Downsizers - February 2021 Team Chat
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@lindamtuck2018
That's cool that you read the article!! Yes, he is another that is gone before his time. He had such a very diverse group of friends. He will be missed by many. Thank you for the virtual hug
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weigh in on Sat was 155, keep going up and down.....at least there is a down.
Will not be able to weigh in on the 13th or the 20th, but still want to stay with the group even if only for a few weeks of Feb. Fingers crossed we get to Jamaica without any hick ups and can get back without COVID. LOL, or I may be stuck there a little longer. Enjoy your valentines day everyone!!!! Just bought a size 12 dress for the wedding of my son....a little nervous wearing something somewhat fitted but I have lost a lot over the years, time to show it off a little.
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Username: Beautyofdreams
Weigh-in: Sunday
PW: 154.2
CW: 154.0
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@363days
I'm in the "I need to hear things more than once" club too!
I've never really had a problem with binging with food. I had just steadily put on weight over the years, took a little off, gained a little back. Never gained all of what I lost back, but just sort of stayed in limbo. I think my biggest problem was not wanting to adapt the way I loved to eat at the time to a healthier form. Both my parents were from the South. We kids were born and raised in Alaska. We grew up on some of the most delicious, fat filled, savory, and other Southern dishes you can imagine. I ate and cooked like that for years. When I really started to make the change in eating style, quite a few years ago, the problem then became eating out all the time. I had fairly high-pressure jobs, or owned my own business. Eating out, sometimes I would choose healthier things... I always had a salad with my pasta, steak, etc... But still had no control over what exactly was going into my food, or sometimes just choosing what was quick. And of course, eating out, there would be the wonderful glass or two of wine which perfectly complimented the meal.
Also, not moving enough. At the end of the day, I would want to eat, not exercise. So I changed that some years ago. Just moving more. I had always been active as a child. Then some family tragedies, got thrown in, and that stalled my forward momentum... I have always been the one my family members lean on. I am 2nd youngest. Anyway, so it went.
Well, not any more. I took stock early last Fall. I decided me, first. My husband was totally on board, he has never been overweight. I have been losing generally around 1.5 lbs. a week since 9/1/20. Just know my first week I gained 0.4 and my second week I stayed the same. It wasn't till my 3rd week that I actually lost weight. That didn't deter me then. I don't feel I have to do it all. I ask for help, which was a biggie for me. I don't commit to more than I want to do. I really protect my time, and my space. This has reaped phenomenal benefits thus far. I have dropped a few people from my life that were toxic. I am willing to do the work. I truly believe the best is yet to come. The past has been amazing overall, though... I can't get away from that "glass half full" thing. Also losing a friend last week really helps me put things in perspective.
I do binge on Amazon Prime or Netflix
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
Thank you so much for your kind words. You know how some people are just "alive"? Well he was one of those people. It makes me stop to appreciate all that I have, can do, etc. even more.
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"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @Alwayswanderer 2.57 %
2nd @digger61 2.39%
3rd @angmarie28 2.25 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @digger61 5.0 Lbs
2nd @TwistedSassette 4.8 Lbs
2nd @lindamtuck2018 4.8 Lbs
3rd @evangsimmons170 4.6 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
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@kerdil08
@Fat2Fit_Kat
@Beautyofdreams
@kandi3570
@eggfreak
@podperson1
@davidji82
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@lindamtuck2018 @Megan_smartiepants1970
5 February Friday
8.000 steps ✅ 8.505 steps
Eat 5 meals ✅
Zumba ❌
Take pills morning and night✅
6 February Saturday
8.000 steps ❌ 6.185 steps
Eat 5 meals ❌
Zumba ❌
Take pills morning and night❌
7 February Sunday
8.000 steps ✅ 8.326 steps
Eat 5 meals ✅
Zumba ❌
Take pills morning and night✅
Weight
01/02/2021 136.1 kg = 300 lbs
08/02/2021 133.7kg = 294.7 lbs
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Weigh in:
SW: 259.4
PW: 245.6
CW: 244.4
Morning all, here for Monday check in. I have now lost my first stone since my starting weight last year! Scales are fluctuating but my first step on was at the weight above so we'll go with that and see where I am next week.
Completed my first week of 5 day meal prep.. I tracked to the best of my ability over the weekend, recorded everything pretty much but, getting calories from measurements was a little trickier to try and work out as generally a lot of products don't really match their instructions for the type of product it is over here.
