DOWNSIZERS Team Chat - MAY 2020
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Tuesday’s check in
Calories; under
Exercise: none
Water: ✅
Steps 5/19 2,380
My days are all screwed up this week. Monday was a holiday so I keep thinking today is Tuesday. I missed a day.
I am still feeling blah today but I am going to go for a walk. Don’t know how far I will get but it is beautiful outside and I need fresh air. I was looking at MapMyWalk and I had a 25 day walking streak until I blew it yesterday. A few of the walks were short ones due to my leg but a walk still. Let’s see if I can beat that streak.
Today’s goals
1. Walk ? km
2. Stay within calorie goal
3. Log all food accurately
4. Drink 8 cups of water2 -
Steps:
Monday, May 18: 6 039
Tuesday, May 19: 6 2552 -
Good morning, everyone! Wednesday weigh-in for me:
Username: missgyst
Weigh-in Day: Wednesday
Weigh-in week: 3
Starting Weight: 229.0
Previous weight: 222.4
Current weight: 221.2
Well, it's a loss so it counts... but I wish yesterday was my weigh-in day because I was less!
This week I really need to focus on my walking/moving more. I started out slow, then when I finally got in a groove the weather decided it was going to be winter again! Now that we're back in the sunny 60's, I'll be getting back out there. 2 -
Thank you! I really appreciate that, but honestly - at the moment it's not as difficult as it would normally be. I'm still working full-time, but I'm working from home. I have to be generally available for 8 hours a day starting no later than 9. So if I get myself rolled out of bed by 7:30, I could have a nice walk and breakfast before starting my day, but it's been morning laziness and chilly weather holding me back. I'm going to do better this week.lindamtuck2018 wrote: »I remember those days of trying to get exercise in before work. It is tough and I admire you for trying. It is easy for me as I am retired.
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Oops forgot to log my steps yesterday.
May 19. 6519 steps.
Yesterday started off well and ended with me stuffing my face non stop 😩. I’m so close to reaching my goal and yet keep sabotaging myself.3 -
Steps 5/19: 11,3741
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Hello hello. It's amazing what you can accomplish when fate lends a hand. My truck is in the shop right now an my insurance hasn't finished my request for a rental. Being car-less, living in the burbs and having errands to run, I decided to put on my backpack and start walking. 19,200 steps later, my errands are done and I think my feet are now going to fall off.
Oddly, the more physical I am, the less hungry I am. What is going on?3 -
MAY WEEK 2 STEP RESULTS
AS A GROUP WE WALKED 917,847 STEPS
(Last week it was 554,100 !)
TOP 3 STEPPERS
@888Angie888 - 123,522 steps
@michelleywardell - 120,954 steps
@mari_moulin - 117,308 steps
Also well done to ...
@destiny_sierra - 105,671
@kyfrancik - 102,408
@19shmoo69 - 92,875
@Lindamtuck2018 - 80,177
@piqueaboo - 77,859
@Murphyi150 - 53,193
@missGYST - 37,789
@Shad0wDancer - 6,091 ( missing most of your week)
@UTMom81 missing your full week.
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May 20. 8744 steps.1
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Sorry team but I will be playing catch up today.
Check-In: Sunday, May 17th
•Log all food: Nope ❌
•Calories: Nope ❌
•Exercise: none ❌
•Water: not enough ❌
•Steps: 7,355 ❌
Ceck-In: Monday, May 18th
•Log all food: Nope ❌
•Calories: Nope ❌
•Exercise: 5K walk ✔️
•Water: not enough ❌
•Steps: 18,381✔️
Ceck-In: Tuesday, May 19th
•Log all food: Nope ❌
•Calories: Nope ❌
•Exercise: none ❌
•Water: not enough ❌
•Steps: 6,192 ❌
Ceck-In: Wednesday, May 20th
•Log all food: Nope ❌
•Calories: Yes ✔️
•Exercise: 5K walk + Zumba ✔️
•Water: 2L ✔️
•Steps: 27,278✔️
Happy Thirsty Thursday team! As you can see from my above check ins... lots of red. I have really struggled this week. I’ve not stayed on top of my water, I’ve not done my daily workouts, I haven’t been logging or watching what I eat. I’ve had a 3lb gain since last Saturday and I’m struggling to get it back down. I apologize ahead of time for the gain I will be adding in this week.
To make things worse, my Fitbit broke on Tuesday. I had more steps for that day but I had to change my watch. I can’t be without it so I went straight to the shop to buy another one. I got a smaller cheaper one but it does what I need it to do.
