WaistAways-July Chat 2021
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@ashleycarole86
That sounds like an amazing exercise day in the heat - you deserve all the zonk. You guys are an inspiration.
It is time for the Friday people reminder already! Here goes -
@Pearl4686
@conleywoods
@happimess01
@Steph1498
@gak71 (I'm not sure if your trip has started - I'll go back and find your earlier post to check. If you're already gone, don't worry, you'll be excused until you're back!)
Overdue:
@graceojo999
@EvMakesChanges
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@YinxFed love the hair and happy birthday!!2
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Steps for Thursday 7/1 88614
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PW - 205.5 lbs
CW - 206.1 lbs
Just some water fluctuation I assume, no biggie.3 -
New veggie in my salad today - Celtuce - a friend is growing it and gave me some. I had no idea what to do with it but raw and in a salad is what I saw when I googled it. If it's good, I'll give it a go in the garden next year.
Happy Friday! - a 3 day weekend ahead for me and lots of home projects to tackle=steps4 -
Happy belated Yinka day! You are amazing, 3 sets of 5 push-ups is so hard! I want your dedication to exercise! The results are always so worthwhile. Maybe if I schedule the Epic workouts into my week I'll find a way to stick to it. For now my exercise is hauling 30kilo bags of rocks and cement mix to the backyard for various projects. Definitely exhausting.
I will be playing soccer on Monday night for the first time in years. I had to stop because my knees couldn't take the impact but now that I've lost the 50lbs, maybe they can handle it. Monday night is trial by fire! Wish me luck. (I will bring Advil and ice packs just in case) 😉3 -
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Happy Friday - and thank you all so much for your birthday greetings. Yesterday was such a lovely day and I did exactly what I wanted to do all day. So I felt very spoilt and very blessed.
Today I will be going out on one of my practice walks - just an hour today. Last week I made the decision to just walk on pavement from now on, because the actual event that I'm training for in September is going to be walking on London streets and London bridges. Makes sense, right?
Tomorrow I will be starting my new job - my first shift! I will be working casually in my local museum café and I am really excited! A couple of days each week meeting and chatting to people is going to be so good for my soul. And because it's casual, I can still continue with my consultancy work at home. I'd like to squeeze in an Epic workout before I go, but I won't kill myself if I opt to spend that hour in bed!
@PlaneMonkey I think that hauling bags of rocks all day makes you plenty strong 💪
Enjoy your day, Friends.3 -
Friday weigh-in
CW 86.3 kg
I know I have been absent for a while now, but life got in the way. I finally submitted my last paper for the training I'm on and if I pass, I have 1 more year to go. It has been a stressful year...
Diet and excersize have taken a complete back seat, hence the regular gains
. I'm hoping to break the cycle this month and get my head back in the game before the new academic year starts and all hell breaks loose.
Have a great weekend everyone
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@jugar CW 185
Happy July 2nd!
We're finally seeing some much needed rain and the temps are back to relative normal in the high 60s/low 70s. Ah. Much better!
I've got some catching up on posts to do later this afternoon. I look forward to that.2 -
So so fun about the soccer @PlaneMonkey ... can't wait to hear how it goes on Monday!1
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@Pearl4686
Congratulations on finishing up your last papers for this year - that must be a great relief. Do you get a good break before your final year begins?
I started listening to an interesting podcast today - it's by Katy Bowman, who runs a site called Nutritious Movement. She has several books out and I find her approach to building general healthy movement refreshing. I am going to get one of her books and keep on listening to the podcast. Her most well-known book is Move Your DNA, but she has others on foot pain, aging, children, etc. If you're looking for interesting ways just to move in your daily life, you might want to have a look. The website is nutritiousmovement.com
I'm feeling like getting on the bike tonight while watching something - it was rainy today and my outdoor jobs were not super walk-intensive, so it's time to sweat a bit. Get the rest of those Friday weigh-ins done while I'm pedalling, ok?3 -
Heading into the last day of week 1! We're really in July now...
Weigh-ins due:
@evangsimmons170
@Micki48
@sunny9847
@conleywoods (did I miss yours?)
@graceojo999
Thanks! Hope your weekend is off to a great start -
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Friday exercise -
20 minutes yoga
8,058 steps3 -
@jugar I am just not getting it in until now! 8:00 and the kids are in bed. Amazing how things slow down once the little darlings are in bed.
PW 226.8
CW 226.0
Going down slowly but that is great! Today was very busy and lovely weather 😌 We had some friends come out to our place and we hiked around and picked Saskatoon berries/Service berries. I have never done that before. We actually have a lot of great trees full of berries. From what I was reading it sounds like they are a bigger deal in Canada. I will let the Canadians confirm this.
Next we packed up and went to the lake. My youngest FINALLY jumped off the dock for the first time. He still had a life jacket on and we are hoping he will swim on his own by the end of summer. I bribed him with twinkies and a Lego set to finally take the leap!
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Steps for 7/2:
16,762
I took a few laps around the store in downtime at work and then ventured out to a hiking trail near my house that I've never been to this evening. Which is good because we ordered Olive Garden for dinner and I needed to walk some of it off lol4 -
Caved yesterday afternoon to those silly yummy hazelnut stick cookies from Aldi - curiously, the bar code scanned no problem into MFP but, amazingly, apparently there is no sugar in those things! NOT! Loads per serving but shows up as 0. They are gone now and therefore, nothing to tempt me again.3
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Today I will be carrying out round two of 'Operation Poison Ivy Elimination'. The surviving 8 plants I have identified from the first round of eradication are quivering in fear, I just know it! All my precautions last time of wearing long sleeves and 3 layers of gloves worked and I had no accidental contact. I'm going to finish my coffee and suit up! Hopefully not too many more rounds of this before I can safely walk through my garden in sandals
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Hi all. I am Cyndi from Cincinnati, Ohio. Trying to get healthy and lose weight so I don't have to go on Cholesterol meds. I am an elementary school secretary. My husband has been diagnosed with Alzheimers and he wants to eat out everyday. It's hard trying to be healthy and keep him happy. So I am glad for the encouragement here.
