Downsizers - April 2021 Team Chat
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Username: missysave0612
Weigh in Day: Wednesday
PW: 218.9
CW: 209.2
It's amazing how much water weight we hold! I took all my meds every day, cut back on portion sizes & limited the amount of pop I drank.2 -
Daily Post March 30
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 80oz
Steps 9027
Exercise 30mins Treadmill
I spent some time doing sale stuff. I also went to the store to pick up stuff to finish out the kids' Easter baskets. After the kids went to bed for the night, I was at 5k steps. My husband and I watched the season finale of a show we've been watching and then I hopped on the treadmill and finished out my steps while watching one of my own shows.
So I've been considering having MFP recalculate my calories needed for about a month now. I haven't done it for about 6 months. Now that I'm getting closer to goal, I feel my weight loss becoming more erratic week to week and I'm having more and more weeks where my loss is minimal. I decided to have it do it this morning and it dropped my calories by 100. I kind of figured it would, so I'm going to switch to the lower calorie intake and see if my weight loss becomes a little more consistent again.4 -
@missysave0612 WOW amazing loss. did you have to cut back on your pop alot? i hope you didn't get a headache from the cut.
@363days thanks for the comment about my pic. i took it back in the mid 80s either at the san diego zoo or sea world. he was a wild rescue that was being rehabilitated for release. his eyes were amazing from 5 feet away.
@lindamtuck2018 i usually log as i go thru the day with the exception of dinner, since i'm trying to plan that in the morning. i'll log that as my plans solidify and then just go back and alter the amounts after dinner.
I noticed a couple people talking about bounces despite not evereating. i get that alot and i used to fret over it. my nutritionalist had to remind me several times not to fret because it always comes back down. just watch the overall trend. i've learned to love the weight loss breaks i get every now and then. it lets my body get used to the new weight and move fat around in my body. after most of my loss breaks i notice that certain areas that carry alot of fat are squishier than they used to be. that led me to think that we have quick fat deposits and deep storage deposits and the breaks just allow our bodies to take some of the deep storage fat while it rebuilds the quick fat amounts. it may be totally wrong, but it just seems that way to me.
last night after i posted i had a snack attack before bed. i hate when i get those. i grabbed about 10 m & m instead of a handful and then reached for some roasted chickpeas i found in the store. i still stayed under my calorie for the day but i'm not happy. i think i'll do a slow walk this morning before it gets to hot.3 -
@lindamtuck2018 Tator Tots - yes, I'm wondering if it is the sodium and reading your post, I don't drink enough water, either. I just had processed hash browns - I hate to throw everything away so I'm trying to slowly eat the processed foods and I will be drinking water all day. I'm glad you mentioned it. I forgot you lived in London. That sounds like such a romantic place to someone from Oklahoma.
@mszoueb - ha! I see yo edited it one minute after my reply. I didn't know you could edit - how do you do that? I have typed things wrong in the past and have just left it, I couldn't figure it out.1 -
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Good Morning Dazzling Downsizers ....Happy last day of the Month (bye bye March ...Hello April
I have an appointment with my Surgeon tomorrow (they called me yesterday talk about short notice ...Hopefully he is finally ready to set a date for my upcoming hernia surgery ....I am off to go walk with my A's (Alyssa my daughter and Aspen my husky ) 3 -
Steps 3/30: 13,4792
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@lindamtuck2018 Tator Tots - yes, I'm wondering if it is the sodium and reading your post, I don't drink enough water, either. I just had processed hash browns - I hate to throw everything away so I'm trying to slowly eat the processed foods and I will be drinking water all day. I'm glad you mentioned it. I forgot you lived in London. That sounds like such a romantic place to someone from Oklahoma.
@mszoueb - ha! I see yo edited it one minute after my reply. I didn't know you could edit - how do you do that? I have typed things wrong in the past and have just left it, I couldn't figure it out.
If you refresh the page after commenting then on your post to the right, you should see a cogwheel underneath the 3 dots that allows you to edit the post for an hour time limit 2 -
@missysave0612
Awesome loss! Just curious do you drink regular pop? I personally hate diet pop. I drink a regular coke on the weekend. Water weight baffles me especially when it comes to sodium. Some people don’t have any problems and I have something salty and my weight jumps 2 to 5 pounds.
@Tazaria87
I recalculate at every 10 pounds. My calories went up because of my weight gain but now it’s starting to drop.
@rwood566
I usually pre log my week in advance. I didn’t this week so I am going to make sure I do the week coming. Those snack attacks are awful. With me it is always when I have trouble sleeping.
@363days
I am the same when it comes to food, no wasting. I live in London, Ontario. Not quite as romantic as going overseas. Oklahoma sound good to me especially if I got to meet Blake.
@Megan_smartiepants1970
Enjoy your walk! I just got back from mine.
I don’t think I should have bought the chocolate for the kids today. Now I just have to keep repeating Linda, stay away from the Easter baskets!
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@lindamtuck2018 Oh, I was thinking of you in Canada and when I saw London I just assumed England! Online pictures look beautiful.0
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Just got back from our 5.85 (took us 130 minutes) ...it is quite warm here ....Daughter can't seem to get up at 6am since it is her spring break ...come summer time she will have to get up early for our walks because I am not going out when it is 100+ especially with a husky ...and then we come home and swim all afternoon sounds like a great plan to me
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
3/31
Bike 35 minutes, 9 miles, moderate effort
Steps 5,700
6 am? It’s still dark here 🤣 I love your summer plan, sounds good to me.1 -
@lindamtuck2018
I was the one opposed to the bike. It was the kids that wanted it. My husband convinced me that we should get it, then the pandemic happened three months later. Glad we had it.
