Downsizers - December 2020 Team Chat
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I will be back later to catch up as I have a dentist appointment in less than an hour.2
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Day 3 of “The Beck Diet Solution” is — Eat sitting down. Just reading that I thought, well I never stand and eat. It might sometimes be on the couch but I’m always sitting. Or am I???? Examples that I really didn’t count were - eating samples at Costco, tasting food as your prepare, sneaking bites as you clear the dishes, spooning ice cream out of the container or chips out of the bag as you dish out your serving. The rationale for sitting for all of these things is to be more mindful of EVERYTHING you put into your mouth. I am definitely guilty of this.
There is ONNE copy of the book on Thrift Books and I just got it this morning! I eat sitting down IN THE CAR a lot. I know I'm not in the car a lot, but why should that be a place for food storage? I can't wait to get it and like reading your thoughts on the goals.2 -
Daily Post December 1
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 128oz
Steps 9094
Exercise 28min dance workout video
I've been trying to find some new videos to do and decided I'd like to try some dancing ones. I chose one on a channel called Inc Dance Fit and it was pretty fun, zumba like. Will have to try more.
thanks for sharing this, I'm always looking for good zumba/dance videos1 -
Wednesday check in
No Binge eating - check
Track daily - check
Exercise daily - yoga
Meditate yes
I didn't binge but I over-ate, viciously. I think there is a difference-I made very poor calorie choices starting with cookie dough for breakfast. My daughter requested Blondies (she's pregnant) and I was thrilled to make them for her. I delivered them as quick as I could, to get them out of the house. At least I consciously ate the cookie dough, and I was thinking of having to track all of these calories. I think it kept it in the vicious stage, rather than moving rapidly into the horrendous stage, calorie wise. I like the focus on tracking, rather than the scale because I, like others, have let the scale determine what my mood is for the day.
Dog news - my senior dog has wet the bed for the 2nd time this week (he sleeps with me), so off to do a lot of laundry.4 -
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CHECK IN: WEEK 1 (Wednesday)
🏋🏻♀️ Exercise ✔️
🥤 Water ✔️
🍽Calories /Tracking✔️
💤 Sleep ✔️
👣 STEPS
WED. 12/2: 8,393 (walking) + 16,000 (spin) + 16,020 (circuit training) + 4,290 (Weights) = 44,7033 -
I am missing steps on 12/1...unless you accidentally put the wrong dates0 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970
12/2 steps 12,7162 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Steps 2/12/2020 11.6381 -
Daily Post December 1
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 128oz
Steps 9094
Exercise 28min dance workout video
I've been trying to find some new videos to do and decided I'd like to try some dancing ones. I chose one on a channel called Inc Dance Fit and it was pretty fun, zumba like. Will have to try more.
Uhh I love that! There is a crew that they upload videos in youtube and i love them. They are called MAS and they are awesome. If you write in youtube Zumba and a year f.e. Zumba 2020 you'll get an entire playlist to work out with.
Awesome thanks!1 -
Check in for Dec. 1
Track - yes
under - yes
exercise - yes
steps - 8654
Thank you for all your support and feedback. I hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Nice job on your goals! How’s the walking going now that the weather has changed?shortyjmorgan1 wrote: »So they opened the gym back up and I meet with my trainer. He has decided December is the month that we are going strong in. He wants me at 140 by March so that is a pound a week loss. Plus he wants me doing the ab and plank challenge all through the month. He is also making me take progress pictures. So to fulfill one of my requirements I am writing my December goals down here.
1. 1 pound a week loss
2. 2 Dr Pepper a week limit
3. At least 20 oz of water a day.
4. Run 5 minutes straight by the end of the month
5. Exercise every day
6. Log my food and no binge eating
*sorry for the long post
Never be sorry about how long your post is as that’s what the chat is for. Great goals. I will be excited to see your progress pictures.iHUSTLE4MUSCLE wrote: »CHECK IN: WEEK 1 (Tuesday)
🏋🏻♀️ Exercise ✔️
🥤 Water ✔️
🍽Calories /Tracking✔️
💤 Sleep ✔️
👣 STEPS
TUES. 12/1: 16,000 (spin) + 16,959 (running & walks) = 32,959
You are doing amazing this week. Is there anything in particular helping you meet your goals this week?Yesterday’s activity is as follows
Steps 12108
Exercise minutes 87
Stand hours 16
Awesome exercise!1 -
Hi gang, I have been MIA due to this stupid virus. Both my husband and I are down. I will try to catch up when I can.6
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Good Morning All.... I hope everyone is doing good ...I have been playing with my calories and macros all morning ... I had my exercise at sedentary (oops) ... so I have upped my calories from 1650 to 1880... lowered my carbs again to 20% 94g....40% fat 84g....and 40% protein 188g ... I am struggling with the fat ... (use to be keto ...so I am over once again ...In January I have decided to go back on IF and I will be doing the 30 day shred and walking (if not too sore) ...something has to give ..I am beyond frustrated ...I will not give up but damn I do feel like it ....I am not sure what is going on ... I measure everything with a food scale but yet I am gaining
Off to go walk with Aspen4 -
eaturpasta wrote: »Hi gang, I have been MIA due to this stupid virus. Both my husband and I are down. I will try to catch up when I can.
