Shape Shifters Team Chat - FEBRUARY 2023
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KHill875
Friday Weigh in
PW: 144.6
CW: 143.2
2/11 - 10,533
2/12 - 12,077
2/13 - 12,798
2/14 - 15,044
2/15 - 12,947
2/16 - 15,960
I know I started my weight loss journey over a year ago and only lost less than 5 lbs. Sometimes it is disheartening, but then I realize that 1 month ago I was tracking at 45% body weight and today I was 41% body weight. I know I am healthier because I walk a lot and I do weight training three times a week. I also go on bike rides with a friend once a week.6 -
I posted the above on Tuesday, not realizing I hadn't updated the date to this week.frankwbrown wrote: »Daily step goal: 10,000
Sun 2/5: 12,448
Mon 2/6: 12,338
Here are my steps thus far for this week:
Daily step goal: 10,000
Sun 2/12: 12,053
Mon 2/13: 14,940
Tue 2/14: 10,442
Wed 2/15: 10,009
Thu 2/16: 10,861
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frankwbrown
February week 3
Weigh in day: Friday, February 17
PW: 236.1
CW: 235.7 ( lost 0.4 lbs; 0.17%)3 -
@KHill875
I am glad you mentioned some positives yourself already! Weight loss is about so much more than just the number on the scale. Every small change you have made has made you healthier and that is awesome. It is a marathon and not a sprint anyway, slow and steady is great.
Great losses today team!4 -
Daily check in ~ February 16
Steps: 17.813
Hello Shape Shifters. Yesterday was a bit of a grumpy day. There are so many things I still want to do in and around the house, but I need help with them. Every day I see these things and every day they bother me. I was getting really worked up about not having a car so I can't buy plants, or soil, or treebark, or wood, or a new closet. I can't get rid of old cat trees, my broken watertank and other bigger trash items. It is so easy to focus on all the things that currently aren't possible. I have done that a lot in the past because of my chronic health problems, but it is so much more useful to focus on what you CAN do. In my experience there is always something, even if it is small.
I also need to remember there are reasons for not having a car, and I still stand by them (smaller footprint, save money, bike/walk more). While it may be inconvenient at times, I know I will get around to all those things. It just takes a little longer sometimes. I think it will be a nice birthday present to ask my dad to sleep over and knock out all those things with me. He has been busy building his tiny house, but he is nearly done so he should have more time soon.
So while I was pretty pissy for several hours, I managed to turn it around a bit and angry cleaned my shed.
I had around 7 kilos of unopened cat food laying around that I wanted to donate to the shelter. Because of said lack of transportation and my dad being busy, we never got around to it. Letting it expire would have been a shame, so I put a bag with the food outside my house with a note that it was free. It was gone pretty fast. I learned today where it went, so stay tuned for the rest of the 'story' tomorrow, lol. Anyway, here is to some positive and productive future days. Happy Friday everyone 
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Mulecanter
Friday
PW: 222
CW: 221.54 -
I got a few packs with affirmation cards today! I am not really into cliche messages, but the sets I picked out look really fun. Since I have been struggling a lot lately, I thought that these would be nice to try. I haven't looked through the cards yet to keep the surprise a bit longer. I was thinking of posting my daily card here as well, maybe the message will help some of you too. Is that a fun idea or does it sound dumb? I would love to get some feedback on this. Either way, I will post it under a spoiler so people who do not care about it can just scroll past and ignore it.4
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Hey everyone, my goals have changed a bit to losing more weight again so I'd like to join the weekly weigh-ins. I've made a lot of progress with my training, but will be participating in a bike ride across the state of Iowa later this year and so I'm working on dropping weight along with sticking to my current training schedule of weightlifting and cycling.
CW: 195.63 -
@CasandraW Nice! That's one of the sets I got as well.
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@jessicakrall8
Nice walking! Glad to hear your boss had some nice things to say. I totally agree there is never a need to be rude. Conflict stresses me out. Also don't understand people who yell. It's so triggering. I hope you have a nice day! Must be a relief to get the meeting out of the way.
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I have awesome news that I’d like to share with the group! Some of you may know that I’m an avid Jazzerciser (been doing it for 10+ years), and I think I mentioned that my husband and I are retiring to Miami this year. Well, I was out to dinner with 3 of my favorite Jazz instructors, complaining that while there are several centers in Miami, they only offer 1 or 2 classes a day. So they convinced me to become a low impact Jazzercise instructor to work in Miami—at 61 freakin years old!!! They are going to coach me and help me prepare for the audition. I really think that now that I’ve lost so much weight (my goal is 80 lbs), I feel flexible and confident enough to ace this!!! Just wanted to share some happy news 😊12
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@nancyinmo How amazing and exciting!!! I bet you will be an excellent instructor!!!3
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bearchested wrote: »Hey everyone, my goals have changed a bit to losing more weight again so I'd like to join the weekly weigh-ins. I've made a lot of progress with my training, but will be participating in a bike ride across the state of Iowa later this year and so I'm working on dropping weight along with sticking to my current training schedule of weightlifting and cycling.
