Shape Shifters Team Chat - October 2025
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Daily step goal: 5,000
🔹Sun 10/19: 4,160
🔹Mon 10/20: 9,3982 -
👟Step Goal:10k🏃🏻♀️
• Sun 10/20: 11292
• Mon 10/21: 40514 -
Daily step goal 10000
10/19 11836
10/20 11522
Sunday indoor walkMonday Strong Seniors, Gentle Yoga and outdoor walk
Neighborhood is getting Halloween ready!
Our mushrooms are gone but my young walking partner spotted this one
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Hello Shape Shifters. I had a nice walk in the forest. The weather looked nasty and I got soaked since it started raining pretty bad halfway through my walk. It didn't look that bad on the weather app and I didn't feel like wearing my rain poncho. Guess I made the wrong choice this time. I wasn't cold though so I didn't really care either. I had a crappy dog encounter again; 3 off leash dogs running at me, barking and jumping all over me. The owner saying sorry is absolutely useless, train your bloody dogs. I wanted to go to the grocery store after my walk, but considering how wet I got, I didn't feel like it. Just went home instead, had a shower and put the wet stuff in the dryer.
No energy to cook, it remains a problem. I am considering switching to meal shakes for breakfast. I just don't feel like cooking is worth my time/effort. I don't have a range/extractor hood (not sure what's the right word for it) in the kitchen, so I have to turn on a fan and open a window to keep my whole kitchen from steaming up and soaking cabinets. Not very fun in winter. Also I am just hungry after my walk. Having to cook and wait for another 30 minutes is annoying and I often find myself snacking on nuts before my food is ready. I got a new bag of potatoes last week, so I will finish that all up first and then see what I will do. I went to the gym for my weights workout in the afternoon and managed 3 sets of everything again. I felt a little stronger today which was nice. Tinus was on my lap most of the day when I was home and we weren't outside. He is getting very lazy and I don't blame him. Good night everyone 💚
🍄 75 hard tracker 🍄
Day 4 ~ Oct 21
🍄[Progress picture] Done
🍄[Workout one outdoor] Walk 52 minutes
🍄[Workout two] Weights at the gym ~ 60 minutes
🍄[Diet ~ max 1800 calories & 115+ protein] 1641 calories & 123 protein
🍄[Read 10 pages non-fiction] Done, reading 'Can't hurt me'
🍄[Water] Done
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For anyone getting older (and who isn’t), here’s a laugh for your Tuesday 😂
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alleykat69
steps for Monday 10/20
7950
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👟Step Goal:10k🏃🏻♀️
• Sun10/2010/19: 11292
• Mon10/2110/20: 4051Are you trying to confuse me? 😄
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- My steps @frankwbrown
- Sat 10/18 7636
- Sun 10/19 3517
- Mon 10/20 14842
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10/17-12,579
10/18-10,802
10/19-10,531
10/20-10,219
Its been a heck of a week. We did a run Saturday, then my autistic kiddo had an extremely rough day, the worst he has had in a long time. Sunday I woke up 20 minutes before needing to be to work, oops, then worked 14 hours, Son had another rough night, so i was up till midnight after he fell asleep. Monday was my daughters birthday, got her to school then half way to work the fuel pump in my car went out, so my husband had to come rescue me and help me tow my car home to get my spare vehical. Then after work I had to shop for her birthday food, have my dad look at my car, go find my kiddo who was stranded because his cousin is an *kitten*, cook the dinner, then still get my steps, ugh.
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alleykat69
step for Tuesday 10/21
4502
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Stepgoal: 12,000
10/19: 14,521
10/20: 14,321
10/21: 12,0754 -
Pupowl
Wednesday weigh inPW: 194.2
CW: 194.04 -
I recorded my steps for Friday & Saturday & they weren't entered - see above @frankwbrown
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Steps
10/19 3,206
10/20 8,347
10/21 6,081
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Wednesday Weigh In
PW: 168.6
CW: 169.4
Stress levels have been high & sleep not good😞😢
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@LaurieWrobo Got it.
@jessicakrall8 — missing your steps for Saturday 10/18.
Missing weigh-in's:
1 - Sun @Krysless2
3 - Tue @abrightrn1 -
Tuesday 10/21 weigh in:
PW: 151.4
CW: 150.8
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Hello Shape Shifters. Not much to say about today. Got my walk in, a little drizzle but not too bad. Groceries after and went to the gym for cardio before lunch. Tinus was on lap a lot again which is sometimes a little bit annoying because it means I am stuck behind my computer. Since I only have one hand free for the mouse, I can't really game so it can get a little boring. But it's Tinus and he gets what he wants! Not had a great mental health day so going to keep it short. Good night everyone 💛
🍄 75 hard tracker 🍄
Day 5 ~ Oct 22
🍄[Progress picture] Done
🍄[Workout one outdoor] Walk 50 minutes
🍄[Workout two] Cardio at the gym ~ bike 20 min / cross trainer 15 min / treadmill 10 min
🍄[Diet ~ max 1800 calories & 115+ protein] 1673 calories & 124 protein
🍄[Read 10 pages non-fiction] Done, reading 'Can't hurt me'
🍄[Water] Done3 -
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Wednesday weigh in
PW 128
CW 126.9
LTD 33.1
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Daily step goal 10000
10/21 18793
Tuesday 50+ hike
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****** Results for Week 3 of Step Challenge ******
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alleykat69
steps for Wednesday 10/21
5971
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Here’s my weekly weigh-in report —
Weigh-in day: Thursday
PW: 144.2
CW: 144.0SW: 168
LtD: 24I hope everyone is having a good week, and you are making progress toward your goals. Best wishes, Shape Shifters!
