Shape Shifters Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2023
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Finished my week covering for my colleague at work...overall, I'd give it a 7 out of 10 score. I made a few mistakes, but was able to fix most of them, with a few having to be escalated to the team in the head office. I received positive feedback from nearly everyone I interacted with during the week. There were a few system issues outside of my control and I will continue to discuss those with the escalation team and my colleague on Monday when she returns. It was definitely a learning experience.
I am feeling it today and slept like the dead last night. Will be resting all weekend. Going to take a walk now and do some more around the house. Have a wonderful weekend!
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OCTOBER STEP CHALLENGE RESULTS
Wk 1 - @Pupowl with 134,696 steps!
Wk 2 - @Pupowl with 125,295 steps!
Wk 3 - @SavageMrsMoose with 116,408 steps!
Wk 4 - @Pupowl with 118,818 steps!
TOP 3 WALKERS
1. @Pupowl with 485,658 steps!!!
2. @SavageMrsMoose with 378,914 steps!!
3. @pedal__power with 373,047 steps!
OVERALL AS A TEAM, WE WALKED 3.4 MILLION STEPS!!!
Great job and thanks to all who participated for the month! Have you upped your game for November?!! Can't wait to celebrate how you do!!!
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@murdog3t Welcome to the team...we're glad you're here. On behalf of myself, the other Captain, @pupowl and our two motivators @Cyncia85 and @Sbus12 , we hope you take advantage of this extra resource of inspiration on your wellness journey. Please let us know how we can better support you and don't be afraid to post often, discussing the good, the bad and the ugly! I'm sure you'll find several people who can relate to exactly what you're experiencing!
Again, welcome and good luck in November and beyond. We'll be celebrating milestones with you soon, I'm sure!
Jessica
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@murdog3t Hello Tami! Welcome to the group and thank you for the introduction. We still need a bunch of information from you so we can get you added to the spreadsheet. Please let me know your highest weight, your current weight and the day you would like to weigh in for the group. For the step challenge we need your daily step goal and the steps from Oct 29 until now if you have any. Let me know if you have questions and good luck on your health journey!
Username: Murdog3t
Weigh in day: Friday
Goal weight:140
PW:161.8
CW: 159.2
Step goal 7000/day
10/29 6752
10/30 10853
10/31 9440
11/01 7604
11/02 13704
11/03 9424
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Steps for Saturday 33831
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The November Week 2 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin tomorrow, Sunday, November 5th. Please join us for the Holiday Happenings Challenge! Expect some lively discussions...hope to see you in the chat thread! Here's the link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10902798/november-week-2-group-challenge-holiday-happenings#latest
Jessica 1 -
Just a Reminder for those in the US...
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Today on my walk I thought I saw a ghost in a doorway...
It's an elk. It's not cold or raining so... I can't really explain this...
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Username: kcpond
Weigh-in day: Thursday
PW: 234.4
CW: 236.52 -
REMINDER...missing 3 weigh ins for the week...
@angmarie28
@MomSpelledBackwards
@dommylifts (missing your start weight and your weigh-in day for each week) so please advise.
Please report in...thanks!
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Angmarie28
Fridays
Previous weight-181
Current weight-1822 -
Hello Shape Shifters. The past couple of days have been a bit challenging. On Wednesday I had a day free of tracking and eating whatever I wanted. I wanted a little break, so this was planned. I intended to be back to my normal way of eating on Thursday, but I failed really hard. I just didn't care and wanted to eat more junk.
My Friday didn't have the best start. I had 4 nightmares which didn't make for a restful sleep. I feel like sleep is a really underestimated / under talked about aspect of weight loss. For me sleep has a big impact on discipline, hunger and the ability to make good choices. I was determined to have a calorie deficit again on Friday, but I ended up eating cookies for breakfast at 8:30. Thankfully they were my last 4! Then I went to the store and made overall pretty good choices, but I also bought two muffins. I put all the food in MFP before eating and realised that one muffin fit in my day, but not two. After a little bit of a struggle, I threw the second one away. I was all out of food to eat by 13:00.
At one point in the afternoon I was on my phone, downloaded the pizza app, put things in the basket and went to the check out to put in my address ~ but the one thing I didn't do was press order! Honestly, that was a bit of a miracle because my brain pretty much never wins that fight when I am at that point. So while my food wasn't very pretty, I did end up with good calories (around 1379) for Friday and I was very happy with that when I stepped on the scale Saturday morning.
I got some really good sleep and was completely back on track again for Saturday. I am pretty happy that I didn't get derailed too much, but I really don't like how much of a struggle it was. Instead of the 'no tracking & eat whatever I want' approach, I plan to limit my food to 2200 calories when I feel like I need a break. That way I will have to keep tracking while still having plenty of room to eat foods I like that are often hard or impossible to fit in on high deficit days. I will also limit those days to once every 2-3 weeks. I think that is going to be a lot better.
