Downsizers - December 2020 Team Chat
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ScorpioGirl70 wrote: »Scorpiogirl70
Check in January 1, 2021
Weigh in
PW: 210.8 pounds
CW: 212.4 pounds
Gain: 2.4 pounds - I figured it would be higher.
Steps 1/1/2021 1155
Will we be switching over to a new thread for January? I know with people being sick and the holidays, it isn't top priority, just wondering.
Today was another bad food day... however I still figure I am on holiday mode.
I will be starting a 30 day challenge.. just some calendars I found online that I printed out, 3 of them, so I will be starting those tomorrow as well as a dumbbell workout each day from the same type of stuff. Today doesn't count, because it says 30 day and January has 31 days, see how I did that.
I have never done images before but if anyone is curious as to the 30 day challenges I am doing here are the calendars I printed out. See if this worked or not.
They are all 'beginner' workouts... it isn't a group challenge, just a personal challenge for myself.
The new thread link is
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10819652/downsizers-january-2021-team-chat#latest
We officially start there tomorrow but you can introduce yourself at anytime. That’s a great exercise routine you have set out for yourself. Hopefully now that the holidays are over we can all get back into a routine.So..... I have a new smartwatch.... finally!!! I had the placeholder, cheap one, for 6 weeks I think. Anyway I couldn't be happier with my Garmin. It is going to be a learning curve compared to my Fitbit. I am giving thanks to YouTube videos....!! LOL
P.S. The only problem is, it isn't giving me as many burned exercise calories as I was computing myself.... Not that there is anything wrong with that... ROFL
I will be interested to hear once you start using your garmin the pro and cons of both it and the Fitbit.User: cesse47
Weigh-in Day: Saturday
Previous weight: 295.0
Current weight: 299.8
STEPS -- 3000 each day this past week
Too Too Many indulgences through the holidays. (But I thoroughly enjoyed every one!
) Yesterday I spent purging my kitchen and put all the junk food in the trash ... then took trash to the outside bin. No more tempting stuff in my kitchen!!
Today, I plan to do meal planning for the upcoming week, place a grocery order for delivery, and get my small exercise area straightened up so it can be used again.
Have a great New Year Everyone!! 👋
Great job on getting rid of all those temptations. Your plan for the day should set you up for a good week.0 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »PW 218.4
CW 223.2
I am totally in shock. For 3 days I didn’t eat at all and barely drank. I have had mostly chicken soup for the last 2 days as the doctor wanted me to get some sodium in me. I am on steroids and the doctor took me off my water pills for now. I have been on water pills for 25 years. I am hoping this is what is causing the gain. I overdid it a bit yesterday and I am really feeling it today. My husband has no symptoms. We couldn’t move and it will probably be mid January before we get in the new place. My husband is under quarantine until January 12th and I am until I am 24 hours symptom free. I thank everyone for the well wishes as they were greatly appreciated. I will start doing more goal oriented check ins when I feel better.
Steroids are a "weight packer on-er" for sure. Maybe you shouldn't even be weighing in at this time, if it is discouraging for you, because the biggest goal is to get better. You are not out of the woods, yet. I know the Mom in me is coming out but I hope you are only feeling good things right now. Please rest and look for the big loss when everything settles down. So sorry you are unable to move, I know this will be a big celebration when you can.
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I hope you are better soon! Thanks for sharing your goals and your program. I love that you tracked how many days you exercised. That is something that might benefit me moving forward, too.Steps 12/30 11,477
12/31 5,948
I am fighting the cold my kids had so I took it easy yesterday but still did my workout.
While I have my no means met my goals in 2020 I did complete one which was to work out more each month than 2019. In 2019 I worked out a total of 130 days and 2020 251. I completed a ton of programs and was only sidelined with a couple injuries. I am definitely stronger.
In the new year I am going to continue my workouts and focus on my nutrition my continuing the skinnytaste meal plan just with a lot less snacking than I have been doing.
I want to focus on my kids nutrition as well being home they snack more and eat at odd times. My son has gained quite a bit of weight in a small period of time while he is still thin I want to make sure this doesn’t continue. More fruits and veggies and eating dinner earlier. We had been waiting for my husband to Finnish work at 7 but I think this might be too late since we are all snacking to wait for him.
