WaistAways - November 2020 Team Chat
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happimess01 wrote: »PW 283.3 lbs
CW 279.3 lbs
There is no stopping you! Very close to 10 pounds off this month so far, and 13 pounds last month! Whatever you are doing, it is working
Share some of the secrets of your success and consistency - I am sure it will inspire others. 5 -
Steps 4385, had a lazy day today3
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conleywoods wrote: »PW: 220.6
CW: 218.2
HOORAY! I am finally going the right direction. Maybe I will see some consistent looses and finally get past 214 and out of the teens. My goal is to stay in my calories, keep up with my weight lifting workouts and keep working on my protein intake for more balanced macros.
Getting out of the teens just sounds like such a good idea - you follow those commitments right on through, and you'll be seeing numbers with no teen attached! Countdown! I remember last year, (or some time!) @micki48 made construction paper chains - the kind we used to make to decorate the house for Christmas when I was a little kid. Each chain had a number on it, and when she lost the amount to get rid of that number, that link on the chain was torn off, and hopefully taken out and burned! It was a fantastic representation of the weight loss, the loosening of the chains, and it also makes a good decoration if you don't look at the numbers! Maybe you could post a photo of that project, Michele? It was a great one.3 -
I'm with you on the lazy day today @MandiSaysHey I did a good Pilates session, but otherwise did not walk a lot and I'm not getting on the exercise bike tonight. I tried to go on a hike on one of my favourite trails on a nearby hill, but it was closed because of hunting season until Tuesday. Hmmph. It's a good hike with a heck of a hill to begin, but then it is really mellow with great views after that. It is on the side of a mountain, but does not lead to the summit - and right next to it is a long and curvy lake. It's a wonderful trail, so I'm going back next week.
It is already time for the Friday reminder! Every week I wonder how that can happen so fast. Here you all are -
@evangsimmons170
@SMcFall0215
@CanadianGiraffe
@Pearl4686
@Steph1498
@Kali225
I'm hoping you're all doing well
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Fridays
PW 162.4
CW 161.2
First loss I have had in MONTHS! this week was a better week. I didn’t cave to ALLLL the sweet treats in the house and I stayed within my calories all but 2 days.. and it paid off!!5 -
Friday weigh-in
PW 87.4 kg
CW 87.3 kg
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SMcFall0215 wrote: »@SMcFall0215
Fridays
PW 162.4
CW 161.2
First loss I have had in MONTHS! this week was a better week. I didn’t cave to ALLLL the sweet treats in the house and I stayed within my calories all but 2 days.. and it paid off!!
Well done, keep it up!1 -
Yesterday was a successful day ! I did not get any work walks in though, I was very busy. Although our work has slowed down considerably, my assistant isn't coming in due to the virus, ( she doesn't have it, she is just has health issues that could make it bad if she did get it) So I have to do her stuff too..
Anyway, it's FRIDAY ! I am soooo happy for friday ! This has been a rough week...
Today is just yoga day, which I am thankful for, although it's looking like a beautiful day so I am going to get some walks in today !3 -
Woo hoo! It's going above freezing today. The young deer are out in the back, the grey is slowly lifting, and I hope to get out for a long ramble today.
We're almost to week 4 - the final week of November. What numbers are you going to track especially well this week? Water - hours of sleep - minutes of exercise - steps - calories - grams of fibre or protein or sugars, etc. Pick one or two and really track them all week. Magic numbers challenge returning for week 1 of December - you'll be ready!2 -
Friday Weigh-In
PW: 189.6
CW: 187.1
Well, that's better. Basically, November has been a wash, but I'm not going to let it get to me.
@jugar I realized that next week, my weigh-in will be the day after Thanksgiving haha so I think I will try to weigh in one day early (the calm before the storm, if you will), if that's ok!
Is it me or has this week lasted 6 years? I need this weekend so bad. I am traveling Sunday to be out of town all next week for the holiday. I got a covid test, came back negative yesterday, so I feel safe traveling (by car, by myself, to a rural area), but I hope everyone else in my family who is coming is also getting tested!
