Weight No More Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2023
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Well the Halloween party and Candy got me this week
. Time to get back on track for next week. Go Team!
@Stimpy56 - Oh boy, Halloween candy got me pretty good this year too. What's your candy of choice?I'm sorry I've been a slacker. I am recommitting this month.
@ksludwig - No need to apologize! Life happens and sometimes we don't have all the motivation and discipline we'd like. You're impressive for getting back to it!Many say protein fills them up, but I find I feel full if I get my veggies and fruits in.
@daria0919 - I agree! Fiber does way more for me than protein ever could (although I do quite enjoy my protein). Do you get your fruits and veggies in via snacks or just incorporating them into your meals?I do three 45 min weight training sessions a week with my daughter, take a walk daily (even if it’s just to the stop sign and back), and typically do two-three 10-20 min spin or HIIT sessions over the course of a week. I don’t find them too onerous since I keep them short.
@sydditt - Ooooh! Do you design your weight training sessions yourself or are you following some sort of official plan?gillwellow wrote: »I have improved my diet so much (mostly clean eating) and do lots more physical activity (weights, walking, cardio) and I’ve lost just over 12kg so far. Family, friends and people I barely know (hairdresser) have noticed.
@gillwellow - Doesn't that just feel so good? I remember when people started noticing my weight loss, and some of their comments were the sweetest things. Sure, there were a few folks here and there who weren't sure how to say what they wanted to say, but for the most part, people were really kind.pamelacorzine9 wrote: »Weigh in day changed to Friday.
@pamelacorzine9 - I have changed your weigh-day to Friday, thanks for letting us know!
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minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »Oh boy, lots of things to respond to in here, let's get started...deskjockey925 wrote: »Hello Team Weight No More, I'm Diane and new to the Fat to Fit Challenge.
I live in Delaware, US, I work in a fairly sedentary job remotely at home as an IT Project Manager. I've been married for 35 years. I enjoy cooking, hiking, and hanging with family, especially my grandson.
Wishing you all a successful month.
@deskjockey925 - Welcome aboard, Diane! We're happy to have you here! What's your plan for the month? I'm always interested in the thousands of different ways people focus on their health.
Hi Ashley! My plan for the month is to continue good habits - I have cardio and ST built into my daily schedule. And I also track my food daily. This month in particular, I am focusing on increasing some specific nutrients - Magnesium and fiber. I have been reading a few articles around insulin sensitivity, since I have pre-diabetes blood sugar levels, and it sounds like that might help not only the blood sugar levels but also weight loss in general.
Other than that, I have some projects going live at work, so just trying to manage my work schedule, and glad I am working from home these days.3 -
Weigh In Day: Friday
PW (Previous Weight): 243.6
CW (Current Weight): 243.4
After a great October, went a little ham earlier this week with my son’s birthday being Halloween. Somehow managed to squeak out a .2 weight loss. Was nervous about that this week 😂
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~Step Challenge FINAL Results ~Team Statistics -
OCTOBER WEEK FOUR
Steppers: 7 (-1)
Total Steps: 330,189 (-4.22% from last week)
Average Steps Per Stepper: 47,170
Total Steps for the month: 1,601,159
The Leaderboard -
@OllieAndEd2021 - 78,829 total | 11,261 average - Most Steps in One Day!!!
@GarysGirl78 - 74,106 total | 10,574 average
@daria0919 - 47,400 total | 6,771 average
@sydditt - 42,478 total | 6,068 average
@9Harvey- 37,379 total | 5,340 average - Most Consistent!!!
@BodyTalking - 28,021 total | 4,003 average
@melaniedscott - 22,066 total | 3,152 average
All of our bolded steppers set a goal and met it, based on their average steps per day! We started the month with with 9 and ended with 7. Not too shabby.
Albout half of us stepped up our game this last week and increased steps. The rest of us decreased ...
I'm going do do a little plug for the step challenge in Nov 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) on Wednesday. My goal is to most Wed night or Thursday morning (clearly, I'm not meeting my goal, as it is after 6 on Friday). We track Sun-Sat. So this is Oct's final post and Nov's first week (Oct 29) will get posted Nov 10ish (I KNOW it won't be the 9th, not even going to pretend...working a 12 hour shift, 4 hrs driving). 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, I don't get that many steps, I would always be at the bottom...take a look at my steps...it takes work to step less than me...or maybe the opposite...I'll just leave it at very few people step less than me generally. I joined the step challenge way back when in hopes I could shame myself into walking more. It is obvious I have no shame...
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 again this month but I was too tired and I actually did better this month over last....
We had about 200K fewer steps this month vs September. I know we can do better!
I put the challenge out this month again: Can we break 2 million this month?
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Ljdanny
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Cw 189.22 -
Sorry I missed my Friday weigh-in. I've been struggling with a bit of a head cold and just plum forgot 🤧
Weighing in today instead.
