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@trooworld May we both get better this week. I’m just tired of feeling bad. I want to get up and move. I’ve been making myself move at least 10 min a day and 4000 steps. So I’m going to have to really concentrate on calories this last stretch of the 100 day challenge. I should be eating soups like you. I’m just not in the mood.

@TrishasTime I got the flu shot this year but here I am. I hope that lump turns out to be nothing. Maybe a lollie in your hand got imbedded with impact from the fall 😝

@gemwolf110 I’m so glad I don’t have allergies and have to deal with all that. How have your food choices been the last couple of days?

I stayed within food boundaries and did my 10 min. That’s about it. Didn’t even journal so I’ll catch up with that tomorrow. No energy to dig deep into my psyche Little sticker day

Good morning!

@TrishasTime, congrats on the awesome weight loss!! I guess it’s good that they want to make sure you are fully able to go back to work but the extreme much be annoying. I hope you have fun on your mini-trip. What are you all doing?

@gemwolf110, sorry you are sick!! My husband and I both suffer from allergies and take a daily pill. It’s raining the next couple of days, which will help wash the pollen away.

@trooworld, it does sound like you might be suffering from allergies. I hope your throat starts feeling better soon! It’s so annoying when you buy something that isn’t really good for you to eat and then it turns out terrible. That isn’t the way it’s supposed to work!

Well, I got bad news yesterday. My baby shower had to be canceled. Our little mama is having contractions and starting to dilate. She has to go to the hospital on Saturday to be checked to make sure she doesn't have preecampsia due to her highblood pressure. She didn't need the added stress so we have decided to pospone until our little Miss is born and then we will have the party and Everleigh Rose can come too!! Good news is that my house is now super clean and I won't be eating bad for me foods on Saturday!!

Since I don't have the party, hubby and I are going out tomorrow to do some shopping. I want a pair of nice black slacks to wear to my conference next week. After that we are going out to dinner. We haven't gone out to eat in forever and we are both craving ribs!

@trooworld mine has moved out of my head into my chest. Can’t stop coughing. It might have flared up my asthma again. My energy is up so on the road to healing. So moving on from the pizza, you can go back to soup. I had soup fixed in there but I ate 2 slices of PB toast for dinner. So moving on myself.....

@TeresaW1020 Sorry about the shower but you found the silver lining. How are you doing in the exercise department?

@gemwolf110 Hooray on the weight loss. I take it any way I can get it.

@prisoner2food glad to see you are feeling better. I think the energy is what I miss when I get sick.

I’m over calories but from juice. I would be fine if I didn’t drink it as I never drink juice because of the sugar content. But I just wanted some juice today. I did half Cran-raspberry juice and half water. About 4 mugs of that. No exercise not even my 10 min.

@its_cleo. In my 100 day challenge I learned to say “I had a pause in my eating plan” on days I went off my plan. Instead of beating myself up. That sometimes causes me to eat more. So I paused and then hit the play button the very next day. Smaller portions is great. That’s my dream. For the most part I do it and then there are times I really want a regular piece. Sounds like you are making progress overall

I stayed within my food boundaries today. No exercise still. Water goal met and journal done

I’m feeling a bit more energetic. I don’t have to just lie in bed with my eyes closed. I’m in the home stretch of the 100 day challenge

@TeresaW1020 I am feeling better, my throat isn’t as sore, now it is just dry and...constricted? That’s too bad about the baby shower but better safe than sorry and at least this way, the baby will be able to celebrate with you all! Woo hoo to the shirt fitting, and I’m glad you enjoyed your dinner!!!

@prisoner2food I’m glad you are feeling better.

@theslightedgeforever Yes! I’ve moved on from the pizza. I had homemade spaghetti and meatballs for dinner last night. Not the best choice, but it was what I felt like having and I was making it for my brother-in-law and husband, too. Back to healthy eating now. I hope you start feeling better soon.

@its_cleo They make me sleepy. I’m feeling a bit better now, so I don’t think I’ll go that route. Do you think you ate the pizza and ice cream because of your visit to the psychologist? Did it upset you? Yes, best to just move on. It’s just a blip on the radar screen of your weight loss journey.

@gemwolf110 Congrats on your 5 lb charm!!! Wooo hoooo!!!!! What have you been doing differently?

Hello all. I didn’t feel well earlier today, I had the worst stomach pain for no reason at all. I thought I had the beginnings of an ulcer! I took a Prilosec and laid down. Fell asleep. Woke up and felt better. I’ve got to do something to change the way I live. Nothing I’ve done is working. I’m going to read up on Intermittent Fasting since Teresa, you are inspiring me! And also, my husband does it and is an inspiration as well. I am also going to look at Keto since that works for so many people. I’ve got to shake things up with something different. Stay tuned...

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Good morning!

