WaistAways - June 2021 Chat
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@YinxFed I echo the ladies above.. beautiful dress and you all look so happy. Glad to hear it was such a nice day.
I also looked up the Epic workout videos you have been mentioning and have subscribed to the channel for future inspiration.
@micki48 sounds like a great tactic to me and much more satisfying mentally. Looking forward to seeing how the change feels.2 -
My steps for the last week
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@YinxFed OMG! BEAUTIFUL! It looks like a lovely day. Did they have to reschedule due to covid or were they lucky enough to schedule their wedding once?
@gak71 Oh the soda thing is tough. I am a water person but my husband had a a hard time kicking soda. He lost the last 15 lbs by finally switching. We did it in stages. Once we got to the point you are we switched to sparkling water. We prefer the brand bubly. I would bubly the bottles of flavored syrups from the coffee section at the grocery store. We usually liked huckleberry or strawberry. We would measure and mix it in. Over time we reduced the amount until we were just drinking the sparkling water. It took my husband a year to completely switch. No sugar beverages for anyone in our house for almost 2 years
@sunny9847 I am so sorry for the diagnosis. I have several family members with alzheimers and it is a lot to process and take in. Sending hugs your way.4 -
Hi I'm Kristi and I'm 38. Married for 13 years and we have 3 kids age 12, 10 and 6. I live near Spokane Washington in the US. We live on a little over 100 acres just outside of Mt. Spokane state park. We spend a lot of time outdoors and enjoy nature and lots of animals. My top weight was 255lbs and I am at 227 lbs right now. I'm stuck lately and have some bad habits to work out. Mostly chips need to get worked out of my meal plan lately!
I am on vacation this week and it is going to be 90 degrees all week so we will run away to the lake. Then I have 2 more weeks of school and we are all on summer vacation! I can't wait.
I have been using my pilates reformer at home a lot lately and just ordered a mini pilates tower that will arrive next week. I just found out we have a club pilates opening 30 minutes from my house in July! That's exciting 😄4 -
So glad that June is here and the sun is finally peeking out in Luxembourg!!! My name is Stephanie, I am married with 3 kids. I like to run, hike and bike. Currently, I weigh 161 and want to get some momentum towards a loss.
I know that good habits like limited alcohol, sugar and carbs help me stay on track. This month I’m working to keep my carbs less than 100g daily and read/learn about how to stay consistent. We are planning to travel back to the US for the month of July and I want to be more resilient for that time.3 -
PW: 80.8
CW: 80.4
@jugar
I'm Katie from the UK near Nottingham (Robin Hood territory!). I live with my husband and two cats. I gained weight 10-12 years ago due to lifestyle changes, and came to MFP in January this year after trying unsuccessfully to lose it with WW.
@gak71 there's no way I'm cutting out diet soft drinks completely, but I do try and limit it to when I've bought a meal - either out or to eat at home. Means I get 1-2 drinks a week and it's a treat, instead of the same amount a day!
Yesterday was the first day I went over net calories all year and currently I am wishing I'd worked it differently. It's that balance between not feeling left out (others having cookies etc) Vs long term goals. That said, one day really won't have made a difference and I was in a good weekly deficit. I need to sit with it for a while, and then assess my plan for June. I'm leaning towards not changing anything, but we've got a few days away.3 -
Happy Monday!
It is showering today, finally (really needed!), so it will be sewing and putting things in order today. That will mean more sitting than usual, so I'll try to work in some workouts here and there so I don't go too nuts. I'm a bit hyper (just ask my sister @EvMakesChanges ) so I have to be sure not to sit around too much to keep everyone around me safe!
I like the discussion around soft drinks, transition to sparkling water - what else is anyone working on giving up or cutting down? What strategies are working?
I'm working on keeping grains, especially anything made with any kind of flour, out. It has been quite a long time that I have known that I react to grains in general (elevated heart rate, stomach discomfort), so I get my carbs from vegetables, fruits, legumes. But sometimes the love of good bread or the dreaded awesome cookies gets me! I went quite hard into bready things a couple of weeks ago and have been paying the price ever since. So that is my goal for June - get back to a better baseline. I have to plan snacks well, and lunch. Big salads for lunch are starting to be possible now that my greens are growing well (the groundhog enjoys them too, blast him!), and I have to have good snack stuff on hand like apples (sliced with almond butter), other fruits, hummus and veg, etc.1 -
I gave up diet soda some years ago. It wasn’t really with diet in mind because I drank diet soda only. Rather I had read so many articles about how even diet soda is not good for your health and there is nothing natural in it. My go to was Diet Coke. So I stopped one new year. Maybe 2017🤷🏻♀️ I drink bubbly water with a meal, but water (and coffee/tea 1x/day) the rest of the time. I like Pelligrino and then I add fruit. I almost always add fruit or mint or cucumber to my water. Cucumber is surprisingly tasty. I also do mint from my yard and lime for a hint of mojito. It’s nice to have a glass of ice tea for a change but I prefer the water now. Every now and then I’ll think I want a sip of my husband’s soda, but it no longer taste good to me.
