Downsizers Team Chat - February 2022

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  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,223 Member
    edited February 2022
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    Here is my friendly Sunday reminder of the people's steps I need ... Please have them in by Tuesday Evening 2/8/22... If I do not have them by then I will have no choice but to zero them out ...Thanks for your understanding and cooperation :)


    @tahm42 1/30- 2/5
    @MeowScout 1/30- 2/5
    @tslose 1/30- 2/5
    @mari_moulin 2/5
    @JodiSW 1/31- 2/5
    @Jpedno 2/1- 2/5


  • littleflutterby
    littleflutterby Posts: 432 Member
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    Here is my friendly Sunday reminder of the people's steps I need ... Please have them in by Tuesday Evening 2/8/22... If I do not have them by then I will have no choice but to zero them out ...Thanks for your understanding and cooperation :)

    @lindamtuck2018 2/5
    @tahm42 1/30- 2/5
    @MeowScout 1/30- 2/5
    @littleflutterby 1/30- 2/5
    @tslose 1/30- 2/5
    @mari_moulin 2/5
    @JodiSW 1/31- 2/5
    @Jpedno 2/1- 2/5
    @2BThinAgain5 2/4 & 2/5
    @Outdoorsy_Canadian 2/5

    hola! bit of a lazy week steps-wise. but here they are!

    30/1- 11073
    31/1- 7040
    1/2- 8102
    2/2- 8793
    3/2- 6348
    4/2- 5782
    5/2- 5405
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,835 Member
    Hi all! I am feeling pretty rough from the vaccine. Chills, headache, fatigue and awful muscle aches. I am going back to sleep and will do a proper check in tomorrow.
  • minstrelofsarcasm
    minstrelofsarcasm Posts: 2,576 Member
    edited February 2022
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    We've made it through the first week of February! Click on the link below to see this past week's results -


    Here's a sneak peek of how your team did...


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  • rwood566
    rwood566 Posts: 987 Member
    Good evening everyone. I hope you had a good weekend.
    Check in for 2/6:
    Steps - 9013. Quick trip to the zoo for lunar new year celebration. Had to leave after 2 hours so daughter could get to work.
    Calories - 1815 or close. Tried to be close with my zoo food.
    Exercise - walked some of the zoo very slowly. Otherwise nope.
  • jayenguk
    jayenguk Posts: 355 Member
    Good morning all!
    small check in...
    so the struggle is real but I am fighting it all the way I WILL NOT let myself down again this time I will succeed. I had a bit of a NSV at the weekend I tried on some clothes which I thought was my size but I could actually go down a size which really chuffed me and made me realise how far I have come. So I need to now focus and stop trying to self sabotage myself and just kick this extra weight to the curb!
  • mszoueb
    mszoueb Posts: 155 Member
    edited February 2022
    Username: mszoueb
    Weigh In Day: Monday
    PW (Previous Weight): 238
    CW (Current Weight): 237

    Hi all, here for Monday weigh in. Just quickly checking in whilst have breakfast before work. Great to see the scales behaved, I'll keep an eye on it though because I know how my weight can fluctuate when TOM is due, so maybe it's actually a gain disguised as a loss, but either way it brought some relief this morning to not see a gain.

    I'm aiming to get some exercise in this week and stick to prep for 5 days, on cals at the weekend and fingers crossed to starting to move out of seeing 237, ready to greet numbers below that.

    Have a great week everyone!

    P.s Is anyone elses home page messed up? Theres no news feed just invite friends by email!
  • Pippin20206
    Pippin20206 Posts: 194 Member
    Steps 9221
  • Horrible weekend eating wise and overall being lazy.

    I actually got 7.5 hours of sleep last night. My goal is to start back with the elliptical tonight (15 min) and some free weights. Hopefully I won’t be too wiped after work and running around. Need to get my son a new swim suit for gym class this Friday.


    2/5-2991
    2/6-7762
  • @Megan_smartiepants1970

    Date 2/6
    Step count 5187


    plus 10 minutes rowing light effort
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,835 Member
    Congratulations @peng123 @jayenguk @888Angie888
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,835 Member
    rwood566 wrote: »
    Good evening everyone. I hope you had a good weekend.
    Check in for 2/6:
    Steps - 9013. Quick trip to the zoo for lunar new year celebration. Had to leave after 2 hours so daughter could get to work.
    Calories - 1815 or close. Tried to be close with my zoo food.
    Exercise - walked some of the zoo very slowly. Otherwise nope.

