Downsizers Team Chat - MARCH 2022
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hi i am so sorry team had a bit of a bad time recently but now back on it hopefully …WI tomorrow for me I expect a bad result
@jayenguk So glad to see you back - I'm sorry that you had a difficult time recently - no worries about the weigh-in tomorrow - it's just time to reset and move forward!1 -
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
20: 2477
21: 4895
22: 156 (my pedometer must have been on the fritz
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23: 2550
24: 2510
25: 4041
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question
How do you determine your calorie goal? Do you let mfp decide it? How often do you update your calorie goal? (ie: every 5 pounds lost ) What do you set your activity level to and why?
I let MFP establish my baseline goal using sedentary life style (the most conservative option), exercise 30 minutes 5x per week and to lose 1 lb per week. But I let Fitbit adjust my exercise calories based on actual exercise. Honestly I rarely even come close to the allowed calories since I switched to eating only 2 meals per day and no snacking. Most days I eat between a low of 1100 and a high of 1900 with the majority of days between 1450 and 1650. Per my Fitbit I usually burn around 2450 per day. Supposedly with intermittent fasting you do not need to count calories but I do log because I do better eating if I log. It makes me aware of what and how much I am eating. I think the only reason they tell you not to count calories is that it would be hard to over eat only eating once or twice a day so you are naturally restricting your calories when fasting. More important to me are keeping my carb grams to just 30% or less.1 -
Good evening all! Just checking in to say that I stayed on plan today. One day at a time for me right now! And it is a good thing, too, because I have had a great day and a good evening but a sad event tonight. On the way home from church choir rehearsal, I hit a deer. I am uninjured, the airbag did not deploy. I drove home and got to see the damage to the front of our van when I got there. Please pray for us -- I need the van to be able to be repaired because we really cannot afford a new vehicle right now. Thank God I was driving safely and the damage was not even worse. I know I will be a little sore tomorrow. And I am not going to go into the kitchen to eat away my stress and worry. Thanks for listening!4
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Good evening all! Just checking in to say that I stayed on plan today. One day at a time for me right now! And it is a good thing, too, because I have had a great day and a good evening but a sad event tonight. On the way home from church choir rehearsal, I hit a deer. I am uninjured, the airbag did not deploy. I drove home and got to see the damage to the front of our van when I got there. Please pray for us -- I need the van to be able to be repaired because we really cannot afford a new vehicle right now. Thank God I was driving safely and the damage was not even worse. I know I will be a little sore tomorrow. And I am not going to go into the kitchen to eat away my stress and worry. Thanks for listening!
Oh no ..Glad you are alright and uninjured ... You are in my thoughts ...hugs1 -
username: jayenguk
weigh day: Wednesday
PW 240
CW 243.4
so here goes back on it its a struggle but I will do this 2022 is my year to goal!3 -
Happy Wednesday, Downsizers! Here's my update:
PW: 149.9
CW: 148.7 (-1.2)
SW: 250
3/29:
Calories: 1,185
Exercise: 70 minutes elliptical
Steps: 13,493
@Aactuallyaash Nice steps!
@Morethanjustanumber How are you liking intermittent fasting? Do you find yourself feeling hungry at all?
@MeowScout I'm so sorry about the accident - I'm hoping your van will be easily fixed!
@Jayenguk Your weigh-in wasn't bad at all! You will drop those pounds in no time!
I hope you are all having a wonderful day!!
Cara
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
Date 3/29
Step count 10,980
@peng123
No I really don’t get hungry. I usually exercise in the morning for 60-90 minutes and finish up about the time to fix lunch. I was surprised that IF did not seem to affect my ability to exercise. I guess that means I have achieved metabolic flexibility and burn my own fat for energy when needed. I tried IF because I had started trending toward pre diabetes with a fast blood sugar in the low 100’s. Supposedly IF helps heal insulin resistance.2 -
Morethanjustanumber wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question
How do you determine your calorie goal? Do you let mfp decide it? How often do you update your calorie goal? (ie: every 5 pounds lost ) What do you set your activity level to and why?
