WaistAways Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2021
jugar
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Here is your Team chat room for November 2021. This is where you weigh in every week, post your goals and progress, discuss any issues or topics of interest, share ideas, support your teammates, receive help when you need it, and dream big. Try to post often, and help each other succeed!
We have six great teams. The group and team leaders are as follows:
Our Moderators:
Liselyn - @jugar
Megan - @Megan_smartiepants1970
Ashley - @minstrelofsarcasm
Our Team Captains:
Downsizers - @lindamtuck2018 and @Megan_smartiepants1970
Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and @TeresaW1020
Trimstones - @jessicakrall8
Weight No More - @minstrelofsarcasm and @melaniedscott
WaistAways - @jugar and @ashleycarole86
Shrinking Assets - @Beka3695 and @TheMrWobbly
Our Team Motivators:
Downsizers - open
Mission Slimpossibles - @katmary71 and @trooworld
Trimstones - @angmarie28
Weight No More - @rachelrjh
WaistAways - @conleywoods
Shrinking Assets - open
HOW IT ALL WORKS:
Every challenger weighs in on their chosen day, every week without fail! At the end of each week, the tallies are done to determine the team and individuals with the most weight lost. The best losers are announced with full fanfare every Sunday. The team competition is all in good spirits - may the most losing win!
We also celebrate those small, steady losses. If you lose, however small an amount, you are in the green! At the end of the month, we celebrate everyone who lost at least a bit every week. You are heading steadily towards your goal even if you aren't at the top of the weight loss leaderboard!
To make your weigh-in easy to find for your team Captains, please put it right at the top of a message, and use this format:
Username
Weigh In Day:
PW (Previous Weight):
CW (Current Weight):
If you miss two weigh-ins in a row without asking for a break, you will be dropped from the team, so be sure to inform your team captain if you are traveling, sick, or just need some time off. If you take a break, you are moved to the Support Team. You can remain on the Support Team for as long as you need to. You still participate in the discussions, you can weigh in if you want to, but it will not count in the weekly tally.
Once you reach your goal weight, you join the Goal Zone! You continue to weigh in every week. If you have 2 weeks above your self-defined goal zone, you go back to the regular team to lose that amount before it builds up. You will have a chance to hone those maintenance skills and stick with your team!
In addition to your own team, there are weekly F2F Full Group CHALLENGES. You can do all or none - it's up to you. Participating adds a lot to your success, so we hope to see you there often! These can involve anything fitness, health, or nutrition - and they’ll get you moving, thinking, and learning about this journey. Check the Announcements section for full group challenges.
Let’s show our fellow challengers some F2F love! Introduce yourselves right away, and let the new month begin!!
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Welcome to November!
This is our home for the month, where all of our triumphs and challenges take place. Please (re)introduce yourselves and set some goals and daily actions for the month. Focus on the small every day choices, and you will get where you want to go!
I am Liselyn, co-captain along with @ashleycarole86 . I live in rural Québec, and I'm a retired university professor of music. My weight loss story? After being somewhat overweight for most of my life, I really packed it on while in an admin job that involved a lot of sitting, meetings, travel, and meals. I tried many times to lose, but it was not until I was 58 that I got really serious with both food and exercise. I have been in a good zone for 9 years now, always refining and figuring out the things that work best, and making sure I don't have to do it all over again. Yes, it is possible to lose weight and get in shape during and after menopause!
I know there are people on this team who have a lot to lose, others who have lost a lot and are closing in on their goals, and some who might be working on losses that are stubbornly resisting. There is much wisdom here, and the most important lesson we learn from each other time and time again is that it is not a straight shot, there will be trials and errors, and sticking with it when it feels like you have fallen off yet again is the best thing you can do for yourself. Plateaus can be good, but going back the way you came is not!