    Still counts as exercise. Great day!

    jayenguk wrote: »
    Good morning all!
    small check in...
    so the struggle is real but I am fighting it all the way I WILL NOT let myself down again this time I will succeed. I had a bit of a NSV at the weekend I tried on some clothes which I thought was my size but I could actually go down a size which really chuffed me and made me realise how far I have come. So I need to now focus and stop trying to self sabotage myself and just kick this extra weight to the curb!

    Fantastic NSV!

    mszoueb wrote: »
    Username: mszoueb
    Weigh In Day: Monday
    PW (Previous Weight): 238
    CW (Current Weight): 237

    Hi all, here for Monday weigh in. Just quickly checking in whilst have breakfast before work. Great to see the scales behaved, I'll keep an eye on it though because I know how my weight can fluctuate when TOM is due, so maybe it's actually a gain disguised as a loss, but either way it brought some relief this morning to not see a gain.

    I'm aiming to get some exercise in this week and stick to prep for 5 days, on cals at the weekend and fingers crossed to starting to move out of seeing 237, ready to greet numbers below that.

    Have a great week everyone!

    P.s Is anyone elses home page messed up? Theres no news feed just invite friends by email!

    Nice loss! I think a lot of people are having trouble with their home page and general issues with the app.

    Steps 9221

    Awesome steps!
    Horrible weekend eating wise and overall being lazy.

    I actually got 7.5 hours of sleep last night. My goal is to start back with the elliptical tonight (15 min) and some free weights. Hopefully I won’t be too wiped after work and running around. Need to get my son a new swim suit for gym class this Friday.


    2/5-2991
    2/6-7762

    Doesn’t a good nights sleep make the difference? I admire you and the others doing this with young families. I am retired and I find it hard.

    @Megan_smartiepants1970

    Date 2/6
    Step count 5187


    plus 10 minutes rowing light effort

    Nice steps and rowing!
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,835 Member
    ❌Close Rings
    ❌Steps 2,249 2/5 13,318
    ✅Log Food
    Swim 800 laps: 212/800

    No exercise yesterday but I am on track to meet my monthly goal of 800 laps. I am still not 100% so I won’t be in the pool until tomorrow.
  • MeowScout
    MeowScout Posts: 103 Member
    Don’t give up on me! I am working it.
    Fri weigh in 254

    I WILL post more this afternoon.
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,223 Member
    Congrats to @peng123, @jayenguk and @888Angie888 for being our top 3 weight loss losers :)
  • MeowScout
    MeowScout Posts: 103 Member
    @Megan_smartiepants1970

    1/30 2022
    1/31 6000
    2/1 7246
    2/2 6025
    2/3 1857
    2/4 6328
    2/5 6502

    I would like to stay on the step challenge for 6000, please.
    Personally, I am aiming for 6/7 or 5/7, not the 3/7 I had some weeks in January!
    Back on the Wagon!
  • MeowScout
    MeowScout Posts: 103 Member
    Hello Everyone! How did we get to week 2 of February already?
    My name is Lisa, and I have been really struggling. I have been tracking and exercising and mostly getting steps in, but the weight is just hanging on. Perhaps I am part bear? No matter, I am here to cheer you on and keep myself on track. The weight will do as it will!
    So my start weight was 252, and week one was 254. My goal for Friday is to not go any further up.

    I have had lots of changes lately. I homeschool my two boys, 11yo and 13yo. But my side gig has changed. I was teaching with an online company to kids in China, but China changed their policies to no longer allow any foreign teachers, so my job there effectively ended in October. I have been working hard to create my own curriculum and have now begun teaching Latin on Outschool. I love it, but lots of extra work to start up a business on your own, as many of you probably know.

    Also, just last week, I have handed over my Cubmaster duties to the next Cubmaster of the Pack, and now my boys and I are all scouting on the same night with the Troop. I can finally go back to singing in the choir!! I did that this weekend, in spite of the snow, for the first time since Covid. That is the longest since I was 10 that I was not singing in a choir. I feel like a weight has been lifted!

    Let's LOVE our bodies and our Selves this month, y'all!
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,835 Member
    Good Monday morning all. Had a great weekend with the grandsons. Went bowling, had lunch and let the youngest one pick out his B-Day gift. So much fun - but tired Grandma - LOL!

