Mission Slimpossibles-July Chat 2021
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@laurelfit57 Woohoo!! Great scale- and non-scale-victories!!
@trooworld Sounds like a great plan to get into exercise
@leonadixon Good to see the scale coming back down!
@cornanda Yayyyyyy!! Way to go!
@TeresaW1020 Sounds like an exciting change for Sunday school!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I didn't have such a great day yesterday. I ate some lollies and ended up way over on calories. Not enough to undo all my good work this week, but still over. Also didn't do my workout. I was just exhausted and felt like doing nothing. I'm feeling much better today.
I have a busy day ahead of getting a bunch of housework done, and some bookwork for my mum, and making a cake topper for a friend - her daughter is turning one next week. Today will be a good day!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2021 Word: PEACE
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@broncobuddee I think I missed last week's weigh in - sorry. It should have been 125.5 kg.
***WEEKLY WEIGH-IN***
TwistedSassette
Weigh in day: Friday
SW: 138.5kg
PW: 125.5kg
CW: 123.7kg
LTD: 14.8kg
LTW: 1.8 kg4 -
@trooworld Not really, there's a lot of rules with pain clinics, I don't know if I'm going to sign a contract or not, it depends on what we discuss. I could have a glass of wine but I'm mostly white-knuckling it then the last few hours of the day it's watching the clock to take my pain pill and pass out. I can't tell I'm going through withdrawal, it's not like when I went off drugs cold turkey or quit smoking, I'm just in more pain which that or withdrawal could be why I'm more emotional. I just have to be careful not to catastrophize (like thinking it's only getting worse) and I can start the new day stronger. Hope things aren't too crazy being back at work.
@19shmoo69 I don't think I've tried but have heard of community coffee, I'm not familiar with the rest! I love coffee too but not black. I went to college at UC Santa Cruz which is a beach town with great coffee shops, that's basically where I was most the time! My boyfriend drinks a lot of coffee too so it goes fast around here, I get San Francisco Bay at Costco or if they're having a sale, their Rainforest Blend is really good. What kind of roasts do you like? I like them all but medium-dark roasts. Just no decaf or "flavored" coffees though I do like flavored creamer in them. But that hazelnut coffee that was popular tasted really weird, I didn't like that! Drinking healthier drinks meant white mochas and frappacinos from Starbucks or wherever were out, I try to keep them under 200 calories. A cold brew with light vanilla sweet cream for 100 calories is a great compromise! Shoot, now I want coffee!
@Jactop I love that mug! I just got a sign for my bathroom that says "Stop! Glamour Time!" Go MC Hammer!
@ranaegry A camping weekend sounds fun! How do you eat healthy with camping? I haven't gone in awhile but just avoided Smores and the carbs and put myself in charge of vegetables and salad plus brought a lot of fruit. That's been the big catch, chopping is a lot for just me but if you're around others you have to share and that's a ton of prep!
@TeresaW1020 That was a quick trip, welcome back! I hope your foot is doing better. Driving is more stress on the body than we think. Sounds like you're back on track today!
@TwistedSassette Way to go on 20% down, woohoo! I'd love to see the cake topper, how cool!
@Cornanda way to go on the ab workout, woot woot!
Hi everyone! I've been running around a lot, I had watering at the food bank farm three times today, went to the farmer's market, Target, Lowes, and have been catching up with friends. I'm trying to step up my workouts but nights have been real tough lately so today I stuck with arm cardio. When I went at Noon to water at the food bank farm camp was in session and little kids with runny popcicles were tearing around everywhere, I just watered and watched giggling, it's so stinkin cute! As long as I don't have to wipe all that sticky syrup off their faces it's adorable! I'm meeting my dad for lunch tomorrow then going to a fair with one of my best friends Saturday so I'm keeping busy. My garden is doing well, I picked up some elderberry bush cuttings so I had to get sand and peat moss to try to get them to root then made oregano oil yesterday and kombucha the day before.3 -
Well it's a great day to be alive. I had a great day. Got my hair braided and tutored my kindergartener. Then I went to a storytelling event and the speakers were great. They had been in a workshop all week and now it was their turn to shine. There were four tonight and there will be four tomorrow. My eating was pretty good today. I didn't go over my calories but I didn't exercise. I do plan to tomorrow. Praying for great sleep/rest tonight and a wonderful tomorrow. Let's get it!! 4
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davidji82
Weigh In Day:Friday
PW:228.3
CW:223.95 -
Username:TeresaW1020
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 182.1
CW: 183.7
LTD: 80.7
Month +/-: +2.9
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@TwistedSassette I love how fast you turn around a day that isn’t so great to one that is. And yayyy on your loss this week!
