Weight No More - December 2020 Team Chat
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Week Five challenge is up! This challenge is to help you reflect on 2020 and how you plan to make 2021 even better!
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Hello @pattee2010 and @rachelrjh ! Welcome to Team Weight No More!
I'm Ashley, one of the captains for the team, and I'll be here to support you throughout your health journey, whether that be to explain away your water weight, tell a story about a hilarious tragedy, make a joke about eating my weight in brownies, or remind you that your coping mechanisms are valid.
Let the team know if you have any questions about how things work around here, if there's anything we can help you with, or anything else you can think of! We're a friendly bunch, and only getting friendlier (but not in a creepy way if we can help it!).
As for now, feel free to peruse the forums and introduce yourself if you'd like. You are not expected to make your first weigh-in until the first week of January!1 -
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Sunday 12/27 check in (rest of my day)
Food: too much
Water: a little more than I have been but still not nearly enough
Exercise: went for a walk with my neighbor
I visited with one of my friends in the complex. As I was walking back to my condo, a couple other neighbors were outside with their dogs. One of them was going for a walk so I joined her. We went farther than I have gone in a while because of my back. We met another neighbor and his dog while on our walk. We stood and talked for a while and then walked again. I may have overdone it a little since my back and hip were pretty sore when I got home.
I did some meal prep. I now have 6 meals ready to go for dinners for the week. Chicken, potatoes, carrots, celery and onions made in the crockpot. I also have grape tomatoes, apples, oranges and bananas in the house. I have the ingredients to make overnight oats and energy bites, which I plan to do later today. Now I just need to start doing this every week or at least every other week.
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Sunday check in (late, sorry!)
Username GingerPwr
PW 139
CW 140
TOM is in town. I think it'll even out next week. But I'm also going to change back to a Wednesday weigh in starting in the new year.2 -
Okay. Pulling myself out of holiday sulks. I'm not a holiday kinda person. We weren't allowed to celebrate most "holidays" when I was a kid and I've never gotten the hang of it. They're worse since my sister and gran died...they just remind me of what I've lost.
I try not to bring my husband down...make nice XMas dinner (Roast Beef, mash, brussel sprout casserole), made fruit cake (his request, we've never done this before, reasonably successful) and cranberry bread (very evil & yum). Gave some away.
Had sushi with wasabi soy sauce last night. Forgot...no weighing for days after bad salt meals. Oooohhhh scary! I'm pretending I didn't see that.
Glad everyone survived! One more to go...plan: everyone eats black-eyed peas and greens on Friday. 2021 needs all the luck and prosperity wishes it can get!2 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Good Morning WNM....You have a new member heading your way .... Please welcome @pattee2010
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tryingagain5 wrote: »Sunday 12/27 check in (rest of my day)
Food: too much
Water: a little more than I have been but still not nearly enough
Exercise: went for a walk with my neighbor
I visited with one of my friends in the complex. As I was walking back to my condo, a couple other neighbors were outside with their dogs. One of them was going for a walk so I joined her. We went farther than I have gone in a while because of my back. We met another neighbor and his dog while on our walk. We stood and talked for a while and then walked again. I may have overdone it a little since my back and hip were pretty sore when I got home.
I did some meal prep. I now have 6 meals ready to go for dinners for the week. Chicken, potatoes, carrots, celery and onions made in the crockpot. I also have grape tomatoes, apples, oranges and bananas in the house. I have the ingredients to make overnight oats and energy bites, which I plan to do later today. Now I just need to start doing this every week or at least every other week.
Great day! I'm inspired by your food prep. I went for a walk to the fruit market yesterday and got some ingredients for meal prep.1 -
melaniedscott wrote: »Okay. Pulling myself out of holiday sulks. I'm not a holiday kinda person. We weren't allowed to celebrate most "holidays" when I was a kid and I've never gotten the hang of it. They're worse since my sister and gran died...they just remind me of what I've lost.
I try not to bring my husband down...make nice XMas dinner (Roast Beef, mash, brussel sprout casserole), made fruit cake (his request, we've never done this before, reasonably successful) and cranberry bread (very evil & yum). Gave some away.
