Mission Slimpossible Team Chat JANUARY 2022
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@Cornanda I too purged my kitchen of opened bags of cookies. It's not that I have a sweet tooth all that much, but I crave crunchy things no matter what they are. I know the reason for this. I have ringing in both of my ears, and while I'm eating crunchy foods all I hear is the crunch and the ringing is masked. It took me quite a while to figure that one out. My favorite crunchy food is Cheeto's. I have not had Cheeto's in so long.....
Enjoy your trip, I'm sure you'll get back on track when you get back. You're just having a postponement. You're not giving up. Hotels usually have such great gyms.
I saw my doctor today and he showed me where I can print out a preloaded copay card for my medication, but I need to wait for the tier reduction before trying to get a refill. This was such a relief, and he said, if I have any trouble that he will contact another pharmacy he knows of. He's super nice.
I was not very active today and I only walked about 2700 steps. My knees are just killing me today.
I too can easily sabotage myself after dropping a few pounds. I don't eat out, but I eat about 100 more calories a day, closer to my limit. I usually aim for 1050 per day so when I eat closer to 1200 it feels like cheating. Or I might blow my sugar and carb macro's out the window as a splurge. I'm really enjoying eating oranges and a 100-calorie bag of kettle corn popcorn for dessert.
I need to lose just over a pound a week to reach my goal by August. I can't lose sight of that. And I'm trusting that eating low calorie will get me there. I wish I could do more, but I'm pretty maxed out as it is.
P.S. I did not tell my husband how much weight I lost last week, and he didn't ask. And I also have 3 different measuring tapes and they all give me different values, so I just picked one and I'm sticking with that.
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@lose4me71 I'm sorry about the COVID. I hope you are feeling better.
@Cornanda I'm more likely to work out if my husband is here, too. "Why girl? Why?" That made me lol. You are funny. I hope you meant to be and I'm not laughing at you if you weren't meaning to be funny. You sound like you have a good plan for the trip. Are you going to journal while you are there?
@askewcr Yay for getting to the gym! You sound like you are doing really well. Enjoy your day!
@GabiV125 LOL!!!! Indeed.
@FushiaKat I'm glad you have your doctor's support.
Hi all. Not much going on here. I have to work from home today. I'm glad I'm working from home.
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@Cornanda Great job on catching yourself before too much damage was done. I wouldn’t have been able to keep away from an open bag of chocolate chips either!
I hope you have a wonderful trip celebrating your dad’s 80th birthday! And that you get to have enough of a winter experience to enjoy it. Yes, press that reset the moment you get back. 
@GabiV125 that graphic!
@FushiaKat I’m so glad that your doctor was able to give you some peace about your medication. Just remember that eating too low a calorie diet can do harm to your metabolism and make losing even harder. Focus on getting in a lot of good lean protein and that will help you get that pound off a week. But also remember that the body won’t always do what you want or expect. I have had great weeks where I lost nothing and then weeks where I would eat more and the scale would drop. So give yourself grace.
Good morning Team! Yesterday was our financial secretary’s last day so that job is all mine now. Yikes!! She did say that she would keep her phone close for when I needed to call. Hubby and I went Tuesday to see his surgeon and he was pleased with how the incision looked and the chest X-ray was good. Blood work showed that he has low sodium again so the doctor increased his sodium pills to three a day. He also took hubby off that med that was making him so lightheaded because we had another passing-out session at 2 am in the bathroom. I was able to jump up out of bed just in time to keep Joe from falling. We also found that what we thought was stage one cancer is actually stage 3. We have our first oncologist appointment on Feb. 2. So much stress! And I’m doing my best to stay on track with my eating. I am tracking what I eat so that helps. I haven’t been working out much and really miss it. OK, I’m off to clean my church. It might snow again tomorrow!!
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Username: GabiV125
Check in day: Thursday
PW: 132.7
CW: 134.0
This past week I tried to incorporate some exercising daily and my plantar fasciitis is showing off , so maybe this number is just water weight. Next couple of days will tell.
I’m trying to make peace with my year of maintaining instead of dropping the 15 - not so easy when my line in the sand for reaching goal is next week. I guess I’ll just draw another one 😁.1 -
@askewcr Congrats on getting back in the gym.
@cornanda I hope you have a great trip.
@trooworld I feel much better now, thank you. It did kick my butt, though. My fiance also had it; but, thank God my son didn't.0 -
I hit that gym early today and I feel like new money! I came back and got that shower and I feel like I can turn this house over. My scale and glucose numbers look good. I'm going to try for this every day. Let's go get it everybody!
