Mission Slimpossible Team Chat - MARCH 2024
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@19shmoo69 - check out HASfit on Youtube0
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@Veta2018 Congrats on achieving 2nd place by percentage! And shout out to @laurelfit57 and @vegan4lyfe2012 for getting onto the leaderboard! Way to go!
@Veta2018 I hope the cramps go away soon. I don't get them anymore but when I did, they were awful. Here's the recipe for the shawarma. We didn't end up making it last night but we may make it tonight: https://www.skinnytaste.com/shawarma-spiced-grilled-chicken-with-garlic-yogurt/ BBQ chicken is so yummy on the grill. Yum, salmon is my favorite fish. We went to see a play called "Chicken and Biscuits". We didn't like it though. Thanks.
@TeresaW2024 I hope that the new braces will help. That does sound annoying!
@txcritter69 Oh I need to do that! I'm glad you had time with your friend. Wow, 6 1/2 hours is a long time! Thank you, I'm sure I'll figure out something.
@865jessica I'm glad you are seeing progress. That sounds like a fun birthday party. Yay for going to the zoo!
@19shmoo69 @littlebabekitty Congrats on the losses!
@Katmary71 Well, they did work for a bit so that's good. Yeah, it is frustrating. I did get my nap! Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the lectures. Lavender will probably smell wonderful! I hope you had fun with your friend.
Hi all. I had a great day yesterday. I got in my nap, talked with my friend, ran errands, and since it was nice weather, we went for a beer. We also read on the porch. I saw a hawk above the canyon and some other birds. It was relaxing.
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Monday Weigh-in
AustinRuadhain
SW 223.1
PW: 211.4
CW: 209.7
A big hurray to having done damage control this week. We ate out twice, and I was definitely making the best of things, rather than eating optimally.2 -
Today is my Mom's 🥳Birthday🎊! I miss her so much💔
I have been having such a hard time this last week. I tried adding a brunch type meal to my daily routine but I really don't think it is working for me. It just triggered my brain to want to eat more. I have better success when only eating one meal a day (I am not doing any fasting, I drink coffee in the morning 2 cups with one tsp of sugar and 1/4 cup of 2% milk). Once i start eating I trigger my brain to keep eating until I go to bed. Which I have not been going to at 10 pm. So today I am going to start going to bed at 10pm and read until I am ready to fall asleep. I am going to to what @micaroo4 suggests and treat this journey as my job.
Today, I Choose to Be Happy!"
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@865jessica, I hope your physical therapy goes well and that your shoulder and neck will feel much better. Healing is slow progress, and I know how frustrating that can be.
@Katmary71 Yes, I have diagnosed the main culprit of my thumb/wrist issue as my phone. I’m not on it often during the day, but the moment Joe and I sit down to watch TV at night, I might be on it for three hours playing my game. I bought a lap pillow tablet holder that I used last night and that helped me not sit with my phone in my hand. Also, I have always used a Popsocket, and about three months ago, I bought a Loopy case, which has me holding the phone in a different position. That, too, could be the culprit. I'm glad you had fun at the church lectures. What were the topics?
@trooworld Your relaxing day sounds lovely!
@txcritter69 I’m sorry you are missing your mom. I just went through that will my daughter’s birthday and then the anniversary of her death. It never gets easier, does it?
I have much the same type of brain in that food triggers me to want to eat more. It is a job to lose weight and keep it off, isn't it? 
Hi Team! Our lovely spring went back to winter today. Such is life! I went grocery shopping at Walmart and found a really cute top for Easter Sunday. I slept great last night with my new thumb/wrist brace. Being new, it felt weird that that bothered me some, but I didn’t have any pain throughout the night, and that was awesome! I plan to wear it as much as possible. I also found some physical therapy exercises I can do for the tendons to heal and get back to weight lifting hopefully. I so miss it!
