Trimstones - Team Chat SEPTEMBER 2021
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For the Captain’s Challenge - Week One I will be working on Calorie Counting. I plan to log every bite that passes my lips for the week. And if it can be weighed/measured, I will be weighing/measuring it. I truly believe that accountability is the key, and I sometimes fall into the trap of trying to “cheat the system” by not being honest about what I’m eating. All that allows me do is to cheat myself. We’ve got this Team - let’s do it!1
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Hey Trimstones ....You have a new member joining you ...Please welcome @shell2is
Welcome
@shell2is
@GSAllumbaugh
@kcpond (welcome back!)
to Team TrimStones! I'm your Captain, Jessica and I'm glad you found us! Take a few minutes and read back through some of the September thread and if you have any questions, just post in the chatroom. The new month begins on Sunday, Oct 3rd and then you will begin posting your weekly weigh ins on the day of week you listed in Registration. Please use the format:
Userid
(Day of Week) Weigh-in
PW: 204 lbs (previous weight)
CW: 202 lbs (current weight)
LTD: 12 lbs (optional loss to date)
If you're a walk/run fanatic, please consider joining our Step Challenge. You can find the step chart just below the main weigh in chart, both of which are off the main Fat2Fit page. If you want to sign up for the step challenge, just post here or send me an private message and let me know your intention, your daily step goal and tell me where your favorite place is to walk. That's it!
When you get a chance, post and tell us a little about who you are, what your goals are and share a little about your successes and struggles. The more you use this group, the more you'll get out of it. We just began a new Captain's Challenge yesterday and you're welcome to jump on that band wagon...instructions are on page 15 of this thread.
Again, welcome! Good luck in October!
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Welcome to the team@shell2is
Yukie86 Steps update:
9/23 - 7228
9/24 - 7945
9/25 - 3195
9/26 - 2655
** Really low step count over the weekend - I was mainly tied to my PC to take my practice and Final exams which were pretty intense. But they are now done/over with - I passed!
This week planning to re-gain focus and utilize the time I had been studying (in the wee hours of the morning before work) to incorporate some physical activity.
For the Captains challenge week 1: Increase my daily step count (prev 5K) to 6,500
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Welcome to the team@shell2is
Yukie86 Steps update:
9/23 - 7228
9/24 - 7945
9/25 - 3195
9/26 - 2655
** Really low step count over the weekend - I was mainly tied to my PC to take my practice and Final exams which were pretty intense. But they are now done/over with - I passed!
This week planning to re-gain focus and utilize the time I had been studying (in the wee hours of the morning before work) to incorporate some physical activity.
For the Captains challenge week 1: Increase my daily step count (prev 5K) to 6,500
Congratulations on passing your exams!!!2 -
I had a really good day today...knee is still a little sore from my walking excessively on Saturday, but I was trying to finish go mileage goal for the month of Sept and I did! I walked 25 miles of intentional walking this month...did 22 last month and 20 in July...next month, I'll be going for 28...working my way up a little at a time so as not to overwhelm these joints. I also wanted to hit 10k steps on Saturday...LOL nearly hit 11k! Go big or go home, right?!
Got a lot of work stuff done today...kept up with the emails, did some research...productive day.
Hope all of you had productive and good days as well.
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@Waifer003 thank you
@jessicakrall8 Way to go on making your 25 miles! I'm hoping to inch my way up to a higher daily step count as well.2 -
jessicakrall8 wrote: »I had a really good day today...knee is still a little sore from my walking excessively on Saturday, but I was trying to finish go mileage goal for the month of Sept and I did! I walked 25 miles of intentional walking this month...did 22 last month and 20 in July...next month, I'll be going for 28...working my way up a little at a time so as not to overwhelm these joints. I also wanted to hit 10k steps on Saturday...LOL nearly hit 11k! Go big or go home, right?!
Got a lot of work stuff done today...kept up with the emails, did some research...productive day.
Hope all of you had productive and good days as well.
