Downsizers-July Chat 2021
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Beverly2Hansen wrote: »PW- 146.4
CW-144.4
I'm glad I'm starting to get back on track. I think my original goal might have been to aggressive so for July I just want to get to 140.0lbs or lower not necessarily 7lbs down. My goal being 130.0lbs makes it kind of impractical for me to be so aggressive at this point. A lot of the time now I'm struggling to stay in my deficit.
Just wondering are you still with us with the step challenge? If you are I need your steps from 6/28-7/3 thank you
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Check in for Friday
✅Steps 13,404 (I checked my Fitbit twice)
✅Sleep
✅Walk
✅ 8/8 hourly reminders
Yesterday, I walked with my friend for 45 minutes, walked to the market (the short way) and spent 1.5 hours in the pool with my granddaughter. I didn’t swim laps but I stayed in constant motion. I was so hungry by supper I ended up using a good chunk of my Fitbit calorie adjustment which is unusual for me. I am hurting today but I will do my physio exercises and I won’t be walking today. The best part about yesterday was I learned being in the pool is so much easier on my back.
Norah, my granddaughter who thinks I am her 8 year old best friend, is having surgery on Thursday. She will be laid up all summer so Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we are planning lots of outings for her. I will miss some of my goals over those days but my priority is to help her have an entire summer in the next few days.
Have a super Saturday!
Oh my goodness!!! You more than doubled your step goal 😲👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉 Way to go Linda🙌🏻🙌🏻 Plus look at all of that green🤩 including 8:8 hourly reminders!! That is so incredibly sweet, about Norah and you being best friends 💖 That is a terrific plan, packing in a lot of fun outings in the three days. Remember to capture some of the moments. My kids love seeing pictures of themselves with their grandparents when they were younger.
******PW: 143.6
CW: 141 (this was a very pleasant surprise!)
LTD: 25lbs
I did not let yesterday's "hangover" derail me, despite the lack of motivation, I made myself do my weight lifting AND take my walk. I was really happy I did!
This morning's weigh in was quite a surprise, a whole pound down from yesterday and exactly 25lbs lost!
Congrats on your weekly loss Joni and your LTD of 25 pounds 👏🏻👏🏻 That's pretty darn impressive, not letting a hangover keep you from exercising!! You are one motivated Downsizer🤩
******Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »No walking today .... I woke up with a major headache ...so I am staying home and finishing my meal prep .... eggplant lasagna, berry trifle, butternut squash ravioli's Cauliflower potato salad and chicken cordon bleu casserole
I'm sorry to hear about your headache, I hope it passes soon. Yummy yummy dishes, very envious over here. Do you freeze your dishes or just refrigerate?
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I'm sorry to hear about your headache, I hope it passes soon. Yummy yummy dishes, very envious over here. Do you freeze your dishes or just refrigerate?
Thanks Theresa ....Depends how hungry I am ...lately I have not been very hungry ... so I will probably freeze 1/2 the casseroles ...I haven't had good luck freezing eggplant so I am making a smaller eggplant lasagna3 -
Tazaria87
Saturday
PW 158.6
CW 156.8
Loss w/ MFP since 4/17/20 113.2lbs
LTD 166.2 lbs
Finally a loss bigger than 0.2 haha
7/2
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 84oz
Steps 9007
Exercise 20min elliptical
Did grocery shopping and fireworks shopping. Was gonna dance in place for the rest of my steps at night but I guess the elliptical called my name cuz I hopped on there instead. Wasn't sure if my legs would allow two days in a row but the burning stopped after the first 5 minutes and I was able to do 20 minutes.
We are about the head out for a friend's pool and I'm very excited to go.