Side note: Anyone got any tips for calculating rice, pasta etc? The whole dry vs cooked is confusing. The water doesn't add calories but yet expands the food volume. I had pasta on Saturday, measured it both dry and cooked.
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JimBoden3
Weigh-in Day: Monday (Feb 8, 2021)
CW: 215.1
PW: 215.5
SW: 240
I'm only down just 4/10ths of a pound this week but it's a little misleading as we celebrated a birthday on Saturday and Super Bowl Sunday doesn't exactly lend itself to being known as a health food day - that being said I was somewhat judicious. My 18 year old son wanted Olive Garden takeout for his birthday meal - specifically Chicken Alfredo, Lasagna, and a healthy portion of their salad and breadsticks. I skipped on the Alfredo and breadsticks, and limited myself to the Lasagna and too much salad thinking it would fill me up ... then a slightly smaller than normal size slice coconut banana cream pie. Everything was delicious but ughh - I gained 2.8 pounds on the scale the next morning! I knew it was going to be bad (and I'm sure some of that was water weight) but I had to double-time it on the steps on Sunday. Anyway, it was a 'special occasion' (so I'm allowed to go over on my daily intake a bit) and it was still a down week in the end so I'm optimistic that getting back to my routine will yield better results next Monday.
There wasn't anything too super with the Super Bowl (we were rooting for the Chiefs) but the food was decidedly better than the usual "big game" fare. We had blackened (spicy) shrimp, vegan cauliflower buffalo 'wings', baked chicken tenders and fresh veggies (no dip for me) instead of the typical chili, fried chicken wings and endless tortilla chips, etc. At least the food was good.
Just a quick update on hitting my January weight loss goal, after much careful thought, I decided to skip buying the TV for the exercise room as my reward and instead went ahead and got on the waiting list for the rowing machine (Concept 2 Dynamic) which per the email they sent me, has a an estimated delivery of "timelines are uncertain; production is scheduled intermittently when possible" but given their most popular model is 6 - 7 weeks out, I expect it to probably be springtime before it makes it. My thinking is they're going to be backed up for an extended time so the sooner I get it on the list, the sooner I can up my game on higher calorie burning exercises. Anyway the delayed gratification kind of goes with the whole weight loss thing anyway right?
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CW 215. I am going the wrong way
Steps
2/5 - 13,557
2/6 - 2,804
2/7 - 2,9746 -
@azkunk I'm on page 6 of 12,catching up, so there may be more info about your dog but just wanted to say how sorry I am you are going through this, and I hurt for your husband, as well. It makes it harder to see our partners in pain, I think. I have 3 sr dogs, 10, 11 and 15 and have lost 4 Grandbabies (dogs of my children's that lived at my house) this year. The loss of an animal or pet seems like a benchmark of sorts. Best wishes.2
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@lindamtuck2018 Ahhhhh you adopted Molly at 13? How wonderful that she got to end her days in a loving home rather than a kennel. Thanks from the bottom of my heart - it's so nice to hear a good adoption story.3
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Arggghhh - on my way out the door to Zumba this morning, first time in two weeks due to being sick, and fell down the steps and landed on my knee - sliced it and bruised to the core. The ice started on my porch and I had no idea - boy was I surprised. I will probably have very low steps for a couple of days but I'm going to find a chair exercising video to get some type of movement into my day.4
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@lindamtuck2018 you are doing GREAT on your weight loss journey. I am really happy for you.
@rlaskey2 I hope the space created by the loss of the job is filled with something even more awesome. Having been laid off 3 times in my career (I'm a recruiter so it is a volatile position) it sucks even when you understand the reason!1 -
@azkunk
Wow! Amazing loss! I am impressed that even with such a big change in routine you kept losing.
@Megan_smartiepants1970
For the most part I limit myself to tea, coffee, pierrier water, and water with ice tea drops. I do buy club soda with lemon lime in it when I can find it at the grocery store. I truly love the taste of Coca Cola unfortunately it is not good for the waistline or my diabetes. I just need to limit it to once a week.
@Tazaria87
Those scale fluctuations are so funny. What always amazes me is one person can pour salt on their plate and never go up a pound but I go up 2 pounds when I eat anything salty. I had some steps to reach my goal last night and I tried walking in place. It didn’t seem to give me many steps so I ended up moving around the apartment. I thought that was weird. Do you ever have this problem?
@COscorpio8402
Is there anything in particular you are struggling with? We are here for both victories and struggles. Ask the team if they can help.
