WORKOUT WARRIORS - February 2019
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WORKOUT WARRIORS
I challenge every member of the Workout Warrior team to "STEP IT UP" when it comes to your walking (or running) the rest of this week.
Try increasing your daily step count by adding an extra 1k - 2k - or even 3k extra steps to your daily total... Let's help keep the sneaker industry busy and wear the soles off our sneakers... Be sure to post your adjusted goal here in the team chat...
How about it - who is willing to STEP IT UP...
So it looks like at the end of last week i had about 67k steps. So I will try to hit 74k this week.
Awesome Goal! I know you can do it...
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Workout Warriors
Just a reminder as to how important drinking enough water is to any fitness plan. I try to drink a goal of about 100 to 120 ounces of water per day.
Let's all try having another water and see if we can up our water input... Remember - DRINK TIL YOU SHRINK!
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NikMar steps Tuesday: 11,4622
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Kammerkv here. I haven’t posted this week mainly because I took time off the constant thinking of dieting and the feeling of failure as the scale didn’t move. I needed time to really stop feeling so badly about myself.
After a week away, I actually felt skinning one day and even looked better. Then I went on the scale and it basically stayed the same from the previous month- 224 even though I had moved down to 222 for the first week of February. Oh well.
Current weigh in: 224lb and previous weigh in was 222.2 -
I apologize to you all for disappearing for the last few days. I had a migraine Monday and my usually routine job has gone to heck in a hand basket. I worked 11 hours yesterday and another 10 today cleaning up things that someone at the hospital system we merged with last year should have done two years ago. I have a job after the merger and she doesn't and now I know why. And we're being audited by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is fairly routine, but time consuming.
I did drag myself to yoga tonight, but I haven't logged my food for two days because finding 5 minutes to do that at work has been impossible.
And I just got a text from my best friend that her husband has been in a car accident. He's okay, but I'll be driving her 7th grader and mine around tomorrow while they sort out a rental and repairs for his truck.
Is it Friday yet?
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All Wednesday weights have been logged.
Up for tomorrow are:
ConfidentRaven
Megnolia82
NikMar
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Last nag of the day:
We are missing steps for Monday and Tuesday from @abowersgirl and @myfritzie.
We are missing Tuesday only from @megnolia.
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megnolia82 wrote: »Steps
2/11:14,707
Still sick
But had a busier day
Oops, I mistyped. Those steps were for the 12th.
Just to be clear:
Monday: 4947
Tuesday: 14,707
Wednesday: 11,890
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We’ve had a crazy blizzard for the last two days. Everything closed yesterday but back in business today and the weather was probably worse today lol.
Weigh in tomorrow. Probably not so hot. I am going to log everything tomorrow. I know it’s the only thing that works for me.
Hope you are keeping warm and cozy, wherever you are.
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Navydaddjtc wrote: »melissafeagins wrote: »maithileesj wrote: »maithileesj wrote: »maithileesj
Week 1
Saturday (I'm late! Sorrrryyyy!)
Starting Weight: 136.0
Current Weight: 137.5
First off, apologies to the captains and moderators for the tardiness - I didn't get to log my starting weight since I was away on a tour, had no access to a scale, and, honestly, totally forgot about checking in. I also missed my Saturday weigh-in thinking I'll do it before the end of the day but then got caught up in the annual day festivities at my preschooler's school.
Finally, apologies to the team for the gain. My exercise regimen has been off key for several weeks now due to intermittent travel and house guests. Naturally, food has not been on point either. My body seems to want to sleep in even though my mind says I need to go work out. I finally fell out of the stupor last week and have reversed about 2 lb of intra-week gain. I vow to keep it up.
Have another long weekend trip coming up this Saturday. Need to persevere...
@melissafeagins , @Navydaddjtc I noticed that my name doesn't figure on the Feb spreadsheet. I didn't weigh-in for two weeks straight, so I'll understand if I've been taken off the team. But if there's a chance you can put me back on, then I'd really love to stay with this wonderful group!
I'll have to get someone to tell me how this works, but I will try to find out later today
@maithileesj @melissafeagins
I got her back on the team mari is checking the formula to make sure it's right
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Help! I've been having this terrible craving for chocolate the past week. I'm trying to stick to dark chocolate most of the time, but I know I'm cheating myself when I say 50% dark is dark enough...
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maithileesj wrote: »Help! I've been having this terrible craving for chocolate the past week. I'm trying to stick to dark chocolate most of the time, but I know I'm cheating myself when I say 50% dark is dark enough...
