Downsizers - Team Chat AUGUST 2021
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Daily Check-In For 8/2:
Calories: Within Allotted Range
Water: 90+ oz.
IF 16/8: Yes, 17 hours fasting
AF: Yes (Day 8 no-alcohol)
Exercise: Weight Training - Upper Body Workout5 -
Steps
8/2 10,492
Back on track as of today!!! Walking more!
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JULY WEEK 5 TOP STEPPERS ARE:
1st @amymartin555 = 147,460 steps
2nd @888Angie888 = 109,091 steps
3rd @iradi8 = 108, 621 steps
4th @Piqueaboo = 88,362 steps
5th @Megan_smartiepants1970 = 87,770 steps
CONGRATS LADIES
AS A GROUP WE WE WALKED 996,749 STEPS
GREAT JOB EVERYONE !!!!!
GRAND FINALE FOR JULY TOP 5 STEPPERS ARE:
1st @amymartin555- 885,012 steps
2nd @888Angie888- 523,449 steps
3rd @Megan_smartiepants1970- 485,130 steps
4th @rlaskey2- 431,300 steps
5th @iradi8-381,193 steps
AMAZING JOB LADIES
AS A GROUP WE WALKED 5,365,187 STEPS
AMAZING JOB EVERYONE
RECOGNIZING EVERYONE WHO PLEDGED THEIR STEPS FOR JULY
@lindamtuck2018= 6/7
@Megan_smartiepants1970= 1/7
@littleflutterby= 6/7
@Piqueaboo= 5/7
@888Angie888= 3/7
@iradi8=5/7
@rlaskey2=5/7
@Tazaria87= 4/7
@red1185= 5/7
@rwood566= 6/7
@lmf1012= 3/7
@Amymartin555=7/7
@Mswarrior7088=4/7
GREAT JOB EVERYONE !!!!!!
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Daily check in!
8/1 steps 7,205
8/2 steps 7,160
Logged food, stayed within my calorie goal, AND I ate two cookies! A win for the day!
Also went to spin class so I’m 2/3 on gym class goals for the week.
Tomorrow will be more difficult. I have a morning meeting at a really great Eastern European bakery. I’m hoping to take a long walk after work and catch up with my aunt on the phone and get in some extra steps. However it is monsoon season and (thankfully) we may get rain here in our drought-stricken high desert tomorrow. Back up plan - treadmill.
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Thought I would say a good morning from sunny (not) brit land and I'm off to work for a 10 hour shift (urgg) then gym ...I love the gym thought I don't think my face shows it while I'm there lol...see you on the flip side, have a fantastic day all!3
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Good evening all.
Lots of amazing step counts out there. It looks like everyone is working hard this month.
Check in for 8/2:
Steps - 4525. Walked the parking lot waiting for daughter to get off work.
Calories - 1750. Finished off some ice cream to make room in the freezer and had another boston cream cake piece. Ate a dry salad for lunch and chicken cordon bleu with steamed vegs for dinner. Nice and light in this heat.
Exercise - not happening. I was going to go for a walk until I opened the door and got gobsmacked by the heat. First day of 100 here and it won't be going away for a week or more. Guess its time to start walking by 630am again.
Thanks for the lifting info, poobah.
I don't need my shopping and car wash turned into steps, megan. Thank you for the offer. Good luck with your headaches and nausea.5 -
Daily Check-in: Monday 08/02
✔️Track my food
✔️Stay on or under my allowed calorie goal
✔️Gym 1/4x each week at least
✔️10k steps daily
✔️2L water daily
Steps:
08/01 - 7,134
08/02 - 15,909
Good morning team! Back on track for a whole day yay! Let’s hope I can keep this up lol. I’ve been working out with a friend of mine and I’m loving it so much. She takes her workouts as seriously as I do and we help each other and give each other tips etc. I enjoy doing it on my own but I also love spending this time with her. We are so likeminded and love to push each other and always promise to go all the way to the end. No quitting.
I’ve also been enjoying making my own bagels here at home with a skinnytaste recipe. So easy to make and my whole family loves them. I’ll post a photo and link here if you are interested.
