Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!
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Shy, that is you talking to me! HA!!! Yes, you can come on the cruise and I will go with you to Coloradoooo!!!0
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Shy - well done for turning down the pizza. Not sure I could have been that strong!
Joy - glad you feel like you've found a way to handle the extra calories and feel like you are on track. Your supper sounds yummy - keep doing good things!
@HG3185 - welcome!
Rachel - glad you are feeling better, enjoy your training day!
@pudgy1977 - happy birthday!! I turned 40 last year - it's turned out to be a pretty cool age so far, enjoy it!
Jen - half a cheeseburger? Nope, don't think I could have done that either - view it like my bread and butter pudding earlier this week, enjoy and move on! That's amazing endurance for running - go you
. Enjoy Winter Park!
Thank goodness it's friday - again, it feels like a long week but it's nearly weekend and the sun is (almost) shining here. All the standard Saturday stuff planned here - food shop and swimming with Alistair plus the added excitement of going out to get new tyres fitted on my car!!! Expensive and I've been putting it off but really needs to be done so one more thing ticked off the 'to do list'. Hope the weekend is good to you all and keep up the good work team - we are really hitting it hard this year!
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@rachel0778 Normally, I would have did it before I started, I was just starving by the time we got home. It was mostly mindless eating. Yesterday, wasn't much better. You are no slug and glad you are feeling beautiful and a little Sassy today. My work would flip if I wore something besides jeans. I have worn slacks once or twice and the first thing my boss asks is if I have an interview somewhere.
@kaavery120188 I am so excited, I bet I drive everyone crazy at work today. Just 7ish more hours.
@ShyCush6 RMNP is beautiful. I don't make it up there often. Last time we went camping up there it was in August, was a gorgeous day. Woke up to 6 inches of snow on the ground. I was the only one smart enough to have brought warm clothes and a coat with me. I laughed my *kitten* off at all the boys. They kept telling me I was stupid to bring it all. We have a saying in CO, and it is even more true when you are in the mountains. "Don't like the weather? Wait 10 minutes it will change." I rarely don't have a coat in my car.
@pudgy1977 Happy 40th Birthday. I hope you have a fantastic birthday and this year bring you many great rewards, and a lot of joy.
@bluepoppies777 One pound at a time is exactly right. I would like to lose between 60-80 pounds, but right now my goal is to lose 5 pounds. That is a small number, I can do that. Then I can be happy and be proud of myself. Then set a new goal of 5 pounds... and so forth. Woo hoo, Colorado is the place to come visit. Although a cruise would be good too.
@janetay01 Yep, I am not going to get bummed about it. I learned a lesson fast food cheeseburgers are gross, not worth the aftermath. Next time I was just ask the BF to bbq me one and I will stick to the chicken at fast food places. Great job getting your errands done.
I had a really tame night last night the BF had to work late (got home at 930) and I didn't have anything besides shopping and packing to get done. I did those things. Shy made the mistake of inviting me to do a Fitbit challenge. I hate losing, and had nothing else to do. My living room and kids saw me walking back and forth. Ended up with 22000 steps. Almost 10k more than I had planned. I also got asked to be a team leader for the Amazing Race winter challenge. Pretty excited about it, but bummed I have to leave my old team to do it.
Ladies have a fantastic weekend, breathe and remember our words! I challenge each of you to do a new to you exercise, video, or walk a walk you haven't walked before.3 -
I'm new and restarting my weight loss journey. I'm trying to lose around 20 kilos (or 50 pounds). I'm not setting a time frame, but I want to be consistently losing weight. Any support would be great since I'm not getting support at home. My profile is open and anyone can add me and I'll accept as long as you're supportive. I hope I can find some people to join me in losing weight, even if it's a pound a week. I have very little motivation to do this on my own.2
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Hi, I'm Robin. I started MFP 10 days ago and am down 4lbs. I'm a former Weight Watcher and gained about 30lbs in the last year and a half, and I'd like to get back to a comfortable, sustainable weight. I'm excited to see where MFP takes me - so far I love the accountability and am obsessed with tracking. Just got a food scale so I can be more accurate, because I know I'm probably under guessing weights of things. Also joined a gym in September of last year and it's become one of my habits, I love going now. I need to make some changes to my routines so I can start targeting my problematic spots better.
