Mission Slimpossible - December 2020 Team Chat
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Weigh in Apple852hk
Week 3 - Dec 2020 Sunday
PW 134.7lbs (61.1kg)
CW 136.4lbs 61.9kg
LTD about 45.8lbs (20.8kg)
Gained - it's hard when a friend gives you boxes of chocolate whilst sending a card saying well done with your weightloss. Then even commented they overflowed the chocolate container to show how I have abundance. But to someone who can't reject chocolate, I've eaten most of it. Gained and now how sweet cravings.
I did walk twice this week but not daily enough.
Been folding origami before eating chocolate but when my friend gave the big stash of loose chocolate, I had no will power to limit how many I ate. I was so down, I thoughtlessly ate 3 bars of Mars yesterday in one sitting. I'm trying to think of my tooth health, but it's that feeling low and grabbing sweets to sweeten my life.
I made the Christmas Zimtsterne Cinnamon Stars but no one likes almonds at home, so I ended eating those too. They are mostly almonds so it was high in fat.
GOALS:
1. Fold a origami cube before eating a palm of chocolate everytime
2. Walk on Fri, Sat and Sun
Have a good week ahead🥰 and ...
...🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🎄 Christmas comes but once a year. Merry Christmas 2020! Have a thankful Winter season everyone.
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Just time for a quick drop in.
@TeresaW1020 - If you want to post discussion topics, I'm sure they would get discussed. I do think that you are intuitive about knowing when the group needs a little help to get talking again and always get it going. You are a wonderful leader. Thank you!
@Katmary71 @AustinRuadhain @raleighgirl09
Thanks for all you do to make this group truly special. I appreciate you very much!1 -
vegan4lyfe2012
Week 3
Sunday
PW: 190.4
CW: 190.4
LTD: 14.6
I am very unhappy with this. I was doing so good, except for that one day, and fully expected to be down into the 180s. I really hope it's water retention.3 -
User name: Trooworld
Week 3
Weigh-in Day: Saturday
PW: 226
CW: 226.8
LTD: 21.2
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@adhmrh I'm so sorry about your day. I will be hoping for another negative result on the test. I think we've all been there when we get stressed and eat everything in the house...I know I've done it. I'm glad you woke up yesterday with a more positive mindset. ((( HUGS )))
@TeresaW1020 I'm glad your back is okay. LOL...those 48-Hour chocolate chip cookies are truly a masterpiece! In the video, he makes cookies that are about the size of a saucer but I plan on making smaller more manageable ones lol. Here's where I found them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1xCU9ydG-A&feature=youtu.be I love mashed cauliflower, too. It's so good.
@Katmary71 You would be welcomed at my table anytime!
@apple852hk Oh no! I'm sure your friend meant well but if they knew what it triggered, maybe they wouldn't have given it to you. Merry Christmas to you, as well!
Hello all. I've had a productive weekend: I've been making gifts for my coworkers. I can highly recommend taking up a hobby that uses your hands...I haven't gotten into snacks yet this weekend! 1 -
Wahhoooooo!!! Look at how great we did this week! I'm so proud of my team! Let's see if we can do it again next week. I know we will have Christmas but I believe in us. And it doesn't hurt to have an aspiration.
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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Woo-hoo!!! Go Slims!!!!1
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @anido1 3.85 %
2nd @Jen_967 2.69%
3rd @CurvyCalorie 2.31 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @anido1 6.0 Lbs
2nd @Jen_967 538 Lbs
3rd @littleflutterby 4.8 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@kandi3570
@Tazaria87
@KristieJC
@Steph1498
@Bluetail6
@veryhotmails
@vegan4lyfe2012
@adhmrh
@happimess01
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Please check out and share some of your favourite writing with this week's "challenge" - to sit down and read something, take care of yourselves, and relax with some beautiful words.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10818581/sit-down-and-read-week-4-r-r-challenge/p1?new=11 -
@trooworld Geez, that cookie video has a porn soundtrack! OK, I don't watch porn but that has to be what it sounds like! I know I'm drooling! I can't even read people's diaries without having cravings!
Sunday check-in
Exercise- arm cardio, arm resistance bands, stretching
Calories- over
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@apple852hk Ohhh no! You might need to have a talk with your sweet friend about gifts that won’t cause you trouble. You sound just like me and if there is chocolate or sweets in my world then I will eat them all. This is a very hard time of the year for people like us when yummy sweets are everywhere. I am going totally sugar-free for the month of January. Care to join me? And you should post a picture of your origami!
@Coranda Ohhh thank you so much for your sweet words! And this group wouldn’t work without wonderful members like you and so many others we have on the Slimpossibles.
