Mission Slimpossibles Team Chat - May 2025
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@TeresaW2024 Yes, I do miss him deeply. My life would be very boring without him! Happy belated birthday to Joe! That's a simple request, I'm glad you are going to make it happen. I hope the walking pad helps him.
@BobBoyardee Way to go, keeping up with new habits and losing weight!
@vegan4lyfe2012 Ah, I didn't realize that! Thank you, me too! :) Oh dear, I'm sorry about the storm damage and the power being off. I'm glad it was restored Saturday. Have fun with Oliver!
Hi all. Not much going on. I have to be at work early today, at 6:30 am, because I'm getting off early to take care of my SIL's cat. I am off to a late start. One of my dogs bit my little toe in the middle of the night by accident. It was a rude awakening! I had pre-cooked smoked chicken breast with seasoned brussels sprouts from Sam's Club for dinner. It was okay.
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Username:TeresaW1020
Weigh in week: Week 3
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@vegan4lyfe2012 Ugh losing power and trying to sleep in a recliner with a crying baby sounds awful. I’m glad power was restored so you could go back home. Oliver sounds a lot like our little Eli, who is always frowning and looking like he wants to fight people. 🤣
@trooworld Your poor toe! 😬Do both your dogs sleep with you? Maggie would love to, but unless there is thunder, I say no way!
Good morning! It looks like losing .2 is the magic number for many of us. 😃 I would have done better, but wouldn’t say no to pizza and ice cream with my Joe for his birthday. He had a really good day, several phone calls, and a visit from a friend. Today, I plan to reorganize the exercise room to fit in Joe’s new treadmill. I hope I like it too and will use it for extra movement. I could go on a rant about my lack of weight loss and how I only have myself to blame, but I’ve decided to keep moving forward and not give up. It will happen! 🙏2 -
Vacation over.
I plowed through my backlog of work piled up during my vacation. Monday I went to work at 4:30 am, and I worked straight through until 4:30 pm with maybe a 5 or 10 minute lunch (black bean soup). I'm all caught up. I'm grateful for caffeine. And today I have a day off. I've got to plan some meals and do some cooking to stock the freezer. It's a good project for a cloudy damp day.
Thursday we go to the vet for Earl's ultrasound. I put in for the day off. I have to drop Earl off and then wait for a call to pick him up when the procedure is done. He's going to be very stressed. Me too. I hope we get some answers.
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@micaroo4 Sounds like you worked hard to get everything cleared up, I’m impressed you’re caught up already! Prayers the ultrasound gives you some answers for Earl.
@TeresaW2024 Heck losing anything with having pizza and ice cream is seriously impressive you obviously did great the rest of the week to get that. I’m glad Joe had a wonderful birthday. No rants about weight loss I think the sodium in the pizza will have you up for a couple days so chances are you lost a bit more than the scale is showing right now. I hope you like the treadmill too, there’s YouTube videos of walking say through a town in Italy that would be fun to watch on it. Just remembered you asked about the fencing I bought for trellises, this is it: I have bamboo poles to tie it to and am planning to put some on the side of my garden bed for cucumbers then may line up grow bags and have it in between for melons to climb. I wanted to go vertical with zucchini and squash but may have to wait on that. I love shows like Home Town Takeover I wish I had Discovery! I’m thinking of getting another channel (currently have Peacock) but don’t watch a lot of TV. I love Joe’s requested meal! Hopefully the treadmill will help his walking and he’ll enjoy using it.
@trooworld Oh no I’m sorry to hear about the bite that IS an awful way to wake up! Hope all goes well with your SIL’s cat today. I’m giggling at you not wanting to attend the Silent Book Club meeting because you didn’t want to talk (it takes a lot more energy to talk to people you don’t know well so I get it). Love you Zooming with your friend I need to do that with my bestie instead of texting. What do you order at a coffee shop do you drink it semi-healthy? I used to be a big frappaccino (blended milkshakes that were super high in calories) lover but have switched to shaken espressos or cold brews.
@bobboyardee How did not eating anything last night go? You got this!
@AustinRuadhain I’m excited to watch you turn it up a notch! Good luck with moving out of your classroom today. A loss is a loss please celebrate that .2lbs!
