WaistAways Team Chat - FEBRUARY 2024
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Some beautiful greens coming into our spreadsheet too! Thanks for the inspiration @wishfuljune
As of today, I am officially (because I said so) back on the regular team for a bit. I have strayed above my top maintenance weight for more than 2 weeks, so it is time to get more serious and have my gains and losses count with the team for a while. There has been a bit too much sedentary and comfort eating, and it shows up fast! I'm sticking with the main group until I'm back to feeling those good feelings of strength and energy again.
I'm tempted to say "don't work too hard" to you both @kali225 and @wishfuljune (not to mention @ashleycarole86 @bowens1973 and all the others who are putting in the crazy hours) but that isn't really helpful. Work balanced maybe? The hard work can be fantastic, even with too many hours and all, but if there isn't also the time to move, sleep, and eat well it isn't sustainable. I think you are all figuring it out pretty danged well - and also seeing when it doesn't quite work. It's a beautiful thing to watch - experiments, learning, good ol' trial and error, and getting through the hard stuff. Go team!!4 -
Well any attempt at a beach bod before our vacation next week only added to my Dad Bod.
Username: Bowens1973
CW: 235.84 -
Hey team!
If I'd weighed in today I think I would have posted a loss.. so go the ebbs and flows. I've been doing this for years and it's still fascinating to watch what the body does.
February hasn't been as kind to me as January was.. lost a bit of grip on positive progress, the work piece that @jugar mentioned has felt out of control, just a lot of things.
BUT, the big things, happiness, health, relationships.. those are all good. Great, in fact. So, I am focusing on that.
I leave for Jamaica on Monday and I'm gone for 7 days. I will get the step report out this weekend! I know it's been a pared down version but that's the best I can do right now. I'm bursting at the seams trying to get life done.
@Kali225
You are just killing it girl! Sorry to hear the snowboarding is at risk due to your neck. Hope it works itself out.
@wishfuljune
As one gal in the corporate grind to another, I feel ya. But boy your schedule sounds intense! I usually keep a good in-office schedule and manage to get out reasonably on time but the high impact stress wears me down even when I'm not there. I find I'm always worrying about things at night and that is where I don't feel I recharge. And, the environment itself comes with lots of triggers. There is an on-call component too so that adds to it as it can be unpredictable. You are so smart to book classes at the end of the day to keep you from staying late!4 -
Alrighty then! It's time to wrap this week up. Here are all the weigh-ins due by the end of Saturday:
@strong_fit_ells
@eggfreak
@EvMakesChanges
@micki48
@CupcakeCrusoe
@zankash23
@veronica1359
@ChelleChelle1031
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Good Morning Beautiful People!
This morning there is 2 lbs less of me!
It is slow and sometimes it is nothing or a gain, talking to you last weigh in, but it is not impossible!! You are not impossible!! Say it with me?!?
Nothing major on the agenda today.
Gym ✅ Coffee ✅ the world at my fingertips ✅
I pray today that your burdens are lifted, you feel peace and you feel love.
❤️🦋3 -
Late weight report - on Thurs. morn. 175.2
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PW 219.1
CW 219.1
This week was all over the place from 217 to 220. Glad it settled in the middle and not red.
Love the questions. I’ll have to give it some thought and report back. Excited about? Next summit? Hmmmm.3 -
@ChelleChelle1031 You are doing such beautiful work! Losing nice and steady, fitting it all in with all those lifey challenges, and gifting us with inspiration. Thank you
COLD here today, but gorgeous sunny. The moonrise is certain to be a stunner this evening. I actually did the KB workout I have been putting off this morning. And a couple sun salutations before doing anything else. Haven't done that in ages and it sure feels good.
Next summit to go for? Re-wire my solar plexus and get that fire burning. I have been stuck with bunches of things, and I'm going back to finding the why, who I want to connect with, actually connecting. Physically it is obvious what to do, and feels great, but it needs to be for something. The coals are still hot. Time to burn, baby, burn!5 -
PW=78,7Kg
CW=78,3Kg
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Happy Saturday!
Spin class this morning was pure fire. The playlist was all Taylor Swift and we were all just jamming on the bikes. Love when a good playlist makes the workout feel like it flies by.
The hubby and I went to the farmers market, then the grocery store, and I had to swing by a bookstore and makeup store because why not? It definitely felt like a “treat yourself” kind of day. I bought some skincare and suncare products and a new perfume (who doesn’t like smelling nice?).
