MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLES - February 2019
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I'd like to continue with introductions. Please share your name, where you live, how long you have been on MFP, and anything you want to share about your weight loss journey so far - successes, challenges, goals for the month. Anything to help you get motivated and maybe inspire others on the team!!
Go Slimpossibles!!!!!!
Howdy team! Formal introduction time:
I'm Mark (@broncobuddee), 49, live in Michigan, work in higher education IT - pretty much a desk job. I've been a "big boy" all of my adult life (ie. 300-400 lbs) with several fits and starts with weight loss over the years. Consquently, I've been a MFP member on and off for many years. I got serious in 2017 when I got connected to a doctor I was seeing for another minor medical issue. I joined F2F at that point and worked with my doctor to lose ~160 lbs that year. Unfortunately in 2018, I floundered and she left the [corporate] practice she was part of - and I gained some back. I went back to her old practice for the first time in a several months when I blew out my knee in January and one of her former co-workers told me off-the-record where to find my former doctor. I had my first appointment with her this morning and we were both so excited to see each other. The stuff she remembered about my food OCD amazed me (or maybe my OCD is really that bad LOL). So I told her to get me back on track and slap me around if I don't fall into line. Ya'll can do the same to me.
TLDR:
successes: great 2017
challenges: sucky 2018
short-term challenge: knee recovery still in progress
goals for month: daily check-ins, daily food diary so I have something awesome to show dr on 2/27.
Welcome new and returning members. Feel free to friend me!7 -
Wednesday check in a bit late so I’ll summarise, under cals/over water/17,000 steps
I’m working hard this week to get my 15,000 steps a day - I had dropped to 13,000 or so a day but as I have a break coming up, I need to step it up - quite literally😬2 -
Wednesday check-in:
Calories - over (impromptu friend's new job after 18 months unemployed celebration. so, I need to try at yesterday's goals again because I didn't achieve yesterday).
Water: on target
Exercise: 10254 steps, but my broken toe is feeling sore again.
Goals: kindness, a proper night's sleep, and eat something green!
Need to get back some control - keep giving into a lot of "just this onces".
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Wednesday check in
Calories-on track
Water-over
Exercise-3 mile run
Goal for today-yoga with Adrienne and power class
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Wednesday Check In
Calories - likely over
Water-under
Exercise - 12,401 Steps
Thursday - Meal Plan and water2 -
Hi, I have been on this team every month since last May but skipped January—I signed up again but they put me on Warriors. Can you please add me back here?
User Name: Girlfacedolly
Weigh in week: 1
Weigh in day: Thursday
Previous Weight: 166.2
Todays Weight: 162.4
Hi! I started last May at 173 lbs and got down to 158 in Nov. Throw the holidays in, a stressful January and I found myself back up to 166 last week. Anyway, keeping track of calories and eating less carbs is what I am doing.
Good luck everyone! Glad to be back with this supportive community!3 -
Calories - under
Water: on target
Exercise: walking aquasize class
Goals- aquasize class walking and weights under 40 carbs over 100 protein
steps 112792 -
girlfacedolly wrote: »Hi, I have been on this team every month since last May but skipped January—I signed up again but they put me on Warriors. Can you please add me back here?
User Name: Girlfacedolly
Weigh in week: 1
Weigh in day: Thursday
Previous Weight: 166.2
Todays Weight: 162.4
Hi! I started last May at 173 lbs and got down to 158 in Nov. Throw the holidays in, a stressful January and I found myself back up to 166 last week. Anyway, keeping track of calories and eating less carbs is what I am doing.
Good luck everyone! Glad to be back with this supportive community!
welcome to the group3 -
Wishusdonna wrote: »Wednesday check-in:
Calories - over (impromptu friend's new job after 18 months unemployed celebration. so, I need to try at yesterday's goals again because I didn't achieve yesterday).
Water: on target
Exercise: 10254 steps, but my broken toe is feeling sore again.
Goals: kindness, a proper night's sleep, and eat something green!
Need to get back some control - keep giving into a lot of "just this onces".
you can get control back2 -
girlfacedolly wrote: »Hi, I have been on this team every month since last May but skipped January—I signed up again but they put me on Warriors. Can you please add me back here?
User Name: Girlfacedolly
Weigh in week: 1
Weigh in day: Thursday
Previous Weight: 166.2
Todays Weight: 162.4
Hi! I started last May at 173 lbs and got down to 158 in Nov. Throw the holidays in, a stressful January and I found myself back up to 166 last week. Anyway, keeping track of calories and eating less carbs is what I am doing.
Good luck everyone! Glad to be back with this supportive community!
I’ll post something right away for the moderators. Thanks for letting us know!1 -
girlfacedolly wrote: »Hi, I have been on this team every month since last May but skipped January—I signed up again but they put me on Warriors. Can you please add me back here?
User Name: Girlfacedolly
Weigh in week: 1
Weigh in day: Thursday
Previous Weight: 166.2
Todays Weight: 162.4
Hi! I started last May at 173 lbs and got down to 158 in Nov. Throw the holidays in, a stressful January and I found myself back up to 166 last week. Anyway, keeping track of calories and eating less carbs is what I am doing.
Good luck everyone! Glad to be back with this supportive community!
Its only 8 lbs, I'm sure you've got this : I find that low carb eating helps me a lot
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Sunshineplace
Thursday
Week 1?2? Not sure
Previous 159.2
Current 160.23 -
girlfacedolly wrote: »Hi, I have been on this team every month since last May but skipped January—I signed up again but they put me on Warriors. Can you please add me back here?
