WaistAways Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2022
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@ashleycarole86 And before I forget, Ashley, here are my step and exercise stats for the last 7 days:
Sunday - 1342
Monday - 4251 / 35 mins Caroline Girvan Epic Heat Day 5 - Burpee Bonanza
Tuesday - 1181
Wednesday - 3082 / 38 mins CG Epic Heat Day 6 - Charged Chest & Triceps
Thursday - 3242 /41 mins CG Epic Heat Day 7 - Flaming Legs
Friday - 9743
Saturday - 2536 / 38mins CG Epic Heat Day 8 - Back & Biceps Framework
There's still work to do, I know!3 -
Sunday: 7,055
Monday: 7,456
Tuesday: 2,959
Wednesday: 5,518
Thursday: 7,216
Friday: 3,129
Saturday: 7,950 + 15 minutes stationary bike, 15 minutes weights/resistance
Yesterday was a good day, not a perfect one, but very close. I am hoping to make today a perfect day. I have my meals planned out and am going for a walk in a few minutes. Tomorrow is halloween and I know there will be lots of tempting treats around. I need to get away from the all or nothing thinking. Even though tomorrow may have some candy, I don't need to eat bad until then. I hoping we don't have any left over candy and have lots of kids come but there will most likely be candy at work on Tuesday. I try not to keep tempting food at home but I can't control the work environment, especially when patients bring donuts! I have to learn to just say no when donuts (or sweets) call my name!6 -
Hi everyone, I'm Kellie. I live in Alberta, Canada, I'm married, early 30s, full time process engineer (EIT), trying to finish an MSc, and constantly trying to lose weight.
My weight has yo-yoed since puberty. My highest weight was 227.8 and I got down to 168 before my wedding in 2018. My lowest weight was 145 in my early 20s. My weight has crept up since my wedding and then gone down and now it's going back up.
This yo-yo-ing is frustrating and I'm mad at myself for letting it happen. But stress seems to really impact it and this MSc has been extremely stressful. I'm also dealing with constant pain (which is hopefully improving), sleep issues, and depression (for which I'm medicated but is getting worse due to the other issues I'm dealing with).
My husband and I had talked about going some place warm in February and I was hoping to be much closer to my goal weight. But given that I can't seem to lose anything lately, I don't know if the trip will happen.
I'm still trying to keep at it. Here's hoping for a more successful November
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@lauren_989 Collecting data is so key! The consistent tracking for 31 days should give you lots of info to work with on building the right deficit for you to move the needle. I'm so glad to hear the step challenge helped to motivate you to get out there more - it does the same for me and it was great to see you crushing your goals in October!
@DianaGetsFit512 No real go to dinners here so I can't be of much help in that department, but I will say I've heard lots of people have a ton of success pre-tracking the night before and adjusting to actual quantites day of, so that sounds like a great stategy you're going to focus on in general. Can't wait to hear how it goes! I pre-track but only right in the moment before it's going to go into my mouth... I definitely think pre-tracking before you eat is key! When I don't do that, I usually don't like the outcome...
@CarolAnnM2 What are your bucket list travel places for when you retire? Those new hips are gonna take you places girl!
@KellyBgetsfit I can see why the IF window with the 5 a.m. workout session would be tough as I would either need to eat before and if not definitely after that workout, so I hear you there. Sounds like your plans to do some experimenting are good.
@wishfuljune I feel like I can read parts of my story in yours - I recently got down to my low weight of 160-165 as well, and I just had some job changes in early September that have thrown me for a loop. I am not taking the stress well, am definitely eating and drinking more and moving less, and so on! I need to find other ways to cope.5 -
Happy Sunday, everyone!
Well, Team WaistAways had a pretty dismal October for weight loss. We had some fantastic people in the lead who did their best to pull us up, but it was still a team net gain for the last 2 weeks.
Let's turn it around! @beehappy101 and @YinxFed have started us off green Pile on! Even small losses make us happy.5 -
DianaGetsFit512 wrote: »I'd like to join. Not sure what goal to choose though...
Remember if you're doing exercise other than steps it will be converted to steps so you'll want to factor that in or else you'll consistently blow over your goal.
We can always toggle it as you wish, or you don't have to set a pledge either (but I do certain stats based on consistency that will depend on you having a goal)
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Hi all
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. I'm working on recovery, which is going pretty well, but hoping to get some sessions with a dietician before the end of the year. Attempting to restrict food intake can be a trigger for bingeing, but I feel like you need restriction to lose weight, so it's a tricky balance to navigate.
My goal for the rest of the year is to practise a CBT technique, related to reducing unhelpful thoughts, daily. Food and emotions are very closely linked for me. I keep my food log on paper now (that's part of the BED recovery program) and on the back of those sheets I'm doing the CBT thing. It's basically a set of questions:- What's the situation?
- What emotion(s) am I feeling?
- What physical sensations am I experiencing?
- What unhelpful thoughts am I having?
- What would be reasonable/rational counters to those unhelpful thoughts?
I learned this technique in therapy, but did it on the computer, and am now finding it far more effective on paper. Sometimes I'll add actions, for example I'm travelling for work tomorrow and anxious about it, but I can write a list of what I need to take and I know that will help me feel more prepared.
