Mission Slimpossible Team Chat - August 2020
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@raleighgirl09 loved the Taiko drums, that would be an amazing workout! Let's make a drum workout video!
Seems like everyone is in the same boat with struggling right now. You all are rockstars, a couple bad days won't make or break you, keep fighting for better health and remember just a little adds up to big changes! As the wise @AustinRuadhain says think of how much trying to improve yourself just a little each day can add up? It's impossible to be perfect, we're humans, but we're tough cookies and we got this! Now make an attainable goal for the day or week and slay it Slimpossibles!
Sat check-in
Exercise- hip hop, arm cardio, Fitness Marshall dance, arm resistance bands, leg resistance bands for splits, meditation
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vegan4lyfe2012
Week 3
Sunday
PW: 191.4
CW: 192.4
Up a pound, but worth it while spending time with my son. Heading back to Michigan today. It'll take about 14 hours. I'll get caught up with everything I missed on here tomorrow.2 -
Weigh in Apple852hk
Week 4 - Aug 2020 Sunday
PW 137.7lb (62.5kg)
CW 138.6 (62.9kg)
Gained - not a lot. But I've not been eating that much so maybe my body thinks I'm in starvation mode. But on Friday I ate a ice cream cone and gained weight. Maybe water weight.
The weather is cooler now but lits of my garden vegetables has to be harvested. So its like eating sweetcorn cob every day.
Perhaps also I ate potatoes every day. Even though I tried to have small portions, it was everyday so lots of carbs.
Didn't go for a long walk so missing that.
Didn't fulfill my goal of no chocolate but eat cheese for a week. Didn't eat a lot except on Monday are at least 100g of chocolate.
GOALS
1. Don't eat chocolate for a week
2. Eat more cheese to feel fuller
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Weight No More 0.28%
2nd Waist Aways 0.13%
3rd Trimstones 0.11%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
1st Weight No MOre 12.5 Lbs
2nd Waist Aways 6 Lbs
3rd Trimstones 5.1 Lbs
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @mynacha73 3.03 %
2nd @goingape 2.42%
3rd @bettyboag 2.20 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @mynacha73 5.7 Lbs
2nd @Marigorringo 5.4 Lbs
3rd @goingape 4.0 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@melichalupa
@kirsten11872
@izzyred9400
@SMcFall0215
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@nstephenson01
@LaurieWrobo
@gwamajtw91
@apple852hk
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@anido1 Yeah, it's hot here too, I know the feeling. So hot and sticky, it's hard to be motivated to do anything.
But I have to move, maybe in the morning before work starts, I'll do my exercise. I use Achievement. It's great, you just hook up your FitBit and email and just kind of forget about it. You get a weekly email saying how many points you have earned and every blue moon, you earn enough to trade it for a gift card. I used to trade it for an Amazon gift card but I think they stopped offering those. I think the last time, I forget what I got. You can also fill out surveys to earn more points.
@TeresaW1020 Thank you for the pep talk, I needed that!
You are probably right. I do need to drink water water water. I am sorely low on it. I'm going to make it my mission to be floating by the end of the week lol. I'm glad your mom liked the Chinese food.
Hi all. I'm going to try to do some meal prep today if my schedule allows it. Doing meal prep sucks away my Sundays but it helps me in the long run because then I have no excuse to order takeout or make junk food during the week. If I don't have time to make full meals today, I will at least cut up the veggies for the meals so I'm prepped. I will put the veggies in bags and label them and get everything ready so it's kind of like those meal in boxes that you order off the internet now that are so popular? Blue Apron etc.? I'm making my own Blue Apron meals!
Saturday
Calories: over/under: over
Water: over/under: under
Exercise: ----
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: track everything, gentle stretching, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water2 -
The Week 4 Challenge is up!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10807880/week-4-challenge-try-something-new#latest
Let's have a fantastic week 4
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The Green Challenge Percentage of people who lost weight this week. No matter how small the loss the weights are recorded in green. Remember slow and steady wins the race!
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@raleighgirl09 Thanks for the music! I love all kinds of music too. I used to have this amazing Native American CD that I played over and over again. Hubby once took me to an opera, and I fell in love with that too. And of course, there will always be 80’s big hair and punk rock music that will own a huge piece of my heart.
