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  • cyndiesstuff
    cyndiesstuff Posts: 1,562 Member
    Daily check in for: Tuesday
    Logged: Yes and under
    Water: 75 oz
    Exercise & Steps: 10164 steps and yoga

    What a nice day yesterday. I ate good. Felt pain, like usual and also had a slight headache and fatigue. Had a visit with my folks. It was moms 86th birthday. I never though about my parents being old until just recently. Looking at them i realized it won't be long and i won't have them any more. don't take anything for granted. love with all your heart every day. you won't be sorry.

    @Mrsbell8well i feel the same way about fat. i recorded my food yesterday and there was a lot of fat. good for you fat, mind you but fat just the same. exercise in the cold morning air is so refreshing. i agree. love the pics of your fam and friends. what a beautiful tradition. and .4? water weight and the holiday. it will fall right off, just like your jeans, in a day or two. maintains are good.

    @Ashleigh1178 i love your attitude. allowing yourself the holiday and then back on track is a great way to plan your weight loss. it works for many people. ahhhh you and i girl with the bread. that is one of my trigger foods. i have gotten rid of it out of my diet too. today is the 3rd day. i have been having cravings like crazy.

    @amsandos when you eat chinese make sure to drink lots of water. that stuff is loaded with sodium. but ohh so yummy. and mcdonalds in not your friend. lol. those sabotaging teens had it out for you! good thing you made it out of there alive. medium fry. pfttt....

    @phoebe112476 that is just awesome. what a great loss for over the holidays. I am glad you have found some exercise that you enjoy. the yoga is so good for you. and who cares if you were in the bottom level. you need to start where your at. I have heard good things about curves. i think they let you try it for free to see if it's a fit for you. give it a try. whats the worse that can happen? you find you don't like it and you got a free workout? and your dinner looks amazing. making me hungry. who ever said diet food is boring? lol

    @carlsoda i would be really interested in those low carb tortillas. would you please share the recipe. they look like they will fit into my plan.

    @pacsnc6 i love your challenge with the water and the puzzle. way to work the plan girl.

    @jedaschultz thats just a small gain. this is going to be your year. i can just feel it. I love your goals. have you thought about how your are going to control your impulse to eating sugar and carbs? try making a list of 4 things you can do instead and post them around the snacks. then if you feel the urge you can read them and pick one and work on changing that bad habit. good luck. it is totally doable. you got this.

    @sleepymom5 yes. good job getting back on track. i am so glad you are feeling some better. it is really hard being under the weather. you two and your virtual hike. sounds amazing. i am glad you got outside. being close to nature helps heal the sole. and look at the new you go. i am so proud of you for sticking to your plan for your celebration. it will soon become habit, in fact it almost is now. yes!! a healthy habit in the new year! and thanks for the praise. it has been a tough couple of months for me. but i don't give up... thanks! taco tuesday had me rolling on the floor laughing. i had to share. the shore looks lovely this time of year. what a beautiful picture.

    @Lyssysho26 maintains are good. you don't really even need to detox if you don't want to. just start from here and get back to eating healthy. you are doing great girl.

    @ljdanny i agree about feeling like a bag of crap as you so eloquently put it. then when i am feeling like that i eat like crap too. so you did very good my friend. 2019 is going to be a great year. what are you going to buy when you reach your goal? what is your goal with the jar? good luck going back to work. it's gonna feel like a monday.

    @nstephenson01 isn't it funny when we start eating healthy that we notice how unhealthy we really were. you would have never thought twice about no veggies before the weight loss journey. good job at making new habits. they are sticking in your mind.

    @czvanut ohhh no, i hope you are not coming down with something. good job on meeting your goals. the first day of 2019 is in the history books and that was the best first day because you met your goals. omgoshhhhh... look at that loss for the first week in January. be excited. good job. awesome

    @mrsjas2000 sounds like your ready to start a new plan. spend some time and write out what you want to do. make a commitment to you. putting it in writing really helps. be specific about your plans. what will you do today to further yourself to your ultimate goal.

    @eminater love love love your reflection. how insightful. and you are on an amazing journey. an amazing gigantic journey. one step, one day, one hour at a time you will get there. because you have proven to yourself that you are worth every minute!!

    @lenka1 routine is really good for weight loss and health. helps take the guess work out of it all. thats why so many people flounder on the weekends. learn to plan your weekends like you do your week and they will be so much easier.

