Starting for the 88th time.

AbandondedKSCharger

@sososoph33 Welcome!! Sure do understand the "yet again". I'm looking forward to this being the last time.
@Elkhoja18 Hoping you get pleasing results tomorrow!!! Let us know how you do

cute_mom_needs_wine

Hey. I’ve restarted only 28 times. This is my 29th. Support needed and given. Anyone can friend me as well!! I need to be held accountable just like you and everyone else!! Click that add button! Pretty please?

Mmae20

@Elkhoja18 Hoping you get pleasing results tomorrow!!! Let us know how you do [/quote]

@AbandondedKSCharger dropped to 177.8 from 183 lbs not even mad

shrinkingsteph2020

I've lost count on the times that I've started and quit but I'm here and giving it another go.

AbandondedKSCharger

@Elkhoja18 that is FANTASTIC!!! In one week?? That snowboarding must really work. My son was at Breckenridge two weekends ago snowboarding. I'll have to ask if he dropped a few
Keep up the good work!
@sososoph33 Hey, let's do this right! Share your goals and check in each week, or day Let's make this the LAST TIME we have to work to get ourselves in a healthy weight!

theUndauntedMom

Hi all! @sososoph33 - I feel you! No worries. This time I have really worked on building a group of active friends on MFP and it has really helped me.

@Sassymanda - I like how you said "I have taken the responsibility..." I appreciate how hard of step that is. Great work!

Mmae20

AbandondedKSCharger wrote: »

@Elkhoja18 that is FANTASTIC!!! In one week?? That snowboarding must really work. My son was at Breckenridge two weekends ago snowboarding. I'll have to ask if he dropped a few
Keep up the good work!

Thank you! IMO any leg core workout really makes me sweat a lot.

plus, I'm really in caloric defect as I explained before for the first push.

AbandondedKSCharger

Well, it looks like this group has officially died...……..sorry to see that, but I have enjoyed our conversations. I will keep checking back to see if you guys are back, but it's looking pretty quiet. @kcdlg your doing great!!

For my weekly report: I lost 1.2 pounds last week. Very exciting to see the scale dipping downward. Big relief! I have now lost 8 pounds!! I am ahead of my 3 pounds per month goal!!

theUndauntedMom

@AbandondedKSCharger - I think our group must have fell off of the front page of the community. IDK how to get us back on top. I shall research it. :-)

lacwest6605

If this group gets going again, I would like to be part of it. I have lost and gained back a gazillion times. I’ve been using MFP for a year. I haven’t lost much weight. I’ve decided to get more serious and work to get the weight off. I could use some encouragement and I can offer some, too!

notsoskinny_yogi

Its just a never ending cycle of losing and gaining weight, usually gaining more what I lost. Need help and encouragement! Badly.

Megan_smartiepants1970

I have been on and off of here since 09....I have quit and deleted a few accounts on here....I am done with that and I am done being a damn yo-yo....Feel free to add me ...I would love to support/encourage/give you tough love etc . We Got This!!!! Wishing you the very best on your journey

amberrosegonzo

Me too feel like I have gotten back on the horse for the 100th time. Today is my first day back and I know I'm going to need support, motivation, and fresh ideas. Add me

AbandondedKSCharger

I am so excited to see new faces!!! Yes, please do keep coming back! This past week/month has been a good learning lesson for me of how easily I get off track. PLEASE do continue to come back!
MFP with my computer at work still does not allow me to click the like/hug buttons, but I sure would if I could!

My weekly report: I gained 2.5 pounds this week. Very discouraged, but in hindsight I see my stumbling areas. It's not just because I went on a mini vacation, it was several bad choices prior to that. I felt so good after my previous week's weigh in that I allowed myself to get comfortable. I am still 100% on board with making this the LAST TIME I have to loose weight! Also, I don't want to just loose weight, I want to get to a very healthy weight, where I should be!

Although today's weigh in was discouraging, I am reminded that it is really at my goal I set for myself in January.
3 pounds per month, which, had me at 197 by the end of March. Ok, I was 197.8. I'll accept that, knowing it will drop back down again next week. I look forward to reporting to you all the good news on Monday April 8th

@kcdlg and everyone else, on this thread, go to the first page, there will be a shaded star in the top right corner above the threads. Click on that, it will turn yellow I believe, then it will then be saved to your favorites. After that, each time you log into the Community section you will see the star in the same place, top right, click on it and it will show you all your saved threads.

For those of you starting, share with us your current weight and your goal weight. Then each week we can check in with each other. I think a daily log in is also helpful. I am logging my food daily, that is REALLY making the difference for me.