@vegan4lyfe2012 It’s amazing how not being in the same room as the fridge can help! I have an open floor so my family room and the kitchen don’t have anything between them, if I go to my room when I’m craving something bad it does seem to help. Yikes no power over the weekend sounds awful! I’m sure your bed never felt better when you got home! Shopping with Oliver sounds like a lot of fun hope he helps you stock up on healthy food and isn’t too judgy of other people’s carts (laughing imagining it).
@19shmoo69 Ha you and I both rock out so we kind of have to listen with earbuds to not offend people! When my roommate is home I listen to less offensive stuff. I’m going back to my earbuds vs my stereo today in a few minutes because I need music to fuel me to get a lot done.
@DrewsAnna Are you going home today? I hope so, thinking of you!
Hi team! That salad was delicious I recommend it. I prepped the Giant Parmesan Turkey Meatloaf and the salad early so I could spend time in the yard. In the morning I worked out, went to Trader Joe’s for wine, then to Lowe’s for potting mix/garden soil. Today I’m hoping to get in all my melons so I can clean up my table and actually spend time out there. My neighbor and roommate got along great, we’re all readers so we talked books then I followed my neighbor home to borrow a few. I went to the greenhouse this morning to check on everything and am going to do some stretching then head outside. Have a great Tuesday!
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@bobboyardee – I love love love horror movies and am a huge fan of physical media. I currently have over 2,000 DVDs, Blu-Rays and VHSs with about 90% of them being some type of horror. Infinity Pool was a trip-and-a-half! Totally went in a direction I didn’t see coming! I love the Final Destination franchise. #1 and #5 are my favorites. If you ever need a horror recommendation, I’m your peep! P.S. I ate dinner later than usual and went to bed at 11pm. I’m thinking a later dinner might be the key to my success. Wanted to share that with you :)
@trooworld – I’m sorry, but getting your toe bit made me literally LOL hahahahahaha. I’m guessing it was Violent Violet hahahaha. Violent Violet…that would’ve been a great Garbage Pail Kids name! Sorry…got distracted hahahahaha
@TeresaW2024 – Aren’t their little judgmental faces not the most hilarious thing? And Hunter decided to bring Brayden with us and that little girl is the total opposite – always laughing and smiling at everyone that goes by, yelling at people (tiny voice, thankfully). They are so freaking hilarious! I didn’t even realize that 0.2 WAS the magic number for a lot of us! Better down than up, tho! Are you not worried about Joe’s balance on the treadmill? I’d be scared to put my mom on one. Good attitude to not give up!
@micaroo4 – Sometimes I wonder if it’s even worth it to take a vacation when there isn’t a single person that does what I do so I always come back to piles of work on my desk. It sucks. But nice that you got caught up in one day. Good luck to Earl. Poor little guy.
@Katmary71 – Oliver is just so funny cuz he does this thing with his lips and teeth that I can’t even describe. I’ve been trying to catch it on camera for the longest and he just won’t hold that look long enough. It’s like this meme, but with more of a grimace:
@DrewsAnna – Hoping for a good update from you!
My grocery shopping was pretty good. I decided that going from lots of processed junk to none was just too much and I need to ease into it. I allowed myself 1 box of Daiya mac n cheeze, 1 small package of chikie nuggies and a box of 4 breakfast snausages. I figure if I’m making my own healthy tofu scramble, it’s ok to have 1 vegan snausage with it, AmIRight? Everything else was healthy produce. I ran into 3 coworkers and 2 people I used to go to church with, so that increased my shopping time to 2 hours! Oliver was so done with me hahahaha. It made for a long evening, tho, and I didn’t get to sit down with dinner until 9pm. I mentioned to bobboyardee that I ate dinner late and went to bed at 11pm and the key to my success might just be a later dinner time. Not 9pm if I can help it, but maybe around 7:30-ish instead of 6:00-ish. Anywhose, tonight is my alone time (no babysitting/no obligations), which is perfect for me to do some food prepping. My half pound of beans and 2 cups of quinoa lasted a full week, which was perfect. And I’m about to have my last serving of cabbage soup at lunch today, so I’ll make another batch of veggie soup, too. I’m thinking this week will be Whipple Beans and quinoa again (I love tri colored quinoa cooked with my vegan chik’n bullion). Oh – and I need to do my big salad prep. There’s my list for this evening! Thanks for letting me think out loud, guys! Happy Dreary Tuesday! (It’s raining here again.)
