Weight No More - December 2020 Team Chat
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Hey, all. Have not posted in forever...my phone decided it didn't want to access the community from the app any more. MFP is generally disintrested...my phone IS pretty old. I think that's ageism.
Last week was crap for me just because I'm not a holiday person for many reasons. I take the week before Thankgiving off so I don't inflict my bad holiday attitude on anyone else (besides my husband). Usually, I get things done but this year I'm having some asthma trouble so I did nothing. Literally. Nothing. Okay, I made ginger syrup but that's it. And doing nothing did not help the breathing. Upped one of my inhalers, started taking the other more regular, wheeze got worse...so now I'm on steroids. Grrr. I hate steroids.
Caught up on last months posts this am, couldn't figure out why I couldn't respond...duh. December! Already?!? Sigh.
@pacsnc6 That was me with the black bean brownie recipe...glad you liked it!
I saw so many 5k! That's awesome everyone. Once I can walk more than 12 feet without wheezing, I hope to do some more.
Did we lose Mel? Have not seen her around in a while.3 -
Hi Happy first day of December everyone! Feels kind of weird being in the cheer section, but I am cheering for all of you!
@melaniescott - Sorry about your asthma trouble and the steroids. Many people are not into the holidays for various reasons, so you are not alone in that.
@1theresamcvean - That’s Casa Loma! Really pretty! For those of you not from Toronto, Casa Loma is a “castle” built by a wealthy financier at the turn of last century. His beloved wife was quite sick at that time, so it was not the happy family enclave that he planned it to be. It was very state of the art at the time, with a central vacuum, elevator and of course, secret passageways. The City eventually took it over, and it is now a museum/wedding venue/events space. Most recently, the cast of Schitt’s Creek had their Emmy’s party there, that’s the one where they swept the Emmy’s? I love local history here in Toronto, as you can tell.
@ljdanny - I know it has been frustrating. You did have surgery not that long ago, and it can take time to recover, so it is ok to go slowly and be kind to yourself. I really hope that you can get back to Zumba soon!
@xX_PhoenixRising_Xx - Looking at the menus in advance is great (I will always do it), but it must be tough with your list of foods to avoid. But look at it this way, your avoid list may help overall on your journey. As for those people around you that eat crap, it should be reverse and you should be looking at them saying wtf!
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11/30 steps 95352
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Happy Tuesday!
Mindset Check-In
This time of year is always rough on my mental health. Not because of all the excess food or alcohol or anything, but the bloats that result from them... (the cold and dark doesn't help either)
Halloween? Boom, bloat from alcohol.
Thanksgiving? Boom, bloat from alcohol AND pie.
Christmas? Boom, bloat from alcohol AND pie AND eggnog.
I can always explain away the weight, but that doesn't make it any easier to see numbers in the low 170s when I've been so consistently in the mid-160s. The regular drops in weight are nice, but da- (ahem) dang does my scale always find a way to ruin my mood. Doesn't help that just two years ago, I was in the high 150s.
Perhaps I gained 10lbs of muscle in France and that's why a bunch more weight hasn't dropped off? Let's go with that. It wasn't butter, cheese, and wine, but solid muscle.
Anyway. That's my spiel for the day. CLEARLY I am a machine of pure muscle, and all of that bloat is merely my muscles getting even more muscle-y.
Oh also, remember to adjust your posture and drink water. You're welcome.4 -
Check in for Monday
Food-logged and under
Water-80 ounces
Exercise-30 min walking video, PT, strength and stretching
Happy December everyone! Not too much to report, I had a good day yesterday and plan to keep that going today. Have a great day!
@jedaschultz Nice loss! Looks like you are motivated to have a great December!
@xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Ugh! I hope they decide in enough time so you can check out the menu before.
@ljdanny sounds like you did well today and have a good plan for the next few days too. You are doing great. I hope you get cleared to go back to zumba, I know you enjoy it.
@1theresamcvean It is so exciting that you are almost at your goal. I also like that you have a range. You have worked hard to get where you are and have certainly turned things around from that day in 2018!
@melaniedscott Glad you found your way back to us! I am actually having problems getting on community from the app too. Right now I am on the computer. I think it may be from a recent update on my phone so I am going to try to log in and out. Who knows what works. It happens from time to time and I forget what I did last time Lol! I have a love hate relationship with steroids, they do make you feel so much better but then the side effects. Hope you start feeling better soon. Hugs!
@Cafelelia Thanks for the background on Theresa's pic. How beautiful and how cool it is in walking distance for you Theresa! You two could have a job in tourism for Toronto Lol!
