WaistAways Team Chat - JANUARY 2023
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@ashleycarole86 - thanks! I appreciate you taking the long view about having a day with calorie intake above goal - more deficit or expect lower results. That keeps everything in perspective without getting into a shame/blame mental funk. I'm going to remember that! I'm off to take a walk on the beach.
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@ashleycarole86
Sun: 7738 and 30 min peloton
Mon: 11118 and 30 min peloton
Tues: 9524
Wed: 7420
Thurs: 7550 and 30 min peloton
Fri: 8107 and 30 min strength workout
Sat: 6530 and 20 min peloton and 10 min strength4 -
PW 98.0kg
CW 96.6kg
Morning all,
For the most part I have been really good at hitting all my targets each day, which were tracking, 10k steps and 2litres of water, though I don’t think I hit any of these on Saturday 😬
My goal for this week is the same as above, with the addition of trying to post once or twice a week (this pushes me way out of my comfort zone, so probably the hardest one yet)
Step challenge info
Sunday -10328
Monday - 10152
Tuesday - 14115
Wednesday - 11454
Thursday - 12151
Friday - 11875
Saturday - 6533
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Steps&exercise for this past week:
Sunday - 8612 + 15 Pilates + 45 bike
Monday - 5897 + 15 Pilates
Tuesday - 10,057 + 25 Pilates + 45 bike
Wednesday -6313 + 15 Pilates + 45 bike
Thursday - 7154 + 30 bike (slower than usual...)
Friday - 9357 + 30 Pilates + 45 bike
Saturday - 16,456
I have not yet gotten back onto my strength workouts this week - the covid tiredness is my excuse! Not really sure it is real - maybe it's just from sitting around too much
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What’s up with your foot? I trust it’s not from “Supper Abdication”? I have some ideas for foot issues so let me know where, what (helps feel better) when, how, etc. Happy to send you some energy, too!…Lots of taking down of decorations around here. I will get a walk in, but my foot has been bothering me a lot.
I was about to un-decorate the tree but now that Monica is home (& also positive with Covid), we’ll keep the tree lit whenever we’re in the living-room so we can all catch up a little from the pre-Christmas void whilst she was house sitting and we were working longer hours. Little wonder we picked up “The Covid” (as they say in North Carolina).
I’m feeling markedly better from Covid although cautiously optimistic. Tonight will be the last dose of Paxlovid. It’s helped a lot but aware of the possibility of “breakthrough”, if I don’t keep resting and eating decently. Oh, and drinking water. Nice, plain water works best for my digestion system which doesn’t tolerate any artificial sweeteners, including Stevia.
Here’s to a new week with increased steps, fresh air, and honeyed tisanes. Ok, coffee, too. I’m not ready to be *that* cleaned up!
Xoxo
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I'm a little late with my intro this month... I'm Katie, 34, from England where I live with my husband and our two cats. I hang out in the support team these days; I've recently overcome binge eating disorder, and now I'm working with a dietician where the focus is on being healthier rather than losing weight. I need to lose over 30kg to be in a healthy BMI range, but fixing my relationship with food is more important than strict dieting right now.
Over Christmas I had zero routine - being off work but OH still working shifts - and it really threw me off. Tracking my food intake has become a big issue, partly due to this lack of routine and also I don't feel I need a lot of the BED stuff now so it feels like this huge chore. I have a dietician session on Tuesday and am hoping we'll come up with an alternative. I have, for the most part, been sticking to 3 meals and 3 snacks a day and trying to keep those balanced, plus less fast food.
My birthday is this coming week, and OH has bought me a treadmill. It's currently in pieces in the conservatory waiting for a mat to arrive to protect the floor/reduce noise. I'm looking forward to being able to use it no matter the weather, if it's dark etc - finding walking companions has been a struggle and I've spent far too much time sitting down lately. Hopefully the mat will arrive tomorrow and I can get cracking.8 -
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@jugar
I just have to say that your fitness numbers are always inspiring
COVID or not - you make it happen
@YinxFed
What I see when I put in your numbers is a woman who moves her body in many different ways. Strength, HIIT, yoga, biking, cardio, yoga... you've got it all girl. You crushed your goal 6/7 days this week and started January off on a great foot.
@DD265
A new treadmill - how fun! I'd like to have one of those too.. not sure I have a place to put it now but maybe someday!
@Meals12
Nice work on there on the steps this week. Looking forward to seeing you push yourself for those posts when you're ready so we can get to know more about your story. Nailing your targets across the board 6 days of the week is great from a consistency perspective!8 -
1/7 exercise:
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I have done really well this weekend! Made it to the gym 2 days and met all my goals for both days. I am hoping to look at this coming week later this evening, so I can make sure I have an overall plan of attack.
@DD265 we have a treadmill at home that I use once in a while haha. One thing that I learned was that treadmills use a lot of energy. I don't know if it's similar in England, but when we use the treadmill, I can't use anything else on the circuit or it will blow. And however they wired our house, there is a lot on the one circuit. Ideally, we need to hire an electrician to drop a dedicated outlet for the treadmill.5 -
Our last week of the December challenge was December 25-31, and we had five people bravely report their steps for that last week.
