Weight No More - December 2020 Team Chat
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minstrelofsarcasm
Week Five
Previous Weight: 165.4 lbs (Christmas Eve)
Current Weight: 167.8 lbs (New Year's Eve)
Loss to Date: 66.2 lbs
Yep, after the week I had with my family, I 100% expected this. My body is definitely retaining some water right now after a decent amount of sugar consumption and returning to the gym three days in a row after having not been in a week. So, expecting a loss for my first week of January, and very excited for it!
Food: With Christmas and being in my parents' house, where snacks appear out of nowhere (read: my mom thinks I don't eat enough and puts food in front of me) and I feel obligated to eat them. This week, I am staying in my apartment, eating the food of my choosing, and not within arm's reach of chocolate at all times.
Exercise: I've attended four spin classes in the last three days, after a week off. I think I'm back on track. I hope. Maybe. We'll see. I haven't scheduled any additional spin classes, but I've gotten a taste for being on that spin bike, and I'm not letting it go if I have any say in it.
Mindset: To say last week was rough would be an understatement. Being around my family for a week exacerbated some of my negative relationships with food and separated me from my healthy coping mechanisms. It made me far more grateful to return to an environment where I have more control and reminded me of where I came from before embarking on my health journey.6 -
I'm back goodness knows what happened but I couldn't get on here all day since my cat jumped on my iPad.
Happy new years everyone!3 -
You have a new member heading your way .... Please welcome @BlueSkyNomad
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Hello and Happy New Year to everyone!
My name is Agii (BlueSkyNomad) and thanks for letting me join.
I've been losing weight and putting it back on for the last 12 years. I'm 49 and determined to get fit and healthy for my 50th.5 -
minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »Hello Everyone!
There have been a few updates to how we record weights in the spreadsheet, namely a tracker for everyone's Loss-to-Date so that the moderators and the leadership team can keep track of milestones. In order to do this for everyone, I am requesting everyone's highest weights, whether that's where you started on MFP, where you started with F2F, or some other time in your life.
Hi Ashley @minstrelofsarcasm my highest (non-pregnant) weight was 339.5 lbs / 154 kg. I am very happy that I decided one day to lose some weight! I've been down, up, down, up and down again since then, but I recently decided to track from that number because it's all part of my "journey" (can you feel the face I'm pulling at using that description? But it's accurate enough I guess.) 🤪🙃😦3 -
@minstrelofsarcasm My highest weight is 97.4kg / 214.7lbs as of this morning
It was 95.7kg couple of days ago so I'm hope that some of the increase is water...
I use Garmin for my step count and walking so joined Stage 1 of the year long walking challenge to motivate myself.
I'm not sure if today is the day to update my weight since I chosen Friday as my weigh in day or is it next week?
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Highest Weight: 196 lbs
Starting Weight: 153.5
Current Weight: 154
I will take that as a maintain.2 -
I had a good day yesterday. On plan and feeling mentally on top. I said no to mcdonalds! I had already eaten lunch and was not hungry. That's big for me. I am off to work on my sons house today. Today's commitment to myself is to stay on plan and eat when I am hungry and stop when I am satisfied. to drink 64oz of water. and to leave bites behind. 2021 is my year. I will be at goal and maintain this year.
Killing it in 2021.6 -
Thursday 12/31
I spent my morning at church helping out in the office with a project we started on Wednesday. We were able to get it done by noon so that was good.
Last night I went to a friend's condo. We didn't do anything special, just watched a movie and hung out with her dog and cat.3 -
cyndiesstuff wrote: »Highest Weight: 196 lbs
Starting Weight: 153.5
Current Weight: 154
I will take that as a maintain.
I’m curious how long did it take you to go from 196 to 154? I topped at 198 Christmas Day and I would love to be down to 154 by year’s end or sooner.1 -
My highest weight ever was 179 about three years ago. I am now right around 160 give or take 2-3 pounds. I want to get to 145 but no time line just yet.2
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! I am both of these ladies. I often but my mouth in gear before I put my brain in gear.
I have gained more weigh in the last 2 months than in the last several years. Obviously I know why. I just signed up for the habit tracker and I asked to be placed out of maintenance and back in to the weight loss group for January. One of my resolutions is to be more active in January in this group.
Welcome to all the new members and I wish all of you a year of health and happiness.
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I joined Silver Sneakers yesterday and have a yoga class scheduled for today and again Tuesday. The only exercise classes I have done before were water aerobics. I am a bit leery of this because my balance is always off, but yoga is supposed to help with balance. I can only hope it helps.3
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Hi all,
Weigh in for going ape!
