WaistAways - Team Chat SEPTEMBER 2021
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Sun 11,798
Mon 12,373
30 min lifting
10 min elliptical
Tues 12,661
Wed 11,620
Thurs 12,018
Fri 13,854
Sat 17,750
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Exercise 09/25 - 9150 steps + 15 mins yoga + 10 mins stationary bike
Welcome back @PlaneMonkey ... great to hear from you and looking forward to having you back on the team!3 -
CW: 165.4
Hey, I guess I kind of owe an explanation for going MIA all of a sudden. It's kind of a long story but the short of it is that my personal life blew up, then my professional one did, I gained a bunch of weight and was ashamed, and basically I've been in run-and-hide mode for 2 straight weeks.
I hit rock bottom on Friday night and now I guess it's time to start picking up the pieces.
I think somehow, things are sort of OK though. My personal life is in a holding pattern and my professional life is... something, I'm still employed at least. I'm exhausted and lonely and full of doubt but I'm alive, which is not what I thought I would be at 1 am Saturday morning while hugging the toilet.
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Welcome back @PlaneMonkey - we've missed you!
I stepped on the scales this morning and was pleased to see that I weighed 0.5kg less than my last check in. After the week we've had, I'll take that.
I've been for a run today and spent the whole time worrying about my dressing not staying in place. The run definitely affected my back but the dressing held up, so I'm feeling more confident about my training session tomorrow. I am so ready to get back into that, as it's been weeks between my trainer being on holiday, then him having to isolate, followed by my holiday.
I'm catching up on admin and one of those tasks is the meal plan and shopping list. I have chosen some meals and just need to plan which days we'll do what. I'm going to make at least one soup this week too - carrot and sweet potato - the other is a spicy Moroccan soup that I love but it's a lot of effort as the lamb needs dicing into 1cm cubes so I may not get that done.
I've decided against the soup maker as they only do 2-4 portions, and will continue to make them in the big cast iron casserole dish with a hand blender. Saves us space too. The £100 is going towards the second freezer instead which is probably more useful to us anyway.
This week I'm going to focus on tracking everything, including my water intake. I'm not going to put a specific goal for exercise as OH thinks I need to see the nurse about my back and I have a feeling I might end up very sore after she's done with it!2 -
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Greetings Team!
Here are my step and exercise stats for the past week:
19th September - 3,073
20th September - 5,107 / 25 mins Yoga
21st September - 7,843
22nd September - 1,789 / 9 mins Yoga / 52 mins Quads & Lower Abs [Epic 1 Day 43]
23rd September - 9,431
24th September - 2,247 / 10 mins Yoga / 70 mins Full Body Dumbbell workout [Epic 1 Day 44]
25th September - 7,124
Could be better, but I have a cunning plan for next week!3 -
@jugar I'm so sorry. Every time I remembered to post my weight yesterday, I wasn't in a place where I could. I'm sure I'm too late, but here it is anyway.
CW 359 (It was higher than that earlier in the week from my trip to California last weekend, but it's coming down.)
In other news, Jeff and I are getting remarried on 12/18/21!!!!!7 -
@jugar yes I will be sticking with Wednesday. I find it's the right balance to refocus my efforts after usually overindulging on the weekends.
We took the boat out of the water for the end of the season today. *sigh*4 -
CW: 165.4
Hey, I guess I kind of owe an explanation for going MIA all of a sudden. It's kind of a long story but the short of it is that my personal life blew up, then my professional one did, I gained a bunch of weight and was ashamed, and basically I've been in run-and-hide mode for 2 straight weeks.
I hit rock bottom on Friday night and now I guess it's time to start picking up the pieces.
I think somehow, things are sort of OK though. My personal life is in a holding pattern and my professional life is... something, I'm still employed at least. I'm exhausted and lonely and full of doubt but I'm alive, which is not what I thought I would be at 1 am Saturday morning while hugging the toilet.
Am I ever glad to see you back! It sounds like you have been through the wringer, but you're here after running and hiding. Yay!!! You don't need to be full of doubt that this is your team, we're ready to hear it all and help you pick up the pieces.
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Its that time again for recruiting ... if you know anybody who would like to join please ask them to sign up
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10844838/registration-for-new-members-october-2021#latest1 -
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CW 1571 -
You have a new member heading your way ... Please welcome @bonnie_red 3
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woo hoo!! that's exciting!! congratulations.evangsimmons170 wrote: »
In other news, Jeff and I are getting remarried on 12/18/21!!!!!
