Downsizers - December 2020 Team Chat
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Scorpiogirl70
Todays check in 12/8
Weigh ins are Friday
Steps 15193 -
Good morning beautiful people.
Today I woke up good and as soon as I stepped on the scale I went mad.
I'm really pissed with myself. Lately I'm eating almost nothing. I'm absolutely not doing my 5 meals. Not reaching the amount of calories that I should. And if I reach them is because I ate something I shouldn't like a package of chips and that makes the calories of the entire day.
I need to start making a routine for food again and eat when I should and not when I'm hungry. Because that goes wrong5 -
CHECK IN: WEEK 2 (Tuesday)
🏋🏻♀️ Exercise ✔️
🥤 Water ✔️
🍽Calories /Tracking✔️
💤 Sleep ✔️
👣 STEPS
TUES 12/8: 5,046 (weight lifting) + 15,000n(spin) + 11,142 (run/walking) = 31,1884 -
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ScorpioGirl70 wrote: »After feeling pretty good yesterday, today not so much, this must be the up and down I hear about with this Covid thing.
While I was taking one of my naps today, I dreamed of a thick, rich Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, of all things! haha. Ever since then, it has been on my mind, so even though I didn't have the calories to use, I did it, I made one and enjoyed it. I am cheating with those calories because it was high... so I put those calories on tomorrow. Does anyone else ever do that? I figure it all calculates in the end, right?
I haven't given up on doing this weight loss, not at all, but at this point, I just need to feel better and have energy to do what I need to do. I'm thinking of doing the Lemonade Diet to try and jump back into this, not to mention fresh squeezed lemons is Vitamin C.
It really isn't a diet, but more of a cleansing system, though every time I have done it, I have never followed it to a T, but it has jump started my weight loss a couple times over the years.
Anyway, hope you all are staying safe and well.
I use a spreadsheet with my health coach and I try to come within 5 grams of my macros each day. Some days are better than others. It’s ok to bank carbs and fat for a splurge just meet your protein goal and as long as everything averages out for the week you will lose. Weight watchers does or did the same with its points system. It’s nice because one bad day doesn’t make you feel like the week is blown and you can plan for things you know are coming up.
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CW :187.6
PW: 188
SW: 187.2
LTD: +.4
Steps 12/7 13,663
12/8 8,1614 -
iHUSTLE4MUSCLE wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »How many calories do you burn with your amazing exercise?
Hi Linda I try too get a total of 1K active calories burned a day, but doing a lot more functional training now, so less calories burned during those sessions. The spins and runs are the ones that get my number up most.
Problem is, those workouts make me ravenous, so keeping a deficit is the hardest part. I try not to eat back any calories, sticking about 1400 a day. It's a struggle every day though.
When I was walking a lot I was burning quite a few calories but not 1k. I found I was a lot hungrier then also. I am not sure if it was the walking or the fresh air. When I was walking I also wasn’t have binges near as much. I don’t know if there is a correlation. You amaze me every time I see those check ins.28Haveitall2020 wrote: »Hi
28Haveitall
PW 244
Cw 240.6
Steps- 30mins walk + 45 mins cardio kickboxing
Xx
Wow! That’s a great loss. You are doing so well. Do you think the month off made a difference?iradi8
Tuesday
PW: 216.0
CW: 214.7
LTD: 37.9 pounds
Another amazing loss! What are some of the things you are doing to have consistent losses?Hi Everyone!
Sorry for being MIA. I have a crazy this week this week!
Suddenly I have tons of supply teaching plus interviews and I'm a bit overwhelmed.
I've read through some posts and would like to make some comments after my check in.
Dec. 7
Tracking -yes
exercise - yes
steps - 13.428
Dec. 8
Tracking - yes
exercise - no
Steps - o (haven't put on fitbit but sure the numbers are super low!)
While it is great to have all this work remember to take time to decompress. You are doing so great with your walking. I will move your weigh in day to Monday.ScorpioGirl70 wrote: »After feeling pretty good yesterday, today not so much, this must be the up and down I hear about with this Covid thing.
While I was taking one of my naps today, I dreamed of a thick, rich Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, of all things! haha. Ever since then, it has been on my mind, so even though I didn't have the calories to use, I did it, I made one and enjoyed it. I am cheating with those calories because it was high... so I put those calories on tomorrow. Does anyone else ever do that? I figure it all calculates in the end, right?
I haven't given up on doing this weight loss, not at all, but at this point, I just need to feel better and have energy to do what I need to do. I'm thinking of doing the Lemonade Diet to try and jump back into this, not to mention fresh squeezed lemons is Vitamin C. It really isn't a diet, but more of a cleansing system, though every time I have done it, I have never followed it to a T, but it has jump started my weight loss a couple times over the years.
