Shape Shifters Team Chat - OCTOBER 2023
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Hi Shape Shifters! My name is Darin, and I'm a 44 year old woman living in Holly Springs, North Carolina, United States. I have a wonderful husband and two snuggly but naughty 3 year old cats. I'm 5'7", and my heaviest weight ever was about 188 pounds. With the help of MFP I lost fifty pounds back in 2013 (see username) but gained it all back over the years... so I'm back for a more sustainable lifestyle shift. I also have a cruise to the tropics with the in-laws in February next year, so there's extended time in a swimsuit in the foreseeable future.
I know I do better when I'm logging in daily and posting progress, so I decided to give this a try. I appreciate your letting me join your group and won't let you down.
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Tuesday steps 5142.3
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DarinGettingHawtin2013 wrote: »Hi Shape Shifters! My name is Darin, and I'm a 44 year old woman living in Holly Springs, North Carolina, United States. I have a wonderful husband and two snuggly but naughty 3 year old cats. I'm 5'7", and my heaviest weight ever was about 188 pounds. With the help of MFP I lost fifty pounds back in 2013 (see username) but gained it all back over the years... so I'm back for a more sustainable lifestyle shift. I also have a cruise to the tropics with the in-laws in February next year, so there's extended time in a swimsuit in the foreseeable future.
I know I do better when I'm logging in daily and posting progress, so I decided to give this a try. I appreciate your letting me join your group and won't let you down.
Welcome @DarinGettingHawtin2013 and we're glad you found our team! Where is Holly Springs? ...I'm in Chesapeake, VA only a few miles from the NC border on the NE side of the state. I'm about 20 min from NC and 20 min from the oceanfront in Va Bch. Anywho...glad you made an introduction. Like I tell everyone, the more you invest and participate in the group, the more support you'll glean from it. We have weekly Group challenges that run every Sat to Sun...we have the step challenge and lots of opportunity for additional encouragement. Just a suggestion...go back to pg 1 of this chat thread and read our FAQ or it will be posted again in the November chat thread as soon as the room is created. That will answer lots of beginner questions, but if you ever need assistance, just post your question and I'm sure you'll get responses.
On behalf of our captains, myself and @pupowl and our two motivators @Cyncia85 and @sbus12, welcome!! Let us know how we can better motivate you! Good luck in November and beyond!
Oh and we must see pics of those 3 naughty kitties...we're pet people here!!
Jessica
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@DarinGettingHawtin2013 -- Welcome!3
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Good morning Shape Shifters. I had another pretty quiet day. I forgot to buy new wetfood for the hedgehogs, so I went to the store to grab that. The food is still gone every day, so they haven't started hibernating yet. It is pretty warm, so I am not surprised. I was also out of the postcard with the church from my village on it. I don't really like that postcard, but some people on postcrossing prefer touristy cards so it is nice to have. They also had beautiful new 3D Christmas cards at the giftshop. I will probably get those for my mom, dad and brother later. Happy Wednesday everyone
October 24 numbers- Sleep: 8h 34m ~ 80 score
- Steps: 18.089
- Zone Minutes: 23
- Calories: 1190
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Pupowl
Wednesday weigh in
PW: 220.6
CW: 220.2
Only a very small loss this week which is totally my own doing. I had a horrible binge day on Thursday, so on Friday morning I was up to 223.5. I ate very low calories the past 5 days, but the weight was slow to come off; even going up on Monday. I didn't go for any long walks during that time either which probably didn't help. My monthly loss was 8.1 pounds so I am still pretty happy with that. I also can't really complain about one out of control food day compared to +/- 66 others that were great. It isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things and I am happy with any loss, even the tiny ones.3 -
@DarinGettingHawtin2013
Welcome to the group and thank you for the introduction! I hope you will find the Shape Shifters helpful on your weight loss journey. Good luck for November!2 -
Wednesday Weigh In
PW: 160.8
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Welcome @DarinGettingHawtin2013 !
