Mission Slimpossible Team Chat - FEBRUARY 2024
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@morenin ❤️ the hair color! That is really great about losing inches. I hope your spouse gets to feeling better soon. Starting with 64 oz. of water a day is a great starting point, working up to 1/2 your body weight in oz. As for sugar it is recommended that women only consume 25 grams which is 6 teaspoons daily. @micaroo4 has some really good suggestions on cutting sugar.
@Katmary71 It is our body's way of telling us it is not good for us. 😂 It's time for me to really work on cutting sugar and sodium out of my diet. I do buy mostly reduced sodium or no added salt pantry staples and even use a reduced sodium salt when needed. But snacking at night is the cause of added sodium. I am going to try some new strategies this upcoming week and hopefully add new habits.
@tammymccrady6278 I am not doing lent but I am giving up junk over the next few weeks.
@trooworld Your haircut is so cute on you.😍 Your day does sound like fun. I don't think I will be doing much today. The last few days have been very productive in getting little projects done.
@micaroo4 I love your ideas in response to sugar cravings. I am going to use them this week.
@TeresaW2024 You have been on my mind and I hope that you have found a better place mentally. You are a strong woman! I am finishing off the box of chocolate today that hubby bought me and what I have as far as chocolate is concerned. I asked my hubby to buy some and hide it. I don't know if we have it or not. I told him that if he sees that i am struggling or having a real bad day then he can give me a mars bar or a single serving m&m's bag. Those are my favorites. But the holidays seem to be popping up at the wrong time lately. 😂
So this week has been a struggle with portion control and of course snacking after dinner. So next week I am going to incorporate a few strategies:
1) brushing my teeth after taking my night meds and only drinking water.
2) going to bed at 10pm and watching TV until I fall asleep.
3) getting 8 or more hours of sleep.
4) cutting back on the sweets/salty junk.
5) will continue logging food in my journal.
We are having a small cold front move through the next few days so for the weekend hubby and I will be hanging out in front of the TV and fireplace staying warm today's high is 49 and low tonight is 29.
Have a fabulous Saturday! Stay dry where it is raining⛈️. Stay warm where it is cold❄️🌧️. Have a blast where it is warm and the sun is shining🌞!
"Today, I Choose To Be HAPPY!"7 -
Weigh in day- Saturday
PW-242.6
CW-244.85 -
I'm super puffy today to the point that I'm up half a size in pants, despite eating under and drinking lots of water yesterday. A whole pound up overnight, and I'm not expecting good things from the weigh in tomorrow. It's really frustrating to lose weight in the middle of the week, then boom, pack it back on at the beginning of every week. My clothes say I'm slimming, but the scale seems stuck!4
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WEIGH INS STILL NEEDED
@badnoodle @megnolia82 @DebJB30 @Jactop @GrinningPossumLifts @bethanie0825 @buniphuphu @vrafer
That's a lot of people hope everyone is doing ok!
TOMORROW WEIGH IN REMINDER FOR:
@19shmoo69 @badnoodle @megnolia82 @sleepygirl79 @txcritter69 @littlebabekitty @morenin @vegan4lyfe2012 @Veta2018 @DebJB302 -
Here's your link for the February Week 3 Group Challenge. Please join us for the Add, Subtract and Multiply Challenge. It is open and ready to begin on Sunday, Feb 18th.
Hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10909791/february-week-3-group-challenge-add-subtract-and-multiply-challenge#latest
Jessica2 -
TEAM Business
Is anyone interested in stepping forward to be motivator? Many of you are already doing what it entails which is cheering each other on and being active in group. If you're interested and would like to discuss it please contact @trooworld or myself. On MFP you have to be friends to exchange private messages so send a friend request and we'll add you (you can do this just to be feed friends too) and we can exchange messages. When I moved to co-captain and Darren started as motivator, Chris did the questionnaire and we had a Zoom to discuss the feedback and ideas for the group which was real fun. We'd love to work on challenges and ideas for group together so please contact us.2 -
PW: 332.1
CW:333.0
I’m sorry for the late post. Any time I was near a computer, I forgot that I needed to post my weight for the week.5 -
Date night last night for the first time in months, so honestly, I decided to just enjoy. The ice cream was delicious, the extra 1 inch I puffed to overnight less so
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Username: morenin
SW: 255
PW: 226.3
CW: 2254 -
19shmoo69
Sunday
P. W. 268
C. W. 2685 -
@Cornanda - no no no, the scale is just measuring the effect of gravity on your body. It doesn't measure your value as a person. I weigh every day, and I can attest to the fact that weight will fluctuate from day to day, even for those of us who are trying to maintain. There are things that can have a sudden impact on weight - like certain foods and medications. I personally will have a gain if I take ibuprofen. You can't control your results, only your process. So you keep doing the right processes, and the results will follow.
