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  • KellyBgetsfit
    KellyBgetsfit Posts: 1,713 Member
    @SMcFall0215 I am so sorry for your loss.💕 You have a very beautiful outlook on it though. Praying this is the last challenge you face. I hope your new job goes well and congratulations on the house.
  • Gidgitgoescrazy
    Gidgitgoescrazy Posts: 636 Member
    @SMcFall0215
    Sorry for your loss, losing your mom is a tough one.. Have a great first day at the new job, and yay on the new house, do you get to pick out the finishes ?
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,141 Member
    edited October 2020
    Happy Tuesday!
    I am SO glad it is raining today. It will mean fewer steps, but I will get the house and desk work done - it has been piling up something frightful. I keep saying to myself "I have to do that" and today is the day. I just hope I can remember what I said I would do!

    @SMcFall0215
    No apologies needed here. If you can't share the hard times, or even fall on your face with this group, well where can you? You have to be strong for your family, your new job, and everyone else. Here it is just fine to blurt out the worries and problems as well as the happy bits. We can take it! You are living through a lot of big changes and challenges - all we can offer is to listen, understand, and send you as many hugs as the air will carry. It's exciting that you will be building a house and that your new job is starting - but it is all big. Be sure to get plenty deep breaths, hugs, and a wee bit of pampering along the way.

    OK, heigh ho, heigh ho - it's off to...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI0x0KYChq4&ab_channel=4evertheDisneySongs
  • Steph1498
    Steph1498 Posts: 307 Member
    @SMcFall0215 so sorry to hear about your Mom. That’s seems like an emotional week and hope the next few are better for you and the family.
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,141 Member
    @YinxFed
    That running group sounds great! It helps so much to have other people to help get you going. They sound like a good group too - laid back and welcoming sounds perfect. Keep us posted on progress :smiley:

    @coffeetwist
    Those small gains happen - sometimes, such a small amount is just a fluctuation. Those can be fairly large - if you weigh yourself a couple of times a day for a while, it is amazing how much it can vary even if you keep to a consistent intake and exercise regimen. But also, if you are just increasing your exercise, that adds weight for sure - muscle weighs more than fat, as we all love to hear! Measurements can change for the better though. And sometimes, your calorie tracking might not be as accurate as you hope. Try to measure and weigh carefully (if you are not already) and get the most reliable calorie count for the foods you eat. I find in MFP that the variance in calories for a single food item is even worse than the fluctuating numbers on the scale! In any case, you'll find the balance that works for you. It is all an experiment - and discovering the ways that don't work is important too. Hang in there!

    A few more Wednesday people coming up:
    @offitgoes
    @PlaneMonkey
    @coll7246
    @AshenMoon

    And still waiting for @reflectionofme from Monday. Thanks!
  • conleywoods
    conleywoods Posts: 1,016 Member
    @SMcFall0215 So sorry for your loss 😢 It sounds like you have been riding the emotional roller coaster lately. Hopefully things will calm down.
  • once_mas
    once_mas Posts: 160 Member
    @SMcFall0215 I m sorry for your loss. I hope from now on may everything happen as you wish, and congrats for starting the new job✨
  • spyro88
    spyro88 Posts: 472 Member
    @CanadianGiraffe What a great way to look at birthdays :) And Happy Birthday to you! Did you do anything nice?

    I'm off to my gardening project this morning with some of the young people I work with. Then
    I have booked an afternoon gym session as well. Stupid or optimistic? We'll find out! Haha. I am determined for a loss this week!
  • SMcFall0215
    SMcFall0215 Posts: 122 Member
    Thank you everyone I really appreciate y’all.
  • jguldi11
    jguldi11 Posts: 205 Member
    Just a quick check-in, yesterday went well, stayed in the green and walked little miss Lola around the yard until I hit my step goal. Our work audit is now officially over and I'm already getting caught up on my pile of paperwork and just feeling lighter all around.

    Last night I wanted something sweet so I had a 92% cocoa chocolate square and it hit the spot. For only 60 calories and has some fiber too, not to mention the antioxidants. Honestly at first I didn't care for super dark chocolate but now I prefer it over the lighter varieties. Funny how tastes change when we choose healthier options.

    Today will be a busy one, hoping to leave work in time to go to the gym. Ankle is still a bit tender but as long as I'm careful it seems to be fine. And from riding the bike instead of the elliptical I noticed different leg muscles are sore; reminder to change it up every now and then!
  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,073 Member
    @SMcFall0215 So sorry to hear about your mom😢. Sending good vibes your way
  • Gidgitgoescrazy
    Gidgitgoescrazy Posts: 636 Member
    I have 2 stupid questions...

    1- So I get like 60-80 active minutes per day... The past week, I've noticed I've actually started sweating during my workouts, I haven't changed them, the only thing I've really added is more strength training that I do in the evening, and yes I sweat during those. But I'm talking about my morning aerobics videos... Anyone have any idea why, and how to make it stop ? LOL - I go from exercise, to get ready for work, I don't have time to hop in the shower...

    2- My resting heart rate, raises more and more during the week when I am doing my videos, on the weekends when I am outside doing, active, but outside things, it goes down (earning the same amount of exercise calories) I thought exercise was supposed to make your RHR go lower... I did ask my dr about this, and she said not to worry about it, that even when it is "high", it wasn't as high as it was before I started this journey, so to keep doing what I'm doing... It's still in a perfectly normal range, but I just find it odd that it goes up...
  • reflectionofme
    reflectionofme Posts: 310 Member
    Username: reflectionofme
    Weigh in day: Monday
    PW: 125.0
    CW: 126.1 Thanksgiving gets me every time

    I completely forgot to post Monday SORRY.
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,141 Member
    Gidgitgoescrazy wrote: »
    I have 2 stupid questions...

