WAISTAWAYS TEAM CHAT - JULY 2019
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mari_moulin wrote: »evangsimmons170 wrote: »mari_moulin wrote: »Super happy today!! Just got home from my post op appointment and I’ve been given the full clear for workouts and in a weeks time I can actually take my kids to the pool!! Next appointment is end of August to get things rolling for my surgery in October!! Also....a peak at today’s lunch. Beef 🥩 with a Potatoes 🥔 and veggies 🥒🍆over the fire grill and strawberries 🍓 and cream for dessert. ❤️
@mari_moulin So glad all went well at your post op appointment. You have to have another surgery in October? I'm sorry you're going through so much. In the meantime, enjoy that wonderful lunch of yours!
Yes I’m currently in the skin removal phase. I did my tummy 11 weeks ago and I have arms and breasts in October.
Oh wow did you have gastric bypass surgery? How long ago?0 -
evangsimmons170 wrote: »mari_moulin wrote: »evangsimmons170 wrote: »mari_moulin wrote: »Super happy today!! Just got home from my post op appointment and I’ve been given the full clear for workouts and in a weeks time I can actually take my kids to the pool!! Next appointment is end of August to get things rolling for my surgery in October!! Also....a peak at today’s lunch. Beef 🥩 with a Potatoes 🥔 and veggies 🥒🍆over the fire grill and strawberries 🍓 and cream for dessert. ❤️
@mari_moulin So glad all went well at your post op appointment. You have to have another surgery in October? I'm sorry you're going through so much. In the meantime, enjoy that wonderful lunch of yours!
Yes I’m currently in the skin removal phase. I did my tummy 11 weeks ago and I have arms and breasts in October.
Oh wow did you have gastric bypass surgery? How long ago?
Yea I had the gastric bypass 2 years ago. June 13th was my 2 year surgiversary. I lost my first 70 lbs on my own with MFP and the rest was lost after my bypass. 3 years total on my journey and down to 167 lbs from 338.8 lbs.4 -
mari_moulin wrote: »evangsimmons170 wrote: »mari_moulin wrote: »evangsimmons170 wrote: »mari_moulin wrote: »Super happy today!! Just got home from my post op appointment and I’ve been given the full clear for workouts and in a weeks time I can actually take my kids to the pool!! Next appointment is end of August to get things rolling for my surgery in October!! Also....a peak at today’s lunch. Beef 🥩 with a Potatoes 🥔 and veggies 🥒🍆over the fire grill and strawberries 🍓 and cream for dessert. ❤️
@mari_moulin So glad all went well at your post op appointment. You have to have another surgery in October? I'm sorry you're going through so much. In the meantime, enjoy that wonderful lunch of yours!
Yes I’m currently in the skin removal phase. I did my tummy 11 weeks ago and I have arms and breasts in October.
Oh wow did you have gastric bypass surgery? How long ago?
Yea I had the gastric bypass 2 years ago. June 13th was my 2 year surgiversary. I lost my first 70 lbs on my own with MFP and the rest was lost after my bypass. 3 years total on my journey and down to 167 lbs from 338.8 lbs.
Congrats that's awesome! 😃😃2 -
Steps 7/9~ 16,213 😁5
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martinesther88 wrote: »Steps 7/9~ 16,213 😁
I'll catch up to you one day soon, @martinesther88 lolol2 -
Steps 7/10~8,3253
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7/9- 169984 -
Good Morning everyone. ☀️ back to my running this morning completing C25K week 4 day 2. Not getting on the stepper this morning but will do my all to do it tonight after my evening walk.
Today is another day of appointments, I see my gastric surgeon for my 2 year follow up. I hope he is happy with my results up until now and I’m excited to tell him where I am with skin removal. Then this evening it’s my boys appointment with the orthodontist. Fun times.