Hi everyone! Today was great! I got to be with 9 of my kids this morning in children’s church, which we call Canopy Kids because we are upstairs in the “treehouse” It was super fun hanging out with them and it was nice to feel like we are getting back to normal. We start up Wednesday nights next month and I will be helping with the 3 to 5-year olds this year. That should be awesome!!
I did a cardio workout this morning, fasted almost 21 hours, and my eating was on point. 
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@vegan4lyfe2012 Hope the drive isn't too crazy, I'm glad you had a good time with your son!
@apple852hk Yum, you're growing corn and potatoes? What else do you grow?
Go team, great losses!
@TeresaW1020 Time with the kids sounds awesome, I'm so glad you had this opportunity!
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Sunday check-in
Exercise- arm cardio, dance, abs, resistance bands for splits, yoga, earth energy healing, chakra meditation
Calories- under
Water- over
Well my Xcode life results came in, they're really interesting! I'm supposed to be eating 40% protein, 15% fat, and 45% carbs. Um, protein is one of those things I never want as I'm not a big meat eater and can't stand fatty meat, LOL! But my body has been responding to it. It also says I get fat on fats so I should keep them low, I KNEW Keto was wrong for me but ODed on veggies instead. I'm positive for Celiac on both sides of the family and it shows gluten intolerance but lower chances for lactose though I'm sensitive to milk. Not sure what I'll do with all this info, I'll try higher protein and see how it goes. I'm 1 month into Paleo now and today's my best day in months so I have to stick with it for now. I really want to try adding back in honey or beans, I'll think on that for the next couple weeks and give it a go, I should pick beans first for protein but am hoping to unbloat and honey is less likely to cause bloating than beans! Still debating on cutting nightshades, eggs, garlic, and onion and if I have to eat more meat I'll really have to start getting it from animals not fed corn or it's defeating the purpose of MY not eating corn. Veggies and fruit are so less complicated.
If any of you are interested in any of the genetic info feel free to ask, it also broke down my personality too and it was pretty right-on there as well. It says my weak fitness area is stretching, no wonder the splits are kicking my rear!1 -
@trooworld I understand the desire to beat ones self up...we can't do that though. Just pick ourselves up by our boot straps and start the next day over strong. I know it's not always the easiest thing to do...I'm struggling with it...but...we have a full week left of this month...let's do this!!!!!!!
Monday check-in
My weekend was very sedentary starting with Friday. I started to feel under the weather at work so I spent all weekend at home in bed. NyQuil and my blankies were my friends this weekend. I don't feel a whole lot better today but I'm at work and plan on hydrating like crazy and then going to the gym after work for some cardio. This is the last week of the month so I kinda have to do something if I want to at least show that I've lost weight this month. Hitting my goal of 5 pounds isn't realistic...but I can still show a loss.2 -
@TeresaW1020 I'm glad the time with your "Canopy Kids" went so well. Sounds like you had a great day yesterday, too! WTG!!!
@Katmary71 I'm glad you got some helpful answers out of the Xcode stuff. I hope you can add beans and honey back in.
@GretchenReine You are right, and it isn't easy especially when you have grown up surrounded by people putting you down and so that's your default. But I'm determined to turn this around this week! I hope you have a good week, too. I'm sorry you aren't feeling well. I hope you feel better soon.
Hello everyone. I did do some easy stretching yesterday which felt nice. I didn't get much done re: meal prep. It was too hot. But I had a nice salmon dinner @Katmary71 , I made the Sweet 'N' Spicy Sriracha-Glazed Salmon from Skinnytaste that you posted here. It was delicious! Instead of making it in the oven, I made it in the air fryer at the same time as my broccoli: I put down a bed of broccoli florets, then put the salmon down on top of the broccoli and set the air fryer at 375F for 10 minutes (salmon was done to medium which is how we like it). Dinner was delicious, thanks again for the recipe!
Sunday
Calories: over/under: over
Water: over/under: under
Exercise: gentle stretching
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: track everything, I WILL do a YouTube video!, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water0 -
anido1
Week 3 weigh in: Monday
PW: 155
CW: 156
Can’t say I’m surprised as I knew this was going to happen. Determined to try and get back on track this week🙏3 -
Username: buniphuphu
Weigh In Day: Monday
Week: 4
PW: 335.8
CW: 335.5
Not much of a loss, but a loss is a loss. I was actually down a lot more on Saturday, but the scale does what it does. I've put in a lot of hours of swimming this week, but I've also indulged in chips and ice cream a couple of times. I did still eat quite a few fruits and veggies, so not a horrible week overall. I got caught up on my birthday swim goal, and I've even surpassed it. As of yesterday, I'm averaging more than 49 minutes per day!
