WaistAways - November 2020 Team Chat
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@jugar
mbakhtiaruz
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PW 62.7 kg
CW 62.5 kg
LTD 6.3 kg
- my weight is slowly getting down but now it is visible that I m losing weight specially for my legs. Yet there is a long journey but hearing comments over it from friends is a good sign for me.
- I dropped the water goal but yet try to improve it to improve my metabolism.
- I had 8.5 excercise hours for last week , mostly spent for moderate outdoor biking.
- staying in valid calorie range was easier for me in this week.
- I ve seen a black beans & banana brownies recipe, so this week I will try it without adding sugar/honey/siroop/dates. And found a 100% chocolate bar without any sugar in the store, so can have some dessert this coming week.7 -
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WEEK FOUR CHALLENGE IS UP AND READY FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!!
This week’s challenge is all about food swaps that will keep us on track during the holidays but also allow us to enjoy every moment of them! Please click the link and let’s get to sharing our favorite ways to swap!
FOOD SWAPS FOR BETTER HEALTH1 -
After a normal start yesterday, my eating devolved midday. I am NOT baking any more...unless I can give it away the same day.
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Good morning! I'm so glad to hear from you, @CanadianGiraffe - and the news about your son is wonderful. Just getting out of the stress of hospital will make a huge difference, and it is good that you'll be able to stay with him to make that possible. Be sure to take time for yourself, breathe deeply, and healing will take its course.
@mbakhtiaruz
You must be feeling great about hearing your friends noticing your weight loss and beautiful legs! It helps so much to have others say something about what they are seeing - we see ourselves every day and don't really notice the differences, but someone who has not seen you constantly has a better view of the change. Well done on the exercise, and finding some sweet indulgences that won't knock you off track.
Tally time - there are a lot of empty spaces in the weigh-ins - hoping that everyone will be back this week
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My youngest is turning 6 and we had his party this weekend! It was a busy day yesterday celebrating. I watched my calories so I could enjoy the dinner and cupcakes! He loves pigs so we had a farm party. Thinking of all you bakers out there! I baked and decorated these cute piggy cupcakes! We still have leftover cupcakes and blueberry muffins 😋 With any luck we'll polish them off today eat lighter before Thanksgiving this Thursday. Not much exercise unless you count assembling toys!
@CanadianGiraffe So so so glad things are turning around 🙌 Best news!
@happimess01 Love your insights! You are doing such a wonderful job! I really need to keep working on the protien thing!
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PW: 166.2
CW: 167.2
Unsurprising. I've been depression eating again and dinner last night was very salt heavy.
Plus I spend so much time sitting and writing these days.
Oh well. I did say I was gonna take it easy through the end of the year.6 -
@micki48 Steps for this week:
Sun: 10,854
Mon:2,800
Tues: 7,830
Wed: 8,530
Thurs: 8,688
Fri: 8,180
Sat: 7,000
It's been a good week although I haven't checked in much here. I've done *pretty well* with attentiveness while eating. It's often times easier to eat in the livingroom than the diningroom. I realize some of that is because I have the habit of moving from my desk to the table while sorting through recycling paperwork as well as reading projects, etc. Remaining "contained" seems to be a theme, as does the apparent need to keep projects visible so I remember to work on them. Gotta love ADHD at this age. It's all about strategies!
Have a great day, everyone. More soon.
Enjoy a splendid holiday week. It'll be the first time in YEARS that both of my daughters will be home with me. Yay!
hugs all around.
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conleywoods wrote: »My youngest is turning 6 and we had his party this weekend! It was a busy day yesterday celebrating. I watched my calories so I could enjoy the dinner and cupcakes! He loves pigs so we had a farm party. Thinking of all you bakers out there! I baked and decorated these cute piggy cupcakes! We still have leftover cupcakes and blueberry muffins 😋 With any luck we'll polish them off today eat lighter before Thanksgiving this Thursday. Not much exercise unless you count assembling toys!
@conleywoods HBD to him!
beautiful cupcakes! my life seems very boring compared to yours 
@jugar thanks I am not a great cook, so I'm just at the beginning of the road of learning to cook healthy desserts instead of skipping them.
this is the sugar-free black bean & banana brownie with pure cacao that I cooked today. it tastes good if you already like dark chocolate:
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Cw : 2123
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The big question is - how is your novel coming??? It is so hard to write every dayPW: 166.2
CW: 167.2
Unsurprising. I've been depression eating again and dinner last night was very salt heavy.
