WEIGHT NO MORE - April 2019
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@cyndiesstuff Wednesday 12,252 steps0
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Daily check in for Tuesday-Did well with everything. Water, exercise, steps and logging.
Wednesday-took a 2 mile walk, 52oz water, didn't log but on track and under 10k steps. Weird day, first day my niece was here so I didn't want to be on the computer. Hopefully we get into a routine. We are leaving for the shore tomorrow. Hopefully by noon. I haven't packed, I have a lot to do in the am.
@julie8468 I hope you enjoyed the shrimp a little bit but that would definitely slow you down and help you get in the water! You have been doing well.
@amsandos It is all a learning curve. You will figure out what works for you.
@GingerPwr Maintaining is good! Hope things are getting better.
@Mrsbell8well Whoo hoo! Goodbye 150s! It is exciting seeing all your progress!
@Cyndiesstuff I am sure you needed the rest. Hope you had a good day today. I do need to have some ground rules.
@carlsoda with symptoms like that I guess it is pretty obvious that you can't have dairy, hope you are feeling better. Your easter menu sounds so yummy!
@phoebe112476 You are in such a good routine and have been so successful. Thanks for always sharing with us. I learned a lot from you1 -
Thursday Weigh-ins
@hkfleming
@ljdanny
@nstephenson01
@Shirin_K
@cyndiesstuff
Friday Weigh-Ins
@cafelelia
@Carlsoda
@DananaNanas
@hope002
@julie8468
@lennoncpa
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Wednesday log in April 17
Logged: yes, over and guessing at the calories for salad dressings, chicken, etc..
Water: 3L , I did get “the look” at dinner with colleagues = what are you drinking? Is that water? Yup, I must be where fun goes to die.. and owned it. “I’m just not “cool” like you guys I guess”. Still, I’m having a hard time controlling my frustration with feeling badly as a result of being judged. They want me to be someone else, but I think I’m fun when sober, plus won’t throw up on you? Isn’t that ok? One lady literally told me she wanted the guy we sent last year to be here, he was fun. But then she got sick as we were walking back to the hotel...
Exercise: 60 minutes elliptical in the morning
Steps: 14,7843 -
Yesterday, a single 7700 steps
It's our last day before spring break. I've never needed the time off more.2 -
Check ing in
Yesterday was a rest day for me. Went to a funeral and luncheon that followed. I knew about the funeral when I packed for the trip but decided to buy something new. I tried on a size 12 that was too big! Bought a size 10 and I love the way it fits and feels.
Today plans are not set yet but may go visit my brother an hour away.3 -
Baseball
4/17
30 minute walk at arboretum with Molly and Lula Mae. Gorgeous!
35 yoga
Steps 7669
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@amsandos great job doing so well with your 1/2 marathon. Very inspiring!
@sleepymom5 very nice of you to help your niece. You will get back into a routine.
@pacsnc6 size 10! Your getting little! Post a pic
@gingerpwr I’m so glad you get a break soon. Your doing so well maintaining your weight loss. Are you still exercising? Eating well? Sleeping? Hang in there.
@julie8468 good for you for staying strong. I think your plenty fun!!!
@phoebe112476 your an inspiration. It’s a marvel what your able to accomplish. That’s exciting that your getting closer to your goal, dating someone and keeping up with a 4 year old. You go girl! How much more do you have to lose?0 -
@hope002 I’m not surprised at all that your MVP. I have always admired all your activities. Great job and thanks!
@carlsoda thanks! My recent makeover and shopping spree are my celebration. I also had an amazing tempeh sandwich for lunch. My health has really improved without dairy as well. They say it can take up to 3 months to get it out of your system. My headaches have disappeared. Your Easter menu sounds yummy. Still not sure what we’re planning yet.
@cyndiesstuff enjoy your days at home while you can. Nice to hear about your garden again.
@nstephen01 how are you adjusting with your new routine? Good job on your luncheon. Glad your able to get out and socialize a bit. You and doggies will be running around again soon. Hang in there. I just finished a book about Montana from Norah Roberts. Sundown. Thought of you.
