WaistAways - December 2020 Team Chat
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@conleywoods way to go for getting in weight lifting after all that! I am the same way with shopping, I always think I can zoom around the store and be back in my car in 15-20 min and it is often double that lol.
@eggfreak my vice the last two days was ice cream. It is gone now so the deed is done and I plan on working it off good! I hope that one day I can be at the point where I can buy one or two "bad"/snacky foods and not worry about overdoing it. That portion control magic.... not here yet!
TALK IT OUT TUESDAY
Love this idea because something has been bugging me a lot haha. I am in a "MyFitnessPal Ladies" group on facebook, someone here on the app recommended I join a few months ago. I rarely use facebook so most of my feed is just this group's posts now. Sometimes it is snack recommendations and success stories and those are great. BUT, when I see people posting about their progress in 2020 or in quarantine, who have lost 30, 40, 50, even 60 (!!) lbs in THIS YEAR I get so annoyed and discouraged. I have been trying to get healthy for 6 years or something and I don't want to waste the rest of my 20s (which are slipping by!) still NOT getting to my goal. When someone else has dropped all they needed to in a matter of literal months, I'm over here like "wow, why couldn't I do that? would have saved a lot of damn time."
And rant over. Deep breath.
Happy December all -- I will also be putting up my minimal Christmas decor around the apartment today. That's a fun task.4 -
Hello team Waistaways!
I'm Yinka from Worcestershire, UK. I'm 57 years old, married to Ben and have a grown son (who lives in Virginia, USA with his wife) with a small cantankerous little Jack Russell terrier called Edie. I am an online English language teacher and I work from home. I've been with the Waistaways for more than a year (I think?) and I love this community. I have been trying to shift the same 35-40lb for the longest time. I think that I've been at a plateau for months and months. I may have to check out my macros again.
I work out 5 or 6 days a week - every week. My diet's OK, but I need to increase my water intake. I also think that I need to eat more protein - but I don't do shakes.
I've had bouts of anxiety - all mixed up with the current climate of uncertainty that we're all going through - but on the whole, I have managed to maintain an even keel on my mental health. I've recently started daily mediation and that's improved my outlook considerably!
Targets for December are:
1. Log every day
2. More than 32oz water daily
3. Minimum of 7 hours sleep each night
4. Walk outside 4x a week
5. Daily check on this page
To all newcomers - you are very welcome here - this is a great group!
@micki48 Can I please stay with the Steppers? My goal is 6000 steps a day.
My missing steps and exercise are:
27th Nov - 2466 / Exercise 30mins Upper Body Strength workout
28th Nov - 4815 / Exercise 30mins Total Body HIIT Cardio & Abs workout
29th Nov - 3289
30th Nov - 4017 / Exercise 27 mins Full Body Mini Resistance band workout1 -
@jugar I decided to weigh in a day early because I may be helping a friend back from her surgery today and overnight and, no, I'm not taking the scale with me.
CW: 187.3 It's moving in the right direction, at least!
I don't think I introduced myself, yet, so here's a nugget for you all.
I live in Windsor, Vermont with my 3rd spouse and 3 cats. My younger daughter (35), has moved in with us for the winter and I'm learning how to go from Mom to housemate (with the tango moving around both every so often).
I was going to college for my "retirement" job but, decided to stop after realizing how unlikely it'd be to get anything else done while studying Anatomy & Physiology. It's really true about a post 60-yr-old brain...it downshifts to other zones compared to twenty-somethings. Taking 3-5 hours per day to get new information crammed in...well, let's just say the stress was too high.
So, I'm aiming to decrease my portions this month and continue walking and using my indoor mini-eliptical "stepper".
I'm also going to start doing my tiny habit of wall pushups after peeing. My shoulders bother me less when they're more active.
Have a great day and night.
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@micki48 Can I please stay with the Steppers? My goal is 6000 steps a day.
My missing steps and exercise are:
27th Nov - 2466 / Exercise 30mins Upper Body Strength workout
28th Nov - 4815 / Exercise 30mins Total Body HIIT Cardio & Abs workout
29th Nov - 3289
30th Nov - 4017 / Exercise 27 mins Full Body Mini Resistance band workout[/quote]
ABSOLUTELY!!!!! Got you, Yinka!!
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TALK IT OUT TUESDAY
Love this idea because something has been bugging me a lot haha. I am in a "MyFitnessPal Ladies" group on facebook, someone here on the app recommended I join a few months ago. I rarely use facebook so most of my feed is just this group's posts now. Sometimes it is snack recommendations and success stories and those are great. BUT, when I see people posting about their progress in 2020 or in quarantine, who have lost 30, 40, 50, even 60 (!!) lbs in THIS YEAR I get so annoyed and discouraged. I have been trying to get healthy for 6 years or something and I don't want to waste the rest of my 20s (which are slipping by!) still NOT getting to my goal. When someone else has dropped all they needed to in a matter of literal months, I'm over here like "wow, why couldn't I do that? would have saved a lot of damn time."