Plus I spend so much time sitting and writing these days.
Oh well. I did say I was gonna take it easy through the end of the year.
Hugs to you mbakhtiaruz wrote: »conleywoods wrote: »My youngest is turning 6 and we had his party this weekend! It was a busy day yesterday celebrating. I watched my calories so I could enjoy the dinner and cupcakes! He loves pigs so we had a farm party. Thinking of all you bakers out there! I baked and decorated these cute piggy cupcakes! We still have leftover cupcakes and blueberry muffins 😋 With any luck we'll polish them off today eat lighter before Thanksgiving this Thursday. Not much exercise unless you count assembling toys!
@conleywoods HBD to him! beautiful cupcakes! my life seems very boring compared to yours
@jugar thanks I am not a great cook, so I'm just at the beginning of the road of learning to cook healthy desserts instead of skipping them.
this is the sugar-free black bean & banana brownie with pure cacao that I cooked today. it tastes good if you already like dark chocolate:
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The piggies are gorgeous! My son was into pirates when he was little, so I used to make some epic pirate ship cakes - but these are just too cute for words. Did he prefer snouts or tails?
And @mbakhtiaruz Your dessert is beautiful too! I am having a laugh, though. If you had to pick the 2 foods in the world I really do not like, they are bananas and chocolate. Bring on the black beans, though! One of my favourite desserts (so glad I cannot get them anywhere near where I live) is Chinese sesame balls (jian dui) stuffed with sweet red or black bean paste. They are amazing. The Vietnamese version is also super yummy (banh cam). OK, I'll stop thinking about them now. I'll think about your fabulous brownies and be happy not to want them!4 -
As usual, Sundays mess up my nagging schedule. Here are all the wonderful people who weigh in today and Monday!
@YinxFed
@mbakhtiaruz - done! Thanks, Masoumeh!
@Terytha - done! Thanks, Amber!
@jguldi11
@reflectionofme
@ells_runs
@dashofwicked
@kmriedell
@MandiSaysHey
@JvalaNavin
@snakagawa11
The tallies won't be posted until later, so I'll pass on congratulations to all of us -
We're Number ONE for November week 3! Our top 3 losers were:
@Terytha
@kmriedell
@happimess01
Congratulations Amber, Keri, and Sam - and the rest of the team who lost or kept an even keel. It was really good for a 3rd week of the month where teams often slump. Let's keep the momentum going! I know it will be hard for those celebrating Thanksgiving this week, but the non-US residents will just have to do even better to help you out!
One more week, and then our December challenge starts. Hard to believe, eh?
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I am having a laugh, though. If you had to pick the 2 foods in the world I really do not like, they are bananas and chocolate.
Hahaha so funny😂 but it did not have any taste of bean or banana, the only taste was walnut and dark chocolate that my husband is not a big fan of it so he added honey on top of it to make it sweet for himself.
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Steps and Workouts
Sun 14,880
20 min elliptical
Mon 16,711
30 min weights
20 min elliptical
Tues 10,738
Weights 30 min
Wed 9,032
20 min elliptical
Thurs 10,490
Fri 11, 945
Sat 19, 003
30 min weights
10 min barre2 -
The Green Challenge Percentage of people who lost weight this week. No matter how small the loss the weights are recorded in green. Remember that even if your team doesn’t rank the highest in weight loss for the week you can still be the Green Percentage winner by having the most losses in your team! So keep it up!! 
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Sunday weigh in - sorry I'm late!
PW - 184.0
CW - 183.73 -
Steps update for 12st November - 3359
Only worked out 3 times this last week - wasn't really feeling myself at all last week if I'm honest.
This coming week I am returning to a structured workout program - I will be starting Heather Robertson's November workouts on Monday morning. Her workouts are quite intense so 5 times a week will be sufficient.
And as well as upping my water intake, I will work harder on having breakfast each morning too.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, Friends!
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The big question is - how is your novel coming??? It is so hard to write every dayPW: 166.2
CW: 167.2
Unsurprising. I've been depression eating again and dinner last night was very salt heavy.
Plus I spend so much time sitting and writing these days.