    @CassieGetsFit2013 maybe you need to talk to your doctor. by now your antidepressant should be helping not making things worse. not every antidepressant is made for everybody. some will work for you and some won't. and talk to your counselor about it as well. work on some coping skills for your boredom. i know how tough this has been for you and we are all hoping for the best for you. understand that you are putting in the work and the results will happen. it just may take a while. tie a knot at the end of your rope and hang on. better days are coming.


  • cyndiesstuff
    cyndiesstuff Posts: 1,562 Member
    edited January 2019
    @ihp2015 I always say this, maintains are good. Especially when it comes to the holidays! Now let's kick it in gear and get that weight loss started girl. 2019 is going to be our year lookout onederland here comes Irene
  • Shirin_K
    Shirin_K Posts: 258 Member
    Daily log in for: Tuesday
    Logged: Yes, under
    Water: 40 oz
    Exercise: 45 minutes plus yoga (Day 11 of Adriene 30 Days of Yoga)
    Steps: 13,944

    Yesterday went well, stayed under calories and got my steps in. Also restarted yoga, which felt wonderful. My husband is back to work today and my son is back to school, so my daughter and I are back to our usual schedules, too.

    Hope it’s a great Wednesday for everyone!
  • sleepymom5
    sleepymom5 Posts: 2,463 Member
    Daily check in for: Tuesday
    Logged: Yes and under
    Water: at least 88 oz (easy to be thirsty when you are breathing through your mouth all day Lol)
    Exercise & Steps: I did 60 min and 3 miles beach walk and 11,655 steps

    Another good day yesterday! AND feeling better today! Today I have a lot to do so I have to run. We have no food in the house, I have some returns to make and I need to go to my husband's office to scan some documents to my new employer. I am hoping I am not making a mistake. My last two jobs (and a few others) I took to help people out. This does not seem like something I am going to like and it involves sitting and looking at charts. I am only committed for the spring and I will have the summers off. That would be nice for the shore. Ugh! I said I would so I will. It starts the end of January. I wish I didn't have to do all this paperwork. I need to find a job that is satisfying AND gives me the summer off ;) or even a volunteering position. I am at a cross roads, kids are raised and I need to figure out what I am doing for the rest of my life. Oh well, one day at a time. I am good through the spring now at least, maybe I will figure it out this summer. So for today, get this paperwork out the way, get some healthy food in the house, get on my new stationary bike for some exercise and we are having zucchini lasagna for dinner. We are taking it to my daughter's house because she has a new puppy who is a little on the nervous side so we are going to wait to introduce her to Daisy. My son also got a puppy last week. He is high energy and tired Daisy out so looks like two different little personalities.

    Hope everyone has a great day! I am so confused, I feel like it is Monday! Lol! Short week this week...

    Cassiegetsfit2013 I already responded to your boredom post on your newsfeed so I won’t go into it too much here. A suggestion I would have is that maybe you should schedule your day with things you want to accomplish and things you enjoy. That may give you something to look forward to each day. More importantly, it is good that you are seeing your psych tomorrow and have appointments with your counselor and doctor next week. I know you don’t feel like you have but you have been doing great. Try to keep it going. Hang in there.
    @amsandos. McDonalds is the same way here. At the drive through you don’t even get what you ordered sometimes lol! Sounds like you had a good day anyway. I can’t help with the weight training. I don’t always log it here but it would just be for you to keep a record of so if you are doing that somewhere else it seems redundant. Hopefully @lenka01 can help with the calorie score. She does a lot of the weight training. You are doing great! Keep it going!
    @czvanut Awesome loss! What a way to start 2019! Especially after the holidays!
    @mrsbell8well. No worries, maintains are good. I know you will have a big drop next week!
    Love the new profile pic!
    @cyndiesstuff great start to the New Year! It’s funny you said that about your parents, my Mom is 84 and my aunt is 83. It seems like this past year they both now seem elderly. They never seemed that way before. It is sad. It also makes me think about what is in store for me down the line....I have to say, we must have the same goofy sense of humor, I was dying with the Taco Tuesday! I was even chuckling last night when I scrolled by it again.
    @ihp2015 Maintaining through the holidays is not bad at all!
    @danaNanas. I like the idea of checking in with the drinking. It is a huge problem for me when I go out and I want to get it under control before the summer.
  • carlsoda
    carlsoda Posts: 3,424 Member
    amsandos wrote: »
    daily check in

    food logged within range - even though went for an McDonalds after the gym tried to make good choices. Ordered a grilled chicken wrap but was sabotaged by the server who gave me a crispy and medium fries when I asked for small. Shall i write some stern feedback? I never go to Maccy Ds at least it reminded me why. The queue for the drive thru was ridiculous - so much for fast food.
    water I really don't know and need to figure out a way of keep track more effectively
    exercise 32 mins running (thought it was more) and a weights.