Some helpful information/tools:
Posting your daily updates
We know from experience that posting daily (or as often as you can!) makes a huge difference to your success. Use any format you like to let everyone know how you are doing on your daily goals and habits. You can report on food, exercise, water, sleep, or whatever you are tracking and trying to stick with. While you're there, talk about how you are, ask questions, and if you can answer someone else, please do! Congratulate others, commiserate, enjoy someone's rant, or go ahead and rant yourself. It all helps make the kind of community where we are in each others' heads when the hand is reaching for that off-plan snack, or the couch is feeling way too inviting...
Weighing in
Please try to weigh in on time! When you post, put your weigh in at the TOP of a message, so it is clear and easy to find. If you cannot post your weight for whatever reason, please request a week off, or if you need a longer break, you can request to move to the "Support Team" where you can still participate but your weigh-ins will not be part of the weekly tally. This is where members who are ill, on vacation, or just needing a break can hang out for as long as needed.
The F2F Habit Tracker
If you want a simple place to track your most important habits, give this a try. You can see how your teammates are doing too
The link is under "Announcements" on the main F2F page. I'll post it here as soon as it is ready.
So everyone, tell us a bit about you, your goals for November, what steps you are going to work on. It's fun to know your name and where you live, if you're willing to share that, and what brought you here, how your weight loss journey has been, and where you are headed now. Let the introductions roll!3 -
Hi team! My name is Ashley, I live in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada, and I'm 34 turning 35 on Monday! I just celebrated my two year wedding anniversary with fellow Waistaways member @bowens1973 . We live at home with our Maltese dog Morgan and two cats. We both work full-time desk jobs and as of two years ago they're at the same company too. So, sedentary life comes easy, but as part of this weight loss journey we're both on we've found or re-ignited our passions for exercising.
My general goals:
Drink water to stay hydrated
Steps or step equivalent equaling 10K a day
Every bite tracked
Stay under my calorie goal
Yoga/Pilates at least 3 times a week
Work on increasing my push-up ability (currently do 8-15 in one set)
I have around 30 pounds more to go in my 125 pound weight loss journey. Every month I learn something new about myself. I have successfully implanted a ton of new healthy habits but I am on here every single day re-establishing my commitment to myself.
I definitely used to binge and have huge issues with food, and I have a bad perfectionist mentality that can be my worst enemy. But, I do think I've done this weight loss in a healthy sustainable way that I'm willing to continue for the rest of my life.
I joined on as co-captain to @jugar a few months ago - she is the lifeblood of this group and I get to run the step challenge which is a lot of fun for me and motivating too!
Anyone can join - it's a challenge but the only real competition is yourself and whatever is holding you back. Set a goal (any goal) and help us reach new levels as a group! Everyone who participated in October will be automatically put in for November at the same step pledge unless I hear otherwise. New members are always welcome at any point!6 -
Hi everyone, I'm Kellie and I live in Alberta, Canada. I just found out my work contract has been extended another 6 months. I'm thrilled! But this means I need to re-assess how to balance working full time, doing a master's degree, exercising, and healthy eating because what I've been doing has not been working. Hopefully I'll figure this out in November!
So I guess my main goal for November is to really cut back on the takeout especially because I know I won't be able to work out as often as October.
I don't post as often but I check here daily to see how everyone is doing.6 -
Hello everyone. My name is Kim. I live in Fayetteville. North Carolina. I am 48 years old. I have lost over 100 pounds but still have over a 100 to go. After a recent cardiac arrest in June, I have finally been able to return to physical activity. My goals for this month is to increase my daily step count and drink more water. My original goal was to be below 300 pounds by Christmas but there is a chance for me to get there by Thanksgiving. If I don't it won't break my heart but it's worth trying. I will hopefully be returning to work in the next few weeks and will be graduating from UNCW in December. Ready to get school over with and get my life back to normal.8
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Here is the link for the Habit Tracker for November
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10847596/november-habit-tracker#latest2 -
Hi everybody!
Happy November! I'm Brad and live just north of Calgary. @ashleycarole86 is my loving wife and inspiration for getting in shape. There's a bit of an age difference and it's my goal to get as healthy as possible so that we can spend as many years as possible living out our dreams.
