WaistAways - March 2021 Team Chat
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Happy Tuesday from Vermont! It's officially "Town Meeting Day" with different activities because of Covid-19, of course.
I live in Windsor, VT, which is close to the Connecticut River just south of Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH). I've been on the "serial-weight-loss/gain" program for about my whole life. There have been times when I enjoy toning up but mostly, my depressive episodes interrupt my positive sense of self and make it even more difficult to just get up and get going.
At my highest, I weighed 198 (TBH, probably 200). I'm now approx 187. It was a bit lower last March but we all know what interupted the world. I'm a massage therapist with no current practice but working towards getting vaccinated so I can get back to some of the things that help me feel most alive.
My adult daughers (38 and 35) are currently in Vermont, too, so I'm happy that they're around more than not - the elder is married and lives in Florida, unless she's photographing weddings in Vermont May-Nov (or decided to stick out the winter). The 35-yr-old used to live in Boston and is now living with us.
My spouse is 6'2" (to my 5'2") and I find it a challenge eating much smaller amounts of food. If I start eating more like my big sister (@jugar), I should be better for it.
I'm glad you're all here to help pull me along! I appreciate your enthusiasiasm and look forward to learning more. More soon.
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Hey y’all!
We on day 2 how is it going? I did great yesterday & so far great today but I’m really wanting some ice cream 🤦🏾♀️. Maybe I’ll go eat some fruit but I only like to eat that in the mornings 🤷🏾♀️. Trying to stay focused!4 -
@jugar that GMB website is fantastic. I think I lost a good 30+ minutes browsing it at work, and didn't scratch the surface.
I went for my first run in over a week today. Managed alright, did probably 20-25 minutes of actual running, after walking to warm up. I'm aiming to have run the full 'circuit' by the end of the weekend; I'll go out Thursday and Saturday. Did have a few aches but I feel better for moving, and followed it up with a hip mobility session which also helped my glutes and hamstrings a bit.
I'm in the process of looking for a new habit tracker. I like the Habitbull app (now appears to be called Habit Tracker) but you only get 5 habits on the free version, and it's £4.49 a month for unlimited which just feels to expensive. I'm trying the spreadsheet from here, but I do like an app and spreadsheets don't typically work well on phones. I am thinking I could try moving some of the habits; for example my water intake is on here, so do I need to track it there, too? Not sure just yet, so would be interested in knowing what those of you with Android phones use. Bonus if it's a one-off payment (or totally free) and available on PC too.
No DIY today; I've had some admin to do, but should get a bit done tomorrow.2 -
A Tuesday poem:
This is just to say
I have eaten
The raw cookie dough
That I bought
At the grocery store
And which
I probably shouldn't
Have had
For breakfast
Forgive me
It was delicious
So sweet
And so satisfying7 -
@jugar Thank you so much! Glad to hear your recovery is going well. Here's to smashing more goals soon!2
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Hey y’all!
We on day 2 how is it going? I did great yesterday & so far great today but I’m really wanting some ice cream 🤦🏾♀️. Maybe I’ll go eat some fruit but I only like to eat that in the mornings 🤷🏾♀️. Trying to stay focused!
Ice cream is always calling my name. I started making sorbet a couple of years ago - just fruit all blended up with a bit of simple syrup and some citrus zest or anything else that seems good. I have a little ice cream machine thing that was inexpensive and does the job well. That helps get me through the ice cream cravings. Cold, smooth, sweet, but not as deadly. I'm sure you can also buy nice sorbet - give it a try!
I also have a question for you - your weigh-in day was Sunday. Since that is the very first day of the challenge, your starting weight could just carry over. However, if you remember what your weight was LAST Sunday (Feb 21), that could be your starting weight. If not - no worries! Once you are here for a while, every month's starting weight is the final weigh-in from the previous month. Just let me know if you want to revise either your starting or week 1 weight. Thanks!
I'm glad you like the GMB website. It has been one of my 2 or 3 go-to sources for quite a while now.@jugar that GMB website is fantastic. I think I lost a good 30+ minutes browsing it at work, and didn't scratch the surface.
I'm in the process of looking for a new habit tracker. Not sure just yet, so would be interested in knowing what those of you with Android phones use. Bonus if it's a one-off payment (or totally free) and available on PC too.
For habit tracking - I do use the spreadsheet on my Android phone and on my spreadsheet. It works best on the phone if you download the google sheets app. And if you want me to add more lines to your block so that you can track more than 5 things, let me know! I have not tried other apps, though - and maybe someone has a good one.
@Terytha
That poem is sweet in so many ways. Maybe that's a good idea - write a poem about eating the thing instead of eating it?
