Waist Aways - September 2020 Team Chat
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BaileyCat88 wrote: »evangsimmons170 wrote: »@Gidgitgoescrazy Wow Longwood Gardens! I haven't been there in years. I'm originally from Philadelphia, PA but have been in Texas for the past 17 years. I'm sure Longwood Gardens was as beautiful as ever. Hope you can post some pics soon. Also hope you had a good time!
I did not know you were from Philly. I grew up outside of Philadelphia and raised my family there until about 9 years ago. Cool! Yo! I knew I liked you!
LOL @Micki48 Yo! Another PA gal
Cool! I knew I connected with you too. Actually I’m from the other side of the river (mostly) but worked in PA. Lived in CC many years ago.1 -
Sorry @micki48 - steps and exercise:
14th September
Steps - 4337
Exercise - 25 mins dance workout
15th September
Steps - 2884
Exercise - 35 mins Popsugar strength workout
18th September
Steps - 4982
Exercise - 28 mins dance workout
19th September
Steps - 5716
Exercise - 33 mins Leslie Sansom walking workout
20th September
Steps - 2269
Exercise - 0 mins - rest day1 -
ells_runs
Week 4
Monday
PW 213.4 lbs
CW 214.6 lbs
Sorry Team ♥️
Gain for me because it is TOTM 😞
I'm not sure if that's the reason or maybe water retention because of the hot weather? It is lovely and hot here in UK at the moment.
I will plod on and hopefully there'll be a good loss next week 😊
Also I stepped 25,573 steps today so the highest for a long time 😁
Good luck all with your weigh ins 🤞😁4 -
CW 165.5
I would like to join the maintenance team for the remainder of the month please. The stress of job and housing searching and a cross(ish) country move is all I can handle right now.
Had an interview today, went well enough but I don't believe it is the job for me. No more than say an hour later I received a call to schedule another interview, this one more in line with what I want to be doing. 🤞Interview is Weds at 7:30pm. Training for the job would start October 12th4 -
PW 244.5 lbs
CW 243.4 lbs
LTD 25.6 lbs
Hoping to be below 242 lbs by the end of September 😁 took Lola for 2 walks today and logged all my calories which are under goal. Going to be a challenge to keep it up during the work week but certainly not impossible.5 -
Happy Monday everyone! All the preschoolers came back today and there was so...much...crying! Phew, hopefully they do better tomorrow. I stayed in my calories and got a walk in today when I got home from work. Played with the kids too. I official completed my continuing education and got my pay raise Woo-hoo! Hope everyone is having a good week.6
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I have officially weaned the baby. I think when I went down to twice a day, it threw my body off. I'm already down 2 lbs from Friday.🤷♀️
I have also successfully stuck to my meal plan for 3 days with no cheats. I cleaned up my calories and reduced by 200. (Not enough for 2 lbs in 3 ) days. I walked to work yesterday and will again today. I miss working out though. I may have to start getting up at 4:30....9 -
Took yesterday off, and think I will take today off too, although I will do strength training today. I will need to earn 11 more dollars to hit my goal, so that's doable... Also have to get my 2nd hike in, we are going camping Friday, so again very doable...
Have a good day !8 -
It's MFP official now! I'm down 100+ from where I started on this app. Jeez, what a long long journey. It's the last leg now, just 20 left to go.
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Username: reflectionofme
Weigh in day: Monday
PW: 125.8
CW: 125.2
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FatSlayer1016 wrote: »CW 165.5
I would like to join the maintenance team for the remainder of the month please. The stress of job and housing searching and a cross(ish) country move is all I can handle right now.
Had an interview today, went well enough but I don't believe it is the job for me. No more than say an hour later I received a call to schedule another interview, this one more in line with what I want to be doing. 🤞Interview is Weds at 7:30pm. Training for the job would start October 12th
You are now on the Support Team (aka the Cheer Squad!). Stay there as long as you need to. You can weigh in if you want to, and of course you are welcome on the chat any time. Good luck on the interview!!!!3 -
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It's MFP official now! I'm down 100+ from where I started on this app. Jeez, what a long long journey. It's the last leg now, just 20 left to go.
Woohoo! Congratulations! What a great job you've done Amber!!! Would you share the 3 (or 5) biggest changes you've made since you started this journey? So proud of you.
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SEPTEMBER WEEK 3 STEP REPORT
TOTAL TEAM STEPS - 704,667
STEP STARS
1ST - @ells_runs 120,384
2ND - @jugar 104, 901
3RD - @Kali225 96,149
MEMBERS MEETING THEIR DAILY STEP GOAL
@jugar 7/7
@Kali225 7/7
@ells_runs 5/7
@KellyBgetsfit over 10K 7/7 I don't have a goal, but that's a good one. Sorry again if I missed you telling me. I feel like you did.
