Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

Happy Friday, everyone!
Nichole, what a lovely family picture. Hope graduation was so fun for her. It's definitely a big hullaballoo for them- they are on top of the world! Nice to see the kids we watched grow up, now they are all adults and moving on to a new phase in life!
Missy, good job on the work on your house and yard! You guys are going to have it all perfect in no time!
Jane, happy early 40th. Mine was last September... glad to be in the next decade, although the months leading up to my birthday weren't great. I think I was really having a hard time with that number! But in the end, it's just a number and now I am getting into shape and feeling much better! Enjoy your weekend away, sounds fab!
Dana - preach it ! Kids suck all our money away! LOL! If it's not one thing, it's definitely 10 other things! haha! The beach and paddleboarding sounds awesome. We've rented paddle boards before and I had a blast. The first time we rented one, my older son was probably 16 or 17 and I sat on it and he paddled me around... fun until we tipped and I couldn't bloody well get back on! We were killing ourselves laughing!
Well, we are all packed up for our first camping trip of the summer. Staying in our area, because usually the first trip we forget all kinds of stuff, and the trailer batteries are dead or who knows what else! We are going with 3 other families we know, so I'm sure it will be a riot. I've read myself the riot act about junk food, so I am going to stick with my healthy food I brought and skip the ice cream/chips etc that everyone always brings out. There is a really nice hike to a waterfall, so I will do that both days as well.
Summer isn't easy with all the bbq's and drinks, but if we can do it over thanksgiving and Christmas/new year's, we can do it over summer!
Have an awesome weekend, everyone!

This is my new Puppy "Barkley" he has me very busy right now, sorry have not been active on thread. Here's to June and all of us achieving our goals! Happy Saturday

Jen and Shy- love the photos of your adorable puppies!

Jen- Gotta love teenagers Glad everything is okay

Dana-Great idea on the "sick" day. I call it my mental health. Have fun on the beach!

I'm off to Seattle this week so I'll be MIA until next Monday. I hope everyone has an awesome healthy week. Wish me luck on making good choices!

Good Morning All

Dana I also took a mental health day yesterday. I love the way your message was broken down for staying on track. thanks I needed that.

Jen So glad your daughter is fine. That scares the crap out of you.

Shy How exciting 8th grade graduation. She will be in high school next year and that time goes sooo fast. Enjoy it. Hope she enjoys DC both of my girls did.

@fitequalsSmile enjoy you trip to DC. You should definitely get your steps in there.

Sinead Welcome back. Just keep on tracking and you will be on your way to losing those 2 stones in no time.

Weighed myself on Saturday and lost 2.4 lbs then went to graduation party weighed myself again yesterday morning and thought for sure I would have gained but I stayed the same so yea. Question for all of you gardeners, Once I get rid of all the prickly weeds is there anything I can spray on my flower beds to keep them from growing back? They seem to be the only thing I can grow really well.

I would live to be in core group. I go gym on my own and it's hard. I have about 80-100 pounds to lose I'm currently 256 was 310.

My name is Katie just turned 29 I want to be healthy and at a good weight by time I'm 30 and wanting to do Manchester run next year. First time in doing anything like it.

Hi Katie! Welcome to the group, you can add me if you like too. We're all in the same boat - working towards our healthy weight. Some of us are new and some of us are old (old in years too! LOL), but you are welcome to post in here any time and we'll be here for support!

Sounds like everyone had a great weekend, with their trips away and activities. awesome! Camping was super good, first trip out for the year in the trailer. Love just relaxing and hiking and visiting with friends. my wine and cider kept jumping down my throat before I could even stop it - LOL... so I didn't do as well as I wanted this weekend. OOPS!! Sometimes I can get down about being stagnant for the last few months, but at least I am not going back up to where I was! I feels hard right now to lose, but at least I'm still hanging in there. It's almost like the stars have to align perfectly for me - right mind frame, right food in the fridge, not too many events or nights out, logging perfectly... and of course my life can get bonkers and half of this goes out the window!

I just have to stick with it and be in it for the long haul. Sinead, I need to lose about 2 stones too - 25 lbs or so!! I think if I start to meal plan again, that will help a lot, and also if I prep some fruit and veg in the fridge, that would be great too. Mostly I need to slap myself back to having some will power against carbs, and get back to eating more natural foods... cut the muffins and stuff!

Hope you all have an awesome day! Dana, I loved that picture you put up - very helpful!

hi everyone, my eyes took a little longer to settle than i had hoped but all is back to normal now.
Today i started my training again and i really enjoyed it .... so glad to be back
I hope everyone is doing great, looking forward to catching up with you all

I too am a night shift nurse and I struggle with making it through a shift without munching on high fat snacks. If I bring food to eat I am good, otherwise I hit the machines all night. It adds up in calories fast! I would love to join the group so I can have accountability and motivation to continue more than just a few days! Hello everyone !

Morning all!

@jkhoffe - congratulations on your youngest graduation. You are right that time goes so fast it is quite scary - I'm trying to slow down and take it all in with our little one but it's still shocking how fast they grow up. Enjoy your girls weekend!

@etsar73 - sounds like on a certain level, you needed to rebel for a few days. The good thing is that you are back on track and feeling good about it - hope the rest of the week goes well for you.

@rebeccanow16 - welcome!

@Shycush6 - nachos and cocktails sounds so good. Enjoy your well earned break from work.

Missy - we've been doing a lot of outside work this week but I know what you mean - it feels like it is only a dent and there is always so much more to do.

Gillian - glad your eyes have settled down

Sinead - I'm so with you on the willpower to do the right thing. Sometimes, i think I just need to give myself a good talking to and stop reaching for all the nice stuff that I know doesn't make me feel good in the long run. I do find that meal planning is a huge help - we plan all our evening meals a week at a time then do one big food shop for them. Makes it so much easier than shopping on the way home from work when you are tired and hungry and picking up everything that you see on the shelf. Prepped fruit and veg is good - I'm doing lots at the moment so that I always have healthy snacks in the house for Alistair and it is starting to rub off on me as well.

So I'm sat at my desk on the last day of my week off, making a start on the first written assignment for my coaching qualification (well, ok - sat here chatting to you guys right now ). Husband is outside cutting the lawn and doing stuff in the garden - would far rather be out there with him but coaching is my longer term career plan so needs must! Had a lovely relaxing break over the last weekend then ate far too much on my birthday on Tuesday - never mind! Back on track since then though and feeling good for it - racking up the steps on my fitbit as well. We have friends coming for cake and supper tomorrow (the final event in my birth week as my husband puts it!) then back to work on monday (boo hiss). Hope Friday is good to you all and enjoy your weekends.

@ngolden3320 - so sorry to hear about your dad. Take care of yourself.

Just a general question/rant lol....
Why is it that when you are dieting people always say how much weight you have lost and ohh you dont need to lose any more OR how much more have you got to lose?
Does anyone else find this annoying?
They were not bothered before my weight loss why do they feel the need to judge on how much i should lose?
I know what i want and where i want to be so i dont let it deter me, its just so annoying.

I have managed to put in lots of training this week kickboxing, kickboxercise and running, with lots more planned for this weekend

i hope you all have a great weekend