I also think I really overdid it with workouts this week. I am super sore today, and was likewise yesterday & Tuesday. I am taking a real rest today. But I need to have a solid plan for tomorrow - what are you guys planning for weekend exercise??2 -
happimess01 wrote: »PW 283.3 lbs
CW 279.3 lbs
There is no stopping you! Very close to 10 pounds off this month so far, and 13 pounds last month! Whatever you are doing, it is working Share some of the secrets of your success and consistency - I am sure it will inspire others.
Thank you @Jugar haha I feel the only reason I am dropping so much weight is because I have a lot to lose. Also, guys lose weight faster so that might be another thing. For context, I am 6ft and still have 80 lbs to lose to get to a normal weight. Here are the reasons why I am losing weight in descending order of importance.
1. My tastes have changed. Before counting calories, I spent 2-3 months just trying to enjoy healthy food and move away from rice, Oreos, Burger King and other heavy carb meals I used to enjoy. I don’t crave those things anymore. I remember this day in July (2nd month of calorie counting) when I lost all willpower and went to the kitchen to stuff my face. But then I realized I had no clue what I wanted to eat. I wasn’t craving any of the unhealthy food and as for the healthy food, I would be eating it very soon anyway. So that day and all the others, I just stayed within my cal limits.
2. I eat between 1750-1820 calories everyday and my TDEE is around 3300 calories. I got that info from here: https://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ . This is a steep deficit and the reason why I am losing so much weight.
3. I eat a lot of protein every day, infact every meal. I consume 160-170 grams of protein on average. We have these 200 calorie grilled chicken snacks here in Germany that I keep around in case I get the munchies. It is delicious and filling, and I don’t think I’d last if I was eating mostly carbs.
4. Most of my meals are calorie dense. My criteria for selecting a food is that it should be delicious, high in protein and less than 200 calorie per 100 grams (just a random number I chose). If it’s high in fats, that’s just icing on the cake. Bread is the only thing I regularly eat that doesn’t meet my dietary standards.
5. I drink a lot of water and need to go pee ever 2-3 hours. I don’t keep junk food in the fridge ever. My one vice is Coke light that I drink more often than I would like.
6. I struggle with boredom eating a lot so I try very hard to keep myself busy. It’s specially hard for me on the weekends so I try to leave the house as often as I can. I am that dumb dude that would travel 20 miles outside the city to go to Ikea to buy a scissor.
7. Sadly, I haven’t been doing well with exercising. I started cycling a month ago but I get very hungry afterwards so I am feeling discouraged in that area. I don’t want to exercise right now if it makes it difficult to stick to 1800 cals.
8. What else – I don’t eat in restaurants. I hate having to estimate calories so I stick to food with nutrition labels and weigh everything except spices.
9. One analogy that really helps me get some perspective is this one – There are so many days when I don’t want to go to work but still, I do because that”s what being an adult is all about. It’s the same with food. Sometimes you are hungry but you should try to deny yourself that fleeing pleasure because that's part of being an adult too.
Please note that this is all my personal experience and there is every chance that YMMV. Cheers!5 -
This is helpful and interesting - great attitude. Sometimes we really just have to roll up our sleeves and do it. I'm jealous that you get to eat 1800 calories, though - old story!! I got into big trouble trying to keep up with my taller half (6'3") years ago. It finally sank in that I just can't eat like a tall guy!happimess01 wrote: »
Thank you @Jugar haha I feel the only reason I am dropping so much weight is because I have a lot to lose. Also, guys lose weight faster so that might be another thing. For context, I am 6ft and still have 80 lbs to lose to get to a normal weight. Here are the reasons why I am losing weight in descending order of importance.1. My tastes have changed. Before counting calories, I spent 2-3 months just trying to enjoy healthy food and move away from rice, Oreos, Burger King and other heavy carb meals I used to enjoy. I don’t crave those things anymore. I remember this day in July (2nd month of calorie counting) when I lost all willpower and went to the kitchen to stuff my face. But then I realized I had no clue what I wanted to eat. I wasn’t craving any of the unhealthy food and as for the healthy food, I would be eating it very soon anyway. So that day and all the others, I just stayed within my cal limits.
