WaistAways - May 2021 Team Chat
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Wednesday weigh-in
PW 83.7
CW 84.2
Everyday is a struggle. I want to give up but I know what'll happen then...5 -
@PlaneMonkey congratulations, all the hard work has paid off!@jugar But I'm shy!
Sorry, sorry. Husband mentioned an interest in accessories so I found someone who crafts pendants and things out of meteorite. I thought I'd give it to him with a card saying it was a piece of the universe for my universe.
I'm so lame. XD
But he likes that stuff too.
That's so sweet - my husband would love that too. Years ago, I got him a bracelet with a metal spiral around a leather band that said 'You make me the luckiest girl in the world' and it's in a right state now, but he still wears it sometimes.
When you said about rings, I was going to suggest Jewelry by Johan - they make rings with meteorite, fossils and dinosaur bone etc which are amazing. We commissioned my husband's wedding band from them and had it shipped to the UK. His ring is two bands of ebony with a centre meteorite band - really unique and special. When I've reached my goal weight, I would like a dinosaur bone one for my right hand.6 -
I've become way to complacent, I really need a kick in the rear ! I have 3 months till I turn 50 and I would love to lose 15lbs, but will be extremely happy with just being under 155, so thats my goal... so who wants to come daily and slap the treats out of my hands? Lol
In other news, I am about to be an empty nester my oldest and my daughter got a place in the city together. I'm excited for them, especially my daughter, I'm glad she is getting away from where she was living...
My youngest the one in the Air Force will be going to Italy for a short term stint in the fall to cover for someone, so thats super exciting for him.
Anyway, I hope to be here more often...
Have a great day !6 -
Thursday weigh-in
PW: 176.4
CW: 175.83 -
Gidgitgoescrazy wrote: »I've become way to complacent, I really need a kick in the rear ! I have 3 months till I turn 50 and I would love to lose 15lbs, but will be extremely happy with just being under 155, so thats my goal... so who wants to come daily and slap the treats out of my hands? Lol
In other news, I am about to be an empty nester my oldest and my daughter got a place in the city together. I'm excited for them, especially my daughter, I'm glad she is getting away from where she was living...
My youngest the one in the Air Force will be going to Italy for a short term stint in the fall to cover for someone, so thats super exciting for him.
Anyway, I hope to be here more often...
Have a great day !
@Gidgitgoescrazy Let’s go, we can do this!! I say “we” because I turn 50 in two months and would like to be down another 11 by then. My original goal was to be down “50 by 50” but I’m down 47 already .... the extra 11 will get me in to the 220s for the first time in a couple decades.6 -
@jugar But I'm shy!
Sorry, sorry. Husband mentioned an interest in accessories so I found someone who crafts pendants and things out of meteorite. I thought I'd give it to him with a card saying it was a piece of the universe for my universe.
I'm so lame. XD
But he likes that stuff too.
that is so NOT lame! Wonderful idea.2 -
Happy Thursday!
OK @Steph1498 you have to take me with you to the outdoor store. Even if only in your head! I love those places too - better than any candy store.
Music and garden today - playing with my friend, and then getting back to planting. Have a good one!4 -
Username ashleycarole86
PW 249.6
CW 245.86 -
@EvMakesChanges Emotional brouhaha (love it.. haha) totally justified... that situation would be tough. Job as a cook... now I understand when you or @jugar said you had to cook now
@Terytha Totally not lame and since you said he likes sweet stuff, the meaning behind it sounds like it will be a hit.
@YinxFed The green in that pic is exploding on my screen.. love it. Thanks for sharing... looks like a great place to be training.
@PlaneMonkey CONGRATS and thanks for the inspiration... looking forward to following the next leg of your journey!
@Gidgitgoescrazy and @gak71 neat that you're both hitting a milestone birthday so close together and that you have similar weight loss goals by then... you can do it!5 -
@jugar I am sorry. I have had two rough nights leading to rough mornings. I will weigh in tomorrow.2
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Hi there,
I am Marie. I am a new comer. I have been very impressed by Liselyn's healthy look lately, and feeling frustrated with my struggle to loose weight, which is why I am here today. It is the first time I am reaching out for some sort of strange anonymous group support. The truth is that I am feeling frustrated that whenever I share with friends that I want to get fit and loose wait, I get variations of the same reply : " Stop it! You look fine! Don't worry about your weight... Like if I was asking for a compliment or reassurance. I do not worry about my weight, however, I am trying to feel better, healthier, slimmer, stronger, fitter, lighter...