@DawnCumm
Enjoy your vacation! You have worked hard to lose your weight so show it off.
@rlaskey2
What exercise program are you tackling next?
@Beautyofdreams
Nice loss!
@mszoueb
Great loss! As for pasta and rice if it doesn’t give the cooked calories on the package I will consult the website.
@lelbarou
Awesome loss! How is your knee and foot doing? Good luck with physio today!
@jimboden3
Great job on the loss in spite of 2 celebrations. Nice choice on the rowing machine.
@scribb
You can turn it around this week. Any particular things you can do differently this week?
@363days
Ouch! I am so sorry you fell. Take it easy on your knee until it feels better. Lots of ice.
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Congratulations to @Beautyofdreams and @lelbarou! Well done on making the top three for our team!1
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Sunday’s check in
✅Steps 4,069
✅Sleep
✅Water
✅Track
I am up 2.2 pounds this morning. I had way too much sodium the last 2 days. So today I will be drinking lots of water and hopefully I will see a downward trend for the rest of the week.
Today our Premier will be announcing the reopening plan of our province today. I am hoping that our region will be moved out of lockdown and pools can open again. In the meantime, I am going to continue with my mini walks. I found my dumbbells the weekend so I am going to do some arm exercises today.
Have a magnificent Monday!
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Lets continue to learn about each other’s weight loss journey!
Do you have any food triggers? How do you handle them?1 -
Steps 8,990
Officially finished my 6 week program with the last day being a nice stretching routine. Today I will restart from the beginning but try to use heavier weights. Going to do this for a week until I go away then most likely switch to something else when I get back.
Used last night as my cheat meal and had super bowl snacks. Back to it today, today’s breakfast in the meal plan was a savory cottage cheese bowl. Filled with red peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes. It wasn’t bad. This meal plan has been great to try new things!3 -
Amazing loss, great job!2 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »
Do you have any food triggers? How do you handle them?
Some of my food triggers are chips, peanut butter and crackers. With potato chips I can some what control by getting a single size serving bag. If I get a family size bag I don’t stop until they are gone. Even though peanut butter is not one of my favourite foods it is a another one that once I start I can’t stop. It is the same with saltine crackers. So you won’t see those 2 things in my apartment.2 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »
Lets continue to learn about each other’s weight loss journey!
Do you have any food triggers? How do you handle them?
I have different levels.
There are things I can not have at home like Chocopasta or Ice creams. If I have them I can not ignore them. Or I eat from them and I feel miserable or I don't eat them and I feel even more miserable, so I decide just not to buy.
There are things that I can eat a bit and stop. With who knows how much self control. In this case it can be cookies, chips....
And there are things that I change by using healthy alternatives, like eating dates for the sweet touch or raw carrots for crunchiness.2 -
Steps
2/6 11,460
2/7 10,2241 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »
@Tazaria87
Those scale fluctuations are so funny. What always amazes me is one person can pour salt on their plate and never go up a pound but I go up 2 pounds when I eat anything salty. I had some steps to reach my goal last night and I tried walking in place. It didn’t seem to give me many steps so I ended up moving around the apartment. I thought that was weird. Do you ever have this problem?
My step counter is on my phone so I just put it in my pocket and don't have much problem. You have a watch though right? Maybe swing your arms more? I also don't exactly "walk" in place. My toes don't leave the ground. I pick up my heels, which brings my knee forward, and really swing my hips and my arms. It raises my heart rate a little this way. It's a move from my dancing videos they usually warm up with haha.2 -
Daily Post February 7
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 88oz
Steps 3272
Exercise Rest Day
Had a nice time at my parents house. Ribs turned out fantastic and everyone loved them so I was happy. My dad told me he loved hitting the punching bag when my brother was over and wanted to do it more. We both have ripped up knuckles still though so gloves are necessary. We found some on Amazon, they will be here in a couple of days.
Today we are trying a new method of making a pork shoulder. We make them pretty often to use for lunches but with as cold as it is, my husband didn't want to use the outside smoker. We are trying an oven method, anxious to see how it turns out.2 -
Congrats Linda, Beautyofdreams and Laura for being our 3 top Downsizer losers ....Great job Ladies
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Would the following people please post their steps so I can post the results:
@heatherbluebell 2/5 & 2/6
@lcfa5317 1/31-2/6
@dutchrower 1/31-2/6
Thank you Ladies 0
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