Mission Slimpossible - January 2021 Team Chat
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Username: itsmegina
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 145.6
CW: 144.8
Also, which loss to date do I post?
From when I joined MFP (March 2013 😆) it would be 15.2 lbs
From when I “recommitted” to MFP and tracking about 6 months ago) it would be 5.6 lbs
Looking back at my MFP history, I have had periods where I was logging and engaging in the MFP community and I reliably lost weight/ ate better, then I would slack off and disengage. But it’s been so nice to have MFP and all my MFP friend support here for the times I came back. I’m so grateful to have something to help me take control of my eating when I feel I’ve lost it. And I know it reliably WORKS for me when I’m ready for the change I need.
Sorry for the ramble - this all makes sense in my head and I’m tired. I don’t post much but I read daily and I’m just grateful for this team and all the inspiration you give me! 😀3 -
Cstockton18
PW 182.2
CW 176.8
Hi everyone hope your all having a lovely weekend I’ve loved reading all your comments this week keep up the hard work I know we all have are challenges and that’s where we need to dig deeper than ever before and push through it’s not easy one little bit but that feeling of achievement well there’s no better feeling 😊 Have a wonderful day everyone 🥰5 -
Also, which loss to date do I post?
From when I joined MFP (March 2013 😆) it would be 15.2 lbs
From when I “recommitted” to MFP and tracking about 6 months ago) it would be 5.6 lbs
You choose whatever weight you want us to use for your highest and we will put it on the spreadsheet and keep track of your celebrations from there.
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mlhopp93
HW -- 355
SW (1/2/2021): 291.6
1/9/2021: 288.0
1/16/2021:
1/23/2021:
1/30/2021:
Good start to 2021 from a weight perspective. Reached 10k steps 5 of 7 days.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
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Saturday Weigh Day!
User : RYcare
PW: 239.4
CW: 238.1
LTD: 16.9
Happy weekend everyone!7 -
TeresaW1020 wrote: »
Also, which loss to date do I post?
From when I joined MFP (March 2013 😆) it would be 15.2 lbs
From when I “recommitted” to MFP and tracking about 6 months ago) it would be 5.6 lbs
You choose whatever weight you want us to use for your highest and we will put it on the spreadsheet and keep track of your celebrations from there.
@itsmegina I sorta figured it out to be the below, for me and what I want to remind myself of as far as how far I've come. Like @TeresaW1020 noted, you let us know. It's really your choice...it's your journey and story, you can lay out the chapter and verse as it best fits your travels.
LTD MFP #2 54.1 lbs (my second big MFP experience started at 235 in April of 2018)
LTD overall 119.1 lbs (I began at 300ish pounds - a guesstimate because I hadn't weighed in some time - more than 20 years ago, it took me 5 or 6 (7?) years to lose 130 lbs. It's actually become hard to recall all the details, that's how long ago it was! )
The main thing about doing this, for me, is that when I gain weight, I have to change these numbers and make the loss amounts smaller which is a HUGE red flag and reminder to me to do something now, not later.4 -
raleighgirl09
Saturday check in
WOW - did I ever go out with a bang last night! I was right at my calorie goal with around 1160 and then had a moment that was about 700ish calories (starting with the third drink which is not ever really what one could call a 'good' idea). I didn't get 2 walks yesterday due to very cold rain and I didn't get all my water. I mean.....towel thrown in for no reason! It's a new day, though, and the sun is out and we're getting up to 50 degrees today!!! I'll get my walks and need to go shopping so steps won't be an issue. Got my water plan and working on pre-logging for the day. I did food prep last week and it was super nice to have food at the ready again so I'm doing it again for this coming week. Makes life so much easier! Also - uses all the food purchased and makes for less waste - all wins!
@RYcare @mlhopp93 @Cstockton18 @itsmegina @adhmrh @gwamajtw91 @Cornanda - all excellent weigh ins, January is starting off in a most excellent way for YOU and for the team! CONGRATS! This is very inspiring and makes the day even more brilliant and looking doable for my own progress!!!!!
I didn't come up with my own phrase but I'm taking inspiration from @Cornanda and @trooworld with "Do the work" and "Change happens" Change happens when we do the work - and this is such a fabulous bit of motivation that talks about what is REAL:
"The biggest source of BMW-ing is refusing to accept that achieving and sustaining your mental and physical transformation takes work. That's right- mental and physical sweat, intensity, mindfulness, focus- all things that you apply to your job, your kids, your relationships. Why shouldn't you expend the same energy on yourself? Humbly accept that your self care will take work and you'll make the journey so much easier." Then, later this struck me: "It's about optimizing your strengths, navigating around your vulnerabilities and going for it." (Body for Life for Women)
My phrase is "Do the work"
@AustinRuadhain I love SlimPosse Peeps!!! And I just love that kid and dad band - it's the front girl who really tickles me and makes me happy!! I need as much happy in my day as I can get!! @TeresaW1020 I believe dad is in a band that was interrupted by COVID so the family came up with doing this as a way to keep busy and stay connected with family. It took off in that magical internet kinda way and they have gained quite a following - they were featured on the Ellen show, it's one of the videos on their channel!! They're just such fun to watch......and that little girl reminds me of my granddaughter and so....well, there you have it. It pushes my Gigi button.
