WaistAways - November 2020 Team Chat
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@Gidgitgoescrazy LOL I love your goal of doing a handstand! I love that you looked up a tutorial. I would of never thought of that! Get it girl!!
@Kali225 @evelynladams527 @coffeetwist
I game for a small group, I’ll go along with whatever y’all would like to do. ☺️ I do get lost in all the posts so if you need to message me, please do!
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Hello everyone!
I am just starting a little break from work. I took some time off so I have the next 5 days off before heading back...if there is work to go back to! Our school is closing classrooms left and right for covid. I think we are not far behind @KellyBgetsfit schools. I had been in a room with covid but they said I was outside of the quarantine window. I just got my negative covid test yesterday 🙃
My scale is still up and down. I'm doing better with strength training and have a solid routine 5 days a week. Workouts are 30 minutes which feels more doable. I have read that you shouldn't expect your weight to change much when you first start weight lifting. I will just wait it out.
I'm with @Gidgitgoescrazy on the protein thing. I am focusing on that area and wow! I am not even close. Need to eat more. Interesting observation I have made lately. I increased my calories and now I'm no longer constipated all the time 🤨 Hope it lasts.
@jugar Hooray for the good news! Ha, how much do you think that thing weighs?6 -
Steps and Exercise update for 10th November:
Steps - 3436
Exercise - 38 mins Lower body strength workout3 -
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Just so you know - exercise that is included in your step count (walking) doesn't get added on top of your step numbers. If you also any kind of gym exercise, swim, shovel snow, etc. then it adds on top of the steps. It has to be intentional exercise, but extra-physical outdoor work can count too. Yoga and Pilates would add 100 steps per minute you do them, but elliptical would be a lot higher, etc.1 -
Hi everyone! Pretty good day here. Logged my food and stayed under calories. I got in a 15 minute Pilates workout. Water is on target, although I need a drink right now. I have a bit more to get to my step goal. Rainy and super warm here today. Weird.
@KellyBgetsfit and @conleywoods Sending virtual hugs to you both. I know this year has been super challenging. I’m glad your school boards are being sensible even if it’s not what everyone would want to do. Keeping you all safe is the most important thing. Covid is out of control. And yet, our schools are sending kids back tomorrow for the first time this school year. It’s ridiculous and ill-advised. We have had thousands of new cases every day for a few weeks. My heart goes out to all our teachers and staff and hospital workers as well.
I’m bummed about Thanksgiving. I won’t get to have my son and his girlfriend here. Experts are saying it’s just not safe to share dinner with those outside your home. We’ll Zoom or something to connect, but ugh. So tired of this. I’ve seen my son two times since March. He lives an hour and a half from me. ☹️ Sure hope people listen so we can see each other at Christmas 🎄😷
Off to get some steps. 🦶🏻
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Steps today are reading 1483, but I realized my pedometer got turned off somehow while out shopping, so not sure how many steps it missed counting. Not many though, I didnt take a walk today because a friend who is working from home was having internet issues and needed to come work from my house. I didn't want to leave to walk and leave her here alone so I skipped my walk.
Back to work tomorrow after a week off so I will be back to much higher step counts then. Though my time off did not feel long enough.6 -
I have a touch of insomnia so I thought now would be a good time to catch up!
@Gidgitgoescrazy congrats on the NSV! I had actually just noticed recently that mine moved in the right direction too! The circle now borders the poor/fair zone whereas it used to be very much in the poor zone. Exciting changes!
@jugar I'm happy to hear about your surgery! It's funny when I had my tonsils removed at age 14 I felt very relieved to have surgery scheduled and everyone thought I was crazy for not being afraid. Also congrats on those buns of steel!
@conleywoods you're right those breaks from work never seem quite long enough. I have the week of Thanksgiving off and I'm so excited but I know that about half the plans I make for that week won't happen lol the time just flies by!
@MandiSaysHey how frustrating to have your pedometer shut off 😣 My Fitbit doesn't count steps if I'm using that hand to push the grocery cart and I've missed out on a lot of counted steps as a result! Now I either convince my husband to push the cart or I walk awkwardly pushing the cart with 1 hand as much as possible lol.
