WaistAways-July Chat 2021
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
@kerdil08
@Beautyofdreams
@ewilhelm2487
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
@kerdil08
@ewilhelm2487
@19shmoo69
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@SisuMom2019
@sandielewis2001
@lindamtuck2018
@bowens1973
@davidji82
@amymartin555
@EvMakesChanges
@ashleycarole86
@Be_theBest_Me
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Week 4 Challenge -- Reward Points!!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10838785/july-week-4-challenge-reward-points/p1?new=1
Hop over and see how many points you can rack up this week!!!2 -
Monday!
I hope everyone is charging along in good form. Except for @DD265 - you needed that nap and I hope you took it
@CurvyCalorie your gas stove is flaming away for sure! Well done. Tell us about how you have made the changes to get back on track - and how you got yourself to do it. We usually know what to do, but it takes some kind of beautiful effort to make ourselves actually do it. Those stories are always interesting. Thinking about the comments around guilt from earlier posts - I think this is where a lot of our guilt lives. We know what to do. We don't do it. We feel awful. Reminders of getting past that point are always helpful.
If you have the time to do the points challenge, give it a try. It's a bit of work, but worth it. I have put it in a small notebook so I don't have to remember to post every single day. I like that the food points are meal-by-meal. You can blow it at one meal, but still get points for the other ones to help getting right back to reason after a slide into some unregulated consumption.
Enjoy the rest of the day
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Greetings Team,
Here are my latest Step & Exercise stats
11/07 - 3608
12/07 - 1917 / 7 mins Yoga / 54 mins Glutes & Hamstrings [Epic 1 Day 28]
13/07 - 7197 / 49 mins Cardio Kickboxing
14/07 - 3394 / 72 mins Isometric & Dynamic Full Body workout [Epic 1 Day 29]
15/07 - 7288 / 53 mins Aerobics
16/07 - 1927
17/07 - 4406 / 35 mins EMOM [Epic 1 Day 30]
18/07 - 12128 / 78 mins Aerobics
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@DD265 interesting that you say that some of your past whys didn't feel "worthy". While I certainly understand the sentiment, I do think we all have our own reasons why we're making changes and to me clothing fitting better or liking our physical appearance better are just fine if that's truly the bottom line motivator.
Love the idea of doing it for resiliency though - such a great word to capture a whole feeling!
Hopefully you are feeling better after some rest, the effects of sun are no joke for sure.5 -
Did 15 minutes of Pilates to start the day. Had a nice chat with @jugar. Most of the afternoon spent trying to figure out some household business stuff.
I have logged all my food and I am under my budget for the day so far. I have had 65 ounces of water so far. My Fitbit is charging so my steps will be inaccurate. Trying to decide if I have the motivation to go for a walk before the sun sets. With the weather here lately, I better check the weather report first.
@conleywoods Wow!!! A close encounter with a cougar! I love that you view that as fun. I would have probably been a bit scared. When we used to hike with our kids, we used to tell our son, who liked to wander off, that he needed to stay close because they go for the smallest person. Lol
@eggfreak I’d love to go for a walk with you. 🙂4 -
Hi ho gang!
Some exciting team announcements coming your way tomorrow morning - but for now, just the usual reminders!
Weigh-ins due:
Sunday:
@Terytha
Monday:
@graceojo999
@MandiSaysHey
Tuesday:
@Kali225
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Exercise 07/19 -
10,650 steps + 20 minutes yoga (low intensity)
The week 4 challenge got my butt in gear to do my yoga finally! Had a bit of a drought on it the last while. I do feel very good when I do it. Like everything is lengthening and opening.
Also, happy to report I did four push-ups tonight... felt like a big win! I've still been doing my two a day consistently this month and it seems to be adding up.