@gemwolf110, Wahhhoooo on that 5 lb. charm!! Whenever someone at my meeting gets a charm we always do a big oohhhhhh and awwwwwe as our leader does her Vanna White impression. You are doing great!

@trooworld, I sure hope you aren't getting an ulcer! My dad suffered from ulcers and it was so painful. Yes, to checking out IF. I'm researching Keto too. Shaking things up can be a good thing. My current obsession is watching Youtube videos from a Dr. Ken Berry. Girl, you gotta check him out if you are interested in IF and Keto.

@theslightedgeforever, can you believe that our first 100 days is almost over? I can't wait to take my measurements. I'm working on my new chart and gearing up for another awesome 100 days. This is going to be our year for major improvements!! I can feel it.

So, hubby was so proud to see me in the shirt he bought me and that sure did make me feel good. The pants I bought were too big. I never considered that I might need to try on a size 14 but that is exactly what I needed. So, we returned the 16's and I bought two new pairs in a size 14!! I haven't been in a 14 since I was 14! The pants are the Kohls Amanda trousers and are roomier than other pants but who cares. The are a size 14!!!

Morning everyone

@theslightedgeforever - I have not come across that saying yet - but I will do an early adoption. If it was a lolly n my hand, I wold have eaten it on the way down to protect it (LOL)

@prisoner2food - So glad to hear from you and that you are on the road to recovery. I had the same issue with my work and yes the doctor wrote what I dictated and I paid for it too

@teresaw2010 - shame about the party - what dear DH say about the top (well done and a great NSV). Your dinner sounds really nice. I am really pleased for that you have found a plan that suits you

@its_cleo - Finding someone that supports you and truly understands you is wonderful and it is well worth a pause in your eating plan

@gemwolf110 - Congrats on your 5 pounds - well done - have you found a leader that you like yet?

@trooworld - My goodness - strep throat, I am so glad it was no that - sorry you are still battling healthwise.

My little caravan trip was very relaxing and I managed to read a whole book(I am into Kathy Reichs, Patricia Cornwell, Jonathon Kellerman etc). Today I am going back to work part time. I

Catch you all tomorrow

Trish

Hi all, sorry I've been MIA. I'm still realky struggling with my motivation, though I am back on track the last couple days.

@teresaw1020 When I hear the name Ken Berry, I think about the actor who starred in Mayberry, RFD and the Andy Griffith Show. That shows you how old I am. lol Woohoo on the Size 14. That's better than a number on the scale I think. I don't remember if I took my measurements or not at the beginning of the 100 day challenge. I'll check. I'm still up from day 90 weight but I'm giving it the ole college try these last few days. Mainly in food choices as I can't get my body to cooperate with exercise. Just when I think I'm better and do 15 min, then I revert. So I get whatever I get and I do know that it's better than I did in the first 100 days of 2018. I'm going to start my next 100 days on April 16. Part of my preplanned maintenance breaks. I'm going to use a chart on my maintenance days too with the stickers just to keep the habit going. Everything will remain the same except maybe 100-200 extra calories per day. I don't really know, thus the experiment of maintenance begins.

@trooworld So glad you were successful on your IF plan for the day. Plus you tracked. Good for you.

@TrishasTime How was your first day back at work? I love Patricia Cornwell books but haven't read any for a while. I'm glad your caravan trip was relaxing. You certainly deserve it. The good thing about going back to work is that you can get back into a normal routine. Are you still doing your journaling? I think of all the days, I'm preferring the last 10 the most. Can't wait to see what her next book assignments are.

@gemwolf110 You look like you are making good food choices. Keep it up

@gemwolf110 Well, keep it up, it's working!!! Congrats again!

@its_cleo I'm glad you are back. Take it one bite at a time if you need to, that's what I try to remember when I'm struggling. Sometimes it helps.

@theslightedgeforever Thanks! Now to be consistent...that's always been my challenge. How are you feeling now?

@cbabie Hello my sweet lady.

Day two of tracking in the books. Under my calories again.

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@theslightedgeforever I don't know what got me through the first three months. Sometimes something just clicks in me.

I am off track again yesterday and today. Just too many sweets. So of it may be I feel stressed and overworked at my job, it's been building for a month maybe. So I have next week off. In the meantime I'm just taking it a meal at a time. My only goal is to keep tracking, so not so much a goal to reduce calories or anything .

I'll give it a week and see how I feel.

@trooworld thanks. One bite at a time- I like that. I was trying to think one meal at a time but a bite is even better.

@TeresaW1020 thanks so much. I like your chart! Maybe when I get started again I should try something like that.

@cyaneverfat. Welcome to the group. The day will come when you can change your username to cyaneverhealthy. You’ve already started the process by acknowledging what doesn’t work for you and what does. I can’t lose weight consistently on keto but I have some friends that love it. So I’ve learned to do what works for me which is basically just eat what I want in controlled portions and move my body on most days of the week.

