Downsizers Team Chat - FEBRUARY 2023
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aneedlecraft wrote: »NSV tonight - the first time in a couple years that my ring slides all the way down on my finger. Snug, but still... I have felt very self conscious not wearing it, so this feels good.
Great NSV!lindamtuck2018 wrote: »I am really enjoying reading everyone's information. I hope to be able to get back on here and respond more in the morning
Have a wonderful day, folks!
Welcome back! I love your words of wisdom.Running4Bipolar wrote: »@Megan_smartiepants1970 @lindamtuck2018
I have been wanting to change my username on here forever. Can you update me on the spread sheet from Tessita_07 to @running4bipolar?
We will get the changes made. Exercising is so good for our mental health. I read a quote that said food is the most over used anti anxiety medication and exercise is the most underused antidepressant. It is so true.
My anxiety issues have completely disappeared since I got in shape
It’s amazing the benefits we see with weight loss. It’s been inspiring to watch you on your journey. Your determination is amazing. Now we get to see how maintenance is done.1 -
aneedlecraft wrote: »NSV tonight - the first time in a couple years that my ring slides all the way down on my finger. Snug, but still... I have felt very self conscious not wearing it, so this feels good.
How Exciting! I know exactly how this feels.
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Slimmersixties wrote: »Omg, time spent visiting my mother. Listening to a constant 1. "you've lost enough weight now", 2. "time to stop this diet nonsense" 3."one biscuit won't hurt you" 4. "I cooked your favourite xyz" 5. "Have a dessert, I don't want to eat alone" etc etc etc.
And finally home and weighed in at 199.6lb! Up from 189lb 2 weeks ago.
It's not her fault. It's mine. She didn't hold my nose and make me swallow all those carbs!!!
Does anyone else have friends and relatives sabotaging their weight loss efforts? Any hints for coping with them?
Just scary how easy it is to slip back into old ways!
Back in the rv now. All temptation removed. 24.6lb to lose to reach my target weight by my 60th birthday on 20 April!! (Hoping for a big water weight drop once I cut the carbs out)
You won’t be long losing the weight you gained. Flying can add water weight for some people. I find older people tend to not get the dieting. I tend to smile and nod my head. As for friends, most of mine are always dieting. Lol You are right about slipping into old ways. If I am stressed or go into a depression I am back to all my bad habits.aactuallyaash wrote: »
Nice loss!Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I have decided to put Keto on the back burner I was going to start today but I am not able to stand let alone meal prep once a week so it is going to have to wait until I heal
Smart plan. Keto is a diet that always intrigued me. My doctor is not on board with me trying it because of my cholesterol. Hope you recover quickly. ❤️🩹
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Steps: 5,077
Sleep: ✔️✔️✔️
Log food: ✔️✔️✔️
Exercise:
If I can continue getting higher steps, I am going to increase my step goal in March. Its freezing here today. I am staying in my warm apartment.
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Overdue
@twizidangel89
@WSOX37
Wednesday
@leeniekat
@MSWarrior7088
@rorojones95
@JScottJr1988
Thursday
@tahm42
@JaysFan82
@888Angie888
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Thanks Linda... I am not sure why keto gets a bad rap ...I absolutely love keto and the energy I have ...I will get back to it when I canlindamtuck2018 wrote: »Slimmersixties wrote: »Omg, time spent visiting my mother. Listening to a constant 1. "you've lost enough weight now", 2. "time to stop this diet nonsense" 3."one biscuit won't hurt you" 4. "I cooked your favourite xyz" 5. "Have a dessert, I don't want to eat alone" etc etc etc.
And finally home and weighed in at 199.6lb! Up from 189lb 2 weeks ago.
It's not her fault. It's mine. She didn't hold my nose and make me swallow all those carbs!!!
Does anyone else have friends and relatives sabotaging their weight loss efforts? Any hints for coping with them?
Just scary how easy it is to slip back into old ways!
