MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLES - February 2020 Chat
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Thursday check-in
Exercise- bike, strength/core, yoga, pacing the house to earn my 10,000 steps!
Calories- under
Water- over
Habits
Weights 3xs a week- tomorrow's 3
Cardio 30 minutes- done
Core/strength- done
Yoga- done
Decluttering- tossed more magazines. Recycling is full and isn't taken until next week so I'm stuck
Recipe- making a lemon chicken broccoli stir fry this weekend
Didn't do that great at a doctor's appointment today and came home stressed, had my salad late then stress-ate. Not over calories but just had a large salad and two veggie wraps stuffed me. I need to make myself make one, sit down to eat with everything put away, and distract myself. Definitely didn't make me feel better about my body! On a more positive note I hit 23/24 on The Daily Dozen, stupid check marks are my downfall, I love checking them!1 -
Official weigh in
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 196.3
Todays Weight 194.1💥
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Username:TeresaW1020
Weigh in week: Week 2
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 208.5
Todays Weight: 208.0
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Good morning team!! Happy Valentines Day to all of your!!
Sorry that I didn't check in yesterday. I was in an all-day staff planning meeting and by the time I got home I just wanted to eat dinner and stare at the TV. It's weird how exhausting just sitting at a table and talking all day can be. But the six of us who make up the staff made what we feel are great decisions for our little church and we are very excited to see what this year will do!
I was shocked that I lost weight this morning because Pastor brought donuts for breakfast and yes I had one and a half! Then we went out to lunch and I had a grilled chicken and bacon sandwich with fries. I think I lost weight mostly because I did zero exercises and all the water flushed out of me from the intense workouts I had done this past week.
Tonight hubby is taking me out to dinner to our favorite Italian restaurant so I'm sure my calorie count will be blown but it's all for love, so those calories don't count right?
I am super excited about the new step challenge that will start on March 1st and I really hope you all will join up!! I think this is going to be a great addition to our team as a whole and super easy to maintain. You won't have to post your steps and the captains won't have to work to keep track of the steps. It's a win-win for us all so PLEASE sign up today and let's get to stepping!!!
I will keep track of your steps for this month so like @AustinRuadhain said in her post, keep posting them here!! See below on how you can sign up. It's VERY easy and we are here if you have any questions!AustinRuadhain wrote: »
The Slimpossibles Step Challenge Is Going High(er) Tech! We are going to try migrating the weekly Steps Challenge to a new platform that we think will make it easier to participate and easier to manage starting in March. Yay!
Steppers, Get Set up Now for the March Challenge!
If you might be interested in the weekly Slimpossibles Step Challenges in March, please go ahead and get set up.
The spreadsheet is still how step challengers are tracking steps through the end of February.
To Figure This Out As You Go, see this link:
https://www.fitrockr.com:443/#!/join/league/5e42db924dbe5b0001973d73/c81a3fad-1c5a-450d-aef7-6dc1a64a3e7d
Follow directions to set up a FitRockr profile, connect your fitness tracker and then join the Slimpossibles Weekly Step Challenge.
For Step-by-Step Help:
FIRST, SET UP A PROFILE ON FITROCKR
GO to https://www.fitrockr.com/
SELECT Sign Up
- You'll be asked for your email address (optional newsletter) and you'll need to choose a password.
- Your next step will be to connect your tracking device to the FitRockr platform. Supported devices include Apple Watch, Fitbit, Garmin, Google Fit, Nokia/Withings, and Android/Apple Phone.
COMPLETE your Profile Data. You can set your First Name and Last Name to be something close to your MFP name if you like.
NOTE: FitRockr asks for your Gender, Year of Birth, Height and Weight in order to calculate fitness-related Points. You need not enter correct data if this makes you uncomfortable, but know that they don't share that data with other people. Only your profile picture, first and last name are shared with other FitRockr users. All other data is private and is only visible to you.
NEXT, JOIN THE SLIMPOSSIBLES CHALLENGE ON FITROCKR
JOIN the Slimpossibles Weekly Step Challenge by going here (you'll need to log in or be logged in to FitRockr):
https://www.fitrockr.com:443/#!/join/league/5e42db924dbe5b0001973d73/c81a3fad-1c5a-450d-aef7-6dc1a64a3e7d
If all went well, you will see the message "Congrats! You just joined the following league: Slimpossibles Weekly Step Challenge"
SELECT Enter to see your ranking in this week's challenge.