@Kali225 I know how you feel. While I am a long way from my 20s (even my daughter has left her 20s), I understand. There are plenty of people my age who have been a higher weight, lost and left me in the dust. I have stayed the same this whole year. I have come to the conclusion that that in itself is a win during this pandemic. I also know that for me personally at this point in my life, I allow myself a whole lot more wiggle room than some people. Meaning, I don't restrict myself all that much. I do what I can live with.
Here's what I think you should know. Losing a lot of weight fast is not necessarily a good thing. When I was 28ish, I lost 50 pounds in 4 months. It rolled off me. I was committed and disciplined with a goal in mind and I was nursing a 2 year old. Once the event that was the trigger for me to lose was over, I wasn't so disciplined. I stayed at my goal for about 5 months and then gradually starting putting the weight back on. I didn't learn how to do this forever. It really has to be a way of life. Something you can do forever. So give yourself a break and know you are learning new things all the time about how to be healthy. Make little changes you can live with. You will get there. I am sure of it! Keep it up. You know what to do. Don't let it get you down.4 -
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This is such a good rant! I talked about losing weight for YEARS before finally getting it done. During all those years, it made me crazy when other people could just lose so much in a few months or in a year, and I never did. It was horrible. But now you are here, getting real! I think we all know what we "should" do, but it is scary to let go of our eating habits and build new ones. It is scary and hard every time you have to start over. Heck, I still get scared after a few days of overeating until the doing takes over from the thinking. Then it isn't so bad. But I did manage to lose 40 pounds in 10 months once I really got stuck into it. And I was over 50! So don't wait as long as I did, OK? And stop listening to those braggarts...TALK IT OUT TUESDAY
Love this idea because something has been bugging me a lot haha. I am in a "MyFitnessPal Ladies" group on facebook, someone here on the app recommended I join a few months ago. I rarely use facebook so most of my feed is just this group's posts now. Sometimes it is snack recommendations and success stories and those are great. BUT, when I see people posting about their progress in 2020 or in quarantine, who have lost 30, 40, 50, even 60 (!!) lbs in THIS YEAR I get so annoyed and discouraged. I have been trying to get healthy for 6 years or something and I don't want to waste the rest of my 20s (which are slipping by!) still NOT getting to my goal. When someone else has dropped all they needed to in a matter of literal months, I'm over here like "wow, why couldn't I do that? would have saved a lot of damn time."
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My talk it out Tuesday?
I am a bit fed up with my mornings. I have fallen into the habit of doing almost nothing all morning. I get my exercise and other stuff done in the afternoons and evenings, but there is an awful lot of sitting around reading all morning. I'd much prefer to get back to a productive morning schedule, but it just isn't happening. I don't have a job, kids, concerts to practice for, garden to go out and work in, or much of anything else that kicks me into gear. So far I have not gotten inspired to fix it though...4 -
Heads up for Wednesday weigh-ins!
@offitgoes
@PlaneMonkey
@AshenMoon
@coffeetwist
@evelynladams527 thanks for the early one!
@KellyBgetsFit
@KatherineSkylar99
Overdue - do not worry. There are no fines. We're just happy to see you when you get here!
@ells_runs
@snakagawa11
@FFwife925
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@Kali225 Oh that gets on my nerves too! Honestly a lot of those people do some pretty extreme things to get those results. Were better off going at a pace that will give us lifelong results even if it feels like it will take a lifetime to get there.
@Gidgitgoescrazy and @micki48 I hate feeling overwhelmed by the Christmas decorations. I limited my stash to what will fit in a specific number of tubs and that's it! I try hard to not purchase more stuff either.
I have several things to whine about today. I had to rush around to squeeze in an evaluation with our new therapist at the last minute because our school psychologist can't plan ahead. Her entire job is to plan the evals! She knows there coming! Use a f@%$ planner people. Anyway, in my rush to get back to the preschool I spent a lot of time trying to get into a car that looked like mine ...but wasn't mine😑.
My weight.... It is stubborn, uncooperative and I am pretty sure its messing with me. It's 219, then 220 back to 217 and up to 219😧😳😖 WHY? WWWHHHHYYYYY???? I started my period so that is probably why. But seriously....WHY?!?
