Mission Slimpossibles - September 2020 Team Chat
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Weigh in Apple852hk
Week 3 - Sept 2020 Sunday
PW 135.8lbs (61.6kg)
CW 135.5 (61.5kg)
Lost - just. More maintaining this week.
Walked most evenings and even a 14 mile (20km) walk. But then I ate a whole Big Mac meal as family were treating. I don't think it made a difference, it's just not a good mindset.
Devoured the bag of fudge. I can't recall if it was that tasty. It was just sugar.
Finished all the 6 pieces of frozen mackeral. I've achieved my goal to eat mackeral. I'll try and eat the beetroot tart I made which I have 5 slices left.
GOAL
1. Eat 2 heads of broccoli this week
2. Dig at the allotment for 1hr every afternoon instead of evening walk
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vegan4lyfe2012
Week 4
PW: 194.8
CW: 191.4
I have no idea how I lost 3.4 pounds, but I'll take it! I'm thinking the past few days of less salt and adding walking are probably what helped. I'm so tired of yo-yo'ing. I am going to really focus and take it one day at a time.
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@vegan4lyfe2012 Wahhhhoooo on your weigh-in this week! Focusing on one day at a time is really the best way to go.
@apple852hk Yayyy for your loss this week! Girl, if you can’t recall if a bag of fudge was tasty means you shouldn’t be eating it! But I have totally done it too and will probably do it again. Sugar is the Devil!!
@Katmary71 Good to read that your pain seems to be doing a little bit better and that you are keeping your legs up. Yesterday our weather was amazing, and our neighborhood was filled with noise from people out working in their yards. My DH scrubbed our entire back porch and the furniture. New screens come tomorrow!!
@GabiV125 I am so glad to read that you are having a relaxing weekend at the lake. I can imagine how lovely that must be.
@Hilogirl2018 Thank you, I haven’t had a whoosh in forever! I am doing the same as you and working hard to limit my sugar but not cut it out entirely. The great thing about IF is that it really does help with inflammation, so we can enjoy our treats. In moderation of course!
@Cornanda Yayyy for your great weight in!! And good for you for getting in your veggies! And thank you for the congratulations.
Good morning! I thought I better come on today or it wasn’t going to happen. I am teaching children’s church this morning and doing a lesson on kindness. Then this afternoon hubby and I are going to our pastor home for a staff end of the summer party. It was supposed to be a pool party but it’s really chilly today so we will see who is brave enough to get in. NOT me!!
I’ve had to make a decision about my newest workout program, which is boxing/weight lifting. I think it might be the cause of my reoccurring back pain. I have this one little spot on the lower left side that keeps flaring up. It could be my office chair, but I don’t think it is. The boxing is three days a week and there is so much twisting and turning over and over again that I think is just too much for my back. Anyway, I’m taking the next two days off from workouts to give my back a rest, and then I will figure out what to do. Have a great day! 6 -
PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Waist Aways 0.38%
2nd Weight No More 0.30%
3rd Shrinking Assets 0.30%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
1st Waist Aways 19.4 Lbs
2nd Weight No More 14.4 Lbs
3rd Shrinking Assets 13.5 Lbs
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @jennifersusanmcdougall 2.65 %
2nd @PlaneMonkey 2.44%
3rd @imgwendolyn2015 2.10 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @PlaneMonkey 5.8 Lbs
2nd @jennifersusanmcdougall 5.0 Lbs
3rd @timibotkin 4.0 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@eggfreak
@Dogmom1978
@kmfeig87
@Cornanda
@raleighgirl09
@Zumba_Luvah
@jazzagirl30
@azkunk
@evangsimmons170
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@vegan4lyfe2012 That's awesome! And I may have to steal your breakfast idea, that sounds delicious. Great weigh-in, congrats!
@Cornanda You are inspiring me to add more veggies into my diet. WTG! Congrats on getting 1st place, woo hoo!!!
@Hilogirl2018 Yeah, unfortunately. I have been waking up every 30 minutes for the first 4-5 hours of sleep for the past 1-2 years now.
It is hard. I wake up feeling foggy and unfocused. 
I remain tired all day. I try to take a nap and that helps (sometimes as early as 10 am on the weekend). Enjoy the salad, it's mighty tasty!
