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  • gak71
    gak71 Posts: 192 Member
    ob1msu wrote: »
    My name is Matt and I live in Fort Wayne Indiana, @gak71 and I were in another group that started in January and was a 3-month challenge, the group has kind of died out & I saw him post about this group and decided to join. I am divorced and have an 18-year-old and soon-to-be 16-year old that stay with me every other week. Both very active in sports, this time of year is softball and baseball. So that means 5- 6 days of games every week right now. 4-5 days at night after school then Saturday morning early & early afternoon games. So meal planning becomes a challenge for me or if I am having a bad week hit the concession stands that always have healthy food choices.... not. Add to it, I have an hour commute to work each way. So now that I have my normal excuses/crutches out of the way; I am trying to stay physically active and when I have the time and energy on Sundays plan meals and prepare daily snacks for the week.

    Good to “see” you again @ob1msu, you’ll definitely enjoy this group.

    My youngest turned 16 in February and his driving has helped my weight loss tremendously! Between school, school baseball, and travel baseball, I found it very difficult to stay on track with so many practices and so much time spent in the car! It’s nice getting some of those hours back especially when you can spend them on your own well being!
  • conleywoods
    conleywoods Posts: 988 Member
    Happy May! 🌸🌼🌷

    My name is Kristi, I'm 38 and I live in Washington state in the US. I'm married and have 3 kids (11, 10 and 6). I work part-time as a therapist at a special ed preschool. I have been with this group for 17 months. I have been working on weight loss for over 2 years now with a top weight of 255 lbs. I had lost 40 lbs but got stuck. I have been experimenting and took a 2 month diet break. I'm down about 30 lbs now and spent the last month getting back on track. My exercise has moved in the right direction and I am building up to my pre break work out pace. I'm still having inconsistent calorie days and incomplete logging days. This month I would like to get those issues fine tuned and start dropping pounds. My weight fluctuated a lot last month, like 7 lbs from high to low. I definitely don't want to see it do that this month!
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
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    This seems to be Sorry Sunday for me! Really, it is I Miss Michele Sunday! It has been rough keeping up with the step and exercise stats while @micki48 is dealing with a family illness and grandchild care as only she can do. We all hope that your son is doing better, Michele :heart:

    So, I am sorry not to have kept up very well with the step and exercise stuff. The one thing I can do is tell you about April Week 4
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    The three amazing movers and steppers for Week 4 are -
    @KellyBgetsfit with 89,247
    @YinxFed with 61,380
    @gak71 with 47,220

    Well done!! Your commitment is fabulous.

    For the new folks among us - if you like to track steps and/or exercise, we have a sub-team for that! Post your daily step goal if you have one, and let us know if you want to be part of this. I'm back in the game this month, so watch out! All you do is post you steps for the day and if you also do other intentional exercise, post the number of minutes of exactly what kind of exercise. We then convert that into an equivalent number of steps so that everything compares. Here is the chart I roughly draw on - some of the equivalents are a bit high, I find, but it gives a generally good idea of how it works -

    https://www.arhs-nc.org/live-healthy/data/StepConversionChart.pdf

    Be sure to include the intensity for things like bicycling or running (speed is the easiest) but post the number of minutes, not the total distance. Everything like Pilates, weight training, etc. just the minutes is fine. Let's get this back on track! I promise to be more vigilant until Michele can get back at it :smile:
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,289 Member
    Another new member heading your way .......Please welcome @MoStacy :)
  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,074 Member
    gak71 wrote: »
    happimess01 wrote: »
    jugar wrote: »
    Oh NO!!! That's what I get for inviting you all to check out the spreadsheet! It is now corrected! You are both awesome :heart:

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    I always do our team first. The coffee had not kicked in yet, it seems. Sorry!!

    haha *happy dance*. No problem at all, can't thank you all enough for running this group and creating such a excellent environment for all of us to get healthy

    I pulled out 2nd by 1/100th of a percent, looks like I need to step it up to stay ahead of @happimess01 — challenge accepted!

    yep I believe I could have easily beaten you if I weighed in the nude :D
  • Steph1498
    Steph1498 Posts: 307 Member
    @micki48 here are my steps for the last weeks in April.

