Trimstones Team Chat - August 2020
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Ahhh, tomorrow is my last day at my summer job. A 14 hour shift and im done, yayyyy. Back to my main job monday, i can not wait even if my office is a disaster and the previous person who had my room didnt take out any of their stuff. Once I get settled, i will be much more active on here.5
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Steps
8/16 = 9,525
8/17 = 12,832
8/18 = 8,622
8/19 = 12,995
8/20 = 8,729
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PW: 177.4
CW: 176
LTD:8.0 LBS
Lost 1.4 lbs4 -
Gala0
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Sorry I tried to send a picture of my cat.0
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Steps
8/19 3,776
8/20 7,6791 -
8/20 steps - 144611
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Arc130
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Thursday 9/21- 9305
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Oops, I meant 9/20 not 9/21
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Thursday 9/20- 93051 -
Ac204
Sunday
PW: 209
CW: 210.8
Vacation eating took me in the wrong direction
Time to get back on track!3 -
Steps
8/20 5651
8/21 61011 -
Fri weigh in
CW: 141
PW 139.8
LSF: 8
Went the wrong way yet again. Work has been getting busier meaning slipping up on the lower sugar rule 🤦♀️. Have to do better...
hope you all have a good weekend2 -
Steps
8/14- 5747
8/15- 9558
8/16-10279
8/17- 10036
8/18- 5885
8/19-6566
8/20-7394
8/21- 5754
Only 3 days I hit the target 🤮1 -
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Friday 9/22- 9265
Saturday 8/22 weigh-in
PW: 190.5
CW: 189.1
LTD: 29.41 -
Sorry, I meant 9/21 for steps.
Friday 9/21- 92651 -
jennifersusanmcdougall wrote: »SW 210
LW 186.5
Cw 185
I was excited to see this. This is my halfway mark potentially I would like to lose more but would be happy to get to 160. For my age weight height it would be 154 but that when I was younger. So for now 160. 25 pounds gone that is almost half of one of my kids.🥳!!!! On Monday I got a kayak and we are going out today. I wish for it not to rain as it is right now but I will still go out. Last thing I'm going to my dad's and won't be back until Friday night or Sat for weigh in. So does that mean I just skip that week? Is there any kind of rewards for halfway or 25 pounds lol. Peace ✌️
@jennifersusanmcdougall Congratulations on reaching halfway to goal!! You are doing it! Excellent job!1 -
WEEK FOUR starts tomorrow! Only one more week to finish up the month with a bang.We need some fresh and fun challenge ideas! This week's has been serious and reflective, last week was fitness bingo, what should we do this week? Please go over and post any ideas you have, no matter how incomplete or silly they might be --
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10802654/the-idea-lounge#latest0 -
So my middle son is on a certain medication because he is autistic and has some behavior issues. This med helps prevent him from having explosive breakdowns. But this particular medicine puts him at risk of having high triglycerides (bad cholesterol). Because of this, he has to have blood draws done yearly to monitor this. Well he had his blood drawn Tuesday and it came back as having high triglycerides. Now he wasnt fasting so we knew they would be a little elevated, but they were still quite a bit higher than we expected. I feel horrible, but he doesnt eat that unhealthy, plus he is autistic, kids with autism tend to only eat certain foods and us parents are just happy they are eating. So I have a new challenge of figuring out how to lower his triglycerides but still offer him the foods he will eat. So I figured this would be a good challenge for the whole family. and why not include my MFP Family in this challenge also, because who doesnt want to prevent heard disease, right? So...
CHALLENGE TIME
Lets lower our cholesterol and reduce our chances of heart disease!!!
Some of the top ways to lower Triglycerides are
Exercise-specifically cardio, walk run, bike, hike, ect
Eat Fiber- Fiber has proven to lower triglyceride levels
Omega 3s- eating foods high inOmega 3 fatty acids twice a week reduces triglycerides
Diet-reduce the amount of sugar and saturated fats you eat
hers some replacements to make it as easy as possible-
Replace
Beef
Pork
Bacon
Sausage
Hot dogs
Processed meats
With
Chicken
Turkey
Fish (avoid canned in oil, canned in water is fine)
Nuts
Beans
Soy
Replace
Lard
Butter
Mayonnaise
Palm oil
Coconut oil
With
Margarine (non-hydrogenated, trans fat free)
Canola oil
Olive Oil
Sunflower oil
Replace
Whole and 2% milk
Cheese
Ice cream
Creams
With
1% or skim milk
Low fat cheese
Low fat ice cream
Low fat creams
So what are you going to do? So far our plan is to Exercise, my son agreed to going for a run with me at least once a week. Im not a milk drinker, but my family is, so we will be switching to 1% (shhh my husband doesnt know yet) cutting out butter (this one hurts me, lol. I love butter) buying ground turkey and chicken instead of ground beef. Also replacing white bread, pasta, tortillas, and rice with whole wheat everything, and brown rice, and replacing sugary cereals with oat based ones like oat meal, cheerios, and other oat based cold cereals. Also I have some lemonade flavored fish oil that I bought a while back that my kids will again be taking to get Omega 3s.6 -
8/13-14,375
8/14-15,421
8/15-11,373
8/16-7,038
8/17-8,100
8/18-5,872
8/19-11,930
8/20-11,516
8/21-14,5702 -
jennifersusanmcdougall wrote: »SW 210
LW 186.5
Cw 185
I was excited to see this. This is my halfway mark potentially I would like to lose more but would be happy to get to 160. For my age weight height it would be 154 but that when I was younger. So for now 160. 25 pounds gone that is almost half of one of my kids.🥳!!!! On Monday I got a kayak and we are going out today. I wish for it not to rain as it is right now but I will still go out. Last thing I'm going to my dad's and won't be back until Friday night or Sat for weigh in. So does that mean I just skip that week? Is there any kind of rewards for halfway or 25 pounds lol. Peace ✌️
@jennifersusanmcdougall Congratulations on reaching halfway to goal!! You are doing it! Excellent job!
Well done for hitting your half way there,keep going & well done!!1
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