GREAT JOB EVERYONE. HAVE A GREAT STEPPING WEEK 4
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SEPTEMBER WEEK 3 STEP REPORT
TOTAL TEAM STEPS - 704,667
STEP STARS
1ST - @ells_runs 120,384
2ND - @jugar 104, 901
3RD - @Kali225 96,149
MEMBERS MEETING THEIR DAILY STEP GOAL
@jugar 7/7
@Kali225 7/7
@ells_runs 5/7
@KellyBgetsfit over 10K 7/7 I don't have a goal, but that's a good one. Sorry again if I missed you telling me. I feel like you did.
GREAT JOB EVERYONE. HAVE A GREAT STEPPING WEEK 4
As a group, those 704,667 steps are around 352 miles! For a time of relative social confinement, we are going places!1 -
OOOOOFFFFFF. I'm bushed. But my NSV these days is that I am really hitting the procrastination list and getting things DONE. It is a lot of hard physical work (why is this the year I decided to give up using a rototiller???), as well as painting, moving furniture around, getting stuff sold or given away, etc. etc.
I think this has something to do with the energy of Fall. Getting ready for the long winter (here anyhow!) and the months of not being able to do so much resonates with all those years of the academic year, the end of the "easy" days of summer. I'm glad that energy still happens even now when I am retired and find it harder to get motivated to as much as I did when I was working.
What are all of you doing that feels like Fall?3 -
21st September
Steps - 3341
Exercise - 32 mins Fit ON Interval Mix4 -
It's MFP official now! I'm down 100+ from where I started on this app. Jeez, what a long long journey. It's the last leg now, just 20 left to go.
Woohoo! Congratulations! What a great job you've done Amber!!! Would you share the 3 (or 5) biggest changes you've made since you started this journey? So proud of you.
I'm not sure I could easily quantify big changes. What happened was I made so many little tiny changes, just dozens of them, that everything kinda changed without really being noticed. I can break those changes into phases though.
Phase 1: Shave calories. Extra lean beef saves me a couple hundred off this recipe. Low fat mayo saves me 40 or 50. These buns are 100 calories compared to these ones that are 130. Little 30-50 calorie cuts suddenly add up to hundreds a day.
Phase 2: Play with portions. Do I need a cup of rice or can I have half? Can we share a chicken breast? Can I take one bowl and a bun instead of two bowls?
Phase 3: Incorporate exercise. At first I didn't bother but as I felt better I wanted to feel stronger. So I signed up for a gym and learned to lift weights.
Phase 4: Fun with volume eating. This is where I am now, learning how to make low calorie desserts and such. The chocolate cheesecake mousse I have in the fridge right now is a big portion for 130 calories and its decadent. You still gotta enjoy what you eat or it's so hard to sustain.9 -
@FatSlayer1016 i soooo feel your pain... we moved from Ohio to Georgia and we are staying in my families basement until I can find a job and we can get the house process finished! My husband started his job (which is why we moved here) 2 days after we got here. I’m on week 3 with nothing! So to say The job search isn’t going the best would be an understatement, however I did FINALLY have a second interview today at a bank so that’s hopeful. Keep your head up things can only get better for both of us. The right job will come along when it’s ment to so don’t beat your self up (I know, easier said than done 🤦🏻♀️)..... Sending hugs your way!4
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@terytha So proud of you! This is awesome and so exciting. Great job changing those habits little by little. It seems that little changes are key to maintaining. You are so right about food needing to be enjoyable! Loved your insights. It is clear that you have made changes from the inside out on your journey. Bravo girl!
@jugar we have been cleaning up and getting ready for fall too. We took our window air conditioners out and took our little pool down.
@fatslayer24 and smcfalls0215 So sorry for the moving and job hunting. Yuck! Hang in there girls.
@KellyBgetsfit Congrats on weaning baby. That must be a great feeling. I didn't nurse any of my kiddos because I made zero milk. I am always so impressed with the dedication it takes to do that. Looks like hard work for sure!
I did fine on calories and we took a family walk this evening. I don't know why but my scale is up. Maybe stress or changes in routine??? Not sure. My district already has covid cases at several schools. My school is fine but we have only had kids 2 days. My school has all kids back for in-person. The other 26 or 27 buildings only have special ed students. Sounds like the cases are mostly staff. Yikes 😬 I have been scrambling to build a virtual therapy skill library. I have been making videos and my teammate has helped load handouts and other videos from YouTube. If we can work all week, I think I can finish it. I can do it. That way if I get quarantined from work, I can still technically work. Crazy, crazy times for sure!5 -
@Terytha Wow, congratulations and thank you for the tips. I think you are right about the little changes adding up for sure!