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Hi all
davidji82
weigh in day Friday
PW:215.8
CW:210.9
I managed to put on 12lb leading up to xmas. I'll have to be more careful next year 5 -
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Username:TeresaW1020
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 189.4
CW: 186.6
Month +/-: -4.9
Total Loss: 77.8
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@TeresaW1020 You've got this! You were trained for that job and you will be fine, I know it. I'm glad you aren't stress eating. Hugs to you.
@GabiV125 Sorry about the plantar fasciitis. I've had that, it's painful.
@lose4me71 I'm so glad you are feeling better and that your son didn't get it, too. It seems like it's everywhere now.
@askewcr Yay for the gym!
@davidji82 Congrats on the loss! I think a lot of us put on weight around Christmas, I know I did.
@19shmoo69 LOL!
@TeresaW1020 Nice loss! WTG!
Hi all. I was supposed to have jury duty today but the instructions said to call in the night before so I did and I don't have it today. I do have to continually call every night to see if they need me. It's supposed to be relatively nice weather today (high of high 60sF, sunny) so I'm glad I don't have jury duty. Made a healthy dinner last night: Sheet Pan Hawaiian Chicken. It was good.
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davors19
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 259
CW: 258
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Username:@leonadixon
PW 12/29: 225.8
Check in weight (1/5/2022): 226.0
Check in weight (1/12/2022):227.8
Check in weight (1/19/2022):226.7
Check in weight (1/26/2022):
Good morning! Work is slowing down a bit (yay). I am going on vacation with my parents next week. So exciting! @broncobuddee ; I won't be able to weigh next week, can you just use this week's for a final?
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leonadixon wrote: »Username:@leonadixon
PW 12/29: 225.8
Check in weight (1/5/2022): 226.0
Check in weight (1/12/2022):227.8
Check in weight (1/19/2022):226.7
Check in weight (1/26/2022):
Good morning! Work is slowing down a bit (yay). I am going on vacation with my parents next week. So exciting! @broncobuddee ; I won't be able to weigh next week, can you just use this week's for a final?
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
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Hello Everyone!
Burr! It's cold outside. Hope everybody is doing well. Ready for the weekend. Hoping to rest up a bit. I already worked out at the gym and will take the weekend off. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Lets go get those victories!! 2 -
Hi Team,
I finally got that xmas tree down and in the box, now to put the boxes away. I finished another book yesterday and started a new one last night. This weekend I will work on making a place for our new freezer. I made brownies today and then budgeted to have a small one. The next time I make brownie's I'm going to use muffin cups and bake them in the muffin tin, so they don't fall apart when I cut them.
I'm hurting some today, so I did light housework and a load of laundry. I will get my steps in before bed tonight.
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Friday weigh in
Cornanda
PW: 170.4
CW: 171.7
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@askewcr - Positive as always- keep it going!
@GabiV125 - that's a great leg day pic. You hang in there. Losing is best, but maintaining (NOT gaining) is also good! I THINK.... your line in the sand is your birthday? A new line is OK.
@FushiaKat - I am also a fan of Cheetos! My hubs is pretty aware that I tell him immediately when I've lost and don't say much when I've gained. Measuring tapes can give different values. It also matter if you pull them tight or if you don't. Keep sight of your goal but give yourself grace if you are doing good work and it's not happening. It's OK if it takes longer than you expect. Good for you having a good doc and working with him on the meds. Meds can be waaaayyy too expensive and I'm glad you are fighting the good fight.
@trooworld - Yes, why girl why was meant to be funny!
@TeresaW1020 - Glad the financial secretary is willing to help with questions that arise. Hope you are increasing your earnings as you now have 3 jobs at the church! I know it's not about that, it's about love, but still. What? Stage 1 to stage 3? Is that a biopsy result or a something else result? I'm glad they made changes regarding the low sodium and light headedness- falling is not good. I will pray for your visit with the oncologist. Give yourself plenty of grace. Yes, you want to lose but this it right up there on the stress scale. Hugs to you! Nice loss!
@lose4me71 - Yes, Covid sucks!
@davidji82 - well, yes, but you've got 5 of them off! Keep on!
@19shmoo69 - NEVER!!!!! RUN OUT OF COFFEE!
Heading out tomorrow. Exercise clothes don't fit in tiny bag. Will do my best......
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Tammymccrady6278
Weigh in day Saturday
PW 222
CW 2222 -
@davors19 @leonadixon Congrats on the losses!
@askewcr Stay warm! I hope you get to rest up.
@FushiaKat That's a good idea to put the brownies in a muffin tin. I'm sorry you are hurting.
@Cornanda Good! LOL Enjoy your trip!
Hi all. I have 3 MRIs this morning on my head and neck to hopefully figure out something about my migraines. It's going to take 90 minutes for the 3 of them and I hope I don't freak out, I am claustrophobic! Other than that, maybe reading and doing crafts.