@TeresaW1020 you'll do great at dinner - enjoy it and the company!!! =>
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Cdnlaxmom
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW (Previous Weight): 235.8
CW (Current Weight): 234.2
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Firefly743
***Weigh In***
PW: 283.0
CW: 280.06 -
End of week weigh-in reminders:
@tianneclements
@anido1
@TwistedSassette
@AshleighAnn72
@digger61
@trooworld
Thanks!
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I had a bad day yesterday. I went for a long walk but then watched Emily in Paris on Netflix. They were all drinking wine so I decided to join in! Then I made some bad food choices - That's what happens when drinking. Sometimes when my garmin adds my activities to MFP the amount of calories for the exercise must be exaggerated. It gives me to much leeway with what I think I can consume. I think I need to focus more on total calories instead of net calories.
Thanks for all the posts. They contain some very inspiring weight losses and ideas in them.4 -
@mlhopp93, @ RYcare, @cdnlaxmom, and @Firefly743 You all have a VERY good start to 2021!! Keep up the great work and make this an amazing January!
@itsmegina I am so glad that you are getting something out of this group and coming here and just reading and feeling support is awesome. We all can’t post every day, but when you can it’s great to hear from you, and please feel free to ramble anytime. Heaven knows I’m good at a good ramble too.
@Cstockton18 How you right that the feeling of achievement feels so great and it’s something we should all be chasing every day. I hope your day has been wonderful.
@raleighgirl09 OK, you went over your calories and I hope you at least enjoyed yourself. Now, you draw a line and call it a new day. You have a good plan for the day, so go forth and conquer!
@kerritho All I can say is wine happens! :grins: When I was a calorie counter, I never bought into the thought of eating my exercise calories. Unless you are an athlete and burning a ton of calories that is just not something you should be worried about.
Hi Team! Well, my dinner was lots of fun last night. Great people and great food are a very good combo. We ended up ordering appetizers but I was very careful and didn't overdo it. My was grilled salmon, sauteed broccoli, and a Caesar salad with no croutons. Hubby and split a big bottle of San Pellegrino, which is my favorite sparkling water. My weight was up a little this morning, but I’m not worried about it. I did an extra-long workout this morning and my eating is back to strict Keto. I also listened to a great podcast on Low Carb MD with a doctor who runs a low carb weight loss clinic and she was talking about how she gives every patient a copy of the “The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person,” by Judith Beck. I have heard of the book but never read it. So, it’s on its way and I’m excited because like we have been talking about, it’s all about mindset. Until we get that right we will NOT be able to lose our weight AND keep it off.
January Goals: 1/9
No Sugar Challenge: I was sugar free today
Fast for 19+ hours: I fasted 16.5 hours
Ate on plan: I stayed Keto today.
Workout 30+ minutes: Beachbody program #MBF lower body with a 15 minute HIIT program on the treadmill. My legs are tired!
Drink 96+ oz. of water: I got all my water in for the day
2021 Focus Word: TRANSFORMATION7 -
Hey gang! This is just a quick check-in, loved reading everyone's updates! Did my new workout routine. We aren't going to my boyfriend's buddy's house until next weekend so I read a Janet Evanovich book this morning and am about to dive into another one. I'm having to be careful with the planking when it comes to ab workouts but that's easy to modify. I'm hanging in there with food, it's going to be a tough week with my boyfriend's birthday but I want to be able to have my cake and eat it too, literally! Well, his cake but you know what I mean!5
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***WEEKLY WEIGH-IN***
TwistedSassette
Weigh in day: Friday
SW: 138.3kg
PW: 133.9kg
CW: 133.8kg
LTD: 4.5kg
LTW: 0.1kg3 -
Hey all, sorry I’ve not been posting. I have been reading everything though and loving the conversations! Particularly around mindset. That’s something I’m working through myself as well, getting myself on the right track mentally. Sometimes I feel like just giving up and I feel old habits creeping back in. I am trying to get myself back into a routine because I know that helps me a lot. My challenge at this point is getting back into tracking everything. I think I’ve only tracked 2 days this year! Today I will track.
The mindset thing is huge for me. Sometimes I let myself get overwhelmed and that’s just not productive. But there’s also those feelings of guilt when I eat more than I should or eat something I shouldn’t or skip a workout. I don’t want to feel those things anymore. Which is why my word for 2021 is peace - if I can find peace within myself, I know I can stop giving power to those old habits and feeling that subsequent guilt!
