WEIGHT NO MORE Team Chat - June 2020
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Username: lennoncpa
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous weight: 132.8
Today's weight: 132.6
Weekly Steps: 61283
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Sorry I couldn't post yesterday, mfp wouldn't let me. Just a slight gain. But I want to go the other way. Maybe if I got more than two days workout in it might have helped. I really have to stick to my plan. I didn't get up early then had lots of errands after work so no exercise. My pool liner is finally getting installed next friday maybe they got the beginning of June mixed up with the end, I am not happy. I am not going to look good in my bathing suit regardless. Maybe by the end of summer.
@bburrer30 so sorry about your grandparents that made me so sad to read. Maybe they can let your grandpa come outside to see your grandma. They are starting to do that here.3 -
I was up and down all week and some how ended up being down slightly. I’m so bad that I thought I would weigh myself before I decide what I’m going to eat for dinner tonight!! Kind of like - well if I gained I might as well eat bad since I had a bad week! But since I lost a minuscule amount I need to stay on plan here! Boy the mental and emotional games I play with myself- it’s ridiculous!6
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Hey Fam! Wow it's so easy to fall far behind when you're busy.
@CassieGetsFit2013 Nothing but hugs and good vibes to you, sweetie. I hope you're in a little better place than you were. Know we all are thinking about you.
@ProfDawnLee Ugh gains can be so frustrating! The small plate thing really works, though. I have one of those portioned off kids plates and I fill the "big" side with my veggies and the "small" portions with meat and starchy carbs. Makes me feel more responsible.
@Freeglerock Nice balancing act having veggies ahead of the souffle!
@1theresamcvean Yay for the 140's!!!! So happy for you!
@sleepymom5 I am right there with you on the afternoon/evening eating thing. That's a definite weak point for me too. I still haven't found a great way to combat it.
@podperson1 Yay fo fitting into old clothes! I got to "shop" my closet a couple of months ago and it was awesome. So happy for you! That's a great NSV!
@Cafelelia I LOVE that you're loving Fitness Blender! I hope you took "before" pics prior to your 4 week program. They also have wonderful advice blogs and videos.
@kirsten11872 Congrats on the loss and regaining some control!
So Wednesday was a fun day. Hubs and I played 27 holes of golf at his course. I'm still very much in the learning stages, but the day was mild enough that when we finished our round we just kept playing. Not sure how many calories I burned, but I hope it was enough to cover the really delicious Italian grinders we made for dinner.
Yesterday wasn't as great. Okay with exercise and water, but in the afternoon I ended up not cooking supper because our youngest went to spend the night with a friend, and Hubs was late coming home from a golf trip. I ended up having kale chips and hummus, which isn't BAD, but it's not great either. Then later I baked thumbprint cookies because I was inspired by @MrsBell8well. So Hubs and I split a couple of those along with a fast food chicken sandwich he got on the way home. I can just FEEL the sodium and sugar.
Isn't it weird when you make a real effort at eating healthy, those foods you used to really like just don't feel the same to you? I guess that's a good thing, Lol.
Anyway, off to hang with a friend. Everyone have a great evening!
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Ademann1
PW 186?
CW 189
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06/19 steps 92323
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Maintenance weigh in 134.84
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Check in for Friday
Food-logged and over
Water-64 oz
Exercise-"rest day" but did Pt/strength and stretching
I had such a nice day yesterday. I was ready to go on a walk with Shannon and Jim asked me if I wanted to go for lunch. I dumped Shannon and went to lunch! Lol! I am glad I did, we really had a nice time. It was outside on a deck overlooking a golf course. I made good choices at lunch. Dinner I didn't make the best choices but I did well with not overeating so I am happy about that. Today I want to get out early to the butcher to get steak for Father's day. As you can imagine, this Father's day is extra special since it Jim was so sick this spring. There was a good chance he may not have made it to Father's day. I am also getting ready to go to the shore Wednesday for maybe a week or so. Nicole is working from home so she is going to join me. Nothing is set in stone but that is what I am shooting for. It is going to be sunny and hot today so I want to get moving. Enjoy the weekend everyone!
@Cafelelia Sodium makes a big difference with weight so I am sure that is part of it. I am actually getting more in tune with my body over the past couple of years. I can feel when I have too much and know I need to flush out with water. Yes, finally at 54 I am figuring things out Lol! I am glad that school is almost over too. Now to figure out the summer activities...or lack of them.