I am cutting out potato chips this week. Luckily I have none of my favorite kettle chips. I should be cutting out/down on ice cream. Realistically I don’t think eliminating it would ever happen. I come from a long line of ice cream eaters. Cut back—I’ll give that a try.
@jugar 10:30sec of HIIT Pilates this am sort of. Yikes it was hard. I guess I don’t get a whole lot of a actual cardio.
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Happy Monday Friends!
Thank you so much for your lovely wedding picture comments. It was 4th time lucky for my brother, @conleywoods! The wedding was originally scheduled for August last year, then as restrictions were put in place affecting the number of guests one could have, it was moved to October, then December, and finally we were able to go ahead yesterday. There were 21 guests. I believe that small weddings are going to be the new way forward thanks to Covid.
So happy that you might give Caroline Girvan's Epic programs a go, @ashleycarole86, the programs are tough, but a lot of fun. And as you've probably guessed, I don't do 5 of her workouts each week, more like 2 or 3, fitting them around my walking schedule.4 -
I'll never give up diet soda. There's just no meaning in it for me. There are more important issues.
Like Doritos and gummy candy (fuzzy peaches particularly but also gummy worms). They're terrible. I haven't had them in two years, because I can't control myself around them at all. Better to just not be around them.3 -
Greetings Friends and welcome to all Waistaways Newcomers!
My name is Yinka. I'm 57 and I am from Bewdley in Worcestershire UK. I am married with a grown son who lives in the USA (Virginia) with his wife. We have a cantankerous elderly little dog called Edie and I work from home as an English language and global communications consultant for global corporates. I have been with MFP since 2014 and regularly struggle with keeping good habits. I would like to lose about 40lb, and have found this group to be invaluable with the level of support that flows from it.
For June I would like to lose 3lb, keep drinking the water (I struggle to get 2 litres down me every day, but I am improving, with averaging 1.5 litres a day) and make a minimum of 7 hours' sleep a nightly constant.
I have signed up for a walking challenge - 25 kilometres across 19 London bridges in September - and do 2 or 3 practice/training walks a week as well as another form of working out. Currently I am doing Caroline Girvan's Epic 1 program on YouTube.
I am also inspired by our current good weather to go out and tidy up my patio so that we can go out and sit in the sun. That should certainly burn up some calories.3 -
@jugar in answer to your question, I don't feel particularly triggered or occupied with any one particular thing that warrants a complete elimination, and I'm generally someone who does better consuming most things in moderation rather than completely cutting out.
Having said that, I still have lots of things I'm working on...
One I've just recently started playing with is my coffee consumption. I love coffee, drink it in a low cal way (splash of 1% milk), and don't feel from a calorie counting perspective it's a problem. I also don't feel very caffeine sensitive, so I don't worry about that (meaning I can skip a day and not get headaches, or drink a cup before bed and not be wired.. etc). However, I do think it makes me pee an excessive amount, and that's just uncomfortable for me. It's also taking up space I could otherwise occupy with water, so it's one area I'm being more mindful of at least.
I'm also reducing alcohol consumption quite a bit - I used to enjoy it a lot more (especially during my summer camping) and still have a drink from time to time, but I'd rather eat my calories most of the time, so I've learned the alcohol usually isn't worth it for me.
The other thing I suppose I'm giving up is reckless abandon with food - yes I know that's the whole point, but if you want to know what the biggest change is and the thing I have to recommit myself to every morning, it's that. Left unchecked, my natural tendency is to massively overconsume. So I am overall less concerned about what I'm giving up - just that I give up enough to eat a reasonable amount. As time goes on, I will work more and more on healthful goals within the calories I eat, but at this point I am fairly lax. I naturally like healthy food anyway, so I feel good about my overall consumption most of the time, but I know it'll continue to get better as I progress on this journey.