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@lindamtuck2018
Username: mari_moulin
Weigh-in Day: Saturday
Weigh-in Week: 5
Previous Weight: 196.6
Current weight: 198 ⬆️
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Saturday - 8,689
Sunday - 6,231
Monday - 17,095
Tuesday - 10,406
Wednesday - 7,108
Thursday - 6,428
Friday - 7,301
Saturday - coming soon1 -
@draby2011
I am so sorry for your unexpected loss. It is tough any time, and the holidays just make it more difficult. Glad you have your goals.0 -
Hey everyone. I’m so sorry I haven’t been active. I had my I laws here for the holidays. They left on Wednesday. It was our first Christmas and new year without my brother in-laws and the girls and needless to say it was a very heartbreaking and emotional time. I’m trying to slowly get myself back on track. I’ve tried over and over again over three past few months and keep messing up. I hope I can stick to it a little longer this time around. I will try to be a little more active and supportive for the coming month.2
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Happy new year everyone! Welcome new members, I have no doubt that you'll enjoy posting within here as we are an active bunch. I'm currently chilling after having new years day dinner, so tasty. Next week it is back to getting my foot onto the gas and start making change to that scale and measurements. At the moment, I can't find the tape measure and I really would like to track my progress that way too, knowing how temperamental the scale can be.
Last night, I signed up for a local meal prep service for the first time and in theory I have now got all my meals sorted for the next month, already calorie counted and heard they can be added to MFP. I am excited to start and see how I go with it and, if it's not any good then at least it was a good kick start month to the new year. It'll make things a lot easier mentally if it's worth it, I won't have to stress about starting to measure everything.. I did think about being that stringent in measuring everything I ate going forward but, realistically I think it'd eventually have more of a negative effect mentally. I think if I do get hungry then I could always use fruit, veg, ricecakes etc as a extra snacks and in theory still lose weight.
Anyone else tried meal prep companies before?
I was doing Hello Fresh and I have to say the food was fantastic! The meals have two servings and the calories ranged from 500-800 per meal. I found myself eating both servings so it caused weight gain in me because I'm the only one in the household. I also discovered that I really didn't like to cook -big discovery. So this is not a criticism of Hello, Fresh, because I was pleased with the quality and the recipes, it was more about my restraint. What plan are you using?0 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970
"at least I'm being honest with myself" That is huge! I find myself starting to lie about calories. I say to myself "I don't think it is worth that many calories so I'm going to give it ___" How much sense does that make??? And when I catch myself I realize I'm not cheating anyone else except myself. Being honest with yourself is not an easy thing!3 -
littleflutterby wrote: »@littleflutterby OMG, that is just wrong! It amazes me when adults are bullies - we think it stops with adulthood, but it doesn't. I worked somewhere for 8 years where they hated sales people (me). The other girls that were single, and not in sales, had regular get togethers and after 6 years they started inviting me. Even though I went, I felt like the odd man out and it wasn't until I left the company that I realized what kind of job it had done on my self-esteem. I cringe when I remember what that felt like. You are a stronger person now - let em have it.
This just makes my heart hurt, ya know?
I realised lately that I've always felt like an outsider looking in. I have a lot of "friends" if you look at the outward appearance, but I pretty much keep to myself...even though I'm pretty outgoing looking. I'm unbelievably shy. I call myself a gentle giant haha. (I am nearly 6 foot tall too, not just talking about my bum size lol)
But I have a circle of maybe.... 2? and even one of those friends is the kinda friend who when you text, she'll get back to you within 3-5 business days- if you're lucky! And sometimes I feel like she doesn't really get me, but that's another boring story for a rainy day.
But ya, I really feel for people who need to bully to make themselves feel superior... or are just genuinely mean-spirited. I honestly, especially since I got sober and try to not be a ..... well, you know.... really try and just be "nice". I try to see the best in others and want to make it my life's mission to help other's see the best in themselves.
Maybe I should do the same for my own self, but that's waaaaaay too hard hahaha
I think many of us share these feelings. I know I have and do. My counselor asked me to list the qualities I loved about myself and I just couldn't do it! At the same time, I want to have a relationship and I wonder if I have been keeping this weight on out of fear. So in thinking of the qualities I want in a partner I realized I could step into my good qualities backwards. For instance, I want someone who is kind. I then ask myself - Am I kind? If the answer is a strong yes, I add it to the list about me. If it is something I'm attempting, I indicate "I am striving toward kindness" In the mornings I go down my list and say the things I love about me, including the ones I am striving toward. If I would love them about someone else, it makes sense I can love them about me. Does this sound a little loopy, haha??2 -
Goa setting - I LOVE setting goals, over and over again. For 2021 I want to complete a goal. I'm setting them in the 7 areas of my life and will also be doing a roadmap of how to get there. My big ones this year will be increasing financial wealth (primarily due to retirement), weight loss, Physical strength and courage to date.
