WAISTAWAYS Team Chat - April 2020
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I made masks for us yesterday - and improved them this morning. They really need to stick out away from your mouth and nostrils so you can breathe! The pattern I followed was not very good for that, so I made much bigger darts so that there is a big curve. I also used one of those coffee bag closing strips in the upper edge so it is easy to crimp it in over the bridge of the nose. I think they'll work better now, and I hope not to be sharing your breathing problems tomorrow when I have to go out! Good luck with a mask revision!matthewsfive wrote: »went to the food store yesterday with a home made mask, I followed a video on making a mask from a pair of leggings. Well no one mentioned that you can breathe through the leggings. I thought I was going to pass out but I kept that mask on until I got in the car. I wanted to post a picture but not sure how big my face with post. I can't tell if I shrunk the picture down. LOL4 -
@jugar 183. By the skin of my teeth!4
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I am going to be part of a World Wide Fast on Friday. Here is a link that explains the fast. https://www.facebook.com/groups/534352464165662/
Please feel free to join me if you would like.
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WTG @evelynladams527 ! You are green again
@offitgoes - good for you to do this fast. I cannot fast, but I totally support the idea for those who can. It will be a strong and thoughtful day for you
Quick news flash! The Waistaways Fitrockr team has taken over first place! We are ahead of the Mission Slimpossibles today! Good going. I'm going to go take the shower I just finally earned tonight!5 -
Greetings team!
Sadly my Fitbit has stopped syncing with my mobile for the past couple of days so I have had to disconnect it from the Fitrockr site. I'm really cross, as I was looking to be able to add the Fitrockr activities as an additional band of accountancy.
Well I've ordered a cheap and cheerful replacement from Amazon, but it won't be a Fitbit. I can still be part of the Fitrockr activities, can't I? I know that not everyone has a Fitbit.1 -
Absolutely! Fitrockr syncs with many different devices - you can check on their site for the full list. I just use the phone app and it is now working fine. It took a while for me to figure out the settings needed to make it work right, but it is fine now. One more glitch with Fitrockr and things should be going fine - for some reason I show up as a separate team and not all my points are going to the real team. Hopefully that will get fixed soon.Greetings team!
Sadly my Fitbit has stopped syncing with my mobile for the past couple of days so I have had to disconnect it from the Fitrockr site. I'm really cross, as I was looking to be able to add the Fitrockr activities as an additional band of accountancy.
Well I've ordered a cheap and cheerful replacement from Amazon, but it won't be a Fitbit. I can still be part of the Fitrockr activities, can't I? I know that not everyone has a Fitbit.3 -
I know I don't post often and miss out on several posts. Honestly, it's overwhelming trying to keep up with the thread, work full time, workout class, baseball, cook and manage things at home. (I do breeze thru and skim the thread, but not word for word due to time.)
Now with the Safer at Home orders, baseball has been cancelled which consumed 6 out of 7 days a week for our family and workout class (previously 2 days a week) cancelled. Both my husband and I continue to work from home and I am homeschooling both kids. I know it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I am appreciative to be able to do this. I was a stay at home mom for 9 years and I miss being able to interact with my children and see what they are learning. Our quality of life has been better in ways I didn't think would change. My husband and I argue less b/c we aren't under stress to be torn in different directions or have strict times to be places. We have been able to sit down at the table 7 nights a week for supper, have family time fishing, flying kites, crafting, watching movies, catching up on home maintenance, gardening, and so many more activities all from home and all with each other.
I have germaphobia, and I haven't been freaked out about the nation's situation bc I do what comes natural to someone like me. I have stayed at home unless I have absolutely had to go to the grocery store. I haven't been to the store in 13 days. Granted, the foods I have to buy (b/c all the healthy options have not been available in our area) are not great but they do last and get us thru the time. Washing, sanitizing and cleaning is a must for someone like me with germaphobia.
I guess the point in all of that is I have had less anxiety, and as a family we have had less stress and a better quality of life which I am so extremely grateful for. I remember what it was like prior to working and now I grudgingly go in every day. I am grateful for being able to work from home, but the situation most certainly has made me self evaluate my whole mental health on another level.
Oh, and also I have been able to focus more on going back on my probiotics and vitamins, drinking more water and less coffee. I feel like I have lost weight in just the last few days. Fingers crossed.6 -
I have been enjoying spring break this week. We have been having some great weather. The past two days I have had over 10,000 steps which is huge for me. I usually can't get that many working or I take my watch off too soon. We did some gardening and stacked a bunch of trimmings from our fruit trees. We made a fire pit and did some dutch oven cooking over the fire. Of course we made s'more.