Last nights dinner was high sodium 🧂 so I suspect that’s why I had this 1lb gain this morning. I swear sausages do it every time. So today lots of water to drain this crap out and sticking to lean meats and veggies! Have a wonderful day everyone. ❤️💪🏻2 -
mari_moulin wrote: »Good Morning everyone. ☀️ back to my running this morning completing C25K week 4 day 2. Not getting on the stepper this morning but will do my all to do it tonight after my evening walk.
Today is another day of appointments, I see my gastric surgeon for my 2 year follow up. I hope he is happy with my results up until now and I’m excited to tell him where I am with skin removal. Then this evening it’s my boys appointment with the orthodontist. Fun times.
Last nights dinner was high sodium 🧂 so I suspect that’s why I had this 1lb gain this morning. I swear sausages do it every time. So today lots of water to drain this crap out and sticking to lean meats and veggies! Have a wonderful day everyone. ❤️💪🏻
Sodium will do that ... and hoping... KNOWING.... You will get positive follow-up news.2 -
Happy Wednesday!
I had a fantastic day out on the Missisquoi River yesterday with one of my most fun and crazy friends. We paddled 12 km (against the wind all the way!), and then enjoyed a nice cold beer, went to pick up her daughter, and went out for a delicious dinner. I'm sure I ate just about all the calories I spent paddling, but it was a really fun day. Pics to follow! I let my friend be the photographer for the day. I carried the snacks in my kayak It felt good to have a day off from the vegetable garden and my boys (love them, but... )
It is lovely to read everyone's news this morning. I have a question that has been niggling for days and I don't want to use Google to get the answer. @AmyRobF - what the heck is a Gazelle? And thanks for the painting encouragement!
@mari_moulin - that lunch. And you can go in the pool now? Life sounds good. Enjoy all the weeks up to your next surgery - you deserve a lot of wonderful times.
@matthewsfive - yeah, you're kicking yourself, but hopefully your son will only get engaged once, right? There are a few occasions in life where we just kind of let go and have fun. Take a deep sigh, smile about all the really, really good parts (I'm sure there were many!) and get back to your clean eating and good exercise. 10 more pounds to surgery! We're watching you!
@leni1us - you too can get back to this. You were on a huge exercise roll a while back (remember the baseball game thing? you killed it!), and you can do it again. I never understand why it is SO HARD to get back going again after we fall off for a while, on either food or exercise. But once you have a couple of days under your belt, it will come back fast too. Just start. Tell us when and how you do, ok? You got this!
@fourathomej - momcare, kidcare, camping prep - no wonder you're exhausted. Try to take a few minutes here and there just to breathe deeply, look around at something beautiful, and do nothing. hugs flying your way!
@Terytha - you always put a smile on my face. If you like to put something yummy on your plain, boring steamed veg, make (or buy) some Gomashio. Toast some sesame seeds (use a cast iron or other nice solid flat skillet), and make a think layer of sesame seeds on the bottom. Put on the heat, and keep those little seeds moving fairly constantly with a wooden spoon or some kind of spatula. When they start turning golden go carefully, they'll smell lovely too. Hopefully you have a mortar and pestle or a Japanese suribachi (ridged bowl and wooden pestle). Put the seeds in there, with some coarse salt (not too much!) and grind them up. Sprinkle this stuff on anything - it is fabulous!
OK! Wednesday weigh ins:
@Fourathomej
@karenesg
@offitgoes
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@jugar I will definitely try that! It sounds delish.
