WaistAways Team Chat - OCTOBER 2022
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CW 150.4
PW 150.6
Sorry for the delay. It has been a crazy week! I will catch up soon.4 -
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Hey there! I missed checking in the last couple of days and you can see from this morning's weigh in that spells nothing but trouble!
Tuesday night when Brad and I left the office, we had plans to go to the mall to get my rings inspected. We needed supper before, and that could have been okay if it wasn't for the dessert afterwards, and the cocktail during. I can have some of the things, but not all of the things, or at least not at all once! So, didn't stay under my calorie budget that day.
Then, yesterday I had to travel for work. I ate my meals from lunch onwards with work and I didn't have many free moments to myself. It was a rare time where I ate before I tracked, and then after the session we had a pool tournament and alcohol was flowing like crazy, so I gave up hope of tracking at all (which is rare as I usually put it in after the fact at least), but then not only that but I ordered fast food off Skip The Dishes when I got back to my room and had a total mini binge that was completely unnecessary.
So, yeah.. not the best little stretch. Things are on track today and I plan to hop on the Peloton after I am done here so I feel good about today but I am not doing so great at getting back down to my maintenance range... in fact my average weight in Sept was 169.1 and so far in Oct it's trending up at 170.4... still have time to improve Oct but I need to stop letting the excuses and little slides add up!
Wow.. this group is having an Atomic Habits moment right now for sure.. love it!
Exercise catch-up:
10/17 - 7447 steps
10/18 - 13606 steps
10/19 - 9060 steps3 -
Username: Bowens1973
PW: 187.6
CW: 186.6
Loss: 1.03 -
LoraineGB
Friday
217.4
220.32 -
Another day wrapped up here - many hours standing, playing, and we got it all done. Two more pieces tomorrow, and it will be a wrap. The weather has been great for walking between our village and the workplace (about 3 km), so steps are not bad, and standing playing instruments for hours a day probably burns a good few calories.
Sorry you have had slightly disappointing weigh-ins this week, @lauren_989 @ashleycarole86 @conleywoods and @LoraineGB, but I am sure you know exactly what to do. Vegetables! Things you can eat in good quantities without worrying too much, and planning the exceptions so that they do not get out of order. You've got this! I love @eggfreak 's comments about the reminders, the quantities of food you can eat when it is not mainly veggies, and the sticking-with-it even-when-it-isn't-all-peaches-and-roses approach. And your food plan revisions sound great too @EvMakesChanges . Atomic, whatever it is - it sounds like plans are happening.
I'm about to crash into sleep, so last weigh-ins of the week reminder. Here is everyone still due right up through the end of Saturday:
@Rachelw124
@JEB03253
@PlaneMonkey
@EvMakesChanges
@micki48
@bobagurl2017
@CupcakeCrusoe
@Melissa0711
@jane_76
@welsh_cariad
@kellie_erin
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Sorry so MIA. I need an excused for my weigh in because I totally forgot to weigh myself before we left for a trip to North Carolina. Finally got here. Almost 10 hours in the car. Oh well. Visiting my son and my old house. Haven’t seen him since April!
Catch up soon. Hope everyone is well. ❤️5 -
@jugar you are right, I do know what to do I am just not applying anything constructive at the moment. I have squirrel brain, I think about how I need to eat better and have more discipline and a nano second later I am thinking what snack I can have immediately while walking to the kitchen to grab it 🤦🏼♀️
When I stepped on the scale today, for a second I thought to myself ‘I hope I’m not over 220’, but in reality that’s about the exact same amount of time I spent on my health and wellness this week. I put in zero effort and got a result that reflected that. I do know I can’t go on like this, I am almost where I was at in 2015 and that’s not a physical or mental place I want to go back to. It’s like I’ve forgotten everything.
I did have a near perfect day today though. For the first time in weeks I honestly tracked and drank my water. I didn’t get my activity in but I will do better tomorrow.
