WaistAways Team Chat - AUGUST 2022
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Cw: 231.3 😁 it went down woo!8
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Good Morning! Happy Wednesday! 😁
@CupcakeCrusoe I have to agree about catching up on the chat. I'm new so trying to get the swing of it.
@ashleycarole86 I'd like to join the step challenge. I'm back to working from home so hopefully this motivate me to get up and move. Except from my desk to the couch. 😭🥺 Starting small - 5000 step goal.
I'm also trying to figure out new exercise time. Considering that school will be starting back soon. This week I'm trying to use my lunch hour for workouts. Hopefully after kids are in school routine I can go to gym with my oldest son.
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It's a beautiful green morning! WTG people!4
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I'm late getting my intro posted. I'm Kristi, 40 year old. I've been married for 15 years and we have 3 kids ages 13, 11 and 7. I live near Spokane Washington in the US. I'm an occupational therapist and work for the schools. I'm on summer vacation until September. Currently I'm really enjoying my unstructured schedule but my eating hasn't been great. I'm not as hungry in the summer so I am really struggling to hit my macros consistently. I ended up gaining a few pounds in July with too much celebrating (vacation and milestone birthday and anniversary). I am getting lots of exercise just being active outdoors. This month I want to become more consistent with food. I'm hoping my husband will join me with that this month. He was noticing for the first time he can't drop weight like he used to. I'm pretty sure he just wished on a star and it magically went away. He has shown interest in eating better so that could be helpful!
@cupcakecaruso and @jugar I eat 40% protein and I end up eating 150g of protein a day. This is what my wellness coach has me doing. My regular doctor has also reviewed my nutrition plan and has no issues with the numbers. Our bodies absorb different types of protein differently. For example your body can absorb about 80% of the protein in whey protein powder but only 35% of the protein in chicken. Beef is in-between whey and chicken. Dairy protein is less than chicken. I can't remember if fish is similar to chicken or higher 🤔. If you eat a variety of different types of protein and check with your doctor you should be fine.
August Goals
Add some workouts in my gym with weights
Hit my macros 5 out of 7 days
Experiment with journaling
Eat through out the day
My masters program started again this month so I also have that going on. I have 8 classes left and a capstone project in my self paced program.8 -
I'm really impressed with how much you've learned from your wellness coach @conleywoods but more importantly how you're putting it into practise!
In terms of exercise timing, I enjoy having my exercise done in the morning (and feeling smug for the rest of the day!), but am less thrilled about getting out of bed to do it. If I leave exercise to the evening it's less likely to happen, which is why I basically run/walk with other people or not at all!
I'm joining the tomato club too! Except I have no issue with quantity as I will just eat them all. Yum.
My plants were looking a little worse for wear last night, I think a combination of weight and wind, but I didn't have my ties etc with me to support them properly so did what I could and will tackle them tonight. Some tomatoes on another plot are ripening so hopefully mine will follow suit soon.
We went for a short walk at lunch time, so that's the intentional exercise ticked off and I am working on getting my water drunk, in between fussing one of the cats who is being very demanding this afternoon.4 -
@LoraineGB Oh no! That sure will knock you out. I once got stung 10+ times by tiny little bees I disturbed while watering my garden. Benadryl was my friend. How is your bite or sting? Hope it wasn’t a snake. Feel better.
Lots of mask wearing around here if I want to spend anytime with my husband. My daughter and fam are still in temp housing until Friday. I know it’s extreme. She’s a bit worried until Juliet is fully vaxxed. Friday my best friend is driving down from Boston and we are headed to the Jersey Shore for a bff girls weekend. It’s been about 10 years since we’ve seen each other. I am praying I don’t have a rebound like the President (from taking that nasty Paxlovid). I will surely cry if that happens. My daughter just might lose her mind.
I’m not yet back in the groove. Water hasn’t been great because 😷. I haven’t logged but food hasn’t been awful. Steps aren’t quite there, but at least I’m over 5,000.
Off to remove a mask.
Hope you are feeling better and can test clear to go on your trip. We had covid last August and stayed separated in the house until the 10 day period was over. I went on a girls trip in September and it was the tonic I needed after all the covid stuff.
It takes a while to recover from Covid so take it easy, all your good habits will come back!
Thank you so much! I am feeling better and so far, still negative. I'm glad for your reminder that just because symptoms are gone does not mean that my body has fully recovered. I am tired and finding myself a bit out of breath with small activity. Not normal for me. I took a 1 mile walk last night that took quite a bit of time to recover from. Also got on my mat this morning and did a workout for when you have "Low Energy". It was perfect! Thanks for that reminder.
