Downsizers Team Chat - DECEMBER 2023
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iLive2Walk wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question:
This question is more for my own curiosity. For those celebrating the holidays, do you log everything on the days you celebrate or do you not log?
No logging for me - nothing to use to weigh my food - don't know what is in the recipes. I just will enjoy the days and get back to it on Tuesday.
This is my thoughts also. I have absolutely no clue how many calories are in some of the foods we will be eating the next 2 days. I will be mindful but I will eat, drink and be merry.1 -
prodigal6766 wrote: »
Fantastic loss! As for lean muscle mass I don’t trust my scales reading but you can report yours. I would love to go for a scan sometime to see my readings.NouveauRee wrote: »@lindamtuck2018
PW 174.6
CW 175.8
Bummed but not surprised. Feeling very out of control. Triggers everywhere!
Thanks for the recommendation @itladyee Downloaded the audiobook Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Emotional Eating. I have an hour commute to/from work so will start listening Tuesday. Hope it helps with finding that something that just clicks.
Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays🎄🎅🎁
Just try to be mindful the next few days. We can all get back on track Tuesday.@NouveauRee ~ I haven't started yet and think I will target January 3 to get it going (I'll be on vacation prior).
I made cookies today at the request of my husband....BUT.. I didn't make my favorites ( a Plus). I did try two new recipes ....one at oatmeal cookie recipe. Very sensitive as half burnt (a good thing), the ones that survived are good. I also made this peanut butter chocolate bar....(still chilling). The oatmeal cookies will be my challenge, the others...I can pass.
I am so glad I am a terrible baker. I don’t even own a hand mixer though one of these days I should get one. My friend makes chocolate peanut butter balls and they are to die for so I probably would have a hard time staying away from your peanut butter chocolate bar.Hi all, I'm away for the next 2 weeks on a cruise, so won't be online, but I'll catch up with you all on the 8/1/2024!
Enjoy! Where are you going on a cruise?
Just a few days and the Christmas temptations will be gone.Weigh-in day Friday, December 22
SW-304
PW-288.6
CW-290.0
Too many treats this week and a lot of dishes with salt. Next week here we come!
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Slimmersixties wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Slimmersixties wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Slimmersixties wrote: »Slimmer sixties
Friday weight in
Start weight 276lb August 2021
Pw 177.5lb
Cw 176 lb
I've done it. 100lb lost. I'll be honest and tell you I've cheated to get to goal this week🤣🤣
I was really naughty and have eaten virtually nothing for 2 days, just too get to goal!
Thank you everyone for your support, especially Linda! Couldn't have got there without you.
I'm actually lighter than i want to be ... my maintenance is going to be around 185lb so I'm really looking forward to having a few drinks (no alcohol for the last 3 months) and eating a bit more before starting maintenance in January xx
I am so proud of you. You know you helped me also. The Christmas weight loss challenge was a big motivator. Just watch you on your journey has really helped me. I will be turning 60 in June. Your drive to be healthy by 60 inspired me. I am glad to have a maintenance buddy.
I will get you moved to maintenance for the January challenge. Give me a maintenance range. I need a low and high range. Mine is 157 to 163.
Thanks Linda, don't be to hasty too move me to maintenance! I can put 20lb on in the blink of an eye🤣🤣 Will probably be back to "need to lose some weight" by 1st January!!
My maintenance range is going to be 183 to 189lb. 190 being me alarm weight when i know things are getting out of control!
You’re not going to base your range around your goal weight? We will move you back to weight loss if you are over the top of the maintenance range 2 weeks in a row. I like that rule because it helps if those of us in maintenance stay in our range. We can make adjustments to that range at anytime if we need. I may lower mine depending on what my weight is at the beginning of the January challenge. I am going to talk to my family doctor again because the pain specialist thinks losing another 10 pounds will be beneficial to my chronic pain. I think my family doctor can be over cautious.
My goal weight was silly! I just got it into my head that i wanted to lose 100lb and i did. But i ve realised that 176lb is not a good weight for me. Sounds ridiculous but I've had people asking me if I'm anorexic🤣 Im also reintroducing carbs to my diet and i know from experience i will instantly gain 7lb of water weight. 185lb feels like a very comfortable weight for me, more realistic, sustainable and still the lightest I've ever been as an adult! Not bad for 60 years old!!