Sorry this has been a bit of a ramble. I kind of knew what I wanted to say but it’s come out a bit jumbled!6 -
Digger61
Saturday
PW: 217
CW: 2164 -
raleighgirl09
Saturday evening winding down
Hi all, hope everyone had a great Saturday! It was sunny and got up to 50 today - we walked by the river for a 3.25 distance so no second walk... => Did some grocery shopping and didn't feel like making the dinner I had planned so I'll do that tomorrow and just had some leftovers. Food has been fine, although I will go over the MFP calories again - still not staying to the 1240 a day. @kerritho I agree with @TeresaW1020 on the philosophy of 'eating back' the calories. My goal is to stick to the *initial* allowance and although I have stayed in the green on the calories per MFP, it's because of the added exercise calories. Last summer, a friend said I should just take that off of my page and not have those added in as I went along. I took the plunge last year....maybe it was June of 2020....and I really did well as I was motivated to stick to the amount and stay green, not going over. And I was walking a LOT, often getting 15000 steps a day so the weight was just peeling off. I'm not in the head space to take that plunge right now but I will eventually do that again. It made a big difference for me when I did it and stuck to it for several months. The problem for me is when it feels depriving which I think would be the case if I tried that right now. BUT. You definitely have me thinking about it.
I'm planning to be closer to home tomorrow, do my walks in the 'hood and spend some time cooking for the week and getting my home office squared away - it's a bit of a cluster at the moment and making me kinda crazy! It was never really turned into my office yet, more a quick stick a table and chair in there, sorta thing - and the bed (it's the guest room) is stacked up with all kinds of crapola. I'll feel better when it's more thoughtful and mindful, and looks more like a place someone would want to go and work all day.
@Digger61 @TwistedSassette @cdnlaxmom @Firefly743 - SHAZAM, another great set of weigh ins!!!! I was telling hubby on our walk today that everyone has kicked into high gear, it's such fun and inspirational to be a part of it!!! WAY TO GO!!
@TwistedSassette love your word peace.... Wishing much of it for you - guilt over food choices is painful and so pointless as nothing good comes from it - at least for me, it may make me eat more rather than the desired effect of making me think twice. If you can, think about the coming guilt before making the choice and if it's going to make you feel guilty....let that be the reason you don't do it. BUT if you do - work on not allowing yourself to feel guilty.
@kerritho the whole alcohol thing can be dicey for me, too! I drink pretty much everyday and do fine if I stick to 1 or 2. But the 3rd one is almost ALWAYS a bad idea and involves really poor eating choices. I do occasionally abstain or work toward only having 1 for several days in a row. Takes the all-important mindset for me to pull that off, though.
@TeresaW1020 I am taking this advice and just moving along to a new and better day! I didn't make the water goal and don't really care to guzzle a ton o' aqua just to do that, at this late stage, so I'll be planning better for tomorrow!2 -
Friday Checkin
🟢Morning walk/workout (10+ min)
🔴100 Pushups & Situps Programs (3 ea/week)
🟢Food measured & tracked
🟢Hit MFP calorie goal
🟢Workout 45+ / 6 days-wk
🟢10K steps
🟢NO SUGAR challenge (for me, no added sugars; I do eat fruit & winter squash)
🟢Check in on Slimpossibles daily
Saturday Plan/Status
🔴Morning walk/workout (10+ min) - I did get in exerciser but spaced on getting it done in the morning. Arg!
⚪100 Pushups & Situps Programs (3 ea/week) - not yet...
🟢Food measured & tracked
🟢Hit MFP calorie goal
🟢Workout 45+ / 6 days-wk
🟢10K steps
🟢NO SUGAR challenge
🟢Check in on Slimpossibles daily - though I have checked in late enough I am just going to say howdy and catch up more tomorrow.
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Weigh in Apple852hk
Week 2 - Jan 2021 Sunday
PW 136.4lbs (61.9kg)
CW 137lbs (62.2kg)
LTD about 45.8lbs (20.8kg)
Stable but put on weight this week.
@TeresaW1020
Had a bad day on Thursday and ate a whole box of chocolates. I didn't manage sugar free January.
Gone for walks 3 days this week but aiming to go daily.
Did drink herbal tea but not daily habit yet.
GOALS:
1. Drink herbal tea at 5pm than tea
2. Walk on Mon, Tue + Thu (after rain has passed)
3. January No-Sugar Challenge?
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Krea4
Sundays
PW: 66.50kg 146.6 lbs
CW: 66.15kg 145.8 lbs
LTD: 3.75 kg 8.3 lbs
No sugar challenge
Me: 9
Sugar: 1
My no sugar challenge is aimed at reducing high sugar treats like chocolate, cake, biscuits etc. I'm very happy with where I am with this. Being back at work is stressful and tiring; these are my triggers for sugary treats. Usually I would have several snaccidents a day but so far only 1
I'm still looking for it but, as other team mates have said MINDSET is crucuial. I'm in a good place at the moment so long may it continue.
I also did my Zumba class online yesterday. Good fun so going to make that I regularly attend.
I'm loving the habit tracker and the colouring in calendar poster -thanks for sharing these great motivators.3
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