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  • Terytha
    Terytha Posts: 2,097 Member
    jugar wrote: »
    @Terytha
    They are good! Singing in tune, good sound, flashy guitar - what more could you ask? Oh yeah, they are hilarious! Yesterday I saw four young men out on the hiking trail with a 3 year-old boy. They looked like the kind of guys you'd see out partying, but they were having a blast with that kid. I could just picture them firing this song up for the kid's bedtime.

    I'm glad you liked it. Brian, the one who doesn't sing, has a 6 year old daughter and I'm guessing she probably listens to this before bed. :smiley:
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,234 Member
    Oh no! It's the mid-month slump for some.
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  • eggfreak
    eggfreak Posts: 687 Member
    gahhhh....my eating has been bad. the temptations. If I know it's there, I'm not content until it's gone and no longer an option. I'm definitely in the camp of first step is just NOT to bring it in the house in the first place. Otherwise, it's so easy to pass right on by the healthy things I've prepped or stocked the fridge with.
    BTW, loving the dill pickle snack options (but it still didn't beat the marble cake that is now gone).
    Also, my weighing and logging has gone out the window for at least a month now...and yet MFP still reports that I've logged the last 28 days or whatever - I wonder if it's a way to get people to see more ads? Don't know, but it's a big lie, I won't take the credit.
    Just finished up the last of the office work for the week and woo hoo it's on to the weekend. REASSESSMENT TIME - get moving and resume logging! I'll be working from home for the next three weeks - that takes extra preparation and maybe I'll spend part of this rainy Friday evening planning and prelogging my week - hah! maybe a little lame for a friday night but hey, it's covid time, I'm over 50, content with a warm cosy house, no wine still but I'll live, and I can go to bed early which I love.
    Hey Rhonda!, @evangsimmons170, you hanging in there okay? You and a few others on here have a LOT of juggling to do, hope all's well.
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,234 Member
    @eggfreak
    Ah, Sylvia - the siren songs are getting us these days, eh? Pickles help, but sadly there are many things they just can't possibly out-sing. And those days logged? It does not mean that you logged your food or exercise. It just means you logged onto MFP for any purpose at all. So take credit for those days - you were here even if you weren't logging! Stay warm and cozy, and we'll get cracking on those plans. I'm finding the increased indoor time is not easy to manage. Sigh. As you say, we have a lot to be grateful for.

    So! update on the end of week 2 weigh-ins. I know you have all just been waiting for this to appear!

    Remaining Friday weigh-ins due:
    @evangsimmons170
    @BaileyCat88 (missing you!)
    @Steph1498
    @gracermom and @joijumper - last chance! You have not weighed in since joining, and we hope you'll still find us. If not, you will be dropped from the team.

    Heads up for Saturday:
    @Gidgitgoescrazy
    @Terytha
    @Micki48
    @lovethyneighbor
    @spyro88

    Hoping for news, stories, questions, and general chitchat along with the numbers B)
  • eggfreak
    eggfreak Posts: 687 Member
    CanadianGiraffe wrote: »
    Today everything got away from me -- food and time. I got to the gym this morning and we got our winter tires on our vehicles. But after that I didn't get anything else on my list accomplished. By evening I was so frustrated that my snack resistance was non-existent! So all my chores will still be there tomorrow and I need to get my eating back on track...

    I am a list person too (otherwise I feel listless? ;) ). Lately I am becoming more and more satisfied if I cross even one or two things off my list - the days do just disappear and maybe it would be better to break lists down into long, mid & short term items or 'would like to do' and 'must do'.....nah, too many pieces of paper.
    I'm finding too that I get through the day eating well and then....boom something snaps and I'm wolfing down poor choices. BACK ON TRACK - nice rainy day today - we've had such a drought, I'm happy for the good soaking.

    @jugar, thanks for clearing up the mystery behind the logging thing - I presumed it meant logging food.
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,234 Member
    edited October 2020
    @spyro88
    <3 Thanks for the love letter to our team! I assure you, it is not just the captains. We are so lucky that the people who stick with us here are open, interested and interesting, ready to try things, and just plain cool. Thanks also for explaining one more "NSV" - the way losing weight, getting fit, and feeling so much better about ourselves has an impact on so many aspects of our lives. Your understanding and support of your partner helps everyone around you. And congrats on the good losses! Yes, the scale helps :wink:

