Shape Shifters Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2023
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Izzyred9400
Sat weigh in
PW 139.4
CW 140.4
Was expecting worse after the week I've had,hopefully will get back on track for next week,sorry team.4 -
Steps
11/16 8,763
11/17 11,0443 -
Missing a few weigh ins for the week, don't forget to check in
@angmarie28 ~ you seem to be late nearly every single week. Maybe it is better to switch your weigh in day to something else?
@mulecanter
@cre804
@murdog3t
@Jlswensen ~ you missed last week as well. Keep in mind that 2 no weigh ins means you will be dropped from the group1 -
I asked to be excused for the 13th I thought because I was out of town. But the 20th I would like to be excused as well because of my being sick. Tyvm0
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@Armygirlarmyof1 Sorry if we missed that! I will excuse you for both1
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Cre804
Friday
PW 195.0
CW 196.5
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@pupowl, no problem. Ty. Idk if anyone else has experienced it in the group but I notice mfp let's posts disappear or it won't post. I'm hoping that's not what happened0
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The November Week 4 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. 19th. Please join us for the "Eat It, Burn It" challenge. Here's your link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10903583/november-week-4-group-challenge-eat-it-burn-it/p1?new=1
Hope to see you in the chat thread this week!
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Mulecanter
Friday
PW: 226.5
CW: 229
Late!!2 -
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: ✅
under calories: ✅
20g net carbs : ✅
30 min exercise: ✅
30 min walk : ✅
Steps: 12179
Water: 88
Today’s Goal: log 🪵 all my food 🥘. 24hr fast , read cohort 📚, turn off my devices 1 hr before bed 🛌.
Username: Murdog3t
Weigh in day: Friday
Goal weight:140
SW: 161.8
11/3: 159.2
11/10 156.6
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Good morning Shape Shifters. My day didn't start the best. I was very hungry and very grumpy. I ate all my calories in a 2 hour window and I had to stop eating at 12:00 until bedtime. I was surprised that this wasn't really a problem. My eating window is already fairly small (6 hours) which maybe helped. It is nice to know I can manage for that long if needed. Another thing is that I recently downloaded a free app called Zero to track when I start eating and start fasting. It is really simple and just runs a timer. It does seem to help a little with not eating more after I have already hit the 'start fasting' button, a small extra barrier I guess.
I washed all of Tinus' blankets and I unpacked and tested out the gym rings I got a while back. It was easy to set up with a door anchor and it feels very safe and sturdy. I want to start adding some upper body exercises twice a week with them. I got a tiny puzzle haul delivered, 2 for me and one of them is a Christmas present for my mom. I spent some time wrapping all her gifts so that is done too. She will be visiting again on Dec 7 which should be fun. I also finished my first 90 day food journal. Yesterday was the last day and this morning I stepped on the scale and got my measurements. I am very happy with the progress I made over the past 3 months and I really like having a journal on paper to track things, so I will for sure keep doing it! Happy Sunday everyone
November 18 numbers- Sleep: 8h 32m ~ 86 score
- Steps: 13.019
- Zone Minutes: 16
- Calories:1419 & 42 protein
The measurements are in centimeters if you are confused about that!
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Date: 11/18
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: ✅
under calories: ✅
20g net carbs : ✅
30 min exercise: ✅
30 min walk : ✅
Steps: 7815
Water: 96
Today’s Goal: log 🪵 all my food 🥘. 16 hr fast , church ⛪️, read cohort 📚, watch 🏈, watch basketball 🏀, turn off my devices 1 hr before bed 🛌.2 -
Daily step goal: 10,000
Fri 11/17: 13,157
Sat 11/18: 12,7373 -
I'm doing an active rest day yall so steps will be 0.2
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@murdog3t - Nice working tracking your goals and staying in the ‘green’ in each day!
