WaistAways Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2023
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@Kali225 Even if the snowpants aren't feeling so great yet, you are making huge progress these days! You are going great guns and those pants will fit - I'm betting on it!
Time for the Friday line-up and the remaining folks from pre-Friday to get ready to roll:
@EvMakesChanges
@micki48
@wishfuljune
@Kali225
@Pearl4686
@leni1us
@strong_fit_ells
@conleywoods
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we have a slight update to my post. I was ready to call it a day. then I remembered the football game was on. as it turns out, 2 of my fantasy players were absolutely killing it and it gave me so much energy + a desire to stay up anyways, that I ended up doing my workout! wooooooo! okay actual goodnight this time.
also @Gidgitgoescrzy we will take a proxy cheer for the Packers from a Ravens fan!! anything to pile on the chiefs
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So sorry. I thought I had sent a post saying we're were gonna be outta town for the Thanksgiving holidays and I'd like a pass on last Friday.
I get back today and I don't see that post anywhere. I plan to weight in tomorrow (Friday is my usual weigh day). I hope that's okay.1 -
Happy Friday everyone!
@MaddawgMadsen I was so sorry to hear about the death of your friend. Sending prayers1 -
CW: 187.6
Happy Dec 1st!
I’ve got to dash - walking first thing with a friend and then to work. I’ll introduce myself later on.2 -
CW: 276.2
Almost back to my pre-thanksgiving weight.. I don't think the dec challenge starts yet, but wanted to get a starting weight in there..
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Thank you everyone for your kind words. He was a great guy and will be missed by so many people.
I think I mentioned that my shoulder was hurting during my trip and it was slowing me down, especially hindering my sleep and making workouts a no-go for me. I finally went to the chiropractor yesterday and he says I really messed it up. I wish I knew what I did. I just assume I slept on it wrong every night of Thanksgiving week. The bed we had in the house we were staying in was not comfortable and the pillows provided no support. I also hate that I'm at the age where when I sleep wrong I have pain for days and now weeks. Oh well.
My chiropractor said I can work out, I just can't use that shoulder or arm. So, all lower body workouts, no bowling, and chores are going to have to wait or be done with my non-dominant left arm. It does feel better today, and he said it did seem better than even yesterday. I have another appointment Monday, so hopefully a weekend of rest after a couple great adjustments will allow me the luxury to workout fully again.
My question for everyone this week is, what do you do when an injury slows you down? I know we have a couple of people on here with foot issues, another with back problems. I love hearing about new shoes to help, adjusting walk lengths or intensity, different stretches and strength training, and other techniques. So, what have you done in the past that has or hasn't worked, and what would you do now if you were to have an injury slow you down?2 -
I will be the first to answer my own question.
The weight I am trying to lose now is because of the negative attitude and subsequent bad habits I developed to deal with an injury 10 years ago. in 2010, I started running as a way to lose weight, get in shape, and give myself a goal - the first was to complete a half marathon. By September of 2013, I had run over a dozen half marathons, several smaller races, five or six relay races, and two marathons. I also played soccer multiple days/week. In September 2013, I hyper extended my hip during warm up for a soccer game. It hurt, but I played through the pain for the entire game because my team would have forfeited since I was the only female that showed up. I also didn't have insurance at the time (between jobs and very poor), so I didn't have my hip really looked at for a few years.
This one injury ended both my long distance running and soccer careers. I was angry and in pain. I wasn't willing to try other exercises like walking or swimming because I didn't like them. So, to ease the pain, I found myself at the bar with my friends a lot. This was not the right way to deal with an injury!
Since the time I started with this group (July of this year, I think), I have sprained an ankle, had other shoulder issues, some lingering back pain from a minor car accident last year, and now this shoulder pain. I have been frustrated and annoyed, in pain too, but not as angry. I also have the gift of hindsight and know I never want to be where I was. I need to keep moving forward. So, this time I am being more diligent about my diet, careful with my drinking, and determined to exercise around my injury.2 -
So sorry. I thought I had sent a post saying we're were gonna be outta town for the Thanksgiving holidays and I'd like a pass on last Friday.
I get back today and I don't see that post anywhere. I plan to weight in tomorrow (Friday is my usual weigh day). I hope that's okay.
