Shape Shifters Team Chat - JULY 2024
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Here’s more about my NSV* jump rope progress measures and weight benchmarks:
At my highest weight, I could only jump rope a little because I worried about the motion putting too much pressure on my bladder and causing incontinence. I had to really concentrate on my kegel exercises to strengthen my pelvic floor while jumping 😂🤣😂. Now, I don’t have the bladder problem anymore but I still feel a lot of jiggle … that will dissipate as I get closer to 140. At 125-130, I can jump a lot longer because I’m lighter. I’m not trying to lose weight quickly because I want to maintain as much muscle as possible. One of my goals is to build strength and we always lose some muscle along with fat. So, I hope my slow but steady strategy pays off. 🤞
*Non-Scale Victory
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I hope everything goes well with your son’s surgery @angmarie28! That is really hot weather for Montana! 🥵 — swimming is a nice way to stay active while cooling down. I’d like to swim more because it also reduces the chance of workout injuries.
What are Shape Shifter team members doing to stay active during the heat. My pick-up soccer league was canceled due to thunderstorms last night so I was glad I rowed in the morning before it got too hot. I just barely managed to stay within my daily calorie range but I completed an ab workout with my son indoors which allowed me to end the day with 17 calories left over 😅 I know @frankwbrown is an avid swimmer (among many other activities!) What are you all doing to beat the heat?1 -
Good morning
Wednesday Steps
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My steps
7/15 14,954
7/16 20,671
7/17 13,6803 -
Good morning Shape Shifters. I had a really nice long walk yesterday. On the bike to the walk there was a stork being funny. He was in a mowed field and he was walking around with long piles of grass in his beak and he kept grabbing more. It was really silly. I didn't bring my camera, so I only have a crappy phone picture:During the walk I saw a peppered moth on a the sandy path. I thought it was dead since it was laying so flat and seemed a bit stuck, but thankfully it was fine. I moved it off the trail to a safer spot. It was adorable, I love moths.
There were also lots of butterflies, but with just a phone they are nearly impossible to capture.
It got pretty warm in the afternoon so I spent some time watching birds with Tinus, he looked for grasshoppers and then when we were inside again, the squirrel showed up. Tinus watched it for like 10 minutes. He wanted to pounce on it so bad! We had a nice day. Happy Friday everyone
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The daily card:Just like the breath, our connection to the earth is always available to us. By simply paying attention to the feeling of our feet, we can literally ground ourselves at any time. Practice this in different circumstances and in different places so that when you're facing difficult moments in the future, you have an always-accessible tool to bring yourself back to the present moment.
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TashieB24
Thursday Weigh-in (apologies, it's a day late)
CW: 197.75
PW: 197.31
Steps:
11/7 407
12/7 17578
13/7 1388
14/7 1160
15/7 5687
16/7 1827
17/7 1648
18/7 27354 -
Thursday Steps
13,812
Friday weigh in
154.63 -
@TashieB24 Just for your information, we only use one decimal for weigh ins, so I have rounded yours to 197.82
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Daily step goal: 10,000
Tue 7/16: 10,726
Wed 7/17: 10,187
Thu 7/18: 12,0213 -
frankwbrown
July week 3
Weigh in day: Friday, July 19
PW: 256.3 lbs
CW: 257.7 lbs (↑1.4 lbs; 0.55%)
This month's LTD: (↑1.0 lbs; 0.39%)2 -
Angmarie28
Fridays
Prev weight-187.6
Current weight-183.65 -
7/17-12,273
7/18-6,767 (spent 7 hours at the surgery center with my son who had surgery yesterday)5 -
tahm42
Monday weigh in
PW: 244
CW:243
Sorry I'm late very stressful hospital filled week.6 -
Cre804
Friday
PW 196.5
CW 197.0
I’m ok with that because it’s my birthday week, my daughter came in town for a few days and my husband just came back from a medical mission trip to Belize.
Many thanks to Patrice for passing along last week’s numbers when my app was being wonky! Hopefully I can post today.
My daughter and I spent the 4th in Las Vegas to see Dead and Company at the Sphere. What an amazing venue! One year ago I was recovering from knee replacement surgery but on the day before the concert, I walked 9.2 miles!
