Downsizers - April 2021 Team Chat
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@lindamtuck2018
Is it ok if I weigh in on Thursday this week? I'll be out of town without a scale on Friday.1 -
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@Megan_smartiepants1970 this week can be excused as I wasn't consistent nor happy with my exercising this week. But from tomorrow I am doing 2 miles a day, that takes me about 30-32 mins. I will track with MapmyRun and paste the times here when I am done.
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AlphaEliJoe wrote: »@Megan_smartiepants1970 this week can be excused as I wasn't consistent nor happy with my exercising this week. But from tomorrow I am doing 2 miles a day, that takes me about 30-32 mins. I will track with MapmyRun and paste the times here when I am done.
Sounds great ...will excuse you this week
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Reminder .... I need the following people's steps so I can post the results tomorrow
@AlphaEliJoe 4/4-4/10 (unless you want to be excused this week)
@Piqueaboo 4/4-4/10
@363days - 4/7-4/10
@azkunk -4/5-4/10
@missysave0612 -4/6-4/10
@transparentenigma 4/4-4/10
Thank you for your cooperation
Yes! Thank you for reminding me!
4/4 6959
5/4 4702
6/4 9565
7/4 2250
8/4 13955
9/4 8702
10/4 14014
11/4 16358
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Saturday’s check in
Daily Goals
✅Steps 6,142
❌Sleep
✅Walk
✅Water
My sleep sucked again last night and once again I ended up snacking. It wasn’t pretty either. This is 4 nights of not being able to fall asleep. Stress and sleep affect my eating more than anything else. I need to get a grip as my weight was way up there this morning. After a year of restrictions and lockdowns I don’t know why this one is stressful. Anyway, something for me to work on this week.
I’m sorry to hear that. This past year, I went through numerous bouts of sleepless nights, coupled with late night binging (snacking doesn’t do it justice). Every now and then if I don’t stick to my routine, I’m up all night- eating.
I received a lot of excellent advice. I finally combined:
Daily exercise
No caffeine past 4:00
No eating past 8:00
Turning off the tv/phone by 9:30 (phone sends a reminder 30 minutes prior)
Taking an extended release low dose melatonin
Off to bed at 9:30
Listening to Nothing Much Happens podcast
I hope you find what works for you. Wishing you sweet dreams that last all night.3 -
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Username: Beautyofdreams
Weigh-In Day: Sunday
Pw: 151.0
CW: 150.72 -
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @kirsten11872 2.12 %
2nd @bumpbreakcar 1.81%
3rd @kerdil08 1.79 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @rwood566 4.2 Lbs
2nd @davidji82 4.0 Lbs
3rd @kirsten11872 3.7 Lbs
3rd @lelbarou 3.7 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@veryhotmails
@Bluetail6
@vegan4lyfe2012
@gillexplores
@machchic
@roz0810
@mbakhtiaruz
@moamb
@EvMakesChanges
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04/11
Steps = 11,0383 -
Congratulations to our Downsizers team, @rwood566, @roz0810, @lelbarou, and myself. Forgive me if I left any Downsizer out.
Now for the story I was going to tell, before last week completely blew up. I'll try to be as brief as I can... Well, for me...
So, as I stated earlier... I got the weirdest phone call. There is no way I can tell it w/o some background.
As I have stated in the past, my father was killed in a car accident when I was 6. It was a tough time, as my mother immediately went to work. I was the first girl after 4 boys. Needless to say, I was very close to my father. So when he was, just, gone (in the eyes of a child), I withdrew. To the point I couldn't eat lunch in the lunch room. I would sit with my first grade teacher in the classroom, and eat my lunch. There were a few bullies. One of them would tease me every chance he got. This went on for quite sometime. I was just shy, and withdrawn, so I didn't say anything. It was addressed by the faculty if it was noticed.
Fast forward to Middle School... This same person, would say some pretty outrageous things. At that point I was not withdrawn; however, I just wouldn't engage them. Please understand kids can be crafty, so crafty... This person never said anything w/i earshot of anyone else. Again, I had the words, whatever they may have been. I just didn't want to engage them...
Fast forward to High School... The last time this person and I ever spoke, I got the last word in, and eviscerated them to the point, they turned a shade of red I have NEVER seen since... No foul language. I had a decent vocabulary even then.
Fast forward to the phone call... I answered with my usual, "This is Lee." There was silence on the other end. I almost hung up, thinking it was a spam call. The person on the other end said his name. I didn't recognize it as it had been a long time, to say the least. When he asked if I remembered him from school, I said, "you have got to be kidding."
I asked how he got my number, as it is unlisted, and I'm on a do not call list. Close friends who know this story would never give my phone number out, period. Let alone to this idiot. He said it took a long time of searching to come up with it.
When I asked what the he## he wanted, he said to apologize. The short of it is, he has a child who is now being bullied at school... He never knew the effect it had till he experienced it first hand with his child. I was astounded. I basically said I am far different from the scared child he targeted. I forgave him for the sake of his child. No other reason. I hung up. That was one weird phone call😉😉6 -
congrats to the team. excellent work this week.
