TEAM: The Big Butt Theory (August)
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therealbluenote wrote: »My best friend passed away tonight. I’m going to take a break from MFP and social media for a bit. I don’t know what that means for this group, whether I get booted or can stay. I will keep trying to track and keep up with weighing. I just need some silent time to stop the noise in my head.
Oh no so sorry for your loss. Yes take the time you need0 -
CW: 290.7
Like several others right now I'm reading but not really responding through everyone's ups and downs, I'm currently in a mental down right now with family in the hospital again. My mother in law was admitted for shortness of breath on Monday and they found a 99% blockage in her LAD and had a stent placed, but she is still not feeling well. If any of you could spare a healing thought or prayer it would be deeply appreciated.
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DaffyGirl88 wrote: »And just like that (snapsfingers) summer is over. The September thread is up and begins this Sunday.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10872262/team-the-big-butt-theory-september#latest
Oh wow where has the time gone!0 -
pdate: Mon 22nd Aug
Track: No
Calories: Don't know
Exercise: No
Update: Tue 23rd Aug
Track: No
Calories: Don't know
Exercise: Yes, 4.11 mile run, body combat class and 2.64 mile walk
Update: Wed 24th Aug
Track: No
Calories: Don't know,
Exercise: Yes, 5.2 mile run and 6.09 mile walk
Update: Thu 25th Aug
Track: No
Calories: Don't know
Exercise: Yes, 3.62 mile run and 5.65 mile walk
Goals/Day/Comments: I have been in a bit of a funk, haven't felt motivated to track because I haven't been eating to plan. Low fibre diet these last couple of days and been eating a lot of white bagels, crackers and rice krispies not the best food.
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@Naija82 we all have funky periods now and then. Best thing to do is weather the storm until it's over. Hang in there.1
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Thursday 25 August
Track: no
Under: no
Exercise: yes
Weigh in Week 4
PW: 140.0
CW: 140.40 -
@JbeanR0212 hope everything is ok.1
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I’m so very sorry for your losses. I appreciate your sharing your heart. Big hugs and my prayers ❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️JbeanR0212 wrote: »MUAC Daily Post:
*Feel free to skip past just working things out
Saturday (8/19)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes - Gross Under / 💧132 oz.
Exercise: Kickboxing, strength + farm labor (parents)
Goals/Day/Comments: We survived the week! Did a couple hours of work and then decided to take the remainder as a mental health day. Worth it! The hours of work this week without kids interrupting, bickering at eachother and well just being around to lightly distract my focus were a bit of a huge wake up call. Many of my working hours have been spent overwhelmed by grief!
I realized the excessive exercise I’ve been doing these past few months hasn’t just been for weight loss, on a deeper level it has been a harmful distraction. One from what has been too painful to process except when the bubbles begin to fester out. This glimpse in the mirror has added to the sense of being overwhelmed.
In April I kinda shut down. In May I showed up here kicking tail and taking no prisoners. Seeing all my former colleagues at the school asking how I am doing with that empathetic little rub on my shoulder brings it back in but after her watching me fight the tears I had a nice walking chat with my counselor friend. I had my heart crushed and less than 3 weeks later lost my best friend of over 26 years suddenly (stomach flu, asphyxiated on vomit). I instantly lost the only two people in the world I would turn to for anything. Realizing how recluse I’ve become outside of open waters or unpopulated hiking trails. And I am so lonely yet….. afraid to get out and actually socialize again at the same time. The sorrow is just so heavy but I’ve allowed it to fortify itself and it’s time to start really clearing that away. Oh the hypocrisy of failing to accomplish what I’ve spent my professional life advocating. Going to be a long and windy journey.
So here I was crying, meditating, writing my ex a 27 page letter (which I will NOT mail) and talking out loud to Dani’s spirit (aka myself) while working on a memorial sculpture. It was therapeutic but I’m gonna need countless more moments like those before I feel the healing has even begun. Gotta start somewhere I guess but hopefully it’ll give all of you a bit of a break from my madness. I will make the work time up in chunks today & tomorrow.
“I closed my eyes and let the music flow through me, cleansing my soul of all fear and sin and reminding me that I am always better than I think and stronger than I believe.” - Paulo Coelho2 -
Thursday, August 25
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercised: yes (indoor walk)
Comments: We’re back from our trip! I’m so thankful my sister & I got to reconnect!! We also got to see Tom’s mom several times. She will be 94 on New Year’s Eve and she knew him right away. What a blessing. I gained 4.2 pounds, but I’m down .4 this morning. It was a great trip, and coming home is even better. We got back on the first anniversary of my husband’s aortic dissection. We’re so thankful for how well he’s doing. God is GOOD 🙌🏻2 -
MUAC Daily Post:
Friday (8/25)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes - Gross Under / 💧128 oz.
