Downsizers - May 2021 Team Chat
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Sure, that's fine. I'll submit the request for you to change your weigh-in day to Saturday, but feel free to post on Friday nights. Thanks for letting me know!Aqualang26 wrote: »Hi @TheresaM787 ! I usually do my weigh-in before bed Friday (around 11pm est) so I'm thinking it may be better to say my weigh-in day is Saturday to avoid any issue of it seeming late? I'd still post it Friday night. Whichever works best is cool with me.
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Weigh Day Thursday
PW: 230.6
CW: 226.8
Still a couple of pounds up from my three weekends totally off plan, but tracked everything the past week (weekend included), and making progress in the right direction.
When I get a few more data points in the right direction, I'll post my MFP weight progress graph. It's a pretty good illustration of the impact weekends "off" can have on weight loss.
Happy Thursday!😎4 -
@lmf1012
Wow, that's a wonderful shift in mindset (being disappointed that you didn't get a walk in)! More proof that your journey/adventure/lifestyle change is working for you 👏🏻👏🏻
@rlaskey2
HUGE step day! As I'm typing, I'm so envious. I need to find a way to rework my day, to make sure I get in my steps before the evening, and the evening will be a bonus. I'm sorry to hear about your toe, that sounds awful. Your dinner sounds so delicious!! We are having chicken for dinner today.
@lindamtuck2018
Thank you 🤗 Yes, that's what I do. 🤩 I usually make a double batch of marinade for two dinners (separate and freeze one batch), then make another double batch of marinade for two more dinners, everything gets labeled with the marinade and date, and frozen. It makes dinner prep soooo much easier.
Three out of four ✅s!! I'm glad the MRI was a good experience, and that although the cognitive test was exhausting, you slept the night through. So glad that you had your walk and that you're getting your steps in. I have a crockpot taco soup recipe that I can send you, but you'd need to strain it for him to just swallow. Puddings. Scrambled eggs. That sounds so nice having an afternoon tea. Ughh, you just reminded me about housework- I didn't get to vacuum and mop yesterday. I need to get that done. You're a busy woman!1 -
Good Morning/Afternoon Everyone......Still a bit of a headache but I am determined to clean my house today ... I am a purrr-fectionist so my house is NOT cleaned to my standards... I will not go overboard today... it will take me awhile to clean so I am focused on vacuuming and dusting today ...Daughter will vacuum (as I am afraid to injure myself) and I will dust
Incision is healed on the outside but my insides feel bruised and still burns .... I plan on resuming my walks(taking it slow) on May 31st and getting back on Keto then too (my tummy does not like the convenient food) 5 -
20th May
Steps: 10,3204 -
5/19
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 96oz
Steps 4252
Cravings are going away. Greasy food actually sounds gross right now so I'm hoping that means it's all out of my system. Had a good day hanging out with my kids and watching my neices in the afternoon/evening. Husband was busy all night so the kids and I cuddled on the couch and watched tv before bed, it was really nice. Today I'm focusing on getting the house clean as my husband has a couple friends coming over tomorrow for the first time in what feels like forever.6 -
My weight dropped today. Finally. I have been creeping towards a goal for a week and I broke thru today. I'll see tomorrow if the scale was wrong.
259 days on MFP
102.2 lbs lost.6 -
Walked around the zoo this morning. 2 hr 45 minutes. Even walked up the big hill I usually go down. Daughter pooped out first.4
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@Bluetail6
Congratulations on your weight loss, 53 pounds!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@rwood566
That's a long time to be walking around! Love that you outlasted your daughter 😆 Phenomenal loss over 102 pounds 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@Tazaria87
Way to go Ashley 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Look at all those goals hit! Glad you had a nice evening with the kids AND that the cravings are going away 🤗
@roz0810
Another huge step day!
