Shape Shifters Team Chat - JANUARY 2024
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kcpond
Thursday Weigh In
PW: 238.3
CW: 136.92 -
Good Morning
Steps:
Jan 02= 8652
Jan 03= 10,575
I've been so tired when I get home from work, that I have not worked out once yet in this new year
Hoping for a burst of enery soon lol
I imagine you need some recovery time after working so many hours without a break during the holiday season. You’ll get that energy back after some focused time to rest! Best wishes! ❤️🩹2 -
Steps:
1/1 8094
1/2 8000
1/3 44823 -
@looneycatblue Need your steps for Dec 31 please, that is when the month started for the step challenge, thanks!2
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Hello all. Hope everyone had a great start to the new year. Mine was rough, but thats ok. I have stomach issues, and had a flare up newyears, and ended up with a horrible 3 day side ache, so have not worked out in a few days. I have continues to eat fairly well (aside from 1 had 1 really not good meal, lol) I am feeling better now, taking today to clean the house, help my kiddo with school, and being lazy as I had a terrible week at work. Hope all are doing well4
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angmarie28 wrote: »Hello all. Hope everyone had a great start to the new year. Mine was rough, but thats ok. I have stomach issues, and had a flare up newyears, and ended up with a horrible 3 day side ache, so have not worked out in a few days. I have continues to eat fairly well (aside from 1 had 1 really not good meal, lol) I am feeling better now, taking today to clean the house, help my kiddo with school, and being lazy as I had a terrible week at work. Hope all are doing well
Glad you're feeling better @angmarie28...
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jessicakrall8 wrote: »@Cyncia85 Is 204.5 your start weight for this month, please? Thanks!
Jessica
Yes, thank you @jessicakrall8
And late weigh-in
Sun Dec 31 Weigh-in
PW: 204.5
CW: 205.03 -
tatilove1988 wrote: »@tatilove1988 It is very common that different scales give different weight readings. It is best to just use the same one when possible. making sure the scale is on a flat and hard surface is also very important. I can only weigh in my bathroom. If I put it in the bedroom that has a softer floor, it gives me a different reading. While the gain is annoying, I would just go with your scale at home since that is the one you have most access to. We can update your starting weight so you won't immediately start off with a gain. Just let us know the new number and then weigh in again on Saturday.
Hi, thanks so much for your answer 😃. The new number is 192.4 instead of 188. It’s really odd that it’s such a big difference.
I’m wondering if I should switch to a mechanical scale. Or at the very least, get a better digital one. I hate the thought that I might be getting the wrong reading depending on where I am.
Anyway, thanks again! Happy new year 🥳
@tatilove - my thought on this is to not focus on the number from the scale. When I go to the doctor and they weigh me the number is usually higher for a few different reasons. If you have the funds for a scale, great, otherwise use the scale you own - save your money for something else. Also, it is earth friendly to keep what you own if it still does the job (in my humble opinion). I would focus more on how you feel. You could incorporate tape measurements if you're not doing that already.
Be consistent with your scale. Same spot and roughly same time of day when you step on the scale. Be aware of how you feel when you're stepping on the scale as well.3 -
Hello Shape Shifters! Here’s my weekly weigh-in report —
Name: Patrice
Weigh-in day: Thursday
PW: 142.9
CW: 143.4
SW: 168
Ltd: 24.6
There are still some food items in our kitchen that I wouldn’t usually buy so I’m not going to panic about the gain. I wasn’t exercising regularly while in Boston caring for my relatives and celebrating the holidays so it’s been good to get back into my workout routine. Our rowing group started back to winter conditioning on Tuesday. I had to skip one day because of work commitments but I feel as though the new year is going well. I’m motivated and making improvements. Best wishes, Shape Shifters!
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@looneycatblue Need your steps for Dec 31 please, that is when the month started for the step challenge, thanks!
Steps 12/31. 3604 oops2 -
Weekly Weigh In
Name @SavageMrsMoose (Melissa)
Weigh In Day: Friday
PW: 133.6
CW: 132.6
Steps
1/4. 14,128
@LaurieWrobo I’m impressed with anyone who does yoga. I’ll go occasionally with my dad but it’s really hard!5 -
Gm yall. My preop is done and next Friday morning is the big day. I'm beyond ready for healing6
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Steps
1/3 7,072
1/4 5,581
Getting steps in - I worked last night and I work again tonight after my FT job - then I don't work again until next Saturday- looking forward to the weekend - cleaning up from Christmas and throwing crap out - year of decluttering6 -
Steps
12/3: 16,257
12/4: 12,390
Feels good to be running again! I got pretty lazy last month.6 -
Good Day Fellow Shape Shifters!
