Downsizers - Team Chat AUGUST 2021
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@Poobah1972
I must be up early if I am posting at the same time as you. Awesome walk this morning. Enjoy your workout tonight and I am sure it will be another great burn.2 -
Managed 60 laps today plus a workout! 🏊♀️4
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8/10
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 59oz
Steps 2727
A cold has been ripping through my family and now I'm the last one to get it, sigh. So no exercise was done yesterday. Today I'm hoping I can at least get the lawn mowed. Need to focus on my water intake more today, definitely didn't drink enough yesterday.3 -
Checking in...
Steps for 8/10: 14,128
I’ve done well on my points and hydration over the last couple of days and still the scale went up this morning. Grrr. Planning to go to the gym after I put the kids on the bus. Not really in the mood, but I’ll push through.3 -
Making this commitment public so that I stick to it … I will row after work today!3
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AUGUST WEEK 1 RESULTS
TOP 5 STEPPERS ARE:
1st @amymartin555 - 172,753 steps
2nd @Megan_smartiepants1970 -126,467 steps
3rd @888Angie888 -112,066 steps
4th @Piqueaboo - 106,416 steps
5th @mari_moulin -100,983 steps
AMAZING JOB LADIES
AS A GROUP WE WALKED 1,589,119 STEPS
AWESOME JOB EVERYONE
RECOGNIZING EVERYONE WHO PLEDGED THEIR STEPS
@lindamtuck2018 - 6/7
@Megan_smartiepants1970 - 4/7
@littleflutterby -7/7
@Piqueaboo -7/7
@888Angie888 - 6/7
@iradi8- 1/7
@azkunk - 4/7
@rlaskey2 - 6/7
@Tazaria87 - 6/7
@red1185 - 6/7
@rwood566 - 7/7
@lmf1012 - 2/7
@amymartin555 -7/7
@MSWarrior7088 - 7/7
@Jpedno - 6/7
@mari_moulin - 6/7
@mthomas0228 - 6/7
@tahm42 - 7/7
@Shannonsto - 7/7
WELL DONE EVERYONE
I goofed on @lindamtuck2018 's steps so I had to fix it ... I apologize @lindamtuck2018 ...thank you for letting me know I made a mistake ... it is now corrected 5 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Managed 60 laps today plus a workout! 🏊♀️
Good job!!1 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »AUGUST WEEK 1 RESULTS
TOP 5 STEPPERS ARE:
1st @amymartin555 - 172,753 steps
2nd @Megan_smartiepants1970 -126,467 steps
3rd @888Angie888 -112,066 steps
4th @Piqueaboo - 106,416 steps
5th @mari_moulin -100,983 steps
AMAZING JOB LADIES
AS A GROUP WE WALKED 1,589,119 STEPS
AWESOME JOB EVERYONE
RECOGNIZING EVERYONE WHO PLEDGED THEIR STEPS
@lindamtuck2018 - 6/7
@Megan_smartiepants1970 - 4/7
@littleflutterby -7/7
@Piqueaboo -7/7
@888Angie888 - 6/7
@iradi8- 1/7
@azkunk - 4/7
@rlaskey2 - 6/7
@Tazaria87 - 6/7
@red1185 - 6/7
@rwood566 - 7/7
@lmf1012 - 2/7
@amymartin555 -7/7
@MSWarrior7088 - 7/7
@Jpedno - 6/7
@mari_moulin - 6/7
@mthomas0228 - 6/7
@tahm42 - 7/7
@Shannonsto - 7/7
WELL DONE EVERYONE
👏👏👏👏👏
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Daily Check-In For Tuesday 8/10
Calories: Over by 600 (Yikes!)
Water: 90+ oz.
IF 16/8: Yes, 18 hours fasting
AF: No, 2 glasses of wine, For the month 8/10 days AF
Exercise: 2 Mile Run, Yoga Stretches, Upper Body Workout
Friends invited us over to a cookout last night, such a bad meal! Everything terribly under-seasoned and no healthy choices. And over on calories too, which makes it even worse! A little bit of a gain on the scale this morning, hoping to have it drop back down by Friday's weigh-in.
