WaistAways Team Chat - August 2020
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Hey all! Good stepping day here. Over 10,000 steps today. But boy oh boy this evening it sure was hot and the air was as think as pea soup. Not sure if it’s the air pressure changes from the hurricane making its way north or what.
I have not been logging either. First time, purposely doing it. I need a break from it. It will be tricky I’m sure like Kristi @conleywoods said. We’ll see how it goes. I don’t feel out of control. Trying to be mindful and intuitive about my eating.
Great loss @happimess01 Way to go!!
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@micki48 Steps:
Sun 8/23 4,880
Mon 8/24 6,500
Tues 8/25 7,200
Wed 8/26 5,000
Thur 8/27 4,300
I cooked up a storm today in order to feel in better control of my intake. I think it helped. It also helped that I had some time to myself to do that. It's good when my spouse has work away from the house so I can get to some of my things.
Making menus for a few days up to a week is the next step. I don't like feeling stuck with which day we eat what but, I do like planning the "rainbows" and food groups!
It seems like my yearly school's-in-session "thing".
@FatSlayer1016 It's good for me to hear your process of slowing down the "got. to. eat. all. feelings" train. It can be so easy to dive in and do what I've always done expecting new and improved results! It's insane, I know. When I'm not on that train I remember that food is only good for one thing - satisfying hunger. Automatic pilot is where my problems hang out to trip me up...that place where I, too, zip to the freezer or fridge for that "quick fix" for my anxious inner child. Delaying reactions is another thing for me to remember and put into action so I don't have the scale thumb its' nose at me next week the way it did *this* week!
OK. So, tomorrow is another day.
Time to get some sleep so I can be up and Eve (rather than "up and Adam" - haha) and get a walk in before my errands keep me sitting for too many hours.
Happy almost-end of the month, y'all!
Yowza...time has no respect for mere mortals!3 -
Go ahead and post in kg if you like, but I will enter them in pounds in our spreadsheet - just so everyone is on the same units.
If it's not too much trouble, can I weight in kg too old? My brain works in kg (I only moved to the UK as an adult) and every Friday I need to open the spreadsheet to find my previous weight, do the conversion etc. I do it all on my phone so it gets a bit tedious. Thanks!!1 -
Friday weigh in (still in lbs
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SW: 212
PW: 192.2
CW: 194.2
I knew this was coming and I only have myself to blame. I haven't started eating well since coming back from holiday. I was waiting for blood test results to see if I needed to change my thyroid medication, it came back as normal this morning. Brains are funny things. Somewhere in there, I was thinking 'it's my thyroid, not my diet' but I know of course, what I was eating! So while waiting for the result, I just let go completely. Funny how I always find excuses (currently thinking, I can't start before the kids go back to school)
There are always so many excuses! If I don't stop finding reasons, I'll never lose a gram.
So, onwards and upwards (and ignore the leftover homemade pizza in the fridge;) )1 -
@conleywoods For sure decision fatigue is a real thing. I always start the day well with a pretty healthy breakfast. It's after lunch when I start to struggle, with all of the other demands of the day! It's a great idea to prep snacks in advance I think!
@FatSlayer1016 Sorry to hear you had a rough day... but what an amazing thing that it somehow resulted in you feeling in control. I had a similar moment about a week ago. When I normally would have headed to the drive thru (I have a bit of a Maccy D's problem!) but I dealt with feelings in a healthier way. Go us!3 -
Last night I had a bit of a calorie blow out in the studio with some friends. Even though I had prepped for it by having a light lunch, the calories ended up adding up to more than I expected.
It made me think about mindless eating and how it can all just add up so quickly. A stuffed veggie pitta bread, some doritos and dip, a couple of the delicious biscuits my friend had baked, a glass of wine - quickly added up to over 1000 calories!
However, I don't want to feel bad about it or deny myself, because every time I log it increases my awareness. I could have just not had the wine, or skipped a biscuit (I had two) and I would have been closer to my calorie limit.