@minstrelofsarcasm I think we all can relate to your post, especially this time of year. I know myself, especially now with the scale going down, that even though my head knows that it is bloat, it bugs me! Hang in there, I am wondering with all that spinning if some may be muscle for you? Ok, going in to drink my water now. Do you think I can mail you a zapper to zap me for my posture? Is that even a thing? Lol!3 -
Hello and Happy December team! My name is Sheryl and I have been using My Fitness Pal for many years, but didn't get involved in the community part of this app until around 2016. There are people on this team that I consider good friends and who I feel comfortable confiding many of my good and bad eating situations. If you are new to this community group I hope you will get as much out of it as I have. We share good times and bad and we answer each others questions and give each other ideas as to how to navigate towards a healthier lifestyle.
I live in southeast Michigan and I have 2 grown sons and a grand puppy Chihuahua named Sunny that you may occasionally see photos of.
I am good about exercise and I have been doing virtual workouts with my gym in my home. I have a little workout area set up with some weights and exercise bands and I turn on my Ipad at 5:15 every morning. The trainers always include those of us who do Zoom in their conversations so it feels like I am still part of the gym, even though I am not there physically.
As far as food goes, I gave up all sweets 2 years ago because I couldn't eat them in moderation. I usually allow myself a treat on my birthday - but only if someone buys it for me! I have to make up rules for myself or I misbehave!!! I also have to watch how many nuts I eat - as I love nuts and can't have a can of nuts in my home. Usually the only way I will eat them is if I find a store that sells them in bulk so that I can take home a little baggie of nuts. My biggest problem is probably my portion sizes - and that is something I am always working on. It seems to be especially hard now without having my normal activities to do - so sitting around the house watching Netflix and thinking about food is definitely the new norm!!
Lets have a great December and help each other get through these days as a team!
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An idea for your leftover turkey ladies. Makes 3 meals of 387 calories each. Top with mozzarella or eat with cottage cheese, it has a zing. It’s a can of stewed tomatoes. I wrote it down wrong.
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On Sunday, I did another 5k walk and saw this.
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12/01 steps 23401
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Check in for Tuesday
Food-logged and under
Water-over 80 oz
Exercise-30 min stationary bike, PT and stretching
I did a spin class on my stationary bike! I was exhausted and couldn't keep up but I did my own pace and completed the entire class! This bike (ifit) is pretty cool, I am somehow connected and the instructor can put our resistance up. It was a good workout!
As most of you know, I am working on overeating and watching my hunger cues. I had a different experience at dinner last night. I usually am full and a little bummed that I am finished. Last night I was bummed I was finished and realized I was still hungry. I was able to have a little more (another taco) and was satisfied after that. I know some of my discoveries may come naturally to some of you but it has actually been work for me. I feel like I am learning to eat at age 54.
I am decorating this week, I have the living room and powder room done. Yes, I decorate the powder room Lol! Today will be the dining room and kitchen. It takes me so long because there is always lights that have to be fixed or a decoration repaired. It is worth the work, I love how the house looks this time of year.
Have a great day everyone!
@lennoncpa I can't believe that it has been a year since you gave up sweets. I remember when you started that. Why do I think it was in November?
@kandi3570 That sounds yummy!
@1theresamcvean Cute! That decoration can stay up all winter!6 -
@sleepymom5 it has actually been 2 years since I gave up sweets and it was November. Back then I was trying to make a new commitment each month, and I started it in November with giving up sweets. But I definitely remember I have had 2 birthdays since I gave up the sweets because those are the only 2 times I have allowed myself to eat sweets!! So crazy how time flies. The good thing is that I don't crave sweets anymore - if I start craving food it is usually nuts! Luckily I don't give into eating nuts like I did with sweets. This year on my birthday in August my sister had gotten me a birthday cake and I took a piece and was talking so much that I only ate about a 1/4 of it. I don't like telling people that I don't eat sweets or I seem to get too much pressure to give in. You know misery loves company. Its been easier for me to just say that I am too full for dessert! Obviously now without seeing anyone it is really easy not to eat sweets - no explaining to do!!
So tell me about that stationary bike you are using - you said you are connected and the instructor can change your resistance? That's amazing!!!2 -
melaniedscott
Week 1
PW: 206
CW: 207.2
+1.2
I'm not going to be too upset since I know I've been eating everything in sight (and out, have done some frige & cabinet hunting) and have had 0 countable activity since cough-wheeze kicked in. Stetoids seem to be helping a little. If I could just be silent for 48 hours, I could probably kick it...but I'm not a silent person. I swear at the computer, my phone, the tv. My husband say, 'You! Be quiet! Oh by the way, how do...? What is this? Why is...?' Or will br funny or play really funny youtube videos (look for tarantula song on youtube if you need a laugh) and make me laugh, which triggers more cough-wheeze. Great way to encourage healing silence. Sigh. (See, still talking...). Guess it is good I like him so much...And I'm on the phone at work a lot or in Zoom mertings...