I am in the minority, I know, but if you are really craving it, make it fit your calories. I don't believe any food is bad as long as it is not spoiled. Our bodies are made to crave what we need.
I keep a bag of chocolate at work, but I put it in my boss's candy dish. Everyone can share, but no one over does because we don't want to bother her to get it. Truth in advertising, since I started that, other people have started purchasing it from time to time.2 -
Steps Weds 13th Feb - 9,542
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I didn't end up logging anything yesterday but I know I was over calories. Didn't like what I made for lunch so guess who got a burger, fries and a milkshake? Ugh! I swear I'm disgusted with myself sometimes. Anyway will force myself to eat this super healthy veggie soup which I know will be filling, since I put almost every vegetable known to man in there. Tasty? Not so sure.
Steps for yesterday. Underperformed again at 5956. I really need to get it together!2 -
Steps Feb 13 - 10,787
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Good Morning friends
Well as you can see we finally got power, and tel communications back after being down for 48 hours. Mineral looks like a battle zone and the PUD crew's,DOT and County crews are working as fast as they can to restore Mineral to normalcy before the next round of storms come marching through.
We ended up with 4 1/2 feet of snow. Some of it has melted away just in time for the next blast due up sometime next week according to the weather guessers.
Know this I am sure that you guys are doing fantastic things with your weight loss journey and I applaud you for doing so. That being said I am not going to try and catch up with all of the post.
Just know that you all get ^^^^^^5's all around and 👍👍 thumbs up. Stay warm and dry and have a great Thursday. Greg2 -
Steps
2/13: 20,609
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I have a couple of trips in the next week and a half starting this afternoon so I'm sure my steps and eating will be all over the place. Really hoping I can make good food choices on this first trip especially. I'll be staying with my parents and they tend to have tons of junk food sitting around and not much healthy food. I did send them a grocery list to pick up some fruit and a few other things so at least when I wake up tomorrow I can reach for that instead of donuts!3
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Steve has asked that we increase our steps. Even though I am not on the team 👎👎👎 I have been tracking my steps as I am putting in a ton with the snow blowing goin on here.
so that being said here are the stats for my stepping
Feb 3-9 week 1 Totals
71,802 steps 66 floors 31.99 miles 25,034 calories
Feb 10- today week 2 totals so far
Totals
70,902 steps 72 floors 31.5 miles 19,515 calories
That make my daily average over the last 7 days of 14,483...2483 over my daily goal.
Now here is my point if I can do this any of you can also. Those of you that are new to the team I let a portion of my right leg and foot in the rice paddies of South Vietnam. No I don't have a state of the art prosthetic leg I have an old school one that has the look of a real one along with color and texture. Yes I know I can go get a new one at the VA Hospital but what the hell for if it anit broke no need to fix it.
Here is a mini challenge from me to you all including those of you not the step team for the rest of the week. Increase your stepping or walking or even running. take the dog for a walk, take the kids out for a walk or invite them to run with you. I have a quad dog lead and I walk all four the kids on one lead and leash. Yes I walk 2 120 pd Rotts and 2 other that are a white lab and a Alaskan Malamute.
I am not going to give a % or a number just do your best. Walk with a purpose to increase your 💓💓 rate and in turn will burn calories. Idon't how many it will burn, but really does that matter if your are increasing your activity. the calories will burn muscle mass in the legs will increase and your heart and lungs will get stronger. All of that adds up to a win win.
SO COME ON GUYS WHOSE IN IT TO WIN IT. JOIN ME AND LETS KICK SOME BUTT AND GET HEALTHIER AND STRONGER IN DOING SO!!
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PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORTED AND PHYSICALS ARE IN THE BOOKS
FULL SQUAD RETURNS EARLY NEXT WEEK
OMG I AM LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE AND BAKERY
BASEBALL BASEBALL AND MORE BASEBALL
LET SPRING TRAINING BEGIN....
OH MY GOD IT'S BEEN WAY TO LONG WITHOUT THEM
GO MARINERS
PLAY BALL1 -
OOPS MY BAD A BOO BOO HERE
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WTG WARRIORS WE ARE IN 1ST PLACE IN THE STEP CHALLENGE.
GOD I LOVE THIS TEAM YOUR THE BEST OF THE BEST
NO CALMING DOWN @steplaj AND @melissafeagins LET'S PUSH THIS TEAM TO A KO THIS WEEK
IN THE GROUP STANDING WE ARE IN FOURTH PLACE.....LETS GO TEAM WE GOT THIS
WE ARE THE MIGHTY WARRIORS..... WE ARE THE BEST..... WE ARE FAMILY.....
