Downsizers - June 2021 Team Chat
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TheresaM787 wrote: »Agggghhhh! Just lost all of my responses. Let's try this again, going one at a time- fool me once...888Angie888 wrote: »
I have been using the Insight Timer app and shoot for just a few minutes a day--again with the something is better than nothing philosophy. It kind of baffles me how it seems to be so hard to set aside 5 minutes a day to not think. It sounds like it should be easy...right?TheresaM787 wrote: »@888Angie888
How long are you mediating for? What type are you doing?
Thank you for sharing the app, I'll look into it. I want to start again and you're right it's just a few minutes each day. Although I stopped for the same reason that you mentioned, how it was hard to set aside five minutes every day to sit and not think. 🤦🏻♀️ Thank you for the motivation to try again 🤗. HUGE step day- 19,248 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That has been happening to me too much lately. That’s why I started quoting a few posts at a time. It’s so frustrating.2 -
@lindamtuck2018 You can see the difference between your photos and you look younger! We are our own worst critics. I have a hard time looking at my pictures. Think we all carry around in our head a mental image of ourselves and have a hard time changing that.
@Tazaria87 Great score with the school clothes. You were in the right place at the right time. Hope you find an equally good deal for your son's school clothes. Enjoy your anniversary dinner.
@Megan_smartiepants1970 You are approaching health and fitness in a long term sustainable way. The weight loss isn't the end game but a side effect. Wishing you much success!
@rwood566 that is truly an inspirational journey of health and healing these last two years. So glad that you no longer need a walker and can walk 4+ miles if you choose.
Spent this morning picking up some of the medical transcrips. This afternoon my sister invited mom and I over to her house for a movie. I brought celery sticks and bottled water for a snack. Am under calories for today though up 2 lbs from yesterday due to water weight caused by the pancakes. It should come off in a week
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@Megan_smartiepants1970 You are approaching health and fitness in a long term sustainable way. The weight loss isn't the end game but a side effect. Wishing you much success!
Thank you so much @Beautyofdreams
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I have decided to go off IF .. since I am hypoglycemic IF is not good for me .... I am dizzy with headaches almost daily ...I am not a breakfast person so it will be my bulletproof keto coffee .... then lunch dinner snack and my ice coffee at night....
I know your probably a bit miffed about that, but your obviously doing the right thing. Sorry IF didn't work out for you Megan! *hugz*5 -
Attention Ladies and Gentlemen,
I'd like to make an announcement!
I have a new favorite girl in my life. And let me tell ya, she's a piece of art to look at. Sleek, curvy and thick around the around the midsection.
When you get on top of her her, you want nothing more than to grab her by the handles and drive her firmly towards your hips, while flexing the glutes and driving your hips forward. (literally that's proper form, I swear).
It's such a satisfying motion, that you just gotta keep repeating it for every rep you can manage, before collapsing literally breathlessly.
I call her Hexy-B.... And Oh baby, what a piece of work she is. 😂🤣😅🤣😂
What a workout.... Seriously guys, all joking aside... This TRAP BAR is AMAZING!!!! 😀👍💪
If you haven't used a trap bar before, and especially if you're a little (or a lot) heavy around the midsection this thing is a god send. In fact it's solved a Quintfecta (maybe 6) of issues it's got me really stoked. For real. 😀🤓
I did my regular leg workout. Squats, Leg Extensions, Leg Curls, Lateral Leg Raises.... All great by the way.
But then I decided it was time to pull this bad girl out, and do 2 sets of 10... The bar itself weighs 70lb and I threw on 90 more lbs for a total of 160 pounds. Not a huge amount of weight by any means, but I also weigh 400 pounds, so it will be interesting to see how heavy I can go as I shed pounds.
I believe I know what the issue is I've been struggling with doing squats up till now. I'm just to front heavy to get down low enough and still maintain my center of balance over my feet, knees and hips. Thus, I'm practically falling forward and need to compensate by collapsing my back, and or spreading my legs outward to give my girth somewhere to go. Being so off balance, I can't really muster much strength to get up as I'm fighting myself every step of the way until I get to certain point where things fall more into form. So squats have felt completely weak, and unsatisfying even though I did better today.
