Mission Slimpossible Team Chat - June 2025
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@TeresaW2024 I wish I could send you a little bit of our weather . Muggy is not fun! I'm glad Joe had a better day. That's funny about the commercial. Good luck with the prep!
@DrewsAnna @lislisa123 Congrats on the losses !
@laurelfit57 Yes , I am still learning where machines are so it can be anxiety-provoking. Thank you! Sounds like a busy day indeed. Sorry your team didn't win. Good job with the food! I'm glad you were able to satisfy your craving. I am with you on the pride flag. I think it looks nice, too. The pups look like they did a great job as therapy dogs! :)
@Katmary71 Two more ! Yay for saving lives! I hope they do well in your environment. I have no doubt they will. I hope you enjoyed dinner with your neighbor and that there was no drama. I've seen that recipe, I'm glad to know it's good.
@baodell17724 Congrats ! Does this mean you've lost 80 lbs now or did you just use that meme for fun?
Hi all. It took too long to get home due to traffic and then taking care of my sister-in-law's cat last night, so we didn't get done until 6:00 pm so I got Panda Express to go for dinner. I got the super greens, string bean chicken, and kung pao chicken. It was enough food for 3 meals for me.
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@laurelfit57 Awe, it’s so sweet that Ty and Vannie could provide the much-needed support you all needed after your team lost. 😄 I love your story about the Pride flag and why it is in your garden. No matter what your personal thoughts are on someone’s lifestyle choices, violence must NEVER be tolerated, and that includes egging people’s homes!😠
@Katmary71 More kitties!!! 😻😻
@trooworld I used to love Panda Express! Your grocery bill must have gone down now that you can make one dinner last for three meals. 😀
Good morning! Today, I’m taking Joe to his oncologist to check his potassium and give him some fluids. I’ve been worried about him getting dehydrated from the side effects of the antibiotics. I must also run to the church to drop off the payroll, pick up the contributions, and mail. Joe's family will be here late this afternoon, but I’m not sure if they will come over or wait until tomorrow. We will decide once they get here and how Joe is feeling. I have also decided that we won’t even try to go to a restaurant or anywhere else. We will order in or go pick up food and just hang out in the house for the two days. The girls can help me finish my latest 3000-piece puzzle, and the guys can watch sports. Maybe we will find some movies to watch. I do feel bad that we can’t entertain them by going places like we have done in the past, but it is what it is. 😕
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Weigh in day: ThursdayPW:242.9CW:247.2 🙄Rough Week! But…Let's go get it!! I can't give up! 😎
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@Katmary71 you are going to have a house full of love with all of those kittens ♥️!!! so cute!!!
@trooworld Do you live in LA ? I have been there a few times, traffic was mind-boggling. It sounds like you can eat just about everything now, is that right? I know at first you were so limited. I haven't had panda express for years and years.
@TeresaW2024 my word you are one busy woman ! I'm hoping all goes well at the oncologist today. Sounds like a very wise decision to stay at home while visiting with his kids. Too many changes at the same time, that can really go off the rails.
I took the dogs to the same class this morning, typically I will run the full course with Vannie a few times and maybe a couple of times Ty will do a few jumps in a row. Today our trainer decided Ty could run most of the course. There was only one other dog in class so I did not get a lot of breaks. I put on over 8000 steps in an hour🥴. It is very warm and humid here, I came out of that class soaking wet🤣. I am so glad that I have gone back to the gym, I could not have done this a few weeks ago. I came home, made some lunch, sat down on the couch and I am now trying to convince myself to get off of the couch and do something🤣. I am trying to make sure that I get enough food into me early in the day so I am not over eating at night.
Hope everybody had a great day!
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WEIGH IN UPDATE
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@FushiaKat Thanks ! That’s so frustrating about the trike I hope everything works out with small claims proceedings. Wow that’s one awesome trike I love it! You need a skull flag on it though the orange matches it well. Being recumbent it ought to be easier on the body too, great score!
@baodell17724 I hope the holidays aren ’t as hard for you this year too. WOW congratulations on 80lbs down!
