WaistAways Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2022
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ashleycarole86 wrote: »I hit a major mental funk last night - Sunday blues on overdrive. I had exercise plans that I just completely gave up on. I was feeling bad about it today so after work I got to it and crushed out what I had planned to do yesterday. Feeling much better!
It never ceases to amaze me how hard it is sometimes to get moving when we're in one of those funks, or just hitting the inertia of less movement. I hit that yesterday - by lunch I had hardly moved, didn't want to do my workout at ALL even though it was "the day", had not practiced, taken a walk on a beautiful day, or any of the things. But I booted myself a good one, did the workout (circuit version which is fast and sweaty!), and felt so amazing that all the rest happened too. I'm still feeling great this morning, so will get to the things earlier before the sluggishness sets in.
Keep remembering that lesson even when it feels impossible. And enjoy your ride with @DianaGetsFit512 !!5 -
Tuesday weigh-in
PW: 237.8
CW: 237.8
No loss/no gain.6 -
I am feeling much better today, but did make a dr appointment for tomorrow anyway. Not sure what that funk was. Hoping it's not some sort of post Covid thing. Had bloodwork this morning. Getting my flu shot after school today. Trying to get caught up with the health requirements.
We are having a Thanksgiving Feast in PreK on Thursday, so lots of prep with the kiddos for that event. There is soooooo much sickness among these poor kiddos and teachers. We had 11 teachers out in our little school the other day.
I am happy to report that I have PRE-LOGGED alll my food today. It kept me from eating a little piece of Halloween candy that was in my lunch bag. I knew how many calories I had left and it wasn't worth it. Hey, this logging thing if done properly could actually work!! (This from someone who USED to religiously log her food. ). You do get tired of it sometimes. It's just not a good thing to ignore it for very long.
Baking season-- I am a big baker especially during the holiday season, so I need a plan. I need lots of plans. This past year has REALLY been a challenge in my life. To move and feel like I was in a temporary holding pattern has been hard. We still don't know what happens next. So many pieces to finding a house, selling our (in general or to my son). It's not the best time to buy a house and the housing market here is rough. Very expensive and not a huge supply of nice houses. Oh well. It will all work out in time.
I need to get these kiddos up. Have a great day everyone.5 -
CarolAnnM2 wrote: »@DianaGetsFit512 Congratulations on the weigh and away!!
I’m sorry, but what does weigh and away mean lol
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@DianaGetsFit512 “ but I did the responsible thing and weighed out what was left to estimate how much Id had (almost 500cal!!!!) So I decided to throw out what was left” Weigh and throw away, lol0
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I'm excited for an expected 6-8 inches of snow tomorrow
I already parked at the bottom of our private road so that I don't have to worry about driving down the steep twisty curves in wet slippery snow. So today was the first walk up the hill of the year - probably not the last drive up though. In any case, I'm just glad the white stuff is arriving!
Wednesday people - are you ready?? Here you go:
@AshenMoon
@KellyBgetsFit
@lauren_989
@alydanbeads
Tally ho!6 -
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@jugar It never gets old to see you excited about winter! One thing I find with my movement that you hit on as well is that if you let the sluggishness of the day set in, it becomes so much harder to convince yourself to get out of it. I always appreciate when I can get activity in early, but I need to keep a bag of tricks to keep me moving even when that's not possible. Today was good - I had such a huge night of exercise last night and then a fairly poor sleep that I didn't intend on doing much but work and rest today, but I still got in my 10K steps, so that feels like a great win!
Food was also on track today, and it was an alcohol free day! Those have been a bit rare as of late, so that is another nice win.
Great job on the steps in week 2 folks - and I realize I missed our shout out to those who laddered up (increased steps week 2 over week 1), so way to go ME (lol), @lauren_989 , @LoraineGB and @bobagurl2017 for that!
Won't miss that next week, so get out there and get stepping and let's see who can improve their week 3 over their week 2!4 -
I'm officially feeling more human this week after being sick for way to long. I used my sauna bag Sunday night and it really gave me a needed boost. I'm working towards getting my macros back in order. Protein just doesn't sound super yummy but I'm working on it. I'm getting up at 5 AM for workouts but taking it easy. Just simple light weight or ballet stuff, nothing crazy. Then I spend the extra time playing with the guinea pigs before getting everyone ready for school. My caseload is almost full at work. I only have 4 slots left. There is no backup plan so a little stressful. This normally isn't a concern until April. So many kids.3
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Weigh In Day: Wednesday
PW (Previous Weight): 156.0
CW (Current Weight): 155.2
Another small loss. I had a week of dealing with hormones, bloating, and cramping, so I'll take it even if it wasn't much.4 -
PW 150
CW 149.2
It feels good to finally be back in the 140s for the first time since April. I think it will be a challenge to get to 145 by the end of the
Year, but I am going to try and it should keep me on track for the holidays. My weigh in was lower Monday and my stomach is funky this morning so hopefully it is lower tomorrow.7 -
I agree with you @ashleycarole86 about it being harder to exercise if you've already spent most of the day in a slump.