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@frankwbrownI I did weigh in. Are you getting me back for confusing you .. by confusing me?? 🤭😆
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•✔️• Sun(10/19)~Wed(10/22)•✔️•
(Click for Goal•Tickers “Up•&•Down” Emojis !!
👟Step Goal:10k🏃🏻♀️(Sun~Wed)
• Sun 10/19: 11292 (date corrected)
• Mon 10/20: 4051 (date corrected)
• Tue 10/21: 8033
• Wed 10/22: 4684Yes•Days «( 1 of 4 )»
📈*📈📉📉🔲🔲🔲
👿*👿😇👿🔘🔘🔘Net•Cals (8570 / 6400)
🟤*🟤🤐🟤🔘🔘🔘
= Daily Avg: 2142 (Goal: 1600)Net•Carbs (122 / 64% )
🟤*🟤🟤🟤🔘🔘🔘
= Daily Average: 30.5% (Goal: 16%)MV•500 (1658 / 2000)
🤠*🟤🤠🟤🔘🔘🔘
= Daily Avg: 414 (Goal: 500)👟•10k (27.9 / 40k)
😅*🟤🟤🟤🔘🔘🔘
= Daily Avg: 7.0k (Goal: 10k)IF•16:8hr «1-9p»)
🟤*🟤🕘🟤🔘🔘🔘NO•Drinking
💧*🟤🟤🟤🔘🔘🔘📝Notes: ~ and *poof* all the melancholy went away with TOM passing thru
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I didn’t track my nutrition and exercise while I was traveling but I managed to stay at a pretty consistent weight over the past couple of weeks. I still have 14 pounds to lose before entering my target range of 125-130 pounds, but I’m getting close to a normal BMI. I’m not quite 5’4” so 140 pounds will put me at the highest point of the normal range. Ultimately, I’d like to sustain my weight in the mid-range.
It was great to row again this week. Yesterday, we rowed faster and longer than usual but I didn’t feel “winded” at all. It was really satisfying to feel as though my stamina has improved. Last night, I skipped my usual Wednesday night women’s pick up soccer league so I could join the F2F book club discussion. I really enjoyed the book and the conversation with @nancyinmiami, @jessicakrall8, and @abrightrn!
It’s been a tough few months because I work with many state education leaders, parents, and self-advocates who have experienced drastic budget cuts to services so I appreciate this group keeping me focused on healthy ways to manage stress — good nutrition, exercise endorphins, and positive social interaction are especially important to me these days! Thank you 🙏🏼
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@frankwbrown and @jessicakrall8 Can I be excused from this week's weigh in please? It's just been a bad and stressful week.
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Congratulations on your continued progress and wonderful physical accomplishments! I’m blown away by people that do crew! So physically challenging. You rock baby!
We were all having a lot to contribute for our book discussion 😆. Glad we could give you a little respite from the stressors in your career.
Loving our book group 🥰🥰🥰4 -
Hello Shape Shifters. I walked in the morning, but I 'cheated' and did it inside. I guess that means I failed 75 hard. For some reason it is just not clicking with me this time. I think it is because I got sick and my routine was all messed up for 2 weeks. Now I just don't really care and have no motivation. I think I shall just be happy I completed it once and focus on weight loss for now. I will still do almost everything from the challenge, though I will walk inside if the weather is crappy. We are having a storm now and this entire weekend it is going to be a mess outside. I don't feel like forcing myself to endure outdoor walks when walking indoors is just as helpful for my journey. I will keep tracking stuff in the spoiler, but I guess I will start calling it 75 medium. I do really enjoy coloring in paper habit trackers so I made a new monthly template to print out starting with November. I will keep doing daily walks, the gym 5x a week, water, reading and follow a diet, though I will plan in two or three treat days a month.
I went to the gym before lunch for my strength workout which went pretty well. I feel like I am back where I was before I got sick so that is good. Now I need to get the cardio back on track as well which feels a lot harder. I spent a lot of time trying to work out how to update the BIOS on my computer. It was a very annoying thing to get done and I wouldn't have managed if not for an online friend who helped out. For some reason zip files were empty for me so he sent me the files I needed. After several wrong ones, it finally worked. I also got a new cat tree for Tinus delivered and rearranged the whole living room to make space for it. I really had zero reasons to buy one for him, but I really liked the spacing of the steps on this one (since he is old I don't want him to jump on/off high stuff) and it was 20% off. I don't regret it, it is a really nice tree and Tinus was enjoying it within a few minutes of me putting it together. I knew he would hate the bed at the top, so I put a different pillow I still had from an old cat tree. Good night everyone 💜🍄 75 medium tracker 🍄
Day 6 ~ Oct 23
🍄[Workout one outdoor] Walk 47 minutes
🍄[Workout two] Weights at the gym ~ 60 minutes
🍄[Diet ~ max 1800 calories & 115+ protein] 1441 calories & 119 protein
🍄[Read 10 pages non-fiction] Done, reading 'Can't hurt me'
🍄[Water] Done
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It's true — we never think about our ankles until they hurt or are injured. This article has lots of easy exercises to help strengthen our balance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/well/move/ankle-mobility-exercises.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v08.lXgT.geiRosp0lxM5&smid=url-share
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