Going to try and hit the gym today although I had a very bad night's sleep so will see how I feel after work!3 -
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Thanks to all of you, I just got up from reading your posts and went through to prep my mid morning oatmeal and lunchtime salad. I need to get through 'birthday week' upcoming, Dad 91 and Mum 80 the next day. Have bought all 23 tickets for the single screen old theater in town for a matinee on Wednesday for my movie loving mum and only her friends(prob. about 10 or so) "David Copperfield". A surprise. Winging it for any cakes, balloons, small gatherings around that. My siblings seem happy to let me organize it all (have I conditioned them? a bit frustrating to not hear 'what can I do?'). I will delegate when and where I can.
The mindless eating....stress eating...reaching for that bag of potato chips or cookies until they're gone...knowing as I do it that is NOT what got me to where I'm at but doing it anyhow. I will hit the reset button FIRMLY at the end of next week AND I have organized for myself to get away for 2 days again which was so good the last time. There won't be so many opportunities through the winter.
I've been talking about the Winter with some people and how it's going to be quite trying especially for people who live alone. Even with other people it's hard, cabin fever! My mother's been doing a Zoom trivia weekly with her brother in Scotland and their group. She really looks forward to it and we've considered starting one with some other folks around here...although with Zoom it doesn't really matter does it?...just time zones. SO as I'm writing this, I thought, it may just be a fun thing for anyone in Waistaways to try one Zoom trivia midwinter and it could be all about healthy stuff/knowledge, etc....
Even if I feel overwhelmed with so many things to take care of, I do enjoy organizing and planning for fun things...on the list is having 3-4 evenings of small group Oktoberfest in the garden - music, string lights, beer, rainbarrels turned upside down for stand up tables spaced apart, bratwurst, etc...oh, and maybe Oktoberfest trivia. I joked with my mum about the limbo but she thinks we might not have too many contenders...we're all getting older, hah!
Anyhow, I am NOT going to hit a 'DONE' button, or scroll around anywhere else in this group, or I'll lose this all and I've learned too how incredibly frustrating that is.
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@jugar I am going to have to weigh in tomorrow. Last Friday, my scale was really wonky. I realized there was a hair tie under it. I stepped on the scale and the number was pretty high. If I weigh in today, I will be posting a 5 lb gain. That may be accurate and the last few weeks have been off due to the hair tie. This month has been rough, but not that rough. This week has been good. My pants fit fine. I am going to change the batteries and have someone else in my family check their weight. If I am still up 5 lbs tomorrow, then that is my new weight. It has been up all week so if it's not the batteries, it's right .2
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HAPPY FRIDAY !
I am so glad it's friday, I only have to work till noon, then I'm off till Tuesday. It's my Birthday weekend - I turn 49 on Monday... eeek.. We are having a small get together on Sunday, so I am making my own cake... The hubby was going to order one, but I like mine best of all and it would have to be special order, it's a Banana/walnut spice cake with Lemon cream cheese icing... I know sounds weird, but it's soooo yummy... You can do apple too (I use chunky applesauce), but hubby has some ripe bananas that he won't eat, so I will use them...
We were supposed to go camping this weekend, just the hubby and I and the kayaks, to this cool park that has miles and miles of water trails.. BUT with the remnants of Laura, we decided why spend a day being stuck in a tent with thunderstorms for a day and a half, so I canceled it.
Anywho, I am thinking today is my last day off, tomorrow I am back on my exercise plan, the back feels much better, my feet feel good, I am ready !
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happimess01 wrote: »PW - 323.3
CW - 319.4
WOW! That is really close to 10 pounds gone this month! WTG
Thank you😊1 -
Hey all! Good stepping day here. Over 10,000 steps today. But boy oh boy this evening it sure was hot and the air was as think as pea soup. Not sure if it’s the air pressure changes from the hurricane making its way north or what.
I have not been logging either. First time, purposely doing it. I need a break from it. It will be tricky I’m sure like Kristi @conleywoods said. We’ll see how it goes. I don’t feel out of control. Trying to be mindful and intuitive about my eating.
Great loss @happimess01 Way to go!!
Til tomorrow...
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Happy Friday!
I am having a good chuckle over the hair tie under the scale. Who knew that hair ties were powerful enough to take 5 pounds away in an instant?? Hope the new batteries help counter the hair tie effect, @KellyBgetsfit
And the dreaded DONE button. What were they thinking? And why is is STILL there? Everyone should complain. I got caught by it a couple of times (always after carefully writing something long) and have never used the mobile version of the groups and forums ever again. I just wait until I can get on my laptop. But if you make "Never Done" your new mantra, @FatSlayer1016 , maybe it will work! I'm glad to hear that our voices and eyes are already in your head
@pearl4686 and anyone else in the real world - feel free to use kg in your weigh-in. I don't mind at all! I have my calculator on speed dial. Just not stones though, ok?
