WaistAways - March 2021 Team Chat
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Happy Tuesday from Vermont! It's officially "Town Meeting Day" with different activities because of Covid-19, of course.
I live in Windsor, VT, which is close to the Connecticut River just south of Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH). I've been on the "serial-weight-loss/gain" program for about my whole life. There have been times when I enjoy toning up but mostly, my depressive episodes interrupt my positive sense of self and make it even more difficult to just get up and get going.
At my highest, I weighed 198 (TBH, probably 200). I'm now approx 187. It was a bit lower last March but we all know what interupted the world. I'm a massage therapist with no current practice but working towards getting vaccinated so I can get back to some of the things that help me feel most alive.
My adult daughers (38 and 35) are currently in Vermont, too, so I'm happy that they're around more than not - the elder is married and lives in Florida, unless she's photographing weddings in Vermont May-Nov (or decided to stick out the winter). The 35-yr-old used to live in Boston and is now living with us.
My spouse is 6'2" (to my 5'2") and I find it a challenge eating much smaller amounts of food. If I start eating more like my big sister (@jugar), I should be better for it.
I'm glad you're all here to help pull me along! I appreciate your enthusiasiasm and look forward to learning more. More soon.
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Hey y’all!
We on day 2 how is it going? I did great yesterday & so far great today but I’m really wanting some ice cream 🤦🏾♀️. Maybe I’ll go eat some fruit but I only like to eat that in the mornings 🤷🏾♀️. Trying to stay focused!4 -
@jugar that GMB website is fantastic. I think I lost a good 30+ minutes browsing it at work, and didn't scratch the surface.
I went for my first run in over a week today. Managed alright, did probably 20-25 minutes of actual running, after walking to warm up. I'm aiming to have run the full 'circuit' by the end of the weekend; I'll go out Thursday and Saturday. Did have a few aches but I feel better for moving, and followed it up with a hip mobility session which also helped my glutes and hamstrings a bit.
I'm in the process of looking for a new habit tracker. I like the Habitbull app (now appears to be called Habit Tracker) but you only get 5 habits on the free version, and it's £4.49 a month for unlimited which just feels to expensive. I'm trying the spreadsheet from here, but I do like an app and spreadsheets don't typically work well on phones. I am thinking I could try moving some of the habits; for example my water intake is on here, so do I need to track it there, too? Not sure just yet, so would be interested in knowing what those of you with Android phones use. Bonus if it's a one-off payment (or totally free) and available on PC too.
No DIY today; I've had some admin to do, but should get a bit done tomorrow.2 -
A Tuesday poem:
This is just to say
I have eaten
The raw cookie dough
That I bought
At the grocery store
And which
I probably shouldn't
Have had
For breakfast
Forgive me
It was delicious
So sweet
And so satisfying7 -
@jugar Thank you so much! Glad to hear your recovery is going well. Here's to smashing more goals soon!2
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Hey y’all!
We on day 2 how is it going? I did great yesterday & so far great today but I’m really wanting some ice cream 🤦🏾♀️. Maybe I’ll go eat some fruit but I only like to eat that in the mornings 🤷🏾♀️. Trying to stay focused!
Ice cream is always calling my name. I started making sorbet a couple of years ago - just fruit all blended up with a bit of simple syrup and some citrus zest or anything else that seems good. I have a little ice cream machine thing that was inexpensive and does the job well. That helps get me through the ice cream cravings. Cold, smooth, sweet, but not as deadly. I'm sure you can also buy nice sorbet - give it a try!
I also have a question for you - your weigh-in day was Sunday. Since that is the very first day of the challenge, your starting weight could just carry over. However, if you remember what your weight was LAST Sunday (Feb 21), that could be your starting weight. If not - no worries! Once you are here for a while, every month's starting weight is the final weigh-in from the previous month. Just let me know if you want to revise either your starting or week 1 weight. Thanks!
I'm glad you like the GMB website. It has been one of my 2 or 3 go-to sources for quite a while now.@jugar that GMB website is fantastic. I think I lost a good 30+ minutes browsing it at work, and didn't scratch the surface.
I'm in the process of looking for a new habit tracker. Not sure just yet, so would be interested in knowing what those of you with Android phones use. Bonus if it's a one-off payment (or totally free) and available on PC too.
For habit tracking - I do use the spreadsheet on my Android phone and on my spreadsheet. It works best on the phone if you download the google sheets app. And if you want me to add more lines to your block so that you can track more than 5 things, let me know! I have not tried other apps, though - and maybe someone has a good one.