Now we’ll eat lunch, maybe check out a new brewery and have one drink, and then catch up on some housework like moving our living room furniture back into our living room.4 -
PW: 143
CW: 144.1
Sun- 7045
Mon: 13442
Tue- 11200
Wed - 6164
Thur - 11137
Fri - 13983
Sat - 55855 -
I am scoring some serious victories on the homefront today.
1. The vacuum part I ordered was definitely never going to arrive. After much hassle, I got the company to cancel the order and refund me. Phew.
2. Took the vacuum to an actual vacuum shop a few towns over and wouldn't you know, they had the part on hand, for $50 less than the dumb website was trying to charge - done, fixed!
3. Realized that Amazon refunded me for the new TV I purchased back during Black Friday, despite the fact that they sent me a replacement for the initial cracked TV! Free $250 TV.
4. I thought that I had broken my personal printer when I moved into this apartment a year and half ago. In all the cleaning I have been doing, I decided to plug it in and see - as it turns out, I think it is functioning okay! Of course the ink has definitely dried out by now, so once I actually need to print something, I will get new cartridges and hope all goes well. But definitely don't have to throw it out!
5. Now that I know the printer works, I was moving around some items in shelves and cabinets and the printer fits SO perfectly on a pull-out shelf in one of the cabinets in my bedroom - and I discovered that the prior owner of this unit had a similar idea because there is a power strip in the bottom of that cabinet. I can plug it in right there!
6. Now, I have a clean apartment and I am going to try to put up some decorative lanterns somewhere since they have been sitting around for 18+ months.
wooooooooo!! love getting things done and organized!!!
I also took a walk today after the vacuum was fixed. I had paid for an hour in the parking meter and it only took 10 min to be fixed so, being stubborn and trying to get my money's worth, I walked about 25 min along the river nearby. Lovely.
Not so great on the food front - I didn't eat anything until almost 5pm which was dumb, I was just very distracted. Definitely not meeting my protein goal today. Going to try to practice my violin now! I've been slacking quite a bit....6 -
Good evening waistaways!
CW 182.62 -
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CW: 183
The ebbs and flows of weight loss. Well, I’m not crazy about it but it happens. My work has me at a desk for too many hours and it’s a challenge to increase the days I work out but that’s my next best step.
Have a great rest of the weekend!
I’ll be back soon. 😘5 -
@ashleycarole86
10k+ Steps and 30+ mins exercise daily
Sun - 10,955 / 64 mins (treadmill, circuit)
Mon - 11,781 / 92 mins (treadmill, afternoon trail walk)
Tues - 10,104 / 64 mins (treadmill, circuit)
Wed - 11,222 / 89 mins (treadmill, circuit, afternoon trail walk)
Thus - 11,440 / 81 mins (treadmill, afternoon trail walks)
Fri - 10,762 / 64 mins (treadmill, afternoon trail walk)
Sat - 10,597 / 81 mins (treadmill, circuit)3 -
lindamartin27 wrote: »
Absolutely! and it is never permanent - you can change it any time. Trying different days is one of those fun experimentslindamartin27 wrote: »Are we allowed to request a permanent change on what day our weigh in is?
Could I change my weigh in day to Sunday please.
@lindamartin27 Done! Sunday is always the first weigh-in day of the week, so there would be no weight recorded for you this week. Do you want me to excuse you from this week, and then just go ahead with your Sunday weight for next week? That would work easily, or if you prefer to give me a guess at your last Sunday weight I could put that in.
I can give you my weight last Sunday for past weight. I weight and record my weight almost every day.
PW: 220.7
CW: 219.14 -
EvMakesChanges wrote: »CW: 183
The ebbs and flows of weight loss. Well, I’m not crazy about it but it happens. My work has me at a desk for too many hours and it’s a challenge to increase the days I work out but that’s my next best step.
Have a great rest of the weekend!
I’ll be back soon. 😘
That's still down 0.6 lb from last week - looks good to me!4 -
Sunday: 20,603
Monday: 5,170 + 60 min body pump class
Tuesday: 5,449
Wednesday: 3,772
Thursday: 3,836
Friday: 3,263
Saturday: 6,805 + 60 min body pump class
I went on a 7 mile hike on Sunday which was a lot of fun! It was relatively flat, so that made it easier for my first long hike in a while. Then work meetings the rest of the week, I barely got any steps in!
