WaistAways Team Chat - OCTOBER 2022
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And a different set of bravos for the final results for September...
Green weigh-ins all the way through @KellyBgetsfit - wonderful accomplishment. That consistency put you in first for our team for September.
@kellie_erin @MoonlitMuse Nice work as well ladies!!4 -
@lauren_989
Wonderful, glad to have you.
The challenge starts today, Sun Oct 2. The week to report on will run Sunday to Saturday2 -
Before I forget! Last week's somewhat spotty exercise for you @ashleycarole86 :
Sunday - 10,292 + 45 bike
Monday - 8193 + 15 Pilates + 45 bike
Tuesday - 6778
Wednesday - 6751+ 25 Pilates + 45 bike
Thursday - 13,555
Friday - 9057 + 35 Pilates
Saturday - 11,899 + 45 bike
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This was a very quiet day. My vegetable garden is now officially closed for the winter - last parsnips, winter squash, and lettuces came out today. Now it will be time to plant the winter rye and let it all go to sleep. And then I'll be all impatient for there to be a lot of snow so I can try out my new snowshoeing boots!
So how is everyone showing up this week? What are the things you commit to - what will you look for ways to do rather than avoid?
Maybe it is a magic number - calories, grams of the macro of your choice, minutes of exercise. Let's make this week count!3 -
Don't forget! Weigh-ins due for today -
@Rachelw124 (even though you just started, today is your week 1 weigh-in day!)
And for Monday:
@CarolAnnM2
@MoonlitMuse
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Hi I'm Kristi from north of Spokane, WA. I'm 40, married and we have 3 kids. I work 4 days a week as an occupational therapist at a large preschool center in my school district. I have been on my weight loss journey since feb 2019 and I am down about 25lbs. Its a slow journey but I'm sticking with it and always getting better at weight loss. Last week wasn't my best. I'm a month into the school year and I'm just hitting that tired adjustment point as the year gets going. I did 3 of my 4 morning workouts and the one I skipped was planned in advance due to missing my usual bed time. Food was too much take out due to being tired.
This weekend was very busy. We celebrated my husband's 40th birthday and took the kids with us to Silver mountain resort in the north Idaho mountains. We had a great room with a full kitchen. We did some take out and I also cooked. Instead of a cake we had a of my husband's favorite candles and carmel apples. The first day we spent 5 1/2 hours at the water park. The water slides are up 4 flights of stairs and I think I climbed them 25 times π Oh my quads! So fun but now I need to go to work to rest!6 -
Happy October!
My name is Evelyn and I live in Windsor, Vermont with my 3 cats, 3rd spouse, and 2nd adult daughter (the older daughter lives in Northern VT). Iβve experienced weight loss and gain since puberty and found success only when I did something extreme like Macrobiotics (Japanese vegetarian regimen) or Paleo. Last year, I started in with NOOM and have found many good psych tricks that have helped me lose 15 pounds and appreciate the plateaus (as @jugar says). My heaviest time was in 2008 when I weight close to 200. Iβm now down to 177.4 lbs with a goal of 140.
I work part time at a therapeutic physical therapy pool and assist people with exercise sessions 4-7 times per week. I absolutely *love* it! I also get paid to keep the floors safely dry and other little janitorial jobs, too, and find the extra movement helpful.
My goal for this month is to transition to colder weather by walking outside at least 3 days per week for 30-45 minutes each day. Iβm also planning more frequent vegetarian meals and decreasing quantities of heavier foods even though I feel called to begin hibernation in October by eating larger amounts with delicious gravy and sauces.
Iβm getting through bronchitis and sleeping a lot. Staying out of work tomorrow should wrap it up for me. I hope so! Oatmeal is a delight I crave and look forward to for brekky. Maybe Iβll add some fruit to it tomorrow.
Have a good week, yβall!
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Sure feels like October with the weather and dark nights - properly autumnal now.
I'm Katie, 34, near Nottingham in the UK with my husband and our two cats. I've been overweight my whole adult life and earlier this year was diagnosed with binge eating disorder. As part of my battle with that, I've moved to the support team here rather than weighing in. It's a very strange thing because I feel like losing weight requires rules, and too many/too restrictive rules can be triggering for BED. My last therapy session is this week, and I've started reading a book by a well known/recognised psychologist on the subject. We shall see.This was a very quiet day. My vegetable garden is now officially closed for the winter - last parsnips, winter squash, and lettuces came out today. Now it will be time to plant the winter rye and let it all go to sleep. And then I'll be all impatient for there to be a lot of snow so I can try out my new snowshoeing boots!
