Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@rachelbachel32 - hope you feel better today. Sounds like you are doing a great job on the house - all that work must be a good gym substitute!

@Rachel0778 - hope the Crossfit testing and the house move go well!

@Momofthree224 - getting out of bed for anything at 5.30 isn't easy in my view! Hope today is good to you.

@jdelaroy - hope your mother in law is ok.

Having a very uninspired week here. On the plus side, I closed out my diary yesterday in the green - challenge is to be able to do it again today. We are suddenly in the middle of potty training with Alistair - very unexpected and he's doing really well. But he has realised that it's a great excuse to be able to get out of bed in the evening - it's making an already challenging bedtime routine exhausting. My husband was putting him to bed last night and normally has the patience of a saint with him - but there was one too many bathroom trips last night and I got summoned to take over. I somehow then got lucky and had him asleep in about 5 minutes. All of this put husband in a foul mood for the rest of the night and I couldn't drag him out of it so it ended up being a fairly grumpy household all round by the time we gave up and went to bed!!

Hope you all have a good day

Walked the dogs two days in a row! My daughter is trying to make her high school swim team so we've been to the pool to swim laps a couple times this week. When I'm comfy on the couch, it's hard to remember how good it feels to be moving. I went to Chili's for lunch with a friend yesterday and had half a meal with none of the high calorie fixin's. My husband enjoyed the leftovers and I was able to finish the day in the green. I seem to have pretty good control over the weekday menu & schedule but the weekends are a big challenge. I am so excited for Halloween and all the activities we've got coming up but I could do without all the treats!

@kmshover Have a great time at the Halloween festival!

@janetay01 I feel for ya! Potty training my son was such a challenge! Hang in there!

@Momofthree224 It sounds like you're on a roll, keep up the great work!

@kmshover Halloween parties are hard since there is always so much good food and candy! I hope you have a great time at the festival

@janetay01 He was grumpy that you got the kid to bed right away? I'd be worshipping the ground you walk on!

@rachelbachel32 You're doing an amazing job reaching your goals! It sounds like you were plenty active over the weekend, even without exercise

I'm completely exhausted. I had a breakdown last night about the house and am super stressed out about moving in 2 days. It's actually been easier to stay on plan since I feel guilty every time I spend a dollar so I'm only eating my stocked up freezer food in the house since I need to work to rebuild my savings account after the house down deposit. I just feel like I'm in a constant state of panic. I can barely focus on work or anything!

On a happier note, Crossfit testing is going great. I tried bench pressing for the first time in ages and did 100lbs so I felt pretty accomplished! I also got a free Bod Pod analysis through my work so I'm interested to see how my lean muscle mass changes after a year or two of doing Crossfit.

Wish me luck on surviving the rest of this week in one piece!

@rachel0778 - hang in there, you are so close and it will be great once you are moved in. Hubby was pleased that I had got him to sleep but was feeling a little bit of a 'useless dad' (his words not mine) because he had 'failed to get him to sleep'!

@Momofthree224 - well done on getting those dogs out! It is definitely hard to remember how good it feels to move sometimes - there are days when I have to kick myself to do something but I always feel good after it. Had a slightly better bedtime with Alistair last night - he is doing really well with the whole experience but it has turned him into a complete monkey at bedtime!!

So glad it's Friday! Going swimming with Alistair both Saturday and Sunday this weekend. Have bought him a decent pair of swimming goggles in the hope that it will keep the water out of his eyes - if we can do this, I think swimming will be a far better experience for him. Then we have my aunt and uncle coming over on Sunday afternoon to babysit in the evening whilst we get out for a meal together - really looking forward to it. Hope the weekend treats everyone well

Hi. I would love to join your motivation group as it is the one think I am so lacking in. That and will power. As a type1 diabetic on an Insulin pump you would think that I could loose the weight but thoes dam carbs call to me! That and every other complication that comes with diabetes I seem to have it. Need friends to kick my add! In a nice way

Hey, fitness pals! I've been tracking for the past week or so and most days sticking to the deficit. Went for 3 hikes this week, feeling healthy, getting my 8h sleep, drinking a lot of water. However, had a binge and been going out, which adds the alcohol calories and snacks, eh.. Need to make a plan for nights out, cause I do like the student lifestyle and my rose, especially living in France, but it sets me back, which is not good.