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Oh my goodness, I've always wanted to have that compulsion to clean. Although, I've been told I have it, I don't think so. I make myself clean different areas each day. I admire that you have the cleaning gene. I'm sorry to hear that the headache still didn't go away, hopefully it will be gone with sleep tonight. That's good to hear that the incision on the outside is better, hopefully the inside will heal soon. I know you are eager to get outside and start walking, and also to get back onto Keto. You've been so good about taking it easy during your recuperation period.3 -
Bike- 30 minutes, 8 miles ✅
Steps- 10,000 ✅
Seltzer- 8 cups 👎 only six cups
Tracked everything ate and drank ✅
Under calorie budget ✅
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Bike 30 minutes, 8 miles, moderate effort
Steps 15,100
New personal best- broke the 15,000 mark 🤣 I went for a quick mile walk with my honey, and then a separate longer walk alone, and after dinner my daughter and I went for a two-mile walk 😄🤩 I love that she asks to go for walks now. She used to hate going for walks. I did get some of my to-do list completed, but not everything. I made the pie crust, but ran out of time to prep the peaches and make the pie. Tomorrow, will be a busy chore day, I hope to be able to get in at least one quick walk before I get too busy with housework. I think, I need to get up earlier 🧐
Happy almost Friday!3 -
TheresaM787 wrote: »@Bluetail6
Congratulations on your weight loss, 53 pounds!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@rwood566
That's a long time to be walking around! Love that you outlasted your daughter 😆 Phenomenal loss over 102 pounds 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@Tazaria87
Way to go Ashley 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Look at all those goals hit! Glad you had a nice evening with the kids AND that the cravings are going away 🤗
@roz0810
Another huge step day!
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Oh my goodness, I've always wanted to have that compulsion to clean. Although, I've been told I have it, I don't think so. I make myself clean different areas each day. I admire that you have the cleaning gene. I'm sorry to hear that the headache still didn't go away, hopefully it will be gone with sleep tonight. That's good to hear that the incision on the outside is better, hopefully the inside will heal soon. I know you are eager to get outside and start walking, and also to get back onto Keto. You've been so good about taking it easy during your recuperation period.
Thanks Lee.... My daughter vacuumed ...I laid on the couch... my headache got intense and I have been nauseous all day ughhh3 -
TheresaM787 wrote: »Bike- 30 minutes, 8 miles ✅
Steps- 10,000 ✅
Seltzer- 8 cups 👎 only six cups
Tracked everything ate and drank ✅
Under calorie budget ✅
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Bike 30 minutes, 8 miles, moderate effort
Steps 15,100
New personal best- broke the 15,000 mark 🤣 I went for a quick mile walk with my honey, and then a separate longer walk alone, and after dinner my daughter and I went for a two-mile walk 😄🤩 I love that she asks to go for walks now. She used to hate going for walks. I did get some of my to-do list completed, but not everything. I made the pie crust, but ran out of time to prep the peaches and make the pie. Tomorrow, will be a busy chore day, I hope to be able to get in at least one quick walk before I get too busy with housework. I think, I need to get up earlier 🧐
Happy almost Friday!
Amazing steps ... you got over 20,000 WOOOHOOOO 2 -
@rwood566
Thanks. She is having some pretty bad back pain and down into her leg from her sciatic nerve. She has other health issues as well. I'm hoping she'll feel better soon.
@TheresaM787
Thanks. She's still having bad pain, so yes, it's tough. No rest yet, but soon I hope. Today I was there helping her from 9:30AM till 5PM. They set up some home health nursing, physical therapy and occupational therapy and two of them came today. One will come tomorrow. You made me laugh with your comment about when the doctors visit the patient:) Hoping my mom feels better soon so that I can get back to normal. You know what? That's my weight, so record it. I've got to learn how to do this when life isn't normal and when things are stressful and when I'm exhausted and when life is tough. I haven't done half bad, I guess.
@lindamtuck2018
Thanks for the hugs. Yes, it is an awful lot of stress. I can't wait until she feels better. She still has her regular medical issues, but I can deal with those. I haven't had any me time in the last two weeks. None. My daughter and I were talking tonight and said that if the weather is good tomorrow morning that we will go for a long walk outside. It has been pouring rain and flooding here all week, but tomorrow is supposed to be better.2 -
Amazing steps reported today. Grats. Check in for 5/20
Steps - 8988.
Calories - 13 and change. Probably more cause it's hard to calculate zoo food.
Exercise - zoo. Watched the carnivores eating.
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Hi everyone,
Just wanted to come on and share some thoughts that have been present the past few days. I can finally start to see a bit more of my collarbone than I did 30 pounds ago, small changes like that are making me feel like I'm moving on the right track. Being honest, these past few days I've had moments where I've felt mentally heavy on the fact that I'm not comfortable with where I am looks wise on my journey, and that I still have a fair way to go. It is a little premature to expect to be facially 50 pounds lighter than I am now in the time frame it's been.
Yesterday I had a few Zoom calls to which I kept my video off on one and then video and mic off on the other. I am sort of kicking myself this morning for letting my self consciousness win. I mean, everyone has their own insecurities, I wasn't the only one who did this and the host said just my presence was more than enough so, I was overthinking for no reason really! There will probably be other opportunities anyways.