Anyway, hope you all are staying safe and well.
When my Mom had covid in March she definitely had the up and down. I think now you don’t need to worry about calories as your body maybe telling you that you need those extra calories to recover. When I am doing well with my weight loss I always work on a average for the week. I lost all my weight doing this. Once I get the binge eating under control I will start averaging again. I hope you feel better soon.3 -
Good morning beautiful people.
Today I woke up good and as soon as I stepped on the scale I went mad.
I'm really pissed with myself. Lately I'm eating almost nothing. I'm absolutely not doing my 5 meals. Not reaching the amount of calories that I should. And if I reach them is because I ate something I shouldn't like a package of chips and that makes the calories of the entire day.
I need to start making a routine for food again and eat when I should and not when I'm hungry. Because that goes wrong
It is hard not to let the scales determine your mood. I think making a routine for food is a really good idea.CW :187.6
PW: 188
SW: 187.2
LTD: +.4
Steps 12/7 13,663
12/8 8,161
Great job on the loss! Your steps are awesome as well!1 -
Christmas
In 15 days it will be Christmas Eve. I know in my family food is an important part of our celebrations. Have you thought about how you are going to tackle Christmas yet? Let us know some of your ideas so we can all start to formulate a plan!1 -
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Tuesday’s check in
Calories: over
Water:✅
Steps: 5,892
Sleep: ✅
DBF: 0
I am really struggling with the bread. It is the only thing I binge on and I am doing that at night. I need to keep it in the house as my husband takes a sandwich with his lunch and has toast in the morning. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Today I am going to tackle move related things. The move seems more real as this week I booked our new furniture delivery, cable move and the elevator to move our stuff out.
Happy Hump Day!2 -
Daily Post December 8
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 128oz
Steps 9001
Exercise 30min Inc Dance Fit video
Oh man guys, I tried a new video on the dance channel and it totally kicked my butt haha. I might not be quite ready for that one again for a bit!
As far as the Christmas food question posed by Linda- My goal is to focus more on being with family than on the food. It worked pretty well with Thanksgiving. I'll do one plate of what I'm going to eat, no seconds and leave it at that. My family does it where we go to my mom's house and everyone brings a dish so I plan on bringing a couple things that are on my plan that I can help fill my plate with too.4 -
@lindamtuck2018 yes it did. I needed the pressure off as I was binging all day and night and my weight kept creeping up( as you can see my starting weight this month is higher than when I joined the group).
Thank you.
I still eat way above what I should be eating and definitely too much carbs. But that has reduced the binge urges and that is really helping.
How are you feeling today? Read you had stomach pain n nausea.
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28Haveitall2020 wrote: »@lindamtuck2018 yes it did. I needed the pressure off as I was binging all day and night and my weight kept creeping up( as you can see my starting weight this month is higher than when I joined the group).
Thank you.
I still eat way above what I should be eating and definitely too much carbs. But that has reduced the binge urges and that is really helping.
How are you feeling today? Read you had stomach pain n nausea.
Xx
Feeling much better just really tired. I think it is related to my pain. I am glad you have found ways to reduce the binge urges. It is funny when I binged before I ate everything in the house now it is just bread. I wonder if eating more carbs during the day would help.2 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Christmas
In 15 days it will be Christmas Eve. I know in my family food is an important part of our celebrations. Have you thought about how you are going to tackle Christmas yet? Let us know some of your ideas so we can all start to formulate a plan!
We are going to eat Gourmetten. And we are already planning on healthy options for it2 -
Morning All... Sorry I have been very quiet lately ... we are back in lock down here in California ...can only go out for essentials ....Went on a walk yesterday with Aspen came home with a migraine still have it and slept most of the afternoon/evening (didn't even eat dinner) ...my motivation today is out the window ughhh...I hope everyone else is doing good5
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Christmas
In 15 days it will be Christmas Eve. I know in my family food is an important part of our celebrations. Have you thought about how you are going to tackle Christmas yet? Let us know some of your ideas so we can all start to formulate a plan!
We normally go all out for the holidays with a ton of baked sweets/candy etc. and there are lots of leftovers. This year we are doing one take out night for an easy dinner (probably Chinese food) and then Christmas Day we are having a protein rich dinner (steak and surf) with a veggie and I'll make a starchy something potato for the kids. I'm ordering one specialty cake for dessert and I may make some cookies for the kids too. That's a very simple plan for us.
Usually we'd have cookies and cakes and chocolates, people would send us food baskets too. I want it to be special, but I don't want so much excessive food around for the whole week(s) that I end up derailing again (like Thanksgiving 😖).