TIME TO TURN AND BURN
NOW LETS LIGHT EM UP.... AFTER BURNERS ON CLEAR CAT 1... CLEAR FOR TAKE OFF
AND LIGHT EM UP
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Kammerkv here. I haven’t posted this week mainly because I took time off the constant thinking of dieting and the feeling of failure as the scale didn’t move. I needed time to really stop feeling so badly about myself.
After a week away, I actually felt skinning one day and even looked better. Then I went on the scale and it basically stayed the same from the previous month- 224 even though I had moved down to 222 for the first week of February. Oh well.
Current weigh in: 224lb and previous weigh in was 222.
Trust me, don't allow yourself to get down on yourself... Losing weight is one of the hardest tasks I have ever endured. I go down, I go up, I go down - Ugh!!! I know exactly how you feel, and so many people in here do as well...
Remember, this is not about dieting, this is the first thing we all need to learn... It is about re-learning our behavior. In other words, changing our lifestyle. This is why so many of us refer to it as our "fitness plan". What works for me may not work for you and what works for you may not work for Greg - but - we all understand and are here to help you, especially when you are feeling down.
You should also not go insane over the numbers, especially if you are physically active. Look at many factors, your weight, your waist size, measurements, physical appearance - these are all indicators of whether your plan is working or not.
Last, but not least - you should be sharing what you are doing with us. Let us make suggestions, help motivate you, and most of all - keep you accountable... Sometimes you have an item that may be hurting your progress and you may not know it, but someone else might. Also, some of us have actually gone off our plans and did a "restart". I find that when you hit a rut, this helps to push past the rut. Water retention can always fluctuate your scale a pound or two as well, try getting rid of excess water. Oddly enough, drinking more water helps your body to eliminate retained water - this is why we say "Drink til you Shrink". Sodium causes your body to retain water, drinking more water flushes sodium, thus, less water retained.
If you need help, post it... We have people in here that are always willing to help give you a little push along the way...
Steve
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melissafeagins wrote: »I apologize to you all for disappearing for the last few days. I had a migraine Monday and my usually routine job has gone to heck in a hand basket. I worked 11 hours yesterday and another 10 today cleaning up things that someone at the hospital system we merged with last year should have done two years ago. I have a job after the merger and she doesn't and now I know why. And we're being audited by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is fairly routine, but time consuming.
I did drag myself to yoga tonight, but I haven't logged my food for two days because finding 5 minutes to do that at work has been impossible.
And I just got a text from my best friend that her husband has been in a car accident. He's okay, but I'll be driving her 7th grader and mine around tomorrow while they sort out a rental and repairs for his truck.
Is it Friday yet?
I feel your pain.... Things here are always changing. A year and a half ago we switched from Meditech, Metricom, Alscripts and Soarian Computer Systems to a single EPIC System which has been a struggle to say the least... On top of that, we are going back into contract talks in a month or two and I sit on the negotiation committee. It never stops in a hospital, ever changing and it's the workers that do all the work...
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maithileesj wrote: »Help! I've been having this terrible craving for chocolate the past week. I'm trying to stick to dark chocolate most of the time, but I know I'm cheating myself when I say 50% dark is dark enough...
Quality as well as Quantity... Limit your chocolate and opt for high quality dark... It helps if it's served on a strawberry!
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@steplaj I hear about EPIC all day long! My husband is a senior SQL DBA at a hospital here but has been tasked with EPIC administration as well. The only positive part of it I think was the training they sent him to in Wisconsin because the campus is incredible there! Otherwise it's a headache for sure!!!0
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ConfidentRaven
Week 2
Thursday weigh in
PW; 365.7
CW: 364.0
Loss 1.7
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maithileesj wrote: »Help! I've been having this terrible craving for chocolate the past week. I'm trying to stick to dark chocolate most of the time, but I know I'm cheating myself when I say 50% dark is dark enough...
I keep these in the freezer:
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OKIE DOKIE TEAM
TIME TO BOOGIE ON DOWN TO THE SCALES AND DO THE WEEKLY WEIGH IN BOOGIE
AND IN THE SPOT LITE TODAY IS
@Megnolia82
@NikMar
@Patricehm16<<<<<COULD BE ELIMINATED IF NO WEIGH IN NO JOKE
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