@Mrsbell8well I know that you are disappointed how your day went with eating but it sounds like you listened to your body and had a healthy meal. Don't beat yourself up. That is also could have been why you were tired. Sounds like you gave it some healthy, nourishing food. Thanks for the info on the curry. I actually didn't even know that there were different types! I will definitely give it a try when I have an opportunity.
@ljdanny MFP was acting up for me too so no worries about weighing in. You have been on here for a long time too. Do you ever remember it being this glitchy before? I never remember having problems until the past 2-3 years. I am glad that your pool will be ready soon. My husband is so persistent (annoying lol!) I think they put us at the top of the list to shut him up!
@lennoncpa You have been steadily going down in weight for such a long time now. You are really doing great!! Don't let the scale mess with you. I am sure you are very close to goal and won't be losing as quickly. I agree that a lot of this is mental too. Give yourself a pat on the back. You are a success story for quarantine!
@GingerPwr Jim and I went to lunch by a golf course yesterday and I was thinking that golf looks like such a fun sport. You get exercise, walk around a beautiful course, it looks like something I would like. Sounds like you had a nice two days, even with the dinner and treat last night. I find the same thing after eating healthy for so long, things I used to like just aren't the same and I feel like crap after eating it.
@annliz23 As you already know, I love that post! Thank you for posting here. I think it is a message everyone should see.
@Ademann1 Hope all is going well. Let us know if you need any support. We would love to hear from you
@Brown6267 Looks like you are navigating maintenance well!4 -
Daisy after the groomer-she knows she looks good! Lol!6 -
Daily check in Friday
Food-fair not good as I hoped but not as bad as could have been. Since I ate that yogurt I was too full to eat soup and tart till about 5:30. Too late to IF at least for me. I’m down from yesterday but still not 148. Striving to be there by tomorrow.
Water-not enough
Yoga- 23
Sleep 6 up 2 then slept 2 more.
I’m kicking myself that I didn’t listen to my motivational videos I made. That would have helped.
Lots of interesting things on today’s agenda. Just finished yoga, meditation and walk. Going rowing next!
Have a great weekend everyone!
@lennoncpa I feel you girl! I’m right there with you. Sigh! But come on we can do this.2 -
Finishing out week 3-Remember to post all weights by 11:59 EST
Friday
@hope002
@KUMEcyclingteam
Saturday
@kirsten11872
@Zumba_Luvah
@timibotkin
Late
@kenzierenzieroo
@JillyBT
@danisp
@Barbb1557
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@sleepymom5 Daisy is too adorable! Love her “Pride” bandana lol!1
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@Cafelelia
Thanks for the pep talk. Not sure why I've been finding it so difficult. I guess I need more in person social interaction than I thought.😊
I got to work 40 hours this week so it will be nice to have a full paycheck next week. We'll probably work 32 to 40 next week too but not because work has picked up. It's more because of the 4th of July holiday and we'll have some days off then so they're trying to work ahead a little. I don't really care what the reason is, just grateful for a couple of normal or close to normal paychecks.
I found out yesterday that the gym can open on Thursday, the 25th. It will be nice to get to be able to do that again, even though it may be a little strange with whatever restrictions they need to put in place3 -
Zumba_luvah
Week 3
Pw-169.6
Cw- 168.6
Another pound gone! I wasn't sure if id gain or not, since TOM is just beginning. I think I just barely missed all the bloating. That will come tomorrow lol.3 -
@sleepymom5 Daisy is adorable!! What a great grooming job. My current foster dog Bebe is the first dog where I’ve had to deal with the grooming. That’s a big deal! And all kinds of “stuff” gets stuck in their furry coats!2
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Hope002
Friday
PW 175.9
CW 175.73 -
Yeah so yesterday’s weigh in.... thanks for the hugs. It’s been a rough week. We hosted my husband’s parents siblings and their combined 8 kids so we had 13 kids and 8 adults under one roof for 4 days. Like anything worthwhile, it was hard work and also fun. We had a lot of restaurant/feed a crowd meals so there was that, but then I also developed a UTI so I’ve needed to be on antibiotics and drinking tons of water and I had too much salt on Thursday and it’s that TOM. I have done great on my eating yesterday and done some great workouts too, so I am bouncing back from the off week, and I hope I didn’t somehow permanently damage the team numbers.3
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Friday Check in
Food - On target
Exercise - rest day, upper body workout
Water - 2l
I had a good day yesterday and it felt great to have a rest day. My husband and son came home from the cottage in the evening and we had a family binge watch of Kim’s Convenience. I love that show because of the immigrant parents, which I had. There are so many similarities, it keeps me laughing. We also love that it is set in Toronto and we love recognizing so many parts of our city in the scenes. Public Health says that we are within days of moving to Phase 2 as our cases have gone down even more. This would still be an emergency order situation, but like the rest of our province we will be able to sit on a restaurant patio or go to the hair salon, with appropriate distancing. It will be a great boost when we get there. On the downside, plans for September school were announced and it is a bit of an unknown. It will likely be a hybrid of online school and occasional in person attendance with distancing. It is what we expected and I am just going to file away this info away for July so I can enjoy the summer. Apparently, we are the last part of North America in a near full lock down!