I'm panicking a bit as I haven't shopped and shipping is now ultra slow. It's just not the same not being able to go to the malls and all. And my kids don't seem to want anything, making it hard to shop online.
Wish me luck😊2 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »I am really struggling with the bread. It is the only thing I binge on and I am doing that at night. I need to keep it in the house as my husband takes a sandwich with his lunch and has toast in the morning. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I may have already said this, but my kids eat a ton of bread all week too. I try to plan ahead and break up the loaves into freeze zip lock bags. I put 4 slices in each quart bag and put all but one in the freezer, so it's out of sight (all the other loaves/buns/bagels are also in the freezer). I leave just one zip lock at a time in the fridge so I can make them each a lunch or toast in the mornings. I hope that helps!
Carbs are so hard to stay away from. For me, I am a big sweet tooth (cake, chocolates) and also love chips, popcorn, dips. They are my kryptonite😣
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8th 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- 1714
Hi guys, sorry also for being MIA yesterday, except for my weight check in. I felt sick again, and it was a long, busy day.
I didn't do any exercise at all, and those steps aren't 100% accurate. I took my fitbit off for a while and forgot about it. I was probably closer to 4000 steps. But since that's not even CLOSE to my 10k target, I'm not that bothered.
Going to grab a coffee and sit and read about what you all got up to yesterday 2 -
littleflutterby wrote: »Littleflutterby
PW 329.6
CW 325.8
Loss- 3.8 (lol I can never be accused of not being consistent, that's the exact same loss 4 out of 6 weeks haha)
LTD- 49.2lb
I am officially nearly 25% of the way there! Started with 200lb to lose.
I'll check back in later all, just grabbing breakfast
I'm all the time thinking HOOOW are you doing that?
Honestly, I track like crazy, probably don't eat enough for what my body needs and I exercise a lot.
I was at a consistent weight for a long time (around the 360lb/163kg mark) and that was even working a few days a week, but my activity was very limited, and I was eating about 1400 calories for breakfast alone (fast food) So we are talking probably a 2500-3000 calorie count a day.
So now that I'm eating around 1500, exercising nearly every day and even just getting active in the hours that I'm not exercising (steps on the spot, when my fitbit tells me to move)
I'm also substituting things, and weighing and measuring. So for example- if I eat rice- I only have a cup. I don't pack it full, just put the cup in and whatever sticks in there, I eat. And right now I substitute spaghetti for zucchini (courgette) strips and stirfry that up all nice.
I know my weight loss will slow down eventually (mind, saying that, when I lost weight about 8 years ago, my average was about 2.5lb every week, and even lost 3lb on the week I got to my target weight, so who knows!)
I think my food diary is open to friends so you're more than welcome to take a look 2 -
iHUSTLE4MUSCLE wrote: »CHECK IN: WEEK 2 (Monday)
🏋🏻♀️ Exercise ✔️
🥤 Water ✔️
🍽Calories /Tracking✔️
💤 Sleep ✔️
👣 STEPS
MON 12/7: 15,000 (spin) + 11,036 (circuit training) + 10,440 = 36,476
You're so bloody inspiring, I wanna be like you when I grow up!!! ^_^
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Monday’s check in
Calories: over
Water:✅
Steps: 2,611
Sleep: ❌
DBF: 0
I just got back from doing some shopping with my daughter. She parks in the furthest spot she can find from the store. I guess it gave me a few steps. My sleep was an hour less than my goal as I had to get up early to get my granddaughter to school.
I had a slight binge last night. I have my 2 year follow up with the eating disorder clinic next week. It should be interesting.
Have a super day!
My wife parks right next to the entrance where possible, so I don't get to do that, but I make up for it in the stores, because I forget things a lot so have to keep going back and forth.... aaaaaand with stores having one-way aisles, it's a lot of power-walking up and down haha.
Sorry you had less sleep, I find the food is louder when I am over-tired.
I hope the ED clinic goes well next week!28Haveitall2020 wrote: »Hi
28Haveitall
PW 244
Cw 240.6
Steps- 30mins walk + 45 mins cardio kickboxing
Xx
Amazing loss for the week!!!iradi8
Tuesday
PW: 216.0
CW: 214.7
LTD: 37.9 pounds
Great job! Wonderful loss
@littleflutterby
Hi Tanya, sorry that you have been feeling so icky lately. You mentioned being really tired and tummy issues. I actually felts super ridiculously tired on the weekend and was wondering what's up with me. Could it partly be the change of weather to winter?
But that doesn't really explain the tummy issues-hmmm.
Personally I have IBS so my tummy is a bit funky sometimes due to food sensitivities.