We had so many appointments this week along with several visits here at the house. I’m cleaning house daily to get it ready for the potential buyers. We’ve had 2 positive visits so far so fingers crossed it sells quickly. I’m feeling so tired this week. I’ve gotten so used to confinement and not moving much to busy busy days running Back and forth.
I’m also happy to have done my first Zumba class since the beginning of the pandemic. Outdoor class with 10 people and it felt great!!
Hope you’ve all been well. I’m going to go back and reply to some posts now. I’m sorry if I don’t get to yours. Also, I’ve caught up with the ages. If I am missing any please let me know ❤️
May goals:
•Log all food. The good the bad and the ugly!
•Stay on or under my allowed calorie goal.
•Do at least 30 minute workout each day.
•Drink at least 2L water each day.
•Reach at least 10,000 steps each day.2 -
19shmoo69
Sunday
P. W. 252
C. W. 257
To be honest I'm just about done with this. I've tried so many food calculators to find my deficit. I am always hungry.
Steps for 5/16 is 16561 I think.
I’m sorry I’m getting to this so late. Ok so, I’m not gonna give you the whole you’ve got this don’t quit stuff.
Look at the gain you had this week and with this you were giving it an effort. Can you imagine what your results will be if you quit?! You would be back to your highest weight in a matter of months. Quitting is NOT an option! This isn’t something you will be doing until you’ve reached goal weight. You are in this for the long haul! We are in this until the end of days. We have our ups and downs. We soar and come crashing down more often that we would like. But we DO NOT quit!
Only a few months ago I was in a similar spot as you. I was gaining weight and I was busting my butt at the gym, I was depriving myself of all foods and very very unhappy and always tired. I had a talk with my coach at the gym and he said I’m not eating enough. My body was not doing well on so little fuel but I was making it overwork and tiring it out. He put me on 2300 calories keeping in mind I was at the gym 2 hours a day ( 30 mins cardio and 1.5 hours strength training) when I upped my calories I started losing again. Sounds crazy I know but that’s what it was. I Was eating so much that I was tired of eating. I didn’t want to eat anymore and I was forcing my food down.
Now by food.......I am not taking about cheeseburgers. I was eating LOADS of lean meats and vegetables. I cut out the breads and pastas and changed them for grains and legumes. Lots of quinoa, barley, rice, beans, nuts, oatmeal, all the vegetables you can eat and above all protein protein protein. Wash this all down with at least 2.5 L of water daily. I was eating 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. Breakfast before 8am, snack at 10am, lunch 12-1pm snack 3:30pm, dinner before 8pm. To keep you from eating after dinner, Brush your teeth then no more eating. You will NOT be hungry. This along with daily workouts both cardio and strength and you WILL see results.
Everyone has what works best for them. You need to find yours. For me it helps to change things up when I plateau or when I get tired of the same routine. It’s ok to do that too. It’s not mission impossible my friend. Get back to the basics and do your best each day as they come. Don’t look too far ahead. Just get through today. We will see what tomorrow brings but today, beast mode.
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I'm not sure what my last date of step entries was but here is the last 7 days
May 14 2687
May 15 28440
May 16 30939
May 17 18772
May 18 4402
May 19 10486
May 20 140842 -
mari_moulin wrote: »19shmoo69
Sunday
P. W. 252
C. W. 257
To be honest I'm just about done with this. I've tried so many food calculators to find my deficit. I am always hungry.
Steps for 5/16 is 16561 I think.
I’m sorry I’m getting to this so late. Ok so, I’m not gonna give you the whole you’ve got this don’t quit stuff.
Look at the gain you had this week and with this you were giving it an effort. Can you imagine what your results will be if you quit?! You would be back to your highest weight in a matter of months. Quitting is NOT an option! This isn’t something you will be doing until you’ve reached goal weight. You are in this for the long haul! We are in this until the end of days. We have our ups and downs. We soar and come crashing down more often that we would like. But we DO NOT quit!
Only a few months ago I was in a similar spot as you. I was gaining weight and I was busting my butt at the gym, I was depriving myself of all foods and very very unhappy and always tired. I had a talk with my coach at the gym and he said I’m not eating enough. My body was not doing well on so little fuel but I was making it overwork and tiring it out. He put me on 2300 calories keeping in mind I was at the gym 2 hours a day ( 30 mins cardio and 1.5 hours strength training) when I upped my calories I started losing again. Sounds crazy I know but that’s what it was. I Was eating so much that I was tired of eating. I didn’t want to eat anymore and I was forcing my food down.