I have done a lot of walking and feeling like I am ready to either do a video or my pilates reformer today. I have done well staying out of the snacks but I am eating more of my exercise calories than I want to. Calorie control is on the list today!
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Wahooooo! Yay, 160s!!! Great going!!!
@lovethyneighbor So glad you are seeing wonderful silver linings in this uncertain time. And great that you are reevaluating your family's priorities.
@conleywoods I love it! That is one amazing fire pit and so impressed with your cooking over the fire. Hot dogs and hamburgers is about as complicated as I have ever gotten. And of course Smores! YUMMY
@evangsimmons170 Way to go on the exercise!!!
@evelynladams527 Great going!
@jugar I saw you on your own team. I thought you were "social distancing" from us. LOL
We did a shopping run yesterday. Well, we ordered it, they shopped, and we picked it up. My daughter is also a germaphobe and had two anxiety attacks in the process. One with the grocery store worker who was not wearing a mask and came right up to her car window and the other when bringing her groceries in the house and her hubby just placed them everywhere instead of in a concentrated area so she could get rid of cardboard and wash stuff. I really appreciate her taking that on for us as well. One thing we realized, is that food stuff is becoming more and more difficult to get. There were so many things on our list that could not be fulfilled. I am not hoarding at all, but clearly some must be or there is a break down in the supply chain as well. We could not get lettuce, dish soap, soup, TP (of course!) to name just a few of the items. It does have me a little bit worried to think how this may break down even more as this continues. I still am fortunate and grateful. We are safe at home, have food and certainly won't starve. My heart goes out to those suffering. I learned of the death of a friend's husband. I don't think it was Covid-19, but he had cancer and was hospitalized for dialysis. She could not be with him at the hospital or when he died. That is just so sad for so many people for so many health reasons at this time.
I sure hope our teammate, Mary, is doing ok as she is a healthcare worker. I think she already put herself on support at the beginning of this.1 -
We did a shopping run yesterday. Well, we ordered it, they shopped, and we picked it up. My daughter is also a germaphobe and had two anxiety attacks in the process. One with the grocery store worker who was not wearing a mask and came right up to her car window and the other when bringing her groceries in the house and her hubby just placed them everywhere instead of in a concentrated area so she could get rid of cardboard and wash stuff. I really appreciate her taking that on for us as well. One thing we realized, is that food stuff is becoming more and more difficult to get. There were so many things on our list that could not be fulfilled. I am not hoarding at all, but clearly some must be or there is a break down in the supply chain as well. We could not get lettuce, dish soap, soup, TP (of course!) to name just a few of the items. It does have me a little bit worried to think how this may break down even more as this continues. I still am fortunate and grateful. We are safe at home, have food and certainly won't starve. My heart goes out to those suffering. I learned of the death of a friend's husband. I don't think it was Covid-19, but he had cancer and was hospitalized for dialysis. She could not be with him at the hospital or when he died. That is just so sad for so many people for so many health reasons at this time.
I sure hope our teammate, Mary, is doing ok as she is a healthcare worker. I think she already put herself on support at the beginning of this.
I completely understand how your daughter feels. We live in the country and our stores are not accepting grocery pick up due to the high demands and not able to stock shelves quick enough. I am the same way with unloading groceries as well. I have designated areas for incoming groceries and 'sanitized' groceries, as well as I do panic when I see my husband and kids going toward the groceries to help.
Sending prayers for your friend and the families.
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Well, another day is coming to a close here in the hermitage. It is snowing but hopefully that won't get tooooo bad overnight.
Things are looking a bit greener on our spreadsheet - good going! Tomorrow is our big day - let's hope for the best!
Heads up, Friday people:
@KellyBgetsFit
@jugar
@AmyRobF
@Steph1498
@mrs_chivonne
@conleywoods
@evangsimmons170
and a couple of stragglers
@Andreabroadley
@cory17
I might have missed you - sometimes messages appear out of nowhere!
So send me lots of green tomorrow if you can - we need it!1 -
@jugar Would like to come off the weightins for a few weeks please. Even though am presently working from home, am getting so little done and having difficulty staying on task. My weight is way up this week too. So I'm going back to basics and gotta get my schedule closer to my old work one precovid, and make those routines automatic again.2
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It's the end of the day on Thursday. Beautiful sunny day here with lots of outside time. I rode bikes with my daughter, made pizza with my middle son and jogged with my youngest son while he rode his bike on the trail in the woods. Another successful day staying out of the snack cupboard. I had some cookies I baked yesterday still hanging around. I had that low blood sugar feeling when I got home from my bike ride and ate cookies...sigh. Overall I am happy with my calories for the day. I started some seeds: flowers, lettuce and kale. One of my little bonsai trees wasn't doing well so I repotted it. It definitely needed to be repotted so I hope it bounces back. It's my favorite tree we made by accident. It was growing on the grass road at our cabin and my husband mows the road at the beginning of summer every year. It's probably between 10 and 15 years old and is about 5 inches tall. We think it's a lodge pole pine, but who knows!
