Shape Shifters Team Chat - DECEMBER 2022
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Hi all! It’s my first weigh in today. Have only lost a tiny bit, but I’m trying to convince myself that’s the right way. Hopefully I will keep the weight off in the long run if I’m losing it slooooowly 🐌
Bumbinella
Sunday
PW: 170.4
CW: 169.8
Have a great Sunday everyone! ☺️3 -
So I have decided to add some more indoor walking. While it may look like I am fairly active with my 14.000 step goal, it doesn't feel like it at all. I have from the moment I wake up, until bedtime to get those steps in. It isn't really a challenge for me. I step every time I have to wait for something: while brushing my teeth, when I walk Tinus outside, when I am boiling water for my tea, when I preheat the oven, etc. It is pretty easy to rack up a decent amount of steps that way, and when I am a little low for the hour of the day, I just step some in my livingroom. I feel like it does nothing for my fitness though.
I am also very much in lazy winter mode and I just want to be indoors, drinking tea, have a blanket and Tinus on my lap and do nothing. Not working out, sweating my butt off and having to shower daily with the abysmal enery prices. I am kind of over doing things I don't want to do, so I won't. But because I do want to do something more, I will start doing more intentional step sessions with some upbeat music. I like Flower Power radio for this. You can just listen in their browser: https://www.flowerpowerradio.com/ Most songs are pretty happy and fast, so it is nice to step to. I think this will be better for getting my heart rate up, and hopefully my resting heart rate down. When I started eating less and healthier in October, my RHR already dropped +/-12 points without excercise, but it is still not great I think.
Currently I am doing 3 sets of 30 minutes of energetic stepping. One in the morning, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. I plan to hit my 14.000 steps within my active hours (7:00-19:00) so the last 30 minute slot will be extra steps as well. I should end up with around 17.500+ steps that way.
There are 'better' ways to work out for sure, but this is all I am currently up to doing. No need to leave the house, no need to change clothes, no need to get super sweaty, no need to pay any money. But I do benefit from getting my heart rate up, having fun with some music, decreasing my screen time and probably burning some more calories.
I know this is a wall of text, but I just wanted to write it out for myself. I wish I had the *whatever it is* to go for walks outside (I miss taking pictures), but I can't bring myself to do it lately. Though if there is snow, I will make an exception!
Happy Sunday everyone
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jessicakrall8 wrote: »@SavageMrsMoose Glad you found a cause and that it's improvable...love on Buddy from me please...what will they do for the larynx, medications of some sort?? Thank you for your kindness...
Jessica
Unfortunately, his condition not treatable. He's starting physical therapy Monday - it sounds ridiculous to me but apparently it really helps - and he's taking thyroid medication for hypothyroidism which may slow the progress. He may be limited to wet food if he starts getting pneumonia from aspirating food.
But- he's not in any pain- seems happy and alert so we just will enjoy our time as we can!
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@leni1us Sorry about your mom. I hope she recovers well, but I imagine the dementia really complicates things.
@Bumbinella Congrats on your wedding! Finally! I'm sure it was worth the weight. Covid was so challenging for major life events that we all really need to celebrate. Vienna is a great city! Love a sacher torte (maybe why I'm always trying to lose weight -ha! ha!
@TexanMom8152 Thanks for the kind words. I feel your pain about the decorating. We have a place in Texas and in Colorado. Almost finished decorating for the holidays in Colorado- our son comes home tonight! But I still put out a few yard things at the in Houston. Maybe it's a Texas thing? Our weather is so not Christmasy that you just crave a little winter decor?
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Steps:
12/7 5,505
12/8 5,581
12/9 5,512
12/10 9,2682 -
SavageMrsMoose wrote: »@leni1us Sorry about your mom. I hope she recovers well, but I imagine the dementia really complicates things.
Thanks @SavageMrsMoose. It is hard seeing your mom deteriorate over the years. Dementia is a terrible disease. Our goal is to make sure she feels loved and cared for even if she doesn't always know who we are.
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Daily step goal: 10,000
Fri 12/9: 9,128
Sat 12/10: 10,6862 -
Nataliewr0403
Steps
12/4 10,044
12/5 8,192
12/6 9,170
12/7 7,425
12/8 7,617
12/9 7,791
12/10 9,597
I know my steps are low this week and I don't expect to improve for the next 2 weeks because work will be brutal and taking my fur baby to PT 3 times a week does not help with the issue.
In the other hand, I finished week 1 of a workout course I am taking and even though my weight did not change much...or at all, and today I tried a dress that was tight in September, could barely zip it up, and now is a bit lose, something I did not expect at all. Small wins right?
