Downsizers - Team Chat SEPTEMBER 2021
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wtg all winners this week!
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Amazing job Dazzling Downsizers for coming in 1st once again .... A HUGE Congrats to @1002Shed @mthomas0228 and @Agualang26 for being our top 3 weight loss losers
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Just got done with 2 hours of yard work ..burned 756 calories ... off to take a shower and go grocery shopping 3
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Good afternoon. Another late entry. Sorry.
Check in for 9/11:
Steps 4197 plus 10 minutes bike moderate intensity. Took a late night stroll once it cooled down.
Calories 1624. Good number but high salt and sugar so weight is up today.
Exercise gym. 9 machines mainly shoulder and back. 3 miles bike. 10 minutes lvl 10, 18 mph.2 -
Daily Check-in (9/11 stats):
Steps: 18,146
Floors: 31
Calories Burned: 1320
Daily Intensity Minutes: 153 (Garmin is giving me 324, but then total # is off.) Will have to investigate it more.
Total Intensity Minutes: 954 /150
Early W/O: Yes😊2 -
Good Evening Y'all,
Stayed pretty busy again today... Went to Home Depot and shopped around for random things I needed to make a Storage rack for my Slam Balls. it fits just so across the top of the Power Rack. I'm no carpenter, but I did it. A little measuring, sawing, sanding, drilling, screwing and sandpapering... And Voila, it works. I'll paint it black another day. 😋
But before operation get your crafts on, Lynn and I went out to the lake for a 2.5-mile jaunt. We even slogged some uphill sections for the fun of it? 🤓
My legs, and knees are particular sore at the moment... But I will Survive! 👍
All I got left to do now is get the exercise room prepped for tomorrow's workout! And I might just go to bed for like 7pm-7:30pm. 💤
Good night! 🥰🤗
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Username : azkunk
Weigh In Day: Friday
PW:187.8
CW: 189.8
LTD: 17.2
A gain but I am finally done with this crappy attitude and poor choices. My plan for tomorrow:
Breakfast: egg white omelet or protein shake
Lunch: Grilled chicken breast with provolone and tomatoes
Dinner: shrimp marinara with protein pasta
Water: 80oz
Steps: 5K5 -
Steps 9/9 9,673
9/11 12,122
Yesterday was a strength day. Got to watch my son play soccer for first game of the season.3 -
Hello again! I had a rough week with my daughter's surgery and recovery and ready to hop back into the swing of things this week.
Name: J2lee89
PW: 192.4 lbs
CW: 192.2 lbs
I'm focusing on movement (including two PT sessions for my left achilles!) and increasing my protein and fat while decreasing my carbs a bit too be more balanced this week. Also, daily meditation.4 -
OVERDUE
@KatLadyLove2
@THUNDER5453
@lmf1012
@Fab464
@1002Shed
MONDAY WEIGH-INS
@mszoueb
@Poobah1972
@amymartin555
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Username: mszoueb
Weigh in Day: Monday
PW: 227
CW: 226.4
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Hi all, here for Monday check in.
Yay for a loss, I have no idea how because my food hasn't been good, was getting back home at 1am consecutively so, ended up with fast food a number of times..shall see if it is just a fluctuation, but hoping I can retain the loss and lose more for next week. It was great to get out to live events again.
This week I'm planning on reintroducing more exercise whether that be bike or stationery bike, HIIT, weights or yoga. My plan is at least 3 times alongside any walking I do. I think doing that will help give a sense of structure, achievement and hopefully aid in revitalising my motivation.
It has been comforting reading the team's posts in seeing that a few of you are also going through similar emotions, setbacks etc lately, however, we are all still here not totally giving up which is a win amongst it all!
I'm going to have homemade tomato sauce from tomatoes I grew this year with pasta for dinner, yum!
