WaistAways Team Chat - JANUARY 2023
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Just checking in..it was a bit of a chaotic day and...back at work like many of you. I feel good about my food choices and quantity. Someone earlier was asking about pre-logging? I do best at tracking my food when I pre-log - usually as I lay in bed the night before OR if I made up something in bulk that I plan to have every day (soup,salads,oatmeal,etc) - I copy it from day to day and get it in there. So if my day changes, I just delete or adjust quantities, but I find it helps to have a plan already in my food diary.
@conleywoods love the gingerbread village photo - and the sled into them plan
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CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »CW for January 1st is 179.8, ugh, lol.
Still, not 180, so, I'll take it. And now to make progress.
Last night was my first gym night of the new year, and I did this backward arch, except with my hands on the chair seat:
The instructor said it looked very pretty.
The room is covered in mirrors, I saw myself, it did look pretty good.
I've got crock pot bulgogi on for later, and I'll put it over either normal rice if I have enough calories, or cauliflower rice if I don't. Breakfast and lunch are packed (chicken sausage with egg whites, and two soy marinated eggs with tumeric sweet potatoes and chimicurri), looking forward to a good day diet-wise. Almost forgot my apple, gotta go do that.
Have a great day, everyone!
ETA goals for 2023! I'd like to be solidly 160 by the end of the year, if I can't hit goal, which I might- 150. There is a chasm between 160 and 150 for me, in my experience.
2023 will be the Year of the Split- I'm going to do a split at least one way (straddle, front left, or front right) by the end of the year. It will take almost daily practice to get there.
Workout goals: at least 4 classes a week, 240 minutes.
@CupcakeCrusoe you have until Friday to work on that number!! I'm sure you'll make a dent in it and make the gap with 180 bigger
That chair backbend looks amazing - and I sure wish I could still do the splits...
My heart goes out to all of you heading back to the office, the classroom, and the wild work environment. I'm seeing a lot of good plans and attitudes though - Hang in there!!
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@DianaGetsFit512 @CupcakeCrusoe
Got your goals down for January!
On that note - final call for anyone who was participating in the December step challenge who still wants to get me your steps for the final week (Dec 25-31)
1/2 exercise:
6333 steps + 37 minutes Peloton4 -
@wishfuljune Keeping my fingers crossed your offer is accepted. What an exciting time!
@conleywoods We survived! My mental space was so poor at the end of last year, so I was determined to go in today with a better attitude. I can be my own worst enemy in my head. It won't ALWAYS work, but I managed well today.
Food is tracked.
Water has been consumed.
I am over my 10K steps.
Reading is done!
Brad rode the Peloton and we're just about to retreat for some dinner and TV.. my fav!!6 -
@ashleycarole86 So glad you made it through the day 🙌 Tomorrow it's my turn to brave work. It should be fine but it just isn't as nice as home.
Today was another day of being hungry at my normal snack time. It's such a hard habit to break and I think it's more habit than hunger 😕 I hope maybe work will distract me. I didn't snack and no sugar today either. Today was a breakfast, lunch and dinner day. Food was good but not on macros. I'm experimenting with food and macros and I am interested in making some changes. I see my wellness coach this Thursday so I can run it by her. I'm ready to try some new stuff. Got up at 5 am and did a 20 minute bike and a 15 minute HIIT. It was early and even the guinea pigs weren't excited to see me. They just stayed in bed for the first 15 minutes.
Love hearing about everyone's plans!
@wishfuljune Fingers crossed for getting the house! We want pictures if you get it.6 -
Forgot weigh in again, and I don't remember the PW but
CW: 172.4
To re introduce to the group. I am a 29 year old stay at home mom of my kids in Idaho. I had 20 years of riding and training horses before 2 major injuries in the past couple years left me finding a new path in life. Since having kids I had ballooned to my highest weigh of 200 lbs. I have gotten down to 170 ish which seems like a nice accomplishment but I don't feel like I look much different, and no one I know brings up that I look like I lost weigh, so that has been discouraging. I do notice things like jogging places and playing with kids is much easier and I can see more muscle definition so that's good.
