Downsizers Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2023

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  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,838 Member
    Hi Team

    Would it be possible to reactivate my profile for the November 2023 challenge?

    It's been a very lazy year and have not prioritised my health.

    I would love to get back running please.🥹

    Absolutely! I need a weigh day and your starting weight. Welcome back!
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,838 Member
    @lindamtuck2018 & @Megan_smartiepants1970

    I'm back after taking October off and was hoping to be put on the Nomber challenge. If there's still an opening for me.

    Thanks

    Yes we do. I need your weigh day and your starting weight. Welcome back.
  • KarlysFreedom
    KarlysFreedom Posts: 59 Member
    edited October 2023
    Weigh In Day: Saturday
    CW: 293.8

    Thank you
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,838 Member
    @lindamtuck2018 & @Megan_smartiepants1970

    I'm back after taking October off and was hoping to be put on the Nomber challenge. If there's still an opening for me.

    Thanks

    Yes we do. I need your weigh day and your starting weight. Welcome back.

    I actually have your weigh day but I still need a starting weight.
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,838 Member
    abeks wrote: »
    @lindamtuck2018, apologies. Should have sent this yesterday.
    Previous weight 216
    Current weight 215

    Great way to start the November challenge. How was your first week?
    Hotspur11 wrote: »
    Hotspur11
    PW 84 (I think)
    CW 85

    Meh.........all I can say

    Hang in there. I have been frustrated for months at a time. By sticking with it, I was able to prevent a total disaster and gain all the weight I lost back. I have just quit programs in the past and gain all plus more. We are here for you whether you lose or gain. Stick to your goals and you will see results.
    ddainiak wrote: »
    Oct 31: 👣📝🥗🎮 Happy Halloween! 18K . Great time at bingo, didn't win, cute costumes. I had task in another challenge that I am in that you had to pick your favorite candy or treat, figure out how many calories it had and do a workout that burned more calories than the candy. Had to walk an hour for the calories in a Baby Ruth. Will make me think twice before I sneak into the candy bin today!

    Glad you had fun. I am stealing your challenge.
    torih941 wrote: »
    November Goals

    1. Kickboxing or Resistance Training 3x a week
    2. Cooking my HelloFresh 3x a week and maintaining leftovers
    3. Continuing journaling
    4. Stretching on the days I don't do workouts so I can help my soreness
    5. Prioritizing my downtime more
    6. Getting out of the 270s!

    Love your goals. Kickboxing is something I never have tried.

  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,838 Member
    @ddainiak thanks for this idea

    Let’s work off our favourite Halloween treat. Tell us what is yours and how you are going to burn it off. Here are some examples.

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  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,838 Member
    Steps: 12,274
    Exercise: ✔️
    Rings: ✔️
    Physio: ✔️

    Best steps plus converted steps I had in awhile. I was at the pool forever yesterday. I swam and did exercises for almost 50 minutes. The rest of the time I was there I didn’t count as exercise as I was in the hot tub or chatting. The lady I was talking to was a dietitian and we had an interesting chat. She was telling me she gets her clients to say their goals out loud while looking in a mirror. I am going to try this for the rest of the month. I did make sure to be moving the entire time we chatted. I was planning on the pool today I am just too cold to walk over there. I will have to suck it up tomorrow as it’s only going to get colder the next few months. 🥶

    Question; Does anyone else find they find the cold more since they lost weight?
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,838 Member
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,838 Member
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  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,838 Member
    edited October 2023
    My favourite Halloween treat will be a coffee crisp bar. Jersey milk is my favourite but I doubt I will see it. We are handing out candy at my daughters so my granddaughter always shares something with us. I will have to burn 160 calories if I eat two. That would be about 35 minutes walking. I think I should stick with one as we are having subs before they take my granddaughter trick or treating.
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,269 Member
    torih941 wrote: »
    @lindamtuck2018, great question! I think the weather change here and some life stuff have me feeling stuck, but this week I scheduled my workouts in my calendar, so they're in there and part of my day. I also have my HelloFresh coming on Tuesday, so I'll have my meals for the week figured out :) Also looks like you had a great Monday, I hope Halloween treats you well, too!

    @NachDeezy, congrats on making it to your goal early! That has to feel amazing!!

    @Megan_smartiepants1970, those are great goals for November!!

    Thank you :)
  • iLive2Walk
    iLive2Walk Posts: 5,440 Member
    @ddainiak thanks for this idea

    Let’s work off our favourite Halloween treat. Tell us what is yours and how you are going to burn it off. Here are some examples.

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    I'll do it again - don't have to eat it - just work it off. My second favorite - M&M's a full size bag has 230 calories - now to figure out how long I need to exercise. 😁
  • Learningmoments
    Learningmoments Posts: 900 Member
    @lindamtuck2018 Love the chart. I had a Seagram's Escape & a nice bubble bath. 218 calories. I will have to burn it off tomorrow with mini trampoline:)
  • aactuallyaash
    aactuallyaash Posts: 359 Member
    @lindamtuck2018

    Aactuallyaash
    Tuesday
    Pw 238.4
    Cw243.8

    Ty!
  • NachDeezy
    NachDeezy Posts: 809 Member
    @lindamtuck2018 & @Megan_smartiepants1970

    I'm back after taking October off and was hoping to be put on the Nomber challenge. If there's still an opening for me.

    Thanks

    Welcome home!!
  • itladyee
    itladyee Posts: 5,363 Member
    Step Challenge - Goal 8,500

    10/29 ~ 15,848
    10/30 ~ 12,093
    10/31 ~ 8,891
    11/1 ~
    11/2 ~
    11/3 ~
    11/4 ~
  • 28Haveitall2020
    28Haveitall2020 Posts: 230 Member
    Hi Team

    Would it be possible to reactivate my profile for the November 2023 challenge?

