WaistAways Team Chat - JULY 2022
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'ello! @ashleycarole86
I know it is late in the game but if it will help the team....
Steps:
July 26 - 17,986
July 27 - 10,1203 -
thank you for all the warm welcomes!
@PlaneMonkey a new hot tub sounds amazing!! All the hard work you’re putting in now will definitely be worth it in the end. 😄
@Kali225 good luck with hosting your friends! It can really make it harder to focus on goals when you’re trying to balance them with social things.
Tomorrow I’m having a girl’s night and we are doing a challenge where one of us picks a place to get drinks, appetizer, main meal, and dessert. So I won’t be able to check the menu beforehand. Hoping to really focus on portion control, but in the past i’ve gotten stuck on an “oh well” mindset of just eating whatever because i’m out with others.4 -
@christhiann
Sounds fun! Which part of the meal are you in charge of picking?
I too like to pre-select my meals so I hear you there. Hope your portion control strategy works well!2 -
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@ashleycarole86 thank you!! I’m not sure which i’m going to be picking until tomorrow so it will be random. Just going to believe in myself!5
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Thanks all!
@DD265 You are so lucky to have an allotment, we had one as kids and I can remember having the best time with my dad there. We would plant all sorts of veggies but rhubarb was my favourite because my mum would always make a crumble for Sunday dinner! As for a pic on a bank card? I have a credit card with my pups on there, one is no longer with us but it's my all time favourite pic of them both.
@jugar I would love to live in The Nederlands and may well end up in mainland Europe at some point. My husband is Southern so you will hear me use 'y'all, darn it, guarandamntee it' and many more but you're right, it sounds a lot different in a London accent!
@PlaneMonkey I could use your skills, we bought a mid reno cottage and are in way over our heads. As for the hot tub, we had one in Vegas and called it the Boardroom. We would take a cooler outside with us and put all our plans together and solve the world problems in one afternoon/evening lol.
@kali225 I didn't even realise about the stove, my husband clocked it. And they didn't want to pay for a new one, but did in the end (as it was the right thing to do). Although I wear nothing but flip flops and sneakers, I love shoes and can't wait to see the hot pink heels!
@christhiann I too like to look at the menu before hand but I am sure they'll be so much chatter and catch up, you'll have plenty of time to peruse before you have to order.
@ashleycarole86 I'm not much of a stepper due to having zero walking index where I live but I will try to stay as active as I can. Do we report daily or weekly?
@YinxFed Love your glasses, you look fabulous in them
I am seriously excited to start this journey, can you tell?!?! :D
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Thanks for all the new member energy! It is great to see you all jumping in and keeping things lively.
Some quick info for those of you who are new - if you want to know any team member's name (if they have given it to us!) and where they live (ditto), I keep that on our team spreadsheet. If you want to check it out, the link is always on the main F2F page right under the month's schedule. Or you can just get it right here right now -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P3JkrMX8jNo2MqCfvTW17iWK806_zRxBLttEM_uiI0s/edit?usp=sharing
You never have to enter anything in there, don't worry! @ashleycarole86 and I take care of all that. But the information is fun - you can see your own and everyone else's progress, and peruse the stats. When you open it, the teams are all on separate tabs at the bottom of the page. Just go to WaistAways and there we are. Scroll all the way to the right to see the name and place info. The "Weeks in the Green" chart keeps track of how many weeks you lose, even if it is just a tiny bit. We call that green just because the numbers appear in green for a loss, red for a gain, and black for no change. We love green!
I love all the hot tub talk, and I think it is fantastic that you called yours The Boardroom, @LoraineGB - perfect! We had a huge building project when our daughter was a baby. We were living in a 2 room cabin with no indoor toilet (but running hot and cold water, at least!) and decided that it might be a good idea to build a new house on our land. Something considerably bigger! We are in the woods, so we chose a spot and cut down quite a few trees to clear enough room for the new house. Those trees were milled into lumber and my OH used that wood to build a sauna right next to the pond -- he knew it was going to be a lot of work to build the new house, so the sauna went first so that he and his 2 long-suffering pals could bake out the aches and pains every day, and then cool off in the pond. That sauna is still up and running 29 years later - many world problems have been solved in there too
I hope everyone is ready for a lovely weekend - Friday here we come! Here are the weigh-ins to come:
@MoonlitMuse
@KellyBgetsFit
@Gidgitgoescrazy
@PlaneMonkey
@EvMakesChanges
@conleywoods
@micki48
Tally ho!3 -
Hi WA's ...Another new member joining your team ...Please welcome @KayLRZ
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@LoraineGB @MsMcClane and any other newcomers interested in joining the optional add on step challenge that I run:
All I need is a daily step pledge and each Sunday you can post your daily exercise stats for the Sun-Sat of the week before. Please include your steps and any minutes of other intentional exercise which will be converted to steps. The accountability of reporting in can be really helpful and I do some different friendly competition type stats to show how everyone is doing.
So, while it's called a "step challenge" - you'll get credit for any intentional exercise you do.
