Shape Shifters Team Chat - AUGUST 2022
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What? My "metabolic age" jumped up to 70?! (According to my Renpho scale, that is.) Ahh, whadda THEY know? {oops}
My real age is 64 (as of 8/18). Have a great weekend everyone!3 -
Steps
Aug 14: 14.428
Aug 15: 14.322
Aug 16: 10.623
Aug 17: 14.206
Aug 18: 15.292
Aug 19: 15.223
Good morning Shape Shifters. As you can see I did the bare minimum with my steps (14k goal) and didn't even make it once. The temperature is a little better now, though still too warm for me personally. I will pick up my activity starting tomorrow though. My fitbit band broke, but the extra bigger band thankfully fits as well. It's insane how expensive a new band is so I am glad I don't have to buy a new one just yet. Happy Saturday everyone
Nice stepping @pupowl this week! Glad things are cooling down a bit for you! Same here for me...it's been really nice this week, so much so that I've been able to go sit in my car during lunch at work and read...hope it continues...
Wanted to tell you to check out the fitbit bands on Amazon...MUCH cheaper and lots of styles/colors to choose from, just make sure you choose the ones that fit your particular fitbit model!
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Steps:
8/16 9,534
8/17 8,595
8/18 7,635
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pedal__power wrote: »pedal__power
Fridays
PW 199.6
CW 197.2
@izzyred9400 Wow, good for you for managing your stress in other ways. I like how you phrased it as to "not eat my feelings." That really resonates with me.
@laceyf53 I'm sorry to hear about your cat, hope you are able to get some quality time in this week
@jessicakrall8 thanks for posting the weekly challenge! I'll take some time this week to check it out.
I was travelling this past week and tried my best to make some healthy choices while eating out. In addition, another difference that I made is that I didn't come back and also snack in the late afternoon and late evening. Tried to limit snacking to only when I was feeling hungry. My exercise was also down this past week but I logged my food almost every day.
Heading out for bike ride before it gets hot. Have a great weekend everyone!
Thank you @pedal__power I'm quite pleased that I managed to stay focused or maybe it was the worry that made me lose weight this week ?? I can't take credit for the phrase "eating my feelings" as I coined it from our lovely captain @jessicakrall8 😉
Hope you have a great weekend & enjoyed your bike ride.1 -
Kateineu
Saturdays
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CW 177.50 -
The August, Week 4 Group Challenge is posted and ready to begin on Sunday, Aug 21st. Join me for a "Stress-Free Me"...a week of discovery, sharing, learning, relaxing and managing our stress-filled lives. Bring a friend...hope to see you there! Here's your link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10872013/august-week-4-group-challenge-stress-free-me/p1?new=1
Jessica
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Missing weigh-ins for the week (incl today):
@JanieD82 2x
@ewilhelm2487
@cre804
@bearchested
@Nataliewr0403
@Valentina_99v x2
@Tiguan26 x2
Sunday morning stats start before the birds are awake, so please report in today! Thanks!
STEPPERS...you know the drill...report in and help me fill those blank spaces! My spreadsheet is looking naked!
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Nataliewr0403
PW 136.1
CW 135.6
8/13. 9406
8/14. 10,683
8/15. 7964
8/16. 7101
8-17. 7348
8/18. 10,023
8/19. 8602
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pedal__power wrote: »pedal__power
… I was travelling this past week and tried my best to make some healthy choices while eating out. In addition, another difference that I made is that I didn't come back and also snack in the late afternoon and late evening. Tried to limit snacking to only when I was feeling hungry. My exercise was also down this past week but I logged my food almost every day. … Heading out for bike ride before it gets hot. Have a great weekend everyone!
Congratulations on making “… healthy choices while eating out” during your travel time @pedal_power!
That’s been a challenge for me this week. I drove to South Carolina from northern Virginia with my son. We ate some fast food and I over-indulged a bit after a busy day of shopping and moving items into his new living space.
He’s returning to Clemson University for his third year. During his first two years, he lived in dormitory apartments on campus. This year, he’s sharing a house with five other students. It’s a beautiful living space and his roommates were so welcoming and helpful when we arrived with his belongings. I’m so happy to see him enjoying new friendships and excited to see him settling into college life after some strange COVID-influenced years (e.g., no high school graduation, quarantined with only two roommates and then sent home mid-year during his first year of college, etc.).
I’m taking the overnight train back home later tonight (actually very early tomorrow since the departure is at 1:40am). So, I have an opportunity to eat better today. Even though I made some decent choices while traveling - like milk instead of soda with my fast-food order and oatmeal instead of a chocolate muffin at the hotel breakfast - I also ate items that I’m generally good at resisting (e.g., fries, alcohol, etc.). For example, I had a margarita with dinner just because it’s my habit at a Mexican restaurant. In retrospect, I really didn’t even want it but it seemed to ‘complete’ my dinner for some reason.
