WaistAways Team Chat - MAY 2022
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Monday is rolling by and I feel very productive. Now that April and my trips are over, I'm approaching weekdays in May as if I have a job - up at a normal hour, eating regular meals, giving myself a fairly strict to-do list. I started a course in SQL (and it is as fun as I remember, which is a good sign seeing as I am looking for jobs that use it!!), I read a bunch of my book for fun, got movement in, in the form of yoga, a 30 min walk (with a short break to swing in a hammock at the park!), and a 16 min low-impact lower body workout. Icing my foot as dinner cooks.
@ashleycarole86 I am looking for a job in data analytics! My background is in investment management and financial reporting, so a bit of a shift, hence the courses I'm doing online. Hoping for a hybrid office/remote job, maybe with location flexibility (I really loved Colorado so I'm also looking at jobs in Denver or even the Pacific NW).
@MoonlitMuse I will definitely check Daylio out!
Weigh-in for me tomorrow. In the afternoon, I'm videochatting with 2 friends and we're cooking chicken cutlets for the week together. One of them has very little cooking experience, so it's kind of like a mini virtual class.
It was pretty rainy today so I hope tomorrow is brighter. I'd love to bring my book on my walk and read in the hammocks at the park - plus I think the rest periods are better for my foot to break up the walks.4 -
Hello Everyone! My name is Lauren and I live in North Carolina. My weight has been up and down most of my life...but mostly up. After graduating graduate school last year, my life calmed down to where I was only working full time (during school, I was working full time, school full time, clinicals, and wife). I am not moving as much at my new job and definitely eating more. I joined this group last month. My goal for this month is to track ALL my food every day. I slacked off on that recently and was in for a rude awakening when I tracked my food today. I thought I "did good" and then saw I ate almost 1800 calories! My goal is 1600 calories. I wonder how many calories I actually eat if I "did bad." I enjoy reading everyone's posts and hope to get more inspiration for this month. I am getting over a cold/allergies and am hoping to get back to the gym soon!4
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Well - Monday down! I kept to my promise for exercise today, and thank @Gidgitgoescrazy again for the inspiration (aka kick in the butt!). I had a huge supper, but it was all veg and fit in the calories nicely, so I won't be waking up wondering if it is breakfast time at 3 am. At least I hope not!
Weigh-in update time! Still due for today:
@BlissfulK
@kathrynartis2271
@sophsjw
Our sole owner of Tuesday:
@Kali225
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Well, today was not my perfect day, but improved for sure. My water is on target-about 80 ounces (water and seltzer). I did 16 minutes of Pilates and took a 21 minute walk with hubby after dinner. Tracked all my food, even the not so great part. I was over my base calories, but still under with eating most of my exercise calories. So all in all, not a bad day, but not perfect either. I had a piece of elephant ear from our trip to the shore. Haven’t had one in decades, so we had to get one. Have you heard of elephant ears? Rest assured, it is not a real elephant ear. 😂 Just a large, cinnamon, sugary, airy pastry.
Going to visit a former student who now attends my alma mater near where I now live. Her mom was my colleague and texted that she could use some “surrogate mom” time. So I will have lunch with her tomorrow or the next day.
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@ashleycarole86 and I have been thinking about having a team meet-up video call. We have done this a couple of times in the past, but not for quite a while. What do you think?
What about Saturday? The 7th. If it is at 10 am in Alberta, noon in Eastern time, 1 pm in Brazil, 5 pm in the UK, 6 in Europe. Somewhere in that general span could work. I'm sure we have members in other time zones as well, but that is about the full range, I think.
Chime in here if you would like to give it a try
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Well folks.. it's that time again!
The April step challenge has come to a close. Here are the results from week 4 and the month as a whole. Thanks to all who joined us and looking forward to a great May:
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@ashleycarole86 and I have been thinking about having a team meet-up video call. We have done this a couple of times in the past, but not for quite a while. What do you think?
What about Saturday? The 7th. If it is at 10 am in Alberta, noon in Eastern time, 1 pm in Brazil, 5 pm in the UK, 6 in Europe. Somewhere in that general span could work. I'm sure we have members in other time zones as well, but that is about the full range, I think.
Chime in here if you would like to give it a try
Woot woot! Hope this works out. I know when the last call happened I was very new to the team, and it was nice to put some voices to names!
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Well April was one of my better months for exercise. I guess it's the time of year! And to be honest, return to office helped too.
Let's see how May turns out! I started it on a great foot with yesterday's 90 minute Peloton ride.
5/1 exercise:
92 minutes Peloton
11107 steps
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@MoonlitMuse I hired a wellness coach so the course is just part of being her client. If you look at the last few pages in the April thread I posted more details there.
@Kali225 Hope your job search goes well! Sounds like some exciting options ahead of you.
@jugar yes to a zoom call!
I was home with the little guy today who has influenza A. Hope he starts feeling better soon. Tomorrow my husband will stay home with him.