Back in the rv now. All temptation removed. 24.6lb to lose to reach my target weight by my 60th birthday on 20 April!! (Hoping for a big water weight drop once I cut the carbs out)
You won’t be long losing the weight you gained. Flying can add water weight for some people. I find older people tend to not get the dieting. I tend to smile and nod my head. As for friends, most of mine are always dieting. Lol You are right about slipping into old ways. If I am stressed or go into a depression I am back to all my bad habits.aactuallyaash wrote: »
Nice loss!Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I have decided to put Keto on the back burner I was going to start today but I am not able to stand let alone meal prep once a week so it is going to have to wait until I heal
Smart plan. Keto is a diet that always intrigued me. My doctor is not on board with me trying it because of my cholesterol. Hope you recover quickly. ❤️🩹
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JANUARY WEEK 4 RESULTS:
TOP 5 STEPPERS ARE:
1st @rwillems 60,061 steps
2nd @Jpedno 39,269 steps
3rd @lindamtuck2018 39,021 steps
4th @Morethanjustanumber 27,457 steps
5th @aactuallyaash 23,242 steps
AWESOME JOB EVERYONE
As A Group We Walked 208,463 steps
GREAT JOB EVERYONE
RECOGNIZING EVERYONE WHO PLEDGED THEIR STEPS:
@lindamtuck2018 7/7
@Morethanjustanumber 0/7
@aactuallyaash 4/7
@Jpedno 1/7
@rwillems 7/7
@Lenniekat 1/7
@MSWarrior7088 1/7
GRAND FINALE
TOP 5 STEPPERS ARE:
1st @rwillems 203,594 steps
2nd @LMK02020 201,434 steps
3rd @Jpedno 190,663 steps
4th @leeniekat 167,186 steps
5h @lindamtuck2018 163,753 steps
AMAZING JOB EVERYONE
As A Group We Walked 1,362,268 steps for the month of January
WELL DONE EVERYONE
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Anyone who is excused from the step challenge please let me know if you plan to return for February.....Thanks 0
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aactuallyaash wrote: »@Slimmersixties do you mind if I add you? Your adventurous rv life would be so inspiring on my feed!
Go ahead and add me The rv life is a large part of my inspiration to lose weight .... at 276lb I was having trouble fitting in the bathroom !! 2 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Steps: 5,077
Sleep: ✔️✔️✔️
Log food: ✔️✔️✔️
Exercise:
If I can continue getting higher steps, I am going to increase my step goal in March. Its freezing here today. I am staying in my warm apartment.
Great step count Linda! And look at all those ticks!1 -
Steps 1/31: 15,4693
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MSWarrior
SW 265
PW 195.4
CW 194.63 -
SW (Jan 1st) - 233.4lbs
PW (Jan 29th) - 223.8lbs
CW - 221.4
Nutrition - ✅✅❌✅
Water - ✅✅✅✅
Exercise - ❌❌❌✅
Sleep - ✅✅❌✅
Giving - ✅✅✅✅
Connection - ❌✅✅❌
Team - ✅✅✅✅
Spirituality - ❌❌❌❌
…. You should probably know, im not very spiritual 🫣
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Slimmersixties wrote: »
Does anyone else have friends and relatives sabotaging their weight loss efforts? Any hints for coping with them? )
Omg me 🙋♀️ It’s like your disappointing them or not being fun unless you join in the eating and drinking. I don’t have any coping mechanisms so I’ve just been avoiding people and only agreeing to daytime meet ups 🙈2 -
888Angie888 wrote: »Steps 1/31: 15,469
Wow great steps!0 -
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Weigh In
rorojones95
PW: 202.4
CW: 203.1
Still not achieving my water intake goal and haven’t logged food. Had the mindset that I can “watch” and “measure” by looking at food portions. 😬. That didn’t work! I can go back to the gym next week for the first time since November! It’s going to be slow going but I’m so happy to get started again!!!!!!!! Sure hope next Wednesday I’ll see a loss! Have a great week!3 -
Steps:
1/31 - 8,296
Water✔️✔️✔️
Calories✔️✔️✔️
Exercise✔️✔️✔️
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Slimmersixties wrote: »
Does anyone else have friends and relatives sabotaging their weight loss efforts? Any hints for coping with them? )
Omg me 🙋♀️ It’s like your disappointing them or not being fun unless you join in the eating and drinking. I don’t have any coping mechanisms so I’ve just been avoiding people and only agreeing to daytime meet ups 🙈
Think that's why traveling in my motorhome makes it so much easier to lose weight ... no socialising or bad influence! You're in the UK aren't you? I'm from Swansea but live in Spain, so glad there is no m&s food here!1 -
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Yes! Love that you’re living that rv life. Literally living the dream. I have a vintage caravan that I take my kids away in for summer. It’s just the best. New locations, outdoor living and simple
food. We only travel uk though.