Weighing pasta/rice/potatoes can be anxiety inducing with the whole dry vs cooked aspect. I'm not sure why it's a thing because water doesn't have calories, but the cooked weight is increased by the water so how do we know what weight the cooked food actually is in that case.. it's like ahhh! I'm interested to know what you guys do in regards to that.
Have a great week everyone!2 -
Good Morning Everyone! Hope each of you had a wonderful weekend! I have been sticking to a workout routine and eating well (keeping under my 1500 calories). Although the weight has not come off as fast as I would like, it is coming down. Currently I am at 267lb which is 7lbs lost in two weeks. More importantly is I feel better and find myself having more energy.
Also, my neck and waist have decreased by 1 and 3 inches respectively so I am hopeful
Take care everyone and keep the press!! Jim5 -
JimBoden3
Weigh-in Day: Monday (Sep 13, 2021)
PW: 208.9
CW: 210.3
SW:240
Yeesh. I knew after "losing"' 4.7 lbs over the prior two weeks that it was going to be tough to get a third winning week in and I think sodium is the culprit! Susan served Mexican for dinner on Saturday night and sweet & sour pork last night. What's for dinner is what I eat so despite my (probably feeble) attempts to moderate my portions, I think it was just too much (sodium, calories, sugar, etc.) to overcome so I'm hoping this is nothing more than just a little water weight gain. Anyway this just provides a little more motivation to knock it out of the park next week right?
I joined the Ladder Up challenge and will be doing squats this week. I did a month-long challenge back in Oct 2019 building up to 300 on the last day. You can bet I got the correct form down after all that! I've already done my 40 for today and will be going up to 100 (I expect to have to break it into 2 sets) when the challenge ends on Sunday.5 -
Weigh-in Day: Sunday
PW: 219
CW: 218
SW: 245
Still losing slowly! I've been focusing on tweaking my diet, mostly getting rid of processed junk foods. I did cheat with a margarita on Sunday. Have a great week everyone!4 -
Username: Poobah1972
Weigh in Day: Monday
PW: 368.6
CW: 366.6
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Monday Morning Everyone! 😀
The weekend has left the building. Time to rub the sleep from your eyes and start running. That's right, tackle anything that gets in your way. We're not taking any prisoners!!!! ARrrggGHGHGHGHhhhhhhHHHHHH! 😜😆😀😁🤗😊
Did more HIIT on the Elliptical this morning. However, I tried something a little new this morning. I got off the elliptical on 2 occasions to slam a slam ball on the ground 20 times each time. Slamming slam balls = high heart rate apparently. lol. I used the 15 pounders, figured I might as well leave room for improvement. 😁
I also had a bit of shenanigans on the scale this morning. First time I stepped on it, it kind of Teeter totted between 376.6 and 366.8 and it stuck on 376.6. Doesn't usually have such a large swing, so I tried stepping on it 3 more times and each time I was now getting 366.8. But Renpho already updated my Fitbit, and Fitbit automatically updated MFP. SO, I'm like DOH! I go upstairs and sit In front of my fan in Turbo mode naked as the day I was born and dig into the apps. I end up deleting the MFP automatic update, and then realize that my second Renpho measurement didn't include all the body weight, BMI and muscle mass info. So, I delete that... heck I deleted everything about today. So, after 5 minutes I march back downstairs naked, and much drier thanks to Turbo Fan. 👍😎. Step on the scale, and BOOM 366.6 pounds for a total of 2 Pounds lost. And I was pleased to see MFP posted it up. WOOT WOOT! lol
Okay I'm going to be late for work... Have an amazing day everyone! 🥰😘🤗🤗🤗
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So I signed up for a 7 am yoga class on zoom... we will see how that goes. It’s 6:30 am and I am eating breakfast so at least I am awake! I’m hopeful to do a little better on tracking my calories but just learned my in laws are visiting this week from Virginia so there may be some unpredictable meals...