@Megan_smartiepants1970
8/10 Steps = 9,9973 -
Steps 8/10: 15,3103
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »AUGUST WEEK 1 RESULTS
TOP 5 STEPPERS ARE:
1st @amymartin555 - 172,753 steps
2nd @Megan_smartiepants1970 -126,467 steps
3rd @888Angie888 -112,066 steps
4th @Piqueaboo - 106,416 steps
5th @mari_moulin -100,983 steps
AMAZING JOB LADIES
AS A GROUP WE WALKED 1,589,119 STEPS
AWESOME JOB EVERYONE
RECOGNIZING EVERYONE WHO PLEDGED THEIR STEPS
@lindamtuck2018 - 6/7
@Megan_smartiepants1970 - 4/7
@littleflutterby -7/7
@Piqueaboo -7/7
@888Angie888 - 6/7
@iradi8- 1/7
@azkunk - 4/7
@rlaskey2 - 6/7
@Tazaria87 - 6/7
@red1185 - 6/7
@rwood566 - 7/7
@lmf1012 - 2/7
@amymartin555 -7/7
@MSWarrior7088 - 7/7
@Jpedno - 6/7
@mari_moulin - 6/7
@mthomas0228 - 6/7
@tahm42 - 7/7
@Shannonsto - 7/7
WELL DONE EVERYONE
I goofed on @lindamtuck2018 's steps so I had to fix it ... I apologize @lindamtuck2018 ...thank you for letting me know I made a mistake ... it is now corrected
Mistakes are easy to make. Thanks for the correction and for doing such an awesome job on running the step challenge. We appreciate it.2 -
Good morning everyone. I checked in last night but forgot to post it. Sorry.
Check in for 8/10:
Steps - 4079. Walked around the apartment to make it.
Calories - 1650. Probably is higher. Had to guess on a couple items at lunch and dinner.
Exercise - none. Waited to see if daughter wanted to hit the gym. It was to late to walk by the time she woke up.
I was going to give blood this morning but couldn't remember when I had my covid test. Had to wait 28 days. Turns out I am 35 days out so I will reschedule for the next couple days.
Hit the gym this morning. 77 degrees at 630am. High humidity due to monsoonal air flow. Going to try for the zoo in a couple minutes. Ride the sky team and bus. Have a great hump day.4 -
8/10
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 59oz
Steps 2727
A cold has been ripping through my family and now I'm the last one to get it, sigh. So no exercise was done yesterday. Today I'm hoping I can at least get the lawn mowed. Need to focus on my water intake more today, definitely didn't drink enough yesterday.
Feel better and get those fluids today.Shannonsto wrote: »Checking in...
Steps for 8/10: 14,128
I’ve done well on my points and hydration over the last couple of days and still the scale went up this morning. Grrr. Planning to go to the gym after I put the kids on the bus. Not really in the mood, but I’ll push through.
Nice steps! The scales can be so unpredictable at times. I was up this morning but I had a feeling that I would. I was talking with my massage therapist yesterday and we noted some of the best workouts are the ones you have to drag yourself to them. Hope this was the case for you today.Making this commitment public so that I stick to it … I will row after work today!
Row row your boat…. You can do this!amymartin555 wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Managed 60 laps today plus a workout! 🏊♀️
Good job!!
Thanks Amy!mthomas0228 wrote: »Daily Check-In For Tuesday 8/10
Calories: Over by 600 (Yikes!)
Water: 90+ oz.
IF 16/8: Yes, 18 hours fasting
AF: No, 2 glasses of wine, For the month 8/10 days AF
Exercise: 2 Mile Run, Yoga Stretches, Upper Body Workout
Friends invited us over to a cookout last night, such a bad meal! Everything terribly under-seasoned and no healthy choices. And over on calories too, which makes it even worse! A little bit of a gain on the scale this morning, hoping to have it drop back down by Friday's weigh-in.