@GabiV125 A weekend away at a lake house sounds wonderful, enjoy!
@Katmary71 It was delicious! It's easy to fall into stress eating when people upset us. Especially when we are on the edge about other things. I hope those people get back to you soon. I love camping, it's so nice to be out in nature and forget about the "real" world. I hope you get to go. Does your guy like to go?
@TeresaW1020 I think you are wise to listen to your body.
Hello all! I'm trying this new thing (for me) where I set 1 goal a week to work on in addition to my monthly goals. I post a sticky note with my goal on my computer so I can look at it every day and I also put my goal for the week in my Google Calendar so it's pretty much everywhere. Last week's was "Before I eat anything, ask myself if I'm really hungry." I did pretty well on that one. This week's is going to be a bit tougher, it is "Leave 3 bites of food on my plate each meal." You see, I'm a card-carrying member of the clean plate club, so it's going to take some getting used to!
Saturday
Calories: over/under: under
Water: over/under: under
Exercise: ---
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: leave 3 bites of food on my plate at each meal, track everything, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water2 -
The Green Challenge Percentage of people who lost weight this week. No matter how small the loss the weights are recorded in green. Remember slow and steady wins the race! 
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@trooworld- your last week goal made me think of this..... WW meeting discussed being "green bean hungry"...... if you are hungry enough to eat a green bean, then you are really, actually hungry. 5
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Username: petrocoetsee
21 Sept 2020 Monday
PW 94.3 kg (208lbs)
CW 92.6kg (204.2lbs)
Loss this week: 1.7kg (3.8lb)
Loss for month: 4.4kg (9.7lbs)5 -
@apple852hk Yay, you lost! I hear ya about sometimes just eating something for the basics of it such as with the chocolate. I've been doing that with fat the last couple nights, for some reason I crave it every once and awhile these days then totally overdo it. I didn't crave fat once last year, wonder if it's something with the body or if it's more emotional?
@vegan4lyfe2012 Yes, you're already showing a difference, way to go! It's awesome starting out with results right away, helps us know we're making the right choices!
@TeresaW1020 Have a wonderful time with the kids! Sounds like a good plan with your back, a couple days off will show you if it's the twisting from boxing doing it or not. If you can still do it maybe you can make modifications to the workouts so you don't have to stop. It became a game for me for awhile there on how I could modify all these high impact videos into low impact so I didn't flare my back up when I was doing them. Some I just had to admit I couldn't handle which always drove me nuts but what can you do?
@Cornanda @raleighgirl09 @jazzagirl30 GO girlfriends, you're slayin it! Woot Woot!
@trooworld Good luck with leaving food on your plate, that would be tough for me too! I'd be grounded pulling that as a kid, LOL! I've talked about camping with the guy I'm seeing but we haven't done anything aside of grocery shop and go to the dump together at this point. How backwards is that, we reconnected in March and he (and his cats) spent a lot of that time at my house but we've never been on an actual date. He said he'd hike with me but I can't do it right now though he has a place he wants to take me. It's definitely not like any relationship I've ever had!
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Sunday check-in
Exercise- arm cardio, 1 dance, abs, 5 Tibetans, stretching, Kundalini yoga, earth energy/chakra meditation
Calories- over (freaking potatoes!)
Was on my own this weekend and I'm tired and bored of everything. Same workouts, same music, same chair to elevate my legs, same 4 walls, etc. Back to phone calls tomorrow, doctor appointment this week (we're not getting anywhere with any of her referrals but I want to see if she'd try for allergy testing or a GI doctor too), and hounding my professor in one class as she hasn't responded to me since Thursday and I have a month's of catching up to conquer here! Honestly, I think if there's an over-reaching theme of the last 6 months it's that I don't have control over a single thing and the more I try the worse it gets and that I need to learn patience. Of course I'm figuring out what I should tweak next to wrangle control of all this, haha!4 -
@Cornanda I often use something similar: Am I hungry enough to eat an apple? I like "Green bean hungry" lol
@petrocoetsee Congrats on the loss, fantastic!
