WaistAways Team Chat - JULY 2022
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Yinka that wedding looked like it was a lot of fun!
My perfect day is within reach. I'm doing my best to stay away from the snacks. Maybe a post-dinner walk will encourage me to accept that I have already consumed everything I will be consuming today besides water.2 -
@YinxFed Thanks for the wedding pics! Beautiful as always. Your steps will be in the report this week - thank you!
@PlaneMonkey We had a fine experience at Pearson today- phew! Neat you worked there for so many years. I was saying to Brad as we were wheeling towards the rental cars that 1 hour from our scheduled landing time to be on the move with bags in hand seemed like a reasonable outcome... think we were lucky!! I'll be thinking of you this weekend as we both enjoy the beautiful cottage country of Ontario
We got some supper, checked into our hotel, and we are going to go to the boardwalk for a walk before bed.
Canada's Wonderland tomorrow!! The fact I'm going with no worries of whether I'll fit on all the rides is the best feeling.6 -
@ashleycarole86 make sure you stay hydrated tomorrow! Wonderland has some great water rides as well to stay cool. The temperatures and humidity are going to be something, for sure! Enjoy, I'm so jealous, but what a great feeling that you know you can go on any ride you choose. I hope it's the best day!2
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A day without any pain and mo pain meds ... what a gift!! Now, hoping the effects of this injection lasts for a good while.
@ashleycarole86 re steps challenge. I track my steps via my Fitbit. Very helpful to make sure I hit my minimum exercise goal (10,000 steps). On the days I ride, the "steps" are a bit wonky. Fitbit ignores the time just walking on the horse, but counts trotting and cantering time as running. So the number of additional "steps" can be considerable in a full working session. My question is how/if I would be able to participate in the steps challenge. From my fitbit, I can separate out the time logged trotting and cantering)4 -
@YinxFed The wedding looked wonderful. I love your beautiful smile.
@ashleycarole86 and @bowens1973 Have a great vacation. Don’t forget to share some photos if you can.
I logged everything and drank my water, but didn’t make my step goal. Juliet spiked a fever and it was super hot out, so I never left the house. The next two days are supposed to be really, really hot. I’ll have to March around my house or dig out my bouncy ball. I was kind of snacky today. Not sure what is up.
Did see a report on my biopsy from the other day. Everything looks good so nothing to worry about there. Hopefully that’s it.
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Oh thank goodness! I was posting last night (see above) and my phone died. But alas, it’s somehow still here this am.
It’s another hot one here. Juliet still has a fever. About 100°. So we can’t go anywhere. My Fitbit is charging because it was “critical” battery strength. So I won’t get all my steps recorded on there.
@jan110144 So glad to hear that you are feeling better after your injections. Riding again. How wonderful!!
Stay hydrated 💦 and have a great day.4 -
PW: 214.4
CW: 215.0
😕 up a little this week. I tracked every day except yesterday. Darn drug rep lunch. They brought red robin hamburgers and chips. Yummy but very salty. Hopefully it's just a little fluid weight and go back down next week.5 -
Cw:233
I think my wedding week caught up with me 😅7 -
I hope everybody is having a good week!
The work trip is going well. Lunch has been good (a small buffet with sandwiches and plenty of fruit), and meals out have been one course, although I did get a dessert back at the hotel this evening as I fancied something and didn't want to go to the supermarket. Our workshops are productive, and the last day is tomorrow so hoping for a mid afternoon finish to get a head start on the long drive home.
We went bouldering this evening (inside on climbing walls) and I was nervous but enjoyed it. I don't like feeling unsafe at heights, so proud that I made it to the top hold on a couple. Gave me a bit of a confidence boost. May do it again back home!
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There's a Wednesday flying by!
I got home about noon today. I left Maine at 6:30 am and I am so glad I stayed the night to leave early rather than leaving Tuesday afternoon. My dad fell in the bathroom at 3 am and my step-mother and I were able to get him back up and back to bed. No harm done - just some nasty bruises on the elbow. He just can't get up from the floor once he's down there, and the bathroom is very narrow so turning over onto hands and knees is impossible. If I had not been there, it would have been the fire department! It is amazing that he has fallen a few times but never broken anything or had any other bad damage, but it is only a matter of time, I am sure. 94 is no picnic!
In any case, it is good to be home I got here early enough to do a lot of berry and vegetable picking, watering, and making sure that all my vegetal wonders are doing well. The tall guy has been madly working at re-building a corner of our house that has suffered ant and dry rot damage, so things are progressing. The heat has hit here too - but nothing compared to many other places. I hope everyone is doing OK! @micki48 it is good to stay inside and take care of the little fevered one. Don't worry about the steps, but try to get on the mat for some Pilates if you can! I did some when I got home to counteract car hours, and it sure felt good.
Keep up the great work everyone! Even if you have a small red number, that is just a reminder to keep moving things in the right direction from today on.
Weigh-ins due through Thursday:
@JEB03253
@mmarceau2
@Gidgitgoescrazy
@PlaneMonkey
Tally ho! especially for you @jan110144 ! I just picture you on your gorgeous horse having a great time. I can't wait to have my new horse here in a few months!4 -
@ashleycarole86 Enjoy your trip and glad you made it through the airport with no major events. Sounds like you will have so much fun!