Also, if you're like me and prefer to post daily or near daily - feel free! I'll take stats whenever I get them!
And again, don't worry about doing any of the exercise minute to step conversions as I have a handy dandy chart to help me with that. Basically I just need a step count plus minutes of any other intentional exercise that's not counted in those steps (i.e. weight lifting, biking, yoga) and I'll handle it from there. If you do things like running then time + speed will help me add a supplement.
I think that covers it but I can help clarify anything you need help with along the way. @MsMcClane I've got you down for Jul 26 and 27 - if you happen to have recorded for the 24th and 25th too, I'll take those to get a full week from you.
On that note, my exercise for 7/27:
12095 steps2 -
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Welcome @KayLRZ pleasure to meet you!2
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Happy Friday, Friends!
Guys - I did my first solo outside walk yesterday! I think that I have finally cleared the block. Hard to believe that I did that London Bridges challenge last year and went out on long walks to train ALL THE TIME! So yesterday I went out for a lovely walk in the town and I felt great afterwards.
Welcome to our new team members - @LoraineGB you're the only other Loraine that I know who spells her name with just one R (my sister-in-law is the other one!) - this is a really nurturing and supportive group.
@DD265 I am in awe of your running. I talked myself out of running as I kept getting knee issues, but so admire people who can run.
@PlaneMonkey be sure to keep us all updated with pictures documenting all of your projects! I still lust after the deck that you and your other half built!
@jugar I was also kept up last night by things that I hadn't done yesterday, and they really impeded my sleep - at least the getting off to sleep part. So whenever that happens (as it occasionally does), I tell myself that I will remember what I need to remember in the morning, then go straight into my breathing routine (breath in for a count of 6, hold breath for a count of 6, exhale for a count of 10 - you only need to do this about three times and you'll be fast asleep!)
Thank you all so much for your comments about my glasses - I love them! And I've also just been hired as part-time lecturer at a specialist college in Birmingham, so my new specs will go towards my new autumn image (did someone mention shoes?)!5 -
Congrats @YinxFed !! How exciting. You're gonna be so great in that position!1
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CW 187.4
Definitely in the red, but better than when I got back from the weekend of overindulgence! Lets see what next week brings.
I've uploaded a bunch of photos to the computer to share but I think they're going to be pretty big so I apologize if they don't fit well on the screen.
This is the new dock we rebuilt this spring (which led to me rebuilding the shoreline with rocks because we mucked it all up!)
This is a side view of the house so you can get a context of when I talk about the "cliff" we're built on and the 46 steps to get back and forth between the house and the water.
The balcony at the top right and the deck at the far right in the distance are the ones we rebuilt last year.
Here are pictures of the front of the house facing the street and where the hot tub pad will go
This is the retaining wall we poured in 2020 with a borrowed cement mixer:
This is where the hot tub will go once the retaining wall is poured to protect the house. and then backfilled. The plywood formers and rebar are all ready to go for this weekend.
And here I am with my brand new cement mixer!!! (every girl's dream birthday gift, right?!?!)
Can't wait to get it dirty!
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@Kali225 all this talk about pink shoes had me pull these babies out of the closet. I can imagine you rocking a pair of these in the office with a conservative, sleek business suit!
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@PlaneMonkey you have made our little DIY hearts go pitter pat this morning!! Fabulous. Just fabulous. Can you come live with us so that my taller half stops doing himself in by overwork?
@DD265 and @YinxFed Thanks for the reminders about banishing the nighttime brain squirrels - I have now made the lists, gotten many things squared away, and did my breathing patterns last night (I'm a 4-7-8-2 person in-hold-out-hold) and dang, that always works. There are now money concerns, but they will settle down once I get over taking a big whack of cash out of our retirement account. Houses get old, and they cost money. Cars ditto! But it is better than waiting for things to get worse, right?
All the worry and I'm over my top maintenance limit this morning - not by much, so it won't be hard to shift, but it is a reminder to keep moving and limiting those portions. I'll get back out walking more too - @YinxFed we can be long-distance walking buddies, ok?
Off to get into it all! Enjoy your day and keep on building next week's weigh-in
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Hi WA's...You have a returning member joining your team ...Please welcome back @dillyg08 2
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CW 155.2
I am really swollen and I am not sure why. I had to take my wedding ring off on Tues and I feel it in my eyes. I have been busy this week setting up my classroom. Today, I am busy cutting and laminating.3 -
Hi everyone...just joined for the August Challenge! I'm in gorgeous Washington State, newly retired. Just came back from the pool. It's gonna be in the upper 90s today.
And thank you for getting welcome! (I'm still getting the hang of this forum)
And why do I love that shiny red cement mixer so much?6 -
@jugar Liselyn, I’m going to need an excused this week. Scale is not in the room where I am isolated. Food has been whatever people get me and I have been putting stuff in my mouth nonstop to try and temper this awful taste in my mouth from the medicine. On top of that my steps are scarce. I am sure hoping my rapid test on Sunday says negative. My daughter, SIL and granddaughter all have negative PCR tests and they are staying in a small apt that was available on my daughters campus. We are fortunate that it was offered. That means I can leave my room and sit out in the yard and eat. I am thankful my symptoms are not bad, but this is still no fun. Praying I have no rebound and everyone stays negative. I miss hugging my sweet Juliet. Heck, I miss hugging everyone.