Once You Are Set Up
Going forward, you can view the Slimpossibles Step Challenge league at any time using this link:
https://www.fitrockr.com/#!/challenge/5e42dbe44dbe5b000197407b
Your steps will be tracked automatically when you sync your fitness tracker.
You will not need to do anything to be entered in the next week's Slimpossibles Step Challenge.
Easy peasy!
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@AustinRuadhain can you manually enter steps into Fitrockr? Right now I'm subtracting steps from the rocking chair so I still get the calorie count, I'm wondering if I need to remove it so it's fair when sitting. Such a dumb problem but I'm not sure how else to make syncing fair.
FitRockr Question - Manual Step Adjustment?
There are no dumb questions or problems!
As far as I can see -- No, FitRockr allows for no manual adjustments. (They are all about competition, and then people could adjust UP, too, yes?) All of the Steps data on FitRockr comes from syncing with your fitness tracker platform, with FitRockr just acting as shared space for seeing that data. (The FitRockr "Points" come from seeing your Steps and Activities from your platform, and then running that through a formula.) It's possible that if your fitness tracker platform allows for manual adjustments, that FitRockr will then reflect that?
But Looks Like You CAN Tell FitBit You Are Moving But Not Stepping! I think you have a FitBit. It looks like a solution others have used is to tell the Fitbit device they are driving before starting rocking, as a way of saying "motion but not steps about to happen:"
https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Charge-2/Rocking-Chair-equals-steps/m-p/2592775#M1461890 -
Happy Valentine's Day, Slimpossibles!
@TeresaW1020 -
💚 Hurray for losing weight today! And hurray for that productive meeting yesterday! An all-day meeting would exhaust me, too!
👍🏽 I think that you may have been still paying attention to seating reasonably, since you are one and a half donuts.
💝 Enjoy that Valentine's Day dinner tonight!
👐 And while we are at it, thanks for all you do to keep Slimpossibles going strong! This is such a great group, so helpful for supporting people in reaching health goals.
@mrmcgrath - 🎈 Fabulous weigh-in! 💚 Congratulations on being in the green!
@KatMary71 - 👍🏽 Yippee to 10,000 steps and being under calories! What a great day!
👐 I am sorry you weren't happy with the doctor's appointment. That can be so frustrating.
✅ I am right there with you on the love of check marks! And you are SO SMART to know that about yourself and use it as a force for good! ✅
@raleighgirl09 -I do appreciate size 12 pants more than Zaxby's, I have to be honest.
Did I mention that we are going to Florida and camping with family the first week of March? This imperfection is going to last awhile.
On to new thoughts - I feel much better this evening, not nearly as tired - I did get some solid rest last night, made myself go to bed at 10 when all I really wanted to do was veg out at the computer and be a zombie for another hour. But I did the responsible thing and I must say, I didn't regret it today. =>
🤣 Thanks for making me laugh about the size 12 pants. It does make it easier to not be grumpy about choices if we are clear we are making a choice for ourselves. Whatever you do, I love all your forethought and planning.
👍🏽 Imperfection -- well, yeah. But part of what you want this healthier body for is so you can go camping with your family, so YAY for getting fit and mobile and able to do that. The plan will be there when you get back from the trip!
@prowell57 - 👍🏽 Great work yesterday!
@gwamajtw91A little disappointed that I still haven't dropped below 170, but persevering!!
❤️ I love your attitude! 👍🏽 Keep working your plan!
@its_cleo
😃 Hey, I am so thrilled you asked about breathing exercises!
One of my favorite breathing exercises is Dr. Weil's 4-7-8 breathing technique (#2 on this page, and there's a nice 3 min video).
Breathing is one of those things I always thought I knew how to do. I'm not dead yet! And yet, it turns out that I had things I could learn. I have found breathing work super helpful, though not in a magic pill, big immediate bang kind of way. I now look for ways to fit in a little breathing exercise here and there throughout my day.
