Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

Cari - I am so sorry for your loss. Take care of yourself and our thought are with you.

OK! cuteness overload alert with all the dog pics!! Love all of them! They are definitely part of our families, you can tell they are all spoiled!

Shy - we have similar beer tastes - Leinenkugel's Grapefruit Shandy is one of my favorites and I just got home from Wegmans and bought Saranc's Hard Black Cherry Soda for my husband, LOL.

Still too cold to take the pooches for a walk but they are saying tomorrow things are going to turn, fingers crossed. SO is out of town the weekend on business so the dogs and I are hoping to hit the canal path for a few hours. It can get spooky but it is one of my favorite places to walk.

It has been like a summers day here today so I managed to get lots of things done outside again, meaning that I am under on my calories and made up for yesterdays naughtiness
I am not doing to great on matching my macros at the minute but i will continue to try, Just taking it one step at a time

Woohoo posted my whole reply.

Morning all! Feeling like a slight fraud being here - all the pictures of your lovely dogs and I have none of my own to contribute . Would love a dog but we just don't have the lifestyle to support it - one day perhaps. Not sure our two feline friends would be too impressed though!

@Rachel0778 - don't let us put you off, owning your own home is good in so many ways. As Missy says, it's just so good to be able to do what you want to it without having to get permission from anyone. And if you don't want to do all the hard work, buy a newer place that is already done up - some of us are clearly just suckers for punishment when it comes to buying places that need work!!!

@GillianSmith2 - isn't the weather gorgeous? It's still not that warm with us (Sussex) but the sun is out, the garden has lept into life and spring is most definitely in the air. Makes me feel so much better about myself.

@CrabNebula - where abouts in Italy are you going? We went to Italy in June 2014 when I was 3 months pregnant and had an amazing time (and yes, ate far too much delicious pizza and pasta ). Once we are in a better position financially we'll go again and introduce our little boy to the delights.

I spent all of yesterday in a staff event at work - 200 of us in a hot room with no windows and inadequate air conditioning. It's fair to say I was not feeling the chirpiest by the time I got home! Better today hopefully - have a good Thursday everyone.

@deboo7 Congratulations on being at the end of your journey. Welcome, you have come to the best forum here. These people rock and are super encouraging. My name is Nichole what is yours?

Hello everyone! I finally just started being serious about weight loss, and thought it would be cool to start using the forums and adding friends. Support and encouragement from people who also live healthy lifestyles is exactly what I need! Feel free to add me! I'm wanting to lose 100+ lbs. It is going to be a long journey! I read back quite a few pages and you all seem like a great support group!

@ShyCush6 I agree, cube working is the worst! I'm glad I only have access to what I bring to eat or else I'd graze all day too

@FitEqualsSmile Is the weather looking up for a puppy walk today? The canal path sounds beautiful

@CarbNebula Sorry to hear about the pizza. I wouldn't worry about gaining too much weight in Europe. I ate everything in sight but didn't gain a pound since we were walking all the time

@janetay01 I'd definitely have to buy a newer house, I have 0 fixer upper skills. You should post a picture of your cute kitties! They still count as fur babies

@health_guard You have a good point! It was work to find a place that would allow me to have any dog I wanted. My SO jokes I would only buy a house so my puppy could have a better life lol. Also, you're on a roll with the gym, way to go!

@DeBoo7 Keep posting here! It sounds like you're in a great headspace to do well

@Aubreylynn28 Welcome!

@jkhoffe Sounds like a fantastic day! As a fellow MN person, I agree about the weather! I hear it's going to be awesome today too. Almost makes me want to skip boxing just to stay outside

Happy Anniversary Shy! Enjoy your dinner & champagne! Seafood sounds yummy! Well, we are taking tomorrow off of work so we can head to Florida to work on this house. My husband leaves town for work on Sunday, so we have to come home on Saturday this weekend. So, 6 hours in the car tonight. Hopefully we can get stuff done this weekend. I have kind of been stuck with the weight lately. Its been almost 3 weeks since the scale has moved in the downward direction again. Still up and down that same 3-5 lbs. Frustrating! But I know it is my food/drink choices. I am hoping the weather gets better here. It has been warm, but off and on rain the past week or so and no signs of stopping. Its hard to go to the track after work when its raining every day after work... Since my husband will be gone part of the week next week maybe my food will be a bit better. Not sure why that works-but I don't usually make a big meal when he isn't home. I feed the kids, and I might grab something light. But no big meals. We will see. Have a great day!

Nichole, this is for you and your arc trainer! You are killing it, lady!!

Was suppose to run today but my right calf is really bugging me. So I'm taking an extra rest day & will try running tomorrow! I know no pain, no gain. But I'm a wimp lol