Previous weight - 145.6
Current weight - 149.8
Gain of: 4.2
Well I wasn’t able to meet my goal of maintaining 145/146 for Christmas. I struggled with all the chocolates, cookies and pie. I’m getting back to it, slipped a little last night with late snacking. 😂
On the plus side, last night I spent a bunch of time updating my planner for the new year. So I’m feeling ready in that regard. I’m going to start using the F2F habit tracker again as well. I think using different tools will help me re-commit to continuing my loss and not back-sliding any more.
I’ve gotten my measurements done, my sis helped me. I haven’t been tracking this yet so it will be interesting to see changes in those versus scale changes. I’m going to take them quarterly.
@minstrelofsarcasm my highest weight ever was 223. That’s four or so pounds off my mfp weight.
Welcome to all the new members! I’m excited for 2021 and making our dreams our new realities!!3 -
BlueSkyNomad wrote: »I'm not sure if today is the day to update my weight since I chosen Friday as my weigh in day or is it next week?
Your first weigh-in is next week! This week is still the last week of December for F2F.cyndiesstuff wrote: »Highest Weight: 196 lbs
Starting Weight: 153.5
Current Weight: 154
I will take that as a maintain.
I’m curious how long did it take you to go from 196 to 154? I topped at 198 Christmas Day and I would love to be down to 154 by year’s end or sooner.
Losing 40-ish lbs in a year is more than reasonable if you're consistent. It will become more difficult as you get lighter and lighter, so expect to lose more than half of that weight in the first half of the year if you want to be on track.
I weighed 197 in February 2018, and was in the high 150s by the end of the year, although I didn't maintain that loss as well as I would have liked.
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Ljdanny
Week 4
Thursday
Pw 187.3
Cw 1904 -
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous weight: 133.5
Today's weight: 135.0
Weekly Steps: 52,8334 -
Hello and Happy New Year team. My weigh in went in the wrong direction but it wasn’t a surprise to me. I’ve been totally out of wack with my eating. Not that I like to do New Year’s resolutions, but I do plan on getting back into a good eating routine. My exercise has always been good but now I’m totally committed to continue working out every day - virtual workouts with my gym. I wish I could eat like a “normal “ person, but I just don’t. I’m a really extreme person. All or nothing- and I can’t seem to change that as much as I try - other than to eliminate certain foods completely from my diet.
Everyone have a great day 😀3 -
@Cafelelia sorry to see you leave.
@cyndiesstuff glad your back.
Welcome new team members.
Not surprised with my weight, always goes down then back up. If by the end of January I see no progress I am going to call a nutritionist. I was sitting in one of my doctor's appointments the other day and they had a sign up that there is a new department for weight loss. Surgical and nonsurgical. I'm going for non. I figured my weight might go back up this week. I had no water, only when I was exercising, I wasn't eating right, 2 meals a day but the second one I would double up on food. I was a little stressed this week. My son had a little medical emergency on Sunday and it kind of threw me off for the week. Also a little more alcohol than I would have drank. I have started focusing, I went food shopping and bought fruits and veggies, I did buy one snack because I figured if I had nothing I might go to the store and go a little crazy, I haven't touched it yet. Today I went to zumba, made chicken in the crockpot, and I am on my 5th cup of water, i even put fruit in it.
My highest weight has been 198, I did get down to 166 a few years ago. Back in the day I did weigh 130 which I would love to weigh again.4 -
Happy New Year! The January Team Chat thread is OPEN
Please continue to post weigh-ins for Friday and Saturday here.
Run over to the new thread to introduce yourselves all over again and start a great new year! May your first weigh-in of the year be your highest.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10819656/weightnomore-january-2021-team-chat/p1?new=1
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minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »Hello Everyone!
There have been a few updates to how we record weights in the spreadsheet, namely a tracker for everyone's Loss-to-Date so that the moderators and the leadership team can keep track of milestones. In order to do this for everyone, I am requesting everyone's highest weights, whether that's where you started on MFP, where you started with F2F, or some other time in your life.
While you do not need to provide this value, it does help with the numerical analysis of everyone's weights and assists in properly congratulating people for their accomplishments.
Big Welcome to @lemonaid7 and @justmeagain275x !!!! Let us know if you have any questions about the group, how F2F works, how to participate, etc. Your first weigh-in will be on the new Team Weight No More thread next week on the day you chose when you registered with the group.
Hi Ashley, Mine is 177.4 lbs
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »You have a new member heading your way .... Please welcome @BlueSkyNomad
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BlueSkyNomad wrote: »@minstrelofsarcasm My highest weight is 97.4kg / 214.7lbs as of this morning
It was 95.7kg couple of days ago so I'm hope that some of the increase is water...