    19: 5324
    20: 10502
    21: 10149
    22: 9584
    23: 15284
    24: 6256
    25: 16146
    26: 10903
    27: 4611
    28: 7388
    29: 4319
    30: 7150
    31: 12450
  • deniners2
    deniners2 Posts: 968 Member
    PW 154.5
    CW 154.5

    Ugh! I spent most of the week at 155.
  • sunny9847
    sunny9847 Posts: 137 Member
    Met all goals today. Steps 12650
  • conleywoods
    conleywoods Posts: 988 Member
    @jugar Can you answer a question for me please? Does The Balanced Life membership have reformer videos in their video library? I got my reformer out today 🤗 It's been parked in the closet for a while. I'm trying to add more variety to my work outs and get rid of my cranky hip.

    Thanks for all your hard work on our spreadsheets and other tracking forms. I'm sure it is time consuming. You are so appreciated 💛
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    renewal_2021 wrote: »
    Hi everyone. My name is JOANNE. I am 46 years old. I live in Châteauguay, Québec. Super excited to be in this group. In the few short days that I joined, I have been more mindful of my habits. Part of my reason to lose weight is my T2 diabetes diagnosis in Dec 2019. Since then, I have made progress in my weight. My heaviest weight has been 153 lbs. I struggle with late night eating. These past couple of nights, I have noticed that stretching, rebounding or walking distracts me from these cravings.
    This is a huge lifestyle adjustment for me. I had a very high metabolism until I turned 40. This has laid a foundation of bad habits that are further compounded by personal stresses. On the other hand, I want to be self accepting. As such, you will find my profile pic to reveal where I am at in this challenge
    My goal are to:
    1) Exercise regularly and mindfully, minimum 30 minutes
    2) Eat a hearty, healthy salad prior to any carbs or meats
    3) Aim for 9000 steps/day. Today, I got in 6000

    Username: renewal_2021
    Weigh in day Sundays
    SW: 143
    GW: 125
    PW: 153

    Looking forward to connecting with everyone in this challenge. Let's inspire each other!

    A third member from Québec! Maybe we'll all have to meet up someday when things get safe again. We have 3 Albertans as well, although one may have left us due to family health difficulties. I'm always game to meet up for hiking, so let me know if that is something you enjoy! We started out at around the same top weight and similar struggles, so it's a good bet we'd have a lot to complain about together :wink: In any case, you're getting to it younger than I did - good for you!
    In your weight posting, I don't see CW (current) for yesterday - which was your weigh-in day. I know it is weird to have your week 1 weigh-in on the first day of your arrival on the team, but once you are here for more time, the final week of the month before becomes your starting weight and it all works out fine. So if you want to revise your SW to whatever it was (even a guess) on Sunday April 25, then confirm for me what your weight was yesterday, that would be great. Your highest weight ever (original starting weight) was 153, I assume.
    conleywoods wrote: »
    @jugar Can you answer a question for me please? Does The Balanced Life membership have reformer videos in their video library? I got my reformer out today 🤗 It's been parked in the closet for a while. I'm trying to add more variety to my work outs and get rid of my cranky hip.

    Thanks for all your hard work on our spreadsheets and other tracking forms. I'm sure it is time consuming. You are so appreciated 💛

    Oh, the cranky hip. I have found what i hope will help mine on gmb.io (my fave site for articles on solving aches, pains, limitations, etc.) and I am actually doing it every day. Ouch, but yay? Balanced Life does not have any reformer videos, but if you go on their facebook group and ask, Robin Long will certainly know where you can get some good ones, or maybe she has some of her own somewhere (youtube?).

    Thanks for the thanks - at least retirement is good for having time for stuff like this! I enjoy it and it keeps me maintaining. It also keeps me discovering new stuff. I just started a new experiment for the month of May. Instead of trying to do one Pilates workout and then whatever cardio I feel like (walking or biking, usually), I decided it was time to up my game a bit. I have made no progress in a while, and even though keeping what I have is great, I want to improve mobility in certain areas, straighten out said wonky hip, get stronger, etc. My comfy little routine was not going to do that. So for this month, I have added in a very short pre-breakfast routine, keep the Pilates, and do a GMB program called Elements. Then also whatever enjoyable cardio happens. I like having 4 physical events throughout the day. So far it is a great honeymoon! Three days!
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    edited May 2021
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    Who's due?