Yayyy Ashley!!! Way to go on your loss AND tracking AND staying under AND your water AND getting in over 9,000 steps AND going on the elliptical two days in a row 👏🏻👏🏻🤩 Have fun at your friend's pool😃2 -
Steps 7/1 12,473
7/2 12,516
Busy couple of days with more calls and more playdates. Yesterday took my son to the movies since we had been home all week and rainy day. I brought my lunch so I didn’t eat crap. Home others have better weather than we do here for 4th of July weekend. Feel like we got ripped off for long weekends this summer with cold rainy weather. This is usually the most fun weekend in my beach town.5 -
Today is my birthday. I am 57, a new age. I had a wish for my birthday. It was to reach a new age in weight, like age of aquarius. If I reached 299.8 I would be in my 4th century of weight in 2 years. I kept it to myself the last week so I wouldn't put to much pressure on myself.
i celebrated by eating the half apple fritter and half of the half buttermilk doughnut. i stopped at that amount because i was satisfied. i'm still hungry, but satisfied.
Amazing job and happy birthday! I hope enjoy your day!!
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Beverly2Hansen wrote: »PW- 146.4
CW-144.4
I'm glad I'm starting to get back on track. I think my original goal might have been to aggressive so for July I just want to get to 140.0lbs or lower not necessarily 7lbs down. My goal being 130.0lbs makes it kind of impractical for me to be so aggressive at this point. A lot of the time now I'm struggling to stay in my deficit.
Way to go with your weekly loss 👏🏻👏🏻 I'm glad you are looking at what makes sense for you and your mindset, instead of just a number- very insightful. You're going to reach your goal before you know it🤩 The deficit is a tough number, I'm glad you're trying to do your best and knowing that you are doing amazing 🤗
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
Great plan! Your choices are so delicious. I need to start devoting more time to meal planning. My daughter was just asking for eggplant parmigiana (not mine, but my mom's - she's a much better cook than I am). Feel better 🤗2 -
Thank you so much Theresa ... this is the 3rd day of a headache but today is much worse2
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Beverly2Hansen wrote: »PW- 146.4
CW-144.4
I'm glad I'm starting to get back on track. I think my original goal might have been to aggressive so for July I just want to get to 140.0lbs or lower not necessarily 7lbs down. My goal being 130.0lbs makes it kind of impractical for me to be so aggressive at this point. A lot of the time now I'm struggling to stay in my deficit.
Just wondering are you still with us with the step challenge? If you are I need your steps from 6/28-7/3 thank you
Yes I'm still with you. I just had a rough low step week. On our hot day I couldn't walk, I injured my foot wearing sandals, I missed a day because my cousin in law was giving birth to my nephew and because I didn't go to sleep(her labor was induced and lasted about 24hours) I chose to skip the following day because I felt semi loopy.
6/28/21-15,058
6/29/21-10,113
6/30/21-11,053
7/1/21-2,867(carried 35lbs for 50% of these steps) My nephew was born and I set up my fathers brand new bed and box spring after they arrived which he's really loving.
7/2/21-N/A(I didn't wear my pedometer or go walk because of exhaustion). I'm hoping this next week will run on my typical schedule but we will see how things go. It should be more normal since I don't have any other oddball plans.4 -
Today is my birthday. I am 57, a new age. I had a wish for my birthday. It was to reach a new age in weight, like age of aquarius. If I reached 299.8 I would be in my 4th century of weight in 2 years. I kept it to myself the last week so I wouldn't put to much pressure on myself.
i celebrated by eating the half apple fritter and half of the half buttermilk doughnut. i stopped at that amount because i was satisfied. i'm still hungry, but satisfied.
Congradulations and welcome to the 200lb club. You have done an amazing job staying consistent and we're all really proud of you!🤩HAPPY BIRTHDAY🥳3 -
Steps 7/2: 15,1353
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Beverly2Hansen wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Beverly2Hansen wrote: »PW- 146.4
CW-144.4
I'm glad I'm starting to get back on track. I think my original goal might have been to aggressive so for July I just want to get to 140.0lbs or lower not necessarily 7lbs down. My goal being 130.0lbs makes it kind of impractical for me to be so aggressive at this point. A lot of the time now I'm struggling to stay in my deficit.