@micki48 We get our first grocery order tomorrow. I am hoping it goes well and we get what we ordered. I really want some lettuce! My father in law is the germaphobe in our family! He is driving every one crazy lately 🙃
@evangsimmons170 So inspiring with all the work outs! Awesome job and keep it up!
@YinxFed Too bad about the fit bit. Bad timing with fit rocker. Hopefully the new watch works well!
@eggfreak Nice loss! Awesome work.
@jugar We have frogs up at our house too! We also have a ton of loud gobbling, dancing turkeys everywhere too! They sit in two different trees and gobble back and forth at 5 AM 😳Hope you get your garden fence up soon.4 -
@evangsimmons170
Drum roll please....
PW: 347
CW: 342.4
I am DEFINITELY going to continue planning my workouts for next week! It's like after 5 weeks and a significant increase in workouts, my body/metabolism finally conceded and said, "OK, she isn't playing this time!" LOL6 -
@jugar Would like to come off the weightins for a few weeks please. Even though am presently working from home, am getting so little done and having difficulty staying on task. My weight is way up this week too. So I'm going back to basics and gotta get my schedule closer to my old work one precovid, and make those routines automatic again.
No problem - I'll put you on the support team, and you are, of course, more than welcome to post any time. There are many people in this group who are experiencing the same issues with working from home and struggling to work out a schedule - so feel free to ask for help, have a good rant, and let us know how you're doing. Many hugs flying your way!0 -
Hello Friday! Snow overnight, so it looks like the #($*%&(*? winter wonderland out there this morning. I hope my optimistic early planted seeds survive this! The indoor seeds are doing lovely on their heat mat with new plant lights. I think I will have to go out and read encouraging stories of strength and courage to my outdoor plantings, though. They should stay at home in the ground for a few more days at least!
I am starting to get encouraged about our chances of coming out well green this week! GREAT job @evangsimmons170 @eggfreak and even myself. I was worried about this week, but had a big surprise yesterday and today. I guess all that tree branch heaving and digging in the garden had more of an effect than I thought. And I am really in the habit of watching video only when on the exercise bike every evening. At first I found exercising closer to bedtime a bit weird, but I am liking it. I get a shower before going to bed and I have been sleeping like a cat. Well not quite that long, but really well!
OK, I love winter, but it can stop snowing now. It isn't listening to me...1 -
PW 154.4
CW 154.2
I don't know what to say. I had a great week with workouts and did pretty well with eating. I am about halfway through 21DF. I will be taking measurements in 10 days. Hopefully, I will see a change there.3 -
It's a sunny, breezy Friday here. Just finished my pilates. Think my plan is to get some breakfast, mow the lawn, then shower. I've been meaning to mow all week and it's getting pretty high. I love to mow. It's instant gratification and a bit of exercise too.
@evangsimmons170 Way to go with that incredible loss! Hard work certainly pays off. So happy for you.
@conleywoods Your day sounded wonderful. So much getting out in nature, exercise, and special time with your kids. I think a cookie or two is not a bust. You did great. Hope you get all your groceries.
@jugar I know you love winter, but boooo, yuck. It's April...something! No more snow. Time for gardening. I'm with you on that one. I have lots of cute little cucumbers coming up on my porch. I need soil for my raised beds though. That's a task I need to work on.
Have a great day everyone, stay healthy, do something good for you. Self care is important!! 1 -
@micki48 I hope you wear your FitBit while you mow so that it can track your steps and exercise. You'd be surprised how it will add up today!2
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OK, my hair is standing on end and turning green - MOWING THE LAWN???? Wow.
I also just about concluded my purchase of a used fitbit. The price is good, the person is not far away (although I'll still ask her to send by mail!), and I am sure it will work better than the lame fitbit phone app. Price is reasonable too!3 -
KellyBgetsfit wrote: »PW 154.4
CW 154.2
I don't know what to say. I had a great week with workouts and did pretty well with eating. I am about halfway through 21DF. I will be taking measurements in 10 days. Hopefully, I will see a change there.
Go Kelly! If you are doing more workouts, especially half way through a 21 day program, it is very likely you are building muscle. That takes water, which is temporary, and muscle weighs more than fat. So you'll likely see a difference in the measurements, and gradually the body composition will be reflected in weight. Keep up the good work!1 -
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I'm about to shut the computer for the night - but just a bit of nagging first, ok???
