Downsizers - Team Chat SEPTEMBER 2021
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Beautyofdreams wrote: »Saw the foot doctor today to discuss treatment options for the infection in my right foot. Cultures came back strep that has reached into the bone. Was given the option to remove the right big toe or remove the infected bone and have a course of antibiotic infusions or 6 weeks oral antibiotics. Doctor said limit walking to household tasks so no walking of even just 20 minutes.
Opted to have the infected bone removed today. The one good thing about having diabetic nerve damage in my feet is I don’t feel pain. He just cut the bone out with no pain killers and all that I could feel was the pressure and the pulling. Even the disinfecting bleach solution they gave me to flush the wound with didn’t cause any discomfort. Will have a consult with Infectious disease and my doctors over infusions versus oral medication soon. In the meantime am taking oral antibiotics to keep infection from spreading. Since I can now wear a normal shoe think that I will restart some exercises at the rec center.
Am trying to stay positive and taking steps for whatever the future will bring. Time will pass no matter what actions are chosen and I would regret doing nothing.
Stay well everyone and wishing you all success in reaching your goals.
That's a lot to deal with. Let's hope for a strong recovery!
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No quitting today @mari_moulin ... But it is a hard one for sure.
It's Friday!!! 😎
So, I'll be honest, not so sure I enjoy this Double End Bag as of yet. Meh... 😐
I set it up for 3.30 rounds with 30 second rest periods... 10 rounds total. Or 40 minutes total. After 3 to 4 rounds, it was becoming clear, this just wasn't going to get my heart going the way I had hoped and video's I have watched suggested. So, I slogged straight out my front door and did 2 laps around the Community in which I live while still wearing my hand wraps. I even Slogged right up the big hill on the first round, and half way up the second one. This finally made me feel like I was at least working. 👍
So, then I slogged straight back to the exercise room and continued boxing. It's so silly though, I pretty much had to maintain highish stepping while boxing to try and maintain my heart rate. In fact, at one point I just marched on the spot raising my hands up and down in the air. ( which really isn't my idea of fun. lol ). See the problem is i need to throw hard punches to burn up energy, and with the double bag if I throw hard punches the bag goes wild and I'm likely to miss the next punch so on and so forth. Now if I was better at it, and had better timing I could likely throw a little harder, block or evade the initial bounce back and lean into the next punch so on and so forth. But I suck right now. And that's all easier said than done. Heck If I was in better shape, maybe I could throw the occasional high leg kick? But that's not happening right now either. 😆
So, I'm thinking maybe I like the Heavy Bag more? Then again though, these 40 minutes went by really really quick? Heck that 2 laps around the coop was also really quick? I don't know, I guess I will play it by ear.... Next week it's heavy bag for sure though. 👍😀
On another note... Lynn is having a difficult time at the moment, and could use your support. I'm not sure how to best support her myself, but I love her dearly and it hurts me to see her having such a hard time right now. She's dealing with more than a bit of anxiety related to some changes at work recently, and its worrying her to the point it's making her sick. In fact, she's going to the hospital this morning. It all sucks, and it's got me worried too. 🤮🤒😬😑😆🤗🤗🤗
Okay guys... Take care today!
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Daily Check-in For Thursday 9/9:
Calories: Over
Water: 75 Oz
IF 16/8: Fasted 17 hours
Alcohol Free: No (5/9 days this month)
Exercise: Body Strength Workout for Abs/Back/Booty + 15 minute Treadmill Walk
Sleep: 5.5 Hours (Wednesday night)
Had a good day overall, but after dinner made the decisions to have some snacks and then 2 drinks which put me over calories for the day. Not a big deal as long as I am back on track today, it will all average out to being within my calorie range for the week.
@Megan_smartiepants1970
9/9 Steps = 4,8372 -
Username: mthomas0228
Weigh In Day: Friday
PW: 183.9
CW: 180.9
Dropped all the weight spike from last week, still up a bit from my lowest August weight but should be below that for the next weigh-in.
@lindamtuck2018
Can you change my weigh-in day to Thursdays, going forward?3 -
Rwood566
weigh in day: Friday
PW: 278.4
CW: 277.0. -1.4 LBS
@mari_moulin thank you for that quote. I love it.3 -
mthomas0228 wrote: »Username: mthomas0228
Weigh In Day: Friday
PW: 183.9
CW: 180.9
Dropped all the weight spike from last week, still up a bit from my lowest August weight but should be below that for the next weigh-in.
@lindamtuck2018
Can you change my weigh-in day to Thursdays, going forward?
I will be more than happy to change your weight for you ...Linda is still on vacation
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9/9 Check-in:
Steps: 14,915
Floors: 113
Calories Burned: 925
Daily Intensity Minutes: 224
Total Intensity Minutes: 636 /150
Early W/O: No, but got it completed before 10 p.m.🙂3 -
Aqualang26 (Laura)
Weigh-In: Saturday (Friday night)
PW: 164.3
CW: 162
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@j2lee89
@KatLadyLove2
@Piqueaboo
@THUNDER5453
SATURDAY WEIGH-INS
@Aqualang26
@Tazaria87
@red1185
@lmf1012
@mari_moulin
@Jpedno
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Good evening everyone. None of you should be home. It's friday night and you should be out.
Check in for 9/10:
Steps - 2772. only 99 and humid today. Went outside once and was drenched.
Calories - 1839. Under by 3. I was cleaning out food stuffs today. Extra ice cream did me in but I did it in as well. Getting ready for meat run soon.
