SHRINKING ASSETS Team Chat - July 2020
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Hello Assets! A new member will be along soon - be nice now! @imgwendolyn2015 is ready. Enjoy!2
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It was funny when you read the whole thing, but I have to admit the ”holding a candlelight vigil tonight” had me for a split second thinking ”oh *kitten*, what messed up terrorist attack happened last night and where”.0 -
Goals for this week:
- get under 213lbs again
- Hit my calorie burn goal every day
- Log all my food and stay in deficit every day
- Go to the gym twice
- Get my resting heart rate back down to low 60s or preferably below
So far so good.
- current trendweight 212,8 lbs, so already a loss
- hit my calorie burn goal both Monday and Tuesday, today is looking good as well
- Good deficit both days
- Going to the gym today, already in my gym clothes
- Resting heart rate at 63
I was going to throw down for an additional challenge of getting below 212,5lbs for my official Sunday weigh-in, but there’s just one problem: I have a trip on Saturday that is traditionally an all-day eat and drink fest, and will surely get me a good bloat for Sunday to mess with my trendweight. I’m going to try and limit the damage there, while still enjoying the trip.2 -
Hello everyone! This is my first team challenge and am so excited to get started. I am 44 years old wanting to lose about 50 pounds. I live in Wisconsin with my husband and two dogs. We have four children, all adults. No grandkids yet. I have been on the yo-yo for a number of years and am tired of talking about it. I just want to focus and follow through with this. I am looking forward to it!5
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imgwendolyn2015 wrote: »Hello everyone! This is my first team challenge and am so excited to get started. I am 44 years old wanting to lose about 50 pounds.
Welcome Gwendolyn!!!
I will be 44 in 2 months and I’m 45 lbs down with another 20ish to go. We can do it!! This group is great accountability.
Welcome to the team!!
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When I restarted my journey in March I stopped drinking. At first it was “bc my body needed a break.” It felt amazing so I kept it up. Today is a milestone for me!!
I am really proud of this. This is the longest I’ve gone in my entire adult life - outside of pregnancy.
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Thanks! I should add my starting weight of 189.4. My weigh in day is Friday so I hope to update with a lower number then!
P.S. My friends call me Wendy
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Happy Wednesday
Weigh in
Curvybaja55
PW 171.2
CW 170.3
Hope everyone have a great day.2 -
Weigh In Wednesday:
PW: 155.4
CW: 155.4
No change, but I did lift heavier weights yesterday and I am pretty sore in my pectorals this morning; I am hoping results show up from what I have been working on as the week progresses....3 -
imgwendolyn2015 wrote: »Hello everyone! This is my first team challenge and am so excited to get started. I am 44 years old wanting to lose about 50 pounds. I live in Wisconsin with my husband and two dogs. We have four children, all adults. No grandkids yet. I have been on the yo-yo for a number of years and am tired of talking about it. I just want to focus and follow through with this. I am looking forward to it!
Hi!!
Nice to meet a fellow Wisconsite!! I am in Oak Creek!! I am 52, 53 in November; both my boys are out of the house; oldest son lives w/his fiancee in Franklun getting married in September; my youngest son lives w/his gf and her parents in IL!
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Hello Assets! One more new person coming your way - @mchupchu150 is a new MFP person, so help them get settled and ready for total team terrificness! That's a word, isn't it? If it isn't, you all are the poster child for it and it ought to be in the dictionary. Enjoy!4
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New to the whole group thing, but excited to be part of it.
CW 292
Weigh in on Friday5 -
Good Afternoon!
This week has def been interesting.
I havent gotten to be as active as Id like because this is my first time doing reviews on my agents but my food has def been better.0 -
Weigh In Wednesday:
KittyInBoots17
PW: 229.2
CW: 229.0
I need to do better!1 -
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Hello you SA people! The new members are just flowing in, ready for some F2F energy
Welcome your new Assets @EDTake2 and @nicoleisme . Have a great August! 2 -
Welcome, new members! It’s going to be a great!
I hit an unsurprising 2-pound water weight obstacle today. That’s what I get from doing a heavy leg session at the gym and making sushi the same day, but I’m still annoyed.
I also noticed the gym workout tracking app I use (Strong) calculates total weight lifted during a session, so 10 squats with 50lbs equals 500lbs and so on. At first I was really impressed when I noticed yesterday’s leg day totaled 6,2 tons. Then I scrolled back to see my last pre-covid leg day with the same exact training program, and it was 7,7 tons. So yeah, that’s 1,5 tons missing and I clearly have more work to do to replace the muscle and strength lost during lockdown.2 -
I have found so many silver linings!!! I am looking at my current situation as a positive all around. It just seems like a lot all at once, but I've got this!!! I control my own destiny and this is just a hiccup!!!!
You are strong, inspiring, and I have so much respect for you! When you have a list of things that have happened/are happening like you do - the easy/natural thing is to have a giant pity party (and no one would blame you if you did!). But I have found also, that when you start a "grateful" list, it changes perspective and transforms emotions.
So I did exactly the opposite this past Sunday when I found out the last remaining supported bike ride I was planning on, was cancelled. This was going to be my first 100 mile ride. So I moped around the house all afternoon. But hubs to the rescue - he suggested I download the route, and he would personally SAG me (no not "shag" me - ha). This is an extremely popular ride right here in my county, which passes two miles from my house. So I studied the route, changed it a bit so I could start from my house. Turns out, at the 30 mile mark I go right past work, the 50 mile mark I pass a daughter's home, and at the 70 mile mark I'm near a friend's house. So I have access to potties, I'll put water and food at each stop, and hubs will SAG me at around the 85 mile mark. Plus, now I get to pick a day when the weather's good, instead of having to ride in rain or wind. The official ride gives you 10 hours to complete the 100 miles. Taking into account SAG stops and slowing down as the miles tick away, I'm aiming for 9 hours and will do it end of August or early September.5 -
@biketheworld this sounds AMAZING!!!