Have a great day, week and APRIL
Teri

AbandondedKSCharger

Here is my first post to this group

I'm with you!! However I can't figure out how to keep track of ya'all Do we just come back to this same thread all the time?
Yesterday was my first "official" restart day. I even measured my food. It's been over a year since I've exercised, or tracked my food. The 20 pounds shows it! Now I'm about 50 pounds overweight AGAIN! Help!!

thenewkayla

Add me I need more active friends

sososoph33

Hey guys, kinda went off the grid last week but back at it this week. Day 2 and keeping to my 1200 calories. Even started doing the c25k through the app -dunno how long that will last but sure God loves a tryer 😘

ginnytez

Don't know that I have started MFP 88 times--but for sure diet tries over my life. First started here in 2014, weight 180. Got to a low of 138 in August 2016. Between 2014 and now my husband died unexpectedly and I had two hip replacements. Was having at 145 for a while, but last year after second hip I wasn't logging and not really exercising (for legit reasons!). Started to get back to walking last fall, pulled something in leg so backed off walking, enjoyed holidays way to much, and found myself at 162 March 7 of this year and decided that was it.

I have a record to show me my weight does better when I log everything. I think we can do this!

AbandondedKSCharger

thenewkayla wrote: »

Add me I need more active friends

@thenewkayla You are added just by being here Keep coming back to this thread and share with us how you are doing. I have also accepted your friend request Thanks for reaching out!

@sososoph33 I had a rough couple of weeks myself. Feels so good to be back in the groove! Glad to see you are back on track also! I am going to do a Cize class tonight. Like you, don't know how long it will last, but I'm going to give it one heck of a try! I'm also going to try to implement doing a PiYo class on Thursdays.

@ginnytez I'm sorry about the loss of your husband. Sounds like you have had much success and continue to be doing good. I agree 100% LOGGING makes it for me too!! Yes, we WILL DO THIS, for the last time

ginnytez

And I don’t want to forget that in 2006 I was 220 pounds. Evidently I don’t believe in rushing things!

AbandondedKSCharger

@ginnytez your journey sounds similar to mine. May I ask how tall are you?

gallicinvasion

Anyone else getting a bad feeling about this thread being a white nationalist dog whistle?

AbandondedKSCharger

gallicinvasion wrote: »

Anyone else getting a bad feeling about this thread being a white nationalist dog whistle?

?????

ginnytez

@AbandondedKSCharger - I'm 5'6" sliding down to 5'5" as I get older! (I'm 64)

ginnytez

@gallicinvasion - not sure what you are seeing that leads to that observation.

sianlr87

Feel free to add me! Accountability definitely required. I restarted for what must be about the 20th time in January. Something seems to have clicked a bit this time though. I lost around 25lbs a few years ago and was in the best shape I've ever been. I regained that 25lbs and then some! I've lost 7 so far this year and have another 28 to go.

My goal is currently set at 0.5lbs per week and I am currently very inactive due to breaking a couple of bones in my foot. Had to keep a low deficit otherwise I get hangry! I was previously walking 12k steps per day and eating back some calories when I felt like I needed them. Starting to get back into walking a little bit, when my foot allows, but trying to build slowly.

Trying to be as active as possible with posting and logging (especially logging) and would love more friends to interact with on here

gallicinvasion

@ginnytez mainly the specificity of the OP using 88. This messed up world we live in is teaching me to view things with a lot of skepticism. I hope not, in any case!

AbandondedKSCharger

@gallicinvasion I didn't understand where you came up with that assumption yesterday, then today I read your reply to ginnytez and so I googled the #88 and see where you got that. I went back to when this thread first started to do a little investigating and do not find anything to substantiate that. I have been here since very early on when this thread was created and have never heard any talk to indicate that or I would not participate. I'm thinking that when Buck started this thread it was with all sincerity of just a random number of how we feel dieting SO MANY TIMES over the years.

I have found some good people here who are here for the same reason, to loose weight and KEEP IT OFF for the LAST TIME Right folks!! Let's Rock & Roll this ….as my 3 year old granddaughter would say

@ginnytez thanks for the update. I remember when my dad got into his mid 60's. We also saw him shrinking. I am 5'3" and he has always been so tall to me. Now I tease him that soon we will be the same height

ginnytez

Oh my goodness @gallicinvasion - I googled it too. First I have heard of that, but can see how it could raise an eyebrow. Don't know about OP, but it seems like the rest of us took it at face value--starting over and over again.
Thanks for clarifying what lead to your observation. I personally am hopeful someone just chose a number and had no specific meaning. My daughter-in-law once cautioned me about what color of handkerchief to tie on my suitcases (so you can pick yours out easier)--she wanted to make sure I knew the gang colors to stay away from. People can trip into things that have a meaning to some people without realizing it.

ginnytez

I understand about the injury @sianlr87 - I have had messed up adductor since last October and it has taken forever to get back to walking. Deliberately pacing myself and stretching right. Weight started going up during lack of exercise. Steps going up, logging consistent, weight going down.