@PlaneMonkey WOW!!! Your projects are amazing. What a beautiful property and you’re not kidding about that cliff. Good luck with the hot tub work. Loved mine. I think that cement mixer is pretty cool and cute as well.
@KellyBgetsfit Sorry you are so swollen. That is no fun. How has your salt and processed food intake been? Any new meds? They often can cause swelling. Hope you feel normal soon.
@yinxfed Congratulations on your new position! Im sure you’ll be wonderful. You know we want to see those new shoes too!
@jugar Hugs coming your way. Money concerns are never enjoyable. I hear you about those things needing money put in them. My OH right now is contemplating giving up our second car because he does not want to sink $1k into it. It’s a 2004 car.
Welcome to all our new team members. We’re so glad you joined us. This group is so supportive.3 -
Fingers crossed for a positive test on Sunday @micki48
@planemonkey looking forward to seeing the finished project!
Welcome to the team all our new members
I worked a full day today, so it felt like a long one, but I finished what I wanted to get done. Meal planning and supermarket shop are done, though I need to go to the butchers in the morning. Got down to the allotment and did another battery's worth of strimming; it makes such a difference to how the plot looks. Now I'm watching Netflix and doing some admin/transcribing a few recipes before bed.
Plan for tomorrow is butchers, batch cooking and allotment; hopefully a productive but chilled out weekend.4 -
Hello
My steps for following days;
July 24 - 9,848
July 25 - 9,603
July 28 - 13,672
Thank you @ashleycarole863 -
PW 233.0
CW 231.27 -
@mick48 excused no problem - it sounds like you are really doing the quarantine right up to 100%, and that is tough for sure. Hoping you'll have your negative test and that you can get outside to enjoy the (cool early morning) air and start to eat what you want to eat! Don't worry, this too shall pass. Hugs aplenty!
Welcome @dillyg08 ! I know you were with a different team before, but you are certainly welcome here with us
Come on in and introduce yourself, and start to get to know everyone.
@KellyBgetsfit I hope you get to the root of your water retention problem - it can come from so many different sources. You know, though, that walking, moving, drinking plain water, having less salt, and all the regular things will help no matter what. Keep running after the root reasons, and let us know how you're doing, OK?
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Time for the Saturday people to line up and be counted:
@veronica1359
@panera88
@Shawtytel
@Terytha
And there are a few people still needing to update for this week:
@MoonlitMuse
@mmarceau2
@EvMakesChanges
July is coming to a close - how did that happen? We have done well as a team this month - coming in first among all the teams a couple of times, and keeping a good spirit. Well done!2 -
@PlaneMonkey Loved all the pics - wow. Beautiful property and you are clearly very talented DIY'ers... Brad and I are the complete opposite.. totally useless at that stuff (and we both admit it). Always in awe of talented people such as yourselves
@micki48 Glad you're able to stay isolated and keep to yourself. Isolation does suck and it's surprising how quickly it feels lonely. Stick in there and hopefully the worst of it will be over soon.
Today was my least active day by far on this trip.. lots of time in the car and then visiting with Brad's mom so I barely moved at all. We fly home Sunday so there isn't much time left.. just focusing on enjoying the final moments of this trip. My food consumption has been far too high for days now so unless I have a really quick rebound I suspect I'll be back on the regular team for most of August. Not the outcome I wanted but we shall see what comes of it when I weigh in next week.
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@PlaneMonkey Oh wow! You have done such a nice job with your place. Absolutely beautiful 😍 If anyone deserves a hot tub it's you.
@jugar Spending a bunch of money on old house stuff is not fun 🙃 This past year brought a lot of that our way. Definitely feel your pain.
@YinxFed Love the glasses and congrats on the new job and the solo walk!
@ashleycarole86 Sounds like you are having a great time on your trip. I'm sure you will have things back on track soon.
@Kali225 I can't wait to see what shoe's you picked! Have you ever heard of the shoe company Irregular Choice? I don't own a pair but they have so many outrageously fun shoes. Some day I want a pair of Christmas themed shoes from them to wear to work.4 -
I have been really inconsistent with my macros but definitely under calories this past week. We have done a ton of running around. Up a mountain for hiking, then off to the lake several times. Tomorrow my husband and I are doing a "just try it" pottery class with our oldest daughter. Should be a blast. I'm definitely active lately. I just can't get my macros in order and a part of me doesn't care. I enjoy not planning everything out all of the time.
Welcome to all of our new members! This is such a great team 💜5 -
The August Team Chat is open! Finish up today's weigh-ins here, and go to the new month to introduce yourself, tell everyone about your goals and commitments for August:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10870451/waistaways-team-chat-august-2022/p1?new=10
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