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Hope everyone's week wrapped up well. Hooray for the weekend. After my weigh in this week my time of the month showed up! Wasn't expecting it for almost another week so caught me off guard. Definitely explains the weigh in and being hungry.4
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CW: 191.2
It's been not a great couple of weeks for eating but I'm slowly shifting my mindset back to the calorie counting. I think some of the weight gain is water weight - hubby and I had pizza last night because I didn't get home until 8 and we hadn't planned ahead.
We got a bunch of snow over night and it's making me want to eat warmer foods. So we might shift our usual dinner salads to something warmer like stews or soups4 -
CW 192.2
Squirrel brain is a thing!!!2 -
Hi all -- we're done! We even added one extra piece just to record for fun (NOT for public consumption!), so it was a pretty intense day for me. The extra piece was a flute sonata. I had to read from manuscript with lots of things crossed out and sketchily re-written - but it was a blast anyhow. I burned a lot of calories during those 2 hours, I'm sure. It has been an amazing week, and now I'll get some rest and relaxation before flying home on Monday.
I will have time to do some catching up tomorrow, and start to think about the November - December goals idea to see how to put it together. There were some good ideas in there, and I think it will be useful to keep things moving forward. Keep the numbers flowing! Still need a few weigh-ins before closing out the week.
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The October Week 4 Group Challenge is active and will begin on Sunday, Oct 23rd. Please join us as we discuss Emotional Eating and ways to combat it's clutches. Hope to see you there!
Here's your link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10876383/october-week-4-group-challenge-emotional-eating#latest
Jessica
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LAST CALL!
This week's weigh-ins just won't be complete without you. Please get these numbers in by first thing Sunday morning so that the tallies can be done - thanks!
@EvMakesChanges
@bobagurl2017
@CupcakeCrusoe
@Melissa0711
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Hi, sorry I'm late!
PW: 179.8
CW: 177.0
Trend weight: 178.2. Trending down, I'll take it. Birthday festivities, lol6 -
@jane_76 Beautiful photo - those fall colours are gorgeous. We got our first major dump of snow today.. (the same snow @kellie_erin mentioned). Iit will melt, sure.. but I had some shoveling to do for sure today. It's hovering around 0 degrees C so it's that super heavy, wet slushy kind. Tis the season!
@micki48 Enjoy your visit with your son! That must be nice to be back but 10 hour car trips are tiring! Hope you have a nice stretch of time ahead to enjoy your visit
I rode the Peloton for an hour earlier this evening. That is one of the ways I get back on track. I like the burn I get from my rides and how I feel afterwards.
Also had a busy day - visited a family member in the hospital, went to a movie, ran some errands, but I stayed on track for my food.
Brad and I went to a really fun cooking class last night and had a blast. The meal was super delicious - three courses made over a couple of hours. As someone who does very little cooking and especially not multi-course meals, it was fun to put together.
Exercise:
10/20 - 8125 steps + 31 minutes Peloton
10/21 - 10071 steps
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I'm so glad there is a group challenge about emotional eating this week. Now that this period of work has ended, I no longer need to keep absolutely on track in order to meet the demands of playing difficult music for many hours a day (all while standing, of course!), so all I want to do is eat. I was SO hungry from about 4 am that it was almost impossible to stay in bed. My usual yogurt with one apple and 8 almonds breakfast was not available, so I totally enjoyed great fresh bread with amazing cheese (go, France), fig jam... Yeah. I know that today will be a day of eating! Tomorrow is airport, plane, bus, another bus, and then home - fortunately so late that just falling into bed as quickly as possible will be the smartest thing to do. I often overdo it on the snacks during travel days - added to the huge sense of relief and release following 8 days of super intense work, I will have to watch it or I'll have a very angry stomach! I will work out some emotional relief strategies before it gets to that point, I hope.
Right now, I'm going for my last long walk in St-Michel before heading for the train back to Toulouse. Enjoy your Sunday, everyone!3 -
CW: 177.3
Quick update before heading to Hanover in time for brekky then singing with the church choir.
I’ve been in Winooski since Friday night, recuperating from the bivalent booster. It helped to slug about and rest when possible. I suspect my number is off but couldn’t double check this morning.
I’ll be sure to double down on water and veggies to make any salty food intake thin out for next weeks weigh in.
Ta ta for now!
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