2025 is MY year!
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📥 3 days without eating after dinner!
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Username: FushiaKat
Weigh-In Tuesday
SW: 245
Maintenance Goal 135 - 140
Weeks in maintenance 20 of 52PW: 137.0
CW: 137.4My doctor's appointment went well, and all my blood work is in the normal range but 2 that don't matter much. It's been another week, and I still have not sprayed those weeds. I got sick again, severe stomachache, I think I had the stomach flu again for a couple of days. Then I felt like I had the flu which took a couple of days to get over I'm just feeling myself today. My husband and Cat's bought me a fruit basket for Mother's Day. So sweet of them.
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📥 committing to not eating any food until tomorrow
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@TeresaW2024 I know, right? LOL Yes, they do. I would have preferred to train them to sleep in their crates but my husband wouldn't have it. :( We would sleep so much better if they did sleep in their crates. At least you lost instead of gaining! I'm glad Joe had a good birthday. Go forward and conquer!
@micaroo4 That's a long day back at work. I hope all goes well tomorrow for Earl's ultrasound and that you find out answers.
@Katmary71 Yes it was a rude awakening lol. Thank you. hahaha yes I suppose that is quite ironic, isn't it? At the coffee shop, I order an Americano with extra oat milk and sugar free hazelnut syrup. It is about as healthy as I can get there. Frapps are so high in cals, I'm glad you switched over. Those are good choices. Thanks for the recipes. I'm glad everyone got along. It's always fun to talk books!
@vegan4lyfe2012 I know, it IS funny! LOL I'm glad you got a laugh. It was Violent Violet lol and yes, it would make a great GP Kid name! :D Check out the ChatGPT image below lol. Good idea to ease into no processed foods. Wow, that's a late dinner. I would have been in bed 2 1/2 hours by then lol. I love that you food prep. You inspire me!
@bobboyardee Way to go!
@FushiaKat I'm sorry you haven't been feeling well.
Hi all. Last night, I slept the best I have since my husband has been gone. That's not to say I slept well, I still got a FAIR score on my watch and I feel tired. But I've been sleeping lousy. It took me an hour and a half to get to my sister-in-law's place to take care of her cat yesterday, I even left work at 3 pm. It should have taken me 35-45 minutes. That was so annoying lol. I got home after 5 and just ate dinner and went to bed. I had salad with grilled chicken for dinner. Easy meal. I need to figure out new snacks: I'm bored of...hummus, cheese, cuties, nuts, baked potato chips, edamame. Ugh. Maybe I need to bite the bullet and make a soup on the weekend for a snack.
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@Katmary71 If you have Amazon Prime, you can get Discovery+ for only 5.99 monthly. I imagine your garden is so pretty. It's nice that your neighbor and roommate hit it off. 🙂
@vegan4lyfe2012 I love little kids and find most of them so funny! I am nervous about Joe’s balance. He will have a handlebar to hold on to. The plan is to start out super slow, and I will be right there by his side.🙂 Girl, you enjoy those sausages!! 😎
Good morning! We had a crazy thunderstorm in the middle of the night that had Maggie barking even after she was in our bed, so I’m tired this morning. I have a meeting tonight on Zoom that I’m not looking forward to, but it is what it is. There is not much else going on today other than some church work that is still on my to-do-list. Have a good day! 🙂2 -
[B]Lislisa123[/B]
Wednesdays
[B]PW:[/B] 278.4 lbs
[B]CW:[/B] 276.4 lbs
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Hi 👋
I'M HOME 😃
I'm sorry I didn't update you all yesterday, but I was tired, so I took a nice long shower and didn't do anything except hangout with my Chipperoo. My numbers are close to back to normal. In all I had 3 blood, 4 iron, 1 calcium, and 2 magnesium infusions. Lol… my arms look like I'm a junkie, but I'm alive and happy to be home. If I wouldn't have went to the hospital when I did I wouldn't be making this post.
