Shape Shifters Team Chat - FEBRUARY 2023
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@KHill875 Thank you! I Will sure try it1
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Nataliewr0403 wrote: »Talking about beans, have any of you tried brownies made with beans? They are supposed to be good but I could be a total disaster.
I have a good recipe for chick pea cookie pie and that really good. My husband has made it a few times and even my kids love it.
https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/deep-dish-cookie-pie/
I think I'm going to try that recipe. Thanks for sharing.1 -
@JenHul Plantar fasciitis is the worst!!! I'm sorry that you are suffering with it. I developed it two years ago from doing a lot of walking in really unsupportive winter boots. Initially I iced it and used ibuprofen to control the pain. I got more supportive shoes and put arch supports in all of them ( just the Dr. Scholls plantar fasciitis ones you can get from the pharmacy). I wore sneakers with arch supports nearly 100% of the time and did lots of stretches and strengthening exercises. It took a little over a year to completely go away. It's super frustrating to have and in hindsight, I probably should have gone to see a physiotherapist as that might have sped up the healing. Hope you can get some relief soon for it.2
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@nancyinmo Well done!! That is a huge milestone, congratulations!2
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@brttny7979 I hope your 5k goes well this weekend! Good for you for taking time to care of yourself by training through the thick of having sick kiddos at home and I hope they recover soon!
I too vote for no beans in brownies. I once tried chocolate pudding made with avocados....definitely not the same! I prefer to enjoy my desserts with all the regular rich ingredients.1 -
@SavageMrsMoose
Friday Weigh In
PW: 158.8
CW: 156.0
I'm back below my end-of-December weight, but still not as low as Monday. I'll keep plugging along. I really think my weight is a couple pounds lower when I'm running more, thus the difference. Could I always be a little dehydrated? I'm weighing first thing in the morning, before I exercise, to limit the impact of water changes.
@JenHul Sorry about the plantar faciitis. I know it can be really painful. I've had it on and off and was starting to get about last month.
There are a couple different kinds of night splints. The compression sock one could easily make your foot fall asleep. There is another one that looks weird with a strap from the toe to pull the foot in a flexed position. That really helped me. Also, some foot strengthening exercises. Let me see if I can find the links. They were from my running coach who is a PT. Good luck.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! I've got no plans at all, which is really nice for a change!
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@brttny7979 Good luck on your 5K!!! Have a great race!!!1
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pedal__power
Fridays
PW: 199.6
CW: 197.4
Steps:
2/11 15,300
2/12 14,171
2/13 13,244
2/14 12,392
2/15 17,668
2/16 15,614
Happy Friday, friends! After last week's weigh-in I found some time and motivation to restart tracking all of my food and closing out my diary at the end of each day. It makes such a big difference to help me keep on track but when things get busy I find it hard to manage.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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Thank you @pedal__power , @jessicakrall8 , @nancyinmo, @SavageMrsMoose for all your suggestions. I will definitely check out "Vionic" footwear. Also I would love any stretches or foot strengthen advice. I have used Advil and Ice for the pain, I have used Doctor Scholls in the past, but nothing seems to work.
I was able to keep night splint on for 4 hours last night before I had to take it off. Mine is the weird looking one with the straps that pull foot into flex with straps from toe to top of shin. I'm not sure if it is helping or not, probably too soon to tell.
I do have different arch supports coming in today from "Samurai Insoles" so I hope I get some relief from them.
Have a good Day everyone and enjoy your weekend!2 -
Username: kcpond
Thursday
Previous weight-245.2
Current weight-244.13 -
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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