The good news is that this experience seemed to teach me that the food choices didn’t make me feel better. So, I think I’ll do better next time. Thank you for posting about your positive behavior this week @pedal_power. Reading about your success led to some good reflection for me and I think I’ve turned a corner toward healthier decisions while traveling.
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KHill875
I got back into the gym this week. We also have been riding our bikes to drop off and pick up a child at school.
Good work, @KHill875! I like the idea of building exercise into the new back-to-school routine! This weekend, I’m helping my younger son move and next weekend, I’m traveling to Boston with my older son as he moves into a new room near his campus. When I return home in early September, I’m going to find a couple ways to incorporate new habits. I think I’ll ride my bike to rowing practice instead of driving as one positive change in September. I’ll give some thought to it this week and report my plans next Sunday. Thanks for the motivation!2 -
Sunday is Sustainable Habit Theme-day!
There is one clear and resounding theme that I’ve noticed when reading the MFP success stories of people who have achieved their fitness and nutrition goals AND maintained a healthy weight long term. They all report a shift in their thinking from short-term dieting (or muscle gain) to long-term habits they can sustain throughout their lives.
What positive habits are you working to build? Are there any habits that you’ve developed that might help others? If so, please share what you’ve learned?
When Shape Shifters - and other F2F team members - reach their goal weight, we are encouraged to continue engaging with our teams through maintenance. The GOAL ZONE Maintenance Chat is another space available within the F2F Challenge community to support the long term behaviors needed to sustain success. Anyone can visit the F2F groups/GOAL ZONE chat space to learn more about the strategies other members use to maintain their goals … as well as the ongoing challenges they face.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10803339/goal-zone-maintenance-chat#latest
What habits are critical to your lifelong success? Have you noticed any habits that are holding you back? If so, experts on behavior change say it’s easier to replace a bad habit with a good one Than to eliminate the bad habit. What positive change can you make? Sometimes small substitutions can lead to huge successes over time.
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@jessicakrall8
Hi Jess! Thanks so much for the amazon tip. I didn't even think of that. Bands are indeed much cheaper there so I am glad you mentioned it. Hope you are doing well! I will try to go back to post daily here because it helps me a lot. Especially when I am not feeling great.1 -
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Daily Step goal: 10,000
Fri 8/19: 7,811
Sat 8/20: 11,329
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Glad you had a good trip @PatriceFitnessPal and were able to get your son settled in for his Junior year in SC! I know that seeing him growing, succeeding and building/maintaining great friendships will help keep peace for you as you go through the year. What is he studying again? Not sure if I saw that in what you wrote...it has to be exciting coming out of those crazy COVID years to get back to something akin to "normalcy" in his life. Will you see him again at Thanksgiving or at Christmas break, I'm guessing? Is he your youngest?? Are you going through that whole empty nesting experience? I guess you're well into it at this point, since he's on his third year...what's that like? Are you finding new hobbies or redefining spaces in the house?
Well, glad you had that time together...those memories are precious to you, I'm sure!
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CONGRATS to all the winners and those with honorable mentions this week! Great job!
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Thanks @pedal__power unfortunately right after I posted I got the call she passed. I went to see her body that night, and will be getting her ashes back this week. I plan on going through the process of neutralizing the ashes so I can pot an orange blossom tree.
I have spent the whole weekend crying and not eating, so I guess my weigh in tomorrow will be good at least. Just really sad and going to miss her very much. I'm glad she was at the hospital on pain meds and a heating pad, she had a very peaceful ending.
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Bearchested
Friday (sorry for the late reporting)
PW: 193.8
CW: 195.8
Not exactly sure the reason for the gain. I over indulged a bit over the weekend, but was on track the rest of the week. I did over-exert myself on a long row that I probably resorted to bad form at the end, so I'm dealing with a sore back. Looking forward to a loss next week.2 -
Thanks @pedal__power unfortunately right after I posted I got the call she passed. I went to see her body that night, and will be getting her ashes back this week. I plan on going through the process of neutralizing the ashes so I can pot an orange blossom tree.
I have spent the whole weekend crying and not eating, so I guess my weigh in tomorrow will be good at least. Just really sad and going to miss her very much. I'm glad she was at the hospital on pain meds and a heating pad, she had a very peaceful ending.