Hope you all have a great week
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Nataliewr0403 wrote: »Nataliewr0403
Steps
12/4 10,044
12/5 8,192
12/6 9,170
12/7 7,425
12/8 7,617
12/9 7,791
12/10 9,597
Hey @Nataliewr0403 ...got your steps recorded. I'm assuming this is your request to sign up for the Dec step challenge. I need to know what you want your daily step goal to be, as remember, this doesn't automatically roll over...you must re-sign up each month. Let me know.
Jessica
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WTG Shape Shifters!!! WOOHOOOOOoooooo!! Numbers from last week looking good! CONGRATS!
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@jessicakrall8 hi Jessica, got it, well this month will be silly for time to try to count steps. I rather skip December and come back full force in January.0
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Nataliewr0403 wrote: »@jessicakrall8 hi Jessica, got it, well this month will be silly for time to try to count steps. I rather skip December and come back full force in January.
@Nataliewr0403 So, you want me to delete the week of steps you just reported? Up to you, but you've got a good start there...think about it and let me know...
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weigh in: Sunday
CW: 193.1
PW: 190.9
steps
Sunday 3901
Monday 3091
Tuesday 3165
Wednesday 2147
Thursday 3527
Friday 2312
Saturday 5753
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Steps
10 Dec: 18.694
11 Dec: 18.679
Today I am writing a postcard to Taiwan for postcrossing, posting my moms Christmas card, grabbing some quiche and Christmas cookies from the grocery store, and hopefully finishing this freaking puzzle. Happy Monday everyone 5 -
12/8-5,790
12/9-11,769
12/10-9,972
12/11-14,4411 -
Happy Monday everyone. Hope everybody had a nice fun relaxing weekend! I worked most of it. I got off just after 6pm Friday and before I even got home I got a text asking me to work an over night. So I worked that shift then got off at 730am Saturday. Took the kids to see santa, then took the cat to the vet and worked 15 hours Sunday. My sons cat, is still at the vet, she had been sick a couple days but Saturday she was not doing good so I took her on, after tests and xrays, they suspected the cat ate a string or something, so they did surgery, the cat had eaten a piece of thread and the tread wrapped around her tounge and the other end had passted all the way through her digestive track. This caused a lot of damage and she had to have a chunck if intestine removed. The cat is doing good so far, may be able to come home today, ugh. So my weekend was a bit of fun but mostly chaos, ugh.
Im still trying to figure out a workout routine. My job is so active and I keep getting called into extra shifts, then with Christmas coming up, my kids have concerts, i have to shop and wrap everything, my daughter had an appointment with her asthma doctor, Its been hard to make time to workout. Hopefully I can get some sort of system down here soon.4 -
Hello Shape Shifters! Hope everyone has a great week! It appears I have more than enough company with sick pets in this group... @angmarie28 hope your cat recovers quickly. Sounds awful. And you just seem to have more than your share going on. Hoping things ease up for you soon.
@Pupowl I love puzzles so much too! I do get compulsive though. I dream about them when I am almost finished. I know that's odd.
@Nataliewr0403 How is the PT going with your dog? Did I remember that right from the earlier post? We start today with Buddy. I was a bit skeptical, but willing to try anything.
So far, this week is going to be quiet- I hope. Would like to stay put and get back in my exercise schedule. Oh, and maybe log food past breakfast and actually complete my diary??? Funny- I do so much better when I log my food. Crazy right! HAHA!
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@SavageMrsMoose
I am not that bad yet, though I may forget to eat if I am in the groove. I sometimes have a hard time quitting. But now it is already too dark to puzzle around 16:00, so that usually forces me to stop. Evenings are so long and boring in the winter. I would love to puzzle more, but alas.3 -
I did finish my puzzle today with time to spare before it got dark! It was a pretty tough one, but I enjoyed it. The hidden shapes made it a lot harder. I will put pictures under the spoiler.
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JessicaKrall8
Monday Weigh-in
PW: 303.9
CW: 303.05 -
Hey yall.
Wi is on Monday
Currently 217.8
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jessicakrall8 wrote: »
Missing 5 weigh-ins from this week (incl today):
@Susanna527
@krissmisskross
@Walela617
@mulecanter
@Nataliewr0403
Please report in ASAP and thanks! Steppers, please look at the December chart and post your steps in this chat thread to help me catch up the stats. Thanks!
Jessica
Dear Jessica and Group - it is with great regret that I am going to have to resign from this forum. My health has taken a turn for the worse, and between work, trying to do even a few social things in 2D-land, twice-weekly pulmonary therapy and the fact that I'm just not tuned into social media - it has been really hard for me lately to keep up here. My intentions were so good to really become a committed member, but I just can't. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting me hang out with you for this time, and for all the encouragement and support along the way. Jessica, do I need to do something more "official" in order to leave the group? I didn't see anything, but I could've missed it.
