Shape Shifters Team Chat - NOVEMBER 2023
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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 -
Thank you for the excellent suggestions, @pupowl. I also enjoyed the video and will checkout the website. I agree that chunking big projects into manageable amounts is better, and also following an intermittent fasting routine.
@itadakimasu7 - I sometimes tell myself that scrubbing the floor and other household tasks can be my exercise, but it’s more fun to meet my friends and teammates for a row or soccer. I love the photos you send of your outdoor adventures and look forward to weekend bike rides and hikes once my downsizing project is complete.
We improved again in the last game of the tournament. Just one more to go!4 -
Hi!
I forgot to step on the scale this morning. I need to post my weigh-in tomorrow, Monday November 20th.2 -
Lianatherunner
Sunday weigh-in
PW: 144.6
CW: 140.0
(last week was a fluke, apparently)5 -
Good morning Shape Shifters. Another dreary day here, just wet and windy. My only task for the day was to do the dishes, which I managed, yay. Otherwise it was pretty boring. I haven't been feeling great the past few days; very tired, more headaches and some dizziness. Hopefully it will go away soon. Happy Monday everyone
November 19 numbers- Sleep: 8h 28m ~ 84 score
- Steps: 14.566
- Zone Minutes: 39
- Calories: 1226 & 85 protein
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MagnusMLQ
Monday
PW 235
CW 234.84 -
DarinGettingHawtin2013
Mondays 20Nov2023
PW 170.3
CW 168.1
Steps
17Nov 8554
18Nov 11009
19Nov 72466 -
Date: 11/19
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: ✅
under calories: ✅
20g net carbs : ✅
30 min exercise: RECOVERY ❤️🩹 day
30 min walk : ✅
Steps: 8099
Water: 96
Today’s Goal: log 🪵 all my food 🥘. 24hr fast, read cohort 📚, watch 🏈&🏀, turn off my devices 1 hr before bed 🛌.
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JenHul
Monday weigh in day
PW: 147.5
CW: 148
I'm back from Mexico, I had a fantastic time! So much fun, and wonderful memories made.
Steps:
Nov 6= 9930
Nov 7= 10,962
Nov 8= 8783
Nov 9= 9455
Nov 10= 7322
Nov 11= 7164
Nov 12= 15,078
Nov 13= 13,691
Nov 14= 13,441
Nov 15= 17,951
Nov 16= 17,015
Nov 17= 13,199
Nov 18= 6001
Nov 19= 45948 -
@murdog3t -- what is cohort? A study? I'm curious! :-D
I downloaded a walk app and a core fitness app, I'm going to give that a go, but I'm going to be kinda busy this week. I had planned a small vegetarian meal for Thanksgiving (home made classic cheese pizza) but my kids (age 26 and 23) might be bringing in a 15lb turkey (I'm wondering if they know they have to a. purchase it ahead and b. DEFROST it) -- I'm guessing they have no clue, haha, so I'm looking forwards to seeing how this shakes out. They've been tight lipped about their plan maybe because there is no plan...we'll roll with it. I love my kids, they're just the best.
I have my mill in the mail off eBay, it's a classic heavy iron hand crank grain mill. I'm going to clean and setup for bread making. I've invited over my daughter (26) to make artisan bread(s) today. I'll try to post some photos. I haven't done this before so not sure how it will turn out. It is 4x more expensive to mill ones own grain then to buy premium store flour I found out, sure I can improve that in the future. Ouch. Okay - signing off and getting busy! Woot!4 -
@JenHul -- I want to hear about Mexico! Did you get a tan? Did you eat good things? Did you find a nice spot on a beach. It's cold and raining: share!!! haha, glad you had a great time! Welcome back!3
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steps:
11/17 13,230
11/18 17,378
11/19 8,673 (my fitbit was charging most of the day)
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Monday steps 4062. Left knee is really sore and painfully today. I'll be glad for that knee replacement come January.4
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I didn't have a good day for eating today.I went into town today as I had booked a tour around a theatre I go to regularly.I treated myself to a theatre card membership where you pay an annual fee but then get discounts & pay no card fees etc.I love musical theatre so I wanted to make the most of my membership & see lots of shows.The tour was really interesting & took you back stage & a chat with some of the stage set staff.Tomorrow I'm going to see Hamilton.Im super excited,I'm going on my own as there weren't many seats left.Will see if it lives up to the hype.
