Downsizers - September 2020 Team Chat
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Tuesday’s check in
Calories: under
Exercise: 30 minute walk
Water: ✅
Steps: 8,075
DBF: 1
Yesterday was a better day for meeting my goals. I did get to bed at 10:40 but I am going to call that a win. I haven’t walked yet but I am going to walk to Tim Hortons and get myself a tea. So I get my walk and a treat. No donuts though!
Happy hump day!
Today’s goals
1. No binge eating
2. Minimum 20 minute walk
3. Bed by 10:30 pm3 -
Question of the day
A lot of the team seem to be having trouble with snacking whether it be daytime or nighttime. Do you have any helpful hints to overcome unplanned snacking?2 -
Check-in for Tuesday, 9/8
Steps: 7,435
Calories: under
Water: 92oz
Closed Ring Streak: 2 days
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Good Wednesday morning, everyone! Well, barely still morning for me still anyway...
This week, things have been getting better as far as time management goes. I still haven't been perfect at logging my food, but I'm better than I was at the end of August. These days I'm striving for improvement, not perfection.
Username: missgyst
Weigh-in day: Wednesday
Previous weight: 207.6
Current weight: 207
Loss to date: 24.8
I'm so mad at myself... I weighed myself on Sunday I think and I was at 206.6 aka I had finally lost 25 pounds! Back up today by four ounces and I know exactly what I did. CICO is pretty much all I've been doing for weight loss, but more than ever I'm seeing that macros count! Long story short, I replaced food with beer during the NHL Eastern Conference Final. If you watch hockey, I'm an Islanders fan so you can imagine why I chose to drown my sorrows... ugh. Oh well, I'll be back next week to celebrate losing 25+ pounds, right?!3 -
Daily Post Sept 8
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Exercise Yes
Steps 10113
Water 128oz
Weights 3X/week 0/3- Plan to do one today after taking my son to school.
Decluttering- I got so much done! My husband had plans in the evening until pretty late so I had time to myself after the kids were in bed. I finished organizing the stuff from the memory chest and put it all (plus all the other stuff) back in it. I took the bedside table out of our closet, still need to clean it and take it downstairs. Put all the pictures we have, which is a lot, and put them all in one box to be organized later. That will be a huge project. Folded and hung up laundry. There is still more to do but we can at least walk into our closet now!
It rained all day so I ended up using the treadmill for 30 minutes to get some steps in. I also walked in place while watching my husband play a game again as he had yesterday off work too. I even did some of the steps I learned from the walking video haha.1 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question of the day
A lot of the team seem to be having trouble with snacking whether it be daytime or nighttime. Do you have any helpful hints to overcome unplanned snacking?
I find that when I am on track with water, I am less hungry so I don’t over do it. I plan snacks into my day and I try to get portion controlled packages. During the day, I will have fruit and cheese or a protein shake. I tend to like a sweet treat in the evening and my go to’s are Chobani flips, frozen Greek yogurt bars. If the package isn’t portioned, I weigh out a portion. If I am really hungry a whole bag of pop secret popcorn is only 130 calories but I am sensitive to salt so I try to avoid doing that too often.
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STEPS
Results for Week 1 August 30th -Sept 5th
As a Group we walked 831,781 steps
Our top 3 steppers are:
1st @888Angie888 - 101,685
2nd @mari_moulin - 88,202
3rd @AmyG1982
A BIG CONGRATS Ladies .....well done
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question of the day
A lot of the team seem to be having trouble with snacking whether it be daytime or nighttime. Do you have any helpful hints to overcome unplanned snacking?
I tend to snack on things that are low in calories like cucumbers, celery etc.. I also drink a lot of water with a squirt of lemon/lime juice and also a slice of lemon or lime ... have a mint and or brush your teeth because food does not taste good after 1 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question of the day
A lot of the team seem to be having trouble with snacking whether it be daytime or nighttime. Do you have any helpful hints to overcome unplanned snacking?
As you know the nighttime snacking/binges is tough for me. One thing that helps me is to get to bed at a decent hour. By not staying up late I avoid that urge to eat.1 -
Check-in for Tuesday, 9/8
Steps: 7,435
Calories: under
Water: 92oz
Closed Ring Streak: 2 days
Great job meeting those goals! What do you have to do to close the rings on your Apple Watch?Good Wednesday morning, everyone! Well, barely still morning for me still anyway... This week, things have been getting better as far as time management goes. I still haven't been perfect at logging my food, but I'm better than I was at the end of August. These days I'm striving for improvement, not perfection.