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Good Morning, 😃
It's back to work for me momentarily. Oh yah... Meh.... 😣😐😆
4:30am the alarm went off this morning, and man oh man was that little voice inside my head trying it's best to convince me to... "You know what, you could use a day off", "Sure you worked hard, go ahead stay in bed", "What's one day off, heck it's your first day back to work, why torture yourself", etc etc etc. I figure I was just a few smidgens away from going with the idea... But nope, I bolted straight up and sat on the edge of the bed, and said "Not Happening Mr. Slacker!".
So, preceded to get my *kitten* in gear. I decided yesterday I would do some Elliptical this morning... And Elliptical I did. I also decided right from the start of my session today, that I wasn't going to try and break any records, and on top of that I wasn't even going to push myself hard. I'm just not going to stop, and I'm not going to pause it. I'm just going to go steady the entire time. And fairly early on, I was pretty sure I was going to do an extra 5 minutes to make up for the fact I wasn't going to go hard. Turns out the extra 5 minutes was perfect as it got me right to the end scene of the movies I was watching. And I think the movie really helped keep my attention away from the ticking clock, which is nice. I don't feel guilty at all, plan followed. 👍🤓
Silly me forgot to start the exercise on my Fitbit again.. But Autosense worked pretty well this time, capturing 33 minutes. So, I probably got scammed out of 2 minutes, but that's life. lol. All in all, my average heart rate was good, and the extra 5 minutes probably out burned the lack super intensity. Judging by my sweaty factor, it was a great session, because I was drenched. 🙂
No weight training tonight... So literally the hardest part of the day is already done and it's smooth sailing for the rest of the day! 😀
Each and every decision you make shapes the life you live? So, what decision will you make today? 🤓
I'll catch up with you guys shortly... (Bagel's look amazing as does the cooker of said bagels lol!) 🤗😊👍
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@lmf1012
Great steps!
@amymartin555
Congrats on the loss! You had some big losses in July so a smaller loss can be expected. In fact you were in the top three for 4/5 weeks in July and you had the highest percentage loss for the month on our team. That is impressive!
@Poobah1972
You and Lynn crushed your back and bicep workout. Your workout calories for the day is insane!
@mthomas0228
Great check in!
@MSWarrior7088
That’s the way to do it! Awesome steps!
@Jpedn
Good morning to you! Impressive! Gym after a 10 hour workday!
@rwood566
Look at all those check marks! You are back in the game. It’s nice to have a friend to workout with. How many calories in your bagel? They look delicious!
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@lindamtuck20 Thank you. And I'm not sure if it was me that typo'd or someone else. But my monday weigh in was 383.8 not 383.6 so my loss for the week is 2.8 pounds, not 3 pounds.1
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Monday check in
✅Steps
✅Sleep
✅Exercise
✅Reminders 8/8
I had a great swim and workout. I lost count of my laps as I wasn’t sure if I was at 20 or 22 so I went with 20. When I synced my Fitbit I did do 2 extra laps. I had my best time yet. I stretch once I finished my workout but my thighs, hips and arms are still pretty sore. I am going to research some stretching for these areas.
Today I am swimming and then going to walk with a friend. We haven’t walked together since Wednesday. I have a follow up with the eating disorder clinic today. I was just gathering info for the appointment and I have binged 5 times in 3 months. That is amazing considering I was binge eating almost every day before therapy.
Have a terrific day!
@Megan_smartiepants1970
steps
8,255
Swimming
26 minutes moderate
Water workout
31 minutes moderate
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mthomas0228 wrote: »Daily Check-In For 8/2:
Calories: Within Allotted Range
Water: 90+ oz.
IF 16/8: Yes, 17 hours fasting
AF: Yes (Day 8 no-alcohol)
Exercise: Weight Training - Upper Body Workout
Pleasure to meet you M... IF and No alcohol!!! Amazing! I'm an IF'r of sorts myself, my fiance and I don't eat on Sundays. (36 hour fast) We've been at this for over a half year already. Hard to believe myself.Daily check in!
8/1 steps 7,205
8/2 steps 7,160
Logged food, stayed within my calorie goal, AND I ate two cookies! A win for the day!