Now by food.......I am not taking about cheeseburgers. I was eating LOADS of lean meats and vegetables. I cut out the breads and pastas and changed them for grains and legumes. Lots of quinoa, barley, rice, beans, nuts, oatmeal, all the vegetables you can eat and above all protein protein protein. Wash this all down with at least 2.5 L of water daily. I was eating 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. Breakfast before 8am, snack at 10am, lunch 12-1pm snack 3:30pm, dinner before 8pm. To keep you from eating after dinner, Brush your teeth then no more eating. You will NOT be hungry. This along with daily workouts both cardio and strength and you WILL see results.
Everyone has what works best for them. You need to find yours. For me it helps to change things up when I plateau or when I get tired of the same routine. It’s ok to do that too. It’s not mission impossible my friend. Get back to the basics and do your best each day as they come. Don’t look too far ahead. Just get through today. We will see what tomorrow brings but today, beast mode.
AGREED! @19shmoo69 Don't quit! It can be hard to change your lifestyle, which is exactly what we are all trying to do. Try changing up your foods if you're hungry all the time you may not be getting enough water and you may need to try more filling foods. I eat 2 eggs and cheese(omelette) in the morning. It last me until lunch usually. I usually have some kind of crackers with cheeses or hummus, nuts and yogurt for lunch.
IDEA:
Drink water everytime you feel hungry and see if the feeling passes. Often a feeling of hunger is thirst. Try using a water app to track your intake. I use Hydro coach, you input your weight and it calculates and adjust as you lose weight.2 -
Good Morning Happh Thursday, I forgot to post my weight on Tuesday
Week 3
PW 173.4
CW 172.2
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Good morning, everyone! Wednesday weigh-in for me:
Username: missgyst
Weigh-in Day: Wednesday
Weigh-in week: 3
Starting Weight: 229.0
Previous weight: 222.4
Current weight: 221.2
Well, it's a loss so it counts... but I wish yesterday was my weigh-in day because I was less! This week I really need to focus on my walking/moving more. I started out slow, then when I finally got in a groove the weather decided it was going to be winter again! Now that we're back in the sunny 60's, I'll be getting back out there.
You are right it certainly counts! Congrats on the loss!
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Hello hello. It's amazing what you can accomplish when fate lends a hand. My truck is in the shop right now an my insurance hasn't finished my request for a rental. Being car-less, living in the burbs and having errands to run, I decided to put on my backpack and start walking. 19,200 steps later, my errands are done and I think my feet are now going to fall off.
Oddly, the more physical I am, the less hungry I am. What is going on?
Well done on all the walking! I am the opposite I get really hungry if I have a big walk( for me). I find if I don’t eat some of those exercise calories back I end up over eating at night.2 -
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Wednesday’s check in
Calories: under
Exercise: 54 minute walk
Water:✅
Steps 8,343
I walked 3.55 km yesterday. It was a slow walk but I got it in. Going out again today and hoping to get 5 km done. I am really late getting going this morning so I will be starting my walk a lot later than usual.
Today’s goals
1. Walk 5km
2. Log all food accurately
3. Stay within calorie goal
4. Drink 8 cups of water2 -
All of the above is more of a wish list at this point. I live in Midland MI which if you haven't heard has been devastated by a 500 year catastrophic flood. We had over two days of extremely heavy rainfall. This on top of it already being flood season for us. We live downstream of 5 dams. The northern most dam was overflowing. The second also. The third and fourth breached entirely. The closest dam held but had full berm failure. This sent an unbelievable historic level of water onto us. My city evacuated more than 11,000 people safely. No reported deaths; minimal injuries thus far.
I went over two days with no sleep monitoring all the emergency sites, news reports, etc. to keep track of the flooding and evacuations. My brother was part of the first group evacuated and he moved to a daughter's home and they were evacuated about 3 hours later. They all moved to another daughter's house. I sent my granddaughter and her three dogs to her aunt's home about 30 miles east of us which would keep her out of harm's way. I had my car packed for my cat and I and in the driveway (in case of loss of power and garage not open). So, if it became necessary, I'd be ready to evacuate. I had a route planned with no bridges to ensure I'd not get stopped because of water over the road or bridges out. Luckily for me, the water crested at 35 feet (a 500 year historic record) so I did not need to evacuate. My water, power, and sewer are fine and fully functional. A true blessing!!
My brother estimates his home has at least 5 feet of water inside it. Governor Whitmer came to Midland yesterday, did an aerial tour of the devastation over many miles and several counties. Declared a State of Emergency. Graciously praised our Emergency teams for all their preplanning and for the ongoing evacuation efforts.