I have a NSV to report, I recently started trying to run on the treadmill at the gym. Tbh I was always too embarrassed before because I knew I couldn't last long. Well a few weeks ago I was excited to run 2 minutes straight, then I got up to 4 min, then 6 min, and this week I ran 10 minutes straight! Never in my 30 years of life have I been able to run 10 minutes straight! Im halfway to my goal of 20 minutes which will be the max for me as I've read that beyond that the body begins producing a lot of cortisol and with pcos that's counterproductive for weight loss. A year ago if someone had told me I'd be able to run 10 minutes straight I would have laughed uncontrollably in disbelief.
Well I feel the melatonin kicking in so I'm going to try to get a couple more hours of sleep. Make it a great day everyone 😁6 -
Username: Planemonkey
Weigh In Day: Wednesday (a tad late this week)
PW: 217.4
CW: 217.4
LTD 26.6 Lbs
My poor behaviour has caught up to me. I'm going to have to make some adjustments and meal plan better.
I've reached the point in my weight loss that I'm 2 pants sizes smaller than when I started and I'm comfy at this size (it's where I usually rebound back and forth from.) This same 25ish pounds is what I keep gaining and losing cause right about now I'm getting lazy and complacent and portion sizes are going back up.
Does anyone have a go-to, low calorie but filling, weeknight dinner recipe they can recommend? I need to add to my arsenal of go-to food so I don't fall back on takeout and give in to hubby's requests for calorie dense foods. Help! I need to break this barrier of bad habits and laziness to get the scale moving again in the right direction.
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Good Morning Team !
It's another yucky day here, but it looks like it might clear up soon, hopefully I can get a couple of walks in... Gotta catch up with the Fitbiters, I got behind because yesterday was my day off, but ya know what I am growing, because a few months ago, I woulda been more worried about how I was doing in the competition than what I shoulda been doing for myself, SOOOOO yay ! It was nice to just relax yesterday, although I did get a little snacky, but I had popcorn and pickles, so it wasn't horrible.. I don't think I logged it though, gotta check that...
Anywho, so I did a 45 min video today, I've noticed that some videos are harder than others, the one I did this morning had alot more arm movements, knee lifts and kicks, where as the one I was doing before was alot more just walking.. I don't get as many steps with the harder ones, but I work harder, so I think I need to make an effort to keep mixing them up each week..
Today is strength training day, I upped my weights last time, only by 3lbs but it's progress, and that is all that matters... Except on the reverse flys, I hate those, I find them hard, but not as hard as when I 1st started, so yeah... Atleast I can finish the whole set now...
@PlaneMonkey I feel ya on getting to a comfortable place, I am there now, and in the past this was when I failed, ( actually it was 4lbs ago) But it's like all my clothes fit comfortable right now, so I am going to do some online shopping and buy myself a nice outfit, that is a size smaller, and make it a goal, I have to have something to work for... I actually have my favorite pair of jeans, but thats a long way off, they are size 2, they are from 2002 when I lost a bunch of weight on WW, lol.. ( I actually have a whole bin of clothes from that size, that I refuse to get rid of)
I wish I could help with the food but we use a meal service, and when I don't my go to is taco salad, without chips, although If I need to make it more substantial, I will use a low carb tortilla and make it into chips in the air fryer, it's not as good as regular chips but it does the job...
@Jguldi11 - That is a great NSV ! Go you, you will be to 20 minutes in no time !
Have a great day everyone !
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Thanks so much for the encouragement @Gidgitgoescrazy. I also have a huge bin of clothes from 2012 when I was into Crossfit and from 2008 when I ran a half marathon, but in between each of those athletic events, I ate my way back up to 250lbs. So far I haven't added any exercise to my weight loss plan because I know that for me, food choices are what I've so far been unable to change permanently. How do I learn to accept that I don't need more than 1400 calories a day when my husband gets to eat cheese, and steak sandwiches, and nachos, and all the yummy things.... I have enough willpower for myself, and have always been able to stay fit while single, but as soon as the comfort food requests come out and the cuddling on the couch with tv part of relationships takes over from the going out and being active, I spiral back up to 250 again before I catch myself.
How do people with children do it?!? They're amazing to be able to make meals kids will still eat while keeping them filling and low calorie. Or else having to make 2 meals every time to satisfy everyone. Kudos to those who find that balance!