Just wondering are you still with us with the step challenge? If you are I need your steps from 6/28-7/3 thank you
Yes I'm still with you. I just had a rough low step week. On our hot day I couldn't walk, I injured my foot wearing sandals, I missed a day because my cousin in law was giving birth to my nephew and because I didn't go to sleep(her labor was induced and lasted about 24hours) I chose to skip the following day because I felt semi loopy.
6/28/21-15,058
6/29/21-10,113
6/30/21-11,053
7/1/21-2,867(carried 35lbs for 50% of these steps) My nephew was born and I set up my fathers brand new bed and box spring after they arrived which he's really loving.
7/2/21-N/A(I didn't wear my pedometer or go walk because of exhaustion). I'm hoping this next week will run on my typical schedule but we will see how things go. It should be more normal since I don't have any other oddball plans.
Glad you are still with us ... Congrats on your new nephew...thanks for posting your steps 3 -
Today is my birthday. I am 57, a new age. I had a wish for my birthday. It was to reach a new age in weight, like age of aquarius. If I reached 299.8 I would be in my 4th century of weight in 2 years. I kept it to myself the last week so I wouldn't put to much pressure on myself.
i celebrated by eating the half apple fritter and half of the half buttermilk doughnut. i stopped at that amount because i was satisfied. i'm still hungry, but satisfied.
That's a fantastic birthday gift to yourself. Congratulations and happy birthday!!!
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Strawberry trifle is done (posted the recipe on our recipe thread) ...eggplant lasagna is in the oven ....I am getting things done even with a headache (took 4 aspirin and it is going away slowly) 4
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@lindamtuck2018 Nice job with the green check marks AND the steps!
lmf1012
Weigh-In: Saturday
PW: 143.6
CW: 141 (this was a very pleasant surprise!)
LTD:
Awesome loss!Tazaria87
Saturday
PW 158.6
CW 156.8
Loss w/ MFP since 4/17/20 113.2lbs
LTD 166.2 lbs
Finally a loss bigger than 0.2 haha
7/2
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 84oz
Steps 9007
Exercise 20min elliptical
Did grocery shopping and fireworks shopping. Was gonna dance in place for the rest of my steps at night but I guess the elliptical called my name cuz I hopped on there instead. Wasn't sure if my legs would allow two days in a row but the burning stopped after the first 5 minutes and I was able to do 20 minutes.
We are about the head out for a friend's pool and I'm very excited to go.
Fantastic loss! Have fun at the pool!Beverly2Hansen wrote: »PW- 146.4
CW-144.4
I'm glad I'm starting to get back on track. I think my original goal might have been to aggressive so for July I just want to get to 140.0lbs or lower not necessarily 7lbs down. My goal being 130.0lbs makes it kind of impractical for me to be so aggressive at this point. A lot of the time now I'm struggling to stay in my deficit.
Nice loss! You are so close to your goal!1 -
Steps 7/1 12,473
7/2 12,516
Busy couple of days with more calls and more playdates. Yesterday took my son to the movies since we had been home all week and rainy day. I brought my lunch so I didn’t eat crap. Home others have better weather than we do here for 4th of July weekend. Feel like we got ripped off for long weekends this summer with cold rainy weather. This is usually the most fun weekend in my beach town.
Terrific steps for the past couple of days!! That was a great idea, brining your lunch to avoid the concession stand (I agree, it's all garbage food filled, at least it is here). It's been raining on and off since yesterday and we are scheduled to have a nice little hurricane- thanks Elsa. I hope you guys still find a way to have fun during the rainy weather.
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@Beverly2Hansen
Congratulations on the birthday of your nephew 🤩 and terrific stepping!!
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@888Angie888
Excellent step day!!