This is your friendly reminder to drink water
Hydration!7 -
Happy New Year everyone! Here's to enjoying the journey of working toward reaching our goals in 2024! Thank you very much @jessicakrall8 and @Pupowl for leading and keeping our group organized. Thank you @sbus12 for your motivational efforts in 2023. I've benefited from the support of this group and it's much appreciated!6
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Bearchested
Friday
CW: 193.0
Stopped logging food over vacation and the holidays, but I know how to lose weight so I'm not too upset. Focusing on hitting my three weightlifting sessions per week and 2+ cardio days.4 -
pedal__power
PW 207.2
CW 210
Although the scale is up due to water weight, I actually had a good week. I'm trying to get back into better habits of logging my food and working out, specifically wanting to workout three mornings a week including at least two weights sessions. Since my last weigh-in, I've both logged my food every day and worked out every day (two weight sessions, two runs, a step class and a hockey game!). My caloric intake seems to be at or above what my fitbit says that I'm burning, so not surprising why I've gained back so much weight over the past year. I'll be thinking of what adjustments I can make as I'd really like to get back under 200lbs by March.
@pupowl, your rainbow tracker inspired me to also try tracking all the things! So I bought an inexpensive paper calendar to write down daily weight, steps, calories, work outs and a check mark if I logged all my food. It's probably not legible but I found it very satisfying to write things down and to see everything in once place rather than in different apps. Here's my week so far:
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@bearchested You asked to be excused for several weeks, so we currently have you on support. Do you want to be back to the weigh in group?
@pedal__power Oh how fun! I also really like having everything in one spot, though I still track in different places. I like the rainbow tracker because it is really clear which things are good. I hope you will keep using and enjoying your paper calendar!4 -
Yes, it's common for scales to be sensitive to being moved. Digital scales usually have a way to recalibrate them, often by pressing and holding a button on the bottom.tatilove1988 wrote: »Hi team shapeshifters!
Could 2 different scales give me different results?
When I joined, I had just weighed myself using a digital scale at the pharmacy. Then a day or two later I tried the digital scale at home, and it got me 4 lbs heavier 😳 worst part is, when I moved the scale from one spot to another, there was like a whole pound difference lol
Is this common with digital scales? It’s a fairly new scale.
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Daily step goal: 10,000
Tue 1/2: 12,594
Wed 1/3: 14,551
Thu 1/4: 11,2894 -
frankwbrown
January week 1
Weigh in day: Friday, January 5
PW: 244.0
CW: 242.2 ( lost 1.8 lbs; 0.74%)5 -
tatilove1988 wrote: »@tatilove1988 It is very common that different scales give different weight readings. It is best to just use the same one when possible. making sure the scale is on a flat and hard surface is also very important. I can only weigh in my bathroom. If I put it in the bedroom that has a softer floor, it gives me a different reading. While the gain is annoying, I would just go with your scale at home since that is the one you have most access to. We can update your starting weight so you won't immediately start off with a gain. Just let us know the new number and then weigh in again on Saturday.
Hi, thanks so much for your answer 😃. The new number is 192.4 instead of 188. It’s really odd that it’s such a big difference.
I’m wondering if I should switch to a mechanical scale. Or at the very least, get a better digital one. I hate the thought that I might be getting the wrong reading depending on where I am.
Anyway, thanks again! Happy new year 🥳
@tatilove - my thought on this is to not focus on the number from the scale. When I go to the doctor and they weigh me the number is usually higher for a few different reasons. If you have the funds for a scale, great, otherwise use the scale you own - save your money for something else. Also, it is earth friendly to keep what you own if it still does the job (in my humble opinion). I would focus more on how you feel. You could incorporate tape measurements if you're not doing that already.
Be consistent with your scale. Same spot and roughly same time of day when you step on the scale. Be aware of how you feel when you're stepping on the scale as well.
All great advice! Thank you so much
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frankwbrown wrote: »
Yes, it's common for scales to be sensitive to being moved. Digital scales usually have a way to recalibrate them, often by pressing and holding a button on the bottom.tatilove1988 wrote: »Hi team shapeshifters!
Could 2 different scales give me different results?
When I joined, I had just weighed myself using a digital scale at the pharmacy. Then a day or two later I tried the digital scale at home, and it got me 4 lbs heavier 😳 worst part is, when I moved the scale from one spot to another, there was like a whole pound difference lol
Is this common with digital scales? It’s a fairly new scale.
I will do that! Thank you 🙏
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Very rough week and I'm glad it's over...hope yours was much more pleasant than mine!
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Angmarie28
Fridays
Previous weight-184.4
Current weight-1834 -
@Armygirlarmyof1 Good luck with your knee surgery next week. We will be thinking of you.
Steps
1/5. 12,3984 -
Izzyred9400
Sat weigh in
PW 140.4
CW 142.4
I decided I didn't want to track my food over Christmas & New Year & just enjoy eating & drinking what I want.My husband's birthday was also during this time so it extended longer than I planned.So I can take the small gain & get back on track from now on.
I wasn't well last week & ended up on antibiotics so that wasn't fun.Also my youngest son ended up in A & E on Boxing Day with cellulitis,so he was also on antibiotics ! So I sympathise with your bad week @jessicakrall8 & hope like mine that it improved.
With all this going on I also forgot to sign on for the Step Challenge.I would like to go with 14,000 steps a day & sorry for the long list.
12/31 9,170
1/1 8,845
1/2 5,144
1/3 15,355
1/4 14,267
1/5 9,5925
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