I have been on this journey since April and have lost more than 80 pounds. Prior to this, I could see where life was headed and it was not good. A lot of this was due to needing a new hip brought on by a horrific boating accident in 2012. I had my replacement surgery in September of 2020 and have been given a new lease on life.
My hobbies include road cycling, working out in our basement gym and hiking every chance I get. Ash and I can be found in the mountains just about every weekend.
My winter goal is to drop another 40 pounds and hit a target weight of around 150 pounds - a first since I was a teenager. I've been asked why I picked this weight and my answer is sort of silly. 150 is the heaviest that any rider was in the 2021 Tour de France and I'd like to get as close to being able to do that knowing full well that I'm too old (48) and can't devote enough time to training due to unfortunate commitments like work.
If you are new to our team, welcome. You are with your people. We get you. We know this journey is personal and tough. Some days are much tougher than others. If you are not new here, then please accept my thanks. You are my people. You inspire and motivate me. We talk about your accomplishments all the time and we appreciate you more than you know.
Good luck with your November goals. If there any others that ride a Peloton, please add me #KingOfTheClimb.
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Hi!
I'm Kristi from Washington state in the USA. I have been married to my husband for 14 years. We have 3 kiddos age 12, 10 and 6. I work 4 days a week as an occupational therapist at a preschool center. Work made a lot of changes this year and they haven't gone smoothly. It's been a little stressful so I am currently on a break from weighing in with the team. I still check in and have my check list of goals for the month.
This is a great group and a big welcome to all the new members. I find this group to be so valuable and helpful. I am slow to make progress but this has been the longest I have ever seen stuck with weight loss (2 1/2 + years😲). I was recently listening to a podcast that talked about the weight loss process. Are you in it to meet a specific goal or do you truly just enjoy the process of figuring out what works for you and working towards health? A lot of us start with the goal focus and then shift towards enjoying the process. The podcast felt enjoying the journey was the best indicator of true lifestyle change. Interesting topic for sure!
November Goals:
1. Keep playing around with increasing my calories during the holiday season and keep weighing in daily so I don't get any surprises.
2. Continue my weight lifting program. Just finished up the 3 week pre-phase. Starting phase 1 tomorrow.
3. Add some ballet workouts back in because I just ordered 2 new pairs of leg warmers...couldn't help myself🦢🎀🦢🎀🩰
4. Keep up my self care routine to manage work stress. I'm using essential oils and just got a tiny diffuser for my car to de-stress on my hour long drive. Have down time before bed and use my sleep supplement. I also started using a focus supplement in the morning and a calming supplement in the afternoon on work days so I can shake it off and not think about work at home. Work usually doesn't stress me out but this is a weird year. It will get better and changes are already happening.5 -
@Kali225 and @ashleycarole86 Happy birthday to the two of you. I hope you have great days and can't wait to hear about it!
We did our spooky trail for the kids tonight 🤪 I will give you guys all the details tomorrow!4 -
Hello Team - here's my brief bio.
I'm Yinka and I'm part of the UK crew. I live in a gorgeous little town in Worcestershire with my husband of 22 years and our little old dog, Edie. We have a grown son who is married and lives in Virginia USA with his lovely wife (we miss him desperately!). I am an online course creator and hubby is a marketing consultant. We both work from home.
I have been overweight for the last 10 years and am finding the task of losing my excess weight quite challenging. Things seem to have slowed down even more since I went through the menopause. I would be ecstatic to lose 10lb by Christmas. However, 5lb gone would also be great! We hope to be able to travel to Virginia to see our son and daughter-in-law next spring, so I need to look at putting some other targets in place before we go.
Being in this group helps enormously with keeping my head in the right space, and even though I might not post every day, I do check in daily. It's truly good for the soul.