@micaroo4 Your analytical take on going off plan is awesome , how you respond is so inspiring!
@trooworld Thanks ! LOL I had that happen with the ten year ones too, I’ve never had those or any other last the full year either. That’s awesome to see women lifting how inspiring! Your weather sounds so nice there. A rest day sounds like just what you needed. I hope the new kitties do well too, one is friendly and the other has been hiding so fingers crossed he’s calmer tomorrow. Very nice of you to take care of your sister’s cat! I can tell you right now the decision to stay home won’t matter to the family they just want to see you two. I’m glad you made that decision and took some stress off yourself. Praying Joe’s appointment goes well!
@TeresaW2024 LOL I love “as long as you don’t get too attached and become that crazy cat lady who grows plants and has a million cats”, I don’t know anyone like that!!!! Yay on Joe thinking food looked good especially one that isn’t his favorite!
@laurelfit57 Thanks ! I’m sorry to hear your team didn’t do well. You rocked that BBQ and what you had after, wtg! I do that often where I’ll do fine while around everyone else then have the worst urge to stop for junk on the way home, luckily I do try to do something “less bad” like have fruit or veggies for a snack. I love the reason for your pride flag it’s pretty amazing to think of how someone just driving by your house would feel cared about which is beautiful. LOL your pups look like they’re telling everyone “there’s no crying in baseball” (like in A League of Their Own), cheery up already! Wow that’s some serious exercise, isn’t that the best feeling to know you can now do something you couldn’t in the past?!
@askewcr Nope you ’re stronger than that go get it!
@19shmoo69 LOL !
Hi gang! Started arugula and lettuce at the greenhouse, the other volunteer that helps me was here and it was great to hang out with her. She’ll be gone next week. I had been feeding the cats half the old food and half the new (expensive) cat food and last night was the first time only having the new food and what a hot mess this morning, they’d been throwing up and had diarrhea (thankfully in the litterbox for that). The two kittens came and are beautiful, one is friendly and the other is still hiding. Last night the cute orange kitten ran between my legs when I was leaving and ran back under my bed and wouldn’t come out no matter what I did (I popped in on the way back to go to bed so was NOT happy). Asher peeked under at him and he followed Asher out thank goodness. Went to the functional medicine practitioner’s as she was lending me a book on animals and micro current, I’ve had some good luck using it with the kittens helping them calm down and will try it with the new kitten tonight. Have a great Friday friends.
Oh can't remember who asked but when the kittens are two pounds I'll take them to get spayed/neutered and they go up for adoption after that. They're getting close! I have to go through seeing them all leave me before I can say if I'll do it again, I'm trying to view it as I'm helping bridge them to their new homes.
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Friday weigh in
Cornanda
PW: 157.8
CW: 156.9
19.6 pounds down on Mayo- want to get to over 20 next week!
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@trooworld No, I really did lose 80 lbs. I started my wellness journey on June 1, 2024 at 286.2 pounds. (I just couldn't find any other 80 lbs meme… that said, I "do" have some work to do on my "moobies" !!! LOL)1 -
@baodell17724 Okay , just wanted to make sure before I posted this. Congrats on your 80 lbs down! WOO HOO!
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@TeresaW2024 I do love Panda Express ! The grocery bill has gone down but not as much as you might think: it went from about $300 a week to around $150-200 a week. That may sound like a lot, but groceries are expensive here in CA! I hope Joe does okay at the oncologist and he gets what he needs. Don't feel bad about not going out, they surely must know Joe's situation and will understand. HUGS.
@laurelfit57 No , I live in San Diego. LA traffic is even worse than San Diego's lol. I can eat just about everything but fried foods and really high in sugar foods (I can eat some of this but I have to watch how much I eat. I haven't gotten "dumping syndrome" yet, but I COULD and it scares me enough to not push it too much!). I love Panda Express! It isn't "real" Chinese food, but it is still good and you can make a pretty good choice there. Was that the first time Ty ran most of the course? Go, Ty! Wow, that's a lot of steps! That's a great NSV, being able to do the class.
