Weight No More Team Chat - SEPTEMBER 2023

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  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,442 Member
    edited September 2023
    It's another intro! Three months in a row! I'm stealing Ashley's spoilers idea again, 'cuz I like it and my intro is also a bit long...

    Welcome to all the new ladies & gents! And welcome back to a couple of our returners.

    I'm Melanie and I'm from Kansas. I’m the other team Co-captain. Truly, Ashley does most of the heavy lifting. I generally do the steps post.
    My (short version) story
    When I was young, I was always was skinny. I got away from my nutty family, met my husband, learned to be happy. Then I got fat. I found myself weighing in about 230 and my size sixteens were too small. I bought a couple pairs of 18 pants from the thrift store and joined MFP.
    I lost ~70 pounds in about a year and was pretty pleased. But I wanted another 20 off...and it didn't move. And things got a bit crazy with my husband's family...so I decided to maintain for a bit. Instead of maintaining, I gained a lot of the weight back. Then my MIL died and I've spent more time trying to keep my husband okay than taking care of me. And now I'm actually a bit over my prior highest weight. So...now I'm working on the weight all over.
    My special snowflake challenges
    I'm fairly significantly asthmatic (on meds all the time).
    I have terrible allergies, mostly mold. Which is literally everywhere. And cats. Anything that doesn't have square pupils (but not things with square pupils!?!).
    I have migraines.
    And I have connective tissue issues (not enough collagen, too stretchy, lots of joint slippage).
    August 2020, I acquired some vertigo problems and persistent deafness on one side. Yay.
    What I do about it
    Several years ago, my doctor recommended glucosamine for the connective tissue disorder. I didn't think it helped until I stopped taking it. It helps. But a couple years ago, it wasn't helping as much. So I added collagen supplements. And that helps a lot. When I have bad days, I also drink collagen peptides (but I really dislike them). That helps, too. And I've been supplementing with Vitamin C for decades, not really knowing why. In the past few years, I learned Vit C helps the body produce and process collagen. Suddenly, my obsession with the C makes sense.
    My neurologist recommended I take 500 mg of ginger and 400 mg of Vitamin B2 every day to reduce migraines, it has helped a lot. The migraines are so much better (almost non-existent) and manageable when they happen. The ginger also helps some with the vertigo. I have no excuses for not doing exercise when the vertigo is managed, except for being lazy.
    After adding some nasal sprays and sinus irrigation, adjusting my diet a bit, and stopping coffee (EXTREMELY, TERRIBLY sad), I’ve got the vertigo mostly under control. Again.
    What is the point behind all this?
    The special snowflake stuff is not woe-is-me drama llama. It is that everyone has to do what works for them now. The stuff a lot of people go on about are not good, for me, and are sometimes dangerous, for me. Sometimes people get down on themselves because they don't do the stuff everyone talks about HIIT, Insanity, stair steppers, etc. I not only don't do those things, I shouldn't. But I should exercise.
    My Goals
    My daily goal to get about 30 minutes of walking a day at least during the week. I try to get a walk in otherwise but frequently fail.
    A while back I did some PT for some shoulder issues and that got me into doing some resistance/mild strength training. I did well for a while and ... then I got tired and stopped. And I haven't done well at walking consistently for, well a year. I need to get back to doing that consistently. When I do light strength training/resistance, it helps the connective tissue issues.
    Even when I do well during the week, weekends are a mixed bag, so that's my goal, do better on all days and especially on the weekends...
    I also need to consistently drink at least two liters of water daily.

    Anyway, I've been with WNM for a while now and this month, I am re-committing to getting back to work on losing and more than losing, improving my exercise. July was good and bad. Montana was excellent. August was crazy. Kansas has been sweltering. Not as bad as Phoenix but bad. The past two days have been ridiculously nice. And still, less inclined to walk. I could drive to the rec center and walk on their treadmill but that requires me to go outside. Twice. You can't see my lip curl but it's there. Anyway, lets make Sept awesome!

  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,442 Member
    ~Step Challenge FINAL Results ~
    August WEEK FIVE
    Team Statistics -
    Steppers: 6 (+1)
    Total Steps: 343,223 (+.12% from last week)
    Average Steps Per Stepper: 57,204 (up from last week!)