As someone who's gone through that pain several times, I am SO VERY SORRY for your loss @laceyf53 ...I hope your memories of her through the years will soon bring a smile to your face, once the tears stop. I still see my LacySue in little glimpses around my house, everywhere I look...her favorite spots...it's so hard to grieve...may you find peace soon. When your heart begins to heal, perhaps you'll need that purr again and open your heart to adopt another one desperately needing a wonderful Mom. I like that you're honoring her with the orange blossom tree. **HUGS**
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Msashleybing
Sunday
PW: 194.8
CW: 193.0
Steps: 6,000
8/13: 6357
8/14: 7318
8/15: 7515
8/16: 5139
8/17: 5467
8/18: 6688
8/19: 4770
8/20: 6614
I can’t believe it’s been a week already!2 -
Cre804
Friday
PW 194.0
CW 193.5
I am so sorry I missed my weigh in. We went out of town and it completely slipped my mind!2 -
@laceyf53 - I’m so sorry to hear about the loss of your cat — sending my condolences and thinking of you ❤️🩹.
@bearchested - I hope your back feels better soon. Your body is probably hanging on to some water for muscle repair.
Take care, Shape Shifters!2 -
Congratulations on finishing in the top two teams this week team! … and cheers to all the great progress from our leader board members!! —
@msashleybing, @CasandraW, @angmarie28, @izzyred9400, and everyone sticking with it through both the easy and difficult weeks. Keep up the good work!
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jessicakrall8 wrote: »Glad you had a good trip @PatriceFitnessPal and were able to get your son settled in for his Junior year in SC! … What is he studying again? … Will you see him again at Thanksgiving or at Christmas break, I'm guessing? Is he your youngest?? Are you going through that whole empty nesting experience? I guess you're well into it at this point, since he's on his third year...what's that like? Are you finding new hobbies or redefining spaces in the house?
Thanks for your thoughtful message, @jessicakrall8!
My son is studying business & environmental and natural resources, with the idea of helping big businesses get on board with environmental stewardship, finding joint solutions to climate change problems, and/or shaping national policy to make sure businesses are acting as responsible partners in addressing the global crises exacerbated by careless companies.
We’re hoping to see him over the American Thanksgiving holiday. His 21st birthday is around that time and his friends are talking about watching one of the big college football games that are played that weekend but I think he’ll pop in for dinner together at least. We’ll see —
He’s definitely planning to spend more time with our family during the longer winter break. Our older son sometimes spends Thanksgiving in Boston because we have so many family members there and it’s a much bigger event than our tiny family dinner of four. I miss the Boston celebration of fun banter, sports, and games but traveling is not very pleasant at that time. So, we usually opt for a very quiet, stress-free time to unplug and stream a movie or television series. I enjoy both types of holiday though … and it’s wonderful when both sons are home at Christmas/ New Year time.
We are adjusting to the ‘empty nest’ but it’s taking far longer to downsize and declutter than I imagined. I have MANY unfinished projects and plans but I’m slowly chipping away at them. I’ve definitely increased my rowing and improved my health with more ‘me’ time. My business is very new so that’s taking up much of my time, especially keeping up with all the tax and business registration requirements. It’s been a learning curve since my husband retired and started his own business, too. We’re fortunate to have his medical benefits as part of retirement - and our sons are learning a lot by working part-time with us - but there are still a lot of daunting barriers to overcome. I just take it chunk by chunk!
Thanks for the important reminder — I guess I should work on my invoices now, since tuition bills will be draining our account 😂🤣😂! My train departs South Carolina at 1:40 AM and arrives about 12 hours later so that’s the goal I set for my trip: Send invoices!! — a job I hate for some reason.
Sorry for rambling. It was a great trip, productive and enjoyable time spent with my son. Now, back to work after some poor dinner choices and bigger portions than usual! Best wishes to all.3 -
Good work @msashleybing and @cre804! … I hope you enjoyed your out of town trip. I’ll have to learn your tips for managing a loss while traveling. Please share your secrets when you get a chance — Welcome back!1
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Thanks @PatriceFitnessPal and @jessicakrall8 for the kind words. We have a lot of animals, including a foster litter. I told my daughter since we have space we can keep one of the foster kittens. It hurts to do that, I have a lot of guilt over it for whatever reason. But it does help me move on, I don't have a lot of time to dwell on it. I ordered a beautiful rock painting memorial today that I am excited about. A picture of my beautiful girl. 💖
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laceyf53
Monday Weigh-in
PW: 243.1 lbs
CW: 240.3 lbs4 -
JenHul
Monday weigh in day
PW: 177.5
CW: 176.4
LTD: -5.8
Aug 19 steps= 9014
Aug 20 steps= 3514
Aug 21 steps= 5152
Have a great week Shape Shifters!2 -
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