I also have a goofy side challenge with myself to to do a cartwheel from time to time... this feels like a fun silly thing to feel good about being able to do again. I'm sure it doesn't look pretty, but I can improve my technique over time.5 -
@micki48 Living with cougars is a bit scary but you kind of adapt to the idea that they are around. We definitely have rules for our kids regarding outside time. I also never walk without dogs and I avoid sunrise and sunset walks.
Grrr I'm over calories today and it will probably happen tomorrow too since it's my birthday 🎂 🙃4 -
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Happy birthday @conleywoods, have a great day!
I slept well last night, it was great and I did not want to get up this morning. I managed to avoid an afternoon/evening nap yesterday with the help of a rare energy drink. I try to avoid them now but I figured it'd get me through work, then I'd have the slump late evening and hopefully that slump would make it easier to sleep. Something worked, anyway. The temperature is dropping a couple of degrees over the next few days and and it should be back into the low (comfortable) 20s over the weekend so looking forward to feeling up to being more productive.
I don't know if I mentioned doing 24/7 cover for work - the person organising it has moved the goal posts (negatively IMO) with barely any notice, and no discussion. I believe they knew that this change was likely when we were first asked to provide cover, and I probably wouldn't have agreed in the first place on these terms. They're also slow to answer queries (not giving it the same urgency/importance as those of us providing the cover), and there's a lack of structure to it which I find challenging. I've decided to opt out; whilst extra money is always nice, it wasn't enough to justify the stress. Plus, principles lol.
This evening it'll still be very warm so I probably won't do a lot. We got several loads of washing dried yesterday and I'm planning to do two sets of bedding today. I'm still doing my stretches daily and the foam rolling 1-2 times a week so I'll do those tonight, and we were thinking of running in the morning. We have our second jabs tomorrow, and most people I know have had more effects from the second than the first but hopefully we aren't affected badly.
I'd best go - Spock (one of the cats) wants second breakfast
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Tuesday Weigh-in
PW: 217.4
CW: 215.0
Feeling very range-bound. But I have a good plan for meals this week, and I am being firm with the extended family around; "No, I don't want wine. No, I don't need dessert." Trial by fire over here. I did another 40 min bike ride after work yesterday and it was MUDDY. Pants came back a different color. I'm going to plan on another ride Thursday and stick to the roads.
@conleywoods Happy Birthday!!!!!!7 -
Happy birthday @conleywoods ! Isn't it great that you're also on holiday?
Went to zumba last night - first class in 16 months! It was very sweaty, so I was glad to have taken a towel. But it was so good to see everyone again. This morning I did another Epic workout, so the week's looking quite good for exercise.
I took some chicken thighs out of the freezer this morning and I'm about to do some surfing for recipe inspiration. Perhaps I'll do something with them in the Ninja Foodi! I need to schedule some English lessons for the rest of the week, and I'm off to my cafe job tomorrow.
Enjoy the rest of your day, Friends!
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Happy Tuesday!
I have an important announcement for you all -
We have a change in leadership! Our wonderful Michele @micki48 will take a break as co-captain after long and beautiful service encouraging, helping, and always having the right thing to say. Family and life are calling her name right now. I know you all join me in thanking her for being a great co-captain - and in being glad that she is not going anywhere! We'll still be enjoying her posts, news, and help. Thank you Michele
So who is stepping up? Ashley! @ashleycarole86 has already shown her stuff as an enthusiastic and effective team member. Now she gets to wear the hat and help out with the spreadsheets and stuff. I'm thrilled to have her in this role and know that anyone on the team can count on her at any time. Be sure to add her as a friend so that you can get in touch with each other by MFP message if needed. This has been an easy decision, and I'm sure we're all happy that Ashley will be there for all of us. Thanks!
Ashley will be taking over the step/exercise roster, and keeping everyone inspired with her spectacular numbers! I'm looking forward to trying to catch her one of these days...
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Happy birthday @conleywoods ... hope you have a great day! Between birthdays and anniversaries there has been a lot of good to celebrate lately.