Steps @Megan_smartiepants1970
9/11 8,305
9/12 23,295 - walked a 10k with a friend — a beautiful Albuquerque morning sunrise view! The hot air balloons are out in force ahead of the international Balloon Fiesta4 -
Daily Check-in For Sunday 9/12:
Calories: Under
Water: 70+ Oz
IF 16/8: Fasted 19 hours
Alcohol Free: Yes (7/12 days this month)
Exercise: Scheduled Rest Day
Sleep: 8.25 Hours (Saturday night)
Yesterday was a scheduled rest day and I wasn't feeling great, so pretty much just stayed in bed all day. Busy day today to make up for it!
@Megan_smartiepants1970
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Weighing pasta/rice/potatoes can be anxiety inducing with the whole dry vs cooked aspect. I'm not sure why it's a thing because water doesn't have calories, but the cooked weight is increased by the water so how do we know what weight the cooked food actually is in that case.. it's like ahhh! I'm interested to know what you guys do in regards to that.
Have a great week everyone!
I weigh mine dry but I am usually cooking for myself. My family does not eat what I eat. One thought, weigh one serving dry, cook it, drain it and then wait to see what it weighs after cooking one serving. Let’s us know the difference because now, I am curious.
I’m jealous of your tomatoes. I used to make my own tomato sauce and salsa from my garden all the time but I no longer have a garden 😞
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Good morning everyone.
Check in for 9/12:
Steps - 2559. Another low day, energy wise. After all the time living here I should be used to this heat.
Calories - 1536. Bad dinner choice but I didn't eat to much.
Exercise. Blah. It is getting hot way to early for a long walk.2 -
Good Morning Everyone ... Well my walk this morning didn't happen ... I made chili cheese dogs for dinner last night and I was awaken by me running to the bathroom at 1am ... I didn't get back to bed until closer to 4am ...tummy still not happy but it is better than it was5
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"Unfortunately when someone adds a comment to a friend request, it will not be delivered. The admins turned that off to keep the creeps from sending us creepy comments."
Above is part of a quote I read on another thread. I wasn't aware of this fact, whether it is true or not, and how long it has been in effect.
The most important thing, to me, is for you to know if you get a FR from me, I never take a declined FR personally. I'm more active on my wall. I am getting more active here as well. It is the "interwebs" after all😁!!2 -
Daily Check-in (9/12 stats):
Steps: 6,191
Floors: 15
Calories Burned: 206
Daily Intensity Minutes: 20
Total Intensity Minutes: 974/150
Early W/O: Rest day2 -
Monday's... Erg!
Got my phone, left it right here by the home computer. 😋
So right to business. For the last month or 2 I noticed some discomfort in my outer left elbow. I believe this is referred to as Golfers Elbow. (tennis elbow would be the inside part of the elbow closer to the body). It makes it painful to pick things up and raise my arm laterally. Even light things. It usually went back to normal in a day or 2 and always in time for my next bicep workout. UNTIL TODAY!
I know what the culprit is, or at least the major culprit. It's Hammer curls. I probably should have skipped them today, but I didn't and boy did it hurt (it even made a noise and something moved around in there.. DOH!). Thankfully though, Preacher curls and Ez bar curls don't hurt and in fact I moved up and still got every single darn rep. SO both will move up again. (seems nutty almost). 💪
Anyway, no more hammer curls for the foreseeable future... instead, I'll have to sub in Concentration curls. There may be some other movement that aggravate it, like heavy DB rows and anything that I have to GRIP really hard. But for now, we will just monitor and stay away from Hammer Curls. 😜
And in the meantime, I'll start interesting to see if there is anything I can wear on my arm or elbow to help alleviate "Golfers Elbow". I have a feeling tomorrow isn't going to be pretty where my elbow is concerned. 😆
So other than painful hammer curls, it was a great workout...
On the topic of food today.... I was a sore MOFO today, yesterday... And I can still feel my quads from Saturday's workout and my knees aren't feeling too peachy (Definitely got old man syndrome. lol). So, I thought it was important that I stuff as much food into me, and particularly Protein in an effort to help my body get over it and rebuild. 2400 calories of food sure seems like a lot. But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do? 😎😁
Okay... I'm done. Whew!
