GOALS: Tuesday, Oct. 20

🏃🏻‍♀️Workout: YES
💦 Water: YES
🍽 Food: YES
😴Sleep: YES

STEPS
TUES. 10/20: 9,000 (spinning) + 2,685 (rowing) + 13,768 = 25,453

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@lindamtuck2018 it was a hysterical sight I'm sure Linda. I can laugh now, but yeah it was terrifying. I had nowhere to run and no one to help me.

Today I'm trying to stay on task with my eating. Breakfast is a protein shake and a boiled egg, lunch is low carb toast and salmon. Making pork tacos for dinner and already weighed out all of my portions for the cheese, meat, etc.

I wanted to share, I found this low carb bread at Costco, it's the best tasting low carb bread I have ever had (tastes just like wonder bread from my youth) and no artificial sweetener in it;

Schmidt / Old Tyme 647 Italian Bread

Calories 40, Carbs 13, 1g Fat, 2 g Protein, 7g Fiber, 1g Sugar



Hope you and everyone Team Downsizers has a great day!

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

Anyone have any NonScale Victories (NSV’s) they would like to share

My NSV's is that I am getting stronger everyday and that I have not given up like I have so many times before

10/20 check in.

drank water yes
6620 steps and 4.3 Miles on bike in 20.53 min
closed rings...yes


October Goals
LTG 155.0
Lose 1lb/week
Drink 90 ounces of water daily
7,500 steps/day
Close rings every day this month

Eaturpasta
Weigh in Day: Tuesday
PW:171.2
CW:170.6
SW 197.0
LTD(loss to date) 26.4

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

@rlaskey2
What a beautiful place to walk. It is a big adjustment when you stop working and even more so when it is as result of a pandemic. I had to retire as a result of a disability. It took me a good year to get used to being home. I still miss it even after 12 years.

Congrats on the loss this week. I think the key to getting through the weekends is to try and eat like it is a week day. I know it’s easier said than done as this is a big struggle for me too.


@Tazaria87
You are so consistent. Please tell us some of your tricks to stay on track?


@eaturpasta
Great loss this week! Think of it this way, if you lost .6 pounds a week that would be 31 pounds in a year. At that rate you would be at your goal weight in just over 6 months. How exciting would that be?


@28Haveitall2020
This is a brilliant idea. I am going to adjust my meals and try this for a week.


@ScorpioGirl70
I need to research this. It sounds like a good way to switch things up for awhile.


@azkunk
Glad you are starting you come around. A health coach sounds like a good plan. I have never thought about a health coach before. I do see a dietitian every 3 months.


@iHUSTLE4MUSCLE
I would have lost it. I am terrified of wasps and bees. I have to admit I did chuckle at the picture.

Yes Linda. Let me know next week if it helped💓.

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

@iHUSTLE4MUSCLE
How do you make your protein shake? I got so sick of making the same one over and over. I have the ingredients on my grocery list for next week to see if I can start drinking them again. That bread sounds delicious. I must get my daughter to check and see if they carry here in Canada.

I use:
1 cup of milk (I use unsweetened almond milk)
1 handful (cup) of spinach or kale
1 scoop of 30g protein powder (I use either, egg white unflavored powder, or a whey powder, plain, not sugars or additives or flavors)
1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder (bc I love chocolate)
stevia drops for sweetness
1 scoop of super greens
Ice cubes

Then depending on my macro goals, or if I am on a lift day, I then may add banana (usually 1/3 of a whole), or a cup of frozen berries, or frozen açaí. Once I am down to goal weight I can add more fats to my shakes, like avocado, nut butters, coconut oil, etc.

I also add cinnamon, turmeric & pepper (this helps with inflammation a lot!), ginger paste, and/or baking extracts for flavor, like almond extract or raspberry extract. Tastes great, like dessert. It really helps with my sweet tooth too.

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

@iHUSTLE4MUSCLE and @Megan_smartiepants1970
Love your NSV’s. It is great to see improvements that are not tied to the scale.

Thanks for that question! The scale is so frustrating, between my eating and my lifting, it's a yo-yo effect. First week, I was up. Last week, way down, this week a probable gain. In the past, water fluctuations happen a lot for me when I start lifting heavier, even if my eating is totally on task. So non-scale victories are really important, as is measuring myself.

iHUSTLE4MUSCLE wrote: »

Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »

WEEK 2 TOP STEPPERS ARE:

1st @Megan_smartiepants1970 -136,405
2nd @iHUSTLE4MUSCLE -125,970
3rd @888Angie888 -97,455

CONGRATS LADIES

As A Group we walked 1,128,550 steps .... Last week I made a mistake on the final steps we walked as a group ... Last week we walked 1,293,589

Well done Everyone

WTG @888Angie888 & @Megan_smartiepants1970 👏👏😁

@Megan_smartiepants1970 I think you need to change your name to Megan_hustlepants !! WOW!!! You really move! I am killing myself to get over 125k. LOL

Impressive!

Thanks @iHUSTLE4MUSCLE ....lol @ hustlepants too funny ..... today I am not moving much ... I couldn't get out of bed this morning so my morning walk with my daughter and Aspen didn't happen ... and I only did 60 minutes of Broadway Blast ..just not into it today ... oh well at least I did something ...now to eat lunch ...take a shower and relax the rest of the day

Username: missgyst
Weigh-in day: Wednesday
Previous weight: 204.8
Current weight: 203.6
Loss to date: 28.2

Still slooowwwwwwllllly losing, so I'm going to make more of an effort to reorganize my time. I haven't been exercising and that has made a difference not only in how fast I lose but also in how I feel. My goal for this week is to incorporate at least 30 minutes a day of moving, regardless of what that is.

^^ @Tazaria87 you are so inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

I read an article about IF that mentioned drinking mint tea and chewing mint gum to help you feel less hungry during fasting windows. So I bought some mint tea this week and some mint sugar free gum too.

iHUSTLE4MUSCLE wrote: »

Question: My crockpot lid broke and I cannot find a replacement part for it online. I'm giving up and just going to get a new one, OR should I get a pressure cooker? Anyone have experience with a pressure cooker, and if so, which do you recommend?

TIA!

I love my instant pot. When I work in the office, it’s easy to throw something together after work ... even frozen meat. Also boiled eggs are the easiest to peel when cooked in the pressure cooker.

Check-in 10/20

Steps: 7619
Calories: under 1000 ☹️
Water: 86oz
Exercise: just a dog walk

I know that I need to better with calories and today is better. Work has been stressful this week. Those who work in a hospital know what a Joint Commission survey is and we are in the middle of a 4-day survey. I help to man the “command center” and one of our surveyors is really tough. So, it’s was a long day.

To blow off steam, I went for a hike after work. There is a trail in my development that gains almost 200 feet elevation in less 0.25 miles. It’s a staircase built into the side of a foothill that has over 330 steps. We take the steps up and hike the trail back down.