We have to pick a weight that’s comfortable for ourselves individually. I think the first month or two of maintenance is figuring out the exactly where we need to be. You proved to yourself that you could lose the 100 pounds. Realizing that it was not a comfortable weight for you is a big win. I think for myself if I tried to maintain a weight that is too low, I would be setting myself up for failure. Let me know when you want to move to maintenance.1 -
Steps: 5,257
Rings:❌
Daily walk:❌
I will be back to my walks and swimming next week. While I have done any intentional walks the last two days, I did move a lot. I just have a few stocking stuffers to wrap and pick up my baked goods at the bakery. Tonight is my favourite part of Christmas. We do finger foods and games at my daughters. Going a bit later as my daughter got off night shift at 7 this morning.
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Anyone know why I can’t select the size of images anymore? Not sure if it’s an iPad or a MFP thing.1
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Here is my Sunday reminder of the people's steps I need for December Week 3 .. Please have your steps in no later than Tuesday the 26th.. Thank you for your cooperation
@Mama530 12/17 - 12/23
@RoblinB 12/17 - 12/23
@laquita606 12/17 - 12/23
@Slimmersixties 12/18 - 12/23
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A Quick Note: It's so easy to be discouraged by the number on the scale this time of year, but remember that our bodies are doing everything they can to keep us alive. It takes in more water to process excess salt and sugars, needs time to grow new muscle, doesn't work as effectively when stressed or sick... grant yourself some grace, grant your body some grace, and know that a few bad decisions will not undo months and months and months of progress.
You're doing better than you think. Happy Holidays!
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cormierannie
Weigh in day Sunday
PW: 132 pounds
CW: 132 pounds1 -
Steps
Goal: 6,000
12/17 - 6,192
12/18 - 8,990
12/19 - 5,284
12/20 - 7,191
12/21 - 6,380
12/22 - 4,460
12/23 - 7,394
I have been working out but the eating hasn't been great. I'm not going crazy and I'm proud of myself for consistency with exercise1 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Here are my steps for the week - a tough week for me - missed my 17K goal 4 days
Sun 13,859
Mon 22,639
Tue 20,151
Wed 18,984
Thu 14,627
Fri 7,583
Sat 15,695
Tot 113,538
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CW-195.0
PW-195.8
I was really hoping for a bigger weight loss but I have been having some extra treats this week. I am just glad it wasn't a huge gain. I wanted to do the 5k yesterday but I was sick. I have been sick for a couple of days. Finally on the other side of it. Christmas day will be rough with food. We will go to my mother in laws house and they have a lot of junk. I have brought food in the past and it did not go over well. I may just eat before I go and hide someplace with the kids.
12/01/23--steps 8,983 exercise 33 min
12/02/23 11,071 34 min
12/03/23 9,283 51 min
12/04/23 13,685 41 min
12/05/23 12,979 40 min
12/06/23 9,324
12/07/23 10,099
12/08/23 7,178
12/09/23 8,339 30 min
12/10/23 9,476 30 min
12/11/23-10448 cardio 30 min
12/12/23-16059 Cardio/abs 40 min
12/13/23-10812
12/14/23-14988 rowing 20 min
12/15/23-11044 Rowing 40 min
12/16/23-8965 walked 60 minutes
12/17/23- I forgot my watch today
12/18/23-9756-Rower 20 minutes core 15 minutes
12/19/23-10,250-elliptical 20 minutes, core 10 minutes walking 20 minutes
12/20/23-16,955-Rower 20 minutes, core 20 minutes
12/21/23-9,720- house cleaning
12/22/23-8,288-Rower 20 minutes Core 20 minutes
12/23/23-8,916-Sick
12/24/23-8,140-Sick2 -
Step Goal 8,500
12/17 ~ 2,675 - My day of rest after exercising (with weights) 8 days straight!!!
12/18 ~ 8,417 - Should have looked before I went to bed!!
12/19 ~ 6,903
12/20 ~ 6,535
12/21 ~ 6,074
12/22 ~ 10,569
21/23 ~ 2,250 - Another fitbit death day....my charger in my bathroom doesn't work all the time.. I need to find a new location.1 -
Here you go @lindamtuck2018
User: rwillems
Weigh-in day: Sunday
PW: 277.8 lbs
CW: 279.8 lbs (up 2 lbs)
Too much snacking on Christmas party treats, I gues!
Anyway, Merry Christmas to all my friends Downsizers friends here at My Fitness Pal. Relax, enjoy your friends and family, go ahead and have just one more…. We get back down to serious business next week!1 -
Pw: 210
Cw: 209
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Steps: 6,963
Rings:✔️
Daily walk:❌
I am so sore today. Too much sitting yesterday even though my steps are high. We had so much delicious food last night with my favourite being the lobster and crab dip. Though I was glad to see a veggie tray as I haven’t been eating enough freggies the last week. We are going to a family friends for brunch then to my daughters to exchange gifts. We had so much fun playing ramolli last night we are doing it again today. We are having prime rib tonight that my son will be smoking. He has made some great food with his smoker. There will be lots of treats throughout the day. I already got into my Terrys orange chocolate. My hubby got me lots of new clothes, a wallet, slippers and most importantly my terrys orange chocolate.
