Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@rachel0778 Glad the break is helping you feel better. I also saw your post on the main feed. PCOS is a *kitten*. I have suffered with it for a long time. So, if you need someone to talk to about it let me know. Enjoy Lobby Day.

@hallowe I am sure allergies can play a huge part in motivation. No one feels great when their body isn’t working right. Plus if you are not getting the right nutrients for the work you are doing your body will let you know.

@kasey39 I have read a few posts on MFP about diet fatigue. A couple of posts suggest taking a break for about a week every 6-8 weeks to give your body a chance to relax. I know there are people who do it for physical and or mental breaks. I say if you decide to do this, just stay at maintenance for a week, and just do light exercise, unless you want to do more.

@evamutt sorry you have been sick. I comfort eat as well. Glad you are looking for healthier options, and other ways to prevent yourself from going overboard.

@shycush6 Great job resisting the second round of ice cream. Sometimes we all need ice cream and donuts in our life. Lexi got her job? Congrats! Sounds like she is growing up on you. Makes you want to hold on tight, and proud all at the same time.

@corn_fed_farm_girl Welcome to the group. There is no adding, just jump in and post as often as you like. We try to keep it positive, non-judgmental and as supportive as possible on this thread. There are some great and helpful threads under each topic, at the top of the page. They are closed but have great information. I also recommend checking out the success stories section. There are some great stories and inspiration over there.


I am not doing great this week with my food or exercise for that matter. I just want to eat everything in sight, and I mean everything. Add into that, I haven’t found the motivation to work. We have no heat at work, been crazy busy, the weather is cold and rainy so no wanting to walk at lunch. Kids are on spring break so no school walk. Get home and all I want to do is nothing. I was supposed to go for a long walk hike last weekend, and ended up not going because of the weather. Was supposed to go to the gym last night, BF was exhausted, and I can’t seem to make myself go on my own. We were also supposed to have a hooky day this week, but doesn’t look like we can pull it off and the weather is not going to be good either way. I think this is part of the reason I am losing motivation. Deep breath, it is a new day. Today I am going to stay under my calories, and I am going to go to the gym.

Not sure if I mentioned it or not but the gym I belong to, is going to do a weight loss competition. The winner gets $1500.00. I want to participate. They are doing it by %, I can do this. They are doing the info meeting tonight so I have to go.
Happy Hump Day everyone!

I haven't checked in for a while. I'm back to exercising this week. I have 3 days in so far. Yahoo!!!

I feel almost 100% from being sick! Had good morning at dog park then met a few ladies from dog park for lunch. I had a chicken fried steak, red mashed potatoes, gravy & buttermilk biscuit. I ordered off the senior menu, so you get a smaller portion. I looked up a variety of steaks similar & logged the one with more calories. Had to guess, came out to 650 cal. hope that was right. After I got home I really felt like riding my bike. I usually only ride my bike to take Grizzly, my big guy(dog) out so I felt a little guilty but since he was going for a walk after I went ahead. I loved riding it by myself! planing to do that more often. Tomorrow, our dtr, Heather is coming in the morning with her 3 little dogs. We're going to a Newsboys concert tomorrow night. Her hubby & 2 kids are coming friday. One of her little dogs, Junibee is going to get spayed on 4/3 & will be rehomed with my friend down the street who I usually walk with. Junibee was a stray about a year ago that she took home & my friends home seems like the right one for her. My dtrs
kids make Junibee nervous & my friend is a widow with one little dog. Keep your fingers crossed they will like each other & will settle in without too much stress. Also on 4/3 MY hubby has proceedure at hospital early in the morning, so my friend is picking up Junibee from my house to drop her off at vets. I'm uneasy about that because I don't know if the rest of my 6 dogs remember her & she has to come inside with no one here to get her.

Hiya
I guess I should jump in and recap my 2017..
Started at 18st, hit the gym and mfp again on 7th jan, missing the new years resolution blues in an attempt to counter the usual failure.
Working so far... down 2 stone. I started at 1280cals per day, but the more i research ive upped it t0 14- 1600 as im burning over 1000 cals mon-fri in gym. Diet is now awesome, except for the odd weekend of mayhem and mischief with ma girlies or hubs, although I dont worry about it too much as way of letting my body know its not being starved 100%.
My only issue is the last 2 weeks Ive weighed in at 16.1, and after having a coil removed Ive now gone back to having periods- great- not! after 3 years without them. Thought Id gone through the menopause but apparently not yet... so I now have to look forward to an inaccurate weigh in every 4 weeks... grrr
Still, as long as it catches up Im not gonna worry... got till xmas o hit my goal;)

@gemwolf110 - glad to hear you had such a good break. Hope going back to work isn't too bad and that they can speed up the start date a bit for the new role.

