DOWNSIZERS Team Chat - July 2020
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Just checking in ....I just got back from my DR's appt. Things went fantastic ..... He was happy with my progress and my experiments I was doing on my own .... I took myself off Victoza and cut Metformin down to 1/2 a pill twice a day.. he said he had no problems taking me off all meds if I reach 199 ....I am a happy camper
Yea!! That is good news! Congrats
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Hi everyone, sorry I'm overdue. As you can see by my weigh-in this past week hasn't been one of my best. I've been struggling with consistency in what I'm eating and my exercise. I'm not really sure about the reason for my complete tanking mentally and physically, but I'm trying to get myself out of this funk.
Username: missgyst
Weigh-in Day: Wednesday
Weigh-in week: 4
Starting Weight: 229.0
Previous weight: 210.1
Current weight: 212.4
Catching up with my steps from about a week ago...
6/25: 2,187
6/26: 3,487
6/27: 11,897
6/28: 10,529
6/29: 8,967
6/30: 7,948
7/01: 4,466
Ups and downs are part of this journey. Try and look back at what your weeks are like when you are doing good. Maybe set 1 goal to accomplish over the next few days. Then after a few days add another goal. You got this!2 -
stephipeanut wrote: »Check-in Thursday, 02.07.2020
•Food:
Woke up earlier this morning but was a bit shaking because of the low calorie intake yesterday I guess. So I ate before my water this morning. #veryfruity
2 nectarines, 2 peaches, a banana & 2 small (9 g each) peanut butter cup treats
4 rice + seed crackers with homemade guacamole
2 small store bought wraps with homemade veg filling (baby potatoes, zucchini, kidney-beans, sweet corn, tomatoes)
1 peach
•Water: 2 Liter water
•Exercise: 5,75 km / 3.5 mile walk duration 0:58:02 #5kaday (not uphill today)
•Highlights: Went for my walk even though the weather still has been horrible. 🌧💪🏻💦
Was pretty upset finding that my expensive hydrangeas in the garden have lots of little black and red creepy crawly things crawling around on them. 😭 have had them for 3 years now and I re-potted them last year for a lot a money (new huge, huge pots and special blue hydrangeas soil). I hope I can save them.
That upset me so much I was going back and forth really wanting more peanut butter cup treats and chocolate but I reminded myself that it’s weigh-day tomorrow and resisted. 🙈
•Notes: Planning on starting work at 6:30 am tomorrow. 💪🏻 Wakey wakey hopefully I can get my *kitten* out of bed. 😅🙈
Starting weight: 192.9 lb / 87,5 kg 28.06.2020
Have a nice evening everybody. Nighty night for me over here in Germany soon. x
Hope your Hydrangeas survive. Great job on resisting the chocolate treats.0 -
dymphnadaniels wrote: »Sorry I haven't really been around much, well hardly at all. I am in the process of appealing for financial aid, getting my individualized degree setup, filling out paperwork for a new apartment program, prepping to move, and still trying to get some kind of progress on work done at home! I also had a MRI today on my left wrist. In about two weeks I will hear from my doctor as to if nothing can be done or need to come in and decide what kind of surgery to do to repair it! End of June to this month is literally heating up for me stopping outdoor workouts as heat indexes climb, even at six am it's too warm and muggy! I also need to adjust my sleeping pattern to match the new pattern that I will need to have in about 45 days!
Sounds like you are crazy busy. I hope things work out with your wrist. The weather is crazy for going outside. I have taken my walks indoors for the most part due to the heat.0 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Just checking in ....I just got back from my DR's appt. Things went fantastic ..... He was happy with my progress and my experiments I was doing on my own .... I took myself off Victoza and cut Metformin down to 1/2 a pill twice a day.. he said he had no problems taking me off all meds if I reach 199 ....I am a happy camper
That is awesome news. Losing weight is so good for our health!0 -
7/2 steps 18190
I was thinking, is the jump rope motivation still an option?
How about a workout/ calisthenics challenge? Nothing too difficult mainly to encourage all of us to move at our own pace. It could help to see how everybody else is doing along side "you".
Just a thought.2 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Just checking in ....I just got back from my DR's appt. Things went fantastic ..... He was happy with my progress and my experiments I was doing on my own .... I took myself off Victoza and cut Metformin down to 1/2 a pill twice a day.. he said he had no problems taking me off all meds if I reach 199 ....I am a happy camper
That is awesome news. Losing weight is so good for our health!