Food was good today and I got my weight training in. Need to drink some more water. That usually isn't a problem but coffee just sounded better today.6 -
Steps for Tuesday 10,028
I got sucked into a project at work that had me mostly stationary so I didn't quite hit my 10k steps leaving me having to walk back and forth around the house for a bit this evening to hit 10k, but I did it
At work we are going through a re-org/structural change. We learned about it over a year ago but have had no details. Tomorrow we have meetings all day to learn how we are affected. I am a little nervous. The likely reality is that my title and some of my responsibilities will change but my actual job will be similar. But there still exists the possibility that the new org structure doesn't have a similar role for me to migrate into which would mean I would need to apply for other positions within the new org. I am trying not to speculate, but I am just ready to get through these meetings tomorrow. And without stress eating my feelings.5 -
Hi everyone.
I'm baaaaaack!
I'm Jess, 31 years old from the UK (currently living on the beautiful South Coast)
I was on here for several months but then last month my gym closed during a second UK lockdown and I just couldn't seem to keep up my health kick. I tried home exercise but I just can't seem to get motivated by it in the same way! I'm sorry for disappearing on you all. It's been a super weird month for me.
I'm a bit "all or nothing" which is a shame because it meant I just kinda gave up for the month rather than trying to find some kind of balance.
But I'm back now, and my gym is back open (long may it remain so!) and I'm really looking forward to catching up with you all and of course the new members too. I hope you've all been getting on OK in November and are all ready for the new month!
For those who don't know me (or need a refresher) I work for a children's charity, love art (have my own studio where I do drawing and printmaking two days a week), am studying a counselling course and also like video games - particularly Nintendo Switch! I'm engaged and we had to cancel our wedding this year due to the pandemic - now rearranged to 2022 - which gives me more time to work on my weight! Haha.
Looking forward to seeing where the month takes us xx5 -
Oh and my starting weight for this month is 92.4kg
That means I gained 0.3kg during the month which is better than I could have hoped for really, considering I wasn't really watching what I ate at all!
I think I have been lucky and here's hoping to get that number moving down again.5 -
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@conleywoods I hear ya! Planners are key - use them! Hahaha I mean it’s her job! That is driving me crazy just reading about it. Haha
@MandiSaysHey All the positive thoughts heading your way! I hope you get the best scenario possible!
@spyro88 Welcome back. Nice to meet you!
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Hey y’all I’m Shanda, I recently relocated from Ohio to the beautiful peach state of Georgia. I have 3 kids and 2 dogs. I really try hard to mingle with y’all but I find it hard to post most days for no real reason at all if I’m being honest ... I am here every damn day reading all your post and cheering you on though, so keep up all the great posting!! if you have been part of this group for awhile you know I have been going through some personal issues, as I have vented here about them plenty haha so I have came up with some small goals for myself so I don’t get too overwhelmed.. this months goals...
1) be positive! Because I will get through anything anyone throws at me
2) be more present in the group
3) stay under calorie goal 5/7 days
4) lose 5 pounds
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Planemonkey
PW 214.6
CW 213.8
LTD 30.2LBS
last night I finally ordered a new scale on Amazon and it should arrive next week, and this morning my current scale actually matched my work scale exactly. I think it's mocking me now that I've purchased its replacement......
I'm like @SMcFall0215, I read all of the posts everyday but just tend not to reply as much. I definitely love reading everyone's thoughts. I find everyone's ability to exercise so inspiring, just hoping it will eventually get me up off the couch. Now that the evenings are dark, we have gone into hibernation mode and hubby falls asleep on the couch pretty quickly after dinner so this leaves me scrolling on my phone in the dark until bedtime. Gonna have to get off my butt more and do things. ANYTHING!! I believe the expression is: Sitting is the new Smoking. Too much sitting is bad. And I might be transferring to a desk job in the new year so that will make moving in the evenings even more important.
OK, off to work. Happy Wednesday everyone.
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Why Wednesday - Why are you here in MFP/Waistaways working on this healthy weight loss journey? Report Non Scale Victories (NSVs) for the past week. Cheer the team on.0 -
Happy Wednesday ! So yesterday was great where food was concerned, exercise was good too, although I didn't do my strength training, I started it, got to the squats and my knee said " *kitten* YOU" soooooo why I didn't just move on to upper body, I don't know, but I will do that tonight. I think I am going to need to put my brace on and lay off squats for a bit... It's weird, those and walking down steps are the only thing that bother it, and it's right on top of my knee cap... I can't go to the dr about it right now, it will cost me a fortune, so once I go on the hubbys ins Jan 1st, I will go, so I am just going to baby it for the month...
So when I did the hiit yesterday I had it on level 0 - well that was pretty easy, so today I put it on level one, I managed, but there were push ups, and lunge kicks..... turns out I am not graceful at all !
I think I am going to create a strength program for myself for the rest of the month. Hubby and I have decided we are going to run a 5k every weekend ( not officially, I'd go broke) but ya know as practice, we will take the dogs with us though...