I think I'm back to reasonable eating now.
@sleepymom5 I love that you call it a powder room...3 -
Wednesday
Week 1
CW: 205.0
@minstrelofsarcasm
@1theresamcvean
I'm not sure what to count as my PW because of being on the cheer team for November.
I show that Oct 28(I think that was my last weigh in before cheer squad) was 210.2
11/4 I was 211.0
11/25 I was 205.4 day before Thanksgiving
Ate way too much on Thanksgiving and the Friday after. And I'm still limited in exercise because of my knee issue. Glad the scale went down.😊
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~Weigh Days!~
Wednesday
@Freeglerock
@melaniedscott
Thursday
@Ljdanny
@minstrelofsarcasm
@pacsnc6
Friday
@hope002
@cafelelia
@lennoncpa
@lenka1
@1theresamcvean
@KUMEcyclingteam
@kiane50
@Sleepymom5
@Ingute2020
@Sunshinegal19
Saturday
@kirsten11872
@Zumba_Luvah
@goingape
@kandi3570
@brown6267
@kos33
@kika510
Earlier This Week
@loseitwithbee
@FoodieNo1
@podperson1
@mainebeachbum
**Be sure to let us know if you need to be excused for a week or moved to a different group within the team!2 -
I'm sure my weight will probably be up tomorrow. When my weight gets too high I get such horrible heartburn. The last few nights I have been awake all night with heartburn. Today I have not been able to get rid of it no matter what I have done. I cant wait to get my new Fitbit. I think this weekend I want to get down in the basement and clean up some of the mess my kids have left when they moved out and get my treadmill set up so on those cold days I can walk. What I really need to do is when I am awake at 4am is to get up and do a walking video because that shouldn't bother my neck. Just get it done. I have been getting my meals ready the night before.4
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minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »~Weigh Days!~
Wednesday
@Freeglerock
@melaniedscott
Thursday
@Ljdanny
@minstrelofsarcasm
@pacsnc6
Friday
@hope002
@cafelelia
@lennoncpa
@lenka1
@1theresamcvean
@KUMEcyclingteam
@kiane50
@Sleepymom5
@Ingute2020
@Sunshinegal19
Saturday
@kirsten11872
@Zumba_Luvah
@goingape
@kandi3570
@brown6267
@kos33
@kika510
Earlier This Week
@loseitwithbee
@FoodieNo1
@podperson1
@mainebeachbum
**Be sure to let us know if you need to be excused for a week or moved to a different group within the team!
@minstrelofsarcasm Am I able to be moved to Thursday weigh ins? Weekends have been hectic and want to make sure I keep logging in 2 -
Freeglerock
Week 1
PW: 170.3
CW: 170.8
LTD: 47.7
My weight is all over the place at the moment. Think it is probably due to TOTM, but I have also changed up my exercise as well (trying to learn how to run...). I have also started having a glass of wine more regularly in the evening. If within calories, does alcohol effect weight loss in the long term?2 -
pacsnc6
Thursday weigh in
Week 1
pw 160.0
cw 160.7
I'll take that considering I was almost 162 early this week and have still been eating all the time. Trying hard to make better choices.3 -
did the 35 seconds hold on the plank, got 14% protein again - that's 63 g - more than I thought!
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Thursday weigh in
Pw 154.8
CW 153.8
Total lbs lost 18.24 -
Check in for Wednesday
Food-logged and under
Water-80 oz
Exercise-30 min walking video, PT and stretching
Good day as far as eating and exercise. Frustrating day with decorating. It seem like all my lights were 1/2 lit yesterday. I have to run to the store and hopefully buy some more. I even changed the fuses with no luck. Hopefully it will go better today.
My daughter's boyfriend bought me chocolate. They were in Philadelphia and he wanted to get me chocolate. I don't know why. I have knew him before they dated and loved him so he doesn't need to butter me up Lol! Jim always hoped they would date. It is nothing serious though. Back to the chocolate, I didn't have any yesterday but am allowing for 2 today. No drama which would have happened a few months back. I would have panicked that I was losing weight and I couldn't have any. These are really good chocolates so it will be worth it! Now let's hope there is no drama when I have to stop at two!
Hope everyone has a great Thursday!
@lennoncpa I remember that! Each month you would work on another thing but the sweets stayed this whole time. It has definitely been 2 years. My bike is connected through Ifit. I think it is on any bike that offers it. There are all different workouts on there, even not on the bike. I haven't even scratched the surface of what is available.
