WaistAways Team Chat - August 2020
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Steps for the week
8/2- 9,198
8/3- 11,415
8/4-10,367
8/5- 6,718
8/6- 11,084
8/7- 10,663
8/8- 8,989- wish I had of noticed this I would have walked the extra 11 steps to make my goal!! 🤬3 -
Well, I woke up to some rocking and rolling. My bed was shaking, dresser was rattling. Looked at my clock and told my husband I think we’re having an earthquake. Went to USGS. Sure enough we had a 5.1 earthquake in North Carolina! I expected this when I lived in California, but not here. Thanks 2020!😳😬7
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Didn't get to kayak, but did take a nice hike yesterday. About an hour. It was nice to get out. Love the photos of all your adventures!
Like @jugar said Sunday is fine for your steps. I want you to have credit for every one of those steps. Thanks to everyone for getting those steps in.
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SMcFall0215 wrote: »Steps for the week
8/2- 9,198
8/3- 11,415
8/4-10,367
8/5- 6,718
8/6- 11,084
8/7- 10,663
8/8- 8,989- wish I had of noticed this I would have walked the extra 11 steps to make my goal!! 🤬
I hate when that happens. Eleven little steps. I've done the same thing. We know you took those steps somehow.
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@lovethyneighbor Are you participating in the step challenge? I'm not sure. If you could let me know that would be great. Don't want to leave you off or put you on if you're not interested. 0
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Hello all!
I have had a few quite days and just needed a little break from all the crazy stuff going on in life. My husband's school offered him a one year leave of absence which is really nice!
@jugar the sauna sounds great. I've been teasing my better half that since he's a house husband now if he wants to build one, I would be his official sauna tester😁
@micki48 You are right to know that scales are jerks sometimes. They are not the whole picture for sure!
My scale has been up, up, down, up lately. But...I had this pair of pants that I bought without trying on because I had some in a different color. They were miss labeled and too small by a lot. I just shoved them in the closet. Now, they just slip right on! Before, they were probably 4 inches from closing.
@terytha I'm sure we are doing different types of dance but I am loving my ballet inspired workouts. I get it! It just feels good to move your body to music and have fun.
@eggfreak and @jguldi11 love all the good food! Yummy 😋
I'm still trying for the perfect day. I need one and it's been a while. I'm closing the gap and getting closer. Any day now6 -
@micki48 love the hiking pictures! I love nature.@lovethyneighbor Are you participating in the step challenge? I'm not sure. If you could let me know that would be great. Don't want to leave you off or put you on if you're not interested.
I didn’t sign up for the step challenge since my I sit all day at work. I barely get over 5k a day, sometimes less.1 -
PW 242.8 lbs
CW 242.5 lbs
LTD 26.5 lbs
Slow and steady I suppose, better than a gain!6 -
The Green Challenge Percentage of people who lost weight this week. No matter how small your weight loss it is recorded in green. So, Remember to always weigh-in! 
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Hmm not a great day. I'm struggling. We're going through a heat wave and my kitchen is unbearable to be in for more than a few minutes + we're out on day trips most days, so not much food prep/cooking. So I have not been logging since Friday and was careful not to eat junk but probably overdid it at mealtimes.
Ugh, it's hard to stick to sometimes.
Tomorrow is a new day...7 -
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Well the weekend is ending yet again. How do they keep doing that?
I hope you are all ok with the weird and unexpected earthquake in NC @micki48 ! We had 2 in Québec many years ago, and it is one of the oddest feelings ever. I suppose people in California and other faulty places get used to them.
Today has been spent running between our sauna and the kitchen and the garden - LOTS of veggies were frozen, made ready for sauces, or turned into yummy stuff like zucchini bread today, and serious progress was made on the inside ceiling of the sauna. My husband built the sauna before building our house 27 years ago (yikes! is it that long???). We were living in a 2 room cabin (with an outhouse) - and a baby, a grand piano, and several computers. He is a programmer, I am a musician, and the baby was toilet trained on an outdoor toilet! It was starting to feel a bit cramped, so we built a new house. To clear the space for the new house, the trees we had to cut were milled and DH used them to build the sauna before the house, because he knew it was going to hurt to build a house! Every day when he and his building partners finished work, there was a race for the pond and the sauna. It got pretty loud. In any case, the sauna was long overdue for some repairs. I can't wait to have it back. There is nothing like winter sauna. @conleywoods - tell your husband he must do this. It is the cat's meouw.
The final results for week 1 will be up sometime soon! @Beka3695 had a crazy day with a long drive, so she will get them done when she can. We did not have the best huge loss numbers, but we had the largest percentage of team members in the green. Congrats to our top losers -
@Gidgitgoescrazy and @eggfreak tied for 1st place!
@SMcFall0215
@deniners2
Keep up the good losing!7 -
The WEEK 2 Challenge is up! Time to play some fitness bingo
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10806574/week-2-challenge-bingo#latest3 -
@micki48 Sat steps: 8,255
Sunday: 3,006
Just home from helping Emily at a small wedding yesterday. Need to sleep, now. Xoxo2 -
It's the end of the day and I did it! I finally had one of those days where I checked all the boxes and met all my targets. Calories were about 1250 and lots of fruits and veggies. Walked for an hour and did a 40 minute ballet workout. Hopefully this will be a trend and I can stay on track.11
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My weigh in today is at 190lb x4
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Steps for 8/9 = 2261 + Kayaking, we kayaked for a long time, but I also sat for periods, and hung out under the trees because it was stupid hot out there, so I think it would only be fair to say I actually kayaked for 120 minutes, even though we were out there for 4 hours..
Food wasn't great, I definitely went over, but It is all good, my breakfast and lunches were good, it was dinner that wasn't so good, but my days never went over 2k cal either, so it's all evens out, because I keep it a little lower during the week than some may think I should...