Looking forward to assisting in the group and learning a bit more about the admin side of things! @micki48 the encouragement and cheerleading you've done for me since I started has not gone unnoticed... thanks for your positive impact here!
@DD265 Good to know your boundaries on the work front and to stick to them. That extra work and being plugged in has major potential to creep and lead to a bunch more stress than originally intended so it sounds like you flagged that early and made the right call for you.
@Kali225 @YinxFed sounds like you are both having some good wins this week. Zumba is something I'd like to try again, haven't done a class in a long time but it's just plain fun!
There has been the tiniest bit of rain and some wind and it's done good things for the air quality reading here, which is great. I have a round of golf for work tomorrow morning and it will make the whole thing a lot more bearable! Brad and I also put off a bike ride last night in hopes things would improve, so it appears we made the right call there!7 -
@micki48 Glad that you're staying with us, even though you understandably stand down as co-captain. I do love your posts.
And congratulations to you, @ashleycarole86, your positive posts have not gone unnoticed either.
TTFN Yx7 -
Friends, I am struggling. I managed to have TWO amazing days Sat and Sun, then blew it yesterday and today. I feel so squishy. I don't want to weigh in tomorrow. I skipped last week and I know tomorrow is going to bad. I just can't stop stress eating. I have sat in my workout clothes for 2 days...and didn't workout. I have been in a funk all summer but I feel like I am just bottoming out. I go back to work in 2 weeks. I know it will be easier to control my eating when I go back to work, but I also know my stress will go up higher and I will have a hard time working out because the baby is still waking up at 5am.5
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@micki48 Thank you for all you have done for our group. You are so appreciated and I hope you keep posting as time permits!
@ashleycarole86 So excited to have you step into the co captain role with @jugar. Thanks to all of you who generously give your time.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes 😘 @YinxFed it is great having my birthday during summer vacation! Always fun to have my birthday off every year. @ashleycarole86 Definitely a lot to celebrate around here! Anniversary, birthday, my sister just graduated from nursing school and my husband just got a new job at our neighborhood elementary school as a reading specialist. Lots of good stuff happening!
@KellyBgetsfit Hang in there Kelly. So sorry you are having a rough time and with the school year just around the corner. I hope you find time to ease some of the stress so you don't stress eat so much. I hate having to report a gain too. It can feel disappointing and add to the stress. It's ok and you will get through this. Just pick one small thing to work on.
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KellyBgetsfit wrote: »Friends, I am struggling. I managed to have TWO amazing days Sat and Sun, then blew it yesterday and today. I feel so squishy. I don't want to weigh in tomorrow. I skipped last week and I know tomorrow is going to bad. I just can't stop stress eating. I have sat in my workout clothes for 2 days...and didn't workout. I have been in a funk all summer but I feel like I am just bottoming out. I go back to work in 2 weeks. I know it will be easier to control my eating when I go back to work, but I also know my stress will go up higher and I will have a hard time working out because the baby is still waking up at 5am.
Hugging you, Kelly. I think we all know that squishy feeling well, and it can come on even with the smallest, most insignificant gain. I want to encourage you to post that weight tomorrow, even if it is a tough one. It is information, and it will be a temporary bump. You might gain for a little while, but you can take a good break without staying off track forever. Did you watch the video that Sam @happimess01 posted recently? It might relate more to weight lifters and people really pushing their fitness, but the results of a comparison of different diet schedules is very interesting. Take a look at some information about different approaches when you can, but mostly just take a deep breath about your early-waking baby, work stress, and that you have been doing well and will continue to do well after this time of uncertainty. Hang in there - don't disappear and don't despair! When in doubt, take care of eating first (going back to work will make that easier, you say) and don't stress too much about exercise while your kids are so young. Thanks for telling us about this - you are not alone. 5 -
07/20 exercise - 12,035 steps
At the end of my workday, I think I'd moved about 500 steps. It's been bad.. if I don't wake up before work to walk, I often miss lunch and by the end of the day my butt and the chair have become one. So, I rallied Brad, and we went out for a 8 KM walk around the neighborhood. It was a beautiful night. I have been a little bit down in the dumps - no real reason, just work stress that I'm letting seep into all the corners of life. So, it was nice just to move, enjoy the nice weather, and take my mind off of it.
