WeightNoMore Team Chat - MAY 2024
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Welcome to all the new ladies & gents!
I'm Melanie, 47 (oof, hard to say it) and I'm from Kansas. I’m the other team Co-captain. Truly, Ashley does most of the heavy lifting (and the past month, all of it. I generally do the steps post and will be back to it for April.
I started a new job last week. Lots of training, very different from what I've been doing the past 15 years. More in line with what I wanted to do when I graduated from university. I'm starting the month lower than last (yay) and trying to figure out what is worked now (other than not eating...my appetite has 'improved', which doesn't bode well...
The rest is my standard stuff, read it or don't; don't if you've been around a while and already did, up to you.
My (really short version) storyOnce upon a time, I was very skinny and could eat anything I wanted and not gain weight. I was pretty active and took meds that probably ramped up my metabolism (and put me at risk of severe medical problems). But that was a long time ago and things are different. Now I an the opposite of skinny and I look at anything yummy and gain five pounds. I need to lose 80 lbs.My special snowflake challengesI'm fairly significantly asthmatic (on meds all the time).What I do about it
I have terrible allergies, mostly mold. Which is literally everywhere. And cats. Anything that doesn't have square pupils (but not things with square pupils!?! I have no problem with squid, apparently!), including people sometimes.
I have migraines.
And I have connective tissue issues (not enough collagen, too stretchy, lots of joint slippage).
August 2020, I acquired some vertigo problems and persistent deafness on one side. Yay. Fall of '23 the ENT decided to call it Meniere's and recommend hearing aids, which are good.I take glucosamine and collagen supplements for the connective tissue problem. When I have bad days, I also drink collagen peptides (but I really dislike them). I've been supplementing with Vitamin C for decades, not really knowing why. In the past few years, I learned Vit C helps the body produce and process collagen. Suddenly, my lifelong obsession with the C makes sense.What is the point behind all this?
My neurologist recommended I take 500 mg of ginger and 400 mg of Vitamin B2 every day to reduce migraines, it has helped a lot. The migraines are so much better (almost non-existent) and manageable when they happen. The ginger also helps with the vertigo. I have no excuses for not doing exercise when the vertigo is managed, except for being lazy.
After adding some nasal sprays and sinus irrigation, adjusting my diet a bit, adfing copious amounts of ginger, and stopping coffee (EXTREMELY, TERRIBLY sad), I’ve got the vertigo mostly under control.The special snowflake stuff is not woe-is-me drama llama. It is that everyone has to do what works for them now. The stuff a lot of people go on about are not good, for me, and are sometimes dangerous, for me. Sometimes people get down on themselves because they don't do the stuff everyone talks about HIIT, Insanity, stair steppers, etc. I not only don't do those things, I shouldn't. But I should exercise.My GoalsMy daily goal to get about 30 minutes of walking a day at least during the week isn't doing much for me. I try to get a walk in otherwise but frequently fail. Had a gym membership but wasn't using it and canceled it recently. Weather in good ish, no excuse to not walk.
Anyway, I've been with WNM for a long while now. Early days, I lost a lot but blah blah blah, it came back and brought friends. I canceled my membership at Planet Fitness but need to get back to moving. My new job sometimes means more walking and sometimes less. They stress taking breaks, which I'm not good at. So I'm trying and (when it isn't storming) that means walking. The office is all florescent lights, which give me headaches, so I'm forced to go out for natural light periodically. Yay?
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I am IN! My steps for the past week
4/22 12275
4/23 13300
4/24 8930
4/25 14070
4/26 8200
4/27 7500
4/28 15031
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Weigh in day: Thursday
PW: 249
CW: 250.5
I was on vacation last week so I am happy with a small gain (and not a big one). Back on track this week. Go Team!2 -
DorisV207 - Thursday 5/2
Previous Weight (starting weight): 210
Current Weight: 205
Just my first week. I don’t expect this amount every week going forward. I think it’s the result of cutting out gluten.
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Ljdanny
Thursday
Cw 188.60 -
I had the bug starting Friday and it went until Monday. It was bad. I work in childcare this is round 2 we are having. We had so many kids out today. I went to my rheumatologist the other day, she is trying to help me out with the pain that starts in my back and goes down my leg. She is trying to see if my insurance will pay for shots once a month. I do go to see the surgeons assistant tomorrow, we will see what he has to say. It does hurt to walk but I am going to try to get back into it. My sons girlfriend is all done with college and will be moving back home so she will be spending a lot of time with my granddaughter on my sons days, so I will have time to myself to walk.4
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@minstrelofsarcasm I love this! A little friendly competition is always a good motivator to get my butt moving lol
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Weigh In Day: Friday
PW (Previous Weight): 208.8
CW (Current Weight): 206.2
Finally beat my lowest recorded weight! LFG! 🎉🙌🏻4 -
DorisV207 - Thursday 5/2
Previous Weight (starting weight): 210
Current Weight: 205
Just my first week. I don’t expect this amount every week going forward. I think it’s the result of cutting out gluten.