Anyhoo, nice to be here!1 -
Tazzy: It was really yummy pizza too… I am pretty proud! Instead I had a bowl of cereal… I didn’t feel like cooking once I got home from the gym and he was still out with the guys from work!
Jen1977: I am so selfish when I have my daughter… we have 50/50 custody and I drop everything when I have her. My friends don’t understand how it works sometimes… they would do anything for a break from their kids for a day! They grow up too fast not to give ‘em all our attention…
Joy (aka fluffy):
! I like the thought of fat being fluffy… it sounds so much cuter! You have a great positive outlook… If I have a fail day… it’s usually because of pizza!! LOL! One pound at a time is right! The scale was down one this morning! YAY! Well Colorado is in June! Get your *kitten* together! LOL!
Janetay: I with you TGIF!!! New tires always does feel good! I think I just feel safer when I get them! Enjoy your weekend, sounds like a nice one in the works!
Jddelroy: I will pack all kinds of warm clothes for the mountains! My husband said the same thing when we went to Yellowstone and I was very warm the whole trip! LOL! I have a goal of 10 lbs for me as well. Start small and build up! Way to go on the fitbit challenge… You guys really made me step up my game!
Welcome JCarrasquel! Hope you post often!
Welcome Robin! Post often… sounds like you are on the right track and we’d love to hear about your journey!
So I managed to get a workout after work and then pranced around my kitchen, cause I hate losing fitbit challenges either! LOL! Guess what.. I lost!! =( But I did manage to get in 16K! Which I am happy with!! I also hit the gym this morning! Yay! And now that I upgraded my membership so I can bring Lexi whenever I want… I now get Hydro Massage, tanning beds and Light Therapy… I have never done a red light therapy… supposedly it relieves tension in your muscles and joints, helps your skin elasticity and reduce cellulite… HMMMM… not sure what I think of that machine yet. I might try it once. Anyone else ever heard of it? Tanning beds, I won’t use but the Hydro Massage I am looking forward to. I might try it tonight after work when I go in and lift some!0 -
Yes I'm back.. again. I really need to stop running away from the fat. I have tried ignoring it, hiding it (not enough spanx in the world), bribing it (chocolate is not my friend) and pleading with it. But it's not going away. I need some motivation, seriously.
On a brighter note, I did lose 20 pounds last year, so it's not all bad.1 -
It's been a while since I posted on this site, I've been doing well despite my changing the rate of loss to 1/2 lb/wk instead of my usual 1 lb/wk. I just had more of an appetite during these cold wet winter days. I put it back to 1 lb/wk today. Despite that i did lose 2 more lbs recently, yay for me. My hubby was in hospital with high heart rate week before last but thankfully came home after a week & is doing well. All last week he wanted me to be near by so I was going to the gym every day since it's 3 min from our house. I think that helped me lose wt. We made some pork ribs a few days ago. I cooked them in slow oven for 3hrs, then hubby put them on the grill. They were awesome but both of us felt sick after, I think because we're not used to eating fat anymore.0
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Hey, all!
Hope everyone has had a great weekend! For those that asked...the doctor gave me two more weeks in the cast & then he'll put me in a boot for a while so we can rehab the ankle sprain he just decided I also have. Pain is generally better (sometimes it gripes a lot...but mostly not) but it makes sleeping hard, I'm usually awake between 4:30 and 5:15 with no hope for more sleep! I should be on my feet again around the 2nd. I tried a weigh-in on Sat...knowing that I have no idea what my cast weighs and was down at least two pounds from the last time, with the cast and that's about 2.5 less than before the cast...so 5 ish pounds down in four weeks!
On the pizza discussion: I turn down pizza for three words: Pizza Hut, Cici's. I find both gross and have no problem saying no. We have several local places that have tasty, non-greasy pizza that is amazing, so I try to avoid it!
Regarding GoT...sorry guys, I can't do it. Read the first book not long after it came out (yes, that was a LOOOONNNGG time ago...20 years or so). Liked it but got very peeved when I had to wait more than 12 years for the sequel. And then I didn't like it much. I can live without stories where the worthwhile people all end up persecuted or murdered and the worthless ones prosper and do the murdering. Too depressing for me.
@gemwolf110, Have an excellent vacation!!! And good luck on the interviews...I'm applying for my boss's job this week (she retired & we've had an interim for 5 months), so I'm with you on the stress of interviews (and I don't even have an interview yet!). Good luck!