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Quick check in to say thank you for your continued prayers. I'm caught up on posts now, so going forward will be easier. I think doing Financial Peace University is helping me in the food arena. Working my Baby Step 2, I've cut out restaurants completely to save money. Looks like it's saving me calories, too! So excited that I've been on a steady downhill hike. I have anticipated all my weekly weigh-ins recently I'm sure it also helps that my grands like to be held when they sleep, so that keeps me from snacking, too. Sydney's birthday is tomorrow and I'm keeping Oliver for her so she can go out with her friends and enjoy a drink or two. It'll be his first solo overnight at Grammy's
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@megnolia82 Just a guess but my digestion is always a mess with antibiotics (I always double the yogurt or drink kombucha to help my gut) which can cause bloating. I think you’ll bounce back too.
@19shmoo69 I’m confused on what kind of exercises you wanted if it wasn’t floor? I like HASfit too.
@trooworld Your day yesterday sounds like the perfect day I’m glad you were able to relax and be outside.
@AustinRuadhain Wow you did awesome for eating out a couple times!
@txcritter69 Hugs to you, Happy Birthday to your Mom in Heaven. It IS great advice to see it as a job!
@TeresaW2024 Oh good those holders look pretty cool my Mom just got one for her Kindle. The church speakers were Barbera O’Neill who is an alternative medicine (kind of folk remedy stuff) who is from Australia but is banned from speaking there because of her views (such as pharmaceuticals being evil). She spoke of meeting the basic needs and rewiring the brain and how we can rewire the brain until the day we die. She’s a HUGE fan of castor oil, The second speaker talked of how humans were born free but are imprisoning themselves through choices and how we’ve strayed from God’s path. He was a good speaker, I went for the former and took a ton of notes which basically sound like home remedies. There were about 500 people there. That’s great on no pain through the night! I hope those PT exercises help.
@vegan4lyfe2012 That’s great the course is helping you with food too. You’ve been doing awesome! LOL holding the babies are the best way to forget about food! Happy birthday to Sydney!
Hi friends! I had PT and got the good therapist who challenges me so it was fun. I had the pain clinic after and the doctor wants me to see a podiatrist about my feet and is thinking I’ve benefit from PT for the feet. I just came in from the yard and am heading back out to start some seeds, the weather is so pretty I got a bunch of weeding done. The party last night was fun I’ve never had Irish soda bread before and that’s SO good! I almost hit stores trying to find some today but with my weight back up I resisted. I probably had a maintenance day just in alcohol and food last night. There was about 8 of us, I feel very blessed to have friends to spend holidays with now. Have a great Tuesday!
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Daily Post ~ Monday
Track ~ Yes
Calories ~ just over. I don’t calculate my exercise into the calories.
Exercise ~ Aqua class 60 minutes4 -
WI Monday
PW 209
CW 209
No budging. Up and down all week but here I am today.4 -
DISCUSSION QUESTION: When am I the happiest version of me?
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@AustinRuadhain Way to go! Congrats on the loss and doing damage control!
@txcritter69 Big hugs about your Mom.
@TeresaW2024 It was!
I'm glad the brace is helping. Good idea to do physical therapy exercises.
@vegan4lyfe2012 That's great that you were able to cut out restaurants. Congrats on losing this week! Have fun with Oliver, that sounds like your idea of heaven!
@Katmary71 It was wonderful, thanks. That sounds like good advice to see the podiatrist and PT. I'm glad you have good weather. That's great you had a good time at the party.
DISCUSSION QUESTION: When am I the happiest version of me? For me, it's when I am doing something involving art: either creating it, viewing it, or talking about it. Art fills holes in my heart and makes me feel alive. It makes me not think about food. I don't have imposter syndrome with art (and I do at my job).
Hi all. I am still tired from staying up Saturday night, I just can't stay up late and not pay for it like I used to be able to do. Was it you, @Katmary71 who told me about Skinnytaste's chicken shawarma recipe? We made it in the air fryer last night and it was really good. On another note, I am going to a fundraising dinner dance/ball on Saturday night. I tried on my outfit last night and I'm glad I did. I looked horrible in it and need to change part of it. I ordered some tops from Macy's to try with the pants (I have sequin bell-bottom pants for the event) that will hopefully help me feel less self-conscious.