Tomorrow morning a customer is taking me and another member of my group for a round of golf and Brad and I hope to bike at night as well, so it's looking to be an active workday for me.
@KellyBgetsfit Not fun or easy to be in a funk you feel you can't shake... I feel for you for sure. Hopefully you can find some of those amazing days like the weekend for yourself again shortly. It can feel so disappointing to have those followed right by what feels like the opposite, but understandable when you're feeling the level of stress you're under.4 -
@conleywoods Happy birthday, Kristi!! Hope your day was great!!🎂🎉🎈
I started the day with the best of intentions and even did some reading to find motivation. I was reading about the 80/20 plan. I started writing and was going to work on my “ultimate why” but got a phone call from my cousin.
The call derailed me as it was bad news that another cousin had a massive heart attack and barring a miracle doesn’t look good for him. 😔 So lots of phone calls with family today. My food has been fine, even pretty good, but exercise has been limited. My steps are just over 4,400.
Hugs to you @KellyBgetsfit ! Your season of life is very busy. I think you are doing an amazing job. Give yourself a break. You will find your groove, I’m sure. Wishing you the best.
Thanks 🙏🏼 to everyone for your kind words. I appreciate them and all of you. You’re the best. I’ll be around and hopefully even lose some weight. 😁5 -
@KellyBgetsfit that sounds like a lot to be dealing with. The number on the scale is not going to be as bad as you think (speaking from experience, it never is!) and knowing the number gives you control over this area. In the Atomic Habits book that @ashleycarole86 mentioned, there's a guy who wanted to get into the habit of working out. I believe he gets his stuff on, goes to the gym, then comes home, to begin with. He might not even get as far as the gym. Then when that's a habit, he'll go in and do say 5 minutes training, and it builds up over time. Getting into your workout clothes is a good first step towards being active, so maybe think about what an easy second step could be?
@micki48 I'm sorry about your cousin. You've been a fab co-captain and I'm really glad you're sticking around.
Congratulations @ashleycarole86, I think you'll make a great co-captain and we're in good hands.
I definitely felt the second jab more than the first, but I wasn't as anxious going into it which was good. Last week I read a book by Ant Middleton called The Fear Bubble. The premise is that fear can (and should) be contained in bubbles which you only enter when 'the thing' is about to happen. In my case - there was no point worrying yesterday about the vaccination I was having today, and actually, until the nurse was about to put the needle in my arm I could back out at any time and therefore, that was where the fear bubble sat. I believe fear can be useful in small bursts, but if you're anxious for say 3 days, by the time 'the thing' comes around, you're too far gone to harness that fear and benefit from it. This is new to me so it wasn't fool proof, but I think it helped and I will continue to practise. Yesterday I read chick lit - everybody needs a break sometimes lol.
Ran with my friend before work, and I think we'll be doing the local ParkRun on Saturday when it reopens. My arm is already sore, and I'm having trouble with an old jaw injury following the dentist last week (plus hygienist tomorrow won't help) so otherwise I'll probably take it easy and focus on the stretches/foam rolling, and maybe a walk. The temperature is more bearable for doing things today, that's for sure! Weight wise I'm heading in the wrong direction but I've been a bit bunged up (nothing like anxiety to reverse that - there's a silver lining to every cloud lol) and may not have drunk enough, so I'm going to work on pulling that back.
I'm going to assess our to do list later and figure out a plan for this weekend. It's a free weekend - as in, no plans involving others - and now that I'm not on call, we can have some proper downtime. We're having a new boiler fitted next week so need to move a few bits for access, and we have house guests next weekend so the focus will be on cleaning and organisation. I know it probably sounds dull to many, but I find a clean and tidy house so satisfying and calming.
