WaistAways Team Chat - OCTOBER 2021
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PW 149.5
CW 149.5 I am totally happy with that - there were a lot of slips this past weekend.5 -
Username ashleycarole86
Thursday weigh-in
PW 206.4
CW 2075 -
Username: Bowens1973
PW: 198.6
CW: 198
Loss: 0.6
Being on vacation and posting a loss, no matter how small, I'll take it with a smile! 😊7 -
Sorry I'm late! My weight is improving a little finally 😁 219.57
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Happy Thursday!
Another sunny warmish day today - the mist is starting to burn off after a cold night, and with the colours it is beautiful out there. I'll post a photo later today, promise!
@gak71
Smiling with you - getting back on track after some slippage sure feels great. I have been cleaning up my act this week too, and even though I'm hungry a lot, I know that will settle down soon. I was getting a bit carried away over the past month or two, so there is a bit of adjustment back to where I really need to be portion-wise. As my husband often says, "The more you eat, the more you eat!". Sad but true. But it really, really feels good when you get off that particular train. WTG!!
@bowens1973
Still stepping away from 200! Excellent
and @ashleycarole86
Holding your own in spite of a tiny splash of red to decorate your long green streak. Get on that Peloton and you'll be fine! I don't envy your 11 hour drive, though. Those are brutal. Get out and do squats and stretches whenever you can!
@AshenMoon
Yes! You are back in the green and feeling that wonderful feeling too. Good one!
Out and at it - have a good one
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Thanks @jugar ... got up and hit the bike and took my dog for a walk before we left and will do exactly as you said.. legs will be stretched and I'll take any movement I can along the way. Brought my yoga mat and will be doing that and walking for exercise while I'm away.
Looking for green this next week- let's do this!!6 -
@PlaneMonkey the decks are AMAZING! Your whole neighborhood looks awesome. And I am just like you on fruit - despise melons and can't do blueberries (unless baked into something, with other fruit).
@micki48 someone in my neighborhood also has a golden retriever puppy, and someone else has a little baby corgi! I've been dying over them on my walks but trying not to actually whimper out loud because that is weird.
I am on incredibly low sleep, work is going to kick my BUTT this week, but I still got my walk in this morning. And this Saturday, my friend and I have tickets to a 3 hour live workout session with 2 personal trainers we know from instagram & the FitOn app (they are doing a little US tour of 6 cities, 1 workout with each of them back to back and then a dance party). I will be beat but we plan to get a nice brunch afterwards! Something to get me through these first difficult days of quarter-end.
Continuing the soup conversation, I am not always a fan but I love a good tomato - I am now obsessed with Campbell's Slow Kettle Tomato & Sweet Basil Bisque. Canned soups can be a bit much for sodium etc but this one is SO delicious. Really thick and great flavor, and I like to add a little Calabrian chili oil and some garlic powder. Had it yesterday and need to keep more cans on hand!2 -
@ashleycarole86 That is too funny!! I looked up what you were thinking. Hysterical!!
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It actually looks more like this. And I just sit on it and bounce. I don't bounce around the room though! It's great for balance and core muscle strength and I usually get my heart rate up as well.
No walks here today except the stores we needed to run to. It is absolutely pouring!!! I started my day with 16 minutes of a gentle stretch pilates. It was nice. Food has been very good so far. Dinner is carnitas (processed, I know) so I'm going to have to be careful, especially with weigh in tomorrow. The scale has made me happy this week. Each day it goes down a tiny little bit. Hope that all holds on for tomorrow's weigh in.
The Peloton bike sounds like fun. The three hour workout does not. Glad to see everyone's posts. @jugar I'll be looking for those photos.
Be well, y'all!5 -
Super excited for Hockey tonight! First game of the new season with my 'mom's group'. There are some new names on the roster so I hope we got a great new bunch of ladies to join. It's lower intensity as all beginners are welcome as long as you have a basic understanding of how to skate, so it tends to be a lot of fun as we end up laughing as much as we fall down. It's going to be a late night as I now live nearly an hour from the rink and the game is well past my usual bedtime. It's worth it though when you find that group that you click with! Just like here. 😉
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@PlaneMonkey the deck looks amazing and I really like the clear panels that keep the view open! I’ve been considering doing something similar with our deck.2
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Checking in. Work stress got to me a bit in the last 2 hours - some not great eating, but I did stop myself from a full-on binge, which if you've seen my weight trend the last 3 months, is pretty rare. I'm going to finish up what I'm working on now and take one more walk. I'll probably briefly log back on, but the next task up will go better with fresh eyes anyway.
This is the first day of my October plan/idea to go no-workout (besides steps) in effort to focus on intake, and 1. I guess the intake side didn't go swimmingly, and 2. I thought I would be really relieved to not have to work 30-60 min of sweat into my day but I weirdly want to workout now. I know I don't have the time and probably not the energy. But it bodes well for when I reincorporate a regime. I also really need extra water and sleep today and tomorrow.
Anyways. Just some accountability/honesty here. Hope you're all having a good night!7 -
I just had my Mom say "you need to just resign yourself to the fact you'll gain 5 pounds on this trip."
ARGGGGGG!! I am such a people pleaser personality and this familial peer pressure stuff drives me NUTS!
The other day at breakfast out I chose a healthy option and was told "what's the point of going out if that's what you're going to order....you could just make that at home."