I start PT on Friday for my shoulder. My MRI showed a biceps tendon tear, a small rotator cuff tear, and an impingement. My doctor wants to try rehab first before we think about surgery, so we'll see how it goes.1 -
@buniphuphu, Yup we celebrate every loss, no matter how small it might be! Just keep up the great effort and you will see the results. I hope all goes well with your PT and that you will be able to avoid surgery.
@anido1 Good news is that you know what happened and are determined to turn it around. You got this!!
@troowrold I NEED to make that salmon recipe!! Mom doesn’t like salmon so I haven’t made it in a long while but I think it’s time I do so and she can have a piece of chicken.
@GretchenReine So sorry that you have been sick! You right to not worry so much about your goal but to just concentrating on doing the best you can. I have found for myself that if I set a weight goal for a certain date, I almost never make it, and then I am upset. So, now I just do my best and if I stumble along the way, I just get up and start again.
@Katmary71 That is interesting info you found out on Xcode Life. I would like to do and just need to hit up DH for the money. Some months when he isn’t complaining about big bills or what I bought on Amazon.
Hi everyone! Today has been good. I got up this morning and did my 21 Day Fix upper body workout. My arms are hurting so I guess I lifted enough. After that DH and I went and ran some errands and then I came back home and spent most of the afternoon on the computer doing church work. I fasted 20 hours today and it was also my first day cutting my carbs from my diet. I’m not going back to Keto but I am going to cut where I can. For instance, I made a chicken salad for dinner and I ate mine with a few pork rinds instead of bread. I’m just as satisfied and I really hope this new plan works. 
I saw this graphic today on Pinterest and it really spoke to me.
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@to world I'm so glad you liked the salmon, it's my favorite skinnytaste recipe! I miss it!
@TeresaW1020 I love the quote!
Monday check-in
Exercise- arm cardio, arm resistance bands, leg resistance bands for splits, Kundalini chakra yoga, yoga, earth energy meditation
Calories- under
Water- over0 -
@buniphuphu You are doing great with your swimming goal. And yes, a loss is a loss, so congratulations on the loss!
@TeresaW1020 It's really good. I didn't marinate the salmon very long so the next time, I'd marinate it longer for more flavor. Good luck with your new plan, I know you'll find what works for you! I love that graphic, it really speaks to me today.
@Katmary71 I did love it, I'm going to make it again, which says something considering I have so many recipes!!!
Hello all. This week is shaping up to be a totally different week than last week (thankfully!). I'm looking good with my WW points and feeling good. I just need to fit in the exercise. Yesterday, by the time I got home from work, it was too hot to do any. I'm going to try to do some today even if it means running the AC while I do it.
Monday
Calories: over/under: under
Water: over/under: under
Exercise: ----
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: track everything, I WILL do a YouTube video!, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water1 -
Username: Jactop
Weigh In Day: Monday
PW :195
CW : 197
Loss to date: 28 lbs2 -
Username: leonadixon
Weigh in day: Monday
PW (7/27/2020): 208.6
Check in weight (8/3): 208.4
Check in weight (8/10):208.8
Check in weight (8/17):209.2
Check in weight (8/24): 210.4
Check in weight (8/31):1 -
Prepare to welcome a new member, Slimpossibles! @TwistedSassette will be along shortly!3
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Prepare to welcome a new member, Slimpossibles! @TwistedSassette will be along shortly!
Thanks!
I'm Christie (or Twisty) and I'm excited to be here. I have been around MFP on and off for like 8 years or so. I've been more of a regular in the last year and found some good community-run challenges which are helpful. Somehow, I'd never come across this group though!
I'm a bit of a yoyo-er when it comes to weight loss. I have PCOS with insulin resistance so losing weight is hard for me. I'm currently at my highest weight despite being much more involved in exercising in recent months. So my focus in the short term is to make a habit of tracking my calories every day - I tend to do this for a while and then drop off the consistency so I'm focusing there for now. I'm hoping that will give me a better picture of my situation, and allow me to set some more defined goals around nutrition. I have a suspicion that my estimated calorie burn (both from exercise and just BMR) is significantly higher than what actually happens, so my current calorie intake goal is probably much too high.