PW:119.4
CW:119.3
Steps Goal: 10,000
Sat: 10,259
Sun: 10,519
Mon: 10,430
Tue: 10,558
Wed: 10,458
Thur: 13,556
Fri: 10,707
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Happy Saturday!
I'm going to hit the farmer's market this today for the first time this year. It is always a good way to see all my local friends in one place (if I get the timing right!) and score some of the veggies I don't grow here. I have to be careful of the sourdough bread people, though... they are out to get me.
@sunny9847
You are doing so well - I know how slowly the weight goes down once you are below 120, but you are amazing. Your steps are strong enough to build a pyramid, and it sounds to me like your husband could not have a more caring and supportive partner. It is also lovely to know your name now! Keep smiling
@PlaneMonkey
You are freaking me out. I had such serious bouts of poison ivy when I was a kid that I go absolutely weird around that stuff. Snakes, spiders, varmints of all kinds don't bother me a bit, but keep the shiny trileaf away from me! Luckily, we have none here. None. My kinda place. Good luck getting rid of the stuff!
@conleywoods
Saskatoon berries are the bomb - SO tasty. My daughter sent me home from Alberta with a big jar of jam. Utterly yummy. Lucky you! And your little guy with the twinkie is too cute. Soon you won't be able to stop him jumping off the dock continuously - he'll get water everywhere... But he needs to up his fashion game - here's my son on our pond many years ago:
@eggfreak
Oh dear. Just thinking about those cookies makes me crave them. I used to make pirate ship cakes for my son's birthday every year, and those cookies were used as cannons. Needless to say, many of them did not make it anywhere near the birthday celebration.4 -
Happy weekend all! I hope it's going well for everybody
Yesterday I played whack-a-mole with my mind virtually all day. The day wasn't going to plan, but my mind got caught up in all the negative parts (e.g. getting up at 6.30am SUCKED, rather than I got a run in before work) and wouldn't STFU about how I'd screwed something up, how horribly wrong everything was going to go etc etc. I knew I was at risk of stress eating but I managed to keep it in check by countering all the negatives with facts or probabilities. Fun times.
Right now I'm doing something I've been meaning to do for a while, which is to update the progress photos I take monthly with a caption of date and weight. I'm also going to do a consolidation of each 'set' to make comparisons easier; I take 4 photos each month (front, back, side, side) clothed and in underwear - I shan't share the latter! It's taking a while, but I thought because I've been at this 6 months, I'd share.
I can definitely see progress, particularly around my hips, upper arms and the profile of my stomach, but it's also easy to be critical of oneself. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next 10kg loss brings.
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Sat weigh in
CW 197.5
PW 198.2
I have had trouble getting on lately. I have 73 posts to catch up on. Busy weekend. Will check back later to catch up. Hope everyone is doing well.
I’m so out of it, I thought we were finishing up June, not week 1 of July. Oops! That explains why the June thread stopped posting and has been closed.
Also son is here visiting. Daughter is through round one of her interview. She should hear more this week. If she gets this job, we are looking at a move. The idea daunting.4 -
@DD265
Fantastic photos - look at the "daylight" between your arms and your side. A waist is happening, and that 10 kg (22.2 pounds!) has made a big difference. With the next 10, the difference will be even more apparent as you will be losing a higher percentage of your total weight. It might come off a bit slower, but each kg gone will change your shape more. WTG!
@micki48
Big hugs to you! We miss you but you have your hands full. I'm glad your son is visiting and that it is going well so far for your daughter. A move is huge, but hopefully you will have lots of help, enough time, and a good plan. Keep us posted! 3 -
LAST CALL!
The week is ending - let's get the last of the weigh-ins done - thanks!
@graceojo999
@evangsimmons170
It has been a good week - with @ashleycarole86 in the lead so far. Let's try to make next week even better!2 -
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07/03 exercise -
10,448 steps + 18 minutes yoga1 -
Evening everyone! I've been saying all along that I was nervous about re-entering "the real world" in my weight loss journey... so far my weight loss has all occurred in my little bubble of isolation where I didn't have to deal with my normal social activities and felt like I had way more control over my environment.
A dear friend of ours was celebrating her birthday today and they had invited us to The Keg followed by birthday cake at our house after. I'm happy to report that I read the menu last night, picked something, pre-logged it, stuck to my guns (in fact, I over-estimated what I thought I'd get), and the cake was pre-logged too.
Since I knew what I had in store for dinner, I got up and got my steps in early, and planned my earlier meals for the day around it.
Felt like a big success, as I participated and had a night out but also stayed within my calorie goal.
Also doing well with my push-up progression, I am now up to two full push-ups per day.. I've been using the habit tracker to keep this top of mind for me.
Happy early 4th of July to the Americans in the group - imagine many of you will have lots of fun activities planned for tomorrow. Enjoy!!
Hope everyone else is having a nice weekend.... we are looking forward to another bike ride tomorrow!6 -
Thanks for sharing the progress pics @DD265 ... I can definitely see the changes too! Keep it up!2
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