Downsizers - January 2021 Team Chat
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
I guess I didn't want to say goodbye to December - I just did a bucket load of posts over there. I'm still in, Megan, but could you please change my step goal to 9,000? Thanks for your continued support of the team.
Awesome glad you want to continue the step challenge and absolutely I will change your step goal
I am missing steps from you from 12/29 to 1/2 thanks 1 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970 please keep me in the stop challenge. Goal is 10k until spring since I am a baby about the cold.2
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
I would like to stay in the step challenge for 10,000 steps:)
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I only have 10 members for our step challenge ... Please let me know if you want to drop out, be excused, added or what not by tomorrow so I can add it to the spreadsheet ...Thank you
I want to stay in but adjust my step goals to 7000. Thanks for doing this3 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970 please keep me in the stop challenge. Goal is 10k until spring since I am a baby about the cold.
Please clarify .. You are not wanting to continue with the step challenge until further notice is that correct ? You have been adding your steps so I am confused ..Sorry0 -
Steps 15,571
I am fighting this cold so skipped my regular workout and walked with a friend. I hadn’t left the house in days so I needed the fresh air even though it was cold.
For those new members, my name is Rachel and I am 43. I am a married mom of two kids, one very old dog and two naughty kitties. I live in Massachusetts. I love the beach and every season but winter because I hate the cold. I have been on furlough for the last 10 month due to covid so I help my kiddos with school the days they are home.
Last year I committed to working out more and succeeded but have not succeed on the weight loss and added some more lbs during covid.
My weight has gone up and down my whole life. I have never been what doctors would say is a healthy weight but I have at times been more comfortable with my weight. 20 lbs crept back on over the last 3 years slowly bringing me to my highest weight with the exception of being pregnant.
I have been here for a few months and really just bounce back and forth within a few pounds. I do keep coming back because I refuse to give up on myself and I enjoy reading about other team members journeys and the support.3 -
Sorry that should have been step not stop. Going with a lower goal than I would otherwise. So yes keep me in!Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »@Megan_smartiepants1970 please keep me in the stop challenge. Goal is 10k until spring since I am a baby about the cold.
Please clarify .. You are not wanting to continue with the step challenge until further notice is that correct ? You have been adding your steps so I am confused ..Sorry
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Sorry that should have been step not stop. Going with a lower goal than I would otherwise. So yes keep me in!Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »@Megan_smartiepants1970 please keep me in the stop challenge. Goal is 10k until spring since I am a baby about the cold.
Please clarify .. You are not wanting to continue with the step challenge until further notice is that correct ? You have been adding your steps so I am confused ..Sorry
Thanks for clarifying ... I will change your step goal 0 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I only have 10 members for our step challenge ... Please let me know if you want to drop out, be excused, added or what not by tomorrow so I can add it to the spreadsheet ...Thank you
I am in and my goal is 10K. A bit ambitious for me but it’s what it needs to be. We’ll see how the 10 hour shifts, working the vaccine tents help or hurt this goal. I am hoping that I will get lots of steps doing that work but I have no idea what to expect. I’ll find out on Monday.
1/1= 11,076 steps (hiked with the family)1 -
Tazaria87
Saturday
PW 195.6
CW 194.4
Loss w/ MFP since 4/17/20 75.6lbs
LTD 128.6lbs
I'm happy about this loss for the week. New years Eve I decided to still track all my food but not my wine. It's only for one night and I don't ever drink a ton anyway. I wound up drinking 2 glasses of wine while we played games.
For the last couple of weeks we have been pretty busy with holiday stuff and I got really lax on my workouts. I plan on getting back into my daily workouts starting Monday when my son goes back to school.
Today we are actually staying home all day and having a family day. I have one goal today of completing a goal list and schedule for the year going forward.
Steps 12/31 3000
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I was going to take the day off from walking but I am antsy so we are going for a walk and tomorrow will be cleaning house 4
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I only have 10 members for our step challenge ... Please let me know if you want to drop out, be excused, added or what not by tomorrow so I can add it to the spreadsheet ...Thank you
I would like to do it! My step goal is 7,000 steps per day. 2 -
Megan_smartiepants1970
I think I may have overestimated my step goal. LOL After 20 min on the elliptical I only have 1500 steps. Maybe put me down for 7000 too, if I get that far I will try to increase. Back to the elliptical to get 1500 more steps.0 -
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Sorry for all the early on questions, I thought I saw a exercise to step calculator someone shared. Found this one, is this close enough? If yes....double the steps on my elliptical than what is on my FitBit....sweating up a storm.
https://www.pehp.org/mango/pdf/pehp/pdc/step conversion chart_FFB805BB.pdf
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Hi. I’m Jim and this is the longest post I’m ever going to write but it was kind of cathartic to get this out.
I’m 52, a father of four (one young lady recently graduated from The Ohio State University, a second girl at Indiana university and two boys – a senior and freshman in high school), married for 24 years and living in St. Louis, Missouri. I’ve been a workaholic and insomniac (avg < 5 hours/night) most of my adult life and I currently serve as an IT Director in the healthcare services industry. It’s a typical story of working too hard, sleeping too little, eating (and drinking) a little too much, and not really doing any meaningful exercise which has taken its toll over the years. By early summer of 2019 I had reached 240 lbs was having trouble fitting into my clothes and was starting to think about joining a gym (best of intention mind you but no action). Then I heard a story about a guy that had a heart attack the day after he retired and that was my wake-up call. I want to retire before I turn 60 and that wasn’t going to be my story! I want to be around to enjoy that next chapter of my life so it was time to act.