I am an active 48 years old woman, and up to the pandemic, I seemed to have been doing OK with my weight. However... I moved from my good old 127 pounds to 136 pounds in the space of a few weeks when the pandemic started. Now.... not only I want to go back to my 127, but I want to get to lower than that. I'll do it in stages. First, I want to reach 127 and stay there for a good month, and then I want to reach 125 and stay there for another good month. After that, I'll reevaluate how I feel.
I am not convinced the whole computer/phone logging will work for me, as anything requiring to sit down in from of a computer for more than 10 minutes does not agree with me... I find that our lives have been absorbed by computers, and I try the best I can to spend the least amount of time possible in from of one. I won't be logging my exercice as I know it won't have any effect on my exercice routine if I log it or not. However, I will try to start logging my food intake as whenever I feel stressed, I eat and eat and find something else to eat...
Menopose... the elephant in the room. I know nothing about it. Yes... apparently women's body start changing around my age... "Don't mention the war"...I am not ready to face it.
Well, I am good with beginnings.
LW was 134 ( May 14th)
NW is 131.6 ( May 20th)
I am not far from my goal you shall say...Ho... But don't be tricked... I have taken 6 weeks to go from 136 to 129 but just a few days to go from 129 back to 136, about 5 times this year. I need some magic trick to stay down once I loose the weight. Let's hope that my commitment today to log in my weight every Thursdays will be the answer.
Sorry for my ranting... I guess it's part of the game. Promise I won't write that much ever again!
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@marsipan100
Welcome my friend! Everyone - Marie is someone I have known for many, many years and I am happy she is joining us to see if our awesome presence inside her head (and not just her dreaded computer) will help with those terrible last 10 pounds and the effects of both the pandemic and the elephant. Or is it a war? I say it is just an elephant who is quite reasonable once you understand it...
Marie is a fellow musician and horse person, and when we get together we talk like crazy - can't stop. It is wonderful. I hope we can be a good support for her to lose those pounds and stay there. I know that exercise is not the problem here - but keeping the eating pattern from going off the rails will make it work.
Now we are 3 from Québec in here. Watch out, people. Bwahahaha!
Now. I have to put on my Tough Love hat. @kellybgetsfit You just apologized.KellyBgetsfit wrote: »@jugar I am sorry. I have had two rough nights leading to rough mornings. I will weigh in tomorrow.
Now the Plain Love hat!
@eggfreak What a great week! You lost 2 pounds while working at home. I expect you to do the BIG happy dance! And be glad you are done with remote working
More great losses from @ashleycarole86 and @kalaki6145 - WOW.
And finally the BIG love hat -
@Pearl4686
Every day is a struggle. I am sure that you are doing the best you can every single day as well. I hope you can share a bit about your struggles. I know you'll get support and maybe some ideas to try in this journey filled with necessary experiments to find how to keep going. In the meantime - big love coming your way. Hang in there!!!2 -
Heads up Friday people!
@conleywoods
@SMcFall0215
@Steph1498
@ellz_runs
@lorib642
@gak71
@healthygirlintransit
Thanks!1 -
Hello everyone!
Lots of great weigh ins for @happimess01, @PlaneMonkey and @eggfreak ! I'm sure I missed some other great weigh ins, but if I go back I'll lose my post.
Hang in there @KellyBgetsfit and @Pearl4686 ❤
@Terytha Glad you found a gift! It is a great idea and you guys will have a great anniversary for sure!
I took today off from work and I'm really trying to get a handle on my work stress. I had a nice hour long conversation with our director and our team has a meeting scheduled for Monday with our director and principal. We put all of our concerns in writing and hopefully we can get moving in the right direction. If all else fails I can also switch buildings. One of my good friends is going to switch buildings so we could always plot to end up at the same one! It's always good to have options 😌
Today I relaxed and stayed inside since the weather wasn't great. Watched a movie with the kids.
I have switched to doing pilates lately just to change things up. I have a folding home reformer and did an hour workout on it today. Calories are good and I had a loss on the scale today and expect to be even better tomorrow.
My goal is to not let the weekend slide out of control like it did last week. It really slows my progress down!
Welcome @marsipan100 !4 -
PW: 242.4
CW: 239.84 -
PW 146
CW 146.6
While I know it is not a huge gain, I am frustrated because I know its due to lack of sleep, work stress, and a few poor (but not horrible) food choices. I would rather have an explained gain then one that I know I caused.
Thank you for the kind words @jugar and @conleywoods I really want to take a day off of work, but since its the end of the year, it has to get special approval. I still don't know what I am teaching next year. She keeps changer mind.3 -
Happy Friday!
