Mission Slimpossible Team Chat - DECEMBER 2022
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vegan4lyfe2012
Sunday
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Hello! merry Christmas Eve.
Storm hit and is still kind of raging. Luckily everything was closed yesterday and I am still sick so we just hunkered down at home.
Whoops, I must have fallen asleep before posting.
If you celebrate Christmas, I hope you have a special day. If you are in need of rest and calm, I hope your day is filled with peace and stillness. If you’re ready to party, I hope it’s filled with laughter and merriment.
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19shmoo69
Sunday
P. W. 281
C. W. 277
Rise and shine it's Christmas!!! The coffee is not gonna drink itself.5 -
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@Katmary71 Merry Christmas to you and the cats and Bill!
@FushiaKat Merry Christmas! I love try before you buy as well.
@laurelfit57 Merry Christmas! Lucky weigh-in day! LOL
@19shmoo69 Congrats on the loss! I am toasting you with my coffee cup this morning. What is your favorite coffee cup/tumbler? Mine is this one given to me by a friend. It has my name on it and I put a bunch of stickers all over it that I made. Merry Christmas!
Hi all. Merry Christmas/Happy Sunday! I hope this day is not a painful one for you, if it is, BIG HUGS and I hope you can make it through the day okay. For those that look at this day as a joyous occasion, I hope Santa was good to you and that you have a very good day.
MY NO-ZERO DAY WIN FROM YESTERDAY: No snacking, had 1 less piece of pizza than usual.
My phrase for the year: "Something needs to change…so I will take no crap and eat no crap!"
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Username: laurelfit57
Weigh In Day: Sunday
PW: 148.6
CW: 148.6
Goal Wieght 135-140
Well it is a win for me this month, started out December at 148.6 and I am ending the month at 148.6, for December I will take it. Merry Christmas all!!4 -
Merry Christmas to each and everyone of my friends here!!! We’ve continued being so busy I just can’t catch up but I’m gearing up to switch my focus back to myself. Our holiday festivities were kicked off with a tradition my daughter and I started last year, flipping old broken down playhouses into lasting gingerbread houses!!! This year I was busy helping my nephew so I went with a very traditional “icing only” look. My mom added some lights to bring it to life!!! We played so many games and have laughed for days!!! It has been a wonderful holiday season!!!
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I nearly forgot to weigh in today. It’s a post lunch weigh in, which is not going to be awesome but maybe it gives me a bit of a boost to start January.
Megnolia82
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@trooworld again I can't upload a picture. My favorite tumbler says DAD NO MATTER HOW HARD LIFE REMEMBER YOU DONT HAVE ANY UGLY CHILDREN.3
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@trooworld again I can't upload a picture. My favorite tumbler says DAD NO MATTER HOW HARD LIFE REMEMBER YOU DONT HAVE ANY UGLY CHILDREN.
Check to see if there is an update to the app. Mine was having that issue and then after an update it worked.1 -
I cleared my data on the app. There were no updates. Didn't work.
I then tried 3 different browsers. As much as I hate google it allowed me to post the picture.
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@19shmoo69 @shaunarlr83 @FushiaKat Congrats on making it onto the leaderboard! WTG!
@shaunarlr83 Those are amazing! I'm so impressed. I am glad you've had a great holiday season.
@19shmoo69 Oh I forgot you were having trouble. That's a hilarious tumbler!!!
Hi all. I hope you had a great Christmas if you celebrated. I did. I didn't eat too much and I had a lot of fun. My sister-in-law wrote me the most touching card and included money and a gift card, which was my favorite thing I got (the card was what made it) but I also got a lot of other great things. This year, we were able to give wonderful things to our family and friends and I'm so thankful for that. It was an excellent Christmas.
MY NO-ZERO DAY WIN FROM YESTERDAY: No snacking, didn't have dinner, had a reasonable portion of lunch and dessert.
My phrase for the year: "Something needs to change…so I will take no crap and eat no crap!"1 -
Let's take advantage of this final week of 2022 to plan and set up a few small (but effective!) habits to track in January 2023. The new Habit Tracker is ready for you!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10878952/habit-tracker-december-2022-january-2023#latest2 -
⚖️WEIGH IN⚖️
Weigh day Monday
Previous weight - 180.6
Current weight - 181.6
No exercise last week and I’m eating all the things! Really surprised this wasn’t much higher but I have been going 90-nothing every single day!3 -
@katmary71, hopefully once you get adjusted to your new blood pressure medication you will get your feisty back and be able to get a good mad on😁. I am hoping you will be able to come off that medication! Christmas only comes once a year, I know if I was a, as of yesterday we started to warm up. We were all laughing, it was -17°C, and we were just loving the weather. LOL! Although we have had this cold snap, I will definitely take this over the ice of the last two years! I think I have only had to wear the ice picks on my boots about three days when I have been out walking, which has been just delightful! Anyway, our weather trend is supposed to get up to around -10°C and that sounds just lovely to me!