Username: missgyst
Weigh-in day: Wednesday
Previous weight: 207.6
Current weight: 207
Loss to date: 24.8
I'm so mad at myself... I weighed myself on Sunday I think and I was at 206.6 aka I had finally lost 25 pounds! Back up today by four ounces and I know exactly what I did. CICO is pretty much all I've been doing for weight loss, but more than ever I'm seeing that macros count! Long story short, I replaced food with beer during the NHL Eastern Conference Final. If you watch hockey, I'm an Islanders fan so you can imagine why I chose to drown my sorrows... ugh. Oh well, I'll be back next week to celebrate losing 25+ pounds, right?!
Congrats on the loss! You will hit that 25 pounds lost. I need to start paying attention to my macros also. I haven’t followed hockey for years since I lived in Edmonton. I was a big oilers fan back then. Of course, that was when Gretzky was playing for them back in the 80’s.Daily Post Sept 8
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Exercise Yes
Steps 10113
Water 128oz
Weights 3X/week 0/3- Plan to do one today after taking my son to school.
Decluttering- I got so much done! My husband had plans in the evening until pretty late so I had time to myself after the kids were in bed. I finished organizing the stuff from the memory chest and put it all (plus all the other stuff) back in it. I took the bedside table out of our closet, still need to clean it and take it downstairs. Put all the pictures we have, which is a lot, and put them all in one box to be organized later. That will be a huge project. Folded and hung up laundry. There is still more to do but we can at least walk into our closet now!
It rained all day so I ended up using the treadmill for 30 minutes to get some steps in. I also walked in place while watching my husband play a game again as he had yesterday off work too. I even did some of the steps I learned from the walking video haha.
Awesome steps! I have a big trunk that is filled with pictures. I keep saying I am going to organize it. Someday!0 -
PW:169
CW:170.4
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question of the day
A lot of the team seem to be having trouble with snacking whether it be daytime or nighttime. Do you have any helpful hints to overcome unplanned snacking?
Uff depends on how badly you want your snacking and if you wanna snack something or an specific thing. I mean, if I feel like eating something sweet, I can mix ingredients that are healthy and make it work. If what I'm craving for a snack is a Phish food Ben & Jerry's, there is nothing I can do to remove that crave. I can avoid eating it but that would be placing it for later1 -
Steps 9/8: 10,1461
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »
There are 3 rings ...
Move ring: closes when you hit your targeted number of calories. Calories adjust based on your trend of calories burned.
Exercise ring: closed when you hit 30 minutes of exercise. You need to be moving at least a brisk pace for a walk to count or hit you target heart rate for other types of exercise. So, even if you track a 49 minute walk, it may not give you 30 exercise minutes
Stand ring: the easiest one to close (unless your watch dies😡). You need to stand and move for at least one minute per hour for 12 hours. This does not have to be consecutive hours. Just stand for one minute during 12 separate hours of the day.
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I did 2 workouts again today ...but I wasn't able to give my aerobics 100% due to having hip dysplasia but I got it done.... I am really thinking about doing just 1 workout with a 15 minute tone up each day .... I love the energy I have but I do not want another injury... I am on a roll and I don't want it to stop but I also have finally learned to listen to my body ...we shall see what tomorrow brings 3
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Daily Checkin Sept 9, 2020
Scorpiogirl70
Weigh in Day is Monday
Treadmill 1 mile --- Yes
Water (60 oz) -- 40 OZ -NOPE
Workout 3x week -- Sept 8 x 1, Sept 9 x1
2000 steps -- 3304 steps today
Logged all food/drink -- yes1 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question of the day
A lot of the team seem to be having trouble with snacking whether it be daytime or nighttime. Do you have any helpful hints to overcome unplanned snacking?
I don't know about others, but I have found, if I eat bread during the day, my night time snacking is awful. I need to stay away from carbs for the day and that seems to curve my cravings... but dang it bread taste soo good.
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@ScorpioGirl70 - I never smoked so I don’t know what it’s like to quit. I know it can’t be easy. Good for you for your commitment to improve your health and well-being by quitting, getting fit, and losing weight. Mis-steps will happen, you are doing great!
Thank you, it has been an ongoing job for the last couple years, but I will get there one day.
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Daily Post Wednesday
Track: Yes
Calories: Just over but didn’t log my exercise
Exercise: couple of walks
Day: had a bad day at work And was tired and cranky but didn’t binge!
Water: 7/10 🙄
Steps: 12,3151 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question of the day
A lot of the team seem to be having trouble with snacking whether it be daytime or nighttime. Do you have any helpful hints to overcome unplanned snacking?