I've been struggling with what seems to be gallbladder issues. I dropped down to low fat and felt great but it was boring so I slowly added in more variety of foods and suddenly find myself in pain again so time to cut down again.
I have a hard time getting exercise as I hate gym work and relied on horses to keep my exercise up. So I am having to work hard to keep active enough these days. I also despise winter and lack of sunshine so dealing with seasonal depression just kicks me when I'm down! This is by far my least favorite month for many reasons, so i need to focus on getting through while maintaining weigh, for me no major gain is the main goal this month.7 -
Good to see you @kto0194 ! You must miss working horses so much, and I know what you mean about having exercise become something that is somehow separate from "normal" life. Work that involves a lot of exercise is fantastic, but injuries can sure force a change. Keeping active feels good though - I hope you find some enjoyable ways to keep at it. It helps with depression too. Hugs to you!
Time for the Wednesday crowd to line up and get ready:
@AshenMoon
@KellyBgetsFit
@lauren_989
@alydanbeads
Still hoping for overdue weigh-ins:
@annieo22
@Major_Psy_Girl
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Good morning WaistAways!
@wishfuljune fingers crossed, how exciting!
@ashleycarole86 I hear you on poor mental space at work. I feel like no one really works super hard (or wants to) between all the holidays at the end of the year- too much to do outside work.
@conleywoods I'm not adverse to snack time, but when I get snacky and I'm not sure it's hunger, I drink a zero-sugar soda or a cup of interesting tea with splenda to get a taste of something, if that makes sense. Would that work for you?
@kto194 from 200 to 170ish is definitely a visible change- having gone through it myself (almost, lol). Either you see people so often that they didn't notice how gradually it happened, or people are very hesitant to comment on weight loss in case it wasn't planned, kwim? Either way, BIG congratulations from me!
Have a great day, everyone!5 -
Weigh In: Wednesday
PW: 152.2
CW: 150.6
My reintroduction: My name is Cristy and I'm 48 year old wife and mom to adult children (19 & 23). I've been struggling with perimenopause and 3 months ago figured out that my cholesterol was pretty high, so it was time to make a change. So I changed my diet and am trying to exercise more. I'm down nearly 15 pounds from Oct 1st, so I'm pretty happy with that. However I know there are still ways I need to improve. So my goals for the year are:
1) Drink more water. Sounds simple but I'm really bad about not drinking enough water throughout the day. And drinking plenty of water affects so many functions of our bodies... so I know it will impact my health if I follow through.
2) Exercise 30 minutes a day at least 3 days a week. Honestly I rather make my goal 5 or 6 days a week, but right now with my schedule, I just know that's not realistic, so I'm setting my expectations lower so hopefully I will follow through it.
Happy New Year!6 -
PW: 218.8
CW: 216.6
Yay! Off to a great start! Now I just need to maintain these habits! I read a post on facebook that said "you are not cheating, you are making a choice to deviate from your goals." That really stood out to me as really holding myself accountable for my choices. I know that this won't work for the long run if I think of this like a diet, it needs to be a lifestyle change. I'm working on solidifying some small habits to make small changes that add up to big results!
@kto0194 I had gallbladder issues about 10 years ago after losing 50 pounds relatively quickly. Kudos to you for following a lot fat diet to keep it manageable. I had mine removed, got out of the diet/exercise habit and gained a bunch of weight since I could eat fatty foods again 😂7 -
@CupcakeCrusoe I'm working on not snacking so I have more periods of time when my body isn't making insulin. The health coach suspects I have insulin resistance so we are trying new things. Tea and coffee are fine and do help a ton! Artificial sweetener of any kind are out for snacks because your body makes insulin when you eat them. I was told to expect cravings. It is just hard. Hope it gets better and I might need a tea pot at work!
@lauren_989 Great job this week 👏 I have heard a similar message which was you either decide to have weight loss day or not. If it's your birthday you might want to decide today is not a weight loss day. Same idea, it's a choice we must make.
@kto0194 I also had my gallbladder out after a 40 lb loss. I felt so much better after I had it removed!3 -
Greetings friends!