@azkunk they are totally adorable. have a great time raising them.
numbers for 4/11:
steps - 11200. i think that's the most i've done in a very long time. a walk in the morning and then lots of shopping tonight.
calories - under 1800. about 1600 actually. i still get to eat some sugar free jello for dessert.
exercise - 3.73 mile walk this morning in 1:14. i'm going to try for the 3rd week challenge.3 -
@kirsten11872. Congratulations!!1
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Username: mszoueb
Weigh in Day: Monday
PW: 235
CW: 234
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Hi all, here for Monday check in.
Had quite an active week this past week. On Monday I did near 30 mins of weights, Tuesday ended up collecting and moving over 50 heavy patio slabs which took a couple of hours, Thursday I did over 12,000 steps on a nature walk with a friend and Friday did some gardening. All that activity and not sleeping too great knocked my energy levels and whatnot, but I'm slowly feeling better than I was.
Later next week I will officially meet my goal of not getting any takeaway since before Christmas which is an achievement I'm proud of for multiple reasons.
I was on track to stay under 1600 for 5 days this week, but I listened to myself and allowed myself to go over that at the weekend, but still under my 1lb loss amount. As I said previously, I'll be shortly having to go up closer to 1lb loss amount anyway as 1.5lb expected loss will go under 1500 a day which I don't think would be sustainable for me.
It's so interesting the difference, for 1.5lb expected loss it's about 1540 a day, 1lb loss 1790 a day so if you go up to 1790 x7, it gives you 1,750 calories extra in the week to play with which depending how you use it, is heck of a lot more in theory when you're used to lower during the week.
Being honest, with dipping into the calories more towards 1lb loss, I've felt a little less deprived if I've felt I wanted something else at the weekend. I mean, I go through the weekday staying on the 1.5 amount to then end up going to the expected 1lb loss for the sake of 2 days feels a little defeating, however, I need to remind myself whilst it may be a slower loss rate if I do, allowing myself more flexibility than I do, gives a more casual life living approach instead of all or nothing. All a balance to strike, I love that I'm still being mindful in whatever I choose.
Next week there will be birthday celebrations so, probably will try and have a day or two of not tracking everything. I'm still committed to my weightloss journey so it'll feel weird, but a needed temporary release from tracking calories perhaps. I'll see how I feel next week and go from there.
Off out for another nature walk in a few hours, have a great week everyone!
P.s Loving seeing all the team success and omg your new additions are so cute @azkunk , that was my family 8 years ago, intending to get 1 after 2 of ours died within 2 weeks of each other, but there were only 2 left so you can guess what happened.. yep came home with 2! They are still a cheeky duo even now, they keep my coming up 15 year old girl dog company which is lovely.3 -
Congratulations to our Downsizers team, @rwood566, @roz0810, @lelbarou, and myself. Forgive me if I left any Downsizer out.
Now for the story I was going to tell, before last week completely blew up. I'll try to be as brief as I can... Well, for me...
So, as I stated earlier... I got the weirdest phone call. There is no way I can tell it w/o some background.
As I have stated in the past, my father was killed in a car accident when I was 6. It was a tough time, as my mother immediately went to work. I was the first girl after 4 boys. Needless to say, I was very close to my father. So when he was, just, gone (in the eyes of a child), I withdrew. To the point I couldn't eat lunch in the lunch room. I would sit with my first grade teacher in the classroom, and eat my lunch. There were a few bullies. One of them would tease me every chance he got. This went on for quite sometime. I was just shy, and withdrawn, so I didn't say anything. It was addressed by the faculty if it was noticed.
Fast forward to Middle School... This same person, would say some pretty outrageous things. At that point I was not withdrawn; however, I just wouldn't engage them. Please understand kids can be crafty, so crafty... This person never said anything w/i earshot of anyone else. Again, I had the words, whatever they may have been. I just didn't want to engage them...
Fast forward to High School... The last time this person and I ever spoke, I got the last word in, and eviscerated them to the point, they turned a shade of red I have NEVER seen since... No foul language. I had a decent vocabulary even then.
Fast forward to the phone call... I answered with my usual, "This is Lee." There was silence on the other end. I almost hung up, thinking it was a spam call. The person on the other end said his name. I didn't recognize it as it had been a long time, to say the least. When he asked if I remembered him from school, I said, "you have got to be kidding."
I asked how he got my number, as it is unlisted, and I'm on a do not call list. Close friends who know this story would never give my phone number out, period. Let alone to this idiot. He said it took a long time of searching to come up with it.
When I asked what the he## he wanted, he said to apologize. The short of it is, he has a child who is now being bullied at school... He never knew the effect it had till he experienced it first hand with his child. I was astounded. I basically said I am far different from the scared child he targeted. I forgave him for the sake of his child. No other reason. I hung up. That was one weird phone call😉😉
Wow. I’ve read that on some occasions people get these phone calls but getting one directly must be a strange sensation. All those memories must have come flooding back - I can’t imagine. It’s a shame it took him having a kid being bullied to realize he did wrong but then again better late than never, I think. Good on you for handling the situation the way you did. Wow.
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@Piqueaboo. Strange, doesn't even cover it.... Right😂!! But, seriously, for his child's sake, you are right.2
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