Kim, I love the honesty! Keep it up! Also, if you and Sheri want my attention, you both know where to find me!

We care about u. Great job Naomi! Keep it up lady.

Thanks all. Today was kinda low key. Walked my dog in the morning and evening. Ate under goal but I think the egg foo young has more than average sodium. Didn't have any sweets today. Over goal on protein.

Everyone did an outstanding job these last four weeks. I was thinking about our posts and I've come to the conclusion that food and to an extent exercise is a psychological game. Food and our cravings can be controlled with our will power. Me like so many others have difficulties but we keep on fighting. Busy days will get the best of us some days, but then if you can control your intake that day you'll be no further behind in your personal goals. We're not perfect but at least we're conscious.

D4-W4
Week 5

Check In Day 28

Kim, I am not sure if this is you, but today, I changed my menu up and had more carbs than I normally would and OMG was I hungry all darn day long! I was literally wanting to cook dinner at 4... and I did. I was done eating by 5:00.
I ate some carbs for lunch, then had some rice crackers, and next thing you know, I was wanting more and more... so I knew I had to have protein to keep me full. I hit protein on my dinner and after eating, I was fine. It was a very weird day today about being hungry... craving. I think some of us are affected by carbs different from others. Rice definitely makes me hungry and makes me crave.... Just a thought. Maybe one day try to have one of your meals mostly protein and less carbs.?? See if the hunger or craves stays. Today was really black and white for me and I am 100% the kind of person that doesn't do well with lots of carbs, it caused me to want to eat all the time.

Naomi, loose jeans are ALWAYS a great sign regardless of what the scale says. I realized my scale went up before it went down and yet my clothes are getting loose. So, I don't take the scale as serious.

Menu was higher in calories than normal, because of the carbs making me hungrier. I was really trying to stay at 1250 and not use any exercise calories, oh well, I like what I ate.
I am always good on water since it is the only thing I drink and I love water.
I did get some exercise in before the football game. I did 15% incline at 3.8 and some sprints in between.
Tape measure is being kind, that's my "scale". (because the other one sucks butt) lol

Next week, I think I am going to dive back into tennis, big time. I think I am ready and missing the challenge. HOLLER if you need a 4th or someone to play singles with.
d4w4

Checking in: plugging away. Felt great lose a little more weight. Would have been better if Raiders played better. Seemed like offensive line didn't have quarterback and running backs back . Congrats Redskins for a great game.

Bam I'm inspired to keep pushing forward. Everyone in the group is impressive. Let keep going. !!!!

Hey everyone, good to hear that you're all pushing forward!!! Running around today shopping for a new phone and (wait for it) I cashed in my flip phone of 5 years for my first smartphone. I can now use emojis!!!!! I succumbed to the temptation of a raisin bran muffin today. It sounds like it would be healthy but NOT. Didn't really eat much for lunch but ended up making up for that at dinner. That was not a great idea. The scale was good this morning but I was surprised that the measurements weren't much different.
kbranch - you are a beast with your smart food choices and I would love to view your food diary to see what I might be able to copy but I don't seem to know how to do that. What time do you go to bed to be able to be functional at 4:30 am?
Have never thought that much about what is better protein, carbs???? Naomi, where can I find "Eat right for your type"?
intotennis - I got tired just reading that you played 2 and 1/2 hours of singles!! Plus you did triometrics???

day 3, week 7

Way to go on all the exercise, all! Also, way to keep fighting even if you didn't have a so-called "perfect" day.

Kim, I was wondering the same thing - - where is everybody? I want to read all their success stories to stay motivated!

Anyway, went on a walk today and will be getting a great workout tomorrow with some singles. Wish me luck!

D 4, W 12.

Hi ladies

I have a tired and busy, long day at work so I really didn't do a workout other than walking my dog today, so I'm not going to count that. Sorry I couldn't get to see the Wednesday team tonight. Got home later than I expected.

I ate over goal too, but if I did an okay workout I would have been under. As mentioned I usually eat 1500-1700 calories before subtracting exercise.

Good to hear from Naomi and Jorange.
Tomorrow will be a good day. I have food prepared and I'm going to get to bed early (8:30) so I can get a good workout in before work tomorrow.

Good night ladies.

D4-W15
Week 5

Wonderful jorange. I know it's tough when you're working so hard. Keep up the good work.

Ditto on great tennis results. Really proud of you.

Also, when your tennis skirt starts to fall off that means you're doing something right, right?

Funny the other day I typed a long check in and hit done instead of post. Well that was not the way it's to be done .

BAM - keep up the good work. You are my role model.

Kathy- I know what you mean about healthy muffins.

I've been feeling a little rebellious and ate candy and had a few beers during Raiders game. Trying to make up by doing a little more exercise.

In logging in all the food and exercise over this past month I'm realizing that I was eating a LOT of food before with occasional tennis as my justification. No wonder I just kept gaining. Now the pounds are slowly coming off. Hopefully I can keep this up for a few months to get to my healthy weight and stay there.

Thanks for this group. Let's all keep going.

Wow! Great to hear about all the hard work and good results from everyone! Let's all keep supporting each other as I think it is really helpful and motivating! Thank you, everyone!

I played a 2+ hour doubles match tonight, ran around like a maniac, and burned over 1000 calories playing tennis for the second night in a row! I could get used to this kind of calorie burn! Anybody up for singles Friday night or Saturday morning? If so, text me. Oh, by the way, Sunny and I won our court and we won overall 4-1 in four third set tiebreakers! Whew!

D 5, W 20.

Awesome on getting a hike in and planning ahead for food to avoid temptation, Sheri!

I had to work overtime unexpectedly today so I didn't get as much exercise as I planned on, but still got in around 30+ minutes. I have singles planned for the morning so tomorrow will be better.

Keep fighting the good fight all you warriors!

D 6, W 24.