@Katmary71 It was tough going yesterday. Eating all of my food is such an ingrained thing. At brunch, I automatically ate it all. Then at dinner, I was able to leave my 3 bites. Well, it's a weird time for this world, you reconnected in the bizzaro period of the world, so I commend you for being able to have a newish relationship during the quarantine. It can't be easy. I love that he brings his cats to your house! I'm sure your kitties love it (do you have more than 1?).
Hello everyone! I did pretty well with leaving food on my plate yesterday. I bombed brunch (no food left) but left about 3 bites in my bowl at dinner. The trick is REMEMBERING to do it.
Sunday
Calories: over/under: over
Water: over/under: under
Exercise: ---
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: leave 3 bites of food on my plate at each meal, track everything, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water3 -
The Fall Equinox is happening this week! Join this week's challenge to celebrate with a pileup of great habits -
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10810606/fall-is-here-pile-up-some-wins#latest1 -
Username: buniphuphu
Weigh In Day: Monday
Week: 4
SW: 345.4
PW: 330.3
CW: 329.1
It's been a pretty good week. I'm doing well with swimming despite the fact that the weather (and the water) is getting cooler. I'm up to 21 hours and 47 minutes worth of swimming this month, and I haven't done today's swim yet. We're supposed to have rain and 60-degree days Tuesday and most of Wednesday, so I'm glad that I have more than an hour/day average right now. I'm going to try to get some extra swimming in today in case I miss out over the next two days.
This week I also tried to focus on something my old Weight Watchers leader said in a meeting one time. People view losing weight as just a few decisions each day, but there are hundreds of decisions every day, and we need to give ourselves credit for our good decisions. It's not just about what we put in our mouths at meals, but all the other things we do: how close to the door did you park at the store, did you take stairs or elevator, what did you do when bored/tired/depressed/celebrating, and so many more. It's less about the margarita you enjoyed while relaxing by the pool (I did that one evening this week) and more about all those other choices.
@apple852hk Nice loss! You are a better person than me with the broccoli goal. I just can't do it.
@vegan4lyfe2012 Whoosh! That's some loss! Congrats!
@TeresaW1020 Awesome milestone! You must be floating on air right now! I hope you get things figured out with your back. Do you have a foam roller? That might help if you have a knot in a muscle.
@trooworld I like your idea of setting one goal a week. Are you going to be continuing previous weeks' goals forward from week to week?
@petrocoetsee Great loss! Congrats!
@Katmary71 I need to learn patience, too. I get so bored with the same 4 walls that it seems like I might go bonkers, but I got out of the house with my daughters this past weekend, and it helped. We played Pokemon Go together and stayed mostly in the car, but it was nice to see different scenery.
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Username: Jactop
Weigh in week: Week 4
Weigh in day: Monday
Previous Weight: 195
Todays Weight: 195
Loss To Date: 30 lbs4 -
Username: anido1
Weigh In Day: Monday
PW: 156
CW: 158
Can’t say I’m surprised by the weight gain....really need to refocus🥺 the weather is much better outside now so I need to push myself to get out there. If I was just disciplined enough I should have lost about 10 pounds already from when I first started...so upset with myself☹️4 -
@Katmary71 I'm sorry about the nightshades. Elimination diets can be so disappointing when you have already have had to give up so much due to chronic pain.
@vegan4lyfe2012 You lost 3+ pounds, that's awesome!
@TeresaW1020 I agree, IF does more for my inflammation than any other way of eating I've tried (keto, paleo, various anti-inflammatory diets), so I still get to have my sugar without causing a major flare. I hope your back feels better soon. As a lifelong back pain sufferer (I started carrying a lumbar pillow when I was 12!), I get nervous when I hear about someone beginning to have back pain. I'm super protective of other people's backs lol! Glad you are planning to take some time off your boxing workouts. Nothing is worth accidentally causing a back injury.
@Cornanda Congratulations on an honorable mention for last week AND first place in our group! Never heard of green bean hungry, I love that! So important to be in tune with true hunger.
@raleighgirl09 Second place last week, awesome!
@jazzagirl30 yay on 3rd place!
@trooworld I love your sticky note goal idea. Your "Before I eat anything, ask myself if I'm really hungry" quote is similar to a phrase that's been helpful to me recently, and I think I've mentioned it here before: If hunger isn't the problem, food isn't the solution. Total gamechanger for me to think this way! The '3 bites of food' one would be tougher for me because I'm weighing and logging all my food to the nearest gram/ounce, so what I've measured out is what I need to make sure I'm getting 1200 calories. Would probably be a good strategy for the times when I can't weigh my portions, like dining out (not that I do that anymore!).
