Shape Shifters Team Chat - October 2025
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Daily step goal 10000
10/22 10390
Wednesday Strong Seniors and indoor walk2 -
10/21-11,136
10/22-10,032
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alleykat69
steps for Thursday
5868
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Steps
10/22 6,797
10/23 6,552
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Thanks for the encouragement @abrightrn!
Great job on the steps, everyone!I appreciate all the beautiful landscape pictures and fun Halloween decorations.
Our neighborhood has some good house decorations, too. There are awards for some of the best ones, announced as part of a larger event. The event includes a parade for the local kids, pets, and decorated strollers. I’m always amazed by the time, effort, and creativity that goes into the annual event. There are some elaborate themes that involve multiple families/neighbors, and the awards also include one for the simplest costume.
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@Pupowl - From my perspective, you’re doing a great job on the 75 Hard (or Medium) regiment. Personally, I don’t think it matters whether you workout indoors or outdoors but I understand the idea of building mental and physical strength through the repetition. We feel good after accomplishing hard things — no doubt.
Nature and sunlight definitely offer positive rewards - which you clearly recognize already - but minor adjustments are better than doing nothing, in my opinion. Here’s a fitting image.
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nancyinmiami
Friday weigh-in
PW: 125.4
CW: 126.6Busy, stressful week, but things are calming down I’m happy to report. Got my A/C installed, my daughter had her surgery and did great, and I had one night of decent sleep. A win is a win 😊
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Mule
Friday
PW: 213.6
CW: 216.2
Weight ping pong continues…..
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frankwbrown
October week 4
Weigh in day: Friday, October 24 -- (using 7-day average)
PW: 254.8 lbs
CW: 254.9 lbs (↑0.1 lbs; 0.04%)
This month's LTD: ( ↓4.2 lbs; 1.62%)3 -
Daily step goal: 5,000
🔹Tue 10/21: 8,947
🔹Wed 10/22: 6,716
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@PatriceFitnessPal Thank you! I think I am still doing enough too. It is nice to have two afternoons free now. That was really hard for me when I did the full challenge. The workouts were the priority so it was very difficult to stay on top of house and garden work besides it. Now I have some more time for chores. I will go outside for my walks as much as possible, but I don't feel like getting rained on for 5 days in a row. If that makes me weak, so be it. 😀
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Hello Shape Shifters. I started my morning with a walk as usual. Sadly on the walking pad inside again because the weather was awful. It is so boring though; I am already over it after 20 minutes! I watch youtube videos about running or hiking and it helps, but time still goes sooo slow. I guess that is the trade off for staying dry and comfortable indoors. I did laundry, cleaned the litterbox and mopped the kitchen. I also printed out the monthly trackers I made in google docs for the next 7 months (not tracking water since I always drink a lot). I feel like I haven't lost any weight since August, which is kinda true since I am only down 6 pounds since then. Really want to do better. I played some games too when Tinus let me which was nice. Good night everyone 💜
🍄 75 medium tracker 🍄
Day 7 ~ Oct 24
🍄[Workout one] Walk 50 minutes
🍄[Workout two] Monday and Friday are free
🍄[Diet ~ max 1800 calories & 110+ protein] 1558 calories & 114 protein
🍄[Read 10 pages non-fiction] Done, reading 'Can't hurt me'
🍄[Water] Done
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Angmarie28
Fridays
Prev weight 179.8
Current weight 180.6
I forgot to weigh myself before I ate, oops
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10/23-11,406
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CasandraW
Saturday weigh in
PW 227
CW 2283 -
alleykat69
weweigh in Saturday
pw 211.6
cw 211.6
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Good morning, y'all:
In reading all of the comments, I think we've all had busy, stressful weeks!! I just wasn't ready for the cold weather, which you guys know is my usual comment. I was not made for cold and let me clarify, by cold, I mean anything under 75 degrees. I would love if mother nature would keep Virginia at 80 degrees year round, but I know that only happens in Hawaii and part of the Caribbean and I don't want the hurricane they're enduring this weekend and which is a part of their "norm". So, when I woke up and left for work nearly every day this week and it was in the 40s, I said a few unkind words to mother nature and her evil self!! For the past few nights, I've been keeping the heat on 68-69 and sleeping in a sweatshirt over my gown. Brrr…but I digress…
Work was a little overwhelming this week…as usual everyone wants everything "yesterday" and my little team is still just two people. We're still trying to catch up from my week off last week. I stayed late a few nights, but on Friday at 5:30pm I was like, "I'm outta here"…it was just too much and I was ready for my weekend. Already got a busy schedule that I peeked at for next week. So many meetings…which gives little time to actually research and work on the issues. It's a vicious cycle, but I still think they have way too many meetings…and then meetings to discuss what happened at the last meeting and what needs to be ready for the next meeting. It's quite stupid and a time-suck, in my opinion. So I'm adopting the "I'll do what I can, when I can opinion" and allowing them to adjust to that! That's as proactive as I can get.
