Waist Aways - September 2020 Team Chat
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We had a surprise visit from some good friends who live 7 hours away. They pulled their trailer into the yard Thursday evening and spent the night. Spent the evening under the stars around the fire pit sharing great memories & catching up. Al fresco breakfast Friday morning and a round of golf before they headed on their way to visit family. It was one of the most normal feeling things we have done in quite a while.
Then I had a really intense back session at the gym in the afternoon so I am taking it a bit easier today. Although looking at the forecast I need to get all my onions pulled before Monday as it looks like the first frost is right around the corner
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One hike done, we went to Oregon Ridge, 5.5 miles, the equivalent of 75 flights of stairs... 13k steps before noon... I need a nap...7
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Sorry it’s late... currently in a car driving from Ohio to my new home in Georgia.. It’s been a crazy week to say the least!! And I had a gain but it is what it is I’ll fix it
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@micki48 It's all good. Look at you meeting your 9K step goal this week! Nice job.
@Terytha I'm going to give your chocolate pudding smoothie a try! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
It's going to be a beautiful weekend and I have Monday off. I'll be looking for somewhere different to go walking this weekend with my husband, as I'm getting tired of the same old neighborhood trails. He grilled hamburgers last night - but how can having a hamburger derail a week's worth of good eating?! I wasn't happy when I got on the scale this morning. Is it the bread? Ugh. Anyway, I'll be extra diligent today.
Question for anyone - is this Leslie Sansone workout something I can find on YouTube? I'm wondering what guided workouts people are doing that are free to try. Thx2 -
Saturday weigh in
PW 193.2
CW 193.2
LTD 30.3
I’ve hit my 9k daily steps every day this week and I intend to today as well.
Enjoy your Saturday.
@Gidgitgoescrazy Wowzers! What a great hike. I plan to get a little, new one in this weekend. Nothing like yours but a hike. 👏🏼2 -
SMcFall0215 wrote: »Sorry it’s late... currently in a car driving from Ohio to my new home in Georgia.. It’s been a crazy week to say the least!! And I had a gain but it is what it is I’ll fix it
CW-158
@SMcFall0215 I have been thinking of you and your move. You will be fine. Moving is hard work. Give yourself some grace. You’ll work it off unpacking. Hoping all goes smoothly the rest of the way. Check in when you can.
@BaileyCat88 I would say just give it time to get out of your system. No reason you can’t have a hamburger from time to time. That scale weighs everything. It will be gone soon. Let us know what your hike is like. Aren’t you in Southern California? Anywhere near Torrey Pines? Love that hike. 🏋️♀️ I found Leslie Sansome on YouTube. Lots of videos. My dr just told me about something else called HASFit (Heart and Soul Fitness) Haven’t checked it out yet, but she said there are lots of different workouts.
@eggfreak Any more thoughts on a future Zoom? We could chat and the randomly say a word and all get up and do some exercise. 🤣😂...or not!2 -
@evangsimmons170
PW: 343.2
CW: 343.8
LTD: 31 lbs
Sleepin' Sunday (how close to 8 hours of sleep can get to tonight?)
Meatless Monday (all veggies and fruit today)
Toning Tuesday (the workout of your choice that includes toning/strength exercises)
Workout Wednesday (cardio workout of your choice)
Thirsty Thursday (how close to 64 oz of water can you get today?)
Fruity Friday (fresh fruit anyone?)
Steppin' Saturday (How many steps can you walk in a day?)
Here are my September goals:
1. Exercise DAILY for @ least 30 minutes.
2. Create a DAILY calorie deficit of at least 500
3. Drink at least 64 oz of water DAILY
4. Lose 8-10 pounds by month's end.
Here's my progress so far:
8/30/2020
Sleepin' Sunday -- Less than 3 hours of sleep (had LOTS of homework to do)
Exercise = 15 minutes
Calorie Deficit -- nope!
Water = 29 oz
STEPS = 8,919
8/31/2020
Meatless Monday -- SUCCESS!