@micki48 Hope the little dear is feeling better very soon. Fevers are just no fun at all.
@jugar I am so glad you were there to help your step mom with the father/bathroom extraction experience! How scary 😳 I was just talking to my grandma and she is soon to be 90 and just had a similar fall. Scary stuff for sure. Happy to hear he is ok.
@YinxFed Lovely wedding pictures! Looks like a magical day for sure!
@jan110144 So glad to hear you are getting some relief from the pain! That can be transformative.
To day I celebrated my 40th birthday 🎂 We had a great time at the tea house. We tried 4 different teas and a couple of different scones. They had a pina colada scone that was very yummy. They served 3 types of finger sandwiches and 3 little desserts. Everything was excellent and amazingly had zero calories just for my special day. The tea room had a corner set up with all types of hats and a bench for photos. My youngest especially liked the hats and I think we did 3 hat sessions while we were there! In other miraculous news no tea cups were injured despite the boys really feeling the sugar buzz! It was a really unique way to spend my birthday 🤩
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@conleywoods Happy birthday to you! What a sweet way to spend your day. I love the photos. What a beautiful family you have. ❤️🎂🎈🎉
@jugar So glad you were still there to help your dad. A fall like that could be real bad. Glad he’s mostly ok and you are home safely. My girlfriend’s 94 year old mom arrived at her house today. She’s like a second mom to me. I wish I could upload a picture of this beautiful woman floating in the pool. Oh to be Blanche. She spends her days traveling between her children and grandchildren’s homes. She’s amazing!
Hubs and I went out to dinner tonight to get out of the house. I ate too much. Scallops. Not too bad but also had some mushroom and asparagus risotto and onion rings 🫢😬 They were excellent but certainly not on the plan. Oh well tomorrow is another day. Water was
good. Steps are not accurate because I had to charge my Fitbit.5 -
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@conleywoods happy birthday! Looks like you had a fun time.
@jugar I pray your father will be alright. It’s good that you were there to support him.
To everyone, this week’s weather has been a scorcher for a lot of people. I’ve found myself more tired than normal, and I haven’t been able to exercise as much as I’ve liked to. Hopefully I can still persevere in other aspects of my health. All the best to you all!3 -
The heat is getting beyond tiresome! Seems like all I am doing is changing clothes every time I turn around. :Grateful that it is at least bearable early in the morning and later in the evening.
@conleywoods Love your tea pictures! Looks like you had a really lovely time.
@micki48 Yummy. Love scallops. Lots of worse things to go a bit overboard with!
@panera88 The only good thing about this hot weather is that it gets me going early in the morning. I try really hard to take care of all things physical before noon. My evening walk with the dog is now around 9:00, instead of 7:00. Those two hours make a tremendous difference.4 -
I forgot to record my Tuesday weigh-in.
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Happy Thursday!
I'm looking for ways to stay cool today as are many of us, I'm sure! Cooling food, if you exclude ice cream
is very healthy! Salads, raw fruits, lots of cool water, lots more cool water, and easy on the foods that give a quick boost of calories. Remember that the calorie is a measure of the energy needed to produce heat! Cut back today and stay cool. 2 -
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We're in bad shape.
His fever is scary high and I feel like I've been run over a few times. Everything hurts. Also my voice is shot.
No idea if it's covid or the flu but whatever it is, it's nasty.
I haven't even had a cold in three years so this sucks.6 -
@Terytha poor you guys! stay hydrated and I hope it passes soon. No fun
To everyone talking about trying to stay 'cool', here's me being totally uncool! (it's a good thing my teenager didn't see me!)
Waterproof pants are not breathable, but it was fun playing in the lake in my new chest waders. The neighbour and I were "raking" the weeds in our bay so her paddleboat would stop getting stuck.
You can see from the smile on my face that I'm pretty happy in my new pants!!
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@jugar my CW is 185.0 but I think I can do better so hold off putting me in the spreadsheet until tomorrow please. I'm sparing for a different hockey league tonight at a higher level so I'll get my sweat on out on the cool ice tonight so tomorrow I should be back in the green (or at least the black). Super glad there was no big rebound after last week's milestone. Next week will be a different story. All-inclusive family reunion party weekend may just be too tempting to pass up after all this good behaviour since the spring.
We shall see...
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My exercise to step conversion chart shows "Horseback riding, trotting" is equivalent to 102 steps per minute which is almost exactly the same as walking. There is one lower category "Horseback riding, walking leisurely" which is only 31 steps (which is about a third of what walking is).On the days I ride, the "steps" are a bit wonky. Fitbit ignores the time just walking on the horse, but counts trotting and cantering time as running. So the number of additional "steps" can be considerable in a full working session. My question is how/if I would be able to participate in the steps challenge. From my fitbit, I can separate out the time logged trotting and cantering)
Knowing nothing about horses myself, I had to look up trotting and cantering and it seems they both fit into the more vigarous category.