One other thing I'm definitely working on giving up is negative self-talk, self-sabotage, and all or nothing thinking - this stuff is absolutely detrimental to my progress and doesn't serve me at all.3 -
PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @kerdil08 0.48 %
2nd @hope002 0.27%
3rd @Poobah1972 0.24 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @Poobah1972 7.8 Lbs
2nd @hope002 4.4 Lbs
3rd @kerdil08 4.2 Lbs
3rd @littleflutterby 4.2 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@KellyBgetsfit
@machchic
@kandi3570
@mulecanter
@laceyf53
@red1185
@rachelrjh
@davidji82
@lorib642
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @kerdil08 4.96 %
2nd @aqualang26 4.81%
3rd @melaniedscott 4.39 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @rwood566 14.2 Lbs
2nd @Poobah1972 11.3 Lbs
3rd @aqualang26 9.4 Lbs
3rd @graceojo999 9.4 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@Bluetail6
@rachelrjh
@happimess01
@kaj848
@ashleycarole86
@laceyf53
@goonies73
@davidji82
@peachplace
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conleywoods wrote: »I have been using my pilates reformer at home a lot lately and just ordered a mini pilates tower that will arrive next week. I just found out we have a club pilates opening 30 minutes from my house in July! That's exciting 😄
My wife and I love going to Club Pilates! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do and get as addicted to it as she has!2 -
Congratulations to all the successful losers for May! We did well and came out 2nd overall - that's a strong month if you ask me. Well done!
Speaking of challenges and ways to stay inspired. We have a few people reporting steps and/or exercise minutes. @micki48 and I have been wondering if you think that having a team and keeping records is doing its job. Do you feel inspired to do more because you're tracking together with others, or would you already be doing it anyhow? There are only 6 regulars at the moment, so it would be good to know if we should keep this going or not. No matter what, you can certainly keep reporting your exercise efforts and get great applause from your teammates! We just want to know if it is helpful to do the weekly reports, etc. Thanks in advance for chiming in! All suggestions are welcome.3 -
Hey team.... I'm baaaaack.
Suffice to say my experiment for April and May with intuitive eating/not counting so many things was not so successful. Actually, the opposite. Since reaching a 7-year low (the whole time I've been using MFP) in mid-February, I finally got back on the scale last week to learn I gained back 32 lbs of a ~52 lb LTD. Well that sucked!
@jugar I'd like to hop back in with Tuesday weigh-ins (first posting tomorrow), starting weight is still 233 lbs. Still figuring out what I want to do with my steps, so I'll stay off the step team for now.
Intro - I'm Kay, 26, athlete/runner in high school, gained a lot of weight in college since I stopped being active, had an unlimited meal plan, definitely dealt with a lot of anxiety. I live in Boston now, and I've been traveling a lot to see family in New York during the pandemic. First joined F2F in Aug 2020, was so excited to see the scale moving in early 2021, and then... totally lost motivation. Pretty typical of me, but I think with focus and this group, I can shed this recent gain and keep moving forward. I think it is still possible for me to finally meet my goal zone by the end of this year.
I almost never chime in on the weekly F2F challenges, but I think that's a mistake - taking a look at week 1 now.
Happy Monday (Memorial Day, too, if you're in the US!).
General question - what's your favorite vegetable recipe? Looking for side dishes to incorporate with dinner, seasonal things would also be helpful. I'm so bad at eating veggies.2 -
Hey team.... I'm baaaaack.
Suffice to say my experiment for April and May with intuitive eating/not counting so many things was not so successful. Actually, the opposite. Since reaching a 7-year low (the whole time I've been using MFP) in mid-February, I finally got back on the scale last week to learn I gained back 32 lbs of a ~52 lb LTD. Well that sucked!
@jugar I'd like to hop back in with Tuesday weigh-ins (first posting tomorrow), starting weight is still 233 lbs. Still figuring out what I want to do with my steps, so I'll stay off the step team for now.
Intro - I'm Kay, 26, athlete/runner in high school, gained a lot of weight in college since I stopped being active, had an unlimited meal plan, definitely dealt with a lot of anxiety. I live in Boston now, and I've been traveling a lot to see family in New York during the pandemic. First joined F2F in Aug 2020, was so excited to see the scale moving in early 2021, and then... totally lost motivation. Pretty typical of me, but I think with focus and this group, I can shed this recent gain and keep moving forward. I think it is still possible for me to finally meet my goal zone by the end of this year.
