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WaistAways - January 2021 Team Chat
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So not feeling this whole diet/exercise thing, I am in a weird space right now... I have nothing to look forward to aside from turning 50 in August, and thats not really something to look forward to, I am becoming apprehensive of this new job, I think giving 4 weeks notice was a bad idea for my mental health, it is giving me too long to overthink everything... ANYWAY, I'm just in a weird space... so I need to try something different because what was working before isn't working now... So I am going to sign up for Noom, and only exercise 3 days a week.. I need to take some of this internal pressure off for the time being...
Anyway, the girl I started training friday, backed out, apparently she thought it was too much to learn... Who knows...
I didn't exercise yesterday, or this morning... I twisted my knee pretty good saturday night and it isn't getting better, so thats why I bailed from the work week hustle... Plus my new fitbit will be here tomorrow...
I will get it together...
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@Gidgitgoescrazy I think it's OK to need a break. Your plan - to join Noom, and ease back on exercise but not cut it completely - is a good one, because you aren't quitting, you're changing approach and taking some pressure off yourself.7
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Hallo lovely Slimmers! I hope everyone is having great Monday!
Monday
ells_runs
PW 216 lbs
CW 214.2 lbs
1.8lbs loss - I'll take it 😃🤗
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I'm a day late! ChiaGnome, current weight is 188lbs. Usual check in is Sunday.
Drowning in work-with-no-life-balance while taking care of my 3 year old full time too. Ugh. The pandemic doesn't help one bit. Still working on prioritizing good food choices over convenience and comfort. Kinda feel that I'm so loaded, I'm doing what I need to do to tread water, but man it's not helping the scale. I just need to push through the next few months before I can get to some semblance of self-prioritizing. Good luck team! I'm still here!5 -
Happy Monday!
I am extra happy because of new snow - it is starting to feel more like a normal winter, at last. It makes those snowshoe sessions harder now that there are several inches of new white stuff to slog through, but the woods are so beautiful, I don't care.
@Gidgitgoescrazy
Four weeks is hard on you, but it's a good thing now that they have to find yet another person for you to train
Good for them, that is - tough on you. But it will go by. The days are getting longer, and by the time you start the new gig it will be up and shining, helping you keep the chin up. It is a big transition, a lot of stress, so I think you are right to change tack a bit, and cut yourself some slack. Just don't give up the exercise endorphins altogether, OK? Hugs flying to you!
@ChiaGnome
It is great to hear from you! It sounds like you have a lot on your plate, and I don't mean food. Treading water isn't bad, but you don't need to wait a few months to add one or two small daily habits that take care of you. Take a few minutes to think what you might choose, and give it a go. Maybe it is just 2 minutes deep breathing every day, or one meal a day that is mostly veg (or low carb, or whatever feels more healthy to you), or 10 minutes of exercise - something small will help keep you going.
@DD265
I tried adding up all the time in your description of a day with several exercise sessions, door hanging, and all kinds of other stuff. Do days last 28 hours where you live??? Or do you just not sleep?
@ells_runs
Great loss this week! You've got this
My to-do list is staring at me. Resentfully. I better get going!5 -
DD265
Weigh In Day: Monday
PW (Previous Weight): 194lb
CW (Current Weight): 192.6lb
Happy Monday all. Sorry I've been a bit quiet - had a busy weekend away from the computer, and I'm trying to avoid spending time staring at my phone.
I spent my Friday afternoon doing the food shopping, then went for a run. I had nobody to run with, so I went solo, and did a 35 minute run without walking. I wasn't sure I'd manage it on my own, but I did and my pace was better than normal - possibly as I wasn't trying to talk, too.
Saturday OH wanted lunch from the bakery so we walked; about 5k each way, took us 2hrs10 minutes. Yesterday I went for a run with a friend. We did 30 minutes (that's my daily activity goal, and a 30 minute run gets me my health insurance points for free Amazon Prime) and it was a pretty tired run, but no walking. We did break the 1x exercise a day rule, and walked down to the post office to send some returns.
My butt is aching today, and my back as well. We hung new sliding wardrobe doors (took over 4 hours, with my run and lunch in the middle) I spent a few hours in the kitchen yesterday (made a cottage pie, a soup, and some sausage rolls) so I'm not sure if my posture was off. Planning to take it easy today, so the 30 minutes activity will be more of a workout to stretch and regain mobility than anything strenuous.
Well done on the weigh in and on the running (without walking)....I was feeling proud of myself for doing any running whilst on my walks but then realized I can't even do 10 minutes running - YET. I'll keep pushing.
The last 15 minutes of my last big walk, I spent time thinking about 'OH'. This is my only chatroom and I'm not so savvy - a while back I learned that DH is dear husband and while walking, for OH, I came up with old husband, ordinary husband, oll over me husband, overbearing husband, okay husband......please tell me what it is.
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So I'll admit I was really irritated at my last weigh in - thought all was going well and controlled and to have a gain! - so with that irritation - threw my hands up and didn't log or take too much care over the weekend - ate all my almond cake (shared only a little) and thoroughly enjoyed my Indian takeout (several meals in a row). Now, I'm done with that and back to tracking and logging and will exercise too.