Exercise = 55 minutes of walking (thanks to an early morning workout and an insane day at work)
Calorie Deficit = 611
Water = 57 oz
STEPS = 11,463
9/1/2020
Toning Tuesday -- SUCCESS -- I did some stretch band exercises
Exercise = 15 minutes of walking at work; 5 minutes of stretch bands
Calorie Deficit = OMG I was WAY over my calorie budget today! I was hungry today, but that was ridiculous!
Water = 52 oz
STEPS = 9,405
9/2/2020
Workout Wednesday -- SUCCESS (I think)
Exercise = 46 minutes of "bike riding" -- What's funny is that I did not actually go bike riding. I was playing the piano and singing at church, where several of the songs were fast; plus we had rehearsal prior to the service. I guess my heart rate accelerated enough for FitBit to notice. It equated my playing and singing with bike riding. So I counted it since FitBit counted it. Is that cheating?
Calorie Deficit -- 789
Water = 74 oz
STEPS = 11,106
9/3/2020
Thirsty Thursday -- 40 oz
Exercise = 15 minute walk around the school in the morning; 12 minute Leslie Sansone video in the evening
Calorie Deficit =
STEPS = 7,976
9/4/2020
Fruity Friday -- not a single fruit eaten today!
Exercise = 60 minutes walking the fire inspector around our school
Calorie Deficit -- nope!
Water = 75 oz
STEPS = 6,397
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OH NO!! I forgot it was Stepping Saturday. I have not been getting to it at all! The rain stopped - going out for a walk right now
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@BaileyCat88 I would say just give it time to get out of your system. No reason you can’t have a hamburger from time to time. That scale weighs everything. It will be gone soon. Let us know what your hike is like. Aren’t you in Southern California? Anywhere near Torrey Pines? Love that hike. 🏋️♀️ I found Leslie Sansome on YouTube. Lots of videos. My dr just told me about something else called HASFit (Heart and Soul Fitness) Haven’t checked it out yet, but she said there are lots of different workouts.
Thanks so much - I'll check those YouTube videos out! I live near Seattle
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Happy Saturday ya'll! Today is technically my Friday and my Friday and Saturday shifts are my longest and most tiring shifts of all so so am BEAT today. Good day off and steps wise though. And tomorrow is the first Sunday all summer where I haven't had plans (thanks to a coworker scare with covid making me have to cancel plans with Mom and Grandma) and there is no rain in the forecast so I am GOING HIKING. I set a goal to hike all 5 of VT's 4,000 foot peaks this hiking season and haven't done a single one yet,so tomorrow is the day to get started. 3,000 foot elevation gain and 7.6 total miles. Stoked for the challenge!
Steps this week:
8/30- 7063
8/31- 7520
9/1- 6029
9/2-:6874
9/3- 10,126
9/4- 13903
9/5- 8952
Weigh-in tomorrow 🤞5 -
@evangsimmons170
I love your "bike" workout! Of course it counts
If Fitbit says it is biking, it is biking. But I'll bet it sounded a heck of a lot better than your average person breathing+gears whirring+tires on road noises!
It seems we are only missing 2 weigh-ins, and week 1 is a wrap!
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Omg you guys, the cupcakes I tried to make were SO GROSS. Just vile. I didn't know cupcakes could taste so bad. 😂
But you can make a pretty yummy frosting out of fat free/ low fat cream cheese and chocolate syrup.
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Omg you guys, the cupcakes I tried to make were SO GROSS. Just vile. I didn't know cupcakes could taste so bad. 😂
But you can make a pretty yummy frosting out of fat free/ low fat cream cheese and chocolate syrup.
This must be the week for BAD healthy desserts! I tried a recipe that substituted zucchini for apples in an apple streusel thing, I made it gluten free for my DH who has celiac disease, and it was so terrible we could not believe it! But the raccoons are happy. We call our compost pile the "raccoon restaurant" and they are in heaven, I hope! I didn't know anything with sugar and cinnamon could taste that bad either.4 -
Omg you guys, the cupcakes I tried to make were SO GROSS. Just vile. I didn't know cupcakes could taste so bad. 😂
But you can make a pretty yummy frosting out of fat free/ low fat cream cheese and chocolate syrup.