Also went to spin class so I’m 2/3 on gym class goals for the week.
Tomorrow will be more difficult. I have a morning meeting at a really great Eastern European bakery. I’m hoping to take a long walk after work and catch up with my aunt on the phone and get in some extra steps. However it is monsoon season and (thankfully) we may get rain here in our drought-stricken high desert tomorrow. Back up plan - treadmill.
Nice work Jpedno! Sounds like a great start to your week! Good luck in the bakery.Good evening all.
Lots of amazing step counts out there. It looks like everyone is working hard this month.
Check in for 8/2:
Steps - 4525. Walked the parking lot waiting for daughter to get off work.
Calories - 1750. Finished off some ice cream to make room in the freezer and had another boston cream cake piece. Ate a dry salad for lunch and chicken cordon bleu with steamed vegs for dinner. Nice and light in this heat.
Exercise - not happening. I was going to go for a walk until I opened the door and got gobsmacked by the heat. First day of 100 here and it won't be going away for a week or more. Guess its time to start walking by 630am again.
Thanks for the lifting info, poobah.
I don't need my shopping and car wash turned into steps, megan. Thank you for the offer. Good luck with your headaches and nausea.
Good morning Roger... Anytime. Sounds like you pretty good. Always nice to make room in the freezer by eating ice cream. I finished off a container myself last night.mari_moulin wrote: »Daily Check-in: Monday 08/02
✔️Track my food
✔️Stay on or under my allowed calorie goal
✔️Gym 1/4x each week at least
✔️10k steps daily
✔️2L water daily
Steps:
08/01 - 7,134
08/02 - 15,909
Good morning team! Back on track for a whole day yay! Let’s hope I can keep this up lol. I’ve been working out with a friend of mine and I’m loving it so much. She takes her workouts as seriously as I do and we help each other and give each other tips etc. I enjoy doing it on my own but I also love spending this time with her. We are so likeminded and love to push each other and always promise to go all the way to the end. No quitting.
I’ve also been enjoying making my own bagels here at home with a skinnytaste recipe. So easy to make and my whole family loves them. I’ll post a photo and link here if you are interested.
Pleasure to meet you Mari! You seem to be on fire, and I barely know you. But the spark is definately in your eye's, I have no doubt your going places. Having a workout partner is real blessing, and a motivator. I'm thankful for my fiance, and more thankful she loves working out with me. Everything about you tells me you got this, even your shirt. lol4 -
mthomas0228 wrote: »Daily Check-In For 8/2:
Calories: Within Allotted Range
Water: 90+ oz.
IF 16/8: Yes, 17 hours fasting
AF: Yes (Day 8 no-alcohol)
Exercise: Weight Training - Upper Body Workout
I have a converter chart that I can convert your weight training into steps.. I just need to know for how long1 -
We just got back from our walk ....2 hours and 45 minutes........7.49 miles....894 calories and 17,704 steps .......no headache no nausea ....YAY!!!!! .......woke up at 4:45am and got out the door by 5am7
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8/2
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 90oz
Steps 12277
Exercise 3 mile loop at lake
Had my neices all day, then met mom at the lake for a walk. My husband was gone for the evening so we had to take my kids with us once the neices got picked up. Definitely don't walk as fast with children along haha. Oh well, it was still nice to be outside.5 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »We just got back from our walk ....2 hours and 45 minutes........7.49 miles....894 calories and 17,704 steps .......no headache no nausea ....YAY!!!!! .......woke up at 4:45am and got out the door by 5am
That's a relief... Thinking of you and all the trouble your having is starting to give me a headache. 😆🤐😁
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8/2
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 90oz
Steps 12277
Exercise 3 mile loop at lake
Had my neices all day, then met mom at the lake for a walk. My husband was gone for the evening so we had to take my kids with us once the neices got picked up. Definitely don't walk as fast with children along haha. Oh well, it was still nice to be outside.
Looks like anther fantastic day Ashley! Slow or not, mass over a given distance is still mass over a given distance. Sure you might get a bit more benefit from moving faster but it's only negligible. 👍2 -
Steps 8/2: 17,2492
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After a pretty good start this year, I have been really inconsistent for several months with the non-results to show for it.