I ate out for lunch & dinner not yet worked out my calories.Did a Dance class tonight but went out to eat with some friends from the class & a couple of drinks so fingers crossed I've walked off some of the calories.
Glad you enjoyed Mexico @JenHul yes I'm with @Itadakimasu7 tell us more 😀
Good luck with your flour mill @Itadakimasu7 hope your kids figure out the turkey3 -
Hey y'all:
Lots of errand running and appointments today...my pest control service came and sprayed the house...then I took Lil Miss Betty to her very first/annual vet appointment. She weighs a whopping 8.6 pounds and is completely healthy. She got two vaccines and didn't even flinch...got her nails trimmed...she was a very good girl today! She came home and ate, had a few "good girl" treats and then laid down to take a nap. I love my girl...
After three days in a row of 20k+ steps, I'm only planning 10k today. I'm tired. I am currently in 2nd place in the competition at work, but I can't compete with someone who's doing 36k daily...just can't...so I'll keep doing what I can and accept 2nd place as best I can do. We shall see! Contest runs until Dec. 10th.
Ate my first meal at home today, then ate out for dinner...likely a little over in calories...
Enjoy your week everyone!
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Good morning Shape Shifters. I wrote 3 postcard yesterday, to Russia, Spain and USA. I still wasn't feeling well, but I thought some fresh air would be good, so I walked to the mailbox. It was nice to be outside and I did feel better. Or maybe it was the 3 pills I took. Probably both. Happy Tuesday everyone
November 20 numbers- Sleep: 8h 52m ~ 81 score
- Steps: 13.304
- Zone Minutes: 44
- Calories: 1233 & 74 protein
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Steps
11/18 8,313
11/19 7,137
11/20 4,7813 -
Itakimasu7
PW: 180.5
CW: 184
eh' water.
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Daily step goal: 10,000
Sun 11/19: 10,629
Mon 11/20: 18,8315 -
Date: 11/20
Username: Murdog3t
logged food: ✅
under calories: ✅
20g net carbs : ✅
30 min exercise: ✅
30 min walk : ✅
Steps: 8537
Water: 96
Today’s Goal: log 🪵 all my food 🥘. 24hr fast, read cohort 📚,turn off my devices 1 hr before bed 🛌.
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Itadakimasu7 wrote: »@murdog3t -- what is cohort? A study? I'm curious! :-D
I downloaded a walk app and a core fitness app, I'm going to give that a go, but I'm going to be kinda busy this week. I had planned a small vegetarian meal for Thanksgiving (home made classic cheese pizza) but my kids (age 26 and 23) might be bringing in a 15lb turkey (I'm wondering if they know they have to a. purchase it ahead and b. DEFROST it) -- I'm guessing they have no clue, haha, so I'm looking forwards to seeing how this shakes out. They've been tight lipped about their plan maybe because there is no plan...we'll roll with it. I love my kids, they're just the best.
I have my mill in the mail off eBay, it's a classic heavy iron hand crank grain mill. I'm going to clean and setup for bread making. I've invited over my daughter (26) to make artisan bread(s) today. I'll try to post some photos. I haven't done this before so not sure how it will turn out. It is 4x more expensive to mill ones own grain then to buy premium store flour I found out, sure I can improve that in the future. Ouch. Okay - signing off and getting busy! Woot!
Happy Tuesday
Yes cohort is a spiritual authority study by NOVO
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