@melaniedscott That whole post cracked me up
Glad you are starting to see an improvement with the steroids. Hope you are back to your normal talking/laughing without coughing soon. Now I have that tarantula song in my head Lol!
@tryingagain5 Nice loss, especially after Thanksgiving! You also had a good loss for the month of November. Great job!
@ljdanny Great job getting your meals together the night before. I really like those walking videos, you can get a good workout in and so many steps. Hope your fitbit gets there soon.
@Freeglerock I saw that you logged running recently. That is awesome! I don't know if having a glass within your calories would make a difference though. I feel like I always gain when I have a drink, I am sure it is just water weight. I also don't just have a glass so that could be it too
@pacsnc6 Not bad coming off a holiday either. This is a tough time of year too. I am at 20 secs for the plank. My core is so weak. Thanks for getting me back into it. How are you measuring the protein?
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minstrelofsarcasm
December Week One
Weigh In Day: Thursdays
PW (Previous Weight): 166.2 (November 26th)
CW (Current Weight): 167.6 (December 3rd)
LTD (Loss to Date): 66.4 lbs
Yep, was 100% expecting the gain. Thanksgiving led to a massive bloat. My weight was actually 168.6 before spin class this morning, but 167.6 after, which means I most definitely need to drink water to rehydrate. I'm sure there's still some bloat leftover, and the water should help with that too.
Food:
Besides Thanksgiving, I didn't do too bad, although I had a nasty habit of snacking directly after meals, so I'm going to try to focus on eating more satiating meals and developing a system of drinking water immediately before and after eating.
Exercise:
I have officially completed over 750 spin classes. And I'm not stopping now.
Next Week:
Hoping to get back on track, just in time for the holiday season to ramp up again. I've got lots of cookies to make, which means lots of cookies to give to other people so I don't eat them. It's the season of giving, after all.4 -
12/02 steps 102611
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@sleepymom5 The protein percentage is from the pie chart under my food log. I saw the number of grams listed and was really surprised. Didn't think I ate that much.1
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Ljdanny
Week 1
Thursday
Pw 190
Cw 192.64 -
@sleepymom5
Great job on allowing yourself to have some chocolate! It's hard for me to do that too because I really love chocolate.🤗 As my trainer likes to tell me "everything in moderation"
Thanks! I was pleasantly surprised with the loss. I figured with the amount of food I ate Thanksgiving day and the Friday after I would have gained. I have been trying to eat less most days and have been successful for the most part. I'm trying to do that because of the limitations I have with exercise right now. Hopefully my knee will cooperate soon so I can get back to my high intensity workouts.2 -
Well I cried when I saw the number go up. I wanted to go for a walk today but my feet were killing me so I got no exercise in so that made it worse. I did get my husband to start checking for spin bikes for me today so hopefully I will get one ordered soon. I told him I already know where I'm going to put it in the basement. I'll even let him ride it. He laughed knowing he's probably not going too. I also looked into isogenix. I need to get control, if that scale goes up next week it might go out the window. I have been eating fruit and veggies and drinking more water so I thought I was doing pretty good.4
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Freeglerock wrote: »Freeglerock
If within calories, does alcohol effect weight loss in the long term?
No, it won't over the long term. It's just a matter if you want to use your calorie allowance on it. It will likely cause some fluctuations in the short term, but that's nothing you didn't know
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Well I cried when I saw the number go up. I wanted to go for a walk today but my feet were killing me so I got no exercise in so that made it worse. I did get my husband to start checking for spin bikes for me today so hopefully I will get one ordered soon. I told him I already know where I'm going to put it in the basement. I'll even let him ride it. He laughed knowing he's probably not going too. I also looked into isogenix. I need to get control, if that scale goes up next week it might go out the window. I have been eating fruit and veggies and drinking more water so I thought I was doing pretty good.
You know I love love love my spin bike, and I have a love/hate relationship with the scale.
With things like Isagenix I am on the fence. There's not a lot of science that shows replacing meals with shakes works in the long term, but it will likely reduce calories for the time that you're on it. That said, just doing something proactive can be a big psychological help. I've got a couple of products with thermogenics in them - protein and pre-workout that I would use anyway, not much science in thermogenics but it can't hurt.
My husband is often a voice of reason for me, because I frequently want to just cut way back on calories and lose the weight quicker, damnit. It's so frustrating when the scale doesn't move, or goes in the wrong direction! Still, steady and sustainable is the best way - most of the problems my body throws at me now are because I over-exercised/under-ate in the past. Grrr.2
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