WaistAways Team Chat - DECEMBER 2021
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@micki48 I tend to live under a bit of a news rock so I am not the most up to date on the tornado situation but it sounds terrible. Glad your family is okay but the devastation must be terrible.
Sending good vibes for your daughter's job interview! I'm sure the fact it comes with a potential move makes it full of mixed feelings, but I know how supportive you are of her.
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Alright folks - I've got a few different things on the report.
Some people report steps, others report both - thought it would be fun to have categories at the start that track all activities (what our team is built on), but then also have two separate categories that recognize steps only versus other activities only.
Also planning to show which activities our team is busy doing with their bodies every week!
Reminder that all numbers are step equivalents - so other activities are always converted to steps for the purposes of comparing apples to apples.
As the weeks go on I'll try to add some other things (laddering up, individual fitness bests, etc.)
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12/12 exercise
60 minutes Peloton + 4752 steps
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@micki48 I'm glad your family is OK - that must've been terrifying for them.
I did it - 80kg deadlift this morning. Unfortunately I was not allowed to go home and back to bed lol, and C had me doing a circuit afterward.
The circuit included burpees, press ups, crunches, rowing machine, squats, lunges and assault bike. I was strong throughout except maybe the press ups which have always been challenging for me - they did highlight our next goal, however, which is to work on shoulders and chest, ultimately feeding in to the 40kg overhead press on our list.
I realised too late to do anything about it yesterday, but I went for my lunch time walk without my Garmin (it was charging, and would've been finished). I'll be going to feed the ducks again today so will make sure it stays on my wrist. Tea is already made - beef Rogan Josh with lots of veg in it - and I will get something out of the freezer for lunch.
Tonight I think I fancy a quiet evening, but I may try and do some decluttering/organising if I have the energy. We've agreed to tackle paperwork this weekend; the stacks of paperwork on OH's desk are the first thing I see when walking into the office and the mess vexes me lol. There is a box under my desk which has things that need to go into the loft, so that might be my target - I actually bought the box for paperwork relating to the house (it has those hanging folder things in), but we could put some of the other papers we need to keep in there.4 -
The new report looks great @ashleycarole86 - thanks for all the effort you're putting in to it!2
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@ashleycarole86 What a report! This is fantastic. It always bothered me when I was doing those reports that the conversion of exercise to steps was great in one way (allowed those who don't get the majority of their exercise from steps to participate) and terrible in another (its invisibility made it seem unfair somehow?). You solved the problem! I hope more people join in - any exercise can count, and yes, there is a conversion for shovelling snow
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Ready, Wednesday people? Hop on there and send in the numbers ---
@AshenMoon
@KellyBgetsFit
@MoStacy
@PlaneMonkey
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I had a long, not fun day at work. But I still got a few walks in and stayed under my calorie goal even considering the macarons I ate and the amaretto I am drinking right now.
I made a recipe I found on Facebook of loaded baked potato shepherd's pie. It was pretty good but I think I'd season the meat a little differently next time.
I took an extra long weekend to be able to have a little time off and enjoy my birthday this weekend so tomorrow is my last day of work for the week. Hoping I get through it without any trouble because I am behind this week.5 -
@MandiSaysHey Amaretto! A personal fav of mine. Sorry it had to follow a crap day at work.
It was C-O-L-D here today! I did all my exercising indoors. Going to walk around the house a bit to get my steps up a bit more before bed. I couldn't muster even a short walk outdoors today - just didn't have it in me!2 -
@DD265 Your training sessions are always so inspiring. Fun to have an organized plan with a trainer and to be working on specific things. How did you decide on your particular trainer?1
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CW 190.6
Holding steady. Going to have to work harder to catch up to @ashleycarole86 and reach the decade goal by the end of the month! I've been making good choices on the days my planning calendar has circled. I'll do my best to keep it under control this weekend even though we are travelling out of town for the funeral Friday/Saturday and then returning to a high school girlfriend reunion brunch on Sunday. I went out and bought new outfits last evening and it sure feels great to shop in regular stores so I want to keep this feeling!4 -
Hi all, coming up for air, have caught up on posts!
@YinxFed isn't it funny how all of a sudden a bit of xmas spirit can catch you, breaking up for the holiday can certainly help.
@conleywoods So sorry to hear about your beloved dog...what a wonderful life he had with you and the kids and the countryside.
Just hanging on here...as my cousin said, it's like Whack-a-mole just trying to keep us all going in this house. Doctor appts, visiting nurses - feels like 5 phone calls ahead of every appt. My choices have been poor foodwise - opened a box of wine (4 bottles in there!) the other day - I should just take it outside and pour it out. I START out the day fine...then it devolves from there. I'm not too hopeful for my weigh in tomorrow - if I just stayed the same - hallelujah.
Oh AND I spotted something on a drive the other day that really spoke to me for powering through the holidays this year. Not as peaceful and joyful as your beautiful photo @micki48 but makes me laugh.
