Mission Slimpossibles-July Chat 2021
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Quick check in here. Last day of school for my kids on Monday so off to the lake tomorrow. Got some running around to do today. Temp as been around 33C here so just did a strength workout yesterday no walk or jog. Going to be this hot till Sunday.
@vegan4lyfe2012 i love Fitbit if your looking for a friend in the app to do challenges with send me a message. I am also doing WW and have the same points. You are on the right path … today is a new day….
@TwistedSassette i feel your mask pain. Here we have been mandatory masks everywhere since November. Finally gets lifted on July 11. Can’t wait.1 -
@vegan4lyfe2012 I can hear your frustration. I have done the same thing. Do you journal? Maybe this would be a good thing explored further in writing. Today IS a new day! Hugs!
@Cornanda Thanks!
@TeresaW1020 They are here until Monday. Then my best friend comes on Friday! The fajitas and margarita were really good! How long is VBS? I'm sorry your sister isn't doing well, I hope she improves.
@TwistedSassette Yes! I hope the last day of the financial year went well!
@Katmary71 Yes, and they were delicious! I hope the nutritionist works out for you.
Hi all. We walked a lot yesterday, I was so tired last night but couldn't sleep because I drank an iced coffee at about 4:30, I didn't realize what time it was! Today, we are going to the beach. It should be fun.
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I've noticed a 2-3 cycle that needs to be broken. 2 weeks I do alright but the 3rd week I eat terrible and overeat. This is the 3rd week and I ate way way too much. I'm miserable.2
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Username:@leonadixon
PW 6/23:225.8
Check in weight (6/30/2021): 224.9
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@TeresaW1020 - Enjoy VBS and healing prayers for your sister.
@Katmary71 - Hope the nutritional stuff helps and safe travels. Healing prayers for you too!
@TwistedSassette - OK, let me know when you get started again on your workouts.
@askewcr - What kind of dance are you doing?
@GabiV125 - new month, new leaf- that's the right attitude!
@renaegry - Last day of school is exciting- have fun at the lake!
@trooworld - how was the beach? It is STILL raining here. Today I got soaked on my walk- I was so wet, I even had to run.
@19shmoo69 - I hear ya. I had two good weeks of losing, now I'm not going crazy, but I've slipped up the past two weeks, wiped out any possible loss and am now headed into the holiday weekend. Two things I've stopped doing are reviewing my reasons/goals every morning and not consistently tracking. I've restarted both and we'll see how it goes. Best wishes to you.
@leonadixon - Nice loss!
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Hi Team!
I am looking forward to our July weight loss journey together!
I was so busy in June that I didn't get to spend as much time as
I wanted to in this group. I am freeing up more time to focus
on my self care, and that will include being more involved in this group.
Username: TheGlwUp
Weigh in day: Friday
Starting weight: 6/26 = 225.5 (still the same on 6/30)
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vegan4lyfe2012 wrote: »I am feeling like such a failure. For my WW plan, I get 30 daily points and 35 weekly points (to spread out however I choose). Yesterday evening, my daughter and I were going to go on a trail hike, but it was downpouring, so we lounged at home. I ended up consuming 91 points of junk - mainly candy and crackers. And you know what makes it even worse? I had an entire footlong veggie sub sitting in the fridge. I CHOSE JUNK OVER HEALTH. I am so angry with myself! I keep trying to figure out why why why I constantly cross my own red lines, but it makes my head hurt. Thank you for letting me unload.
Today is a new day...
You are definitely not a failure! You are human, and change is hard for us all.
It is hard to change from junk food to healthy food because the junk food usually tastes better.
You may have been bored and the junk food may have been a more comfortable way
to cope with not being able to go hiking due to the rain.
There have been times when I would remove all junk food from my house,
and replace it with healthy food. But...when I felt like emotional eating
I would actually go out to get some junk food. I have learned to not
sabotage my whole day after I sabotage my efforts with one junk meal.
I remind myself that every moment is another chance to start anew,
and I can choose to do better going forward.
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@TwistedSassette I do wish you luck with your work and how busy you will be. Will you find it harder to stick to your health plan when you are under that much stress? Do you have a plan to not let that happen to you? Thinking about your July goals is a great start!
@askewcr What age is the student you are tutoring? What kind of dance are you and your husband doing?
@Katmary71 VBS is a vacation Bible school. It’s four days of craziness. We have just over 50 kids this year ranging from 5 to 12 years old. I’m a crew leader with 6 little kids. It’s a lot of work but fun and worth it.