I'm going to get some rest and hopefully be back at it in a couple of days.
Y'all have a great day 😀
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@trooworld LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ❤️ Violent Violet
@vegan4lyfe2012 WOW! I knew I liked you. Wow, this is crazy, the more I share about myself the more I open myself up to potential friendships???? WHAT?????
📥 4 days without eating after dinner!
Thoughts I'm having on day 5:
- what if I loved myself?
- what if I was unconditionally accepted?
- what if I'm going to be okay?
- what if I can meet my goals?
- what if I succeed?
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@vegan4lyfe2012 Happy International Tea day! Haha too cute about Oliver’ expression if he looks like her he’s totally judging. You did some great shopping, I think you’re balancing the healthy food well. Enjoy your night to yourself!
@bobboyardee Congratulations on going 3 days without eating after dinner that’s awesome! Interesting thoughts what if all of it is true and you can do it all? Does that change how you view yourself
@FushiaKat I’m glad your doctor’s appointment and blood work went well. Sorry to hear you’ve been sick, I hope you keep feeling better. Love the gift that’s so sweet!
@trooworld To add to your healthyish list is the new Starbucks horchata shaken espresso, it was really good and is in competition with the brown sugar oatmilk shaken espresso now. I like the blonde roasts the most at Starbucks as they don’t have that burnt taste like the darker roasts there do. I hope your SILs cat was extra sweet to you after that drive! For snacks strawberries are real good right now, so are most berries. LOL at Violent Violet!
@TeresaW2024 My garden’s not that pretty I let the lawn die so I could put grow bags everywhere. I’m leaning into flowers a little more this year so it may get there one day! I hope you’re able to hear during this Zoom meeting!
@DrewsAnna I’m so glad you’re home and doing better! I’m glad you had some Chipperoo bonding time, I bet he was so happy to see you! That’s so scary to think of if you hadn’t gone you wouldn’t be here. I’m so glad you got there and they were able to help you. Definitely do some serious resting and get your strength back!
Hi friends! Not much going on, have a great Thursday!
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@TeresaW2024 Sorry about the thunderstorm.
@lislisa123 Congrats on the loss!
@DrewsAnna I bet you are glad to be home. I'm glad you went to the hospital!
@bobboyardee 🤣 That's my Violent Violet! You are doing great. Great questions to ponder. Do you journal? Those would be excellent journal prompts.
@Katmary71 If I ever go to Starbucks, I'll try it (I generally go to small independent shops. I have nothing against Starbucks, I just like other shops better). It sounds delicious! My SIL's cat was extra sweet. She's a good kitty. I go to see her tonight again. Oh, I'll have to get some strawberries, thanks for the tip!
Hi all. One more day, I pick up my husband tomorrow. It's been kind of hard: as I said, I haven't been sleeping well...I got up at 2:50 today and couldn't get back to sleep. It's been hard keeping the dogs from stepping on each other and getting in fights. I miss him. Last night, I came home and had leftovers and then went to bed. Boring lol. Today, I take care of my SIL's cat.
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@trooworld – I am DYING over the GPK card of Violent Violet! That is so freaking funny! Didn’t get around to the food prep yet…
@TeresaW2024 – So glad to know there’s a handlebar for Joe to hold onto with the treadmill. That makes me feel better.
@DrewsAnna – So happy you’re back home! Relax and do some binge-watching.
@bobboyardee – Yes, we ARE all friends on here! It’s a safe space to share. We are all here to lift each other up. I love the thoughts you listed. I could have written those myself. Hugs. I think I’m going to take trooworld’s advice and use those as journaling prompts. And awesome job on shutting down the kitchen each evening after dinner!
@Katmary71 – Happy Belated International Tea Day to you, too! Yeah. Oliver is a mess. LOLs
My niece and family will be here tomorrow for Memorial weekend. So excited! It will be the first time her littles (Zoey 9 & Elliott 7) will see a beach and put their feet in Lake Michigan. My son and family will come up for the weekend, too. Kalyn is their only cousin, but they are all so close, they consider each other siblings.
