited to walk by myself. I also am nervous about the lake of respect others have for others health concerns. I started walking with friends and that helps a lot.

    @podperson1 I'm with you about being concerned about going into a work environment after being home for so long. If you have to go in, you should be fine by taking care of yourself. Even though you are suppose to wear a face covering here in Los Angeles, half of the people I see out are not wearing one. My husband and I always wear one.

    @pacsnc6 sending you positive energy that you don't need anymore chemo!

    @bburrer30 Great view!

    @Zumba_Luvah congrats!

    @sleepymom5 and @xX_PhoenixRising_Xx sorry about the migraines and headaches. Those are the worst!
  • xX_PhoenixRising_Xx
    xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Posts: 623 Member
    11pm Sunday night - pretty good weekend, food on track. Spin bike both days, but just 30 min sessions. I am really feeling the med side effects with tired and dizziness right now, hoping it all settles down soon. I had a nice long nap this afternoon!

    @melaniedscott I have tried so many different drugs... my migraines only started in my 30s when I also developed Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. A migraine can give me symptoms for up to 2 weeks, and I have permanent nerve pain in my eye and face without meds controlling it. I think the worst med I ever had though was Lyrica - I was having conversations with the psychedelic space aliens from the back of my flying unicorn on that one. 🤪🙃 I have no idea if it helped the pain because I don't believe I had a body after a couple of doses! Came straight off it after a few days!

    @bburrer30 What a beautiful photo!
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