WAISTAWAYS Team Chat - MAY 2020
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HEADS UP!
Weigh-ins due Monday:
@reflectionofme
@unevano
@MoStacy
@ells_runs
Still due for Sunday:
@alexsandramorff
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Hello..
Weigh in day Sunday
Sorry I'm up a bit 155.2
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Sunday night check in!
Really had a lazy day. It was only nice out for a short amount of time. I took advantage of the time and got a quick 40 minute walk in with the pup. The rest of the day was nothing but lounging around and a few chores. Calories were great. I didn't eat my exercise calories today and that makes me so happy. It was so hard to not eat up those extra calories. I will be keeping my water bottle handy for the rest of the night to stay out of trouble. I don't know why I always think that because I worked out it gives me a significant amount of leeway in the food department. It's so not true...too bad right? LOL3 -
Sunday night check in!
Really had a lazy day. It was only nice out for a short amount of time. I took advantage of the time and got a quick 40 minute walk in with the pup. The rest of the day was nothing but lounging around and a few chores. Calories were great. I didn't eat my exercise calories today and that makes me so happy. It was so hard to not eat up those extra calories. I will be keeping my water bottle handy for the rest of the night to stay out of trouble. I don't know why I always think that because I worked out it gives me a significant amount of leeway in the food department. It's so not true...too bad right? LOL2 -
Great week, Grace! And now we have two pair of sisters on the teams
I don't even live in the same country as my sister @evelynladams527 but it is fantastic to have her here. Sisters 
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And, I show off my ignorance, what is corset training???
Remember when I tried to get your help changing the metal stays in that corset of mine? Well, it’s basically “waist training” or, “tight lacers”. They give one a lot of support and can, if done consistently, help the body shape change. They can give some of us the physical and visual boost to keep going ‘cause we look and feel better contained, etc.
It’s great to be here with you and the other folks! ❤️2 -
Good evening! Checking in for Day 1. Tomorrow I intend to get the spreadsheet working and to check out the tiny habits challenge but for now, @Terytha 's challenge:
One thing I did well in April - Putting good meals on the table with the ingredients I had on hand. We've only had a couple of small grocery runs in the last 7 weeks so I'm getting to the back of shelves and drawers that were long overdue! But nobody has starved yet!
One thing to improve on in May - Spend less time on the internet searching out news about Covid-19. I'm doing everything I can already to keep us safe, and I can't change anybody else's behaviour so it is fruitless for me to fret over it.4 -
My good and bad of April
Good: I set a goal to do some type of Pilates everyday either with the balanced life or on my own. I completed 29 days in April and will keep this habit. It makes me feel taller and more fit. I even notice it when I’m playing games with the kids or in my posture at random times during the day! So amazing!
Bad: I’ve been using my exercise calories as a reason to eat more calories. Which makes me feel that my hard work isnt paying off. Truth is that I’m not seeing benefits because I’m eating them all the time. So in May I changed my goal to stay under calories regardless of exercise.
Thanks @terytha love this thought provoking challenge!5 -
Good morning everyone.
@jugar I have been having a lot of back pain, think I should go on cheer squad this month.
I am going to try to stop eating for comfort as my tiny change this month. I will drink a glass of milk if I feel I really need food.
I started up again last week when my back started hurting.. thanks @Terytha!6 -
conleywoods wrote: »Calories were great. I didn't eat my exercise calories today and that makes me so happy. It was so hard to not eat up those extra calories. I will be keeping my water bottle handy for the rest of the night to stay out of trouble. I don't know why I always think that because I worked out it gives me a significant amount of leeway in the food department. It's so not true...too bad right? LOL
I do the same thing! 😔 I do genuinely feel hungrier on my more active days. I'm trying this week to eat back less than half my exercise calories and see how that goes. Good luck to us both!3 -
Hey there,
Was a good weekend, we had friends over for crabs sat... we did keep up the whole social distancing thing... Yesterday was my off day, so no exercise. Saturday morning was Pilates and walking, Friday on the dog walk we did interval jogging, it was hard, but it felt good, so we are doing that 3 times a week... SO this is my exercise plan for the week...
Monday - Interval jogging with puppers & 20 Min Yoga
Tuesday - 2 mile video - 20 min treadmill - 20 min Pilates
Weds - 2 Mile video - Interval Jogging with puppers - 20 min yoga
Thursday - 2 Mile video - 20 min Pilates - 30 min treadmill
Friday - 2 mile video - Interval jog with Puppers- 20 min yoga
Saturday - Long walk with puppers as long as weather is good - 20 min Pilates
Sunday - Off day...
My steps for May 3 = 7,346
My good in bad in April = The Good - Ugh this is hard, I feel like April was just a complete wash.. It was not a month worth remembering....
