Mission Slimpossibles-July Chat 2021
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mlhopp93
HW -- 355 (9/1/2020)
Weigh in day Saturday
SW (6/26/2021): 259.2
7/3/2021: 258.8 (-0.4)
7/10/2021: 258.8 (0.0)
7/17/2021:
7/24/2021:
7/31/2021:
No gain, no loss. Need 3.8 pounds to get to 100 lost since 9/1/2020. I need to be mad at those 3.8 pounds --
Hope everyone has a great weekend. 4 -
Firefly743
***Weigh In***
PW: 248.4
CW: 245.25 -
Username: RYcare
Weigh in day: Saturday
SW: 255 (11/04/20)
PW: 231.6
CW: 234
Not too worried about this gain as it is TOM time… I also know I am not doing my best especially when it comes to eating. I do exercise then end up eating extra more calories that the ones I even burned.4 -
Username: askewcr
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW: 247
CW:247
Well no change this week and that's OK. Keeping my eyes on the prize. Let's go get it!
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gwamajtw91 wrote: »Friday
gwamajtw91
July 2: 162.5
July 9: 159.6
I have FINALLY (after 18 months) reached my goal!! Hopefully England can say the same after the football on Sunday!!
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Digger61
Saturday
PW: 205 lbs
CW: 205 lbs3 -
@19shmoo69 I prefer a large mug with a good weight to it and a handle that fits my hand perfectly. Do you drink your coffee black? I drink my two cups in the morning black and then my afternoon and evening decaf with half-n-half. No sweeteners but maybe a sprinkle of cinnamon in the decaf.
@TheGlwUp Congrats on doing your first 10K race! That is a huge accomplishment! I agree that we often don’t eat enough calories when we increase our workouts. I know on days where I work out extra hard, I’m much hungrier. And living your best life is the best goal of all!! 
@mlhopp93 Then get mad!! I need to do the exact same thing and push through to my next goal and stop playing around with it. We can do it!!
Hi Team! Not much going on here today. I did a killer leg workout this morning, which kind of hurt my left knee but I’m sure it will be fine by tomorrow. Maybe I should have done that many squats holding my 20 lb. dumbbells after all.
I got my car all cleaned out and the addresses put into my GPS so I’m ready for Monday morning. I am teaching children’s church tomorrow, so I need to finish my lesson. Of course, it just so happens that my lesson is on the parable of the Ten Virgins. You can believe that I am calling those girls bridesmaids because that is NOT a discussion, I plan to have with a bunch of 6 to 11-year-olds. 
Goal Weight Challenge: EYE ON THE PRIZE!
Data Driven Fasting challenge I’m taking a break until the new challenge that starts on July 17th.
No Sugar No sugar
Workout (includes church cleaning): 4 Week of the Prep, leg day!
2021 Word: TRANSFORMATION
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@gwamajtw91 Congratulations!
@19shmoo69 I drink out of big honking cups, I've been drinking too much coffee lately, it would be fine if it was black but I had two cups at a neighborhood meeting then a huge travel mug when I woke up all with creamer. What's funny is they're metal cups and if I'm using micro current and have the gloves on if I drink out of the cup it makes my lip all tingly because it conducts, maybe it'll condition me to not drink coffee if I use them more often.
@TheGlwUp Very good point, once your body is healthier things will fall into place. That's what I keep telling myself too!
@TeresaW1020 Oh come on, you don't want to explain what a virgin is?! That reminds me of my SIL getting excited when I said I was going to self-pollinate the cucumbers and she wanted me to explain to my nephews how it's done, I must've been bright red!
Hey gang, not feeling too hot, I stopped Cymbalta and my pain is a little nuts between that and female issues (which shouldn't happen). I've been trying to up my leg usage but I think tomorrow I'm just doing the food bank and arm cardio. Food has been pretty good, I went to a neighborhood annual meeting and ate an awesome muffin but it was worth the calories, it just meant I couldn't eat much else.3 -
19shmoo69
Sunday
P. W. 267
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@amymartin555
@happimess01
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@gwamajtw91
@KHill875
@chublet25
@laceyf53
@CurvyCalorie
@Megan_smartiepants1970
@krea4
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EVERYONE EXTEND A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO
@gwamajtw91
SHE REACHED HER GOAL WEIGHT THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!4 -
@Katmary71 HaHa I remember you telling us about the self-pollinating of the cucumbers. I hope your pain settles down once your body gets used to being off the meds. An awesome muffin is always worth a little calorie splurge.
@19shmoo69 Wow! What an incredible loss you had this week. Keep it up!
