Downsizers - October 2020 Team Chat
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I see some talking about the frustration, I am with you all there.
I looked at a 21 day plan over the weekend and it suggested my calories needed to be higher to loose.
I know somewhere along the line I played with my calories here on MFP so not sure where they really should be. When I first started it MFP stated 1500, now MFP states 1200.
The point of the post is to make sure you are getting your calories. I used to eat only one sandwich a day and a few small snacks and my husband couldn't figure out why I couldn't loose.
I then started doing a version of Atkins... where I ate 5 times a day and all the veggies and meat I wanted and lost 50 pounds in 3 months. I didn't calorie count with that one though. So, check around at other sites at the suggested calorie intake for you. Read about fasting, I don't think fasting would work for me.
I am not giving up calorie counting because it really makes sense to me to count.
Make sure you are counting every single calorie. If you ate that one cookie.. add those calories. If you had a drink of that chocolate milk, add those calories.. those small things add up fast!
Also, take your measurements, especially if you are working out.
If you are toning that muscle under that fat, you should see it in the tape measure, not necessarily on the scale. (Which reminds me, I need to do that.)
Keep on keeping Team!
We can do this!!3 -
10/18 & 19/2020 Checkin
ScorpioGirl70
Weigh In Day: Friday
Steps: 2964 -Oct 18
Steps: 1163 - Oct 192 -
I am sorry a few of you are frustrated .... I have to ask are you eating back at least 1/2 of your calorie burn from exercise ? That is the way MFP does things ...MFP gave me 1650 has a base to eat without exercise ... now I burn anywhere from 500 to 1000 or more depending what I am doing that day for exercise ... I use a fitbit's calorie burn not MFP..and I eat most of what I burn and I am losing ...If you are not eating at least 1/2 of your burn then you may be eating to little ...I wish you all the very best and hope you can figure it out
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10/12 6,683
10/13 6,953
10/14 10,147
10/15 10,080
10/16 9,093
10/17 8,938
10/18 7,687
My steps for the week!2 -
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Steps 10/19 - 9,151
Went for a long bike ride.
Did Zumba.
Good day overall.3 -
GOALS: Monday, Oct. 19
🏃🏻♀️Workout: YES
💦 Water: YES
🍽 Food: YES
😴Sleep: YES
STEPS
MON. 10/19: 7,000 (spinning) + 19,249 = 26,249
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Hi all
Hope you are all well and crushing your goals.
Week recap_ I eat too much but I binged just 1x this week which has been progress for me.
My goal this week is to try and eat a bit less but I am still focusing on not binging as my primary goal.
PW: 244.6
Cw: 238.6
Have a blessed weekend all.xx
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Tracked No
Under calories no
Steps 12,239
Exercise hike
I meal planned and made shopping list for the week. Scale down today so really hoping I can hold on to the loss for a couple of days until weight in day.
I think the meal planning will help you. I find it so helpful to look at my list and see what is on the menu for the day. I find I save money too as I am sticking to a list and ordering less takeout.eaturpasta wrote: »10/16 check in.
drank water yes
6646 steps, but 4 miles on my bike!
Close rings every day...yes
10/17 check in.
drank water..yes
6114 steps, and 30 minutes on our new elliptical, phew!
closed rings... yes
10/18 check in.
drank water yes
8177 steps and 15 minutes on the elliptical
closed rings...yes
Sorry to chunk so many days together. Weekends are difficult for me to get online.
October Goals
LTG 155.0
Lose 1lb/week
Drink 90 ounces of water daily
7,500 steps/day
Close rings every day this month
Eaturpasta
Weigh in Day: Tuesday
PW:174.4
CW:171.2
SW 197.0
LTD(loss to date) 25.8
Love all the exercise this weekend!1 -
ScorpioGirl70 wrote: »I see some talking about the frustration, I am with you all there.
I looked at a 21 day plan over the weekend and it suggested my calories needed to be higher to loose.
I know somewhere along the line I played with my calories here on MFP so not sure where they really should be. When I first started it MFP stated 1500, now MFP states 1200.
The point of the post is to make sure you are getting your calories. I used to eat only one sandwich a day and a few small snacks and my husband couldn't figure out why I couldn't loose.
I then started doing a version of Atkins... where I ate 5 times a day and all the veggies and meat I wanted and lost 50 pounds in 3 months. I didn't calorie count with that one though. So, check around at other sites at the suggested calorie intake for you. Read about fasting, I don't think fasting would work for me.
I am not giving up calorie counting because it really makes sense to me to count.
Make sure you are counting every single calorie. If you ate that one cookie.. add those calories. If you had a drink of that chocolate milk, add those calories.. those small things add up fast!
Also, take your measurements, especially if you are working out.
If you are toning that muscle under that fat, you should see it in the tape measure, not necessarily on the scale. (Which reminds me, I need to do that.)
Keep on keeping Team!
We can do this!!
Just curious to know if the 21 day plan is a special diet?Steps 10/19 - 9,151
Went for a long bike ride.
