MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLE January 2020 Chat
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Motiv8tedMom
weigh in day Sunday
Starting weight 219.5
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weigh in- week 2
Name itscleo
PW: 158
CW: 156.8
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I found this TED Talk inspiring and affirming, and thought I would share!
How to motivate yourself to change your behavior | Tali Sharot | TEDxCambridge
One key point is that we are better able to learn from good news than bad news. Our ability to learn from good news remains pretty constant throughout life. Our ability to learn from bad news peaks in midlife and then declines, and most people's ability to learn from bad news is lower than our ability to learn from good news throughout life.
All this applies both to managing ourselves and to communicating with others. Instead of using warnings about bad things that could happen in the future, we may be able to communicate better with ourselves and others by focusing on 3 principles that drive our minds and behaviors:
- Social Incentives - Seeing/hearing what other people are doing is powerful.
- Immediate Rewards - Knowing in advance you will get to see progress highlighted someplace (like our Habit Tracker) can be a powerful tool!
- Progress Monitoring - Highlight the progress, not the decline!
(Hey, a bunch of this sounds like stuff we do here in Fat2Fit! Maybe that's some of why this group is so wonderfully helpful!)
I so see ways to lean into this in my everyday life, with myself and with wanting to support others!
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It's time for the Green January Week 1 Report!
Every team was over 60% green - and here's the breakdown (insert fabulous drumroll here):Downsizers - 81.8% Green
WaistAways - 79.4% Green
Trimstones - 70.4% Green
Mission Slimpossibles - 65.4% Green
Shrinking Assets - 60.7% Green
Fantastic job, everyone! Let's see if Week 2 can be even greener
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Thank you everyone for your kind comments!
Happy to report another little loss.
Weigh in day Saturday
Previous 153
Current 152.5
I've been on holiday, hiking in the Black Mountains of Wales. And visiting the bookshops of Hay on Wye and the beautiful cathedral in Hereford.
It's quite a foodie area, so I haven't been as careful as I could have been, but back on it now.
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🎉 HURRAY, TEAM! As a team, Slimpossibles lost over 36 pounds last week! That is so SO great! Our team is on the leaderboard for both Team Percentage and Team Lbs Lost!
@Sunshineplace - Congratulations on being on the week's leaderboard! Losing over 2% is a great week, indeed! ✔️🥳
THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER GREAT WEEK!
@its_cleo - Cleo, I am so SO sorry to hear you lost a pet, and glad to hear you are taking care of yourself. The loss of a pet can hit so, so hard. 👐👐👐
@Motiv8tedMom - Wow! What a great weigh-in! I am so delighted for you! ✔️👍🏽
@mrmcgrath - A huge hurray for your great day at the gym! Yeah, yeah, your food and water could have been better, but looking at your report, you had fun, you worked out -- overall a really great day! Progress! 😉👍🏽
@raleighgirl09 - Hey there! 👋
💗 So first off, I love how you slide funny smart comments into your posts, and I LOVE this victory:
🥳 Woohoo for breaking the Slink Cycle! (I am totally stealing this term and using it!)I broke the slink cycle, me slinking into the kitchen for a nibble after dinner!
Also, you so deserve to be proud of all your great work with eating out! 👍🏽
As for sending you mojo? Absolutely! Doing that! 👍🏽👍🏽
💪🏾 You asked about "body weight work." That's a term I have picked up from my 14 year old. It's me doing resistance work at home with just my body weight - so things like push-ups, sit-ups, planks, squats.
I also loveloveLOVE training with weights at the gym.
💗 I am right there with you on loving the Habit Tracker. @TeresaW1020 - thank you SO much for making this happen! 🙏🏽✔️
💪🏾 (I just contemplated posting something about the value of strength training -- it's a topic I get super excited about -- but I suspect most people know already.)
@canzone777 - So, first off -- HURRAY for the great weigh-in! Congratulations on being in the green! ✔️🥳
Hurray for getting back to the gym even once during the first week back at school! And hurray for that food prep work, even if you can short! I have toally had a related experience, when my husband or teenager decides to eat "my" food, and I have to take a breath and remember to happy that they want to (as opposed, say, to going out for a burger)! Your hitting the Reset Button on Saturday with gym and food prep is so inspiring!