@GabiV125 We all have months that aren’t our best. I sure had one this month too! But we do have a new month and a fresh start to turn it all around.
@trooworld VBS ends on Thursday. Tonight is our last night of VBS activities and then tomorrow night the kids along with their families all come for pizza and giant inflatables for the kids to play on. How long will your best friend be staying? Ohhh I’ve learned not to have iced coffee after 3 pm or I won’t sleep either. I hope you have a fun beach day!
@19shmoo69 SAME!!!
I’ve been beating myself up for how I constantly seem to blow the last week of the month and then have to all but start from scratch again. How are we going to stop doing this to ourselves? What kind of accountability can we set up in the group? I know we aren’t the only ones that struggle with this issue. 
@TheGlwUp We look forward to seeing more of you in July!!
Hi Team! I’m just going to be totally honest here because that is what we do in this group. I have had a terrible week of eating. I restarted the DDF app but even that didn’t help so today I paused it and it will stay at 82 until I can hit 82 for a few days and then I can resume chasing the trigger number lower and lower. One of the things that I know has happened is that I’ve gone off my low-carb plan and have been eating whatever I want. Including candy at VBS. Well, that needs to stop! I’m being realistic and will give myself tomorrow and then I’m getting back on my plan. I have a physical on July 21 and I want to be in the 170s!!
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@askewcr I'm glad that you had a good day and your student did well with the reading
@GabiV125 I'm turning that new leaf over with you!!
@renaegry Have fun at the lake! I don't mind wearing a mask in shops or meetings etc. but just sitting at my desk with nobody within 2 metres of me seems ridiculous. Especially since we also eat lunch at our desks (no lunch room) and it's ok to take our masks off then. But them's the rules so we just keep on complying!
@trooworld Enjoy the beach!! Sounds like fun.
@19shmoo69 That sucks, but I think recognising a pattern is good. I know that some people find that kind of pattern when they're being too restrictive - they can keep it up for a while but eventually it's too much and they binge. Have you thought about revisiting your calorie targets and increasing it a little so it's not so restrictive?
@leonadixon Yay! Good to see the scale moving down!
@Cornanda I am planning to do the 4 weeks of pretraining in July. I'm just debating whether to start that today (1 July) or start it on Monday...stay tuned!
@TeresaW1020 Thank you for the well wishes. Some things are harder when I'm super busy at work, but some are easier. I find I don't eat as much during the day because I'm too busy to think about food. But then I'm so tired at the end of the day that I don't feel like cooking a proper dinner or exercising. I will be leaning on hubby to help, I'm sure!
Good on you for being honest and owning your choices. Pausing DDF sounds like a good idea until VBS is over and done with - it sounds like a crazy few days!
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It's now July 1 here, so I'll quickly recap June. It did not go that well for me. I've let my eating get out of hand a bit, and the lack of movement on the scale reflects that. I set myself new targets mid-month, then proceeded to blow those targets out, so it clearly wasn't the right move. But I have learned from that and set myself up for more reasonable targets moving forward. I spent a little time yesterday figuring out my goals for July and thinking about my yearly goals and whether they still feel right for me (they do).
I was pleased with how my sleep time improved in June, so I am extending on that in July, as well as trying to improve the quality of my sleep, as there were times where I'd have a full 8 hours sleep and still not feel rested!
I fell down the social media rabbit hole a couple of times in June, and I regretted it. I think it reflects my mood at the time, so I'm working on recognising emotions and dealing with them, rather than distracting myself with meaningless posts and comments. That's a work in progress!
I had a step goal for June, but I came to realise that a lot of the exercise that I do isn't walking and so it doesn't count steps (e.g. riding my bike). I think a step goal isn't really that important to me, so I've axed that one.
I also smashed my calorie deficit goal for June (despite having several days where I didn't track, which I count as maintenance days even though I likely didn't eat at maintenance) so I'm bumping that up a little as I think I can do better!
Here are my goals for July:
1. Sleep for a total of 217 hours (average 7.0 hours per night)
2. Record overall calorie deficit of at least 15,000 calories
3. Complete 600 minutes of exercise (average around 20 minutes per day)
4. Avoid screen time for 30 mins before bed, 5 days a week
5. Average fewer than 60 minutes on social media per day
I will also restart the BodyBoss pretraining program and aim to complete that in July! It made me feel good, and I can do it, I just need to stick to it. I am just deciding whether to start today, July 1, or start on Monday, as either one will have it completed by end of the month. I'm leaning toward starting today so the difficult days are not Monday/Wednesday/Friday, they would be Thursday/Saturday/Monday instead. Might be worth a shot, I think.2 -
I haven't been feeling very well today. I'm guessing it's my body getting back used to being back home and the normalcy of my weeks. I'm not "sick" per say, but not feeling 100%. Tomorrow will be better.