    Total Steps for the month: 1,484,101
    The Leaderboard -

    @BodyTalking - 81,258 total | 11,608 average - Biggest Average Increase!!!
    @GarysGirl78 - 75,968 total | 10,853 average
    @JessicaVRosati - 70,601 total | 10, 086 average - Most Steps in One Day!!!
    @daria0919 - 54,214 total | 7,745 average
    @9Harvey - 42,278 total | 6,040 average - Most Consistent!!!
    @melaniedscott - 18,904 total | 2,701 average


    All of our bolded steppers set a goal and met it, based on their average steps per day! And a new challenger rises! Welcome @daria0919!

    Way to go! We almost broke 1.5 million with only 5 walkers two or three weeks!

    I'm going do do a little plug for the step challenge in Sept for all our new and returning peeps. I think I said this before but I'll say it again....If you would like to join our step challenge, post the previous week's steps before...6 pm CST (11 pm UTC). We track Sun-Sat. So this is August's final post and Sept's first week (Sept 3-9) will get posted Sept 13ish. Some people post by the day, some do weekly total. What ever is most comfortable for you. If you think, oh, I don't do that well...take a look at my steps...it takes work to step less than me...

    As you can see above, we do a shoutout for most steps in a day and most consistent. If you post weekly only, you won't be in the running there. Sometimes, I make other "awards" up. I almost got biggest slacker but I was too tired....

    Can we break 2 million this month?

  • BodyTalking
    BodyTalking Posts: 2,819 Member
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  • Marcy2890
    Marcy2890 Posts: 63 Member
    Username: marcy2890
    Weigh-In Day: Friday
    PW: 144.2 lbs
    CW: 144 lbs
  • GinLee61
    GinLee61 Posts: 1,222 Member
    GinLee61
    Friday weigh-in

    PW: 158.6
    CW: 157.5
  • Steppin_Kate
    Steppin_Kate Posts: 4 Member
    Username: Steppin_Kate
    Weigh-In Day: Friday
    PW: 358
    CW: 358
  • BodyTalking
    BodyTalking Posts: 2,819 Member
    BodyTalking
    Weigh-in-Saturday
    Starting weight: 81.7 kg/180.12 lb
    Previous weight: 80.3 kg/177.03 lb
    Current weight: 81.7 kg/180.12 lb

    Well, that's disappointing! But, it just means I need to work harder at making a difference....today has just begun and this is the day I'll begin again.
  • uclaxtina
    uclaxtina Posts: 67 Member
    Weigh in day: Saturday
    PW: 186.6
    CW: 184.4

    Happy Saturday! I’m feeling more motivated today than I have been just seeing the numbers on the scale drop more than before. My weight seemed to be staying consistent but now I’m finally seeing some more progress. I’m still struggling with my water intake. Having a hard time remembering to drink water when I’m working. I hope I can improve my water intake and nutrition.
  • Zumba_Luvah
    Zumba_Luvah Posts: 438 Member
    Zumba_luvah
    Pw- 209.4
    Cw- 209.8
  • JessicaVRosati
    JessicaVRosati Posts: 61 Member
    JessicaVRosati

    JessicaVRosati

    Weigh Day: Saturday
    Previous Weight: 149.6
    Current Weight: 150.8

    Starting Weight: 159
    Goal Weight: under 140

    Steps 9/03 -09/09 80593
    Sun 14325
    Mon 9362
    Tue 14583
    Wed 9935
    Thu 9001
    Fri 16433
    Sat 6954

    Well, it sucks that my weight went up, but I'm glad to see progress in the strength training. I'm getting stronger and it feels good. I started using the waybetter app and managed to win some money for healthy habits. I'm taking a little break from logging my food. Despite logging calorie deficits for the past several weeks, my weight hasn't moved down. Instead, I'm doing a mindful eating challenge on waybetter. I'm enjoying it so far.

    Keep up the good work, everyone!

    Peace,
    Jec
  • trebled_egg
    trebled_egg Posts: 36 Member
    Weigh In Day: Saturday
    PW: 243
    CW: 243.8
  • OllieAndEd2021
    OllieAndEd2021 Posts: 183 Member
    Glad to be back this month!

