Username: davors19
Weigh-in week: Week 1
Weigh-in day: Fri
Previous Weight: 258
Todays Weight: 258

buniphuphu wrote: »

@broncobuddee I've worked out my scale problems, but I need to change my starting weight and this week's weight. Can we make both 340.2? That is what my new scale said when it came on Tuesday.

@buniphuphu - Sounds like a plan. Thanks!

THURSDAY CHECK-IN: 🟢
I am loving our August Habit Tracker! You can start this anytime, so come and give it a try if it might support you! No special start date required!
Calories: 🟢 all good, on-plan choices; everything weighed/measured and tracked
Water: 🟢
Exercise 🟢 FRIDAY GOALS

@AustinRuadhain I agree that our Habit Tracker is going well this month with several of our members. I’m even managing to remember to go and check off those green boxes.

@raleighgirl09 Yayyy for a downward weigh-in this week! I totally stopped trying to set weight loss goals for a certain date for myself. I never make them and I always end up being more upset with myself. You would be better off to just stick to being committed to doing your very best from now until your birthday. That way when your birthday gets here you don’t have to have the number be the thing but the fact that you stuck to your commitment to do your best. What do you think? You know that 170 IS going to happen. Can you cut yourself a break?

@trooworld What about using a straw and then you can just sneak it up under your mask. Or you can guzzle a bunch of water before you go to work and then at your break and once you get off. Unless you can’t run to the bathroom as much as you need to. I swear I could never have a job where I couldn’t go to the bathroom. My bladder simply wouldn’t comply!


Hi everyone! So, today was a pretty good day. I did week 7 of Barre Blend lean legs and LIIFT 4 arms and shoulder weights. I wiped at my kitchen and did the laundry. I fast for 20 hours today but was hungry so ate a little more than I normally would. But that is OK becasue I cut myself some slack on Fridays and this evening I plan to have a 2 or 3 glasses of wine with my hubby. We are starting the final season of Justified so it should be a fun and very violent night. Cheers!

@raleighgirl09 It's Paleo with a few extras removed because I'm picky. I can only have healthy fats (I hate coconut and avocados though), lean meat, veggies aside of potatoes and corn (supposed to stop nightshades, eggs, and coffee too but I grow tomatoes, I CAN'T while I have homegrown tomatoes!), and fruit. No dairy, sweetener, beans and legumes, red or fatty meat (just don't really care for it), gluten. It's a pain trying to find stuff, I found a couple chicken sausages, salsas, and tomato sauce and the rest are whole foods, chicken breasts, or ground turkey. Trader Joe's has some good finds that aren't too expensive.

@TeresaW1020 Sounds like a great workout, you could use some extra fuel! What is Justified about?


Hey gang! Sorry for not commenting more, the drive in my laptop is going out and it's hard to sit at my desk since I need my legs elevated, I had to wrap up meditation because it started smelling like burning wire and hums like a drill, it's really annoying! I'll have to get it fixed, school starts in two weeks. It'll land me somewhere between 10-15 electronic repairs since COVID, the screen was just replaced and I got it not even 2 years ago. I SWEAR I'm one of those people whose magnetic field screws up technology, I have more Fitbit problems than anyone I know but I've replaced or gotten refunds on so many things lately I think it's ME! Thank goodness I have a computer engineer for a dad and am dating a guy whose computer-smart, I'm good with computers aside of needing them repaired constantly!

Friday workout
Calories- probably will be borderline, I'm craving nuts and fruit like crazy lately.
Exercise- chair cardio (lots of punching!), FItness Marshall Alejandro, abs, stretching/yoga with resistance bands for the splits, 5 Tibetans, and a few minutes of meditation, just not into it with over-thinking my health issues. Earth energy healing and mopping the floor.

@raleighgirl09 Happy belated birthday, Maria!!!

@AustinRuadhain Thank you!

@TeresaW1020 A straw is a good idea but my tumbler is too big and the straw would sink to the bottom. I think I will take the guzzle approach. BUT...I will only be going into the office once a week from now on out, other than that, I will be working remotely so I won't have to wear a mask. Oh, and I can go to the bathroom as much as I need to when I AM at work, no problem there. I hope you enjoyed your wine/Justified night!