2. I eat between 1750-1820 calories everyday and my TDEE is around 3300 calories. I got that info from here: https://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ . This is a steep deficit and the reason why I am losing so much weight.
3. I eat a lot of protein every day, infact every meal. I consume 160-170 grams of protein on average. We have these 200 calorie grilled chicken snacks here in Germany that I keep around in case I get the munchies. It is delicious and filling, and I don’t think I’d last if I was eating mostly carbs.
4. Most of my meals are calorie dense. My criteria for selecting a food is that it should be delicious, high in protein and less than 200 calorie per 100 grams (just a random number I chose). If it’s high in fats, that’s just icing on the cake. Bread is the only thing I regularly eat that doesn’t meet my dietary standards.
5. I drink a lot of water and need to go pee ever 2-3 hours. I don’t keep junk food in the fridge ever. My one vice is Coke light that I drink more often than I would like.
6. I struggle with boredom eating a lot so I try very hard to keep myself busy. It’s specially hard for me on the weekends so I try to leave the house as often as I can. I am that dumb dude that would travel 20 miles outside the city to go to Ikea to buy a scissor.
7. Sadly, I haven’t been doing well with exercising. I started cycling a month ago but I get very hungry afterwards so I am feeling discouraged in that area. I don’t want to exercise right now if it makes it difficult to stick to 1800 cals.
8. What else – I don’t eat in restaurants. I hate having to estimate calories so I stick to food with nutrition labels and weigh everything except spices.
9. One analogy that really helps me get some perspective is this one – There are so many days when I don’t want to go to work but still, I do because that”s what being an adult is all about. It’s the same with food. Sometimes you are hungry but you should try to deny yourself that fleeing pleasure because that's part of being an adult too.
Please note that this is all my personal experience and there is every chance that YMMV. Cheers!
I am wondering if some other form of exercise might have less of an impact on your hunger. My son has the same problem as you do - when he cycles a lot, he loses too much weight and is always hungry. He finds strength exercises have much less of that effect - weights or even bodyweight exercises work better than cardio to keep him from having to blow too much of his budget on food.
In any case, you are doing great - and thanks for sharing the details.3 -
This is helpful and interesting - great attitude. Sometimes we really just have to roll up our sleeves and do it. I'm jealous that you get to eat 1800 calories, though - old story!! I got into big trouble trying to keep up with my taller half (6'3") years ago. It finally sank in that I just can't eat like a tall guy!happimess01 wrote: »
Thank you @Jugar haha I feel the only reason I am dropping so much weight is because I have a lot to lose. Also, guys lose weight faster so that might be another thing. For context, I am 6ft and still have 80 lbs to lose to get to a normal weight. Here are the reasons why I am losing weight in descending order of importance.1. My tastes have changed. Before counting calories, I spent 2-3 months just trying to enjoy healthy food and move away from rice, Oreos, Burger King and other heavy carb meals I used to enjoy. I don’t crave those things anymore. I remember this day in July (2nd month of calorie counting) when I lost all willpower and went to the kitchen to stuff my face. But then I realized I had no clue what I wanted to eat. I wasn’t craving any of the unhealthy food and as for the healthy food, I would be eating it very soon anyway. So that day and all the others, I just stayed within my cal limits.
2. I eat between 1750-1820 calories everyday and my TDEE is around 3300 calories. I got that info from here: https://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ . This is a steep deficit and the reason why I am losing so much weight.
3. I eat a lot of protein every day, infact every meal. I consume 160-170 grams of protein on average. We have these 200 calorie grilled chicken snacks here in Germany that I keep around in case I get the munchies. It is delicious and filling, and I don’t think I’d last if I was eating mostly carbs.
4. Most of my meals are calorie dense. My criteria for selecting a food is that it should be delicious, high in protein and less than 200 calorie per 100 grams (just a random number I chose). If it’s high in fats, that’s just icing on the cake. Bread is the only thing I regularly eat that doesn’t meet my dietary standards.
