Waist Aways - September 2020 Team Chat
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Shrinking Assets 0.17%
2nd Downsizers 0.16%
3rd Weight No More 0.10%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
1st Shrinking Assets 8.5 Lbs
2nd Downsizers 8.1 Lbs
3rd Weight No More 4.4 Lbs
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @19shmoo69 5.58 %
2nd @imgwendolyn2015 4.90%
3rd @TASCascalho 4.04 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @19shmoo69 10.0 Lbs
2nd @imgwendolyn2015 4.2 Lbs
3rd @kcpond 3.9 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@debbiewsharpe
@Melzz19
@Xiaolongbao
@Tazaria87
@kmfeig87
@floecity
@happimess01
@theweeonemfp
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Weight No More 1.10%
2nd Trimstones 1.04%
3rd Shrinking Assets 0.81%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
1st Trimstones 47.9 Lbs
2nd Weight No More 46.5 Lbs
3rd Shrinking Assets 41.2 Lbs
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @TASCascalho 5.50 %
2nd @Beka3695 5.27%
3rd @goingape 4.84 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @TASCascalho 10.8 Lbs
2nd @Beka3695 10.2 Lbs
3rd @happimess01 9.8 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@izzyred9400
@Xiaolongbao
@melzz589
@mynacha73
@kirsten11872
@apple852hk
@alanpeisakoff
@Bettyboag
@Dogmom19787 -
Hello,
My name is Kristi and I'm 38 and I have been married to my wonderful husband for 13 years. We have 3 kids ranging from 11 to 5 years old. I'm an occupational therapist for the school's and I'm mostly at the preschool and I have the 18-21 year old program too. I have 8 days until work starts. Special ed only gets in person so I am actually really excited to go to work and play with some kids and dig all my toys out. I have a ridiculous hoard of toys and can't help but aquire more.
I have been working on weight loss since February 2019. My highest weight was 255 and I am down about 40lbs. I started with 8 months of noom which really helped me get my head in the game and build habits. Currently I'm back with noom for one more month. I needed a little tune up. Last summer I lost nothing and this summer I wanted to lose 10lbs before work starts. I'm really close to that goal, just 3 more lbs.
Things I want to work on this month:
1. I want to have realistic expectations about exercise. I have had a lot more time for exercise since I haven't been to physical work since March. I will not be able to work out 2 hours a day 6 days a week anymore. I need to get back on my work workout schedule. I'm probably going to keep up my hour of ballet beautiful because I have never looked so divine! I will walk but more occasionally. September and October we have a lot of moose activity so walking isn't always safe during that time.
2. I want to work on mastering not logging. Noom just introduced its new topic today and that is basically what we are covering for the next 2 weeks. I asked my goal specialist for help with this. I am toying around with the idea of taking pictures of my food, or logging every 3rd day or focusing on my plate being 50%vegetables 25%carbs and 25% protein. I think this will evolve
3. Stress management is also a big one. Lots of changes for our family. I'm starting a new and different school year. My husband is taking a year off. The kids will be homeschooling with my husband. We have a new budget now that we have 1 income and general covid stuff. Self care is a must!5 -
Hi everyone and welcome to our new members. I'm Rhonda from Texas. I'm 51, divorced, no kids, an elementary assistant principal and working on my doctorate in educational leadership. I'm also an associate pastor and singer/musician in my church. As you can imagine, I stay extremely busy all the time. So I'll apologize in advance for my sporadic posts throughout the month. But please know that I'm still plugging away at my weight loss journey, even though the struggle is real. I support everyone's challenges and celebrate your victories. As the motto is in the US during this pandemic, "We're all in this together."
@jugar I had an idea pop in my head this weekend for one of the upcoming challenge weeks:- Sleepin' Sunday (how close to 8 hours of sleep can get to tonight?)
- Meatless Monday (all veggies and fruit today)
- Toning Tuesday (the workout of your choice that includes toning/strength exercises)
- Workout Wednesday (cardio workout of your choice)
- Thirsty Thursday (how close to 64 oz of water can you get today?)
- Fruity Friday (fresh fruit anyone?)
- Steppin' Saturday (How many steps can you walk in a day?)
Just an idea...7 -
Under 325
@jessicakrall8
Under 225
@bethanie0825
WAY TO GO !!!!
@Dogmom1978
Big round of applause for these ladies!!!
@azkunk
@lindamtuck20188 -
Here are my September goals:
1. Exercise DAILY for @ least 30 minutes.
2. Create a DAILY calorie deficit of at least 500
3. Drink at least 64 oz of water DAILY
4. Lose 8-10 pounds by month's end.
Go big, or go home, right? We're entering the final quarter of the year. I'm determined not to end this year in the same place I started it. NOT. GONNA. HAPPEN!