@vegan4lyfe2012 I get that you are unhappy with the scale but you have done so great and your body might need a minute to adjust. Just keep doing what you know works and you will get in the 180s in no time. That is also what I’m telling myself. I’m 1.6 lbs away from being 189.9 and I want it bad!!
@trooworld Whoa!!
Those cookies are not something a girl should watch when she has been fasting for 22 hours. That is when I watched the video and my stomach was like, “STOP torturing me and give me cookies!!!” 
What kind of gifts are you making for your coworkers?
@Katmary71 At least I wasn’t the only one drooling over those cookies! We must abstain from food porn!
Good morning team! Yesterday we had a guest pastor who has been a missionary pastor in Kenya for 30 years. He gave such a great message that I’m still fired up and so thankful for my sweet little church.
I have a busy day planned. First, I have to do a leg workout that is sure to murder my body because it’s a new phase in the program and those are always harder. Then I’m going to have lunch with my friend and get the gossip on her new job and talk about church business. She is the children’s pastor and I’m considering switching from upper elementary Sunday school teaching to taking over the K-through 2nd graders when we start back up next year. After lunch, I will head over to Walmart and get the grocery shopping done for the week. I need the fixings for my Christmas beef stew dinner.
SUPER PROUD of this team!! December is one of the hardest months of the year and we rocked it this week. Yes, some of us had some struggles and that is OK because I know you will turn those struggles into victories. The Slimpossibles are unstoppable!!
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raleighgirl09
Monday check in
Hi gang - man, the Slimsters are ROCKIN' all the WEIGH!!! WOOHOO, way to go! Excellent job, especially as we round the corner and approach the end of a month and of a year. What a year, am I right??????? I keep thinking that 5 years from now, much of it will be just a memory and I shouldn't base my everyday emotions on it.
Sunday goal stats
Check in: no
Water: no
Food logged (pre-logged?): no because I didn't log everything, meaning the chocolate after dinner and the eff it pimento cheese on crackers moment
Basic calorie goal: not even close - way over
10,000 steps: no
As I read all of yesterday's posts this morning, I thought - wow, I wish I had been a part of that losing! Then - wow, I wish I wasn't in need to have been part of that losing! Then the reality - wishing will never, EVER make it happen. Wishing is not actions, planning, perseverance. Wishing obviously won't keep me out of the kitchen and making better choices. Wishing - in short - is the worst diet plan, eating style and method of improving that was ever wished for. It sucks.
I'm going to pre-log right after I am done with this, and grab a full water bottle to start the day with. I'm planning a long lunchtime walk and after work I need to go do a little last minute shopping so I believe I'll get the 10,000 steps today. I'll structure eating to plan for a snack before bed - I'm thinking about how I just chuck it all at the end of the day and I need to be prepared with something better than wishing I didn't suddenly find my feet moving into the kitchen and my hand reach for the fridge door and.....you know, I'm not dumb. I know what the issues are and just need to say enough is enough before I actually get up to go into the kitchen. Anyway, I'll plan a bowl of cereal for tonight.
Like @Katmary71 I am having pants issues - and I gave away my size 12 pants so the size 10s getting snug is a problem. Lucky me, I am right where I always said I need to be when I am gaining weight after losing weight: AWARE. So, Maria, you're aware - now what?2 -
Krea4
Sunday
PW- 145.0
CW- 146.4
I forgot to weigh in yesterday.
I've had a week of uncontrolled eating! But the last few nights I haven't snacked past 8pm, been more mindful of the snacks I've had during the day and I am walking everyday. This has stopped the weight increasing even further. Hopefully I will pull back this gain and help towards the team overall loss.3 -
@Katmary71 LOL!!! It does have that vibe. Sorry I made you crave them.
@TeresaW1020 OMG no, not the time! I made them each a notebook with a decal that relates to them personally on it. And I made them a Christmas card. See the pic below for an example of the notebooks. That missionary pastor probably had a lot of wise things to say, being in Kenya for 30 years must have given him a lot of experiences. I hope you enjoy your lunch with your friend.
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gwamajtw91
Friday weigh in (late as usual)
PW: 165.7
CW: 166.0
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Hey Slim friends. Popping in with a quick question. I’m a bit meticulous about logging my food.
Today I have made 3 cookies and 3 sweet treats. I haven’t eaten a piece of anything. I have just had a taste here and there.
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Hey Slim friends. Popping in with a quick question. I’m a bit meticulous about logging my food.
Today I have made 3 cookies and 3 sweet treats. I haven’t eaten a piece of anything. I have just had a taste here and there.
Any thoughts on how to track???
@adhmrh when I have been meticulous (which I am not, at the moment), I have used 1/3 as my tasting measure. YMMV, as they say!