We're in the process of harvesting everything from the allotment, too. It feels a little sad, but I'm also looking forward to taking the crop rotation beds back to bare soil (so. many. weeds.) then sowing a green manure for winter. Plus I could do with spending a little more productive time at home, rather than always being down at the allotment.
I said in September's thread that I would drink 2L of fruit infused water a day. I've realised this is a little unrealistic, partly due to cost/the amount of fruit I'd go through, but 2L of either fruit infused water or cordial is achievable. I also want to start doing my lunch time walks to feed the ducks and birds again; it's good to get out of the house, and gives my walks a purpose as otherwise I end up at the shop. Stopping the snack-shopping is my other goal for October.4 -
Steps
Sun 7575
Mon 13009
Tues 11,871
Wed 10,938
30 min intervals
Thurs 11,881
30 min intervals
Fri 14,273
Sat 12,385
My fitbit also says I swam multiple days. Does anyone else get that???
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Weigh in Day: MONDAY
PW: 201.7
CW: 199.3
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Hello my name is Kelly and I teach Kindergarten. I am married with 4 kids. I have thyroid problems that make it easy to gain weight, hard to lose. I spent the first half of 2022 gaining weight. I am finally losing again, but I didn't make my Sept goal.
This weekend was crazy busy and so much was surrounding food, lots of food. We had family from out of state visiting so we had a huge family BBQ. Plus, we celebrated my daughter's birthday and 6 high schoolers stay the night. I avoided snacking on food and skipped the bread since I knew I would want dessert. The scale is up, but not as much as I thought I might be.4 -
Hi team!
I'm Courtney in Val-des-Monts, QuΓ©bec Canada living with my husband and two indoor cats and now a new addition of an outdoor cat. We own a 'project' house where everything needs to be worked on and nothing ever seems finished so all of my spare time and money are wrapped up into it. It leaves very little time for meal planning and the quick snacks are reached for more often than they should be.
I'm reasonably active playing team sports and working on the property but portion size is my main problem. I've lost 50lbs since joining this group but have plateaued for nearly a year and a half now. Most of my weight loss when it happens these days is due to random luck and not effort. October is the last push before winter so all the final chores are to be done. We keep having disheartening setbacks on some projects so it ends up doubling the work and I turn to the wine and cheese for comfort. This needs to get reined back in.
I'm going to try to be more conscious of portions this month but plan to get back to tracking fully in November.4 -
CarolAnnM2 wrote: Β»Weigh in Day: MONDAY
PW: 201.7
CW: 199.3
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Steps
Sunday 6570
Monday 8395
Tuesday 8404
Wednesday 7405
Thursday 8953
Friday 10087
Saturday 6752 (Oh why didn't I look and make it to 7k?)
Rainy day here. Took a walk in the rain with the littles. Guess what? They STILL aren't tired enough to sleep. LOL. I'll check in later with intros. Hope everyone is doing well.5 -
Hey sorry about missing yesterday. Got busy then ended up falling asleep early putting my son to bed lol.
Pw was 187 and CW is 187.5..
Here's hoping for a better weigh in next Sunday.4 -
Thank you @LoraineGB2
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Steps and exercise stats for @ashleycarole86
26th September - 3966 / 37 mins Full Body Hydrotherapy workout (Caroline Girvan Iron - Day 29) / 5 x pushups
27th September - 2259 / 38 mins Arms, Abs & Core (Caroline Girvan Iron - Day 30) / 7 x pushups
28th September - 4245 / 32 mins GrowithJo Cardio
29th September - 5179
30th September - 4463
1st October - 5031
2nd October - 2521
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@CarolAnnM2 Welcome to Onederland! We are all having a celebration with you
@Rachelw124 no worries about the first week - it'll turn around, I'm sure. And do you think you could send your son over to give @micki48 's little ones some lessons in going to sleep? I'm sure they need a good mentor. Although I discovered almost 30 years ago that the one thing worse than being an insomniac is being an insomniac's mother. My daughter did not sleep worth a dang for many, many years. And even then it was just because she learned to read in bed that I survived it! No mentor would have helped, I fear...
@PlaneMonkey Here's to random luck! π₯
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@DD265 what book are you reading? Does it have helpful tips for BED?2
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Thank you @jugar1
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