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
Absolutely amazing how much you get done with a headache! Thank you for posting the recipe on the thread.1 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970 Are you able to calculate steps for two hours of swimming, playing, and teaching my kids to swim in the pool?0
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This morning I was brushing my teeth and noticing how bright the sun was. Yayyyy! Had a mug of delicious coffee while reading and responding to your inspirational posts. Went outside to start walking around the block, waiting for hubby to come outside. As I'm waiting, the sun goes in. Still walking. Clouds become dark. Still walking. It starts drizzling. Still walking. The sky opens and I make a mad dash back home (luckily I was only three houses away). I decide to wait in the garage and watch the rain, it looked (that's a bit of foreshadowing) like the rain was leaving, yayyy. Two minutes later, sky lightened and the downpour turned into a light drizzle. Hubby comes out and we begin our walk, deciding to stay close to home. Sky gets brighter, we decide to venture further away. The wind picks up when we are about a mile away from home. Small drips hit our baseball caps. We keep going. We talk about how much nicer it is walking without the blazing sun and the cooling rain. Small drips start coming down faster. We keep going. Now it's raining, we are drenched, we our soaked clothes are plastered to us, we feel the squelch of our socks in our sneakers. It's getting darker. We decide to turn around and head for home. Almost home, and the sky clears. Two minutes later, it's dark again and it rains buckets (we can't see out our windows).
It was one of our best walks. I'm so proud of us, that we stayed with it. Although, we were lucky getting back home when we did. I don't think our baseball caps would have helped us see when the buckets of rain came down.
When we came home, we prepped our sneakers so they would hopefully dry out for our walk tomorrow. It stormed all day today. After dinner, the sky lightened up and I was about to go for a walk. Until I felt my sneakers. Still wet.
What are you guys doing to me??
@Megan_smartiepants1970
12,000 steps
Steps- 11,000 ✅ Walked a mini-Megan, 4.5 miles, 3.5 of them were in the rain
Seltzer- 8 cups 👎 6.5 cups
Tracked everything ate and drank ✅
Under calorie budget ✅2 -
TheresaM787 wrote: »
This morning I was brushing my teeth and noticing how bright the sun was. Yayyyy! Had a mug of delicious coffee while reading and responding to your inspirational posts. Went outside to start walking around the block, waiting for hubby to come outside. As I'm waiting, the sun goes in. Still walking. Clouds become dark. Still walking. It starts drizzling. Still walking. The sky opens and I make a mad dash back home (luckily I was only three houses away). I decide to wait in the garage and watch the rain, it looked (that's a bit of foreshadowing) like the rain was leaving, yayyy. Two minutes later, sky lightened and the downpour turned into a light drizzle. Hubby comes out and we begin our walk, deciding to stay close to home. Sky gets brighter, we decide to venture further away. The wind picks up when we are about a mile away from home. Small drips hit our baseball caps. We keep going. We talk about how much nicer it is walking without the blazing sun and the cooling rain. Small drips start coming down faster. We keep going. Now it's raining, we are drenched, we our soaked clothes are plastered to us, we feel the squelch of our socks in our sneakers. It's getting darker. We decide to turn around and head for home. Almost home, and the sky clears. Two minutes later, it's dark again and it rains buckets (we can't see out our windows).
It was one of our best walks. I'm so proud of us, that we stayed with it. Although, we were lucky getting back home when we did. I don't think our baseball caps would have helped us see when the buckets of rain came down.
When we came home, we prepped our sneakers so they would hopefully dry out for our walk tomorrow. It stormed all day today. After dinner, the sky lightened up and I was about to go for a walk. Until I felt my sneakers. Still wet.
What are you guys doing to me??
@Megan_smartiepants1970
12,000 steps
Steps- 11,000 ✅ Walked a mini-Megan, 4.5 miles, 3.5 of them were in the rain
Seltzer- 8 cups 👎 6.5 cups
Tracked everything ate and drank ✅
Under calorie budget ✅
Another incredible day of walking! Great job walking in the rain. I like walking in the rain but not when it’s coming down in sheets. I hope you don’t have to walk in squishy shoes tomorrow. Enjoy your walk in the morning.1 -
The drive to TN yesterday was no fun at all with traffic and a glitchy GPS. However, we finally made it, had a good dinner, and went to bed. Today was the crime museum (Alcatraz East), and it was so fun! I teach Forensics, so it was really fun seeing everything. I took a million pictures!