Shy - liking the new look. I got mine cut a couple of weeks ago and I love the different feel that I get from it - and how much easier/quicker it is to wash and dry! Great picture of Bentley

Rachel - good to hear that Lobby Day was good and that you are feeling reenergised. Now if you could just send some of that feeling my way!!

@Evamutt - glad you are feeling better.

@isotoner - welcome back!

Jen - hello fellow Gryfinndor student!! Glad to see you on the challenge - it looks like fun and I'm hoping that it will start to kick start me back into gear. How is the rest of the week treating you? Have you signed up for the competition at the gym?

Rest of the week has gone better here for me and I'm very glad that it's Friday! Got a slightly odd weekend coming up as my husband will be working for much of Sunday so it's feeling a little short! Going swimming with Alistair tomorrow and then (weather permitting) go out on Sunday with a friend and her little boy (who is good friends with Alistair). Not sure what the plan is but I think likely go to one of the local gardens that are open to the public - let the boys rampage about and then stop in the café for a cup of tea and maybe a small slice of cake!! I've joined up to the next Harry Potter challenge on here which I'm hoping will sort me out - if only I could make up a spell, wave my wand and be the perfect size and weight . Have a good weekend all.

I'm actually so happy this morning. I got on the scale to see I've lost 15lb so far. I still have a long way to go, but hey, that's a start now. I need to lose another 20 to have hernia surgery.

I've been walking around my property (17 acres of wilderness) and up by this nearby pond. It's full of fish, and my little dog, Skittles, seems to be curious about the fish. He tried to get in the water yesterday. Now, he's never been swimming or around a lot of water. It seems he has no idea how to swim. He gets in the water until it's up to his chest, which isn't high since he's part dachshund, and then he takes his paw and tries to dig and push the water away. If it splashes him in the face, he bites the water. LOL. I'm taking my camera next time.

Morning, ladies! (And gents, if you're still hanging around...Brian (dog Bruce Wayne's dad) and...don't remember now, there was another one a month or two ago...why don't the guys stick around?)

I'm not going to post to anyone specifically 'cuz there's just too much. Everyone has been so busy and everything! So motivating... Loved the memes the past couple weeks! Welcome all you new ladies!

So, I'm doing PT for my foot and it seems much improved. I've still got a bit of a limp but when I ride the stationary bike, it nearly disappears. I'm not quite brave enough yet to ride a real bike. In addition to around the house/office walking, I'm doing laps at an indoor track (1/8 of a mile; 4-8 laps). Trying to get in 20 minutes on the bike once a day or so.

April-June is a crazy time at work and next Monday will kick it off...and I found out yesterday I messed something up royally the day before. I create modules and frequently copy one to use as a template. I copied the wrong one and then deleted about 80% of the real one...soooo bad. And so much work to rebuild. And that on top of ordinarily scheduled insanity, a stupid vendor research project and...well, life. So not looking forward to the next three months, work wise. Vacation in June is always a big plus. People ask why they 'let' me take vacation in the middle of the worst month of the year for us, since I am mission-critical...my response is that they 'let' me to prevent homicide. By the time my vacation rolls around, I'm about half crazy (or half crazier than normal), so vacation is a really important piece of sanity. Sturgeon Bay, here we come!

Headed to friends' today to play Oregon Trail with a 6 year old and the new Dresden card game (based on Dresden Files by Jim Butcher...no, I don't expect anyone to recognize it...though, really good series--wizards + detective noir).

Dumped some beef stew in the crockpot this morning...we'll keep most of it but will drop some off for the in-laws. We try to drop off a home cooked meal once a month (they tend to exist on pizza and hamburgers). I'd be happy to increase what I cook and share more than that but when the offer was made, they didn't seem interested. I don't get it, home-cooked, delicious, healthy food vs. bad pizza and hamburgers...that's a pretty obvious choice, to me but whatever. They got corned beef and cabbage last month after our wine tour and (turkey) ham and bean soup a month or so before that. I think I did another stew a couple months ago as well. May and June will be Mother's/Father's Day breakfasts (yes, I'm clinically compulsive. I plan this crap out months ahead...my dinner planning schedule goes out to May 20 with grocery lists...). Since the weather has gotten chilly again, the stew is super tasty-sounding. The chopping and browning the meat bit is a pain in the butt, but it is SO worth it.

Anyway, enough with the food porn...hope everyone has an awesome weekend!