@trooworld My energy levels are slow to come back but I’m working on it. Yaay for you for another successful day.

@TeresaW1020 4 inches is awesome. I forgot to measure. I’ll have to go do that. I did find my starting measurements. I like your new chart. Enjoy your conference and the yummy food. Southern food is the best. I’m going to start my new 100 days on the 16th. Now to learn to maintain these 5 days I have off. I went anal with my data today to see what my calories in/out averaged to and how that correlated to my weight loss/gain. So I think I know where to start. @cbabie has a lot on her plate right now but she’s thinking about us.

@gemwolf110 yeah I had a leader like that once. All she seemed to do was talk about her eye surgery and other problems she was having. I wasn’t paying money for that.

@its_cleo You talked about something clicking....I call it my switch gets turned off or on. I would never know why it gets shut off. Still don’t. But with motivation being a choice, I can manually flip back on the switch. I don’t really need to spend time figuring out why just take small action steps that get me moving again. (I used to spend loads of time thinking about it, reading about it) For me that starts with 15 min of walking around outside I put on music or a podcast and just walk. Nothing earth shattering. Instead of eating 2 brownies eat 1. Or if you eat 1, eat half but still eat the brownie. Eventually the calories come back down and then you notice you aren’t over your boundary and then the scale kicks in and starts moving again in the right direction and that helps with the motivation to keep going. In the past I just wanted to follow my program 100% and I wasn’t very good at consistency. Now if I follow it 80% I’m good and I’ve lost more so far this year than I did in 2018. It’s the habits that I’m forming is what is working for me. You’ll get back to where you want to be. Since stress at work isn’t going anywhere you need to figure out how to go around that wall.

100 day weighin and I gained 0.8 But I finished my 100 day challenge and ended up with 11.1 lbs gone. 🎉 🎈 🎊

I’ll do 2 more challenges this year and spend the other 65 days learning how to keep from gaining it back.

@trooworld what is tomato pie? Other than the obvious 😉 I might need to go look at Pinterest. You’re bound to lose weight with all that water and not eating at certain times. I did two 15 min exercise stints so I’m feeling a bit better. It’s just the energy levels and my head is so heavy

Today was my first non challenge day. I wanted to go Wheeeeeee I’m free and I can do what I want. Then my adult brain kicked in and said you do what you want anyway you are choosing healthy actions. Remember? So for the most part I chose healthy actions but still went over. I went out for dinner with friends. We all buddied up and shared and I had 1/2 c soup one c salad and 1/2 dessert.

I went over food boundary. Exercised 30 min. Water goal not met.

Onto Day 2 of Learning How to Maintain

GM everyone

This week has been hard. I struggled more than I thought I would and came home most days to sleep. Excluding the days that I had to go to the occupational therapist. Both ankle and wrist throb at night keeping me awake - but moving on

@theslightedgeforever - woohoo - 100 days done and a loss. I am glad your adult brain spoke to you after your naughtly child said wheeeeeeeeee. (lol). I too have never had tomato pie - not in a hurry to either

@TeresaW2010 - Lovely - size 14 what a wonderful NSV that is. Hope you have fun at your conferance.

@trooworld - Sorry to hear that you had a hard week. Hope the tyres did not put a big dent into your plans for July.

@its_cleo - I completely understand that sometimes things just click in your head. I am too struggling with motivation at the moment. I am having a break from my journalling as at the moment it all seems to much when I get home. it is a deliberate decision that I have made so I do not go completely under.

@cyaneverfat - welcome. I agree with you re weight watcher - it is kinda against the saying "nothing is free in life" I personally like to know what the energy value of items I am putting into my mouth


Take care everyone

Trish

@trooworld the tomato pie sounds good. I still have 54 lbs to lose overall. I’m just trying to stay in a maintenance range with the weight I lost in the first 100 days. I have 65 days to play with each year that I won’t be doing a 100 day challenge and I’m using 5 of those between the 1st and 2nd challenge. It gives me practice days to figuring this whole thing out for when I finally hit my ultimate goal. Kudos to you for not eating under stress. It feels good when the scale starts moving downward.

@TrishasTime so sorry to hear the first week was rough. Plus you probably didn’t get good sleep with all that aching. It will get better over time. Motivation is a choice, remember? So what if you were to choose to just maintain and stay where you are and not go backwards during this time of healing. Only staying in a maintenance range or forward movement is allowed. So figure out the smallest things you could do to either stay idle or move forward. Things that don’t take a lot of effort. Then when you are feeling better you can add in a bit more effort until your weight loss progress starts moving forward again.

After going over two days, I finally stayed within my food boundaries. No exercise though today. weekends seem to be hard for me. I need a better plan on Saturday.