I had a phone interview yesterday for a new job, it went well, I am going for an in person interview on Friday, in the past 22 years, I've changed jobs 1 time, so I am really behind on the whole interview stuff, I felt like a complete idiot on the phone interview... Oh and I have to find something to wear, I wear jeans and sneakers here, it's very laid back, and I don't interact with clients, so there's no need to dress up... I've worked in construction for those 22 years, and this is a job at a Drs office ( Dermatology and cosmetic) I would be doing bookkeeping so same stuff just different industry... I'm excited...
Oh and my youngest is coming home for Christmas, he wasn't going to because we had a cruise in Feb, but that was cancelled. So he will be home for 2 weeks, I am excited for that.. Just hope his leave gets approved...
Okay I've rambled enough...
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SW: 248
PW: 228.8
CW: 230
LTD: 18
@jugar
I'm not too frustrated by the increased weight, I think it's due to Thanksgiving & water retention. I'll keep at it!
I've kept on with playing Ring Fit Adventure, still giving me one heck of a workout! I'm excited to push through and officially beat the game!
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Look at you, Rhonda! Killing it with those step numbers! Keep up the good work.
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All very helpful and reasonable responses to my ranting!! Reading back what I wrote, I kind of can't believe that I get so heated about it when someone loses so quickly, because how many times have I read/been told that slow & steady wins the race? And of course, no one in those groups would post when/if/that they did gain a bunch back in the next year or two, because that isn't braggy. Lol. I am so thankful for this group. Keeps my eyes on the prize - in a healthy approach.
WHY WEDNESDAY
Why am I here? Motivation is a precious commodity. I tend to lose track of it just when I need it most. You guys provide that. AND the camaraderie! It's nice that when I am struggling, I am not the only one! It's not easy, what we're all doing.
NSV this week.... I was face-timing with my sister and she said, unprompted in the middle of conversation, "I can't believe how skinny you look." (To be fair, I know my smartphone angles.
) I also have not been doing a lot of online shopping recently (outside of athletic wear/workout clothes, which I am addicted to), because I realized I am no longer certain of my size in some of my favorite brands. I have tried on older clothes and they seem big! (Not sure if I have dropped a whole shirt size yet, though, so I think I'll wait to re-do the wardrobe until it's safer to shop in person). Very exciting to no longer assume that the largest size a store offers is the only option for me!!
Happy hump day, all.4 -
@Gidgitgoescrazy good luck with the interview!!1
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Great energy here today - just what everyone needs to really stick to it and be ready for the later part of the month when we will likely be eating rather more than usual. I know my daughter and I will be baking, so there goes my "grain free" effort, but until then, I am working that one hard. It really helps - even whole grains tend to push my heart rate up and make me want to eat more, and anything made with flour just pushes the eat everything button. I get plenty of other carbs from fruits and vegetables, but grains push me off track too easily. So I'll be ready for the baking that will happen after the 16th! I'll try to make as many things I do NOT like as possible!
So a couple of weeks of belt tightening. We've got this.
Why?
I'm not here to lose weight. I have been maintaining for about 8 years now, but I know that if I just drift along, it could easily be re-gained. Maybe not as easily as it would have at first - my tastes have really changed - but this group has become important in all kinds of ways. I was helped by some of the MFP teams, challenges, and groups when I was losing, but it was not until I found this one to stick with that I became confident I would not just wander off and gain the weight back. Now I want to help provide a place for others to reach their goals. Even if you stay here for ages and don't lose, at least you are not gaining. I hope that sticking with it will give just enough push and encouragement to make it possible, because good health and fitness feel amazing. Aging (I'm turning 67 in January) goes better, that's for sure. I am on zero medications, I am fitter than I was 10 years or even 15 years ago. I feel confident that I'm making my final decade or two as strong as possible. I hope I can help some more people feel as good as this.
Have you seen how many GREEN weights there are this week so far? Yesssss!!5 -
PW 151.4
CW 151.2
I am struggling to get my nutrition back on track now that I am working from home.
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PW: 177.2
CW: 179.2
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Guys I am finally here. What a pain in the butt!!!
So I did weigh in on Monday which was my starting weight.
CW-243.7
GW-199.9
My ultimate goal is 150ish. I am not set on a certain number, it truly depends on how I feel and look. I have a few struggles I need to overcome. Its hard since working from home. I lack serious motivation. I teach, so by the end of the day I am mentally exhausted. Working out hasn't even been a thought after i'm done with work. The other struggle is food after work. Its just as horrible as my workouts. So easy to run to the pantry and get chips. 😩
I love goals, but I have realized that I cant make long term goals. They need to be small, actually very small. So here are a few of my very small goals.
Walk 3 days a week for at least 30 minutes
Drink 120oz of water a day
Do not eat ANY of my kiddos food
Just say NO
Have confidence in myself that I will succeed
I am really looking forward to changing myself.4
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