Downsizers Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2021
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Welcome @Melaniebl2000 and any other new members I may have missed!! I believe you will find this team quite supportive and helpful.😊
@luccianaff,@Megan_smartiepants1970,@Tazaria87and@littleflutterby Congrats!!👏👍😊1 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I know I sound like a broken record but I really need to set up the step challenge for November... if you want to be added or removed please let me know as soon as possible...Thanks
I'd like to join but I'm still waiting on my step counter to arrive in the mail. Should be here later this week. Thanks2 -
We have another new member joining us ...Please welcome @MariEverAfter
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Pippin20206 wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I know I sound like a broken record but I really need to set up the step challenge for November... if you want to be added or removed please let me know as soon as possible...Thanks
I'd like to join but I'm still waiting on my step counter to arrive in the mail. Should be here later this week. Thanks
I will add you ..Can you please give me a step goal that you plan on hitting daily ?...Thanks 1 -
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Welcome @Melaniebl2000 and any other new members I may have missed!! I believe you will find this team quite supportive and helpful.😊
@luccianaff,@Megan_smartiepants1970,@Tazaria87and@littleflutterby Congrats!!👏👍😊
Thanks Lee 2 -
Time for my friendly reminder of the people's steps I need for October Week 4 ..Please have them in no later than Monday evening on 11/1 so that I can post week 4 results and the grand finale
@888Angie888 10/29 & 10/30
@rlaskey2 10/27- 10/30
@red1185 10/24- 10/30
@shortyjmorgan1 10/25-10/30
@amymartin555 10/26- 10/30
@WTGNicole 10/24- 10/30
@Jpedno 10/24- 10/30
@tahm42 10/24- 10/30
If I do not have your steps in by tomorrow night (11/1) then I will have no choice but to zero them out ...Thanks for your cooperation
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Happy Halloween 🎃 everyone!1
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Hi Everyone
I've come out of a nearly 4 month lockdown 2 week ago so went away for the weekend with some friends. I didn't log anything Sat/Sun but didn't go overboard either. It's Mon 1st Nov here so I'm ready to rumble (sorry I missed yesterday).
1. Tell us a little about yourself?
I'm Adele, known as Del from Sydney. Married 15 years, I have a 4 year old and 2 dogs.
2. Why are you on this journey? What pushed you to start?
I started in 2015 and lost 28kgs over 14months but due to a complicated IVF pregnancy I had Dr's orders to stop my weight training and running :-(. With that the food went out the window. Before I knew it I had a 4 year old and have put nearly all that I Iost back on so here i am again :-)
3. What are your triggers and how can you avoid them?
Boredom and chips which is why I don't really have them in the house anymore. If the crap is there I eat it so I know if I meal plan/pre-log that really helps. It also means I can still have a G&T or a bit of chocolate without feeling guilty. If it fits in goal I'm good with that.
4. Do you have a favourite diet you go by? ie keto, low carb
Nope, just calorie counting.
5. What is your favourite way to workout?
At the moment I don't so I need to fix that. My challenge here is my husband has worked night shift for the past 3 years so I can't just go for a run whenever I feel like it like I used to. Still thinking about this little problem.
6. What are some of your goals this month?
Honestly for this month, just generally logging my food and getting back into the habit of that. Whatever exercise I do will be bonus. I will be able to go every Thurs morning and I have added 2 x weekly exercise to the habit tracker to try and push myself to maybe do a yoga video once my son is in bed.
7. What do you expect to gain from the team?
Accountability, meal ideas and a bit of chit chat. I'm a massive introvert in real life but online I'm a bit more open.3 -
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@Bluetail6 wow that's so cool2
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@aussie_girl_del_runner_5
Right!! I took this photo from our deck last January.😊4 -
Steps 10/27 1,234
10/28 7,561
10/29 4,616
10/30 8,188
Crazy week, nor’easter came through Tuesday night and knocked out power until the middle of the night Friday then back out for a few hours Saturday night. Needless to say no workout since Monday and eating hasn’t been great. We have a generator that powers some stuff but not the oven. We seem to be good now so looking forward to finally getting a good nights sleep and a more normal week.
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@Bluetail6
Meanwhile I take photos of Bird Dropping Spiders
. This little guy was on my 4 year old's sock this morning
Images hidden for anyone who is arachnophobic.
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Happy Halloween3
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Let’s get to know each other!
1. Tell us a little about yourself?
2. Why are you on this journey? What pushed you to start?
3. What are your triggers and how can you avoid them?
4. Do you have a favourite diet you go by? ie keto, low carb
5. What is your favourite way to workout?
6. What are some of your goals this month?
7. What do you expect to gain from the team?
1) Hi, I am a 58 year old, 5’7” kidney/pancreas transplant patient and former diabetic. Currently stage 3 chronic kidney disease.
