WaistAways Team Chat - August 2020
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My steps were foe 8/22 = 619, I was so busy i hadn't even realized it died...
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I'm 189.8lb today!!! Lowest I've been in over a month, broke the 190s bracket! 🙌
I'm actually very unwell right now and having to get a home kit to test for coronavirus, still ate a chinese though last night 🤣
I'll post my steps too.
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Hello I’m finally back from a month long visit to the states! Such a great time to reconnect with a few select family and friends. ❤️ My diet was totally off track and that’s okay I think. It was amazing to enjoy others cooking for me!!
I’m back home this week and restarting my focus on healthy eating and it feels amazing to have structure again!
@jugar please let me know how you’d like to plug me back into the list. My current weight is 163.0 and I know that’s up a few pounds.
I don’t want to negatively affect the team for the month. Could we start me in the September list?
I’m excited to catch up on this last months thread it looks like everyone has had a busy month! 😁
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Hi all, I've been reading but not posting. Gone off the rails with my eating and I don't know quite why. Like the last 3 days, I'm starting the day as a new day and will get back on track. TODAY I'll complete the day - promise!3
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Steps for 8/23 = 1890
I've hurt my back, so not alot of steps for me these next few days.3 -
Username: reflectionofme
Weigh in day: Monday
PW: 125
CW: 125
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I apologize I forgot to check in yesterday with my steps and weigh-in, I brought home a new puppy and was busy spending the day with her. Meet Lolabean (or just Lola)!
She's a sweet little Pomerat (Pomeranian/rat terrier), 8.5 weeks old and weighs in at a whopping 2.7 lbs. She's already stolen our hearts.6 -
@micki48 below are my steps for the week; @jugar I also had a 25 minute bike ride on 8/17, 2.4 miles long, average speed 5.9mph. And 8/18 I did 40 minutes of gentle yoga and 20 minutes of moderate level yoga.
I understand if it's too late to count these! Again I'm sorry I completely forgot yesterday.
I will get on the scale and post those results in a bit.2 -
Hello I’m finally back from a month long visit to the states! Such a great time to reconnect with a few select family and friends. ❤️ My diet was totally off track and that’s okay I think. It was amazing to enjoy others cooking for me!!
I’m back home this week and restarting my focus on healthy eating and it feels amazing to have structure again!
@jugar please let me know how you’d like to plug me back into the list. My current weight is 163.0 and I know that’s up a few pounds.
I don’t want to negatively affect the team for the month. Could we start me in the September list?
I’m excited to catch up on this last months thread it looks like everyone has had a busy month! 😁
I think re-starting for September will be perfect. We only have this week left, so next Sunday we'll start the September challenge. I'll put you in there with 163 as your starting weight - if you want to update it on your usual weigh-in day this week, just post it here, but you're in "support team" mode for the moment. I hope your trip was fantastic in spite of the off track nature of things - it is always so good to see family and friends after living far away. I lived in The Netherlands for a while after university, and it was both scary and fabulous coming home at the end of that. Then I ended up moving to Canada immediately! At least that isn't as far away. In any case, welcome back - we'll look forward to September with you.3 -
Hi all.
I've been away for the week and haven't checked in on the thread regularly. I see I missed A LOT of posts. I hope you are all well.
My diet went completely off track. We also hiked a lot every day. So I suspect it will be a gain on Friday but I hope it will only be small.
Anyway, I will try to get back on track ASAP and not wait till Friday as I normally would (my annoying black & white brain- the diet week starts on a Friday
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Monday check in. I don't know why but I have no energy or motivation today.I will have to get moving eventually. We might go to the lake and if that doesn't wake me up, I don't know 🙃 Food has been good but lunch was a little higher in calories than I wanted. I graze while making lunch...it's a bad habit for sure! Dinner tonight will be an entrée salad so If I swim or walk calories will be fine. 🤞
@jguldi11 What a sweet little puppy! So cute and glad you were able to make a connection and find your new puppy! You will always miss your previous pup but enjoy your new baby ❤
@Steph1498 Welcome back. Sounds like an amazing trip and how spoiled to have others cook for you on a regular 😀 That sounds dreamy indeed!
