Downsizers Team Chat - SEPTEMBER 2023
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@lindamtuck2018
Almost forgot, sorry for the late entry Linda:
User: rwillems
Weigh-In Day: Sunday
PW: 278.4 lbs.
CW: 279.4 Lbs. (Up 1 pound --- Traveling again so not using my usual scale).
Until next week, stay safe and eat healthy.
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Congratulations, Nacho, Roblin and Brandi, on a great August!1 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Steps: 4,505
My week in review: bad! I gained and fell a day short on my exercise goal. That’s behind me and it’s a start to a new week.
I am making jiggs dinner today. It is a Newfoundland dinner that I love but don’t cook too often as the salt makes me retain water. It’s been in soak since lunchtime yesterday at lunch time so hopefully it will add flavour but not too salty. I brought back enough of the meat to be able to make it 4 times. It is so good.
I am headed to the pool for a swim. Have a great Sunday!
@lindamtuck2018
We all have an occasional Bad week. It happens. New week -- New Start. You'll get that pound back and then some.
What is Jiggs Dinner? Just curious. I am on a strict "NO SALT" diet so it sounds like it is not something I would be able to eat but I am curious about regional/Local fare. Some of the best meals I have ever had were from regional recipes that few outside the region ever hear about.
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Learningmoments wrote: »Hello everyone,
I am DJ. I live in Florida with my hubby. I have 3 grown children and 6 grands. My hobbies include standup paddleboarding, biking, swimming, hula hoop dancing, reading, and math puzzles. Thank you for all the warm welcomes. I am looking forward to getting to know all of you. Let's rock this month.
My weekly step goal is 60,000 and 100 floors
My major goal: meal planning
Minor: water intake and planks.
I am off to a good start. Organized freezers.
I just added you to the September step challenge ... Can you please give me a step pledge that you plan to hit daily? Thank you
10k/day for 6 days & 15 floors/day. Thank you.1 -
Hi y'all! I couldn't find where I was meant to post for a minute! haha.
I am super excited to be part of this challenge... my weight has been getting to me for YEARS but especially lately... I start a program with the hospital next month to hopefully help it (Just a CBT course with some food menu help) and I wanted to get a start on it- so that's what September is dedicated to!
I have been eating my face off for the last 5 months especially and it's resulted in a significant gain... also my body just feels like it is shutting down- my knees are constantly in pain, my feet, back, and neck too. I also saw a video of myself yesterday and I didn't realise how obvious my weight gain has manifested. I feel so powerless.
Saying that, my first week has been a drastic loss- pretty normal for me for the first week or 2. I have to stick to the plan and just do the best I can and see how it goes.
Heretochange88
Weigh in day- Monday
Previous Weight- 388.8lb
Current weight-379.8lb
-9lb!
This week I am going to focus on NO MINDLESS SNACKING!! I am going to try and stick to 3 meals and a couple of planned snacks as needed. I wasn't very good at planning today and I don't have lunch to take to work with me, oops! I can't go to the store either because it's a holiday....so I'm going to have to order a sandwich or something from the restaurant next door. That's ok though, better than snacking on other things!
I am so excited to be in this group. I struggle with my size and it's more the physical limitations that i now have- basic things like hygiene can be a whole workout all in itself.
I am going on vacation in January/February- visiting family in Utah- and I want to shed as much as I can by then because I have to purchase some things for church at that time...and I don't want to be buying 4 or 5xl stuff... maybe a 2-3xl would be nice then!
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I’ve put on 16 pounds since April. I looked back at a graph and saw the moment I started to put the weight back on.
It directly coincides with the beer festival I went to for my sister’s birthday. Add to it, a long weekend camping at a NASCAR race in Sonoma, backed by an even longer week camping in Mendocino.
Fun, Fun, Fun.
The lesson: alcohol and Michelle should not be friends
I love looking at my graph on Happy Scale. Not that I have about 4 years of data I can see I patterns. One thing I noticed is every year I tend to gain weight late summer/ early fall. I have figured out some of the factors contributing to this so I am trying to be aware over the next litter while. Now you can make adjustments to turn it around.2 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Steps: 4,505
My week in review: bad! I gained and fell a day short on my exercise goal. That’s behind me and it’s a start to a new week.
I am making jiggs dinner today. It is a Newfoundland dinner that I love but don’t cook too often as the salt makes me retain water. It’s been in soak since lunchtime yesterday at lunch time so hopefully it will add flavour but not too salty. I brought back enough of the meat to be able to make it 4 times. It is so good.
