Downsizers Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2021
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Good evening everyone.
Check in for 11/23:
Steps - 11860
Calories - 1708 or close. Had a bowl of real ramen for lunch. Soooooo good. Couldn't finish it.
Exercise - 3 mile walk with daughter. Had to bribe her with starbucks to get her to go.3 -
username: jayenguk
weigh day: Wednesday
PW 247.2
CW 244.2
hey guys been mega busy wall stairs painting almost done ...haven't even gone the gym this week but boy do I ache lol hope your all having good days ...hugss x4 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question
What is one thing you can change so you are mindful when eating?
Stop tasting or snacking while cooking
Those blt’s (bites, licks and taste) can get you every time.2 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I am worried about Aspen ...She is not eating the dry food that the vet gave us ... She knows the horse pills are in her wet can food that the vet gave us so she won't eat that anymore ... I am running out of creative ways to get her to take her horse pills .... I made a pumpkin cream cheese concoction and opened up her pills and sprinkled the powder into it ... she use to eat it with a spoon ... now she will only eat it off my finger ... Will be calling the vet later ...my Dr's appt is today but I am terrified of driving since it is dense fog until noon ... think I will be calling them at 7am to see if we can do a virtual call
Try pill pockets. You can get them at the vet. Hope she feels better. How were your lab results?1 -
cormierannie wrote: »my calories-under
my fitness minutes-140
my steps 10,252
You are killing it on your steps!Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Went to my Dr appointment this morning ...my cholesterol was high ... my a1c has jumped back up to 7.1 it was at 6.1 ....Alyssa and I are getting covid vaccine tomorrow ... He wants to check my thyroid so I have labs again next month and I see him again next month ... he wants me back on metformin ughhhhhh...we just go back from a 6.25 mile walk and now we are off to the grocery store
I read this after my response to a previous message. That sucks that your A1C is up. If mine goes up in the future I will refuse to go on anything but ozempic. Metformin causes me stomach issues. Is he going to give you sometime to get it down with diet before starting the metformin?Good evening everyone.
Check in for 11/23:
Steps - 11860
Calories - 1708 or close. Had a bowl of real ramen for lunch. Soooooo good. Couldn't finish it.
Exercise - 3 mile walk with daughter. Had to bribe her with starbucks to get her to go.
Fantastic steps!username: jayenguk
weigh day: Wednesday
PW 247.2
CW 244.2
hey guys been mega busy wall stairs painting almost done ...haven't even gone the gym this week but boy do I ache lol hope your all having good days ...hugss x
Awesome loss! I am sure you are working muscles that you don’t normally with the gym.1 -
Pippin20206 wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Pippin20206 wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question
We are getting very close to the holidays. Our American teammates have Thanksgiving this Thursday. Christmas is a month after that. What do you see as your biggest struggle this holiday season? In a few days, we will look at ways to help with the obstacles of the holiday season.
Well I'm Thankful for the fact that we don't have Thanksgiving in Australia LOL. Hoping Christmas won't be too bad either, we don't do the family lunch thing. It's just me and my partner and we normally eat and drink all day but we will just have to be a bit more mindful of what we do this year. I'm basically going to stick to raw seafood because I love sashimi and oysters. The big thing will be trying not to drink too much but my partner found me a nice non alcoholic sparking wine so I can pretend to drink.
Feeling a bit bummed at the moment, I'm being so good with my calories but my weight has gone up! Can't understand it, feeling very frustrated. I know that weigh fluctuates yadda yadda, but when you feel like you've basically been starving yourself for a week and nothing happens it very disheartening.
Mindfulness on the holidays can make a big difference. Do you weigh and measure your food? If not you can be adding extra calories. Also, you should never feel like your starving yourself. Remember always eat at least 1200 calories. I understand you are frustrated but have faith in the science. As long as you are creating a deficit the weight will come off. Unfortunately, sometimes we have to be patient and accept that there will be unexplained weight gains.
I'm eating between 1000-1200 calories every day, a lot of the time its stuff that I can easily portion out like a piece of fruit, or 1 x sweet potato wrap, or a premade packet of tuna and quinoa so I can just scan the barcode and be sure of getting an accurate count. I have asked my partner for some sexy kitchen scales for xmas though so I can accurately weigh out my non packaged food. I'm just struggling to find things I can eat in bulk to feel full without blowing my calories out of the water and I can't only eat salad all day
I decided to make my own tuna mixes for lunch the other day with buck wheat, a single serve tin of tuna and some kidney beans. I spent ages in the shop comparing the fat content between quinoa and buck wheat because I have to be so careful with fat because of my liver. I got home mixed it all up, put the individual ingredients into MFP and calculated how many serves it had and it ended up being about 80 calories per serve more than the pre-mix tuna and quinoa packs I've previously been buying *sob* I mean buck wheat for crying out loud, how can there be calories in buck wheat??
