WaistAways - March 2021 Team Chat
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Welcome Ty! @MzBossy (I'll bet your boys call you that...
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So glad you are here - and that you are hitting the commitments. Daily candy and ice cream are out! Keep on coming by here every day, let us know how it is going, and get to know all the little voices who will start living in your head saying "you're not really going to eat that, are you?" and cheering you off the couch every day. And cheer us back!
I'm just about to attempt a short session on the exercise bike. I will see how (if?) the sore buttock likes that - walking outside was not so great today, so I'll see if this goes better. The sun was beautiful and it was above freezing, but the snow gets really punchy when it is warm like that, so walking was too uneven.
Off we go! New months are always fun.3 -
@micki48 thank you for the good moving vibes!! They were received! It really went quite smoothly with myself, my parents, and my two saintly friends. I just walked back to the new place from the old for the last time - it's spotless over there, hope the next tenant appreciates it. I am totally unpacked here, bags and boxes out to the curb, and ready to collapse. But I do have some tech stuff to set up for my home office that I should get out of the way. Internet guy coming tomorrow morning to save my from my phone's hotspot.
Steps for the week! (Can you tell which was the moving day...
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2/21: 14,813
2/22: 12,171
2/23: 12,056
2/24: 13,059
2/25: 12,146
2/26: 17,338
2/27: 21,4544 -
Hi all --
I'm Kay, 26, living in Boston and working in finance downtown (although I have been WFH since late March '20). I was a runner and a dancer all my childhood through high school, and totally dropped regular activity in college. Add in an unlimited meal plan and a general dislike for vegetables, and I gained way more than the freshman 15. I consider my start date for this weight loss to be Feb 2018, when I moved out of my parents' house and started my first post-grad job. I am very big on getting my steps in - and I did meet a very modest goal of running 22 miles in Feb, but I would say overall I don't love running, so most of those steps are walked each day. I love home workouts almost exclusively for strength, cardio, hiit, etc. (through youtube, instagram, and the app FitOn mostly) and I follow Yoga with Adriene on youtube for my daily yoga practice. My biggest struggle with weight loss is bingeing on weekends and emotional eating when I get stressed/frustrated, especially on a bad workday. I joined F2F in August 2020 and it has been so key for keeping my motivation up!
Now that the aforementioned move to a new apartment is out of the way, I am looking for a good kickstart this week into March. I need to be more focused on my water intake each day, I can tell I am a little dehydrated. And I definitely need to recommit to daily yoga and my mon/tues/wed/thurs workout schedule. Other days of the week are more lax/just walking, but I have some built-in things for those early weekdays that I should stick to.
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Hi all --
I'm Kay, 26, living in Boston and working in finance downtown (although I have been WFH since late March '20). I was a runner and a dancer all my childhood through high school, and totally dropped regular activity in college. Add in an unlimited meal plan and a general dislike for vegetables, and I gained way more than the freshman 15. I consider my start date for this weight loss to be Feb 2018, when I moved out of my parents' house and started my first post-grad job. I am very big on getting my steps in - and I did meet a very modest goal of running 22 miles in Feb, but I would say overall I don't love running, so most of those steps are walked each day. I love home workouts almost exclusively for strength, cardio, hiit, etc. (through youtube, instagram, and the app FitOn mostly) and I follow Yoga with Adriene on youtube for my daily yoga practice. My biggest struggle with weight loss is bingeing on weekends and emotional eating when I get stressed/frustrated, especially on a bad workday. I joined F2F in August 2020 and it has been so key for keeping my motivation up!
Now that the aforementioned move to a new apartment is out of the way, I am looking for a good kickstart this week into March. I need to be more focused on my water intake each day, I can tell I am a little dehydrated. And I definitely need to recommit to daily yoga and my mon/tues/wed/thurs workout schedule. Other days of the week are more lax/just walking, but I have some built-in things for those early weekdays that I should stick to.
Is it time for bed?
Yes! I'm glad your move is done - enjoy the unpacking and making everything all spiffy
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Hi! I'm Kristi and I'm 38, married with 3 kids age 11, 9 and 6. I work 4 days a week as an occupational therapist in a special ed preschool. I am celebrating 2 years of dedication to my health and weight loss! I started at 255lbs. I have been stuck since October and have been trying a few things to get my weight loss moving. I kept gaining and losing the same 3-5 lbs. I am currently on the support team. I'm trying a reverse diet since my calories had gotten down to 1200 a day and I was already getting about 6 hours of regular exercise a week. My hope is to get my calories up so I have something to work with and can get back to weight loss.
My goals for March:
Keep increasing my protein so I can meet my macros
Lift weights at least every 3 days
Continue to make peace with where I'm at in my journey. I might not be losing right now, but I am preparing for the future. There are a lot of positive things I can do now😌
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DD265
CW: 85.4
My last weigh in was 86 on the money - but I've been in the 85s all week and it's great to have that new number at the front.
I'm keeping my calorie goal where it is for March, and not eating my exercise calories most of the time as suggested by @jugar. I've accepted that there'll be the odd day where I do go into them - like last night - but I'll try to limit it. I'll put a 'rule' in place later if I feel I need to. I'm also sticking to my "1 of everything" approach where I don't duplicate portions of snacks - e.g. I can have chocolate daily, but only one portion rather than several just because it fits.