Plan for November:- Planned regular eating (BED recovery plan step 2)
- CBT daily
- 2L cordial/water daily
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Yes @YinxFed and @BeeHapppy101 .. way to start our November off with losses! Good work and inspiring to me to do the same this week!3
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@kellie_erin I would highly recommend not postponing a trip for that reason.. you sound like you could really use the break and the conversation that @Kali225 brought up about the dress for the wedding (or fancy event.. can't remember what) reminds me of this conversation!! We all deserve good things, vacations, etc. despite where our bodies are at and I would hate to think you missed out!5
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Exercise:
10/23: 7712 steps + 16 minutes Peloton
10/24: 6934 steps
10/25: 5581 steps
10/26: 10445 steps
10/27: 8733 steps
10/28: 8999 steps
10/29: 10736 steps3 -
CW: 226.0
@ashleycarole86
Ok I’ll set my goal at 9000 steps daily
How does that work with exercise… already included or should I add it on top??
When do I post steps for the week? On my weigh in day?4 -
@DianaGetsFit512
The step challenge goes from Sunday to Saturday, so today is day 1 of the new week.
You can post daily, or weekly, but once the week closes I appreciate you getting your update in as soon as possible so I can issue the step report. I will usually try to wait a couple days for everyone to get the steps in.
So yeah, next Sunday if you can post for this Sun-Sat, that'll be great. Just list your steps by day and then if you had any intentional exercise minutes for other activities that those steps don't have (like biking, strength, etc.) then just give me those activities by day with minutes performed and I'll convert them to steps for you5 -
ashleycarole86 wrote: »@DianaGetsFit512
The step challenge goes from Sunday to Saturday, so today is day 1 of the new week.
You can post daily, or weekly, but once the week closes I appreciate you getting your update in as soon as possible so I can issue the step report. I will usually try to wait a couple days for everyone to get the steps in.
So yeah, next Sunday if you can post for this Sun-Sat, that'll be great. Just list your steps by day and then if you had any intentional exercise minutes for other activities that those steps don't have (like biking, strength, etc.) then just give me those activities by day with minutes performed and I'll convert them to steps for you
Got it! Thank you… sorry I’m asking so much lol
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Monthly Introduction...
Hi everyone, I'm Brad and I am the proud husband of @ashleycarole86. We call Alberta home - living just outside Calgary. I am an avid cyclist and have just put Celeste (my road bike) away for the winter - I will visit her regularly so she doesn't get lonely living in the furnace room. I will now transition to riding our Peleton stationary bike to stay in shape. Over the course of the next month or two I will be planning my 2023 races - thinking that I will do the RBC Vancouver-Whistler Gran Fondo (again) and the Penticton Gran Fondo (first time).
My weight-loss journey began in March of 2021. I was close to 300 pounds at the time and had a total hip replacement in the fall of 2020. My inspiration was a number of factors:
1) I was no longer in pain as my surgery had fixed that.
2) I knew that I would not get as long with the new hip before requiring a second replacement if I continued to carry that much extra weight.
3) I want to live as long as possible so that Ashley and I can continue the amazing journey that we are on.
4) Most importantly, Ashley had started her journey and I had a few moments where I was sitting beside her watching tv and binge eating in front of her. I came to the realization that this was no different than one spouse trying to quit smoking while the other continues. It makes things unnecessarily difficult and seems very unfair. I didn't want to be "that guy" or somehow sabotage her success.
Since 2021, I have been as low as 170 lbs but I am currently sitting around 185 lbs and I know that my laser focus has waivered a little, but I think much of this is the result of returning to a higher degree of social normalcy - we are now back working in office primarily and along with this comes the social commitments that often center around food. We are also taking part in "extra curricular" activities that often include dining out. If COVID-19 had any positive side, it was that tracking exact calories (vs. estimating) was much easier. Ultimately, I know that is a skill that I need to master and Ashley is much better at estimating than I am (to be honest, I will often give-up on tracking at all on a day that I need to eat at a place that doesn't have nutritional information - I know this is not ideal).
My goals for the month:
1) Drink more water - I have days where I realize late in the afternoon that all I have had that day is coffee and milk with my cereal. I believe in the power of water for appetite suppression and overall health.
2) Tracking more consistently - even on those days that I find myself eating out at a place without nutrition. Although the MyFitnessPal database has lots of errors and omissions, it does a pretty good job of finding a suitable estimate.
Wishing you all a healthy and successful month!
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@jugar I am a person who drinks 3 litres of water per day (basing this on: https://www.weightwatchers.com/ca/en/article/how-much-water-should-you-drink-every-day).4
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Hi everyone! I'm Kristi and I'm 40 and live in Washington state in the US. I have been married for 15 years and we have 3 kids age 13, 11 and 7. We have 2 dogs and 2 guinea pigs. I work 4 days a week as a school occupational therapist at a large preschool center. I'm also working on my masters degree and just passed another class! I have 5 classes left plus a capstone project. I work with a wellness coach right now and meet with her every 2 weeks or so. I'm doing macro counting for my food. I'm really working on my weekends right now. I definitely hit my calories but my macros are way off from my weekly goals. I struggle with balancing my week day goals and my weekend lack of goals.8
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@ashleycarole86 Ever since I read the book The Agony and the Ecstasy as a teen I have wanted to go to Rome and see the Sistine Chapel but any place tropical with beaches is also highly desired.3
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