No problem! I gave anyone who missed last week an excused day - you're in the clear!0 -
Friday Weigh-In
PW: 261.3
CW: 261.0
Definitely want to kick it up the next two weeks with good meals and steady movement so I can hit the holidays in stride. would like to be in the next decade before the new year.
@MaddawgMadsen ugh, such a good question, and sorry to hear about your arm! this is not your week. you're getting hits in a lot of ways.
I would say I go through phases with my injury - tendonitis in the foot. I recently told my therapist that watching so much football this season has inspired some jealously of the players - yes, jealousy of professional athletes - because they can jump around and run and move so athletically. I cannot do a jump squat. I cannot run. I have to be so careful not to overdo things or risk setting back whatever healing has occurred. So one thing that did help was making steps to recovery part of my health goals, like; I wasn't really committed to icing and elevating and now it is one of the boxes I try to check for my daily habits. I can't say I will burn as many calories as I did pre-injury because I simply can't do plyometric movements, but I can still feel like I am getting "health points" and making some progress by taking these non-movement actions. I also ditched my fitness tracker/fitbit because that was only going to make me feel worse. I also changed my mindset about workouts. I absolutely have to modify a lot of movements, including pushups and planks and the like, because it isn't good to be on my toe with weight along the foot that way.
Patience is key and I do run out of it some days. Walking is so key for my mental health and as I've mentioned in posts, I can definitely over-do it because I just want to keep moving and jamming to my songs, so that took a toll for almost a year. I also occasionally just google or search reddit for things about my injury and hear from other people who have been through it, get some new ideas. that's where I got the lacing my shoelaces differently idea.
Reading through your injuries - do you have any interest in biking? It's low-impact for your ankle, no real strain on your shoulder except for holding the handlebars. Have to make sure the seat and bars are adjusted so as not to bother your back. My sister has had some terrible low back issues for a year and she likes to stationary bike. I personally love to bike on the road or trails when I can - my bike is just not in Boston at the moment. You get the wind in your hair a lot easier than walking or running
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What do you do when an injury slows you down?
Well I pout for a few days, I complain about it a few more, then I make excuses for a couple of days... Then I suck it up and work around it...
Honestly, I haven't had to stop exercising from any of my injuries, even after surgery, I was walking everyday, it wasn't much, but it was more than 99.9% of people who had double spine surgery would do. (At least that's what my surgeon told me, he called me amazing) LOL, his actual words were, "your recovery is amazing", but that counts...
So yeah it's important to listen to your body and know when to pull back, and when it's okay to push through. I definitely pulled back recently until I got the confirmation that the bone wasn't broken.
My Mom had back issues and stopped working and went on disability at 45, and before she died, she told me the only thing she regrets, was that she stopped moving... That stuck, so I don't care how much it hurts, I will not stop moving. I do try to learn the best way move for whatever is ailing me, or how to avoid that area. Now am I ever going to play sports or run marathons, nope. I just never want to be that person that says, no I can't go on that hike, walk, tie my shoes, bring down the boxes, etc...
Lets also be honest though, I will never be the girl in a CrossFit class, or lifting heavy weights, so for my level of exercise, it's a lot easier to work through it.
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@MaddawgMadsen I love the injury question. They can cause serious derailments, anger, frustration - all that and a bag of chips, a few beers, and then depression because of weight gain.
They don't have to. It is sometimes almost impossible to find workarounds, but the search for them is crazy helpful. I'm the oldest person in here, so I have certainly gone through a few injuries, and learned along the way. I have not had a truly incapacitating one yet, but still needed to figure out how to be this new imperfect me
Sorry for how long this message is, but I'm getting old, so it's OK, right?
As a performing musician with hours of practice to do every week since childhood, repetitive stress and bad use were always on the radar, and this helped build up some useful contacts to prevent and minimise. Osteopath (for me far more effective than chiropractor), physiotherapist or trainer depending on the stage of injury, and careful monitoring of movement habits helped a lot. Luckily, fellow musicians are generous about calling you on the bad stuff you're doing! Annoying, but good. Ugh. But these habits did not prevent me from having some bad eating habits and rather minimal strength building practices.