Did Zumba.
Good day overall.
Lots of exercise! Well done!iHUSTLE4MUSCLE wrote: »GOALS: Monday, Oct. 19
🏃🏻♀️Workout: YES
💦 Water: YES
🍽 Food: YES
😴Sleep: YES
STEPS
MON. 10/19: 7,000 (spinning) + 19,249 = 26,249
You did well meeting all those goals!28Haveitall2020 wrote: »Hi all
Hope you are all well and crushing your goals.
Week recap_ I eat too much but I binged just 1x this week which has been progress for me.
My goal this week is to try and eat a bit less but I am still focusing on not binging as my primary goal.
PW: 244.6
Cw: 238.6
Have a blessed weekend all.xx
Awesome loss! That is great news on the binge eating. No binge eating is my main focus these days too! Did you use any special tricks to overcome the desire to binge?1 -
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Monday’s check in
Calories: over
Exercise: chair workout
Water: ✅
Steps: 3,161
Sleep: no
DBF: 0
Yet again another reset for me. My average calories for the week are staying at maintenance but I have to get this binge eating under control. I tried a chair workout yesterday but I had to stop before it finished due to shoulder pain. There was a lot of arm exercises. I am seeing my rheumatologist on Friday and she will give me a cortisone shot. If it works I think I will join the gym and start doing weights if I get the ok from my physiotherapist.
Happy Tuesday!
Goals this week
1. No binge eating/late night snacking
2. Sleep at least 8 hours
3. Chair workout 5 times a week
4. Stay within maintenance calories3 -
Tracked Yes
Under calories very close
Steps 17,816
Exercise 39 min shoulder strength workout and trail walk
Yesterday was a good day, I tracked mostly planned meals and went grocery shopping by myself. So much easier than
taking the kids. The trail walk was someplace we have never been and so pretty. I got some
Extra steps doing the cleaning after that I had been procrastinating on. 6.5 months not working and still feel like I am getting used to my new life. Still praying I get the call to go back to work at some point.1 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Monday’s check in
Calories: over
Exercise: chair workout
Water: ✅
Steps: 3,161
Sleep: no
DBF: 0
Yet again another reset for me. My average calories for the week are staying at maintenance but I have to get this binge eating under control. I tried a chair workout yesterday but I had to stop before it finished due to shoulder pain. There was a lot of arm exercises. I am seeing my rheumatologist on Friday and she will give me a cortisone shot. If it works I think I will join the gym and start doing weights if I get the ok from my physiotherapist.
Happy Tuesday!
Goals this week
1. No binge eating/late night snacking
2. Sleep at least 8 hours
3. Chair workout 5 times a week
4. Stay within maintenance calories
Sounds like you have a good plan in place. I know how hard and frustrating it can be to have set backs.0 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Monday’s check in
Calories: over
Exercise: chair workout
Water: ✅
Steps: 3,161
Sleep: no
DBF: 0
Yet again another reset for me. My average calories for the week are staying at maintenance but I have to get this binge eating under control. I tried a chair workout yesterday but I had to stop before it finished due to shoulder pain. There was a lot of arm exercises. I am seeing my rheumatologist on Friday and she will give me a cortisone shot. If it works I think I will join the gym and start doing weights if I get the ok from my physiotherapist.
Happy Tuesday!
Goals this week
1. No binge eating/late night snacking
2. Sleep at least 8 hours
3. Chair workout 5 times a week
4. Stay within maintenance calories
Sounds like you have a good plan in place. I know how hard and frustrating it can be to have set backs.0 -
Daily Post October 19
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 128oz
Steps 9215
Exercise 60min walk
My husband took the day off yesterday and we did a walk together during the day which was a nice change.2 -
10/19 check in.
drank water yes
7495 steps and 5.6 Miles on bike in 24.33 min
closed rings...yes
October Goals
LTG 155.0
Lose 1lb/week
Drink 90 ounces of water daily
7,500 steps/day
Close rings every day this month
Eaturpasta
Weigh in Day: Tuesday
PW:171.2
CW:170.6 half a pound loss...grrr..
SW 197.0
LTD(loss to date) 26.42 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »ScorpioGirl70 wrote: »I see some talking about the frustration, I am with you all there.
I looked at a 21 day plan over the weekend and it suggested my calories needed to be higher to loose.
I know somewhere along the line I played with my calories here on MFP so not sure where they really should be. When I first started it MFP stated 1500, now MFP states 1200.
The point of the post is to make sure you are getting your calories. I used to eat only one sandwich a day and a few small snacks and my husband couldn't figure out why I couldn't loose.
I then started doing a version of Atkins... where I ate 5 times a day and all the veggies and meat I wanted and lost 50 pounds in 3 months. I didn't calorie count with that one though. So, check around at other sites at the suggested calorie intake for you. Read about fasting, I don't think fasting would work for me.
I am not giving up calorie counting because it really makes sense to me to count.