So, starting today I am committing to 100 days of:
-Daily logging (including the not so great days)
-15,000 steps daily
-No hooch
In addition, I will shoot for strength training 3x/week.2 -
Poobah1972 wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »We just got back from our walk ....2 hours and 45 minutes........7.49 miles....894 calories and 17,704 steps .......no headache no nausea ....YAY!!!!! .......woke up at 4:45am and got out the door by 5am
That's a relief... Thinking of you and all the trouble your having is starting to give me a headache. 😆🤐😁
Thanks for thinking of me .... not sure what has been going on for 4 weeks but today I feel great ...went on our walk and just got done washing my filthy truck ..all clean now3 -
Username:. Beautyofdreams
Weigh in Day: Tuesday
PW: 145.0
CW: 142.9
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Username: Tahm42
Weigh In Day:Tuesday
PW (Previous Weight):223
CW (Current Weight):220
@Megan_smartiepants1970 My minimum is 6,000.
8/2 steps 7195
8/1 steps 11715
@Poobah1972 Monday's back and shoulder day consisted of
TRx "Y" raises, "W" raises, and under hand rows 3x15
Tbar rows wide and narrow grip 115# 4x10
straight arm pulldowns 40# 4x12
underhand rows 40# 4x12
seated single arm crossover rows 30# 4x12
Single arm low rows 20# 4x15
Lat pull downs 115# 4x12
My lats and delts are screaming today!!! Pilates/ barre fusion class has killed the rest of me today. Crossfit tomorrow. Barre on Thursday and Legs on Friday. Crossfit on Saturday. Then Aerial yoga Sunday. Wow I planned no rest day.... I guess I will rest on Monday??? Or count aerial yoga as active rest? which it is not by any means... I could make it that way since I do it on my own.We shall see.5 -
Beautyofdreams wrote: »Username:. Beautyofdreams
Weigh in Day: Tuesday
PW: 145.0
CW: 142.9
Fantastic Start to August! WHoooo HOoooUsername: Tahm42
Weigh In Day:Tuesday
PW (Previous Weight):223
CW (Current Weight):220
@Megan_smartiepants1970 My minimum is 6,000.
8/2 steps 7195
8/1 steps 11715
@Poobah1972 Monday's back and shoulder day consisted of
TRx "Y" raises, "W" raises, and under hand rows 3x15
Tbar rows wide and narrow grip 115# 4x10
straight arm pulldowns 40# 4x12
underhand rows 40# 4x12
seated single arm crossover rows 30# 4x12
Single arm low rows 20# 4x15
Lat pull downs 115# 4x12
My lats and delts are screaming today!!! Pilates/ barre fusion class has killed the rest of me today. Crossfit tomorrow. Barre on Thursday and Legs on Friday. Crossfit on Saturday. Then Aerial yoga Sunday. Wow I planned no rest day.... I guess I will rest on Monday??? Or count aerial yoga as active rest? which it is not by any means... I could make it that way since I do it on my own.We shall see.
It's fair to say you are doing a pretty intense workout... Much more set's then I which impresses the heck out of me. My fiance and I are more reserved. We are trying to get through workouts in 1.5 hours give or take. Maybe when I lose more weight I won't need as long a rest periods as I do at the moment, and I can add some additional sets. I'm a bit jelly looking at your workout to be 100% truthful. Generally I'm trying to just let my heart come down to about 105 or close to it, before starting the next set. On back and Leg day that can take awhile sometimes. lol
Anyway, what your doing is fantastic!
Oh and I almost missed it... Congratulations on your loss this week!3 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »We just got back from our walk ....2 hours and 45 minutes........7.49 miles....894 calories and 17,704 steps .......no headache no nausea ....YAY!!!!! .......woke up at 4:45am and got out the door by 5am
Awesome! That’s quite the walk. I can’t imagine walking that far. Way to go! I am glad you are feeling better.8/2
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 90oz
Steps 12277
Exercise 3 mile loop at lake
Had my neices all day, then met mom at the lake for a walk. My husband was gone for the evening so we had to take my kids with us once the neices got picked up. Definitely don't walk as fast with children along haha. Oh well, it was still nice to be outside.