    Sunday:
    @ob1msu - I know you are new, but same as for Joanne, please confirm what was yesterday and approx. what was the 25th if possible.
    @renewal_2021 - just confirm so that I have it right - CW from yesterday, PW from LAST Sunday the 25th

    Monday:
    @graceojo999

    Tuesday:
    Nobody! Let's talk. Great day for some ideas and questions. Bring it on!
  • PlaneMonkey
    PlaneMonkey Posts: 568 Member
    I was able to workout today for the first time since injuring my hand! The hip was only a minor discomfort as well so that's really exciting for me. It's amazing just how quickly you can lose core strength and balance though! I was tipping all over the place.
    I think I have found my motivator though. We have a stand-up paddleboard and I'm a total beginner. Last summer I was out in the middle of our bay in the lake, lost my balance and fell off. #1, I didn't have the core stability to recover my balance quickly enough to prevent making a splash, and #2, I didn't have the strength to pull myself back up onto the board. I had to tow it back to shore in order to climb back on. My goal is to find targeted core, stability, and upper body workouts so that by the time the water warms up enough to swim, I'll be ready to tackle that paddleboard and win! I tried a Caroline Girvan ab workout today and I'll try to find some more to mix in.

    Excited!! (for exercise - this is so new for me!)
  • YinxFed
    YinxFed Posts: 1,094 Member
    Is anyone else having trouble completing their diaries on MFP? On my tablet and my mobile, I keep getting "Alert: There was a problem sending your request to the server. Please visit the main website or try again later". And when I try to complete my diary on the website version of MFP, I get "Processing..." for the longest time. And nothing happens!

    Is anyone else getting this?
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    YinxFed wrote: »
    Is anyone else having trouble completing their diaries on MFP? On my tablet and my mobile, I keep getting "Alert: There was a problem sending your request to the server. Please visit the main website or try again later". And when I try to complete my diary on the website version of MFP, I get "Processing..." for the longest time. And nothing happens!

    Is anyone else getting this?

    I have not seen that, but I know they have problems from time to time. I did get one weird message a couple of days ago, but it went away and did not come back. You have to speak sternly, point your finger, scrunch your eyebrows together and say NO. BAD MFP. Then maybe it will behave!
  • eggfreak
    eggfreak Posts: 687 Member
    edited May 2021
    Hello all and welcome to the new members - here's the accountability you've been looking for. That's what I signed on for Jan 2020 and I'm still here - great support team and teammates. Top weight was about 195 and did great for the first 8 months or so, then tried to 'maintain' and experienced a lot of yo yo-ing with the same 10 pounds - I think I've broke that yo yo now and looking to have a great stretch to get me to my goal of 140. My name is Sylvia,52, and live just south of Boston, living with and caring for my elderly parents. One source of recent stress was losing our 2 only caregiving help for my dad - a meeting set up for this Wednesday with the local visiting nurses group should help get us in the right direction. I'm quite active, despite my office job, but I don't count on the exercise for the weight loss, it's watching the intake that has worked best for me.
    Working from home is not helpful and I'm not proud of my intake today...tomorrow will be much better - will prelog before I turn out my light!
  • sunny9847
    sunny9847 Posts: 137 Member
    Met all goals today. Steps 12344
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    Thanks for the continued (re)introductions. Even for those who have been around for a long time, things change and it is good to catch up.

    @ob1msu go go go! Great beginning. Now just see if you can keep up with Gary and Sam @gak71 and @happimess01 We're going to enjoy watching this.

    My daughter in Alberta just found out that someone on a course with her last week tested positive, so she has been ordered (she's in the Army, so it is really orders!) to stay home and see no people for the moment. I think we'll be on the phone a lot while she is bored! At least she has her horse to play with, and plenty of wide open spaces with no people to walk around in, but she will be missing work and her buddies there. Hopefully it won't last long.

    Hope everyone has had a great Monday and has thought up fun stuff to talk about tomorrow. It's talking Tuesday, so let's go!
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