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.


💪 Mission Slimpossible Strong! 💪

@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!

@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.

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!

Monday Weigh-In

AustinRuadhain
SW 223.1
PW:220.2
CW: 217.8

Good morning lovely Slims!! Starting with baby steps here... intentions for the day, check in here, track just for today, go to the gym and go to puppy class:). I would like to accomplish this three times this week, but for now, this is just for today😊

Checking in on Sunday:
🟢 Food on plan with a focus on vegetables
🟡 GtG Pushups: Goal for today is 3 sets (12+) I think I just did 2
🟢 Movement: 45 min including an outside walk I did get that walk in! I have my husband asking me about a daily walk now!
🟡 Steps: 8,000 8K was a stretch. I did hit 6483 (plus some I missed as the gadget needed power)
🟢 Floors: 5 I did 9! Super happy about that.
⚪ Stretching or yoga
🟢 Precooking - prep a pot of beans I can eat this week

Monday plans
⚪ Food on plan with a focus on vegetables - so far, so good
⚪ GtG Pushups - have done 1 set so far
⚪ Movement: outdoor walk with husband of at least 30 min, plus some indoor things like counter pushups
⚪ Steps: 6,500
⚪ Floors: 5

I got this graphic today in a newsletter I subscribe to, and thought some folks here might like it. I like the idea of adjusting plans based on where you are in your chosen journey, in terms of self confidence and success.

WEIGH INS STILL DUE NOW
@littlebabekitty @AmbersWay @Jactop

Tomorrow reminder for:
@FushiaKat

@Cornanda How funny Barry Manilow has some good music! I’m in local Buy Nothing groups but I’m never the first person to respond for some reason.

@Digger61 @Veta2018 @littlebabekitty Great job team leaders!

@AustinRuadhain Cali (my fur niece) was dropped off Friday, she goes back home in about a week. Congrats on the new kitty! Maybe it got jealous you were focusing on other kitties?! Cali makes my two jealous as she loves to sit next to me on the couch, she DOES stay out of my room though so they get me to themselves then. I got a funny video of the three of them watching Cat TV yesterday. That’s great you’re through the sore part of pushups! I get most sore from pushups/benching when I start. I didn’t recall the 1% worse in a year that’s really sad to think of. Thank you for sharing Clear and Fogg info it’s great reading! Would you be up for leading a round of it here? I snapped a pic of the Habits recipe card, we should do this as a group soon! Thanks for sharing the chart that’s a good one!

@DebJB30 I’m glad you did post it’s great to know you’re still here even if you can’t check in much. Hope you’re having a great Monday!

@trooworld Your shopping and picking up food sounds so fun, I love doing things like that. Oh and a bookstore, that’s like my perfect day right there! Does your husband read too? Dinner sounds awesome what a fun and special day together! You two look so good together, glad you did this. Oh that looks like a dark beer, I used to not drink them but now that there’s stuff like chocolate and coffee in them I’ve learned to appreciate them. I’ve never had a partner that likes to read too! Let us know how the book is!

@TeresaW2024 Yay I’m so happy you’re feeling inspired! You definitely should take the time to work out, honestly I think it’s one of the best things you can fit in right now as it makes you feel better health-wise and is GREAT for letting off stress. Hope you got those batteries in!

@vegan4lyfe2012 Hugs I second just getting back on track, you got this!

@laurelfit57 You’re doing great, so happy to see you’re hitting so many goals today!

@Veta2018 Funny we did Tiny Habits together here in group and one I did was saying “You’re Awesome!” after I finish sets on machines at the gym which I mumbled under my breath. We should do this as a group again if @AustinRuadhain wouldn’t mind leading it, what do you think? We could wait until the first if that’s easier too. You didn’t cheat you got the weight off again, you could’ve never done that so be proud!

@sleepygirl79 I’m glad you checked in, hope you’re having a great Monday.

Hi team! Whew that was a lot to catch up on! Absolutely no one has responded on being a motivator. I had PT this morning and stopped at the store after and came home. I have to spend some time on my seedlings and get through my grant writing class tonight. My neighbor helped me transplant all the tomatoes yesterday, she wanted to learn how to do it so she can start her own. I have too many as usual but offered her first choice on leftovers. My uncle is having a birthday party for his 60th next month and my aunt just invited me to share her room so now I’ll be going. Wish I had time to get my weight down more but it will be fun to see everyone, it’s been a long time since we’ve all been together (Mom has 5 sisters and a brother so there’s a lot of us). Have a great night and awesome Tuesday!

No Zero Days
- No sugar
- Healthy food
- Good workout/PT

Checking in on Monday:
🟢 Food on plan with a focus on vegetables -
🟢 GtG Pushups
🟡 Movement - I did assorted indoor things but we didn't do the outdoor walk
🟢 Steps: 6,500
🟢 Floors: 5

Tuesday plan
⚪ Food on plan with a focus on vegetables
⚪ GtG Pushups (3 sets)
⚪ Movement (evening walk with husband)
⚪ Steps: 6,500
⚪ Floors: 5

@Cornanda Good luck with the tracking! That seems like a great place to work on figuring this out!

@Katmary71 - The getting 1% better is inspiring, and the 1% worse thing seems sad but also true. I had a great trainer years ago who told us, repeatedly, that you were always either getting better or getting worse. I wanted to argue with it, but over time, it came to seem right. I'll ping you about what leading a thing could look like?

@veta2018 - Celebrations can be fun and can be a challenge when other p[eople are around. I loved the reminder of the Howard Dean yell. I think my husband would be okay if I pulled one of those, but I'd freak the kitties out.

@trooworld - I loved the pictures and the story of your day. And yes, that does look like a great haircut! Oh, and I had bookstore envy!

@TeresaW2024 - You have so much going on. Do what you can! Hurray for the Tootsie Rolls going into the trash!

WI Monday (sorry I am late)
PW 208.4
CW 208.4

No changes.

Sorry I haven’t been checking in here. My children just finished exams. It’s been one thing after the next with my circus. Preparing to return to Istanbul. So I am busy busy. I’ll be back soon hopefully to catch up.

@sleepygirl79 -Hi! Sorry that you've been so busy. I hope you get a little time for yourself.
@Katmary71 - It would be great to do Tiny Habits together in this group. I'm a little impatient and already signed up for the 5 day program. Mine begins next Monday.
@Cornanda - Now that I got a fit bit, I've been using that tracker along with MFP. It' nice because I can scan barcodes of the foods I'm eating. I'm too cheap to pay for premium, so I'm annoyed by those big blurry boxes too.
@AustinRuadhain - Thanks for sharing the Self Confidence Map to Thriving. I believe I have good self confidence and a good success rate. I am always trying to build on by set new goals, and push myself to be a better person.
@trooworld - Thank you, I think you're pretty cool yourself. It would be nice if we lived close enough to hang out. Oh...after I restarted my laptop it started working again. Strange because it's a new laptop.
@AmbersWay - Great job maintaining.
@morenin - You're doing great...You keep doing you.