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Reward sandwich1 -
That sandwich is so yummy. They make their own sourdough bread. Marinated tempeh, secret sauce, carrots, pickled apples. There were 2 halves. I ate the whole thing. Yum0
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User ID: Cyndiesstuff
Week Number: Week 2
Previous weight: 151.5
Current weight: 153.5
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User ID: Shirin_K
Week Number: Week 3
Weigh in Day: Thursday
Previous weight: 159.4
Current weight: 161.45 -
Check in for Wednesday
Ate: i have to stop this
Water: not enough oz
Exercise: layed around all day
Steps: 3287 steps
well the scale is going the wrong way and i am not suprised. i know what i am doing. i just haven't been able to stop it. it is a disordered way of thinking. i know. i am trying to be nice to myself but good grief, get a grip. when i get back to work it will be easier. but i really need to figure out how to control myself when i am at home. i knew it was going to be a problem. and it has been.
@carlsoda ohhh no did you jump in a bowl of icecream? lol. i am glad you enjoyed your baseball game. and the holiday is approaching fast. good job on starting to plan now.
@NuggetBrain maintains are good. how are you doing?
@Mrsbell8well i love your story. you have come so far from where i first met you. and some of that extra skin may not go away but use it as a reminder of where you have been and what it did to you body. i need to channel my inner angelina.
@phoebe112476 thanks for checking in. we have missed your input. glad the baby is doing well. how long have you been dating the new guy? when does he go from new guy to just my guy?
@sleepymom5 i know your heading to the shore but have you made your easter plan yet? how are you going to handle it.
@Julie8468 ehwww see? people just don't understand and thats ok. they have chosen how they want to live and you have chosen how you want to live. they can have their opinions about it the same way you can have yours. i am glad you made the choice that fits your life. and i am glad someone besides you threw up! it will get easier. trust me you will get to the point that it won't matter. but today, just remember, it is your choice and they make their choice. good job on your time away.
@GingerPwr yeah spring break! you made it!!
@pacsnc6 ohhhh yes! size 10 and looking hot! take a picture of that feeling and commit it to memory. you are doing fantastic.
@Shirin_K ooohhhh. don't let that derail you. this is not a downhill journey. there are peeks and valleys. learn to enjoy them all. we well get there. in our own time.
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4/17 Team weight no more
@GingerPwr 7700 steps - single
@Mrsbell8well 65 minutes and 7669 steps - triple and single
@pacsnc6 rest day - bunt
@hope002
@carlsoda 12252 steps - double
@Julie8468 60 minutes and 14784 steps - Triple and double0 -
Easter Weight Loss Tips
1. Bring healthy alternatives to holiday parties and events and challenge yourself to try new, healthier recipes.
Remember that the holidays are not just about eating. Work on finding non-food related ways to celebrate the holidays.
2. Send guests home with the leftovers and get rid of anything else that’s really tempting (or make a plan for exactly when and how much you’ll have).
3. Write out plans for how you’ll handle holiday meals and events. If things don’t go according to plan, take time after to figure out why it happened and what you can do to stay on track the next time.
4. Don’t skip meals during the holidays to “save” calories. Doing so means you’ll likely go into holiday meals very hungry and also with the thought, “It’s okay to eat extra because I skipped lunch.” When dieters have that thought, they often eat way more calories than they would have if they had a healthy lunch and a reasonable dinner.
5. The holidays are a busy time for most people, but also a stressful time. When dieters get busy, they sometimes drop their stress-relieving activities (like exercise, meditation, talking to friends, etc.) and so they’re much more likely to turn to food to alleviate stress. This holiday season, make sure you have built-in stress relievers!
6. Portion control, portion control, portion control. Put forth the time and effort to really savor everything you’re eating and you’ll get so much more enjoyment from less food.
7. If you’re feeling deprived, remind yourself that it’s likely because you’re focusing on what you’re not getting – extra food, not on what you are getting – all the benefits of staying on track. If you feel deprived, change your focus.
8. Don’t stop weighing yourself, even if you’re afraid you’ve gained weight. Avoiding the scale will allow you to continue to avoid doing what you know you should do. Taking accountability will make it easier and more likely that you’ll be able to get back and stay on track.
Team Challenge:
What are your tips? How will you handle the holiday? Make a plan and share it with us.
