Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

good for you cayladebra, I do crunches at home too

I'm sorry gymprincess, I know how frustrated I get when I can't do things I enjoy, especially for a longer time & I get overly sensitive in my feelings when I get sick too. prayers for speedy recovery

My sweet girl, Shirley, she'll be 12 in January, we had her since she was 5 weeks old. We love her so much

Today I was curious to see how much calories I can eat to maintain my current wt, which is 152 & it gives me 1730/day, that's a lot so even tho I still want to lose 8 more lbs & eat at calorie deficit, I'm going to keep it there for a while,some days I've been eating close to 1500-1600/day which I can live with & still have been losing slowly

@evamutt what a cute dog. The animal place is so lucky to have you volunteer. You can tell you clearly love it there. 8 pounds to goal is awesome! Great job.

@rachel0778 Great job getting back on track. I am still trying to get there.


This last weekend was a total bust. I was about 1400 calories over for my weekend total. I might have even underestimated. Yesterday, I was barely in the green. This morning 300 calories are gone, and I haven't even eaten breakfast. Going to be a rough day. Plus feeling kind of grumpy.

My oldest turns 18 on Friday. I am not ready to have an 18 year old. This is crazy and I don't know why, but right now I just want to curl up in a ball, in bed under all my blankets and cry. Instead I am at work. Ho hum.

Well everyone have a fabulous day!

It's been a while since I've been on here but I haven't been keeping up. I'm in the same boat with @Rachel0778 I've been on vacation for the last week and will be until Friday and it has totally thrown me off my game. I haven't dont a single lick of exercise, with the exception on a really heavy workout on Wednesday of last week where I ended up hurting my arms, and have been eating like total crap. I've just been grazing on everything and not watching my portions at all. I know that once I have a full work week again next week things will get better because I'll have more structure in my life again. I've found that when I dont have a structure in my life things just start to go totally backward. I've gained back 3lbs. Not a whole lot I guess but those 3lbs were hard to get off! I'm in an unofficial challenge with another group to lose 5lbs by January 1. I know I can do at least that and probably exceed it without much of a problem, I just need to get my head back in the game! I have started a bullet journal and am having a lot of fun designing it and everything but I haven't really been doing the things on my list. So it's time that I actually start to hit my goals! So this today I am refocusing and keeping my head in the game! Lol.

I hope everyone is having a great day!

@jdelaroy How did yesterday turn out?

@gymprincess1234 I don't know if they have them in Europe, but a great place to find used scales are church rummage sales. I'm glad to hear you're feeling better

@HGSmith0920 Welcome back from vacation! Keep us posted on how the bullet journal goes

I went to Crossfit last night and my callous tore off during the workout, OUCH! Today I'm going to take it easier and workout from home. I'm feeling better with two days on plan under my belt, but I'm still waking up in the middle of the night with anxiety over buying this house. The 2008 financial crash really messed up my mentality with home ownership and I am freaking out to say the least. I'm going through with it and not letting fear hold me back...but holy crap is this terrifying!

I need advice, motivation, reasoning. I know i should not be focused on the scale, but what should I be expecting... Two days ago I weighed myself, I have been eating more fruits the last two days but otherwise have not changed the lower caloric diet I have been on. Today I weighed myself, same clothes, same scale and am 3.5 pounds heavier. Is my body hitting a plateau?

cayladebra, wt fluctuates all day. Do you weigh first thing in morning? during the day I can "gain" up to 5 lbs, also It's good idea to take down your weekly weigh in, not daily. Welcome back HGSmith. Way to go jdelaroy.
Well I went to the Dr yesterday. she listened to all aspects of my heart. she explained that the heart will do the work we demand of it but under protest sometimes & a lot of exercise changes the way your heart beats, that is slower & speeds up metabolism so when I'm quietly sitting i may feel my heart beating. I was also feeling like my head wanted to explode with loud ear ringing, which has all settled down so at the end she agreed that I probably shouldn't be doing the hiit exercise class 3 days/week plus I do cardio/weights in between so I'm going to quit the classes & just do my own thing, I am 63yrs old after all. I also found a good website thru here called fitness blender & it's free. I did one of them the other day & burned 150cal. I mourned giving up the classes for a week but accepted it, it's too much for me. I'm thankful I'm in good health & can do other things. So today I went to lunch with some ladies from the dog park, we try to have lunch once a month. I love the chef salad I had with cheese toast. I brought my own salad dressing. Mfp doesn't have their menu nutrients on here so I chose another. I chose the 300 cal. I don't know if it's less than that but better to estimate higher than lower. I'm planing to do another video exercise tonight, doing it every other day

@cayladebra - I've moved to weighing once a week otherwise I get a bit obsessed with how it changes day to day. Don't forget that it is also about measurements - that is something that I still have to learn as inches off my waist or chest would be just as much, if not more of a result right now than the number on the scale.

@evamutt - sounds like you've been working yourself pretty hard - maybe best to just take it a little easier given that you are already so active.

@jdelaroy - good luck for day three in the green. I'm aiming for day two in the green - finally managed to log a full day yesterday and stay under goal. I've also exercised two days in a row - doesn't sound like much but right now for me it's a big win!!

@rachel0778 - ouch, that sounds painful!! I think anxiety over buying a house is fairly normal. I spent weeks stressing over what could go wrong with it until we had actually signed paperwork - just remember that you are buying your own home and how good it will feel when you get the keys and let yourself in through the front door for the first time. When we did this, it was the end of January and dark - and the power had been turned off at the mains. But it never felt so good to stand in the hall in a pitch black house and know that it was ours

@HGSmith0920 - I know the feeling. I've been doing a bullet journal for a week now and it's noticeable that even in that short time, I'm feeling more positive and productive - good luck finding your focus with it! I never thought that I could get so excited about a journal and some new fancy pens

@gymprincess1234 - glad to hear things are improving for you.

Not much to report here - just battling through a day at work! At least it's nearly Friday