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  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    LilithReigns wrote: »
    itchmyTwitch wrote: »
    LilithReigns wrote: »
    waking up with a cup of joe and trying to figure out if its realistic to lose 30 pounds in 3 months...I never put time restraints on myself but I have a huge physical event (my first 5k) coming up and wonder if its just time to push a bit harder is all.

    It's possible but I think you've been at this a while so it's probably pushing it. You could probably do 5 to 8 pounds per month for a little bit longer. After that I expect it would slow down to about 4 pounds per per month. And after that maybe 2 pounds per month.

    Also time expectations can be demoralizing though of course everyone is different.

    If you do decide to increase your calorie deficit maybe start by upping your steps per day first instead of cutting food. See if that helps.

    Also people who menstruate should probably not compare their weight from week to week but rather compare their weight from month-to-month.

    I don't know if you were asking for all that so please forgive me if I have overstepped

    The hard part about increasing my steps is my lack of time, my job is early am to late pm (and its a sit down job) which is why it has been harder lately to be consistent in a routine. I walk my lunches most days but I don't get that many steps in a 30 min window. I have considered just waking up a bit earlier to get activity in and then I can add that to my lunch walks which will give me more burned calories throughout the day. You did not overstep I put my thoughts out there so I expected I might have some responses to said thoughts.
    Yeah it is really difficult getting steps in especially when you work any kind of sedentary job or standing still job. I try to break mine down into increments of 5 to 20 minutes and I just grab that time wherever I can. So I take a morning break and an afternoon break and lunchtime but obviously not everyone can do that
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,746 Member
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  • crazyhorse8
    crazyhorse8 Posts: 704 Member
    honey_honey_12 wrote: »
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    Whoa...This just really hit me, thanks for posting.
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    I wonder if stress can hold onto weight. Not fat necessarily, but maybe inflammation/bloating/water. It seems like if I am in a consistent deficit the scale goes down but only in a slow creeping kind of way. But on the weekends when I get more sleep and eat a couple hundred more calories per day, I often get a whoosh.
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,746 Member
    I know this won’t be a popular opinion but,
    don’t we (the US) already have a holiday that covers, Mothers, Fathers and everyone else in our lives? (Rhetorical question)

    It’s called Thanksgiving.
    I am so tired of Hallmark holidays.
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    I only need one more check box to be a confirmed red flag 🥰
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    If you're a nice guy only when you get your way, are you really a nice guy?
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,746 Member
    itchmyTwitch wrote: »
    If you're a nice guy only when you get your way, are you really a nice guy?

    Oh, I know, I know……… NO
  • eatpolerepeat
    eatpolerepeat Posts: 143 Member
    The storms are coming
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,746 Member
    Too many unresolved issues with my ex, my mother, myself.
    I need to get my ***t together.
  • Butterflywings24
    Butterflywings24 Posts: 5 Member
    Stay focused and consistent things can only get better
  • gillylucky
    gillylucky Posts: 148 Member
    Was wondering if the diet has stalled but according to the plan of losing 2lbs/wk with my current duration... i'm actually 5lbs ahead of my planned weight loss pace, so I guess I just keep going and stay mentally tough.
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    When some church ladies told me how they had a church bus drive around the neighborhood picking up random kids and taking them to VBS. They got real quiet when I asked about parental consent and told them that is kidnapping.
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,425 Member
    Can I get everything I need to do today done?
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,746 Member
    Why are fitness watches so ugly?
    They look fine for exercise, the usual daily grind but what about when people dress up a bit?
    Maybe they want to wear the watch all the time but it’s butt-ugly with the cute outfit.
    Seems companies should work on a sleeker model for outside the gym and/or grocery store.
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    honey_honey_12 wrote: »
    Why are fitness watches so ugly?
    They look fine for exercise, the usual daily grind but what about when people dress up a bit?
    Maybe they want to wear the watch all the time but it’s butt-ugly with the cute outfit.
    Seems companies should work on a sleeker model for outside the gym and/or grocery store.
    I agree. I took mine off when I went to my sister's wedding but for whatever reason I couldn't bear to be apart from it so I tucked it into my bra and then I lost it. Hours later I used find my device app. My son found it in the road. It had been run over and he brought the shredded pieces back to me
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,746 Member
    itchmyTwitch wrote: »
    honey_honey_12 wrote: »
    Why are fitness watches so ugly?
    They look fine for exercise, the usual daily grind but what about when people dress up a bit?
    Maybe they want to wear the watch all the time but it’s butt-ugly with the cute outfit.
    Seems companies should work on a sleeker model for outside the gym and/or grocery store.
    I agree. I took mine off when I went to my sister's wedding but for whatever reason I couldn't bear to be apart from it so I tucked it into my bra and then I lost it. Hours later I used find my device app. My son found it in the road. It had been run over and he brought the shredded pieces back to me

