Trimstones-July Chat 2021
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Daily Step Goal 8,000
7/27: 10,232
7/28: 9,203
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Another new member heading your way ... Please welcome @limnological
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Glad to see you back @CharmingPassion. Sorry about the pinky and the stomach lump but I'm happy to hear it is benign. Hopefully the removal procedure will be quick and painless.3
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You got another new member heading your way ......Please welcome @CycleMomOf3 4
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Hello all! Thanks for accepting me onto your team.
I'm Traci. 48yo mom of 3 young'uns (8yo daughter, 8yo son, and 5yo daughter). Yes, twins. I'm deep in the thick of it over here, obviously. I'm a former college professor, now a SAHM.
My top weight was 332 back in 2011. I lost it all over about 1.5 years, down to about 130. Got heavy into endurance cycling (centuries) and running and some sprint triathlons. I'm of the "go big or go home" sort. I got pregnant and had my twins in 2013. Lost the minimal baby weight I had gained. Got back into biking, but less running that time around because of an increasingly bum knee that doesn't appreciate long runs. Got pregnant with my youngest and gained much more pregnancy weight that time around. Then spent a good 2+ years in the throes of some serious post-partum depression that nearly killed me. I began to drink. I lost my will to want to be anything to anyone. My OB just told me that it was "baby blues" and all completely normal. It wasn't "baby blues." I was dying, or rather, slowly killing myself. I lost some weight, but not much (all my calories were liquid calories). I gave everything to my children and nothing to myself. I was an empty vessel. Nothing left to give.
I got all the way back up to 264.3 pounds, and for some random reason, on January 18, 2021, I said enough. I realized that if I didn't put myself back into the care equation, nobody would. I needed to model self-care for my children, to help them see that I see myself as valuable too.
I stopped drinking (I limit myself to one single hard seltzer a night, if I want a relaxation, after-bed libation. That's it. Never before their bedtime, and never more than one. I started back on my bike, only able to ride maybe 3 miles before I thought I was going to die. I started weighing my food, tracking my calories, and as happened the first time around, the more I paid attention, the better my choices became. And my body realized that I was back in the game, and it wanted healthier, more real food. You know, actual nutrition. I weigh and track and plan religiously. I weigh every day and record it in a spreadsheet, but I only log my Friday weights on MFP. It helps me to see trends, like PMS weight gain, emotional stuff, etc. I try to exercise about 3-4 days a week right now, but that's rough with my kiddos at home this summer and my husband at work. We don't have family to watch them, so I've not seen a date night or a single day off in years. But my youngest heads to kindergarten in the fall (hopefully, fingers crossed, given current public health trends), and I'm hoping to begin training to get back to century rides. I'm no longer a road biker (too many distracted drivers), but I do enjoy long distance gravel rides. Every pound I lose is one less pound to pedal up all these Pennsylvania hills. I also LOVE to kayak on the weekends. I do all of my exercise alone. I prefer it that way, since I'm an introvert, but I'm also not keen on appointment biking or always worrying about whom I'm slowing down or for whom I need to slow down.
At any rate, I'm at 205ish now, down from 264 in mid-January (still about 80 to go). It's never fast enough, but it's trending in the right direction. I bike upwards of 25-30 miles per ride, 3 times a week (or at least I was until my husband went back to working in the office, so I am at home with kiddos again). I still kayak or bike on the weekends, and I hike and go for walks and swim with them during the week. Journey, not destination. Progress, not perfection. You know what I'm talking about.
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Welcome to our Newest Team Members:
@limnological
@CycleMomOf3
Please take a minute to introduce yourselves, give us a snapshot of a few goals you have and make sure you read my official welcome from yesterday on page 20 of this feed just a bit above this one. I hope you'll find support and friendship from this team, as I have in the years I've been a part of it.
On behalf of the other captain, @mulecanter, myself and our motivators @Angmarie28 and @JoDavo66 please let us know if there's anything we can do to assist in helping you find success!
Take care and have a wonderful August!
Jessica
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Happy Friday, all!