With this Hex bar everything changes. Since it has 2 handle heights, one normal and one raised. And since the center of Gravity is always 100 percent below you, I can hold perfect form as I lower myself enough to grab the bar properly. My Back, feet, knee's and hips are exactly where they should be. And as you begin the lift, it actually assists in centering your balance. Since my are legs shoulder width apart and not caving outward or inward, I'm fully able to activatet my quads. All of a sudden I have all the strength and power I've been missing the previous weeks. And on top of that, I'm now hitting my lower back with substancial weight, which I've been missing out on during my regular back day. Infact I did 10 reps no problem at all strength wise... If anything Cardio is coming into play, here. By the end I'm totally gassed and pouring sweat. lol
So next week I'm cutting squats from my leg day (Till I can maintain proper form in the future). And I'm moving the Hex Bar dead lifts to the number 1 exercise of the day and will be shooting for 3-4 sets of 6-10 reps, and I'll keep adding weight aggressively until I can't hit 6 reps in the final set. This will truly activate my Lower back, and push my quads to there limits. Not to mention glutes that are required with your lower back to fully straighten the back. I expect the benefits will speak for themselves over time.
And that's not all.... Leg day also happened to be the day I would hit my traps and my calves, namely doing Shrugs and Calve Raises at the tail end of the day. WELL HOLY *kitten* GUYS.... This Trap bar is once more worth it's weight in gold. I just left the bar at 160 lbs, picked it up and did 2 sets of 15 Shrugs. Huge increase from last week, cause it was so damn comfortable to do it (minus burn in my forearms from holding the bar so long). And I didn't think of it till after, but I can also use the bar in this way to do calf raises, as no matter where I stand now all the weight is directly over my feet, so I shouldn't loose balance like I was when I was attempting to do calf raises holding free weights. Do you remember recently when I mentioned the only thing I was missing in my gym was a smith type machine so I could do Shrugs and Calf raises without losing balance. Well this Bar has solved all of that too. So friggin amazing! this bar is a self contained smith machine in a sense.
And guess what? Not only do you get massive quad activation and lower back and glute activation coupled with a powerful trap and calf builder.... The fact you need to use your hands to hold all this weight for so long for all of these exercises means your forearms and grip will 100% be growing just to keep up with it. I guess we will ultimate see how heavy I can go, and if my grip strength will be able to keep up. 😈💪
So yes, all joking aside, this bar is a quintessential part of our gym... And for any of you large around the center, this bar allows you to make amazing headway on your Legs, Lower back, and glutes, where proper form is just impossible for large individuals. So if you have a home Gym, and you are serious about doing something that will 100% improve your game in a safe and efficient way, that also makes you feel great about your work out. A Hex bar is a 5 star recommendation.
That's a huge long read... I know. But it's need to know stuff for someone out there. I think I once again love Leg day, maybe as much as Lynn. 😄
And what a calorie burn...
And let me tell you I ate a lot to day to power me through it... Totally worked energy wise, and for my post workout reward I ate HALF an ENTIRE LOW CARB PIZZA, and had my SECOND CREAM FILLED KETO DONUT of the day.... It's Crazy I tell you... CRAZY.
With that.... I must go to sleep. lol Good night everyone. 🤗🤗🤗7 -
Poobah1972 wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I have decided to go off IF .. since I am hypoglycemic IF is not good for me .... I am dizzy with headaches almost daily ...I am not a breakfast person so it will be my bulletproof keto coffee .... then lunch dinner snack and my ice coffee at night....
I know your probably a bit miffed about that, but your obviously doing the right thing. Sorry IF didn't work out for you Megan! *hugz*
Thanks Jonathan ...I am okay with that ... I tried in the past and had the same issue... I wanted to try again to see if I could do it but I can't so time to move away from it3 -
@emking517
Wow, you lost 15 pounds 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Hope you had a great time at the beach
@Piqueaboo
I'm sorry to hear about the funeral 🤗 Yes, I'm sure you will.
@Beautyofdreams
That's so nice that you got together with your sister and mom again. That was a great idea, bringing your own snacks to enjoy during the movie.
@Poobah1972
You are going to need a bigger room for all of your sexy exercise equipment.