Anyway, on to a new week.
Have a great monday !
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Shrinking Assets 0.48%
2nd Mission Slimpossibles 0.38%
3rd Downsizers 0.64%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
1st Shrinking Assets 26.8 Lbs
2nd Downsizers 22.9 Lbs
3rd Mission Slimpossibles 22.3 Lbs
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @krupalip 3.45 %
2nd @alanpeisakoff 2.93%
3rd @TASCascalho 2.70 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @alanpeisakoff 5.4 Lbs
2nd @TASCascalho 5.3 Lbs
3rd @timibotkin 5.2 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@Bettyboag
@nicholeisme
@imgwendolyn2015
@Tazaria87
@28Haveitall2020
@Melzz19
@goingape
@cherrymajoni
@Jactop
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Under 150
@eggfreak
Under 225
@FormerlyFit48
40+ lost
@Zumba_luvah
50+ lost
@goingape
@Beka3695
CONGRATS ON REACHING ONEDERLAND
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Congratulations to all of our winners and milestone achievers. Great work! You inspire us all. Thanks for leading the way. 3
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AUGUST STEP CHALLENGE - WEEK 1
TOTAL STEPS: 515,401
STEP STARS
1st - @KellyBgetsfit 81,550
2nd - @Gidgitgoescrazy 81,282
3rd - @jugar 79,750
GREAT STEPPING EVERYONE!!!
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I was looking at maybe doing a meal delivery service to ease up some of our stress and vary our food options a touch.
But everything is 1000-1300 calories per serving!
I'll just suck up having to cook my usual 500-700 calorie dinners I guess.2 -
I was looking at maybe doing a meal delivery service to ease up some of our stress and vary our food options a touch.
But everything is 1000-1300 calories per serving!
I'll just suck up having to cook my usual 500-700 calorie dinners I guess.
It might be worth trying it once and seeing what the portions look like. I know if I order Indian takeout - It's quite a lot and I can divide the main dish into two (or even three) and get multiple meals out of it...and cut the calorie intake/meal. On the occasion that I eat the whole thing, I can barely move and regret it, ha!3 -
@Terytha Well it's not exactly meal delivery but kinda along those lines. I have used cook smarts in the past. They tend to be healthier and appropriate portions. They plan the meals for you and give you a shopping list. I use it when I am so sick of coming up with ideas for meals. I usually subscribe to it here and there throughout the year. It's probably more cost effective than actual meal delivery service too. You can do a free trial before committing. https://www.cooksmarts.com/2
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conleywoods wrote: »@Terytha Well it's not exactly meal delivery but kinda along those lines. I have used cook smarts in the past. They tend to be healthier and appropriate portions. They plan the meals for you and give you a shopping list. I use it when I am so sick of coming up with ideas for meals. I usually subscribe to it here and there throughout the year. It's probably more cost effective than actual meal delivery service too. You can do a free trial before committing. https://www.cooksmarts.com/
But then I still have to go grocery shopping. Which kinda defeats the purpose a bit.
I'll bookmark it for the future though, might come in handy when life settles down. 1 -
So far I've used Every Plate and Hello Fresh and the majority of meals I've gotten are 500 - 650 calories.. there have been some that were 800 -900, but they always had rice, they give you alot of rice, so I just cut it in half and took 200 calories off...
I am really enjoying it, makes it so easy to decide whats for dinner..5 -
What a Monday! It is funny that the messages just above here are about meal delivery services. I have been shopping for those to give my mother for her 90th birthday, which is coming up real soon! She lives in a senior community and gets one meal a day from there, but they have much less choice than usual since the beginning of the pandemic, so she isn't too happy with it right now. She cooks for herself the rest of the time, but she should not be going to shop much - she's in Charlotte NC where there are many cases. So I have looked at Hello Fresh (which is also in Canada, @Terytha ) and many of the meals look great, and are reasonable calories. The cooking part is clearly set out and all the ingredients are there. There is another one that is vegan (meals already prepared, just need heating), and many others that I have slowly excluded. I was amazed at how many there were - I doubt you have as many choices in the Calgary area, Amber - but I hope you find one you like.
Whew! I had a busy day - the usual Monday morning grocery run, and then all the veggies I picked over the past 2 days needed cooking, processing, freezing, or whatever. I still have too many zucchini. I grilled some for dinner. Trying to figure out how to use them all up - so tomorrow it is GREEN SOUP day! That should do most of the rest in. I always love the stuff in January. I had a good long walk though, and now I'm just going to finish up with the stretching, and hop in the shower.
I am so glad some of you have had that perfect day! I had one today too - it is the best reset button. Keep with it! You'll feel so good.3 -
Today was a great day. Calories were 1375 and that's including my brownie for dessert! I did a 55 minute ballet beautiful workout. It was a tough one and I couldn't finish the last 5 minutes. My limbs just wouldn't move anymore. Went on a 30 minute bike ride with the kids. @terytha We need butlers to shop for us and make our meals. I think meal delivery is much cheaper than a butler 🤔 ha!
@jugar Sounds like a productive day and so glad you had a perfect day too. They are good to have and are so helpful.
We had a virtual meeting to prepare for school in a month. Special education will be allowed in person instruction. Sounds like staff will be dressed almost completely in protective gear. Gloves, gowns, masks and face shields. We have some pretty extensive cleaning procedures too. Sounds like safety is a huge focus at my district. That's good 👍5 -
Pretty good day overall, met my step goal and calories within range. Enjoyed more fresh veggies from the garden.
I woke up with some really bad neck and shoulder pain again, happened last week and again today. Makes it really difficult to be physically active. I have an appt next week with a chiropractor and massage therapist, first time for both. Hoping to figure out what's going on and get it taken care of.3
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