@Megan_smartiepants1970
8/10 Steps = 9,997
Great exercise day. It’s sucks when we are over and the food wasn’t the best.
Look at you meeting your step goal! Well done!888Angie888 wrote: »Steps 8/10: 15,310Good morning everyone. I checked in last night but forgot to post it. Sorry.
Check in for 8/10:
Steps - 4079. Walked around the apartment to make it.
Calories - 1650. Probably is higher. Had to guess on a couple items at lunch and dinner.
Exercise - none. Waited to see if daughter wanted to hit the gym. It was to late to walk by the time she woke up.
I was going to give blood this morning but couldn't remember when I had my covid test. Had to wait 28 days. Turns out I am 35 days out so I will reschedule for the next couple days.
Hit the gym this morning. 77 degrees at 630am. High humidity due to monsoonal air flow. Going to try for the zoo in a couple minutes. Ride the sky team and bus. Have a great hump day.
Great job meeting your step goal. I indulged with a small piece of cheesecake yesterday. I didn’t have the nutritional information so I guessed. I am sure you would have been pretty close. Enjoy the zoo and try to stay cool.
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
So sorry about the steps! Crazy, crazy week. I'll still give them to you so that they can add to my total:)
8/5 12,523
8/6 6,063
8/7 7,394
8/8 10,582
8/9 7,525
8/10 10,659
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@lindamtuck2018
Linda, I am out of town again, this time on business, so I will not be weighing in today. Actually, I would like to be excused for the rest of this month and put on hold. I will pick back up fully in September!
@Megan_smartiepants1970
I'd like to keep logging my steps though:)
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@lindamtuck2018
Username: tahm42
Weigh In Day: Tuesday
PW (Previous Weight): 220
CW (Current Weight): 223
I did post it yesterday although today I am a full pound lighter!!!
So today 222 2 -
Y'all! I logged in today after not having logged in for a few days to read messages. 191 messages! I read through them all. Too many to respond to though. I'm going to have to take a break for the remainder of this month. I will be fully back in September.
So much has happened in the last couple of months. This journey has been very time consuming on a daily basis. I think if I take a break, I will have to time to do this the way I like to do it and that is by participating more and logging my food and exercise daily. That is what works for me. Five weeks of this summer has been lost for me with my mom being in the hospital and me staying with her, helping my mom at home after the hospital, going on a week long family vacation to the mountains (white water rafting, horseback riding, long hikes, bears, waterfalls, etc., and now out of town again this week because we are selling our beach condo. So my daughter and I are here to clean out the owners' closets, pack up the car, and bring it all home.
There will be a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico by this weekend which is super stressful. Our beach condo complex is still not fully recovered after Hurricane Sally in September of 2020. The act of sale is supposed to happen next Wednesday, so this new hurricane better not hit our condo in Alabama or our house in Louisiana! Enough already:(
Anyway, we will be helping my daughter move into her first apartment at college on Monday. Because of losing over five weeks this summer taking care of everything else, she and I aren't finished shopping for all that she needs like plates, pots, pans, curtains, etc. So when I leave the beach condo today, have to unload everything from my packed car and store it and tomorrow go shopping for her apartment.
My son, who is at home this summer doing an internship from his computer because Covid made it go virtual rather than in-person ten hours from home, will be packing up at home next Wednesday or Thursday and driving back to his college apartment 7.5 hours from home.
My mom has an MRI and multiple doctor visits and a dentist visit that I have to bring her to over the next two weeks. My husband works in the emergency room at a local hospital, one that has the highest rate of Covid inpatients in the whole state, and is very stressed and exhausted.
My dad will be having knee replacement surgery at the end of September and will need my help because he lives alone. I was going to have my knee replacement surgery that I have put off for years in October, but too much is going on, so I will postpone that.
