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Trimstones-July Chat 2021
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Here's the otherside.
And also The Beatles
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Steps 28th
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Welcome to TrimStones to our newbies!!
@napattack9558
@Pupowl
@MsToniPointer
Welcome back to @shnerb00 who is back from a break and ready for the party!
August stats begin on Sunday the 1st and we're all looking forward to great numbers this month! More importantly than those numbers though, are all of the little changes you'll be making this month...moving more...snacking less...healthier foods...meal planning...journaling...tracking...drinking more water...finding new routines...giving up bad habits...being accountable...finding ways to walk more...new exercise routines...finding a weight loss buddy...setting goals...there are a million of them. Don't try to do them all at once...just make new small changes when you're ready. Remember, it's a marathon, not a sprint.
Let your team know what we can do to help...participate in our discussions, post questions, share recipes and most of all, SHARE YOUR STRUGGLES...I guarantee something you say will help someone else and you'll become an important part of someone else's support system. That's what our team is about! @mulecanter and I am here to help in any way we can.
Looking forward to a great month with you as last week I was finally able to get moving again since my knee injury from last December. It felt great, even though it had nothing to do with the scale. Those non-scale victories feel amazing. You'll see many of those this month. YOU GOT THIS!!!
Good luck in August...let's make it a phenomenal month!
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Angmarie28
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Angmarie28
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7/26-5,630
7/27-11,178
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@jessicakrall8
I am ready to be back again. Thank you all for allowing me the time off to deal with some medical things. Short version, my pinky is fractured and splinted which just means anytime I drink anything I look fancy because it sticks straight out. lol. They had also found a lump in my stomach, and luckily it is benign but they will need to remove it. So a finally on the horizon of better. It will take a little to get back into the full swing of things but I will do what I can. Missed you all and can't wait to keep going.5 -
Waifer003
July 26 - 9,152
July 27 - 4,057
July 28 - 9,8092 -
CharmingPassion wrote: »@jessicakrall8
I am ready to be back again. Thank you all for allowing me the time off to deal with some medical things. Short version, my pinky is fractured and splinted which just means anytime I drink anything I look fancy because it sticks straight out. lol. They had also found a lump in my stomach, and luckily it is benign but they will need to remove it. So a finally on the horizon of better. It will take a little to get back into the full swing of things but I will do what I can. Missed you all and can't wait to keep going.
@CharmingPassion So glad to hear that the lump is benign! Your pinky will just remind everyone you're around that THEY are drinking incorrectly! LOL! I know you're glad to see the light at the end of the tunnel! Glad you're back...we missed ya! We're all looking forward to a great August! Welcome back!
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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
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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
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