This must be the week for BAD healthy desserts! I tried a recipe that substituted zucchini for apples in an apple streusel thing, I made it gluten free for my DH who has celiac disease, and it was so terrible we could not believe it! But the raccoons are happy. We call our compost pile the "raccoon restaurant" and they are in heaven, I hope! I didn't know anything with sugar and cinnamon could taste that bad either.
Well, I did get a laugh out of both my sad cupcakes and your streusel so at least there's that.
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You guys and your terrible desserts crack me up! 😂 I had such a good day and then ...cookies 🍪 🍪 🍪. Not weird healthy cookies but 3 fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. They were good and I am only over a little. I did an hour of ballet beautiful for my workout today. I almost went for a walk but didn't. Good thing, my father in law was driving back from the neighbors and a cougar was 5 feet off my walking trail 😳 No thank you. Hopefully the cougars will go somewhere else soon. My kids are having a sleepover with the grandparents tonight. It's date night, hence the cookies. But we had a yummy salmon dinner and a green salad with cheddar, peaches and corn first. I only have a few days before school starts on Tuesday. So far, no one knows anything so this should be great. Oh well, it is what it is.6
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Saturday wight in at 190.5 x4
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Sunday weigh-in
PW - 184.5
CW - 182.5
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@conleywoods people in my town worry about our loads of coyotes, which are really not a threat, but a cougar...that would be a creature to be very cautious with, especially running, right? Triggering that hunting response.
@micki48 more on zoom later in the week...I'm off to the countryside today for a couple days of blissful peace and quiet ; ) Imagine if the Fitbit Yosemite challenge would set a grizzly or cougar on your tail to 'encourage' you to get moving, ha!!!
Big pot of soup (chicken, barley & mushroom) made last night - 25 cups worth, portioned out with much in the freezer for easy grabbing. Garlicky Lentil will be next. Happy that the days are cooler - beef stew season nearly here. No wine last night and I woke feeling great. I am back on the wagon and who knows, maybe I'll just stay there - I don't stop at one glass, there's too many calories, then the next day I'm ravenous, trying to quench whatever craving my body thinks it needs - fat and sugar. No good.
I'm looking ahead to my Thursday weigh in - thoughtful eating from today on.3 -
conleywoods wrote: »You guys and your terrible desserts crack me up! 😂 I had such a good day and then ...cookies 🍪 🍪 🍪. Not weird healthy cookies but 3 fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. They were good and I am only over a little. I did an hour of ballet beautiful for my workout today. I almost went for a walk but didn't. Good thing, my father in law was driving back from the neighbors and a cougar was 5 feet off my walking trail 😳 No thank you. Hopefully the cougars will go somewhere else soon. My kids are having a sleepover with the grandparents tonight. It's date night, hence the cookies. But we had a yummy salmon dinner and a green salad with cheddar, peaches and corn first. I only have a few days before school starts on Tuesday. So far, no one knows anything so this should be great. Oh well, it is what it is.