I let MFP establish my baseline goal using sedentary life style (the most conservative option), exercise 30 minutes 5x per week and to lose 1 lb per week. But I let Fitbit adjust my exercise calories based on actual exercise. Honestly I rarely even come close to the allowed calories since I switched to eating only 2 meals per day and no snacking. Most days I eat between a low of 1100 and a high of 1900 with the majority of days between 1450 and 1650. Per my Fitbit I usually burn around 2450 per day. Supposedly with intermittent fasting you do not need to count calories but I do log because I do better eating if I log. It makes me aware of what and how much I am eating. I think the only reason they tell you not to count calories is that it would be hard to over eat only eating once or twice a day so you are naturally restricting your calories when fasting. More important to me are keeping my carb grams to just 30% or less.
I am switching my activity level back to sedentary. I think my calories are too high for me on lightly active. That will bring me down to 1630 instead of 1860. I am also wondering if my Apple Watch is way off. My total burn for the day is around 2,500 on a non exercise day. Yesterday it was 3230 as I swam. Those numbers just seem way to high.2 -
Good evening all! Just checking in to say that I stayed on plan today. One day at a time for me right now! And it is a good thing, too, because I have had a great day and a good evening but a sad event tonight. On the way home from church choir rehearsal, I hit a deer. I am uninjured, the airbag did not deploy. I drove home and got to see the damage to the front of our van when I got there. Please pray for us -- I need the van to be able to be repaired because we really cannot afford a new vehicle right now. Thank God I was driving safely and the damage was not even worse. I know I will be a little sore tomorrow. And I am not going to go into the kitchen to eat away my stress and worry. Thanks for listening!
I am glad you are ok. Good for you not heading to the kitchen and coming here to post. I will send a prayer that your vehicle can be repaired.username: jayenguk
weigh day: Wednesday
PW 240
CW 243.4
so here goes back on it its a struggle but I will do this 2022 is my year to goal!
Come check in often to see if it will help with staying on track. This will be your year!Happy Wednesday, Downsizers! Here's my update:
PW: 149.9
CW: 148.7 (-1.2)
SW: 250
3/29:
Calories: 1,185
Exercise: 70 minutes elliptical
Steps: 13,493
Look at you with another great loss!1 -
✅Close Rings
✅Steps 14,103
✅Log Food
Swim 1030/1500
I am attempting to walk over to the pool in a bit. We had freezing rain and it only just stopped. I guess to should say shuffle not walk. I have an appointment this afternoon and then it is cards tonight with my friends. They like to eat out on cards night so we try to pick somewhere that has the nutritional information online. Unfortunately, restaurant food has a ton of sodium.5 -
aactuallyaash wrote: »@Megan_smartiepants1970
20: 2477
21: 4895
22: 156 (my pedometer must have been on the fritz )
23: 2550
24: 2510
25: 4041
26: 2412
Nice looking steps! I just noticed you didn’t post your weight yesterday. I scrolled back through the chat so I don’t think I missed it.1 -
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It’s the last week of the March challenge. Here’s some questions:
1. What did you do well this month?
2. What do you think you could have done better?
3. What is going to be your number one goal for April?
4. Do you have any suggestions for next month? Any improvements?
5. Share a motivational quote with the team.1 -
@Morethanjustanumber Thanks so much for the information - I need to do a little research on intermittent fasting - it sounds like you are having a lot of success with it!
@lindamtuck2018 I think it's a great idea to start readjusting your calories - I know you're frustrated and a reduction in calories might help you move out of this plateau1 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »It’s the last week of the March challenge. Here’s some questions:
1. What did you do well this month?
2. What do you think you could have done better?
3. What is going to be your number one goal for April?
4. Do you have any suggestions for next month? Any improvements?
5. Share a motivational quote with the team.
@lindamtuck2018
1) I stayed at my prescribed calorie range without fail - I really believe this is the reason that I have been able to steadily lose weight each week
2) I could have exercised a little more - I was really busy at work for a week and I slacked off on my exercise
3) My number one goal for April is going to be sticking to my calorie range once again and working with my doctor to figure out where my final goal weight will be
4) I love this group - I have no improvements in mind - I'd love to be able to motivate our members to post more often
5) "It doesn't matter how slowly you go, as long as you don't stop!"
Have a great day everyone!
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We have a returning member rejoining our amazing team... Please welcome back @roz0810
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »It’s the last week of the March challenge. Here’s some questions:
1. What did you do well this month? I lost weight consistently each week
2. What do you think you could have done better? Get consistent again with working out
3. What is going to be your number one goal for April? To exercise daily
4. Do you have any suggestions for next month? Any improvements? Would like our team to chat more but don't know how we can make that happen
5. Share a motivational quote with the team.
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I think someone wanted to come for a swim. Some of you may remember that I am scared of geese so it was tricky leaving the pool house.