-Mica
Thank you for this. And thanks to everyone for the encouragement. I appreciate you all!6 -
Bethanie0825
Friday
PW - 263
CW 263
I had a slight dip midweek so I was hopeful that I'd show a loss Friday. Still working!4 -
@micaroo4 @katmary71- I have my library card number memorized.
This seems to combine both of your special skills.
@TeresaW2024 - Hugs to you. I'm so sorry about your daughter- I know you've shared that before, but it bears saying again. It must be so hard when your spouse is still with you, yet everything is different. You and Joe had a beautiful relationship- you were true partners in love. Grieving over it is only natural. You are often on my mind and in my prayers. I believe that you are a VERY strong woman!
@19shmoo69 - awwwww, boo! I'm sorry about whatever it is. I was really digging your motivating. Please don't go away altogether.
@txcritter69 - your valentine's day sounds nice!
@morenin - yes purple hair pic please- you are working hard to keep yourself lifted up- Keep on! Oops! I see the pic now- nice!
@Katmary71 - the interview sounds likes an amazing experience for both of you. I think you'd be great at helping others in this situation.
@trooworld - I like your bangs!
@micaroo4 - thank you for sharing a beautiful picture of yourself! When my daughter was younger, she did the ends of her hair with red kool aid. Lasted a long time!
@veta2018- That is a great NSV to focus on!
A weird thing about me is that I liked Barry Manilow at a young age. I think I liked him because Dad had an 8 track tape he would play in the car and we would have singalongs- it was fun. My cousin says I had a poster of him in my room, but I have no recollection of this. Anyway- in a few weeks, I am going to visit that cousin. She lives in Vegas and we are going to see Barry in concert.
I'm throwing this out there for anyone it may help- I belong to a FB group called "Buy Nothing". Everything is given away free. Many people post clothes they no longer use- useful when you need a few new things but are still losing.
Lisa
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Sunday weigh in:
SW: 228
CW: 212.6
Not a great month for me. I need to start making some better choices.5 -
Username: Veta2018
Weigh In Day: Sunday
SW (Starting weight): 180 lbs
PW (Previous Weight): 144 lbs.
CW (Current Weight): 144 lbs.
@trooworld -I love the hair cut.
@morenin - I love the purple.
@micaroo4 - You rock the all natural.
@19shmoo69 - It's ok that your stepping down from motivator. I hope you can still stay with us though. Good work on maintaining this week.
@Bethanie0825 - Nice job maintaining this week.
@Cornanda - Interesting, I know some good Barry Manilow songs. That sounds like fun. I love going to concerts. I've never been to Vegas. It's on my bucket list.
@megnolia82 - Great loss this week.
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@Cornanda - Sending a hug. I so get the frustration. To all the brilliant things @micaroo4 said, I can only add -- salt? That makes my weight jump. Anyway, keep an eye on the things you are doing and watch for the patterns, to see if you can find what adjustments you want to make. Keep on doing!
@trooworld - Yes, I have eyed the Criterion Channel! I do pick up some of the Criterion films via the library! I hope the haircut went well!
@TeresaW2024 - I am sending you a hug. I so get missing what used to be. I am glad you have that great sense of humor to help you deal.
Sending a hug as regards the Tootsie Rolls. I can't have those in the house.
@Veta2018 - Another person who loves math and Hitch movies -- woohoo! I just watched another I picked up at the library -- Torn Curtain. My husband and I loved it.
@micaroo4 - Your comment about being a numbers geek made me smile. I still remember the phone number we had when I was 6. I surprised my dad the engineer with that one.
@19shmoo69 - I am sending hugs and best wishes for you as you deal with the money challenge.
@txcritter69 - You are so right about the need to watch what we eat and how it affects the scale.
@morenin - I have trouble eating just a little bit of sweet things. It tends to snowball, for me. When I am on trouble, I have to take a clean break, and then work on what I can add back.
Maybe parcel out daily helpings or one amount for the week at the start and when you are not hungry? Sort of like being on a budget, when you have just the cash for the week you have in your wallet?