2). I have lost and regained weight several times. The most recent was March 8, 2020 when Covid was diagnosed less than an hour from me and realized that would have a poor outcome if caught covid.
3) Loneliness, stress and lack of sleep are my major triggers. I am still working on finding coping skills that don’t involve food.
4) I count calories. Limit protein due to kidney disease and do not eat dairy because severely lactose free intolerant.
5) my preferred exercises are walking outside and resistance training. Have not been exercising. Am in a plaster cast on my right lower leg with orders to stay off my feet.
6) Goal is to maintain or lose weight until am recovered.
7) Learning from others and how others cope with stress, fitness and weight loss.
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Steps for the rest of October
10/23-0
10-24-0
10/25-2271
10/26-2245
10/27-10800
10/28-2287
10/29-2267
10/30-1634
10/31-1000
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aussie_girl_del_runner_5 wrote: »@Bluetail6
Meanwhile I take photos of Bird Dropping Spiders . This little guy was on my 4 year old's sock this morning
Images hidden for anyone who is arachnophobic.
You have no idea... I actually "liked" this photo... I still don't like bugs; however, I'm not an abject entomophobe, like I used to be. Spiders were just thrown in the mix!! It was so bad, that I had a friend, who's a therapist give me a couple of sessions of EMDR. That is short for Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy. Long story, but this fear was from some childhood incidents!! Anyway, you were so kind to hide the photo, lol. No, I don't like bugs, etc., believe me; but, I'm way better than I used to be!!😳🤣🤣1 -
Happy halloween everyone.
Check in for 10/31:
Steps - 14259
Calories 1735. To many snacks. Mini candy bar here, fortune cookie there.
Exercise - walk this morning. 3 mph 105 minutes.
One of my side boobs is swollen along with my armpit. It is on the side where I got the flu and covid shots on the 27th. I hope it is from that and will go down soon.4 -
@aussie_girl_del_runner_5
Hubs was impressed by the spider photo!!1 -
@Bluetail6 Whilst I have always loved them I fully understand that many others do not. A fear is a fear regardless of the reason why and the last thing I want to do is cause undue stress to people.
I'm glad your hubby was impressed though 1 -
@rwood566 I hope you feel better soon.1
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@aussie_girl_del_runner_5
You caused no stress, whatsoever!!😊😊👍1 -
Daily Check-in (10/31 stats):
Steps: 3,858
Floors: 15
Calories Burned: ?
Daily Intensity Minutes:
Moderate: ?
Vigorous: ?
Daily Total Intensity Minutes: ?
Total Intensity Minutes For The Week: 1,182
Well... Watch has been on the charger for most of the day, lol😉. All good, as my week's total for intensity minutes is fine. Night😊1 -
Pippin20206 wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I know I sound like a broken record but I really need to set up the step challenge for November... if you want to be added or removed please let me know as soon as possible...Thanks
I'd like to join but I'm still waiting on my step counter to arrive in the mail. Should be here later this week. Thanks
Thanks I'll start with the standard 10,0002 -
Daily check-in calories 1290, goal is to stay on or under 1400. Hoping to record steps soon awaiting my counter.
Had a couple of drinks yesterday and really wanted to chuck it all in and eat chocolate and chips but when I went shopping I had only bought stuff my partner likes. So I finally had to admit defeat because there was no bad food that I liked in the house 🤣 if you don't buy it you can't eat it!3 -
That spider is way creepy... Thank you. lol
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Name: Poobah1972
Weigh Day: Monday
Last weight: 354.5
Current weight: 350.6
I'm still having a rough time, and I'm tired of sounding like Johnny Downer. I literally sat in a lazy boy for 8 hours on Sunday (cause it was comfortable)... Didn't go shopping, didn't even try to make keto bread. Didn't do any laundry. (Which would be difficult at best, cause our Electric Dryer is finished, and I just bought a new one not scheduled for installation till November 9th.).
My sleep has been suffering significantly, heart rate continues to escalate... Now up to 85 (from 63... that seems nuts to me.).
BUT through it all food is on point, and weight trainings isn't missing any beats. According to the Renpho scale my muscle mass and my BMR continue to climb while my bmi, and other negative states are falling. So I'm hopeful eventually, additional weight loss might help re-align what ever the heck is out of alignment causing me grief. (Someday erg.)
Have a great day guys... Cheerio!
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »
Thanks everyone!cormierannie wrote: »Happy Halloween 🎃 everyone!
Happy Halloween!
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Well I am up early ...wide eyed and bushy tail LOL ....We are going for our 1st walk this morning since my fall on 10/4 ....I am excited to get back out there ....but a little nervous ... we are waiting for the sun to come up which is around 7am ....dinner is in the crockpot ( pulled pork) from an 8 lb bone in pork roast ..my house smell scrumptious 4
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