Luckily M&S is too expensive for us to have often although they have small sourdough pizzas now that are only 415 calories 🙌
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SW 388.6
PW 241.8
CW ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND GOAL WEIGHT!!!!!!!!! 235!!!!!
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So close to a couple of small goals this week: dropping another pants size, and dropping to the next group of ten. It's one set of ten for me until I reach my goal.
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »
Thanks Linda... I am not sure why keto gets a bad rap ...I absolutely love keto and the energy I have ...I will get back to it when I canlindamtuck2018 wrote: »Slimmersixties wrote: »Omg, time spent visiting my mother. Listening to a constant 1. "you've lost enough weight now", 2. "time to stop this diet nonsense" 3."one biscuit won't hurt you" 4. "I cooked your favourite xyz" 5. "Have a dessert, I don't want to eat alone" etc etc etc.
And finally home and weighed in at 199.6lb! Up from 189lb 2 weeks ago.
It's not her fault. It's mine. She didn't hold my nose and make me swallow all those carbs!!!
Does anyone else have friends and relatives sabotaging their weight loss efforts? Any hints for coping with them?
Just scary how easy it is to slip back into old ways!
Back in the rv now. All temptation removed. 24.6lb to lose to reach my target weight by my 60th birthday on 20 April!! (Hoping for a big water weight drop once I cut the carbs out)
You won’t be long losing the weight you gained. Flying can add water weight for some people. I find older people tend to not get the dieting. I tend to smile and nod my head. As for friends, most of mine are always dieting. Lol You are right about slipping into old ways. If I am stressed or go into a depression I am back to all my bad habits.aactuallyaash wrote: »
Nice loss!Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »I have decided to put Keto on the back burner I was going to start today but I am not able to stand let alone meal prep once a week so it is going to have to wait until I heal
Smart plan. Keto is a diet that always intrigued me. My doctor is not on board with me trying it because of my cholesterol. Hope you recover quickly. ❤️🩹
I think if I didn’t have high cholesterol she would be fine with it.0 -
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MSWarrior7088 wrote: »MSWarrior
SW 265
PW 195.4
CW 194.6
Nice loss! How is it going with the vibration plate?
SW (Jan 1st) - 233.4lbs
PW (Jan 29th) - 223.8lbs
CW - 221.4
Nutrition - ✅✅❌✅
Water - ✅✅✅✅
Exercise - ❌❌❌✅
Sleep - ✅✅❌✅
Giving - ✅✅✅✅
Connection - ❌✅✅❌
Team - ✅✅✅✅
Spirituality - ❌❌❌❌
…. You should probably know, im not very spiritual 🫣
Your week is really shaping up.FindingSamMon wrote: »Steps:
1/31 - 8,296
Water✔️✔️✔️
Calories✔️✔️✔️
Exercise✔️✔️✔️
Awesome steps!rorojones95 wrote: »Weigh In
rorojones95
PW: 202.4
CW: 203.1
Still not achieving my water intake goal and haven’t logged food. Had the mindset that I can “watch” and “measure” by looking at food portions. 😬. That didn’t work! I can go back to the gym next week for the first time since November! It’s going to be slow going but I’m so happy to get started again!!!!!!!! Sure hope next Wednesday I’ll see a loss! Have a great week!
I had trouble getting back into logging. I am doing a lot better at it and the scales are slowly going in the right direction.SW 388.6
PW 241.8
CW ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND GOAL WEIGHT!!!!!!!!! 235!!!!!
I DID IT!
Well done! I need a goal weight range. You still weigh in weekly. If you are above your upper goal range 2 weeks in a row you move back to the main team until you are back in range.
So close to a couple of small goals this week: dropping another pants size, and dropping to the next group of ten. It's one set of ten for me until I reach my goal.
Those small goals add up to big goals.
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Steps: 4,288
Sleep: ✔️✔️✔️✔️
Log food: ✔️✔️✔️✔️
Exercise:
I am going to close my exercise ring today. I am doing mini walks and if I have time this afternoon I will ride the bike.
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