Sunshineplace
Thursday
Week 2
PW 157.6
CW 156.4

@bethanie0825 I hope you're feeling better soon!

@raleighgirl09 One of my friends on here sent me the recipe, here you go! I'd been wanting to try making Indian food and it's my first time, the garam masala I bought smells so good I just enjoyed the fragrance for awhile as my bowl cooled. If you make beans from dried I think this would be even better that way, can't wait for tomatoes to be in season again! My only downside with curry is it has coconut milk and I don't care for coconuts. I really would like to make a curry without it! Have a wonderful weekend!

Chana Masala (6 servings though I made it into 4)

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
4 large cloves garlic... I usually press my garlic that activates enzyme in it.
1 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
1 medium onion, chopped (1-inch) (any red, white or yellow is good)
2-3 medium size tomatoes
6 tablespoons canola oil or any oil that you use (I used less)
2 teaspoons ground coriander
2 teaspoons ground cumin
½ teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon red paprika
2 ¼ cups no-salt-added canned diced tomatoes with their juice (from a 28-ounce can)
¾ teaspoon salt
2 15-ounce chickpeas
2 teaspoons garam masala
Fresh cilantro for garnish (optional- can use any herb you like or skip it)


Method:
Heat oil add cumin seeds, garlic and ginger. Add onions. Saute it on medium heat. Then add tomatoes and salt and turmeric and red paprika. Cook it until it becomes sauce like consistency. Then add chickpeas and coriander powder, cumin powder and turmeric powder and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to slow maintain a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, for 4 minutes. Add chickpeas and garam masala, reduce heat to a gentle simmer, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes more. Serve topped with cilantro and lemon. Cilantro is optional .
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@TeresaW1020 Your dinner sounds delicious! I've really fallen in love with brussel sprouts in the last year, of course they're best roasted! I know what you mean about people commenting on things like that, such as when there's comments about not being able to eat 1000 calories. I eat a lot of low cal stuff like vegetables but 1000 is still pretty easy! I think there's a few days I had to eat a couple peanut butter tablespoons and it was hard to stick with just a couple. Sounds like your workouts are going well!

Thursday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- yoga, strength, Leslie Sansone 3 miles, walking
Water- over

Habits
Weights 3xs a week- tomorrow's 3
Cardio 30 minutes- done
Yoga/strength- done
Decluttering/cleaning- none
Recipe- last was chana masala, I'm probably making Persian yellow split pea stew next but am also reading two Skinnytaste cookbooks I checked out from the library.
10,000 steps- done

Between doing body strength exercises and yoga before going to an appointment and doing a lot of walking I wasn't up for the bike and decided to do something different. I used to do Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds before my last back surgery and have a ton on VHS I can no longer use but came across a DVD one so I gave it a go. I like her, she's not too bubbly but still friendly. I kept going for awhile after it was done and got a good workout out of it. The video's from 2005 so it's a little cheesy but I still enjoyed it. I can only imagine the styles in the VHS ones.

Username:TeresaW1020
Weigh in week:  Week 2
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 211.5
Todays Weight: 210.0

Good morning team!! I know that many of us are concerned about the events going on in our world right now. It's understandable that we can get caught up in the worry and stress and make choices in our eating and fitness that aren't on our plan. But by doing so we end up frustrated and angry with ourselves. So, breathe and do your best to control what you can control and let the rest go. Have an amazing day!

Digger61
Weigh in March week 2
Saturday
PW: 209
CW: 209

raleighgirl09
Saturday check in

Had a good day. Ate a lot of off-plan food but not unexpectedly. Had a couple of wins in not eating when I had an urge to just grab it because it was there - I actively assessed the urge and decided to let it pass. Had some great sweet treats that my friend made and plenty of goodies. => Back on plan for tomorrow, including writing my plan. Pic of me at the bottom. It felt amazing to be dressed up and feel great about that and I danced like a fiend!! Had a fantastic time, it was really was a wonderful celebration!