I currently have two students that I tutor. I tutored my first grader yesterday and my second grader today. They are both sweet students and work very hard for me. Hats off to parents who get tutors for students during the summer months to prevent "summer slide," loss of gains made through out the school year. I also tutor my nieces when they are with me.
My husband and I will be ball room dancing next month. Our choreographers are so patient and kind to us. Our confession was that we are not dancers. They said, "If you can walk, you can dance." It has been a fun and empowering adventure. Now we have to come up with costumes. It's a great source of exercise as well. We practice for about an hour twice a week and it is work.
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@19shmoo69 Would it help to pretrack your food in the morning or even the night before?
@leonadixon Congrats on the loss.
@Cornanda The beach was crowded but fun.That's too bad it's still raining. Hopefully it stops soon.
@TeresaW1020 That sounds like a blast. My BFF is staying from Friday until Monday. So, my brother leaves on Monday and she comes 4 days later. Yeah, I had no idea it was that late when I drank that coffee lol. I did have fun at the beach! I'm sorry you are struggling.
@TwistedSassette It was! That's good your sleep improved in June. And WTG with the calorie deficit!
@askewcr Ballroom dancing sounds fun.
Hi all. I had fun at the beach yesterday. We are going to the wild animal park today. Lots of walking. I did "so-so" with food yesterday. Will try to improve on it today.
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@askewcr I think it's great that you and hubby are doing the ballroom dancing. I could never convince my hubby to do that!
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I didn't have a great day yesterday. Hubby came home from his mum's farm because they had some rain and it's going to be too wet to continue planting the crop for a while. Which is great, but it also meant he wanted pizza for dinner so I was way over my calories (but still a small deficit). I should have stopped myself before going back for more pizza, but I didn't. It also meant I didn't start the Body Boss program, so I will aim to start on Monday.
I did get to sleep on time though, and enjoyed a good, proper night of rest!
Tonight my sister and I are going to an event hosted by a local artist, where we will learn to knit a snood, and paint a beautiful ram on canvas! It's called a paint & sip night, and it should be a lot of fun so I'm really looking forward to it! For a while we thought it might be cancelled given the covid restrictions that have popped up again, but she has managed to organise it to still go ahead in a covid-safe way. I can't wait!
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***WEEKLY WEIGH-IN***
TwistedSassette
Weigh in day: Friday
SW: 138.5kg
PW: 125.5kg
CW: 125.3kg
LTD: 13.2kg
LTW: 0.2 kg3 -
Weekly weigh in
Username. laurelfit57
Weigh in day. Sunday
PW. 160.2.
CW. 161.4
Sorry I am so far behind again. Wanted to make sure I got this in for June. I was so discouraged to have gained a pound, I have really been tracking it and only one day did I go over by 400 cal. I’m not sure exactly what is going on, but on a better note I am actually fitting into more of my clothes that there was no way I could squeeze into. I got into two pairs of shorts that I could not do the zipper up on, they are snug, but hallelujah I can wear them, with this heat it’s insane!!!3 -
I felt much better today. Got several things accomplished including straightening the garage again. Dance practice went well and I tutored again today. I got my exercise in today as well. I had a grilled chicken sandwich from "Cook Out" and it was ok. It's new here and I was looking form something to wow me. Tomorrow we renew commitments and roll on. Let's make it a great one!!! 3
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Hello all, A new month already
davidji82
Weigh In Day:Friday
PW:225.0
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Hi to all the returning Slims and welcome to the newbies. Let's make July our best month yet!
I'm Jackie. I'm 57 and live in Ontario, Canada with my Hubby of 30 years, our 24yr old son and a spoiled German Shepard named Jolene. Our 26 yr old daughter who is one of my biggest supporters/pushers in my weightless journey lives 6hrs away. I work part time in a chocolate store which is sometimes a bit of a challenge.
I've been part of this group for 2yrs now and am down 43 lbs from my heaviest weight. I started doing IF at the end of March. Nothing too drastic as I like to eat everyday but 2 or 3 days a week I skip breakfast and lunch giving me a 24 hr fast. I also try to keep carbs low and avoid added sugar. Although my progress has been slow this is the first time in 3 decades that I've been able to lose more than a few pounds on any diet and keep it off. I've been slacking the past 2 months but it's time to get back to work again.
