WaistAways Team Chat - OCTOBER 2023
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Good morning,
A trip to Vegas and a slight gain... dinner at Vanderpump Vegas and Ramsay's Kitchen will do that to a guy. Back to reality this week.
CW: 224.83 -
@ashleycarole86 - congrats on the small gain post Vegas! Here is my step/activity count yesterday: Wednesday, October 11 - 7,079 steps, 40 minutes of spin, couple hours of bowling league
@eggfreak - a couple drinks to celebrate your dad is definitely not a bad thing. I'm glad you did. And, congrats on being in the green!4 -
CW 150.4
PW 148.8
Sorry, but when I saw 150 on the scale yesterday I was very upset. I know there are reasons - changing up my workouts, a few to many carbs, but instead of making excuses, I am going to own it and do better.4 -
@eggfreak Love the soup idea. I need to look at adding soup now that it's cooler. Happy to hear you are at peace with your dad's passing.
@KellyBgetsfit you can do it this week.
I needed some extra sleep last night. I changed my duvet and I've been so hot in the middle of the night- not sure if I'm starting to hit hormone peri menopause or it's just too warm in the house. I sleep better when the house is cool and I'm nestled in my duvet but not this week.4 -
Friday the 13th coming right up! My daughter has the day off and gave her 3 troops the day too, we just made an amazing strawberry cake to eat tomorrow, and I think it will be anything but an unlucky day, right?
We have a big line-up for weighing in - may the luck be with you
@kerdil08
@conleywoods
@EvMakesChanges
@micki48
@wishfuljune
@Kali225
@DianaGetsFit512
@Antonia2050
@Pearl4686
@leni1us
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checking in before the clock strikes midnight! I did a test 30 min walk last night to see where my foot is at, tendonitis-wise. I think it went okay. The straight-bar lacing I have done on my sneaker seems to have made a real difference. And I have been really dutiful with icing and compressing at least once a day. My foot was not very tight or sore by the time I was home. Yay? But I don't want to jinx it. I've gotten my hopes up before.
Tonight was a metcon workout - metabolic conditioning. I'm not really sure how this trainer delineates this workout from her other strength/cardio circuit-based workouts but I would say my HR was higher than some of the other sessions in this 6-week challenge thus far. However, one of the moves did not feel good on my foot, so I scaled it back in the later rounds. Currently icing and going to try to log my protein for the last three days. weigh in tomorrow!6 -
This week has not been going well at all ! Argh... Good thing it's almost over !
Have a great day !6 -
Friday Weigh-In
PW: 275.6
CW: 271.5
Dang, I'll take that. A little suspicious - my eating was good this week but 4 lbs is a lot even with good eating so my goal for next week will just be to try to hang onto this level (I am also due for my time of the month in the next 3-4 days which does tend to mess with my weight). We'll see. I am hoping by my birthday (Oct 30th) I could be in a new decade.
I have a little tracker I made in one of my many precious spreadsheets. I stopped doing a time series of my weight because it made me obsessive (and MFP has it for me anyways), so I just log my current versus starting and goal weights and it shows me in % on a bar chart how much progress I have made. I am 11.5% of the way to my goal. Definitely the furthest I have made it this year!
Happy weekend Waistaways. Last kayak of the year is this afternoon and I am so looking forward to it!5 -
cleaneater80 wrote: »
Has anyone moved with kids? It's been something my husband and I have causally been talking about and getting out of the city but guilt gets me thinking I would have to pull my daughter out of the school she knows and loves. Having been raised on a farm I feel a pull to go back to the country.
You've probably answered some questions since posting this but I wanted to jump in before reading them. How old is your daughter and what grade is she in? I moved my family every couple of years until the girls were in jr high school. We would sometimes move to a nearby town that used the same school. The best aspect was they learned skills on how to adapt to new communities and how to be decent to "newbies" when there were newer kids in school than they...because they knew what it was like. I'm sure there were times when it was painful to relocate. However, if being in the country is part of your dream, it's important to make it happen while you're all young enough to adapt and connect with the new community. Don't let your child's possible discomfort override your needs. *You* are the Queen...she, the Princess. Neuroplasticity will help!3 -
Sorry I missed last week. I kept meaning to log on but life got crazy
CW: 221.6
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@ashleycarole86 - Thursday, October 12th - 7,979 steps - 1 hour of CrossFit
@kali225 - It is so great that your foot is doing better! And, kudos to you for listening to your body and taking it a little easier when you need to. This seems like one of the hardest things when trying to lose weight and get in shape. I hope your foot continues to heal.3 -
I had a non-weight milestone to celebrate today. For years, my sports bras have been XL. I've purchased a few larges just to see if they work yet, but they ALWAYS hurt too much. However, over the last two weeks or so, I realized the few large sports bras no longer hurt. But, more than that, they actually work better. So, over prime days, I bought a few more large. When I get home today, I will do my laundry and separate out all the XL to donate.6
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CW: 2152
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@MaddawgMadsen giving away XL stuff! Wonderful. It's such a good feeling!