Will not be passing out candy…it's too freakin expensive and I only have a fur-child, so there. Don't really care if that makes me "harsh".
Trying to get caught up on the extra car repairs I had to have last week. Took some money out of savings and am holding on to that until my first November paycheck hits and then I'll start making extra CC payments as I haven't paid any CC interest in many times…always pay the invoices in full each month. I hate paying interest…
Betty has been so sweet lately…she usually wakes me in the morning about 15 minutes before the alarm clock dares make that "most annoying sound in the world". I call that my Betty time…and in the evenings while we're watching tv, it's "tummy time"…she loves tummy rubs. I love that little sweetheart with all that I am!
OK, gotta start some cleaning around the house…hope everyone has a great day! @Pupowl , I agree with @PatriceFitnessPal in that as long as you're continuing to walk, why does it matter if you're inside or out?! That's just stupid, ESPECIALLY in bad weather. I do not see me as walking in rain or storms ever…"my mother didn't raise no idiot". You've also been dealing with some illness bouts and headaches, so I think it's amazing you've been able to keep your routine the majority of time, as it is. I think you should give yourself some grace. You HAVE to listen to your body. Thanks for sharing the Tinus pictures…it's just like Betty and her backyard security routine…she loves her cat tree by the windows as well, although I don't keep them open at night time…she crawls under the drape and watches during the night…then comes running to "tell me" what she has seen. I love it when she "talks" to me…is Tinus very vocal?
Enjoy your day!
Jessica
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@jessicakrall8 Sorry to hear you are cold! I love the cold weather, though I don't like having to turn on the heat because gas is so bloody expensive. So far I haven't yet, but it will happen soon. It was around 58-59F in the living room this morning which is the lowest I am comfortable with inside though I haven't really felt cold and I rather put on more clothes. Tinus doesn't care either since he has his own coat! Yeah, I didn't make the 75 hard rules. It is just a thing that one workout has to be outside. We don't really have dangerous weather, although I will never walk in the forest when there is a lot of wind. This week has just been really bad. I don't mind walking in wind of rain for a day or two, but it's been around 7 days in a row now and I just can't be bothered with that.
Betty is so pretty, love the pictures. I don't have the drapes open like that normally, I got the tree delivered late in the day so it was already dark when I finished setting it up and wanted to get some pictures. Tinus does meow, but he is very soft and it doesn't annoy me, lol! I have also started closing the living room door very early in the morning when I get up to use the bathroom, because he will otherwise come wake me up when I am not ready to get up yet. In those moments, he can get pretty loud and I do like my sleep. Good luck with your work! I agree meetings are pointless and unproductive most of the time. Some people just like to hear themselves talk I guess.2 -
I couldn't connect to Community until now so sorry for my late weigh in.
Izzyred9400 Sat weigh in
PW 147.2. CW 146.4
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Missing two weigh-ins for the week:
Please report in today before stats begin early in the morning. Thanks!
Jessica
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Hello Shape Shifters. Weather is still stormy and gross, so another walk on the pad inside. I watched a really cool video about a CDT thru-hike. Highly recommend if you enjoy films like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36M3UNqG4I
Went to the gym before lunch and got a good sweat going for my cardio workout. I played with Tinus and we did the treat puzzle a few times. He is getting really good at it, especially at pulling the levers which is neat. We had a good day. https://youtu.be/x95QQqnFZkY?si=OCZxcOFr23wU-PK5 Good night everyone 🧡🍄 75 medium tracker 🍄
Day 8 ~ Oct 25
🍄[Workout one] Walk 50 minutes
🍄[Workout two] Cardio at the gym ~ 20 min bike / 20 min cross trainer / 10 min treadmill
🍄[Diet ~ max 1800 calories & 110+ protein] 1512 calories & 112 protein
🍄[Read 10 pages non-fiction] Done, reading 'Can't hurt me'
🍄[Water] Done0 -
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sorry, almost forgot @jessicakrall8
195.5 😀
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alleykat69
steps for Friday 24th
9007
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cre804
Friday
PW 187.0
CW 186.5
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My sister and I are leaving tomorrow on a road trip to visit our brother and his family in Utah. We'll be there for a week. So no weigh-in for me next Friday, and I won't be doing much online.
It's roughly a 12+ hour trip… mostly on the not particularly scenic long straight stretch of interstate 80, through the Nevada/Utah desert.
Have a good week!
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Daily step goal 10000
10/23 10205
10/24 12245
Thursday indoor walkFriday Strong Seniors and indoor walk
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alleykat69
steps for Saturday 10/25
7775
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Stepgoal: 12,000
10/22: 12,821
10/23: 12,026
10/24: 12,012
10/25: 13,8703