WTG @gak71 - great loss. Of course, we women will go slightly bratty on you and say that guys lose SO much more easily than we do, but it ain't true! You're working just as hard at this as anyone, and after last week's setback, you are on track again.
I have a terrible thing to announce. Today is rhubarb pie day. Apparently, according to the very small sample of my family, I make the best rhubarb pie in existence. They are not a very scientific bunch, but I choose to believe them. And today is the day. To save myself from fatty pastry, I also make a stupendous rhubarb sorbet. Now THAT is good stuff. No fat, not too much sugar, and seriously yummy. I'll try to stick with that stuff and only have one small piece of the pie. For quality control purposes. It is necessary...
I'm off to go pick rhubarb4 -
@jugar We had pie day on Wednesday at work. I myself had a banana toffee cream pie and it was wonderful.
Fruit pies tend not to be my favorite thing but rhubarb sorbet sounds lovely.
My stomach treatment seems to be effective (knock on wood) so I'm going to eat some fruit this weekend and see what happens. I haven't been able to eat anything high in fiber since... two and a half years ago.4 -
I've recently discovered a new food love, hopefully it's okay to recommend it here! With it getting so hot out here in NY I've gotten some nice cool low-calorie treats. Yasso bars (frozen greek yogurt) are AMAZING, there are sooo many different flavors and they are 100cal per bar. I'm really impressed that they are able to get the flavors that they have without having a bucket of calories. Italian ice, and various sorbets are also pretty good lower-calorie icecream alternatives :-)
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@SMcFall0215
Fridays
PW-158.8
CW-158.8
Well I didn’t lose but I also didn’t gain so I will take that!3 -
PW 225.8
CW 225.6
Teeny tiny loss but definitely a loss! Now to not get to crazy this weekend. Tonight is my father in laws birthday and he wants one of those giant round chocolate cakes from Costco. Thank goodness the dinner will be salmon! Saturday night is date night and the kids are sleeping over at the grandparents house. Another opportunity to practice not going overboard.4 -
Friday
Lorib642
PW:159.3
CW: 160.4
Oops! Moving in the wrong direction3 -
Happy Friday, Friends!
I've been quite good this past week, so I'm hoping for a loss when I weigh in on Sunday. We're having doner kebabs for supper tonight so there's a good chance that I'll be going over my calorie allowance today! It'll be the first time this week, so I'm not going to stress about it.
Hope you're all having a lovely day!
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Welcome @marsipan100. I too try to cut down on computer time outside of work, so I actually have MFP open on my work computer during the day (I appreciate not everyone can do this). If you know you'd stick to it, you could pre-track your food for a few days then you don't have to come on to update at all. I use a mixture of computer and the app on my phone.
This afternoon I purchased 67 Cadburys Creme Eggs - that's 11,390 calories. They aren't all for me; FIL (who had the stroke) had a craving for some a while ago and we found some, but they've been out of season a while now. I found a few boxes on clearance for 1/3 the normal price and whilst I was only going to buy 10 eggs, I got talked into a box. I've refilled my creme egg tin, and the rest will go up to FIL tomorrow. I love them, but they've been really good for me doing this (I've had some most weeks all year!) because it's 1 egg and 170 calories. There's no question over how much to have; you either have 170 calories or 0. I know there are other chocolate items I could buy and not have to weigh out, but these are a really strong sweet hit which satisfies me so I'm quite pleased, and not worried about overindulging on them!
I had today off work and ran with my friend this morning - just a short one - and then we went to Nandos for lunch, followed by IKEA (some bits for the spare room wardrobe) and a few other shops. In M&S I bought OH a 'yumnut' (a cross between a doughnut and a yum yum, very rich) and myself some fruit; those cravings I was struggling with have eased off thankfully, but I still want to explore what I was saying about loading my calorie deficit to one end of the week.
Earlier I tried on a 'medium' top I have - it's a smart-casual shirt - and it goes on but it's a little tight particularly across the bust. I've got a similar top without buttons in large which fits very well at the moment so I'll wear that for any upcoming engagements with jeans and nice boots. I need to see what the status of my swimwear is, as I will need some for the first week of June; the Airbnb we've rented has a hot tub. I think if I need to buy something I'll opt for a one piece as the fit tends to be a bit easier than a bikini. I was looking at some triangle bikini tops in TK Maxx earlier and marvelled about how the triangles didn't get any bigger the larger up the sizes you went. I did see the perfect beach cover up this morning but I have no idea what size I'd need to buy it in - we won't be going abroad this year and I don't know what street size I'm going to end up.4 -
conleywoods wrote: »PW 225.8
CW 225.6
Teeny tiny loss but definitely a loss! Now to not get to crazy this weekend. Tonight is my father in laws birthday and he wants one of those giant round chocolate cakes from Costco. Thank goodness the dinner will be salmon! Saturday night is date night and the kids are sleeping over at the grandparents house. Another opportunity to practice not going overboard.