🤞REMINDER TO STEPPERS:🤞 We are not changing how we manage the Steps Challenge this month, so keep reporting steps here until end of February.0 -
Thursday Check-in
Calories: under; all good, on-plan choices ✔️
Exercise: platform stepping (65 min) ✔️ ( @KatMary71 - I fit this in after a long day partly - mostly? - because I so wanted this checkmark!)
Water: on track✔️
Habit Tracker
- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min) ✔️
- Meditation (daily 2+ min) ✔️
- M.A. Forms Practice (daily 2+ min) ✔️
- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min) ✔️
- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily) ✔️
Grateful: It's a Friday thing not a Thursday thing, but I am so SO grateful for a husband that took me to the gym this morning and stayed longer for a couple extra minutes of sauna time after lifting. My kind of Valentine's Day present, and he knows me so well!
Goals and Improvements for Today (Friday)
-- Meditation (daily 2+ min) ✔️
-- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min) ✔️
-- M.A. Forms Practice (daily 2+ min)
-- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min)
-- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily)
- Work on the To Do List, including at least 2 minutes of cleaning my desk and making my office a great place to work.
- Finish reading and homework for my Tiny Habits online class (Bonus Session today!) and remember to log in on time! If you have not come across B.J. Fogg, check out his TED Talk on Tiny Habits! (He has done more work on all of this and has a new book called Tiny Habits, but the talk is a great start!)1 -
Kpaige428
Friday Weigh In
Week 2
Previous Weight: 158.4lbs
Current Weight: 155.6lbs
Steps:
2/7: 9,181
2/8: 8,337
2/9: 2,604
2/10: 12,120
2/11: 13,082
2/12: 7,098
2/13: 10,665
This was a better week for me. Finally feeling better and seeing progress! I hope everyone has a great weekend and Happy Valentine's Day!!4 -
@AustinRuadhain thank you for that link! I had to laugh at not being the only "rocker" as I really was feeling like a nut and trying not to rock! I do have the Fitbit on my dominant arm as I'm a lefty and the button is more convenient so I'll try moving it first. I'll check out the false movement tonight, I want my steps to be real!2
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@raleigh_girl always ok to ask that’s why we’re here….I started out tracking calories last January. I tried different things- following MFP etc. I could never do it, although I have cut back a lot on junk food, eating out etc. So partway through last year, maybe last summer, I was tracking regularly but couldn’t stick to any goal.
So last fall I thought set an easy goal, try to stick to it for 3 months and then adjust downward. So the last three-6 months my goal was an average of 1900 calories a day per week. So I pretty much met it. So now I started a new 3 month challenge and adjusted it down to 1800 calories per day, and hoping my weekly average would be under 1800.
I’m 3 weeks in. I had success week 1 and week 2, and now week 3 I won’t make the goal I don’t think. So I think I’ll just keep on with my plan and do the best I can for the 3 months. My last 3 month “challenge”- I was over 1800 5x. So even if I can bring that down this time it’s some success.
I find setting a flat rate works better for me than using the MFP calories/exercise calories, but I do track everything consistently on MFP.
Hopefully that makes sense! My weight is okayish- I fluctuate around 155-160 at 5’2”. I would like to drop 20 lbs but my body may just not be okay with that lol. I have checked the fat to muscle ration, and there is definitely fat that could be lost theoretically.
I feel a little better about it today.
@katmary71 yeah I think the fitbit- I would like the heart rate thing too. If I ever got good at running, to the point where I was really tracking pace and distance, I would probably get something like that.
@AustinRuadhain- thanks re: the breathing exercises. I will check it out. I’m a shallow breather and I know breathing exercises are very helpful I just haven’t done it in a while. It’s one of those things I forget about.
@TeresaW1020 have a great Valentine’s Day!
@kpaige428 congrats on the loss.
Well I’m supposed to walk 11 km with my hiking club tonight but it’s between -10c and -15c so I’m looking forward to going out but not so much the temperature. We walk to a pub and will have a drink or maybe two. Here's hoping I'm not a popsicle by the time I get there!
Happy Valentine;s day all!
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Username: davors19
Weigh-in week: Week 2
Weigh-in day: Fri
Previous Weight: 285
Todays Weight: 2853 -
Username: vanjan14
Weigh-in week: Week 2
Weigh-in day: Fri
Previous Weight: 255.2
Todays Weight: 252.6
Back on track this week.