My targets for November are to be mindful of what I eat each day by logging, exercising 4 or 5 times a week (I am currently working my way through You Tube trainer, Caroline Girvan's Epic 2 program - can't recommend her highly enough), raising my water intake and getting 8 hours of sleep each night.4 -
Sunday weigh-in:
PW - 185.5
CW - 185.8
Yo-yo, yo-yo!6 -
PW 157
CW 157
It’s getting harder. The fall snacks have emerged! 😂5 -
bowens1973 wrote: »
If you are new to our team, welcome. You are with your people. We get you. We know this journey is personal and tough. Some days are much tougher than others. If you are not new here, then please accept my thanks. You are my people. You inspire and motivate me. We talk about your accomplishments all the time and we appreciate you more than you know.
Brad you said it beautifully. I feel the same way that the people in this group are my people and they have so much support and inspiration to give. The positivity and hope of messages here overshadows the negative and self defeating thoughts that we all feel at times during this process.
I appreciate this group so much and attribute all my success in getting to my first goal and holding onto it for 6 months to reading the posts daily before bed.6 -
Hi, I'm Courtney and I live and work from home in Val-des-Monts Québec. I used to fix airplanes for a living which included a lot more physical movement than my current desk job reviewing policy. Luckily my husband and I live on a 'fixer-upper' of a property built on a hillside so there is a lot of physical labour and stair climbing in our everyday lives to compensate.
I have committed to a 'dry november' so the red wine that I tend to overindulge with on weekends is not welcome in the house for the next month so that should be an eye opener as I tend to hold my eating and logging under control during the week then let loose (a bit too much these days) with the richer foods and larger portions on the weekends. Perhaps this will stop the swinging pendulum and put me back on track.
My parents have returned to Canada from their property in Florida early as my father's dementia has taken a sharp downward turn so I am also committing to being more present in my parents lives to ease the strain my mother feels as his primary caregiver. They live about 45 minutes away so it's not the end of the world to get there and back, but there will probably be concessions to the control of my food choices while I visit.
I'm going to commit to logging honestly and to let that logging STOP ME from eating larger portions than I should.
I will also get back to my workouts and habit tracking water intake. I think I have a new goal bathing suit I want to buy for next summer so hopefully that will keep me on track.
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@PlaneMonkey Sounds like a difficult time ahead with you and your parents, sorry to hear their Florida time was cut short but it sounds like the best option under the circumstances.
I love intro time - thanks for all the stories folks, I learn something new every time!
Yesterday's exercise (final day of October challenge):
30 minutes Peloton + 5819 steps
A bit bummed I was so close to my goal but didn't hit it. I can think of a few opportunities throughout the day where I could have made a different choice and more than exceeded it, so I'll take that as learnings! My biggest reason for having a step goal is just to continue mindfulness around movement being a constant in my life. To make it the norm rather than some big focused effort.
My Peloton ride yesterday morning had me literally dripping sweat.... it's a good feeling. For the first while in this journey I wasn't ever really doing heart pumping cardio so it's a sensation I haven't had in a while. After that I was going to get into Epic Beginner Day 1 (which is just body weight) but I was so tired I chose the hot tub instead.
Sometimes there are so many exercise things I want to do I have a hard time picking. I am lucky that I enjoy it so much!
Have a great Sunday all and thanks for the birthday wishes @conleywoods ... it will be a pretty low key one tomorrow but I'm looking forward to it all the same!
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conleywoods wrote: »@Kali225 and @ashleycarole86 Happy birthday to the two of you. I hope you have great days and can't wait to hear about it!
We did our spooky trail for the kids tonight 🤪 I will give you guys all the details tomorrow!
I am certain you are going to have a blast! Once it is over, can you let me know if you want to back on the regular team this month, or if you are staying on the support team? Thanks!2 -
@jugar I am staying on support team this month.3
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Hard to believe October is essentially over! You can find all of the results at the links below:
October Week Four Results
October Grand Finale Results
Here's a sneak peak of how your team did...
Last Week
October
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Hello,
I am Kelly. I am a wife and mom of 4, ages 2 to 17!! They keep us busy. I teach Kindergarten. Like Kristi, this year has been insanely stressful. I workout to keep my stress levels down and have recently added in short daily meditations.