Overall, life is busy, but I'm sloooowly getting back in the routine. My body looks the same as at the end of the summer when I was at my lowest, got that 1cm off, so now need to shift the rest. Only one major problem, been craving a lot of salty things, so I'm constantly bloated, really need a salt detox
Have a good weekend everybody!

so sorry to hear all that jdelaroy, one of my sons has had a sinus infection for 2 weeks now. So glad you're MIL is getting better & I do know how hard it is to keep a young/high energy dog calm. I'm doing ok, so far it's been very difficult to keep my weight stable at 150, some days it goes to 151 or 152 but it always took a while for whatever loss to be consistant. I'm not really complaining as I started out at 198. It's just been too hard to eat at that much of a deficit to lose 10 more lbs. I do eat at least a 250+ deficit most days. Also I had an uncomfortable feeling of feeling my heart beating a while back. After labs & Dr visit, she said I was fine & should probable stop doing the HIIT class at gym so I did but on Oct 11, I talked to my trainer & went to the class but really modified it & went more easy. Well the symtoms came back & it took a whole week for it to disapear. Yesterday, I exercised at home & went longer than usual & I have mild symtoms so i don't know if I should persue this or just don't work out as hard. I had a treadmill/echo last dec & Dr said I'm good. It sure was great working out hard for 3 months before it all started, but I'm not a youngun anymore either. I'll have to think it thru

I am happily moved in and unpacked. I ate like complete garbage and feel like complete garbage but at least the move is over! I packed a big salad for lunch and am planning on hitting up Crossfit after work so I can re-establish my regular routine again.

This move really highlighted the differences between me and my SO. I was 100% packed, ready to go, and organized. I am also almost 100% unpacked and I know where everything is. He still has crap at the old place he needs to bring over, has barely started unpacking, and has no idea where anything is. He's a major procrastinator. Thank goodness we have a man cave in the new house I threw all of his boxed into so I don't have to look at it while he sorts through things. If he wants to live out of boxes for the next year that is his problem, he's just not allowed to move those boxes into common areas with the promise that he'll "sort through them later". I already put a hard veto on that! It felt so nice this morning to get ready in my already unpacked closet and make coffee in my organized kitchen and eat breakfast on my box free dining room set. I'm so glad I got it all done over the weekend and don't have to worry about it!

@kmshover Glad the Halloween festival went well! I absolutely love haunted houses. So sorry to hear about your flare up. I hope you don't need to be hospitalized!

@Evamutt It might be worth following up with a cardiologist again, that sounds VERY concerning!

@sgtx81 Congrats on the loss!

@gymprincess1234 I always find that when I eat higher sodium foods its hard to go right back to lower sodium options so I tend to wean myself off of it, but I know the feeling!

@jdelaroy Holy cow do you have your hands full! I'm so glad your daughter has been able to help out.

Welcome @Tormaj1 !

@janetay01 How was the weekend of swimming and date night?

@Rachel0778 Congrats on being moved in and unpacked! Must be a huge relief! Perhaps all men are the same? 11 years in our current house and my husband STILL has two boxes in the basement that are not unpacked from our move. Once every year or two, he sifts through them when he's looking for something. I've offered to drop them off at Good Will or Green Drop, but he insists that he needs whatever is in them.

From 630am to 130pm was spent in the ER today. I was hoping to just get some meds and be able to go in to work later...... They ended up giving me pain meds which helped but knocked me out. I told them what antibiotics I normally take for this... They gave me something totally different. So I still went to my pcp which I should have done in the first place. Have an official appointment with him tomorrow and he called in the right meds for me. I am exhausted.... And do calories still count if you throw up everything you ate??? Haven't kept much of anything down.