Username: ssssseika
Weight-in: Friday
PW: 170.6
CW: 168.44 -
Just submitting my official (Friday 07.30.21) starting weight for August:
203.7 this morning (down 1.8 from 205.5 last Friday (07.23.21), but that was before I joined the challenge!).
I'm packing up my family this morning for a 10 day vacation. I'll have access to MFP minimally, just to check in daily with the groups and to track, etc. I have my Garmin. I have a plan. Right now, I'm feeling confident that vacation is doable.4 -
Chalmation
Friday
PW 139.6
CW 137.4
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Ewilhelm2487
Friday
PW: 230.5
CW: 226.24 -
Bearchested
Friday
PW: 202.0
CW: 203.04 -
Lw 185?
Cw 187.6. I haven't been calulating caloriesthe last three weeks this proves you need too.3 -
Welcome to all the new people. Really can't wait to rock this out a bit again. I am terrified to climb back on the scale after a month of just so much. I want to say I was good, but I wasn't. Stress eating just took a toll. But starting slow with getting back in the routine of drinking enough water and getting some steps in.Hope you all had a good week.2
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JessicaKrall8
Friday Weigh in
PW: 305.3
CW: 305.13 -
Another new member heading your way ... Please welcome @bradkcrew 4
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You have a returning member heading your way ... Please re-welcome @dillyg08 4
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KHill875
Friday weight
PW: 142.8
CW: 143.0
I really tried this week to track my food and meal planned healthy meals. I even did the whole roasted spaghetti squash instead of pasta, which my 5 year old noticed something was WAY wrong... Hopefully next week I will start seeing better results.5 -
laceyf53
Friyay
PW: 201.9
CW: 204
So far adding exercise back into my life has just led to weight gain. 😂 I know it's part of the process tearing muscle fibers, inflammation, blah blah blah. But I really wanted to see 199 or less by the end of the month. Oh well!4 -
Izzyred9400
Sat
PW 130.2
CW 129.44 -
CasandraW
Pw 234.2
CW 233.23 -
Daily Step Goal 8,000
7/29: 9,640
7/30: 8,259
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Hi Team!
As we are about to enter our last month of summer it’s time to stop and review how you are doing with your weight loss goals. One way to keep you mindful is to create healthy habits! Here is your NEW habit tracker for August. Just click the link and follow the instructions. AUGUST HABIT TRACKER
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The August 2021 Team Chat is OPEN!
Finish up this week's weigh-ins here, and then head over to August for introductions, new goals to share, and get ready to roll!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10839799/trimstones-team-chat-august-2021/p1?new=11 -
jenready
Saturday
Previous Weight 249.7
Current Weight 245.43 -
Waifer003
July 30 - 4978
July 31 - 76691 -
Because we're in between chat rooms, I'll paste this in both...so no one misses out!
Here's this week's THIS or THAT! Please use the original chart below, using your snipping tool, and cut/paste into your response and highlight your answers. Also, choose ONLY ONE answer for each one...no BOTH responses! If any of the entries leave you with a thought or a story to share, please do so.
Enjoy! Can't wait to read your thoughts this week!
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@CharmingPassion Need a start weight for your return for August please...thanks!
@RoYoLizzy and @DreaRN15 missing your weigh ins for the week report in please...stats start early in the morning so don't be late!
STEP CHALLENGE Participants...lots of white empty spaces in our spreadsheet...report in please...new month starts tomorrow and I'd like to close out July as soon as we can. Also, if you'd like to walk in August, you know the drill...I need first name, daily step goal and tell me where you like to walk. That's all it takes to get in on the fun! Let me know...we have steppin to do!
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DreaRN15
Saturday
PW 290.8
CW 290.8
No change, busy week....YES!!2 -
Daily Step Goal: 8,000
7/31: 8,054
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Steps,sorry Jessica.
7/27 8,993
7/28 14,669
7/29 15,893
7/30 12,449
7/31 4,921
I hope to do 15,000 for August as long as the blister on my heel gets better.Too painful to wear trainers & I can't walk that far in flip flops.😟1
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