Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@stircrzy & @harryhole987 I sent you both friend requests. @stircrzy I noticed that you are in Cleveland, we are almost neighbors. I live in Akron.

@ChangeIsADecision How are you liking your Jeep? My car is paid off in April of next year and I am thinking of getting one then.

@jdelaroy Great job on the NSV. It is so nice when other people notice a change in you.

@Rachel0778 I with you on the Mental Health Weekend. This summer has been to busy and it seems like extra hot.

@FitEqualsSmile Enjoy your graduation party this weekend. They are so much work. But so exciting. I hope you get good news with your MRI results.

Made it to the gym last night and worked up a good sweat while I was there. Yesterdays NSV for me was actually going to the gym. It was so hot and I was really close to talking myself out of it. I did however suck it up and go and once I got there I was glad I did. My arms and shoulders are a little sore today.

@jdelaroy Great NSV!!!!

@ChangeIsADecision You are so right, it is so hard to resist the crowd when everyone else is ordering a margarita. I have to constantly ask myself, do I really want this? Keep us posted on how it's going!

@health_guard How did it go for day 2???

@stircrzy Welcome! I agree that weight follows habits, which ones are you working to implement?

@Kait_Dee Thanks for sharing your progress photos! Cutting weight sucks no matter what, but I agree it's extra hard in the summer. When's your upcoming event?

@ngolden3320 Way to go on the gym!

@FitEqualsSmile healthy thai options over Pad Thai (or my favorite Pad See Ew) is hard! Way to go! My scale is also mad at me for all the salt I've been eating. I finished off the pickle wedges last night so that should hopefully help. And I agree that I need to start booking time for myself. I got out of the habit, but I need a "me" day big time!

Hi all! My name is Yvonne and I was a member for awhile but dropped off the radar. Totally went off the rails….abandoned my workouts and my healthy diet and am now paying dearly for it. I am back in the saddle though, and determined to lose this weight, get strong and back to the true me. This will not be an easy journey for me, but I’m giving all that I’ve got. Today, I take control!!! I need to lose 30 pounds. I will need all the motivation I can find and in turn, promise to motivate and encourage all of you! Here's to us and reaching our goals!!!

@stircrazy - welcome! what a great attitude... You're number one ...!

@health_guard - here's to hoping you get some movement in .. it's always tough in the morning. This morning was the first time I've done morning cardio in forever. I can't say I loved it ..... but it wasn't the worst thing in life (I guess .. haha)

@FitEqualsSmile - I hope the stiffness goes on and doesn't hamper your day and I hope everything comes back ok. Mmmm.. Thai.

@ngolden3320 - great work on making it to the gym! It's hard when it's so hot. I'm in NJ on business right now and the heat and humidity are ridiculous.

@Rachel0778 - Thanks for the support! It's a tough slog right now, I've been cutting for 16 weeks and have another 10 to go before the contest. I compete on September 24 in Washington State... As far as your goal, totally attainable, Miss! You can do it! A year of logging too - that's an achievement in itself.

@Skiracer - welcome back! I'm pretty new, myself ... Glad to have you along for the journey!

@jdelaroy - Thanks for the support -- Sounds like a stressful night for you last night, sorry to hear it... Glad you're okay other than a bruised hand. I hate it when things go sideways like that; especially when you're tired and hungry and nothing seems to be going right!! I hope today is a better day for you - congrats on the loss.

Mid-day here in the East ... Just about to hit the road to go to another client site, I hope everyone is having a solid start to their Tuesday!

Long day!!! Think I'll go home and get some yard work done

We are having a big ol' pizza party at work today....I hope to make it through unscathed

So I'm still completely people'd out and my boxing class didn't sound at all appealing last night so I decided to take another me night and not go.

Old me would have chilled on the couch with popcorn and Downton Abbey. New me put on her running shoes, downloaded some podcasts, and had a great 6 mile solo run around town. I'm a little stiff today because I haven't ran in a month, but I feel good that I still have the cardio in place to tackle 6 miles. I also have tonight of no social plans to help reset, I can't wait to get my equilibrium back!

@FitEqualsSmile ooh cookies are one of my weaknesses. Sometimes I chew a really minty sugar free gum. Hard to put more food in your mouth with mint flavor and gum in the mouth. Good luck, you can do it. Way to go on the 1 pound.

@MeinProgress I hope so too, someone brought in donuts yesterday. I said no the first time and luckily I was too busy to go back.

@Rachel0778 Great Job! That had to feel awesome. You will get your equilibrium back in no time.


Ugh I am so sick of packing. I wish I was done, Frustrated that I have a room and a half left, no energy, and haven't been able to really do any work outs. Oh and have no money until pay day. My bank has 12 cents in it.
Sigh, just a few more days I can do it.

@FitEqualsSmile - well done on the pancake restraint, they sound delicious and very hard to avoid - great NSV!

@jdelaroy - hang in there, it sounds like you have done so much of the packing already and the last couple of rooms are always the hardest as you start to lose the will to do it. But just think of the workout that you are getting simply by doing the packing and the lifting and the moving - you will be doing more than you think. And the pay day issue - I so know that feeling and it sucks. Stick with it - you are nearly there!

@Rachel0778 - 6 miles, I'm seriously impressed. Hope the night of no social was good for you

@MeinProgress - hope you both enjoyed and survived the pizza party!!

I've just come out of a two day training course at work - a Train the Trainer session. Good fun but boy did she work us hard (a colleague so she knows us pretty well and took no nonsense!). Two long days, homework in the evenings and precious little time to think about anything else. Got home too late both days to see Alistair so really looking forward to being able to pick him up from nursery this afternoon, spend some time with him and then put him to bed with his nightly stories. It's been so hot here and had so little time and energy so the house is a complete tip - working from home today so will finish a little early and blitz a couple of rooms!

Morning Peeps! Hope all is well with everyone. Just wanted to check in with some insta posts - and an accountability weigh-in.

Starting weight:
7/18 - 164.2
7/21 - 163.0

Monday bootcamp:



Last's bootcamp: I've been having back pain lately so I got a steroid shot and a pain shot yesterday. Kind of funny - I was talking to the doc and she said "So you're in here for back pain but you're doing a bootcamp program?" It doesn't hurt when I'm exercising but I keep myself at a pace that I know I'm not hurting it more. Weird that it doesn't hurt when I'm exercising.