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@askewcr Yes, it’s too cold for us Georgia girls! Stay warm.
@FushiaKat Yayyy on getting that Christmas down and put away! At least you can say you did it before February. I’ve seen brownie muffin pans that are square so that you get all those nice crunchy edge pieces. I think Pampered Chef makes one. I hope your pain gets better.
@Cornanda Yes, working for my church is about love and I did take a huge pay cut when I quit sales to go work there, but I am getting an extra $100 a week for taking on the financial duties, so that’s nice. Yeah, stage one jumped to a three because of the two nodules and one lymph node that was found to be cancerous. We are still praying that they got it all and chemo might not be needed. Thanks and hugs back to you!
Good morning, Team! We woke up to 32 degrees and a light dusting of snow on the grass. Brrrr!! I’m staying in all day and plan to do a workout, which I’ve been totally slacking on, and clean my house. You know when your socks get dirty it’s time to bring out the mop!
I know I mentioned that I’ve been doing a macro challenge through Marty Kendall and that is still going on and it’s so interesting how important eating enough protein is. I have also started his Data-Driven Fasting challenge today and that is where I monitor my blood sugar and let it tell me when to eat. If any of you are interested in learning about Marty Kendall and what he does, then please check out his social media site. He left Facebook for this new platform that I’m really liking! https://members.optimisingnutrition.com/share/9C3czrBxF0Vs5F6U?utm_source=manual
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@GabiV125 -Losing is best, but maintaining (NOT gaining) is also good! I THINK.... your line in the sand is your birthday? A new line is OK.
Heading out tomorrow. Exercise clothes don't fit in tiny bag. Will do my best......
Yep, you’re right the 125 in my naming here is for 1/25 😁.
Thank you for the kind words and for the reminder . I know better but it feels good to hear it in another’s voice.
Have a fun trip! Maybe comfortable shoes can be enough to make it an active day.
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askewcr
Weigh in day: Saturday
Starting Weight 258.5
PW:255.5
CW:254
I said I would not be going to the gym today but I woke up and said, "Why not?" Good call!
Have a great day everyone!
Happy Saturday!
Don't forget to be great!!
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Week 4 - Group Challenge: Water - Work It - Water is posted and will begin tomorrow, Sunday, 1/23/22. We're getting great feedback this year on the weekly challenges. Hope you'll join us!
Here's your link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10854509/january-week-4-group-challenge-water-work-it-water#latest
Jessica
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Reminders (with apologies to anyone I may have missed in the monthly thread):
@FutureTrophyWife
@shawetan
@vegan4lyfe2012
@Jactop
@roz0810
@gwamajtw91
@murdog3t
@adoglover
@bgame4
@digger61
Thanks!
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Hi gang! I finally have my laptop again so I'll start posting more regularly, sorry for the last few months! I'm taking a dementia class at the functional pain group in an hour so this is a fast one, the woman teaching it wanted me to come when she heard some of the medications I used to be on and made an exception for me being 10 years younger than the age requirement (guess it's good to be a hot mess sometimes!). With the laptop it couldn't be fixed at Geek Squad so I was looking at sending it to someone in Florida which would be pricey but made a stop at a place I'd driven by and not only could he do it he had an extra screen so it was half the price it would've been otherwise. Not much else going on, my upper back is doing better so I just started doing weights again, definitely no planks anymore! Grrr! Have a great Saturday everyone!0
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Username: bgame4
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW: 132 lbs
CW: 130 lbs
Phrase of the year: OWN IT!3 -
gwamajtw91
Friday
PW: 164.8
CW: 166.03 -
Digger61
Weigh in day: Saturday
PW:223.5
CW:2224 -
@TeresaW1020 Wow, that is cold for you! I need to eat more protein. Good luck with the house cleaning.
@askewcr Congrats on the loss and for getting up and going to the gym! Woot woot! I love that quote, it really spoke to me.
@Katmary71 Yay for having your laptop again and it being cheaper than anticipated! What do you mean? You've been posting pretty regularly. No worries!
@bgame4 @Digger61 Yay for the losses!
Hi all. When I came home yesterday from running around, my neighbor was grilling carne asada and I told him it smelled good. About 30 minutes later, he shows up at my door with a plate of food. It was so nice! It had some of the carne asada, guacamole, beans, tortillas, and nopales (grilled cactus). I had never had nopales but enjoyed it. It was so generous of him and I really didn't feel like cooking so it was a nice break! This morning, I'm going to go shooting photos in the park with a friend. It's kind of cold (50F) so I'm kind of not looking forward to it but oh well, I'll go. It's good exercise, we'll walk all over the place.
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