Wishing each and every one of you good health & happiness. Thank you again.....Susanna5 -
Susanna527 wrote: »
Jessica, do I need to do something more "official" in order to leave the group? I didn't see anything, but I could've missed it.
Susanna
@Susanna527 I'll take care of it for you. Very sorry to see you go, but it sounds like you're swamped right now just taking care of life. I totally understand. If you'd like to return once things calm down, please feel free to send me a quick message or post to our current thread and we'll get you active again. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and that things with your health get better. Take care of yourself! We'll miss you!
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@Pupowl That puzzle you shared was over the top! I like doing puzzles myself (I'm the only one in my house that enjoys them), but don't have dedicated room to work on very complex ones.3
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jessicakrall8 wrote: »Nataliewr0403 wrote: »@jessicakrall8 hi Jessica, got it, well this month will be silly for time to try to count steps. I rather skip December and come back full force in January.
@Nataliewr0403 So, you want me to delete the week of steps you just reported? Up to you, but you've got a good start there...think about it and let me know...
Jessica
I will give it a try, just keep my steps and I will try to get some not so horrid numbers1 -
AC204
Sunday
CW: 189.4
PW: 188.9
Hi @jessicakrall8, not sure if you caught my request to sign up for steps last week. Goal is 7K daily.
I fell short on my steps last week but will keep at it. Food was tough this week - holiday festivities started last Monday, 12/5 with two on Monday and another on Saturday. Unfortunately, I still give into some of those holiday temptations
Hopefully, I'll do better this holiday season but weight crept up so got to stay focused.
12/4 - 4867
12/5 - 13401
12/6 - 2404
12/7 - 7307
12/8 - 5187
12/9 - 6633
12/10 - 11530
12/11 - 4297
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@SavageMrsMoose Yes, I am the one that takes my baby to PT 3 times a week for a little over 3 months now, to say the least PT is a commitment. We also spend about 2 hours daily working with her to keep some progress going.
She went from fully paralyzed back legs with no control going to the bathroom to almost no bathroom accidents and about 70% recovery on 1 leg and about 40% on the other.
Honestly, if I would have known the outcome of her surgery in July, I would probably gone a different way. Quality of life, right?. this is the hard question every fur parents has to face, when we decide to let them go has to be because it is no life for them.
The group where I take her for PT are 2 great ladies that constantly try new things, and I would recommend you do your searches too, read about the breed, go to forums, and check other people's experiences. if you find something interesting, suggest it to the PT person,
I did a lot of reading on knuckling, braces, slings...hopefully you will not need any of them but if you do let me know so I can share my searches.
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AC204
Sunday
CW: 189.4
PW: 188.9
Hi @jessicakrall8, not sure if you caught my request to sign up for steps last week. Goal is 7K daily.
I fell short on my steps last week but will keep at it. Food was tough this week - holiday festivities started last Monday, 12/5 with two on Monday and another on Saturday. Unfortunately, I still give into some of those holiday temptations Hopefully, I'll do better this holiday season but weight crept up so got to stay focused.
12/4 - 4867
12/5 - 13401
12/6 - 2404
12/7 - 7307
12/8 - 5187
12/9 - 6633
12/10 - 11530
12/11 - 4297
You're on the chart @ac204. I'll get the steps updated shortly...
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TexanMom8152 wrote: »@Pupowl That puzzle you shared was over the top! I like doing puzzles myself (I'm the only one in my house that enjoys them), but don't have dedicated room to work on very complex ones.
To have a room to dedicate to puzzles! What a fantasy! I just don't let my family eat at the table when I've got one going!! LOL My daughter has the bug too! My son will help occasionally too. I've gotten my dad addicted as well. He needs the larger pieces to manipulate and see but I think they are good for his brain. I agree - @Pupowl - it's a lovely puzzle! The underwater lifes are some of my favorites- the animals and bright colors. I especially like the puzzles within the puzzle in yours.
@Nataliewr0403 thank you for the tips. I'm so happy to hear yours has improved so much! We live in a very remote area, and I was shocked to learn that there is a vet in a town 1.5 hours away that will come to do house calls. She came yesterday and we have 4 exercises to do each day until she comes next week. It involves lots of treats so Buddy likes it.
He has another tumor that they suspect is cancerous and want to remove and follow up with radiation. I'm trying to set up an appointment to talk to them in January- its an 8-9 hour drive and the weather can be bad- but I'm a bit on the fence. It's near his spine- what if it makes his problems worse?
And I just want to say to @jessicakrall8 - you are the kindest person. Every post of yours is positive and supportive. Plus all the effort you put into this group! You're family is very lucky to have you.
I plan on re-joining the steps challenge in January. I've needed a break from my smart watch. I can get compulsive with it. Wearing it constantly, running up and down the stairs to burn 10 more calories before bed type of thing...
Happy Tuesday all!
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