Food went well as it was pre planned and I stuck with it. The family keeps wanting to make last minute dinner requests and there is no way I can do that and make the macros work. Tomorrow is the middle son's birthday. I totally forgot to get the cupcakes for his class so a not so quick run to the grocery store after dinner. I was doing sooo good, nailed the birthday party last weekend and had the actual birthday dinner planned...sigh. Good thing I worked out before dinner. Completed a full body weight lifting program. I'm picking up pizza tomorrow but haven't decided how I will handle it. Skip it or work it in. I think I will check the scale in the morning and then decide 🤔5 -
I took half a Pre-workout energy drink at 2:30pm and here I am 10 hours later, still wired and wide awake!
Tomorrow is going to suck.
The alarm goes off in 6 hours. 🙄
I can do the first part of a call this weekend, I'm playing in a hockey tournament with a game at 1:30 eastern so I'd have to leave the house by 12:30.
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@micki48 you had me worried for a moment there with the elephant ears
@jugar I could make a call Saturday evening!
It's back to work for me today after a very busy weekend. I would much rather be down the allotment, even in the rain lol. Alas, there are bills to pay.
This is how it started:
And this is how I left it yesterday:
I'm planning to get down there a couple of evenings for 30ish minutes to finish digging over that bed and then try to break the soil down further ready for planting potatoes before the end of the week. Each bed should end up about 4ft x 12ft, and I'm aiming for 6 of those with space for some other things including a greenhouse. I will eventually sort out some secure storage for tools (those boxes don't quite feel like 'it') and then I'll be able to walk - it's only 5 minutes away.
Otherwise, if I remind myself that I have a life outside of the allotment and work, I am aiming to get a couple of runs in. Training this morning was 80+ overhead squats as we worked on technique. It was a good session, but I think I may have replaced digging-ache with lifting-ache! OH has two rest days so I will enjoy some down time with him, though we'll also want to start preparing our bedroom for plastering in 2-3 weeks - just waiting on the quote/date for that. I have my first binge-eating therapy session tomorrow and am interested to see what comes of it. 5 -
@DD265 that allotment is huge! I can definitely understand the 'digging-ache'! It's going to be amazing.3
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Happy Morning Team, My yesterday went well, I checked off all the boxes. Well except the one where I was going to clean the bathroom, but it didn't officially have a box, it was just an "I need to do this, when I get home" thought. So I will do it tonight. I did my Yoga, and I did a 20 minute video.
This morning was productive, I had 3.5k steps before 6.30am... Thats alot for me. I did a 20 min video
Anyway, this evening is busy, I have to run to my old job after work, and do an exit interview and hand over the keys, I forgot to give them on my last day.
Then today is strength training, I created a little program based on an article I read years ago to get ready for a cruise, and it was just body weight exercises for like a minute at a time, for like 15 minutes, it worked well then, it took inches off my waist in no time. So I am going to start with that again. Lots of Squats and planks.
When I did yoga last night, it had me do Half hunaman... MY GOODNESS my hamstrings are tight, Like they have never been this tight, I couldn't come close to flexing my foot, or straightening my knee... The dr told me everything would be tight after the surgery, and I guess not really stretching the way I used to for 6 months, makes a big difference... I had to break out the blocks because my short arms couldn't do it with no flexibility... Anyway, I will get there...
Have a wonderful day !
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Happy Tuesday!
What a wonderfully busy bunch you are - the gardens, the lifting, the renovations, steps, exercise, hamstrings, and energy drink crazies. Phew! I'm ready for a nap just reading all that. @conleywoods I am sure you'll figure out the best way to handle the food zigzags - just knowing you need to plan it all in, even if it involves last minute changes, is what it takes. Good luck with it! And if one day is not perfect, the next one will be
I'll keep figuring out the video thing for Saturday - if anyone is a super whiz at setting these up, let me know!!4 -
Greetings Team,
I forgot to forward my introduction - here goes!
My name is Yinka and I'm from Bewdley in Worcestershire (UK). I live with my husband, Ben, and we both work from home. I'm a freelance business trainer and business English coach, and Ben is a digital marketing consultant. And I have a part-time job in our local museum cafe (which I love)! We have a grown son who lives in the USA (Virginia) with his wife.
My weight has crept up progressively over the past 10 years or so, resulting in me needing to shed around 40lb to be within a reasonable weight for my height (I'm only 5ft tall). I've been on MFP for some years now, and with this group for the last two (I think). I have had some small successes, but I have had a tendency to slide back down.
I have just returned from a 2-month hiatus from the team, but I continued to weigh in daily - I just didn't report it weekly. My time off confirmed to me that I need this group for accountability, and this is always reinforced when I read all of the posts. Good, bad or indifferent, they are always motivating, and remind me to keep trying to do the right thing.