5. I drink a lot of water and need to go pee ever 2-3 hours. I don’t keep junk food in the fridge ever. My one vice is Coke light that I drink more often than I would like.
6. I struggle with boredom eating a lot so I try very hard to keep myself busy. It’s specially hard for me on the weekends so I try to leave the house as often as I can. I am that dumb dude that would travel 20 miles outside the city to go to Ikea to buy a scissor.
7. Sadly, I haven’t been doing well with exercising. I started cycling a month ago but I get very hungry afterwards so I am feeling discouraged in that area. I don’t want to exercise right now if it makes it difficult to stick to 1800 cals.
8. What else – I don’t eat in restaurants. I hate having to estimate calories so I stick to food with nutrition labels and weigh everything except spices.
9. One analogy that really helps me get some perspective is this one – There are so many days when I don’t want to go to work but still, I do because that”s what being an adult is all about. It’s the same with food. Sometimes you are hungry but you should try to deny yourself that fleeing pleasure because that's part of being an adult too.
Please note that this is all my personal experience and there is every chance that YMMV. Cheers!
I am wondering if some other form of exercise might have less of an impact on your hunger. My son has the same problem as you do - when he cycles a lot, he loses too much weight and is always hungry. He finds strength exercises have much less of that effect - weights or even bodyweight exercises work better than cardio to keep him from having to blow too much of his budget on food.
In any case, you are doing great - and thanks for sharing the details.
Weight training is something I can see myself doing for a long time so that's really good to hear. Once the gyms start opening again, I am gonna give it a try
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Weekend exercise - great question, Kali!
I started off a bit early and took a good long, hilly walk today. I took a break to have a chat with these two lovely ladies -
Tomorrow the weather starts heading back to below freezing, but I'll get another walk in, this time with a human friend, and do my fave dumbbell workout (Raneir Pollard - he's hilarious, and wise )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXbGRva9eHg&list=PL40uPicg0q8dMlR14Fl2frJ6mV7SmyZ7s&index=1&ab_channel=POPSUGARFitness
Saturday and Sunday I'll do my usual combo of Pilates and exercise bike, with walking outside if it isn't too messy out there. Mix of rain and snow on the way.
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Steps update for 19th November: 21661
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conleywoods wrote: »PW: 220.6
CW: 218.2
HOORAY! I am finally going the right direction. Maybe I will see some consistent looses and finally get past 214 and out of the teens. My goal is to stay in my calories, keep up with my weight lifting workouts and keep working on my protein intake for more balanced macros.
What a fabulous loss! So happy for you!
@Pearl4686 Great job beating your record with the 5K. That's great time.
I can't believe it is already Friday night and yet this week was years long. This week has been so so. I had a day or two of eating lots of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. But other than that, a fairly typical week. That doesn't mean perfect week, which is why so many of you are losing at a great pace and I have not really lost anything this whole year. But, I have stayed around the same. Well, a slight bump up a few weeks ago, but the last two weeks I have whittled away at it.
I have no clue where I am at this point for my weigh in tomorrow. I have had plenty of healthy salads, but will those cookies make me pay? We'll see tomorrow.
Exercise this weekend? I may try the one you posted @jugar. I know I need to add more cardio to my week. I walk, but often only get a little cardio with that. No gyms for me with this pandemic, plus we no longer belong. I'm going to either need to ride my bike or do videos to get that heart rate up. That is one thing I haven't been good at lately.
Numbers to watch and focus on???? Well, I know I need minutes of cardio to improve. And I suppose I need to watch my total calories. I'm not sure I have that in me motivation wise. (still not logging) So, maybe I need to get more days of meeting my step goal. This week was not great in that way.
@happimess01 Thanks for that link. I checked it out. When I find the motivation to log my food. The calories the calculator gave me was helpful as well as the protein %. Thank you for your inspirational post. I enjoyed reading it. And when is it not a good idea to drive to IKEA for anything?