Thanks Linda 1 -
Tuesday 30 11.537 steps
Wednesday 1 24.135 steps
Thursday 2 16.288 step1 -
Yesterday I went to the doctor and next Monday I need to go to the specialist. Much probably quite soon I would need to sleep one night in the hospital to check how I sleep. (Which I already know is real bad) 🤣🤣
And much much probably they will give me a CPAP to sleep.
The last time I used a CPAP was in June 2010. Back then I lost plenty of kilos and my quality of sleeping improved a lot.
The doctor told me yesterday that with the way I'm sleeping right now is impossible to lose weight.
And I hear his words but in the back of my mind I'm still thinking: I'm eating healthy, doing my sport! Why am I still in this weight?
It's stupid how my brain works sometimes.
I really hope they do everything quite soon and I start to see the real results of my effort.1 -
7/2 steps 18190
I was thinking, is the jump rope motivation still an option?
How about a workout/ calisthenics challenge? Nothing too difficult mainly to encourage all of us to move at our own pace. It could help to see how everybody else is doing along side "you".
Just a thought.
We can do a movement challenge. Josh was running the jump rope challenge but he hasn’t be around lately. I will talk to Mari and get something started for next week.0 -
Marigorringo wrote: »Tuesday 30 11.537 steps
Wednesday 1 24.135 steps
Thursday 2 16.288 step
That’s a lot of steps! Well done!1 -
Marigorringo wrote: »Yesterday I went to the doctor and next Monday I need to go to the specialist. Much probably quite soon I would need to sleep one night in the hospital to check how I sleep. (Which I already know is real bad) 🤣🤣
And much much probably they will give me a CPAP to sleep.
The last time I used a CPAP was in June 2010. Back then I lost plenty of kilos and my quality of sleeping improved a lot.
The doctor told me yesterday that with the way I'm sleeping right now is impossible to lose weight.
And I hear his words but in the back of my mind I'm still thinking: I'm eating healthy, doing my sport! Why am I still in this weight?
It's stupid how my brain works sometimes.
I really hope they do everything quite soon and I start to see the real results of my effort.
I hope you get your sleep study done soon. Just remember once you get your sleep straightened out you are already setting the foundation of healthy eating and exercise.1 -
Overdue
@charlottemilton
@panda4153
Friday’s weigh ins
@Megan_smartiepants1970
@Shad0wDancer
@destiny_sierra
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Thursday’s check in
Calories: under
Exercise: 43 minutes total walk + 36 minutes to store and back
Water:✅
Self care
Wednesday did not disconnect
Thursday I don’t know if it can be considered a act of kindness but I babysat the youngest yesterday as my daughter had to work and played everyone of her silly made up games.
PW 199.6
CW 200.0
LTD 62.8
Steps 7/2 14,169
I didn’t really want to see my weight go into the 200’s but I know what caused the gain. I am going to move forward and really watch my sodium this weekend. I normally have Tim Hortons chili on Friday’s but I am skipping it this week and see if there is a difference in my water retention.
My hubby is off today so we are going to do our grocery shopping today instead of tomorrow. We are going later than we usually do so I hope there’s not a line up. I am going to the used bookstore this afternoon. I have lots of books to trade in that I couldn’t during lockdown. I love going to the bookstore.
Happy FriYAY!
Today’s goals
1. Walk 30 minutes minimum ✅
2. Stay within calorie goal
3. 10,000 steps
4. Drink 8 cups of water
5. Bed by 11:30 pm
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Check-In: Thursday, July 02
•Log all food: No ❌
•Under Calories: No ❌
•Exercise: No ❌
•Water: 1.5 L ❌
•Steps: 11,768 ✅
•Self-Care: I have a friend that is making her own organic natural skin care products and helped share her products on Facebook and purchased some gift baskets for my kids teachers. ✅
Not the best day yesterday but slowly getting my energy back. Made it to the gym this morning and trying to get back to logging my food. I dropped the ball for a couple of days. I’ve been trying to make healthy choices but didn’t bother logging anything.
July goals:
•Log all food. The good the bad and the ugly!
•Stay on or under my allowed calorie goal.