I use Garmin for my step count and walking so joined Stage 1 of the year long walking challenge to motivate myself.
I'm not sure if today is the day to update my weight since I chosen Friday as my weigh in day or is it next week?
Thank you
Hi Agii, Your first weight in will be next Friday our January page, which goes up on Sunday. We'll share a link to show you the way. Time to get rid of that water.
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I joined Silver Sneakers yesterday and have a yoga class scheduled for today and again Tuesday. The only exercise classes I have done before were water aerobics. I am a bit leery of this because my balance is always off, but yoga is supposed to help with balance. I can only hope it helps.
I'm sure yoga will help with balance, Patsy. I have Meniere's Disease and balance is a major issue. You'll do great! Let me know how it goes. I've got my grandson hooked on yoga. He's one and a half. I got him a little yellow yoga mat and some flashcards with little children striking yoga poses. He was thrilled with it. He makes his mom and I do tree pose all the time. All. The. Time.
Here he is on his first day. He's a couple steps behind but really has good form.
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1theresamcvean wrote: »BlueSkyNomad wrote: »@minstrelofsarcasm My highest weight is 97.4kg / 214.7lbs as of this morning
It was 95.7kg couple of days ago so I'm hope that some of the increase is water...
I use Garmin for my step count and walking so joined Stage 1 of the year long walking challenge to motivate myself.
I'm not sure if today is the day to update my weight since I chosen Friday as my weigh in day or is it next week?
Thank you
Hi Agii, Your first weight in will be next Friday our January page, which goes up on Sunday. We'll share a link to show you the way. Time to get rid of that water.
p.s. I meant, 'now you have time to get rid of that water.' The version above could be construed as a bit bossy.1 -
Weigh DayWeek 5
Previous weight: 148.5
Today's weight: 150.0
Loss to date: 27.4
Not a bad weigh-in. I really took the holidays off. It was a much-needed rest. I'm definitely bloated but happy overall.
Looking forward to a healthy January!3 -
@melaniedscott I made the black-eyed peas with ham hocks and collard greens. I used a NY Times recipe. Thanks for the new New Years' tradition!
Feels pretty good for a Canadian. This isn't a thing I'd heard of but when I went to the vegetable market, the collard greens were at the front of the display, and ham hocks were on sale at the grocery store. I guess I've been in the dark on this one.
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... I wish I could eat like a “normal “ person, but I just don’t.
I don't really think there is any such thing as eating like a 'normal' person. We're all just us.
@1theresamcvean Your grandson is really too cute. I had a dog and have interacted with other people's dogs off and on for years but I'd never understood the updog/downdog name until my sister died and I spent a lot of time with her wife--her dog did both all the time and it was hilarious. I stopped calling her by her name and started calling her Yogadog.
Happy New Year! Let's all hope 2021 is substantially better than it's predascesor. We decided to have a Chinese buffet last night and have a ridiculous amount of leftovers. I probably over did it a bit but not much over maintenace. We used to have a party every year with all manner of snacks and beverages, games & movies but quit about 10 years back. We decided to do a 2 person party and have spent the day playing games, watching movies and eating snacks (some healthy, some less so). Back on the wagon tomorrow.
We got a good sized snow over night and today. We may go out and take snow & Xmas lights pictures tomorrow. If I do, I'll post one maybe.
Again, welcome to all the new people!
@minstrelofsarcasm my highest was ~230 or 233.1 -
melaniedscott wrote: »... I wish I could eat like a “normal “ person, but I just don’t.
I don't really think there is any such thing as eating like a 'normal' person. We're all just us.
@1theresamcvean Your grandson is really too cute. I had a dog and have interacted with other people's dogs off and on for years but I'd never understood the updog/downdog name until my sister died and I spent a lot of time with her wife--her dog did both all the time and it was hilarious. I stopped calling her by her name and started calling her Yogadog.
Happy New Year! Let's all hope 2021 is substantially better than it's predascesor. We decided to have a Chinese buffet last night and have a ridiculous amount of leftovers. I probably over did it a bit but not much over maintenace. We used to have a party every year with all manner of snacks and beverages, games & movies but quit about 10 years back. We decided to do a 2 person party and have spent the day playing games, watching movies and eating snacks (some healthy, some less so). Back on the wagon tomorrow.
We got a good sized snow over night and today. We may go out and take snow & Xmas lights pictures tomorrow. If I do, I'll post one maybe.
Again, welcome to all the new people!
@minstrelofsarcasm my highest was ~230 or 233.
Every morning my dog does a downward dog. If I was awake enough, I'd take a picture of it for you. Ahhh, LOL.
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