Hi Team! Today has been good. Children’s church was fun this morning except the charades game I put together was way too easy, so I told them next time they will have to work much harder. I’m as packed as I can be for my trip tomorrow to Florida. I plan to get out of here by 6:30 am for the 7-hour drive. My sister wants me to take her to her doctor’s appointment tomorrow afternoon, so I need to make good time. You all be good and I’ll check back in on Wednesday.
Goal Weight Challenge: EYE ON THE PRIZE!
Data Driven Fasting challenge I’m taking a break until the new challenge that starts on July 17th.
No Sugar No sugar
Workout (includes church cleaning): 4 Week of the Prep, strength and agility. I can’t sit down without crying!
2021 Word: TRANSFORMATION
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@askewcr Great news about your A1C!
@laurelfit57 That sounds like a lovely, fun day with your granddaughter!
@Lulu_jo I'm sorry the physical therapy hurts so much! Seems counter-intuitive to be doing physical therapy before imaging to diagnose the injury. I hope it's not doing more damage.
@trooworld Good idea about pretracking a treat, that actually might help - thanks! Yes, we are having an outbreak at the moment of the Delta variant. It's mostly in Sydney and the surrounding area, which is concerning as that's our largest city so the potential for it to spread is so great. That is in my state, but thankfully several hundred kilometres away and since they are in lockdown, it hasn't spread out to my area (yet) - one of the best things about living rurally is the geographical protection we get! Of course there are always people who don't follow the rules so it's lucky to not have spread out here yet.
@GabiV125 That's great, I'm glad it was just water weight. Sounds like you've had a super busy time lately, hopefully things settle down for you now.
@Katmary71 Wow, sounds like a busy day. Sorry you missed the yoga, maybe next time!
OMG I'm sorry but I laughed at the image of you getting tingly lips when you drink your coffee while using the micro current!
@TeresaW1020 Thanks for the advice. Funnily enough, I sat down last night and pre-tracked all my food for the week ahead (except for dinners since hubby usually organises that on the day). Let's see how that goes!
I know what you mean about bra shopping, it sucks. I am very asymmetrical, so it's physically impossible to get a good fit!
Also: Nice loss!!
How do you cook your salmon?
@Jactop Thanks I like the cotton masks with a filter, we've been told the medical ones aren't effective after about 15 mins of wearing them as they're paper so the moisture from your breath binds them up or something. I'm getting much more used to wearing a mask all day, it doesn't bother me too much now.
Thanks also for the advice on kicking the sugar habit. I will try it!
Great job on 75 Hard, you got this! :flowerforyou:
@gwamajtw91 YAY!!!! Congrats on hitting your goal!!
@Cornanda Yay, nice loss!
I totally understand about not wanting to work out after work. I'm lucky that I finish work at 4pm so I have plenty of time for family, housework, cooking dinner and still enough time to workout. When I finish later, I do struggle a lot more to find the motivation.
Thanks for the snacking suggestions - you're totally right, I need to avoid the "share" packs!
@bgame4 Congrats on your loss this week!
@19shmoo69 Large for me, of course. The largest! Need room for the extra shots of espresso! I actually make my latte on my machine at home and bring it in a travel cup to work, where I drink it like 4 hours later. By that point it's no longer a latte, more like a flat white, but it still tastes better than the instant coffee I can get at work.
Also: AMAZING loss this week!
@TheGlwUp Wow, congrats on completing your first 10K! That's amazing!!
Your dietician sounds really great, very motivating.
@mlhopp93 You can release those pesky 3.8 lbs! What an inspiration you are!
@Firefly743 Great loss!
@RYcare Those darn hormones...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hi everyone, sorry I have been AWOL over the weekend while we were away. Spent Sunday catching up on housework and prepping for the week ahead and didn't get a chance to check in here. Cam back to 44 new posts this morning - you all are so chatty!
Our little getaway was good. We got all the shopping done that we needed, all three of us got a haircut, and we went out for dinner with my cousin & her family which was so lovely. On Saturday we went out to MIL's farm, where the toddler had an absolute blast - riding on the quad bike and buggy, sitting in the tractor & pretending to drive it, and playing with some of his second cousins that he'd only met once or twice before. Here are some pics of his adventures!
We spent some (a LOT) of time on Sunday baking bolognese pies - hubby wanted to do a big batch for our lunches over the next few weeks. I think the batch was a bit too big as we now have like 21 pies in the freezer! On the bright side, we won't need to bake any more for a while.
I was meant to do a HIIT circuit on Friday for the Body Boss program, but since we were in a motel I didn't think it was advisable. I think I will try to make that workout up this week, as I also didn't get a chance to do it yesterday.