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Bike- 30 minutes, 8 miles 👎 nope only two five minute rides, only two miles
Steps- 10,000 ✅ 12, 200
Seltzer- 8 cups 👎 only four cups
Tracked everything ate and drank ✅
Under calorie budget 👎🤦🏻♀️ nope, not even close
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Steps 12,200
So...I thought I was finally able to restrain myself. Nope, not even close. I've stayed away from Krispy Kreme donuts for, wow, I don't even remember the last time I had one. I've stayed away because I have this problem. I eat one, and it disappears so quickly that I eat another. Now, I'm full, because I also down a full glass of milk with the donuts. My hand involuntarily grabs a third, and it's gone. Belly is beginning to ache. I tell myself to stop. My son, reminds me that my belly is going to hurt if eat another one. Yet, I grab a fourth. Now, even as I type this, with a full and aching belly, I want to grab another one. This is why I've stayed away.
Here is what I've learned. From now on, we buy donuts and eat them there. We don't bring them home with us. I only get to eat one, because I only buy one.6 -
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@TheresaM787
Those KK are like that. I think you've come up with the perfect plan though! We can't be perfect, but we don't want to make the same mistakes (don't really want to call it a mistake) again and again. So, this was a learning experience. Now you know what to do!
@Poobah1972
You are really killing it! I love that you and Lynn work out together. That is such a good thing. Your gym is really nice. Love that new contraption you got! Thirty minutes on the elliptical is fantastic! Well done on getting eight hours of sleep. I can't tell you the last time I've gotten that much sleep. It really makes such a difference though!
@lindamtuck2018
Wow, Linda! I agree with the others. You absolutely look younger and much more vibrant in the new picture! I love your spirit. I love that you keep on going. Keep up the great work!
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Glad you're going to change things up a bit. You are working so hard, so I know it is frustrating to see that scale go up. I hope that with your changes you'll see the scale start to move down.3 -
I'm honestly not too sure where I am with my steps this week so here's just the copy/paste from the group challenge!
13/6- 15,106
14/6- 9,138
15/6- 6,129
16/6- 8,344
17/6- 5,051
18/6- 11,549
19/6- TBD
Honestly the weekly challenge has been SO GOOD for me! Even on my days off, and when I wasn't feeling 100% I still pushed myself a little further to get more steps in! Tomorrow to hit the 70k challenge, I need to get in about 14,600 (and change) steps in. Which is pretty damn impressive considering my step goal is pretty low, to account for my days off and needing to be sitting and studying.
I have a walked planned with a good friend of mine tomorrow, so that should get some steps in for me!
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Aqualang26
Weigh-In Saturday (Friday night)
PW: 184.8
CW:181.8
Happy to see a comeback from the negligible loss last week!5 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970 I'm sorry. That must be so aggravating. I think you have the right idea in changing up your exercise. Our bodies adapt to what we do a lot, so you may not be burning nearly the same way you used to. Maybe try adding ankle weights? Also, I NEVER trust what apps and devices say the calorie burn was - they're notoriously inflated.5
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Check in for 6/18
Steps - 8188. I would have liked about 4k more.
Calories - about 1570. I just looked at it and already forgot. At least I'm remembering to log everything, I think.
Exercise - early morning walk. Fitbit said 2.75 miles but I didn't use google maps, so 2.75 it is. 55 minutes. Daughter wants to hit the gym in the a.m. maybe I'll walk around the block instead of going in the gym.
The fiasco earlier with my pics got me frustrated and as a result I made bad food choices at lunch. I worked my dinner around to stay under. 0 cal tea instead of milk, no cheese on the burger, no sauce on the bun. I was upset with my lunch choices all afternoon.7 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970 sorry you are stopping that. Hopefully you will be able to come back to it later.
Nice weigh ins again, everyone. Good losses or minor gains. Those gains will melt away. Especially in this heat.
I was able to put my pics up on my feed but they mysteriously get enlarged if I put them here. I have to be doing something wrong.4 -
That's an impressive list of steps Sloan👏🏻👏🏻@TheresaM787
Those KK are like that. I think you've come up with the perfect plan though! We can't be perfect, but we don't want to make the same mistakes (don't really want to call it a mistake) again and again. So, this was a learning experience. Now you know what to do!
Thank you, I hope so. I told the kids last night my plan and they enthusiastically agreed. Which kind of surprised me, I thought they'd rather have more donuts.
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littleflutterby wrote: »I'm honestly not too sure where I am with my steps this week so here's just the copy/paste from the group challenge!