I can’t wait to hear about this ride!!!
Lately life is all about what you do with the lemons. Glad to see we are making lemonade!!!0 -
Hello, it's Thursday
So....my story for today...I found out on Monday that Planet Fitness would require masks the whole time you are working out so I cancelled my membership-I feel like I'm suffocating at times when I wear a mask to go to the grocery store & people have made fun of me b/c of this, I can't imagine how I would feel while doing cardio/lifting weights....but I know when I went to cancel in person, there were a ton of calls coming in to cancel as well
So, in essence, I recommitted doing my workouts at home and possibly even looking at a recumbent bike b/c winters in WI can be brutal!
So yesterday I received an email-now, Planet Fitness is just requiring masks as you enter/exit the gym not while working out....this notification came out late last night. There must have been ALOT of cancellations of membership!
I am saving $ as I will not go back and I don't want to go back....2 -
LaurieWrobo wrote: »Hello, it's Thursday
So....my story for today...I found out on Monday that Planet Fitness would require masks the whole time you are working out so I cancelled my membership-I feel like I'm suffocating at times when I wear a mask to go to the grocery store & people have made fun of me b/c of this, I can't imagine how I would feel while doing cardio/lifting weights....but I know when I went to cancel in person, there were a ton of calls coming in to cancel as well
So, in essence, I recommitted doing my workouts at home and possibly even looking at a recumbent bike b/c winters in WI can be brutal!
So yesterday I received an email-now, Planet Fitness is just requiring masks as you enter/exit the gym not while working out....this notification came out late last night. There must have been ALOT of cancellations of membership!
I am saving $ as I will not go back and I don't want to go back....
I cancelled my gym membership over 2 years ago and started building a sweet home gym. I shopped around on Facebook marketplace and was able to build a gym that is almost 100% commercial equipment for a fraction of the price of commercial pieces. Way better than a gym membership and I don’t have the excuse of not wanting to drive to the gym or dealing with crowds.
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Hi! I’m new to the group and excited to have some sort of accountability which I need! I have 45lbs to lose overall, I’d like to lose 6lbs by the end of August! Starting weight is 185.5
It’s hard to get workouts in with COVID changing work and gym etc but I think for now I will do TV workouts for cardio till I buy a treadmill this winter!0 -
Hi, new to the team challenge and very excited : ) I'm a mom of three and started the weigh loss journey in June 2020, after my youngest one turned 1yr old. I have lost so far 16lbs but have a long way to go to get to my healthy weight, that why I need your help and support.
CW 214lbs
Aug Goal Weight 200lbs (hoping I can hit the onederland)1 -
Hi, new to the team challenge and very excited : ) I'm a mom of three and started the weigh loss journey in June 2020, after my youngest one turned 1yr old. I have lost so far 16lbs but have a long way to go to get to my healthy weight, that why I need your help and support.
CW 214lbs
Aug Goal Weight 200lbs (hoping I can hit the onederland)
You lost 16lbs since June 2020, so in two months? Averaging 2lb per week? Damn, girl. Looks like we have a new powerhouse in the team, welcome!
Btw, I’m very similar size to you - I’m currently 212-213lbs. My loss is a lot slower, but the important thing is that it’s still a continuous steady loss.2 -
I made pizza today. I made my own gluten free dough from scratch, and something is definitely not sitting right with my stomach. I’m so bloated I look like I’m expecting twins.
I haven’t had issues with frozen gluten free pizza dough previously, except in taste. I guess I still have to settle for those next time I want pizza. At least it’s less hassle.0 -
I made pizza today. I made my own gluten free dough from scratch, and something is definitely not sitting right with my stomach. I’m so bloated I look like I’m expecting twins.
I haven’t had issues with frozen gluten free pizza dough previously, except in taste. I guess I still have to settle for those next time I want pizza. At least it’s less hassle.
Just curious, but why gluten free?0 -
Hi, I am Krupali, I live in Mumbai, India, I am a mum of 2 girls. 2 years ago I lost my pregnancy weight and managed to get down to 50 kgs, however since then I did maintain my weight around 53-55 kgs till March this year. Since the coronavirus lockdown I managed to gain all weight back thanks to bad eating habits, drinking beer and wine to beat the stress (that was my excuse).
So my husband and I realised that this lifestyle isn’t good for our family especially when we have such young kids (soon to be 4 and 5) we bought a treadmill a week ago and now I have been doing HIIT workouts on the treadmill since a week.
This time around I just want to get back to being below 50 kgs, which I have not been since 2009-10.
Hope you guys will challenge and motivate me to realise my fat loss goals2 -
My CW - 59.7 kgs
GW - 47-48 kgs
I prefer weighing myself on Monday mornings but if the group has a specific day for a weigh-in, do let me know.
I also need help with my diet, and I am only being able to HIIT workouts at home and no weight training as I don’t have dumbells and the gyms are closed here in Mumbai, any advice would help, thanks0 -
I made pizza today. I made my own gluten free dough from scratch, and something is definitely not sitting right with my stomach. I’m so bloated I look like I’m expecting twins.
I haven’t had issues with frozen gluten free pizza dough previously, except in taste. I guess I still have to settle for those next time I want pizza. At least it’s less hassle.
Just curious, but why gluten free?
I eat gluten free all day every day because my stomach can’t handle gluten-containing cereals (I have IBS). The weird part is, the dough shouldn’t have had anything I couldn’t handle, so I have to continue troubleshooting. I think it’s something about the baking yeast.1
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