Had sushi with wasabi soy sauce last night. Forgot...no weighing for days after bad salt meals. Oooohhhh scary! I'm pretending I didn't see that.
Glad everyone survived! One more to go...plan: everyone eats black-eyed peas and greens on Friday. 2021 needs all the luck and prosperity wishes it can get!
Melanie, My son made a beautiful roast for Christmas dinner. He roasted it at 500 degrees for an hour and it was infused with rosemary, thyme, and garlic. So it had a nice crust and was rare in the middle with medium ends. He's pretty fancy. My daughter-in-law made a sweet potato casserole, and I made French green beans with a little garlic. No dessert but the sweet potatoes were lovely and sweet.
I'd love the recipe for your Brussels sprout casserole. I've never made one but love them steamed or roasted.
I'm going to try the black-eyed peas and greens. I've never heard of that tradition so thanks!2 -
I was very surprised I had a big weight loss but the week before was tom so I probably balanced out. Let's hope it keeps going down. I'm really enjoying my ifit ap and I think that's helping and I'm back at zumba. I did have a few too many drinks over the last few days so I'm hoping that didnt screw anything up. I do want to get back to anytime I have an alcoholic drink I stick to 2. I am also going to pull out my new food scale I bought months ago before my surgery and start using it.
I went to the store yesterday to look at spin bikes to see them in person, I just really wanted to get a look at how far the handle bars were from the seats. So I think today I will get online and hopefully find one. My new fitbit should come today and I joined run the year 2021 to motivate myself that starts on the 1st.2 -
1theresamcvean wrote: »Melanie, My son made a beautiful roast for Christmas dinner. He roasted it at 500 degrees for an hour and it was infused with rosemary, thyme, and garlic. So it had a nice crust and was rare in the middle with medium ends. He's pretty fancy. My daughter-in-law made a sweet potato casserole, and I made French green beans with a little garlic. No dessert but the sweet potatoes were lovely and sweet.
I'd love the recipe for your Brussels sprout casserole. I've never made one but love them steamed or roasted.
I'm going to try the black-eyed peas and greens. I've never heard of that tradition so thanks!
That does sound fancy. And nice. I love sweet potatoes (anything potato; though sweet potatoes are a different species, totally unrelated to the rest).
So my brussie casserole recipe is from here: https://www.delish.com/holiday-recipes/thanksgiving/recipes/a44632/cheesy-brussels-sprout-casserole-recipe/. Even people who don't like brussies dive in. There's another one I've made that is similar (don't know where I found it) that omits bacon (I use turkey bacon) and adds a breadcrumb ish topping...Au Grautin Brussel Sprouts? that gets similar reactions.
The black eyed peas and greens thing is an old Southern (US) tradition, usually in the form of Hoppin' John that may have originated in the Carribean or Africa...hard to tell at this point. Supposedly the peas resemble coins. I don't see it but maybe old, tarnished, clipped coins? And the greens...well, green backs. That's the southern explanation. If the tradition goes back as far as it sounds like, that makes 0 sense (or cents! Ha! See what I did there?!?) but...whatever. I know we've got a couple southerners on here...feel free to explain it, I've probably made a hash of it.
I'll probably do Hoppin' John this year but have a recipe for black eyed peas somewhere that calls for tomatoes and methi that is really pretty, very Christmas-y, and yummy. I also have a BEP and butternut squash recipe I like quite a bit. My husband isn't a huge fan of black eyed peas so anything I make, I have to be willing to eat most (or all) of. Hoppin John might be the exception.
Note: not METH, methi, which is fenugreek leaves (like cilantro is corriander leaves), which can be hard to find unless you can find a really good indian grocery; I've only seen frozen, which work fine.2 -
Check in for Sunday
Food-logged and under
Water- 80 oz
Exercise-30 min walking video, PT and stretching
Good day back on track. I did have wings and a chocolate pretzel but I didn't overeat. I was way up in weight this morning but I am hoping that will drift down now that I am back to my usual eating. I still have to get this crap out of the house. It is garbage night tonight so a good day to do it. Have a great day everyone!