PW: 156.7
CW:156.5
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Username: 2bfitgranny
Weigh in day: Monday
Previous weight: 210.5
Current weight: 212.5
November goal: 207 (5 pounds)3 -
Zumba_luvah
Pw- 214.2
Cw- 215.43 -
The November Week 2 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin tomorrow, Sunday, November 5th. Please join us for the Holiday Happenings Challenge! Expect some lively discussions...hope to see you in the chat thread! Here's the link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10902798/november-week-2-group-challenge-holiday-happenings#latest
Jessica
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Melaniedscott
Sat weigh in
PW:235
CW:235
Sun: 1000
Mon: 4276
Tues 4280
Wed 3884
Thur 3404
Fri 2198
Sat 3565
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BodyTalking
Weigh-in-Saturday
Starting weight: 81.7 kg/180.12 lb
Previous weight: 80.5 kg/177.47 lb
Current weight: 79.8 kg/176 lb3 -
Hi all, I'm feeling much better now and, although I've got my appetite back, I'm still not eating that much, which has shown in the weight loss this week. It's definitely about how much you consume!
It's soup season in our house - my husband has made chicken soup and cauliflower soup this week and is planning to make broccoli and blue cheese next - this is definitely helping me get an easy, satisfying meal that is nutritious and not too filling, and, I believe, is good for the insides and weight loss.
It's our anniversary today, 22 years married, 32 together. We went out last night and I thoroughly enjoyed the Mexican meal, washed down with margaritas, that we had.
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A little late into about me:
I'm Scottish, live in Czechia, teach English, design and make things to sell online, did stained glass and jewellery but doing digital images and print-on-demand now, and I like collecting sea glass whenever I get a holiday by the beach.
I'm in my 50s and have the usual weight and flab problems for this age. Getting to this body-change-age during the covid lockdowns had a huge impact on my activity levels and weight gain and now I'm struggling to get back to what feels normal.
I joined F2F last November and was doing really well, full of motivation, then went backwards. Anyway, I'm still here, still need the support network and hope I can play a part in supporting you too.
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What and how little you
consume aids weight loss.
How much you exercise and
how you do it aids health.
https://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11518804/weight-loss-exercise-myth-burn-calories
I've just read this and, having seen my inactivity versus low consumption recently, this makes sense. I've been on-board with the eat less than you use method for a while now (rather than trying to burn off excess to compensate). Yes, I lapsed, but it definitely seems like a habit-forming sustainable way for the long term.
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Weigh in day Sunday
PW: 197.4
CW: 196.73 -
Thanks for that very informative article @BodyTalking !! This is exactly what I’ve found with my body for years and years! The first time I tried to lose weight I had no time for exercise other than whatever walking I naturally did all day. I simply followed a reduced calorie plan and lost the 25 extra pounds I had been carrying without any official extra exercise.
Even now, with this new WONDERFUL group we have here I have found that I need to stick to less than 1500 calories of food intake regardless of how much exercise I do or don’t do. I never assume my extra calories burned doing exercise or walking allow me extra food. Ideally, it’s very simple for me. At my age, 64, if I simply stayed under 1500 calories every single day I’ll lose weight. The key phrase is “every single day”.
My personal issue is I let my total calorie intake creep up to 1800-1900 calories some days of the week and several days of the week I’m under the 1500 calories, hence the slow weight loss or sometimes slight weight gain.
But, again, I know not to count any of my exercise calories earned as part of my weight loss. I know I do it just for all the health benefits.
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Weigh-In Day: Saturday
PW: 180.8
CW: 182
I’m sorry I missed my weigh in day yesterday I had a busy week and completely dropped the ball. Hoping to get back on track with logging and nutrition this week.3 -
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Weigh In Day: Sunday
Previous Weight: October 28 - 208.0
Current Weight: November 5 - 208.0
Steps
Sunday - 7284
Monday - 7527
Tuesday - 8003
Wednesday - 4768
Thursday - 4364
Friday - 4625
Saturday - 7674
Total - 44245 steps2 -
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Thanks @daria0919 it's good to know that it really does work for you but, yes, every day - that's the hard part. It's so easy to go over. I'm trying to stick to two main meals a day, leaving any snacks or drinks as my third 'meal' quota. I also feel that the calories in needs to be low to make a difference on the scales. I hadn't worked out just how much, so your figure makes sense.1
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I forgot to weigh in this morning, I ate and did some hard yard work and then when I got home, I was going to weigh in. I didn't stand on the scale for it to lock in my weight, all I saw was up like 6lbs or something so idk if that is true, I HOPE NOT so I am skipping my weigh in today and will weigh in next week!3
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BodyTalking
Steps total for last week: 40,4340 -
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With reference to what I posted earlier, I said I hadn't worked out the calories I needed to make a change. That wasn't quite true, I had calculated the numbers below but I haven't managed to get the ideal number that works for me.
Caloric needs based on BMR and activity levels:
▪️General maintenance caloric needs [me]: Body weight lb [177] x 15 = 2655
Aim for 1655 to 2155 caloric consumption
🔹BMR for adult female [me]: 1975
655 + 761 + 315 - 244= 1975
655 + (4.3 x weight lb [177]= 761.1) + (4.7 x height inch [67]= 314.9) – (4.7 x age [52]= 244.4) = BMR 1975.4
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GarysGirl78
Weigh-in day: Monday
PW: 64.1kg / 141.3 lbs
CW: 63.5 kg / 140 lbs4 -
I’ve decided that for my steps my goal is to get 7000+ steps each day.4
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Weigh In Day: Monday ( posting late, sorry!)
PW (Previous Weight): 173
CW (Current Weight): 1725 -
Weigh in Day Wednesdays
PW: 331 lbs
CW: 331 lbs4
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