@Katmary71 It is inspiring to see these women , all shapes and sizes, in the gym lifting. The weather is great right now but it will get hot soon! How are the new kitties today? My husband is actually the one to go in and take care of the kitty, I would, too, but there is no parking in the complex so I have to stay in the car and make sure the car doesn't get towed! We had a diarrhea incident for several days this week from BOTH dogs, I think it was because of one of two things: my husband givnig them too many fruit treats or because I was giving them canned chicken that may have been too old. I hope the kittens do better today. I love that you are doing the kitten fostering thing! Oops you put some things for Teresa in my reply..."I can tell you right now the decision to stay home won’t matter to the family they just want to see you two. I’m glad you made that decision and took some stress off yourself. Praying Joe’s appointment goes well!"
@Cornanda Wow , you are doing fantastic! Congrats!
Hi all. I was really worried that I would gain weight this week because I've been taking creatine (it's known to make you gain weight when you first start taking it), but I actually lost 2 lbs. I'm super happy about that! Work was annoying yesterday but I survived it lol. Traffic was light, so I got home and did an at-home strength training workout. I ate my lunch late (at 2 pm), so I just had a protein smoothie for dinner. Tonight, I think I am going to the gym, but it's my husband's birthday so he may want to go out for coffee or happy hour or something so we'll see.
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Trooworld
Fridays
PW: 192.4 lbs
CW: 190.4 lbs-2.0 lbs
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vegan4lyfe2012
Friday 6/20
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I just want to make a pitch for vegetables. I bought myself an over the counter continuous glucose monitor. I've been wearing it for 2 weeks. First surprise was that my blood sugar was dropping low in the night, and I believe the low blood glucose was the cause of my insomnia. Second surprise was that I have glucose SPIKES during the day, some of them over 140! I am not a diabetic; my fasting blood glucose is around 80, and my A1C is 4.2. So when the graph from my glucose monitor showed a bunch of peaks and valleys, I was surprised. Over the past 2 weeks I've learned to tame those spikes, and I'm sleeping much better. MUCH better. One of the things that has helped most is to start every meal (or snack) with a non-starchy vegetable. If I'm going to eat a cup of yogurt, I'll start with 1/2 cup of raw or cooked veggies. General rule for me is to eat 1/2 as much in veggies (in volume) as I'm going to consume for the meal or snack. Without the veggies, the vanilla yogurt causes a glucose spike of over 40 points. With the veggies eaten FIRST, barely a ripple. And it's maintaining that control during the day that makes the nights go better. So eat your veggies - FIRST!
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@katmary71 I'm so sorry the kittens were so sick !! Sounds like Asher is doing an amazing job:)
@Cornanda congrats on the loss !! Thanks for the tip on making the "pan eggs". I used all the bits and bobs I had left in the fridge and it turned out delicious😊
@trooworld . Congrats on the loss!! That's awesome that you can eat almost everything. Ty typically only does about 4 and or 5 jumps tunnels at the most. Yesterday she did so the jumps and tunnels were just didn't do the contracts (teeters, A-frame etc). She moves faster than my brain can think 🤣. I thought you were in CA someplace, all that sunshine:). All your plans for this evening sounds great.
@ micaroo that is VERY interesting about the veggies . Can you eat your veggies with the food or does it need to be before? I just made up an egg dish that is loaded with mainly spinach and broccoli.
I dropped both dogs off at daycare at 8 this morning then headed to the gym. I did spin had a little break then yoga. I did my grocery shopping, did some meal prep, went back to pick up to pick up the pups, home by 5 I'm pooped.
One of the things I made was an egg dish with spinach, broccoli, sun-dried tomatoes (I made in my airfryer:)), cottage cheese and light cheese. I sort of emptied the fridge lol.
Hope everyone had a great day!!