I hope you feel better soon.....hugs2 -
Daily Post December 1
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 128oz
Steps 9094
Exercise 28min dance workout video
I've been trying to find some new videos to do and decided I'd like to try some dancing ones. I chose one on a channel called Inc Dance Fit and it was pretty fun, zumba like. Will have to try more.
Everyone is dancing! Excellent exercise and I am going to try it when we move.Check-in for 12-1
Check in daily: ✅
Water (90oz):✅
Steps (9K):✅
Macros (P-105/ C-115/ F-40):✅✅✅
Fiber (28g):✅
Strength train (2x): ✅❔
All green checks yesterday but the scale was up almost a pound. I think the reason is because my afternoon meals were late and I forced the rest of my planned meals in after 5:30 even though I wasn’t hungry. At the end of the night I felt full and bloated so I was expecting a gain in the morning. I will time my meals better today.
Hope everyone else is having a great day.
What an inspiring check in with all those green check marks!Beautyofdreams wrote: »Dec. 1, check-in
in bed by 11pm
drank 100 oz. water
walked 70 min for 3.5 miles
logged food for today
My boyfriend called me from the hospital. He is not making enough progress against Covid and is being placed on a ventilator. He has called a lawyer and drawn up his will and named a brother as his medical contact in case of emergency. I am very concerned for him and hope that he pulls through.
Prayers for your boyfriend. I hope things turn around for him.Hi Everyone.
November wasn't good for me, but I'm about the same as where I was at the end of October.
@Megan_smartiepants1970 count me in for the step challenge.
I want to walk 10,000 steps a day.
Today 12/02 = 10, 982 steps
Yesterday 12/01 = 12, 230 steps
I teach English to immigrants and refugees. I am 57 and a mom to 3. Two of my kids are living at home - an unemployed (Thanks Covid) 25 year old son and a 20 year old daughter that has returned from college. I never used to sit. I am currently teaching online and sitting 8 +hours a day. I am having lots of hip issues, but things are improving due to a new chiropractor, yoga, and a foam roller.
I try to walk every day, or if it's warm I go for a bike ride (not happening lately!) I also do yoga and do Zumba via Zoom twice a week. Exercise is not my problem . . . it's the FOOD!
My goal - work on eating healthy meals without snacking.
I am glad to here your hips are improving. I wonder if yoga would help my hip. Do you go to a yoga class or do it online? Any recommendations would be appreciated!littleflutterby wrote: »2nd December
* Track/ under calories/no restricting - ✔️✔️✔️
* 2L water ✔️
* "fresh air" count- 15 ✔️
* midnight bedtime ✔️
* Awake and out of bed by 9am ✔️
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Steps- 10,019 (did the walking on the spot thing again haha)
Workouts- 3 out of 4 for the week
Hi guys just a quickie from me and I swear I'll be around more tomorrow!
I was about to dance but got a call from a friend and she was going through some stuff so.... an hour later, it was 11.30 and no time to dance. Thankfully I was nearly at 10,000 steps anyway and just needed to do a few more before hitting my challenge for the day
Tomorrow I am filling out my payment applications for school and hopefully paying the course fee! Also going to my FINAL dentist appointment to get my last few fillings (I think 2 more?) Years of abuse and neglect to my poor mouth and I am paying for it now!! (Thankfully not financially at least!)
So tomorrow I'm going to try and do exercises earlier in the day- around about 10am. I'm going to aim to be up before 9, have a water and a protein shake and try dancing! Will see how that goes!
Love to everyone, happy weigh in day (in the morning) to our lovely Thursday peeps!
Stay safe
I love your check ins! You can dance away today.lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Tuesday’s check in
Calories: over
Water:✅
Steps: 2,934
Sleep: ✅
DBF: 0
I didn’t get a walk or as much done as I would have liked to yesterday. My eating was better but I did overeat at night. I ended the day with 266 over calories which is a lot better than the days when I have been over by 1500 calories or more. Baby steps!
