Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@jdelaroy and @HGSmith0920 - woohoo, back in Gryffindor! Like Jen, this is only my second term but you get into the swing of it pretty quickly

Morning all - and the same to you Hannah! Not much to report here - I'm working - hope we all have a great day!

A heavy heart today for those affected in London.



I've been very, very tired last couple weeks, which makes me less productive in my trainings. I don't have the speed in my cardio workouts and can't handle higher resistances, and with weights I do less reps. Just feel so much weaker than just a couple weeks ago. I'm on holidays now, sleep pattern is good, should probably eat more greens, but otherwise I don't understand, what's wrong with me

@HGSmith0920 I didn't get any of your messages. I did get your friend request though. I had hoped Janetay01 would be back in our house but I wasn't sure. The challenges are pretty easy. There is one to eat under calories either 4-7 days of the week. (this one is voluntary) They do a lot of Darbe exercises, try a certain food, water intake for a week. There are HP questions every week. You can usually just google the answers. They are a lot of fun. Plus we have awesome team leaders!

@janetay01 So glad we are on the same team together. I sure hope we have some people who are big competitors.

@rachel0778 You should be biased. I am sorry you had a rough start, glad you got away from the dog. Hopefully, this day goes better.

@gymprincess1234 If you continue to be really tired all the time and you know you are sleeping enough, go to the doctors.

@lsoper123 Welcome! Good job on the weight loss. Pretty much everyone is welcome. Just post whenever and how often you like to post.

Well yesterday I didn't make most of my goals, and all I wanted to do is eat. I managed to stay close in calories. Today is starting off the same way as well. Gah I hate it when I want to eat everything.

@jdelaroy You mentioned doctors and I realized the tiredness might be cause of the medication I'm taking, maybe will take a little break and see if anything changes.


Otherwise, I feel so happy today. Tomorrow is my 7 months 'new life' anniversary. I've gone from 109kg to 85kg , got so much stronger, confident, found 2 new physical activities I love and now call my passion and hobbies, made new like minded friends, got fit, and only have 7kg to lose to be in my perfect weight (BMI, fat % and my own views for my height 5'11).

For a really long time, probably the first 5 months, I didn't allow myself to feel pride in my achievements, cause I believed that I was obese and just HAD to lose the fat, hence was not allowed to be proud of it, because it was something that just NEEDED to be done. Now, with the mental coaching of some good friends, I realize, that I have worked SO hard for this I deserve to clap for myself!

I'm so happy I found this forum as well, cause I use another food tracking app, and 95% of my friends and family don't struggle with weight or are not interested to discuss fitness and fat loss related things, but for me, at this point, fitness is my main mission, my project I've been working on for months and will be working for a long time.

Dollywood was fun. Sooo much walking. And oh, sweet baby Jesus, the HILLS. Didn't log while away - had minimal internet, plus ate at a restaurant breakfast buffet.

Back on track today!

Morning! 7 month weight loss today! Wow, it's more than double the time I've lasted before! So happy

Welcome @lsoper123 and @dflash33!

Congrats on the loss @gymprincess1234!!! You have accomplished a lot in the last 7 months and deserve to be proud!

@HGSmith0920 I don't play it, but my significant other does. My dog loves it because it greatly increases the amount of walks he gets lol

@jdelaroy Great job resisting the urge and sticking close to your calorie goal. It may not feel like it, but you're doing a great job!

@clicketykeys Glad to hear you had a wonderful time during your vacation at Dollywood! It sounds like you did a great job staying active!

The rest of yesterday went A LOT better! I went to my pole dancing class and felt really strong about my invert prep leaving the class. When I got home, it was still gorgeous out so the dog and I sat out on the porch and read for awhile. I need to find time to fit more reading into my day. And for lunch I went to the local Mediterranean place for kafta and tabbouli and it was delicious! While I don't love spending that much money on lunch, at least I was able to support a local business and have leftovers for a second meal And I finally heard back from my team and they switched me so that I don't have to worry about coming up with a blue shirt by Saturday, phew! Thank goodness this week is starting to turn around!

Jen - well done for staying away from the cake, I'm struggling to avoid ice cream right now. Great attitude with the scale as well - they lie!! 60lbs lost in a year would be a fantastic achievement - hoping you can shift those last few lbs

Rachel - glad you had a better day. Good news about the shirt as well for the team - one less thing to worry about!

@clicketykeys - welcome to Hogwarts! Glad you made it in.

@gymprincess1234 - that is a really impressive achievement, you have every right to be proud of yourself.

@dflash33 and @lsoper123 - welcome!