I also spent a little time last night pre-tracking my breakfast, lunch & snacks for the work week. I have put in a little more variety since I had the time to see how I could make things fit in. I think this will help me to stay on track a bit as well, since it's not the same stuff every day.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2021 Word: PEACE
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Welcome to the goal zone, @gwamajtw91 !
There are a lot of good posts in our maintenance thread at https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10803339/goal-zone-maintenance-chat#latest
Dig in, read some of the back stuff and post how you are planning to maintain at least for now, even if you decide to revise your goal later. I strongly suggest you stay with your team here, moving to the goal zone section, and still weighing in every week to be sure you stay within a 5 pound range. You can define your zone however you like - and revise it later if you want to! Your team helped you get here, so stick with it, and add in the GZ thread if you have anything you'd like to discuss with others who are maintaining.
Welcome - and long my you stay in the goal zone 3 -
@gwamajtw91 Congratulations on hitting goal, are you doing anything to celebrate?
@TeresaW1020 Enjoy your trip to Florida, how fun!
@TwistedSassette Sounds like you had a great time!
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@gwamajtw91 👍😃 congrats on getting to your goal. Unfortunately England weren't so lucky 😥1
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@broncobuddee
Krea4
Mondays
PW: 69.25kg 152.7lbs
CW: 69.00kg 152.1lbs
I thought it was going to be a gain as I've been having pudding most nights this week. The moving more must be helping.
This week only pudding is on Thursday.2 -
Back from the lake. Another scorcher weekend. Scale is up due to weekend and TOM. Injured my big toe. Dropped the camper couch bed on it. Extremely bruised. Will do a workout today. Don’t think i can get my foot into a runner for a walk or jog. Temps this week are forecasted for 33C so another killer week. Back to the lake on Thursday to start the vicious cycle again. July is usually bad for me. Will get more back on track in august and definitely September. Just don’t want to let my weight get to out of hand over the summer2
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Happy Monday all!
@TeresaW1020 - well you are off on your trip today. I try to leave my house clean when I am going away also.
@19shmoo69 - I like a mug. I like to warm my hands on it even though I live in FL. What is a cafe cup? My sister in law recently told me she likes a cup with a thin lip. I tried one and felt it was too hot for sipping! Whoa! What a loss you had this week! High five!
@TheGlwUp - did the dietician give you a food plan? I like the thoughts about it being a health journey. When the scale gets stuck I focus on the health gains I've made which are just as important as the weight loss.
@askewcr - weekend family time is awesome. Now go get it this week!
@mlhopp93 - yes, you tell those 3.8 pounds to get the heck off you asap!
@trooworld - Glad you enjoyed the company, but back to business is good too.
@Katmary71 - hope your pain starts behaving quick!
@TwistedSassette - Your son is adorable, you already know that. The scenery there is beautiful! Looks like an excellent weekend with lots of new toys to try out!
@krea4- only pudding on Thurs sounds like a good compromise.
@renaegry - sounds like you are having a great time except for the toe part. Hope it feels better soon.
Not much new here. Put up a reasonable weekend. Did a walk and a step workout today. Hoping to get a swim in tonight, but it keeps raining at dinner time.
Lisa
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vegan4lyfe2012
Sunday
PW: 194.4
CW: 193.4
2021 Mantra: WITH PURPOSE2 -
@krea4 Nice loss, despite the pudding! Sometimes our bodies appreciate the extra calories to jump start the weight loss again, seems counter intuitive but it often happens!
@renaegry Wow, I didn't realise you go to the lake every weekend through summer! Sounds like your summers are jam-packed with fun! I hope you can find a way to still enjoy the fun but in a more healthy way, that's what this whole lifestyle change concept is about - enjoying our lives! Sorry about your toe, I hope it heals quickly. Do you have access to a pool so you can swim instead of walking or jogging? No shoes required!
@trooworld I am the same with guests, I enjoy their company but it's always nice to have the house back to ourselves!
@Cornanda My dad likes a cup with a thin lip too. He has Bells Palsy so if he drinks from a thick cup, it's more difficult to sip for him.
Thank you lol I do know my son is adorable! Most of the cars he is playing with there were his dad's when he was a kid. It's nice to see them still functioning and being enjoyed by the next generation!
Congrats on your loss this week - great work. Now stop procrastinating and do those ab exercises!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I finally had a day where I felt in control and I didn't overeat! I think planning it all out beforehand really helped. I didn't get the Body Boss workout done but I did get a short walk in. Hubby decided for some reason to cook our dinner after the toddler went to bed, which meant that I didn't have time to let my dinner settle before doing an intense workout like that. Normally we all eat together and then there's plenty of time.
