Shape Shifters Team Chat - JULY 2022
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I'd like to join the Step Challenge. My steps have been abysmal lately. But that will improve!
Goal: 8000 steps
6/26 - 8008
6/27 - 1572
6/28 - 2416
6/29 - 3970
I most often walk around my neighborhood or at a couple of nearby hiking trails with my dog, but my favorite place to walk is in Breckenridge on the Burro Trail. Unfortunately there are mean moose up there, so the paranoia about getting butted by one makes it less enjoyable. My dog Moose almost got stomped. The irony, right? We were sledding when he saw a mama and her baby off in the woods, and he ran over and barked at them. I suspect she landed a glancing blow that scared him off.
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@SavageMrsMoose - I’m glad to hear that you are feeling better and that your dog is also recovering well from surgery! I can certainly understand the lure of comfort food during such a stressful time.
Thanks for sharing the puzzle website. They’re beautiful. The shop should consider giving you a sales commission based on the interest you generated 🤑.
@StacyAru - Welcome to the team! You definitely have some topics in common with other Shape Shifters. One of these days, I’d love to see a photo of your dog. A pit bull/ chihuahua mix sounds very interesting! I have a Boston Terrier who loves other ‘smush faced’ dogs, especially pit bulls.
@JessicaKrall8 - You are is always so wonderful at orienting new members and immediately making us feel ‘at home’ in the group. I don’t know how you keep up with everything. Did you know that @LaurieWrobo had a big loss without seeing the previous weight (PW)? Way to go with maintenance, Laurie! I can’t keep track of my own weigh-in numbers from one week to the next, but I need o have a better sense of where I stand because I keep creeping up to the higher end of my range.
@kcpond and @coblujay - Good for you — It’s always motivating to see a loss! Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
@cosmiccurves - I like the way you track your health progress using the upbeat message and image.
I wish I had your energy for setting up your house! When I started working from home instead of an office, I moved way too much stuff to our house. My plan was to go through it gradually but it’s taking forever. I’m also trying to declutter by getting rid of all the old items from my sons’ youth. They’re at college now and I‘m working on selecting a few memories that I can organize in portfolios that I bought for each family member. Whenever I return from a week helping my mother in Boston, I feel determined to downsize! So, I’m going to protect some time on my calendar and really focus on the decluttering of my office in the coming month.1 -
SavageMrsMoose wrote: »Feeling so much better after my bike today that I signed up for an 8 week running challenge starting July 4th. It’s to improve my pace. Could I join the step challenge? My start to the month is pretty rough cause Covid but hopefully it will improve. Or I can wait until next month- that’s okay too.
I've added you @SavageMrsMoose just give me your first name, your favorite place to walk and your daily step goal for the chart. Welcome to the insanity!
Jessica
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Weigh In Day: Friday
PW (Previous Weight): 288.4 lbs
CW (Current Weight): 290 lbs (so sad about this, it has to be water retention)
Step Goal: 8,000/day
6/26: 5,234
6/27: 5,447
6/28: 7,530
6/29: 8,655 (FINALLY!!!!)
6/30: 8,437
Happy July everyone!! I am disappointed in my gain even though I was diligent about logging and working out this week. I definitely need to increase my steps but I think this was due to some water retention from all of the lifting heavy boxes and such from our move. Regardless, I'm going to keep going and try to increase my caloric deficit this week to get the loss I'm aiming for! Also my mother-in-love made it safely last night and she is currently being very entertained by her three grandsons who are all taking turns showing her their cool Lego creations and rocks.
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Daily Step goal: 10,000
Tue 6/28: 6,082
Wed 6/29: 8,321
Thu 6/30: 12,9591 -
frankwbrown
Friday Weigh-in; July week 1
PW: 228.2
CW: 226.1
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Mulecanter
Friday
PW: 219
CW: 219.52 -
Natalie0403
WD. Saturday but I won’t be near a scale tomorrow
Pw 140
Cw 138.6
Lwt 64.4
I am not good at counting steps, I try to hit cardio, elliptical or rower for 45 a day.
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Hello everyone!
Thank you for all the supportive words. I really appreciate it.
Nice to meet you Stacy! We do have a lot in common! Do you know the diner in the Vail area? The Smiling Moose? My son’s basketball team used to call him moose because he reminded them of their logo. I was called Mrs Moose and then was honored with the “savage” addition after an incident where I bought the boys sandwiches for an away game (they were always hungry) and ended up sharing the bus with the girls and there weren’t enough for everyone…it was considered a compliment and I miss my team mom days so it’s sentimental.