@Katmary71 I hope you live close to that food bank since you have to go there so much to water. You sure have a very busy schedule. I greatly admire all that you do despite your struggles with your pain. You are a rock star!!
@askewcr Sounds like you are having a great summer!
Hi team! Well, I wasn’t happy with the gain but not surprised either. At least the scale has been going down since I came home so that is good. Tomorrow, I start the new DDF challenge. I’m also going to do my best to track my food in Carb Manager for at least this whole month. Today, I pre-tracked and it really does help me to see where I am at and to make sure that I’m hitting my macros. I did a good workout this morning and cleaned the house. Now I’m going to go finish the puzzle I’m currently working on and watch some General Hospital.
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Username: bgame4
Weigh In Day: Friday
PW: 137 lbs
CW: 137 lbs
LTD: 4 lbs1 -
Username: Lulu_jo
Weigh in day: Friday
SW: 277 (1/15/21)
PW: 217
CW: 216
Was totally surprised to see a loss this morning after sitting at the same weight for 2 weeks straight. I hate how slow it's gotten... But it's my own fault, I've been a bit lazy. Time to get back to it and try harder.3 -
Friday
gwamajtw91
SW: 176.0
PW: 159.6
CW: 158.5
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Username:davors19
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 266
CW: 266
LTD: 341 -
Absolutely blew it today with eating. No excuse...just blew it. I know I will get it back together. Can't explain it at all.
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@Katmary71 Wow you really are keeping yourself busy! I will share a pic of the cake topper when it's done. It's a really cute rainbow. I made another one for her a couple of weeks ago for a baby shower with a cute little elephant on it, I'll find a pic of that one too.
@davidji82 Wow, great loss!!
@TeresaW1020 At least you know that your gain is water retention, not a gain in fat. It will keep coming down.
@Lulu_jo Nice loss
@gwamajtw91 Congrats on your loss this week!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Not much to report here. Hubby has been busy replacing the tastic in our bathroom and removing a secondary vent fan that wasn't wired up. He's hoping that this will make the primary fan more efficient and help stop so much moisture accumulating in the bathroom during a shower. It's bad, the walls literally drip with water from the condensation, so hopefully this will fix it!
I tried to involve the toddler in a dance party this morning since it's too cold and wet to take him outside - but he wouldn't dance for more than about 30 seconds at a time so I gave up and got a ball to play with instead!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2021 Word: PEACE
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Username: askewcr
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW: 247
CW:246.5
I blew it yesterday but I've lost half a pound. Every ounce counts. Lord help me to do better this week. I had lunch with some friends yesterday and then had dinner with my nieces. It's a new day and the weekend. Intentional is the word today!!!! Let's go get it! 
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Firefly743
***Weigh In***
PW: 245.2
CW: 242.84 -
Username: Trooworld
Weigh-in day: Saturday
PW: 222.8
CW: 220.4
LTD: 27.63 -
@leonadixon @davidji82 @Lulu_jo @gwamajtw91 @Firefly743 Congrats on the losses!
@Cornanda Look at you girl, woo hoo! Congrats!
@TeresaW1020 Thanks! I hope so too. You are doing good things at the church, awesome! Good luck with the tracking.
@TwistedSassette I'm sorry you had a crap day on Thursday. I'm glad you are feeling better. Are you using your sister's cutting machine to make the cake topper? Congrats on the loss, well done! Sorry the toddler wouldn't do the dance party, that sounds like a fun activity to do with him.
@Katmary71 I hope you get some relief soon, that sounds tough. I'm glad you are trying to stay positive. Work was crazy, I had so much work waiting for me but I survived lol. I've heard oregano oil is good for you. I like kombucha.
@askewcr Today is a new day, make the next bite you take a healthy one. Hang in there. Congrats on the loss!
Hi all. I'm hanging in there. I had a healthy dinner last night, fish and greens. My weight this morning was down but not as down as I wanted it to be but I will plug on until I am in the "GREEN" again. Have a good day!
My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS3 -
Interesting. I keep a food journal instead of tracking. I'm normally consistent with it but over the last few weeks I've been slacking off on the journalling and struggling to keep my weight down. Maybe its been helping more than i realized.@Jactop Are you tracking your food? What healthy decisions did you make today/yesterday?