I am headed to the pool for a swim. Have a great Sunday!
@lindamtuck2018
We all have an occasional Bad week. It happens. New week -- New Start. You'll get that pound back and then some.
What is Jiggs Dinner? Just curious. I am on a strict "NO SALT" diet so it sounds like it is not something I would be able to eat but I am curious about regional/Local fare. Some of the best meals I have ever had were from regional recipes that few outside the region ever hear about.
Rick
It is salt meat/riblets with cabbage, potatoes, carrots, turnip and parsnip. Some people have pease pudding with it but I don’t like that. I prefer riblets and I soak them for about 24 hours before I put them on. I only have it on occasion because of the salt. We bring the riblets home from Newfoundland every year. I bring enough for about 4 meals. The scales are up 4.4 pounds this morning and I didn’t eat that much. Sodium really causes me lots of water retention.
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Steps: 9,140
Swim: 1/3
Mini Walk: 0/2
No pool today. I haven’t been feeling the greatest since yesterday evening. I couldn’t even eat much of my jiggs dinner. We are supposed to take the grandkids out for ice cream this afternoon but I think my husband will have to go on his own.
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Minor: The planks don't seem to be working out as a priority. So I am changing it to nightly evaluation. What worked today and what needs tweaking?
Major: Bedtime. It is going well at small steps. So it is coming along.
@Heretochange88 Glad you could join us. We are in this together. Great pound loss. Sounds like you are on the right track by being aware of what went well, and what needs tweaking or changing. We look forward to getting to know you too.1 -
PW-221.8
CW-222.82 -
8/27-7594
8/28-8197
8/29-7004
8/30-7196
8/31-7862
9/1-8597
9/2-3284
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
Hi Megan, back in the step challenge for September. Could you please put my target at 5000 a day to start.
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KNEE PAIN
I've read in the introductions that quite a few of you suffer with knee pain.
In May 2021, i weighed 276lb and couldn't walk more than about 25 yards or swim due to pain in both knees.
I was 58 at the time and decided i had to make a choice .... just give up, sit in the chair and resign myself to old age or do something about it. I'm not big on doctors (I've been 3 times in my adult life!) so decided step one was to lose weight and if that didn't work it would have to be a doctors visit!
I joined this group and with their support, changed my diet and started losing.
To cut a long story short, I'm now 60 weight 80lb less, can walk for miles (no rough ground!), swim like a fish and never had to visit the doctor!
I know the weight loss isn't a cure for everything but it's got to help! 🙂🙂4 -
MINI CHALLENGE
This Sunday there are 15 weeks to Christmas
Ìm running a mini challenge for the Downsizers:)
If you d like to join in all you need to do is let me know how much you are aiming to weigh on 24th December
I'll put together a chart, keep it updated and post regular updates so we can see how we are all doing
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@Slimmersixties Thank you for that inspirational story of how losing weight gave you back your mobility and took away your knee pain! I have only been at this about one week now in my restart, but this time my focus isn't about being thinner, it is about being able to go for those long walks that I so enjoy. In October, my husband and I are probably going to go to Switzerland to visit our son. What does one do when one goes to Europe for a vacation? They walk everywhere!! I may end up sending my son and husband out on their own as I wait back in the hotel. This makes me more than just a little sad.
MINI CHALLENGE
Please put me down for 185 by December 24th. Possible a little lofty (especially with an excursion to Switzerland in there), but you know what they say....aim high! (Or in this case, low!!)2 -
@lindamtuck2018 Hope you are feeling better today (hugs)1
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@Slimmersixties Thank you for that inspirational story of how losing weight gave you back your mobility and took away your knee pain! I have only been at this about one week now in my restart, but this time my focus isn't about being thinner, it is about being able to go for those long walks that I so enjoy. In October, my husband and I are probably going to go to Switzerland to visit our son. What does one do when one goes to Europe for a vacation? They walk everywhere!! I may end up sending my son and husband out on their own as I wait back in the hotel. This makes me more than just a little sad.
MINI CHALLENGE
Please put me down for 185 by December 24th. Possible a little lofty (especially with an excursion to Switzerland in there), but you know what they say....aim high! (Or in this case, low!!)