    It's been a very lazy year and have not prioritised my health.

    I would love to get back running please.🥹

    Absolutely! I need a weigh day and your starting weight. Welcome back!

    Thank you, Linda.

    Lovely!

    Sw: 256.6lbs

    Weigh in day: Sunday
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,838 Member
    @lindamtuck2018 Love the chart. I had a Seagram's Escape & a nice bubble bath. 218 calories. I will have to burn it off tomorrow with mini trampoline:)

    That would be a fun way to burn those extra calories off.
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,838 Member
    Steps: 6,058
    Exercise: ✔️
    Rings: ✔️
    Physio: ✔️

    Off to the pool!
  • Stacimfit
    Stacimfit Posts: 298 Member
    @megansmartinez2014
    Well I SWORE I posted my steps for 10/27 & 10/28 because I updated my spreadsheet on my computer and do it at the same time I come on here. I am SOO SORRY. I am bummed because they were decent days too. Am I ok to start again for this week or am I kicked out for the month?
  • Stacimfit
    Stacimfit Posts: 298 Member
    Oh I did post my steps, must have needed it in the November group. Oh well I am sorry again for that, first time I made that mistake I think
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  • RoblinB
    RoblinB Posts: 373 Member
    Well, I said I would post on November 1 regarding my Halloween battle with those little gremlins innocently called "fun-sized" treats. I bought slightly less then I thought we would need, bought them late so they were not calling from my pantry for long, and went out for the evening so my husband handed them out (these things do not tempt him at all.) Happy to say, they were pretty much all gone when I got home and a couple more kids cleaned them up moments later. There was only one social event last week where I unexpectedly came face to face with a whole battalion of them but managed to evade.

    So this is a Halloween NSV for sure - I don't think I have ever gone through the date without eating several at a time (and thank you, @lindamtuck2018, for the chart reminder of what each of those costs us!) However, I am really looking forward to the day when I can eat one of such things - savor one, be satisfied with one, not be triggered for more by one. I think this is possible - I used to drink my tea with much-too-much sugar; now I don't think to add any at all, and I do not miss it. If someone does bring me a sweetened drink, it does not cause me to revert in the slightest. So perhaps my relationship with other sweet things, particularly chocolate (I could have typed that last bit all in capital letters...), can be remodelled as well. In all honesty, I do feel a tiny bit treat-deprived today, but I know that I can choose this small bit of regret/disappointment/missing-out without the calories, or the MUCH bigger regret of having given in, along with the need to deal with all those calories. On balance, it is regret or REGRET plus calories. I will choose the former, thanks!

    On the funnier side, the friend I spent the evening with spontaneously handed me two pomegranates as I left. Gotta admit - that was the first time in my trick-or-treating history I have ever come home with pomegranates on Halloween. Perhaps I will find a way to turn that into my treat today.
  • NachDeezy
    NachDeezy Posts: 809 Member
    @RoblinB salute to the NSV!

    I can't believe they tried to pull a sneak attack at that social event - way to lock in and lock on. One day when the streets aren't so dangerous, we will toast with a funny size cho######.

    ...couldn't bring myself to type it.
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,269 Member
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    OCTOBER WEEK 4 RESULTS
    TOP 5 STEPPERS ARE:
    1st @ddainiak 111,886 steps
    2nd @Slimmersixties 86,452 steps
    3rd @Hotspur11 86,066 steps
    4th @itladyee 80,346 steps
    5th @Mama530 80,396 steps
    GREAT JOB EVERYBODY :):):)
    As A Group We Walked 710,578 steps
    WELL DONE EVERYONE :):):):)

    RECOGNIZING EVERYONE WHO PLEDGED THEIR STEPS
    @lindamtuck2018 7/7
    @aactuallyaash 1/7
    @itladyee 6/7
    @Mama530 4/7
    @Stacimfit 4/7
    @adianeschu 6/7
    @Hotspur11 7/7
    @RoblinB 7/7
    @laquita606 0/7
    @Slimmersixties 7/7
    @Learningmoments 1/7
    @ddainiak 4/7


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    GRAND FINALE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
    TOP 5 STEPPERS ARE:
    1st @ddainiak 507,023 steps
    2nd @Hotspur11 410,056 steps
    3rd @Slimmersixties 283,039 steps
    4th @Mama530 271,871 steps
    5th @itladyee 252,602 steps
    As A Group We Walked 2,939,590 steps for the month of October
    TERRIFIC JOB EVERYBODY :):):):):)
  • Learningmoments
    Learningmoments Posts: 900 Member
    MFP User Name -Learning Moments
    Commitment for Week -5k/day 50K/week
    Tracking Type - Miles or Steps: steps

    Sunday -10523
    Monday -12788
    Tuesday -3437
    Wednesday -10043
    Thursday -
    Friday -
    Saturday -
    Total:

    Commitment for Week -100 floors/wk
    Tracking Type - floors

    Sunday -6
    Monday -17
    Tuesday -6
    Wednesday -30
    Thursday -
    Friday -
    Saturday -
    Total:

    Today I was very active:) 2 swim classes, grocery shopping, & had 4 grandkids for 6 hours. Then finished my steps and challenged myself to 20 floors. It has been a wonderful day. Good night all.
  • laquita606
    laquita606 Posts: 43 Member
    pw: 241.4
    cw:238.6
  • laquita606
    laquita606 Posts: 43 Member
    steps:

    10/22: 806
    14535
    15685
    17300
    15788
    5381
    10/28: 2419
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