If you have read this far, then I appreciate it. I did not come on here to write this much! I will continue to read the group messages when I can, but have not been logging my food or exercising like I was before because, once again in life, I have put myself at the bottom of the list. It is not forever though, and I am NOT giving up!!! Not at all. Just a little detour and I'll be back.
Thanks everybody and keep up the great work on this journey to good health!4 -
Y'all! I logged in today after not having logged in for a few days to read messages. 191 messages! I read through them all. Too many to respond to though. I'm going to have to take a break for the remainder of this month. I will be fully back in September.
So much has happened in the last couple of months. This journey has been very time consuming on a daily basis. I think if I take a break, I will have to time to do this the way I like to do it and that is by participating more and logging my food and exercise daily. That is what works for me. Five weeks of this summer has been lost for me with my mom being in the hospital and me staying with her, helping my mom at home after the hospital, going on a week long family vacation to the mountains (white water rafting, horseback riding, long hikes, bears, waterfalls, etc., and now out of town again this week because we are selling our beach condo. So my daughter and I are here to clean out the owners' closets, pack up the car, and bring it all home.
There will be a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico by this weekend which is super stressful. Our beach condo complex is still not fully recovered after Hurricane Sally in September of 2020. The act of sale is supposed to happen next Wednesday, so this new hurricane better not hit our condo in Alabama or our house in Louisiana! Enough already:(
Anyway, we will be helping my daughter move into her first apartment at college on Monday. Because of losing over five weeks this summer taking care of everything else, she and I aren't finished shopping for all that she needs like plates, pots, pans, curtains, etc. So when I leave the beach condo today, have to unload everything from my packed car and store it and tomorrow go shopping for her apartment.
My son, who is at home this summer doing an internship from his computer because Covid made it go virtual rather than in-person ten hours from home, will be packing up at home next Wednesday or Thursday and driving back to his college apartment 7.5 hours from home.
My mom has an MRI and multiple doctor visits and a dentist visit that I have to bring her to over the next two weeks. My husband works in the emergency room at a local hospital, one that has the highest rate of Covid inpatients in the whole state, and is very stressed and exhausted.
My dad will be having knee replacement surgery at the end of September and will need my help because he lives alone. I was going to have my knee replacement surgery that I have put off for years in October, but too much is going on, so I will postpone that.
If you have read this far, then I appreciate it. I did not come on here to write this much! I will continue to read the group messages when I can, but have not been logging my food or exercising like I was before because, once again in life, I have put myself at the bottom of the list. It is not forever though, and I am NOT giving up!!! Not at all. Just a little detour and I'll be back.
Thanks everybody and keep up the great work on this journey to good health!
Big hugs to you .... I know what it is like to put yourself at the bottom .... Please take care of you and come in to say hi when you can .... Hope you see more of you in September 3 -
@lindamtuck2018
Linda, I am out of town again, this time on business, so I will not be weighing in today. Actually, I would like to be excused for the rest of this month and put on hold. I will pick back up fully in September!
@Megan_smartiepants1970
I'd like to keep logging my steps though:)
I will move you to support. Sometimes a break is what we need. You are a great person and sometimes you need to move yourself up the ladder. I am sure your detour will lead you back here in September. Hugs!@lindamtuck2018
Username: tahm42
Weigh In Day: Tuesday
PW (Previous Weight): 220
CW (Current Weight): 223
I did post it yesterday although today I am a full pound lighter!!! So today 222
I will change it. It always happens that way.3 -
Evening All... It's hard to fit all this stuff in sometimes I tell yah. 😆😃
Day in Review...
