Mission Slimpossible Team Chat - MARCH 2022
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Username:18922
Weigh In Day: Wednesday
PW (Previous Weight):193
CW (Current Weight):1932 -
Hi everyone,
Was a very busy week. I’m afraid no loss this week. It’s spring break this week so we had take out food and lots more tempting treats in the house. Glad I maintained!
@micaroo4 im one of those people who starved herself to lose weight. I just can’t seem to balance eating and exercising. All last year I would gain 5 and lose 5. I walked 10k a day and did lots of yoga and gardening. I definitely see how exercise impacted my blood sugars for the better and reshaped my body but I really want to weigh less so for now 1200 calories seems to do it. I think a lifetime of yo-yo dieting has really mixed up my metabolism.
My challenges are to get back to 10,000 steps a day. Drink 60 oz water. Try to do yoga or meditation and turn my phone off an hour before bed. I have found that I sleep so much better if I’m not playing on my phone before bed.
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Username: GabiV125
Check in day: Thursday
PW: 134.5
CW: 134.5
It’s the 3rd of the month and I think I’m late for the introductions 😁.
My name is Gabi, 50yo married with 2 kids, leaving in Northern VA and with a full time desk job. I’ve been here for over a year with success in the first 6mo, than I lost ground slowly and I’m back at it again.
Last month I decided to go by a longer timeframe and non-weight goals, so I’m shooting for doing these to May 1st:
- exercise 6 days/w
- cut/reduce eating after dinner or snacking thru the day
- walk 10k on all days
- one phone call a week to people I love talking to, but rarely see/hear
- do at least one stress reduction action a day
So far it’s going nice and although the scale and my sleep are still all over the place from one day to another, I see some structure forming.
Good luck and be well, to all!1 -
vegan4lyfe2012
Sunday 2/27
PW: 187.6
CW: 187.2
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@trooworld Haha that Grumpy Cat meme is hilarious! You know I didn’t make anything Keto for my B-day!
Love that field of flowers! 
@FushiaKat NOW tha is a birthday cake my retail loving heart could really dig into!
Hi Team! Thanks, everyone for the birthday wishes.
I had a very good birthday yesterday. My mom totally surprised me with a Kitchen Aid mixer. I have always wanted one and I’m thrilled to finally be able to make some protein bread that uses egg whites and egg white powder. It’s supposed to be tasty and super high in protein. I’m giving myself this weekend, since I have a birthday lunch tomorrow and then the church potluck on Sunday, but come Monday morning I am getting back on the weight-loss train. I plan to start a new Data Driven challenge that begins on Monday and will also incorporate at least 2, hopefully, 3, days of Protein Sparing Modified Fasting. I think this combined with mostly a low-carb diet will yield some good results. I might log into Cronometer and track my dang calories. Ugghhh!! 
30 Day Spring Challenge
Day 14: 191.2, eating the last of the cake and ice cream for dessert tonight. The exercise was just my church cleaning.
Word: INTENTIONAL[/b]
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My name is Jennifer and I am a 48 year old single mom of 3 adult children. I live in beautiful Southwest Michigan, right across the Lake from Chicago. My son, Marcus, is 26 and in the Navy, stationed in Virginia and engaged. I’ll get to add Ashley (future daughter-in-love) this July. My oldest daughter, Sydney, is 25 and lives with her husband, Nick, about an hour south of me, and my youngest daughter, Hunter, is 22 and is still at home with me. I also have a sweet little (fatty) rabbit - Kismet. I love to rubber stamp (I’m a Stampin’ Up demo) and make cards. I'm an active member of my church (Board member), and also love horror movies and books. I have worked in Community Development at my County for over 17 years. I’m trying to break free of my food addictions.
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and we (my daughter, mother and I) are doing the Daniel Fast for the 40 days of Lent. I’m already a 10 year vegan, but have relied too heavily on faux meats and cheeses…plus all other sorts of junk. Along with helping to lose weight by nixing the processed foods, my blood pressure should get better. Day 1 was good and today is good, too. And I've been soda-free for a couple weeks now.
I’ll get caught up on everyone’s previous posts (hopefully) this evening and do so conversing. Until then, let’s have NO ZERO DAYS!
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30 Day Spring Challenge, Day 13 (3/3):
1. Get up right away ✅
2. Drink a glass of water as soon as I get up ✅
3. Eat breakfast ✅
4. Take supplements and brush teeth ✅
5. 5 minutes of meditation ✅
6. Exercise ✅ - Walked in the gym before work
7. Take a shower ✅
Phrase of the year: OWN IT!3 -
My Spring Challenge commitment is:
1) Read for 30 minutes a day or use my Scroll Saw - I read tonight.
2) Move at least 30 minutes a day or walk 3000 steps - 3064 steps so far today.