    OllieAndEd2021
    Weigh-in day Saturday

    PW 167.7
    CW 167.3
  • jessicakrall8
    jessicakrall8 Posts: 5,421 Member
    The new group challenge for Sep Week 2 is posted and ready to begin on Sunday, 9/10/23. Hope you'll join us for Back to Basics! Here's your link:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10899123/sep-week-2-group-challenge-back-to-basics/p1?new=1

    Hope to see you in the chat thread! Have a great week!
    Jessica
  • BodyTalking
    BodyTalking Posts: 2,819 Member
    BodyTalking
    Steps 3-9Sep: 63,543
    S 8395
    M 21270
    T 7115
    W 7135
    T 10721
    F 4695
    S 4209

    Well, those numbers are all over the place 😀 It's been really hot the past few days and I think I'm just coming down from my travels and getting back into the work routine.
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,442 Member
    Melaniedscott
    Sat weigh in
    PW:235
    CW:235

    Sun 3516
    Mon: 4200
    Tues 4355
    Wed 1500
    Thur 4286
    Fri 1000
    Sat 1488
  • mryoss
    mryoss Posts: 19 Member
    September Start Weight:164.6
    September Goal Weight:157
    Ultimate Goal Weight:140
    September 9:161.0
    September 16:
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  • daria0919
    daria0919 Posts: 1,111 Member
    Username: Daria 0919
    Weigh in Day: Sunday (Sept 10)
    PW: 199.4
    CW: 198.0

    Overall, down 1.4 pounds this past week.
  • minstrelofsarcasm
    minstrelofsarcasm Posts: 2,557 Member
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    Team Results
    By Percentage
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    By Pounds
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    Individual Results
    By Percentage
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    By Pounds
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    Team Winners
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  • addy0427
    addy0427 Posts: 16 Member
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  • daria0919
    daria0919 Posts: 1,111 Member
    edited September 2023
    53,738 steps total 😀

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  • 9Harvey
    9Harvey Posts: 105 Member
    edited September 2023
    September 10

    Weigh In Day: Sunday
    Previous Weight: September 3 - 207.4
    Current Weight: September 10 - 207.2

    Steps

    Sunday - 5753
    Monday - 6581
    Tuesday - 5405
    Wednesday - 5779
    Thursday - 6716
    Friday - 6615
    Saturday - 5481


    Total - 42330 steps
  • GarysGirl78
    GarysGirl78 Posts: 107 Member
    GarysGirl78 (Support)

    Weigh-in day: Monday
    SW/HW: 78.83 kg / 173.8 lbs
    PW: 59.78 kg / 131.8 lbs
    CW: 59.31 kg / 130.8 lbs

    Going up and down for several weeks now, guess this is maintenance 🤔

    Steps last week (3 SEP - 9 SEP):

    Sunday - 12547
    Monday - 12444
    Tuesday - 13936
    Wednesday - 17487
    Thursday - 13272
    Friday - 10866
    Saturday - 16172

    Total steps - 96724
    Daily step goal - 9000
  • addy0427
    addy0427 Posts: 16 Member
    Weigh In Day: Tuesdays
    PW: 226 lbs
    CW: 225.4 lbs
  • OllieAndEd2021
    OllieAndEd2021 Posts: 183 Member
    Steps 9/03 -09/09

    Sun FitBit malfunction
    Mon 8702
    Tue 7095
    Wed 8059
    Thu 12,783
    Fri 11,047
    Sat 24,873

    Total= 72,559
  • ksludwig
    ksludwig Posts: 307 Member
    Weigh in day: Wednesday
    PW: 191.2
    CW: 189.4

    My Fitbit broke and my scale has started acting up. Got a really big loss Monday considering I had not been tracking food or what while my in-laws were in town. While I know I wasn't the worst, I know I wasn't the best about my food, so the loss seems suspicious. I changed the batteries on my scale and my weight was back up. Then this morning for weigh in it was showing the big loss again. It did go up after I put on my clothes, but again I wondered if something was wrong with the scale. I asked my husband to get on the scale and he thought it seems high (though he does not weigh in as regularly as me as he has been in maintenance for years.) I don't know what to think. I ordered new batteries and I selected a weight in between the high from Monday and the low from today.

    Has anyone else had this kind of issue with their scale? Mine is probably at least 5ish years old, but this is the first time I think I have changed the batteries. Is is time for a new scale?
  • Laurabb99
    Laurabb99 Posts: 97 Member
    username: laurabb99
    Weigh in day: Monday
    PW: 207.8
    CW: 206.4
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