Exercise: Yes
Goals/Day/Comments: Will catch up on everyone this afternoon2 -
DaffyGirl88 wrote: »DaffyGirl88 wrote: »mooreshelly09 wrote: »DaffyGirl88 wrote: »YIPPEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so ready for pumpkin spice everything!
@DaffyGirl88 and @mooreshelly09 I am on board 100% - love anything and everything pumpkin (that I drink or eat - I don't do coffee in any way shape or form so not that!) Not ready by any means for summer to end or to have fall temps but I would do pumpkin smoothie sitting at the pool any summa day!
I have often joked that the only reason that I drink coffee is to have something to put my PS creamer in.
I have since discovered OTHER flavors so I'm good year round.
AND...I got an email yesterday from Panera saying that Autumn Squash Soup will be back on 8/31! SWOON!!
I have never had soup from Panera. Definitely gonna have to try it now!
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8/25
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes - 2 mile walk
PW: 191.0
CW: 191.0
Gonna have to do something to shake things up 🥴2 -
Please roll over this week please1
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Date: 8/25/ 22
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: yes
under calories: yes
exercise: yes
Steps : 5750
Water: 961 -
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Friday 26 August
Track: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes1 -
Weekly Post:
Username: @susanshaughnessy80
Week: August Week 4
Weigh-in day: Saturday, August 27
Previous Week's Weight: 204.4
Today's Weight: 205.4
(Down 2.8 from my post-vacation weight of 208.2 👏🏻)1 -
Friday, August 26
Tracked: yes
Under: no
Exercise: yes; indoor & outdoor walk
Comments: I have managed to take off almost 3 pounds of my vacation indulgences this week! Back to tracking and it actually feels good. I also had a goal of eating no added sugar yesterday and I made it. 👏🏻🎉1 -
Hi friends, I’m confused. Do we just stop posting now and wait until there is a September thread? And what does this mean that I read on the new join thread:
“We will be using your August Week 4 Weights as your July starting weights.”1 -
Weigh in Week 4
PW: 395.8
CW: 393.81 -
therealbluenote wrote: »My best friend passed away tonight. I’m going to take a break from MFP and social media for a bit. I don’t know what that means for this group, whether I get booted or can stay. I will keep trying to track and keep up with weighing. I just need some silent time to stop the noise in my head.
@therealbluenote my heart breaks for your loss. Know that we are here for you as you mourn your friend. You take all the time you need and try to show yourself love in the process. If you need to cry, cry. If you need to scream, then by all means do. If you need to vent, do - we are here for you. Wishing you solace in the cherished memories made over the years. Big, big hugs!!!
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CW: 290.7
Like several others right now I'm reading but not really responding through everyone's ups and downs, I'm currently in a mental down right now with family in the hospital again. My mother in law was admitted for shortness of breath on Monday and they found a 99% blockage in her LAD and had a stent placed, but she is still not feeling well. If any of you could spare a healing thought or prayer it would be deeply appreciated.
@KimR_1986 Prayers for strength and healing. I hope your MIL is recovering well and you are taking care of yourself with everything going on. Hugs to you as well.1 -
Okay ya'll - I know I have been hit or miss and it is totally all my fault. I have a lot to say tonight - sorry for the long post... and if you reach the end - thanks for hanging the whole time!
Thanks to all for the support here - letting me vent and just purge my thoughts. I started this restart in October - fet up with being me and fet up with my body aching and not allowing me to do me - or anything I wanted to do. Well - in reality, I had an injury that set me down for close to a year before I could be up and confident and just when I was ready to jump back out, injury #2 that shut down an anniversary vacation and my ability to just take myself anywhere I wanted to go last fall (aka anywhere my college boy was playing his game) while hubs was a great sport and drove me to and from (cause I could drive okay - just couldn't walk well) it still made ME feel like a failure to myself. So on that journey to a game, stumbling out of the car and trying to hit the rest stop and limping in, I decided to jump back on here and restart.