What an exciting trip for you. You can lose the weight one pound at a time.2 -
Slimmersixties wrote: »MINI CHALLENGE
This Sunday there are 15 weeks to Christmas
Ìm running a mini challenge for the Downsizers:)
If you d like to join in all you need to do is let me know how much you are aiming to weigh on 24th December
I'll put together a chart, keep it updated and post regular updates so we can see how we are all doing
Lis
I would like to join this challenge. I would like to lose 10 pounds by then. That would put me pretty darn close to 100 pounds lost. My weight loss has slowed down drastically but this mini challenge will help me tighten up my diet and get it moving again.
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Heretochange88 wrote: »Hi y'all! I couldn't find where I was meant to post for a minute! haha.
I am super excited to be part of this challenge... my weight has been getting to me for YEARS but especially lately... I start a program with the hospital next month to hopefully help it (Just a CBT course with some food menu help) and I wanted to get a start on it- so that's what September is dedicated to!
I have been eating my face off for the last 5 months especially and it's resulted in a significant gain... also my body just feels like it is shutting down- my knees are constantly in pain, my feet, back, and neck too. I also saw a video of myself yesterday and I didn't realise how obvious my weight gain has manifested. I feel so powerless.
Saying that, my first week has been a drastic loss- pretty normal for me for the first week or 2. I have to stick to the plan and just do the best I can and see how it goes.
Heretochange88
Weigh in day- Monday
Previous Weight- 388.8lb
Current weight-379.8lb
-9lb!
This week I am going to focus on NO MINDLESS SNACKING!! I am going to try and stick to 3 meals and a couple of planned snacks as needed. I wasn't very good at planning today and I don't have lunch to take to work with me, oops! I can't go to the store either because it's a holiday....so I'm going to have to order a sandwich or something from the restaurant next door. That's ok though, better than snacking on other things!
I am so excited to be in this group. I struggle with my size and it's more the physical limitations that i now have- basic things like hygiene can be a whole workout all in itself.
I am going on vacation in January/February- visiting family in Utah- and I want to shed as much as I can by then because I have to purchase some things for church at that time...and I don't want to be buying 4 or 5xl stuff... maybe a 2-3xl would be nice then!
I'm excited to get to know y'all! Thanks for having me!
This is an amazing loss! You are starting the challenge off with a bang.1 -
Steps: 3,197
Swim: 1/3
Mini Walk: 0/2
I am off to the pool. I won’t be there long as I have my injections this morning. Still feeling off but just as well to feel off in the pool than doing nothing.
Have a great Tuesday!
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@Slimmersixties Thank you for that inspirational story of how losing weight gave you back your mobility and took away your knee pain! I have only been at this about one week now in my restart, but this time my focus isn't about being thinner, it is about being able to go for those long walks that I so enjoy. In October, my husband and I are probably going to go to Switzerland to visit our son. What does one do when one goes to Europe for a vacation? They walk everywhere!! I may end up sending my son and husband out on their own as I wait back in the hotel. This makes me more than just a little sad.
MINI CHALLENGE
Please put me down for 185 by December 24th. Possible a little lofty (especially with an excursion to Switzerland in there), but you know what they say....aim high! (Or in this case, low!!)
I've added you to the challenge.
You might be unable to walk much in October .... but by next October things could be very different!2 -
@Slimmersixties
Thank you for this challenge!
I’m currently at 205
By Christmas, I would love to be at 190lbs.2 -
@Slimmersixties
Thank you!! Please put me down for this mini challenge.
I'm currently at 311 lbs
By December 24th (15 week x 3 lbs a week) I'd really like to be at (266 lbs)
It never hurts to dream and hope for a wonderful Christmas 🎁 to myself. Especially since, I've been really good this year too. 😸🤣1 -
Weigh In Day: Sunday
PW (Previous Weight):245.4
CW (Current Weight):245
Step count
8/27 - 2,509
8/28 - 14,324
8/29 - 13,758
8/30 - 15,393
8/31 - 14,922
9/01 - 14,958
9/02 - 3,4924 -
Step Challenge - Goal 8,500
9/3 10,421
9/4 17,198
9/5
9/6
9/7
9/8
9/9
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Minor: night evaluation good
Major: Meal Planning. Blew it!
I will post steps tomorrow. Off to bed.1 -
Slimmersixties wrote: »MINI CHALLENGE
This Sunday there are 15 weeks to Christmas
Ìm running a mini challenge for the Downsizers:)
If you d like to join in all you need to do is let me know how much you are aiming to weigh on 24th December
I'll put together a chart, keep it updated and post regular updates so we can see how we are all doing
Lis
Hey my friend! Looking for 475 by Christmas! Thank you for doing this 💜1
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