•Do at least 30 minute workout each day.
•Drink at least 2L water each day.
•Reach at least 10,000 steps each day.0 -
JULY SELF CARE CHALLENGE
It’s day 6 of our Self Care challenge! Try a new exercise!
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Good Morning/Afternoon All.........I hope you have a wonderful day
Good morning Megan! I hope your days was a success!Hi everyone, sorry I'm overdue. As you can see by my weigh-in this past week hasn't been one of my best. I've been struggling with consistency in what I'm eating and my exercise. I'm not really sure about the reason for my complete tanking mentally and physically, but I'm trying to get myself out of this funk.
Username: missgyst
Weigh-in Day: Wednesday
Weigh-in week: 4
Starting Weight: 229.0
Previous weight: 210.1
Current weight: 212.4
Catching up with my steps from about a week ago...
6/25: 2,187
6/26: 3,487
6/27: 11,897
6/28: 10,529
6/29: 8,967
6/30: 7,948
7/01: 4,466
Got your steps in. Hang in there. Don’t give up. It’s ok if things didn’t go as you wanted. This happens to us all. Just get yourself back on it. We are here cheering you on. ❤️stephipeanut wrote: »Check-in Thursday, 02.07.2020
•Food:
Woke up earlier this morning but was a bit shaking because of the low calorie intake yesterday I guess. So I ate before my water this morning. #veryfruity
2 nectarines, 2 peaches, a banana & 2 small (9 g each) peanut butter cup treats
4 rice + seed crackers with homemade guacamole
2 small store bought wraps with homemade veg filling (baby potatoes, zucchini, kidney-beans, sweet corn, tomatoes)
1 peach
•Water: 2 Liter water
•Exercise: 5,75 km / 3.5 mile walk duration 0:58:02 #5kaday (not uphill today)
•Highlights: Went for my walk even though the weather still has been horrible. 🌧💪🏻💦
Was pretty upset finding that my expensive hydrangeas in the garden have lots of little black and red creepy crawly things crawling around on them. 😭 have had them for 3 years now and I re-potted them last year for a lot a money (new huge, huge pots and special blue hydrangeas soil). I hope I can save them.
That upset me so much I was going back and forth really wanting more peanut butter cup treats and chocolate but I reminded myself that it’s weigh-day tomorrow and resisted. 🙈
•Notes: Planning on starting work at 6:30 am tomorrow. 💪🏻 Wakey wakey hopefully I can get my *kitten* out of bed. 😅🙈
Starting weight: 192.9 lb / 87,5 kg 28.06.2020
Have a nice evening everybody. Nighty night for me over here in Germany soon. x
Another delicious day! I hope you find something to help with your plants. Lots of rose bushes here have the same bugs. My neighbor is treating here with a homemade spray using garlic. Have a look online and see what you can use.dymphnadaniels wrote: »username: dymphnadaniels
CW: 329.8
Weigh-in Day: Monday
keep at it! You know what you have to do. We ar where for you ❤️dymphnadaniels wrote: »Sorry I haven't really been around much, well hardly at all. I am in the process of appealing for financial aid, getting my individualized degree setup, filling out paperwork for a new apartment program, prepping to move, and still trying to get some kind of progress on work done at home! I also had a MRI today on my left wrist. In about two weeks I will hear from my doctor as to if nothing can be done or need to come in and decide what kind of surgery to do to repair it! End of June to this month is literally heating up for me stopping outdoor workouts as heat indexes climb, even at six am it's too warm and muggy! I also need to adjust my sleeping pattern to match the new pattern that I will need to have in about 45 days!
As long as you are back all is good. I do hope there isn’t anything to serious with your wrist. Please continue checking in ❤️Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Just checking in ....I just got back from my DR's appt. Things went fantastic ..... He was happy with my progress and my experiments I was doing on my own .... I took myself off Victoza and cut Metformin down to 1/2 a pill twice a day.. he said he had no problems taking me off all meds if I reach 199 ....I am a happy camper
Glad your appointment went well. You will be off all your meds before you know it 💪🏻
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7/2 steps 18190
I was thinking, is the jump rope motivation still an option?
How about a workout/ calisthenics challenge? Nothing too difficult mainly to encourage all of us to move at our own pace. It could help to see how everybody else is doing along side "you".
Just a thought.