@Apple852hk - I am SO sorry you are not feeling well. So many people get sick this time of year. Hurray for the weigh-in! If some of it is water and bounces back, so be it. We are sending you get well wishes! 👐
@davors19 - 🌴 Vacation happens! I hope you had fun and relaxed and enjoyed yourself! You only gained 3, and I'll bet you get some of that off this week, with your plan to reset. So great that you are not letting the number stop you! 👍🏽👍🏽
@TeresaW1020 - 🤩 I wish you could help me come reorganize MY house. And maybe those clean and reorganize vibes headed my way, as I tackled the master bathroom this morning. 🧹 Not sure either of my guys will notice, but I am super happy I got so much done!
@Cornanda - Holding steady is not trivial, so congrats on that! I think I am wired to tend to gain rather than hold steady, so I always think if someone holds steady, they were likely putting some energy into making that happen! 🏆 Focusing on tracking is such a smart move! 👍🏽
@Wishusdonna - Congratulations on your in-the-green weigh-in! ✔️
📚 ⛪ And enjoy your trip in the Black Mountains! Your talk of bookshops and visiting cathedrals all sounds lovely!
💗Since you mentioned bookshops and the Black Mountains, I will tell you that I had a little thrill reading that you are there, as one of my favorite ever audio books is set there (great story by Neil Gaiman, with gorgeous music by the FourPlay String Quartet): (Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman).2 -
Checking in....
In keeping with my promise to myself to make time to check in everyday I went to do so last night at 10:35 in the middle of a bar/restaurant. Lol. However, while I could open the MFP app I couldn’t get into the community page for some reason. 🤷🏼♀️
Yesterday as tends to happen on the weekend, I went over my extra points total. Same today because we ordered chicken wings and pizza for dinner but I didn’t go crazy which I am proud of myself for. Problem is that they are both very hefty in WW points but I wanted to have them so I did so without going overboard.
This week I will focus on working out to make up for the extra points I ate and drank this weekend. I will do it. I am also pleased with myself that I had a great workout today as I typically don’t find time on the weekend. I promised myself I needed to fit a workout in since I missed my Thursday workout and I followed through.1 -
@its_cleo I’m sorry for your loss. So sad losing a pet. I hope your weigh in goes well and raises your spirits.
@davors19 that will come off in no time!
@raleighgirl09 sounds like you had a bump in the road. I think you hit the nail on the head...don’t obsess about. Learn from it and move on is my advice. We’ve all been there and will be again or we wouldn’t be here. And good to see in your next post that you are paying attention to your wins. I think that is important. Better thing to focus on.
@canzone777 good for you hitting the reset button and recovering so beautifully. You could have just thrown in the towel but you didn’t. I’m inspired.
@austinruadhain my girlfriend and I were just talking about TED talks this evening. She was encouraging me to watch because she knows how I have been struggling this past year and she herself will soon be on that stage doing her own TED talk! Also, thank you! I love being on the leaderboard!!! It feels fabulous.
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Great losses everyone! Can one, congratulations on being on the leaderboard!
Sunday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- dance/cleaning, stretch video, strength exercises
Water- over
I think I told you I made a week bullet journal for exercise and hit all the boxes despite being in a lot of pain today. I didn't sleep last night and had a busy day, I have more pain issues without sleep and was going to skip my workouts but really wanted all my boxes checked! I kept telling myself to come on MFP with my laptop and couldn't remember why, it is for habit tracker, I'm way behind!
5 habits
1. 30 minutes cardio a day- done
2. 2 FitOn workouts this week- done
3. Get back to gym- going tomorrow
4. Do core strength and back stretches daily
5. Make a new recipe once a week- SIL and I made butternut squash soup. I did a lb of garbanzo beans this morning for 2 recipes (soup and curry) but ate butternut squash soup instead.1 -
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I worked all weekend so now I'm entering my 'short week' for work. My goal is to not slack like I normally do these weeks.