Linda my doctor told me that to lose weight you can not be under 1600 calories and you should not be over 1800
My maintenance calories are 1940 so to lose a pound a week I would have to eat 1440 calories daily.Good morning beautiful people. Today the alarm of my girlfriend woke me up in a way that i jumped out of the bed and start singing and dancing like crazy. 3 times the same song. Great song but when you are sleeping... buff
And the poor thing didn't even notice the alarm until I started singing. At 6 in the morning. Super!
I was feeling like shouting and running a marathon at the same time so I went to the wii fit to calm down.
When I wake up hiper you don't wanna be near me. It looks like I took speed or something similar. Annoying. 🤣
After sporting quite much I started eating my breakfast and now I'm feeling like going back to bed. But is 9:10 so I need to study instead.
I'm walking too little outside the house lately because at 17.00 everything is dark. Really dark outside. And before that time I'm super busy. So what I'm doing is sporting at home. I combine the wii, the cleanning and zumba. So far it's working. And the fact that outside is so cold helps a lot😉
Lately I'm thinking about asking for a Gastric Bypass. Apparently things changed a lot in 10 years and I'm really considering. In February 2010 I had a Gastric Sleeve and they told me that with my eating habits it was really good because I was already eating quite clean. In the beginning I lost a lot of weight in the first months but then all came back. And now 10 years later I'm like in the first step. What makes me crazy angry is that the surgeon knew about my healthy habits and he did that surgery because is less invasive but he should know that that will go back.
I'm tired of checking every little thing I put in my mouth and seeing that is not enough. But I'm worried if that surgery will end up the same.
My head is going back and forth all the time.
It’s a big decision on the surgery. With the surgery you still have to be aware of what you eat as the weight can easily come back on.2 -
Wednesday check in
No Binge eating - check
Track daily - check
Exercise daily - yoga
Meditate yes
I didn't binge but I over-ate, viciously. I think there is a difference-I made very poor calorie choices starting with cookie dough for breakfast. My daughter requested Blondies (she's pregnant) and I was thrilled to make them for her. I delivered them as quick as I could, to get them out of the house. At least I consciously ate the cookie dough, and I was thinking of having to track all of these calories. I think it kept it in the vicious stage, rather than moving rapidly into the horrendous stage, calorie wise. I like the focus on tracking, rather than the scale because I, like others, have let the scale determine what my mood is for the day.
Dog news - my senior dog has wet the bed for the 2nd time this week (he sleeps with me), so off to do a lot of laundry.
Great job on the binge eating. I am the same for yesterday with over eating but not binge eating.eaturpasta wrote: »Hi gang, I have been MIA due to this stupid virus. Both my husband and I are down. I will try to catch up when I can.
So sorry you have this terrible virus. Feel better soon!Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Good Morning All.... I hope everyone is doing good ...I have been playing with my calories and macros all morning ... I had my exercise at sedentary (oops) ... so I have upped my calories from 1650 to 1880... lowered my carbs again to 20% 94g....40% fat 84g....and 40% protein 188g ... I am struggling with the fat ... (use to be keto ...so I am over once again ...In January I have decided to go back on IF and I will be doing the 30 day shred and walking (if not too sore) ...something has to give ..I am beyond frustrated ...I will not give up but damn I do feel like it ....I am not sure what is going on ... I measure everything with a food scale but yet I am gaining
Off to go walk with Aspen
Maybe you could try only eating half your exercise calories. You could also instead of putting your exercise in manually try doing a Fitbit calorie adjustment instead. Try the calorie adjustment for a week or two and see what happens. I really think it has something to do with your exercise calories. I could be wrong but it is worth the try.2 -
Wednesday’s check in
Calories: over
Water:✅
Steps: 2,616
Sleep: ✅
DBF: 1
Yesterday I accomplished a very short walk. I did a 10 minute today. I went off my planned meal yesterday and ordered pizza. I did not enter the food before eating so I ended up way over calories. The good news is pizza is one of my trigger food but I didn’t over eat the pizza.
I had my dentist appointment and of course I have to go back. I am going to plan my meals for next week. It takes me longer because now I make my menu around the sales and optimum points offer. You cash the points in for money off your groceries.
Have a super day!
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12/2/20 Update
Under calories yes
Steps 16,090
Stand hours 13
Exercise 79 min5 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »
You are doing amazing this week. Is there anything in particular helping you meet your goals this week?
Thank you Linda, I joined a Facebook group challenge for the month of December. It's a weight lifting & circuit challenge for strength. I am so sore today though, unbelievable sore. The group also shares diet information with one another, so I've made some changes there too. I hope it shows tomorrow when I weigh myself.
Thanks for all you do😊1 -
Weigh Day Thursday
CW: 248.6
PW: 250.40
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