    @CanadianGiraffe
    The things will wait for you. Two things done, and really important ones too, are a win in my books. That reminds me - I have to make an appointment to get my winter tires on too... The snacks will win from time to time, but you know how to step away from them and get yourself feeling better. Take some really deep breaths, drink a long glass of water slowly, and off you go. :heart:

    @eggfreak
    lists. aren't they amazing? I have been using a planner this year, not always consistently, but enough to learn what it can help and what it can't. I really enjoy it. I used to need one for work, of course, and I had an amazing filing system with daily folders for the current month, monthly folders for the rest. But after I retired, I stopped planning altogether, and got really lost in the nothingness, especially since the pandemic started and I can't go places. Now I use my planner a lot - and learn from those things I insist I am going to do and do not do. It forces me to think of the whys and why nots, but mostly it helps me get those daily and weekly tasks taken care of without forgetting too many of them.

    great losses rolling in - WTG!

    Have a good one!
  • Kali225
    Kali225 Posts: 720 Member
    @micki48 Steps for the week so far:

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  • once_mas
    once_mas Posts: 160 Member
    Steph1498 wrote: »
    PW: 163
    CW: 161.8
    I have lists for my lists... 🤣🤣🤣 .

    Hahaha, I thought I'm the only one doing this🙈😂
  • YinxFed
    YinxFed Posts: 1,094 Member
    Step & exercise update for 16th October:

    Steps 4928 including 25 minute run
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,234 Member
    @evangsimmons170
    So halppy to see you!! It sounds like things have been rough, but I am glad to hear about the bright spot. A few months ago when you started seeing your ex again it sounded good, and it is wonderful to hear that it is continuing to go well. I hope things calm down for you one of these days. And don't worry too much about your doctoral course extensions - if your supervisors cannot see that you are juggling umpteen simultaneous flaming torches, they don't deserve you! :heart:
  • micki48
    micki48 Posts: 2,322 Member
    Saturday

    PW 192.4
    CW 192.6

    I’m sure it was a tiny loss later. 😉
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,234 Member
    Here it comes - the Saturday Night Nag!
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    Last call for week 2 weigh-ins:
    @coll7246
    @gracermom
    @joijumper
    @lovethyneighbor
    Hope to see your weigh-ins by 8 am Eastern tomorrow! That's Sunday.

    Then our wonderful Sunday people can start in on week 3!
    @YinxFed
    @krcapone78
    @travisspring
    @mbakhtiaruz
    @graceojo999

    Thanks for all your lovely numbers :smiley:
  • evangsimmons170
    evangsimmons170 Posts: 1,188 Member
    @evangsimmons170

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  • eggfreak
    eggfreak Posts: 687 Member
    to all the Canadian crew....I just have to report that I've spotted my first junco of the season in Massachusetts...for me it marks the beginning of winter. It cracks me up that they migrate from Canada to us...because our winters are milder (?) One of my favorite birds, such a modest little beauty.
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,234 Member
    eggfreak wrote: »
    to all the Canadian crew....I just have to report that I've spotted my first junco of the season in Massachusetts...for me it marks the beginning of winter. It cracks me up that they migrate from Canada to us...because our winters are milder (?) One of my favorite birds, such a modest little beauty.

    It certainly is milder in Massachusetts than here! Having lived in both places, I can assure you - and the juncos are still coming. They got here a couple of weeks ago, and are still chowing down under the feeder. Fattening up for the trip. I love those little guys too. I think they hang out a lot farther north than here during the summer, so they must like it cold. Maybe there are fewer cats stalking them up there too :grimace:
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,234 Member
    WaistAways! We are still in the top 3 this week :smiley: Congrats to our top 3 in the team:
    @mbakhtiaruz
    @travisspring
    @ells_runs

    Don't let it go to your heads, now! Keep on going in the same direction, ok?
  • TeresaW1020
    TeresaW1020 Posts: 3,231 Member
    :star:The Green Challenge :star: Percentage of people who lost weight this week. No matter how small the loss the weights are recorded in green. Remember that even if your team doesn’t rank the highest in weight loss for the week you can still be the Green Percentage winner by having the most losses in your team! So keep it up!! B)

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  • KellyBgetsfit
    KellyBgetsfit Posts: 1,713 Member
    Steps/workouts

    Sun 17,669
    30 min interval
    Mon 13,111
    15 min strength
    Tues 12,436
    25 min cardio
    Wed 9,526
    30 min Barre
    Thurs 12,444
    30 min Strength
    Fri 13,325
    Sat 15,733
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