I'm still making decent progress in my weight loss journey, I'm grateful that I'm not where I used to be at the start of the year and I have no intention of giving up which is the most important thing! If anyone else can relate to this lately, let me know!8 -
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@Piqueaboo
@rwood566
@Megan_smartiepants1970
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@Aqualang26
@Tazaria87
@red1185
@lmf1012
Overdue
NO ONE 🎉
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@mszoueb
Thank you for sharing Zoe. You're right we are more critical of ourselves, than others (why do we do that). You are on the right path, you are choosing to make better decisions everyday. Developing healthier habits and losing sustainable weight takes time, sometimes it feels painfully slow. I"m glad to hear that you recognize that you've been making progress, that you're not toss the towel, that you see changes in your body (by your collarbone).
I heard something interesting on the We Only Look Thin podcast (still bingeing). https://www.weonlylookthin.com/feed/podcast/ (episode 175: 14 minutes in) The hosts made a reference that instead of giving in, tossing the towel, that if they lost less than 1/2 pound a week, that would be down about 25 pounds in one year. They went on to say that if they would have just done that five years ago instead of making the excuses of: no time, too busy, too hard, not ready... they would have been down 125 pounds instead of up X amount of weight.
Every loss helps, sometimes it's on the scale that day and sometimes it's in reserve for a future weigh-in. Please know you are beautiful. You are valuable. We are here for you Zoe, and we're thankful that you are sharing your path with us. 🤗
@rwood566
BOOM💥 Mic drop! Look at that, almost 9,000 steps AND during lovely family time 😃 Terrific calorie count, especially for being at zoo.
@iradi8
I'm sorry she's in terrible pain, that is so hard to bear. Hearing that she has home health nursing, PT and OT coming is somewhat of a relief. You've been dealing with so much, and all while doing really well on your path to becoming healthier. I'm glad you see that too 🤗
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Thank you!! This is a huge milestone for me. I'm hoping I can keep it up. More importantly, how are you feeling? Did your migraine leave? Do you take anything for it? How's your pain from the hernia repair?5 -
@888Angie888
Incredible loss! I would love to see your weight loss graph.
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Sorry your headache is intense still.
@Tazaria87
Your willpower to get back on track both amazes and inspires me.
@rwood566
Great job on meeting your 102 pound mark! You did so good today in many areas: walking up the hill, under calories eating zoo food and outlasting your daughter.
@Bluetail6
Awesome loss! You continue to post amazing results week after week, well done.
@TheresaM787
15000 steps is crazy! Congrats on a new Personal best! Walking with your family to help get those steps makes it sweeter.
@iradi8
I hope the weather is in your favour so you can walk with your daughter. You need that time to decompress. Hope Mom starts to improve even more.
@mszoueb
Love your insights. First of all your progress this year is incredible. You post losses week after week. Those changes in our bodies while slow are so exciting to see. I urge you to get a picture of when you started and one from now. Look at them side by side and you will be surprised at the differences. One thing I am personally trying to do is love my body as it is. I am trying to love every wrinkle in my face and my body as it is now. It is hard to stand in front of the mirror without criticizing butI am slowly starting to love me as I am.
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Thursday’s check in
✅Steps 8,503
✅Sleep
✅Walk
✅Physio 2/2
I had a call from a doctor from the COVID study I am in. They are referring me to a cognitive physiologist to help with my memory especially my recall. One more thing to help lower my anxiety as I was really worried about my memory problems. Speaking of anxiety, it is really improving. I think changing the way I was eating and spending the weekend with the grandkids helped. On the eating, overall I am sticking to the menu I set out and (knock on wood) it has helped with the night time eating.
I know, crazy steps for me. I did my normal walk, lots of busy work around the apartment and I walked to the dentist in the evening to meet Garry. I was in a lot of pain last night so I was waking a bit but overall I had a good sleep.
It’s starting to get steamy outside so I got to get out for my walk. I know I need to go as soon as I get up but I just don’t function until that second cup of coffee kicks in.
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Thank you so much for your supportive comments Theresa and Linda @TheresaM787
@lindamtuck2018 - they warmed my heart to read and is appreciated. Love the podcast insight, it's very true on the coulda woulda shoulda aspects of life, isn't it? I'm trying to think of it more as everything happens for a reason and when it's meant to be it will be. I know from my past experience and I have no doubt it's been the same for others, that with weight loss journeys there comes a moment in time one day or evening where the lightbulb turns on, it's a distinctive feeling where it just finally clicks in your mind and you say enough is enough. Until that specific feeling/click happens, the yoyoing of falling on and off the wagon continues, as I saw last year.. all part of the journey, however. Yes, I will do Linda I wish I could find evidence of my highest ever weight, could of sworn I had it somewhere, but I was possibly too mortified or thought that'd be changing as soon as possible to document it at the time.
