Great job, Kelly. Doesn't it feel great to go down into another decade? (That's what we used to call moving from 150s to 140s and so forth.) I so want to get out of this decade I inched back up into and seem to be stuck in. I know it's intake. I'm just not being as careful as I once was. Little things can add up. Like tonight, hubby forgot and made tartar sauce with regular instead of light mayo. And I should have pass on it, but I still had some the salmon burgers we had because it was getting too late to cook.

The good thing is that I had the day off for Presidents' Day, and I actually did not even log into work for even a few minutes. Consequently, I was able to walk two times and also did errands, so I racked up more than 19,000 steps and burned about 2300 calories. One day won't do miracles, but it makes up for the "no walking" on Sunday. Instead, we took a long drive up toward the mountains to see the pretty farmland in the snow. Mentioning snow, it's coming down again.

Lois, I'm glad to hear that you knee is doing well. Three miles is great. It was not that long ago that you could hardly walk at all.

Sheesh and Light, hope you're doing well. Tomorrow (actually today--as it's after 12:44 a.m. now!) is my weigh-in day, so I'll be back.

One thing I promised myself when I joined Short N Sassy back on the bodybugg site is that I would always be honest. You can't fix something that you deny. So, I hate having log a gain, but here it is:

SW: 155
GW: 130
LW: 144.2
TW: 144.8
Change: +.6

Essentially, I keep going up and down the same few pounds. I saw my nutritionist yesterday who asked me why I'm stuck in the 142-145 area and not moving. And of course, I said, I really don't know. So she said, Okay, and if you did know, what would it be? Damn. It would be that my body is used to walking. I would be that I'm not building muscle. I would be that I still go too long between times that I eat. It would be that I still sit too many hours during the work day without getting up for a few minutes. It would be that I eat most of my calories at night. I would be that I don't drink enough water. It would be.....

Crap. So now I have start taking all that on. Or stay in the low to mid-140s. Simple choice.

When I first started with the bodybugg, my body wasn't used to my moving at all, and it responded to that change. And then I was so motivated by the half-pound a week losses that it was easier to remember the low-cal mayo or go to bed a little hungry. Well, that was then and this is now.

So my goal for the week is to eat regularly and try not to go more than 3-3-1/2 hours without eating. I chose that one to work on first because I think it influences my energy and my focus, and those affect everything else.

Hey everyone. I've been trying to post since Tuesday, but for some reason I can't log in on my iPad. It keeps telling me about the mobile app, which I already have on my iPad, but I find I can't log on through the app either! I finally got access to the PC my husband is always on. Anyway, here goes:

SW: 156
LW: 135
TW: 135
(No change. Not surprising, since I haven't been logging my food.)

Kelly, iquiltoo, and Lois . . . wow! Congratulations on your losses! Kelly, I'm so excited for you! Great job!! Sarah, you and I need to hang in there and just keep working at it! We'll see some results soon.

As for me, I finished the 30 day squat challenge today with 255 squats!!! Ouch, my legs! It was supposed to end with 250, but my trainer and I kinda lost count once, so we did 5 extra just to be sure:happy: I feel like I haven't been able to lose any weight ever since we started this challenge. It might be my wishful imagination, but I do believe my legs and butt look better! Now, I need to pay more attention to my food intake.

Sheesh - OMG 255 squats in one session???!! Like I said before your legs and bum must be looking darn MAHVELOUS DAHLIN"!!!! Great job. Oh and with no change, I'm wondering if your legs are holding fluid for repair from so many squats. Would be interesting to check your weight again daily and see if there is any change. Also, I am not always able to log in on my tablet either and the mobile app does provide access to the forums (hopefully that will change in the future).

Light - stay focused. Part of the additional weight could be water retention from the various foods. However, continue to weigh yourself and monitor even if you don't post it on here!! Remember, we're all in this to succeed and assist one another

Great job on the reduction Andrea!! Keep going.

I sneaked a peek at the scale this morning and really toggled whether to post it or not, but here it goes - 201.3. Hoping I can maintain that through the weekend. I have taekwondo testing tonight, so we won't be eating dinner until after 9 and it's at the pizza joint next to the school...though I do order their chicken and pear salad with dressing on the side. I do like their boneless buffalo wings. And then Saturday we are hosting the UFC fight and that group of friends, even though they are all in the medical/fitness field...I dunno we can't seem to get the healthiest of options (though someone is making the shrimp avocado salad - yum). I am making something similar to trail packs (beef stew meat with bbq sauce, carrots, corn and potatoes - but in the crockpot as my grill is down). I don't know what else anyone is bringing. And there will be liquid libations going around. HHHMMM I will be hiking on Sunday morning and I do have training Saturday morning. Going to work hard at good choices.

Have a great weekend and let's focus on the positive choices.