Hope you all have a great weekend.2 -
Steps for Friday 17,1103
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PW: 162.2
CW: 161.4
@happimess01 That link is great and I’m constantly searching for protein sources. So thanks for the overview.4 -
happimess01 wrote: »
2. I eat between 1750-1820 calories everyday and my TDEE is around 3300 calories. I got that info from here: https://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ . This is a steep deficit and the reason why I am losing so much weight.
6. I struggle with boredom eating a lot so I try very hard to keep myself busy. It’s specially hard for me on the weekends so I try to leave the house as often as I can. I am that dumb dude that would travel 20 miles outside the city to go to Ikea to buy a scissor.
Thanks for sharing your tips and perspective. I'd never seen the TDEE calculator before.
And Ikea's just fun to go to, scissors needed or not.1 -
hurray it's Saturday! @jugar, you've got great walking routes - what sweet donkeys! I'll check out the video - I need to add in some weights now.
@Kali225
We have a little break in the weather and my exercise for the weekend will be walking to and fro and up and down in the garden digging dahlias, moving peonies and if I can't get the sitdown mower blade to drop, walking around with the old reel mower. I haven't mowed in about 3 months due to the drought and I have a high tolerance for grass. I used the reel mower a few times and it's very pleasant quiet exercise. The field up back demands the sitdown.
My town is having a special Town Meeting today outdoors so they can push through a $5 million land purchase. I'm irritated enough that they disenfranchise a huge segment of the population of 25,000 (what senior wants to jeopardize their health!?) that I might just go and be part of the 100 or so people who vote - AND if I do I will bicycle down.
@micki48, like you, I baked the other day and it was a mistake - stollen and also sultana cake. It's that time of year when I'm in the baking mood and we now have our new oven. Had a couple days of indulgence and am getting back on the wagon today - eggs and salad and soup ingredients in the fridge. Another good protein go-to is a can of sardines - but, you've got to like sardines , which I do on rye bread. 3 -
Yikes - Saturday is running faster than I am!!!
I did not put in the reminders last night, but here is the current state of spreadsheet affairs:
Overdue - and hopefully not gone: (please send a message if any of you have friended these folks)
@krcapone78
@reflectionofme
@dashofwicked
@JvalaNavin
Friday and Saturday still outstanding:
@evangsimmons170
@CanadianGiraffe (excused - so don't worry if you are not able to weigh in)
@Gidgitgoescrazy
@Micki48
@lovethyneighbor
@spyro88
@travelingalone1
Enjoy the weekend - and be sure all the weights are caught up by early o'clock Sunday morning 2 -
PW 194.3
CW 194.5 🤷🏻♀️
Hope everyone is enjoying their day. Heading out for a walk. 👟2 -
Pw 159.6
Cw 158.6
Super happy wasn't really expecting that ! 5 -
It has been mighty quiet today, so here's the LAST CALL:
Overdue - and hopefully not gone:
@krcapone78
@reflectionofme
@dashofwicked
@JvalaNavin
Friday and Saturday still outstanding:
@evangsimmons170
@CanadianGiraffe (excused)
@Gidgitgoescrazy
@Micki48
@lovethyneighbor
@spyro88
@travelingalone1
Enjoy the weekend - and be sure all the weights are caught up by early o'clock Sunday morning 1 -
Steps today 22,031. It was a busy day at work.3
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PW 173.2
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Apologies for my continuing absence. We got more test results for my son on Wednesday and things started to move in a good direction quickly. They are talking about him being discharged early this week on a home administered IV pump with antibiotic infusions for a few weeks. He can’t be alone while he is hooked up so I’ll be staying in the city with him for the duration. But we are so glad to finally be getting him out of the hospital. They have done a good job but our rapidly increasing COVID numbers are making us all very nervous. At least in his condo we can control the contacts better. His vision is still a concern although one eye is coming along pretty well. The other we’ve been told is too early to evaluate. But considering some of the possible outcomes we were told when he was first admitted we are truly counting our blessings to be at this stage. Thanks to all of you for your words of support and prayers in the past three weeks. 9
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