We woke up before 4 am yesterday to get to the hospital for pre-op. I decided to get on the scale then and I was up 6 pounds!!! I was so discouraged I was about to quit this challenge. I thought about it all night. Guess what? This morning I dropped 5 of those 6 pounds. So I feel like a new person.
I have no idea why my weight is fluctuating like this other than I’ve been having a lot more sodium than usual. Maybe it’s some weird Covid effect? Who knows. I did get my period again last week after 13 months of not having it.0 -
SavageMrsMoose
Friday Weigh In
PW: 164
CW: 165
I will take it! I was quite a week!jessicakrall8 wrote: »SavageMrsMoose wrote: »Feeling so much better after my bike today that I signed up for an 8 week running challenge starting July 4th. It’s to improve my pace. Could I join the step challenge? My start to the month is pretty rough cause Covid but hopefully it will improve. Or I can wait until next month- that’s okay too.
I've added you @SavageMrsMoose just give me your first name, your favorite place to walk and your daily step goal for the chart. Welcome to the insanity!
Jessica
Thank you!
My name is Melissa. My goal is 12,000 steps as I was able to start running again today! But, my first days will be far below because of being sick. In Telluride, I like to hike the ski hills and walk and run on the bike path on our valley floor. In Houston, I walk and run around the local neighborhood and on the treadmill. If I had to pick a favorite walking place? It would be the beach! But I don’t get there enough!
6/26 4686
6/27 3451
6/28 5149
6/29 7356
6/30 4925
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I just got back from my trip to West Virginia. I ate terribly, but got some swimming and a bit of hiking in. My step count isn't great, and I'm definitely staring down a gain for my Sunday weigh in. I have my echocardiogram scheduled for next week, so hopefully I'll have a better idea of what is going on with my heart. Hopefully its nothing too serious.
Step goal (14k)
6/26 - 3612
6/27 - 9982
6/28 - 8149
6/29 - 3824
6/30 - 6301
Working to get back on track this weekend.2 -
Nataliewr0403 wrote: »Natalie0403
WD. Saturday but I won’t be near a scale tomorrow
Pw 140
Cw 138.6
Lwt 64.4
I am not good at counting steps, I try to hit cardio, elliptical or rower for 45 a day.
Hope you all have a great weekend
I got you @Nataliewr0403 ...great loss this week! Enjoy your weekend! If you wear a watch for steps (Apple, Garmen, Fitbit, etc) that works too on elliptical or rower...as long as you place the watch on the part of the body doing the work (pants pocket, etc)...I sometimes walk in stores with a cart and put my watch in my pocket.
Just a thought...Jessica2 -
I'm Going to weigh in tomorrow because this morning my scale said I gained 7lbs in one week.. Which would be pretty impressive🤣2
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SavageMrsMoose wrote: »Hello everyone!
We woke up before 4 am yesterday to get to the hospital for pre-op. I decided to get on the scale then and I was up 6 pounds!!! I was so discouraged I was about to quit this challenge. I thought about it all night. Guess what? This morning I dropped 5 of those 6 pounds. So I feel like a new person.
I have no idea why my weight is fluctuating like this other than I’ve been having a lot more sodium than usual. Maybe it’s some weird Covid effect? Who knows. I did get my period again last week after 13 months of not having it.
@SavageMrsMoose Don't ever give the scale that much power...if you're working your plan and expending more energy than you take in, it has to even out. Science ALWAYS wins...hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Jessica
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Step Challenge Results for June
Wk 1 - @Pupowl with 107,240 steps
Wk 2 - @Pupowl with 109,573 steps
Wk 3 - @Pupowl with 129,254 steps
Wk 4 - @Pupowl with 125,758 steps
Huge Blowout for Pupowl this month...great job!
Top 3 Overall Results
1. @Pupowl with 471,825 steps
2. @Jax_Grim with 363,973 steps
3. @FrankWBrown with 328,517 steps
Honorable mention to @izzyred9400 with 322,555 steps (very close to #3 spot)...you two were competing!
Awesome job to all who participated during June. As a group, we walked 2.9 million steps! WOW!3 -
Last chance to add your name to the Step Challenge roster for July...speak up! We only have 9, so there's plenty of room...let me know!
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@jessicakrall8 Closing out the month of June for Steps:
6/24 - 7,832
6/25 - 7,790
6/26 - 1,819 (my smart-watch died on the last day of our camping trip so didn't capture all my steps)
6/27 - 3,254 *returned from camping (the car trip was about 5hrs)
6/28 - 2,897
6/29 - 7,054
6/30 - 3,4921 -
Happy July everyone... returned from camping a few days ago, and ready to jump-in to the new month.