    Anyone have any ideas on how to track weight training, even tracking on MFP you don't get a calorie score. I guess it is a tricky thing to figure out. I already log them in a work out folder so don't see the point of doing more admin if I am not going to get credit LOL.

    Me personally, I never track calories burned by exercise. I tend to over estimate...and so does my fitbit!! One thing I would say is make sure you increase your protein so your muscles heal and build! That's your goal..to get stronger muscles :)
  • carlsoda
    carlsoda Posts: 3,424 Member
    @cyndiesstuff - here's the link to the recipe. Very easy to make!

    https://www.gnom-gnom.com/grain-free-keto-tortillas/
  • carlsoda
    carlsoda Posts: 3,424 Member
    Morning all! Yesterday was a great day, the only "bad" thing I had was some lefsa with a tiny bit of brown sugar on it. But it was with our New Years Dinner of roasted turkey and air fried root potatoes. I'd say I did great!

    Water was great too - 2 - 32 oz bottles of water and 3 cans of bubbly water.

    And...anyone who has a fitbit..here's my user ID. I would love to have more friends!!

    www.fitbit.com/user/24K3CQ



    Have an amazing day everyone!!

  • Mrsbell8well
    Mrsbell8well Posts: 1,652 Member
    @CassieGetsFit2013 your in my prayers. Consider it huge progress that you are on this team and continuing to post. You don't have to be perfect...but being here and present is such a big plus. Keep showing up Cassie. We love you just the way you are. We are on this journey together.
    @sleepymom5 I loved your virtual hike! Good luck with your new job etc.

    Everyone else...great job posting. Lot's of wonderful energy as we start this new year together as a team.
  • ihp2015
    ihp2015 Posts: 221 Member
    @carlsoda: I just sent your an invite to connect on Fitbit :)
  • lenka1
    lenka1 Posts: 295 Member
    @amsandos I don’t know how to track calories burnt when lifting.
    I use my watch but it’s just counting steps, doesn’t monitor heart rate. So I put what it says for burnt calories based on steps but I can assure you it’s not accurate lol bc it gives me like 75-80 cal for an hour of sweating my butt off lol 😂

    So no help there, maybe you can get it measured more accurately if you have better watch.
  • pacsnc6
    pacsnc6 Posts: 978 Member
    Wednesday check in - Did good yesterday with water - added a cup while working the puzzle which is now about half done, and trying to add more today - maybe 1/2 cup more. Got in 6795 steps - about 600 more than Monday. Under my calorie goal so maybe that will help with weigh in on Friday.
  • nstephenson01
    nstephenson01 Posts: 854 Member
    lovemickeymouse wrote: »
    Hello everyone and happy new year. My name is Beth and I'm new to the team. I had typed out a long intro and then something happened and it disappeared so I'll try again. Hopefully it won't show up twice.
    A little about me. I married my high school sweetheart at 18 and had 4 wonderful children. Unfortunately we got divorced in 2013 after 24 years of marriage. I had a rough time for a couple years and got up to 276 pounds. In 2017 I got down to 250 and in 2018 I reached 208 but was back up to 220 by the end of the year.
    I have a goal that I call 50 by 50. I want to lose 50 pounds by my 50th birthday in February 2020.
    I had a diet Mt dew addiction for a long time but I gave up all soda last year. Now I need to work on my potato addiction. Carbs in general are a problem for me. I do well when I stay away from the carbs but then a simple piece of bread will whisper to me in a moment of weakness.
    I go to the gym every morning before work and really enjoy it. Then I go to work at my stressful job as a CFO. I only get about 4 hours of sleep each night due to having restless leg syndrome which is getting worse.
    I look forward to getting to know everyone and to go on this journey together.