@Gidgitgoescrazy That's terrible! I hope you feel better soon 💕
@eggfreak Motivation ebbs and flows and that is completely normal. Just get back on track and keep at. I'm sure you have some healthy stuff tucked away in your freezer 😉
@theweeonemfp Congrats on making it to the 180's!
@Pearl4686 Sounds like a great trip with fun summer activities! Friday is too far away. Get back on track and take it one meal at a time. Every meal or moment of time is a chance to eat well or move our bodies. We don't have to be 100% to see growth.4 -
Well, this day has flown by! Thanks for the news of puppies, hikes, off-track slowdowns, making it to 180s and wandering motivation. I have been in a bit of a slump too, but today seems to be going better. For me, whacking the procrastination upside the back of the head helps, and just start something. So I did, and I feel a lot better. Magic.
It is recruiting for September time, so I'm off to find F2F some new members. We're doing pretty well this month, but could use a few more. If you have any friends, zoom meeting colleagues, or anyone else who might find this helpful, send them our way!3 -
PW 242.2 lbs
CW 242.3 lbs
LTD 26.7 lbs3 -
I finally got up and did a workout. The weather got cloudy and windy and we did not make it to the lake. Sooooo, I had to do something. I did try the something new challenge for this week and had an exciting extra calorie burn by rearranging the order of my dvd (it has 3 segments). I posted on the week 4 challenge if you want to read more about it.
I have a sweet tooth and I am just going to end up eat a little of this and a little of that which usually ends up being a ton of calories! Instead, I am baking brownies and I will have one with an americano which is only 10 calories. One and done ✔ and then I will move on. I have been drinking water all day trying to outrace the sweet cravings. I'm not making a dent and I have had 150 oz of water. Time for a treat.2 -
Hi all! Late check in. Not sure what is up today. I must be dealing with some weird menopausal hormones. I have been craving stuff I never crave...chocolate! Ate some dark chocolate and 2 Lindt white chocolate truffles. I guess my hormones need it. 🤷🏻♀️
Glad to see friends back. Friends having a hard time, know you are not alone. Love the new pup. My steps weren’t great today. I will try and do the step report tomorrow. Thanks for those steps.2 -
@jguldi11 Lola is absolutely adorable! She looks so happy to be home! Enjoy!
@Gidgitgoescrazy I hope your back feels better soon. Did you hurt it exercising?
@theweeonemfp I hope you feel better soon too and that your covid test comes back negative;
I'm still focusing on creating a calorie deficit every day, although this month's journey has been less than perfect. That's OK because it has been a learning process. For this final week of August, I am increasing my deficit goal from 100 to at least 300 calories in deficit at the end of each day. I also added two-a-days....aka morning and evening workouts. Today's goal was a simple 10 minute workout in the morning and one tonight; both were Leslie Sansone workouts. Today's exercising was more about building consistency that anything else. I knew I could do 10 minutes twice a day, and I did it. Tomorrow (8/25/20), I will do 15 minutes in the morning and 15 at night.
I'm determined to end this month with another loss. This will be the first month I've ever had a loss every week of the month. Can't wait til Friday!4 -
evangsimmons170 wrote: »
I guess I just slept wrong one night, it's been hurting off and on for a week, but would go away once I got up and started moving, then on sunday morning it didn't go away and started spasaming, so I am doing gentle yoga, and my PT exercises for it, so it's better but I still feel it, I think I am going to lay off exercise until Sept 1st... Then I will start again but maybe cut it back...
I swear my body just gives me a a big ole "STOP" when I try to exercise more, I can't find that happy place. I seem to have that mind set of, if you aren't working your hardest, and working on it constantly, you aren't doing it right, which is stupid, because apparently exercise is the only thing I actually apply that to... lol
Maybe for Sept my goal will to be to only exercise 4 days a week, and to concentrate more on my food intake and getting that right...
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Happy Tuesday!
We have been having wild thunderstorms overnight and this morning, so hopefully my internet won't die out on me.