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@raleigh_girl always ok to ask that’s why we’re here….I started out tracking calories last January. I tried different things- following MFP etc. I could never do it, although I have cut back a lot on junk food, eating out etc. So partway through last year, maybe last summer, I was tracking regularly but couldn’t stick to any goal.
So last fall I thought set an easy goal, try to stick to it for 3 months and then adjust downward. So the last three-6 months my goal was an average of 1900 calories a day per week. So I pretty much met it. So now I started a new 3 month challenge and adjusted it down to 1800 calories per day, and hoping my weekly average would be under 1800.
I’m 3 weeks in. I had success week 1 and week 2, and now week 3 I won’t make the goal I don’t think. So I think I’ll just keep on with my plan and do the best I can for the 3 months. My last 3 month “challenge”- I was over 1800 5x. So even if I can bring that down this time it’s some success.
I find setting a flat rate works better for me than using the MFP calories/exercise calories, but I do track everything consistently on MFP.
Hopefully that makes sense! My weight is okayish- I fluctuate around 155-160 at 5’2”. I would like to drop 20 lbs but my body may just not be okay with that lol. I have checked the fat to muscle ration, and there is definitely fat that could be lost theoretically.
I feel a little better about it today.
@its_cleo so glad you feel better about it! This makes much more sense in context - I thought you went from 0 to 60 and I was wondering why, and sensing the struggle and your disappointment to be going through said stuggle. So maybe this is still adjustment curve for you getting used to the 1800. And even just 100 calories can be felt and there is always the mental side to consider as it sho' 'nuff makes a difference.
I also do not do the exercise calories - I used to. A friend who is not on MFP said she had read that the best way to do it was to not have the exercise calories "come back" and show how many were earned. I thought about it and disengaged that on my MFP - best decision I ever made. My loss has been much more consistent now that I, essentially, consume fewer calories..... I'll wait for everyone to clear their head from the booming DUH that just - raced by.... => I have a philosophy on the topic of how much to eat for weight loss: there are two ways to legitimately lose weight. 1- eat as much as you can get away with and lose weight or 2- eat as little as you can get away with and lose weight. They both work but what you gain in speed from one, you get some peace of mind from the other; there isn't a wrong answer in this equation, only personal preference.
I wonder if my little diatribe and mini-meltdown over a Zaxby's salad having so many calories - and yet I still really wanted it - is somewhat the same as what you are experiencing. I just want to not have to think/work so hard on it and have this whole journey finally be somewhat effortless. @AustinRuadhain said something in response to me on her MFP page about maintenance and what she thought it would be - as opposed to what it is. I have actually been thinking about it a LOT and thinking that I must get past any notion that there will be a monumental difference in what I am doing now as opposed to what I think I'll be doing in maintenance in order for me to secure that long-term success. Some may have just heard the DUH go by again but I - I am still figuring this out and I am, apparently, still able to have a hissy fit over it which means I have not achieved the enlightenment I need. =>
It seems you are figuring it out, @its_cleo, even if it feels clunky. I bet you doing these challenges are good as they keep you thinking about it and continuing to ponder changes needed, even in the midst of feeling unsure and annoyed with it - I think this is how we grow. This looks to me to be an excellent strategy in guiding your body's calorie cravings in a gentle way and allowing time for the habits to form. Is it possible that some of the frustration is a hold over from a perceived failure some six months ago...? I hope not as I think this was genius - you are teaching yourself maintenance, is my take on it, and has my wheels turning. I'm glad you've been talking about it and that I asked. =>3 -
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!
@mrmcgrath nice loss, wtg!
@TeresaW1020 congratulations on your loss! I hope you had a wonderful dinner with your husband.
@AustinRuadhain I thought the issue was solved by putting my watch on my non-dominant hand, it stopped logging earlier then I just noticed I was up 2000 a few minutes ago from my goal from the day! Listening to music while online is impossible not to rock to! I spent some time following the advice of that link and can't get it to work though somehow I did at the gym, I'll probably just have to start removing it if I'm going to participate in the tracker. For now I'm just subtracting it from my total. Glad you had time to enjoy the sauna!
@Kpaige428 good loss, glad things are going better for you!