The follow up call from my wellness check was today, and the kidney related results warrant a re-test. I've booked in for repeat bloods on Monday, and I also booked a video call with the private GP this Friday about a dietician referral. The prospect of having kidney disease is really sobering. Fingers crossed for both things.
Going for a walk with OH after tea. I know that one walk is going to make zero difference to my kidneys but it feels like something I can do right now. Plus one walk today, another tomorrow, another Friday.. it's Wednesday today, right?!
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@DD265 I'm glad you will be re-tested soon for your kidneys, but try not to worry too much - an ambiguous result that needs a re-test is a sign that if there is anything, it is not yet so severe that the test is certain. And kidneys are quite brilliant at recovering. Have a lovely walk (or already had it, I hope!) and every day. It will make a difference, even if not exclusively on your kidneys
@KellyBgetsfit back into the 140s!!! Rock that tiara 6 -
Supper is late because I procrastinated my workout for ages. I had to give myself the speech I gave @ashleycarole86 the other day, with a slap upside the back of my own head to go with it! Went out for a walk in the snow earlier though Now I'm sweaty and hungry, and glad I did the danged workout. Shower and food! 5
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PW: 210.6
CW: 210.6
No loss or gain this week which I am proud of for how I ate when my dad was here. Today was another story though...I ate at least double what I should have 😳
I overslept this morning, so I could only do 30 minutes at the gym instead of an hour like normal. Went out to eat lunch with friends...had a delicious raspberry margarita. That's fruit, right? 😂 Got home and started to do some work from home. One stressful inbasket notice after another. Then checked my e-mail and realized I missed a meeting today. I am always paranoid about missing things and check my calendar 5 times a day it seems like. So now I'm mad at myself for missing this work meeting and it's freezing and dark out, so what do I do? Go and get a peppermint milkshake from chick fil a.
Bad choices today, on top of stress, and I feel like I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Sorry for the long rant.
My husband asked me what my food plan for tomorrow is, helping me get back on track and I plan to go to the gym tomorrow evening. Now I am in bed so I can hopefully just go to sleep and wake up refreshed for a new day.7 -
@lauren_989 your rant was exactly the right thing to do! Unload all that mess of a day, smile at how delicious the margarita and the milkshake were, share the stress - that is just the right thing to do. And then pick yourself up tomorrow morning and make it a great one. Pre-log, move, do all the things that kept you from gaining while your dad was visiting. You've got this!3
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Next up - the ever wonderful Thursday people:
@bowens1973
@ashleycarole86
@eggfreak
@conleywoods
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@lauren_989 I missed a customer facing meeting once and beat myself up for weeks afterwards. My boss reckons everybody has done it at least once! Rant away; getting things off our chests is far more helpful than bottling them up.
Thanks @jugar, I am feeling better this morning. We did go for our walk, about 1hr20 in the end, and I made the decision to give up diet soda unless I'm out or bought a meal. I know I drink an unhealthy amount and there are studies linking high diet soda consumption to increased risk of declining kidney function. Diet soda is one of the things I'm most likely to binge on, so I will have to be mindful, at least for the first few weeks, but I think this is a positive rule.
I've just moved on to the next step of the BED recovery program (Overcoming Binge Eating, Second Edition: The Proven Program to Learn Why You Binge and How You Can Stop - Christopher G. Fairburn). Amazingly, I've completed 6 weeks on the program. As a recap, the previous steps all build on top of one another and were:- tracking what you eat, weighing once a week
- eating planned regular meals
- substituting alternative activities
Step 4 is about problem solving. The example he gives in the book is somebody has no plans for their evening, and they're tired - i.e. they're already predisposed to binge by being tired, and they're going to be bored on top. In step 3, you would come up with activities you could do when the urge to binge strikes; exercising, reading, phoning a friend etc. In step 4, you're trying to be more proactive in identifying the problem and working it through, so you'd check your calendar at lunch and see you have zero plans for the evening, review the options for how you could deal with it, and then act by making plans with a friend for later that day. There's another important step, which is to look back the next day at how successfully you 'solved' the problem.5
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