I struggle with the weekends too! At some point I may try moving my weigh in day to Mondays to see if that helps keep me motivated through the weekend.3 -
Work and life has been extra busy the last couple of days and I have been getting a bit grumpy... nothing a nice weekend won't fix. We are at the lake and there is lots of buzz outside the trailer as everyone arrives for long week fun... my husband and I are still wrapping up the work day but then it's our turn to play too!
I do miss my old best friend food to comfort me through these times... it used to be such a comfort when I was in a bad mood. I am finding new ways to cope though (or even just to sit with my grumpiness and not have to "fix" it).
Enjoy your evening all!6 -
It must be Comfort Food Friday! All this talk of creme eggs, pies, kebabs, general weekend madness - it is good to hash it out here. I ended up cancelling rhubarb pie day - the stalks are not quite as ready as I thought they would be today, so maybe Monday. It is a holiday here, so why not. I can easily make sure that all the pie ends up at my son's house when we are done with our small portions! I did make apricot sorbet today, though. It is far tastier than the rather boring apricots I started with!
Weekends vs weigh-ins is another perennial favourite. If your weekends are getting too out of control, a Monday weigh-in can help rein it in. I know that @Gidgitgoescrazy has moved her weigh-in day around strategically several times to excellent effect. It is worth a try if you are like me and use a good Friday weigh-in as an excuse for a loose weekend!
So here we are heading into the last day of Week 3. Let's see how strong it will end!
Saturday weigh-ins:
@micki48
@Gidgitgoescrazy (drop that treat!! you're going lose more by your birthday!)
Still due today:
@Steph1498
@ellz_runs
Another good week for our team!2 -
Thanks for the craving input
I decided yesterday that I wanted McDonalds - but I didn't have enough calories left. We walked (a roundabout route) to get there, earning the calories I needed and then some, then back so I still ended up in a deficit. We ate in the restaurant; I think it says a lot that our first sit-in meal of the year was in McDonalds.
Whilst we were walking back I had an idea of, if I'm craving sugar or salt, having a small amount of actual sugar (or sweetener) or salt on a spoon. I used to give my horse salt licks (less of the sugar for him!) so it doesn't seem like a crazy idea, but I would want to look into it first and make sure I'm not doing something stupid. Like a sweet drink with no calories actually can make sugar cravings worse. The other question is whether I actually need sugar/salt or it's psychological and I want the treat.
Next week (starting Monday) I'm going to try a weekly deficit. The last weekend in May we have a meal out on the Saturday (and they don't do low calorie options.. wasn't my choice!) and a BBQ on the Sunday - we're controlling that but it'll still be calorific. If I can eat 200 calories less each week day (that's just over a portion of chocolate) I can have an extra 500 calories each day at the weekend. The trick will be managing these cravings if they've not gone away.
Tonight we're going to build the (IKEA) wardrobe for the spare bedroom. Finally have all the main bits, still need to decide about drawers. I need to finish off the bathroom and I want to paint the garden table/chairs as the new-to-us chairs are scruffy - deadline for both of these is next weekend but the bathroom is more important by far. I've booked this and next Friday off to give myself a bit more time, not least because if we get decent weather there's some fair weather work to do in the garden. We've had so much rain this month it's been impossible to get those jobs done.
I am also struggling with cravings. I have a new job this week. While I am enjoying it, it has been busy. Historically, I struggle when I am overworked in my life to eat healthy. Plus, my boys are not on a diet and I am trying to bulk them up a little. Our goals are so different. Reading your post reminds me of some nutrition advice that I read from a dietitian. For cravings, she suggested increasing fibre intake.5 -
This week I am trying to be mindful that I am transitioning into a new lifestyle. The diet and tracking in MFP has not been good. However, I am trying to keep track with being active. Even if I am not able to do the Pilates or core worl that I should, I am trying to encourage myself by getting 6000 to 9000 steps per day. Yesterday, I had a glorious morning. Walked 6000 steps and did some core work in front of the river. Felt amazing.
I wanted to ask people's thoughts on Intermittent Fasting. Kindly share experiences/opinions5
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