Great Job on the Week #1 stats team!!1 -
Week 1 for me - Monday weigh in January13
Rachelleahsmom
Previous weight 145
Today's weight 143
I'm happy-ish but I have gained and lost these same 2 pounds about 20 times.
Have a great week everyone!1 -
Magnificent Monday to everyone,
Username: wrknonmedaily
Week 2
Monday
PW 236.3
TW 2352 -
nbbaby
Week 2
Monday
PW: 214.5
CW: 219.7
So you know I went off keto and took a week off of watching what I was eating... not a great idea lol between that and the water retention. Terrible week. But I'm trying something knew, healthy eating and smaller portions. Well see how it goes.3 -
Just checking in!
I have adjusted my hydration target from. 14 to 10. And had 11 today! Yay!
Stayed within target on my food points. A struggle because I have been so flagrant on holiday.
Today I have made oat milk for my husband. I am trying to help his IBS by limiting fodmaps. And finding a fat free low lactose yoghurt without palm oil. Agh!
@AustinRuadhain I love Neil Gaiman too!
Steps 10505 yesterday. Clearing 12k today!
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Another Monday on the books. Feeling much better than last week! Getting my teacher stamina back! 😝
Also, I have found a new workout group among my colleagues. I have recently have gotten into KickFit, and was talking about a class I had been to and got a few other teachers excited about trying it. So, we got our first sweat session on the books today. So nice to have a group to inspire you to keep going! (Also a great way to release any frustration that may have built up over the course of the work day 😉.) Meeting again on Wednesday, and I’m looking forward to it!2 -
Monday check-in
Calories under
Excrise none...still time but I don't think so.
Water over1 -
I tracked my food today and tomorrow I'm going to start the habit tracker!2
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Hey all just a daily check in. I'm on track with cals but struggling with my exercise goals this week. I think bc I feel like crap emotionally. Also I'm avoiding, bc movement/exercise would help me get in touch with my feelings.
Anyway trying to get back on track tomorrow:
some mobility work, biceps, and stair circuit hopefully.
Even if I don't feel like it and I want to be miserable I can still be miserable and move!
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Checking in for Monday...
Awesome day!
WW points stayed within today (although I was in the hole 50 points!!!!!! from the weekend and I am digging myself out of that!)
Water great. 100+ oz
Exercise - over 17,000 steps (had to take it off to charge it) including 1 hr 20 minute cardio workout.
Goal for tomorrow, stay within my points and keep moving to earn those activity points to dig myself out of the point deficit from the weekend. I know this isn’t the way you are supposed to do it but it worked for me in the past so hopefully it will again.
My 5 habits
1. Tracking ✅
2. No artificial sweeteners ✅
3. Exercise 4 times a week ✅
4. Minimum 80 oz of water a day ✅
5. Make time to check in MFP each day ✅
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Jactop
Week 2
Monday
PW: 208
CW: 206
Yay!! Stayed in the green.3 -
@Jactop great weigh-in!
@rachelleahsmom nice loss, this could be the time it's gone for good!
@wrknonmedaily great loss! Hope your day was awesome!
@nbbaby I think finding what works for you is most important, you'll find your groove and things will fall into place. I haven't found the perfect diet/exercise routine yet but will keep tweaking as I go.
@WishUsDonna great water intake! I tried all the alternative milks and couldn't believe how great oat milk is. I've looked into a lower FODMAP diet, I'm trying everything I can before doing it as it turns out I eat probably 80% high FODMAP. Best of luck to your husband, it's a strict way of eating during the elimination phase.
@Cornanda great job logging! The habit tracker is fun. I started a bullet journal which is similar. I can't use it with my cell phone and kept forgetting to come on with my laptop, I had 5 days of checks to add in, it was fun!
@its_cleo I'm sorry you're struggling right now. I have issues with depression and some days it's really hard to get started, even though I know I'd be proud of myself afterward. Can you listen to music while doing it? If I start one of my playlists I can usually push myself to exercise and it puts me in a more lighthearted mood than a deep-thinking one. I didn't dance on purpose the first time recently, I put on disco and couldn't help myself. I slowly started coming out of it and think I'm on the right track though it hasn't been easy. I hope you're doing well as soon as possible.