@pattee2010, @rachelrjh,@Mom2mdv,@RoseyandReadyand@aknroberts Welcome!
@ljdanny Great job this week! You should be proud! Sounds like you have some great fitness plans going from 2020 into 2021! You are going to end 2020 and begin 2021 strong!
@tryingagain5 I am sure you needed the rest, it is hard to work nights. You belong to a nice church. Christmas caroling is such a great idea. Didn't they drop off flowers or something towards the beginning of the pandemic too? It was good that you got out for a walk and got some socialization in too. I hope your back and hip are ok today. Great job with the meal prep for the week. Your future self will be thanking you when she doesn't feel like cooking later in the week.
@GingerPwr Between the holidays and TOM I think that is a great weigh in.
@melaniedscott I am glad that Christmas is behind you. You are not alone, there are many people out there who feel the same. Your dinner sounded yummy though. I agree, for New Years we should all be sure to eat those foods that are supposed to bring good luck. Lol!
@1theresamcvean That dinner your son made sounds delicious! Yum!
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Last week of the year. We still have time to get close to, if not meet our goals for the year. I am happy to be feeling great and still having few side effects from my treatments. And I have mostly maintained my weight for the year. I did have lots of sweets the last two weeks and added in salty foods, so the couple of pounds I am up right now will go down soon.
@sleepymom5 I don't eat soup too often and almost never make it from scratch. The ham soup I made the other day was very good and I put a couple servings in the freezer.
@1theresamcvean I have been looking at recipes for roasts lately and they recommend cooking at 500 for 1 minute per pound then turning the oven off but leave the meat in it for two hours. I tried it with a one pound roast - for two people - and it did pretty well. I would think 500 degrees for an hour would turn anything into a burned mess.1 -
Last week of the year. We still have time to get close to, if not meet our goals for the year. I am happy to be feeling great and still having few side effects from my treatments. And I have mostly maintained my weight for the year. I did have lots of sweets the last two weeks and added in salty foods, so the couple of pounds I am up right now will go down soon.
@sleepymom5 I don't eat soup too often and almost never make it from scratch. The ham soup I made the other day was very good and I put a couple servings in the freezer.
@1theresamcvean I have been looking at recipes for roasts lately and they recommend cooking at 500 for 1 minute per pound then turning the oven off but leave the meat in it for two hours. I tried it with a one pound roast - for two people - and it did pretty well. I would think 500 degrees for an hour would turn anything into a burned mess.
Ah...It was a big roast, Patsy. The instructions were 5 minutes per pound at 500 and then let it rest outside of the oven for 15 minutes. It was rare but not awfully rare and very nice on the outside.0 -
@1theresamcvean ooooh that roast sounds amazing! I usually do 10 min per pound at a slightly lower temp, then let it sit in the oven afterward. Love the rosemary infusion - does that mean it was coated, or did he cut slices in the roast and stuff goodness into it?
@melaniedscott Um... that Brussels sprout casserole recipe: holy cheesiness, Batman! I made roasted B-sprouts with a balsamic glaze for Christmas - I used the cheese in some au gratin potatoes. I was right there with you on not feeling the holiday spirit this year. And I'm 100% in agreement about the black-eye peas and greens - though I think we're doing cabbage this year. I always either cook some sort of smoked sausage and cabbage dish or I'll do ham and greens with the black-eye peas.
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I am not sure where to start, so lets start where I am at!!
My name is Cyndie. I am 53 years old and live in the thumb of Michigan. I have lived here my whole life. My highest weight was 197 lbs. In October of 2018, I had made it to goal and left this group. Problem was, that I had an eating disorder that was really active. It took me some time and a lot of coaching to work thru the eating disorder. I am now at a place where I want to kick these last 20 lbs to the curb.
In april of this year, I weighed 174.5 lbs and currently I weigh 153.5 lbs. My goal weight is between 135 and 140. I am a true believer that unless we change out minds weight loss will never be permanent. So that has been my quest. To change my relationship with food. I do it with small incremental changes.