I have been doing a lot of self reflection and analyzing this last month as far as my weight journey is going. I was doing well in maintenance, up until my son’s wedding. We had all the festivities involved with that, then a lot of company over the summer, much going out to restaurants with friends and family over the next few months. These are not excuses, just things that I need to learn to deal with and maintain my healthier weight. I definitely feel the extra 12 pounds I have put back on and I am determined to get that off in the next two months. I really need to focus on how to maintain my weight. I think that some of the strategies are so simple, but I have let them go since the summer…for instance, water! I am not drinking as much water as I used to, so I am back to the basics and drinking 72 oz. of water/day. I also have to reinstate no food after 7 PM and for the next two months, I will be weighing and tracking every morsel that passes my lips :-). I don’t want to get complicated, that leads to stress for me and I think the simple things will work.
In addition to my regular workouts, some thing I am really going to focus on is postural exercises. I saw a video of me running with Vannie and I was shocked! My posture has been become so bad in the last three years, I realized I am always bending over to either feed her or pet her as we are out and walking about, my shoulders are very slumped forward. Push-ups have never been my thing, but I started on them three days ago and I was able to do three proper push-ups lol. I think I really need to focus on exercises for my core and my back, push-ups seem to be a good place to start :-). If any of you have any great posture exercises that you like, please do share :-).
Well, it is a balmy -14° C here so I am going to get Little Miss Vannie out and we are going to get a nice walk in. I hope everybody has an amazing day!2 -
Hi everyone,
Pretty much vegetating today. For Christmas I bought tickets for my kids, my parents and my sister and me and my husband to go see Joseph (the musical) in Toronto. Today I had to give away my ticket because I am still much too sick to even think of going. I’m so disappointed. I bought the tickets months ago and I have been in love with this musical since the Donny Osmond days in the 90s.
I’ll stay home tonight and try to sleep. I hope they enjoy themselves.2 -
I am so sorry, I don’t know what happened to my post earlier, it is missing the whole middle section, I do know I tried to correct something and I must have deleted much of it.
I am just getting ready to go out, but I want to try to quickly put in some of what I know I deleted out. (I wish I could delete that post above.)
@Trooworld how is your eye doing? It sounds like you had an amazing Christmas, sometimes they heartfelt words in a card mean much more than a gift ever could.
@Fushiakat huge congratulations to you for reaching your goal🎉🎉🎉. What a great way to end off 2022.🥂
@Cornanda I’m glad you’re eating was OK, I am sure with being at work and having much family around there are treats that are irresistible! I’m sure you had a lovely Christmas with your family
@katmary71, hopefully once you get adjusted to your new blood pressure medication you will get your feisty back and be able to get a good mad on😁. I am hoping you will be able to come off that medication! Christmas only comes once a year, I know if I was around cookies I would definitely be eating them.
The last 10 days our weather has been insane, between -35°C as low as -50°C. As of yesterday we started to warm up.
We were all laughing, it was -17°C, and we were just loving the weather. LOL! Although we have had this cold snap, I will definitely take this over the ice of the last two years! I think I have only had to wear the ice picks on my boots about three days when I have been out walking, which has been just delightful! Anyway, our weather trend is supposed to get up to around -10°C and that sounds just lovely to me!
I have been doing a lot of self reflection and analyzing this last month as far as my weight journey is going. I was doing well in maintenance, up until my son’s wedding. We had all the festivities involved with that, then a lot of company over the summer, much going out to restaurants with friends and family over the next few months. These are not excuses, just things that I need to learn to deal with and maintain my healthier weight. I definitely feel the extra 12 pounds I have put back on and I am determined to get that off in the next two months. I really need to focus on how to maintain my weight. I think that some of the strategies are so simple, but I have let them go since the summer…for instance, water! I am not drinking as much water as I used to, so I am back to the basics and drinking 72 oz. of water/day. I also have to reinstate no food after 7 PM and for the next two months, I will be weighing and tracking every morsel that passes my lips :-). I don’t want to get complicated, that leads to stress for me and I think the simple things will work.