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User ID: hkfleming
Week Number: Week 3
Weigh in Day: Thursday
Previous weight: 184.6
Current weight: 181.6
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Having a super busy month (it's garden season!) but that hasn't affected my lifting schedule or my meal planning - though it has affected my time on the MFP forums. The scale just dithered for most of the last month, but I did a full week at just-below-maintenance (last week) and the scale has started to move down again. Today's weigh in was the first of 3 mini-goals on my happy scale app!
Hope everyone is doing well - lots of great stuff in April's posts!3 -
User ID: nstephenson01
Week: 3
Weigh in Day: Thursday
Previous Weight: 173.6
Current Weight: 173
Not a big loss but considering the week I had and being over 175 at one point, I'll take it. I'm a girl that does better when I plan and stick to a routine. That will be my focus going forward.
Since hubby left for Pennsylvania I just can't seem to get my *kitten* together. I have a flight booked to visit him in a month. I'm heavier than I started April at so I have a lot of work to do.4 -
Wednesday check in
Food - Great
Water - Great
Exercise - Great - lots of steps and 20 minutes yoga
Now the busy time starts tonight...we have church every evening (Thursday, Friday and Sunday) and our choice of 4 services on Sunday. Not sure about the Saturday service yet, but we'll definitely hit the others. It's also Lucy's 2nd birthday on Sunday. I need to go cat treat and toy shopping. Luckily there is a petsmart 1 mile from work! She won't have a very happy birthday but the "little people" will be at our house and she doesn't like them very much. She's actually scared of the "little people" aka grandkids!!
Love reading everyone's posts - I am so proud of all of you. Even if you gain or lose weight, you're still here and still working it. That is an accomplishment in itself!
Have a wonderful Thursday!!1 -
Check in for Wednesday
Ate: Did not log but on track
Water: 48oz
Exercise: 2 mile walk
Steps: 8008 steps
Nice day yesterday but not very active. Sat a lot and caught up with my niece. It was nice but for some reason I was shocked about my steps. I should have known that a 2 mile walk wasn't enough. We also had a little BBQ and my other children and their SO stopped by to welcome her. We are a big loud family(not me and my oldest daughter but the rest of them Lol!) so we can be a little much. Today everyone is heading to the shore. I like to be there ahead of time to have everything ready but that didn't happen today. That's ok, I will get it done, I always do. Hoping to get out of here by noon. The weather isn't going to be the best but I know my daughters will still walk on the beach with me so unless it is a wash out, I will at least get that in. I am also having my son bring the Kayak down to the dock so I may be able to do that. I might also have him get the bikes off the rack on the ceiling, I can't reach and he's 6'3". Should be a nice weekend. I am not going to worry about cleaning or getting ready for the summer. I am going to focus on enjoying my family and having healthy things to eat. I hopefully will get a chance to check in tonight. Have a great day everyone. To all our travelers out there-safe travels to wherever you are going or home from where ever you visited. The are a few of you away this week!
@julie8468 You really have been doing well on that trip. Don't listen to the co workers who are being rude. I am sure you are fun. I can't believe now a days people are still like that when people aren't drinking. What if the person was an alcoholic or had a medical condition that they couldn't drink. What they say is more about their insecurities than about you at all. Hang in there!
@GingerPwr Hooray! One more day! You have been through a lot, hope you can take sometime for yourself during the break.
@pacsnc6 How exciting to be a size smaller than you thought! Awesome NSV! Enjoy your day whatever you decide to do!
@Mrsbell8well OMG that sandwich! I keep scrolling by it and I am getting hungry! Lol! A nice healthy reward for an awesome weigh in!
@Shirin_K I have been thinking that you must also be busy this time of year with school. You usually check in a little more. Hope you are doing ok.
@cyndiesstuff You will get through this and continue to get better and better at this as time goes on. It is a learning process and part of that process is learning what works and what doesn't. It also involves strengthening that NO muscle. This post surgery is a little different from if you were just home for a week. You could have done more physical things to get you out and away from the food but you are recovering from a major surgery so you don't have those options this time. I do have a plan for Easter. The only thing that is going to be hard is when I do the baskets with the candy. I may have someone else do that part. I also am going to send all the left overs right away home with everyone. We are having brunch and then everyone is leaving when they want. I know my son, daughter and niece will bring stuff home. Otherwise it goes in the trash. "You can waste it in the trash or waste it on your *kitten*" . Lol!