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I did get on my mat this morning, took a short walk yesterday. Never did the measurements. I'll get there. Hubby getting a PCR test today to make sure I didn't infect him. Then my daughter MIGHT come home. LOL I'm still feeling good. Just a bit tired. I'll take another rapid tomorrow. Juliet gets her 2nd vax dose on Friday. That's the main goal in all this fuss. She was supposed to get it the day I tested positive and I ruined it for her. Don't want that happening again. I know someone is likely to get sick down the line, but having her have the most protection is key for us.
I need a shower and need to check those tomatoes. It may be late to water them right now. Drinking my water and running to the bathroom as a result.
So nice to see all the conversation. I like the positive, supportive energy.
@KellyBgetsfit Hugs to you already preparing your classroom and all that. I'm supposed to go in the week of 8/22 to help set up. Start week of 8/29 with meetings.
Have a great day everyone.
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@LoraineGB Let's bug each other about the morning delay/avoidance/procrastination "thing" - maybe we can help each other get stuff done
As to my music, I'm a flutist, now retired from my university teaching position but still playing. The combination of retirement and the pandemic put a serious stop to playing together with people for a while, but it is coming back! I do both contemporary music and classical music - madly swinging between working with young laptop-wielding sound artists to "straight" chamber music and also baroque music on period instruments. It all gives me a reason to keep in shape - I intend to play as long as possible! Gotta keep showing those youngsters how it's done, right? Actually, the recording I'm doing in October includes an English violinist (Simon Standage) who is 80! He is one of my heroes.
Wow, that is impressive, I love how you can switch genres and the baroque music sounds very interesting! I also looked up Simon Standage and what a career he's having.
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@jugar sorry, I forgot to weigh in!!! I did get on the elliptical this morning.
@micki48 We only had 8 weeks off and kids had 9 weeks.
The last time I consistently lost weight was Spring 2021 when I did IF. My lunch time is 11:15 so I am going to try to do an 8 hour window 11:15-7:15. I will be back tomorrow with my current weight.4 -
( @ashleycarole86 just don't hold me to another green week, my new office has "snack walls" in every kitchen and kitchenette, beer on tap including my favorite cider, and I already have team lunches, outings, and happy hours on my calendar the rest of this month. EEEEK!!)
@CupcakeCrusoe you will hear a bunch of us refer to the "one perfect day" mantra; it's a way we try to get strict about things for just one day following maybe a few days of being off track, to help reset and start fresh on a good foot.
I am still having a good week with work but I will say, I had a difficult afternoon today. Maybe being tired from my first day commuting in 5 months? But I was just in a mood and I took a pilates sculpt class over zoom at 8pm and got so frustrated with my own body and the pace of class that I rage quit 13 min early! It is extremely rare for me to bail on a workout. I didn't have a great dinner either (although not a binge, which is still a win - and it's been many weeks since one of those for me, which is wild). I'm going to shower now and try to wind down for bed. Gotta share the tough times in here too. Just want to wake up feeling better.5 -
@Kali225 many hugs flying your way. It is a lot of crazy energy going back to work, a new place, snack walls (yikes) and rage quitting a workout that just didn't fit after that is perfect! You didn't binge, and I'll bet that shower felt amazing. You will feel better after some delicious zzzzzzzzzzs
Who's up for Thursday?
@PlaneMonkey
@bowens1973
@ashleycarole86
what a crew!
And who is running a tad late?
@JEB03253
@KellyBgetsFit
@mmarceau2 (still in England??)
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Evening folks! Great job on week 5 of July.. it's been a long time since we've had 8 people participating at once!
There is a monthly summary for July still to come!! I promise I'll get it done before August week 1
Brad and I did an awesome 30 minute upper body strength workout together tonight.. the muscles are shaky!! Love it.3 -
@ashleycarole86 I'd like to join the step challenge. I'm back to working from home so hopefully this motivate me to get up and move. Except from my desk to the couch. 😭🥺 Starting small - 5000 step goal.
Wonderful!! Looking forward to having you for August.
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Good morning WaistAways!
You're not going to believe this, but I weighed in at 181.8 this morning. If I can keep even half of this loss for my official weigh in tomorrow, we'll be in excellent shape.
And I'm cancelling the gym for tonight, Whatsisface (what I call my husband online) wanted to play video games together, 🥺🥺🥺 so that's what we're going to do.
