WaistAways - Team Chat SEPTEMBER 2021
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@KellyBgetsfit Glad Mabel is doing well and sounds like you had a great day! Way to check off the to do list.
Today I am in my calories and my husband and I got in 20 minutes of meditation. No workout again since I have a very minor version of my kiddos cold. Trying to rest so it goes away faster. Work has just been disappointing. It's still early so hopefully this improves.
@micki48 I am interested in the pilates accountability buddy thing!3 -
09/14 exercise:
18 minutes yoga + 10 minutes stationary bike + 8171 steps
09/15 exercise:
22 minutes yoga + 9598 steps3 -
@micki48 I'm down for trying Balanced Life Pilates... no equipment necessary, right? I don't think I've ever tried Pilates so why not
Colds are sure making their rounds right now eh... sorry to hear you're under the weather now @conleywoods but hoping it stays mild...
Good news about Mabel @KellyBgetsfit
Back with weigh-in tomorrow morning!3 -
Username ashleycarole86
Thursday weigh in
PW 211.8
CW 208.45 -
@jugar CW 180.6
It’s been a while checking in and I’ve missed you! When I use my phone to check in, I have to be in a good position for my healing arm to help hold it with the right hand. I’m more comfortable typing that way but prefer having no glasses on but then end up having to hold it with just the right hand (to get it 6 inches from my face) which is more straining ‘cause I type with one thumb only whilst holding with a round thingy stuck on the back.
Ok. That’s enough of that!
I’ve been eating pretty well overall but have trouble getting meals put together when I’m alone. There are only certain things I can easily cut up (no pressure on the left side) so, I find that limiting & I’m bored with eating.
I’m bored with a lot of things and figure it’s all part of healing. Just a bit of wingeing for the day! Taking long walks isn’t advised unless I have company. Added safety against tripping, etc. That’s okay since OH’s new job goes from 6 a - 2p so we can walk in the late afternoon. When Monica is here, we can go earlier.
I plan to do some inside routines for general movement but can’t lie flat for another 5+ weeks. Something is better than nothing.
That’s it for now.
Have a great day, everyone. Stay healthy out there.
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Happy Thursday!
@ashleycarole86 Thanks for starting off the day with such a beautiful loss - you're in the race for Onederland now too. Wow!
It's a gorgeous morning here - I won't delay getting outside. I hope everyone is feeling good today, getting better if you're under the weather, and ready for whatever the day throws your way.4 -
Username: Bowens1973
PW: 200.2
CW: WAIT FOR IT... drum roll please... 197.4
Guess whose back in the 100's for the first time since his 20's? Thanks for all your encouragement and huge thanks to @ashleycarole86 for being my biggest cheerleader and for creating an environment where it is safe to fail but Wayyyy more fun to win!!!7 -
Congratulations @bowens1973 for getting into Onederland! You and Ashley are both really consistent and you deserve to see the fruits of your labours!4
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Thanks for all the support guys.
We truly are a changed couple. Going through this journey together has been great!
One more week of work before my second maintenance break I'm doing the ladder up challenge so I'll be progressively increasing my exercise minutes all week... will be a bit of a relief on Sunday when that resets 
but been having fun with it.
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Hey sorry! Going through a lot of stuff right now, high stress and injured rotator cuff
I'm at 124 ugh! 4 -
@jugar CW 152 PW 154.5
Am I on that damn yo-yo again!? I mean I'm happy to be back where I was but frustrating. Probably most frustrating because I know exactly why and what I ate and when, knowing it was going to bump me up but, giving in to it anyways. Then now for several days I've been good - lots of vegetables and stopping when I should. I haven't been logging. Making the time - not even physical time, but mental time, has seemed impossible.
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I've just caught up on pages of posts. @YinxFed Congratulations on the walk! I"ve got the Herriot Trail walk in my sights for one of these years - I agree walking in the countryside beats it all.
@ashleycarole86 great photos and it's good to read what a good thing you and Brad have going - a team within the team!
@EvMakesChanges long recovery for shoulder surgery, my sister is going through the same process(she had full shoulder replacement), it's been 6 or 7 weeks now and she's allowed to lift only a pound - she was happy though to get the go ahead to do 10 minutes on the recumbent bike. I wonder if you could talk your chat post - maybe into a text message, but then cut and paste it into the chat here?
@AshenMoon hang in there...may the stress lessen and your rotator cuff heal..
@KellyBgetsfit and @conleywoods - you teachers have my utmost respect, raising your own families and doing your all to help everyone else.
Okay. Just logging in here finally, reading posts and posting a little myself....I'm going to prelog my food tonight before I turn out my light - I KNOW how well that works.2 -
Hey sorry! Going through a lot of stuff right now, high stress and injured rotator cuff I'm at 124 ugh!
Get in touch with @EvMakesChanges - she just had surgery for shoulder/rotator cuff probs and can tell you all about it! Don't worry about a weight fluctuation - they happen, but take care of the stress and injury. Hang in there, kiddo!bowens1973 wrote: »Username: Bowens1973
PW: 200.2
CW: WAIT FOR IT... drum roll please... 197.4
Guess whose back in the 100's for the first time since his 20's? Thanks for all your encouragement and huge thanks to @ashleycarole86 for being my biggest cheerleader and for creating an environment where it is safe to fail but Wayyyy more fun to win!!!
The drum roll is fabulous! And when the stinger arrives, there you are under 200! I was marvelling at your before and after photos on your news feed - I swear you look younger now than you did 20 years ago. WTG!!