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I went off the rails this weekend - no logging, a big wine night and loads of sweets - but I am prepared to get back on track tomorrow...will log before sleep tonight. I discovered Merguez Lamb sausages this weekend...I don't think I need to ever eat any other type of lamb -yum!
A while back I bought a bag of Mung beans with the intention of doing my own bean sprouts - read the process and said forget it - so instead I used the philipino stew recipe on the back of the bag and it is a really nice and interesting soup - with fresh grated ginger and coconut milk and fresh spinach making the interesting and pleasant taste.
@DD265 you'll love that freezer for putting portion containers of soup in - @jugar I almost always triple a recipe, ha!
@Terytha I'm sorry to hear you've been having rough time...hang in there...hang in here...we'll cheer you on and boost you up.
@PlaneMonkey welcome back - how's the desk job going? I know you were wondering how it would be after being so active at work before.
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I'm super excited that @bonnie_red has joined us! She's my sister and has had a lot of big exciting life changes recently but has been struggling getting her healthy routines back in place. I suggested she join this group for some support!6
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kellie_erin wrote: »I'm super excited that @bonnie_red has joined us! She's my sister and has had a lot of big exciting life changes recently but has been struggling getting her healthy routines back in place. I suggested she join this group for some support!
This is fantastic! Two pair of sisters on the team - I love having my sister here too @EvMakesChanges It will be a blast! 5 -
@Terytha thanks for checking in. I was worried about you because I know you mentioned your mom and feeling down. I am so sorry to hear you are struggling personally and professionally. Big hugs. If you need to, switch to maintenance. That is better then a gain.
@planemonkey Welcome Back!!! I hope you enjoyed the end of summer with the house and renovations.
@evangsimmons170 Congratulations!!!!
@bonnie_red welcome to the team!!!! I hope you benefit from this supportive group.
I think I over did it yesterday. I have been pretty tired today. I didn't get much done. Well, I did 5 loads of laundry dry, went to Target, and did a lot of work...but I wasn't physically very active. Weekends are hard6 -
just a short update to log steps & exercise this week:
Sun: 14,952
Mon: 16,644 +49 min glutes & hamstrings (Epic Day 41)
Tues: 19,519 +49 min shoulders & core (Epic Day 42)
Wed: 12,358
Thurs: 12,478
Fri: 15,265 +51 min quads & abs (Epic Day 43)
Sat: 17,733
Up later than I would like to be right now but the Packers game just ended (we won in semi-dramatic fashion) and I need to conk out immediately. Didn't get many steps today due to the traffic-heavy drive back from the Cape but my weekend was great! [Will not have a super fun weigh-in Tuesday but there ya go].3 -
@Terytha Sounds like things have been heavy, your check-ins have been missed and it's nice to see you back.
@DD265 Hope the training session goes well despite the back situation...
Congrats to our winners this week and way to go @AshenMoon on making multiple leaderboards for the week!
@evangsimmons170 Just under three months until the wedding date, how exciting!! Congrats
@bonnie_red Welcome to the team, so fun to have another family connection... looking forward to getting to know you.3 -
Brad and I had a very nice weekend. Yesterday was filled with quite a bit of fun and right before dinner I stopped tracking - it just got too complicated. He took me to one of my favorite small plates restaurants in Calgary and there were too many components and it was just going to be guessing. Rather than fret I just enjoyed myself and today I got back into a deficit. I was supposed to be on a planned two week diet break starting Thursday but after the week prior not really going as planned weight loss wise followed by the first few days of the break being maintenance or more, I didn't feel like I could mentally handle what would more likely be some additional gain over the next while.
It sort of plays in to some earlier discussion about a goal weight number... I do have places I want to be in my head... for the week, for the month, by my birthday... etc. However I agree that setting too strict of a timeframe around things isn't necessarily helpful. I think I've just been having a few moments in my mind of "what if I'm backsliding here..."
Like @jugar said a few days ago, when I look at my progress over this past month, there is nothing to be worried about, but I've caught myself in a few moments the past few days of feeling negative, and that's not where I want to be.
Just reminds me that what we're all doing here is hard! If it was easy we wouldn't be here for support.4
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