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alimalli86 - Saturday
PW -220
CW - 224Oh well I regained last weeks loss after a pretty wonky week. Hoping it’s not all a true gain as went for an Indian last night which was very heavy and included lots of carbs, probs not the best choice before stepping on the scales this morning 😂
We are currently having a heat wave here in south wales (which is unusual for us lol) It hit 31 yesterday, so slept on a camp bed in the front room under the aircon unit as we only have it in the one room lol Might weigh again tom to see if it’s different but just moving forward for a loss this week.
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@trooworld congrats on your loss this week! It's awesome that you are getting all these workouts in!
@micaroo4 - veggies are so good for you. I'm glad your new routine is helping you sleep better
@laurelfit57 your eggs look delish! I didn't think about using up the fridge smidges in an egg bake- great idea
@allimalli Stay cool!
Hooray! It's Saturday!
Lisa
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@Katmary71 As long as you keep seeing yourself as the bridge for the kitties to find their new homes, you will be able to say goodbye and be available for more kitties. I mean, big cats are great, but you already have them. This way, you get the best of both worlds without going through the awful teenage stage cats go through. 😆
@baodell17724 Congrats on your 80 lb. loss! That is fantastic!!
@trooworld Congrats on your two lb. loss! I’m glad the creatine didn’t make you gain. It doesn’t affect my weight either.
@Cornanda Wow, you are doing awesome!! I know you will hit 20 lbs. This week. Just stay focused on your goals.
@micaroo4 That is so very interesting about the veggies! What type of veggies are you eating the most before a meal?
@laurelfit57 That egg dish looks so good and super healthy!
Good morning! Well, our first day of the family visit went great! Joe is doing really well and is so happy to sit and spend time with them. Today will be another day of sitting around. They are planning to go shopping during Joe’s nap, and he wants to give his granddaughter some money to shop, so we will make that happen. The good thing about not being able to go out is that this year’s visit will be much cheaper for us. I ordered stuff for subs for our lunches.. Hadley, the granddaughter, requested Chick-fil-A for dinner, so we did that. We will see what she wants to do today. 😀3 -
Starting Weight: 286.2 lbs (6 / 1 / 2024)
Past Weight: 207.6 lbs
Current Weight: 206.0 lbs
Down 1.6 lbs
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Exercise💦: 13 hours this week
[Nothing much to report after my "80 lb loss" announcement. I will say that this week I've been doing some pondering-thinking-contemplation about my weight-loss - a sort of mental check-in - which has made me feel more optimistic, after the end of last month/beginning of this month weight 'bouncing around-plateauing!' 😊]
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@laurelfit57 Thank you ! It is awesome I can eat almost everything but also a curse: I can eat the things I probably shouldn't, like I can have a small amount of CHIPS (I rarely do, though), I had a sliver of CAKE for Mother's Day, etc. Ty is doing great! (Vannie, too, I'm sure!). Yep, Southern Cali, San Diego! :) Well, see below on the plans (spoiler alert: we only went to the gym!). Great job with the gym, I'm impressed you did spin AND THEN yoga! Your egg dish sounds good. What a good idea to empty your fridge in the dish!
@alimalli86 Sorry about the gain . Oh I bet it is due to the food. Here's to a better weigh-in next week!
@Cornanda Thank you ! I am trying! Yay for Saturday. Any plans this weekend?
@TeresaW2024 Thank you ! Me, too. It would have really disappionted me to see a gain. I'm glad the visit is going well and Joe is doing so good. I bet it lifts his spirits to have family around.
@baodell17724 Awesome , congrats!
Hi all. We did end up going to the gym last night. I did a 45-minute upper body weights routine followed by a 20-minute recumbent bike session. It felt good. My husband didn't want to do anything for his birthday last night, so we just stayed in. This morning, we are going to the gym and then have to pick up groceries. After that, who knows?
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Some NSVs to report:
Below is a portion of my minutes of movement chart on our Step Tracker spreadsheet. My goal is to have at least 20 active minutes per day, if I don't get it, the cell turns RED. Since I started keeping track, I've gone from minutes of activity in the 100s to now in the 400s.