Make sure you are counting every single calorie. If you ate that one cookie.. add those calories. If you had a drink of that chocolate milk, add those calories.. those small things add up fast!
Also, take your measurements, especially if you are working out.
If you are toning that muscle under that fat, you should see it in the tape measure, not necessarily on the scale. (Which reminds me, I need to do that.)
Keep on keeping Team!
We can do this!!
Just curious to know if the 21 day plan is a special diet?Steps 10/19 - 9,151
Went for a long bike ride.
Did Zumba.
Good day overall.
Lots of exercise! Well done!iHUSTLE4MUSCLE wrote: »GOALS: Monday, Oct. 19
🏃🏻♀️Workout: YES
💦 Water: YES
🍽 Food: YES
😴Sleep: YES
STEPS
MON. 10/19: 7,000 (spinning) + 19,249 = 26,249
You did well meeting all those goals!28Haveitall2020 wrote: »Hi all
Hope you are all well and crushing your goals.
Week recap_ I eat too much but I binged just 1x this week which has been progress for me.
My goal this week is to try and eat a bit less but I am still focusing on not binging as my primary goal.
PW: 244.6
Cw: 238.6
Have a blessed weekend all.xx
Awesome loss! That is great news on the binge eating. No binge eating is my main focus these days too! Did you use any special tricks to overcome the desire to binge?
Hi Linda,
I did.
After lunch I have a fruit and a cup of fruit tea. Or a pudding or yogurt (something sweet to curb the urges but none of my trigger foods).
I have 2 dinners. That is what has helped me.
The 1st same as dinner I have a fruit ( fresh or dry) and a cup of tea after.
The 2nd dinner I have it when I usually tend to want to binge.
That has helped me soo far this week.2 -
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Finished work early so I took my dog for a walk. Walked into a swarm of bees
and only one sting on my back, luckily. They were all over my shoulders, arms & head. My neighbors must of got a pretty good laugh if they saw me dancing around swatting and running out there. My dog even thought I was crazy. 
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@lindamtuck2018
The 21 day diet using a different form of measuring food..prelabelled containers.
I weighy food buty daughter is struggling so I research and try to encourage her and switch up my stuff sometimes to do it with her.
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10/20/2020 Checkin
ScorpioGirl70
Weigh In Day: Friday
Steps: 18701 -
I am coming out of my funk. I am looking into getting a health coach (fitness and nutrition). I feel clueless on macros and calories and I think the guidance will really help me. I'm actually a little excited about it.3
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CW:185.8
SW: 187.2
LTD: 1.4
Tracked Yes
Under calories No
Steps 6,936
Exercise lower body strength workout
I am very happy for this loss. I hope I can hold onto it for a change. Yesterday was a gray yucky day here so no extra steps and it made me feel so lazy. I shouldn’t complain since we need the rain but I hate it. The back half of the week is alway better for me since the kids get to go to school for now. It is amazing having a little time for myself.
Goals for the week
1. Track
2. Try to pass on sweats more
3. Maintain loss through the weekend
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TracyKlaft1
Weigh in day Tuesday
PW 167.5
CW 166.5
LTD 1.5
Goals today
7000 steps
Track all meals2 -
@rlaskey2
What a beautiful place to walk. It is a big adjustment when you stop working and even more so when it is as result of a pandemic. I had to retire as a result of a disability. It took me a good year to get used to being home. I still miss it even after 12 years.
Congrats on the loss this week. I think the key to getting through the weekends is to try and eat like it is a week day. I know it’s easier said than done as this is a big struggle for me too.
@Tazaria87
You are so consistent. Please tell us some of your tricks to stay on track?
@eaturpasta
Great loss this week! Think of it this way, if you lost .6 pounds a week that would be 31 pounds in a year. At that rate you would be at your goal weight in just over 6 months. How exciting would that be?
@28Haveitall2020
This is a brilliant idea. I am going to adjust my meals and try this for a week.
@ScorpioGirl70
I need to research this. It sounds like a good way to switch things up for awhile.
@azkunk
Glad you are starting you come around. A health coach sounds like a good plan. I have never thought about a health coach before. I do see a dietitian every 3 months.
@iHUSTLE4MUSCLE
I would have lost it. I am terrified of wasps and bees. I have to admit I did chuckle at the picture.
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Tuesday’s check in
Calories: over
Exercise: 40 minute walk
Water: ✅
Steps: 7,276
Sleep: yes
DBF: 0
I walked my granddaughter to school yesterday and I am paying for it today. I am just keeping the faith that this will get better. I made slow cooker chili from the recipe @iHUSTLE4MUSCLE posted last week. It was delicious. So my new recipe this week was a success. Now the search begins for next weeks new recipe. Once again I am open to suggestions.
Happy Hump Day!
Goals this week
1. No binge eating/late night snacking
2. Sleep at least 8 hours
3. Stay within maintenance calories0 -
Anyone have any NonScale Victories (NSV’s) they would like to share0
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