Jessica
Congratulations on making your goal.2 -
Monday, September 27
- Exercise: gym
- Net calories: 1327
- Water: 3450 ml
- Steps: 9.719 / 7.500
- Vitamins: yes
Good morning team. Another Monday, another gym day. I started a new training schedule. It was supposed to be next week, but he got the dates mixed up. Not a problem, though I miss my benchpress; I liked that one a lot. New schedule is always brutal and I am sore in a lot of places this morning. Thankfully, this is usually only 1 or 2 times. It's amazing how fast the body adjusts. I was still pretty hungry after I ate all my planned food for the day. Considering I also had the choir in the evening which made my day very long, I decided to eat some more. I was 10 calories under my max, so it just about fit! Super exhausted today. Going to the store a bit later and look for a new battery for my scale because it's low.3 -
Hi TS's...You have another new member joining you..... Please welcome @GSAllumbaugh 2
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@yukie86 Congrats on completing and slaying your exams!! Doesn't it feel great?!!
@Pupowl You're tearing that gym routine up...great job!! Are you still going through some of the soreness in your muscles or are you past that point?!
I'm working hard today and I have to teach a piano lesson tonight. I purposefully put off eating my first meal of the day (I usually do two meals 10:30 and 5:30), but today since I have to teach tonight, I waiting until Noon and my 2nd meal will be at 6:30. Hoping that extra window will help me stay on track and my dinner is something special (although quite calorically controlled), so hoping I won't cheat. I'm working extra hard this week as I get back to the scale and I'm already down several pounds...want a GREAT weigh in on Friday both for the results but also for my mental uplift. I AM DETERMINED!!!!!!! HEAR ME SCALE DEMONS...you WILL lay down!!
See ya'll later this evening! Man, I'm having the BEST day!
Jessica
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@jessicakrall8 - Woo! you're doing great !
Happy Tuesday everyone...
- crosswords is something my daughter enjoys so it's fun to do them together, she hasn't yet been introduced to Sudoku
- Used to think Egyptian cotton was supreme until I was gifted flannel sheets (soo cozy and surprisingly don't feel hot in the summertime)
- Dressing up is fun and feels great… but it’s so much work, who’s go time for all that?
- spaceship because … sounds more adventurous than a castle
- I’m a planner for sure. Spontaneity is a fun surprise, but If I’m aware of what’s coming up my instinct is to try to maximize the time/experience by planning in advance.
- Vacation I love to experience new places/experiences/adventures. I’m home when not at work – it just makes me think of all the chores/projects that need to get done
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My only comment on this one is VACATION not staycation. Two years of staycations are getting to be a bit tiresome 🤪2 -
Excited to join the team!!4
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GSAllumbaugh wrote: »Excited to join the team!!
Suddenly @GSAllumbaugh, I want to guess what the G stands for...LOL! Welcome...please read up as I added you to the welcome I did yesterday and it's filled with information you'll need.
Looking forward to watching you hit your goals!
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My commit for this week is to write journal every day 2
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@jessicakrall8
It's Wednesday morning now, and I am still insanely sore. Going to be interesting at the gym in a few hours. I have no idea how I will manage doing some of the exercises. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow.
Glad to hear you are having such a good day. It's awesome you are back on track!
Eating only twice a day sounds really rough to me! I would be ready to eat all the things at meal 2.2 -
Tuesday, September 28
- Exercise: 4.5 km walk
- Water: 3600 ml
- Steps: 12.957 / 7.500
- Vitamins: yes
Good morning team. Hope everyone is doing well. Going on a bit of a rant/ramble here.
I have always had 3 main reasons for wanting to lose weight.
1. Feel better
2. Look better
3. Be healthier
Also in that order of importance to me. I haven't really had negative health issues related to my weight, so that wasn't a very pressing reason. I am aware being overweight increases my risk for several things of course, so it is still somewhat on my radar. Feeling better is more important to me than looking better. I think having clear reasons why you are doing something that is admittedly quite difficult, is very important for your success. We are constantly being confronted with unhealthy foods in every day life. Fighting against that is exhausting. Thinking about what to eat, tracking everything, working out, also exhausting.
