WaistAways Team Chat - FEBRUARY 2024
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Hi again everyone. I have been with the same department for 20 years. My weight has been consistently about 155. Now it is 150. Up a pound from last week. Work is a bit stressful at times. But mostly I love my work. I have 2 dogs and a rag doll cat. I enjoy gardening and marine fish. Also like lifting weights. We have a cabin in Casper Mountains we built over the last two years.
OW 149
NW 150
@eggfreak love the photo of the one spot. Mine will be a very young one. Taking off work Friday to acclimate it. He/she will need a name. Thoughts.
Cleaned 3 display tanks today. Topped off the holding tanks and quarantine. So no workout today. My triceps have a nice burn from yesterday anyway.
I am concentrating on getting enough daily water this month.9 -
CW: 157.8
PW: 159
Correction to my intro post - SIX weeks until my conference. I baked some chicken and roasted veg yesterday to have some dinner options at the ready. I have 2 lunches and a dinner out this week so I'll need to be very thoughtful to balance out the extra restaurant calories and salt. The salt gets me every time! Friday I have an 8 hour drive then a weekend with family in DC, drive back next Monday. I spent yesterday resting- reading, took a nap and feel great today. Guess I needed a down day. Have a great week, everyone!7 -
Weigh in Day: MONDAY
PW: 200.7
CW: 200.76 -
Good Morning Beautiful People!!
Mixed things up today. I started the morning with my quiet time, then went to the gym, then shower, then breakfast and some how I have an hour before I have to log in for work. Not sure how I managed that!
Have an amazing Monday people. I hope you find something that brings you joy, even if it is an hour back in your day!!
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Happy Monday,
I am proud of myself, looks like I absolutely killed January, February is not starting off as well, but I still have 24 days to get back on track.
I did bad food and no exercise this weekend, it's like I just didn't care. But I do care, so today and this week I will do better.
For my Intro, I am Vikki, 52, married, work full time, 3 kids, all grown, none at home, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 47 indoor plants. I've been on and off here for a long time, I want to say since 2019ish... I am working towards a trip in May, it's an adventure trip, lots of activity and fast paced, so I need to work on my stamina, and to be honest it's not going well, but I still have 2.5 months. I am actually pretty happy with my weight right now (155ish, lowest I've been in 15 years), although my goal is 145, so I'm not stopping. I am not super worried about fitting into the whole BMI, this is what you "should" weigh scale, because that is 111-130. My starting weight in May of last year was 185.4, so I've lost 30lbs, it's been tough figuring out what works for me, but I think I have it food wise, I'm just not there with the exercise, I don't really like exercise... I know it's important, not only for weight loss, but for health, I just have to work on that.
@ashleycarole86 I think I am going to bow out of the step team, it is not good for me mentally, lol. It makes me feel bad about myself because I can't compete with you super active peeps. I know it's not a competition, but my brain doesn't work that way. So I think I will go back to my weekly goals in my journal and earning myself stickers... It worked last time I did it.
So, let's start the week off with some goals:
Monday = 30-minute video
Tuesday = 30 min yoga (hatha) + 20 min treadmill
Weds = 20 min strength
Thursday = 30 min Treadmill
Friday = 20 min Pilates, 20 min yoga (vinyasa)
Saturday = 1 hour hike
Sunday = 30 min Yoga (restorative)
I think this is fairly balanced with variety. On the treadmill I only do 2.2mph, at 4% incline, because I watch TV, so doesn't really get my heart rate up, but it gets me off the couch. The video I'm going to do is Leslie Sansone, and I will do the 2-mile walk, it's like Low impact aerobics, lots of knee lifts, kicks, squats etc., I did it a couple of weeks ago and it actually made me sweat and sore, which none of the newer videos of hers were doing that, so I'm going to stick with her original series. So, I figure that's like 3 days of rest, (Treadmill, hike and restorative yoga) but still active, which is what I need, I sit entirely too much.
Okay so that's me... Hope you all have a great day!
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Hello, My WA Family,
Bridget here, a 40 something married mom of 2 school aged boys living in the States. (A Michigander in the house!)