I have 4 weeks until my 5k. I also signed up for another one in May. Last year I jogged and trained for the race and then stopped jogging/walking the next 9 months. I need to get in some cardio in addition to my weights!
With all the work meetings and my book club Wednesday night, my eating has not been on track. Time to turn that around!6 -
The February Week 4 Group Challenge is open and active, running through Saturday, Mar 2nd. Please join us for some pampering with a Self-Care Bingo. Here's your link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10910335/february-week-4-group-challenge-self-care-bingo#latest
Hope to see you there!
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Happy Sunday Team!
PW - 186.4
CW - 186.3
And here are my step and weight stats for the last 7 days:
Sunday 18th February - 2040
Monday 19th - 2836 / 36m Heather Robertson 12 Week 4.0 - Day 20 - Hamstrings & Quads
Tuesday 20th - 1941
Wednesday 21st - 2522
Thursday 22nd - 2603 / 72m Yoga
Friday 23rd - 2727 / 43m HR12W4.0 Day 21 - Upper Body Strength
Saturday 24th - 7011 / 36m Dancing workout5 -
Busy packing and cleaning here for our early morning departure. Weight has been coming down since Thursday. I will weigh in early tomorrow because I don't have room to take my scale!5
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@lauren_989
7 mile hike.. nice. Such a fun way to get exercise in. How exciting the 5K is in four weeks from now! Can't wait for the pics.2 -
@Kali225
That list of joy inspired me!! I love when I get on a streak of wins like that. Such a great feeling. Your 2024 energy is amazing girl!4 -
February Week 2 Steps - 503,023 across the same 7 participants as week 1 (team daily average of ~10266 steps)
This group of seven steppers increased their step numbers by 13% over week 1. Woo hoo!!
Top steppers for week 2
@StayFITTer - 134,744 steps
@MaddawgMadsen - 83,896 steps
@ChelleChelle1031 - 77,932 steps
Week 2 consistency awards
7 of 7 days meeting goal
@StayFITTer and @ChelleChelle1031
6 of 7 days meeting goal
@zankash23
Week 2 ladder up awards
@lauren_989 47% increase over week 1
@YinxFed 27% increase over week 1
@MaddawgMadsen 16% increase over week 1
ALERT!
Week 3 step report will be slighter later than normal as I won't have a computer after today until I return late on Mon, Mar 4.
I will continue to check in on my phone and will catch up recording anyone who hasn't submitted for week 3 yet when I'm back!5 -
Team Results
By Percentage
By Pounds
Individual Results
By Percentage
By Pounds
Team Winners
and a new addition to the results post...
Percentage of Members in the Green!
This will now start being reported on a weekly basis in addition to a monthly basis.
As a reminder, being "in the green" indicates a loss of any size from one week to the next; the percentage is how much of the team saw a loss in any given week.
In Week Three, it looks like the Downsizers really dug in and went for it! Also a huge congrats to the Mission Slimpossibles and Waistaways for jumping up over 10% from week two to week three!
Where will YOUR team be next week?3 -
Hello All! Congrats to our wonderful top losers for this past week @lauren_989 @wishfuljune and @ChelleChelle1031 - great work!
I am so happy we are getting the % of green weigh-ins on the weekly report. I was asking for this to be for March, but the ever-fabulous @minstrelofsarcasm got it going right away. In a lot of ways, I think this builds team spirit and some constructive rivalry without feeling we have to go for those big losses and whooshes. Sure, they're fun, but as a group I think we can aim to slowly increase our % of green over the next few weeks. Heck with aiming for 1 pound or 1% - let's aim for minimum 50% green together. We're close! Of course, no shame if there are some gains or static moment - those will always be there and are part of the process of learning to get results. But let that little green reminder whisper in your head when some little "extra" is tempting you.
Feel free to share this link if you have any friends you'd like to invite to join us, or if you are on any of the community forums where someone seems to be looking for a team or group to help them. We have a week to add a few new members, so here it is:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10910329/registration-for-new-members-march-2024#latest
Thanks!5 -
Ready? Here's who's due through Monday:
@Zumbaforever
@CarolAnnM2
@strong_fit_ells
@StayFITTer
@adrimango
@cleaneater80
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Username ashleycarole86
Thursday weigh-in (weighing in early due to travel)
PW 240.4
CW 238
To Jamaica we go!! Byeeeee snow5
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