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DISCUSSION QUESTION: When am I the happiest version of me?
The happiest version of me is a beautiful sunny summer day, with no wind, by myself, out riding my bike on the back roads near home, with no cars (or very few and far between). That's when I feel carefree, fit, and on top of the world.4 -
I have been kind of messageboard silent with the weekend full of things to do with my family. I quite a bit of corned beef on Sunday, but only one drink, and I was definitely feeling the effects of the salt with a bit of bloating the next day. Went to the gym yesterday, even though I was extremely lackluster where motivation came into play, it's a good thing I had a trainer making me do the things.
I had my blood drawn yesterday morning to check my thyroid levels, and they appear to be in good shape so hopefully when I see the endocrinologist today they don't try to change the level of my medication. I'm still tired and out of it, but that could be just because I'm a mom who does a lot of things in a day.
My goal is to try and check in here at least once a day to remind myself of my personal goals.
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@Katmary71 I would have loved to be there to hear those speakers. I’m not surprised by Australia. One doctor I follow in the Keto world, Dr. Gary Fettke, had to go on trial for daring to say that he had proof that a low-carb diet is the only non-drug-mediated way that people with diabetes can truly control insulin and stabilize their blood sugar levels. You can bet big pharma wasn’t down with that, and they tried to destroy the man. I’m glad you had a great time with your friends. I’ve had Irish soda bread and it is tasty!
@trooworld I’m the same about paying the price if I stay up too late. Add any drinking to the mix, and I’m fairly useless the next day. It’s not like our younger days when we could party all night and get up and go to work the next morning, right? You will look wonderful when you find the right top for those sequin bell bottoms. We will need a picture!
Good morning! I decided to get on early so I wouldn’t forget later. I can’t believe Joe’s family will be here at the end of the month. I haven’t deep-cleaned anything, and I probably won’t. They aren’t going to notice that my baseboards are a little dirty as long as my floors are clean. I started this tough 3000-piece puzzle that isn’t even close to being done, and I want it off my table before they get here, so I plan to spend extra time working on it. On top of doing all the work, I still need to do the following: Today, I’m going to attempt to cut Joe’s hair, but I don’t know if my wrist will be able to do it. I might have to take him someplace if I just can’t do it. I also need to go into the office, but I might have to push that off until Thursday. Time sure flies these days!
2024 Word: Strive
DISCUSSION QUESTION: When am I the happiest version of me?
I’m the happiest version of me when I’m not acting like a stressed-out lunatic. When I relax and turn it all over to God and breathe.
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Super quick check in this morning. My brother arrived Sunday night, with my 10 year old nephew and a 5 month old puppy, they will be staying until Thursday. I had my extended family over for supper last night. Can I just say it was a very chaotic day yesterday. There was no tracking done, I should have grabbed something to eat before I went out to get groceries, I ended up getting drive thru. I will attempt to track today and stay on track3
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🌞🌻Happy first day of Spring!🌷☀️
@txcritter69 - Beautiful story. I'm glad you and Sansa found each other. Next time you have the impulse to keep eating try drinking water. Sometimes were just dehydrated. Or you could try going for a low calorie food like carrots. Mmmm....carrots are good.
@865jessica - I'm glad your son enjoyed his birthday. They sure grow up fast.
@Katmary71 - I plant lavender in my garden. I love the smell and it also helps repel mosquitos.
@littlebabekitty - Continuing to lose...that's great!
@gemwolf110 - You're doing wonderful on your check-ins. I don't eat back the calories I burned either so I was a few calories over today too.
@trooworld - Thank you. I looked up the recipe after seeing your post but now I saved it with my other recipes....hehehe.
@AustinRuadhain - Yeah! Great loss!