    1- So I get like 60-80 active minutes per day... The past week, I've noticed I've actually started sweating during my workouts, I haven't changed them, the only thing I've really added is more strength training that I do in the evening, and yes I sweat during those. But I'm talking about my morning aerobics videos... Anyone have any idea why, and how to make it stop ? LOL - I go from exercise, to get ready for work, I don't have time to hop in the shower...

    2- My resting heart rate, raises more and more during the week when I am doing my videos, on the weekends when I am outside doing, active, but outside things, it goes down (earning the same amount of exercise calories) I thought exercise was supposed to make your RHR go lower... I did ask my dr about this, and she said not to worry about it, that even when it is "high", it wasn't as high as it was before I started this journey, so to keep doing what I'm doing... It's still in a perfectly normal range, but I just find it odd that it goes up...
    There is no such thing as a stupid question. Well maybe, but these are not examples! I'm no expert, but here are my thoughts.

    Sweating - too bad you don't want to! Earning the shower is one of my favourite things. But you are probably sweating because you have more strength to put into your aerobics. More muscles working, more circulation needed, more sweating to keep them cool. Maybe you can at least change out of your exercise clothes before work? Some quick washcloth action if needed? I think it is a good sign you are sweating more.

    Resting heart rate - I agree with your doc. Don't worry about it. There might be other factors during the week that raise it up. Stress at work? Not enough water? You miss your dogs? How's your blood pressure? If it has been going down, sometimes your heart rate has to go up to compensate until everything adjusts to the new reality. When my pressure goes down (I tend to have low to too-low pressure), the RHR really increases.

    @CanadianGiraffe
    Happy one more revolution around the sun! I love that we have such a variety of ages in this group - it is a long journey, so let's keep healthy and feeling great all the way through :heart:

    I know it is supposed to snow in Alberta (sorry, you guys!), but here it is going to be balmy and sunny for a couple of days. I'm out to enjoy it while it lasts!
  • eggfreak
    eggfreak Posts: 686 Member
    @SMcFall0215 you're on a rollercoaster for sure, I am sorry to hear about your mom. I hope things settle down for you soon and the new house and job go great!
  • eggfreak
    eggfreak Posts: 686 Member
    heading out for an evening walk - gotta catch up to the fitbit crew!! I don't know what happened to my profile pic - i lost it somehow- but thanks for your comment @micki48 :smiley:
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,141 Member
    Well! I had one of those weird days with a kind of aimless vibe, nice weather, but not much ambition. Foodwise I was doing really well until I had a cookie after lunch. These are some serious ginger cookies from a local bakery. They are impossible for me to stop eating once I start, so I keep them individually wrapped in the freezer if ever I succumb to the urge to buy them. Luckily that does not happen too often. Today I took one out of the freezer after lunch, on my way out to doing some good physical work and then a long walk up in the woods. I thought I might need a snack (lunch was just salad, so I was feeling a little virtuous). After clearing up all the leaves I needed to put into the compost, I ate the cookie and really, really, really wanted another one before going off to walk. I went in and put another one (still frozen) into my pocket. By the time it thawed, I was over the craving, and I managed to finish the entire afternoon without touching it. Feeling SO good about that. Then I had supper, well within plan, and dangit if I didn't find that cookie and eat it after supper. Why? No good reason except that I had not put it back into the freezer and it was there. This does not fit within the day's good numbers for much of anything, and I know it will give me that stomach-full-of-lead feeling. Grrrrrrr. I'm hopping on the exercise bike in a bit to try to mitigate the effect. At least they are gone now! All that just to say how feeling like a craving was beaten can get turned to being beaten by the craving. The freezer trick was good but I didn't put the cookie back in there in time! Crazy how strong those cravings can be sometimes.

    How do you all beat those instant-gratification moments vs actually feeling good for a longer time? Usually I just have to avoid the trigger foods that send me in that direction, but it would be good to put together a list of techniques you find that could work. It certainly helps to have a collection of them!
  • micki48
    micki48 Posts: 2,371 Member
    CanadianGiraffe wrote: »
    I celebrated another year on the planet today. I always consider it a privilege to grow older as we've had too many friends and family who do not get that chance.


    Happy Birthday to you! Hope your day was wonderful! Hurray for another trip around the sun.

    I forgot to post last night. Hit my step target. Managed a 38 minute walk at a leisurely pace with a tiny walker, then did 17 minutes of big ball bouncing. Both are included in my steps so I'm not sure if it qualifies for more steps translated.

    I have not logged at all today. I need to go try and do that. Not at my step goal yet today and may not get there. I have about 4,000 more steps to go. :neutral: Sorry I haven't gotten the step results up yet this week. My husband has busy using the laptop, which is what I need to use to do it. So I will get it up shortly as long as the laptop doesn't die.

    Hope everyone is having a good week.
  • micki48
    micki48 Posts: 2,371 Member
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    STEP TEAM CHALLENGE WEEK 1 RESULTS

    TOTAL TEAM STEPS - 525,201

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    STEP STARS

    1st - @jugar 109,530
    2nd - @KellyBgetsfit 101,951
    3rd - @Kali225 100,261

    First time our top three steppers have all been over 100,000!!! Way to go ladies!!!

    TEAM MEMBERS MEETING DAILY STEP GOAL

    @jugar 7/7
    @KellyBgetsfit 7/7
    @Kali225 7/7
    @Micki48 6/7
    @jguldi11 4/7
    @YinxFed 4/7
    @evangsimmons170 4/7

    Great Work Team!!!!!

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