It's hilarious in Canada, we still use pounds, feet, and inches for body measurements a lot, but temperature, distance, etc. are all metric. Some carpenters stick with inches for some reason, but my kids are lost as soon as they hear the "old" system. Maybe someday the whole world will get it together, but I'm not holding my breath.
@eggfreak I love the idea of a trivia zoom. We are kind of scattered all over time zones, though - we'll have a good think on it as a group. I'll lose for sure. I'm useless on many trivia categories! Right now, though - get out there and delegate! Don't let the sibs assume that you "want" to take care of everything. Enjoy the parties if you can!
Happy almost birthday @Gidgitgoescrazy . You make that cake and enjoy it!1 -
@jugar Friday Weigh-in:
PW: 176
CW: 175.2
Yay. The scale budged! I'm back at work long days and haven't checked in recently. But thanks to all for providing support for my health reboot since August 1st. I really upped my walking steps this month, cut out some nasty snacking, and started forming some good habits. My first month wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Total loss 1.8 lbs. Baby steps. Take care, all.3 -
My doctor and I had the dumbest argument yesterday about my stomach issues but I think there's a chance he actually heard and listened AND understood this time. I didn't yell but I definitely got louder.
The bad news is I need an ultrasound and it'll be months because pregnancy gets priority always. The other bad news is that the other test I need is just, so disgusting.
But maybe the culmination of the bad news will be good news.
Also this was the first appointment in a decade where I heard my blood pressure was very good, rather than a little high. 2 -
Grrrrrr! I just wrote a post. Tried to add a photo. It didn’t work Andy my post was gone. The app really annoys me.2
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September Thread is open!
Feel free to go say hello!
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September Thread is open!
Feel free to go say hello!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10808490/waist-aways-september-2020-team-chat/p1?new=1
As usual, start off until Sunday just doing introductions, plans for the month, what you're going to hold yourself accountable on, etc. Weigh-ins and general chit-chat stay here until Sunday morning. Thanks!1 -
@micki48 Wow! Looks like I fell off the Accountability Cliff - so sorry!
19th August
Steps - 2387
Exercise - 0 mins (Rest Day)
20th August
Steps - 3783
Exercise - 40 mins Upper body HIIT workout
21st August
Steps - 3318
Exercise - 37 mins Tabata & booty workout
22nd August
Steps - 4242
Exercise - 41 mins Total Body HIIT workout
23rd August
Steps - 3398
Exercise - 0 mins (Rest day)
24th August
Steps - 5048
Exercise - 53 mins Cardio & Abs
25th August
Steps - 2875
Exercise - 40 mins Leg workout
26th August
Steps - 3817
Exercise - 0 mins (Rest Day)
27th August
Steps - 2153
Exercise - 37 mins Full body HIIT
Sorry - I WILL do better!
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So, let me try a little again.
Great losses to many of our teammates. Happy early birthday to @Gidgitgoescrazy! @Terytha Glad that your doctor appointment went well overall. Sorry about the yucky test, but hopefully you will have answers.
@eggfreak. SO as I'm writing this, I thought, it may just be a fun thing for anyone in Waistaways to try one Zoom trivia midwinter and it could be all about healthy stuff/knowledge, etc....;)
Even if I feel overwhelmed with so many things to take care of, I do enjoy organizing and planning for fun things. -- I was just thinking the other day that it might be fun to Zoom with any members of the team that are so inclined. Trivia sounds like an added bonus and could definitely be fun and funny!! I would be in if we wanted to try this out. Your Octoberfest party sounds great.
My girl is sleeping and I made getting on my mat for some Pilates a priority today. I do really miss it. I don't know why I don't make myself do it more regularly. So this week, I got in a couple walks (20 and 40 minute) and this 16 minute pilates workout. Other things I've done show up as exercise on my fitbit, but weren't actual workouts.