Tomorrow, it will be 3 weeks of working out in the gym and at home. Below are stats from my first workout:
And here is from last night's workout:
Even with doing one less exercise, I am lifting 980 more pounds than 3 weeks ago! 💪
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@laurelfit57 - veggies first, before the meal. My CGM app includes a "learn" button, which takes me to their website with tons of articles and suggestions for controlling spikes. That's where I found that suggestion, and tried it. It's actually pretty amazing how much of a difference that one little change makes. If the veggies are all mixed in, it still helps a bit. But even better, just fix a small salad as a starter.
@TeresaW2024 - I've tried spinach, carrots, green beans and broccoli. They all worked, cooked or raw.
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Username: gemwolf110
Weigh in day: Sat
Previous Week's weight: 218.6
Today’s Weight: 220.4
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Username: micaroo4
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW: 132.4
CW: 131.8
Maintenance range 127-133
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These are the recommendations from my Stelo app. It was the last one, eat in a specific order, that makes a significant difference for ME. But every body is different.
How to avoid glucose spikes
Understanding the “why” and “when” of glucose spikes and training yourself to recognize patterns can help you manage your glucose much more effectively. And fortunately, there are several things you can do to help prevent or avoid spikes:
Monitor your glucose levels
Use a glucose biosensor to check your levels before and after eating. This can help you see how different foods affect your glucose.
Choose whole grains
Opt for whole grains instead of refined ones. They break down more slowly, preventing rapid spikes.
Eat more fiber
Fiber helps slow down the digestion of carbohydrates, keeping your glucose levels more stable.
Balance your meals
Pair carbs with fats and proteins. This combination slows down the digestion of carbohydrates, leading to more gradual changes in blood sugar.
Eat in a specific order
Try eating vegetables or protein before carbs. This can help reduce the extent of a glucose spike after a meal.
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Hi 👋
I've been busy running errands and taking care of grands. The older one is a typical "teenager" with the whole attitude that goes with it. I've been getting a lot of disturbed sleep. It's cold, dark and rainy out today and I would love to take it easy, but it's not going to happen. I'm going to try and play board games with the younger one and lol.... pawn off the teenager 😅😅😅 all my "helpers" have not helped 😅😅
I'm going to try and make some better food choices today. When I go to the bathroom, I can tell I'm not getting enough fiber.
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The Jun Week 4 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin on Sunday, Jun 22nd. Please join us for the Get The Picture Challenge and have a creative and relaxing week! Here's your link:
June Week 4 Group Challenge - Get The Picture Challenge — MyFitnessPal.com
See you in the chat thread!
Jessica 📱
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Digger61
Saturday
PW: 214
CW: 215
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@TeresaW2024 it sounds like the visit with your company is going so well , that's awesome! Having company come to stay, can definitely get to be expensive🥴.
@trooworld is it easy to stop at a small amount of chips ? I still struggle with that! It sounds like you had a great workout at the gym! Don't be too impressed with the yoga class, it is a hot yin, where we kind of hang around in gentle stretches for 3 to 5 minutes each🤣. That spreadsheet is most impressive, what a great progress you have made!! Congratulations👏🏻
@micaroo except for breakfast , I had veggies before I ate anything today, including snacks. Before my fruit with cottage cheese snack, I had some raw carrots and celery, that felt a little weird lol. I just read your next post, can you eat either protein or veggies before a meal or is it best to do veggies?
My grand kiddos are at their other grandparents place this weekend, so I have switched things up. I went to the gym and did another barbell class this morning which was much harder than my other barbell class lol. I was determined to get through all of my laundry and a good clean of my kitchen, all missions accomplished. I kept seeing all of these postings for recipes for making protein bagels that had up to 28 g of protein in them. When I did the math on the recipes I got nowhere near 28 grams of protein. I did make these in my air fryer, they turned out pretty good! I will have to make the holes bigger next time though lol. They were 150 cal and 9 g of protein each. So if I have one of those along with the eggs I just made, that is 27 g of protein and 311 cal. I'm pretty happy with that. I must say, it was !filling!
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