Courtney
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Sorry that I haven't been checking in on a daily basis, the last two weeks have been a little crazy for me. Starting today I'll try my best to check in every day with updates and goals and how I'm doing both good and bad.
I haven't been doing any exercise the last two weeks, but I have been starting to walk and count my steps. Today, I'm going to add some exercise into my daily routine.
My Goals For The Rest Of November:
1) 3,000 steps 6 days a week
2) Exercise 4 to 5 days a week 30 minutes a day.
3) Drink a gallon of water a daily. (128 fl oz)
4) log in my dairy daily. (good & bad days)
Haven't really been doing most of these, but today is a new day. Hopefully, by doing these goals faithfully I'll start seeing an increase in weight-loss.
Hope everyone is having a good day and staying safe. 😃 🏵️2 -
PW: 217.2
CW: 220.6
I'm up and down all in the same week. I've been 215-221 and everything in between just this week. I am trying to shift my macros so I eat more protein. I am struggling to get it together. I will keep practicing and hopefully it will come together soon. I'm trying to think long term for my 2 year mark at the end of February. I got some protein powder and prepped some smoothie stuff.
@PlaneMonkey There is hope and husbands are trainable! I think we have a lot in common. Similar top weights and we are in similar weight ranges right now. My husband is generally slim and likes evening snacks too. So do I! This was one of the first areas I worked on with weight loss. If I couldn't get him on my side this was going to be difficult. We started with small steps. First we planned snacks ahead of time so I could budget. We didn't change the snacks at first. Then we started switching to healthy or lower calorie snacks. Air popped popcorn is a favorite 😋. It took baby steps but we made changes together and he has lost 25 lbs and I'm taking all the credit. As far as kids go, I make one dinner and they just get what they get😆 Unless it's something expensive like crab legs! Then make them mac n cheese and go as long as you can before they figure out that spiders of the sea are yummy!6 -
@PlaneMonkey one of my fav low calorie dinners and so super easy: 1 lbs of chicken breast, 1 can each (undrained!) black beans, corn, rotel. Dump all in a crockpot (also have made in the oven). When its cooked, use 2 forks to shred the chicken and mix all together. Sometimes I throw some cream cheese in at the end to give it a creamier texture. It is delicious, reheats well, and so easy to make. I eat it with tortillas, rice (or riced cauliflower) or sometimes just eat it right out of a bowl like chili, you could also make it into more of a soup by adding a container of chicken broth.5
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WaistAways! We did not make it into the top 3 this week, but we had a good percentage of small green increments, so hang on - we'll hit a good whoosh soon. **Kittens** in gear - you know what to do! And @Terytha . You know how much I enjoy numbers, but you are NOT stuck on 169 just because it is the lowest you hit years ago. Promise.
Crazy Idea Department:
I just went through the whole team - it being the day for tallies - and I see that it would be easy to make 12 "pods" of 2-3 people, each within a fairly small weight range. I'm wondering if you'd be interested to have this kind of pod thing to add a layer to the team support. You could send each other a daily text, try to lose the same amount in a week, get in touch before eating the evil chocolate cake of doom or something - . Of course, I know that some of you are crazy busy and would have trouble adding one more thing, but if you're interested, make a squeak.
Here are the groupings just based on weight - it isn't the only way to do it, but just as an example.
@YinxFed and @coffeetwist
@mbakhtiaruz and @snakagawa11
@terytha @krcapone and @CanadianGiraffe
jguldi11 @MandiSaysHey and @AshenMoon
@PlaneMonkey and @conleywoods
@lovethyneighbor and @ells_runs
@dashofwicked and @offitgoes
@kmriedell @evelynladams527 and @Kali225
@JvalaNavin and @KellyBgetsfit
@evangsimmons170 @travelingalone1 and @happimess01
@SMcFall0215 @Gidgitgoescrazy and @Steph1498
@pearl4686 and @micki48
I chose similar weight as a way to make the groupings since it is usual that you could lose at around the same rate and would be aiming for similar monthly goal weights. Give it a think and let me know if you'd like to try it! Or if you absolutely would not consider it. Maybe just a few people want a buddy to get some kicks in the SOP more personally
@jugar I like this idea....sorry I'm so late in responding.