Hurray for the smaller double chin! That is excellent!
Also -- I love the purple hair! Also, I had no idea that hidden object games involving cats were a thing. They sound fun!
@KatMary71 - I hope picking up the cat went well. Is the cat coming to your place on vacation? Or are you acquiring another cat long-term?
Side note: As soon as I started responding to your cat news, our cuddly new cat jumped up and sat between me and the keyboard to request some cuddles. So this comment took an extra 5 minutes to type, with an extra minute spent fixing the stray characters added when a cat jumped on the keyboard!4 -
Checking in on yesterday:
🟢 Food on plan with a focus on vegetables
🟢 Fifteen for Fitness Challenge
🟢 GtG Pushups -- did a couple; more would be better, but I am happy I did some!
🟢 Movement: about 45 min of focused movement -- 15 minutes of walking downtown and a 25-minute stair stepping session in the evening
🟢 Steps: 6,000 - exceeded goal with over 8,300 steps!
🟢 Floors: 4 up and 8 down (took the elevator up to avoid being late for an appointment, but took the stairs back down)
Today's plans
⚪ Food on plan with a focus on vegetables
🟡 GtG Pushups: Goal for today is 3 sets (12+)
⚪ Movement: 45 min including an outside walk
⚪ Steps: 8,000
⚪ Floors: 5
⚪ Stretching or yoga
🟢 Precooking - prep a pot of beans I can eat this week
One happy note: all this work on doing more pushups, even wall/counter ones, is paying off, as I am no longer so sore!3 -
@Katmary71 nudged me to share thoughts about the idea of getting just a little bit better, day by day.
James Clear (author of Atomic Habits) has my all-time favorite picture of why it works to focus on getting a little bit better. It's the same principle as why you want to start saving, even just a bit, when you are young -- because of the power of time. If you do just a bit better today, and do that day after day, it adds up!
"So if you were able to improve by 1% each day for an entire year... you would end up 37 times better at the end of the year. And if you were to get 1% worse, you would whittle yourself down almost to zero."
I just love that message -- that we don't need to change something huge to reach our goals. Start small. Keep making small changes. Persistence will get you there! Here's an inspiring video about how a cycling coach used this approach (spoiler: very successfully).
If the topic of building better habits interests you, check out the work of B.J. Fogg. He's a professor at the Stanford Behavior Design Lab. Students in one of his classes used things they were studying to create Instagram, which is indeed hugely habit-forming.
Fogg has a book I love called Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything. This is a system I am using. It's a simple and practical and unexpectedly fun system. It does take attention. His idea is to build habits by (1) finding an anchor moment in your day, (2) creating a super-tiny action, and (3) following that action with a moment of celebration. Fogg's team has a weekly free Tiny Habits course to help you build new tiny habits to make your life better! https://tinyhabits.com/join/
You can only do a couple of these at a time. Once one gets baked in, so that you are reliable to do it, you can then work on adding another.
So the 2 tiny habits I am currently working on:
- After I walk into the kitchen, I will do 1 counter pushup and then I celebrate (my current celebrations: smile and say "boom!" OR do a bicep flex OR do a quick dance move).
- After I notice I need to use the bathroom (at home), I will run upstairs to go and then I celebrate (my current celebrations: smile and say "boom!" OR do a bicep flex OR do a quick dance move).
I am not totally reliable for either of these, but I am improving. :-)
If you try this, don't forget the celebrations. That moment where you do something to create a positive feeling is key to rewiring your brain!
Also of note -- per Fogg, getting rid of bad habits is like untangling knots. The best thing seems to be to create good new ones that gradually crowd out negative ones.4 -
Weigh In Sunday: Feb 18
SW 175
PW 174.3
CW 173.34 -
WEIGH INS NEEDED: @sleepygirl79 @littlebabekitty @vegan4lyfe2012 @DebJB30
Tomorrow Weigh-In reminder: @AmbersWay @Jactop @AustinRuadhain
Hi gang I'm real worn out and am going to lay down, wanted to get the business at least taken care of in case I sleep through the night.
@AustinRuadhain I'd forgotten with BJ Fogg I'd tied squats in with feeding the cats, going to the bathroom, and brushing my teeth one of the times we'd done it and there was A LOT of cussing along with that one after a couple days! I think I quit doing it with the bathroom because I was so sore lol!3
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