My scale has started giving me three different answers within three minutes, which is definitely not water weight lol. But I can't seem to find where batteries go. I paid like five bucks for it ages ago, might be time for a replacement. Is there any meaning in spending money on a good scale, or am I more or less getting the same results from a cheap one?0 -
Thanks @jugar. You are always so encouraging. This analogy came to me while I was reading your post. I think it's harder to "get back on the horse" because you have to work in the saddle. Watch where you're going, balance, avoid potholes, steer clear of obstacles etc. On the ground you have none of those issues. It's far easier to be on the ground than on the horse but it takes you longer to get anywhere. I want to be an equestrian marvel so back on the horse I go. (I hope that made sense....it did to me).4
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@jugar This is the Gazelle, it is very low impact and folds up. I paid $20 for it at a yard sale. Not sure if it really burns a lot of calories but it gets me moving!1
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Wed weigh in -
PW: 175.6
CW: 1757 -
Hi! Super late joining the thread (I registered on June 30). This is my first week. I am trying to do the low carb eating way (not necessarily Keto). I also do a (mostly) daily 15-20 elliptical workout and I walk for about 15-20 minutes at work. We have a huge campus with a bunch of trails.
It's my third day and I miss sugar. But I know it can't miss me back so I am trying to divorce it. The withdrawal headaches aren't as bad as I thought they would be. I am doing a really good job at drinking water. I literally have gone over 24 hours without drinking water in the past (not proud of that)!!!
I am really going to stick to it this time. I have alot of "whys". Most importantly, my daughter Honor. I keep visions of me wearing regular sized clothes that I actually like (not just what fits) in my head as motivation for now.
Cheers and the best of luck to us all!
User: Flawless_K
Weigh in day: Monday (Week 1: July 8th)
Starting: 223.2 (only 5 feet)
July Weight Loss Goal: 10 lbs.9 -
Username @evangsimmons170
7/7/19
Exercise minutes = 53
Steps = 12,760
Water (in oz) = 54
7/8/19
Exercise minutes = 119
Steps = 14,346
Water (in oz) = 64
7/9/19
Exercise minutes = 74
Steps = 9,600
Water (in oz) = 52
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TOM has made an appearance, ugh. Messing with my mood.6
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@AmyRobF I have a gazelle...haven't used it in a while but bought it about 20 years ago...lol...always loved it!!!3
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ID: fourathomej
PW: 148.5
CW: 148.5
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@Perla4686 - I remember (back when I had TOM!) complaining to my doctor that I got really angry around that time. She raised her eyebrow brilliantly, and said "Guys get to be angry any day of the month they want. What's the big deal?" and then laughed really hard. It was liberating. Have your moods. Don't worry about it. Warn people - tremble your lid before flipping it - but don't worry too much. It will pass!
@AmyRobF - the gazelle is cool! And it looks a lot like an elliptical, which burns serious calories. Can you adjust the resistance? You go!
@Flawless_K - WELCOME! I have put you right back into the regular roster after wondering if you had just wandered away. Originally you had a Saturday weigh-in date. Do you want to change it to Monday? Any day works. We're in week 2 as of Sunday, but I'll just put your week 1 as the same as your starting. I would suggest a slightly smaller goal than 10 pounds to be sure you can really get there. 1-2 pounds per week gets it done! And if you exceed that by being truly awesome, so much the better. I'll put you down for 8 pounds (2 pounds a week for the remainder of the challenge, if you stick with Saturday weigh-ins). But really, make any changes you want and jump on in to get all the support, joking around, kicks in the spandex, or whatever you need. You have some wonderful teammates here and we are really glad to see you. And aren't daughters the best? Mine sent me a necklace that I received today. The first place I went while wearing it, I got a compliment. I rarely wear jewellery, but I don't think this one is going to spend much time in the box.
@evangsimmons170 - a day under 10,000 steps! But 74 exercise minutes is great. Keep at it - and keep at that writing, too, OK? Can't wait to hear how that is all going. And the job interviews. There is so much bubbling up in your life right now -- do a quick dance about that!
@leni1us - I completely get your in the saddle thing. I have spent a LOT of time on horses, and it is true - you have a lot of responsibility while up there, but it gets you through the rough stuff with a great partner. On the ground we are kind of ordinary. In the saddle, we are beautiful.
I'm just feeling pretty good about this team right now - can't you tell? You are a great bunch. Hugs all around.6
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