So, all that to say, I think you could just report your Fitbit steps as is since the trotting to walking conversion is almost one for one.
Or, since it seems you're able to isolate which of the steps are due to horseback riding, you could also give me steps without + minutes riding and I can convert the minutes to steps.
Let me know if you'd like to join up - we'd love to have another! If so, you can join in for week 4 of this challenge or wait to start in August - up to you.
Week 4 will be based on Jul 17-23. If you have any more questions, just ask!
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@Terytha So sorry to hear that you and the husband are sick, and that it resulted in a postponed specialist appointment. Fingers crossed he’s good enough to go next week. Sounds like you’re in a super rough stage of it.
@PlaneMonkey Well Wonderland was AMAZING and I grabbed many bottles of water to stay ahead of any ill effects from the heat. Your pic of you by the water looks great.. you make those waterproof pants look hot girl!
@jugar So sorry to hear your Dad fell, glad you were able to get him up without the fire fighters being called… tough situation
@micki48 Glad to hear about your biopsy results.. thanks for the update. How is Juliet?
@conleywoods Loved the birthday pics, you’re glowing! Glad the kids enjoy the tea party too. Nice way to celebrate a milestone birthday
Exercise:
7/19: 15532 steps
7/20: 16663 steps
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@ashleycarole86 ok! That is pretty simple because my FITBIT doesn't register any activity when we just walk, probably because the muscles involved are pretty much core muscles, not limbs. Will join this week ... need to post on the 24th I assume.1
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What a wild day here! There have been all kinds of thunderstorms rolling through, then it gets sunny and super hot and muggy, then back to something more bearable. All over the place. We had a tree fall on our cabin, so that is going to be a heckuva project to move, and hopefully there won't be too much damage to repair afterwards. The cabin is really special - the tall guy built it in the early '70s when he first moved here. He lived in it for 11 years with no electricity or telephone (or indoor toilet), then had the power put in, but still lived really simply until I came along and dragged a grand piano, all kinds of racket, and then kids into his life. We built our current house here on the same land when our daughter was 18 months old, but we really missed the cabin! It is now the woodworking shop, so at least it still gets love and attention. My daughter was born in there - but we can still blame her for "making" us move out and have indoor bathrooms and stuff...
I am now craving a pair of those chest waders @PlaneMonkey . They look amazing on you! Somehow I don't think I would rock them nearly as well, but they could be really useful for weeding around the pond. Hmmmmm.
Talking about rocking gorgeous items, @conleywoods with both a tiara and a fancy hat at the same time wins all the prizes! Your kids are adorable, and you look like that was one terrific birthday. Congratulations!
I'm going to attempt an exercise bike session, with the fan on full blast, and see if I melt. If I'm not here later for the daily nag, you'll know what happened!
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@jan110144 You bet - if you post for the week prior (Sun-Sat) on the following Sunday, that'll be great.
If you need an extra day or two I'll usually wait - but the sooner everyone gets their stats in, the sooner I can issue the report.
The other item that's nice to have is a daily step pledge (what you're aiming to get) as I do include those in some of the stats. If I don't get one then you just won't be eligible for the consistency category.1 -
I survived! And now we're getting ready for the Friday people:
@PlaneMonkey
@EvMakesChanges
@conleywoods
@micki48
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@conleywoods happy, HAPPY, birthday!! you look like you had so much fun. love the hats
@PlaneMonkey you ALSO look like you are having the time of your life, raking weeds
@jugar your canadian wilderness life is a constant source of fascination for me.
I drove to NY for a weekend getaway today and I saw my car hit 100F. SHEESH. It's honestly a little scary and I feel terrible for those in europe who have no where near the AC infrastructure we do in the states. I headed straight for the pool after I parked.
Speaking of AC, this house doesn't have any so wish me luck on trying to fall asleep tonight with a fan blasting on my face.2 -
Thank you to everyone who sent happy wishes for my birthday and anniversary this month! @jugar the tiara layered with hats definitely set the tone for the party! 👸 Now the summer trip, anniversary and birthday are in the rear view mirror. Time to buckle down and get back to focusing on my goals. Today I had a phone meeting with my mentor for my masters. Next month I start my second term. Kind of that rude awakening that I should be accomplishing a few things before heading back to work in September.
@jugar I hope your cabin is okay and that the repairs go alright. If we were closer we'd come with chainsaws and help you guys out!
I'm having a hard time concentrating. The neighbor down the road is a professional drummer. I can hear him from the deck. He is in his teepee and he is really going to town on the bongos tonight 😂 At least he's good!
@PlaneMonkey Love the waders! We have used our at the lake for dock set up before. We were raking seaweed today too. We use a metal rack, drop it in and twirl it like spaghetti, then pull it up. The boys swim around and collect all the seaweed. I'm sure your method is less chaotic than ours.
@Terytha So sorry to hear you are so sick and it has ruined an appointment 😪 I know we made it more than 2 years without getting sick and it's a real rude awakening when it happens. It feels more dreadful and inconvenient than I remembered. I hope you feel better soon and hubby gets his procedure done.
@ashleycarole86 Glad you had fun at wonderland. I will have to look it up some time.3
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