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My status: bored! 🙃 I’m trying to plan out my days and not get too much sleep. I haven’t been doing well with nutrition in all of April. Working out daily with Pilates but need to focus more on sweating and getting these endorphins moving.
My current weigh in shows the lack of progress. Sorry team.
CW: 163
PW: 162.5?
Also I’m not sure what’s going on with the Fitrockr or how to view the stats. Just going there to sync my data. Are we still in the “test” mode? If I am on both teams can we please get me off the slim team so my points count for us only? It’s easier than tallying numbers but less engaging for me.2 -
The boredom is real. I'm struggling with it too - the exercise sessions help, for sure, and if Pilates is your main exercise, you could do a lot worse. I find it amazingly effective even if the sweat level is low.My status: bored! 🙃 I’m trying to plan out my days and not get too much sleep. I haven’t been doing well with nutrition in all of April. Working out daily with Pilates but need to focus more on sweating and getting these endorphins moving.
My current weigh in shows the lack of progress. Sorry team.
CW: 163
PW: 162.5?
Also I’m not sure what’s going on with the Fitrockr or how to view the stats. Just going there to sync my data. Are we still in the “test” mode? If I am on both teams can we please get me off the slim team so my points count for us only? It’s easier than tallying numbers but less engaging for me.
On Fitrockr, I'll check to be sure you're not on both teams any more. I am also a bit confused by the Fitrockr site but I think I have discovered why my points are not appearing in the team stats very much. I think they are in Germany and on that time zone. I usually sync my exercise in the evening here when it is the next day there. The points are calculated with only the members who have points each day, and mine are always a day late so they don't count. Grrrr! I guess I have to pre-log my evening biking sessions, and sync everything else as it goes instead of waiting for the end of the day. So yes, we are still in test mode, and I think that Austin and I have to come up with some ways of making it more interesting and engaging. She reports on her team every day, so I better get with it!0 -
good morning all! The sun is shining here in Massachusetts - so inspiring after 3-4 days of cool, dreary rain.
@jugar @matthewsfive @micki48 masks & groceries - made a trip to BJs the other day, rigged up a mask ahead of time and thought of your experience with breathability...but I need to work on it - was slipping often and I had to keep pushing back up - next time will have one that goes on my ears. It wasn't so much for my protection as making the grocery workers feel a bit safer. The first grocery worker death happened two days ago here - I am sure they are all feeling vulnerable. I think we've got enough to last months & will from now on ask my brother or sister to pick up any fresh veg or fruit. I don't want to bring anything home to 79 yr old mum or 90 yr old dad.
@jugar sympathies for the snow - I'm sure it's beautiful but enough is enough - let spring arrive! I have to search around for small pots to upgrade my sungold tomato seedlings - 30 out of 31 germinated from a 2019 package! They are like candy - and freeze well too. I've got my hummingbird feeder up, they should be showing up in the next few weeks - do they reach your garden?
@KellyBgetsfit - I'll bet all your extra exercise & muscle is slowing the scale - I fully anticipate that to happen to me when I finally use those dumbbells that I've been walking past for the last two months.
@lovethyneighbor - I too am appreciating the quality of life in the last month and not feeling guilty really, but certainly realize that others have far worse situations to deal with- I really wonder at how I managed the hectic and frantic life as I was trying to manage full time work, caregiving at home, etc...
@conleywoods I love your outdoor cooking photo! I scored some asparagus at BJ's and grilled it up last night - so delicious - even kids like it. I have a category on my meal schedule called Yum Yums - I consciously put non traditional treats on there- grilled asparagus, grilled mini peppers, applesauce, my pinot grigio - trying to brainwash myself out of my old 'yum yums' - potato chips & icecream & bread with butter&jam. I'm afraid to put a sweet treat past my lips right now - I made choc chip & hazelnut cookies the other day to use up the pantry and told mum & dad to please eat them all quickly. If I had one, I might have had 6 more...I know myself.
@evangsimmons170 - way to go with your exercise schedule and results! I have managed to be disciplined with my calories, but not so much with exercise - I SHOULD get up every morning for a walk!
@Steph1498 and RhondaS (not sure which @ you are)- coming after you and Rhonda on Fitrockr today - I'll try to top your percentage contributed
oh and...my other meal categories "Oh I love breakfast", "Luv Breakfast #2 too", 'Lunche' -accent on the e, 'Super Supper' and 'Yum yums'. A little silly, but fun to personalize. Baking rolls (brotchen & definitely a yum yum) this morning & will allow myself one with some butter. Went through my clothes rack yesterday and tried on a bunch of clothes that I haven't fit in for a looong time - that felt fabulous - still I have that one pair of jeans that is my goal.
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PW 211
CW 2104
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