@its_cleo I like how you're doing three month challenges at a time, it's giving you a chance to adjust to changes, reevaluate, and make new ones. I can understand not paying attention to exercise calories, they tend to throw me off too. I hope you had a great hike, that sounds like fun!
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@davors19 good job maintaining!
@vanjan14 wtg, glad things are looking up!
@raleighgirl09 I always enjoy reading your thoughts on weight loss, you're very insightful. I agree about looking toward maintaining while losing to make things sustainable, I went real hardcore losing and maintenance has definitely been harder for me to switch and adjust to than losing. I wish I'd thought more about maintaining and not just thought I'd have more to eat when I got there.
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Friday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- stair treadmill, weights, yoga, strength/core
Water- over
Habits
Weights 3xs a week- done
Cardio 30 minutes a day- done
Strength/core- done and have added in weights
Yoga- have done daily
Decluttering- no time today
Recipe- going to make a chicken/asparagus stir-fry tomorrow
Good day overall. Went to make personal pizzas for Valentine's Day at my brother and SIL's house so I picked up pizza toppings and ice cream. I tried not to eat the whole thing but didn't succeed. Ice cream was buy 1 get 1 free so I had a scoop of each and left it all there for my nephews, it was less calories than I thought but still not something I could trust myself to have in the house. If I've binged light ice cream pints I'd devour the real thing! Told myself no dessert seconds meant I had room for popcorn when I got home, then decided normal people don't still want to eat after pizza and ice cream so I've kept myself busy!
I'm in a weird place right now about my health and body. I've typed and deleted my thoughts a few times now so I'm just going to leave it at that.3 -
mlhopp93
Friday Weigh In
Week 2
Previous Weight: 338.0lbs
Current Weight: 339.0lbs
For a travel week and eating out I'll take a +1.
Would rather see a loss but I know where I need to improve.
Look out Week 3-- here I come
Steps:
2/7: 6534
2/8: 6608
2/9: 11145
2/10: 6589
2/11: 4713
2/12: 6790
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raleighgirl09
Friday/Saturday check in
Steps: 2/13 5,018 - 12/14 11,334 (these are correct on FitRokr!)
So Thursday night - after whining about the Zaxby's salad, I proceeded to be a jerk to myself and have snacks (some more wine, cheese, almonds and a small hunk of ham, maybe 3 ounces). I was really irritated with myself not just yesterday for that but literally - while I was snacking Thursday night. I was able to come to the conclusion yesterday that the Zaxby's thing was much more simple than I was making it out to be; I didn't have the garlic toast with it and I brought a better-for-me salad dressing and didn't eat the mega calorie dressing at the restaurant. I saved 300 calories doing those two small things and I had the salad I really like. Which does include fried chicken strips cut up and rolled around in buffalo sauce - I'd eat your arm if it had buffalo sauce on it. So maybe that's a thing. => Anyway, yesterday I was over by around 35 calories because I also wanted two glasses of wine. I'll take that lump and thank myself for not being a worse jerk to me on Thursday and for not being a jerk yesterday, to me, at all.
It's a stunningly sunny day in Morehead City, NC right now, gorgeous blue skies without a cloud. And very windy and cold - 36 degrees Fahrenheit. In my book, though, a cold day at the coast is still a day at the coast.3 -
Friday Check-in
Calories: a little over, but I'm okay with that today, as I was under on Thursday and will be under on Saturday as well; all good, on-plan choices
Exercise: platform stepping (45 min)
Water: on track
Habit Tracker
- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min) ✔️
- Meditation (daily 2+ min) ✔️
- M.A. Forms Practice (daily 2+ min) ❌
- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min) ✔️
- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily) ✔️
Grateful: my sore heel is improving!
Goals and Improvements for Today (Saturday)
-- Meditation (daily 2+ min) ✔️
-- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min)
-- M.A. Forms Practice (daily 2+ min)
-- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min)
-- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily)
- Work on the To Do List, including at least 2 minutes of cleaning my desk and making my office a great place to work.
- Work on martial arts forms at home so I am not so anxious when I go to class. I am so stuck on getting this stuff right. Okay. Breathe. Just practice.2 -
@raleighgirl that’s a great idea to bring your own salad dressing…and yes when I read what you were going through with that I did think it sounded similar to some of my struggles this week…..and I totally concur about buffalo sauce. Or I have this smoky BBQ sauce I buy and I’m pretty much in love with it.