I have a chronic pain condition that no one can seem to diagnosis. I have been in pain for more than 10 years now. I am to a point now that I don't know what it is like to not be in pain. I am working on acceptance and I am getting better with that.
I am married to a wonderful man. I have two adult children, both with mental disorders. I have two grandchildren one is 15 and one is seven. The 15 year old I have no relationship and the 7 year old lives in Florida and our relationship is marginal.
My mom, who was 86, died in march. We had a tumultuous relationship but I was there for her till the end. My Dad turned 88 this year and I am scared I am going to lose him to covid.
I do not count calories. I eat when I am hungry and stop when I am satisfied. Mindful eating is a work in progress but it is so much easier with my eating disorder. I live on a farm and I work full time as an office manager in a brokerage office.
Highest Weight: 197lbs - 2015
Starting weight: 174.5lbs - April 2020
Current Weight 153.5lbs - December 25, 2020
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cyndiesstuff wrote: »My name is Cyndie. I am 53 years old and live in the thumb of Michigan. I have lived here my whole life.
I have a chronic pain condition that no one can seem to diagnosis. I have been in pain for more than 10 years now. I am to a point now that I don't know what it is like to not be in pain. I am working on acceptance and I am getting better with that.
Welcome! So...that makes you from the UP. My husband grew up in Calumet/Laurium. Pretty area.
You didn't specify type of chronic pain...I'm going to be nosy...Have you been gene tested for Ehler Danlos (the only way to officially diagnose)? It is vile but knowing helps. If you haven't, look it up...Supposedly, it's rare...but there are many in my family who present the various symptoms. I check just about every box. Many doctors don't know what it is.
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Yes. and I made half that but misremembered the cheese amount and didn't halve it. SO CHEESY! EVIL! Amazing. It's gone.
@melaniedscott Um... that Brussels sprout casserole recipe: holy cheesiness, Batman! I made roasted B-sprouts with a balsamic glaze for Christmas ....
Balsamic glaze sounds yummy.
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Morning WNM.... You have a new member heading your way ... Please welcome @callsitlikeiseeit 1
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@debbiewsharpe I love your 10 steps!! It’s really simplifies what I try to complicate all the time!!0
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@melaniedscott I looked that up and I don't think that's it. I think at this point it may be more than one thing. I have Lyme disease that is in remission. They think I have fibromyalgia caused from the Lyme going undiagnosed for so many years. I have osteoarthritis. I have depression, anxiety and fatigue. I have air hunger, my head shakes and I have a horrible ringing in my left ear that has not effected my hearing. And I don't sleep well. Yea me!! And I am at the point now, that I can say all that and smile. Because I am here and that is enough!2
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@1theresamcvean ooooh that roast sounds amazing! I usually do 10 min per pound at a slightly lower temp, then let it sit in the oven afterward. Love the rosemary infusion - does that mean it was coated, or did he cut slices in the roast and stuff goodness into it?
@melaniedscott Um... that Brussels sprout casserole recipe: holy cheesiness, Batman! I made roasted B-sprouts with a balsamic glaze for Christmas - I used the cheese in some au gratin potatoes. I was right there with you on not feeling the holiday spirit this year. And I'm 100% in agreement about the black-eye peas and greens - though I think we're doing cabbage this year. I always either cook some sort of smoked sausage and cabbage dish or I'll do ham and greens with the black-eye peas.
WELCOME to all the new members! Glad to have you here!
He cut the little slices and stuffed them. Very effective. He made a jus and used the drippings and 'vegetable' bouillon, which intensified the herbs.
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welcome back, we missed your great advice. I hope you and your family are ding OK.0 -
melaniedscott wrote: »Okay. Pulling myself out of holiday sulks. I'm not a holiday kinda person. We weren't allowed to celebrate most "holidays" when I was a kid and I've never gotten the hang of it. They're worse since my sister and gran died...they just remind me of what I've lost.