CW: 195.6
@bearchested I will send a message to the MODS to add you back to active. Thanks for the starting weight. What day would you like to use for your weekly weigh-ins. I'll let you know once your back on the chart. Welcome back!
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SavageMrsMoose wrote: »@nancyinmo How amazing and exciting!!! I bet you will be an excellent instructor!!!
I second that- Wow💥💥💥💥💕💕💕4 -
@jessicakrall8
Nice walking! Glad to hear your boss had some nice things to say. I totally agree there is never a need to be rude. Conflict stresses me out. Also don't understand people who yell. It's so triggering. I hope you have a nice day! Must be a relief to get the meeting out of the way.
Heya @pupowl Thanks for your kind words...wanted to thank you too for joining the team leadership. It has sure been nice this week to not have to rush through updating all alone...and many nights, I only had a few postings to add...you are my hero this week!!!
I went to get my 2nd shingles vaccine tonight and it was pouring rain...afterward, I came home, heated up some leftovers and ate dinner. Going to go lie down and read some now. Nice to have a 3-day weekend! Hope your weekend is amazing!
FYI, you've probably already figured this out, but I only mark the weigh-in posts with "Insightful" so you'll know what's been recorded...with the step stats, I can like them. I want everyone to know how much their steps mean!!!
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@nancyinmo
That's awesome! You are never too old to start a new job/career and it sounds really fun for you. I bet you will inspire the people who visit your class as well. Good luck with the audition!
@jessicakrall8
I am glad it has been helping you out already. In this case the different timezones are probably quite handy. I will do some more brainstorming about the weekly challenges as well. They are just so hard to think of because it needs to fit a lot of different people. I will let you know of course when I have any ideas. Got it! I figured it might be nice to see when steps are done too, but liking is fine with me. Enjoy your long weekend!2 -
Daily check in ~ February 17
Steps: 17.708
Good morning Shape Shifters. I had a really good and busy day. I didn't even have time to work on my puzzle! I went to the grocery store in the morning. A few days ago I found veggie snacks which were super tasty, so I grabbed 2 more of those. It has black soy beans, sweet potato, radish and dates. Tinus keeps thinking they are his treats when I open my bag, so we get treats at the same time. On my way home from the store, my neighbours from 3 houses over stopped me to tell me they got the catfood I put at the street the day before. They told me their daughter has 5 senior cats so she would get the food. It was really nice to know the food would go to someone who could really use it.
Later in the day I went out to buy some more pipe stuff for my water barrels. I wasn't really happy with the set up, we are expecting rain in the next couple of days and both of the barrels that were at the rainpipe were already full. So I spent a good amount moving the water to the barrels in the garage. It worked alright with a hose, though it was very slow, so I started scooping out the second barrel with a bucket on a rope. It was a decent arm workout too! When the barrels outside were empty, I redid the pipes and moved the barrels into the right spots and covered the tops with bugscreen material. It all took a little longer than I expected and I was covered in mud and water when I was done, but I was very happy with the result. I doubt they will fill up evenly, but I can just lower one side of the pipe thing and gravity will do the rest.
At the end of the day my neighbour came over with her daughter. She wanted to thank me for the cat food and she got me a lovely metal pot with flowers and bulbs! That was so sweet and unexpected. I also had two positives things happen in a game I play which made me very happy. I had a nice evening singing along with Joan Baez, my favorite artist, so the day was pretty perfect. Random pictures under the spoiler! Happy Saturday everyone
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Pupowl
Saturday weigh in
PW: 217.9
CW: 219.21 -
Here is todays card, which I find very fitting. Tinus helped me pick it out.
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Good morning all,
Izzyred9400
Sat
PW 140.6
CW 142.2
My steps
2/15 21,399
2/16 19,513
2/17 20,894
My steps are thankfully picking up after feeling Blurgh ! for about 3 weeks.Shame my weight didn't reflect my activity levels but hopefully it will eventually.I had a lovely walk yesterday with 3 friends & lunch out.Unfortunately I tripped & rolled into a huge puddle! One minute I was walking the next I was on the ground.Luckily I only hurt my right knee & my friends picked me up & mopped up the mud on my coat.
We all ate healthy & only drank tea,apart from the fall it was a fun day out.
@nancyinmo how wonderful to get that opportunity when you move to Miami.My dance fit class is similar to Jazzercise I think.I bet you'll be a wonderful teacher if you've been doing it for 10 years.
@jessicakrall8 glad you have got through a stressful week at work.Good on you for standing up for yourself .I agree with @Pupowl & yourself there's no need for rudeness at work or anywhere else.Im also glad that you are getting some help.Im sure @Pupowl will be a great asset to you.
Glad you had a good day @Pupowl,I love it how resourceful & independent you are.
