WTG Week 3 winners Trimstones!!!

Well done all on the fantastic losses.
I've spent late afternoon & most of evening marking to try & get further caught up. Done, but then found info i inputted to a shared spreadsheet hasn't saved! So I'll have to re-do it tomorrow as work.
New week & new goals - let's rock this!

JoDavo66 wrote: »

My Steps going back to start of month:
Goal: 8,000
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I'll need to ramp these up during the week as I wasn't expecting to join til next month but might as well commit now

Got you all set up, Jo...thanks for the recap...sorry, I didn't mean to push you...I thought you wanted to join now...welcome to the fun!
Jessica

Rocked today- hoping to keep it up.
We have a "half-term" holiday in UK next week. I need it!!

Daily Step Goal: 8,000
5/23: 8,411
5/24: 8,554

@jessicakrall8 I've started driving a different way home so I don't call at Starbucks everyday! Our local one is lovely & I know the staff- too tempting.

Hubbie & I here now on a "date night" -dropped eldest at Cadets & escaped for an hour!

I have 2 days equivalent left as Wed & Thurs are my half days. Gym time tomorrow & Thurs.
Hubbie taken Sun & Mon off so we have 3 days together.

Welcome @ALJ2016

Hi Trimstones ... You have a new member heading your way ... Please welcome @CasandraW

Hi team Trimstones!!

My name is Ashley. I am 35, a wife and mom of two little girls. I have a very sedentary job as an accountant but recently purchased a standing desk which keeps me moving throughout the day. I have been mostly working from home the past year so being able to go to my kitchen at any time has been my downfall. I am definitely ready to make some changes and get back on the right track.

I would love to join the step team challenge. I enjoy walking, biking and weight lifting. I try to get in at least 8,000 steps a day. I prefer to walk outside but depending on how busy my day gets, I will also use my treadmill.

I’m so excited to be a part of this team and weight loss group. I look forward to getting to know all of you! ☺️

Steps
5/22 - 15483
5/23 - 11868
5/24 - 15322
5/25 - 15273

I had to go to the chiropractor last week. It seems have I have a vertebrae out of alignment causing numbness in my back. Ive been trying to get my weightloss on track, but this is another obstacle.

Sorry for being late...again

kerdil08
Sunday
PW 176.8
CW 172.6

This weight is from Sunday, even though I forgot to post on time, but I don't think that it's going to stick. Given how snacky I've been and what the scale said this morning...it won't. You'd think that this massive downward spike would've extra motivated me but apparently not lol. BUT I still have 2 weigh-ins before my birthday, and it seems realistic to stay under 175 which means I [hopefully] hit my goal of entering the 'overweight' category for my height! Still a ways away from normal, but this is a big milestone from the BMI perspective, although I know BMI is not necessarily a 'perfect' metric.

I did meet up with a friend on Sunday morning to go for a walk/jog. She's crazy fit but was happy to go at my speed, and we ended up doing ~8 miles total with 4 miles running (slowly), and at the end she said she was proud of me. Which I know is cheesy but I love her so much, so it meant a lot.

I also met up with a few people I haven't seen in months last Thursday, and a bunch of them commented on how I look thinner. Which was pretty cool because, to be honest, I don't see that much of a difference myself? I think my face has definitely slimmed down a bit, but I still feel pretty gross in the body area, and I haven't really dropped clothes sizes, so it was nice to get that validation.

In terms of gaining this week, it does seem inevitable at this point. I have still been doing all my walks back and forth to work though, so it will be frustrating if everything comes rushing back. Hopefully it's just a water weight gain that will then woosh back down again. Even with all the snacking, I'd still be eating within the 1600-2000 cal range, so with exercise calories that should be at worst just maintenance rather than weight-loss, but that's not usually how my body likes to operate lol.

Anyway. I still haven't planned ahead properly to bring changes of clothes to work for post-work runs or to just not starting the day off crazy sweaty, so I really need to get on that. It is so gross and muggy outside. It'd definitely feel better to do that in leggings and a t-shirt rather than jeans, so I need to get it together.

Welcome to all the new people!

Steps:
Goal - 3k while knee heals

5/19 - 3,394
5/20 - 4,165
5/21 - 3,230
5/22 - 3,639
5/23 - 748 (almost never left bed, like how did I catch anything when I never go anywhere)
5/24 - 3481
5/25 - 2,509

CharmingPassion wrote: »

jessicakrall8 wrote: »

I echo her sentiment...everyone share a little about what you do...what it means to you? What you wish you would have done if you could start over? and finally, what difference you think your job makes in the "greater scheme of things" on the big planet? It's interesting and helps us all get to know each other a bit more...

Jessica

So I work in 3d modeling and game designs. We just came off the back of one of the three big events I am always very happy to be invited to and work for. I have been involved with Relay for Life, Doctors without Borders, and an organization called A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing) for some time now. Its funny because you are like I make characters and fantasy worlds, how would that help anyone. But every year there is this huge event for RLF only based in virtual worlds and this past month we raised $100,000 from one single virtual world from in game purchases only. Even more so an event based entirely around fantasy, sci-fi, and worlds brought to life from the imagination of so many people working in collaboration.

Its easy to forget that making a difference doesn't have to involve dollars and cents. For 3 weeks I had the chance to distract people, and make them go ooh, and captivate their minds on something else other then the chaos around a lot of us right now. It reminds me all the time that if there is a will, there is a way and everything we do can and will make a difference to someone. Thus leading to one of my favorite quotes: "your legacy is every life that you have touched".

I LOVE that quote and have often been told that by the parents of my piano students. After teaching for 21 years, I wonder if that will be my legacy. On that note, my very first piano student that I taught after moving to Virginia, just graduated college over the weekend summa cum laude from WVU with a double degree in music and French. I just remember that he was fearless when it came to trying new music and at the age of six, he looked JUST like Harry Potter...another student is a Pilot in the Air Force currently stationed in Japan. It is rewarding to see them move on and up...and most of them still keep in touch.

Love that you helped so many people in the organizations you're working with...it's very true...every life we touch makes a difference in some way. Pretty good legacy I'd say...

Thanks for sharing!
Jessica

Jen_967
Wednesday Weigh-In
PW: 225
CW: 225.4

Steps

5/23: 5,154
5/24: 8,108
5/25: 6,288

Steps
5/23 17,137
5/24 15,434
5/25 9,982