I am an Aussie and I love a good laugh. I have been married almost 12 years, and have a son who is almost 2. I try to take him for a walk in the pram most days after work - he loves it so much so it's been motivating me to get out there more! I also enjoy yoga but strength training is the devil. I do like Body Pump, so I've found some YouTube videos which I enjoy when I get the time to do them. Looking forward to getting to know you all as we work together toward our goals!3 -
@TwistedSassette Welcome to the team, it's great to meet you! I'm not sure what kind of exercise you're doing but if you're selecting an entry from MFP it may be too high, that was the situation with me. I'm on medication that interferes with weight loss (and makes me super hungry) plus have other health issues so it could've been confused because of that but in my case I did 2 hours of cardio a day weighing everything at 1200 calories losing 1lb a week so something was screwed up or I'd have been losing an extra pound a week. I recently did genetic testing and it said the combination of macros could've been an issue, who knows. Sometimes the data don't make sense, that's been the case even with my Fitbit though it's more accurate now than when I just selected my exercise in the database.
Tuesday check-in
Exercise- arm cardio, chakra meditation for healing, abs, yoga/stretching for splits, earth energy meditation
Calories- under or just at, I haven't had dessert yet
Water- great
I forgot to post that I made raleighgirl09 roasted chicken with caramelized onions and olives yesterday and it was delicious! If you want the recipe let me know, it's on my desktop and I'm on my laptop. It was even better tonight, I made a garlic pepper infused olive oil and mixed with Italian herbs for broccoli and zucchini plus salad so it was a great dinner. I bought lactose-free gluten-free cheese for making the giant meatball but the gluten-free breadcrumbs had sugar so it's a bust, I'll have to find some sort of turkey burger recipe instead so I have something to put the cheese on. It's not bad cheese, Swiss isn't my favorite but it's better than no cheese! I figured it would be better than almond cheese which I've never tried. It's my "gotcha" day for my cats, I put out sardines for my two and my guy's cats and the latter wolfed it all down. I figure if you don't try you don't get a trophy even on your anniversary (I'll sneak some treats just for my boys into my bedroom for when we're alone later!), they did have some tuna water earlier so it's all good!
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Delinquent Monday weigh in
Monday weigh ins.
Starting Weight 196.7
8/3/20 Monday Wt week 1 = 195.3
8/10/20 Monday Wt week 2 = 192.7
8/17/20 Monday Wt week 3 = 190.7
8/24/20 Monday Wt week 4 = 190.7
I so didn’t want to come show my face this week. I am getting ready to screw this up. I do what I always do. I shoot out of the gait sprinting, all in..... 150 percent. Then I nose dive. I was tracking everything, to the point of obsession and running my feet, knees and focus into the ground. Then, that scale that I usually hate but have been liking decided to screw with my head. I was netting 7500 calories a week for a 2 lb loss each week and the scale went up to 192.2 from 190.7 and I flipped out. I went and ate a whopper from Burger King, a coke icee a brownie and stopped filling in my food diary and self care chart.
So I went back in and filled in my sins in my food diary, made a new plan to stop obsessing and try again. I Am plateaued and that is a dangerous place for me especially when I’ve been killing it in the gym. I haven’t been lifting weights just rowing, walking and biking. That line “muscle weighs more than fat” B.S.” is true I’m sure but it is the number on the scale that runs or ruins my life.
So I’m sorry I haven’t been present to cheer others on and adding value to your journeys. Seems life or the devil is trying to take me down. Pool pump is stuck and won’t turn (working on that), running grandkids here and there, and my job has been kicking my butt with fires everywhere to put out. So, here I am. Chin up Tracey and go get that weight off you are 6 weeks in and 10 pounds lighter and on target to reach your 185 lb goal by Halloween. 3rd person chat... I am definitely needing some guidance these next 2 weeks.4 -
@Katmary71 thanks for that. I wear an Apple Watch which monitors my heart rate so I expect it to be more accurate than the MFP entries (though they’re usually pretty similar). My watch data shows I consistently burn around 3,500 calories a day (passive and active), but I don’t believe I consistently eat that much so either I’m eating a LOT more than I think, or my watch is fibbing about my burn!!2
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@TwistedSassette Welcome to the team!! I am so glad to have you and look forward to getting to know you. It sounds like you have a good plan and I agree that consistency can be hard, which is why it’s so important to make a commitment to yourself and if you stumble the commitment is that you will never stop trying.