I am still smiling from my snowshoeing today, and not too sore from the Pilates. It feels good to start back onto my usual exercise routines. Energy is coming back!
SO! Here are the weigh-in updates.
Overdue:
@mbakhtiaruz
@fuschiabolero
@CurvyCalorie (yes, you still weigh in on the maintenance crew!)
Due today:
@sarkrisd
Due Wednesday:
@PlaneMonkey
@AshenMoon
@EvMakesChanges
@KellyBgetsFit
@Pearl4686
Reach for the sky!2 -
Met all goals today. Steps 13,131.5
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Met all my goals yesterday except for sleep=
Steps 18,104 🚶♀️
Under calories at 1389
30 minute strength workout
3.5 mile walk
20 min jog
7hr 46 min sleep4 -
Wednesday weigh-in
PW 85.7
CW 85.6
I'm dissappointed after working so hard, but will try not to let it get to me.5 -
Hello All...
Yesterday was good food and exercise wise, although the Peloton lady irritated me, but I suppose that is what they are there for....
Today is my rest day, but I happen to know myself and rest day usually means excuse day.... So instead of rest day, it's gentle day, i did a 30 min video but it was light and easy, and tonight I will do restorative yoga. There is a pizza party at work today for a dr who is returning from maternity leave , being the new girl, I feel like I should make an appearance and atleast introduce myself... i don't know, this is the one aspect of working with all men I appreciated.
Have a great day !5 -
Wednesday weigh in round 2
I actually weighed myself again because I couldn't replicate the same conditions I normally weigh in this morning & also because I couldn't believe I hadn't lost anything.
So round 2:
PW 85.7
CW 85.0
Much happier with this.5 -
Wednesday weigh in round 2
I actually weighed myself again because I couldn't replicate the same conditions I normally weigh in this morning & also because I couldn't believe I hadn't lost anything.
So round 2:
PW 85.7
CW 85.0
Much happier with this.
both versions had a loss - but this one is even greener
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Happy Wednesday, team!
I have a request. I have been tracking the exercise minutes for the people on the step/exercise team. As you probably know, I use a chart that translates all kinds of exercise minutes into their equivalent steps per minute. Those get added to your steps for the day. I think that doing this makes it easy for people who want to be on the step team but might do different forms of exercise instead of or in addition to step counting.
At the moment, however, I find this to be one task too many. I have a lot of recovery and physio to do to get past the 10 months I had my glute injury and then surgery. I also keep all the stats for all the teams on F2F, work with the captains on any changes needed, etc. I love doing all this, but the exercise conversions are starting to get past me.
Would anyone be willing to take this on? I can easily give you the link to the chart I use, let you know how it adapts for various intensities of exercise, and all that fun stuff. @micki48 records the "regular" steps, so it would only be catching the posts of people who are on the step team and also report other exercise. Let me know! And thanks
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Hello everyone! I am trying hard to get back in the swing of things here after a couple of rough weeks. I'm Mandi, mid 30s, single mom to an 11yo boy. We live in the Chicago suburbs and I work in retail management. Inhave struggled with weight my whole life, but it got especially bad when my son was young. I was a single mom with limited funds and even more limited cooking skills. It became easier to just order out or buy super processed convenience foods. I have gone back and forth between the same 35-40 lbs for years and then last July I finally got serious. I've lost over 60lbs since july, and over 70lbs from my highest weight ever. I am currently the lowest weight I've been since at least college.
I went on a couple week bender here recently with just having a rough emotional time and then going on a mini vacation where calorie counting was the last thing on my mind. Hoping to really get back to it the remainder of this week. 🙂7 -
PW 152.2
CW 151.6
@jugar I think I gave you the wrong SW. I got tagged in all the groups for reaching a 10 pound loss last week, but I haven't reached that goal yet. My starting weight should be 156.8. I appreciate all that you do. I wish I had time to help with the exercise calculations. If no one volunteers, I am more then willing to only post steps.4 -
Wednesday weigh in
PW 202.2
CW 202.0
I've been pretty lax with my discipline the past two weeks but I'm still slowly moving in the right direction. Today is my last day in the Hangar and there will be a bit of over indulgence tonight after work as a celebration but starting tomorrow I'm back to obeying my calorie goal. Time to get serious, I'm 12lbs from my goal!4 -
A Tuesday poem:
This is just to say
I have eaten
The raw cookie dough
That I bought
At the grocery store
And which
I probably shouldn't
Have had
For breakfast
Forgive me
It was delicious
So sweet
And so satisfying
LOVE THIS!!! I used to teach William Carlos Williams to my students and we would write our versions of this poem too. Well done! Grace because it was "so satisfying."
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