Brief Intro: I live in CA, work full-time in an office setting (i.e. sit at a pc 8+hrs a day), plus studying to advance my professional career. I'm a wife + mom to an elementary aged girl. I aim to keep her busy/active in sports and extracurriculars. On weekends we try to squeeze in some active family time (biking, rollerblading, volleyball, badminton, tennis). I love the water (beaches, lakes, pools etc) and love to swim if I get the opportunity to do so.
Been on MFP for a long time (on/off) but started with this group about 8mo ago after (losing about 15 lbs) having reached goal weight during a family weigh loss challenge, but then gaining it back.
- Stats: 5'2" / SW: 147 / CW: 136'ish
- I am close to goal weight of 130lbs , and I've been there before but the maintaining is key 🔑
@jessicakrall8 ready for the July step challenge * Goal 6k steps
Sharing a few pics from our camping trip
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I got you @Nataliewr0403 ...great loss this week! Enjoy your weekend! If you wear a watch for steps (Apple, Garmen, Fitbit, etc) that works too on elliptical or rower...as long as you place the watch on the part of the body doing the work (pants pocket, etc)...I sometimes walk in stores with a cart and put my watch in my pocket.
Just a thought...Jessica[/quote]
I wish the rower would count steps, because I burn more Cals in that contraption than in the elliptical. Lol.
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Bassclef
Friday weigh in July
PW 190
CW 1883 -
KHill875
Friday weigh in
PW: 143.6
CW: 142
I have completely stalled out. I thought that working out would have produced more results, but I am really going to have to get my eating habits in check if I want to start losing weight.4 -
Bearchested
Friday
PW: 197.8
CW: 198.0
After a week of work travel and seeing friends, along with a lot more overall consumption than I'm used to, and I'm happy with generally being the same weight.
Focusing on 7 hours of sleep per night, which has done wonders for my productivity and overall mood. Last time I tried this I cut out most exercise besides walking the dogs, but now I try to fit in exercise throughout the day, and lift a couple times a week during the day.4 -
Thanks for the honourable mention @jessicakrall8 & Well Done to all the steppers.Good job @Pupowl !!!👍
My steps
6/29 9,834
6/30 7,475
7/1 6,1913 -
@jessicakrall8 Closing out the month of June for Steps:
6/24 - 7,832
6/25 - 7,790
6/26 - 1,819 (my smart-watch died on the last day of our camping trip so didn't capture all my steps)
6/27 - 3,254 *returned from camping (the car trip was about 5hrs)
6/28 - 2,897
6/29 - 7,054
6/30 - 3,492
@Yukie_OP I've filled in the last few days of Jun, but our Jul stats started on Sun, Jun 26th, so I've filled in your remaining Jun days there and put you in the challenge for Jul. Enjoy your weekend!
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Nataliewr0403 wrote: »I got you @Nataliewr0403 ...great loss this week! Enjoy your weekend! If you wear a watch for steps (Apple, Garmen, Fitbit, etc) that works too on elliptical or rower...as long as you place the watch on the part of the body doing the work (pants pocket, etc)...I sometimes walk in stores with a cart and put my watch in my pocket.
Just a thought...Jessica
I wish the rower would count steps, because I burn more Cals in that contraption than in the elliptical. Lol.
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@Nataliewr0403
You'll have to try the rower and see...is it one of the exercises listed on your watch's app? If so, just make sure you choose that before you begin and then go for it! Let me know...now I'm curious to hear!
Enjoy your weekend!
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CasandraW
Saturday weigh in
PW 230
CW 232
We had our Canada Day celebrations yesterday, a BBQ and fireworks. It was a good time, didn’t overeat a lot. I’m not worried about the scale today.
I have noticed that when I’m wearing shorts or dresses that my legs hardly touch when I’m walking so that’s nice for the summer2 -
Hello everyone! Happy Independence Day weekend! I'm so happy to continue in July with renewed determination and motivation, mostly fueled by so many of *YOU*! My final weigh-in for June was ~162; so not much change there. I actually think I may have GAINED since June 26 (coupla binges), but I will find out for sure when I step on the scale tomorrow (Weigh-ins are Sunday for me.)
Walela617
PW: 162.0
CW: (Will post on Sunday, July 3)
Going forward, I plan to be more consistent with posting steps for the day and more active on the boards.
Best wishes everyone!
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CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners and to the group as a whole - LOTS of pounds lost! YAYYY!
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Sorry so late and thanks for the reminder Jessica! I had a bit of a mini-lapse and got very discouraged, but I dragged myself back up and here I am!
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