While this is late, and we have a whole group of new January folks reporting in that weren't part of December, I didn't want to miss the opportunity to publish the report for December week 4. Each and every one of you folks who did something to earn your name on this report should be proud! In a week that got the best of many of us, you still did what you could to make fitness a priority! Congrats
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@YinxFed You can get the peleton app for free for 30 days and then after that it was $12.99 each month here in the states. It has a big variety of classes. Many you don't even need a bike. It has strength, barre, cardio, yoga, pilates and some outdoor audio only classes that are non bike. I'm adding a picture of my bike because I think it's a lot like yours. You just can't stand up and pedal on our bikes because the pedals are so far forward and the bike will tip over. I just increase the intensity or pedal faster when the instructor wants you to stand up.They talk about cadence a lot in the peleton classes so I just make my legs match the instructors leg speed. My tension dial goes from 1-10. The instructor will tell you your tension should be between 35% -50%. I will set my dial at a 4 or a 5. It seems to work 😀 My husband was kinda interested in getting the actual peleton bike but we looked up the internet speed needed and we don't get anything close to that. The app works great for me earlier in the day. It also let's you preload classes to help with buffering. I like to change things up for workouts. They have a lot of variety. When I get bored I can just cancel the app, fold my bike up and store it in the closet.
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Hi @ashleycarole86! Here are my stats for the first week of January. I had a sore back on Saturday, so didn’t work out and spent all day Sunday cleaning and taking photos of our apartment for our landlord so if our inspection goes well, she’ll list our apartment.
Monday 1/2: 30 minutes functional strength training + 14,191 steps
Tuesday 1/3: 20 minutes indoor walk + 7,954 steps
Wednesday 1/4: 5,591 steps
Thursday 1/5: 40 minutes functional strength training + 8,756 steps
Friday 1/6: 2,881 steps (eek! That was a tough day of meetings)
Saturday 1/7: 13,135 steps
Sunday 1/8: 12,795 steps6 -
Thanks @wishfuljune
Our week starts Sunday (1/1)
Do you happen to have a step count for that day you want added (just so you're not missing a week)?
No big deal if you don't!1 -
What a gorgeous full moon out there tonight! I hope many of you can see it as well as we are right now. Makes me want to go out and listen up for any howling that might be going on.
Great job, intrepid steppers and exercisers of the last week of December! I love the statistical interpretation that you worked off 10 Christmas dinners complete with wine 🍷
Things are pretty boring around here, so I'll just put in the congrats and reminders.
Well done our top 3 for the first week of January 2023! Bragging rights all week
@eggfreak
@cleaneater80
@alydanbeads
Weigh-ins due Sunday - Monday:
@ells_bellz
@CarolAnnM2
@MoonlitMuse
@kto0194
@cleaneater80
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Steps stats for this past week.
Sunday 8874 + 19 minutes Pilates
Monday 10153 + 18 minutes Pilates
Tuesday 9242
Wednesday 8722 + 15 minutes Pilates
Thursday 7312
Friday 10288
Saturday 9066
@EvMakesChanges Thanks for your message. I’m not sure what is going on with my foot. It’s my right foot. Pretty sure I have arthritis in my big toe and a Morton’s neuroma. I have two points of pain lately. My pinky toe gives me so much pain I can’t find comfortable shoes at times. And I have stabbing random acute pains in my arch. It comes and goes. Not sure if it’s relates to the big toe or not. It seems there are so many things going on. I’d love any healing energy or exercises you can suggest. If it helps, I believe I have previously broken my 4th and pinky toe at beginning of pandemic. Not sure they healed properly. I just don’t know.
I’ve been a little of target this weekend. Time to reign it in.
Great step reports this week steppers. So impressive.
@conleywoods Lumen ~ I’m intrigued.
@jugar Good for you getting that big walk in. Hope you test negative soon and OH stays negative.
Sending good vibes for healing and negative covid tests to all who are not feeling 💯.
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@ashleycarole86 - it does take up a lot of space, but we decided the ability to set an incline and run on the treadmill was more important to us than something smaller/moveable. I suspect there are some that tick every box, but not in our budget for sure.
@lauren_989 Thanks for the heads up. We'll definitely test carefully, as I have a feeling it'll be plugged in to the same circuit as the TV etc. If we need to, we could have a cable run around the outside of the house to the conservatory for it, rather than damaging walls.2 -
Weigh in Day: MONDAY
PW: 192.5
CW: 188.9
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@ashleycarole86 Hi, when entering in your weight. Do you use your previous weight before the new weight of the 1st starting weight.