@wishfuljune I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your house offer! Well done for doing your 20 minute session of Grow with Jo - she's my go-to when I just need to do something, but I'm just not in the mood. I'm a fan!
@CupcakeCrusoe All I can say is "wow!" Your backward arch is more than impressive.
I am so far managing to keep updating my habit tracker. Today's logging, however, looks pretty brutal - over my calories by quite a bit, I'm afraid. And my 25 minutes on the bike didn't soften the damage by very much either.
Oh well - water under the bridge.
And @conleywoods - your annual gingerbread house tradition is so wonderful. What a treat for the deer!
Stay well, friends!
TTFN
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I could as easily be called 'soupfreak' - one big batch of M.Stewart's veg & bean soup coming up.
@lauren_989 like that quote "you are not cheating, you are making a choice to deviate from your goals." and I do like the idea of allowing a loose day.4 -
I think I could be 'stewfreak' @eggfreak - I make lots of soups, but they are always as thick as stews! Veg and bean soup is always wonderful. I made two batches of lentil soup while I was at my mom's, and it is always on the rotation too.
@lauren_989 I like that statement as well - thanks for sharing it! Choosing not to make progress towards your goal for a day can be OK sometimes, but the clarity of thinking of it in that way is good.
I am having a tired day, and I also got stuck into a banking telephone nightmare that went on for WAY too long. Hopefully someone is calling me tomorrow to fix the problem. It is completely frustrating - in order to do a particular transaction they need to send me a code on my cell phone, but they will not send it to my Canadian number. When I try to change it to a different method, they want to send a code on my cell phone but they cannot because... etc. One ridiculous runaround after another. Grrrrrr. In any case, that + covid made me tired today! It is about the only symptom that is bothersome, and I cannot wait for it to go away.
The to-do list (which has been the procrastination list for the past week) is growing. Need to get at some of this stuff tomorrow! Today's try at the banking was a bit discouraging 😨
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@jugar - I am so sorry to hear about the banking issue!! I hope that tomorrow is better and that they can assist you. Calls like that can be so frustrating! When I had COVID in July, I was tired for three weeks after my symptoms had subsided; walking my dog just around the block was draining! Hang in there and hope you feel better soon!
I’m happy to share that our offer was accepted! I’m speaking to home inspectors tomorrow to schedule something soon, and my husband and I are wrapping things up with our lender for our application. I didn’t do a workout today, but I did take my walk outside without my pup which was a good break in the middle of a very exciting day.7 -
wishfuljune wrote: »I’m happy to share that our offer was accepted! I’m speaking to home inspectors tomorrow to schedule something soon, and my husband and I are wrapping things up with our lender for our application. I didn’t do a workout today, but I did take my walk outside without my pup which was a good break in the middle of a very exciting day.
Great news!!! You must be so excited. Happy dances burn plenty of calories!5 -
@wishfuljune Amazing news for you and your husband! Congrats...
Today was another good day. Brad and I met at lunch for a walk, I knew we were eating out after so I pre-tracked it this morning and planned around it, and then tonight I got on the Peloton for a 30 minute ride.
I've been doing good with my habits. Things are feeling good. They can't all be good days - but a string of them together is just the momentum swing I needed!
1/3 exercise:
11342 steps6 -
My pre-checking on the habit tracker is going great so far! I really, really don't want to have to remove a check mark, so I actually do the things when I don't feel like it. So far, the not wanting to remove check marks is stronger than the not wanting to do the workout! I have also been pre-logging my exercise bike session on MFP. It is weird how tired I can feel before exercise, and then feel fine afterwards!
So! Thursday people? Are you ready?
@bowens1973
@ashleycarole86
@eggfreak
@conleywoods
Remaining pre-Thursday people? Don't forget!
@AshenMoon
@KellyBgetsFit
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Things are going pretty well. Just exhausted from being lead teacher to 16 little ones. I’m trying to read through but keep falling asleep so I better listen to my body.
@wishfuljune Congratulations!!!! How exciting for you.5 -
@wishfuljune Congrats on having your offer accepted. Now the fun begins…3
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