Whilst on one of the Zooms last night, a comment stood out in the fact of in this very moment is the youngest you'll ever be etc. I've always had weight issues, but thinking back to when I was at my smallest adult weight in uni, sure I still had insecurities, but I feel like when you are closer to a healthier weight for yourself, the feelings of being seen as massively overweight when around others can decrease somewhat. Maybe that's an aspect from gaining more confidence in self by being healthier or could also be fitting more into the societal standards of what beauty "should be" today, who knows. Above all else, I know I'm a good person 5 -
@mszoueb I've learned that what you are feeling is normal for us fat people. I had it bad when i was starting my journey. I hid inside my house all day and would only walk after dark so my neighbors wouldn't see me. This was a year before covid. What made it worse was that the sidewalks were jutting up everywhere and my flashlight was weak so there were tripping hazards. I took those over my neighbor's stares. I had already lost 50 pounds.
@mszoueb on a happier note, congrats on finding your shoulder bones. it's fun to find things we've lost for a long time. i still remember when i felt a tumor in my side that turned out to be a hip.
rwood566
weigh in day: Friday
PW: 320.0
CW: 316.4 -3.6
yesterday's drop was real since i barely bounced up today. even after 26 months of losing weight i still question my large drops but not question my large gains. i forgot to mention that i dropped 2.8 lbs yesterday.5 -
@mszoueb i just saw your post from this morning and you are right about the feelings decreasing. i just went over 250 lbs lost yesterday but i still feel nervous when i'm out in groups. i still put myself out there because i need to and i want to, but i look at my body probably harsher than those around me. i know at this point it's more loose, flappy skin rather than fat that is making me look ugly. while i was standing in line yesterday i saw 2 women looking at me, or at something directly behind me. part of me wanted to cover up, part of me wanted to confront them, and part of me wanted to ignore them. i'm very glad the last part won this time. it hasn't always been the case. YOU WILL GAIN MORE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR SELF IMAGE. YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING SO LONG AND HARD ON IMPROVING. Thank you for posting that. It is letting me confront myself on that topic.5
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
5/20 steps - 8,468
@mszoueb - I was thinking about what you said about being self conscious. When I just thought about it, for quite awhile I knew I was overweight and not happy with how I looked but when the switch flipped for me and I got serious about changing that was when I actually felt way more self conscious. It's as if making the decision highlighted my flaws because I was now consciously making an effort to change how I looked. Not sure if that makes any sense!
@rwood566 - awesome loss!!! Human bodies are so weird, I also question when I have a "big" one day drop. I just spent 8 days hovering within .2 of my weight and then suddenly this morning I am down 1.2 lbs.
@lindamtuck2018 - good to hear you're seeing some anxiety relief! I also find it helpful to have meals planned out, it reduces a lot of stress for me and increases the likelihood of me not falling off the wagon!7 -
Super Duper Friday Y'all!
Like my beautiful fiancé, I also decided months ago, to take this Friday off. I Generally take a time off around this week of the year. Normally I take the 4 days off on the short week. But we are pegged at work, and that was out of the question this year.
Anywhooo.... I'm really glad I took the day off exercise yesterday. Cause I was nice and fresh this morning. 8 whole hours of sleep "WHOOOT WOOOOT!". Poobah, the little train that could is firing on all cylinders this morning. 😆😀👍💪😉
I put on my knee braces this morning on my own... Took a while lol, I may have to consider getting my *kitten* up even earlier just to strap on. (um okay, no! but I'll definitely need to move my *kitten* a little quicker). I got the left (the one with more issues) one on pretty much perfect, and really tight. It felt good, lots of support. I could of done a better job on the right one... Next time.