@sunshineplace WOW, you killed it today! I'm doing the same thing right now, a week ago I had relatives in town plus we had a Christmas celebration with high calorie foods, the little I tracked had me a few thousand over so I've been cutting back since. I DO think it's good to have days you just let it be an over day buta few in a row or really high calorie I'll cut back/not eat exercise calories for a bit. Don't know if it's the right thing to do either!
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Monday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- stair treadmill, weights, core/stretch, Fit On yoga
Water- over
OK, tomorrow when I say how much I hurt remind me of a week ago when I said how sore I was after doing an hour! I planned to do 30 minutes then got fired up about beating my flights of stairs from last week, I did 30 more! For those of you I'm friends with you saw this already but I've switched my workouts from biking every day with elliptical and weights 3xs a week to various things (aside of core/stretch). So far it's going really well, I'm finding when I do the bike or strength/weights I'm making gains or feeling stronger. I thought I was doing a stretching routine on my app and turned out I did yoga for the first time! The instructor was crazy-flexible, I don't think even after a year I could do that, especially with a fused lower back. It frustrated me how bad I was so that means I'll have to do it more to improve! I also think aside of stretch/core it's the best thing I could do to help my limitations.
5 habits
1. Gym 3xs a week- went today
2. Strength exercises/stretching daily- done
3. FitOn apps, this week 5!- did 1 today
4. 30 minutes cardio- done
5. New recipe- made butternut squash soup yesterday and will be making soup or curry with garbanzo beans if I don't eat them all first! Seriously, if you like beans and don't make from dried they're pretty amazing!
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I so just want to go back to sleep 💤 .01/14
Check In
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 2
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 196.3
Todays Weight 196.6 💥
Yesterday
Calories: slightly under
Water: over/under? Over
Macros: fat high
Exercise:
Yesterday’s Fitbit/mfp stats:
3540 steps. 4500 goal steps
1.54 miles
2166 burned calories
10 active
82 sleep score
63 resting sleep
1815calories consumed
Macros by grams. carb 179g, goal > 237g, fat 88g, goal 44-77g, protein 831g, goal 70g
Basic Goals
30 active (heart rate driven) minutes: 👎
Complete food diary: 📖
Stay hydrated(more than 64 oz): 💦
Stay below sugar goal: 👎
Meet fiber in range: 👎
Daily self care: meditating, crafting, reading, etc.👎
Sleep: minimum 7 hours 💤
My vision for 2020:
To find out who I am outside of “mom” since I will be an empty nester in the 5 months.
To love me no matter where I am at in my journey.
To pursue habits and hobbies that I will enjoy and that will enrich my soul.
To focus on total health (mind, body, and soul)
Don’t let any one weigh-in dictate what I do.
Choose to do the work.
Choose to show up & do the actions.
Don’t give up when you get your first bit of resistance.
Stick to your habits no matter what. Ignore your ego and avoid complacency.
Keep a connection with others who understand what this journey. Isolation is not helpful
Don’t hide when weight gain happens. Assume it will. Share your truth, and don’t let your mind tell you no one will understand.
Make up your mind that you are and will be successful.
Accept that this is your struggle, and you will not be fixed. I will need to continuously manage my condition.1 -
Good morning Team Slimpossibles!!
Can you believe that we are already halfway through this month? How are you doing on your goals that you set for yourself at the beginning of the month? Did you create a vision for yourself on what you want to achieve this year? I just went and reviewed what I had written and it's now been printed it out and put where I can review it often, maybe even daily!!