Example, if my previous weight was 160 and CW 158 for this week. Do I use 158 as my previous weight or just continue to use 160 for the next week?1 -
Steps
Sun 3,746
Mon 14,613
Tues 15,172
Wed 13,487
30 min elliptical
Thurs 10,708
Fri 13,806
Sat 9,267
30 min Barre4 -
I did not have a good weekend. So much snacking, so many carbs. Today, I will eat 3 meals and track everything. I slept through my alarm and I have class tonight so no workout today.4
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@ashleycarole86 Hi, when entering in your weight. Do you use your previous weight before the new weight of the 1st starting weight.
Example, if my previous weight was 160 and CW 158 for this week. Do I use 158 as my previous weight or just continue to use 160 for the next week?
Usually, the previous weight is the week before, but you know what? You can just put in your current weight and that goes in the spreadsheet no problem! It's just fun (or sometimes tough) to show your progress from the week before. The original starting weight shows up in the "total loss to date" column on the spreadsheet, and helps to remind us of how far we have come. If a bad week does not wipe that out, you're doing well!1 -
I have a feeling in my bones that this is going to be a good week for the team. The first few weigh-ins are impressive! WTG @adrimango @CarolAnnM2 and @Meals126
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Weigh in day Monday
PW:172.4
CW:168.9
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Wow! Some amazing losses this week so far. Keep up the good work everyone. Too many wiggle worms here in the classroom today. Got to go. Have a great day.5
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@Meals12 you wrote, "with the addition of trying to post once or twice a week (this pushes me way out of my comfort zone, so probably the hardest one yet" I'm not a great poster either - not sure what it is for your comfort zone, but for me it's sometimes feeling like what I'm writing is just rubbish, piddly, inconsequential crap. Many times I've started and then never finish the post. And then there's the guilt about not commenting on all the posts I've read in the thread - wanting to be a supporter, not just a supportee. BUT it's good to just get over all that and throw in a post now and then - sure, twice a week, it engages you more with Waistaways (we're all your accountability & support crew).
I'm feeling like that mysterious switch in me might have flipped into the correct position and I can focus and get a little obsessive with weighing my foods & resisting mostly temptation. I have no oomph to get as energetic as many of you: I was at one time super active and will be again someday but right now, that drive is not within me. I do a fair bit of heaving and hoeing around here with my old dad and when the weather's better, I expend a LOT in the garden. My 'habit' to do the dishes at night so I have more time in the am for prep is working good - this morning made 5 identical salads and am able to keep them in the work fridge which helps a lot. I tend to eat much the same most days for brkfst, lunch and dinner will only vary when I've finished up whatever batch of healthy I'm eating that week. Boring maybe but works for me. It helps too that I am only living with my old dad - you all with partners, kids, etc...that would be super challenging for me (temptation!) and I admire you all for trying to balance that with your own eating. @jugar my soups are not thin soups either - more filling like stew.
Having said that, my niece and her boyfriend are coming for dinner on Thursday evening and I'm breaking out an inherited Raclette thingy - I've never used it and only had it once with the couple who bequeathed it to me when they moved to Ireland. It's kind of a table top grill thing (electric). Each person chooses what they want from bowls of veggies/meat/potatoes, whatever, to cook on the little grill top. Everyone gets their own mini pan to add these items to, then you slip that underneath and melt cheese on top. It actually might be a fun option for anyone with littles around. So I intend to prep (weigh and calculate) my own items and cheese in my own bowls ahead of time. Will report back (note it's the evening AFTER my weigh in, ha ha)6 -
@eggfreak - that Raclette thingy sounds like a fun time! I hope you’ll report back on the various food items that everyone selected to go with the cheese. I can imagine on a cold winter’s night how comforting that can be!
I woke up at 5:30 this morning to get back into my habit of waking a little earlier and having more time to myself to enjoy a cup of coffee and journal. I did a 30 minute Grow with Jo cardio workout, dropped my dog off at daycare, and then went into the office for a half day of work.
We had our home inspection this afternoon and we were told of a few issues, but all in all, not major or dealbreakers, which is a relief! We’re going to consult with an electrician because the house does have some old knob and tube electrical still in use, that we’ll definitely want to update and have rewired and replaced. We’re also still waiting on the appraisal, so fingers crossed that comes back in our favor and not below the sale price.
Tomorrow, I’ll be back in the office because we’re without internet for a few days at the apartment. I’ll do an early morning strength workout, then probably spin class on Wednesday, group strength class on Thursday, and then end Friday with either a cardio or flexibility/yoga workout.6 -
I've had an overall good day, but haven't met my steps and I feel ravenous today 😫 I feel like my stomach is a bottomless pit. And a little shaky like my sugar is low (but I've eaten 1500 calories and had a bunch of fruit and protein 🤷🏼♀️)
@micki48 my husband had a lot of pain in his pinky toe, especially while walking. He got a steroid injection and was told to get wide shoes and that has significantly helped his pain. Also you didn't mention too much about your arch, but maybe plantar fasciitis? Stretching your foot and rolling it on a tennis ball help a lot!
@wishfuljune I'm glad the house inspection went well! Fingers crossed on the appraisal!4
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