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@micki48 steps for 5/3: 10,507
Yesterday went well, had a great calorie deficit and lots of physical activity weeding the flower beds. Got my first sunburn of the year 🌞. Ate lots of veggies and protein. Most of my carbs came from veggies or whole grains. Almost stayed within my IF schedule, went over by a half hour before I realized what time it was lol, not too shabby. I also made some suntea lightly sweetened with stevia so I can try to skip coffee (moreso concerned about the creamer I drink with it).
Going to make today another healthy day, may walk the dog in addition to cleaning the house. Might do some more yard work but the forecast is looking a bit chilly. For brunch I'm thinking an omelette maybe, and salmon with green beans for dinner? We shall see.4 -
Hello Monday!
It is lovely to see all the updates and insights. The "eating exercise calories" theme is a good one - it is so tempting just to eat more as both a reward for our amazing efforts and just because we're hungry. I think it is fine to eat SOME of those calories, but there are 2 things to ask yourself first:- Is your total # of calories for the day already set with a built-in calorie deficit? MFP usually sets it that way so that even if you eat your exercise calories you should still have a deficit. Decide how much you are aiming to lose per week, and set the deficit accordingly. (for one pound per week, take in 3500 calories less than you burn in a week - counting both the number of calories it takes just to stay alive + activity calories burned)
- Of course that is dependent on accurate exercise calorie burns, and I find them to be WILDLY inaccurate. Ask yourself if they seem realistic to you. Check various sources that keep your current age and weight in mind, or just be very conservative and skeptical about the counts provided by machines or just MFP's database.
There. I have gotten the professorial energy out for today.
@Andreabroadley I will move you to cheer squad for May. You can still weigh in just to keep yourself going, but the weights will not count in the team stats for the week. You, of course!, can still hang out - post any time! Keep well, renew your energy, heal your back, and try to enjoy the spring.
@Steph1498 - Pilates is amazing, isn't it? I'm so glad you are doing it as well. I really enjoy the balanced life sisterhood videos, even though I broke an almost 2 month streak after injuring myself in April. I cannot do anything lying on my back or rolling up and down - I just have to skip those and only do the planks and standing exercises. Meh. But the Pilates really gives you that feeling of great posture and balance, that is for sure!
@conleywoods - your exercise plan by the week never ceases to inspire me. Do I do one? NO! Sheesh. At least I have started putting in my exercise for the day during breakfast. Then I actually HAVE to do it! I'm glad you're throwing away April and keeping up the good work. Hugs flying your way! (fully sanitized)
Enjoy the Monday, team! Keep the posts flowing on in. And MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!6 -
Gidgitgoescrazy wrote: »My good in bad in April = The Good - Ugh this is hard, I feel like April was just a complete wash.. It was not a month worth remembering....
Sometimes life gets that bad. But there's always something good. The world isn't all greys and shadows, there's also rainbows and sunshine.
Even then, if you can't see them, sometimes the good is just that you made it out the other side. The future has all kinds of possibilities as long as you're still trying.5 -
Happy Monday Team!
My April Good - I worked out five days a week as planned.
My April Bad - I didn't log
So my goals for May are to log every day, take Edie out for a walk 5 days a week (hubby can do the weekends), drink a lot more water and not snack after supper.
And someone on the team (sorry, I've forgotten who!) recently said that they logged their food the night before and it helped to keep them on track - I'm going to try doing that too.
And yesterday I enrolled on an online nutrition course - that's going to make me feel much more in control as well as educated about the food decisions I make.
It's going to be a good month.7 -
Hey friends! Happy Monday. I just read through all your wonderful posts. My head is still a little foggy from the concussion, so I’ll still be limiting screen time. It brings the headache back.
My April Good - Best month for Balanced Life Pilates workouts (which I am missing now with my head). Still doing gentle stretching though.
My April Bad - I didn't log all food every day.
As soon as I am back to myself, I will log everything. Exercise, drink water.4 -
Hi everyone! It is a 1lb loss for me 😁
ells_runs
May Week 1
PW 215lbs
CW 214lbs
Good luck everyone 👏👏😍6 -
This morning's workout was from the SELF Spring 2020 Challenge. Specifically Day 15 - 30 minutes of 5 Strength Moves and a bonus of EMOM.
@micki48 steps for yesterday (Sunday) was 3888.
Quick question - how many of the 15-30 minutes did you do of strength moves and EMOM? Then I can "translate" those into a number of steps to add to your record for the day!0 -
This morning's workout was from the SELF Spring 2020 Challenge. Specifically Day 15 - 30 minutes of 5 Strength Moves and a bonus of EMOM.