@TeresaW2024 - I know...This weather is so unpredictable. It's cold again here too.
@vegan4lyfe2012 - You're doing great!
Yesterday, My husband and I sat down to eat and he said his jaw hurt. Then, all of a sudden, the side of his face, in front of his ear, swelled up. I took him to urgent care and they said it is a salivary gland infection. So, he's on antibiotics and every time he eats it swells up a little.
DISCUSSION QUESTION: When am I the happiest version of me?
I am the happiest version of me when I have my family and loved was around me. They make my life feel complete. We spend hours talking and catching up on whats going on in their lives.
This is a picture of me with my two boys.
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DISCUSSION QUESTION: When am I the happiest version of me? When I am outdoors, I love being in nature. Getting out on a wooded hiking trail listening to the birds and breathing the fresh clean air is so refreshing to the mind and soul.4
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DISCUSSION QUESTION: When am I the happiest version of me?
It is when I am in a position where I am not thinking. The first time I went to Panama City Beach and heard the waves it literally blocked all the fuss in my brain. I sat there as long as possible each day.3 -
Username: FushiaKat
Weigh-In Tuesday
SW: 245
Maintenance Goal 135 - 140
Weeks in maintenance 12 of 52
PW: 138.6
CW: 138.0
I'm feeling pretty good, I went outside and sprayed the entire yard with weed killer. Tomorrow I am planning on doing some raking. We had some high winds so there was lots of palm fronds to pick up. My husband's helper came back to work yesterday so we are eating lunch later again. The batteries in my car remotes are dead so I'm going to the car dealer after lunch.
Congratulations to those on the leader board, well done.
Maintenance does deviate from the menu and food planning that you used to lose the weight. So, find your happy place.2 -
WEIGH INS NEEDED: @Jactop
@gemwolf110 Great day!
@AmbersWay Happy to see you!
@trooworld I’m glad you liked the chicken shwarma, it was me I was pleasantly surprised by it too. How fun you get to get all dressed up Saturday, I hope you find a top you like in the ones you ordered. If only we could stay up like the old days, we’ve had a skunk spraying every night lately and it’s impossible to sleep through, I’ve been so tired!
@ninyagwa I’m glad you still went to the gym yesterday, I was feeling it too from the food though I wasn’t as good as you with alcohol. That’s great news on your thyroid levels!
@TeresaW2024 I was thinking you’d have enjoyed the talks. Barbera O’Neill’s basics are pretty reasonable and I’m going to try and step them up. That’s sad about the doctor being on trial, I’ve heard of people having success with low carb and plant-based no oil but of course the “correct” answer is drugs. I’m sure Joe’s family won’t mind if you don’t get the house cleaned before they come but understand worrying about it.
@laurelfit57 Sounds like great family time, good luck today!
@Veta2018 Yikes I hope your husband is feeling better soon how scary! What handsome boys, this is the first time I think I’ve seen a picture of you, you’re so pretty especially smiling happily spending time with them.
@19shmoo69 It sounds like trying some of the current mindfulness advice would be good for you, the moment at the beach you were able to immerse yourself in the beauty and sound of everything is a great example of it. I’ve been practicing it when my cats want to cuddle to stop stressing about all the stuff I have to do and listen to their purrs and enjoy hugging them.
@FushiaKat I’m glad your husband’s helper is back! Good luck with all those fronds, sounds like you’ve been getting a lot done.
Hi team! Beautiful day today, I got in a lot of weeding last night and started some seeds and then today started zucchini, squash, and marigolds. I went to the holistic clinic for a bit and did a treatment, now that I’m not as bad I wanted to get back to it especially as it’s almost the end of my free month. I ran to Sprouts as they sent me a $5 of $20 for produce and they didn’t have egg dye so I have to get that tomorrow for my girl’s Easter basket when I'm done at the farm. Doing good with diet and exercise, I skipped my chair cardio for garden time. I'm trying to get Jasper used to the leash but today I left to get his treats and I came back and the leash was sticking out from under the bed so I took the harness off and called it a day. I'm trying to get him real comfortable first after he got away from me last year before we go out but that was an obvious "not feeling it" sign. Have a great night and happy Wednesday!