@Lulu_jo I like those kind of surprises. Slow weight loss can be frustrating but it's also more permanent. Occasionally I take pics of my feet on the scale showing my current weight so I can look back at the dates/weights. It has more impact than seeing your progress on paper
@TwistedSassette our sons sound so similar except mine is 24. My son wasn't a fan of dancing either. At his first school Christmas pagent his class (4 &5 yr olds) did a little skit that involved hooking arms and dancing with a partner. He was paired with a little girl who had a crush in him and was always trying to kiss him so he was not thrilled. During the entire performance he stood in the middle of the stage in his little suit and tie with his arms crossed while the other kids danced around. Everyone thought it was hilarious. It couldn't have been cuter if it was planned.
@askewcr nice to sneak out a loss even when you think you blew it. One or two excessive meals won't have as big of an influence on your weight as what you do with the rest of your week and youre good at getting back on track quickly
@TeresaW1020 good luck with your DDF challenge this month. I'm excited to see your progress
I did not do well this week and the scale shows it. Hopefully I can negate the damage before my next weigh in. I worked 3 days and ate more chocolate than I should have which wouldn't be too bad if it didn't have a snowball effect. The sugar and caffeine disrupt my sleep and if I don't get sufficient sleep I crave more sugar, I'm too tired to exercise or track/journal, I fall back into bad eating habits and I retain water like its my day job.
Yesterday was a better day. I still have some water retention but dropped 3lbs of it already so hopefully a few more days of healthy habits will put me back in the green
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Friday weigh in
Cornanda
PW: 176.1
CW: 174.8
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@Luly_jo Yayyy on a great loss this week. Just keep your focus and next week will be just as good!
@askewcr Yayyy on losing this week! Keep praying for help and hold on to your focus and you will have a great week.
@TwistedSassette I agree that having a good bathroom fan is vital to keeping the moisture down. Bummer your little man wouldn’t dance with you. I bet playing ball was more his style, huh?
@trooworld Yayyy on your weight being down!! That is awesome considering that you had company all last week. Are you still on vacation or do you go back this week?
@Jactop I have the same exact snowball effect once I start eating too much sugar. It’s like being on some bad carnival ride that keeps going around and around and unless we get off there is no doing what we know works for us. And isn’t it crazy how fast we can put the weight back on? You got this!!
Hi Team! Today has been good. My biceps are killing me from yesterday’s workout, so I was happy that my workout today worked on other parts of my body that will surely hurt tomorrow. I started the July DDF challenge today and will just take my morning BG and before and after meals for the next three days to get a new trigger number. Then the fun will start! I’m really going to give it my all and not get derailed this month. Just because I have stuff going on isn’t an excuse to blow all my hard work. Right!!
Goal Weight Challenge: EYE ON THE PRIZE!
Data Driven Fasting challenge Day One of tracking BG numbers.
Tracked calories/macrosI pre-tracked my two meals
No Sugar No sugar
Workout (includes church cleaning): 4 Week of the Prep, total body, plus a repair and recovery program.
2021 Word: TRANSFORMATION
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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: 259.0 (+0.2)
7/24/2021:
7/31/2021:2 -
@askewcr Every ounce does count!
@Firefly743 Great loss this week!
@trooworld Nice loss! Especially coming off the couple of weeks of eating out a lot etc. You'll get back in the green very soon!
I have my own cutting machine, a Silhouette Curio - my sister has a Cricut. I prefer the Silhouette software!
@jactop Awww how cute! Funny thing is, my boy actually likes dancing around most of the time - just not with me apparently lol.
You're so right about the sleep, I've been working on that a lot too!
@Cornanda Yay!! Great loss!!
@TeresaW1020 Yeah, throwing a ball around was much more fun for him. And rolling a toy tyre around too.
Good luck on the DDF this month!
@mlhopp93 Sending hugs!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Not a lot to report here. Had pizza for dinner last night which saw a jump on the scale this morning thanks to the sodium. I was well over on calories, but not that much that it would cause a significant gain.
This afternoon I will sit down and plan out my meals for the week and hopefully that will get me back on track tomorrow ready to go back to work.
Is anyone else getting excited for the Olympics to start? Here in the Eastern part of Australia we only have a one-hour time difference with Tokyo so it will be great for us to watch things live!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2021 Word: PEACE
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Thank you all for such kind words. Your words mean so much! I am encouraged!2
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Username: TheGlwUp
Weigh in day: Friday
Starting weight: 6/26 = 225.5 (still the same on 6/30)
Weigh in for 7/2: 225.5
Weigh in for 7/9: 228.5
Weigh in for 7/16: 226.5
Weigh in for 7/23:
Weigh in for 7/30:
I hope you all had a great week! I had a busy but exciting week!4 -
19shmoo69
Sunday
P. W. 260
C. W. 2604 -
Weekly weigh in
Username. laurelfit57
Weigh in day. Sunday
PW. 160.6
CW. 160.6
Goal Weight Challenge: Keep my eye on the prize!