I took October and just logged and kept doing me (well eating part anyway - my exercise was a no go - thanks injuries) I watched my weight rise even further during that month. In November, I made a doc appointment and started my changes before that appointment. I also made a decision that I was NOT putting ANYTHING in my body - no tylenol, no aspirin, no motrin, no BCP, no nyquil, just NO. I had already talked to my OB about this and it was time to think about that dreadful testing for hormones anyway so she left that in my hands on when to stop and when to test. I changed my eating, attentive to my thoughts and happily chatted with my primary about all the things I was going to and in process of changing in diet. My bp was higher (in doc office very high - not nearly as high at home - nor in hospital when I had surgery so we knew the docs office scared me ... haha more than surgery I guess!) The gut punch was the lab work - that came back with mostly all high levels - so now I had highest weight ever, high bp, and high cholesteral. Oh yeah - and that great Christmas present of the lovely hormone test telling me I am super old. (what they forgot to say was that I was super old but would still get surprise visits that would knock me on my butt more often than not (like THIS week where it has had me down for DAYS) so really it was a sike - just old in name but you get the garbage of being young
I was supposed to test again in the spring - and got covid right at testing time. Since I read alot and heard some stories about those that tested high for cholesterol after covid, I pushed it off. I told myself next month - next month. Well - we all know how that goes. So long story short, haha - who am I kidding - a real computer keyboard and I write a book! So again, long story short, I am coming up here 9 months after testing and I was holding steady on the weight ( a steady drop of 20ish lbs but felt like a failure cause I had almost 30 and gained some back). I was scared to make a doc appointment because I just knew that although my weight was down, it wasn't enough. While I felt my bp was better, I wasn't testing it myself enough and just knew it was raised again.. and of course, if I made the appointment, I would have to test the blood and I knew that would be sky high and she would want meds.
So this chicka decided last week to test the bp a couple times and woohoo - it came back normal ranges - just like it has when randomly testing over the months since I stopped the bcp but since I was not doing it every week I didn't trust my numbers. The weight this week has been holding steady and I just decided I was needing to test like now- so paid the funds and got the test done. Went yesterday and got results today. Not only did this chicka have that steady normal bp and holding on that 20lb loss - but she actually brought all her numbers into normal range for her cholesterol except one - and that one we dropped 56pts. I am now "near normal" in that one instead of on the high side of "high"
I am taking this victory and really cherishing it. If you put your mind to things, you CAN make changes - they may not always be easily seen, or easily tracked or even easily felt... but just knowing that all these small changes over these past 9 months have really changed MY direction for MY health has me flying high.
And oh yeah - just for full transparency - I am cutting back on exercise these next couple weeks as I AM going on that postponed anniversary vacation and since the last 2 years, I hurt myself doing NOTHING, I am not going to push my legs. I will exercise somewhat as I was - but rethinking the push I was just beginning to make to jump back into step aerobics and more weightlifting involving the knee joint I tried last week... while it worked out okay I am NOT risking it. It can wait until end of September! I have a treat planned on vacation - Yeah - cheesecake or a couple drinks - but the real one - I am planning a zip lining adventure and I can't wait!! Told you all I was flying high
If you made it this far - thanks for listening to this
chicka who keeps all her issues to herself and
doesn't share her journey like she probably
should with those she lives with - it is easier to not take that "makeup" off at home
@Sandkp thank you so much for this beautiful share. A difficult journey but you persevered. Huge congratulations on all the victories here. You are an inspiration. Hoping you enjoy much of that well deserved vacation. 🤗
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MUAC Daily Post:
Saturday (8/26)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes - Gross Under / 💧148 oz.
Exercise: Yes
Goals/Day/Comments: All is well, life is just chaotic at the moment. Great job everyone.0 -
therealbluenote wrote: »Hi friends, I’m confused. Do we just stop posting now and wait until there is a September thread? And what does this mean that I read on the new join thread:
“We will be using your August Week 4 Weights as your July starting weights.”
@therealbluenote There is a September thread ready and waiting. Just scroll down a bit farther in "Discussions". Since you are a Saturday weigher, today's weight will be your starting weight for the September Challenge. You will weigh-in a week from now for your September week #1 weigh-in.0 -
therealbluenote wrote: »Weigh in Week 4
PW: 395.8
CW: 393.8
@DaffyGirl88, @Krysless2 This was entered incorrectly into the spreadsheet.0 -
therealbluenote wrote: »Weigh in Week 4
PW: 395.8
CW: 393.8
@DaffyGirl88, @Krysless2 This was entered incorrectly into the spreadsheet.
So fix it? 🤷♀️ Haven't been in the spreadsheet today.0 -
therealbluenote wrote: »Hi friends, I’m confused. Do we just stop posting now and wait until there is a September thread? And what does this mean that I read on the new join thread:
“We will be using your August Week 4 Weights as your July starting weights.”
@therealbluenote you post here for today's MUAC and then starting tomorrow you post in the September thread. Kinda confusing since it's still August but our weeks run Sunday to Saturday .
Whatever your last weigh in was in August will be your starting weight for September. Regardless of what day it was on.
Hope you are doing well. Have been thinking about you. 💕1 -
@JbeanR0212 I have been stockpiling songs for you to dance to (even though you never asked 😁) but have to tell you to check out Jerusalema by Burma Boy. Every time I hear that song the beat gets into my spine and I find myself bopping around the rest of the day. 😊🥰1