I am feeling a bit more back on track - yesterday I got some things done that I have been putting off, and today will continue. Then I got my exercise done. I find that when I am just tracking steps, it is too easy to let that be enough. But it is not. I need to keep up muscle strength, and walking certainly does not do that for me. I feel like I used to at work when there would be 100 emails a day. I had a fantastic folder system, and I would diligently sort all the emails into the various folders, feeling virtuous and like I had accomplished something. But none of them was answered or dealt with! So yeah - time for the heavy lifting. Or at least moderate lifting!
Only one weigh-in due today -- @CM_73 Hope you're doing great!2 -
We have our first 2 new members for September! Prepare to welcome @spyro88 and @FatSlayer1016 I'm sure they'll have a great time with us.2
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@jugar
I apologize, I know I have been away for a while. I havnt been recording on the app and I have also gained some weight back. I had too many deadlines to catch up with. I am back to healthy eating and would like to continue on the group if that’s ok. Thanks
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graceojo999 wrote: »@jugar
I apologize, I know I have been away for a while. I havnt been recording on the app and I have also gained some weight back. I had too many deadlines to catch up with. I am back to healthy eating and would like to continue on the group if that’s ok. Thanks
Of course! I am glad your deadlines are calming down and you can take some time to keep healthy and lose the extra weight. Since you have missed all the August weigh-ins, give me an updated weight on Sunday (I think that was your usual day, right?) and you'll start fresh for the September challenge, which starts August 30th. Let me know if Sunday is not right, or if you want to change days. Welcome back!1 -
matthewsfive wrote: »@jugar
Sorry for not weighing in this week, I have so much going on and decide to take a break from the group. if its okay I would like to start back up for the October challenge.
No problem! And you can still feel free to drop by from time to time if you miss us
Keep well!
Missing you all already, stay safe talk soon2 -
Hey everyone, new member Amanda here. I just spent too long writing my intro only to have it all disappear thanks to clumsy thumbs 🤦
So I'll keep it short this time. 32 from VT. I joined MFP in 2012 and lost 65# in 12 months. Two injuries and a year later I was back to starting weight. Yo-yod between 200+ and 170's at least three times since then. In August 2018 I discovered white water and aspired to become a raft guide. Winter 2018 was awesome and I lost 40+/- pounds and changed body composition to reach the low 160's and get ready for the most physical job I've ever had. I have maintained in the 160's for a year and a half now. However, in February of this year I fractured my dominate elbow and had to give up guiding. Depression has followed. I am still maintaining scale weight, but my body composition is changing and I don't like it.
And so now I am here!! And stoked to be here to receive support and give it back. Let's do thiiiiis!!!5 -
Welcome to a great group of folks, @FatSlayer1016
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I just found another one! @PlaneMonkey will be along soon too. It is always fun when some new people join us
Welcome @FatSlayer1016 - we're neighbours! I'm just across the border north of Vermont, and my sister @evelynladams527 is in Windsor VT. It sounds like you have gone through all kinds of wonderful and difficult things - I hope you can get back to the wonderful soon. We'll do our best to help!0 -
Hey all! Another day is over. Hope yours was a good one. My day was fine. Got in a good walk with the little one. We found terracotta tiles on a neighbor’s trash. So we reclaimed them, brought them home, and painted them. Our theme this week is “colors”. Weird, the walk felt a little tough today. Got home and checked my Fitbit and had 8 minutes at peak. Usually mostly cardio. Not sure what’s up with that. No candy eating today so that’s good. Still doing this intuitive eating experiment so we will see where that gets me.
Welcome to our new members. So glad you joined us. Great team.
@evangsimmons170 You have a great plan. I cheering you on for a month of losses.
Talk to you tomorrow.2 -
Hi everyone, another new member here. I am Jess, 31 from the UK. Nice to "meet" you all!
I've been overweight for most of my life really. I lost some weight with myfitnesspal a few years ago only to put most of it back on again, so I'm here to lose and try to maintain it this time. I'm on 1520 calories a day and I try to get to the gym a few times each week. So far so good!
A bit more about me generally, I work for a charity and in my spare time I enjoy art and have my own studio which I share with some friends. I also love the sea and live very close to it which is amazing
I live with my fiance of 2 years so I would like to lose a bit of weight for the wedding and also for possibly starting a family
Looking forward to getting to know you all4
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