My ‘get control of my weight’ journey started with a Fitbit for Father’s Day 2019. I committed to start exercising and improving my diet and was down 10 lbs within two and half months so then I set a more ambitious goal to get down to 200 lbs by our Spring Break vacation in mid-March (2020). The weight seemed to just melt off … slowly but steady which is the ‘right’ way to do it, so I was feeling pretty good. People who hadn’t seen me in a while noticed how much better I looked and was great to fit into some old favorite clothes again. I was sure I’d be down to 200 lbs in no time (I missed my goal by 5 lbs as it got harder to reduce over time).
Enter COVID-19. I stopped going into the office (and no longer taking all the flights of stairs throughout the day). Getting together with friends obviously trailed off, the Parks system was closed for a while so no weekend hikes and hitting the bike trails. Sure – I could have ridden around the neighborhood … and I did, but just a few times as it wasn’t the same. Instead of working out first thing in the morning I found myself logging into work to get ‘an early start on the day’. When I was at the office, I could limit my food intake easily but working from home introduced all kinds of temptations. Since I still had my Fitbit hourly alert setup for 250 steps it was a great excuse to stretch … walk to the kitchen to refill my water glass … and then grab a snack (ugh!). Three of our four kids were home all day now and so our pantry filled up with more processed (sugary) foods which just makes a bad snacking habit that much worse.
No surprise of course what happened next. This isn’t an excuse, just an explanation of my ongoing bad decisions / weakness which is what brings me to this full picture of 2020.
So now I’m bouncing around 220 lbs and certainly not happy about it but I will change.
1. I’m really motivated to renew my weight loss plan (it hit me on Christmas when I tried on some new clothes one of which was too tight and another that made me look ‘pudgy’ and then I got the “I guess you’ve added some weight back on” look).
2. We just threw out the broken stationary bike that’s been taking up space in our exercise room and once the Christmas bills are paid off, I plan to use some gift money to buy a rowing machine (unfortunately the one I want has an 8-week backlog so realistically it will be March before I have it). In the meantime, the weight bench is already getting some use again.
3. I started tracking my daily intake a week ago (I’d been doing this religiously when I was losing weight). I do make a lot of good healthy choices however my biggest problems are portion control and snacking, but I’ve been getting the measuring cups out again so that’s a good sign!
5. Although I gained 15 lbs since the Spring, I’m still 20 lbs less than my all-time high 18 months ago so it could be worse right? At least I know what caused me to regain the weight and having that knowledge makes it easier to implement small but specific changes to turn things around.
6. This may be a little silly but now that the COVID vaccines are out there, the reality of getting together with friends and co-workers again is starting to set in. I know that it will probably still be a number of months from now before we’re back to some sense of normalcy, but I want to be in a better place - mentally, emotionally, and physically. Now I just need to refine my goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) and get my plan together on how I’m going to get there.- a. What exercise am I going to commit to – and how often?
- b. What am I going to give up? Some things will need to stop, whereas others can just be moderated.
- c. What specific rewards or ways to celebrate will I come up with when I achieve my goals. I found it helpful to have something to look forward to for all the work and sacrifice I’m making.
- d. What is my plan B when things don’t go my way or I fall short on my commitments? It’s OK to take a day off every once in a while, or maybe have a second helping (or third beer/glass of wine) – we’re human right? Where’s the joy in life if you can’t break a few rules every now and again … the trick is to get back on track again. There’s plenty of inspiration out there if you know where to look for it (family, friends, heck – just Google ‘motivational or inspirational stories’). I think it’s important to have a plan in place when you find yourself not living up to your commitments as simply wanting to lose weight isn’t going to be enough to be successful in the long run. That’s where a plan and this group come into play so I’m really excited to be part of the team.
Anyway, I’m glad to have restarted my journey towards a healthier me with this group.
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Welcome Jim..So happy you wanted to join us 2
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01/02
Walked 60 minutes @2.8 mph @Megan_smartiepants1970
Food logged.
Under calorie budget.
Drank 126 oz water.
Slept for 10 hours(making up for NYE) 01/01
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Hi. I’m Jim and this is the longest post I’m ever going to write but it was kind of cathartic to get this out.....
Welcome Jim!
Your post really resinates with me (and I'm sure many others). I had lost a great deal of weight (over 90 lbs) and kept it off for years, until Covid hit last March. My gym closed and I managed to workout online and started running, but like you, my spouse and teenagers are home with me 24/7 now with food all around me. I really relied upon leaving my home for work and gym time daily to manage my eating. Around July I really started to struggle and the longevity of being home made me give in to temptations and I rolled on 20+ lbs.
I've been with this wonderful, motivating this group for 3 months now and although I haven't lost the weight, I have managed to yo-yo down and back up again through the holidays without additional gain.
I am looking forward to a new month and new year with new achievements for us all.
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