@Terytha
That poem is sweet in so many ways. Maybe that's a good idea - write a poem about eating the thing instead of eating it?
I am still smiling from my snowshoeing today, and not too sore from the Pilates. It feels good to start back onto my usual exercise routines. Energy is coming back!
SO! Here are the weigh-in updates.
Overdue:
@mbakhtiaruz
@fuschiabolero
@CurvyCalorie (yes, you still weigh in on the maintenance crew!)
Due today:
@sarkrisd
Due Wednesday:
@PlaneMonkey
@AshenMoon
@EvMakesChanges
@KellyBgetsFit
@Pearl4686
Reach for the sky!2 -
Met all goals today. Steps 13,131.5
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Met all my goals yesterday except for sleep=
Steps 18,104 🚶♀️
Under calories at 1389
30 minute strength workout
3.5 mile walk
20 min jog
7hr 46 min sleep4 -
Wednesday weigh-in
PW 85.7
CW 85.6
I'm dissappointed after working so hard, but will try not to let it get to me.5 -
Hello All...
Yesterday was good food and exercise wise, although the Peloton lady irritated me, but I suppose that is what they are there for....
Today is my rest day, but I happen to know myself and rest day usually means excuse day.... So instead of rest day, it's gentle day, i did a 30 min video but it was light and easy, and tonight I will do restorative yoga. There is a pizza party at work today for a dr who is returning from maternity leave , being the new girl, I feel like I should make an appearance and atleast introduce myself... i don't know, this is the one aspect of working with all men I appreciated.
Have a great day !5 -
Wednesday weigh in round 2
I actually weighed myself again because I couldn't replicate the same conditions I normally weigh in this morning & also because I couldn't believe I hadn't lost anything.
So round 2:
PW 85.7
CW 85.0
Much happier with this.5 -
Wednesday weigh in round 2
I actually weighed myself again because I couldn't replicate the same conditions I normally weigh in this morning & also because I couldn't believe I hadn't lost anything.
So round 2:
PW 85.7
CW 85.0
Much happier with this.
both versions had a loss - but this one is even greener
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Happy Wednesday, team!
I have a request. I have been tracking the exercise minutes for the people on the step/exercise team. As you probably know, I use a chart that translates all kinds of exercise minutes into their equivalent steps per minute. Those get added to your steps for the day. I think that doing this makes it easy for people who want to be on the step team but might do different forms of exercise instead of or in addition to step counting.
At the moment, however, I find this to be one task too many. I have a lot of recovery and physio to do to get past the 10 months I had my glute injury and then surgery. I also keep all the stats for all the teams on F2F, work with the captains on any changes needed, etc. I love doing all this, but the exercise conversions are starting to get past me.
Would anyone be willing to take this on? I can easily give you the link to the chart I use, let you know how it adapts for various intensities of exercise, and all that fun stuff. @micki48 records the "regular" steps, so it would only be catching the posts of people who are on the step team and also report other exercise. Let me know! And thanks
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Hello everyone! I am trying hard to get back in the swing of things here after a couple of rough weeks. I'm Mandi, mid 30s, single mom to an 11yo boy. We live in the Chicago suburbs and I work in retail management. Inhave struggled with weight my whole life, but it got especially bad when my son was young. I was a single mom with limited funds and even more limited cooking skills. It became easier to just order out or buy super processed convenience foods. I have gone back and forth between the same 35-40 lbs for years and then last July I finally got serious. I've lost over 60lbs since july, and over 70lbs from my highest weight ever. I am currently the lowest weight I've been since at least college.
I went on a couple week bender here recently with just having a rough emotional time and then going on a mini vacation where calorie counting was the last thing on my mind. Hoping to really get back to it the remainder of this week. 🙂7 -
PW 152.2
CW 151.6
@jugar I think I gave you the wrong SW. I got tagged in all the groups for reaching a 10 pound loss last week, but I haven't reached that goal yet. My starting weight should be 156.8. I appreciate all that you do. I wish I had time to help with the exercise calculations. If no one volunteers, I am more then willing to only post steps.4 -
Wednesday weigh in
PW 202.2
CW 202.0
I've been pretty lax with my discipline the past two weeks but I'm still slowly moving in the right direction. Today is my last day in the Hangar and there will be a bit of over indulgence tonight after work as a celebration but starting tomorrow I'm back to obeying my calorie goal. Time to get serious, I'm 12lbs from my goal!4 -
A Tuesday poem:
This is just to say
I have eaten
The raw cookie dough
That I bought
At the grocery store
And which
I probably shouldn't
Have had
For breakfast
Forgive me
It was delicious
So sweet
And so satisfying
LOVE THIS!!! I used to teach William Carlos Williams to my students and we would write our versions of this poem too. Well done! Grace because it was "so satisfying."