I killed it out there today... Pushed hard, kept my ticker going as best I could. When I thought I was done, I looked at my watch and figured I must of miss counted and needed another lap to complete 5... So, I made the turn and did another. Turns out I didn't miss count and I completed 6 laps in less time than it originally took me to do 5. OH YES!!! 😎
Granted I finally started to slow down on the last one a bit especially on that last uphill... Although I think my heart rate monitor began to screw up a little again... But WHATEVER!!! 😋😛💖👍💪
I'm okay with 24 calls per minute... and 722 burned. I'd like to see how many other people in the Community in which I live could move a 420-pound body over 1.2 miles in 30 minutes? Huh? Show me that? 😳🤣😆😎
51 Zone minutes and 70 Zone minutes when my cool down was complete all by 7:30 am this morning. 🙂
The beast is beginning to wake... Watch out world! 🙂
So, what's on tap for the rest of the day? Soon as I'm done here, It's bread making time. Then we got a pick up a few more things for Festivities Tonight and Tomorrow, including King Crab to go with they Wagyu Beef for my birthday. (this dang supper is going to cost over 200 per plate. lol, and i don't care. 😛 You only live once right?)
And then I need to sneak some snuggles time in with my most amazing Fiancé who makes this journey we share so much more enjoyable!
Great Big Hugs, Love and joy to all you guys! *Mauh* *Mauh* *Mauh* 💕
Blood Ketones 1.2
Blood Glucose 119
GKI 5.51
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Steps May 20 - 1542 - (I'm thinking I may just opt out of the step thing, I find it more demoralizing then anything else. lol)6 -
Poobah1972 wrote: »Super Duper Friday Y'all!
Like my beautiful fiancé, I also decided months ago, to take this Friday off. I Generally take a time off around this week of the year. Normally I take the 4 days off on the short week. But we are pegged at work, and that was out of the question this year.
Anywhooo.... I'm really glad I took the day off exercise yesterday. Cause I was nice and fresh this morning. 8 whole hours of sleep "WHOOOT WOOOOT!". Poobah, the little train that could is firing on all cylinders this morning. 😆😀👍💪😉
I put on my knee braces this morning on my own... Took a while lol, I may have to consider getting my *kitten* up even earlier just to strap on. (um okay, no! but I'll definitely need to move my *kitten* a little quicker). I got the left (the one with more issues) one on pretty much perfect, and really tight. It felt good, lots of support. I could of done a better job on the right one... Next time.
I killed it out there today... Pushed hard, kept my ticker going as best I could. When I thought I was done, I looked at my watch and figured I must of miss counted and needed another lap to complete 5... So, I made the turn and did another. Turns out I didn't miss count and I completed 6 laps in less time than it originally took me to do 5. OH YES!!! 😎
Granted I finally started to slow down on the last one a bit especially on that last uphill... Although I think my heart rate monitor began to screw up a little again... But WHATEVER!!! 😋😛💖👍💪
I'm okay with 24 calls per minute... and 722 burned. I'd like to see how many other people in the Community in which I live could move a 420-pound body over 1.2 miles in 30 minutes? Huh? Show me that? 😳🤣😆😎
51 Zone minutes and 70 Zone minutes when my cool down was complete all by 7:30 am this morning. 🙂
The beast is beginning to wake... Watch out world! 🙂
So, what's on tap for the rest of the day? Soon as I'm done here, It's bread making time. Then we got a pick up a few more things for Festivities Tonight and Tomorrow, including King Crab to go with they Wagyu Beef for my birthday. (this dang supper is going to cost over 200 per plate. lol, and i don't care. 😛 You only live once right?)
And then I need to sneak some snuggles time in with my most amazing Fiancé who makes this journey we share so much more enjoyable!
Great Big Hugs, Love and joy to all you guys! *Mauh* *Mauh* *Mauh* 💕
Blood Ketones 1.2
Blood Glucose 119
GKI 5.51
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Steps May 20 - 1542 - (I'm thinking I may just opt out of the step thing, I find it more demoralizing then anything else. lol)
You are doing awesome .... I am sorry you find it more demoralizing ...1542 doesn't seem right considering your fitbit chart shows 3,006 ....Every little bit helps ....I hope you re-consider1 -
Megan_smartiepants1970
PW: 214.4
CW 214.0 (Loss 0.4 lbs)
LTD 55 lbs5 -
@meagan the 3006 is for this morning. 1542 is yesterdays (rest day). It's all good. But yeah, go ahead and remove my pledge. I'm completely content and motivated by what I'm doing, I definitely don't give a lick in regards to steps and I enjoy my rest days. lol3
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Poobah1972 wrote: »@meagan the 3006 is for this morning. 1542 is yesterdays (rest day). It's all good. But yeah, go ahead and remove my pledge. I'm completely content and motivated by what I'm doing, I definitely don't give a lick in regards to steps and I enjoy my rest days. lol
Okay I will remove you from our step challenge ... Hopefully you will want to return in the future 2
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