Being over 35 cals is nothing. ….being by the coast is nice. Yesterday I did a hike with my club- 10 km. Part of it was by Lake Ontario. It was beautiful and kind of cool to see, there was a thin layer of ice, lights reflecting off it….also I meant to say thanks for the bit of info on menopause. I’m 43 and I think I’m just sort of waiting for it/wondering how it will be. It's not like I want it or something, it more just seems strange to me, I mean we live with this almost our entire lives to a point, then it all changes!
@katmary71 hope your thoughts get more settled. Yep hike was good. We were to do 11 km but trimmed it to 10 bc of the temps. I enjoyed it.
@AustinRuadhain I think practicing forms is a good idea....why do you get anxious? Like are you afraid you can't keep up?
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Friday check-in
Calories- under
Water- under (16.9oz)
Exercise- 0
It's been a crazy, stressful last few days. Hopefully things will start calming down.
Smoked almost full pack yesterday, 17 cigarettes. I told DH that I feel like a hamster running around on one of those little wheels but never getting anywhere. I was hoping for a quiet, peaceful weekend but grandkids came over last night so we've got them for the weekend. I'm in desperate need of some "me time" but don't see that happening any time soon. I don't know why I just can't say no to anyone. Yes I do...cause then I'll feel guilty. I'll try to catch up on all the posts sometime this weekend. Hope everyone had a happy Valentine's Day. I did good with all the chocolate around here lol. I had 2 Hershey's minature (snack size) candy bars and around 10 m&m's, the new kind with the hazelnut filling. I was sure tempted to eat more of the m&m's but I didn't.1 -
@prowell57 - Hey there! Congratulations on resisting more than your chosen amount of hazelnut M&M's. That's great!
As a mom, I can so sympathize with being short on "me time." So I have no idea what your life looks like, but would it help at all to look for any little niches of time? 15 minutes soaking in a bathtub in the evening, with everyone on "Do Not Disturb" alert? Waking up 5-10 minutes early and just breathing/meditating, before you get out of bed? A 5-minute walk around the block with husband on grandkid duty for that 5-10 minutes? You may already be doing stuff like this, or it doesn't call to you, and if so, that's fine. Anyway, sending sympathy! 👐👐👐
@its_cleo - I worry about not knowing, at a basic "what move comes next" level, the forms for my level/belt. I know a lot, when I stop to think about it, but I am not super quick at learning forms and I mentally draw a blank on getting started on a form sometimes. I read recently that it's not "fight or flight" but "fight, flight, or freeze," and I think I do a mental freeze. So, yeah, more breathing and more practice are called for.
So today, I started by reviewing the basic 5 forms I know well, easy peasy stuff for me, and then got one-on-one help from a senior instructor, and got much, much clearer on the next set of 5 forms, the set that I was iffy on. The whole set was bothering me. Working through the set, I found the issue was actually some very specific places where I was fuzzy, and was able to whittle it down from "oh, man, that entire series of 5 complex forms is terrible" to "I don't know exactly what's happening here" to being sorta comfy doing all 5 forms. I did the last/hardest over and over, just that form, for over an hour. More practice again tomorrow! And now I am excited about that! The more I work, the better sense they make. Too much info? Anyway, I was so excited about all the work I put in. Boy howdy, will I enjoy posting my green check mark on forms practice for my Saturday check-in!
@raleighgirl09 - Thank you, again, as so often, for bringing us along on your journey. Your figuring out the Zaxby's thing is inspiring.
I think many of us have some version of buffalo sauce. I will here and now confess that my husband was astonished, when we got together, to learn that there are so many variations on mustard. I love most of them, and will be happy to try a new one, and never have fewer than 2-3 mustard options in my fridge. Current count is 4, I think. 😋
❤️ And this was maybe my favorite sentence of the day today:❤️Anyway, yesterday I was over by around 35 calories because I also wanted two glasses of wine. I'll take that lump and thank myself for not being a worse jerk to me on Thursday and for not being a jerk yesterday, to me, at all.