Anyhoo my book about fatty liver disease arrived today so I'm hoping my partner will pick that up from the post office for me because that will have recipe ideas in there.
You can get some decent food scales on Amazon. Mine are renpho scales. Remember when you scan the barcode to compare the entry to that on the packaging. It can be way off sometimes. Very nice diary. I hope your book can give you some answers on fatty liver disease.3 -
Beautyofdreams wrote: »Username: Beautyofdreams
Weigh In Day: Tuesday
PW: 138.4
CW: 138.1
For mindfulness, I keep a running calorie count in my head. Before each meal, check my remaining calories. Then ask if what I’m eating will further my goals or what compromises will I make to eat that particular food. Don’t criticize if go over but try again the next meal and look for eating patterns that can change. For example have been over calories due to 2 reasons. 1) eating breakfast at McDonald’s to be social and 2) a 3:00pm snack. Will eat breakfast at home but go out for a diet pop or ice tea to be social and substitute fruit or carrot sticks for snacks.
@jayenguk painting your house sounds like a huge undertaking but the satisfaction of fresh walls sure makes up for it.
@Pippin20206 the field archery sounds amazing! What are your normal targets like? I know someone who is apprenticing as a target sculptor. Most targets here are shaped like deer or other wild life.
@tahm42 I second Linda, would love to eat at your Thanksgiving. We usually have black eyed peas for New Year’s celebrations.
The cousin that I took out to lunch last Wednesday went into the hospital on Saturday. She had a blood sugar of 600. Her daughter thought that she might be released today. That blood sugar is getting in coma territory. I spent 3 days in a coma when EMS boosted my blood sugar so high that labs couldn’t read it to save my life after it had dropped to 23 in 2004.
Can people who send you friend requests also send you messages before you accept? How do you know if they are real or bots?
Nice loss! Hope your cousin feels better. I stopped accepting friend requests because of the bots and the creeps who think mfp is a dating site. I do however when sending a friend request to new teammates always include my name and the team name.3 -
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Great pool session yesterday. I have a telephone doctors appointment at 9 and I am heading over to the pool right after.
@Megan_smartiepants1970
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I am worried about Aspen ...She is not eating the dry food that the vet gave us ... She knows the horse pills are in her wet can food that the vet gave us so she won't eat that anymore ... I am running out of creative ways to get her to take her horse pills .... I made a pumpkin cream cheese concoction and opened up her pills and sprinkled the powder into it ... she use to eat it with a spoon ... now she will only eat it off my finger ... Will be calling the vet later ...my Dr's appt is today but I am terrified of driving since it is dense fog until noon ... think I will be calling them at 7am to see if we can do a virtual call
Try pill pockets. You can get them at the vet. Hope she feels better. How were your lab results?
I bought some at Target ... she caught on to those too and won't eat them ....Everything was high ... I have to go back to labs next month he wants them to check my thyroid and I see him again next month ... I also see my urologist next month ...Alyssa and I are both getting our 1st round of covid vaccines today ... no walk today my feet are swollen and sore ... we walked over 6 miles yesterday with Aspen ...then we went grocery shopping ...we ended up going to 3 stores ughhh3 -
November Week 3 Results
Top 6 steppers are: (there was only 6 people who posted their steps so I did not want to exclude anyone)
1st @Megan_smartiepants1970 - 135,553 steps
2nd @888Angie888 - 116,162 steps
3rd @lindamtuck2018 - 76,253 steps
4th @tahm42 - 73, 266 steps
5th @Pippin20206 - 53, 094 steps
6th @rwood566 - 43,490 steps
GREAT JOB EVERYONE
AS A GROUP WE WALKED 497,824 steps
AWESOME JOB EVERYONE
RECOGNIZING EVERYONE WHO PLEDGED THEIR STEPS
@lindamtuck2018 - 4/7
@Megan_smartiepants1970 - 7/7
@Pippin20206 - 3/7
@888Angie888 - 5/7
@rwood566 - 5/7
@tahm42 - 7/7
GREAT JOB EVERYONE
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cormierannie
PW: 166 pounds
CW 165 pounds
Steps 11,3453 -
Steps 11/23: 18,4223
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
I know Aspen isn't supposed to have people food, but we always had good results slipping our dogs pills tucked inside of a chunk of hot dog. I'd mix it up so each time there would be one chunk with the pill and one or two chunks without pills.2 -
888Angie888 wrote: »@Megan_smartiepants1970
I know Aspen isn't supposed to have people food, but we always had good results slipping our dogs pills tucked inside of a chunk of hot dog. I'd mix it up so each time there would be one chunk with the pill and one or two chunks without pills.
