Downsizers Team Chat - JULY 2022
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@lindamtuck2018 yes sorry for the confusion. I didn't even look in this chat until today! Will do better now from now on!! Just glad to be here!1
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Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians!
Going to a BBQ today. Bringing my own turkey burgers to counteract the beer I'll be drinking. Plus I'll be playing backyard games for hours so I'll still get in some good exercise.2 -
Friday check-in
PW: 325
CW: 324
I got 8 hours sleep last night, for the first time in quite a while. It seems to have made a huge difference in how well I feel this morning. (I've been running on 4.5 - 6.5 hours lately.) Definitely something to consider moving forward.4 -
Rwood566
Weigh in day: friday
PW: 234.0 on 6/24
CW: 234.8. +0.8
Bouncing between 232 and 236. Still up 12 lb from surgery date. I think I am slowly changing my "new" fat back into muscle I lost after surgery.
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Thanks for talking about late night cravings and different ways to fight. I lost my fight last night. Horrible ending. Can't afford to dwell on it. New day.
HAPPY CANADA DAY to our upstairs neighbors and those around the world who celebrate it.2 -
Friday Weigh in
chrissyinbloom
PW 226.1
CW 226.2
I weighed in at 224.2 yesterday... then ate too many carbs and not enough water! More proof that low carbs works for me. And water is necessary!
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Steps 6/30: 17,2781
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Eatthefruitnotthecake78 wrote: »Just checking in and giving my steps for this week so far:
Mon 27th- 10,591
Tues 28th- 9,940
Weds 29th-10,582
Thurs 30th - 10,514
Struggling a bit today, very hungry with a mad chocolate craving, but i haven't given in to it, still going strong 💪
Fight the cravings. It is hard sometimes. I am trying to stop potatoe chips. Last night I craved them so bad. I have been using rice cakes to get the crunch. The best part is they are only 35 calories. Is there anything you could substitute for chocolate.
When I want potato chips I either go with celery with cream cheese or PB or I make fries out of turnips
I love turnip. Send me the recipe for the turnip fries. I am trying to watch my cholesterol so cream cheese is out but depending on how the turnip is fried it maybe ok. My dietitian told me I can never do keto because of my high cholesterol. It was a diet that always intrigued me.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/230404/rutabaga-oven-fries/ by the way I had never tried them until recently and I absolutely love them
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Megan_Smartiepants1970
Weigh-In Day- Fridays
PW: 180.2
CW: 178.6 (Loss 1.6 lbs)
LTD: 90.44 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Eatthefruitnotthecake78 wrote: »Just checking in and giving my steps for this week so far:
Mon 27th- 10,591
Tues 28th- 9,940
Weds 29th-10,582
Thurs 30th - 10,514
Struggling a bit today, very hungry with a mad chocolate craving, but i haven't given in to it, still going strong 💪
Fight the cravings. It is hard sometimes. I am trying to stop potatoe chips. Last night I craved them so bad. I have been using rice cakes to get the crunch. The best part is they are only 35 calories. Is there anything you could substitute for chocolate.
When I want potato chips I either go with celery with cream cheese or PB or I make fries out of turnips
I love turnip. Send me the recipe for the turnip fries. I am trying to watch my cholesterol so cream cheese is out but depending on how the turnip is fried it maybe ok. My dietitian told me I can never do keto because of my high cholesterol. It was a diet that always intrigued me.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/230404/rutabaga-oven-fries/ by the way I had never tried them until recently and I absolutely love them
When I go to Newfoundland I will be eating greens or turnip tops. They are very delicious. Thanks for the recipe. Another way I eat turnip is mashed with a little butter and lots of pepper.
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@Megan_smartiepants1970 @aneedlecraft
Congrats on the loss! 👏👏👏
@rwood566
We don’t always win. Wake up, put it behind us and start fighting to win. 🥊🥊
@chrissyinbloom
If I eat to many carbs at night, especially bread it shows up on the scale. I get so bloated. I call it my bread baby. One thing I eat way too much of is bread when I go to Newfoundland. The good old homemade bread is too good to resist.0 -
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Step count today 11,221
Had some dark chocolate this evening ..that feels better and still under cals, plus i did walk to the shop to get it 😄
Have a great weekend everyone
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Megan_Smartiepants1970
Weigh-In Day- Fridays
PW: 180.2
CW: 178.6 (Loss 1.6 lbs)
LTD: 90.4
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Eatthefruitnotthecake78 wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Megan_Smartiepants1970
Weigh-In Day- Fridays
PW: 180.2
CW: 178.6 (Loss 1.6 lbs)
LTD: 90.4
Nice loss, well done
Thank you so much 1 -
Laura9400
Weigh in day - Friday
PW 186.2
CW 187.81 -
Good evening. Horrible night. I ate a whole can of almonds. 6 servings. Dam dam dam.
Check in 7/1:
Steps - 17001 plus 15 minutes treadmill. 2 mph. Light effort.
Calories - 3300. Dam dam dam
Exercise - walk in am. 1 hr 57 min. Gym tonight. 8 machines and 15 minutes treadmill.
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Good evening. Horrible night. I ate a whole can of almonds. 6 servings. Dam dam dam.
Check in 7/1:
Steps - 17001 plus 15 minutes treadmill. 2 mph. Light effort.
Calories - 3300. Dam dam dam
Exercise - walk in am. 1 hr 57 min. Gym tonight. 8 machines and 15 minutes treadmill.