I got the new jackets for Tinus. I went with fleece fabric this time, so they are very thick. The royal tartan was the first jacket I ever got for him, he looks really nice in that one and I think the creme one will also be good. To be fair though, Tinus is always cute. I got two new brushes because the groomer said that the comb I had was bad because it removes wooly hair. I assume she knows what she is talking about (though I am pretty sure the vet and the groomer I had before also did it that way so I didn't know it was bad) so I will try something else. I haven't really been up to much. The weather is still wet and windy, so no walks. I am having fun with the calisthenics routine though. Anyway, sorry for the wall of text. Happy Sunday everyone
November 3 & 4 numbers- Sleep: 8h 14m ~ 73 score & 9h 2m ~ 87 score
- Steps: 16.873 & 14.607
- Zone Minutes: 35 & 8
- Calories:1379 & 1181
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@Pupowl , Tinus is going to look gorgeous in his new jackets, but he's so handsome any ways.3
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Daily step goal: 10,000
Fri 11/3: 15,815
Sat 11/4: 15,3793 -
@Pupowl
I couldn’t agree more with what you said about sleep quality and weight management. So true! Since I hit menopause, my sleep has been horrible. I wake up from very realistic dreams (some frightening, some not) several times a night. It really messes with your goals and it’s hard to stay focused the following day. Give yourself some grace❤️
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Sunday steps 56763
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Team Results
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Steps
11/4 7,4203 -
Cyncia85
Sun 11/05 Weigh-In
PW = 205
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Good morning Shape Shifters. Not a very interesting day here. More rain, more wind. I was out of wet catfood again for the hedgehogs so I went to the store to get some more. I started a new puzzle, but I haven't really sat down with it yet, only the edge is done. I am not really into it, but it is only 500 pieces so I plan to work on it today. Happy Monday everyone
November 5 numbers- Sleep: 9h 15m ~ 84 score
- Steps: 14.481
- Zone Minutes: 16
- Calories: 1136
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JenHul
Monday weigh-in day
PW: 149
CW: 147.5
Steps:
Nov 2= 7077
Nov 3= 8364
Nov 4= 3249
Nov 5= 3355
5 more sleeps and I'm on my way to Mexico! I'm so excited
I will not be able to weigh in next Monday, I will weigh in with a 2-week total on Nov.20 Also sorry @jessicakrall8 & @Pupowl, I will not be able to update my steps till Nov 20th as well. I hope this is ok?
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DarinGettingHawtin2013
Mondays 06Nov2023
PW 176
CW 171.3
Steps
04Nov 8547
05Nov 8516
Hi, folks! Hope you're doing well. Having some water weight flux right now, so I have a feeling next week is not going to look as impressive as this week
My naughty cat Ernie says "hi". Other cat is bird watching. Got to get back to work, but wanted to check in and say hello. *waves from Holly Springs* 4 -
looneycatblue
Wk 1 - Sun, Nov 5
PW: 171.0
CW: 171.0
Gain/Loss: +0.0
SW: 178.8 (started May 2023)
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Hello Shape Shifters! Welcome to all the new members! Seasoned members and newcomers all seem to be doing well, learning, and making positive adjustments.
I’m sore today after rowing two races at the Occoquan River in northern Virginia: https://www.novaparks.com/parks/sandy-run-regional-park. We won first place in our age group so that was a nice surprise!
Our team is more of a social group that rows so we only enter one or two races per year as a culmination to our season. This race venue is only a 30-minute drive from my house so it’s convenient and fun. Nine of us carpooled there! I also filled in with another group that included two people rowing for the first time, and our “Masters” (old people) mixed boat of men and women placed 8 out of 17 boats — respectable. I volunteered between races, helping the other crews launch from the dock without getting in each other’s way.
Later in the evening, I had a soccer game. Many of our team members were traveling this weekend and couldn’t play so we only had 10 people playing the whole 90 minutes while the other team had 11 players and a few subs. I was so tired but we won the close match 1-0.
This was an unusually active weekend, with a personal trainer session on Saturday, in addition to rowing and soccer. I hope I’ve worked off my Halloween candy 😅 and can finally see a loss this week, after many weeks of incremental gains.
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Monday weigh in
Cw 227.6
Pw 225.4
My knee is really swollen and very sore so ik my weight would be up some. Ik I had posted this once but some how my post disappeared 😕 and I m nor happy that it did. Grr.2 -
Tuesday steps 3545.2
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Date: 11/05
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: ✅
under calories: ✅
20g net carbs : ✅
30 min exercise: ✅
30 min walk : ✅
7745 Steps : ✅
Water: 96
Goal go today : log 🪵 all my 🥘 food. Walk my dog 🐶 & read my 📖5 -
steps:
11/3 11,080
11/4 16,756
11/5 15,059
I've not been as motivated to work out on my own lately, other than walking, but got on the rowing machine today for 30mins and felt so much better after. This weekend I coached hockey for an hour and then had my own game. My legs are sore today!
@jlswensen and @lianatherunner Hope you enjoyed your running races!
@cyncia85 way to go jogging for 20mins!
@izzyred9400 5 weeks in the green is fantastic and very motivating to hear about!
@PatriceFitnessPal Congratulations on winning your regatta! It looks like a nice course. I used to love racing in the fall head races.
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I ordered a wheat mill and a bag of local un-milled wheat (boweavil may or may not be included...) I'm going to experiment with baking bread from scratch. Should be really interesting. I love to bake in the winter
@PatriceFitnessPal - Woot! Good job on the rowing. That sounds like a lot of fun.4
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