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  • rwood566
    rwood566 Posts: 987 Member
    Good evening everyone. Are you all ready for the weekend?
    Calories - 2392. Stayed mostly sitting with legs up today. Wanted to get swelling down some. Might go for a small walk tomorrow. Won't hit the gym until next week.
  • Morethanjustanumber
    Morethanjustanumber Posts: 656 Member
    @Megan_smartiepants1970

    Date 6/16
    Step count 5982
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,836 Member
    edited June 2022
    Congrats @888Angie888 and @aneedlecraft on your loss!

    @rwood566
    I hope you can get the swelling down soon. I know I get more water retention when it gets really hot. Has it been hot there?

    @Morethanjustanumber
    Great steps! Hope are you feeling?
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,836 Member
    chrissyinbloom wrote: »
    Weigh in Day
    chrissyinbloom
    PW:230.1
    CW:231.9

    I'm struggling with urges to eat junk food, mostly sweets, cakes. It's habit, maybe an addiction. I'm emotionally eating too... I think I use food as a way to squash down bad feelings. This dates back to childhood where I had ongoing verbal, emotional trauma for years. Still goes on... I just have set very firm boundaries. Live and learn. Anyhow, the food behaviors still exist. They are so ingrained in me. I am having a very difficult time changing them.

    I have a quote that says food is the most overused anxiety medicine and exercise is the most under-utilized anti depressant. I find that is so true for me. I think I may have mentioned before that I had to get therapy to deal with my food issues. I am not ashamed of having to do this either as it is no different than getting help for my diabetes. I am not cured by any means but am doing a lot better with it. A stressful or upsetting day can send me running to the kitchen. I just have more tools to recognize what’s happening.

    Are you able to keep the junk food out of the house? Can you find somethings that you can do instead of emotional eating? One thing I did when I started therapy was make a list of 20 things I could do instead of binge eating. I put it on the fridge so it was always visible. Maybe you could make a list for yourself.
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,836 Member
    edited June 2022
    Steps: 5095
    Exercise: 33 minutes of mini walks and decluttering

    To make a long story short, I forgot I had an appointment and wasn’t able to get to the pool yesterday.


    PW 199
    CW 199.8

    Not surprised but not as bad as I thought it would be. It’s a combination of restaurant foods, just eating again after very little for almost a week and the heat.
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,836 Member
    Scales

    I noticed some of you are able to weigh yourself in .1 increments. What scales are you using and where did you get them? My scales displays in .2 increments but writes it to apple Health in .1 increments. 🤷‍♀️
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,836 Member
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    Overdue
    @red1185
    @gharvey2753
    @roz0810

    Friday
    @Megan_smartiepants1970
    @laura9400

    Saturday
    @Morethanjustanumber
    @Jpedno
    @nekishaearly637
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,240 Member
    Megan_Smartiepants1970
    Weigh-in Day: Friday
    PW: 185.2
    CW 183.5 (loss 1.7 lbs)
    LTD: 85.8
  • 888Angie888
    888Angie888 Posts: 890 Member
    Steps 6/16: 18,288
  • JaysFan82
    JaysFan82 Posts: 853 Member
    lindamtuck2018 wrote: »
    Scales

    I noticed some of you are able to weigh yourself in .1 increments. What scales are you using and where did you get them? My scales displays in .2 increments but writes it to apple Health in .1 increments. 🤷‍♀️

    I weigh myself at my Doctor's office. They have a really sweet scale.
  • rwood566
    rwood566 Posts: 987 Member
    lindamtuck2018 wrote: »
    Scales

    I noticed some of you are able to weigh yourself in .1 increments. What scales are you using and where did you get them? My scales displays in .2 increments but writes it to apple Health in .1 increments. 🤷‍♀️

    I have a heavy duty scale that I need to replace. It measures in .2 lbs and has a 700 lb capacity.
  • rwood566
    rwood566 Posts: 987 Member
    Good evening everyone. It's weekend time.
    Calories - 2390 or so. Forgot the amount.
    Did a 2 mile walk this morning. I had to stop once to work on my legs and clear my head.

    @lindamtuck2018 it has been warm here but my legs have been swollen since the surgery.
  • 28Haveitall2020
    28Haveitall2020 Posts: 230 Member
    Hi all.