This is my second round of F2F on the Waist Aways Team. I enjoyed how Jan 2024 and really enjoy the accountability and support.
Though I may be a little quiet trying to plug away at my goals, I try to lift my head up for air to check-in, share and/or encourage at least once a week and make sure y’all are still breathing too. I’m shooting for 10,000 steps a day in Feb and if I can leave February lighter (preferably 10lbs) than when I started and light up my tracker with LOTS of green—that’ll be a win!
And a Big WARM Welcome to those who are newer to our community.
Here’s to the journey ahead!8 -
Sunday- 1/28 9,621 (20 min dance, 10 kickbox, 10 min core)
Monday-1/29 12,847(10 kickbox, 10 min core)
Tuesday-1/30 11,700 (10 min HIIT,10 min strength)
Wednesday-1/31 11,867 (20 min dance, 60 min PIYO)
Thursday-2/1 11,094
Friday-2/2 14,302 (10 min Kicbox, 10 min HIIT, 10 strength, 10 min core)
Saturday-2/3-12,764 (20 min dance)6 -
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Weigh In Day: MONDAY
PW (Previous Weight): 181.8
CW (Current Weight): 179.66 -
@jugar I am going to weigh in Wednesday this week instead of tomorrow when I get back to my normal scale.3
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Hello team! It is sounding downright cheery and full of energy in here. Wonderful!
I finally got a good riding session in with Jasper. With my crazy contract (that thankfully ends soon!) and my trip to dad's, we had not had a good ride in almost 3 weeks Today we even had fun setting up and putting everything away. I let him in on that part, and he loves following along as I place the poles and put them away at the end. He steps over each one as I measure the distance between poles and makes sure that I get them just right. Then we had a great work session, and both burned a good # of calories for sure. Carrots were earned
Now it is more sitting writing... but some exercise bike later to watch some video. I'm with you @Gidgitgoescrzy - it doesn't have to be fast and hard, but it is sure better than just sitting!7 -
Evening lovely teammates. Thanks for the patience with the step reports.. I will owe a big close to January. I did get a bit behind celebrating my mother-in-law and her 85th birthday but I'm on my way home now. I'll publish what's left to report on for January when we have all the steps in for the last week.
My weight has been super high on this trip which is normal for me. I usually gain a lot on a plane, and I'm on a travel scale. Plus it was my TOM. My behavior was not good but I know the number on the scale is overinflated.
In any event, I have serious work to do to get myself on track for the February goal (weigh less than I ended January). Time to get to it! There's plenty of time to make it happen but I am travelling to Jamaica before month end so discipline in the meantime will be in order.5 -
hello, February!
I'm Kay, 29, living in Boston, working in finance downtown. Struggled with emotional eating, restrict/binge cycles, and generally poor nutrition choices since college, dieted on and off for almost a decade now. Found this group in Aug 2020, took some breaks here and there (always a regret! this group rocks). Started seeing a new doctor in July who specializes in weight management, and I started a medication that can help treat binge eating disorder, which has really helped me since then. I don't log daily on MFP anymore, only use the app for weigh logs and this group/community!
we knocked it out of the park in January! wooooo!!
I use a physical habit tracking journal, started in November so just on my 4th month using it now - I love it but I was going a little easy on myself to get lots of "checks" in. I upped the ante this month by adding "lights out by 10:30pm" to the daily section. Many of you likely know that ~80% of my posts start with "ahh how is it almost midnight"-type thoughts. And here we are again at 10:40pm. I have not checked off this box yet this month. So that's the goal the rest of this week.
@eggfreak Monk is my all-time favorite TV show!
@micki48 I see those steps Michelle, lots of lovely checks for 7k+!!
@EvMakesChanges Okemo was so fun this past weekend but I did not get to ask about for Sarah! We got a late start in the morning and packed sandwiches in our pockets lol - by the time we headed into the lodge, the kitchen/cafeteria was already closed. boo hiss but I will certainly be back, I liked the mountain a lot.
@zumbaforever name ideas for the one spot fish off the top of my head, based on google images: Dot, Spot, Eyepatch, Inkblot, Skunk, Ravioli
good night!!!