Meal Planning: I didn't do a plan for today. Skipped B, lunch was very little but a salad on plan and D was wedding fare
Food: had some wedding cake and some app type stuff - the majority of food for the special occasion is not food on my plan but it was expected for today
Hunger: low hunger for the most part but a lot of nibbling
Water: under
Sleep: on target

Saturday Check-in
Calories: under; all good, on-plan choices
Exercise: platform stepping (30 min); elliptical (45 min); weight training (10 min)
Water: on track
Habit Tracking
- 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) ✔️

Goals and Improvements for Tomorrow (Sunday)
Habit Tracking
- 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)
Goals
- Office cleaning/decluttering
- Tiny Habits study

Saturday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- bike, body strength, yoga, walking
Water- over

Habits
Weights 3xs a week- last week done, next week may be a challenge but I have some light dumbbells I can throw around
Cardio 30 minutes- done
Yoga/strength- done
Decluttering/cleaning- just dishes, no biggie
Recipe- last was chana masala, I'll make the Persian stew this upcoming week
10,000 steps- done

raleighgirl09
Sunday check in

Good morning to everyone! I hope everyone has a great day today as we wind up for another week!

@leonadixon yeah, we get it... =< The news is made of the stuff we've all seen movies about and it's scary. I'm limiting some exposures by choice and limiting mine to others as necessary - no hugging my elderly mother until we're past this because I am so much more out in the world than she is and she's got some issues that catching the virus would make dangerous. Also wondering if I should not go to work this week as there were folks at the wedding from Boston - I can't decide if that's paranoid or not.
@digger61 great job hanging steady, thinking of you
@TeresaW1020 I so agree with @AustinRuadhain - "Breathe and do your best to control what you can control and let the rest go." That sentence is a gift!!
mlhopp93 @davors19 @TeresaW1020 @sunshineplace a big CONGRATS to you all for a great weigh in!!! => Way to go!!
@AustinRuadhain I used to wipe down in the work gym, just a few months back when it was available. I think it was MERSA (or however it is spelled) that prompted this years ago and I have just kept it up anytime I am using equipment that I'd get my germs on. I wasn't wiping beforehand (probably should have been) but I most certainly would be now. It's a balance these days between remaining calm and taking all precautions.
@Katmary71 thanks! and thanks for the recipe, I'm going to try it this week. Gack on the soap/cilantro deal! I feel fortunate to love the flavor BUT I have had it strike me as not good when it was a lot or particularly strong, seems I have a slight understanding of what some folks experience all of the time. Loved the visual of your Thursday workout "partner" - VHS....going back to 80s? I would love to see them for the outfits and hair!!
@Apple852hk having something hot like the tea before eating is a great idea! I hope you found that to help, I find for me that it is a great way to slow it all down. This is a very small blip on the radar that you can navigate around and may even just be a fluctuation more than a gain.

@raleigh_girl I love the thing about the hamster getting sweaty on the wheel inside your head. LOL! Your pic is gorgeous!

Wahoooooo!!! Congrats Team Mission Slimpossibles for taking 1st place this week!!

Beka3695 wrote: »

PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Mission Slimpossibles 0.50%

PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
1st Mission Slimpossibles 19.7 Lbs

@apple852hk Tea helps me a lot too, I drink a lot of it! It also helps me from going back to the kitchen after dinner.

@its_cleo I'm debating on what to do about the gym too. Mine's still open, one of the only ones left that is. I'm a little mixed about going, not sure if I should be staying home like everyone else or just go and take my Clorox wipes and wipe everything down like I've been doing. I do feel a lot better mentally and physically when I go too.

Go Team, awesome weight loss and top of the leaderboard! Congratulations @workonmedaily
@vegan4lyfe2012 @raleighgirl09 !!!

@Cornanda nice drop in weight!

Sunday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- walking, bike, body strength, yoga
Water- over (mostly tea and ginger water)

Habits
Weights 3xs a week- either going to gym tomorrow or doing an app lifting routine (largest weights I have is 10lbs though)
Cardio 30 minutes minimum- done
Strength/yoga- done
Decluttering/cleaning- not good this week aside of basic upkeep
Recipe- looking at a few, forgot to get potatoes but have sweet potatoes so I may still make the Persian split pea with sweet potatoes and hope for the best. I have a handful of recipes for what's in the house, hopefully at the end of the week I'll be able to restock produce.
10,000 steps- done

I've been thinking of switching up my strength routine a bit but am unsure how I'll do it yet. I'm currently doing some things I should be doing every other like weighted squats and lunges. Planks and side planks, pushups, sit ups, and obliques should be fine daily. It would give me the opportunity to add a few other things in if I break it up a bit. We'll see. Meanwhile my microwave broke last night. Geez, you don't realize how much you use something until it breaks! I'm always heating water in the microwave for tea, batch my oatmeal and heat that and an apple in the morning, beans at lunch, then reheat dinners and make air popped popcorn in a microwave popper. I do have to admit stove popcorn with a little oil and butter so it wouldn't stick to the pot tasted pretty amazing for a change!