So at the hospital, the management is ALWAYS bringing in food...donuts, cakes, pizzas...everything. Well, I decided to bring my own snacks, and just whenever they are chowing down on their junk, I eat my nuts, cheese, fruit, veggies, or what have you. They kinda tease me because I bring a lot of stuff with me, but I like variety so I bring snack bags of multiple things every day. I don't necessarily have to eat all of it, but at least if I am eating with everyone I am not feeling left out and it is easier to resist. At home I really don't snack too often, it usually just in the presence of everyone else. Also, at the hospital I can justify snacking more because I don't really get to sit down and have a meal and I am constantly moving so I have to eat when I can.2 -
Steps: 3,653.
Ufff...It was the dreaded classroom day today and if not in the classroom, I was in the car *facepalm*. I got home and had to go help my boyfriend (yes, we got back together) find parts for his car.
I did manage to start some crafts that I have for sale in my crafting page and stayed on track diet-wise (for the most part!) I am off tomorrow but have a lot of stuff to do, but will be trying to get my steps in every way I can! Hope ya'll have a good night and I will check ya'll in the morning! 3 -
Thank you, Linda! I'll get there. Hopefully next Wednesday, but no matter what I'm working toward it. I joined this group hoping that it would motivate me to just stop binging, and I can't believe that being here has motivated me to lose just under 25lbs over this summer. You guys are the best!lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Congrats on the loss! You will hit that 25 pounds lost. I need to start paying attention to my macros also. I haven’t followed hockey for years since I lived in Edmonton. I was a big oilers fan back then. Of course, that was when Gretzky was playing for them back in the ’80s.
My grandmother was born in Montreal (oui, Je suis Canadien! lol) and raised until about 15 in Slave Lake, Alberta, before my great-grandmother and she immigrated to New York, with her aunt and uncle. Unfortunately, my grandma died when I was only 8 so I never learned much about the area from her, but I'm in LOVE with Alberta! I've been to Calgary, Lake Louise, Banff... it is so stunningly gorgeous that I can't imagine that there are people that get to see that every day. I still want to get to Edmonton to go to an Oilers game (I've done Vancouver and Calgary). I started watching hockey when the Islanders were winning Stanley Cups in the early '80s so I'm still salty about the Oilers dynasty that came right after, but wow what a time it was, huh? My niece is going to college in Fredonia by Buffalo and I told her that I'd come visit, but only to take her up to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, haha!1 -
Day: September 9
Steps 19.710 steps
1) Eat 5 healthy meals. ❌
2) Eat 1600 calories (or try at least more than 1200)❌
3) Do 8.000 steps. ✔
4) Do something creative, fun, for at least 30 minutes 5 days a week. ❌
5) Try to talk to myself as I would talk to someone else, with good words, positive and motivating myself.❌
I finally started with my CPAP. Today I slept much better. I have hope for my body to restore a bit. They offered me also something really interesting but is in another city far away. And I don't know how I would manage to go almost every day. The idea is being with a group of dietist + kinesist + psychologist + cardiologist + social nurse
I'm really tempted but i really don't know how i would manage to go from Kanne to Hasselt every day, without a car, without bus connections... If it will be close by I will go right away1 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »
There are 3 rings ...
Move ring: closes when you hit your targeted number of calories. Calories adjust based on your trend of calories burned.
Exercise ring: closed when you hit 30 minutes of exercise. You need to be moving at least a brisk pace for a walk to count or hit you target heart rate for other types of exercise. So, even if you track a 49 minute walk, it may not give you 30 exercise minutes
Stand ring: the easiest one to close (unless your watch dies😡). You need to stand and move for at least one minute per hour for 12 hours. This does not have to be consecutive hours. Just stand for one minute during 12 separate hours of the day.
i think when this Fitbit dies I am switching to an Apple Watch. I should start trying to get my Fitbit dashboard all green everyday. That would be step goal, floor goal, calories and miles. I think I can change what is on there.Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I did 2 workouts again today ...but I wasn't able to give my aerobics 100% due to having hip dysplasia but I got it done.... I am really thinking about doing just 1 workout with a 15 minute tone up each day .... I love the energy I have but I do not want another injury... I am on a roll and I don't want it to stop but I also have finally learned to listen to my body ...we shall see what tomorrow brings
Listen to your body. It would suck if you had to stop exercising again.ScorpioGirl70 wrote: »Daily Checkin Sept 9, 2020
Scorpiogirl70
Weigh in Day is Monday
Treadmill 1 mile --- Yes
Water (60 oz) -- 40 OZ -NOPE
Workout 3x week -- Sept 8 x 1, Sept 9 x1
2000 steps -- 3304 steps today
Logged all food/drink -- yes
Great job with your goals. Water is a tough one. I have a water bottle that holds 2.5 cups of water. I fill it up several times a day.ScorpioGirl70 wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question of the day
A lot of the team seem to be having trouble with snacking whether it be daytime or nighttime. Do you have any helpful hints to overcome unplanned snacking?