@jugar Happy birthday Liselyn!4 -
@jugar By the time I sat down at 9.30pm I was very tired and a little bit grumpy! I didn't do all the cooking I'd planned; chocolate muffins and digestive biscuits (both WW recipes) coming up tonight.
@eggfreak OH = Other Half. I like 'Okay Husband' though, or maybe 'Odd Husband'
I started run/walk in November. That first one, I think we struggled to run between two lampposts, and to begin with our 'runs' were more walking than running. We laugh about it now when we look back! If you have a way to log the runs, one day you'll notice you've made a load of progress.
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@Terytha I have been doing the ring fit adventure game too! Itnisnfun, but def can be a workout!2
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Steps from sunday 17,509. Work was busy again. It is exhausting.
Inamnoff today and it is pretty cold. Deciding if i should bundle up and walk outside or just go walk around in Target for an hour 🤣 problem there is I will spend money on things I don't need.5 -
Monday weigh in:
Pw: 220.6
Cw: 220.0
Not much of a loss, but still a definite loss which is great because Friday I had such a major cheat day that I stopped logging by lunch and I am sure I went over by 2000 calories 😳 but had a good day Saturday and Sunday so hopefully this week will go much better.5 -
Met all goals today. Steps 13,5565
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What a lovely day - snowshoeing in all the new snow, a fabulous sauna with much walking about wearing nothing but a pair of boots in the cold air, rubbing snow on my skin - wonderful. It finally feels more like winter
Update time!
Remaining Monday person:
@fuschiabolero
Tuesday people:
@Kali225
@sarkrisd
Have any of you wonderful running people ever read "Born To Run" by Christopher McDougall? Or "Running With Sherman" by the same author? I'm having a great time with both. They are both kind of chaotic, well researched but zany, joyful and informative. I am finding myself bounding along on my snowshoes feeling goofy and happy after reading them. There are some seriously memorable characters. Check them out!4 -
Sorry about late post but it was a long day with a work project due in the morning. Good news is I lost 1.7 pounds!! woohoo! Proud of myself. Sorry about listing my previous weeks but it helps me track my progress.
Start Weight - 182
PW wk1 - 181.4
PW wk2- 180.7
CW - 179
no exercise today with steps at 5,026
Have a great Tuesday everyone!4 -
Steps Monday 3,497 and 20 min of low impact aerobics2
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I'm a little frustrated with myself. I have let food slide and it just feels like it's gotten out of hand. Thats what I'm working on this week. My main issues are sugar and after dinner snacks. I'm going to not worry about my macros this week. I'm starting a 10 day challenge for myself.
✔No Sugar
✔Stay in my Calories
✔Dinner is the Last Meal of the Day
Workouts and water intake have been spot on. I will continue with those as usual. It is hard to feel motivated lately. We have had a looooong string of gray days and it is wearing thin. We have no snow and no signs of it showing up. It isn't spring either. We are in weather purgatory. Trying to get out as much as possible and we do get an occasional break of sun . I think it has something to do with the eating 🤔 Trying to get those happy feeling from sunlight but had to substitute brownies? I worked out more than normal this week. Trying to get those endorphins going but it may have backfired into overeating. I don't know 😕
I picked some new inspiring words for the week and set them up on my vanity. LOL I will try anything lately 😅
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OMG @conleywoods I am going to join you on your 10 day challenge, sounds like exactly what I need to reset... I honestly think with the Holidays over, and as you said the weather being so gray, it's really starting to wear thin.. so I am going to join you, if you don't mind...
Today I feel good, I am trying really hard to get over my pity party, that I threw myself last night for no reason whatsoever... I really have absolutely no excuse, and that bothers me, I'm not sure why I do this... But today, I feel ready to face the world and get my *kitten* together, so lets just hope it sticks...
I did not exercise this morning, but I have been a busy little bee, I had to gather all the stuff for the Purple Heart pick up, and of course, no one in my house could place their donations on the porch for me, so I had to gather bags and boxes of stuff from Upstairs, downstairs, out of closets... etc.
Today at work I will be busy too, I made today, my day to start boxing stuff up previous years and purging things the new person will not need... Then straight after work I am going to get my hair done, as my silver is showing... I have not pulled the trigger on the going gray yet, I'm just not there yet, but I'm sure it won't be too much longer though cause it's expensive and it seems like it is growing faster and faster...
Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful day !
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Tuesday Weigh-in
PW: 182.8
CW: 181.4
I will certainly take it but I did see a bit lower number over the last few days and lost sight of it with snacking. I was planning to do a big workout yesterday to up the burn in preparation for today's weigh-in but around 8pm I was done with steps and ABSOLUTELY exhausted. I got into bed by 8:30pm. Really living it up in my 20s over here.
Today should be a lot of steps since I'll take my regular walk/run around lunch and then walk to the UPS store when work is over to drop a return off. I want to pick 1-2 FitOn videos to do as well.
@jugar Happy Birthday (late)!!!!4
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