Seriously drives me nuts.5 -
@PlaneMonkey Enjoy the hockey - super jealous! What a great form of exercise and socialization
@Kali225 Not using food to cope with work stress can be so hard! Sounds like you're having to put in some long hours...getting out for a walk to reset a bit sounds like a great plan.2 -
Logged and under ✔️
8k ✔️
Gave in to some refined sugar aka chocolate Kringle cookies we made this afternoon, Had2 and that was it. Logged and counted the recipe. I did better than I would have normally.
@ashleycarole86 So sorry you are getting pressure from family about food. Be strong. You know what you want. People pleaser? Please yourself first!! You can do it.
@PlaneMonkey Have a great time at hockey Courtney! Sounds fun for sure.
@Kali225 Sending hugs to you on your very stressful day. Hope you get some good sleep and feel refreshed tomorrow.3 -
ashleycarole86 wrote: »I just had my Mom say "you need to just resign yourself to the fact you'll gain 5 pounds on this trip."
ARGGGGGG!! I am such a people pleaser personality and this familial peer pressure stuff drives me NUTS!
The other day at breakfast out I chose a healthy option and was told "what's the point of going out if that's what you're going to order....you could just make that at home."
Seriously drives me nuts.
Block your ears, say LALALALALA really loudly, and eat whatever makes you feel great. Tell them you're taking them on an intense bike ride right after the meal, and they had better order sensibly! It is really annoying when people pull that stuff. You have worked really hard to get where you are now, and they should not be trying to wreck that. Grrrr indeed!3 -
OK - I actually took some photos! This is right outside the house, on my way for a good walk -
And this is the view eastwards from the lower part of our land - it's all uphill from here!
I climbed all of our apple trees today and picked the stuff I could not reach from the ground - it was a blast. Of course, now I have more apples to put to use...8 -
AND It is big reminder time! They're piling up like leaves -
Late, and hoping you're still here and all is well
@Emerald_Storm
@mocchaeyes7961
@EvMakesChanges
@MoStacy
Due Friday:
@conleywoods
@happimess01
@Steph1498
@JohnPetelle
@kellie_erin
@ellz_runs
@Micki48
@bonnie_red
@gak71
Fridays are sure popular! Enjoy the approach of the weekend.6 -
@ashleycarole86 You are so right. You can go on vacation without having to over eat and gain weight. I'm also guessing that foods that probably use to sound good aren't as appealing anymore. Keep ordering what you want. You look great and your hard work is paying off. Family can say some weird things sometimes and it's pretty annoying. Usually they aren't trying to get under your skin it just comes off that way.
I'm kinda on the edge of giving up and going on maintenance for a while. Work is getting to be no fun. We have admin from the district office in the building all the time. Things have really gone south and there is some backlash. Unions are involved as well. It is hard to not get bogged down. I'm trying to keep my head down and keep going. It's going to be a long year and I am starting to regret that I stayed at my building. I can change next year but that's a ways off.
I will think maintenance over and not jump to any decisions yet. Today was particularly bad at work and it's that time of the month. Definitely feeling sensitive and sad. My kids are all home from school tomorrow and we are making Halloween gingerbread houses. We have a full day of baking the pieces, constructing houses and decorating. Should be a fun day!5 -
@PlaneMonkey I hope your hockey match was awesome
@Kali225 I don't think there's anything wrong with your plan - and you say you handled it better than normal which is great. If we were all perfect all of the time we wouldn't be here!
@ashleycarole86 is there a phrase you can have on repeat 'that's not helpful' or 'thanks for your input' which is politely dismissive, and will hopefully prevent a blowout later in the week? Alternatively have the conversation - when food isn't involved - about how they need to butt out. I think it'd be worth a few moments of being uncomfortable if it means they stop.
Gorgeous photos @jugar, our autumn colours aren't quite as strong as yours yet but we're heading that way. September was pretty good weather wise and it's still fairly mild so I think the trees held off changing a little longer.
@conleywoods I'm sorry work is challenging. Enjoy your break today with the kids, and maybe share photos of the gingerbread houses?
Yet another day of me being tired today. It's supposed to be my half day at work but I have to prepare for a training session I'm delivering on Tuesday - I don't know the customer or the topic so I'm pretty anxious about it and regret not passing it up. I'm off work on Monday to do the airport run, but I think I'll be working extra hours between now and then. I do need to make the spare bed/clean the bathroom, but we have tradesmen in this morning working in the upstairs hallway (finally getting the new 'wardrobe' plastered) so that's a little awkward.
I did heart rate training yesterday which was very difficult. I had to do 2 minute intervals with a 1 minute recovery in between, trying to increase my heart rate (and stick at it) by 10 each time. I'm not sure whether it was my body, my Garmin or a combination, but I felt like there were no changes then all of a sudden I'd overshoot my target in both directions, and once my HR was moving it was very difficult to bring it back under control. I'll try again on Sunday. I'm hoping we'll settle on finding a pace that I can run in a comfortable HR zone, as I think it'd be easier to maintain a pace than it would a HR.
Tonight we're having a curry that I've made a lot before - I've made it with lamb, but normally (like today) we use beef because it's cheaper. https://pinchofnom.com/recipes/lamb-rogan-josh/ I was going to slow cook it, but glad I checked their site because it says the yoghurt will cause it to split, so I'll do it in a pan! I think a slow cooker curry would definitely be a good one though; imagine smelling the spices all day. Dreamy.3 -
Proud of my breakfast this morning! Enjoy your Friday, Friends!
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