Exercise - nope nope and nope. It was super ugly at 6am. I was up but wishing I wasn't.
Tuesday I will get fitted for my compression socks. I really hope they work.2 -
Good evening everyone. None of you should be home. It's friday night and you should be out.
Check in for 9/10:
Steps - 2772. only 99 and humid today. Went outside once and was drenched.
Calories - 1839. Under by 3. I was cleaning out food stuffs today. Extra ice cream did me in but I did it in as well. Getting ready for meat run soon.
Exercise - nope nope and nope. It was super ugly at 6am. I was up but wishing I wasn't.
Tuesday I will get fitted for my compression socks. I really hope they work.
99 and humid sound tough!! Just thinking about that at this time of the year makes me uncomfortable, lol. Just for info, I have been wear compression stockings since 2006, when I travel. They are not prescription. Two doctor friends mentioned this to me in the same week, in 2006, about how they never traveling without them... I'm sure they will help you.
P.S. I giggled at the 'nope nope and nope.' Some days exercise just "ain't gonna happen."😊1 -
Weekly weigh-in:
Username: mari_moulin
Weigh-in day : Saturday
Weigh-in week: 2
Previous weight: 208.2
Current weight: 208
Daily Check-in: Friday 09/10
✖️Track my food
✖️Stay on or under my allowed calorie goal
✔️Gym 5/4x each week at least
✔️10k steps daily
✔️2L water daily
Steps:
09/05 - 12,849
09/06 - 21,939
09/07 - 18,479
09/08 - 9,581
09/09 - 15,999
09/10 - 13,080
Good morning FitFam!
I got up at 4:30 to get ready to be at the gym by 5. I was still sitting on the floor in the garage come 5:30. I never made it to the gym. I stayed there on the floor in the dark for 30 minutes scrolling through my phone, got up to go to the toilet, laid on the sofa for another 30 minutes then said alright, that’s it, let’s go. I went for a 5k run. It felt good to change it up. It was so nice to get the fresh air. I’m feeling very tired tho so I think tomorrow may be a rest day. Have a great Saturday Fam!
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IG - maris_transformation_journey4 -
So I need to get out of this funk I am in. I am starting to eat bad food, although it is in my calorie limit its not good wholesome food - last night I ate super noodles and a gammon steak not the best meal ...I have only been to the gym once this week. So from today I am going to step it up again and fight back against this funk because I am not failing again!!! from today good food, gym every other day regardless.6
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Username: jpedno
Weigh in day: Saturday
PW: 153.8
CW: 154.8
I guess I’m pleased my weight is under 155, which is where it hovered (or higher) after junk food filled holiday weekend last week. It’s almost 8 am and I am not feeling incredibly motivated to go to the gym. I have volunteer work here in Santa Fe today then headed to Albuquerque to pick up race packet for tomorrow’s 10K.
Steps @Megan_smartiepants1970
9/8 9,735
9/9 9,241
9/10 8,608
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Username: red1185
PW: 161.2
CW: 161.2
Steps for this week:
9/5: 2,797
9/6: 4,944
9/7: 7,724
9/8: 8,086
9/9: 8,422
9/10: 8,167
It’s my birthday weekend! I’m going to try not to overdo it, but I am going to make sure I enjoy myself. We went out to dinner last night, and I was super proud that I did not stuff myself silly - I stopped when I knew I had enough, but still with room for dessert. Tonight my family and I are doing the hot sauce challenge, and I am so excited! It’s going to be so much fun! Tomorrow, a friend and I are going to see Hamilton, and I am so excited for that, too. I’m trying to monitor my calories throughout the day to make sure I keep a nice stockpile for dinner and whatnot.
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Daily Check-in For Friday 9/10:
Calories: Over by 500
Water: 90+ Oz
IF 16/8: Fasted 18 hours
Alcohol Free: Yes (6/10 days this month)
Exercise: 2 Mile Run
Sleep: 5.5 Hours (Thursday night)
A little over on calories yesterday but still in at a very good spot for my weekly average. Yesterday's run was meh, still feeling sluggish and in a bit of a funk dealing with some pain issues...will adapt and keep on keeping on.
@Megan_smartiepants1970
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Good Morning Everyone... I hope everyone is doing good ..As for me I have decided to change my workouts ... My right hip has been giving me problems ...so no more 10 miles walks for me ...I will be walking M W F 3 to 5 miles ...Tuesday and Thursday using my home gym and no workouts on the weekends ...I am hoping that will be do-able ...I see my Dr in November so I will be asking for an x-ray on my hip and go from there... I have hip dysplasia and was in a brace for 2 years of my life as a baby...1
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It's weigh-in day!
Username piqueaboo
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW (Previous Weight): 209
CW (Current Weight): 207
I'm actually super happy because this morning I worked out for the first time (properly) since August 24th. It felt great an I plan to do it again tomorrow. I've been watching my food like a hawk, so I really welcome the 2lbs loss this week! I set an imaginary goal as January 2022 so let's see how much I can achieve by then!
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Daily Check-in (9/10 stats):
Steps: 20,262
Floors: 20
Calories Burned: 775
Daily Intensity Minutes: 165
Total Intensity Minutes: 801* /150
Early W/O: Technically no, as I started at 7:23 p.m.🙂
*There could be something off with this number. I was futzing with settings on my Garmin. I'll look at it more closely when I have time. Have a wonderful rest of the weekend everyone!!🧡1
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