I have tried lil smokies ...shoving it in part of a pork chop and other things.. she was taking them but now she has caught on so she refuses ...she is suppose to have 4 pills a day ... I called the vet yesterday and they want me to shove it down her throat close her mouth which I said I refuse to do ... I do not understand why these pills have to be so large
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We got our 1st vaccine for covid ... we go back in December for the 2nd dose ...Dr wants me to get the shingles vaccine and I will be getting the booster for covid3
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Sorry forgot to log on yesterday
Calories about 1000
Steps 6328
The Fatty Liver Book is awesome, taking all the guess work out of things and I get to eat stuff I didn't think I could like eggs, avocadoes, a bit of hard cheese. Going to do a shop this weekend and start cooking up some yummy stuff, hopefully it will boost my spirits a bit.5 -
Good evening everyone. Happy thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates.
Check in for 11/24:
Steps - 6048 plus 20 minutes stationary bike moderate intensity.
Calories - 1480 or so. Had 2 scoops of no sugar added ice cream.
Exercise - gym in morning. 8 machines and 20 minutes bike. Walk this evening. 1 mile.
I hope everyone enjoys their meals tomorrow.2 -
Happy thanksgiving to all American friends hope you have an amazing day x3
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Daily check-in
Calories 1344
Steps 4227
I've got a new smart watch which is great but it seems to stop counting my steps half way through the afternoon which is weird and annoying.2 -
cormierannie wrote: »cormierannie
PW: 166 pounds
CW 165 pounds
Steps 11,345
Nice loss!Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »We got our 1st vaccine for covid ... we go back in December for the 2nd dose ...Dr wants me to get the shingles vaccine and I will be getting the booster for covid
Glad you got your Covid. Myself and my husband are waiting until we turn 60 to get the shingles vaccine.Pippin20206 wrote: »Sorry forgot to log on yesterday
Calories about 1000
Steps 6328
The Fatty Liver Book is awesome, taking all the guess work out of things and I get to eat stuff I didn't think I could like eggs, avocadoes, a bit of hard cheese. Going to do a shop this weekend and start cooking up some yummy stuff, hopefully it will boost my spirits a bit.
Nice steps! It is nice to have a guide for eating when facing medical issues. Keep an eye on the smart watch and maybe you can return it if it continues to be problematic.Good evening everyone. Happy thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates.
Check in for 11/24:
Steps - 6048 plus 20 minutes stationary bike moderate intensity.
Calories - 1480 or so. Had 2 scoops of no sugar added ice cream.
Exercise - gym in morning. 8 machines and 20 minutes bike. Walk this evening. 1 mile.
I hope everyone enjoys their meals tomorrow.
Great exercise day. What is the calorie count of sugar free ice cream? Maybe I will put it on my list this week.888Angie888 wrote: »Steps 11/23: 18,422
Fantastic steps Angie!1 -
To all my teammates in the USA
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Since I got the Apple Watch I have changed my exercise goals. Instead of number of laps and time I look at calories burned. I would like to get higher burns but I don’t have the stamina to swim for long periods of time. Maybe something to work on! 🤔
Pool today of course. Thursday is meal planning day so I want to find a new recipe or two.
Happy Thursday!
@Megan_smartiepants1970
steps 11,577
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Question
What is your favourite meal to cook? Could be a breakfast, lunch or supper.
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »To all my teammates in the USA
Thank you .... It is gonna be a busy day for me ... lots of cooking ... I am having 22 friends over ... I am excited to be hosting again 1 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question
What is your favourite meal to cook? Could be a breakfast, lunch or supper.
I love making either chicken piccata or salmon piccata with wild rice and green beans with almonds for dinner2 -
Steps 11/24: 21,4331
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Weigh Day Thursday
CW: 218.4
PW: 221.6
May be some damage tomorrow from today's feasting😉. Happy Thanksgiving!2 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question
What is your favourite meal to cook? Could be a breakfast, lunch or supper.
I enjoy cooking period.
Lunch today happened to be shrimp 3 ways and a large Broiled salmon Filet. Collards and blackeyed peas. The shrimp were divided into 3 dishes. Cajun stirfry. Panko fried shrimp. Shrimp and grits. All were delicious.
Breakfast I love to bake biscuits and make fruit filled braids. Baking is something I love to do. Of course I make everything gluten free, dairy free, yeast free, and no honey. I love eating what I make too. My eldest son hates my food since I stopped cooking "normal". Everyone tells me they can't taste the difference. I strive to make sure that it tastes as close to normal as possible.3 -
Good bloated evening everyone. I am stuffed.
Check in for 11/25:
Steps - 10427
Calories - 1858 or so. Big breakfast and dinner, apple pie and a cherry cordial.
Exercise - 3.69 mile walk this morning between bakings and 0.8 mile walk tonight to get more gift tape.
@lindamtuck2018 the ice cream was about 160 cal for 4 oz. It was at a family run store so no calorie list.1
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