March 4th: 132.2 In my yellow flag zone, though I know it is perfectly healthy weight for me. I have a strong spring cleaning urge, despite the snow we got this morning, and will be upping my activity along with the usual treadmill/kdrama.

Jan16-192.5
Jan. 22- 191.5
Jan.29-193.0
Feb.5-189.5
Feb.12-191.5
Feb.19-192.5
Feb.26-192.5
March 4th-196.0

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New low 2/25/16, 181.6
Last week weigh in, 2/27/16, 182.8
Loss since starting in june, 13lbs.
This week to start spring challenge: 3/4/16, 182.4
Starting this challenge heading into danger zone, visiting my mom for two weeks.
My mom has always eaten sugar in everything
but has never suffered the effects.
I have asked her to hide her treats from me.
I hope she remembers, because though she is fun,
i still tend to comfort eat just because im out of my comfort zone.
Good luck everyone!
Lill

Jan 8: 167.5 -1
Jan17: 169 +1.5
Jan 22: 166 -3
Jan 29: 166
Feb 4: 166
Feb 12: 165.5 -.5
Feb 19: 165 -.5

Adjusting for clothes and breakfast, the resort scale said 168

So, I too am back were I started this challenge. But I am still taking it as a win because I have been travelling, vacationing, and fighting with health and diet.

Week by week, this week I am going to stay on mfp, eat for health and continuing doing mindful eating, which I find tough to do but rewarding.

Just because I am often gumbling here.

Yesterday was a great day. I ate well with lots of veggies. I tracked everything. We played golf so I got some exercise and, although not yet totally A OK, I am feeling better.

So today, eat well, track everything, play golf, feel better and tomorrow, I will try the scales again.

Glad to hear spring may be coming. A little early still for my home town but by the time we make it back, it will be around the corner. And Florida weather is pretty nice in the meantime,

There was an interesting post about stress on another group I belong to that I I thought was worth sharing.

The is one poster who is very knowledgeable and keeps saying that it is very difficult to lose weight while under stress. Everyone nods and agrees but really, what do we do about stress?

She has a T1D daughter who has been getting her blood sugars under control quite well. The daughter had good BS readings in the morning but had a minor fender bender on the way to work. By the time she arrived at work, her BS was so high she needed more insulin. And it keep on all morning as she dealt with re-telling the story until she had used all her daily insulin before noon and had to appeal to mum to bring more. Her BS did not drop back to normal for 24 hours. And of course with blood sugar so rises insulin which is the fat storing hormone. As a T1D she has the means and the need to monitor this. But it happens to the rest of us too, just not as high but elevated for us, none the less.

My take away was to pay more attention to what stresses me and work out ways to deal with it. Somehow.

Mindfulness is helping. Think about my food and enjoy it without distractions. Recognize when I have had enough and do not keep eating just because I like the taste. Think about those daffodils dancing in the wind, or that hawk soaring over my bay at home. Exercise certainly helps but then I turn it into a challenge which is not de-stressing. Even if I am reducing glucogen in my blood by exercising, my stress levels are rising because of my mind and its measuring and counting.

Just some random thoughts.

March 4, 2016 11:49AM
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Jan16-192.5
Jan. 22- 191.5
Jan.29-193.0
Feb.5-189.5
Feb.12-191.5
Feb.19-192.5
Feb.26-192.5
March 4th-196.0
March-11th-192.0

March 4 - May 6 Challenge

March 4 - 178.4
March 11 - 178.0

Looking at my small loss, looks like I am gaining muscle. I can feel it in my clothes that I am loosing inches. That's ok with me. I have gone to the gym every other day since my last weigh in and really been good on the diet. Going to continue it as much as I can this week again, and I look for a better loss next week.

Mary, Glad that everything went well with you eye surgery. I have my eye surgery in two weeks, not looking forward to it, but I know it needs to be done.

What type of eye surgery did you have, Mary? Glad it went well. What are you having, Beth? I had cataracts removed two years ago -- two weeks apart. Was a breeze. Went back to work the day after the first. Went on vacation the day after the second. First time since I was 5 years old I didn't have to wear glasses or contacts. I didn't have it done for the reading, so I do throw on readers then, just like I did over my contacts.

I lost the one pound that I had gained, so I'm still 10 pounds over my low. I'm at 151.5.

Sometimes you just have to be rude to sales people. You must be too nice, Marney! A couple of weeks ago, I was dealing with a "macho" sheriff's deputy. He didn't like the answer I was giving him, so he kept looking at the male mover I hired as if, "what does she know?" she is just a woman. He would ask him a question, and I would answer. He would ask him again. I finally looked at him and said, "Either you talk to me or don't talk at all. He works for me. I make the decisions." Being nice just wasn't getting through. Honestly some men just don't understand that woman rule the world!