Have a good Saturday all 🙂
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@izzyred9400
Thank you! I am glad you didn't get hurt too much. Falls can be very scary. Awesome steps and happy to hear you are feeling better.2 -
CasandraW
Saturday weigh in
PW 226.6
CW 224.84 -
nancyinmo
Saturday weigh-in
PW: 175.6
CW: 173.84 -
Well, I was going to login my weight but unless by a miracle that in a week my weight went from 136.0 to 115.0 (shown in my scale), I think the more credible fact to say that my scale is broken.
So I decided to be 115 for a day while I figure out what is wrong with the thing or just get a new scale.
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@jessicakrall8
I am glad it has been helping you out already. In this case the different timezones are probably quite handy. I will do some more brainstorming about the weekly challenges as well. They are just so hard to think of because it needs to fit a lot of different people. I will let you know of course when I have any ideas. Got it! I figured it might be nice to see when steps are done too, but liking is fine with me. Enjoy your long weekend!
@pupowl Perhaps you're right...I'll start doing the same for steps...at least then, it's one less time you have to "check the chart" to see if it's done.
When thinking about the challenges, like you, I want it to be all-inclusive, so I always include instructions to modify diet, activity, water intake along with your physician's instructions or your nutrition plan. For that reason, don't worry too much about the ideas, because anyone who needs to modify, can do so, as long as they detail the modification. For myself, I'm limited on exercise to just walking by my doctor, due to issues with swelling and my joints, but I can't limit everyone else to just walking...so I just walk and it doesn't limit anyone else. I'm always anxious to hear your ideas. Hope you're enjoying your day. I'm going out to lunch with a friend (birthday meal that we couldn't find time for until now). Looking forward to it. Take care, my friend!
Jessica
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Cre804
Friday
PW 198.0
CW 198.0
For some reason, my Friday weigh-in is always the highest of the week! Anyway, at least it’s not a gain. It’s been a stressful week and I’ve been eating my feelings again. But my daughter is coming in town for a few days on Monday, so it’s going to be a good week! Also, she is going to be a bridesmaid in a few weeks and her dress is a teensy bit snug, so rather than the splurges I usually fix when she’s home, I’m going to do my best to have healthy, low cal meals for her. (Why is it easier to do this for someone else instead of myself?)2 -
Good Morning,
I have a question. Do any of you suffer from Planters Fasciitis?
I work at the Post Office so I am on my feet the whole shift, on concrete floors mostly.
I have gotten the cortisone shots before (that hurts so bad this needle going into your heel) I heard that too many shots is not good for you? Not sure if that is true. I've just gotten a night splint to try to wear that is suppose to stretch out the tendon, but it makes my foot fall asleep, so not very comfy. Just wondering what has worked from any of you, before I book another apt. to get the shot. P.S I really really do not like needles, that is why Im being a big baby and trying other ways to help with the pain.
The pain is so bad I have not been going for walks after work so I'm not reaching my step goals
Feb.13 Steps= 6855
Feb 14= 6603
Feb 15= 8588
I’ve had PF, at its worst, I’ve had the shot. A few things that helped-definitely stretches, supportive shoes, and shoe inserts. I also have a rocker type piece of equipment that provides a great stretch.
Shoes-Vionics are great. And I had great relief from a particular kind of Skechers sandal. I think it’s called Reggae, if they still have them. I bought a bunch of extras when I discovered them. (Most Skechers are not supportive enough for me but these are different). My podiatrist recommended Brooks Ghost (which I’ve already been wearing) and Hokas. With you being on your feet so much, you might check out the Hokas. They have the most cushioning and they will mold to your feet.
Shoe inserts-I got a pair from my podiatrist, but the one I got from Famous Footwear was good too, and a lot cheaper. An excellent option for inserts is Heel Seats from heelthatpain.com. I immediately felt the difference with those. They also have some great resources for exercises as well.
The rocker thingy is called Pro-Stretch. ProStretch The Original Calf Stretcher and Foot Rocker for Plantar Fasciitis, Achilles Tendonitis and Tight Calves, Made in USA https://a.co/d/d6ZwnnX
I’d say don’t rule out going to physical therapy too, but the above-mentioned website has most of the same exercises you would do at PT. Try those first.
Best of luck!
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Hello, Shape Shifters! There’s been a lot of news to catch up and it’s good to see so much progress, news, and helpful advice being shared!
I’ve heard how painful Planters Fasciitis (PF) can be so I’m sorry that we have so many team members who are suffering from it. But, it’s great to hear your advice. I remember getting cramps in my foot during pregnancy, especially at night, but I’m not sure of the cause. It was an excruciating pain but it didn’t last as long as I’ve heard PF can take to heal. I hope you recover quickly with the proper shoes and support. My mother worked at the Post Office for many years and I know how tough it can be on your body, etc. Take care! ❤️🩹3 -
@nancyinmo — Congratulations on your move and new adventure! Good for you!! It sounds as though your hard work is leading to many positive changes. Your prior experience with teaching will be such a strength to build on as you continue to help others improve. You’ll get paid to do something you love, stay healthy, help others improve their fitness while having fun, and meet other people in your new community who share your interest! Win-win-win-win! I agree that you’ll inspire others to continue learning new skills and growing as individuals at 61 and beyond!2
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