I almost never chime in on the weekly F2F challenges, but I think that's a mistake - taking a look at week 1 now.
Happy Monday (Memorial Day, too, if you're in the US!).
General question - what's your favorite vegetable recipe? Looking for side dishes to incorporate with dinner, seasonal things would also be helpful. I'm so bad at eating veggies.
Welcome back!! This winter was a tough time for motivation for a lot of people, but it seems the energy is returning and things are looking up. I'm glad you tried your experiment, though. It is good to try everything possible - and to successfully discover the ways that don't work. Logging is a pain and gets annoying, but it sure helps.
Vegetables help even more! And they are delicious. I eat so many vegetables my son always teases that if "we are what we eat" then I am kale. Or eggplant. Or whatever I am eating tons of - but yes, often lots of kale. It can be simple - I usually just pick by colour. 1 orange, 1 pale, 1-2 green - differing textures and levels of flavour, cut them, and put them in a skillet in the order of their cooking time. Longer for slices of sweet potato or carrot, eggplant, and parsnip, and shorter for greens like rapini, kale, bok choy - whatever is going in. Then I add whatever sauce-like concoction I feel like. Pesto, grated ginger and soy sauce, salsa, herbs, tomatoes, anything goes. It is hard to mess up. Just brown the first stuff, add a bit of water along with the greens and put on a lid, then take the lid off and add the yummy flavours. And salads! As you can see, I am a vegetable enthusiast. I am sure you can become one too
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Updates =
I still need a starting weight for 2 returning members (your weight from last week) -
@MoStacy
@evangsimmons170
and Sunday/Monday weigh-ins for:
@renewal_2021
@graceojo999
Tomorrow there is just one weigh-in!
@Kali225
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Hey, we have a Tuesday weigh in now
Welcome back @Kali225 and thanks for sharing your experience for those of us who weren't on the team then.
We have been absolutely loving sauteed or roasted green beans lately... also love an apple kohlrabi salad with slivered red onion, roasted veggies (sweet potato, potato, broccoli).. nothing terribly inspired but veggies are my favorite part of any meal so I don't generally do much to them. What else... asparagus with parmesan or lemon. Kale chips. We had boiled beets lately and I enjoyed that. Cauliflower on the BBQ. Also like roasting acorn squash and filling it with things (or plain too!)
We hopped on the air fryer train recently (so influenced lol) and we are finding it very handy for doing up any veggies at our trailer since we don't use the oven.4 -
Happy Tuesday all!
Veggies... I'm also in the chuck-em-in-a-pan-add-stuff camp; not very helpful I know. I'm looking forward to doing skewers on the BBQ over summer.
Cutting back... my '1-a-day" rule went out of the window in May. This is where I try to limit the portions I have of treats and snacks - e.g. one portion of crisps, one baked good in a day. Currently I could have one from each "category" as they'll fit in my calories but not multiple portions of crisps, like I did yesterday. I'd been using my exercise calories for these and eating them because I felt like I could, so I am getting back on that bandwagon.
We're a bit less busy now - just small jobs, really. I need to re-do the list then we can chip away at it, and enjoy some down time. My preferred approach is to cross one thing off a day so that I still feel productive without rushing around like a headless chicken. I felt strange yesterday when the last of our house guests left and we didn't have anything specific to do. I even spent some time on a jigsaw I hadn't touched in months!
This evening's task will be to give my roses some TLC - they're infested with aphids and this morning I noticed blackspot so I'm going to have to remove the affected leaves.
Can you please share your favourite marinade recipes for meats that work well added to salad? I know a couple of chicken ones (sweet chilli, tikka) but wouldn't mind some greater variety. The ones I make at home are never quite as saucy as the cooked meat you can buy in the supermarket. I'm going to try and switch to salad for lunch most week days, which will free up some calories and stop me eating my exercise calories.2 -
Happy June 1st everyone!
I'm Rhonda from Central Texas. I've been away from the group for several months, but I'm back, and I'm glad to be back in the game with all of you!
@jugar I would like my weigh-in day to be Saturdays, and my starting weight is 361.
@micki48 I would like to be included in the step group please. My goal is 10,000 steps per day. Here are my steps for Sunday and Monday:
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Happy June WaistAways!
