WEIGHT NO MORE Team Chat - July 2020

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  • brown6267
    brown6267 Posts: 476 Member
    07/19 steps 10006
  • tryingagain5
    tryingagain5 Posts: 1,037 Member
    @cafelelia
    Happy Anniversary!
  • Mrsbell8well
    Mrsbell8well Posts: 1,652 Member
    I saw a picture on FB that really inspired me of a Waldorf doll. It reminded me of all the dolls and fun projects I did for Skylynn when she was little. It got my crafting fever stirred up. While I was laying in the pool I had an idea of crocheting seasonal fairy dolls. I went out today to by wing material for my summer girl. I wish so much I could go home and play. I will post photos shortly.
    We did fairly good for our eating plan this weekend. I did make a vegan custard pie for dessert yesterday and I am watching the clock till break time when I can eat it. I am having watermelon for dinner and going really light tomorrow to prepare for Wednesday weigh in. My goal is a 1 pound loss that will put me at 153.
  • Mrsbell8well
    Mrsbell8well Posts: 1,652 Member
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    Inspiration doll
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    Today’s lunch panzannela
  • Mrsbell8well
    Mrsbell8well Posts: 1,652 Member
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    I already had the yarn. Here’s the new supplies
  • Mrsbell8well
    Mrsbell8well Posts: 1,652 Member
    @xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Oh My Gosh!!! That piggy cake is just too delightful!
    @gingerpwr what do you mean you didn't gain weight on your vacation!!! Wow! So impressive. I am so inspired with how well your doing. And I love your July game plan. We're always looking for progress vs perfection right?
    @Cafelelia Happy anniversary! I am glad you are able to get a little rest and to celebrate!
    @sleepymom5 sounds like you are finally getting a chance to be back to your old self. And look how skinny you are getting!
    @lenka1 your weight loss is so steady just like before! great quote and great job! So glad you are back on our team.
    @melaniedscott I have had these tea cups for awhile and never used them. Since I decided to start drinking 1 cup of coffee a week I thought they would be the perfect size for a small portion. They all have meaning to me. My mom gave me her wedding china, I had a best friend that was 85 when I was 50 and she gave me 3 of them (including the gold cup), 2 are from molly's mom and 1 from my aunt. Molly just brought be a pretty little yellow one today from storage that was her grandmas.
    I am just craving a simpler time with lots of surrounding beauty. And a delicious cup of coffee!
  • Cafelelia
    Cafelelia Posts: 1,298 Member
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    Week 3 Step Challenge Winners!

    1. @timibotkin - 87,059 steps
    2. @brown6267 - 73,845 steps
    3. @Annliz23 - 69,336 steps

    In Week 3, 6 steppers took 415,996 steps

    Congratulations everyone!



  • twyla77
    twyla77 Posts: 445 Member
    Twyla77
    Week4
    Weigh in day: Sunday July 19
    Previous Weight: 134.6
    Today's Weight: 134.5

  • annliz23
    annliz23 Posts: 3,760 Member
    A good day
    Shopping
    Made my own lemon curd
    19,300 steps
    2333 calories burned
    8 miles in total 2 walks
    I think I am on a roll!
  • tryingagain5
    tryingagain5 Posts: 1,037 Member
    @GingerPwr

    Glad you're looking at what you're doing and seeing the progress, no matter how small you might think it is. I sometimes still have trouble with that too. Something for me to keep working on. Others always see my progress even when I don't.

    As my trainer always tells me "progress not perfection" and "baby steps". I've worked with him 2 years and he still has to remind me of these things.
  • tryingagain5
    tryingagain5 Posts: 1,037 Member
    Monday 7/20
    Food: good
    Water: 64 oz
    Exercise: 30 minutes

    Today my exercise was 20 minutes of resistance bands and 10 minutes of bodyweight exercises. It wasn't as much fun watching my heart rate monitor today since it didn't go up as much with the resistance band part of my workout but that's ok, it's still nice to be able to see it.