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@zumbaforever name ideas for the one spot fish off the top of my head, based on google images: Dot, Spot, Eyepatch, Inkblot, Skunk, Ravioli
Or what about Appaloosa? They have spots too! I love the idea of a fish named for a breed of horse2 -
Yesterday was good, I checked all of the boxes, and made a delicious lemon pasta with chicken, it's my lunch today too
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Good Morning Beautiful People!
This was the “insight of the day” in my email this morning. I thought to myself “what does that mean, I don’t want to always be going uphill in this journey.” So I did a little Sherlock Holmes work and found a speech that he gave. I’m paraphrasing some of what he said, as the speech was applied to his Spiritual Journey. However, I love how I can apply it to my current health journey.
*** As the challenges around us increase, we must commit to do more to qualify for the companionship. One great burst of effort won’t be enough.
Only a steady, ever-increasing effort will allow us to higher ground. I know what some of you are tempted to think: “I’ll have to be careful not to set the bar for myself too high. I wouldn’t want to fail and be disappointed.”
I did a little high-jumping over a bar in high school and in college. I know what it is like to be running toward the bar and see that it is higher than when you jumped last and that you are now looking way up at the bar. Some of you have been high-jumpers so that you know that it is very different when you come toward it so that you can look over it. I know what happens when you look up at that bar. You think, “That bar is over my head. Is it physically possible to put my whole body over a bar above my head?” As I look back, remember I was a physics student, I realized that I must have decided that some law of physics limited me. Well, the laws of physics did apply, but the limits were more in my mind than in reality. When I now see junior high school students, some of them girls, jumping higher than my best, I wish that I were young again. I’d set my expectations higher. More was possible than I thought, and more is possible you and for me. And more is necessary.
Set the bar a little higher for yourself. And then set it a little higher. ***
Wow! I was thinking I sure do that! So what bar today are you going to raise a little higher?
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@ChelleChelle1031 Wow. Thank you for the quote, the thinking on it, and the inspiration! Today I have a huge task in front of me - to complete the first draft of a difficult report. The initial draft supplied to me by my lawyerly sidekick is 73 pages long. I envision a 5-6 page version. Cliff Notes squared! So it is a steep hill, I have done about a third of it and I have a slightly oiled process that will certainly be well-oiled by the end of the day. Or at least I hope it will be. I can take some of tomorrow also if needed, but it must be to the review team tomorrow. Off I go! Thanks again for the fantastic inspiration to keep me going. Onwards and upwards 💪🏼4
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@ChelleChelle1031 wow! That is a great speech that you found. I am definitely guilty of doing the burst of work along with not setting the bar too high. I think that if I set bar too high, I might give up or be disappointed if I don't reach it. But that is definitely motivating and doing little things every day adds up.3
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Hi WaistAways! I am sad that this is my first check-in of February and it's already the 6th.
A brief intro on me - my name is Jolene. I am 38 years old and live in SW Colorado with my husband and two dogs. I was really into sports as a kid and through college. I continued with sports - primarily soccer - through my 20s and also got into long distance running. Then in September of 2013, I hyper extended my hip and gave up on all exercise. This last May, I saw a picture of myself and didn't recognize who I was any more. That was the motivation to get me on MFP, tracking calories, joining this group, and finding exercise that works with my body now. Since May, I am down about 25lbs, but I have yo-yo'ed in the same three pound range (170 - 173) since November. I am hoping to make serious moves in February.
As to the questions @jugar asked, what works for me is planning my meals out. What does not work for me is alcohol. I go through periods where I don't drink it at all and I do amazing. But, the thought that one hard seltzer, or a couple vodka sodas while I'm playing darts, isn't going to hurt me is the thing that isn't working. I can have one or two drinks and I will still make my workouts the next day, work, all of it, but my mental health isn't there, and my workouts aren't nearly what they should be.4 -
@ashleycarole86 - Thursday, February 1 - 4,886 steps
Friday, February 2 - 8,296 steps, 40 minutes of spin, 1 hour of CrossFit
Saturday, February 3 - 2,782 steps, 1 hour of spin, 30 minutes of CrossFit
Sunday, February 4 - 5,682 steps
Monday, February 5 - 4,985 steps1
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