    Welcome @lovemickeymouse! I worked as a secretary to a CFO for years. You have one stressful occupation and thankless often times. I've had issues with restless leg syndrome myself. You have probably tried everything so this may be useless but I found bananas and lots of water help me. I eat a banana almost every morning whether I want it or not. Good luck. Hope you find some relief.
  • lennoncpa
    lennoncpa Posts: 777 Member
    Well I didn’t do very well at work today with my water! I was so busy that my large glass of water sat there on my desk all day and I dumped it out at the end of the day! So I just got home and chugged 5 glasses of water! This was not the way I planned it!!
  • CassieGetsFit2013
    CassieGetsFit2013 Posts: 602 Member
    carlsoda wrote: »
    Morning all! Yesterday was a great day, the only "bad" thing I had was some lefsa with a tiny bit of brown sugar on it. But it was with our New Years Dinner of roasted turkey and air fried root potatoes. I'd say I did great!

    Water was great too - 2 - 32 oz bottles of water and 3 cans of bubbly water.

    And...anyone who has a fitbit..here's my user ID. I would love to have more friends!!

    www.fitbit.com/user/24K3CQ



    Have an amazing day everyone!!

    Sent a FitBit invite!
  • ljdanny
    ljdanny Posts: 2,142 Member
    Well I made it out of bed bright and early this morning, even though I didn't want to. I did pretty good with my food and water today. I did have 1 snack I should not have had.
    As for what I'm going to do with my money I'm saving for working out, I think Im going to buy a new food scale and regular scale. I would like a better scale because I think mines broken, lol. Maybe when I reach $100 is when I will go buy them.
  • CassieGetsFit2013
    CassieGetsFit2013 Posts: 602 Member
    DananaNanas wrote: »
    @CassieGetsFit2013 hey girl! we're here for you whether you're having a good day or a bad one! As you probably know by now I struggle with depression too and it's really doing me in lately.. I've been on zoloft since LAST January when I started making some changes in my life and it helped for awhile but doesn't seem like it any more. My doctor and therapist think a change is in order but I just wanted to get through the holidays first in case I don't have a good reaction to something new. According to them not everything works for everyone, that's why there are so many to choose from! My blood pressure has been sky-high recently too. I'm sure that's why. Keep going to your appointments and keep going to yoga and don't let the depression win. And if you're sad and bored send me a message and we can be sad and bored together <3

    Thanks for the message. I'm glad yo k ow everyone here cares so much and will be here for the good and bad days. Yes, i know you too, struggle qith depression. I read all the posts, or try to anyways! I've been on Zoloft before, was actually one of the first ones I ever tried when I was 13 and it made me act out a lot so they took me off it. I've been on MANY different things I've either been allergic to, more depressed, more suicidal, hallucinations, and other things. It's been one crazy roller coaster after another, that's for sure! You were smart not to change things right at the Holidays, you know my Aunt uses me a lot and she even begged me not to start anither medicine right now cause then if it bothered me I wouldn't have been able to clean and do chores. 🙄 I started it anyway cause I gotta do things for myself sometines. Always doing so much for others. You must have got something mixed up cause I've never been to a yoga class in my life! Hehehehe. 🙃 Well, I have Hypertension, but I do know my anxiety raises it a lot, been on high BP meds for years, when I ODed I was taken off everything and that was last July so I'm still not on everything keeping it stable yet, but I did read that even antidepressants ca. raise your BP. Go figure! I see my Psych tomorrow at 4PM, alrrady worried, nervous and anxious and counting down the time! Luckily my Clinician comes with me and helps me get out what I need to say if she knows I've gotten to nervous to continue talking so that really helps. I'm sorry yours isn't working for you anymore and hope you and your team can get you back on something that helps! Thanks, I just might take you up on that offer! 😋

  • nstephenson01
    nstephenson01 Posts: 854 Member
    Mrsbell8well wrote: »
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    New Years Day hike!

    What fun pictures @Mrsbell8well! Looks like a lovely place!!
  • nstephenson01
    nstephenson01 Posts: 854 Member
    Love your shore picture @sleepymom5! I could look at that all day. Being a transplant to Montana from California I miss the ocean and beach soooooo much.
  • Navydaddjtc
    Navydaddjtc Posts: 4,166 Member
    TEAM WEIGHT NO MORE THESE CHALLENGER HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO YOUR TEAM
    PLEASE WELCOME THEM
    THANKS GREG

    @Venture4th
    venture4th
    Weigh in day Sunday
    Starting weight: 185
    2019 is the year for me!

    @Rhea81
    I'm new here. Please tell me what I've missed and need to do.

    MFP User ID : Rhea81.
    Weighed in today, Tuesday, 1/1/19 - 167
    Steps 12/30 - 8120
    Steps 12/31 - 4785
    Steps 1/1 - still going, will post in the morning.
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