The bummer news is that since I got home I developed an abscessed tooth. Went to an endodontist today and now I must quickly decide if I will attempt a root canal or just have the tooth pulled and go through the process of getting an implant. Some days it just feels like Whack a Mole- I get one thing under control and something else pops up.
In any event, if I can get this post to work, I may share a concert pic later.
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Bearchested
Friday
PW: 187.0
CW: 188.4
LTD: 18.6
Got back to weightlifting this week, and was drinking a lot more water since my gym is in my garage (not air-conditioned) in Houston. Also, most of my lunches were deli sandwiches with higher sodium than my normal meals.3 -
Hi SS Team:
Sorry I didn't get to post yesterday...ended up having to work late, came home, ate a bowl of Special K cereal and went straight to bed...was exhausted and a little nauseous...this heat has been taking it's toll, although today wasn't as bad, so that was nice. I'm so glad the weekend is here. Looking forward to the down time, very much.
Hope you all are having a wonderful start to the weekend! Enjoy it...hydrate and stay as cool as possible!
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ganival
friday
pw 180.4
cw 178.8
almost 6 weeks of calorie deficit and tracking, losing on average 0.8 lb per week. i have my calories set to a 0.5 lb/week loss, but it's not a perfect science esp since i also exercise a bunch. this week was long and exhausting workwise, but i've almost lost 5 lb total and it's made me feel much more confident in myself. had a work event yesterday where I had to get up and talk, i could see all the phones come out with ppl taking pictures, plus more pics after. this is all for business media and par for the course for this job. i really want to keep on track until mid-sept and our big company meeting. need to stay on top of protein that's for sure...but theres only so many eggs and chicken breast and protein shakes i can handle... wishing everyone a good healthy week!5 -
Ugh. I have been struggling lately. If it’s OK, I am going to stop tracking my steps for the step challenge and just focus on calories and weekly weigh in for now. I want to get back in the habit of tracking and hopefully join the step challenge next month.
Here is my weigh in from Sunday:
kkay2345
Sunday
PW: 186.6
CW: 186.81 -
Good morning Shape Shifters. I had a good day yesterday. Went for a walk despite the heat, ate a normal amount of food, slept enough, did some reading, laundry and started a puzzle. I will do my very best to keep my food in check today as well so I can get some momentum going. Every day will just get easier if I keep at it. Happy Saturday everyone
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The daily card:
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Friday, another day of driving 9 hours 😔
Steps
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Izzyred9400
PW 140.4
CW 140.6
My steps
7/18 17,768
7/19 14,689
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good morning shape shifters! Happy saturday
my saturday morning weigh in is 185.5 lbs
This week was rough, didn't eat too well (as in not enough). not enough protein, not enough fat, not enough fiber, overall, not even enough calories. I worry that will slow down my efforts.
Also this week, I only went on 2 walks 😓
I need to give myself a good kick in the butt, because working from home is making me hella lazy.
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angmarie28 wrote: »7/17-12,273
7/18-6,767 (spent 7 hours at the surgery center with my son who had surgery yesterday)
Wishing your son speedy recovery
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CasandraW
Saturday weigh in
PW 229.2
CW 229.23 -
Woohoo! 🎉 Great work! 🥰alleykat69 wrote: »alleykat69
weigh in: Saturday
pw: 201.3
cw: 199.7
finally made it out of the 200's!!
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Tomsgal1985
Weekly Post
Weigh In Day: Saturday
Highest weight: 239.8
PW (Previous Weight): 228.8
CW (Current Weight): 229.23 -
alleykat69
weigh in: Saturday
pw:199.7
cw: 198.6
I made it home in time to do my weigh in! I didn't lose as much as I thought I would with all that swimming that I did. But then I did eat more than I normally do too. It's still a lost and I will take it. At least I'm still under 200. Yay!!5 -
July; Wk3 (so far):
Log / Und-C&Cs / 1Hr-Exe
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(Yes Days: 4 / 6 Days)
~ Thu (No-Day)~ Not enough exercise sets me off track…& the late night Keto ice cream probably didn’t help matters🫤- Net Calories ( 10001 / 10500 )
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= Daily Avg: 1666 (Goal: 1500) - Net Carbs ( 608 / 350 )
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= Daily Avg: 101 (Goal: 50) - Steps ( 45261 / 70000)
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= Daily Avg: 7543 (Goal: 10000)
0 - Net Calories ( 10001 / 10500 )
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