Also, if you are like me stress and emotions have a big impact on my digestive system! Like for REAL GURL! So, if you might stressed or experiencing more emotions it can really disrupt the tummy! At least for me!
I want to comment first of all for reaching your 25% goal of your total weight! And since we are twins! Twin power activate! I am closing in on 45 pounds I think. So I am in a similar situation as you and I never thought of it that way. That really has motivated me even more! Thank you so much for this!
Finally, congrats for making it into the top three of the highest individual weight loss for our group! WOOOOHOOOO!
Thanks love, It could be the weather, I thought it could've been. Also it's just one of those things, when you take some vacation, your body just goes into sick mode haha. I'm just grateful I didn't have to work while feeling this sick!!
Today is better though, thank goodness!
My anxiety makes my tummy bad, and there has been some drama lately that might have some effect! I guess working on my meditation more is in order! That might help
And thankyou for the congrats!!!! I was like "finallyyyyyyyyyyyy" haha. This week I'll be back to the middle of the group, and that's ok, just need to plug along. I'm down like 24lb since I joined this fabulous group in October, and that's amazing!
I felt really down on myself lately, because I keep waking up fat, lol. (or so I keep joking to myself) like, I didn't get this size overnight and I won't lose the weight overnight- even though that would be lovely haha. So I just have to be patient. And when I realised that I'm nearly a quarter of the way there- most of that in less than 2 months, that made me feel so much better!!! 4 -
ScorpioGirl70 wrote: »After feeling pretty good yesterday, today not so much, this must be the up and down I hear about with this Covid thing.
While I was taking one of my naps today, I dreamed of a thick, rich Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, of all things! haha. Ever since then, it has been on my mind, so even though I didn't have the calories to use, I did it, I made one and enjoyed it. I am cheating with those calories because it was high... so I put those calories on tomorrow. Does anyone else ever do that? I figure it all calculates in the end, right?
I haven't given up on doing this weight loss, not at all, but at this point, I just need to feel better and have energy to do what I need to do. I'm thinking of doing the Lemonade Diet to try and jump back into this, not to mention fresh squeezed lemons is Vitamin C. It really isn't a diet, but more of a cleansing system, though every time I have done it, I have never followed it to a T, but it has jump started my weight loss a couple times over the years.
Anyway, hope you all are staying safe and well.
Peeeeeeersonally for me, I don't switch calories to different days. I used to. But then it would cause me to undereat the next day. But, saying that, that's just a personal thing, and if it works, and you aren't restricting the next day- go for it, love! That's the beauty of these things, is it's all individual and all personal. When I last lost weight, I ate SO MUCH food. Pasta, rice and potatoes were a free food, and it worked for me. But people couldn't believe it! And there are some people that could just *look* at my food and they would gain, haha.
I have missed peanut butter- haven't had it in a while. I could just eat it with a spoon on it's own, so it's one of those "danger" foods for me, so I enjoyed that PB and J sammich through you
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littleflutterby wrote: »littleflutterby wrote: »Littleflutterby
PW 329.6
CW 325.8
Loss- 3.8 (lol I can never be accused of not being consistent, that's the exact same loss 4 out of 6 weeks haha)
LTD- 49.2lb
I am officially nearly 25% of the way there! Started with 200lb to lose.
I'll check back in later all, just grabbing breakfast
I'm all the time thinking HOOOW are you doing that?
Honestly, I track like crazy, probably don't eat enough for what my body needs and I exercise a lot.
I was at a consistent weight for a long time (around the 360lb/163kg mark) and that was even working a few days a week, but my activity was very limited, and I was eating about 1400 calories for breakfast alone (fast food) So we are talking probably a 2500-3000 calorie count a day.
So now that I'm eating around 1500, exercising nearly every day and even just getting active in the hours that I'm not exercising (steps on the spot, when my fitbit tells me to move)
I'm also substituting things, and weighing and measuring. So for example- if I eat rice- I only have a cup. I don't pack it full, just put the cup in and whatever sticks in there, I eat. And right now I substitute spaghetti for zucchini (courgette) strips and stirfry that up all nice.
I know my weight loss will slow down eventually (mind, saying that, when I lost weight about 8 years ago, my average was about 2.5lb every week, and even lost 3lb on the week I got to my target weight, so who knows!)
I think my food diary is open to friends so you're more than welcome to take a look
Wow! That's an impressive change 😊1 -
@lindamtuck2018 You said: "Another amazing loss! What are some of the things you are doing to have consistent losses?"