I am now pretty close to having lost 20 kilos since starting my journey. And number 1 hasn't happened. The biggest reason why I wanted to do this is letting me down. I have read the NSV threads on here and others about the effect of weight loss, and I have read a lot of "I feel so much better!" and "I have a lot more energy now!" I want that as well dangit! I am assuming that the problem for me is my chronic fatigue. Me feeling bad and tired was never caused by my weight, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that losing weight didn't fix it either. I was still hoping to feel a difference, but there is nothing. I am still exhausted, everything is still a struggle.
I also don't think I look better. Part of the reason here could be that I still wear the same clothes. My clothes are mostly stretchy stuff or sweaters, so it still fits fine. I don't own any big mirrors so I can't see the difference either. I doubt many people like what they see when they look down. This might change when I take new full body pictures, but at the moment it doesn't help keep me going. The health reason wasn't a big factor at the start and it still isn't because there is no improvement that I am aware of. Yes, my risk for things has probably gone down, but that's not something I personally notice.
Yesterday I was beyond the point of caring. I didn't track my food, I ate too much, I ate unhealthy, and zero f*cks were given. Sometimes I need a day like this and that is totally fine. It doesn't ruin what I have already accomplished so far. I will just go back to my normal planned meals today without a problem. It isn't failing unless you throw in the towel and give up. I refuse to do that because I am still hoping that something positive will happen and give me a new reason to keep going. For now I am mostly fueled by stubbornness and because I simply don't want to be fat anymore and I want to see what it's like on the 'other side'.
~ Tuesday is normally a rest day, but I was so sore from the gym, that I thought going for a walk might help my legs a little. The walk kind of sucked. It was warmer than I thought, I was hurting, I had a headache and it was sooo noisy outside. People mowing everywhere, huge machines out on the fields, ugh! It was good to be home again, but at least I got an extra workout in.
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jessicakrall8 wrote: »@izzyred9400 Please report in and let us know you're ok Izzy...I think you're back from Greece, but given the earthquake that occurred, I'd like to confirm you're safe!! Please take care!
Jessica
@jessicakrall8 Thank you so much for your concern,but I'm ok.I saw the earthquake in Crete on the greek news ☹.It was felt in Santorini apparently but we were on Paros a bit further away.We didn't feel anything,thankfully.
We got home late last night after 2 flights & a long wait at Athens Airport.There is a fuel crisis in the UK but thank goodness my nephew had some petrol in his car & kindly picked us up at the airport.
I couldn't sleep when I got home as my feet were freezing.Gone from 26C to 10 😱.
Time to get back on it after holiday over indulgence.
Great to read all the posts from the team.
You're doing great Jessica.1 -
jessicakrall8 wrote: »GSAllumbaugh wrote: »Excited to join the team!!
Suddenly @GSAllumbaugh, I want to guess what the G stands for...LOL! Welcome...please read up as I added you to the welcome I did yesterday and it's filled with information you'll need.
Looking forward to watching you hit your goals!
Jessica
@jessicakrall8 I wish it was more exciting - but GS are my initials! Geneva, but you all can call me Gin!
I know that I'm not in the September challenge, but I thought I would give you my steps for the last week:
September 24 - 5,290
September 25 - 4,330
September 26 - 3,149
September 27 - 3,586
September 29 - 6,921
For the Captain's Challenge this week, my goal is to journal/log my food. I have not done that regularly and it shows. I'm also a type 2 diabetic, controlled with medicine and diet and in April I started using a dexcom and really watched my food and added exercise and have lost about 20 pounds and brought my A1C from a 7.6 to a 6.1 which my doctor said was "almost normal." I've hit a few bumps and I know that this group is exactly what I need to keep going. I'm looking forward to "meeting" all of you!!4 -
You have another new member joining you ... Please welcome @kcpond 2
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