Weight No More Team Chat - SEPTEMBER 2023
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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) storyWhen 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.My special snowflake challenges
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.I'm fairly significantly asthmatic (on meds all the time).What I do about it
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.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.What is the point behind all this?
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.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 GoalsMy 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!
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~Step Challenge FINAL Results ~Team Statistics -
August WEEK FIVE
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?
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Username: marcy2890
Weigh-In Day: Friday
PW: 144.2 lbs
CW: 144 lbs4 -
GinLee61
Friday weigh-in
PW: 158.6
CW: 157.5
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My story:
Normal weight, slim, growing up. Same after 1st child born. After 2nd child kept 25 lbs on but only about 8 lbs above top of my normal range, still looked and felt good.
Decided to diet to lose the 25lbs and did a strict diet and lost that weight in 7 weeks. Worst mistake of my dieting life since this started my yo-yo dieting.
During 3rd pregnancy (unexpected) I gained 65 lbs, mainly from stress of then 1st husband who didn’t want any more children. Not long after we split up due to his lack of family values.
Fast forward…. Lost that weight around 2010-2011, by then married to 2nd (current) husband - a much better match for me 😀
Around 2012 a stressful event send me eating away…. 2014 my 2nd son found out he had cancer soon after turning 29. He battled it for almost 5 years and died 11 days after his 34th birthday. Stress eating throughout this whole time. Got up to this 202 lbs.
Life is never the same once you lose a child!! 💙 💙
Have kept that high weight or about 10-15 pounds less, on and off for last 4 years. Am coming to terms with the fact that stressful events derail me.
Had high blood pressure for about 10 years, but found that my occasional wine (about 2-3 times per week seemed to be cause of that) and stopped virtually all drinking a year ago. No BP meds ever since. Daily morning fasting blood sugar has been creeping up over 100 one or two times per weeks, so decided I need to work on losing weight to lower that. Just a few weeks of cutting down in sweets/processed carbs and that seems to have dropped to under 100 regularly now!
Finding this group for me was meant to be. I appreciate all the support and the friendships that come with group efforts in weight loss.
Thanks to all those who have created this wonderful set up for motivation to lose weight. 😀7 -
~ New NSV!!! ~
I mentioned in my long rambling post about myself that I ordered a new scale to better track the numbers in a way that matters, and oh boy was that a smart idea. I have the results of the InBody scan I did way back in May last year, when I was actively participating in a challenge at my gym at the time, F45. And while there are some things to be wary of when comparing two different methods of obtaining these numbers, I am still ridiculously proud of how far I've come.Let's take a look...
May 9th, 2022
Weight - 177.1 lbs
BMI - 27.7 kg/m2
Skeletal Muscle Mass - 74.3 lbs
September 8th, 2023
Weight - 179.4 lbs
BMI - 28.2 kg/m2
Skeletal Muscle Mass - 88.2 lbsBut what does this mean?
So here's the thing. My weight went up. For a lot of people, this is a huge no-no. And because my weight went up, so did my BMI, because BMI is based solely on weight and height, not levels of health. I wrote a blog post back in the days when MFP still had the blog feature (I was smart and made a copy of this blog, so if you want to read it, you can click here).
But let me draw your attention to what I'm actually proud of: Skeletal Muscle Mass. According to what my special scale told me this morning, I've gained almost 14 whole pounds of muscle over the past 16 months. And if I gained 14 pounds of muscle, but only 2 pounds of weight, that also means I've lost approximately 12 pounds of fat, give or take a pound or two to account for hydration levels and how much heavier my hair may have gotten.
All of this is to say that the number on the scale isn't the whole picture. I can already see a couple issues I have with the measurements my new scale has taken, because there's way too many variables that could affect the values they're giving me, but it's a lovely way to compare my values one day to my values on another, and that's a better picture than a standard weight-only scale could ever provide.
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Username: Steppin_Kate
Weigh-In Day: Friday
PW: 358
CW: 3583 -
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.2 -
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.4 -
Zumba_luvah
Pw- 209.4
Cw- 209.83 -
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
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Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW: 243
CW: 243.83 -
Glad to be back this month!
OllieAndEd2021
Weigh-in day Saturday
PW 167.7
CW 167.33 -
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!
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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.0 -
Melaniedscott
Sat weigh in
PW:235
CW:235
Sun 3516
Mon: 4200
Tues 4355
Wed 1500
Thur 4286
Fri 1000
Sat 1488
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September Start Weight:164.6
September Goal Weight:157
Ultimate Goal Weight:140
September 9:161.0
September 16:
September 23:
September 30:3 -
Username: Daria 0919
Weigh in Day: Sunday (Sept 10)
PW: 199.4
CW: 198.0
Overall, down 1.4 pounds this past week.3 -
Team Results
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By Pounds
Individual Results
By Percentage
By Pounds
Team Winners
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Huge congrats to our winners this week!6
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53,738 steps total 😀
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Hi,
Weigh In Day: Mondays
PW (Previous Weight): 180.6lbs
CW (Current Weight): 180.1lbs.
My body is refusing to get under 180lbs. Oh well, I will keep tracking and keep moving, I know that eventually it will reflect. Stress has been high at work this week, so I am attributing this weight retention to it. Hoping for a whoosh the following weeks : )6 -
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 steps3 -
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
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Weigh In Day: Tuesdays
PW: 226 lbs
CW: 225.4 lbs3 -
Steps 9/03 -09/09
Sun FitBit malfunction
Mon 8702
Tue 7095
Wed 8059
Thu 12,783
Fri 11,047
Sat 24,873
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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?3 -
username: laurabb99
Weigh in day: Monday
PW: 207.8
CW: 206.43
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