I had my annual health check-up a couple of weeks ago, and my doctor was very clear and matter-of-fact about letting me know that I needed to lose some weight. I don't know why this suddenly made an impact on me - it's not as if I didn't know! Anyway, I left the surgery with some new-found determination.
Added to that, Ben and I are going to see our son in Virginia in 7 weeks (can't wait!), and I want to see a marked difference in that time.
So I plan to cut back on carbs, eat more veggies, drink lots more water and walk more.
I love @Gidgitgoescrazy method of declaring her weekly workouts, so I am going to borrow that method from now on:
Tuesday - Epic 2 Day 47
Wednesday - Forest Walk + Yoga
Thursday - Yoga
Friday - Epic 2 Day 48
Saturday - Yoga
I plan our meals weekly, but I am going to be introducing 2 x vegetarian dishes and 2 x fish dishes each week, starting this week.
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Tuesday Weigh-In
PW: 250.2
CW: 247.3
What's this? A sustainable week-over-week drop from me?? Who knew I was capable. It will be weird to not weigh-in tomorrow morning, but I think getting back to the "week" mindset will be good in the long run.
@conleywoods hope your little guy feels better soon! I'm planning a pizza takeout night for Wednesday which should be my 'treat' meal for the week, but I do get anxious around those. (Will it get out of hand?? It's only up to me.)
@PlaneMonkey I didn't have an energy drink but I did stay up past 1am reading my book so I blew straight through my alarms. I hope you didn't do the same!
@DD265 wow! what a before and after! I'm almost jealous of the muscle burn you'll get with all that digging. I'm kind of missing the few times I shoveled snow this year. (Note to Boston: this is not an invitation to snow in May, thanks)
@Gidgitgoescrazy you sound like you're getting in the groove! I've noticed a lot less flexibility in myself recently when I do yoga so I've resolved to start stretching on the floor when I watch TV instead of just plopping on the couch for hours.
@jugar I'm down for a videochat! I missed the earlier ones, but should be totally free Saturday.
Today is rest day for strength/cardio. I'm going to do yoga and walk, and probably a video on FitOn called Stretch to Restore. It has some great poses to relax your back, which I love. My low back gets tight/bothered easily.
For the past several months I have been approaching my weigh-in day as "this is the day to cheat because you have the most time to make up for it before the next weigh-in." This thinking was predicated on the idea that I was going to binge at some point, so better to get it out of the way. It was also any easy way out. Once I started bingeing, the all-or-nothing thinking kicked in, and then it was time to give up because I had already ruined the week.
But these things are in my control. I've got about 100lbs to lose ahead of me. And yes, I am going to binge at some point. I'm going to have bad days. Cheat days. Vacations, family parties. But the habits can be broken. I can look forward to my warm goat cheese salad for lunch, and the pizza I get on Wednesday, and not lose my mind daydreaming about a box of cheezits. (Which, by the way, I have binged on so much that the taste almost doesn't appeal anymore).5 -
Re-reading my own post, "who knew I was capable" - that's a joke, but of course; I know I'm capable! Because I've lost the weight before! I got down to 180lbs. I can do it again. AND keep going. So that's my motivational bit for the day. Happy Tuesday, folks.4
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So I decided to join 'real appeal' through my insurance. It's a year long weight loss program (broken into 2 6-month periods) with weekly live classes. I'm doing this partly to help keep me motived and partly to get ideas for leading weight management classes here at work (why reinvent the wheel, right?) I'll keep you guys updated on this, but so far I think it's going to be a good thing
Also - the schedule got finalized for the Front Range Yoga Fest and I'm soooooo excited to be teaching there! Now I have to put together a killer slow burn class and my 'learn to fly' arm balance workshop. I'm super nervous about having good and memorable classes, so I need to get cracking. I'm just about finished with my 500hr yoga teacher training (well, 300hr since I've had my 200hr for years) so that will be put to good use!
And I have a 40 minute easy run on the schedule tonight but I'm still kind of sore from Sunday's run. Pray the gods of muscle fatigue take it easy on me
@lauren_989 Where in NC are you? I've got my heart and soul set on relocating to the Asheville area someday. It felt like home when I spent some time there in the past
@jugar I'd love to do live calls but weekends just never seem to work for me but I love you idea!
@micki48 omg....elephant ears...be still be heart
Those things are a must have at the fair. Here on the rez though no one has heard of them because it's all about the frybread (which is just too heavy tbh)
@ashleycarole86 So I'm really torn on the Calgary Stampede. I've been told my (almost) 15 year old wannabe-cowboy would love it since we're only a few hours away from there, BUT I've also ready atrocious things about the treatment of animals there and since I'm the crazy (but not quite PETA level) animal person, I've shunned the idea of going. What are your thoughts on it?
@DD265 You are going to have a killer crop! I'm going to garden vicariously through you since it's not an option for me here (yet). I can't wait to see progress pics on it as everything comes together!
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