Thanks:) I am eating just under 1800 calories a day and rarely go over. I eat whatever I want as long as it fits into my calories for the day. So, I measure and weigh food a lot. I make sure to eat some fruits and vegetables every day. If you look at my logs, you'll see that I log everything that goes in my mouth:) I am really trying not to eat anything after about 8PM. That's hard because sometimes I get hungry. If I'm really hungry and it's late, I'll sometimes go have a few grapes or a couple of Ritz crackers. That usually makes it go away. Sometimes though, I just want to eat, especially late at night. That is a hard time for me, but I do not want to have to log calories that will make me go over 1800 for the day and then everyone will see because my diary can be seen by friends:) Accountability helps me.
My house is full of chips, cookies, baked goods, chocolate candy, yummy coffee creamer, snacks, etc. I have been with my husband for almost 28 years and he's been the same weight since I met him. Ugh. Not fair! He eats cookies and milk late at night or a big bowl of popcorn. He almost always eats late at night on the sofa in front of the tv. My daughter is a great baker and loves doing it. It tastes good and looks pretty. She's very creative. I'll have a little bit, but really try to limit myself to just a little. The last time she made chocolate chip cookies, though, I had one and then another and then another. They were so good. I couldn't stop myself at one or two. I think I had four and then forced myself to stop. My son loves pizza and sometimes cooks the frozen pizzas. Smells so good. I'll usually have one piece and a salad. So, it is really, really hard. If I lived by myself, it would be so much easier! But, I love having my kids at home a little while longer. With Covid, they are at home from college.
I have found that listening to podcasts at night when I get in bed really helps. I've found a bunch of good ones about weight loss and living healthy. Oh, also I walk just about every day. I make sure I get in 10,000 steps whether I walk or not. When I walk on the treadmill, I use the incline and put it up and down throughout my walk. I will take a day off here and there, but I won't take more than one day off because I'm afraid that I won't get back on. I have bad knees, so I have to be careful what I do exercise-wise.
I didn't mean to write a book! This is so hard, but I know that I am healthier. My resting pulse is now in the 60s. That and the weight loss keep me going. I love that there are so many people on MFP that have been logging food long term and have sustained their weight loss. I am happy to be here in this group. I think that will help as well!5 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970
12/8 Steps 10,044
I am thankful for the step challenge. I did not walk on the treadmill yesterday and only took my dogs on a short walk last night. I was just under 10,000 late at night, so I walked around for a little while to make sure I made my 10K:)3 -
12/8/20
Exercise min 44
Lifting 35 Min
Stand hours 15
Steps 9,8582 -
Steps 12/8: 15,2471
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@lindamtuck2018
For Christmas, that will be my "cheat day" although I really don't think I will go much over if at all, I didn't overdue it for Thanksgiving.
Also, for bread...that is a big struggle for me too. There is a bread I buy here that is half the calories. So eating 2 pieces of this bread is equal to one piece of regular bread and it takes care of that craving. I think it is 35 or 30 calorie per slice. I am out right now, so I can't take a picture of it. but it is advertised as 30/35 calorie per slice right on the package in big letters/numbers.
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ScorpioGirl70 wrote: »After feeling pretty good yesterday, today not so much, this must be the up and down I hear about with this Covid thing.
While I was taking one of my naps today, I dreamed of a thick, rich Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, of all things! haha. Ever since then, it has been on my mind, so even though I didn't have the calories to use, I did it, I made one and enjoyed it. I am cheating with those calories because it was high... so I put those calories on tomorrow. Does anyone else ever do that? I figure it all calculates in the end, right?
I haven't given up on doing this weight loss, not at all, but at this point, I just need to feel better and have energy to do what I need to do. I'm thinking of doing the Lemonade Diet to try and jump back into this, not to mention fresh squeezed lemons is Vitamin C. It really isn't a diet, but more of a cleansing system, though every time I have done it, I have never followed it to a T, but it has jump started my weight loss a couple times over the years.
Anyway, hope you all are staying safe and well.
I use a spreadsheet with my health coach and I try to come within 5 grams of my macros each day. Some days are better than others. It’s ok to bank carbs and fat for a splurge just meet your protein goal and as long as everything averages out for the week you will lose. Weight watchers does or did the same with its points system. It’s nice because one bad day doesn’t make you feel like the week is blown and you can plan for things you know are coming up.
I am not sure what my macros should be or exactly what that even is.. though I think it is protein, fat and carbs? right? I have a very hard time meeting my protein. I find the only time I do even come close is when I do the protein shakes, but they are not very tasty, so I hate doing them. Here lately, I am over on calories every single day. Hoping once this virus passes I can get back on track.1 -
Scorpiogirl70
Todays check in 12/9
Weigh ins are Friday
Steps 12491
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