I took measurements and photos this morning. Measurements still seem a little all over the place but I'm not taking a back measurement (where my bra strap sits) and I know that's lost as I've gone from the largest hooks on my bra to the smallest. I only bought those bras in January! I am busty and they have to fit properly, so this is going to cost me a fortune in bras 4 -
Hi I'm Vikki, I'm turning 50 in 6 short months, I'm married with 3 grown kids. I took February off because I started a new job, and needed to get myself acclimated. Things took a turn at the old job, so I'm helping out there around 10 hrs a week, on weekends and evenings, until they find a suitable replacement. I feel like i have everything under control now though so its all good... My goal for March is simply to get under 160 again, and stay there. I would write a bunch more but it's almost 6 am and I have to get up to get my exercise done, today is 30 min Leslie Sansone video, 5 min of hiit , then I will do 15 min of yoga when I get home...
Have a great day !5 -
Good Morning! I had a pretty good weekend. I logged all my food. Saturday was a little higher then I would like, I still feel pretty good about my weekend. I did amazing with my workouts. Sat, I did a Barre workout and we walked, at a slow pace to the river (my mom and kids). Yesterday, I did a AAA - Arms, Abs *kitten* workout and a 45 min walk. I forgot how much I love that workout. I am changing up my workouts this month. I have been doing intervals and now I am doing Barre, mixed with some cardio and that AAA workout, which I love. I took measurements this morning and there has been no real change since Jan. I am not surprised. Feb was rough. My goal for March is to be in the 140s, hopefully more in the middle. I haven't seen the 140s since before baby 4.
Have a Great Monday!6 -
Wow it's Monday!
Thanks for all the news - I always enjoy hearing what you are all up to.
Got some great weight goals this month and so far all the first weigh-ins are in the green! For the new folks, on our spreadsheet, when there is a weight loss for the week, the number appears green. When a gain, it is (of course!) red. For a steady state, it is black. So of course, we aim for as much week to week green as we can manage. Never feel bad about posting a red one, though - they happen and we learn from them. You might be at that TOM, you might be building some serious badass muscles, or you might have enjoyed a fun celebration or needed some comfort food. As long as it does not de-rail you from your commitments to changing your daily habits, it is all fine. Learn and move on. If you get stuck, figure out why.
This month is time for starting my vegetable garden planning. I will have to close (or move) my winter salad garden so that I have space to start the eggplant, tomatoes, and peppers in my special window. I'll get out the heat mats, and put them under lights for the few weeks until they can finally go outside around the beginning of June. I'll miss my salads, but maybe I can put those trays somewhere else so that I can keep eating greens picked 5 minutes before eating them. I am totally spoiled by this and find greens from the grocery store very dull indeed. My main diet principle is veg veg veg. I find I can eat lots of volume and stay at my maintenance weight as long as vegetables are the biggest part of my intake.
So off we go. Spring Equinox this month! How shall we celebrate?5 -
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Username: smaidiigaa
Weigh in day: Monday
Starting weight:69 kg
I'm Maija. Live in Ireland. 35, have 2 kids-6 and 12. Lost a good bit after each of the pregnancies, but never to perfection
doing at least 10 k steps a day. Usually more. Trying to keep protein at least 20 percent of calorie total. Hardest thing -eating less sweets. 5 -
Welcome! It is great to have another horse person in the team! I have not been able to ride for almost a year because of an injury last April, but I had surgery almost 3 weeks ago that should take care of it and I hope to be back on my lovely spotted fellow in another month or so. We're both going to need to ease into it! We will have to trade horse stories and drive everyone else on the team slightly crazy... Good for you for quitting smoking and kicking 2 stone to the curb. With a small child in the picture that is no small feat!riagalgate wrote: »Hi Everyone, I came across this lovely group just over a week ago and I thinks its great to have a community to come to gain support and inspiration.
So a bit about me, I'm 40 years old, with 3 children, 21, 16 and a 2yr old. I work full time as a Bank Manager, my hobbies (when I was fit and slim) was horse riding and playing badminton. Hoping to start back riding soon now that I've lost weight and getting stronger/fitter. I live in a lovely country village 30 minutes from Blackpool, and I LOVE it, we moved here 4 years ago next month and it was the best move ever!! I can say that now,it was a house of horrors when we first moved in and nearly put it back up for sale .
I started my weight loss journey again in January. I started piling on the weight a few years back after injuring my back, a third child and then quitting smoking last March. I'm super excited about March, not only is it my birthday month but its also my 1 year anniversary of being smoke free, 1st time since being 14 years old and when I've not been forced to stop when I've been pregnant! I've saved nearly 4k in 1 year- that's UNREAL 🤯.
Since January I've lost over 2 stone now but have another 2 stone to lose, I'm currently 11 stone 5lb and want to be 11st stone or under by my birthday on the 27th.
For fitness I love running, spinning, cross trainer and currently using the beachbody app, mainly MBF and I absolutely love it, ive got into a great routine since January of getting up an extra 30 minutes early ans doing a workout before work.