Injuries are what helped me get into a more intentional use of exercise. After a rather nasty hip and then knee injury, I learned a lot, had good physio, and then finally (after the knee) started working with a trainer who also got me paying attention to weight and diet in a more effective way. During the almost year I could not put weight on a bent right knee, I rode horseback without stirrups in a bareback pad, I worked my upper body hard for the first time ever, and gradually the trainer helped me get my strength back in that leg. Now that knee is my favourite canary! If I slack on my lower body strength work, it hurts. So does the hip. I started losing weight during that year, and it has stayed off 11 years now.
More recently, I had a bad fall in April 2020 that resulted in a very large hematoma on my left buttock. It was not terribly painful once the initial stage passed, there was no break or tear of anything. But I could not sit on that buttock for what turned out to be a year until I had surgery to remove the encapsulated hematoma. Then 8 weeks with a drain, and finally I could start to straighten my lower spine out again. There had been no horseback riding or anything sitting possible during that year, so at least I took the time to do plenty of walking, snowshoeing, and exercises that did not put me on my butt. I felt like I dealt with it well and never stopped finding ways to keep strong and moving as much as possible. It took a long time to rebuild the hip flexibility and strength on that side, and to straighten my tailbone back out, but now it seems OK and my trainer has helped tons with the "finishing" work. I have a huge scar and all, but function is as good as it's going to get. Now I'm working on foot stuff, nasty nerve pain on the top of my foot, so new solutions are being sought!
Injuries are going to happen, most likely. Coping with them, finding ways to stay healthy with reduced or changed mobility - that's our big task through that. I look forward to hearing how you have dealt with this!
Any injury that causes less exercise has to be accompanied by less eating, sad to say. And good nutrition! Kick that whiner begging for junk to the curb!3 -
The December team chat is open! Let's start the last round of (re)introductions for 2023, set some goals for finishing off the year, and getting some realistic commitments settled:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10904434/waistaways-team-chat-december-2023/p1?new=1
Finish weigh-ins and exercise stats here through the end of Saturday, and head to the new month for new stuff
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Good question about injuries. I haven't had many knock on wood. I did have tendonitis in my knee at one point, so I added stretches that the sports medicine doctor recommended. I limited my jogging since that made it worse and stuck to walking for a few months. Luckily it improved and hasn't flared up since!
I would say though, that the first time I lost a lot of weight, I developed gallstones, which led to an ultrasound, a liver mass which led to a mri, and a pancreas mass, concern for a precancerous cyst. Several biopsies and possible major surgery made me turn right back to food for comfort. Luckily the cyst ended up being benign, I'm just going to live with my liver mass and keep an eye on it. But my food habits fell out, I started dating someone and we ate out a lot and I gained all but 10 pounds back that I lost. So now I am kicking my past self for not keeping the weight off, but am working on getting back down to where I was and even lower.2 -
Friday night! It was great to go ride first thing this morning - Jasper and I made as many different patterns in the arena as possible, and had a great time. It looked a little like this, only messier
He is getting more supple, our new saddle makes my communication to him much easier, and all the Pilates has helped me handle his bigger movement now that he is really striding out! It was cold in the arena, but we were toasty warm from all the exercise.3 -
Beware!
There have been a lot of scammy friend requests going around - do not respond to anyone using the name of Stephen J. Townsend with a military photograph. I got one, thought it was legit, but the messages were just to say hi and had nothing to do with MFP. I Googled the name and this popped right up:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-bizarre-romance-scams-using-army-gen-stephen-j-townsends-identit0 -
@jugar I got a friend request from him too. I typically don't accept unless I know the person, or it's someone from our group. Honestly though, I track on the lose it app and staying on mfp just for this group, so I don't have much to share!1
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Time for the last of the November weigh-ins! I know it isn't really November anymore, but for F2F purposes, December isn't until Sunday
@strong_fit_ells
@conleywoods
@micki48
@wishfuljune
@Pearl4686
@leni1us
@CupcakeCrusoe
@zankash23
@veronica1359
@LalasCrazyWorld (if you want to update your starting weight)
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We have another new member - and they requested the "funnest" team! Let's hope we live up to it Welcome @sugagirl5 Enjoy the team!
Hahaha 🤪 I’m sure y’all will be a hoot! Glad to be on the waistaways let’s get those waists snatched! 💃🏼lauren_989 wrote: »@sugagirl5 welcome to the team!.