@buniphuphu So much swimming! What a nice message: we have to give ourselves credit for all the hundreds of good decisions we make all day.
My Saturday weigh-in was unfortunately a fluctuation- I was 'up' by 2 lbs, but I just knew it wasn't an accurate reflection of where I was. Sure enough, the next day I was down 2, and again this morning. At 140-point-something, I'm *so* close to seeing the 130s again! Maybe even this week.3 -
@Hilogirl2018 - I am so happy to check in here and see those bolded words of yours staring me in the face:
If hunger isn't the problem, food isn't the solution.
What a great reminder!
@anido1 - I so get your frustration about those past choices. It's so easy to beat ourselves up with shoulds. For me, I have to start small and celebrate the tiny wins, and then look to see the momentum build up. Is there anything you little thing you can choose today to be a "must do," and then celebrate that?
I have been noshing too much the last couple of weeks, comfort eating with all the extra things going on (post-project crash, doing extra since my husband got injured, the start of teaching an online class), and I just can't keep that up or I'll be buying bigger pants before I know it. Heck no to that! So today, was a get-back-on-track day for me. My big must-do think was weigh/track all the food and have everything be a food choice I was happy with. I was so happy I had that dine at end of day that exercise was kind of a bonus.
@Jactop - Great weigh-in! Seeing you knock the weigh down -- holding steady some weeks, going down some weeks, is just so impressive!
@buniphuphu - Man, you are killing it!
And, wow, these words of yours are gold. Thank you!. People view losing weight as just a few decisions each day, but there are hundreds of decisions every day, and we need to give ourselves credit for our good decisions. It's not just about what we put in our mouths at meals, but all the other things we do: how close to the door did you park at the store, did you take stairs or elevator, what did you do when bored/tired/depressed/celebrating, and so many more. It's less about the margarita you enjoyed while relaxing by the pool (I did that one evening this week) and more about all those other choices.
@trooworld - I love your 3 bites game!
@Katmary71 - I am laughing and sympathetic (sending you a virtual hug) and also taking these words to heart. Lessons in here for me, too, for sure:Honestly, I think if there's an over-reaching theme of the last 6 months it's that I don't have control over a single thing and the more I try the worse it gets and that I need to learn patience. Of course I'm figuring out what I should tweak next to wrangle control of all this, haha!
@petrocoetsee - A big WOW to that great weigh-in!
@TeresaW1020 - A big WOOHOO to Onederland! That is so impressive!
@Cornanda & @raleighgirl09 & @jazzagirl30 - _ HUZZAHS to being on the leaderboard!
My Monday Check-in
- Food choices - all on plan, weighed & logged <= this was my Big Win for the day. All else is bonus.
- Calories - under
- Exercise - did a little martial arts, did 50 minutes step/platform aerobics this evening
- Meditation - about to go do that!
Tuesday Plan
- Food choices - all on plan, weighed & logged <= This will be the Big Win again. If I do this, the day is a win!
- Calories - under
- Exercise - My challenge is to get myself up early and out for a walk, maybe a little jogging on the dirt track a couple of blocks away. I have my audiobook loaded, my socks and shoes set out, and am going to go lay out my clothes out after I sign off.6 -
@trooworld Way to go on leaving a few bites of brunch! It's funny when you do that, it's like the food is taunting you to eat it and clean your plate. I have two cats, they're brothers. I lasted probably 15 seconds after the rescue group asked if I would take the brother as well, haha, pretty pathetic!
@buniphuphu You definitely didn't let that snake stop you, you're tearing it up in that pool! I'm so glad you were able to get out. Even if it's just going in the backyard for a short time it makes a difference.
@AustinRuadhain Funny when I saw that you posted I wanted to give you a hug and look at that avatar, LOL! Glad you're back on track today, you're the most consistent person I know so I'm not worried about you at all, you got this!5 -
Monday check-in
Exercise- arm cardio, 1 dance song, arm resistant bands, stretching, Kundalini yoga, 5 Tibetans, root chakra/earth energy meditation
Calories- under
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