@conleywoods Eek, that sounds full on at work. Good luck. Covid just makes everything more stressful doesn't it - we are in a similar situation here and have had a few cases popping up in schools locally. I work with young people and it is just impossible to know what to do for the best right now!
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I am back from my weekend away and must admit I did go over calories, with some birthday cake and other treats, but when I actually added up and logged it, it didn't seem as disastorous as I thought it might. Plus, we had some really long walks and were quite active really! Also I made a home cooked chilli con carne one night which was actually a low-calorie recipe and went down really well.
I have noticed that my mindset is very unhelpful sometimes - I have a couple of days where I indulge and am over by say 400/500 calories - then I just totally fall off the wagon and give up. It's daft really because that's like resigning yourself that the rest of your life will be like that!
Well not this time. I've got my gym session booked in and I am back on it today
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@jugar You are certainly a ball of energy! Yesterday I was in a self made stress ball for a couple of hours.
What are all of you doing that feels like Fall?
So far, drinking pumpkin spice coffee and apple cider. Not together. Took a beautiful walk yesterday to take in all the fall changes. Lots of people in the neighborhood having tree work done. My grand and I decorated the house for fall and we bought a couple pumpkins.
I need to spend some time on my goals. I have pretty much maintained for over six months. I am very loosely logging my food. I’m not intently focused on this. So I’m not really losing. The good news, I guess, is that without really thinking much about it, I’ve maintained. BUT I’m still in the low 190s and that is not even close to where I need to be. I need to lose, at least, 20 more pounds. Ugh. I need novelty. I burn out otherwise.
What do you all do to reinvigorate something you have been doing a long while to give it new spark?1 -
@Terytha What great insights about your health journey! Thanks for sharing. I agree. Tiny steps make a difference. You have made so many changes since joining the team. You have inspired me to take a look at my journey as well. I think I have followed your first three phases as well. Maybe not as disciplined though. You truly are inspiring to me and our team. 🙂👏🏼🎉
@conleywoods Wew! You certainly have a lot you are managing. You are an amazing organizer, so I know you’ll manage it. The slight uptick in weight will balance out once your routine eases. Good luck with it all.
@spyro88 Glad you had a great time with your family celebration. It is good to log because often you think you have totally messed up and then it turns out it wasn’t so bad. If you think you’ve gone off track, think small and get yourself right back on track the following minute or meal. Think 🤔 that’s in the past. As I move forward, i will make better choices. You can get back on track. Good for you making that gym appointment. 👏🏼👏🏼1 -
I think I need to forget about exercise, I am good on that. I need to focus on food.. I think I am going to spend the rest of this month, and all of Oct, focusing on food, AFTER I finish my goals, which isn't going very well, this week I am just in a complete funk. I haven't exercised since Sunday. I'm just so over working my butt off for minuscule losses, it shouldn't be this hard...7
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Not this time! Yes! Say that in a gritty action hero kind of voice a few times a day. It feels awesome. And then go for the high volume, low calorie foods when you feel like stuffing yourself. A couple of things that can help in those moments of "needing" an indulgence are to find something not only high volume and low calorie, but something that takes some time to prepare as well. I often recommend peeling and sectioning a whole grapefruit. It's a pain in the **kitten**, it slows you down, it's sweet but also sour so it does not usually provoke uncontrolled eating. Another fave is an apple cut into small sections (core it and cut each quarter into 3 or 4) with almond butter, or peanut butter, or sunflower butter - thinly smeared on each individual slice. Slowly. The slowness of the prep and the underwhelming (but present!) sweetness help keep it from getting carried away. Another thing that helps prevent giving up after a slightly crazy day is to commit to ONE perfect day. I know I have said this a million times, but that one day of eating exactly how you would like to continue feels so good (congratulate yourself about it all day), that it is easier to continue afterwards. For a while anyhow! Boredom is a thing, @micki48 . We all wish it weren't.I have noticed that my mindset is very unhelpful sometimes - I have a couple of days where I indulge and am over by say 400/500 calories - then I just totally fall off the wagon and give up. It's daft really because that's like resigning yourself that the rest of your life will be like that!
Well not this time. I've got my gym session booked in and I am back on it todayGidgitgoescrazy wrote: »I think I need to forget about exercise, I am good on that. I need to focus on food.. I think I am going to spend the rest of this month, and all of Oct, focusing on food, AFTER I finish my goals, which isn't going very well, this week I am just in a complete funk. I haven't exercised since Sunday. I'm just so over working my butt off for minuscule losses, it shouldn't be this hard...
AHEM. Yes, you are right - gotta fix the food because you can't out-exercise excessive eating. BUT you need those endorphins from exercise! Kick that funk in the fanny!7 -
PW: 180.6
CW: 178.6
Getting back into a routine. Very happy with today's weigh in. 6
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