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PW 149.2
CW 150
I know its not that much, but ti put me back in the 150s, which is crushing. Thank you everyone for your kind words.
@dd265 and @ashleycarole86 i actually got that book last summer. I also get his weekly newsletter, although I haven't looked at in awhile. I think my biggest workout struggle is that
I have always been a 5am workout person. I get my coffee, spend about 15 minutes drinking it and journaling (which is my favorite 15 minutes of my day), then workout for 30-45 min. The baby has destroyed that habit and I can't figure out a new one.
@micki48 I am so sorry to hear about your cousin. Great job staring you day off with he right intentions, even if it didn't go as planned.
@conleywoods I missed saying happy birthday! I hope it was a good one.
@jugar you are always so kind. Thank you.5 -
Happy Wednesday!
I'll get the update on weigh-ins done right now - I missed last night and will get ahead for tomorrow
Through Wednesday:
@MandiSaysHey
@AshenMoon
@EvMakesChanges
@MoStacy
Thursday:
@ashleycarole86
@eggfreak
@marsipan100
@bowens1973
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CW: 219.4 woo!
My partner recently purchased an Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, I've been having a ton of fun with beat saber! Plus it gets my heart pumping which is awesome 4 -
@DD265
Another interesting idea - the fear bubble. I am not sure how that would work on certain kinds of fear, but it is certainly true about some. Worrying about something when you cannot take any action about the thing is useless, so containing it in a bubble is a great idea, if possible. But fear or worry about something that you can act on is a positive in a weird kind of way. As a performer, I always found that I needed to feel that "stage fright" well in advance of the concert, recording, or whatever. If I do not feel afraid a good couple of weeks ahead of the event, there is often a bad outcome. I practice and rehearse without the urgency to be as prepared as it takes. Then panic sets in just before the performance, and that panic wreaks havoc. Being nervous ahead of time makes me prepare much more thoroughly, and builds a feeling of strength and a confidence that I can really do it when performance time rolls around. I worked with students over 37 years to explore with them all the ways to channel, contain, and prepare for the fear of stepping out on stage to do something really difficult and personal. Without it, results are not great, and there is no beautiful shining through of vulnerability or authenticity. With too much of it, everything falls apart. So it is good to make friends with the fear you can act on - and learn to control and contain the fear that causes useless spinning about in the head or bad physical reactions that do not help anything. I often use visualisations of dancing with the fear (usually to the music I'm working on) and making sure I get to lead a lot of the time, but not all of it. I like the rush of letting fear lead sometimes - adrenaline junkie...
Enough going on and on! I'd love to hear more about fear and worry, stress and their positives as well as negatives. How you live through those bad bits, what helps, what gets in the way.
@ashleycarole86
Happy golfing today! Sounds like a good way to work. Outdoors and moving about.
@micki48
I hope your cousin and the family are getting through this tough time all right. If there is an end, may it be peaceful.
@KellyBgetsfit
I know babies make our lives upside down for a long time, but "I can't figure out a new one" for your exercise habit is a thought you need to change. You can figure it out. It might take some experimentation, but start with a list of a few things to try. If that first thing in the morning ideal is no longer on the table, take it off, and put some other stuff out there to try. You might not like it as much, but it is better than neglecting something that makes you feel good about yourself. If you need suggestions, I'm sure the team can help you come up with some. Along with hugs!
I had a completely crazy hike yesterday - after lunch my friend and I decided to follow someone's suggestion for a walk around the area where she is housesitting. We didn't do very well following the route and ended up hiking down a steep and very long slope in the woods to end up somewhere far from where we thought it would come out! It turned into a 90 minute fabulous hike during which we discussed everything under the sun, got very sweaty, and I was glad my wonky knee held up well. Did not need leg day yesterday!
Have a good one, all 3
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