My fingers and toes all crossed for you Gayle!
You are such a great artist and art teacher!
Im inspired by your truth telling
My truth tell:
Still spotty logging
Still not excercising except power walk with friend
Hope to improve after give presentation monday
My printer just died!
Luckily pauls printer working!
And at least i am doing weekly weigh in report:
Last new Low was april 16: 181.4
7/1/16, 185.0
7/9/16, 183.4
7/14/16 182.8
7/16/16, 183.4 (water weight bump up)
Lill

Daily weigh in started when i started weekly
Thank you for weekly weigh in
Thank you all!

Beth, You can tell that the correcting others is a 'stressor' in my life too. I am working hard on it and it is getting better for us all!

I did OK on my two nights away. I was not on the internet so lost the logging award, but dinner choice was salad and a protein, (we won't mention the bbq sauce!) and breakfast was eggs so stayed on my reduced carb plan pretty well. We did not get lunch at our friends place though so chips and popcorn were offered. Ate more than I should be less than I wanted and I suspect that is a win!

Back on course today.

Not logging everything but trying to get better.
Not exercising except for golf and gardening.
Watching what I eat though.

Hoping for the new job, Gayle! Keep telling us your progress. It keeps it in mind and you will get it back to project status when the rest of your life settles a bit. And you are keeping us on course with the challenges.

I got a compliment on a top I just made (changed the sleeves from the original pattern and it worked). Compliment came from a man and he did not say it was cute, he just said he liked it. I have almost finished another blouse from a 'wadder'. Did not want to waste the fabric and my design worked and it fits well. It is my first self-drafted that fits well! Smaller than before too!

Hi Ladies,

Frustrated this week.

July 1: 173.5
July 15: 170.5 (-3)
July 22: 171.5 (+1)

I did overdo pizza (first in over a year) but the extra pound stuck all week.

It is really hot here too Beth. We have the air on too which is unusual because of our lake breeze. Hard to exercise but I did play golf twice and the game is improving for me.Glad the stress exercise worked for you. I too have worked on it but there are things I need to do which are still undone. I hope your visit to Virginia goes well.

My logging hasn't been the best either so that is the challenge this week. Better logging.

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Fri. May 20-204.0
Fri. May27-199.5
Fri. June 3-201.5
Fri. June 10-205
Fri.June 17-205.5
Fri.June 24-201.5
Fri. July 1-200.0
Fri.July 8-199.0
Fri.July 15-199.5
Fri.July 22-203.0

no excuses.NONE!!!

Oh @merrygrannie ! It is frustrating to live life and have such a result.

New week. New goals. You go, girl.

Pam, Glad to hear you are down again. I still have trouble with an hour on a machine particularly in this heat. We do run the air but as little as possible.

Yes, delaying gratification, a grown-up skill.

I am! The air is back on here and since we live in cottage lake country, I really hate having it on but must for sleeping.

I am hoping I will have good news on Friday. My scale has been bouncing around again but I like today's number.

It is never linear is it, Mary? But well done. 2 lbs down this week!!! Big loss for a week.

I was so excited this morning. (It was 6am after a very poor night's sleep but I was due on the golf course to play with friends.)

But I remembered to step on the scale. 169 So excited to see this decade for the first time in a year.

Then I walked 18 holes while playing. Then I drained our lake of water. Now all I want is a nap. But I had to share my excitement.

I did not log every day. But because I am logging the majority, I am paying attention and the weight is going down. So not perfect, but apparently, you don't have to be.

The upcoming week's challenge. Your choice of two. 10 minutes a day of mindful meditation. Stop and think about you, your stress, your goals, your creativity, anything to do with you, for 10 minutes every day this week. Or: 5 deliberate standups and sitdowns each day. Try not to 'thump' down on the chair, hover if you can. 5 only but every day.

I hope others had a good week!

I hope you had fun out of town.

Marney

Marney! I remember now

Forgot to check in yesterday
Gained water weight out of town, followed immediately by two wedding receptions yesterday!
So bumped up from 183.4 when i left to 184.8 today
But Back on the program again now - i hope!

Fri. May 20-204.0
Fri. May27-199.5
Fri. June 3-201.5
Fri. June 10-205
Fri.June 17-205.5
Fri.June 24-201.5
Fri. July 1-200.0
Fri.July 8-199.0
Fri.July 15-199.5
Fri.July 22-203.0
Fri. July 29-201.0
Fri.Aug 5-203.5

Hi Beth and Mary.

Great going, Beth. More than a small loss after staying the same. You broke the plateau which is hard to do! I hope this next week is good for you.

Mary, difficult when it goes up. I hope you are not too frustrated by it. Even knuckling down my losses are slow and there are bounces up. As I said in my goals, I just want to get back to where I was a year ago for this challenge because I would like to lose some new lbs if you know what I mean. So I do understand the up and down of 'staying the same'. New week, new slate.

For me, I stayed the same at 169. Which is a win because I wasn't always paying attention this week and I had some blow out meals so weight varied through the week. I think I have a new "normal" at 169 and not just a bounce to a low. I have seen it fairly consistently.

Keep going!

This week's challenge for me is strength training. I did 10 pushups yesterday and I will do 10 more tomorrow. I heard that strength training does not take time. You just do something to "failure" and the muscles grow in response. So upper body, pushups should do, lower body squats. Squats one day, pushups the next. But boy do my knees crackle!

I hope the others check in soon and did well.

Well done, Pam. Staying the same is the hardest and no one cheers you on like when you are losing.

Yes, flexibility is so important. It works to keep everything in balance and life looking good. Pain reduction tops the list. I keep working at it intermittently, which, of course, not the way to do it.

Good to hear that you have started at Whimsy. Laughing is really really good for you and for your weight. It is hard when there is a schedule change. That is where I really get off track. I hope your schedule settles down and that you can work the transportation problem. Keep moving, learning, logging and laughing!

I did not log in yesterday so lost my streak, again. Not concerned though because I leave on Wednesday for a 4 day off the grid trip so cannot log on there. I will be missing on Friday. We return on Sunday and I will check in.

I had a bump up over the decade mark again this morning. I really want to stay in the 160's for this challenge ending at the lower end. It is hard to see the decade I just left again. But I will stop grousing and just continue.

Hopefully my time away will not bump me off course. I am hoping for lots of swimming but I expect lots of eating and drinking too.

July 8 - 188.4
July 15 - 188.0
July 22 - 188.0
July 30 - 188.0
Aug 5 - 186.4
Aug 12 - 186.4

This does not surprise me, this humidity is causing me to hold water like crazy. I have been good on my diet and exercise.

Except for the heat, it has been a good week here. Finally settled in my new place. I have an animal sanctuary behind me, and I am constantly seeing wild turkey and deer. I can hear roosters and owls off in the distance, but never have seen any

Gayle, Congrats on starting Whimsy, sounds like a lot of fun. I know that you will enjoy you Young Rembrants class, its always exciting to teach young people, and watch their imaginations at work.

You ladies all have a great weekend, hope the humidity goes away so I can walk outside more. Its 630AM, and already it is muggy.

Everyone have a great week, eat clean and stay positive.