Here's hoping for a great March. Good luck everyone 😃😃
What are your goals for this month, and what are you going to track to make it happen?
My goal this month are to get slowly back into Pilates and some strength workouts. I still have to watch out as I heal from surgery so that no internal bleeding starts up again - so I'm taking it slow! Aiming for 15 minutes a day. Walking and snowshoeing every day as usual And 30+ grams of fibre per day, minimal grains. Tally ho!
Hi Jugar, I cant wait to share my horsey stories ❤
My goals for the month is to lose 6lb. I am going to continue my calorie counting -1490 max per day, 14k+ steps a day, x2 5km runs per week with 4 days of strength training per week and I really want to try for 7hrs 30 mins of sleep every night 🤞4 -
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Happy Monday everyone! I did 21 minutes of Pilates this am and then took a 37 minute walk under VERY dark clouds. I had my umbrella, but when I was at the furthest point from my home, the clouds became very dark, it got crazy windy and it started to rain. Luckily, it didn't last too long, but thought I might fly off with my umbrella in hand.
What are your goals for this month, and what are you going to track to make it happen?/b]
My goals for this month are to keep logging every day.
Keep up the regular exercise and
be TOTALLY GREEN for the month (for new folks, that lose weight each week.) It is March after all!
Welcome to all our new people. Glad to have you with us. And welcome back to our old (but not old) people, @Gidgitgoescrazy and @matthewsfive . Glad you are back. Vikki glad to hear the new job is under control and wew! to pulling double time with the old job too. That is very considerate of you. What have you been doing to practice to get that handstand goal done in 6 months?
Calling all February steps so I can get it wrapped up.
Looking for steps from a number of people:
@kiay131982 Wednesday on
@fuschiabolero All week. Hope you are ok and have power on. We're thinking of you.
@CurvyCalorie All week Are you still on hiatus from an injury?
@evangsimmons170 I've seen those steps on Fitbit - I need the whole week from you.
Just a shout out to @sunny9847 -- You are quiet and steady, but I see you increasing those steps pretty consistently
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Calling all steppers -- Anyone interested in joining our step team, let me know. Just need your name and your daily goal. You can post your steps here daily or at the end of the week.
After all the steps are in (hopefully by Sunday afternoon) I will report on the week's results.
If you have been on the team for February, no need to do anything if you want to continue and your goal is the same. If you want a break or to change your goal, let me know. Thanks!!2 -
Chiro again this evening - my unhappy glutes are a result of me doing nothing (I mean I walked a fair bit but apparently that's not good enough for my body) last week because of the tendonitis in my knees. Can't win! Back to running tomorrow, but will accept walk/run this week if needs be. My running medal for March is a 5k so I will be able to do that in one go by the end of the month, no pressure. I'm joining a virtual - or real life, in November - race every month this year so I get 12 medals that I'll frame.
It's been a busy day and we didn't get back from our 30 min evening walk until 9pm, but I'm glad we went. The fresh air was nice and I am feeling the need to eat my exercise calories the last couple of days, so I needed some to be able to eat them!
Will run tomorrow, then do some more DIY after tea. During the week I want to get the office ceiling sanded, I don't think it needs any more filler, and painted, so we can push the desks back together - this is the priority. The cloakroom needs sanding and more filler, but I'd like to have it and the spare bedroom ready for painting at the weekend. The silicone removal in the bathroom is parked for the weekend; I am not a fan and find myself wondering whether I can justify paying somebody to do it for me. The answer is not really, as we want a new boiler and that's ££££. Plus if I'm good now, I think I can get away with buying a Kadai for the garden sooner rather than later. 3 -
For anyone who is interested, this is the link for the free 5 day Pilates workout. It starts tomorrow and only takes 15 minutes of your day. I'll be doing it with you.
thebalancedlifeonline.com/feel-good-pilates/
I did it this morning before work - thanks for the link and the inspiration - I can do most anything for 15 minutes!!2 -
Hi all new folk and hey, all those familiar names, happy to start with March, as February and January were a bit dismal for me as far as trying to maintain. I'm Sylvia,52, living south of Boston, caring for my elderly parents and working an office job. My top weight was in the mid 190's a few years ago and I'm at about 150 right now aiming to drop 10-15 and then try to stay there. I'd already hit below 145 last year but it crept up. This team is so supportive and inspirational - can't tell you the number of times I've made good decisions based on inspiration from here.5
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @curvycalorie 3.12 %
2nd @imgwendolyn2015 2.37%
3rd @klassie12 2.14 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @CurvyCalorie 4.8 Lbs
2nd @Jactop 4.1 Lbs
3rd @imgwendolyn2015 3.8 Lbs
3rd @lindamtuck2018 3.8 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
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@kiay131982
@apple852hk
@podperson1
@TeresaW1020
@callsitlikeiseeit
@squeakmnm41
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@micki48 steps
1 Mar 12220 with a 5 K run. Beat my personal best ever in 35.32 minutes. I know it doesn't sound like much, but I couldn't get it under 40 for weeks. This improvement happened in 20/30 second installments so I've been at it for awhile. Feeling good.4
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