Track & Eat Within Macro Ranges
No snacking after 8
No unplanned sugar
No junk snacks
Exercise 5 x weekly
Well, I stayed the same this week which surprised me. I was looking for a good weight loss. I have increased my exercise by riding my bike! It feels great to be back on my bike again and have been able to do that consistently for 30 minutes to an hour a day. I have stayed right on track every day, besides one slightly off day.
I am definitely feeling stronger and feel like I am gaining control of my body again! Another non-scale victory, fitting into a few more tops that I couldn’t get into in a long while!! :-) :-)
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@Jactop That's a good realization. Try it out again, maybe it will help. That's great you've already dropped 3 lbs. I would have a hard time working around chocolate, too.
@Cornanda @TheGlwUp Congrats on the losses!
@TeresaW1020 I had company for TWO WEEKS! I went back to work last Monday. Keep working hard!!!
@TwistedSassette Thank you! I will! Oh that's right, I forgot you had the Silhouette. I needed a cake topper for a friend's birthday next weekend and I stupidly bought it on Etsy instead of figuring out how to make it. I could have so easily made it! I had pizza for dinner last night, too. I won't dare get on the scale this morning.
@laurelfit57 What a great NSV, congrats! Woot woot!
Hi all. I'm going for coffee with a friend in a couple of hours. I strategically picked a coffee shop by the boxing gym so I can stop in the gym before or after. I just want to see what it's like and get my questions answered.
My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS2 -
Weigh in Apple852hk
Week 3 - July 2021 Sunday
PW 140.6lbs (63.8kg)
CW 138lbs (62.8kg)
LTD about 37lbs (16.8 kg)
GOAL weight 121lbs (55kg)
Thanks for all the kind words about challenging my snacking. I found one perfect solution this past week...
I've been unwell after for over 10 days but finally getting into recovery. I totally stopped snacking.
Apologies no update weigh in last Sunday.
Ate little as no appetite and funny enough, no desire to have chocolate or anything sweet.
The only urge I did have, I had comforting custard warm instead.
Being drinking fruit juice to upkeep calories when not eating with being unwell. Only drunk tea at breakfast and no coffee for a week.
Bumper harvest of pototoes and peas at my allotment. Enjoyed pea and potatoe soup and a batch of chilli pototoe salad. All high carb so need to portion control.
Here's for a better week ahead everyone.
GOALS:
1. Drink tea only at breakfast
2. Go to sleep listening to podcast than grabbing a sugary hit.
Smiles🥰
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Back from the lake. Quick check in
Weekly weigh in
Username. Renaegry
Weigh in day. Thursday
PW. 157.0
CW. 156.84 -
@TheGlwUp Congrats on your loss this week!
@19shmoo69 Hang in there!
@laurelfit57 Wow - great, consistent effort! That really is the key and it's great you're seeing results!
@trooworld The cake toppers are a little time consuming, but worth the effort to make. I bought one once and thought the same thing - why did I buy this when I could have made it! I hope you don't have as much water retention as me after your pizza! Let us know how the visit to the boxing gym went.
@apple852hk Sorry to hear you've been unwell. Warm custard is lovely!
@renaegry Nice loss! I hope you had some fun at the lake!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I had a nice, relaxed weekend at home. Yesterday my sister and I walked with my son to a nearby park, where we played with a ball, played on the swings and had a go on the flying fox. There is a very unflattering video of me on the flying fox that I will not share, lol. But it was loads of fun. The toddler must have had fun too, after his afternoon nap he kept asking to go for a walk! So I think I will need to take him for a walk more often, even if we can't go to the park after work as it's a bit late.
I can't remember if I mentioned that I am going to start taking the toddler to a kinder gym class once a week. Apparently the parents don't go in the studio with the kids and the class goes for an hour so I'm hoping that if he likes it, I can go to the gym that's just around the corner for a while each week! I just have to see how he goes this first time as he's never away from me or his dad so there may be some separation issues - I'll sit in the lobby and read a book just in case but if all goes well then from next week I can get some gym time in while he's occupied!
I got myself back on track yesterday. Ended up a little bit over on calories but still with a good deficit, was only over because my blood sugar dropped too low mid-afternoon and I had to eat something to bring it back up. Otherwise I would have been right on track! I spent some time in the evening planning and pre-logging my daytime meals for the week, so I'm hoping to stay on track this week!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2021 Word: PEACE
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