Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

I'd also love to join! I'm just getting back into the swing of things myself. I'm a college student back from school and I'm the heaviest I've ever been, but I am more determined than ever to break the cycle!!

@Musaniac Welcome! Congrats in starting this new journey of life! It must be hard to be a college student and eat healthy. I remember when I was at school, before my metabolism showslowed down, I wasa a food maniac. But back then, I could eat whatever I wanted and not gain an ounce. Lol

But welcome! Enjoy out our little group!

@Evamutt Glad to hear your husband is doing well, I hope his health continues. The body is truly an amazing thing!

@clicketykeys 3 spoonful's of ice cream shows great restraint! I'm glad you had fun celebrating your Dad's birthday! How were the granola crisps? I tried using Dry Hands for my grip but I sweat it off almost immediately (I have sweaty palms)

@HGSmith0920 I hope you were able to catch up on sleep last night! And derby is a suuuuper open and accepting environment. I hadn't been on skates since I was in elementary school and they are patiently teaching me everything. I'd really recommend trying it. It's a great confidence booster and a fun physical activity!

@jdelaroy Sorry your schedule is reeking havoc on your weight loss efforts. Great job keeping up with the squat challenge, I'm glad it's paying off!

@Musaniac Welcome!

TGIF!!!! Yesterday flew by with all the meetings, but that means today I'm playing catch up on all the work. Derby was a blast but I was up waaay too late since I had to help set up for the garage sale we're having today.

The less than happy part of my day yesterday was when I was in a meeting with the entire executive team of my workplace and when I got introduced the president jokingly asked if I was a student....yeah....

Seriously, my first introduction to the executive team and I immediately get (albeit jokingly) disregarded based on my age/appearance. There is no way he would have said that to a male colleague. And now that is everyone's first impression of me. *Sigh*.

@hgsmith0920 Awesome job on the weight loss.

@Evamutt That is fantastic. I will pray he continues to have good health. Great job on the lunch. There are several free aps you can get on your phone that track your steps. Just search for pedometer. Only thing is, you have to keep your phone on your body.

@musaniac Welcome, and good luck with your journey.

@clicketykeys. What is an enlightened order? Good job on 3 spoons of ice cream.

@rachel0778 Sorry he took you as a student. However, try to look for a positive. You look young, and you are making great strides at a young age. I am sure he knows by now that young women can do great things.

@shycush6, @janetay01, @bluepoppies777, @ngolden3320 How are things going? I miss you guys and was thinking about you.

Last night was an alright night. I didn’t go super crazy eating, roller skated and that was about all I had time for. While I was at the rink I had to loosen one of my wheels that had gotten extremely tight, so tight that it would randomly stop spinning while skating. I went and borrowed the rinks tool to do it, and was talking to the manager about getting new skates. The ones I have now are for beginners and are pretty crappy/worn out. She ended up letting me try on her skates. I am in love. What was great, is that they weren’t the most expensive kind of skate out there.

Tomorrow is my second 7K of the season. I would like to try and run about half of it. Wish me luck. At least this one, won’t have the crazy hills or elevation.
Have a great weekend!

Hello good people! I'm still here - suffering from a severe lack of motivation this week. I've travelled into the office for 4 days in a row (a 3 hour round trip) which hasn't helped. Going to stop thinking about logging this weekend as we've got friends coming for lunch tomorrow (early celebration for my birthday on Wednesday) so will get back on the horse on Monday and will catch up properly with you all! Have great weekends

Hello everyone, Hope you're all having a good weekend. I really appreciate that I can share on here. For most of the past week, as you know, hubby wasn't feeling well at all so I mostly stayed around instead of volunteering at animal rescue & missing some of the gym classes. I've always been a doer. It's always been hard for me during times when circumstances don't allow me to "do" on a regular basis. I get sleepy, life becomes hazy, I have no energy or motivation. Since hubby is doing fine now, I made myself go to the gym today. Went on treadmill, used some of the machines & swam in the pool. It all felt SO good. It's a little harder but very freeing at the same time being retired & having to make your own schedule, no one to tell you what you must do or being somewhere at a certain time. I retired early & am actually still signed up with a company, but I choose to have less $ & not work. My gym has changed. All the classes have been canceled & for an extra $20 or more a month they offer 4 personal trainer group classes a day, 5 on Tuesday & Thursday. Instead of thinking "no" right away, I got a free weeks pass & will check them out. I do like group classes & I don't like exercising at home.
Summer is here to stay, almost100 degrees today, ugh. I hate the heat. I'm so hot all the time anyway, so we went grocery shopping yesterday & bought meat to cook on the grill more often. I don't cook casseroles or anything that takes much time during the summer.We don't have central air so our kitchen is very warm. We bought this teriyaki marinade & it makes the meat taste SO delicious all the way through! DH grilled pork steaks yesterday & chicken just now. I was SO tempted to eat some more pork last night, I had to keep getting up, drinking water, walking around just to resist, but I resisted. I'm so glad, I weighed a pound less this morning!I'm not reporting it until it's consistent for a week. I notice weight loss fluctuates for a while before it "sticks". Nothing much more going on. I do take all my dogs out every morning regardless of what else I do so I don't usually mention it. Walk on weekends & mostly dog park on week days. I don't log that as exercise because it's part of my usual routine. I'm planing to go back to the gym around 5 & tomorrow also & start my regular schedule at the animal rescue. that's pretty much my weekend. Hope all of you get some R&R, Thanks for listening

Tired already. Yesterday was so hectic... I really don't want to do ANYTHING today

But it's a shorter day (9 hours) and it's also supposed to rain, so hopefully it will be quiet!

Good morning, good morning!

Went away for the weekend to a women's retreat with my church. It was amazing! Friday morning was pretty terrible at work. Did a MAJOR screw up and got pulled into the office for a very frightening, I might get fired tomorrow, kind of talk. So I guess we'll see how that goes. But the DH has promised to stand by my no matter what happens. So if the praying people of this group could offer up a prayer for me, it would be greatly appreciated!

But with being away this weekend, logging my food took a total backseat. I didn't eat tooooo terribly but not great either. I'm kind of afraid to weigh myself, but I'm about to. Just to see the damage I did to myself.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great day today!

@janetay01 - Congrats on keeping it going! Yeah I put a cushion under my feet last night - that REALLY helped, lol! What's the Hogwarts challenge?

@HGSmith0920 - Ouch Bummer about work. I'm glad you have people in your life who support you!

@jdelaroy - That is an awesome accomplishment! lol what an amazing coincidence that they gave you not the size you asked for, but just the size you needed. But if that's only half your goals, you must have had a REALLY busy day planned!

Yesterday was indeed quiet. It rained off and on, and the crowds were really light. When it started raining again in the evening, I got to go home early - and I still got 15k steps in! woot!

And today and tomorrow I get my "weekend!" It's been awesome. I went to the pool with my mom this morning, and then I got to meet with the costume designer about my commission! I'm SO excited about this

@clicketykeys - I thought the next Harry Potter/Hogwarts term challenge was open to new students now but I can't find it on the forums so I've asked a friend if they have the link. Basically, it's a HP themed weight loss challenge - I've only been in for one term but it was a serious lot of fun, nice and competitive and really kicked my backside back into gear. If I can get the link, I'll post it in here