@Pupowl - That’s phenomenal progress in 90 days! Congratulations and keep up the good work! You shared that your day didn’t start out well, but you really seemed to turn it around and make the best of it. That’s great 😃
@frankwbrown - Your step count is always so impressive. In fact, this page is full of amazing Shape Shifters steppers — @izzyred9400, @LaurieWrobo, @Armygirlarmyof1, @pupowl, @jessicakrall8, and @murdog3t. One of these days I hope to join this impressive group!
I’ve been spending more time on downsizing the number of items in my house now that our children are adults. Today, I’m dedicating two hours to organizing and decluttering the keepsakes from my sons’ childhood, along with photos from family vacations, and other memorabilia.
The difficulty is that when I give attention to other parts of my life, my health habits seem to suffer. I’m trying to find balance so I don’t have to think too much about eating and exercise in order to maintain my weight loss. I hope to incorporate better habits so it doesn’t require as much effort and thought. Any ideas?4 -
This weekend, I spent a lot of time playing soccer/ football/ futbol. In the past, I only played in a co-Ed Masters league on Sunday nights but, recently, I added pick-up games with women of all ages. I’m one of the older women in the co-Ed league because the men have to be over age 40 to play and the women are supposed to be over 30 but they let 29 year old women play as long as they turn 30 within the year. I’m 57 so I could easily have a daughter playing in that league!
So, I’m thinking of transitioning to a women’s team. The pickup group formed an impromptu over-50 team to enter a tournament this weekend. We didn’t know one another, and never practiced as a team, so our score reflected it! 😂 We played two games yesterday and one game this morning and lost each time. The good news is that we improved with each game so today’s score was 1-0. Sometimes a loss feels like a win!
We have one more game at 3:30pm and then I play at 8:30pm tonight with the co-Ed team. I hope we continue to improve!5 -
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@PatriceFitnessPal Thank you! It did get better throughout the day thankfully.
Weight loss/maintaining is really tough. I think for most people it will always be something they need to keep putting energy towards to avoid falling back into bad habits, or even just losing the good ones. I think a good starting point would be trying to figure out how much time/effort you need for your healthy habits first. Try to sort out your baseline or minimum habits in order to keep maintaining/losing, like 12.000 steps is one for me. Balance is good, but that doesn't mean everything needs to be 50/50. For me my health is the most important thing, so that gets the most attention. Maybe you simply need to adjust the amount you spent on other things. Decluttering for 2 hours is a lot of time! If you can only do that once a week, you might be better off doing 30 minutes at a time 4 times a week.
Of course there is the usual thing of meal prepping and planning your days ahead of time, but even then I think it is never something you won't have to think about. I don't cook, so my food is all really easy. Prepackaged salads, protein deserts (single servings), protein bars, healthy crackers/bread with cheese. I always fill in my food journal the day before. It helps that I eat a lot of the same stuff, so I know the calories and I can easily figure out if what I want to eat will fit into my day. It is easier to plan ahead of time instead of on the day when you are hungry; you are much more likely to make bad choices that way, or eat too much which makes the rest of the day a lot less fun. Something else you could try is a smaller eating window. For me that has made a big difference, because it cuts out a lot of time thinking about food. I know I don't eat before 10 in the morning, and stop eating at 4 which creates some peace in a way.
Also a lot of people have this idea of what their perfect day looks like, but we don't often have perfect days and most of the time being perfect isn't even needed to make progress. I feel like I am rambling now, so I am sorry if none of this is useful, lol
I like this video which touches on being perfect:
https://youtu.be/VVyEjBHiZOo?si=E54OxsrY67HRYUjF 3 -
For my ShapeShifter friends up north who are feeling the cold and snow, this was in Miami today (me, my husband, and his cousin).
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Great video @Pupowl -- and it's obvious to me that this young fellow has an appreciation for 'One Punch Man'
When I go out to exercise I'm usually avoiding real work I don't want to do. Hike / run long distances - well, guess those dishes and dusting can wait (I hate housework - sorry Mom and ancestors...) Yup, would love to hand scrub the kitchen floor but I need to get into shape... ;-P It's ridiculous, it really is.4
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