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Username: Beautyofdreams
Weigh In Day: Tuesday
PW: 133.9
CW: 140.8
Sorry I didn’t post yesterday. I have been wallowing in depression and self pity since last Friday. Normally, I can achieve whatever I put my mind to. In this case I couldn’t. I don’t take “no” or failure well. Spent the aftermath punishing myself by overeating and sitting around. Am over it now. Ready to get back to life. Will have to work on compassion towards myself instead of punishing when things don’t go as hoped.
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It’s the last week of the March challenge. Here’s some questions:
1. What did you do well this month?
Even though I won’t meet my lap goal I am pretty pleased with my exercise.
2.What do you think you could have done better?
I definitely could do better on my nutrition. I need to find a calorie range that works for me.
3.What is going to be your number one goal for April?
Get back to losing by adjusting my eating. Each week, I am going to make small changes to my diet.
4. Do you have any suggestions for next month? Any improvements?
I would love to see more activity on the team chat.
5. Share a motivational quote with the team.
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@roz0810 Welcome back!2
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thank you thank you all ❤️ A bit about me, I'm Roz, 28, married and have two cats. I've been on MFP a while, lost 50lbs in 2012. have gained it back over the years and another 50! so here I am again doing this one day at a time.
thank you for having me back ❤️😊 I look forward to seeing my progress with you all.3 -
thank you thank you all ❤️ A bit about me, I'm Roz, 28, married and have two cats. I've been on MFP a while, lost 50lbs in 2012. have gained it back over the years and another 50! so here I am again doing this one day at a time.
thank you for having me back ❤️😊 I look forward to seeing my progress with you all.
Welcome back Roz... looking forward to supporting/encouraging you 2 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »thank you thank you all ❤️ A bit about me, I'm Roz, 28, married and have two cats. I've been on MFP a while, lost 50lbs in 2012. have gained it back over the years and another 50! so here I am again doing this one day at a time.
thank you for having me back ❤️😊 I look forward to seeing my progress with you all.
Welcome back Roz... looking forward to supporting/encouraging you
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March Week 4 Results:
Top 5 Steppers Are:
1st @Megan_smartiepants1970 126,095 steps
2nd @mari_moulin 106,003 steps
3rd @peng123 85,530 steps
4th @lindamtuck2018 82,353 steps
5th @tahm42 73,408 steps
WELL DONE LADIES
As A Group We Walked 776,944 steps
AWESOME JOB EVERYONE
RECOGNIZING EVERYONE WHO PLEDGED THEIR STEPS:
@lindamtuck2018 5/7
@Megan_smartiepants1970 7/7
@red1185 5/7
@rwood566 7/7
@tahm42 7/7
@peng123 5/7
@Morethanjustanumber 7/7
@mari_moulin 6/7
@Beautyofdreams 3/7
@Jepdno 3/7
@aactuallyaash 1/7
@melissadreed903 4/7
AMAZING JOB EVERYONE
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »thank you thank you all ❤️ A bit about me, I'm Roz, 28, married and have two cats. I've been on MFP a while, lost 50lbs in 2012. have gained it back over the years and another 50! so here I am again doing this one day at a time.
thank you for having me back ❤️😊 I look forward to seeing my progress with you all.
Welcome back Roz... looking forward to supporting/encouraging you
thank you Megan. you're an inspiration
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Morethanjustanumber wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Question
How do you determine your calorie goal? Do you let mfp decide it? How often do you update your calorie goal? (ie: every 5 pounds lost ) What do you set your activity level to and why?
I let MFP establish my baseline goal using sedentary life style (the most conservative option), exercise 30 minutes 5x per week and to lose 1 lb per week. But I let Fitbit adjust my exercise calories based on actual exercise. Honestly I rarely even come close to the allowed calories since I switched to eating only 2 meals per day and no snacking. Most days I eat between a low of 1100 and a high of 1900 with the majority of days between 1450 and 1650. Per my Fitbit I usually burn around 2450 per day. Supposedly with intermittent fasting you do not need to count calories but I do log because I do better eating if I log. It makes me aware of what and how much I am eating. I think the only reason they tell you not to count calories is that it would be hard to over eat only eating once or twice a day so you are naturally restricting your calories when fasting. More important to me are keeping my carb grams to just 30% or less.
I let MFP determine my calories but I too don't even come close to it but I did last night LOL!
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