Side note – reminder to myself to set my alarm on Saturday so I don’t miss out on the Unapologetic Collection nail polish from Tyler’s Trinkets. Super excited for this release – rainbow holographic AND shimmer?!? Yes, please!
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Slow your roll at those picnics LOLs
2025 is MY year!
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📥 5 days without eating after dinner!
@Katmary71 @trooworld thank you for your support, I'm going to try to dig deeper on those questions
@vegan4lyfe2012 Clown In A Cornfield was awesome! It's leaving theaters soon, so go see it!
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Hi 👋
Well, my first day home, I didn't do a very good job at relaxing and resting. I cleaned up the front yard garden thinking it was only going to take about 30 min. Lol… it took about 3 hours. Lol… but, it looks nice 😃
I'm not really sure what the plan is today, but the sun is shining and it's beautiful out. 🤔🤗😃
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@bobboyardee Oh that's adorable that you think I haven't watched it yet LOLs. It was pretty fun! I was cracking up at the gore. I have a monthly membership at my local cinema (my daughter and mom do, too). It allows me to have 3 movie tickets per week included. So I'm at the theater at least once per week (usually more) and watch some movies multiple times. This past week I watched Thunderbolts* (way better than I expected), Final Destination Bloodlines (Fun and very gory), and Hurry Up Tomorrow (deep/psychological). And this evening we're going to see the live action Lilo & Stitch. This is why I have a weight problem. I have the bucket that I paid $50 for and get free refills. LOLs. I am a total movie fan.
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WEIGH INS DUE TODAY FROM @askewcr
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@vegan4lyfe2012 LOLLLLL you are my new bestie - wow. I also go crazy with the bucket - $4 a refill which maybe helps me stay in check, I would go insane with free refills. I am a popcorn fiend.
📥 I am having my post-dinner dessert and am committing to not eating any more food until tomorrow.
5 days of not bingeing after dinner! Almost at the week mark!
@Katmary71 Thanks for all your hard work with wrangling us cats and getting the weigh ins! I appreciate you.
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Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 277
CW: 277
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Friday weigh in
Cornanda
PW: 160.7
CW: 160.2Next week, I will be in the 150s! I'm going to make it happen!
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@vegan4lyfe2012 hahahaha I think I will make it a t-shirt. Maybe you can food prep this weekend. Well, just read you have company. You'll get to it eventually! I hope you have fun with your family. The nail stuff sounds really cool! Okay, I just looked them up, I love the colors!
@bobboyardee Keep it up! You are doing great! Clown in a Cornfield is based on a book that I started to read but got distracted and didn't finish. Maybe I need to finish it!
@DrewsAnna I hope you get some rest.
Hi all. Again, I didn't sleep well: up every hour and finally gave up at 2:45 and got up and made coffee. Today, I pick up my husband at the LA airport. It will be good to have him back. I got him a welcome home present: a matcha white chocolate bar and a card. We are thinking about joining a gym. My husband said he'd go with me. We would go Friday-Sunday and possibly either Mondays or Thursdays. The gym we are thinking of joining is only $22 a month and is pretty decent, although kind of bare bones. That's fine. I lost 2.6 lbs this week.
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Trooworld
Fridays
PW: 199.8 lbs
CW: 197.2 lbs-2.6 lbs
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@DrewsAnna I’m so happy to read that you are home! 🙂
@vegan4lyfe2012 I hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day with your family! It’s great that you are all so close. New nails is exciting!! 😃
@trooworld I hope the traffic to the airport isn’t too bad and that your DH’s plane arrives on time. Joining a gym is great, especially if you do it together. Bare bones are fine as long as you can get a good workout. Congrats on your 2.6 lb. loss! That is awesome!! 🤩
Good morning! It’s been a rough couple of days. Joe caught a stomach bug, and my caregiving skills have been pushed to new limits. He can’t do anything for himself anymore, which makes being sick so much harder on us both. But, I think we are on the mend and had a much better night. Home Depot is delivering 10 bags of mulch today, and I need to spread that around the front bushes. I don’t usually do my yard work, but I can do this since we only need the beds freshened up and my landscaper charges a fortune to do mulch. Have a good day! 🙂1
