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  • Queenieamy
    Queenieamy Posts: 3 Member
    Pw 169
    Cw 155.5

    I'm thinking my scales are dodgy...
  • GingerPwr
    GingerPwr Posts: 1,984 Member
    Weigh in
    Username GingerPwr
    PW 136
    CW 138
  • 1theresamcvean
    1theresamcvean Posts: 932 Member
    Queenieamy wrote: »
    Pw 169
    Cw 155.5

    I'm thinking my scales are dodgy...

    Wow! Could it be the translation from stones getting in the way? Perhaps PM me your last weight and the one before in stones. :smiley:
  • 1theresamcvean
    1theresamcvean Posts: 932 Member
    edited October 2020
    minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »
    Quick update on me:

    No more lingering symptoms, living alone has my mental health in a bit of a tailspin, so I'm working on putting in a bit more effort in my friendships and reaching out to others who may be in similar situations. Did quite a bit of stress eating last night, but I also took two spin classes yesterday morning, and I didn't log a lick of food from yesterday, so it's a toss-up for how I'm doing.

    Big hug, Ashley @minstrelofsarcasm .

    Remember that you recently spent two weeks in quarantine. I remember that messed me up in April.

    You've got more to worry about than most when considering the science of Covid with MS. And I'm guessing your scientific mind has chewed on that more than a bit.

    Forgive yourself for stress eating last night. You very well could have been hungry from a double spin session. In any case, move along.

    I love the graphic you shared. A hairpin turn? Quite the metaphor. On one hand, highly feminine and masculine all at once. Could we take that to mean balance? On the other hand, the pent-up urge to put your foot on the gas again after the caution you've been forced to take in recent weeks.
  • 1theresamcvean
    1theresamcvean Posts: 932 Member
    kirsten11872 wrote: »

    I think this will be my last month in this weight-loss challenge. I am going to get into maintenance mode, I really do not want to lose much more, so I think by the end of this month will be it for me. I would still like to be part of the group, but I just won't be trying to lose weight.

    @1theresamcvean would it be ok if I remained in the group, but not part of the weight-loss part. I am going to start maintenance, I do not think I will be able to maintain if I lose much more.

    Hope you all had a good weekend! Have a great day! :)

    Congratulations, Kirsten @kirsten11872 !

    What a great plan you have on beginning maintenance.
    • PM me your maintenance weight range. It can be as wide or narrow as you'd like it to be. For example, 145 to 155, 148 to 150. And your magic number, i.e. specific goal weight, e.g. 149.
    • Starting on the first week of November you'll be in the Goal Zone on team Weight No More. You come here as usual and post your weight once a week with the aim of staying in your zone. If you go over your zone weight for too many weeks, I think it's three, you come back into weight loss.
    • You will join the GOAL ZONE maintenance chat in F2F at the same time as staying on your regular team. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10803339/goal-zone-maintenance-chat#latest

  • ibrake4bunnies
    ibrake4bunnies Posts: 63 Member
    sleepymom5 wrote: »
    @kittengirl88 Nice loss! I love those walking videos! I have only been doing Leslie Sansone but if there are others you recommend please share.

    Absolutely! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnesVLnvHpM

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mbflu0yjytQ

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lv4NI_RJeNA

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=R3AUw3-jtEo

    This one is my favorite. It's gentle and she's really positive and nice. https://youtube.com/watch?v=icSm9cLTSDw
  • kirsten11872
    kirsten11872 Posts: 519 Member
    @1theresamcvean thanks for the information. My goal weight range is 147-153. I want my goal weight to be 149. I would like to be in the 140's, even if it is just a pound. I definitely want to stay in the group, if maintenance is harder than I think & I gain some weight, I will go back into the weight-loss part of the group.

    @sleepymom5 thanks! Hope you feel better soon! My knee has been bothering me, it is annoying to have discomfort. xo
  • kandi3570
    kandi3570 Posts: 238 Member
    I didn’t track my calories yesterday. I also didn’t wear my Fitbit which literally reads 8 steps. 😂. I’m guessing I got about a mile just walking around doing housework. Today I’m at 1160 calories and 10324 steps.
  • goingape
    goingape Posts: 429 Member
    @kirsten11872 how exciting for you to be so close to maintenance!

    @sleepymom5 glad you are back!

    @minstrelofsarcasm - virtual hugs. I had been doing some card/letter writing earlier in the covid zone. It’s another way of reaching out and staying in touch. I’m always better and getting my thoughts done on paper.

    @kittengirl88 solid loss this week!