In addition to my regular workouts, some thing I am really going to focus on is postural exercises. I saw a video of me running with Vannie and I was shocked! My posture has been become so bad in the last three years, I realized I am always bending over to either feed her or pet her as we are out and walking about, my shoulders are very slumped forward. Push-ups have never been my thing, but I started on them three days ago and I was able to do three proper push-ups lol. I think I really need to focus on exercises for my core and my back, push-ups seem to be a good place to start :-). If any of you have any great posture exercises that you like, please do share :-).
Well, it is a balmy -14° C here so I am going to get Little Miss Vannie out and we are going to get a nice walk in. I hope everybody has an amazing day!2 -
I need a little bit of help here, feel free to chime in. I've reached my goal weight and now I want to maintain. What should my range be if I do not want to weigh more than 140lbs? 130 - 140, or tighter 135 - 140lbs? 134 - 139lbs? how do I choose a range?
I did indulge in Lemon cake with lemon curd in the middle that I made, but truth be told I missed my fruit. And I can see how sugar can be addicting for me, I ate a little and then I wanted more. I'm fighting off the urge to lick the frosting off the cake, lol I did yardwork for 2 hours today to make up for that lemon cake last night.3 -
Hey y'all, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Mine was great, everybody came over and a couple extras that had no where to go. A short funny story, my son got me 2 charms for a Pandora bracelet, they are absolutely beautiful. I hugged and told him I love them, then I told him that I don't have a Pandora bracelet and asked him if he wanted to return them but, he said, "No" you are getting a bracelet. Lol, I guess there was a miscommunication between him and my oldest daughter.
I have one more Christmas brunch tomorrow because one of my daughters and her 3 kids could not be here and one of my grand beauties will be staying with me for a few days. She says she needs "some grandma time." Be still my beating heart 🥰
I'm going to be working on getting back on track but, I have a lot of cookies that need to be eaten so, I'm going to try and limit those to 2 after dinner. Lol... I'll also be pushing them onto everybody that walks into the house. I'm going to make slow and steady changes this week and then next week it'll be game on.
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@laurelfit57 I've always heard maintenance is harder than actual weight loss. This is a bummer for me because I struggle all the time to get the weight off. It sounds like you've done a lot of thinking and know what you need to do. I also need to work on my posture, it's horrible. I don't have any exercises, sorry. Oh my gosh, I had to look up what -14C was in F, it is 6.8F! That's soooo cold! I'm glad Vannie has boots and a jacket to keep her warmish. You are going to hate me, but it was 82F here yesterday (27.8C)! Too hot for December!
My eye: better but the stye is still there. They did say that it would take a few weeks to heal. Yes about the heartfelt words, it meant so much to me!!! I can't even imagine that amount of cold.
@FushiaKat I am not at maintenance but I think when I get there, it would be most helpful to have a window of about 10 lbs. That way, you can accommodate for holidays and special occasions and weird weigh-ins. Congrats again! Your cake sounds amazing.
@DrewsAnna I'm glad you had a good Christmas. LOL about the bracelet!!! I hope you enjoy the brunch today.
Hi all. I had to get two new tires on my car yesterday which was unexpected. I just got 2 new tires in Sept and Oct. Now, I should be set on tires for a while I guess lol. But it was an unexpected expense and I'm upset about it. My husband made ground turkey tacos last night for dinner and after he put the meat and the cheese in the tortillas, he put the tacos in the air fryer. Then when they came out, they were super crispy like they were fried. He put lettuce and tomato and a little sour cream after they came out and they were sooooo good! I highly recommend this method!
MY NO-ZERO DAY WIN FROM YESTERDAY: No snacking, choose a wise dinner instead of eating out even though I was stressed.
My phrase for the year: "Something needs to change…so I will take no crap and eat no crap!"2 -
@happysquidmuffin - you sure did!!! I can’t believe I wasn’t a bit more active 😅 I’m gonna challenge you again to start getting back in the habit of hitting my goals. How was it with the trainer!?
@Fushiakat - Congrats!!! How exciting!!! I can’t wait until I’m logging in to post I’ve hit my goal weight!!!! What a great ending to this year!! When I hit goal a few years back I stayed in a 5lb. Range. When I was at +5 I knew I needed to switch things up. It worked for a good 6 months, life stepped in and got really hard then and I no longer cared about maintaining.
I’m happy to hear everyone stayed safe through the arctic blast, in Oklahoma we had two nights of -14°f which I think I heard someone say was a record low but we all managed just fine. My brother and kids lost power for a few hours but the ice and snow was minimal so all ended well for everyone I know.