Got your steps in! Good idea. Linda and I are currently discussion a workout challenge. Thanks for your suggestion!Marigorringo wrote: »Tuesday 30 11.537 steps
Wednesday 1 24.135 steps
Thursday 2 16.288 step
Got your steps in!Marigorringo wrote: »Yesterday I went to the doctor and next Monday I need to go to the specialist. Much probably quite soon I would need to sleep one night in the hospital to check how I sleep. (Which I already know is real bad) 🤣🤣
And much much probably they will give me a CPAP to sleep.
The last time I used a CPAP was in June 2010. Back then I lost plenty of kilos and my quality of sleeping improved a lot.
The doctor told me yesterday that with the way I'm sleeping right now is impossible to lose weight.
And I hear his words but in the back of my mind I'm still thinking: I'm eating healthy, doing my sport! Why am I still in this weight?
It's stupid how my brain works sometimes.
I really hope they do everything quite soon and I start to see the real results of my effort.
Good luck with that! I hope that once you get your sleep back on track the weight starts melting off.lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Thursday’s check in
Calories: under
Exercise: 43 minutes total walk + 36 minutes to store and back
Water:✅
Self care
Wednesday did not disconnect
Thursday I don’t know if it can be considered a act of kindness but I babysat the youngest yesterday as my daughter had to work and played everyone of her silly made up games.
PW 199.6
CW 200.0
LTD 62.8
Steps 7/2 14,169
I didn’t really want to see my weight go into the 200’s but I know what caused the gain. I am going to move forward and really watch my sodium this weekend. I normally have Tim Hortons chili on Friday’s but I am skipping it this week and see if there is a difference in my water retention.
My hubby is off today so we are going to do our grocery shopping today instead of tomorrow. We are going later than we usually do so I hope there’s not a line up. I am going to the used bookstore this afternoon. I have lots of books to trade in that I couldn’t during lockdown. I love going to the bookstore.
Happy FriYAY!
Today’s goals
1. Walk 30 minutes minimum ✅
2. Stay within calorie goal
3. 10,000 steps
4. Drink 8 cups of water
5. Bed by 11:30 pm
Enjoy your trip back to the bookstore! Don’t worry about that minor gain. You know why it happened and you know it will be gone in no time. You are doing great Linda 💪🏻❤️👍🏻
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Cesse - age 72 - Check-In
308.6 lbs - starting weight on 3/28
295.4 lbs - weighin on 4/30 -- (-13.2 Total Loss to date)
291.2 lbs - weighin on 5/30 -- loss = 4.2 lbs for month of May (17.4 lb Total Loss To Date)
293.2 lbs - weighin on 6/27 -- gain = 2.0 lbs for month of June (15.4 lb Total Loss To Date)
July Mini Goal -- 285 lbs - (need to lose 8.2 lbs or approx. 2 lb/week)
First Major Goal = Onederland
Goal Weight = 165 lbs
JULY GOALS ---
(1) Log all food and beverages honestly; Drink 10+ water [week 1 challenge = MEASURE IT!]
(2) Exercise 30 min minimum (3000 steps)
(3) Clean 30 min per day: house or yard or declutter
STEP CHALLENGE ---
06/28 - 3000
06/29 - 3000
06/30 - 3000
07/01 - 3000
07/02 - 3000
07/03 - 3000
SELF-CARE CHALLENGE ---
06/28 - Did 20 min stretching routine
06/29 - Treat myself to fudgesicle on glider outside in shade
06/30 - Give myself a pedicure
07/01 - not a chance! LOL
07/02 - Do my Granddaughter's dishes (wash/dry/put away)
07/03 - 5-Minute Standing Flat-Belly Workout | Class FitSugar
TASKS FOR TODAY ---
Feed & Water animals done
Vacuum and Mop kitchen floor
Sweep and Mop bathroom floor
Yardwork: water hanging plants ... weed whack north, south, east, west perimeter1 -
I switched my weigh-in day for Friday, so here we go:
Username: piqueaboo
Weigh In Day: Fridays
PW (Previous Weight): 192.8lbs
CW (Current Weight): 190.4lbs
LTD (Loss to Date): 58.7lbs
Steps:- Monday June 29: 12 847
- Tuesday June 30: 15 888
- Wednesday July 1: 9 953
- Thursday July 2: 12 034
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