Shape Shifters Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2023
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My steps for end of October
10/28 15,249
@Pupowl Please could I be added to the November step challenge.I will increase my daily steps to 16,000.
My favourite place to walk in the winter is my local park.3 -
Hello! I am here to introduce myself. I'm 45 years old and from Seattle! I have been on MFP a couple of years and I haven't really used the social features much. I used to be on SparkPeople and the social aspect helped so much, and honestly, I'm struggling.
I was a very heavy child and I was 250 lbs in my early 20s. I'm only 5'1" if I stretch up really tall.
My life has been a roller coaster with depression and chronic illnesses, but I was in an AMAZING place two years ago. I got down to 125 lbs. I ran a marathon. I was on top of the world even though I still had horrific chronic pain and Illnesses. I have regained 15 lbs in a year. I can't. I'm supposed to be marathon training and I'm struggling so much. It was difficult before, but manageable. I'm thinking of just going down to the half-marathon, to be honest.
I run about six half-marathons a year. It's a lot of money but that money ensures I stay in shape for it.
Aside from that, I'm a musician (viola) and artist and I live alone with my beautiful cat.
I will actually be out of town next Sunday (weigh-in day).
I tried to post a picture of my beautiful cat Mildred, but it won't let me, so just picture the quintessential Halloween cat, silky black with yellow eyes.
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Okay, this is my cat, Mildred. For some reason, I can't upload the picture I wanted, but this one is fine.6
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Introduction Time!
I'm Itakimasu, which means in Japanese, "thanks for the food" roughly translated. I've been attempting to learn Japanese for a couple of years now. I'm 48 with two children, a girl 26 and my son 23. 5'6" and 180lbs.
I'm on the Oregon Coast in a beautiful location with four cats. I am really into bicycles and hiking / running, I started working out in 2000, running in 2007, and cycling in 2018. At some points in my life it has helped with my weight but eh' it's hard to say. I have a lot of health problems so mostly I just really enjoy trail running and cycling when I can, I'm always been terrible at physical fitness.
I trained as an artist in traditional methods and used to teach Web Design / Photoshop and Computer repair at a small community college. I've also given various art lessons and been hosted in art shows etc. and have built large scale web sites and done some professional photography, but mostly these days my daughter has taken over as the artist. I write a lot. I paint my walls and turn my cabinets into paintings, lol
I live near the ocean but this far north the ocean is very cold. We're in a lot of movies like The Goonies, Free Willy was shot near here, one of the Ninja Turtle movies, a few horror and some TV shows like Ghost Hunters were in my neighborhood, and some kind of Deadliest Catch show, as we have a big crab industry. When you hear, "GRAVEYARD OF THE PACIFIC" whoo hoo, that's my home! haha
While painting our old fixer upper I got into listening to UFO cases and have listened to a lot of podcasts. We do get a lot of military overhead because we're about 400 miles from a big air base (Lewis-McChord / Tacoma Washington), which isn't far when you're in a jet or one of the big planes. So then I started watching airplanes and collecting UFO books. lol. It has been really interesting actually.
Maximum Moss!
A Roosevelt Elk in the backyard eating an apple tree. My neighbor is a hoarder that then was taken over by drugglers - so it's a bit untidy.
My main bike is a vintage locally produced bicycle, 'The Torker' and I take her around as my cruiser.
Sandy with the twins this year.
Wakako and Hemi, the girls.
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@Itakimasu7 Eeeek, we have so much in common and even live kind of in the same region, though you probably don't have screaming party people outside your windows at all hours. I'm an artist, too and occasionally teach workshops.5
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Sunday steps 53712
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Welcome to our new team members. Yeah. I'm fellow team member Rebecca, 54, from a little town in the southeastern boothill area of Missouri, aka the Missouri lead belt. If you love history, my neck of the woods has tons of it. I'm an Army veteran, 100% disabled. Visually impaired with several medical conditions going on and will soon be having knee surgery 2. I have 3 kids and 5 grandkids and several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews as well as a huge extended family.[/spoile
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I have 1 dog named Dinah Mite and 2 cats named Baby Blues and Autumn Rayne[/spoile
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Here's Baby Blues. Idk y mfp is being a pita5
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Daily Steps
10/27 19,151
10/28. 25,3151 -
lianatherunner wrote: »Hello! I am here to introduce myself. I'm 45 years old and from Seattle! I have been on MFP a couple of years and I haven't really used the social features much. I used to be on SparkPeople and the social aspect helped so much, and honestly, I'm struggling.
I was a very heavy child and I was 250 lbs in my early 20s. I'm only 5'1" if I stretch up really tall.
My life has been a roller coaster with depression and chronic illnesses, but I was in an AMAZING place two years ago. I got down to 125 lbs. I ran a marathon. I was on top of the world even though I still had horrific chronic pain and Illnesses. I have regained 15 lbs in a year. I can't. I'm supposed to be marathon training and I'm struggling so much. It was difficult before, but manageable. I'm thinking of just going down to the half-marathon, to be honest.
I run about six half-marathons a year. It's a lot of money but that money ensures I stay in shape for it.
Aside from that, I'm a musician (viola) and artist and I live alone with my beautiful cat.
I will actually be out of town next Sunday (weigh-in day).
I tried to post a picture of my beautiful cat Mildred, but it won't let me, so just picture the quintessential Halloween cat, silky black with yellow eyes.
@lianatherunner
Hope this team helps you to continue on your loss journey! Sounds like you found a tremendous way to stay fit and keep you exercising regularly with your running. I'm in love with walking, so I can relate. Sorry about the depression and chronic pain you mentioned...I have several friends who suffer with chronic conditions, so I'm familiar with their plights and trying to find ways to deal with them. I think the fact that you're addressing it up front and working to get back on track quite impressive.
Your kitty is beautiful...thank you for sharing her picture with us. We love to share our fur babies...
Again, welcome...and let us know how we help keep you motivated. I bet your viola music is so beautiful...I find the viola quite unique and haunting when I hear it...gives a reflective, touch of sadness vibe. Love to hear the string quartets...simply lovely.
I have marked you as Excused for next week, but if you find, since you're just starting with us, that you'd like to weigh in early, before you leave, just post it before you travel and I can get it recorded for you. First couple of weeks is usually when you see lots of changes in your nutrition patterns, so people are usually anxious to weigh in and see those drops. Just let me know.
Jessica
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CONGRATS to everyone who placed or had an honorary mention last week or for the month of October! Also, hearty congratulations to those who had a whole month "in the green" on the tracker!
Great job Shape Shifters!
Jessica
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Step Challengers, I hope to post the winners for October next Saturday, so if you could check the chart, there are 6 team members who need to update their information from Week 4. Thanks in advance! Numbers are pretty impressive for the month!
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I forgot to weigh myself this morning; Sundays are my weigh-in day. I will post my weight tomorrow, Monday October 30th.2
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Steps
10/28 6,8112 -
Here's a pic of my new kitty [/img]
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My new kitty, Aegon - 2.7 lbs I couldn't add the pic to the previous post now it is4
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Final steps for October:
Fri 10/27: 10,362
Sat 10/28: 15,302
I'd like to keep going with the step challenge, staying at 10,000 steps/day.
My favorite place to walk is in the woods or at the beach, but both of those are too far away for every day. So I generally have to settle for one of two trails or two parks.
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Angmarie28
Fridays
Previous weight-180
Current weight-181
Super bloated this week. Bleck2
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