Now we are in a waiting game. Flood waters have to recede enough that damage assessments can be started. Then recede even more before homeowners can get in to assess their damages and start the recovery process. We're also praying that the dam closest to us, Sanford Dam, does not collapse. Recovery will be a very long process.
Please send your prayers to all those impacted by the dam failures and the resulting flooding in Gladwin County, Clare County, and Midland County. Thank you.
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Friday Weighin
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Thursday Weigh Day
PW: 252.0
CW: 252.0
I am actually pretty happy with this considering how much I ate over last weekend--without tracking or doing any workouts. I need to find something to help me get consistent in both diet and working out regularly. Calling, 'Here motivation, where are you?'3 -
Steps 5/20: 21,4053
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May 21st 111813
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May 21. 6647 steps.2
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Ceck-In: Thursday, May 21st
•Log all food: Nope ❌
•Calories: Yes ✔️
•Exercise: morning and afternoon walk ✔️
•Water: 2L ✔️
•Steps: 12,537✔️
TGIF team! Well not the best week but I’m gonna just accept it and move forward. The scale is up quite a bit and I know for a fact that tomorrow’s weigh in is NOT going to be pretty. I have done so well this month up until this past week. I’ve gotten off track with my IF and OMAD and it shows on the scale. I will get myself back on track next week I promise. My husband took this past week off and we’ve done lots of snacking and drinking. On top of this it’s been a busy week with lots of appointments. I haven’t done one run this week as I’ve been too tired. I have done several walks tho so I’m proud that I’ve at least done that much. We have people coming back for a second visit next week as it seems they really likes the house. The realtor said they are asking if we are willing to negotiate on the price. Fingers crossed this is it and we no longer need to worry about visits. It’s so stressful with having everyone home and covid and all that mess. Fingers crossed these people decide on buying the house. They seem like good people.
May goals:
•Log all food. The good the bad and the ugly!
•Stay on or under my allowed calorie goal.
•Do at least 30 minute workout each day.
•Drink at least 2L water each day.
•Reach at least 10,000 steps each day.3 -
Hi happy FriYAY!
Jennt817
Pw: 143
Cw: 140
Yay!!! 😊💕😊🥳3 -
All of the above is more of a wish list at this point. I live in Midland MI which if you haven't heard has been devastated by a 500 year catastrophic flood. We had over two days of extremely heavy rainfall. This on top of it already being flood season for us. We live downstream of 5 dams. The northern most dam was overflowing. The second also. The third and fourth breached entirely. The closest dam held but had full berm failure. This sent an unbelievable historic level of water onto us. My city evacuated more than 11,000 people safely. No reported deaths; minimal injuries thus far.
I went over two days with no sleep monitoring all the emergency sites, news reports, etc. to keep track of the flooding and evacuations. My brother was part of the first group evacuated and he moved to a daughter's home and they were evacuated about 3 hours later. They all moved to another daughter's house. I sent my granddaughter and her three dogs to her aunt's home about 30 miles east of us which would keep her out of harm's way. I had my car packed for my cat and I and in the driveway (in case of loss of power and garage not open). So, if it became necessary, I'd be ready to evacuate. I had a route planned with no bridges to ensure I'd not get stopped because of water over the road or bridges out. Luckily for me, the water crested at 35 feet (a 500 year historic record) so I did not need to evacuate. My water, power, and sewer are fine and fully functional. A true blessing!!
My brother estimates his home has at least 5 feet of water inside it. Governor Whitmer came to Midland yesterday, did an aerial tour of the devastation over many miles and several counties. Declared a State of Emergency. Graciously praised our Emergency teams for all their preplanning and for the ongoing evacuation efforts.
Now we are in a waiting game. Flood waters have to recede enough that damage assessments can be started. Then recede even more before homeowners can get in to assess their damages and start the recovery process. We're also praying that the dam closest to us, Sanford Dam, does not collapse. Recovery will be a very long process.
Please send your prayers to all those impacted by the dam failures and the resulting flooding in Gladwin County, Clare County, and Midland County. Thank you.
I have seen lots of pictures on Facebook and they are unreal. Prayers to all your family and all those affected.2 -
888Angie888 wrote: »Thursday Weigh Day
PW: 252.0
CW: 252.0
I am actually pretty happy with this considering how much I ate over last weekend--without tracking or doing any workouts. I need to find something to help me get consistent in both diet and working out regularly. Calling, 'Here motivation, where are you?'
Try taking small steps to getting back. Set some small goals to reach each week that are doable.1
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