I also managed to get all my steps in yesterday and today. Yesterday I cleaned a bunch, and today we did the museum, and I took the dog on a nice long walk. Now just reading and relaxing. We head back home tomorrow.
A getaway is always good!
Current numbers:
PW: 161.8
CW: 158.8
Steps:
7/2: 8,138
7/3: 6,5514 -
@lindamtuck2018
Thank you so much 🤗 It was pleasantly surprising that walking in the rain was so nice. I’m glad we both had on caps to keep the rain off our faces. Thank you, I hope my sneakers are dry by morning. I just ordered a second pair, just in case this happens again 😆
@red1185
Truly spectacular loss 👏👏 AND look at those high steps!! Im so glad you enjoyed the museum. Hope the ride back will be better 🤞 Those pictures are going to be excellent sources of reference for your class. Enjoy the rest of your stay. Safe travels home.1 -
Beverly2Hansen wrote: »PW- 146.4
CW-144.4
I'm glad I'm starting to get back on track. I think my original goal might have been to aggressive so for July I just want to get to 140.0lbs or lower not necessarily 7lbs down. My goal being 130.0lbs makes it kind of impractical for me to be so aggressive at this point. A lot of the time now I'm struggling to stay in my deficit.
I remember it being really difficult to get from 145 to 130. I suddenly felt way more hungry and, like you said, the deficit became hard. Just to say, I think it's a good idea to be a little easier with your incremental goals at this point. You're kicking butt!1 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970 Are you able to calculate steps for two hours of swimming, playing, and teaching my kids to swim in the pool?
I can add the swimming as steps ...was it leisurely, moderate or vigorous ?
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The drive to TN yesterday was no fun at all with traffic and a glitchy GPS. However, we finally made it, had a good dinner, and went to bed. Today was the crime museum (Alcatraz East), and it was so fun! I teach Forensics, so it was really fun seeing everything. I took a million pictures!
I also managed to get all my steps in yesterday and today. Yesterday I cleaned a bunch, and today we did the museum, and I took the dog on a nice long walk. Now just reading and relaxing. We head back home tomorrow.
A getaway is always good!
Current numbers:
PW: 161.8
CW: 158.8
Steps:
7/2: 8,138
7/3: 6,551
Missing your steps from 7/1 ..Thanks1 -
Quick step count for today
3/7- 10,102
Heading to bed will try and catch up tomorrow 3 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »@Megan_smartiepants1970 Are you able to calculate steps for two hours of swimming, playing, and teaching my kids to swim in the pool?
I can add the swimming as steps ...was it leisurely, moderate or vigorous ?
Mostly leisurely probably2 -
Still with my mom in the hospital. Today was a better day, and she seems to have turned a corner. Hopefully each day will be a little better. She is supposed to be discharged from the hospital Wednesday, so a few more days for me. I was able to go home today for several hours because my brother was able to come sit with her. Now I'm back to sleep here for the night. Thanks to those of you who sent well wishes and prayers!
When I logged on, there were over seventy messages! I read all of them. Y'all are kicking butt and doing great! Suddenly I want an elliptical trainer! And I want to walk even more once I get home:) No way will I be derailed by this. I am confident in that, and it feels good:)
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Steps:
6/27 12,202
6/28 4,208
6/29 9,113
6/30 8,263
7/1 9,810
7/2 12,639
7/3 9,5574 -
@iradi8 those are amazing steps considering you're in the hospital all day. i truly hope she gets discharged this time. you both need a rest. you are amazing.
@TheresaM787 great walk/swim today. when i was a kid we had to put our wet sneakers in the dryer on low for a while or they would be wet for a couple days. as an adult i don't care about wet sneakers. lol.