I try not to bring my husband down...make nice XMas dinner (Roast Beef, mash, brussel sprout casserole), made fruit cake (his request, we've never done this before, reasonably successful) and cranberry bread (very evil & yum). Gave some away.
Had sushi with wasabi soy sauce last night. Forgot...no weighing for days after bad salt meals. Oooohhhh scary! I'm pretending I didn't see that.
Glad everyone survived! One more to go...plan: everyone eats black-eyed peas and greens on Friday. 2021 needs all the luck and prosperity wishes it can get!melaniedscott wrote: »1theresamcvean wrote: »Melanie, My son made a beautiful roast for Christmas dinner. He roasted it at 500 degrees for an hour and it was infused with rosemary, thyme, and garlic. So it had a nice crust and was rare in the middle with medium ends. He's pretty fancy. My daughter-in-law made a sweet potato casserole, and I made French green beans with a little garlic. No dessert but the sweet potatoes were lovely and sweet.
I'd love the recipe for your Brussels sprout casserole. I've never made one but love them steamed or roasted.
I'm going to try the black-eyed peas and greens. I've never heard of that tradition so thanks!
That does sound fancy. And nice. I love sweet potatoes (anything potato; though sweet potatoes are a different species, totally unrelated to the rest).
So my brussie casserole recipe is from here: https://www.delish.com/holiday-recipes/thanksgiving/recipes/a44632/cheesy-brussels-sprout-casserole-recipe/. Even people who don't like brussies dive in. There's another one I've made that is similar (don't know where I found it) that omits bacon (I use turkey bacon) and adds a breadcrumb ish topping...Au Grautin Brussel Sprouts? that gets similar reactions.
The black eyed peas and greens thing is an old Southern (US) tradition, usually in the form of Hoppin' John that may have originated in the Carribean or Africa...hard to tell at this point. Supposedly the peas resemble coins. I don't see it but maybe old, tarnished, clipped coins? And the greens...well, green backs. That's the southern explanation. If the tradition goes back as far as it sounds like, that makes 0 sense (or cents! Ha! See what I did there?!?) but...whatever. I know we've got a couple southerners on here...feel free to explain it, I've probably made a hash of it.
I'll probably do Hoppin' John this year but have a recipe for black eyed peas somewhere that calls for tomatoes and methi that is really pretty, very Christmas-y, and yummy. I also have a BEP and butternut squash recipe I like quite a bit. My husband isn't a huge fan of black eyed peas so anything I make, I have to be willing to eat most (or all) of. Hoppin John might be the exception.
Note: not METH, methi, which is fenugreek leaves (like cilantro is corriander leaves), which can be hard to find unless you can find a really good indian grocery; I've only seen frozen, which work fine.
Thanks, Melanie. I went down the Brussels sprouts rabbit hole on Delish. Tonight, I'm making Kung Pao Brussels Sprouts. https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a57880/kung-pao-brussels-sprouts-recipe/0 -
@pacsnc6 I'm glad u all will have me back. Now let's kick 2021 into gear and get it done. You with me??2
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Morning WNM.... You have a new member heading your way ... Please welcome @callsitlikeiseeit
Oh boy, I love getting new members! Welcome aboard! Open up the spoiler for my quick intro to Team Weight No More as well as who I am and what you can do and... you get the point.minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »Hello @pattee2010 and @rachelrjh ! Welcome to Team Weight No More!
I'm Ashley, one of the captains for the team, and I'll be here to support you throughout your health journey, whether that be to explain away your water weight, tell a story about a hilarious tragedy, make a joke about eating my weight in brownies, or remind you that your coping mechanisms are valid.
Let the team know if you have any questions about how things work around here, if there's anything we can help you with, or anything else you can think of! We're a friendly bunch, and only getting friendlier (but not in a creepy way if we can help it!).
As for now, feel free to peruse the forums and introduce yourself if you'd like. You are not expected to make your first weigh-in until the first week of January!
Welcome back @cyndiesstuff !!! We've definitely got your back here, even while you're losing it
Let me know if there's anything we can do to support you on your journey!
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