    My book club is meeting in 2 weeks and I'm only on page 65 of a 400 page book. Guess I better get reading. It's called "Summer of 69" by Elin Hilderbrand.
  • pacsnc6
    pacsnc6 Posts: 978 Member
    @tryingagain5
    I have that book in my to-read stack. How do you like it so far?
  • Mrsbell8well
    Mrsbell8well Posts: 1,652 Member
    @1theresamcvean I understand about the triggers. I can easily get carried away. I think there is a way to post optional viewing for those that would prefer not to peek. I will play with it. Or if anyone knows the answer?
  • brown6267
    brown6267 Posts: 476 Member
    07/20 steps 8402
  • Cafelelia
    Cafelelia Posts: 1,298 Member
    @mrsbell8well - I realized this too with posting photos of my baking. I am proud of my creations but realized I may be tempting people when they are hungry. Last time I posted my son’s birthday cake, I used the spoiler function so that the photo is hidden and you have to press on the spoiler to see it. That way, if people are feeling hungry and don’t want to view, they don’t press. The spoiler function is above the post box in the “backwards P” drop down. You simply post your photo in between the two spoiler words in square brackets. Hope that this helps. Love your food and photos, but I understand if some folks are tempted.
  • Cafelelia
    Cafelelia Posts: 1,298 Member
    edited July 2020
    Monday check in
    Food - on target, also on target for alcohol limit for night out
    Water - 2l
    Exercise - 30 min walk
    Thanks for the anniversary wishes everyone. We had a really nice day and evening. Back to reality to today and I am doing some IF today. I just received my first “back to school” marketing email from a clothing company. Omg, this is surreal on a number of levels. It feels like summer just started, but I guess we are in the later part of July. Plus, we won’t know what “back to school” looks like until a about a week before back to school. Everything is just wonky this year.

    @minstrelofsarcasm - I am so with you on the peanut butter. Don’t worry too much about one day of stress eating. Today is a new day and you can leave that behind you. Maybe hide the peanut butter today too!

    @mrsbell8well - I love your new craft supplies!

    @twyla77 - Nice maintain and hope that you are doing well now that you are back at work. I read in the news about some COVID spikes in Alberta and hope that you are staying safe. It happens here in Ontario too, and I guess it is our new reality.

    @annliz23 - Outstanding day! I am so impressed by your steps!

    @tryingagain5 - Good day again! Resistance training is and weight/body weight exercises are so important. I am trying to incorporate more in my own routine. Good luck with the book!

    @1theresamcvean - I am with you on Phase 3. I feel no rush to get there. Phase 2 feels like a nice balance of things opening, but still having safe limits, particularly with our mask by-law (which is not in place in a lot of the province). The owners of the restaurant that we went to last night are from France, which is ahead of us in reopening. They said that in France, many owners are finding it hard to maintain safety standards inside bars and restaurants, so even though Phase 3 would be theoretically good for their business, even they don’t really want to see it happen just yet.
  • tryingagain5
    tryingagain5 Posts: 1,037 Member
    @1theresamcvean
    Yes, the stairs are definitely big steps. It's hard for me, which is why I'm doing it. Same as the running/jogging on the treadmill at the gym but since they're still closed where I am stairs are what it has to be for now.
  • tryingagain5
    tryingagain5 Posts: 1,037 Member
    @pacsnc6
    It's ok so far but if I don't finish it I won't feel bad about it since it's not holding my interest yet. The books I like the best are the ones that hold my interest from the first page and I don't want to put it down. I'm not finding that with this book.

    Some of the others in my club that have finished it said it started off kind of slow but got better as they continued to read so I'll keep going. I now also have another week to finish since the lady who hosts it had a conflict with the date we had scheduled so it's been changed to the following week.
  • tryingagain5
    tryingagain5 Posts: 1,037 Member
    @jedaschultz
    Happy Anniversary!
  • tryingagain5
    tryingagain5 Posts: 1,037 Member
    @lenka1
    That's a great screen shot. There's definitely a part of weight loss that involves the mental aspect. Everyone is at a different place in their progress, either on the scale or in the mental aspect of it. Some of us (me) forget that any progress, scale or mental is progress. I tend to look at how far I still have to go instead of looking back and seeing the progress I have already made. Others always point out to me what I have done and tell me not to forget that because what you have done is just as important (or possibly more important since it shows that you are able to do it. That's not to say it won't be hard because it will be but as the saying goes "anything hard is worth it")

    I guess that's why my trainer has to remind of the "progress not perfection" and " baby steps" all the time.
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