Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

lovematthewchristopher wrote: »

Hi All, hope you all had a great day. I didnt get my workout in today, but i did manage to get a good walk in. The weather is getting a bit colder, but boy has mother nature been nice, and given us an extended fall. I can handle this. Makes getting outside easier. Stayed within my calories today, which is good. Today i decided to get all dressed up in some of my new smaller sized clothes and just rock them, JUST BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT! There isnt a better feeling then to be able to put clothes on without going through your whole wardrobe, because you dont think anything looks good on you, YES, i love this feeling!!!! Have a good night everyone!

jdmadison2980 wrote: »

Hello, My name is Jessica and I would like to join as well. I am on week 8 of my journey and down 17 lbs so far. I don't really have a number goal to loose just want to get healthy. I have thyroid disease so weight loss is an extra challenge for me. I log my food daily and it has helped me a lot in making smarter choices. The hardest thing I have had to give up is pasta I too have a desk job so getting active and not snacking has been hard. I come in early 2 days a week so I can have a longer lunch to go to the gym. I have 2 kids and a full time job taking care of them and the house outside of my 9 to 5 so gym time is hard to find. I also go on Sunday afternoons. Hope to help motivate anyone who needs it and get it in return!

Darklords wrote: »

Hello Jessica, welcome. I totally understand the desk job situation, I have the same problem I will motivate whenever I can if you will do the same this is an awesome group for motivation

lesliewynn14 wrote: »

I've been on a plateau for the last 2 weeks. I have stayed under my calorie goal and have exercised faithfully but weight loss has stalled out. I am so glad that I read over and over again that that WILL happen. Although it is a bit discouraging it by no means makes me want to give up. Weird thing is that even though the scale isn't budging I can see some differences in myself. Like a few weeks ago I couldn't see my toes when I was standing straight and looking down, now I can. So I know my stomach bulge is going down even though the scale isn't.

LoveOrganicLife wrote: »

Happy Thursday everyone! This week has been flying by with how busy I have been... I finally have a little bit of time this morning so I will catch up on all of the posts and update y'all on the days I missed.

I got back on track Tuesday after my Monday night "oopsie". I stayed within my daily calories, including some from my workout, and reached a step count of 12,352. I found myself hungry for most of the day, but the festivities the night before didn't leave me in the best condition. I ate more than I typically do, but I made sure to eat healthy clean foods and my fiancé and I walked the stairs for a bit before bed. The temperature here has started to drop drastically at night so going outside for a 10min walk is no longer an option for us Texans - haha

Wednesday was even better than Tuesday. I had a few errands to run in the city so I decided to walk everywhere which gained me a total of 13,240 steps for the day! I met a new friend for coffee that morning and got a plain latte with almond milk instead of my usual vanilla latte. I made the decision last week that giving up coffee was NOT an option, but consuming the amount of sugar the vanilla latte has or the artificial ingredients the sugar free option has was no longer something I wanted in my daily life. I still very much enjoy the plain latte and my skin seems to be thanking me for no longer consuming milk and cheese like I use to. I was slightly under my calorie goal for the day, and was proud that I didn't use any adjustments from the steps I gained.

Today started off well. I made an egg with veggies and had my daily cup of coffee with a little bit of almond milk in it for breakfast. I have lunch plans with a friend and will be reviewing the online menu before I go so that I am prepared. Dinner is already in the fridge from last night and I finally got a clean protein and greens for a quick snack if I get hungry between meals while I am on the go so I should be set with my calorie intake. I have not received many steps as of now, but I plan to walk to lunch and also fit in a workout this evening.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!


Lovematthewchristopher: How exciting that you can go into your closet and do that! Way to go! You deserve to dress up and feel that every single day... We all do! I have been there before and it is such a wonderful feeling. I can not wait to get there once more because my closet and I are currently not friends but we are working on it

Shycrush6: The fitbit meme seriously almost had me spit my coffee out on my computer this morning I started laughing so hard! Thank you for all the great visuals!