@Kali225 nice whoosh! I like that you are determined to hang onto it instead of "celebrating" and possibly bouncing back up. I also really like your spreadsheet tracking % towards a goal rather than pure weight numbers. Even if the goal is approximate at this point, it is a great way to track your progress. I always found it helpful to aim for a % of bodyweight loss each week instead of actual poundage. That automatically adjusts for the diminishing amount that % represents, and makes it easier to stay within a consistent loss rate. Even at something like 0.8% per week, it all adds up nicely.3 -
CW: 188.7
Starting to feel a bit more like myself overall. Thanks for the speedy recovery wishes!
This newer Covid has hit me differently than last January, including increased shortness of breath and lack of energy. I’ve been doing short bursts of projects in between naps and mealtime with a few walks sprinkled in for good measure. Tomorrow, I plan to take a slightly longer walk to start increasing my stamina. Wish me luck!
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Almost the end of another F2F week! Saturday people and anyone else - numbers, please!
@kerdil08
@conleywoods
@micki48
@wishfuljune
@Pearl4686
@leni1us
@CupcakeCrusoe
@zankash23
@veronica1359
@IDebraK
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PW: 193
CW: 191.6
COVID this time around wasn't as bad for me. I felt like I had a really bad cold for two days, but otherwise the recovery time was faster. It’s a shame because I was supposed to get my booster this week, but I had to cancel - they don’t advise that you get it after you’ve recently had COVID.
I didn’t work out at all this week because I was still in the 10-day period, but I did track all of my food and my average calorie intake was around 2000.
Today, it’s getting back to normal after a splurge of dining out at a Portuguese tapas place. The food was absolutely amazing and I can’t wait to go back. They are always booked so I made these reservations weeks ago.
For dinner tonight, we’re making vegan butter “chicken” tonight using tofu instead of chicken. Yum!
For next week, I have already planned my workouts and put together our meal plan: I’m going to make tiramisu protein overnight oats for breakfast, we’ll have two different soups for lunch (pizza soup, and unstuffed cabbage roll soup), and for dinner we’ll make chicken and butternut squash enchiladas, and then a cassoulet with white beans and garlicky healthy breadcrumbs.4 -
Weigh in
PW 214
CW 214.7 better today 😳
Will check back and catch up on posts later.2 -
IDebraK
PW:132.0
CW: 131.4
I'll take a half pound per week. It's still a loss, right?
I'm back in the swing of things now. Work is manageable.
It's been cooler and rainy the past few days here. I can't get a lot of farm chores accomplished in the rain, so that has to be on hold. I'm off all next week—a much-needed vacation.
Right now, the sun is out. On tap for today is to get the pigeon in his - her - its new habitat outside. Since its rescue, it has been living in the house. I have no idea how you tell the gender of a pigeon. Then we have a new cat apartment to install on the front porch, so the whole porch will get a makeover to accommodate some of our new arrivals from the spring. They are learning where the food and water are located. I had 7 lined up at the bottom of the stairs last night.
On Tuesday, at work, one of the assistant managers walked outside. He nearly stepped on a parakeet. I now have that bird in the house as well. My supervisor wants it, so it will go to a good home.
I actually have my fitbit stats to post!
SAT: 10305
SUN: 6697
MON: 14731
TUES: 16898
WED: 16307
THURS: 16570
FRI: 6420
TOTAL: 87928
My weekly goal is 91000. I fell short by 3072.
My fitbit is at 12% right now, so those Saturday steps next week are going to suck. I put it on charge, so hopefully, I remember to put it back on before get super motivated to do more today.
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Time to post my exercise for the month so far:
Oct 1 - 8252 steps + 47 minutes Peloton
Oct 2 - 15357 steps
Oct 3 - 13767 steps + 31 minutes Peloton
Oct 4 - 14938 steps
Oct 5 - 9639 steps
Oct 6 - 15813 steps
Oct 7 - 20599 steps
Oct 8 - 10464 steps
Oct 9 - 7214 steps + 31 minutes Peloton
Oct 10 - 10891 steps
Oct 11 - 5542 steps
Oct 12 - 10631 steps
Oct 13 - 8484 steps
Week 1 (Oct 1-8) results coming soon and thanks to all who have already started posting some or all of week 2!3
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