My November goals are
1. Log and keep it cleaning
2. Workout
3. Find a way to sleep. Between kids and work stress, my lack of sleep has gotten really bad.6 -
I am really behind in the chat but Happy Belated Birthday @ashleycarole86 and @Kali2255
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Steps
Sun 6,248
Mon 14,041
30 min intervals
Tues 15,553
10 min Barre
Wed 9,826
Thurs 12,016
Fri 12,804
Sat 11,1455 -
Step & Exercise Stats for the past week:
24th Oct - 3049
25th Oct - 4329 / 47 min Full Body HIIT (Epic 2 Day 6)
26th Oct - 5549 / 51 min Shoulders & Triceps with Dumbbells (Epic 2 Day 7)
27th Oct - 8301 / 52 min Unilateral Leg Day (Epic 2 Day 8)
28th Oct - 12140
29th Oct - 9478
30th Oct - 3524 / 48 min Back & Biceps with Dumbbells (Epic 2 Day 9)
PS - Happy birthday @Kali225 and Ashley @ashleycarole86 !!
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@jugar starting weight was 90 k this past Friday. And yes I will stick to Friday weigh-ins.
It was good to take a month off. I maintained my weight but allowed myself treats and enjoyed. I focussed on getting back to a better mindset and I hope I'm ready. I have a big family wedding coming up in February and I'm using that as a motivator to stick to plan.
For those who don't know me, here's a short intro: I'm 39, in the UK, busy mum and wife and studying for a master's in mental health, which has taken quite a toll on me, but now I'm my last year, yey. I've been overweight/obese my whole adult life with some yo-yo dieting and now trying to do things moderately and long term. I've been with team waistaways for awhile now but have just taken a month break. Although I'm not very good at posting regularly, this group has been invaluable to me, with hugely inspiring stories.
Wishing you all much success on your journeys, and welcome!8 -
The day is winding down here - it has rained all day, I have a cold (luckily nothing worse!) from my trip and exposure to HUMANS
so I am taking it easy.
Catching up on my steps and stuff -
Sunday - 12,743 steps, 20 minutes strength
Monday - 9145 steps and 30 minutes Pilates
Tuesday - 10,522 steps
Wednesday - 12,494 steps, 20 minutes rowing machine, 20 minutes strength (kettlebells)
Thursday - 7,933 steps, 15 minutes rowing, 20 minutes elliptical
Friday 10,803 steps
Saturday - 8,114 steps
Not a spectacular week, but for busy family visiting, not too bad.
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CW: 164
Got my flu shot and it was rough as heck. It's important so I always do it but... ugh.7 -
It is time for the daily reminder
Sunday and Monday weigh-ins:
@Terytha
@DD265
@kdblpn
@tasoconnor
@bootilicious
@holymanhibbard
Many of you are new - all you need to do is post your weight right here - at the top of your message, please, so it is easy for me to see it. If you do not remember your last week's weight don't worry! As long as I have the current one, all is well.
Any time you want to check on your progress and see how the teams are doing, the spreadsheets are kind of fun! There is always a link on our F2F home page, or you can bookmark it here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TONf1Fz7EG-brQKDgChzuxD4eWJYhNn7YDE8mlYy_uM/edit?usp=sharing
The tabs on the bottom are for each team as well as the summary and weekly results. Go to WaistAways and there we are! There are several sections - as you scroll down you'll see first the active team, then the step/exercise team where @ashleycarole86 tracks our exercise for us, then the "support team" where you can go if you want to post and continue to be a member but need some time off from the weekly weigh-ins if you have an illness or any other kind of extended need for a break from weight loss. There is the Goal Zone where the team members who are in maintenance keep tracking to be sure to stay there. Have fun!3 -
Did anyone notice how well we did in October? We we NUMBER ONE for Week 4 and NUMBER TWO overall for the month!
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