Now I’m the one who uses it, the kids complain about going on. 🤣0 -
Good evening everyone!
I did so well today with nutrition, until this evening they is when I indulged a little too much in ice cream unfortunately. Trying not to beat myself up about it though, but was mindful of the experience after so hopefully can ride out the sugar cravings better tomorrow
Weight = 137.2lbs1 -
3/31 steps: 8545! I’m pretty proud of that!1
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Would you like to join our step challenge?
Okay. I hope I don't fail as I pointed out earlier, weekdays okay, weekends are usually my rest days and I will really need to push myself. So I am going in the middle. Please put me down for 6,000 daily. How often do you have to check in?3 -
i hope everyone has had a wonderful march.
3/31
steps 6723
exercise 2.93 mile walk in 1 hour 47 seconds
under 1800 calories
logged food
time to up my water intake if this heat is going to continue. i'm not looking forward to 112 to 140 ounces a day. lots of trips to the boy's room. lol be careful tomorrow, everyone. it'll be april fool's day. luckily i'm a retired prankster.4 -
03/31
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transparentenigma wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Would you like to join our step challenge?
Okay. I hope I don't fail as I pointed out earlier, weekdays okay, weekends are usually my rest days and I will really need to push myself. So I am going in the middle. Please put me down for 6,000 daily. How often do you have to check in?
You can enter your steps daily or once a week on Sunday
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i hope everyone has had a wonderful march.
3/31
steps 6723
exercise 2.93 mile walk in 1 hour 47 seconds
under 1800 calories
logged food
time to up my water intake if this heat is going to continue. i'm not looking forward to 112 to 140 ounces a day. lots of trips to the boy's room. lol be careful tomorrow, everyone. it'll be april fool's day. luckily i'm a retired prankster.
I drink 120 ounces a day ...I don't run to the little girl's room much anymore whewwww LOL0 -
Quick check in. It was a busy night tonight with the kids. I hit all of my goals today, including no cookies at work!
Tomorrow’s goals:
1. Walk before going into work
2. Pack food and eat it
3. Walking breaks at work
4. 90oz water
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@azkunk
Love, love, love that tile. Your new grill and the grill area looks amazing! Happy grilling!
@missysave0612
Wow! Almost ten pounds in a week! You did great this week:)
@Megan_smartiepants1970
I hope your doctor schedules your surgery!4 -
Username: roz0810
Weigh In Day: Thursday
PW: 256.6
CW: 254.8
Very happy with this loss. I've been working so hard to stick within my calories and fat intake and my hard work is paying off. Yeay! 😁4 -
Feeding off the book that @azkunk is reading: Atomic Habits, I fond a couple of Youtube videos that discuss the premise and it is definitely motivating.
He says: "Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you want to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity. "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJwZLTztg5s and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ApZXWgJq4
Thanks for sharing, this is motivating and I'm going to listen to it while I work. I've noticed that I've slowly gotten out of the habit of exercising and yesterday's steps were so low - I know that happens sometimes, but I had so much couch time and felt like a slug. Little by little, I'm exercising less (due to hurt knee) and I know there are things I could substitute, I just haven't done it. I signed up yesterday for a 30 day free yoga challenge, 15 minutes a day, on youtube and that is my 1% change, for now.6 -
@TheresaM787 Good job getting that ride in and your bicycle story automatically made me think of the family dog - everyone wants one except Mom - they get the dog and Mom is the one who ends up feeding the dog. Both can be very positive situations! Do you have a good trail to ride?
@rwood566 Yes, I need to increase water, too! I'm trying to do my drinking before 1:00 pm...
@red1185 way to get those steps in!3 -
Check in for March 31
Logging - yes
Exercise - yes
Steps - 10872
So, a good day yesterday with walking and eating. This morning I decided to splurge on hot chocolate, but it turned into hot chocolate plus bagel and cream cheese. I will have a hard time just making it under using my exercise calories which I usually try not to dip into.
Anyway, not too upset. It's pretty minor.
This is a long weekend of course which I will use for rest and catching up on a bunch of paper work. YAY! LOL Really, it will be nice to relax after the stress of last weekend! It wasn't much of a weekend.
Have a great day everyone!
BTW - I have "Atomic Habits" on hold at the library! It is soooo popular that I have been waiting forever!!! I hope I get it soon! I'd love to read it! Thanks for sharing @363days and @azkunk4 -
@TheresaM787 Good job getting that ride in and your bicycle story automatically made me think of the family dog - everyone wants one except Mom - they get the dog and Mom is the one who ends up feeding the dog. Both can be very positive situations! Do you have a good trail to ride?
@rwood566 Yes, I need to increase water, too! I'm trying to do my drinking before 1:00 pm...
@red1185 way to get those steps in!
So true! They have been asking for a dog since the pandemic started 🤣. It’s a stationary bike, which helps me not use the weather as an excuse for not riding. When I ride outside, it’s more of a leisurely ride.4
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