Not much to report here - so warm I'm living on iced water and ice cream! Found a really nice looking recipe for apple cake which I'm going to make this weekend. It's on a website for childrens food so it's also fairly calorie friendly - looking forward to it. Hope today has treated everyone well.

Thank you, guys!

Welcome @DiaKid Thanks for joining us! We are a splendid group here! You'll see that we really motivate and encourage each other and share parts of our lives with each other!

@jdelaroy Good for you ignoring the cake! I had a moment like that last night too!

@Rachel0778 I'm glad your day got better! And it was the DH that got me into playing the game again!

@gymprincess1234 Yay! 7 months! That's awesome!

@clicketykeys I hope you had fun at the pool! I'm a lion for my first term!

@janetay01 The weather broke for us finally. It was gorgeous yesterday and today. I love that I was able to get out in it!


I had some good insight last night when I went to go pick up ice cream for the DH. I only grabbed $10 out of my wallet and left the wallet in the car when I ran into the store. I went to go pick out a pint of ice cream for the DH and went to go grab one for myself when I realized I didnt have enough for two so I grabbed my 1.49 frozen fruit bar. I did grab a small candy bar thing but that was definitely better than a whole pint of sugar and calorie loaded ice cream! And I stayed in my calorie range!

Had a great morning today! Got a nice hour walk around the town. It was gorgeous out and just a really good time! Some much needed alone time.

@gymprincess1234 that is a huge accomplishment! Way to go!

@Evamutt its good you found a class that works for you. My gym has glasses but they are mostly centered on the SAHM during the day my work schedule doesn't really allow for them. They are intimidating for me anyway. Happy birthday to your hubby.

@janetay01 it is really warm here as well highs around 100 degrees.

@clicketykeys I hope you enjoyed the pool. We have access to three pools but I never go I should try one of these days lol.

Today I walked 3 miles but my gps tracker was way off because I was on a track I think It said I walked almost 6 so I adjusted my calories to what I typically burn on my 3 mile walks. I also bought a blender to make smoothies with because the thought of paying 5.00 every time I go to the gym is to much. Does anyone have any favorite recipes that do not include bananas or coconut they would be willing to share? I'm also meal prepping for the week today and over cooked my black beans so I'm thinking of turning them into a black bean puree soup of something I found a couple low calorie recipes online. I am also trying to weigh everyday like I read on here hopefully I won't obsess to much.

@gymprincess1234 - that sounds like a good plan. I am very guilty of thinking that I have all those exercise calories to spare and eating just to use them up rather than because I need them. Must do better on that - and actually, your comment has really made me think about something that I have been frustrated about earlier - which I will vent about later!

Hannah - I like your insight that helped you to not buy the second tub of ice cream. I had a very similar insight a couple of weeks ago - although for different reasons. We've got a lot on financially at the moment and I try to cut costs by taking leftovers into the office to heat up for lunch. However, I was still tending to go out at lunchtime and end up buying extras to go with my lunch. It suddenly hit me (and it's so simple!) - just go for the walk but don't take money with you, that way you don't spend extra cash at London prices on generally unhealthy additions to lunch!

@Evamutt - hope you enjoyed your husbands birthday outing. Glad that you had a better experience at the gym - it can be so daunting and off-putting otherwise.

@diakid - welcome!

Friday - yay! Working from home and my husband took Alistair to nursery as they were doing a 'Fathers Day Breakfast' thing there. So I jumped on the cross trainer and got a 45 minute workout in. And was ready to rant - my fitbit has only given me 92 extra calories for the workout - I guess because it only counts steps, not heartrate and effort. My heart rate monitor would have given me 300+. But I'm not going to rant any further - thanks @gymprincess1234 for making me look at this differently! I would have felt compelled to eat those 300+ calories so as to not have my numbers too low - now I won't be tempted to do that. And if I'm a little bit over for the day then it's not a stress because I know that I've probably got a bit of leeway. But it's fascinating how your psychology changes depending on the numbers in front of you. Going for my now standard lunchtime walk in about an hour which will set me up nicely for the afternoon.

We've got a quiet weekend in prospect - going swimming with Alistair tomorrow and taking him clothes shopping on Sunday. Sunday is Fathers Day here in the UK so I'm going to be making waffles with greek yoghurt and fruit for him for breakfast. And in other big news, we will probably be taking the side off the cot tomorrow so that Alistair will effectively be in a big boy bed! I'm gearing myself up for a series of nights where we are constantly putting him back in! Can't believe how fast he is growing up

Anyway, have a good Friday all and hope you have awesome weekends!

Happy Meme Friday!!!

@HGSmith0920 I will see how it goes, cause my first 4 months I was so not interested in food, not counting kcal worked perfectly, now with logging I think about it more. Will see