3) Weigh everyday - 169.5
Today I took a long leisurely bath, it was awesome! I need to use up some of those bath bombs before the next round of gifting. Tomorrow, I have my 3-month checkup with my Primary Care and Rheumatologist. I'm going to ask him to give me a shot in my right knee. It keeps waking me up at night. And when I get up in the night, I eat pickles. I need to stop doing that.1 -
@teresaw1029 A belated happy birthday to you! Hope you had a great day!
@trooworld congrats on the loss! Also way to go on not stress eating!
@micaroo4 thanks so much on the tips!
@cornanda glad things are less dramatic in your life. Super happy that you are able to get out and walk in the sunshine, for me that is just so healing and energizing.
It has been a very busy couple of days. I was able to do spin classes both yesterday and today, have to admit my tush is a little tender🤣. My cousin came over for supper last night and we were able to have a great visit, we haven’t been able to catch up since November.
I had a great spin class this morning with one of my favourite instructors, then got my grocery shopping done and main floor cleaned up for a grand total of 17,000+ steps. I think it is funny how I know equate not only exercise but housecleaning and grocery shopping into step counting🤣. I really need to do the extra work this week after dinner last night with my cousin and then I am having my family over for lasagna after we go tubing on the ski hill.
I have to mention that I am just so envious of those of you with sunshine and flowers! I am still walking around here with spikes on my boots🥴0 -
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@TeresaW1020 Happy birthday, hope it was beautiful for you! I'm not sure on peppers though mine did better once the Temps cooled off so they may be fine. Herbs like mint, thyme, oregano, and marjoram are real tough. Basil may be a little more picky, give it a try and if they're doing bad you can always move them. I've had some gnat problems with my stuff on the grow table, I put a squirt of dish soap in a spray bottle and spray the top of the dirt and it's helped a lot. There's insecticide soap too but I'm cheap!
Hi everyone! My nephew's having a bad week, I was relieved because I thought he went to school today as I hadn't heard anything but right after I got home from errands I got a text to go over. He usually does homework and visits but he got upset when we tried to get him to go after lunch and it went downhill. I'm pooped out, have a great Friday team! I did have Diet Pepsi there but just one! Going to meditate now as I forgot last night.1 -
@TeresaW1020 I meant tough as in hardy herbs, mine overwinter here and the mint dies back some but my thyme loved winter. My SIL has had better success with herbs in the shade like parsley and chives, they look way better than mine do right now but are in a raised bed-type pot versus mine in regular pots plus her yard is well protected whereas I'm on a hill without a fence so the deck gets more sun and wind.0
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davors19
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 259
CW: 259
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Hi all
davidji82
weigh in day friday
PW:218.9
CW:221.3
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Good morning Slimpossibles!
I work a 4-day week now, and Friday is my day off. I attempted to shop for groceries this morning, but the store is doing a remodel and I couldn't find everything that was on my list. I'll have to go out again later to another store to find the items I missed.
I've got other errands to run, but I'm expecting 2 important phone calls so I'm waiting around hoping they will call before 10:00am.
I want to get out walking to get my 6 miles today, but right now temps are in the single digits. The sun is shining bright, so I'm hoping it will get up into the 20s soon and I can enjoy a relatively comfortable walk or 2 or 3. No chance of the temps going above freezing today though.
Normally Friday is my cooking day, and I put up meals for the rest of the week; I may decide to do the cooking tomorrow, depending on how long it takes me to finish my errands and other 'day off' duties.2 -
Another busy day yesterday! I went to the gym, grocery store, it was my niece's birthday so I got treats for a little celebration, decorated my breakfast nook for that, tutored one of my first graders, and hubby and I went to a ball. It was a great day and hubby and I enjoyed getting out for a date night.
Today I have to help set up for a book sale at the library and work for part of it. I'm a little tired but am about to eat a little and take my meds. It's so beautiful outside! It's going to be an awesome day!!! We plan to go to the African American History Program tonight and I'm excited about that.
Have an awesome day everyone!
Let's go get it people!!
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Friday weigh in
Cornanda
PW: 170.4
CW: 170.1
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@trooworld - Looovveeee the flower field pic. Enjoy your wine and art afternoon! A new art show is so cool.
@18922 - maintaining during a vacation week is awesome!
@GabiV125 - good to hear from you and forming structure sounds like a good early result.
@TeresaW1020 - It's good to enjoy the birthday celebrations. Having a plan to get back on track is excellent. Did you like or hate the new quilt?
@vegan4lyfe2012 - No Zero Days is always a good goal! Good luck with your Daniel fast.
@FushiaKat - hope the appt went well. You are really sticking to it on the spring challenge goals.
@laurelfit57 - Forgot to say yesterday that I'm glad your doc pointed you in the direction of feeling better. Yay for exercise and being active around the house and lasagna and tubing. Pretty soon those boot spikes will be off and you will be enjoying the sunshine too. I also keep my fitbit on at all times. Yesterday I walked a lot, but then was not very active around the house the rest of the day. It's good to be aware of these things.