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@broncobuddee
AustinRuadhain
Weigh In Day: Monday
PW 138.7
CW 137.3 - yay! I get to contribute to the team in a good way this week! Out to do it again next week!
Check-in for Sunday
🟢Food on plan, weighed, logged
🟢Calories in the green
🟢Workout (50+ min) - 91 minutes platform stepping, and a bit of walking
🟢Breathing exercises
🔴Martial arts forms (I changed my morning routine and broke my long-standing habit. Back at it tomorrow!)
Monday Goals
🟢Food on plan, weighed, logged
⚪Calories in the green (so far, so good! and I have closed the kitchen for the night!)
⚪Workout (50+ min) (not yet - 43 min so far)
🟢Breathing exercises
⚪Martial arts forms (Didn't get it done at my old morning time, but will get it done before bed.)
@adhmrh - Wow to all your willpower, baking but not eating, especially with such a stressful week going on.
I am meticulous, too. When I have done estimates like that, I have done them (you may laugh) using the unit of Reese's peanut butter cups. One is about 100 calories and is a mouthful. Half is a dainty bite. MFP will let you enter the recipe, and you can weigh a smidge and get a really good idea, if you like.
I so hope that your quarantine ends us being just an inconvenience, with nobody ill.
@gwamajtw91 - Great to see you checking in! You almost held it steady in the midst of holiday season!
@trooworld - The butterfly notebook is gorgeous!
Oh, and I am a librarian, too, or was. I'm a stay-at-home mom these days.
@krea4 - Hugs for the weigh-in, and a big HURRAY for the fact that you noticed (before weigh-in!), have interrupted the things that have you headed away from your goal and are doing things you are proud of! Keep it up!
@TeresaW1020 and @Katmary71 - Oh, my. Based on the food porn description, I am continuing to resist clicking That Link. The idea of a food porn soundtrack made me laugh out loud!
@raleighgirl09 - Maria, I always feel wiser after reading your posts. Thank you for sharing all your thinking with us. All your comments about wishing are AWESOME! And prelogging -- what a great next step!
This team is so SO inspiring. Thank you. Thank you all.
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@adhmrh I do count my bites, licks, and tastes. In my case, I would count one of those as 1 pt if it is a small amount (I'm on WW). In your case, I would count it as something small, like maybe 50-75 calories per B, L, or T.
@AustinRuadhain Congrats on the loss! Wow, I didn't know you are a librarian too, how cool is that! Once a librarian, always a librarian I say. Did you work at a public library? I work in a corporate/higher ed setting but used to work in a public library.
Hi all. I'm doing "okay" but I'm not doing the best I can do. I'm distracted by the upcoming holidays and not really thinking about my health. That is not to say that I am eating off-plan every day, that isn't really happening (although I did have an incident with tortilla chips yesterday). I really do think crafting is saving me from going off the deep end: I don't want to get crumbs, or stuff from eating with my fingers, on the paper I am doing things with. Have a good day, everyone!1 -
@raleighgirl09, Yup we can’t wish our weight off. If we could, I would have been rocking a smoking hot body 30 years ago. We can’t count on motivation to get us there either because motivation will disappear as soon as we find it. It’s commitment, determination, and sheer grit that will get us where we need to be and keep us there. I KNOW you know that, and you will pull it together and not bust out of your pants.
@krea4 Mindfulness is the key to keeping that scale from tracking in the wrong direction. Good for you for getting your head back in the game. You will get that gain off!
@AustinRuadhain Yayyy for the good loss this week! Yeah, I don’t suggest you click on that chocolate chip cookie video if you are in the least bit hungry or having a craving!
@trooworld Your gifts to your co-workers are super cute! I think a homemade gift from the heart is so special. It’s a super hard time of the year to stay focused on our health and our goals. I’m doing great right now but in the back of my mind is what is about to happen from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day. How can I best manage those days with enjoyment and still not end up with a huge gain? Like I told raleighgirl, it’s going to come down to sheer determination. We can do it! And worse case we will forgive ourselves and move onward. We are going to rock 2021!!
Good morning everyone! Yesterday, I was proud of myself. I went to lunch at Panera and before going I Googled what to eat low carb on a low carb diet. I ended up with the Green Goddess chicken salad minus the tomatoes and subbing the Green Goddess dressing for the Caesar dressing. When the lady asked me what side I wanted (chips, apple, bread) I said NO side! I went in determined to stick to my plan. Yes, that little Devil
showed up on my shoulder trying to get me to get a sandwich or my favorite cup of broccoli cheese soup and baguette. But I didn’t! 
How wonderful would it be if I could always make choices that left me feeling proud instead of angry? That would be super groovy!! The scale even blessed me by being down a little more this morning. Now, I just have to behave myself today! I’m off to work out and then do some much-needed housework. You all have a wonderful day!
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