    Hope you had a fabulous week and enjoying the weather.

    @lindamtuck2018 I will be posting my weight today as I am away tomorrow and won't access to a scale until Tuesday.

    Yesterday I was 248.8 but today 250🙄.

    28HAVEITALL
    Weigh in day Sunday
    PW: 250.6

    CW: 250

    Have a blessed week and see you all next week.x
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,836 Member
    @Megan_smartiepants1970 @28Haveitall2020
    Congrats on the loss! Megan what type of scales are you using?

    @rwood566
    Great job on the walking! Did it feel good to get back walking even with the leg issues? Is the swelling causing pain?

  • Jpedno
    Jpedno Posts: 301 Member
    Username: jpedno
    Weigh in day: Saturday
    PW: 155.2
    CW: 154.2

    I am pretty pleased with this weigh in considering last weekend I was on vacation and there was margaritas, fried seafood, birthday cake, candy, etc. It was so humid and my body is not used to that - maybe I sweated it all out!

    And after 75 days no rain, it seems that monsoon season has started here in New Mexico! Yay. Hope the rain continues.

    @lindamtuck2018 I hope you had a great birthday!
    @Megan_smartiepants1970 steps:

    6/12 11,892
    6/13 7,045
    6/14 13,076
    6/15 16,862
    6/16 8,064
    6/17 6,522

    Have a good weekend, everyone!
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,836 Member
    Steps: 5,190
    Exercise: mini walks, weights using bands and light dumbbells, lots of housework and decluttering

    I caught up on so much stuff yesterday. I tweaked my back which is probably from the weights. I never learn. I still really enjoyed doing it as I have always loved lifting weights and hope to get back to strength training once I have my surgery. There is a gym 5 minutes away from here so I will join it. It’s important to have dreams. How is your weekend going?
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,836 Member
    edited June 2022
    It is the weekend! Let’s have a fun question. Tell us something thing about yourself.
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,836 Member
    My something:

    My trade when I worked was an electronic engineering technologist. I was in the military, I was a college instructor, I worked at CBC radio, a casino and I was a spectrum management officer with the federal government. I worked in 4 different provinces during my career. A few of my jobs where part time while in college.
  • JaysFan82
    JaysFan82 Posts: 853 Member
    I work for Green Shield Canada as a coordinator in the contact centre. I live with my girlfriend and my Boston Terrier Pixel.
  • laura9400
    laura9400 Posts: 419 Member
    User Name:Laura9400
    Weigh in day: Friday

    PW:185.6
    CW:186.6
  • 888Angie888
    888Angie888 Posts: 890 Member
    Steps 6/17: 18,866
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,240 Member
    @Megan_smartiepants1970 @28Haveitall2020
    Congrats on the loss! Megan what type of scales are you using?

    Thanks Linda ... I have a cheap one and a withings scale :)
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,240 Member
    edited June 2022
    lindamtuck2018 wrote: »
    It is the weekend! Let’s have a fun question. Tell us something thing about yourself.

    I worked as a care giver while going to school as an ER nurse ...I was an ER nurse for 26 years :)
  • peng123
    peng123 Posts: 352 Member
    JaysFan82 wrote: »
    My weigh in isn't until Wednesday but I jumped on the scale today and I've officially lost 60 pounds. I can't believe it.

    Congratulations @JaysFan82!!! That's an amazing accomplishment!!!
  • Morethanjustanumber
    Morethanjustanumber Posts: 656 Member
    @Megan_smartiepants1970

    Date 6/17
    Step count 3691
  • Morethanjustanumber
    Morethanjustanumber Posts: 656 Member

    Weekly weigh in

    Morethanjustanumber
    Weigh in day Saturday 6/18

    PW 225.6
    CW 226.3

    Gain .7

    Oops that wasn’t suppose to happen, but I know it is water weight from eating out. Here’s to a better week next week!
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,836 Member
    edited June 2022
    JaysFan82 wrote: »
    I work for Green Shield Canada as a coordinator in the contact centre. I live with my girlfriend and my Boston Terrier Pixel.

    Congrats on 60 pounds lost! 👏👏👏 Boston terriers are so cute. I would love to own a dog.
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