I’m in a weird mood. Can’t sleep right now and woke up wide awake after only laying in bed for 4 hours. Yesterday I woke up thinking it was cleaning day and I was really eager to put away all decorations. It didn’t happen. My mom wanted to go shopping but all the little shops took an extended holiday! I did manage to throw away all trash left from the party, wash all dishes, and organize my clothes back so not a wasted day.
I don’t think I shared my family drama here but I did post it to my FB wall this summer. After my moms first knee replacement I had left to go on the road like usual and she didn’t talk to me much. I assumed she was upset that I didn’t stick around to help her out afterwards like I did when she had her hip surgery but come to find out she was informed that my sisters 6 kids had been being molested by her bf and it had been going on for quite some time. He is actually the father to her youngest girls. Her cousin was given emergency custody but eventually the 4 older went to live with their dad. This week was the first time we’ve seen them in 5 months. My mom was so torn by all of this and the drama and emotions that followed but I know seeing them and having me here really made her year!!! It was news to us that the two boys actually went to live with their other grandma but the girls got to come here Christmas Eve and are now staying the rest of their school break!
While I am so super happy and excited, love being around them and spending time with them…I realize I’m not in as good of a place as I thought. After just 24 hours I could feel my nerves were shot and I’m looking for ways to get a break from them (they bicker and argue a lot; 10 and 7 years old). It’s been awhile since I was around little kids for long periods of time.
Their is still so much drama swirling from all of this, my mom and sister aren’t speaking right now and although I was staying on good terms with her so I could still see my youngest nieces I was really blown away when my husband got drunk one night and told me that my sister and her cousin went over to hang out with him. 😳
I don’t plan on dwelling in drama.
I ran into my old hs best friend the other day and I really feel this urgent need for friends. I’m not sure if trying to reconnect with old friends is the way to go though, I know we have all changed so much. I also feel very strongly that I need to have a night of drinking 😅 I’ll need to go hang out with one of my brothers or have my daughter take me out but with everyone working all different shifts it gets difficult. I might plan a fun night for NYE we will see.
In the meantime I’m applying for other jobs and my aunt has asked me to come help her clean her house back up after the holidays. That will give a bit of spending money and keep my mind preoccupied as well as give me a break from the girls and let my mom get her fill of them 😂
Looks like I’ll be putting off getting 100% on track until the 1st! I’ll sit down and write out my goals this week and post when I’ve got them done.
I hope everyone ends this year in a good place and starts next year in a better place!!!
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Good Morning MS .... You have a new member joining your amazing team ... Please welcome @lrjogger1
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Good morning MS team. My name is Laurie I’m excited to be joining you all for the fat to fit challenge in January. I was involved in a couple MFP challenges many years ago and I know how the accountability, challenges, and community helped me and others, so here I am.
Currently I live in San Antonio, TX with my husband, work part time as an ED tech and am a full time nursing student. This is a second career for me - worked 30 years in Insurance. I have 3 adult children and 2 grandchildren in MN.
My reasons for wanting to lose weight and getting fit again is to have longevity, strength, and endurance as I set out on this new journey as a nurse. I believe that God has a purpose for me in this area and I want to be the best nurse that I can be.5 -
Not sure if this is where I post starting weight for January but my starting weight is 177.2 and my weigh in day is Tuesday.4
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happysquidmuffin
Weigh in: Tuesday
PW: 137.5
CW: 139.5
😤 *long high-pitched screams*
Hey, it was Christmas. I ATE STUFF.
@shaunarlr83 the trainer was helpful; we didn’t get to the fitness test part but we’ll do that Thursday. It’s waaay too expensive though so I’m just gonna do these 2 more free sessions. Yes let’s do another challenge; that definitely kept me more active than I would have been otherwise.
I went to a group cardio class Saturday morning and last night, and I’ll try to do another this week. Icy roads due to freezing rain, but I did some light cardio in the living room today. I am really trying to go hard at this. I want to hit my weight goal really bad, but I’ll also settle for 135 before my cruise.
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@lrjogger1 - welcome!! So excited to have you here! I hate that you jumped in just after my melodramatic post early this morning. I’m not always this way I promise 😂😂😂4
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@shaunarlr83 thanks for the welcome. We all need a place to get stuff off our chest. No judgement from me - everyone has some kind of family drama. Looking forward to being encouraged and encouraging you and the whole team!! Let’s go Mission Slimpossible!!2
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