User Name: Girlfacedolly
Weigh in week: 1
Weigh in day: Thursday
Previous Weight: 166.2
Todays Weight: 162.4
Hi! I started last May at 173 lbs and got down to 158 in Nov. Throw the holidays in, a stressful January and I found myself back up to 166 last week. Anyway, keeping track of calories and eating less carbs is what I am doing.
Good luck everyone! Glad to be back with this supportive community!
I’ll post something right away for the moderators. Thanks for letting us know!
Moderators got you moved @girlfacedolly
Welcome back!4 -
sunshineplace wrote: »Sunshineplace
Thursday
Week 1?2? Not sure
Previous 159.2
Current 160.2
Week one. Got you entered. Thanks! 2 -
User Name: broncobuddee
Weigh in week: 1
Weigh in day: Thursday
Previous Weight: 250.2
Today's Weight: 250.0
Not substantial, but given that I was expecting a gain (lots of carbs and sodium during work emergency earlier this week) I'll take it.6 -
@broncobuddee Thanks!!1
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In the spirit of posting more, yesterday I ran into a friend who I haven’t seen since I started counting calories and she was like omg you look so good! It feels nice to know that other people can see progress even when the scale hasn’t been moving much lately 6
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Thursday check in
Calories; Over (at maintiance level)
Water; Over
Exercise; 1 hour bodycombat, walking, weights
Tomorrow; get my backside out of gear, reduce the carbs anhd do a decent amount of cardio
Steps; 9,4264 -
Thursday check in:
Cals : a bit over (1866 instead of 1700)
Water : 3 litres
Exercise : just over 15,000 steps
I nearly kept to calories but had such hunger pangs I had to have a slice of toast, sometimes you have to accept your body needs a bit more. Nearly Friday again and the struggle begins, too much day with too much access to the kitchen. I’ll try keep the steps high, just not by going to the fridge or press (press is Irish speak for cupboard😬)5 -
NSV: I am walking around today in a pair of vintage size 10 jeans that have been gathering dust in the back of my closet because they have been too small for years! I know when I got them that they were looser, but I can get them on again! And wear them without extreme discomfort!
@Jaybo37 - Thank you for translating "press!" And hang in there. Going out for walks, far from the kitchen, sounds like a great plan!
@alys_plate92 - Congratulations! It is so great when other people notice!
@girlfacedolly - Welcome back!7 -
Thursday Check in
Calories: under
Water: over
Exercise: 45 minute hill program on the treadmill. My foot is better!!
I had a pretty good day! I'm still watching my sodium and as long as I keep things simple and fresh I should be OK. Last night at church our kid's group had a pizza and cookie cake party and I didn't touch any of it. One slice of pepperoni pizza would have been 870 mg of sodium. So, I had my sensible dinner at home and drank a bottle of water as I took a ton of pics of the kiddos having fun.
Steps for 2/7-7768
@AustinRuadhain, Good job on getting into those jeans!! You are rocking your plan!
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Step Challenge Report
02/06 - 4,804 (exercise on Mon and Wed is martial arts, and I can't wear my tracker; I'll start trying to add walks those days)3 -
Thursday check in
Calories - too close to call
Water - not enough
Exercise - managed a short lifting session - legs and abs
I think I must be feeling better because I wanted a glass of wine tonight! Lifting wasn't too bad, I kept it to low weight and high reps. Might even try a short run tomorrow!4 -
Thursday check in
Calories; Over (at maintiance level)
Water; Over
Exercise; 1 hour bodycombat, walking, weights
Tomorrow; get my backside out of gear, reduce the carbs anhd do a decent amount of cardio
Steps; 9,426
Hi Terri - I can't find your Tuesday steps for the step challenge. You're very faithful so I'm sure I just missed it. Help?0 -
TeresaW1020 wrote: »Thursday Check in
Calories: under
Water: over
Exercise: 45 minute hill program on the treadmill. My foot is better!!
I had a pretty good day! I'm still watching my sodium and as long as I keep things simple and fresh I should be OK. Last night at church our kid's group had a pizza and cookie cake party and I didn't touch any of it. One slice of pepperoni pizza would have been 870 mg of sodium. So, I had my sensible dinner at home and drank a bottle of water as I took a ton of pics of the kiddos having fun.
Steps for 2/7-7768
@AustinRuadhain, Good job on getting into those jeans!! You are rocking your plan!
Great trade-off - camera/pics for pizza. The photos will be worth far more in the long run!
Steps question for you, too: did I miss Wednesday?2 -
Wednesday check in
Calories- over
Water-under
Exercise-not much
I plan on camping it up as soon as I'm over whatever it is I have.
I would like to sleep tonight.
3695 steps
Have you seen a doctor yet? I was able to get cough syrup with codeine, which was a huge help with the sleeping. Might also be time for an antibiotic.
I've not had a lot of luck with doctors. It's hard to explain but doctors are my last option. I did start taking vitamins, colloidal silver and generic musenix DM. Also I used an essential oil infuser while I tried to sleep.
I was able to sleep in my bed last night. That's heading in the right direction.3 -
Thursday check in
Calories, over
Water, several large cups of Folgers
Exercise, walking around at work....11,367 steps
Goals, if I keep feeling better I'll try hitting the gym saturday.3 -
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Thursday check in
Calories - under
Water - not enough, never enough
Exercise - not so much (still on reduced activity due to knee)
Goal - Eat what I've pre-logged for tomorrow.1 -
Thursday Check In
Calories: under
Water: good; not quite 80oz
Exercise: nothing formal
Steps: 8,755
Goals for Thursday:
1. Drink more water❌
2. Plan for some fruits and veg in my meal plan. When it’s this cold I don’t feel like eating fruits and veg❌
3. Plan for some me time after kids are in bed!2
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