@ evelynladams527 I'm glad your spouse was OK with the surgery. My ex/re husband (LOL) is on the mend, although he hates being home and restricted.
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KellyBgetsfit wrote: »The last week has been hard. Work has me very stressed out and anxious. Mom life has been hard. My 4 year old wakes up several times a night. One night, I slept for 3 hrs 45 min, not in a row. I am lucky if I get 6 hrs, not in a row. This morning, I got up at 5am, ready to workout and the baby got up 5 minutes later.
My weekend wins - went for a walk on Sat, even though I was exhausted. I logged all weekend (all week actually) I did NOT eat all the carbs like I usually do when I sleep deprived. I not only washed the clothes, but I put them away - HUGE WIN for me. I am always doing laundry and I hate putting it away.
@KellyBgetsfit Your life sounds SO much like mine! Getting 6+ hours of sleep is a rarity for me too, and I don't have any kids! The rare times when I do take a day for me to do something crazy like sleep, rest, relax, etc. I always feel guilty. LOL2 -
MandiSaysHey wrote: »@PlaneMonkey one of my fav low calorie dinners and so super easy: 1 lbs of chicken breast, 1 can each (undrained!) black beans, corn, rotel. Dump all in a crockpot (also have made in the oven). When its cooked, use 2 forks to shred the chicken and mix all together. Sometimes I throw some cream cheese in at the end to give it a creamier texture. It is delicious, reheats well, and so easy to make. I eat it with tortillas, rice (or riced cauliflower) or sometimes just eat it right out of a bowl like chili, you could also make it into more of a soup by adding a container of chicken broth.
That recipe sounds delicious @MandiSaysHey. You seriously don't rinse the beans?2 -
@MandiSaysHey I can't edit the above post, so I'll have to correct it here! Is it just the rotel that's undrained? Or all of the cans?
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Hi everyone! I have missed you so much! I hope everyone is doing well. (I'm really behind in reading all the posts. I'm sorry.)
Here's a quick rundown on what's been happening in my world and "demented" schedule as @jugar called it. LOL
1. I fell off the wagon so bad in October; I think I even blew it up! I've been so overwhelmed mainly with work that I stopped logging, stopped exercising, etc. But this week I just built a new wagon and started over. I started exercising again with my Leslie Sansone workouts, and I even went to the gym yesterday to walk on the treadmill.
2. My ex/re husband and I are doing great. He's on the mend from his hernia surgery last week. I think he's gonna pop the question really soon....before this year is out! To God be all the glory!
3. I'm currently waiting to see if I get a new job in the HR department of my school district. I need something far less stressful that what I'm currently doing as an assistant principal.
4. Thanks to the madness of my job, that left me so exhausted each day, I have to retake the 2 doctoral courses I took earlier in the semester.
5. I'm only working 1 side hustle for the most part....I work part-time with K12 5 nights a week for 4 hour shifts.
I had no idea exactly how insanely busy I am until last week when I was taking care of my ex/re husband. I honestly do not know how I've been handling all of this so long. Something MUST change....the first thing is my job. I desperately need to reduce my stress.
Well, my list is long enough. Hopefully I haven't bored you to tears. Take care everyone!10 -
I can't believe that it's Thursday, already! @jugar My CW is: 187
I wasn't very attentive over the last few days, until I realized I ate a large bag of baked (not fried) corn-popped chips on my 1.5-hour drive home from Emily's yesterday. Oops. I decided to weigh myself this morning to compare with yesterday's weigh in...yeah, 188 was a little crazy making, even though 8 is my favorite number!
We're planning on having a baked shrimp & veggie dish tonight which will even out the water retention issue and get me moving in the right direction! I *have* been better about daily waks. Monica is maniacally fast! She's even faster than my sister, @jugar, and that's saying something! Monica is the human version of our family dog, Wolfgang. He'd take us for walks and run circles around us as we speed-walked on the trails...very large "circles" where we wouldn't see him for 5-10 minutes at a time.
I'm not quite at *that* level, but I'll work on it.
Happy Thursday, y'all. Please work out at home and not at the gym. There are just too many risks with C-19. Our mom in Matthews, NC, has 5 friends in quarantine since direct exposure to the virus this past weekend. So. It's all over the place. Vigilance is the word of the year.
Have a peaceful evening.
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