I'm Courtney, a former aircraft maintenance engineer turned bureaucrat, working at a desk from home for the remainder of the year instead of on aircraft at a hangar. I joined MFP in August 2020 after my pandemic stress day-drinking got me back up to a size 20. I have since managed to get myself back down to a 12 but I've started to ease up on logging, and like Amber @Terytha I have basically been taking maintenance weekends (and then some!)
Like most of the women in my family, I have yo-yo'd with my weight all my adult life. We start out athletic, then get injured, or too busy, or priorities shift, then we gain, then finally hit a point where we can't stand ourselves anymore and make a change. My mother has a very unhealthy relationship with food and prefers an all-or-nothing approach where she starves herself on 900 calories a day for 10 months or so and drops the weight, but then never develops proper habits to maintain it. I felt that logging and portion control with MFP has really worked for me, but sticking with it long term is tough. I'm not lucky like @ashleycarole86 to have my spouse on board. He is my main saboteur. We both love red wine but have agreed to reserve it for weekends only. The other issue is he has intermittent IBS, and is severely affected by..... VEGETABLES! So broccoli, cauliflower, onions, salad.... are all off the table unless I want to be making two separate meals. I think I'm going to start steaming a side of broccoli to fill my dinner plate daily to help my portions. I love it steamed in the microwave for 4 minutes with a tiny bit of butter. Grilled portabella mushrooms and zucchini are also a favourite! But alas, I feel I will always have to log and weigh food because my portion control when I eyeball it, is non-existent.
I wish I loved exercise like @YinxFed. The day you posted about the Epic 45 minutes of burpees I nearly died!! You are one tough lady! And that dress was amazing.
@sunny9847 so sorry to hear about the diagnosis, my father had a similar diagnosis about 15 years ago but with new research and medicines he still leads a full and active life. You're amazing to take life's challenges and use them as a reason to improve yourself.
Well, like @jugar says, I need to start with that "one perfect day". Today is that day! June 1st. The menu is pre-planned and I will make sure I don't overdo the portions at dinner. Maybe some pilates will even happen....
The weather is getting better, paddleboard season is upon us!5 -
Happy Tuesday and June 1st!
May the vegetables be with you. @PlaneMonkey making your own veggies along with your DS's (darling saboteur) food is worth it. The cutting is the only long part, the steaming/roasting/tossing in a skillet part is pretty quick. A little olive oil, salt and pepper, a dab of butter, some asian-style sesame dressing - it is SO easy to dress them up and make them plaster a smile on your face.
I'm off to grocery land. NO buying of that fabulous cheese bread that always gets me. C'est non, ça! as we say to our dogs and children here in Québec. And to ourselves. In the grocery store.
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I went away for my son's baseball tournament and came home 10 pounds heavier after only four days. I ate and drank all of the things that got me to my high of 287 pounds. Like @PlaneMonkey I need to start with one perfect day and that day is today! I'll also start researching ways to transition from keto to something less stringent and more sustainable!4
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Tuesday Weigh-in
215.6 lbs
Liking the one perfect day idea - June 1st sounds like a good day to try. My breakfast went super well - all my life, I have generally been very averse to yogurt. Tried a lot of kinds every few years, and the texture totally turned me off. Well, yesterday, I picked up 3x 6oz low fat vanilla yogurt cups. I had one this morning with 50g chopped strawberries, 1/3 cup raspberries, 1/3 chopped peach, 1 tbsp fig honey jam, and a sprinkle of cinnamon. WOW. YUM. 232 calories and I'm a happy camper.
Lunch should be a bit of leftover arugula w/feta and balsamic vinaigrette, some sandwich style pepperoni, strawberries, and a skinny pop 100 cal bag.
Thanks for the veggie ideas so far! Keep em coming! I am about to chopped some garlic and red pepper flakes into olive oil, let it sit all day and get flavorful, and then chart some broccoli florets with that oil over it. Got the idea from a food blog, see how it goes.4 -
Happy Tuesday, Friends!
I'm definitely getting on board with the Perfect Day Gang as it's the 1st today. I went for a short hike this morning, and then went out shopping with my mum. The weather's glorious so we're really taking advantage of it.
All food and exercise is also logged.
@jugar I log my steps and exercise regardless so it's not essential (for me) for a team record. I'm happy to go with the flow.
Steak and VEGETABLES for supper!
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I had the perfect day I needed which meant skipping bread, pasta, and dessert at a school banquet for my son tonight. Once I stack a few perfect days together I usually find it easier to stay on track.3
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