First off, my knee did tighten up significantly over the course of the work day from my walk this morning. But as I sit here and since I got home from work, I haven't really noticed it. 😛👍
When I got home, I installed two shorter rogue weight horns right off the front of my power rack on the highest location on the Left and Right Post. Looks brilliant, and is the new home for the Olympic 5, 2.5, and 1.25 lb plates. We have a good selection of smaller plates now to accommodate the both of us... 4 x 10lb, 4 x 5LB, 4 x 2.5lb and 6 x 1.25 (Only cause rogue accidently shipped us the same order 3 times. Haha). I do believe Olympic plate storage is now as good as it needs to be. 🤓😎
I fooled with my Cable station, and it's just buggered. And i did reach out to the Brand... No response yet however. Almost 2/3rds of the way up there is a section where it just gets really tight. It shouldn't be tight in a specific spot, maybe the entire beam is bent? I'm highly considering getting a simple pulley system for like 87 bucks from Amazon people seem to love (Cheaper than Spud Inc). I got the perfect spot for it. But I need to work the warranty angle and see what I can do. (I'm not hopeful though). 🤔
Did I mention I felt like I was completely wiped out all day today? I was. I even left work 45 minutes early because I just had it. Yawn-a-thon was my new name... Get it (Jon-a-thon)
Anyway, one of those days, where I could of just went right to bed. Glad I didn't though cause sure enough the act of working out brought back my energy and mood. And that's awesome! 🤗😃💪 🥳
Anywhoo... Chest, Triceps and Shoulders tonight!
Okay, so like I mentioned in my morning post, I'll spare you all the specific details... It takes too long to write down anyway. lol 😅
My self-imposed Rehab continues... and my plan seems to be working. In fact, I did really well. Moving up coming into today in everything, and doing a ton of reps... Improved in every exercise and moving up in weight in almost every exercise next week. Except shoulder press where I'm at full non-rehab weight... But still improving. 🙂
More importantly... Doing the skull crushers and standing Overhead Tricep extensions did not hurt nearly as much as last time, even with the increased weight. I would almost say they were comfortable. Not only that rep counts were higher and I was pushing more than last week, heck I finished my last set of OH extensions with 25 reps. 😳😋
So YEEP... IT's an all WIN-WIN today.
Oh and almost forgot, but I've been doing some standing plate raises on Banjo's suggestion to finish of the day. 👍
So that's about it... Friday my new gadget arrives, which will be instrumental on Chest days.... And specially DB Bench and Over Head Shoulder presses. So, I'm excited to be bumping my DB Chest press by 10lb for next week, now that I'll have an amazing spotting system in place. I'm just super excited, although using the spotter system correctly might take a bit of practice. 🤞
As for the Burn.... Both Lynn and I forgot to exit exercise mode till about 20 minutes or so after we were done exercise... But regardless It may be another 5000+ calorie day... Oh YEAH. 😳🥳😋
Tomorrow night we are dinning at a friend's house... Not sure what there serving, but they know were on Keto, and were bringing our own Salad dressing and scales. WISH us Luck.
Have an amazing night guys, and an even better sleep. Unfortunately, I have more dishes to do, and a bed to crawl into. 💤
Love you guys more then you know. 😉
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Pw: 183
CW: 183
Steps 10,536
Holding steady!5 -
Username missymarea0612
Weigh In Day: Wednesday
PW (Previous Weight): 212
CW (Current Weight): 212.53 -
Morning guys n gals, hope you all have the most fantastic day. Last day of work for me today and I cant wait for 3 days off, I feel like I need it. So did 6 miles biking at the gym, im in training for a cancer research uk event to bike 300 miles in september - im part of a team of 3 so 100 miles each. I want to get to at least 10 miles per session to be able to fit it all in. Also smashed my rowing best and did 2000 m in 12 mins on wards and upwards... feel a bit bloated today but hey ho itll go ...feeling a bit of a wobble today on weight loss front not sure why but ill just plough through it, i aint giving up now 100 pounds your mine!5
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Daily Check-in: Wednesday 08/11
✔️Track my food
✔️Stay on or under my allowed calorie goal
✔️Gym 2/4x each week at least
✔️10k steps daily
✔️2L water daily
Steps:
08/08 - 13,162
08/09 - 12,405
08/10 - 11,206
08/11 - 17,537
Good morning FitFam!