@bluepoppies777, I love the kittens! When I was a kid, this woman my mom knew had a fridge magnet of a big, wooly sheep that said "Ewes not fat, ewes fluffy" that I always liked...it is even better with kittens!
Welcome new people! Have an awesome week!
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@melaniedscott - well done on the loss, you are doing an impressive job keeping active with that cast. I agree on the pizza - we have a little local place that does really good pizza that is very hard to resist but beyond that I only tend to eat pizza that we make at home now.
@gemwolf110 - enjoy your vacation and the ice hockey. Take a bit of time this week to prepare yourself for the interview and you'll be fine. I'm very bad at selling myself - I always do better when I can prove myself on the job¬
@Evamutt and @indygirl217 - welcome back!
Shy - well done with the workout and the prancing round the kitchen to get your steps up. Nothing like a bit of healthy competition to get us moving!
@karnesrobin and @jcarrasquel - welcome!
Jen - well done on your 22,000 steps!
Had a lovely (very cold!) weekend and spent yesterday afternoon at a local nature reserve where Alistair looked inside every molehill for a mole and every clump of grass for a rabbit - then spent a lot of time bemoaning the fact that he couldn't get close enough to the sheep to stroke them! Built his train track when we got home and had lots of fun pushing the trains around the different loops - my husband is on a quest to cover the front room with track. Then Alistair woke up with a temperature at 3.30am and never got back to sleep so I'm at work trying to resist the coffee and the doughnuts on the cabinet next to my desk - I think I will but it's a hard one this morning when I'm quite so tired. On the plus side, I lost another 0.8lbs last week so it's going well for me! Have a good day all - I shall rate mine as a good day if I stay awake!! 0 -
@karnesrobin and @jcarrasquel Welcome!
@ShyCush6 We are going to keep each other on our toes! I am back from my getaway and ready to walk my pretty butt skinny. I need to try the hydromassage at our gym too.
@indygirl217 , @Evamutt Welcome back great job coming back, keep up the hard work.
@gemwolf110 Yeah for vacation. What do you have an interview for? Lots of practice is good, also write down any questions you have, some of your accomplishments, and what you have done to make you right for the position.
@melaniedscott Thanks for the update. Sounds like you are making great progress even with a temporary disability. Fantastic!
@janetay01 Sounds like a fantastic weekend, and great job on the loss. I am also exhausted this morning. Trying to drink a ton of water to stay awake.
Good morning everyone. I had such a great time in Winter park. It was very cold out there, but so beautiful. There was snow everywhere, about 3-4 inches high. So glad I went and bought thermal underclothes. The food was delicious, mostly spent the time either walking around, or watching movies in the peace and quiet. I think I gained a pound, but it was so worth it. I feel rejuvenated and ready to focus on losing weight again. I am also starting a new challenge as a team captain. So I have to be on my game even more so. I am going to try and get to Onederland by Valentine's day. This will be a total stretch goal, but doable if I can not snack on everything in sight.
My NSV's
I bought a smaller pair of jeans for my trip. Came home in them and my mom told me I was looking skinny. The BF picked me up and threw me on the bed. We were playing around, neither one of us realized he could do this now, until I was on my back, on the bed with him tickling me.1 -
Hi Everyone! I'm swamped at work (tis the season), sorry I can't catch up on all of your posts!
Welcome to all newcomers, we're glad to have you in on the group!
Happy Birthday Jen!!! I hope you have a great 40th!
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Happy Monday, fabulous people!! I'm feeling a little sluggish today... actually it's more like the slug bait! LOL! Not sure why, behaved this weekend (was the DD) and stayed on track with the eating. I think it's just this time of year where I want to seriously hibernate!
Rachel - hope your work simmers down!
Jane - good job staying away from the doughnuts, keep that up! That's why you are down 0.8!! Sounds like you had a nice weekend, I love it when kids are so curious with nature, very sweet!
Jen - ha! I don't think my hubs has ever picked me up and threw me around. LOL!!! But I guess I could put that down as a goal of mine! haha! Glad you had fun on your getaway, and how awesome to be asked to be team leader? you need to make yourself a shirt!
Gem - enjoy the week off, you deserve it. and keep mentally thinking positive about your interview, it will help! I love going to ice hockey games too! (but hey, I'm Canadian, so I guess it's a given!)