    I’m sorry, I’m laughing….😂
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    honey_honey_12 wrote: »
    itchmyTwitch wrote: »
    honey_honey_12 wrote: »
    Why are fitness watches so ugly?
    They look fine for exercise, the usual daily grind but what about when people dress up a bit?
    Maybe they want to wear the watch all the time but it’s butt-ugly with the cute outfit.
    Seems companies should work on a sleeker model for outside the gym and/or grocery store.
    I agree. I took mine off when I went to my sister's wedding but for whatever reason I couldn't bear to be apart from it so I tucked it into my bra and then I lost it. Hours later I used find my device app. My son found it in the road. It had been run over and he brought the shredded pieces back to me

    I’m sorry, I’m laughing….😂

    It was pretty funny that there was barely anything left but the location thingy was still working😂.

    Also my other sister bought me a new one for Christmas❤️
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    I may be a little over calories today
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  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,425 Member
    What I need to get done tomorrow
  • R3d_butt3rfly_
    R3d_butt3rfly_ Posts: 1,585 Member
    Steamy Showers 🥵🔥
  • Hungry_catapillar
    Hungry_catapillar Posts: 24 Member
    Do blondes have more fun🤔😁
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,746 Member
    I just don’t believe in coincidence.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,739 Member
    edited May 17
    honey_honey_12 wrote: »
    I just don’t believe in coincidence.

    Buffy: [about Kakistos] Now, this guy shows up two days ago, right? Right around the same time my bestest new little sister makes her scene.
    Giles: You think he and Faith are connected?
    Buffy: Giles, there are two things that I don't believe in: coincidence and leprechauns.
    Giles: Well, Buffy, it's entirely possible that they both arrived here by chance simultaneously.
    Buffy: Okay, but I was right about the leprechauns, right?
    Giles: As far as I know, yes.

    And cheese/dairy is on my mind. Between the daily string cheese, whisps (baked cheese), 1/2 bags of quest protein chips, cottage cheese, and greek yogurt, whey protein powder, I feel like I'm going overboard :)

    Edited to add what got me thinking this in the first place. The cheese from the gift basket we got! Kept cutting off small hunks :)
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,746 Member
    When GOODWILL says non-profit,
    what they mean is that the person donating doesn’t make a profit.
    There is no good will there.
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    It is raining pretty heavily but my kid still decided to golf. In the rain. As I passed the course to pull into the parking lot I saw him running across the grass hair flying, shirt whipping behind him, for what reason I have no idea because from what I gather golf rarely involves the need for speed. It's been six minutes since I texted him that I'm here. Where is he?
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,746 Member
    Since I stopped living with my ex husband, I’ve been feeling like I am becoming mentally/emotionally younger.

    I really believe that if we were still living together I would act my age, accept my fate, grow old before my time.

    I feel like I’m growing in reverse. ☺️🤷🏼‍♀️


  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,425 Member
    How smoothly my mom's move went. It helps when you move all the small stuff yourself. I wonder how many steps I have done the past few days
  • MelG7777
    MelG7777 Posts: 14,230 Member
    The fatal tragedies that happened here over the weekend. Mostly car but also a drowning. A 44 year old killed on his motorcycle by a drunk 33 year old passing a bunch of cars in a no passing zone. Drunk at 9am on a Saturday. And summer isn’t even here. And soon I’ll have 2 new drivers. The drivers literally seem to be regressing around here and it’s all very scary.
  • Hungry_catapillar
    Hungry_catapillar Posts: 24 Member
    Off on holiday this morning with mama and I haven’t been able to sleep at all 🥴

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