@micki48 steps for yesterday (Sunday) was 3888.
Quick question - how many of the 15-30 minutes did you do of strength moves and EMOM? Then I can "translate" those into a number of steps to add to your record for the day!
Oh - I did 5 rounds of 1 minute of pushups, 1 minute of squats, 1 minute of toe touch crunches, 1 minute of bird dog crunches (left) and 1 minute of bird dog crunches (right). 25 minutes for those. Then after the 5 rounds, for the EMOM I did 20 pushups, 20 plank hops, 20 pushups and 20 plank hops each within a 1 minute slot (so EMOM was 4 minutes long).
Hope that was clear?
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Perfect! And seriously impressive!!! Going by the conversion chart, 29 minutes of circuit training = 5,162 steps. So that will be added to your actual steps for the day when you report those!Oh - I did 5 rounds of 1 minute of pushups, 1 minute of squats, 1 minute of toe touch crunches, 1 minute of bird dog crunches (left) and 1 minute of bird dog crunches (right). 25 minutes for those. Then after the 5 rounds, for the EMOM I did 20 pushups, 20 plank hops, 20 pushups and 20 plank hops each within a 1 minute slot (so EMOM was 4 minutes long).
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HEADS UP!
Weigh-ins due Monday:
@reflectionofme
@unevano
@MoStacy
@ells_runs
Still due for Sunday:
@alexsandramorff
Thanks!
Still quite a few to go for today - don't forget!
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I just did my first Leslie Sansone walk at home video (2 miles) - I have been meaning to try them for a while, and finally did it! Were you there with me, @evangsimmons170 ? It was not as satisfying as a walk outside, but with today's weather, I'll take it!1
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Wow, I already feel behind in the thread. I had a rough weekend and I'm not sure why. I didn't sleep well. I didn't eat well. I didn't workout Fri or Sun but I did a double on Sat.
A little about me. I am a Kindergarten teacher. I have 4 kids 15, 10, 4, and 8 months. I am on the high end of my prebaby #4 weight, but ultimately would like to loose 20 pounds. I am pretty much stuck. I do well with workouts and ok with eating. I need to do better with logging, and pay attention to my macros.7 -
PW I am new here so no Past weight official weight. Started my Journey to lose weight at 260 lbs. last week was a high of 236 and a low of 230.5 lbs
CW 234.5 lbs.
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Username: reflectionofme
Weigh in day: Monday
PW: 123.0
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Welcome! You are off to a good start - and it is good to see you here. There is a lot to catch up with already, but just take your time and try to post daily even if it is just a very brief update. Your starting weight (from the sign-up thread) was 232.5 - probably from last Monday. If that is not correct just let me know. When you have a chance, tell us a bit about yourself - where you are, what are your goals, and how you go about the journey. Looking forward to getting to know you!PW I am new here so no Past weight official weight. Started my Journey to lose weight at 260 lbs. last week was a high of 236 and a low of 230.5 lbs
CW 234.5 lbs.1 -
So I got the Habit Tracker up and working, also checked out the Mini Habit Challenge - still deciding what I will do there. Today was a bust for exercise. The weather was grey and showery this morning so I attacked something cleaning/de-cluttering that was long overdue. And now at the other end of the day I am too bushed to do anything else! But tomorrow is a new day...4
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@micki48 I hope your head is feeling better soon! Had a concussion once and it was terrible.
My steps for 5/4: 8,104. So far looking good for me to up my daily step goal 😀
Did not eat what I initially planned for the day but still made healthy choices and had another great calorie deficit.
Tomorrow I am working in the office and my co-worker and I decided we are going to treat ourselves with takeout since this is the first time we will work together in almost 2 months. I'm already trying to plan for something relatively healthy. Wish me luck!3 -
Happy Monday Check In!
My April good was that I worked out quite a bit.
My April bad was not always logging and eating a lot of my exercise calories.
@jugar, I agree that eating some exercise calories makes sense. Weight loss causes hormonal changes that actually make you more hungry. Exercise can also contribute to feeling hungry. I want a few days where I don't go crazy and I love the idea of focusing on low density foods. So wise!
And on that note...I ate my exercise calories today and I'm okay with that. Food went well today but could have done better on vegetables. I'm running low on vegetables and lettuce so I put in a grocery order this morning and was lucky enough to be able to pick up tonight. I got lots of healthy food but an apple pie came home too. The whole family went on a 2 mile walk today and got a barre workout in too.4 -
Ok - I am ready for this!
SW- 192.4 (today)
CW- 192.4
GW- 180 (end of month)
3 tiny goals- 1) exercise 5x’s a week, 2) 95% on diet plan, 3) log every day4
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