    Hugs everyone! I’m ready to have a good week. I was off work today and have been taking my two learner drivers out for driving practise. So my heart rate is definitely up there. : D

    I have been doing lots of planning ahead lately. I’m journaling each night. I’m pre-entering my food in my diary which I’m finding is helping keep to my plan. And I’m thinking a lot about my fitness plans. I have lots of exercise classes coming up end of October. My hubs has just joined a gym and I’m debating joining too. I miss the weight machines, we don’t have many options at my work gym. Although the smart thing would be to wait till January when my classes are finished.



  • Melzz19
    Melzz19 Posts: 39 Member
    Monday check in
    Sorry been a bit crazy here

    Food: okay been stress eating a bit lately
    Steps 9,222

    Well my fiancé started night shift last night he’ll be on that for the next three weeks. We got our first snow of the year and temps have dropped we are in the teens every morning now. I had to start wearing my thermals which I was oddly excited about I love the cold lol.

    Work has been stressful it looks like dig season is over which this is really early for us to be so slow. It normally slows at the earliest late November to end of December. My area hasn’t had a dig ticket in two days so I’ve been jumping around helping other areas. Talk of layoffs are going around again and we haven’t hired anyone since the bust. I don’t think I’ll be laid off since I can jump around to other areas. But hours are slowing down. As a locator I make my money in spring summer and fall which we call dig season and then we just go to almost part time during the winter waiting for the next dig season. Once it gets too cold it’s hard to dig so a lot of it depends on the weather and partly the economy. I know a lot of companies put off projects until next year because of the bust. I sat on a pipeline dig last week and they were saying they don’t have work after that project and they’ll finish that project next week. So it’s back to being thankful everyday I have work and each time I get a full days work in. 🤞🏻
  • 1theresamcvean
    1theresamcvean Posts: 932 Member
    kandi3570 wrote: »
    I didn’t track my calories yesterday. I also didn’t wear my Fitbit which literally reads 8 steps. 😂. I’m guessing I got about a mile just walking around doing housework. Today I’m at 1160 calories and 10324 steps.

    Hey Kandi, I put you down as 2,008 steps for yesterday since the average person takes 2,000 steps per mile. :blush: I like that you take a break from your Fitbit.
  • brown6267
    brown6267 Posts: 476 Member
    10/19 steps 3831
  • jedaschultz
    jedaschultz Posts: 1,025 Member
    Username: jedaschultz
    Weigh In Day: Monday
    Week 3
    PW (Previous Weight): 203.4
    CW (Current Weight): 205.4

    Way out of control with traveling and family birthday celebrations.

    Steps
    10/11 - 1262
    10/12 - 5370
    10/13 - 5461
    10/14 - 5273
    10/15 - 4987
    10/16 - 5886
    10/17 - 2456
    10/18 - 2415
    10/19 - 2409
  • 1theresamcvean
    1theresamcvean Posts: 932 Member
    edited October 2020
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    Weigh Days!


    Monday - one outstanding
    @podperson1

    Wednesday
    @Freeglerock
    @melaniedscott
    @tryingagain5

    Thursday
    @Ljdanny
    @minstrelofsarcasm
    @pacsnc6

    Friday
    @hope002
    @cafelelia
    @lennoncpa
    @lenka1
    @Melzz19
    @1theresamcvean
    @KUMEcyclingteam
    @kiane50
  • Freeglerock
    Freeglerock Posts: 2,864 Member
    **sorry for all the terrible typos in the above post. I obviously paid no attention to what I was actually writing, nor did I "proof-read"! Cringeworthy to read and too late for me to edit. :/ Can I make an excuse that I work with numbers by trade - words are really not my thing!
  • 1theresamcvean
    1theresamcvean Posts: 932 Member
    Freeglerock wrote: »
    **sorry for all the terrible typos in the above post. I obviously paid no attention to what I was actually writing, nor did I "proof-read"! Cringeworthy to read and too late for me to edit. :/ Can I make an excuse that I work with numbers by trade - words are really not my thing!

    Luckily it's human nature to reed write over typos, Lisa.
  • sleepymom5
    sleepymom5 Posts: 2,462 Member
    check in for Monday
    Food-logged and on target
    Water-64 oz
    Exercise-PT

    I am still resting the knee. I put my apple watch back on for the first time today. The steps are going to be low but I am trying to get up every hour. My knee is doing much better on the medication. I actually have been sleeping so poorly and last night I was so comfortable I slept until 10:30! Unfortunately I had a nail appointment at that time but I was able to push it back 30 min thank goodness. I had that then the dentist (cavity of course, it has been that kind of week) and I am just able to get on now to check in. Hope everyone is doing well!