@Katmary71 Oh dear, I'm sorry about all the computer repairs and problems. I hope you can get that fixed soon, especially before school starts again.

Friday
Calories: over/under: over
Water: over/under: under
Exercise: walk
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: eat what is on the menu for dinner, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water

11th hour plea... just a few holes to plug in the weigh-in spreadsheet for week one.

@apple852hk
@melissa2013m
@DesertColibri
@Kelley0519
@digger61

Thanks!

raleighgirl09
Saturday check in

What a fun day! My friend has come to see me and we did what we could (COVID and all) and had fun talking and laughing and just spending time together. Recognizing some risks are taken and a lot of precautions to go with it. Super light lunch that left me pretty hungry not too much later and we had an early dinner - both were meals out but I made wise choices. Sodium - you Heffer - I know you are coming for me. Still, proving to myself that I can go out, have fun, make good choices and not feel deprived of fun, food or fellowship just because I have goals I wish to honor. And committments to me and the goals - that I wish to honor.

Did I tell you about the doughnuts? Three days running, there were fresh yeast, glazed doughnuts in the office....on the table with me. All day. With only a couple of exceptions, I didn't think about them at all. When I did - it was fleeting. No way for me to accuratley describe what a huge revelation this was to me, I could not have predicted it. I hope that is a lifestyle thing more than a mindset thing. I have to be honest and say I don't know yet seeing as how it's so new but am putting this into my arsenal of 'notes to self' and things I speak about, internally.

Been meaning to say - I have been following the converation surrounding IF - and watching @TeresaW1020 incorporate this into her journey; going to throw in my own experience into the conversation. I have always been a natural no breakfast eater. Reading diet rules, I often in my past set aside what works for me to follow the (sometimes pompous) dictum, the authoritative chorus that demanded breakfast was the most important meal of the day and I needed to do that in order to be successful. Not a true breaking of the fast meaning - no, the "there is no better way" first meal having to occur in the morning not long after waking kind of breakfast. Well, years ago I decided....eff all that. And most diet rules. I will do what works for me. So I sometimes eat breakfast but often do not. I eat when I'm hungry and typically not otherwise. This, of course, has its own issues from time to time but it is, at the very least, true to self. So I believe I often have a fast that is 15-17 hours long, if I don't eat from 9pm to between 11-1p. I usually eat a later dinner and then maybe by 11 when early or by 1ish on later days. I find this natural rythm to work very well for me.
@Katmary71 below are some interesting recipes I found - I want to try these myself! Hope you find a few goodies in here!
https://weelicious.com/turkey-zucchini-burgers-recipe/
https://weelicious.com/roast-chicken-with-caramelized-lemons-cherry-tomatoes-and-olives/ this one looks especially flavorful to me but you might substitute for the cherry tomatoes. I'd use chicken thighs but breasts would keep the fat lower
https://www.paleorunningmomma.com/top-20-paleo-recipes-of-2019/ I couldn't even cull from here, they look really good - especially the chicken piccata. If some night shade have snuck into these, just shoo them off!!

FRIDAY CHECK-IN: 🟢
Calories: 🟢 all good, on-plan choices; everything weighed/measured and tracked
Water: 🟢
Exercise 🟢 SATURDAY GOALS
@Tracey0088 - I added you to the FitRockr group!
I am not doing a weekly status report on FitRockr since it was not working for some people, so we set up a spreadsheet. That said, it now seems to be working for everyone except Cherry (who does not seem to have a fitness tracker linked up to the account). Anyway, it's still there, if it's fun for anyone!

@raleighgirl09 - @TeresaW1020 is indeed a wise captain. I so get the tracking weight goals. I still weigh in weekly. But I think you are so smart to focus on the doing, the day-to-day actions. You are in action! You are making progress! You will get there!
I loved your doughnut experience. Maybe they just occurreed as "not food?" Whatever it was, keep an eye out. It sounds like you have been building a new you, and that you are getting settled into a you that doesn't eat those?