@Katmary71 I'm so sorry to hear about your nephew. He is lucky to have family who cares so much about him. I will add him to my prayer list.
@askewcr - wow, those are some busy days you are having, but they sound super fun. Your enthusiasm always makes me smile.
Well, yesterday started off OK, and then some drama returned in the afternoon. Starting with today and through the weekend I will just put it all out of my mind. It's been thoroughly thought through and no need to to dwell on it all. My mind needs a rest. I ate lots of veggies yesterday. I kept my attitude good. My husband seems inclined to take me out tonight to celebrate successfully navigating all of this stuff! Whooohoooo!
Lisa
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Friday
gwamajtw91
PW: 164.0
CW: 165.03 -
I got a laugh when I saw this one...
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I forgot to bring my laptop to my room and was trying to answer on my phone and just lost my responses by hitting a previous page scrolling, so annoying as I was almost done! Hugs all around. Had my pain clinic appointment, I prefer doing things earlier as my pain gets worse throughout the day so I wasn't happy with a 3:30 appointment, the PA took one look at me and said she was so thankful it was me, apparently there's another patient with the same last name who's really angry, she said she likes me because I'm always nice and friendly and don't yell at her. Sad when that makes you a breath of fresh air but there's a grieving process with coming to terms with things so I get the angry patient's POV too, been there. Rained last night and was mostly overcast so I stayed inside. Have a great Saturday gang!1
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My Spring Challenge commitment is:
1) Read for 30 minutes a day or use my Scroll Saw - I read tonight.
2) Move at least 30 minutes a day or walk 3000 steps - 4014 steps so far today.
3) Weigh everyday - 171.5 this is always expected after a day of feasting on high sodium loaded baked potato, but I wouldn't change it for anything. Queso cheese sauce is full of sodium, it makes it taste so good.
I saw my primary care doctor today; she say's my kidney function is low and dropping so she wants me to retest in a month and if it's still low then she will stop a medication and see if that helps. She also said to ask my shrink if the 2 medications he prescribes can cause low kidney function.
I love my Rheumatologist, I asked for a shot in my right knee, and he gave me one. I know to rest the remainder of the day afterwards, and it's starting to feel better already. Hopefully it won't wake me up at 3am tonight. When I'm tired and it's the middle of the night and I'm in pain I resort to eating to feel better. It's only 3 tiny pickles, but it's not good for me because I feel guilty the next day. Maybe I should just add them to the food diary and move on. In case you didn't know, food consumed in the middle of the night is calorie free, and not counted. 😋2 -
Username amioc
weigh in day: Friday
Starting weight 147 (28/01/2022)
All time heaviest 148 (24/01/2022)
PW: 147.6
CW: 146.4
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Username: MOUNTAINMERMAIDCO
Weigh In Day: SATURDAY
PW (Previous Weight): 02/27 162.8
CW (Current Weight): 03/05 161.23 -
askewcr
Weigh in day: Saturday
Starting Weight 258.5
PW:254
CW:251.5
Let's go get it! 4 -
I am pleased with my weight loss today. The past two weeks have been tough because I had been on a roll with the gym and exercising, and logging my food. Then I went to visit my step-mom and got completely off track. She and I sat around and did completely nothing. When I got back home I had to break that cycle. In the midst of me trying "go get it " it was hard to get motivated. So I did have to push myself to get moving again. It's amazing how four days can change your mind and zap your motivation.
I pushed through and prayerfully, I am back on the right road. I've had some very busy days and that has helped too but I'm back in the gym.
Happy Saturday! Blessings everybody!!
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tammymccrady6278
Weigh in day Saturday
CW 219
PW 219
I have been quite busy this week and haven’t been able to get on here as much as I’d like. But now it’s the weekend and I’m sitting here enjoying my coffee. I have plans to catch up on all the posts tonight while on night shift and see how everyone is doing. My spring challenge has been going ok. Though I have struggled with weighing myself everyday. It goes up and down as we all know and sometimes it’s more depressing than encouraging. Plus I have been the same weight at weigh in for three weeks. It’s time to have the scales moving. I hate platoghs. My pup is growing like a bad weed lol. She is four and half months now and is up to 65 pounds lol. Now when she wants to play we know it haha. Plus she is eating like the horse she is haha. We actually started ordering her food on Amazon as it’s cheaper and it’s on an auto send so we don’t have to think about it anymore if she is out. Anyway I’d better go. I’m getting my hair done today then going grocery shopping so I have to get in the shower. This is the first time I have went into a salon since Covid I have just been kinda doing it myself which isn’t always pretty haha….have a great day everyone!3 -
Username: bgame4
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW: 132 lbs
CW: 131 lbs
Phrase of the year: OWN IT!2 -
Username:@leonadixon
PW 2/23: 225.9
Check in weight (3/4/2022): 225.4
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@broncobuddee can I please change my weigh in day to Fridays?2 -
Digger61
Weigh in day Saturday
CW 220.5
PW 220.52
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