Where am I happiest? Outside in the garden or farm and/or with close friends or family.
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Daily Post ~ Tuesday
Track ~ Yes
Calories ~ over
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@TeresaW2024 Yes! Right lol. I can't believe I used to do that lol. I will share a pic of what I decide to wear! You are exactly right about cleaning the house. Wow, 3,000 pieces! I take it the wrist is still bothering you a lot?
@laurelfit57 I can imagine it must have been chaotic lol. But fun!
@Veta2018 I'm glad you found it! Wow, that must have been scary, what happened to your husband. Poor guy! I'm glad you took him to urgent care. What a great picture, handsome sons and you look great and everyone looks happy!
@19shmoo69 I love going to the beach for the sounds. It's so calming and releases tension for me.
@Katmary71 Yes, Saturday will be fun if I can get over my self-consciousness! Oh man, there is nothing like the smell of a skunk's spray. Ugh. It must take patience to work with getting Jasper used to the leash. I wish you luck!
Hi all. I slept in a bit today, just by 20 minutes. But I could have kept sleeping, I was so tired. Have a great day!
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Need the following: @Jactop
Reminder for tomorrow: @askewcr
@trooworld I'm sure you're going to look beautiful, please do your best to have some fun! We're cheering you on if that helps. (go Chris woot woot!)
Hi team! Came on early as I have a meeting then class tonight so I'll be going straight to bed when I get home. I'm procrastinating doing my homework too if I'm totally honest but it just dawned on me after this week's assignments next week will be my last week of the grant class, yay! I enjoy it, it's just been a challenge with the charity events especially the Easter baskets for kids happening this weekend and now micro current classes starting again. The pharmacy app was telling me I couldn't pick up a prescription as it was too early and it's a 28 day prescription that I filled 28 days from yesterday (today is day 29) so I couldn't sleep worrying about why it said that and if I'd have to go off it again. Have a great night and awesome Thursday!1 -
Gooooood Morning to all my Slimpossible Teammates!!!!! You all are AWESOME!!!!!! I want to take the time to remind you all not to beat yourself up if you have had a gain. It is all temporary. Let's run the race as if we are going to win. The thing about races is the pace does not stay the same. You move faster and you move slower. Sometimes you need to change gear and sometimes you have to fuel up. The kool thing is you will still make it across the finish line.4
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My wife is so creative. She found this rack. It was labeled for K-cups (coffee). When she got it home she put my eggs in it. I would have never thought of that.5 -
Quick check in. Life is CRAZY with these two puppies! I have managed to track these last two days and stay on track. It is only 8 pm and I could go to bed🤣.
This picture of Ty sums it up😜
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Hey everyone,
Just time for a drive-by. I wish I could slow down life a little bit because I feel constantly overwhelmed with way too much of everything - too much noise, too much to do, too many places to be, too many people.
Good news is that my walking is going great. My son has football practice for 90 minutes twice a week so I walk the track. I have averaged about 8km each time and I have gone 5 times now. I really enjoy myself and at least I feel good about using that time for me and to get a little bit healthier.
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@Katmary71 Thank you, I appreciate it! You know how it is when you feel self-conscious. Grant writing is a good skill to have. My husband had a similar issue with his prescription. I hope you get it figured out.
@19shmoo69 Awesome words of encouragement! And your wife thinks outside of the box, that's awesome! How are you doing?
@laurelfit57 Great that you are tracking and staying on track! HAHAHA Ty!
@megnolia82 That's great that the walking is going well.
Hi all. All is well here. I had a busy day at work yesterday and almost didn't have time for lunch but I squeezed it in. I'm glad it's Thursday!
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No Zero Days: Pretracked my food.
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