You deserve a medal walking that far with young kids. Great day!888Angie888 wrote: »After a pretty good start this year, I have been really inconsistent for several months with the non-results to show for it.
So, starting today I am committing to 100 days of:
-Daily logging (including the not so great days)
-15,000 steps daily
-No hooch
In addition, I will shoot for strength training 3x/week.
Great goals! You can get that consistency back.Beautyofdreams wrote: »Username:. Beautyofdreams
Weigh in Day: Tuesday
PW: 145.0
CW: 142.9
Fantastic loss!Username: Tahm42
Weigh In Day:Tuesday
PW (Previous Weight):223
CW (Current Weight):220
@Megan_smartiepants1970 My minimum is 6,000.
8/2 steps 7195
8/1 steps 11715
@Poobah1972 Monday's back and shoulder day consisted of
TRx "Y" raises, "W" raises, and under hand rows 3x15
Tbar rows wide and narrow grip 115# 4x10
straight arm pulldowns 40# 4x12
underhand rows 40# 4x12
seated single arm crossover rows 30# 4x12
Single arm low rows 20# 4x15
Lat pull downs 115# 4x12
My lats and delts are screaming today!!! Pilates/ barre fusion class has killed the rest of me today. Crossfit tomorrow. Barre on Thursday and Legs on Friday. Crossfit on Saturday. Then Aerial yoga Sunday. Wow I planned no rest day.... I guess I will rest on Monday??? Or count aerial yoga as active rest? which it is not by any means... I could make it that way since I do it on my own.We shall see.
Nice loss! Aerial yoga sounds cool. A gym I belonged to awhile back offered it. I am terrified of heights so I never tried it. Pilates is something I always wanted to do but yet again never tried. I am impressed that you do so many different exercises.3 -
Thank you so much Linda ... I too am glad I am feeling better ...getting up at 4:45am led to an afternoon nap3
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Hi all! My name is Shannon. I’m a 50yo NICU nurse in Las Vegas, NV. I’m also a single mom to 12yo twins.
After spending my 20 in the 120s (I’m 5’7”) and eating whatever and whenever I wanted, I thought I was invincible to weight gain. But, alas, it caught up to me. I was 160s when I had my kids and I just kept gaining to a high of 230.8 in 2012. I joined WW and lost 50lb before plateauing, getting frustrated and giving up. On January 1 I started again at 215.2. The last couple of weeks have been difficult, bouncing around between 175 and 180, but this time I WILL NOT GIVE UP.
My goals:
At least 10,000 steps/day
80-90oz of water
Add strength training to my cardio
Step so far this week..
Sun 13,618
Mon 14,809
I look forward to getting to know everyone 😎7 -
Shannonsto wrote: »Hi all! My name is Shannon. I’m a 50yo NICU nurse in Las Vegas, NV. I’m also a single mom to 12yo twins.
After spending my 20 in the 120s (I’m 5’7”) and eating whatever and whenever I wanted, I thought I was invincible to weight gain. But, alas, it caught up to me. I was 160s when I had my kids and I just kept gaining to a high of 230.8 in 2012. I joined WW and lost 50lb before plateauing, getting frustrated and giving up. On January 1 I started again at 215.2. The last couple of weeks have been difficult, bouncing around between 175 and 180, but this time I WILL NOT GIVE UP.
My goals:
At least 10,000 steps/day
80-90oz of water
Add strength training to my cardio
Step so far this week..
Sun 13,618
Mon 14,809
I look forward to getting to know everyone 😎
Would you like to join our step challenge?2 -
Steps
11, 0123 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »mthomas0228 wrote: »Daily Check-In For 8/2:
Calories: Within Allotted Range
Water: 90+ oz.
IF 16/8: Yes, 17 hours fasting
AF: Yes (Day 8 no-alcohol)
Exercise: Weight Training - Upper Body Workout
I have a converter chart that I can convert your weight training into steps.. I just need to know for how long
Thanks for the offering! But I think I'm just going to stick with tracking my actual steps.2
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