@Trooworld - @raleighgirl09 is so SO right -- hurray for recognizing the overall win!

@broncobuddee sorry...i thought I had posted. Below Week 1 + 2.

Thanks for tracking snd updating all our weigh ins🥰

;c-45236606"]11th hour plea... just a few holes to plug in the weigh-in spreadsheet for week one.

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Weigh in Apple852hk
Week 1 - Aug 2020 Sunday
PW 143.7 (65.2kg)
CW 142lbs (64.5kg)

Lost - but back to last week's previous weight.

Considering I ate so much chocolate every day last Sunday until Tuesday, I'm impressed I lost back to last week's weight.

Incredibly sleepy at the start of the week that's why I ate so much chocolate.

Didnt do any hiking this week as so sunny. Did walk in the morning every day this week at least for 30 mins = 2 miles.

GOALS
1. Eat slower, 15mins per meal
2. Take a picture of meal after 5 mins eating, remind me to be slow


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Weigh in Apple852hk
Week 2 - Aug 2020 Sunday
PW 142lbs (64.5kg)
CW 139.3lbs (63.2kg)

Lost! Yeah...and a lot but might just be water weight. As all week was maintaining then suddenly lost this morning to be under 140lbs (64kg).

Although I am eating small lunches and dinner is just lots of veg when really that portion should be smaller.

I haven't snacked on chocolate this week much although I have been buying it for stock pile. I binge on chocolate in Monday but then rest of the week was good. Perhaps as last Sunday was a family meal gathering so ate 8 portions and felt like lose to being mindful.

Ate lots of hone grown carrots with hummous as a meal so maybe that's what helped me get back to clean eating.

Didn't do any hiking again, 2nd week in a row. Sun is too strong.

GOALS
1. Eat more cheese in a meal for feeling fuller longer
2. Try eating more cooked than uncooked food like salads.

@vegan4lyfe2012 Yayyy on your amazing weigh-in!! Girl, you will have us on pins and needles wondering where you are at and what you are doing? Can't wait to hear!

@Bettyboag Good for you for being alcohol-free! That is really hard when someone with you is drinking.

@apple852hk Good job on getting back on track with your weight loss! Just slow down on that chocolate.

@raleighgirl09 Ohhhh I totally get you that want to reach 170 by your birthday! And I think it’s great to have a goal to shoot for. I just don’t want to see you beat yourself up if the scale says higher than your desired number. I am still chasing Onderland and I set a goal every month to make it happen. And it will happen!! Maybe this month! *fingers crossed!*

So glad that you had a great day with your friend and made great food choices. Wow!! I still don’t know if I would have the power to resist the donuts. Wayyyy to go! And I totally get you hoping that it’s a lifestyle that you are creating. That is what I’m trying to do with IF. I don’t want to be on another diet EVER!! I’m still a work in progress but as our weight loss goals will happen, I believe living a new lifestyle where I have freedom over food will happen too.

Ohhhhh and for you and anyone else who is interested in how the whole “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” got started should read this! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day…or is it?

@trooworld Two nights of eating out meant that you retained water from all the sodium. Eat clean and drink your water. It will be down and then some next week.



Good morning team! Well, I have managed to overeat for the last two days and drink too much wine. So, I’m nipping that in the bud starting today and will get back to fasting longer and no more wine for me. At least not for the rest of the week. We have church this morning and this is the first Sunday that our nursery and kids church will be open. I’m excited to see more people who I have been missing. Especially the kids! I also just found an amazing 5000 piece puzzle on FB Marketplace and I am anxiously waiting for the woman to message me back that I can buy it!! OK, I need to go workout and get on with the day. You all have a wonderful day and stay focused on your goals!

Saturday
Calories: over/under: under
Water: over/under: over
Exercise: cleaning garage and walking
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: day off

Congratulations vegan4life! It’s so wonderful and I’m so happy for you!
Absolutely fantastic! Enjoy your mini-vacation 😁

@trooworld - that is one hell of a week you had. {{HUGS}}

@vegan4lyfe2012 - Enjoy your time with your son!