Oh well. I did say I was gonna take it easy through the end of the year. Hugs to you
Its moving along! I was behind and I finally caught up so I'm sitting around 35,500 words and getting into the mid point of the story. This is the worst part honestly but there is only a week or so left.
I usually rely on takeout during NaNoWriMo but we have been diligently cooking meals. Yesterday we finished Christmas present shopping and we went to the gym today. So I feel like I've gotten better overall at taking care of myself, even if I have been snacking too much on the piroulines.
Both of us are working from home tomorrow so we're arguing about what to have on as background noise. I just can't watch LotR again.
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@conleywoods I love the piggy cupcakes they are SO cute!!0
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Steps for Sunday, 15,6433
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Monday weigh in
Pw: 233.3
Cw: 232.2
I am still losing but the last month or so my loss has slowed down a bit. I know that happens but it feels discouraging. I think maybe I need to adjust my goals a bit on here and lower my daily allotted calories. But then, not sure if this is the right season to do so with holidays and birthdays coming up.3 -
Actually, I have been terrible about water lately. Yesterday I dont think I even drank 16 oz. Of water all day. So maybe first before lowering my calorie goal I will focus on improving water consumption for a couple of weeks and see how that helps.3
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Weekend was good, I did okay yesterday, I did make an apple pie, it was the 1st one I've ever made, it was pretty good, so I had 2 small slices of that, but that and the nachos I ate during the game were the only thing I ate all day...
So Friday, last minute invite to my Sis in Laws house for a girls night with our little group, it was fun, had a few drinks, but nothing crazy... So that kinda messed up my exercise for the day, and I missed Yoga. Saturday I was super lazy and hubby and I chilled on the couch watching movies all day. Sunday, I did my yoga, my strength training and my 10k Steps so I finished the week out as a success and checked all of my boxes, so I am pretty proud of myself for being able to adjust my whims, and still accomplish my goals...
Thanksgiving isn't very tough for me, I am not a fan of thanksgiving food, my favorite food is stuffed celery, it's just celery stuffed with a cheese spread, one is cheddar and the other is cream cheese mixed with crushed pineapple, so I got the 1/3 fat cream cheese, so it won't be alot of calories at all... LOL Oh I do like chex mix, but I haven't thought about making it, as it's one of those things you can't make just a small amount.. Although I could make it and just take the majority of it to my BIL, he likes it about as much as I do.. LOL
The regular foods, the sides, the pies, etc, I don't really eat. Heres a weird thing about me, I won't eat casseroles other people have made ( with few exceptions) I have to see what I am eating, ya know how some people like the fatty parts of meat, or don't cut off the gross spots in the chicken breast, or don't peel their carrots, or don't cut out the bad spot in the potato... Well when I am faced with a casserole, I imagine all that stuff is in there, and I won't eat it.. I don't know why, maybe it was because my mother used to lie to me about what was in my food... She fed me pancakes once, and told me the spots were chocolate chips, they were blueberries, the dining room was dark she told me the light wasn't working, so she tricked me on purpose ! I don't like blueberries, or being tricked.. LOL Anyway, I have weird food issues..
Okay well have a great day !2 -
PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @imgwendolyn2015 3.13%
2nd @Piqueaboo 2.44 %
3rd @anido1 1.94%
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @imgwendolyn2015 5.4 Lbs
2nd @Piqueaboo 5.3 Lbs
3rd @lelbarou 4.4 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@Bluetail6
@Terytha
@kmriedell
@mainebeachbum
@kandi3570
@4newrunner22
@aliwali77
@jennifersusanmcdougall
@happimess01
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@CurvyCalorie so sorry I forgot to change your user name in the spreadsheet until after the tallies were done! Well done in any case - and this week, you lost almost another 2 pounds! Keep up the great losing.2
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Monday's Weigh in:
CW 138.7
PW 139.1
Actually thought I was going to have a gain. My husband is a commercial fisherman and is only home a few days a month so we celebrated our holiday early -- lots of food and cocktails! So I'll take this weight4 -
Noticed a NSV today!
Got out of the shower and noticed for the first time that the towel fit all the way around me, without flaring out and leaving an open gap at the hip like it used to! This is fabulous, now I won't feel like I'm scandalously at risk of flashing the neighbours when I run back to the bedroom from the bathroom (reno budget hasn't allowed for blinds yet!) (or an ensuite bathroom!!)
Super happy!9 -
Steps update for 22nd November - 3519
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