Hope everyone is having a good day. I weigh in tomorrow and according to the scale today, I'm up again. I'm not ready to give up on my experiment yet. But my scale is going the wrong way. I don't want to have to log everyday for the rest of my life to keep myself in check. That would not be fun. So we will see what tomorrow brings.
As for the little one, this was "Colors" week. We've had a lot of fun learning about colors. Today we went on a color hunt around the house. Can't post photos but it's cute. There's no food there so I guess it's not necessary anyway.
Welcome to all our new friends/teammates! So glad to have you hear.2 -
@evangsimmons170
PW: 342.4
CW 343.2
LTD 31.6
I tried not to have a gain this week but couldn't pull it off. At least it was less than a pound. More importantly is that I'm ending this month 3+ pounds lighter than I started the month, so that's a win-win. Plus i figured out that simply focusing on creating a calorie deficit every day helps a lot. (There were several days this month where I didn't have a deficit, but that's ok. I'll keep trying.)
It has been a crazy busy week, and I'm exhausted and headed for bed. I'll post again tomorrow with more details. Hopefully I'll have a few minutes to catch up on reading everyone's posts.5 -
@Gidgitgoescrazy Happy almost birthday and the cake sounds really good. I like chocolate but chocolate cake is definitely not my go to. I love trying new cakes🎂!
@Terytha Sounds like an interesting appointment some good, some bad, but nice work on the blood pressure! That takes some serious effort.
@Kali225 Glad you made it here! Welcome to a supportive group.
@micki48 and @jguldi11 I'm really interested in not logging anymore as well. I know I tried in the past and only maintained, but I was thinking about it...
I have a lot of new habits and I have a much better sense of portions than I did a year ago. I also exercise regularly now. There were some other good points I came up with this morning but it's 9:30 at night now😁🤪 I brought it up with my goal specialist in noom and asked if she had any tips. I will share if she has more info.
I like the idea of a zoom thing. Maybe a show and tell or something fun like share a favorite childhood picture or something 🤔
I had a free day and ate a lot of food. I needed a free day. It has been a long time!5 -
PW 152.2
CW 156.42 -
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CW: 215.02 -
Saturday
PW 193.4
CW 193.2
I feel very salted up. Glad it’s showing a tiny loss because it wasn’t like that yesterday. Had a very salt loaded dinner last night 🌮. I sure can feel it today. I feel like I need fruit and fresh foods today and LOTS of 💦.
Rainy this weekend here. Remnants of Hurricane Laura. Not sure what the plan is going to be today. My daughter wants the two of us to drink wine and virtual shop today. Lol Benefits of a grown child.
@conleywoods I would love to figure out how to not log all the time and lose. I am pretty much maintaining logging or not lately. So maybe I’m not very good at logging because I show no loss even when I log with calorie deficits. I am also in the midst of heading to menopause. It’s been close to 280 days. 🤞🏼
@evangsimmons170 Congratulations on a net loss this month. You’ve done some insightful thinking about your data. Glad it’s working for you. I’m still trying to find my formula at this stage. I can’t remember the last month I’ve had a net loss. 😳1 -
Hang in there gang! I hear a lot of logging fatigue out there. I know it is sad to contemplate a lifetime of logging, but I have been maintaining for 8 years now, and the only way I can really stay there is to log most of the time. Sure, I skip a lot of days, but it almost always goes a bit sideways because I'm the kind of person who hides the bad stuff. I don't log when I'm going out of bounds. Sometimes I get tough and log everything no matter what, but when I start avoiding logging for the wrong reasons, I absolutely have to get back to it quickly or the gains just start. It has mostly just become something I do, it takes very little time, and I tend to eat the same things over and over, so it is quick. All that to say, for me, logging is necessary even if it isn't perfect. I don't measure and weigh anymore, I'm not fanatical about it, but I keep doing it because it works. Streamline by using "meals" and "recipes", use the app not the web (if you log on mfp, it is the one thing that is better on the app!), and just do it. Think of it like brushing your teeth. It's bad for your health if you skip it too much!
Lots to do today! This was my office yesterday - we brought in a LOT of wood, and it is all nicely stacked in the cellar now. But today it is raining, so it is back to room painting and house work. And dealing with all those zucchini...
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Liselyn...that's a lot of logs and logging. 3
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Last weigh in: 174.8
Could be worse, given how many painkillers I downed yesterday after hurting my back. -_-4
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