Shape Shifters Team Chat - OCTOBER 2023
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magnusMLQ
Monday
PW: 228.8
CW:230.43 -
Steps
10/1 9,1133 -
Hello Shape Shifters!
I’m Patrice, a 57 year old woman, living in northern Virginia, not far from Washington, DC. My husband and I have two grown children who are both at college for the fall semester.
We have a strong connection to Boston, Massachusetts, because that’s where most of our extended family lives. Our oldest son lives in Boston, too. He’s only taking one class right now and working part time. Our younger son is in South Carolina, majoring in business and environmental science resource management.
I work in the areas of education, health, and mental health to promote healthy child development and learning. For fun, I just started learning to play the guitar. My older son is teaching me via Zoom once a week and I try to practice on my own. It’s nice to have a chance to touch base with him. I also play soccer a couple of times each week and row three days a week when the weather cooperates. When it’s too windy, and the river water has ‘white caps,’ we workout in the boathouse.
During the winter months, I’m not usually as active. So, I’m trying to build better exercise habits in the colder months, when I’m not outside as much. Another project I’m working on is decluttering the stuff we accumulated while my sons were growing up — old ‘art’ drawings, awards, and other memorabilia. I bought portfolios so I can organize some keepsakes that capture earlier times without holding on to everything. It’s been a slow process but I’m making tiny, incremental steps forward.
The decluttering and downsizing has really been a process of shaping a new identity as I transition to this next phase of life — definitely a work in progress. I appreciate the support of our team as I work to develop healthier habits that become a solid part of my identity. Best wishes to everyone!3 -
Weigh in days Monday
Cw 231.4
Pw 232.23 -
Please excuse me for weigh in next Monday, October 9th. I'll be out of town visiting my love2
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JenHul
Monday weigh in day
PW: 154.5
CW: 153.5
Steps:
Sept 27= 11,021
Sept 28= 11,388
Sept 29= 13,015
Sept 30= 3023
Hello my name is Jen, I live in a small town in Southern Alberta Canada. I'm married with two teenage children. My Son is 19 and my Daughter is 17. My husband and I celebrated our 21st Anniversary in August! I enjoy Camping, Water skiing, reading and Watching CFL football! My guilty pleasure is K-dramas, I love them lol
My goal for October is to keep staying consistent, keep drinking water, keep moving, keep up with my food diary.
Steps:
Oct 1= 46083 -
Hello everyone!
I really enjoy reading everyone's introductions as it allows me to create a mental image of a person to go with the user name.
My name is Melissa. I'm 53 and live mostly in Colorado, but also in Houston, Texas, with my husband and our 9 year old golden retriever, Alaska. We have a 26 year old daughter who is an attorney in Denver and a 22 year old son who is in his senior year at Indiana University studying finance.
I'm a retired attorney and avid runner and am a textbook example of "abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym." I try to eat healthy, but my weight has been a lifelong struggle. I exercise almost every day - running, weights, bike, swimming, hiking and skiing. I enjoy traveling, reading, playing the piano and doing puzzles.
I reached my goal weight of 135 in early July and have stayed in my goal range of 130-140 since. However, I'm almost always above 135, not below, so I'm editing my goal to 130 to give myself more wiggle room.
Back in the step challenge!
10/1 13,978
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Hello Everyone
I missed checking in. I am feeling much better.
If you need any steps from me for September, please put in zeros.
I was miserable last week and didn't wear my watch.
Weekly weigh-in
Cyncia1028
Sunday Oct 1st
PW = The spreadsheet will not open for me, my PW was about 206
CW = 203 lbs4 -
JessicaKrall8
Monday weigh in
CW: 303.8
PW: 304.23 -
@angmarie28 NEED YOUR STEPS FROM THE 19TH THROUGH THE 30TH.
@Zaxa2021 NEED YOUR STEPS FROM 27TH THROUGH 30TH.
THANKS!
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@jessicakrall8 I'm so sorry! I think I was trying to post while my son was climbing on me and got distracted and didn't finish.
27th- 16,262
28th- 17,882
29th- 14,961
30th- 16,996
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Last chance workout - was brave enough to uncover my equipment in Neilson's old turkey shack pole barn. I'm really afraid of spider y'all, and didn't plan to go inside the barn until after a BIG FREEZE. Like ice age level. The tarp had kept the equipment pretty nice though. This time of year sometimes there are bats, I was really glad there weren't any.
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Good morning Shape Shifters. Since there was a lot of cleaning to do, I decided it would be better to skip my walk. That was the right call since it would have been way too much to do both. When my mom visits it is very exhausting, so I don't want to burn out before she even shows up. I got groceries, cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed the stairs, washed the sheets from the guestbed, wrapped 2 presents for my mom, tidied up the livingroom, did some weeding, pruning and I mowed the front yard. All my zone minutes were from the gardening. I am still feeding the hedgehogs and the food is gone every day, but I haven't seen or heard them in quite a while. It is possible they moved. I can only be sure if I lift up the house which I obviously don't want to do because if they are still there, that will spook them for sure and likely make them leave. So now I have Schrödinger's hedgehogs I guess.
Happy Tuesday everyone 
October 2 numbers- Sleep: 8h 27m ~ 84 score
- Steps: 15.936
- Zone Minutes: 47
- Calories: 1246
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Steps
10/2 10,4364 -
Daily step goal: 10,000
Sun 10/1: 11,012
Mon 10/2: 10,7233 -
steps
9/29 17,365
9/30 12,510
10/1 14,890
10/2 11,8174 -
Sign me up for the step challenge please.
Cyncia85
Goal will be 8,000 steps a day.4 -
Hello all! It snowed here last night!
Somehow I added photos from my hike Saturday too…
10/2 Steps 12,2177 -
@SavageMrsMoose -- Wow! Gorgeous location. 🤩 🌲🌲 A little higher elevation then where I live. 😁3
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Itadakimasu7
PW: 182.5
CW: 182
(Starting weight 189, so a little progress...but I seem to gain and lose the same weight over and over again.).3 -
@SavageMrsMoose So pretty. Hoping we get snow this year as well. Last winter we had 1 snow day. it was on my birthday though, so that was a really nice present. But our winters just keep getting warmer and warmer, it sucks.3
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Idr if I asked to be excused for next Monday, October 9th.2
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Armygirlarmyof1 wrote: »
@Armygirlarmyof1 Missing steps for Monday please...and yes, you posted about Monday the 9th.
Jessica1 -
@angmarie28 Please catch up your steps (19th-30th) by this weekend, so we can close out Sep. Thanks!
Jessica1 -
Good morning Shape Shifters. I had a bit of a slow start, but eventually got to cleaning the last things. So I did a last pile of laundry, the dishes, cleaned the kitchen, vacuumed everywhere downstairs, mopped and I cleaned some windows. They get really dirty because of Tinus and his too short tearducts. It was a wet and windy day which was nice. I aired out the rooms, burned some incense and the temperature is much better now. My mom will be here today until Saturday, so I will likely only be able to check in early in the morning for my daily post. Happy Wednesday everyone
October 3 numbers- Sleep: 9h 20m ~ 87 score
- Steps: 13.020
- Zone Minutes: 29
- Calories: 1251
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Pupowl
Wednesday weigh in
PW: 228.3
CW: 225.94 -
Wednesday Weigh In
PW: 137.1
CW: 135.9
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Wednesday Weigh In
PW: 160.2
CW: 162
my mental health & emotions are really taking a hold after losing my 1yo kitty last Monday - when stress happens, I gain I still cry every day6 -
Steps
10/3 7,9332
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