I threw dinner together last night to use up some tomatoes and cabbage from the garden, but it ended up being really delicious:
chickpea pasta cavatappi (banza brand, delicious!) with red cabbage, bacon, tomato, shallots, garlic, and pesto. It hit that pasta craving while still being a big bowl of stuff because of the cabbage, and a little pesto went a long way.
I'm just gonna go with posts on this page, and declare bankruptcy before this page, lol.
WAY TO GO:
@AshenMoon, well done on the loss!
@TCathey45 figuring out exercise scheduling before the school year is a very smart and good idea. Once the school year starts, it's hard to add onto that plate.
@conleywoods it's funny you mention your husband wishing on a star- mine told me this morning that he's finding the weight I'm losing.
Being consistent with food is a great goal, and one that will make for good and reliable habits.
@DD265
love to see the intentional exercise, and yeah, I could really rough up some tomatoes with just salt and a little oregano. Yummmmm.
@Micki48 glad to hear you're feeling better, and I'm sure like you all, my family is also very relieved to be able to vaccinate my youngest. She's had two, gets her third next month.
@jugar oooh, doing a recording, it all sounds really incredible.
@KellyBgetsfit IF really works for some people to create a deficit, and I know if I could make it through the not-eating times, I could have larger meals, which is the dream,
@Kali225 Sometimes in a workout your body just doesn't want to do it, for whatever reason, and it's good to listen. I hope today's better for you.
@ashleycarole86 I love that you and your husband are working out together. Swole-mates.
I'm gonna go start drinking my water, hopefully hang on to as much of this loss as I can before tomorrow! Have a great day, everyone!3 -
CW 155.8
Deep breaths. I really didn't expect it to be that high. Green from here on out!
@CupcakeCrusoe That looks yummy! I have tried several times over the last year to do IF but have failed. I am up 8ish pounds from where I maintained awhile. I get hungry in the morning from my workouts so it's a hard adjustment.
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Username ashleycarole86
Thursday weigh-in
Goal Zone
Maintenance range 160-165
CW 166.2
(Out of range 2 weeks in a row)
Ok - put me back in coach!! This is actually a 6 pound loss from my high weight after holidays but I probably needed 1-2 more days to get back.
All good - I'd like to get back down to the lower end of my range anyway so let's do this!!3 -
I get a headache about two times a year. Today is one of those days, it's not dehydration as I've been drinking more water this week (thanks to the accountability tracker) than in the past 6 months. However, I haven't had coffee for two days so it could be caffeine, we'll see.
We have thunderstorms today, I woke around 4am to a clap of thunder and it hasn't stopped since. One thing I've found living here in MO, is that we don't have rain on it's own. We have majestic thunderstorms that rage and go quiet and rage again. At least the plants and the fields will have a days respite before it's 91 (33C) degrees and sunny again.
I'm going to try a new workout today, I'll let y'all know how it goes3 -
Happy Thursday!
First, I have to tease @KellyBgetsfit a bit. I went to enter your weigh-in, expecting there to be a really big gain after what you said. You only put on 0.6 - just over a half pound. Heck, I fluctuate that much every other day! And it's a bigger percentage of my body weight. Don't sweat that one too much, but your goal to keep going for green is wonderful. Go green!KellyBgetsfit wrote: »CW 155.8
Deep breaths. I really didn't expect it to be that high. Green from here on out!
@LoraineGB ugh - the caffeine headache. There is no more miserable headache. If that is what you are having, you have my deepest sympathies. I only drink one coffee a day (it's really strong, though!) and without it, that headache can lay me very low. It does pass after a couple of days, but, I'd rather just drink the coffee
I'm off to Montreal today for a play session with my sound artist laptop musician whatever we're calling them these days. It's 3 hours of bus time, but I'll try to walk as much as possible before and after we work. If the thunderstorms aren't too terrible. Tally ho!
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Shaky muscles are a great feeling @ashleycarole86 - like you are uncomfortable but you earned it so it's all good
@LoraineGB I know a few people who get headaches when there are particularly bad storms (the pressure, I guess) so hopefully it passes soon.
We had a new side dish of lemon rice with tea yesterday which was nice and fresh, but they wanted 200g rice (dry weight) for two people; I reduced it down to 140g but there was still far too much so will do 100g in future. It's a common issue I have with recipes but I feel like I need to try what the book says before making adjustments. As we have our recipes stored as online notes, it's easy to amend them without writing in the book so we make all kinds of tweaks as we go.
I am craving chocolate and have asked OH to buy me some on the way home, so I can avoid going to the shop myself and buying All. The. Things. I am feeling that way out, but last time I just binge-shopped and this week I've delegated. Let's see if it's an effective strategy.4
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