@Megan_smartiepants1970 i hope your headache went away and won't return tomorrow.
@red1185 hope you had a complete blast on your trip. i'm sure you'll be working some of that stuff into your teaching next year.
check in for 7/3:
steps - 9353. i know i did more but i didn't wear my watch after my walk this morning. i found a rash under the band so it's staying off for a while.
calories - 1828. just over my personal limit but under the 2069 MFP gives. i was about to have a nice salad for lunch when daughter called and said she was bringing home lunch. a gyros kit. so yummy i ate 2. she said birthday calories don't count. lol. i get my birthday cupcake tomorrow since she will be home.
exercise - 4.4 mile walk in 1:25 in the morning. a quick trip to the gym, since i didn't know they were going to close in 25 minutes. got in 6 machines, working arms/back/shoulders. 3 sets each.
have a great 4th everyone, even if you were on the losing side of that little incident. stay safe.4 -
The drive to TN yesterday was no fun at all with traffic and a glitchy GPS. However, we finally made it, had a good dinner, and went to bed. Today was the crime museum (Alcatraz East), and it was so fun! I teach Forensics, so it was really fun seeing everything. I took a million pictures!
I also managed to get all my steps in yesterday and today. Yesterday I cleaned a bunch, and today we did the museum, and I took the dog on a nice long walk. Now just reading and relaxing. We head back home tomorrow.
A getaway is always good!
Current numbers:
PW: 161.8
CW: 158.8
Steps:
7/2: 8,138
7/3: 6,551
Awesome loss! Sounds like you had a great getaway. My husband would love a museum like that. Great steps!littleflutterby wrote: »Quick step count for today
3/7- 10,102
Heading to bed will try and catch up tomorrow
Nice steps Tanya!Still with my mom in the hospital. Today was a better day, and she seems to have turned a corner. Hopefully each day will be a little better. She is supposed to be discharged from the hospital Wednesday, so a few more days for me. I was able to go home today for several hours because my brother was able to come sit with her. Now I'm back to sleep here for the night. Thanks to those of you who sent well wishes and prayers!
When I logged on, there were over seventy messages! I read all of them. Y'all are kicking butt and doing great! Suddenly I want an elliptical trainer! And I want to walk even more once I get home:) No way will I be derailed by this. I am confident in that, and it feels good:)
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Steps:
6/27 12,202
6/28 4,208
6/29 9,113
6/30 8,263
7/1 9,810
7/2 12,639
7/3 9,557
That’s great that your Mom felt better! I hope she is able to be discharged on Wednesday. Those are some pretty amazing steps!@iradi8 those are amazing steps considering you're in the hospital all day. i truly hope she gets discharged this time. you both need a rest. you are amazing.
@TheresaM787 great walk/swim today. when i was a kid we had to put our wet sneakers in the dryer on low for a while or they would be wet for a couple days. as an adult i don't care about wet sneakers. lol.
@Megan_smartiepants1970 i hope your headache went away and won't return tomorrow.
@red1185 hope you had a complete blast on your trip. i'm sure you'll be working some of that stuff into your teaching next year.
check in for 7/3:
steps - 9353. i know i did more but i didn't wear my watch after my walk this morning. i found a rash under the band so it's staying off for a while.
calories - 1828. just over my personal limit but under the 2069 MFP gives. i was about to have a nice salad for lunch when daughter called and said she was bringing home lunch. a gyros kit. so yummy i ate 2. she said birthday calories don't count. lol. i get my birthday cupcake tomorrow since she will be home.
exercise - 4.4 mile walk in 1:25 in the morning. a quick trip to the gym, since i didn't know they were going to close in 25 minutes. got in 6 machines, working arms/back/shoulders. 3 sets each.
have a great 4th everyone, even if you were on the losing side of that little incident. stay safe.
You might have to switch your band type. Amazon has a great selection of bands for the Fitbit. I have a few different bands I switch around every now and then. That’s quite the walk in middle of the night. Well done!1
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