@Ademann1 - Please don’t worry about the team numbers!! Trust me, we all have our ups and downs. I am so sorry about your UTI and that is not fun. Hosting is always tiring as well. I am glad that you are bouncing back with your workouts and just look forward!!3 -
Aside from our Friday and Saturday weigh ins, we have a few people from earlier in the week that need to weigh in still:
@kenzierenzieroo, @JillyBT, @Barbb1557 and @dansip.
Just post if you need to be excused this week and we can arrange that for you. If you have two missed weigh ins in a row, you are moved to the drop list for the end of the month and would need to register if you wanted to be back on the team.
For all of our steppers, please post your steps tomorrow and I will announce the winners on Monday!!1 -
@tryingagain5 Linda, I've been thinking about you a lot this week, especially about what a difference your gym opening back up is going to make for you. I've been lucky because my boot camp has live Zoom classes so the trainers can see us and correct our form and all of that. I really need someone seeing and interacting with me and have never been very good at video workouts. Lots of people are but, for some reason, not me. I'm happy you will have a couple of normal paycheques too. That'll make the 4th of July more of a celebration for you. I'm so relieved that things are getting closer and closer to our new normal.3
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@Cafelelia I love it when you mention Toronto. I honestly have not been keeping up with the press conferences because you are now my CBC, especially when you mention Kim's Convenience. For those of you who don't know the show, it's about a Korean-Canadian family who run a convenience store. Since I live a short block away from Koreatown in Toronto, it's the only type of convenience store we have. I actually know the people at the two nearest stores quite well.
Here's a fun story. Don't get confused by the Wendys. (I'm going to refer to one of them as 'my' Wendy just to keep things straight.) My international student, Wendy, who is from Vietnam, is so enamoured with Korean pop culture that she chose her English name Wendy based on a K-pop star named Wendy. This celebrity is known by the single name Wendy, kind of like Prince.
Anyway, the star Wendy moved from South Korea to go to high school just outside of Toronto and so my Wendy followed in her footsteps moving here for her final two years of high school in North Toronto. Then, when my Wendy chose where to live when she started college, she chose my house because of its proximity to Koreatown. When the singer Wendy performed in Toronto last year, my Wendy got the best seat in the house and ended up seated near Wendy the celebrity's mother and other relatives. When I asked her why she was going to the concert alone, she said that she didn't want anyone to take her attention away from Wendy. She is obviously a super fan.
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I have been with Team Weight No More for several years now and a group captain since November 2018. I love this team and have learned so much from each one of you. The support and camaraderie here is something that I couldn’t have found anywhere else! This is why it’s really hard to tell you all that I’ve decided to step down as captain.
It’s just not possible right now to volunteer the time necessary to do as good a job for you as I would like to. I have wrestled with this decision and, in the end, decided that this is best for me and for you, my good friends on the team. Now that Jim is better, I don’t want to be on a computer for hours or held to a schedule. I want to spend as much time as I can with him and our family.
I also want to spend time focusing on me. I think you all know how much dedication it takes to achieve our goals. The good news is that I definitely plan to stay on as a team member and your friend. The only difference is that I won’t have the team captain responsibilities, many of which are behind the scenes spreadsheet-type things, and sometimes I might not be commenting quite as much.
Now for some more good news - our wonderful captain Lisa (@cafeleia) will be staying on as captain and we have a team member who stepped up to take my place. Thank you to Theresa (@1theresamcvean)! Theresa’s enthusiasm and experience will be great assets to the captain position together with Lisa.
Now, why don’t we all think of a fun name for our two Toronto ladies…Two Terrific Torontonians? Toronto’s Talented Two? The Capable Canadian Captains? A couple of cute Canadians? I know together we can think of something. I know our team is going to be stronger with Lisa and Theresa as captains right now, especially with Casey as our team motivator, and of course all of you! Honestly, it’s the members who make the team.