@Katmary71 That chicken recipe sounds delish so please do post it! I’ve been on a recipe kick lately now that I’m trying to eat lower carbs and still satisfy those I cook for. I LOVE that you had a party for your cats!!
@Tracey0088 Well, I am glad you decided to show your face. Tracey, I think what you wrote has been all of us at different times. We all start out doing a new weight loss plan with total enthusiasm and attack it with full force. But keeping that momentum is hard and the facts are that our weight isn’t going to only go down. It will fluctuate for many reasons. Which is why the scale should never be our primary source for how we are doing. Are you taking pictures and measurements? How do you feel physically? True, muscle doesn’t weigh more than fat, but it does take up less room in our bodies and it does weigh more by volume. Just keep focused on the long-term goals of health and fitness and the weight will follow.
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@TwistedSassette Hi and welcome! I used to love to do Body Pump but I had to stop because I messed up my shoulder doing it. It is great exercise though and I miss it. I wish you the best of luck on your journey here!
@Katmary71 Your dinner sounds wonderful! Sorry that the gluten-free breadcrumbs were a bust. Happy "gotcha" day to your cats!!!
@Tracey0088 I can relate to your post. I had a very bad week last week and gained 4.2 lbs. It was awful. I was so embarrassed. I wanted to quit. But I didn't. I'm still here and so are you and we can do this! Hang in there, Tracey. ((( HUGS )))
Hi there everyone. I managed to fit in some exercise before I started working yesterday. I did these two Hairspray Dance Workout videos (@Katmary71 DANGER!!! LINKS!!!!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiuSH27FC-A and 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdH1M-wsxgo which I am too uncoordinated to do but I had fun acting like an idiot jumping around my living room trying to keep up doing. I made chicken parmesan in the air fryer last night and would have been under my WW points but then I decided to have it with pasta so there go my points. I'm still "in the green" for the week so it's all good.
Tuesday
Calories: over/under: under
Water: over/under: under
Exercise: Hairspray dance YouTube video
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: track everything, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water1 -
Wednesday weigh-in:
SW (7/1/2020): 298.0
Weigh-in (8/1/2020): 289.6
Weigh-in (8/5/2020): 288.0
Weigh-in (8/12/2020): 290.2
Weigh-in (8/19/2020): 293.4
Weigh-in (8/26/2020): 290.8
Weigh-in (9/1/2020):
LTD: 7.2
So although I should be happy that I lost most of the emotional eating weight from the last couple of weeks...I'm not happy. I'm still emotionally drained. I still want to cry. There is less than a week left in the month. Less than 7 days. Odds are I'm not going to show a loss for the month. I guess I have to wave the white flag and admit defeat. I can't imagine that I can lose over a pound before the 1st of September no matter how diligent I am. I'm going to try my best but I know me...and I know that my best really isn't that impressive. At least the first month was a good one. One out of two ain't bad. I wonder what other cliches I can come up with to make myself feel like absolute crap!!!
Anywho, now to focus on my water and NOT over eating. At least this week was a loss. Now to try and finish off the month as strong as I possibly can.
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Good morning everyone! It's been quite a week, and it's only Wednesday! Sunday evening, I was going to enjoy a second swim in my pool, not laps, just messing around. I had been in the pool for about 5 minutes when a snake swam by! EEEK! I was done! Hubby scooped it out with a net, but I've been pretty traumatized. I swam Monday, but only stayed in the shallow end and had to have someone watch for snakes in order to swim. Yesterday, no one would come outside with me, so I missed out. Also yesterday, my son announced that he's going to move in with his flaky GF. He said he wanted to do this a couple of weeks ago, and I thought we had convinced him that waiting until he graduated was a better plan, but I think she guilted him. My husband may have come up with another delaying tactic though because he said that it is impractical to move out since he can't drive (my son has never been interested in learning). Now he has motivation to learn to drive and a delay in moving (maybe).
@TwistedSassette Welcome! I hope you enjoy it here at Mission Slimpossible! I have PCOS, too, so I understand how that can add to the challenge of weight loss.
@Tracey0088 Don't ever feel bad about coming by! You held steady, and you're ending the month lower than you started! That's a big win in my book!
@trooworld Those videos look like fun! They might be a little too bouncy for me, but still fun!2 -
Another new Mission Slimpossible contender! Please welcome @Hilogirl2018 to your team - enjoy!3
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