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10/22 3422
10/23. 3020
10/24. 10,422
I knew Sunday and Monday would be low because of the long drive.
Yesterday I had a million things to do but managed to get in my run workout. The scale here has me up almost 3 pounds. Not happy. Ugh. More appointments today and then we leave for Chicago on Thursday. Will be back the following Wednesday. I’m excited to see both kids!5 -
@pupowl - what do hedgehogs eat?
I sent a postcard over your way but not sure who received it. It had Native Americans on it if it was to yourself. My family is part Osage / Cherokee tribe -- although the tribe I sent was local to where I live now and very different. Still though, I thought maybe someone in a different country might find it interesting.
Weather is clearing here and the air is crisp so I'm about to go ride my bike. I was rear ended today while at a stop light, it was a bump and did no damage, but my son was driving and had the foot on the brake. It pushed us a good foot or two. The car behind me was a newer Ford Mustang driven by some elderly folks, a powerful car, and I have a little Prius powered by an underfed squirrel. They seemed to find it shocking I could feel the bump. eye roll
"We didn't hit you did we?" Naa' mate, we're just standing in the middle of traffic for nothing.
Anyway, they seemed sincere and okay and I could see no damage so I didn't even bother to be my usual salty self, I was like - meh' it's okay it didn't damage my car. But a few minutes later on the way to buy cat food, my heart started racing and then it would be quite irregular up and down the scales as it were with a few hiccups. I think the adrenaline may have caused it to act up. Maybe it was good to let me know there is an issue there, although I'm not sure I can do much about it except keep eating vegetarian / keep riding my bike and try and not stress out? Hmm
Hope your Wednesday is going okay - there are storms here and there across the globe this week so hope everyone is staying safe.
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Wednesday steps. 50442
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Weighing Mondays
Pw 234.4
Cw 232.45 -
I had a lovely walk today in my local park,I love it when the sun is out eventhough it was cold.The autumn colours were beautiful.The ducks were enjoying the sunshine too.
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I had a very productive meeting with my manager, my trainer for this new task I'm learning and my VP of IT. All were very positive about how I'm doing and it really put me at ease. Also, I did some work today on my own and got great feedback from it. The trial by fire starts on Friday 10/27 and runs through Friday 11/3. After that I'll know I've learned a few things. Trying not to sweat about it. I can only do what I can do. Please think good thoughts for me during that period of time! I would really appreciate it!
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@Itadakimasu7 Hedgehogs eat bugs, snails, frogs, worms, sometimes berries and mushrooms. You can buy special food for hedgehogs, but that is pretty expensive. So I give them cat food because that is pretty similar to the hedgehog food, both dry and wet. I am glad the little bump didn't cause any damage! Having irregular heartbeat is horrible so I hope it was just a one time thing because of the stress. You sent a postcard through postcrossing? This is me! https://www.postcrossing.com/user/Florauna The chances are very small that we end up sending a card to eachother, but it would be funny.2
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Good morning Shape Shifters. I finally managed to drag my butt outside again for a walk. It was pretty nice and cool out. In the morning, I had two guys just walk into my backyard. I really hate when people do that. They came to look at a wall that had to have the grout repaired. They moved my (full) waterbarrels because they were in front of the wall. I also have a big planter against that wall that couldn't be moved, so one area of plants got crushed because the guy just stood on top of them. This is why I hate workpeople. I understand they are just doing their job, but they always destroy something in the process. A while back I also got a letter that the waterpipes underground are going to be replaced soon. I bet they will completely destroy my front yard to dig it up. I am already stressed about it. I got the first package with birdfood later in the day. That one also had Tinus' new toy. He has played with it a little bit so I think he approves. Happy Thurday everyone
October 25 numbers- Sleep: 9h 11m ~ 79 score
- Steps: 18.082
- Zone Minutes: 82
- Calories: 1269
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Good Morning,
Still Cold and snowy here, so not walking to work last couple of days.
Steps:
Oct 23= 5174
Oct 24= 7530
Oct 25= 62313
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