I started doing the 75 Hard Challenge with my daughter but realized I was just skimming though the tasks so I decided to restart July 1st and put in my best effort.
I'm still working on turning my goals for 2021 into habits by focusing on them one at a time. 4 of them I do fairly consistently now so 4 more to go. For July I'm going to focus on strength training, sleep and getting my house organized
1. Stay away from sugar or refined carbs ✔
2. Hydrate earlier in the day✔
3. Get at least 30 min of activity daily ✔
4. Be consistant with strength training.
5. Get outside for some fresh air daily ✔
6. Work on getting enough sleep
7. Get my house organized
8. Get back to posting on my blog regularly1 -
Username: Lulu_jo
Weigh in day: Friday
SW: 277 (1/15/21)
PW: 219
CW: 2172 -
Username:TeresaW1020
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 180.8
CW: 183.4
LTD: 81.0
Month: +2.6
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@TwistedSassette We have those paint & sips here too! My church did one a few years ago that we called Coffee & Canvas and it was a lot of fun. I hope you and your sister had a great time!
@laurelfit57 I truly think that going by the way your clothes feel and fit is so much better than the scale. We gain weight for all sorts of reasons that have nothing to do with our calories. So be proud of yourself and the progress you are making. You rock those shorts!!
@askewcr Glad you are feeling better today. I haven’t been wowed by Cook Out’s food either.
@Jactop You have such a good list of things to stay focused on and with the 75 Hard Challenge to keep you motivated you are going to do great this summer! How do you like doing the challenge with your daughter?
Hi Team! Well, VBS is over, and it was a great week! We ended last night with pizza and cookies, which didn’t help my already rising scale. I’m not happy with the 2.6 lb gain but it is what it is and I’m forgiving myself and moving forward. I went and cleaned the church today and picked up all the candy, didn't eat one single piece, and put it in the office our children's pastor uses. I listened to a couple of sugar addiction podcasts while I worked, which was very helpful.
I’m back to taking my blood sugar and eating high protein, low carb. I have a physical scheduled for July 21st and I WILL be in the 170s by then!!
Goal Weight Challenge: EYE ON THE PRIZE!
Data Driven Fasting challenge Trigger is paused at 82 until I can reach it for at least three days straight. Today, at lunch it was at 88.
No Sugar No sugar
Workout (includes church cleaning): Lots of church cleaning done today.
2021 Word: TRANSFORMATION
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Username:davors19
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 265.5
CW: 265
LTD: 351 -
Username: TheGlwUp
Weigh in day: Friday
Starting weight: 6/26 = 225.5 (still the same on 6/30)
Weigh in for 7/2: 225.5
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I am not sure why my weight hasn't changed because I have been exercising more, but I am glad it didn't go up.2 -
Username: bgame4
Weigh In Day: Friday
PW: 138
CW: 1382 -
Greetings! My name is Hannah, and I live in rural Iowa with my husband and two cats. Right now, I am a teacher on summer break, and my goal is to develop healthy habits during this downtime. So far, I have been consistently walking every day - usually average about 1.5 miles. I have been spending time with my hobbies of reading and sewing, and I have been cooking at home more recently but still struggle with snacking.
@krea4 I sew as well and have found the act of keeping my hands busy keeps them out of the snack cupboard (for the most part ;-)
@Jactop That sounds like a really hard challenge, especially for us procrastinators!
@TeresaW1020 I remember vacation Bible School being so much fun! Our current church does not do VBS, but I get to teach 1st & 2nd grade on Wednesdays nights from Sep - Apr. and they are so motivated to learn and energetic at that age.
@TwistedSassette I hate those masks! As a teacher, I had to wear one every day for most of the year - our mask mandate was lifted with ten days left of school this year.2 -
Username: RYcare
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW: 232.8
CW: 231.6
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Username: askewcr
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW: 248.5
CW:247
Yay me! That's a pound and a half of that vacation weight I just lost. Working on the rest of it to come off by next weekend. I will not be defeated! Let's go get it!! 3 -
mlhopp93
HW -- 355 (9/1/2020)
Weigh in day Saturday
SW (6/26/2021): 259.2
7/3/2021: 258.8 (-0.4)
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Firefly743
***Weigh In***
PW: 249.4
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Username: Trooworld
SW: 248
PW: 215.8
CW: 219.8
LTD: 28.2
Company is here and we are eating out every day. I'm making the best decisions I can most days. I'll catch up with you all later.2 -
Cornanda
Friday weigh in
PW: 177.4
CW: 177
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