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@micki48 Steps Please let me know if you still need Thurs. More to come
Fri - 4,000
Sat - 4,500
Sun - 6,8002 -
Under 325
@jessicakrall8
Under 225
@bethanie0825
WAY TO GO !!!!
@Dogmom1978
Big round of applause for these ladies!!!
@azkunk
@lindamtuck2018
Whoop whoop!! 🥳🔥🎉🎊👑5 -
Steps for the week
8/24-6,886
8/25-10,416
8/26-11,780
8/27-6,318
8/28-10,893
8/29-9,003
8/30-9,9593 -
Hi every one,
My name is Grace. I am 28, and I am a research student. I live with my sister who is usually on a eat healthy journey with me. So when either of us falls off the wagon we both do. The last 2 months have been bad and I have gained back a lot of weight and almost completely erased my progress for the last few months.
My CW is 92kg (I cant remember my last recorded weight but it had to be around 84kg). I suspect I am carrying a bit of water weight
I am going to focus on
1. daily walks or exercise
2. 2l of water a day
3. Calorie tracking
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Hello everyone! My name is Stephanie and I live in Luxembourg. I’m currently a stay at home wife & mom of two preteens, 11 & 12. My oldest son is in the states I gave up my busy career last year and gratefully now I have lots of time for me and learning new tricks (or habits). I’m loving hiking, running and currently trying to find a tennis partner.
I’ve been away for the last month. Going home to the states made it easy to see how my weight had increased in the past. I wasn't focused on healthy eating or exercise. My family and friends just aren’t a positive influence on that front. In the past I also hadn’t spoke up about my needs. I am excited to get back into a routine again with MFP.
My current weight is 163 pounds.
My goal is 145 by the end of 2020.
This month I will be focused on
1. Logging ALL my intake daily
2. Drinking 2 liters of water
3. Beginning a running plan for Nice/Cannes
4. Playing tennis at least twice 🎾5 -
evangsimmons170 wrote: »Hi everyone and welcome to our new members. I'm Rhonda from Texas. I'm 51, divorced, no kids, an elementary assistant principal and working on my doctorate in educational leadership. I'm also an associate pastor and singer/musician in my church. As you can imagine, I stay extremely busy all the time. So I'll apologize in advance for my sporadic posts throughout the month. But please know that I'm still plugging away at my weight loss journey, even though the struggle is real. I support everyone's challenges and celebrate your victories. As the motto is in the US during this pandemic, "We're all in this together."
@jugar I had an idea pop in my head this weekend for one of the upcoming challenge weeks:- Sleepin' Sunday (how close to 8 hours of sleep can get to tonight?)
- Meatless Monday (all veggies and fruit today)
- Toning Tuesday (the workout of your choice that includes toning/strength exercises)
- Workout Wednesday (cardio workout of your choice)
- Thirsty Thursday (how close to 64 oz of water can you get today?)
- Fruity Friday (fresh fruit anyone?)
- Steppin' Saturday (How many steps can you walk in a day?)
Just an idea...3 -
Hello everyone! My name is Stephanie and I live in Luxembourg. I’m currently a stay at home wife & mom of two preteens, 11 & 12. My oldest son is in the states I gave up my busy career last year and gratefully now I have lots of time for me and learning new tricks (or habits). I’m loving hiking, running and currently trying to find a tennis partner.
I’ve been away for the last month. Going home to the states made it easy to see how my weight had increased in the past. I wasn't focused on healthy eating or exercise. My family and friends just aren’t a positive influence on that front. In the past I also hadn’t spoke up about my needs. I am excited to get back into a routine again with MFP.
My current weight is 163 pounds.
My goal is 145 by the end of 2020.
This month I will be focused on
1. Logging ALL my intake daily
2. Drinking 2 liters of water
3. Beginning a running plan for Nice/Cannes
4. Playing tennis at least twice 🎾
You will make it to 145 by the end of the year for sure! Great plan2 -
Happy Monday!
I am a bit behind things today - yesterday's tallies and new month spreadsheets took forever, so I have computer burnout! I also have been painting a room, and this morning have to run off to do groceries and buy more paint. So this'll be quick -
@micki48
I'll finish up exercise minutes into the step chart a bit later! Sorry to be slow.
@graceojo999
So glad to see you catching that slide before it gets even worse. It is so easy to just keep on sliding, but then you have a much bigger job to get back to where you were. Good for you to make those daily commitments - in your exercise, work at least some on building muscle. Muscles burn more calories even when you're at rest, so making them stronger has a double effect of fabulousness!
Weigh-in reminders for today:
@jguldi11
@reflectionofme
@ells_runs (I also need a starting weight for this month - a guess is fine! from last Sunday)
Thanks!1 -
I'm celebrating a really big loss today.
Over the years, our financial situation has been awful, to the point our revolving debt almost overcoming our mortgage. I have as much shame tied up in that as I do in my weight gain.