Not much else to report. Today I will do a Body Boss workout!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2021 Word: PEACE
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Good morning All!
I'm pulling my boot straps back up. I've been off my game these past 2 days but I'm back. In my head I kind of feel like a broken record but I'm getting past it. I think the weekends sometimes are my issues but I see that now. Veggies and exercise are my friends and I know this. I really haven't passed my calorie goals but I could do better. I'm on it. 1 -
@renaegry If you need chair workouts let me know, I can send you my playlists! I hope you recover fast, I know it's frustrating!
@Cornanda I hope you had a great swim!
@TwistedSassette I'm glad planning the day out helped you. Oh no, I hate when I eat too much right before a workout, it's so uncomfortable.
@askewcr I think the more we work on ourselves the more we learn, yeah it would be nice to lose it fast and have it over with but we really are a work in progress, I'm glad you're figuring out what you need to do so you're more successful.
@19shmoo69 Since you're the coffee guru what coffee brand do you prefer? I really like San Francisco Bay for the price, it's based near me (went to their coffee festival a couple years ago) and you can buy it in bulk at Costco. Right now I'm drinking Folgers which isn't bad for pre-ground. I tried Walmart brand when my boyfriend first moved in to save money but it's disgusting!
@trooworld That recipe looks real good, I love sheet pan meals!
I'm debating on going to the food bank farm or not as I'm in a lot of pain, I may just go for a little and do what I can seated. I'm completely off Cymbalta, the nurse I see thinks I'm going through withdrawals but it's not like when I've cold turkeyed stuff, I just feel more emotional because my pain levels are higher.1 -
@19shmoo69 - Oooh! Those are cute. I need me a big handle though.
@TwistedSassette - the ab workout is rescheduled to Thurs! Glad to hear the pretracking helped.
@askewcr- yup, you grab those bootstraps and up you go.
@trooworld - Yay for you avoiding the vending machine!
Not much new here. The weather held last night and I did get a swim in. I made it part exercise and part relaxation. Very enjoyable.2 -
@askewcr I know you have the strength & perseverance to get yourself back on track. The weekends are sometimes issues for me too, we just have to keep our focus!
@trooworld Yay! Good for you on staying away from the vending machines! Your dinner sounds delicious.
@Katmary71 Sorry that your pain levels are so much higher and it's causing you distress. Maybe the distraction of the food bank farm will help. I hope you get some relief soon.
@Cornanda Glad you enjoyed your swim!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yesterday was another good day. I did indulge in half a chocolate eclair that a coworker brought in, but I didn't have my planned indulgence for the day later on so it panned out ok. I caught up the Body Boss workouts, turns out the one I was meant to do on Friday was quite short so I just did them both last night. It was a good, sweaty workout!
Tonight is the final game in a state-representative series of rugby league, so I'll be watching that. My state has already won the other two games so it's a dead rubber, but it will be nice if we can take a clean sweep! Originally we had planned for my sister to come over and watch, which would have meant beer & junk food, but she has made other plans now so it should just be a normal night, if a little late (the game doesn't kick off until 8pm so it will finish after 10pm). I might decide to just do some walking in place instead of my scheduled Body Boss workout tonight (I'd do it tomorrow), but I'll just have to see how the night pans out I think.
Oh, and I had another little whoosh on the scale over the last couple of days! Hoping that sticks around. According to my goal ladder, I've now lost two whole daschunds!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2021 Word: PEACE
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Username: GabiV125
Check in day: Wednesday
PW: 130.5 lb
CW: 130.2 lb
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@Katmary71 walmart coffee is gross. If I Shoppe at a grocery store I lean toward community coffee. I have had it as a Christmas gift from several people. We have a close out/ damaged goods store here and I am able to try different coffees. Stone street from New York has been a recent favorite. Unfortunately there are not alot if coffee houses here. We have Starbucks. They're not too bad but there is better. I went to Nashville once and found the Frothy Monkey. I highly recommend them. The small town I live in used to have a coffee house. I usually get a black coffee or an Americana. Once they talked me into trying a con panna. Turns out they made it wrong but I did not know. I do not want it done the right way. The correct way is a shot of espresso and whipped milk, almost no liquid to drink. The way I was introduced was 2 shots of espresso and 2 shots of steamed milk/cream. So very tasty.
After rereading this I may have a coffee problem but I'm ok with that.2 -
@19shmoo69 I have several favorite mugs (all large) including this one my girlfriend made for me. Mine is filled with tea though. I've tried to like coffee but I always thought it tasted like dirt4
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