Here's to all of us not being jerks to ourselves! That makes me smile and feel inspired! I hope you enjoyed your lovely day at the coast, cold and all! 😃🏖️🥶
@mlhopp93 - Man, your update is a shining example of excellent attitude and, to @raleighgirl09 's point, being kind to yourself. Not the number you wanted, but you know what to do next, and you are not stooped! Yippee! 🌞🌞🌞0 -
Hi everyone! Please forgive me for not posting to each of you but I'm worn out. I did read all your post and I don't know about the other teams on F2F but I'm VERY sure that I have the best team of all!! You guys rock!!
I did do my accountability post since I haven't done one for the last two days!
2/15 Accountability (Habit Tracker)
Track Every Bite-yes and I’m right where I need to be.
NO gain on the scale- The scale was up a little because DH took me out for pizza and beer for Valentine's Day. It was worth it!
Workout or 7500 steps-I did a 60 minute BOD leg day workout and then 4 hours of deep cleaning my house. I can’t move! Steps 2/14-7356
IF (17+ hrs)- 18 hrs. 26 min.
Thoughts for the day-Today has been hard because it’s the 2nd anniversary of my daughter’s death. She died of a drug overdose that was 8 years in the making. I know she is free from that terrible addiction and waiting for me in Heaven. Still doesn’t make me miss her less or wish so badly that it had all turned out differently.
I kept myself busy today and cleaned my house. I have dear friends coming to dinner on Monday. She is 8 months pregnant with her second son and he has Trisomy 13 which is a fatal condition. Watching my friends go through this horrible and painful time with such grace and faith fills me with awe and I am so blessed to have such people in my life. There is no explanation as to why bad things happen to us but it’s our response to the tragedies of our lives that grow us and provide us an opportunity to love others when they need it. Be good and kind to those around you.
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Username: Digger61
Weigh in day: Saturday
February week 2
PW: 213
CW: 2132 -
Saturday check-in
Calories-over
Water- under
Exercise- 0
Not having a good day, really dreading weigh-in tomorrow! I've been doing a lot of stress eating and smoking. A family friend passed away. She lost her husband to liver disease 2 months ago. I honestly feel like she just grieved herself to death over losing him. Then I hear my 12 yr old Grandaughter may be self harming herself. That news just pushed me over the edge! Hoping for the best as far as weigh-in goes but not expecting it to look good. We shall see.2 -
@mlhopp93 love your attitude going into the next week!
@raleighgirl09 Coast sounds beautiful! You did an awesome job at finding a way to still enjoy your salad in a way that works for you.
@prowell57 wonderful stopping at a small amount of M&Ms, I doubt I could've done that! I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. Your poor Granddaughter, I'm praying the best for her.
@TeresaW1020 I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your daughter, I can only imagine what a difficult day it must be for you. Prayers for your friend.
@digger61 good job maintaining!1 -
Saturday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- bike, strength, yoga
Water- over
Habits
Weights 3xs a week- done
Cardio 30 minutes- done
Yoga most days- done
Core/strength- done
Decluttering- done
Recipe- went with grilled Dijon chicken breasts on the George Foreman my brother didn't want. It was pretty easy and tasted great. I'm still pretty new to cooking from scratch so I'm still learning flavor combos.1 -
Weigh in
Apple852hk
Week 3 - Feb 2020
Sunday
PW 160.9 (73kg)
CW 162.4 (73.7kg)
Ate a whole pizza last night. But during the week I was doing well not to snack but towards the end of the week i couldn't help it.
GOALS for week coming:
1. Eat low carb lunches
2. Go for a morning walk daily2 -
@Apple852hk - I love your goals for the week! Morning walks can set the tone for the whole day!
@Katmary71 - Great job with the habits, including the new recipe! What fun! You can do so many things with chicken breasts. The possibilities are endless!
@prowell57 - I am so sorry for your loss of your family friend. I will have you and your granddaughter in my prayers. Be kind to yourself, whatever the number on the scale says on this or any given day.
@Digger61 - Great job maintaining!
@TeresaW1020 - It sounds like you did an amazing job of getting through a very difficult day. Your friend, her husband and their child will be in my prayers.0 -
Weigh-in
prowell57
Week 2 - Feb 16
Sunday
PW - 196.4
CW - 195.60
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