Weight loss - Goal to lose 4 pounds a month. Armed with several books I want to get to the bottom of why, for the last 12 years, I have not lost weight. I am going to do a work book on Relapse Prevention because for me, food is an addiction. Deb Shapiro, in Your Body Speaks Your Mind indicates that "Grief or shame is often hidden beneath an obsessive appetite" And when I look up Joints - it gives me emotional reasons for having troubling joints. I am delving in to my emotions more this year.
Yoga Goal to do minimum of 10 minutes a day - it will be a way that I work to move these emotions out of my body.
Strength building - Goal to do 2 days a week strength I'm heading to Alaska in March to visit my son and he wants to go cross country skiing - this gives me a fantastic reason to complete my goal.
I'm grateful for the team, it is really helpful to share these with you.2 -
@mari_moulin I'm so sorry for the grief you have been experiencing as a family, going through the holidays without such important members of your family. My heart goes out to you.1
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Hi All!!! It's been a crazy few days with work, and my physical issues (got my ultrasound for my tummy on Tuesday, it can't come soon enough!!)
I think it's stress induced because whenever I get any kind of anxiety, it flares up badly and yesterday was one of those days- I had to leave work 3 hours early because I couldn't even stand upright!
I also ordered all of the things I need to start my Uni course (calculator, notebooks, pencils, ruler etc) so hopefully I can get started tomorrow or at the latest Tuesday! I have been spending a lot of time navigating the website though, because there is a LOT of stuff to learn!!
Anyhoo, I'm sorry for being so absent this last month, or most of it. It got to a point where it was so overwhelming to keep up with all the posts. Just please know even if I'm not replying, I am reading them, and cheering you on from my little recliner here!!
I'm going to move over to January, since it's the last day of the December challenge today. Come on over, grab a tea/coffee/water/juice, whatever you want and start this new month's challenge fresh.
The new thread comes with a clean slate, and a pass to forget about any gains or weight loss struggles from the last month.
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Gooooood Morning Darling Downsizers ....I hope everyone is ready to kill it for January ...I know I am
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@ScorpioGirl70 Love the workouts, thanks
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I was doing Hello Fresh and I have to say the food was fantastic! The meals have two servings and the calories ranged from 500-800 per meal. I found myself eating both servings so it caused weight gain in me because I'm the only one in the household. I also discovered that I really didn't like to cook -big discovery. So this is not a criticism of Hello, Fresh, because I was pleased with the quality and the recipes, it was more about my restraint. What plan are you using?
Ahhh, that's what I'm curious on how I will fair but going to try and be disciplined. I've seen Hello Fresh advertised alongside a number of other companies and have been tempted but didn't bite the bullet until a family member brought up about a local meal prep service on NYE. I feel like some of the companies meal plan format styles don't seem massively realistic/effective cost wise unless you budget yourself on the days you don't have the food order.
I've gone with a 1500 calorie a day meal pack 7 days a week for a month to test out which gives me 3 freshly prepared meals and a snack each day (the snacks provided in the week includes brownie, granola bar, millionaire shortbread etc which is a nice balance) - the meals and snacks change each week. I'm hoping it'll be a smooth but successful kick start on the weight loss front, I'd love for it to work getting meal prep service regularly to help but, there is added cost for it and I do enjoy cooking where possible. However for now, looking forward to trying something new and will regularly assess it.1 -
Usernme: 4newrunner22
Weigh in Day: Sat
Previous Weight: 228
Current Weight: 228.42 -
Please move to the January team chat
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10819652/downsizers-january-2021-team-chat#latest
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Hi everyone. I am a new member and wanted to let you know know a bit about myself. I am a single mother of two young kids. I am an avid runner. I make it work by waking up early most days to do 20 minutes of strength work or yoga and running during my lunch break. My downfall are baked goods and chocolate. I have absolutely no restraint when it comes to desserts. I am going to start to track food tomorrow. Today is my birthday, so I’m considering it my last day of holiday mode because I know my mom has made lasagna and cake for supper. I just completed 30 minutes yoga this morning
Have a great day everyone and thanks for letting me join your team!3 -
Please move to the January team chat. The link is below.
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