I’ve got my workout done this morning and I’ll be headed to the pool with the little guy in just a few. Sadly the scale is still climbing but like I said yesterday I am determined to keep going.
I am sure that by my official weigh in on Saturday I will be up a good 5lbs from last week. So far this week I’ve gone from 208.2 to 212.4 this morning. It’s incredibly frustrating but I know that I am really bringing it at the gym. My food intake is far from perfect but I’ve made so many changes and improvements. The thing about doing weight training is I am just always hungry. I also drink loads of water 2 to 3 l daily. I forget to log a lot of it tho.
Ok I’m off. Wishing you all a blessed Thursday 💪🏻♥️👍🏻
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@Poobah1972
Some of our best workouts happen when we least expect it. Awesome job!2 -
Morning guys n gals, hope you all have the most fantastic day. Last day of work for me today and I cant wait for 3 days off, I feel like I need it. So did 6 miles biking at the gym, im in training for a cancer research uk event to bike 300 miles in september - im part of a team of 3 so 100 miles each. I want to get to at least 10 miles per session to be able to fit it all in. Also smashed my rowing best and did 2000 m in 12 mins on wards and upwards... feel a bit bloated today but hey ho itll go ...feeling a bit of a wobble today on weight loss front not sure why but ill just plough through it, i aint giving up now 100 pounds your mine!
Nice work crushing the rower! 100 miles sounds hard but looks like you are doing the training to accomplish this. Keep on trodden and that 100 pounds will be yours.mari_moulin wrote: »Daily Check-in: Wednesday 08/11
✔️Track my food
✔️Stay on or under my allowed calorie goal
✔️Gym 2/4x each week at least
✔️10k steps daily
✔️2L water daily
Steps:
08/08 - 13,162
08/09 - 12,405
08/10 - 11,206
08/11 - 17,537
Good morning FitFam!
I’ve got my workout done this morning and I’ll be headed to the pool with the little guy in just a few. Sadly the scale is still climbing but like I said yesterday I am determined to keep going.
I am sure that by my official weigh in on Saturday I will be up a good 5lbs from last week. So far this week I’ve gone from 208.2 to 212.4 this morning. It’s incredibly frustrating but I know that I am really bringing it at the gym. My food intake is far from perfect but I’ve made so many changes and improvements. The thing about doing weight training is I am just always hungry. I also drink loads of water 2 to 3 l daily. I forget to log a lot of it tho.
Ok I’m off. Wishing you all a blessed Thursday 💪🏻♥️👍🏻
I am having the same issue since I started swimming and doing the water weights. I am so hungry all the time. I more than likely will post a gain again this week. Like you I will not stop because I believe it has to even out once I get used to the exercise. Enjoy your swim with your little guy.1 -
Wednesday check in
✅ Steps
✅ Sleep
✅ Exercise
❌ Reminders 7/8 😩
Had a great swim and workout yesterday. I ended up walking to the pharmacy and market yesterday too. I ran out of steam when my blood sugar dropped very low in the afternoon. I treated it and got it back up but for some reason my energy did not improve.
I am pretty sure I will post a gain tomorrow. It’s a combination of eating jiggs dinner (high sodium)on Sunday, eating more than usual as I am hungry constantly since I started swimming (dipping into exercise calories) and I am eating out today. I think I need to restructure the way I spread my calories out during the day. Maybe trying 3 meals and 2 snacks will do the trick. Any thoughts?
Have a super day!
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Steps
8,367
Swim
30 minutes moderate
Water weight workout
26 minutes moderate
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Good Morning Dazzling Downsizers We are about to go on our walk this morning ...then I have to go do labs and go grocery shopping ....I hope everyone has a wonderful day 3
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@lindamtuck2018
Username: tahm42
Weigh In Day: Tuesday
PW (Previous Weight): 220
CW (Current Weight): 223
I did post it yesterday although today I am a full pound lighter!!! So today 222
Sorry about putting you as overdue yesterday. I edited the post wrong. I didn’t have enough coffee at that point.3
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