I love all the weight loss tips but I especially love #8. That is why I weigh myself everyday, for some weird reason if I don't, I do exactly what #8 says. I keep doing what I shouldn't be doing and avoid what I need to be doing.3 -
@hkfleming Nice loss and great work this week! You are really doing awesome!
@nstephenson01 You are in a totally new routine after your husband left. You can do this, you just have to get back into a routine that works for you. I am sure you are excited to go visit him! Now you have something to look forward to AND work for!
@carlsoda You really have been doing awesome! I love what you said at the end of your post which is so important, even with gaining or going off track, we are still all here and trying. Love that!0 -
@lenka1 you look great in the suits! I definitely see why you need extra support for the girls. You are so close to goal, you will get there soon! I am hoping to be at goal by July when I am heading to Vegas in July, I will definitely need to wear a bathing suit. That is my motivation!
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check in for Wednesday
Logged: yes, under
Water: 8 cups
Exercise: 56 min walk, 5 min plank challenge (60 min)
Steps: 10,039
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Hello everyone! Hope you are all doing well! Sorry I have not been posting much, just been busy.
I am feeling good, I am on track this week. The scale is moving in the right direction. I got back to my regular workouts and eating well! I have dinner plans tonight with my girlfriends, we are going to new Mexican place. I checked out the menu, there are a lot of steak dishes, which I do not eat. I think I am going to get a chicken enchilada. I checked on WW and it is not too many points. I am really going to try to make good decisions, I do not want to undo all my progress this week. I am looking forward to going out with the girls, but I hate when I am on a good streak and now out to dinner and having to make good choices with lots of temptations. I planned a light eating day, so I can accommodate for tonight's dinner. I also will not be able to workout, I usually do my elliptical workout tonight, lots of calories burned!
Have a great day! 3 -
4/17 years
3958 steps
2,126 total calories burned - one of my highest with a low number of steps
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ughhh all of you look so good in your recent pictures. I've looked the same this whole time
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Thanks for all of the well wishes. I feel much better... I can't believe I even had the flu. It was so weird. Literally the only symptom I had was the high fever and Friday and Saturday I had really bad body aches, I thought I was dying. I was a little sniffly and sneezy before that but I'm pretty sure I cleared that up with claritin and it just happened to be at the same time. But sure enough I went to the doctor on Monday and they did the flu test. I cried. lol I don't know what's wrong with me.
I've been doing ok just super busy... tis the season. My 31st birthday was Saturday and I was at a dance competition all day. I was fine with it until I got back to the hotel and my husband was super trashed. I was not a happy camper.... Eating has been ok minus today when I decided to have ice cream for lunch
my coworker was going after some and I didn't have any food to bring 
so I figured wth. I'm going to the gym after work and I have rehearsal tonight. Thursday is subway for dinner night. I was at 138.6 this morning so I imagine my weigh in tomorrow will be about the same.
There is SO MUCH going on right now and I don't even have time to spill it all here (I'm at work). It's competition and dance recital season, my performance that I'm in is in 2.5 weeks, my GYM is closing, my position at the dance studio is in jeopardy. I'm thinking about calling my therapist after passive aggressively not scheduling an appointment with her since January.... >_<
@lenka1 I absolutely love that black bathing suit top! I may have to buy one for myself!5 -
@cyndiesstuff Thank you for your kind words and advice. I needed to hear that today.
@sleepymom5 I’m doing fine, thanks Yes, just very busy lately.
I will get back on track and try to be more involved on this team soon! I’ve just been feeling overwhelmed and weight loss/exercise got dropped to free up some time. I'm still figuring out how to balance everything!
Hope everyone has a nice Easter weekend planned!
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@DananaNanas Wow, that is a lot! I'm glad you are feeling better, the flu is horrible! Hang in there! 1
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The last two days have been good food wise. I haven't been tracking my water but I am drinking more. I am eating myself back into the exercise routine. I am on leave looking after my daughter so i am out of routine. I am in work tomorrow though.
Listening to Phit and phat and working on my why. It had been a while since I have thought about it. So I think it is timely to examine my reasons and bring them to the front of my mind.2
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