Dont worry, todays a new day, you'll be fine, well done with the exercise2 -
Happy Saturday team. Im here with my weekly weigh in and steps. I won’t be very active this month and next as it’s going to be busy with the kiddos but I will be checking in once a week.
I’ve been working out on a regular schedule for 4 weeks now. My weight has stayed the same the whole month but this week it jumped up. I know my eating needs a lot of work but I would have hoped that my weight would start going down after a month of working out. Whatever. I’m extremely frustrated but I not stopping. I hope it does start going down soon.
Weigh-In:
Username - mari_moulin
Weigh in day - Saturday
Weigh in week - 1
Previous weight - 222.2
Current weight 223.4
Steps: GOAL 10,000 a day
Sunday - 14,963
Monday - 12,816
Tuesday - 13,321
Wednesday - 10,471
Thursday - 16,523
Friday - 19,446
Saturday - Coming 🔜
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Eatthefruitnotthecake78 wrote: »Step count today 11,221
Had some dark chocolate this evening ..that feels better and still under cals, plus i did walk to the shop to get it 😄
Have a great weekend everyone
Great step day! That is smart walking to get the chocolate. Burned a few calories to offset the chocolate.Laura9400
Weigh in day - Friday
PW 186.2
CW 187.8
How did your week go?Good evening. Horrible night. I ate a whole can of almonds. 6 servings. Dam dam dam.
Check in 7/1:
Steps - 17001 plus 15 minutes treadmill. 2 mph. Light effort.
Calories - 3300. Dam dam dam
Exercise - walk in am. 1 hr 57 min. Gym tonight. 8 machines and 15 minutes treadmill.
Put it behind you. What are somethings you have done in the past to control the snacking? Another great exercise day!
mari_moulin wrote: »Happy Saturday team. Im here with my weekly weigh in and steps. I won’t be very active this month and next as it’s going to be busy with the kiddos but I will be checking in once a week.
I’ve been working out on a regular schedule for 4 weeks now. My weight has stayed the same the whole month but this week it jumped up. I know my eating needs a lot of work but I would have hoped that my weight would start going down after a month of working out. Whatever. I’m extremely frustrated but I not stopping. I hope it does start going down soon.
Weigh-In:
Username - mari_moulin
Weigh in day - Saturday
Weigh in week - 1
Previous weight - 222.2
Current weight 223.4
Steps: GOAL 10,000 a day
Sunday - 14,963
Monday - 12,816
Tuesday - 13,321
Wednesday - 10,471
Thursday - 16,523
Friday - 19,446
Saturday - Coming 🔜
Welcome back! Look to your NSVs until the scale starts cooperating. I can see one with your working out. You will get the eating sorted out. Just start with one small thing that you can change with your eating. Right now for me it is cutting back on potato chips. I was eating a snack size bag every night. My first change is no eating the during the week. Second step will be cutting them out on the weekends. That’s my small change.
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Exercise: water aerobics
Had a very uneventful Canada day. We took the grandkids for ice cream. After we dropped them off we did do a very Canadian thing, go get coffee at Tim Hortons. It’s grocery shopping day so no pool. Have a super Saturday!2 -
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Question
Sometimes we get cravings or urges to snack? What are somethings you can do to overcome snacking or give in to the urges?
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question
Sometimes we get cravings or urges to snack? What are somethings you can do to overcome snacking or give in to the urges?
Exercise is a good distraction.
Happy belated Canada Day! Happy 4th of July weekend to all of us Americans! Of course all of June was dry and the one weekend full of cook outs is a wash out. Much needed rain but why this weekend! Take it as we get it, I guess. My gardens love it.
I am at 1010 miles in my quest for 2022. That was through June 30. Closed 21/30 three fit ring day last month. It was a really great month for fitness but maintained pretty much all month on weight. I took a good look in the mirror this morning and found I have very little chicken wing flap left! My skinny clothes are my most comfortable and as soon as I can I need to replace the fat clothes as they are falling off. My skinny clothes need graduate to my fat clothes. Yes this is how I roll. Hoping July is more successful with the scale.4 -
Made it through Canada Day festivities unscathed. Stuck to my turkey burger, although I had too much beer. Way too much beer. A friend of mind commented "how many calories is that" as I was getting sick in a nearby bush later that night haha. Burned a ton of calories playing backyard games and went for a walk this morning.
Got quite a few comments on my weight loss which felt nice. A few of my friends said they've started making better choices after seeing how successful I've been. Pretty cool.
Also, I stepped on the scale and have officially lost 70 pounds! Eeeek!5 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Here's my step update
Steps
26/6: 6,534
27/6: 6,050
28/6: 6,166
29/6: 6,464
30/6: 7,187
1/7: 7,087
2/7:
So far, I've done pretty good with my steps, although it required a few house walks and walks in the backyard to make sure I reached my goal
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Steps 7/1: 21,1305
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Thank you so much! I just can't believe the difference in how I feel1
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question
Sometimes we get cravings or urges to snack? What are somethings you can do to overcome snacking or give in to the urges?
I log all my food the night before. It allows me to fit in snacks during the day without worrying too much. But if it's stuff like pizza(my huge weakness) it can be a challenge. I remember early in my journey my gf went to visit her mother and I ordered chicken wings. I had this plan in my head for weeks lol. I got my wings and physically felt so crummy after that I realized it just isn't worth it and having had a urge to pig out since.1
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