    @kittengirl88 Thank you!! I will bookmark those to use when the weather gets better!
    @kandi3570 Sounds like it wasn't too bad of a day yesterday and you are doing well today!
    @kirsten11872 It stinks getting old Lol! I hope your knee starts feeling better too!
    @goingape Sounds like you are planning for success! I need to follow your lead! As an older person, some advice about the gym...if you are going to use the work Gym stay there. If you aren't motivated to go and think you would start going with your husband, go with him. Don't waste until January because you have classes already paid for. I know it is a waste of money but it still would be if you didn't go. I have waited so many times myself, that is the only reason why I am telling you this. xo
    @Melzz19 That is tough about your job. Can you collect unemployment at least until the new season starts? Hugs!
    @jedaschultz Hope you can get back on track this week!
    @Freeglerock Sad thing- I didn't even notice! Lol! I never proof read so I can imagine how bad my posts are Lol! I love that you are enjoying the weather and walking. Hope with your new jacket and boots you can do it for a while longer.
  • 1theresamcvean
    1theresamcvean Posts: 932 Member
    edited October 2020
    sleepymom5 wrote: »
    check in for Monday
    Food-logged and on target
    Water-64 oz
    Exercise-PT

    I am still resting the knee. I put my apple watch back on for the first time today. The steps are going to be low but I am trying to get up every hour. My knee is doing much better on the medication. I actually have been sleeping so poorly and last night I was so comfortable I slept until 10:30! Unfortunately I had a nail appointment at that time but I was able to push it back 30 min thank goodness. I had that then the dentist (cavity of course, it has been that kind of week) and I am just able to get on now to check in. Hope everyone is doing well!

    Pam, I had a diagnosis of arthritis a few years back, maybe five, when my foot really hurt. I thought maybe I had a stress fracture from hiking. It r.e.a.l.l.y hurt. So my doctor sent me for an x-ray.

    The secretary at my doctor's office had a good laugh when she called me with the x-ray results. We're close. I've been going to the same doctor since university. She told me it was osteoarthritis, so I asked her what kind of arthritis that was. She said, deadpan, "It means you're old now."

    I started taking ginger and turmeric capsules every day. I already drink a lot of ginger tea...the really strong STASH ones. Anyway, I have barely felt it again.

    I hope this happens to you too. Not the part where someone tells you you're old. The part where it doesn't hurt again at all for more than five years.

    Big hug.
  • mainebeachbum
    mainebeachbum Posts: 385 Member
    Monday steps 6387
    Tuesday steps 8903

    Hi, Everyone! Hope everyone is hanging in there!
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,454 Member
    @sleepymom5 So, yes, planting is usually a spring thing. But bulb flowers can (should?) be planted in the fall, like tulips and iris. Daylilies are weird, not exactly a bulb, but not a root either and they spread like crazy.

    But, in truth, mine (bright yellow) were already planted, I dug two clumps (of 10 or 12) up, separated them, weeded out all the stubborn, obnoixious weeds and as I cleared, my husband replanted, spreading them out so they are healthier. Some ended up in the yard waste because there were too many.

    Two springs past, I dug the first 8-10 up, separated them and gave away about 5 dozen and still have several dozen in my shop. And I have several (half dozen?) of a new color that I got from a friend that I need to find a place for...maybe in the tiny bed in front of my door. Usually, it is just mulch and a bucket of two week wild flowers (that look a lot like daffodils). They would do okay there.

    I think my new iris will get the back bed. In the spring I'll likely get some hostas and low maintenance something (zinneas? cone flowers? Daisies?) that also self seed and do ground cover...maybe phlox?
  • 1theresamcvean
    1theresamcvean Posts: 932 Member
    melaniedscott wrote: »
    @sleepymom5 So, yes, planting is usually a spring thing. But bulb flowers can (should?) be planted in the fall, like tulips and iris. Daylilies are weird, not exactly a bulb, but not a root either and they spread like crazy.

    But, in truth, mine (bright yellow) were already planted, I dug two clumps (of 10 or 12) up, separated them, weeded out all the stubborn, obnoixious weeds and as I cleared, my husband replanted, spreading them out so they are healthier. Some ended up in the yard waste because there were too many.

    Two springs past, I dug the first 8-10 up, separated them and gave away about 5 dozen and still have several dozen in my shop. And I have several (half dozen?) of a new color that I got from a friend that I need to find a place for...maybe in the tiny bed in front of my door. Usually, it is just mulch and a bucket of two week wild flowers (that look a lot like daffodils). They would do okay there.

    I think my new iris will get the back bed. In the spring I'll likely get some hostas and low maintenance something (zinneas? cone flowers? Daisies?) that also self seed and do ground cover...maybe phlox?

    If I lived closer, I'd come and transplant them in my garden. :smile:
  • kandi3570
    kandi3570 Posts: 238 Member
    8345 steps. 1029 calories. I had a lazy day after work. Somewhat of a lazy day at work too. 😁
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