Great start!! @dorisv207!! 🎉🎉1 -
Steps post is going to be a little late--probably late tonight (between 8 and 9 CST)...But it WILL be done.0
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Will the following please please please get their weigh-ins posted before Sunday morning:
@chocohollic
@mbolism
@bp846
@Laurabb990 -
Weigh In Day: Wednesday, 5/1
PW (Previous Weight): 196.6
CW (Current Weight): 198.1
Had a big long run the night before weigh-in, so hoping this is water retention.3 -
I had planned to do an early weigh in today because I won't be near a scale for a couple of days...but I forgot, so I will need to be excused this week.2
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Laurabb99
Weigh In Day: Wednesday
PW (Previous Weight): 201.3
CW (Current Weight): 200.5
Sorry, I'm late.2 -
OllieAndEd2021
Weigh in Day: Friday
PW: 170
CW 168.8
Looking forward to rejoining the step challenge! I read the post about the friendly in-team competition and that sounds like fun. Not sure which group I'd be added to - checking back at my April step counts, I've been averaging about 12,000 steps/day more or less. Thanks!2 -
~~ Step Challenge Results - April Week 4 FINAL ~~
Team Statistics -
Total Steppers: 8
Total Steps: 558,307
Average Steps Per Stepper: 69,788 (3.88% over last week)
TOTAL: 2 032,033
Individual Statistics -
@chocoholic - 112,209 total | 16,030 average Most Steps in One Day!!!
@andja87 - 108,530 total | 15,504 average
@mnsmov15 - 79,306 total | 11,339 average
@Emilienewme - 76,480 total | 10,926 average
@BodyTalking - 58,597 total | 8,371 average
@daria0919 - 46,419 total | 6,631average Most Consistent!!!
@Ljdanny - 55,692 total | 7,956 average
@melaniedscott - 21,074 total | 3,011 average
@sydditt - MIA total | MIA average
Our bolded members set a step goal for the week and met it! Which is to say, all of us (participating this week) with step goals!! As always, if you want to... be bold (heehee), let us know how many steps you want to hit every day on average and we'll keep track of it for you! @mnsmov15--I'm not sure if you have a step goal, make sure you let us know if you want to track it!
With our 1.75 million goal, we not only met it...we broke 2 million steps in April!! That's amazing!!!
What goal do we want for May? Well done walkers!!! Who is ready for this month's challenge?
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Weigh in day Friday
Previous weight 184.7 lbs (83.8kg)
Current weight 185.8 lbs (84.3kg)
Sorry I forgot to post yesterday. A bit of stress eating this week, I had a lot going on, still going on to be fair but I will try to refocus
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melaniedscott wrote: »~~ Step Challenge Results - April Week 4 FINAL ~~
Team Statistics -
Total Steppers: 8
Total Steps: 558,307
Average Steps Per Stepper: 69,788 (3.88% over last week)
TOTAL: 2 032,033
Individual Statistics -
@chocoholic - 112,209 total | 16,030 average Most Steps in One Day!!!
@andja87 - 108,530 total | 15,504 average
@mnsmov15 - 79,306 total | 11,339 average
@Emilienewme - 76,480 total | 10,926 average
@BodyTalking - 58,597 total | 8,371 average
@daria0919 - 46,419 total | 6,631average Most Consistent!!!
@Ljdanny - 55,692 total | 7,956 average
@melaniedscott - 21,074 total | 3,011 average
@sydditt - MIA total | MIA average
Our bolded members set a step goal for the week and met it! Which is to say, all of us (participating this week) with step goals!! As always, if you want to... be bold (heehee), let us know how many steps you want to hit every day on average and we'll keep track of it for you! @mnsmov15--I'm not sure if you have a step goal, make sure you let us know if you want to track it!
With our 1.75 million goal, we not only met it...we broke 2 million steps in April!! That's amazing!!!
What goal do we want for May? Well done walkers!!! Who is ready for this month's challenge?
Yes, my stepgoal is 10k average.0 -
Zumba_luvah
Pw- 216.2
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Weigh in Day: Saturday
PW: 195.2
CW: 194.8
Back to 🐢🐢🐢🐢
But, it’s better then my gain from last week!3 -
minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »Will the following please please please get their weigh-ins posted before Sunday morning:
@chocohollic
@mbolism
@bp846
@Laurabb99
@minstrelofsarcasm - do you mean this weeks weigh in which is due tomorrow? I posted my weigh in for last week…sorry if I’m not understanding?
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chocohollic wrote: »minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »Will the following please please please get their weigh-ins posted before Sunday morning:
@chocohollic
@mbolism
@bp846
@Laurabb99
@minstrelofsarcasm - do you mean this weeks weigh in which is due tomorrow? I posted my weigh in for last week…sorry if I’m not understanding?
Oh I’m sorry, I’ve looked back and can’t seem to find my post - maybe I’m mistaken or it didn’t send…
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Previous weight: (21st April) 146.1
Current weight (28th April) 145.5
Weigh in day :Sunday
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The May Week 2 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin on Sunday, May 5th, so please join us for the No Gym Workout Challenge! Here's your link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10914922/may-week-2-group-challenge-no-gym-workout-plan/p1?new=1
Hope to see you in the chat thread!
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…and now for this weeks weigh in - sorry for late weigh in last week, posted above, still don’t know what happened there 😔😵💫
Weigh in day: Sunday
Previous weight: 145.5
Current weight: 145
Weight loss has slowed. Still a loss though…got to keep consistent and keep the losses coming without losing motivation…
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Weigh in day - Sunday
PW - 187
CW - 185
To join the step challenge do I just have to post my steps? What day shall I post them? Thanks!1 -
Steps as follows for this week:
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My steps for the week
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Weigh in day - Sunday
PW - 198
CW - 195.51 -
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