I have to give a special shout out to my awesome co captain Lisa. When Cyndie had to leave abruptly, Lisa stepped up immediately. Cyndie was a beloved Captain and member of our team. Those were tough shoes to fill but Lisa did it with ease. I think you all would agree that Lisa's presence has had such a positive impact on our team. I also can never thank her enough for taking over when Jim got sick. She kept the team going single handedly while being very sick herself, having a sick son plus navigating home schooling. She is truly an amazing woman and we are lucky to have her as one of our leaders of Team Weight No More!
I also want to thank each one of you for making the time that I was captain so rewarding. It was an experience I will always treasure. xoxo
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Hey team Weight No More,
Yesterday I was messaging Pam and she said to me, “I am out to lunch with Jim now. I will check in later. “ I thought to myself, “Take all the time you need, Pam. It’s the least we can do for you.”
I’ve been on MFP off and on for I have no idea how many years. Then in January 2018, I really needed support. I weighed 177.4 and my goal was a toned 142 pounds. I had lost smaller amounts of weight here in the past. But, for me, this was more of a challenge. So, for the first time, I made friends. Pam was one of the first.
We were in a step-challenge group together called Sole Mates. Over the course of 11 months, I lost most of the weight I wanted and then hit some troubled times with close family members falling ill. I took some time away from logging food and did alright, maintaining that weight for a year and a half. All I really did was record my steps with the Sole Mates group.
But, this January I was ready to recommit to my goal again. And you know what? The best thing that happened was Pam inviting me to our group. I remember her saying, “The team name is called Weight No More, see what we did there?”
This is a fantastic group. No doubt in large part thanks to Pam.
I also have each one of you to thank. I learn something every week from all of you. I won’t list them all here but I can tell you that I carry your comments with me as I go about my day. I’ll be at a store and think, I’m going to get some hummus because Sheryl (@lennoncpa) recommended it. I also got some bullet journals and stickers because Angelina (@Mrsbell8well) creates the best visual goals. I made my first Toronto MFP friend here when I met Lisa (@cafelelia). Casey (@GingerPwr) has taught me a lot lately about weight fluctuation and is an enormous source of motivation.
Every one of you inspires me and I’d list an example from each of you but I think I’d better go learn how to update those spreadsheets now so I can help us all reach our goals. I want to honour Pam by doing a good job and giving her the time she deserves to focus on herself and her family.
Plus, I’m really looking forward to working on this with my fellow Torontonian, Lisa, and with Casey!
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I cannot thank Pam enough for being such an awesome captain! You have always been there for us and I have so enjoyed working with you this past year (almost)! I hope that you take this summer to focus on yourself, Jim and your family!! I will miss you and am so glad that you are sticking with the team!!
I am also very fortunate that Theresa decided to co-captain with me!! Theresa, I have always loved your positivity and your posts in general! I was also thrilled to find a fellow Torontonian on MFP, and together, we will be a dynamic, Canadian duo!
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@sleepymom5 good for you Pam! You have done a fantastic job! Thank you so much! And @1theresamcvean Theresa how wonderful of you to step in to help Lisa with captain duties. This team has been truly blessed!!!
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Had to share a picture of me taking a break In the gravity chair.
Cleaned out the fridge and made an amazing taco salad with all the leftovers. Including yummy chipotle bitchin sauce as a dressing. Has anyone tried that?4 -
@Mrsbell8well Thanks for your words of support. I have not heard of bitchin sauce and would like to know more. Also, what was the other one...crunchy, spicy, something-or-another, that you said was a bit pricey but worth it? I'd like to order some. BTY, love your rainbow lights.
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Yesterday a lovely thing happened on my way home from helping a homeless woman who lives in a park nearby, which is a story for another day. Well, actually, while I was checking in on her and bringing her food, a flashlight, and some books, a bunny - an actual live bunny - appeared very close to us in this little park. We live downtown in the biggest city in Canada, so that was a miracle in itself.
So this was really the second lovely thing.
I saw these!
If you look closely, they're sprinklers.
People are really stepping up their drive-by/street birthday parties:
Speaking of birthday parties in my neighbourhood. I remember the day after we moved here, my son, who was 10 or 11 at the time, was invited to a birthday party at the house directly across the street from us. My husband (at the time) and I were looking out our living room window and saw that our neighbours had ponies for the kids in the parkette next to their house. My husband said to me, "Oh, wow. We're really going to have to step it up for Phil's next birthday party. What do you think of strippers?" He would never, ever, go to see strippers, which is why it was so funny. We're still friends. LOL
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kirsten11872
Week:3
Weigh-in day:Saturday
Previous weight:173.6
Current weight:171.6
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