I don't know about others, but I have found, if I eat bread during the day, my night time snacking is awful. I need to stay away from carbs for the day and that seems to curve my cravings... but dang it bread taste soo good.
Bread is killing me at night. Funny thing is I never used to eat bread but now I crave it.Daily Post Wednesday
Track: Yes
Calories: Just over but didn’t log my exercise
Exercise: couple of walks
Day: had a bad day at work And was tired and cranky but didn’t binge!
Water: 7/10 🙄
Steps: 12,315
well done on not bingeing!0 -
Steps: 3,653.
Ufff...It was the dreaded classroom day today and if not in the classroom, I was in the car *facepalm*. I got home and had to go help my boyfriend (yes, we got back together) find parts for his car.
I did manage to start some crafts that I have for sale in my crafting page and stayed on track diet-wise (for the most part!) I am off tomorrow but have a lot of stuff to do, but will be trying to get my steps in every way I can! Hope ya'll have a good night and I will check ya'll in the morning!
That’s what I need to do, some crafts. It would be a distraction from snacking.
Thank you, Linda! I'll get there. Hopefully next Wednesday, but no matter what I'm working toward it. I joined this group hoping that it would motivate me to just stop binging, and I can't believe that being here has motivated me to lose just under 25lbs over this summer. You guys are the best!lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Congrats on the loss! You will hit that 25 pounds lost. I need to start paying attention to my macros also. I haven’t followed hockey for years since I lived in Edmonton. I was a big oilers fan back then. Of course, that was when Gretzky was playing for them back in the ’80s.
My grandmother was born in Montreal (oui, Je suis Canadien! lol) and raised until about 15 in Slave Lake, Alberta, before my great-grandmother and she immigrated to New York, with her aunt and uncle. Unfortunately, my grandma died when I was only 8 so I never learned much about the area from her, but I'm in LOVE with Alberta! I've been to Calgary, Lake Louise, Banff... it is so stunningly gorgeous that I can't imagine that there are people that get to see that every day. I still want to get to Edmonton to go to an Oilers game (I've done Vancouver and Calgary). I started watching hockey when the Islanders were winning Stanley Cups in the early '80s so I'm still salty about the Oilers dynasty that came right after, but wow what a time it was, huh? My niece is going to college in Fredonia by Buffalo and I told her that I'd come visit, but only to take her up to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, haha!
I really want to see the mountains again. To go back to the 80’s would be so cool as I had so much fun.Marigorringo wrote: »Day: September 9
Steps 19.710 steps
1) Eat 5 healthy meals. ❌
2) Eat 1600 calories (or try at least more than 1200)❌
3) Do 8.000 steps. ✔
4) Do something creative, fun, for at least 30 minutes 5 days a week. ❌
5) Try to talk to myself as I would talk to someone else, with good words, positive and motivating myself.❌
I finally started with my CPAP. Today I slept much better. I have hope for my body to restore a bit. They offered me also something really interesting but is in another city far away. And I don't know how I would manage to go almost every day. The idea is being with a group of dietist + kinesist + psychologist + cardiologist + social nurse
I'm really tempted but i really don't know how i would manage to go from Kanne to Hasselt every day, without a car, without bus connections... If it will be close by I will go right away
Too bad you can’t take advantage of the doctor service. My doctors office has something like this and I love it. One stop shopping.1 -
Overdue weigh ins
@onward1
Due today
@888Angie888
Tomorrow’s weigh ins
@lindamtuck2018
@Megan_smartiepants1970
@azkunk
@AmyG19820 -
Wednesday’s check in
Calories: under
Exercise: 24 minute walk
Water: ✅
Steps: 8,513
DBF: 2
I am excited but nervous today. I am finally seeing the specialist about my leg. I am nervous as I am afraid he can’t do anything. This appointment was cancelled back in May due to the pandemic so I am glad I got in fairly fast once things started opening up.
I should have a good weigh in tomorrow. I just have to make sure the binge monster doesn’t attack.
Have a great day!
Today’s goals
1. No binge eating
2. Minimum 20 minute walk
3. Bed by 10:30 pm3 -
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Daily Post Sept 9
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Exercise Yes
Steps 8890
Water 128oz
Weights 3X/week 1/3
Decluttering- Not much but I did clean the bed side table that needs to be moved.
Got some weights done while my son was at school. Did chest and abs. Also did a 43 minute walk on the treadmill in the evening to get some steps in. Fell short on steps a little bit.3 -
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