13/6- 15,106
14/6- 9,138
15/6- 6,129
16/6- 8,344
17/6- 5,051
18/6- 11,549
19/6- TBD
Honestly the weekly challenge has been SO GOOD for me! Even on my days off, and when I wasn't feeling 100% I still pushed myself a little further to get more steps in! Tomorrow to hit the 70k challenge, I need to get in about 14,600 (and change) steps in. Which is pretty damn impressive considering my step goal is pretty low, to account for my days off and needing to be sitting and studying.
I have a walked planned with a good friend of mine tomorrow, so that should get some steps in for me!
Hope everyone is having a great week!
Tanya! Look how much farther you walked this week 👏🏻👏🏻 I'm so glad that the weekly challenge motivated you to keep going, that is an incredible list of steps!! Have fun walking with your friend tomorrow.
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Aqualang26 wrote: »Aqualang26
Weigh-In Saturday (Friday night)
PW: 184.8
CW:181.8
Happy to see a comeback from the negligible loss last week!
Congrats on your loss Laura 👏🏻👏🏻Check in for 6/18
Steps - 8188. I would have liked about 4k more.
Calories - about 1570. I just looked at it and already forgot. At least I'm remembering to log everything, I think.
Exercise - early morning walk. Fitbit said 2.75 miles but I didn't use google maps, so 2.75 it is. 55 minutes. Daughter wants to hit the gym in the a.m. maybe I'll walk around the block instead of going in the gym.
The fiasco earlier with my pics got me frustrated and as a result I made bad food choices at lunch. I worked my dinner around to stay under. 0 cal tea instead of milk, no cheese on the burger, no sauce on the bun. I was upset with my lunch choices all afternoon.
You had a tremendous step day yesterday Roger 👏🏻👏🏻 Absolutely fantastic! Plus look at that low calorie day🙌🏻 Technology (said like Seinfeld used to say "Newman"). I'm sorry you became so frustrated, I get it. Technology is supposed to help, not hinder. Hopefully the MFP glitch with your picture is fixed soon. They must be working on something, because a lot of us couldn't see our feeds a few days ago. Your lunch choices are in the past, and look you already made up for it with your dinner choices 🤗 Be proud of those hard dinner decisions 🤗 Enjoy your morning walk or gym, whichever you decide.
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Good Saturday Morning Everyone, 😀
I'll keep it short this morning.
SLEEP SUCKED - I had a total of 4 hours and 31 minutes. Johnny Tired. 😐 😋😅
And for Cardio I went for a hard but short scoot on the Elliptical. The way I see it, the lack of sleep and Leg day yesterday, and the fact were about to go out shopping, and I have a cabinet to assemble and install on a wall (IN THE EXERCISE ROOM hehe) immediately after that. Oh and were having a family over for a BBQ later. I've got enough work on the agenda today, and in the grand scheme of things, I had a pretty fantastic week.
So yea just 15 minutes on the Elliptical, and a trip upstairs... I think I sort of sat on the bed staring off into space for a few minutes before I remembered to stop the timer. lol. Other than that, the Fitbit seems to have worked fantastic. Also knowing I was going for half the time; I really increased my pace and difficulty. "FUN FUN FUN" (translates to holy copious amounts of sweat batman).
Okay I better go figure out my nutrition for the day, and get going. Got stuff to do yo!
Have an amazing day everyone... 😀👍
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@Beautyofdreams
Great snack choice! It is funny the things that cause water weight. You should see the weight drop pretty fast.
@Poobah1972
I think you should sell memberships to your gym. Great workout! Ok enough with the pictures. I am now craving pizza at 8 am. All kidding aside, the pizza looks yummy.
@TheresaM787
I am so glad krispy kreme closed in London. Now I only have to contend with them if the kids sell them in a fundraiser. You have a great plan going forward.
@iradi8
Awesome steps for the week!
@littleflutterby
Wow! Look at those steps. I found the challenge helpful this week also. I am confident that you can get your steps today. It is going to be a hot one today so take lots of water on your walk.
@Aqualang26
Amazing loss!
@rwood566
I just peeked at the feed and your transformation is unbelievable. Inspiring! Great check in. I really like that you adjusted your food for the rest of the day to make up for your lunch. It would have been so easy to just continue to eat bad for the rest of the day.
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