Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@HGSmith0920 That is awesome! Congrats on the first 3 happy years.

That is great gymprincess

Btw, I've started dry brushing to reduce stretch marks, loose skin and cellulite. Has anyone else tried it and can share the results? Only did it twice, but I love the feeling of my blood circulation activating in my skin.

That's great HGSmith! I was stuck for about 2 months too but I finally am down 1 lb. I don't know the physical info but I figure if I don't give up somethings gota change. I only went to 1 HIIT class last week. I usually do 3 but we got a new dog to foster from my son's litter who didn't get adopted so been busy with that & friday I had stomach ache all day. Just got back from early morning walk. New dog has never been on a leash so I've been teaching her how to walk, it just takes me longer walk time. I'm excited...she has a meet & greet today at one at our adoption center. I'm getting ready to go there now (it's 8;30) to help clean then I'll go back to meet after lunch. I do hope it works out. It sounds like a great home & the family already has a similar dog who they adopted from us who needs a friend to play with & they're similar in age, her's is 8mo, mine is almost 7mo. She's starting to come out of her shell so wants to play but none of my 6 dogs are playful & don't want to play with her, I have to play with her, lol. Everyone have a good Sunday. Let you know how it went

@rachelbachel32 Last night was hard for me because I stopped eating early because I was full and didnt think about eating until it was later in the night. Plus I stayed up later then normal. I drank a lot of water last night. Lol. I have a bad habit of eating in the middle of the night when the cat wakes me up. So at about 4:30 this morning the cat wakes me up demanding food and I found myself with the fridge door open and me contemplating the contents. I realized what I was doing, filled my water cup and went right back to bed. Lol.

I'm down another pound! This fasting thing is really working! I stepped on the scale this morning and let out a shriek! I'm down to 169! I havent been this weight in a looong time! I couldnt believe it! I'm so happy! Lol

I got home from act (rescue) at 11:15 & potential adopter text me & wanted to meet at 12:15 instead so I grabbed a cooked ground turkey patty, took quick shower & left with Blue. The 2 meet & greet rooms were busy, plus the foster room plus the small yard, there were that many ppl meeting dogs to adopt, yay. So we went into the kitchen. It went great!! Blue & her dog, Gladys liked each other. They didn't play, they were both in a strange place but very interested & smelled each other a lot. These are really nice ppl & their dog is spoiled. Just the kind I want for Blue. I don't think she'll change her mind but really hoping she will adopt her. Blue is feeling more at home so tries to play with some of my dogs more & more & they don't want to play. I love her but will be glad when she goes. Puppies are too much for us older ppl & dogs lol.she told me to call her after her spay on Wednesday. in the morning I'm going to have to put her in crate while I take my dogs to dog park. Hubby will be home but I don't want to take change of her tying to get out to follow us. I'm so tired already. Got up at 6. Me & friend are going swimming in 30min then I'm calling it a day. DH bought some sausage & grilled it. I was so hungry from not having time to eat right I had 6 oz at 180cal for 2 oz. Not bad but I have 200 cal left for rest of day. I'll try to swim rigorously to get extra cal lol

jenn1190, I lost 40 & am having a hard time losing the last 15 also

Btw, does anyone else feel like treating their bodies way, way more since they started weight loss?
I feel like I've abused my body by being overweight my whole life, and now almost 8 months of caloric deficit must be hard, right? So I can't even count how many pampering, mani-pedi, face mask, etc. sessions I've been through in the last couple months.
If I stick to my current good habits, I'll reach my goal in September on my birthday, for which I already had planned a trip to Geneva, but now I'm thinking maybe a spa would be a good treat too. Something to look forward and extra motivation

@Rachel0778 I've missed you so much! I saw that you were posting your workouts but I was worried about you! I hope you had a great vacation and that your eye heals up soon!

@clicketykeys You have to be careful! Dont push yourself too hard. You're doing a lot so take it easy for a while. But at least you're almost done! That and the play have to be something to look forward too! Have a blast!

my biggest frustration is that even though i have successfully lost 29lbs so far my size hasn't shrunk yet, i still for the most part fit my clothes and can't comfortably wear a size smaller yet frustrating! overall i feel better and more energetic ,so that has been keeping me motivated

Hi! I'm Tanya in need of a support group, mostly in the area of accountability as a source of motivation. Lol, maybe even a place of "confession " of slips and sharing of victories which I would totally love more of. I love working out hard, but I also love patio season
I have to lose 25 pounds, there first confession! Here it is: 5'6 153 pounds:(
Hope I can join and share both in frustration and education! Oh yeah, and meeting goals again!!!

welcome.This is a great group

I've realized that my bad posture has led to a negative image of myself. I was looking at my self in the bathroom mirror today at work and realized that I have terrible posture. When I stand the way I normally do(hunched over with a curved back and slumping shoulders) my stomach sticks out a whole lot more and I just look terrible. But when I stand up straight with my shoulders back I actually look decent. I dont have much of a belly and my stomach is pretty flat. That actually makes me really happy. So I am trying to work on my posture from now on. At work, it's a bit hard because I sit at a teller counter and hunch over a computer so it's gonna take some practice but I will definitely get it. I've also started doing yoga so I think that that will help as well!

@HGSmith0920 I totally get how challenging posture can be sometimes! I feel like I'm always slumped over my desk. I need to be more conscious of that, too, because I know I look so much better when I'm sitting up straight.

As of Saturday, I weighed in at 177.2 lbs, hitting my mini goal of losing 10% of my body weight. My goal was to do it by the end of July, so yay! I have decided that my next goal is to reach 169 lbs by my bachelorette party weekend (August 18th-20th). I honestly can't remember the last time I was in the 160s!

I definitely overindulged this weekend. Saturday, I worked out (upper body), and my fiance and I worked a double at our second job serving. (Side note: I am SO ready to quit! It's been about a year that we've been working there to help with wedding expenses, and I'm over it. Luckily the wedding is coming up soon!) Anyway, it's hard to eat normally while we're there. I thought we would get a couple of hours between our morning and evening shifts to go home and eat, but we ended up working almost straight through with a 30 minute break. I got a cheeseburger with an egg and bacon on it, and I split cheese curds with my fiance. Then, I had a cupcake later for my co-worker's birthday. That was all I ate all day, though, except for 2 hard boiled eggs, and I was on my feet walking for 10+ hours.

On Sunday, I ate normally for lunch (I'm still doing IF and starting my window at 1 pm). We celebrated my fiance's birthday with my family (his actual birthday is Tuesday), so we had BLTs, mixed veggies, corn on the cob, and birthday cake. I had one BLT, one corn on the cob, but lots of veggies and 2 pieces of cake. I was so hungry for some reason! I'm up a bit today, but I'm not worried about it.

I've set a couple of goals this week. Fitness-related: get to the gym every day (Monday through Saturday). The last couple of weeks, I've missed a day. Non-fitness related: get the centerpieces done for the wedding! Does anyone else have any goals they'd like to share?

Happy Monday, all!