Danged yo-yo indeed. We make it happen, we hate it, but right now you're DOWN!! No need to bounce the yo-yo back up again, right? Lots of veggies and all the good things are happening. You're still not back up where you were, so there has been progress - 44 pounds of progress. You're not going back there - just bouncing around a tad and fussing a bit. The yo-yo is not going all the way up anymore. It is a good little yo-yo. Stay, yo-yo, Stay.@jugar CW 152 PW 154.5
Am I on that damn yo-yo again!? I mean I'm happy to be back where I was but frustrating. Probably most frustrating because I know exactly why and what I ate and when, knowing it was going to bump me up but, giving in to it anyways. Then now for several days I've been good - lots of vegetables and stopping when I should. I haven't been logging. Making the time - not even physical time, but mental time, has seemed impossible.
Things are rolling! it's already time for the Friday people heads up ---
@Pearl4686
@conleywoods
@happimess01
@gak71
@Steph1498
@JohnPetelle
@kellie_erin
@ellz_runs
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PW: 204.5 lb
CW: 204 lb
“Just keep swimming “…6 -
Early Friday weigh in that was actually Thursday’s because I’m away.
PW 202.5
CW201.9
@bowens1973 Fabulous loss!! Congratulations on making it to Onederland!!! You are so consistent. Well done!! Enjoy.
@EvMakesChanges Glad to hear from you and that you are improving little by little.
Drove to my son’s today. Road food and take out. It wasn’t pretty calorie wise, but it’s all logged. 😲 Hoping to go listen to the waves tomorrow. 🌊
Glad we have interest in doing the Pilates. I will go get the link and post it for you to sign up.4 -
Here’s the link for Balance Life Pilates.
5 days, 15 minutes a day. It really is great.
https://thebalancedlifeonline.com/refresh-reset-challenge/?WickedSource=Instagram&WickedID=tbl-links-pilates-strong
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All signed up @micki48 ... looking forward to it. I watched the welcome video and she really sells the benefits! Can't wait to check it out.
Today's exercise - 11467 steps2 -
PW - 191.1 lbs
CW - 190.2 lbs
I have been working a lot lately. I really feel blessed to have this job and it's hard to not want to give it my all. I wanted to eat all the foodz this week and was reminded of this quote I read in a fitness article: "When you are 50 lbs away from your ultimate goal weight, you are hungry for maybe 20 mins a day. And when you are 10-20 lbs away from your goal weight, you are hungry for 1-2 hours per day." It is definitely proving true in my case. If my hunger levels don't go down next week, I might switch to eating at maintainance for 2 weeks, we'll see. I haven't been to the gym in a week and it's annoying me. But I am prioritizing sleep over my workouts for now and once I routinely get 7-8 hours of sleep, I will work on going to gym more regularly. 7 hours of sleep and 0 gym sessions is better than 5 hours of sleep plus 3 gym sessions I am assuming.
Congratulations @bowens1973 You are killing it 🥳🎊 And the way you are going, you will be joining him soon in onederland @ashleycarole86 🙌3 -
Friday weigh-in
PW 89.5
CW 88.4
Not sure how this happened as I still ate way too much and no logging or excersize but I guess it proves small changes do make a difference. Must try to stick to this, if only to maintain...
Have a great weekend
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Hey all, I hope everyone is OK and life is treating you well.
I was going to say I've been too busy to come on much but thinking back that's not quite true. I have worked late (very late) some evenings, but I think the main thing is I am stressed and drained and therefore eating everything and avoiding tracking. I have had a cyst on my back for a while, but last Friday it became infected and I'm on antibiotics. These have to be taken on an empty stomach, so my windows for eating are 8-10am, 1-3pm and 6-8pm. I seem to be using this as an excuse to eat anything I want, because I need to 'stay full' and 'energised' until the next window. As a result of the cyst I can't wear a bra for any length of time and I don't enjoy walking bra-less, nevermind running, so I've not done any exercise all week. Add in stress from various sources and my weight is very much not where I want it to be!
After falling asleep on the sofa at 8.30pm yesterday, I went to bed and slept until 10.30am this morning. I think I feel better for it, though ETA it's 12.30 and I am starving because I missed my breakfast slot. Luckily I'd booked today off work as we have the 20 mile walk tomorrow and I wanted to not be rushing around this evening. We're off all next week for our holiday (which is causing me more stress in the planning/prep phase!), and I'm off on the 27th as well.
We're still waiting for confirmation of OH's new job - it should come any day now. I said to him yesterday that whilst life would be easier and less stressful if he didn't get it, I know how much this means to him and I want him to succeed. I'm trying not to let on how stressed I am about it, but he probably knows me too well for that. Once we get confirmation, at least I'll be able to put plans into action.
My father is visiting from abroad too, and wants to quarantine with us. The UK's laws currently require him to quarantine for 10 days from arrival, and he wouldn't be able to leave the house. There is the option of testing on day 5 and if you're negative, you can break quarantine. This is all stressing me out too! Not least because he booked his flight in for the 28th - my first day back at work - and his return flight is a working day too, so now we have to try and juggle that. Plus the government are reviewing travel restrictions today so who knows what the rules will be next.
I'm now 2kg heavier than I was and up to 79.4kg. It's not something I can't recover, but it's also not quite frustrating enough to make me deal with it NOW when there's so much other stuff going on. I think the trick will be drawing a line under it after our holiday, because whilst I don't intend to eat everything in sight, I didn't want to restrict myself on our trip, either. That said, if I go back over 80kg I will be gutted, so I'm probably going to take my scales with me! I will also check in daily for the remainder of the month, even if it's just to say hi. 5
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