I want you to click on the link below and either review your vision that you already posted, revise your vision if need be, or write your vision for 2020. Remember...“When you have a vision that is strong enough and powerful enough, nothing can stand in your way.” Lewis Howes
Your Vision for 2020
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Monday Check-in
Calories: all good, on-plan choices; on target
Water: slightly over
Exercise: martial arts class (80 min)
5 Habits: Checks for all of them! ✔️
YAY: I didn't get the first 3 done at the usual time, as I had an early morning run to the airport that messed with the morning routine. But thank you, Habit Tracker, I got a reminder later in the day and made sure to catch up later so I could check all those boxes. Yes, I am still inside the same exact person I was in first grade when a sticker on a page was super exciting. I can fight that or use it!
BOO: No progress on office cleanup yesterday. Time to buckle down in a big way. I need to get ready for tax work, but that's not something that gets me excited. Hmm. I am going to set up a game for this --set aside some time, and remember to celebrate after I get chunks done.
Goals and Improvements for today
- Work my 5 Habits
--- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min) ✔️
--- Meditation (daily 2+ min) ✔️
--- M.A. Forms Practice (daily 2+ min) ✔️
--- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min) - Goal today is an outdoor walk. It is cool and foggy
--- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily)
- Decluttering - home office (2+ min)3 -
Good morning,
So I have been slowly falling back into old, bad habits over the past 2 weeks. I am still losing with a goal of 195 by September 22, 2020 but I need to take control before I completely lose it. I ended up at Culver's with my son last night. He's 22 and works at Amazon so he can eat that from time to time. I did not want to log the small double Oreo concrete mixer or the twizzles I scarfed down but I knew it would only be a disservice to me if I didn't. I vow to get back on track today.6 -
My mind is clearer this week as both my kids are back to school- less distractions. As I took a walk today, I started thinking about the obstacles that I put in front of myself. I'm very clever and able to do this in a way that I don't realize it is ME causing the problem. An example--how I struggle with planning my exercise. I can never decide, things don't seem right, this won't work-is too hard-isn't good enough.....etc, etc etc! I enjoyed a group class because I didn't have to plan anything and I try harder than when I exercise by myself. But I make excuses to not go- you're too out of shape for that...... So, I just continue to spin my wheels and be frustrated. Wow. This was a revelation! I come home and read all your thoughts and comments-especially the post on creating a vision for my year. My current vision is to magically get thinner and more in shape with no planned steps! Sound productive?! All right. Key now is to start planning and moving forward and NOT beat myself up. Put one thing in place and keep stacking up the steps until I'm headed in the right direction. Joining the group and tracking were a great start, now I need to keep on going! Glad to be here with you all.2
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Weigh in
Metubal
Week 2 - Jan 2020
Monday 1/13
PW 181.3
CW 180.3
Weekly report:)
Calories: tracked and under
Exercise: 4 days out of the 6. Walking in the snow and pilates at home
Snacking: Saturday night after midnight. At least it happened once only!
Sleep: 7hrs 30mins average, from 7hrs. Really good:))1 -
@Katmary71 thanks you're right, music does help. Normally I have the radio or something on, yesterday I didn't, I think I just wanted to mope. Yoga is not for me, but yep the instructors can be amazing.
@metubal that's a great weekly report- both the exercise and the snacking!
I'm still miserable, struggling to get exercise done but trying not to be too hard on myself.
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raleighgirl09
Tuesday check in
Gah. So many days behind!! Ok - the down and dirty: Sunday was a struggle - after-hours eating. Yesterday better but mental work. Today, great. Thoughts: If I plan a snack - I don't eat at night...maybe I should, if planned? Instead of planning a snack - maybe I should say it's an apple or the bran cereal because the not planning allows me the luxury of being dishonest with myself about just 'falling' into the pattern. I am not always getting all of the water and I am seeing a trend (thanks Habit Tracker!) that those are the days I don't do as well. Or if I don't get enough sleep. I need to get around to being back to a routine that includes all of those things and getting things done. Hm.
Planned and Prelog 3 meals? yes, all three
Times? B 9a, L 1230p, D 630p
Non-planned eating and thoughts?
Hunger? low hunger day
Things that went right? a little bigger breakfast and lunch, smaller dinner
Things that could be better? exercise - i have let the focus go and have not been working at it
Exercise? a few short walks outside [steps logged the next day]
Sleep? 1030p-530a [log the morning after]0
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