Shy - what the heck? There is a machine to reduce cellulite at your gym? HELLOOO! definitely book into that like nobody's business! You are going to be svelte!! And nope, I'm no tanner either, makes you age fast, and we don't need that! I hear you about the 50-50, when you only get her half the time, you've got to make up for the week you've missed! I have had moments where I've said to my husband "I need a condo to myself with visitation for all of you!" But honestly, I wouldn't want to be apart!
Robin - welcome to the group! I used to do WW too, but I much prefer MFP. I found when I stopped WW I gained my weight back, and I realized over time that it is because I'm a volume eater (because I love food). So if I was eating huge salads or lots of cooked veggies for 0 points, then when I was off WW I would still want a large amount of food, but I wasn't making the healthy choices... With MFP it makes me measure out everything, even the veggies and log it, so I'm eating smaller portions of everything, which is good!
Well, Monday is here again - how did that happen so fast?! LOL! I weighed on Saturday and I'm down 1 lb, so I was really happy! I'm sticking with my 1 lb a week target (and also the mental target of just focusing on the one pound... I can get overwhelmed with 35-40 lbs to lose, and sabotage myself!) I'm going to lose my fluff slowly but surely! 1 -
Today, me & hubby ate lunch at taco bell. Haven't been there for years. So now that I lost a few more lbs, I have less calories to eat if i want to loose 1 lb/wk, so....I have 404 cal left the rest of the day, instead of my usual 600. I'm making lentil strew & will try to stay withing that range. I'm waiting for it to be done & am so hungry0
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@rachel0778 Thanks for the quick post. Hope work goes smoothly this week. Keep up your great work.
@bluepoppies777 You are doing amazing. 1 pound a week is a great way to look at it. I gained my pound back from last week. So this week, I am just working on it again. I set a goal to be under 200 by V-day. That is 6 pounds in 3 weeks. A little on the extreme side, but not too crazy. I will still be happy if I am able to do just 3 pounds, but if I don't make a goal, it seems to be harder for me to make progress.
@evamutt I had taco bell the other night as well. It is so bad that it is good, but definitely a calorie killer. Good job trying to stay under though. (On days like that, I might let myself go into maintenance calories, or shave some off from the rest of the week.
I had a yucky night/morning. The BF and I are fighting, we have been doing that a lot lately. So I am feeling pretty blah and down today. I am going to try and stay focused on the things at work. I am also taking some time to go to the gym by myself after work. No emotional eating or snacking today. I wish they would get rid of the darn GS cookies in the break room. I managed to ignore them yesterday, but just barely.
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@bluepoppies777 You're doing so great on your 1lb a week goal, keep up the great work!
@EvaMutt It might be worth upping your daily calories today. If you're starving that's a quick way to lead to a binge
@jdelaroy Sorry to hear about the fighting at home. I'm so glad you're able to take some time for yourself at the gym
@janetay01 Congrats on the loss! Sorry to hear Alistair isn't feeling well
@melaniedscott Great loss, especially since you're doing it while in a cast!
@gemwolf110 So glad you're on vacation after all those long hours! I hope you rock your upcoming interview
@indygirl217 Welcome back!
@shycush6 Great job hitting the gym! I'm glad you're able to bring Lexi with you now
@karnesrobin Welcome!
@jcarrasquel Welcome!
I had my first personal training session today and I'm feeling pretty good overall. I got 20 legit push ups and 50 crunches in a minute which isn't a bad bench mark to start with! I'm especially impressed since we had a 2 hour derby practice last night and the personal training session was at 6:30 this morning. My body is definitely going to need to rest tonight!
I still can't believe the 6 weeks were only $50 a person. I really love my job for having incentives like that.
My old place of employment is now hiring for a job I would be a shoe in for and would get paid a lot more at...but you can't put a price on the quality of life difference that I have at my current job so I'm sticking where I'm at.
I hope everyone is having a great week!1 -
Good Morning, lost 0.2 lbs last week, I did so good Mon-Thurs, then Friday, sat and sun, I ate fast food, had a few beers with friends and pooff all my good eating, drinking water earlier in the week was canceled out! I'm lucky I even lost, and did not gain. New week, hopefully better choice's this weekend. Have a great day everyone!0
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