Thanks! Glad to be here I def need the motivation this month!2 -
MaddawgMadsen wrote: »@sugagirl5 - welcome to the team! I promise the post I just put on here is an anomaly. We're usually much more fun.
Aww thanks and no worries! Life happens and we all go through it! I hope you’re coping ok and feel free to reach out to me or the group if your grief is too much
we’re here to support each other right!
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MaddawgMadsen wrote: »My question for everyone this week is, what do you do when an injury slows you down? I know we have a couple of people on here with foot issues, another with back problems. I love hearing about new shoes to help, adjusting walk lengths or intensity, different stretches and strength training, and other techniques. So, what have you done in the past that has or hasn't worked, and what would you do now if you were to have an injury slow you down?
My answer (that would come from my chiro) is stretch stretch stretch! Also stay hydrated and not to over rest yourself. Stay active whether that’s walking short distances or going to aquafit (which I love for my bad back) and try to eat as clean as possible since you can’t burn off the calories as much with high intensity activities (the hardest part I usually fail at lol)
Hiiiii @Kali225 👋🏼
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
I went to a wreath making class on Monday night and I'm thrilled with my results! I hope it lasts throughout Christmas.
And to continue the theme, my brother is hosting his annual Christmas Jumper party tonight. It's definitely starting to feel festive in our house.
@MaddawgMadsen exercising with injuries? Carefully is my watch word! Slow and gentle, but keep moving is my advice.
Hope everyone has a fine Saturday. BTW it's freezing in Worcestershire today - brrr!
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CW 215.5
I know I have been MIA. Or maybe MII ( missing in inaction).
Will try and catch up on posts soon. I’m considering going to support for December. I know it will be more of what it’s been. My mind is busy elsewhere. I did get a new Pilates mat hoping it will entice me.4 -
PW=79,0Kg
CW=80,0Kg🤐
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So sorry. I thought I had sent a post saying we're were gonna be outta town for the Thanksgiving holidays and I'd like a pass on last Friday.
I get back today and I don't see that post anywhere. I plan to weight in tomorrow (Friday is my usual weigh day). I hope that's okay.
No problem! I gave anyone who missed last week an excused day - you're in the clear!
Thanks @jugar!
PW 164.0
CW 167.1
Well, the Thanksgiving holiday and subsequent vacation have wrecked havoc on my calorie intake. I'm not surprised at the number but I'm hoping quite a bit of it is water retention. We shall see. This week I'm uber focused on what goes in my mouth and a bottle of water goes with me everywhere. Hope everyone has a great week.3 -
@YinxFed Can I order one? I want you to make one for me, and I'm not usually a wreath person! It's beautiful. I hope you enjoy the cold snap
MII - that is a good one. But we know you are there, and we love hearing from you even if it is briefly and not as often as we would like. Let me know if you want to go on support for the month, but don't disappear even if you do, ok?I know I have been MIA. Or maybe MII ( missing in inaction).
Will try and catch up on posts soon. I’m considering going to support for December. I know it will be more of what it’s been. My mind is busy elsewhere. I did get a new Pilates mat hoping it will entice me.
Jasper and I had a wonderful ride today - set up more poles to trot over, and his favourite mare (ridden by my friend) was there too. Nowhere near as boring as usual! And we both had someone to learn from. Later, I picked up the crampons for his hoof boots, so soon we will be able to get back out on the roads and trails even if it is icy.
Wishing you all the best weekend!
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Five more weigh-ins to go for this week - I hope you can get them in, or ask for a pass for the week!
@strong_fit_ells
@conleywoods
@wishfuljune
@Pearl4686
@CupcakeCrusoe
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Hi!
CW:177.2
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CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »Hi!
CW:177.2
Nice one! Lost 2.6 pounds this week!1 -
hello hello. I had a lazy morning in bed with some video games but got out and about for some errands eventually, did a really hard but empowering 30 min AMRAP (as many rounds as possible - basically, here are the exercises and reps, just keep going through the list) workout, decorated my apartment for christmas, and took a 30 min float in the pool!
having a small 2nd part to my dinner now since I didn't really have the full bit earlier - too distracted on the phone while decorating. I will also be setting up a new TV I got on black friday - I've been using my current TV since my 2nd semester of college (just shy of a decade) so I think I got my money's worth there. 3
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