Good night everyone... We got just enough time to catch an episode of Ted Lasso! PEACE! 🥰🤗😁
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Weighing pasta/rice/potatoes can be anxiety inducing with the whole dry vs cooked aspect. I'm not sure why it's a thing because water doesn't have calories, but the cooked weight is increased by the water so how do we know what weight the cooked food actually is in that case.. it's like ahhh! I'm interested to know what you guys do in regards to that.
Have a great week everyone!
I weigh mine dry but I am usually cooking for myself. My family does not eat what I eat. One thought, weigh one serving dry, cook it, drain it and then wait to see what it weighs after cooking one serving. Let’s us know the difference because now, I am curious.
I’m jealous of your tomatoes. I used to make my own tomato sauce and salsa from my garden all the time but I no longer have a garden 😞
@mszoueb - my 2.5oz fried pasta tonight weighed 6.7 oz after cooking
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Under calories and hit my minimum protein level. I have a bit of a migraine and it’s 106*F (41.1*C) at 6pm, so, I will not be hitting my steps today. Water is close and I will be sure to get my 80oz.
Plan for tomorrow:
B: leftover half of egg white omelette
L: grilled chicken or other protein in cafeteria & veggie
D : shrimp fra diavolo
Water: 80oz
Steps: 5K3 -
Username. Amymartin555
Weigh in day. Monday
SW. 184.0
PW. 139.8
CW. 137.8
Steps for the week
9/6. 17,670
9/7. 14,593
9/8. 21,082
9/9. 25,404
9/10 14,016
9/11 10,693
9/12 17,241
I had a pretty good week. I am down 2 lbs so I am happy. I only have 9 lbs until I am at what the charts say is the top of my healthy weight. I still want to go more toward the middle of the chart so I would say I still have about 20 until I am where I want to be. I am getting there.
I made pumpkin pie protein ice cream today for the first time and it was really good. I am going to try to make peanut butter protein ice cream next as my husband want to try it.
I ordered a new treadmill but it wont be here until next week. I have been just walking through my house but with with the treadmill I can adjust the incline to make a harder walk. Winter is coming so I want the option to do hills because the closer I get to my goal weight the harder it will get to lose it . I will need to do something and I cant reduce my calories. So upping my workout it will be.
Take care everyone!
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Under calories and hit my minimum protein level. I have a bit of a migraine and it’s 106*F (41.1*C) at 6pm, so, I will not be hitting my steps today. Water is close and I will be sure to get my 80oz.
Plan for tomorrow:
B: leftover half of egg white omelette
L: grilled chicken or other protein in cafeteria & veggie
D : shrimp fra diavolo
Water: 80oz
Steps: 5K
I have you excused from the step challenge ... Are you still wanting to be excused ?1 -
Under calories and hit my minimum protein level. I have a bit of a migraine and it’s 106*F (41.1*C) at 6pm, so, I will not be hitting my steps today. Water is close and I will be sure to get my 80oz.
Plan for tomorrow:
B: leftover half of egg white omelette
L: grilled chicken or other protein in cafeteria & veggie
D : shrimp fra diavolo
Water: 80oz
Steps: 5K
Sorry it is still so hot for you!! We had a cool, crisp 56 degree partly sunny day.1 -
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Under calories and hit my minimum protein level. I have a bit of a migraine and it’s 106*F (41.1*C) at 6pm, so, I will not be hitting my steps today. Water is close and I will be sure to get my 80oz.
Plan for tomorrow:
B: leftover half of egg white omelette
L: grilled chicken or other protein in cafeteria & veggie
D : shrimp fra diavolo
Water: 80oz
Steps: 5K
Sorry it is still so hot for you!! We had a cool, crisp 56 degree partly sunny day.
I’m so jealous 😫1
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