But today is payday, and I just paid off the last of one of my biggest credit cards. $10,000 debt finally gone in just under a year.
The scale may not show it, but the weight that just came off my shoulders is huge.15 -
Steps & Exercise for 30th August:
Steps - 2541
Exercise - 0 (Rest day)2 -
Greetings Team Waistaways!
My name is Yinka and I've been with the team for some months now (sorry, I forget when I joined, but it was certainly BEFORE Covid!) I live in a gorgeous town called Bewdley in Worcestershire UK. I'm 57 and married to Ben and we have an adult son who lives in Virginia, USA with his beautiful wife. We also have a little dog - a Jack Russell cross (Edie) - who's become rather cantankerous as she's got older. She's my workout buddy and she's very entertaining.
Welcome to all newcomers!
I have lately developed a little bit of "Pandemic Fever" which manifests itself as an extreme unwillingness to go outside - I'm not agoraphobic, just unwilling. This is made possible because I work from home - so I don't have to go to an office or take any kind of public transport.
Nevertheless, I did take Edie for her monthly grooming session at my local dog salon last week. And I've been to my dentist. It's ironic because I've made about a dozen face masks, have loads of antibac gel thingies and wash my hands regularly, etc, etc. I'm not afraid of getting infected and although my MS makes me vulnerable, I have a very mild form which is totally manageable.
Anyway, Ben's got wind of my obvious reticence to venture out (he walks Edie, I always find an excuse), and has been gradually drawing me out (literally!) Last week he took me out to breakfast one morning - I'd just done my workout and straight after my shower he announced that he was taking me out for breakfast (an easy win for him, as I'm always starving after a workout!) And this weekend he's taking me out to dinner on Saturday night.
Anyway, back to why we're all here!
I have about 30lb to lose and what with one thing and another, I seem to just be treading water and going nowhere.
I work out regularly and I'm careful about what I eat. Although I don't log as often as I should.
Here are my goals for September:
1. Take my dog out for a walk every day.
2. Log
3. Come in here every day
4. Up my water intake
Let's all have a great September.
We can do this!6 -
Hi everyone I'm Jackie and I've been a member of this team for a few months now. I live with my husband of 8 years, our cat Fiona, and new puppy Lola in Michigan, USA. I work as a therapist for mental health and addictions which requires a lot of sitting, and lately a lot of stress that leads to me overeating or eating fast food 😣
My main reason for wanting to lose weight is to be healthier and have a baby. We've been trying for our first since August 2018. It's been very challenging as I have PCOS, which also makes weight loss a struggle. I had lost over 40lbs (from 269lbs to about 226lbs) but between fertility meds, holidays, and then COVID-19 stress and gym closure I gained some back (up to 245-ish back in April). I've been trying for the past few months to get out of the 240's and got a little bit closer to that goal in August.
I'm very grateful for this team keeping me accountable and offering support. I would have given up by now if it were not for that. In fact I was really debating taking September off, but I checked in on here and feel motivated to pick back up again. So silly how a few unhealthy days can distort my thinking into giving up months of progress.
For September I need to get back into consistent logging, and I would like to be out of the 240s. To get there, I need to maintain a calorie deficit and have a decent amount of physical activity. My current calorie goal is 1450/day and I find more success when I eat no more than 1550 on the days I'm more physically active. I'm also going to continue my goal of 3 days of intentional exercise each week and get back on track with my daily step goal of 5000 at least 5 days per week.4 -
PW: 242.3 lbs
CW: 244.5 lbs
LTD: 24.5 lbs
@jugar I forgot to weigh again yesterday. I think I should switch my weigh-in day to Monday, would that be okay? Although next week I will be out of town until Monday evening so I will either weigh-in early (Friday) or on Tuesday...Or maybe I will bring the scale with me to keep me accountable. Hmmm...
I feel gross. My brother and sister in-law came over for the weekend to help with canning (we made 12.5 quarts of spaghetti sauce!) and we always eat so much junk together.... Yesterday we had McDonalds for breakfast, skipped lunch, had a relatively healthy dinner of kabobs, and then my husband made us all milkshakes. And I drank my whole shake. And then this morning I had a Boston creme doughnut. Saturday was a bust too.
So as I said, I feel gross. My poor stomach is overstretched and achey. I started to feel bad for myself and like I wanted to give up, or skip my weigh-in this week, or lie about it, or make an excuse, or something. But instead I will follow many before me and own up to it, dust myself off, and start up again.
I have a feeling most of the weight gained is water/bloat. I certainly feel bloated. That may throw off my numbers next week and make it seem like a big drop but I will mention that if so.
The plan for the rest of today is to have a healthy dinner, log everything, and surpass my step goal. There's quite a lot of dishes to be done after yesterday and laundry from the week, and I need to keep training Lola on her leash.4
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