@conleywoods In what state or country do you live where the cougars run so freely? When I read your post, I immediately thought, why are there old women walking along the side of the road, looking for young, male boyfriends in their 20s? (Hence, the vernacular definition of a cougar! LOL) Then I realized you meant the animals. Either way, my original question still stands. LOLOLOL2 -
@evangsimmons170
Not feeling great today. Here in Texas, we've had LOTS of rain this week that brought along a change in seasons literally overnight...from 100+ degrees each day to high 80s the next day. This coming Wednesday's high will be 66. That's cold for Texas. Anyway, I've had a stomach bug since yesterday, but no fever thank God. I haven't left the house since Friday night. So for breakfast today, I've had a glass of probiotics and crackers for breakfast. LOL
@micki48 I think this might be the first time ever that I've posted my steps throughout the week instead of waiting until the weekend. LOL
9/5/2020
STEPS = 3,667
Well, I'm off to catch up on the ton of homework I'm behind on. Talk to everyone later.3 -
evangsimmons170 wrote: »@evangsimmons170
Not feeling great today. Here in Texas, we've had LOTS of rain this week that brought along a change in seasons literally overnight...from 100+ degrees each day to high 80s the next day. This coming Wednesday's high will be 66. That's cold for Texas. Anyway, I've had a stomach bug since yesterday, but no fever thank God. I haven't left the house since Friday night. So for breakfast today, I've had a glass of probiotics and crackers for breakfast. LOL
Hope you feel better soon - imagine a huge pot of chicken noodle soup I am imaginarily making for you.
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@micki48 Weekly Step Challenge! It was a good week.
8/30 Sun - 10,774
8/31 Mon - 10,271
9/1 Tues - 10,279
9/2 Wed - 10,192
9/3 Th - 10,352
9/4 Fri - 8,763
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For those chatting about desserts, I discovered a delicious one the other day - baked nectarine with cinnamon.
Preheat oven to 200C
Cut a nectarine in half (sometimes they won't come apart in which case you can bake it whole but just put some slits in the side to help it bake)
1tsp low fat spread and 1tsp honey - spread on top of the halved nectarines or stuff into the slits if baking whole
sprinkle on some cinnamon
Bake for around 20 minutes
Serve with a dollop of fat free yoghurt.
Comes to about 120 calories and is sooo delicious. It would probably also work with peaches 3 -
Thanks @eggfreak I'm going to try to do a Leslie Sansone workout today because I can't seem to shake this exhaustion, no matter how much I sleep. I'll also check my blood pressure, but this type of exhaustion typically happens when my BP is higher than normal. (Yes, I took my meds.)
@ells_runs You said you were back to work. What do you do for a living that results in those great steppin' days? Or are you a runner?2 -
@evangsimmons170 I live in Washington state just outside of Mt. Spokane state park. We are on 120 acres at the end of a dead end road. We see lots of animals. I always walk or snowshoe with a dog. The pictures are from last year on our game camera. There are actually two cougars at that spot together. They had a deer buried there and came back 3 nights in a row.
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Steps and Workouts
Sun 6,382
30 min Intervals (21DF)
Mon 7,265
30 min Instervals (21 DF)
Tues 12,186
30 min Barre
Wed 6,804
Thurs 7,010
Fri 6,500
Sat 17,635
30 min Barre
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While you all are eating bad dessert, I split a piece of cake yesterday with my daughter for my inlaws 40th wedding anniversary. The scale was done today.🤦♀️ I was really busy yesterday. I walked in the Bosque with the baby in the carrier. Then, I went shopping. I bought fall decorations. It was so fun to actually go inside a store. I also went to Costco, which I do every week. I got in a Barre workout before we went to celebrate. Today, I am putting away the summer decor and breaking out the fall. Its close to 100 today and tomorrow, but Tues night its supposed to drop to 30s, with snow in the mountains. Tomorrow, we will go swimming and BBQ at my mom's house. This will be the last time because she plans to sell her house and move closer to me. (She's about 20 min away now). This will be our last week of virtual learning. I have to go into the school two days to learn all the procedures. I'm ready to be back in the school.2
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Shrinking Assets 0.43%
2nd Mission Slimpossilbes 0.37%
3rd Trimstones 0.612%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
1st Mission Slimpossibles 22.3 Lbs
2nd Shrinking Assets 21.5 Lbs
3rd Trimstones 7.2 Lbs
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @onward1 3.78 %
2nd @mmclatchy 3.02%
3rd @Zumba_Luvah 2.89 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @mmclatchy 7.0 Lbs
1st - 2 @BethB554 7.0 Lbs
2nd @PlaneMonkey 6.2 Lbs
3rd @onward1 5.0 Lbs
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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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