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Hello! Did my 15 minutes of Pilates this morning. Fam here now. I'm feeling a little sore from the vaccine, but happy to have it. Chilly here today.4
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@jugar CW 188.5
Happy Wednesday! I had a good walk down to the post office and back which netted me 3.3 miles. It's something to keep going, whenever possible. Not that I need to go there that much but, it's a simple "destination" walk.
I'll check in again tomorrow. Have a good evening, everyone. I'm appreciating just how many of us have been muddling about and scrapping it together. We can help each other and carry one another when needed. :-)
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@micki48 steps
03 march 8152 with a 30 minutes strength workout.
I wanted home made pizza tonight so I 'banked' calories all day, had a tiny breakfast and lunch and then enjoyed my pizza. Not the healthiest choice maybe, but I need those indulgances to keep me sane.
Good night
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Met all goals today. Steps 12,8015
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I discovered Sabaton and now I can't stop learning about history through Swedish heavy metal. Ask me about the Swiss Guard! XD
It makes really good exercise music because I'm all fired up lol.
I'm in a good mood this evening. Happy Wednesday everyone! I'm glad my silly little poem brought some smiles also. Years of participation in the tradition of Suck Haiku during NaNoWriMo leaves me feeling poetic about failures.
I'm still eating cookie dough btw, just not for breakfast. It makes a lousy breakfast.5 -
KellyBgetsfit wrote: »PW 152.2
CW 151.6
@jugar I think I gave you the wrong SW. I got tagged in all the groups for reaching a 10 pound loss last week, but I haven't reached that goal yet. My starting weight should be 156.8. I appreciate all that you do. I wish I had time to help with the exercise calculations. If no one volunteers, I am more then willing to only post steps.
I think there might have been an error in the posting - your starting weight is correct and there is not a 10 pound loss on the spreadsheet - maybe Beka got you mixed up with someone else? I'll have her check it. In any case, thanks for the offer, but hopefully we'll be able to keep going with the exercise minutes
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Today flew by! I had planned a very un-fave household task for today, was going to skip it, but got 'er done! Vacuuming the ceilings. Ugh. We have huge beams, heat with wood, and things get pretty dusty and cobwebby up there - it looks good now, and my neck and shoulders need a good stretch. Otherwise, it was not a great day for snowshoeing, but tomorrow will be.
Great weigh-ins this week - a lot of green, even if the amounts are not all big, so many are green! Keep it flowing.
@MandiSaysHey good to hear from you - I hope things even out a bit for you. It is hard sometimes, but you are here and I'm sure you'll take the time to take good care of yourself. You are worth it!
Quick reminders -
ONLY one weigh-in for Thursday - @eggfreak
Still hoping to hear from @fuschiabolero and @sarkrisd - last chance to check in so that you are not dropped
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Hello everyone!
@Terytha Love the poem, cookie dough for breakfast probably sounds like a great idea in the moment 😀. We have a local bakery that has a huge sign on their wall that says "Eat Cake for Breakfast " It always makes me laugh.
@micki48 Glad you got your 2nd vaccine! I got mine last week and my in laws got their 1st shot. Nice work on the workouts and logging 👌
@PlaneMonkey I hope you like working at home and you find a good use of your extra time! Can't wait to hear about it.
@Kali225 Oh I hate moving. It is so much work to get everything where it needs to be. I hope you have enough stuff put away so you can start enjoying the new place.
On Monday I had a bunch of paper work and I actually had time to do it. I think I typed for 5 hours which I normally don't do. My forearms and elbows have been so irritated but are almost back to normal. Taking some time off from exercising until they are better. I need to get a walk in. Food is going well and I am getting much better at the protein thing. I weighed this morning and I am holding steady so that is good. Have a great rest of the week.5 -
@jugar I definitely understand the wood stove dust. It is amazing how it can build up in a hurry! Glad you are doing so well and sporting those tight snow pants 👖 😀. I am to busy to take over the spreadsheet. I think I would be too inconsistent 😕 Sorry3
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Sleep, calorie and step goal met yesterday, but unfortunately after seeing my osteopath for a shoulder injury I cant do any exercises other than walking for at least a week 🙃 😢 just hoping I can still reach my target of a 6lb loss in March 🤞🤞🤞
Steps 14,641.4
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