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Pw: 234.6
Cw: 232.0
I stuck with the 16:8 intermittent fasting all week with a few days varying a bit outside my timeframe by half an hour or so. But I also still tracked calories and made mostly good food choices. I'll make a few exceptions this next week and a half or so because of stuff going on, but I think I'll stick with doing the 16:8 rule. Hopefully I'll continue to see good results. This is the best single week loss I've had in a while.4 -
PW 145
CW 145.6
@eggfreak I love it!!!! On Monday, we had dress as your favorite holiday character. I saw a little boy all in green, including his face painted. I asked his teacher if Hulk was his favorite, she laughed and said he was the Grinch!!! 🤦♀️ Not sure how I messed up that one.3 -
That's fab @eggfreak!
@ashleycarole86 How I picked my current trainer is a bit of a long story..
I first went to a PT in 2009 at a local gym. Nice guys, but pretty generic here's a circuit, here are some machines, go do the thing. I don't think I made any progress at all in ~5 years going there. I went solo in 2014ish when I started a long commute. Began a lifting programme called Fitter, Leaner, Stronger (basically progressive lifting) but found myself going backwards. Went for some physio with J in 2017 and after sounding me out, he offered me a training slot. This was really the beginning of the journey and a love of running (I'd told him I didn't run!) and lifting. J built my body from the ground up, beginning with a seriously strong posterior chain and core. In 2019 we moved away and whilst I tried to keep going once a month, J got busy then Covid hit and I haven't seen him since April 21.
In.. July, I started Stronglifts 5x5. On the second session - so not heavy at all - I couldn't do the squats without my IT bands screaming in the potential-injury way, not the this-is-hard way, and decided to find another trainer. I knew I didn't want a 'personal trainer' based on how spoiled I'd been with the physio approach, but was struggling for somebody I deemed qualified.
In the UK, personal training isn't well regulated and there's a real mixture of qualifications, (lack of) experience and expertise. Physiotherapists generally focus on rehabilitation; they'll earn more on the physio rate than most people are willing to pay for training plus they can typically see more patients for physio than if they combine the two. J loved both aspects of the job so he balanced it for his enjoyment as much as anything.
After a lot of google searching I found C's website; I think the search term was 'physiotherapist personal training'. C is actually a sports injury therapist, so the emphasis is on a return to activity rather than day-to-day function. His website mentioned all the right words (exercise prescription, prevention, strength and conditioning) and said he was previously in the military so I knew that he'd have a good understanding of what it takes to be resilient, that being my ultimate goal. I still needed to meet him, have an initial assessment and see whether we'd train well together - thankfully we do!1 -
Happy Wednesday!
Today is my brother's and my daughter's boyfriend's birthday, and a party will be enjoyed. My brother is far away, but will be in our minds as we make merry. We're making an angelfood cake and grilled cheese sandwiches, apparently! Birthday boy's favourite stuff. I'm certainly adding salads, fruit, and plenty of yummy additions to the grilled cheese, including an amazing green tomato turmeric relish that I make every year. So far, its most spectacular use is on grilled cheese sandwiches, so this will be a good chance to use some of it up!
@PlaneMonkey your lineup of funeral followed by lovely reunion sounds so balanced, even if both are opportunities for difficult to track food and drink. Hang in there!
@eggfreak your hulk is fabulous. If you want some help moderating that wine without having to dump it out, give a try to an app called Sunnyside (used to be called Cutback Coach). It has helped me a lot - it is an encouraging and helpful way to set limits.
@MandiSaysHey great job! It looks like the 16:8 is working well for you so far. It is so good to find a method that works without being too difficult or depriving to enjoy.
I had better get some walking and stuff in before the cooking starts...2 -
@MandiSaysHey Definitely looks like you've got a great strategy going for yourself... keep it up!1
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PlaneMonkey wrote: »CW 190.6
Holding steady. Going to have to work harder to catch up to @ashleycarole86 and reach the decade goal by the end of the month!
I've been back in the 190's all week... Last week's Thursday weigh-in was definitely a case of a huge overnight drop that happened to fall on my weigh-in day, and I haven't been that low since!
Another justification for why I weigh daily and track my trend weight for myself. I know I'll be up for the team weigh-in tomorrow (sorry team!) but my trend weight this week is still down.
I love that we both have the same goal (enter 2022 in the 180's!!) I have all the faith in the world we can do this. Thanks for sharing the clothing shopping experience, those are the moments that make it all worth it aren't they? Sorry for your loss...
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I first went to a PT in 2009 at a local gym. Nice guys, but pretty generic here's a circuit, here are some machines, go do the thing. I don't think I made any progress at all in ~5 years going there.
How common this experience is eh? I used to workout at Goodlife on my own (a chain gym here in Canada) and it would drive me nuts to see PT just putting people on the circuit we could do ourselves.
Not knocking the experiences of people who are happy to do that and just require some oversight, but I suspect a lot of folks were just like you and looking for way more out of the process than that level of training can offer.
My best friend Jordan does training that sounds a lot like what you're doing. His main focus is functional movement, injury prevention and the like... he trains a lot in rehabilitation, and his big focus is ensuring that the body is set up to keep moving in a healthy way.
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