I hope Santa was good to you all. Have a very Merry Christmas!
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Please don’t be hard on yourself this week if you do not have a loss. The important thing is to get back on track after the holidays. Look to your NSV’s this week. Think about your goal for the New Year. Make smart goals that will help you get closer to your goal weight.3
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Well here we are Christmas morning. I know (and hope) that many of us will be off to friends and relatives homes today to celebrate this holiday, often with a huge feast. Many have been talking about NOT participating in these festivities because it will just ruin your weight loss journey. You are vowing to not eat anything anyone made and even making up an excuse to just not show up. Please don’t! 🥺
Enjoy your time with your family Christmas comes but once each year and seldom do we have such a wonderful opportunity to be so absorbed in the warmth and love our families provide. Yes, I know uncle Bob is a lush and Aunt Mary is a gossip. Your brother-in-laws jokes are dumb, sometimes off-color. Grandpa will refuse to participate in any games, and will fall asleep in his favorite chair. The kids will run wild and the cats will insist on shedding all over your cloths. The house will be full of treats and junk you would never allow in your house and dinner will be an array of high calorie, over carb, over salted, over sweetened…but it is all made and/or purchased with love by people who love you for who you are. Our time is so short and we seldom have an opportunity to really feel the love from the people who truely love us the most.
Tomorrow! Tomorrow, you will put on your sweats and take a little longer walk, a few more minutes on the elliptical, a half dozen extra sit ups. We will all get our journals out and diligently record every mouthful we eat. 😇. If you are smart you won’t jump on that scale until next weigh in day. And in my mind we will all be happier and will be energized to hit the new year with renewed determination.
Anyway, that is what I will be doing. Merry Christmas to you all. Here to much less of all of us in the coming year!
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »
Nice loss!aneedlecraft wrote: »Belated Friday Check-in
PW: 317
CW: 317
I would like to change my check-in to Thursdays please.
I got you moved.28Haveitall2020 wrote: »28Haveitall
Weigh in day: Saturday
Pw: 252.4
Cw: 249.8
Happy weekend.
Look at you moving to a new decade. Congrats!inshapeCK
Today/Saturday is my weigh in day but I didn't weigh myself today.
Hope you feel better soon.Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Hi this is Megan's daughter Alyssa, wanted to let you know mom is in the hospital, her leg swelled up like a balloon, cast was tight and her foot hurt. She is going in for an emergency surgery, the rod in her leg is cracked. She will be here until Monday
Healing vibes sent your way. ❤️🩹
Thank you, Linda.
Weigh in day: Saturday
PW: 249.8lbs
CW: 249.6Lbs
Merry Christmas everybody ❤️.
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Merry Christmas Everyone .... We are having a low key Christmas here this year... I will be cooking a bone-in ribeye roast with all the fixins...My daughter and I will be going out to lunch on my Birthday (the 29th) with some friends ... Then I have decided to get off the pity train I will be going back to Keto and using my home gym for 30 minutes and find something on youtube to do for another 30 minutes 5 days a week ... I am not comfortable in my own skin ..Looking forward to see what I can accomplish in 20241 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »
Merry Christmas Everyone .... We are having a low key Christmas here this year... I will be cooking a bone-in ribeye roast with all the fixins...My daughter and I will be going out to lunch on my Birthday (the 29th) with some friends ... Then I have decided to get off the pity train I will be going back to Keto and using my home gym for 30 minutes and find something on youtube to do for another 30 minutes 5 days a week ... I am not comfortable in my own skin ..Looking forward to see what I can accomplish in 2024
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too Linda. Have a nice relaxing celebration today and this week, then we will hit it hard starting next week. Like you I any developing more workout routines for next year. I will be talking to you soon! 😁0 -
Merry Christmas, yall! 💜💜2
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@prodigal6766
Steps
12/17 - 2,609
12/18 - 12,144
12/19 - 16,416
12/20 - 8,642
12/21 - 11,677
12/22 - NA
12/23 - NA
I set my watch to record steps, and obviously it does not work. So I set it back to phone, but I am going to blank for two days. Back to normal on 12/26.1 -
pw-214
cw-214.20 -
12/17-7652
12/18-10548
12/19-9568
12*20-9673
12/21-7326
12/22-8846
12/23-4281 -tired from getting ready for Christmas!1 -
@Megan_smartiepants1970
12/17 12637
12/18 11105
12/19 9250
12/20 9589
12/21 8919
12/22 8579
12/23 12063
Thank you!1
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