    Did pretty good with the walking, but not so hot with the eating. Picked up a bag of Hershey Hugs and now I need to hide them from myself! Getting back on track today and refocusing.

    @Megan_smartiepants1970
    2/4=5113
    2/5=7835
    2/6=10,014
    I will do better this week getting these numbers to you :smile:

    Hope everyone has a good day. Cold and spritzing rain here in Michigan - hoping it doesn't freeze. It will make for dicey driving.

    My granddaughters always leave me happy but tired. All we can do is refocus each day. Quitting is never an option. What part of Michigan are you from? I live about 45 minutes east of Port Huron. Used to do day trips before Covid for shopping. I was up in the Bay City area a few years back. Going to get back someday soon.

    MeowScout wrote: »
    Don’t give up on me! I am working it.
    Fri weigh in 254

    I WILL post more this afternoon.

    Never! We got you!

    peng123 wrote: »
    Happy Monday, Downsizers! I'm slammed at work but wanted to report that I stayed within my calories and did my strengthening exercises this weekend - steps for 2/5: 6,667 and 2/6: 5,997

    Have a great day!

    Hope work settles down. Great job for the weekend.
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,835 Member
    JodiSW wrote: »
    @Megan_smartiepants1970

    Steps:
    1/30 - 7,327
    1/31 - 11,553
    1/1 - 1,575 (Day after being food poisoned...I pretty much laid on the couch all day)
    1/2 - 10,193
    1/3 - 11,021
    1/4 - 5,333
    1/5 - 4,077
    1/6 - 2,195

    Friends, it has been such a challenging week. Then on Friday, my BED just took me...all weekend. I think it's related to eating a lot of bread and noodles on Wednesday and Thursday of last week (after being food poisoned on Monday). I woke up this morning feeling terrible, mentally and physically. I hopped on the scale and have gained 4 pounds over my Friday weigh-in. I know it's fluids but, ugh. However, more than the weight gain, is the terrible feeling of being out of control. :(

    Time to breathe deep, pause, and get my head on straight.

    With the BED we have to take it moment by moment. What are some of the strategies you have you used in the past? For me, reducing stress is a big one. One thing my therapist said to me is to be gentle and forgive myself when I do have a binge. It is so easy to beat ourselves up but a little forgiveness goes a long way. We are always here to bounce things off. Take it one moment at a time.
  • Maejestique
    Maejestique Posts: 160 Member
    Username: Maejestique
    Weigh In Day: Monday
    PW : 149.7
    CW : 151

    Hope you are all doing good! 😀 Last week has been a busy week! Shifting to new house and so could not stick to my workout and nutrition.. Hoping to have better numbers for this week!
  • jimboden3
    jimboden3 Posts: 334 Member
    JimBoden3
    Weigh-in Day: Monday (Feb 7, 2022)
    PW: 221.1
    CW: 224.6
    SW: 240

    I'm sure I'm carrying some water weight as we went out to a Persian restaurant last night that's well known for their gin room (yes - it’s an odd combination but the owner is pretty well known for being an expert apparently). Anyway - too many wonderful appetizers and drinks apparently stuck with me during the morning weigh-in. Sigh.
  • Beautyofdreams
    Beautyofdreams Posts: 1,009 Member
    @Megan_smartiepants1970
    02/06
    No exercise
    02/07
    45 minutes strength training, moderate
    40 minutes stationary bike 4.6 miles
    Really focused on eating within calories this week. Have managed to succeed but really hate cutting calories back when not exercising. However it is getting easier to tell myself no can’t exceed calorie budget. However did take a lot of naps on days was unable to exercise so body is fighting the deficit.
  • Jpedno
    Jpedno Posts: 301 Member
    So I haven’t posted lately. Struggling to stay motivated. I’ve been doing some baking (friend’s birthday, for a brunch get together, and a baking class I signed up for months ago). And I’m not good at resisting all these treats!

    I also had started running and doing yoga… and ten days into it I skipped one day and couldn’t get back at it.

    So here I am. Going to try to post more and see if that helps.

    @Megan_smartiepants1970 you asked about favorite kitchen gadgets… I just bought a new gas range/oven and it has an air fryer feature. I’m excited to try it! I love fried tofu so I am hoping I can recreate that. Should be delivered in a week or so.

    Steps:
    2/6 4,876


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