• Morning Affirmations ✔
• Plan / pre-log food ✔
• Exercise goals 30-60 min/day, add resistance: ✔ 52 GT Min= 32m= 5m w/up, 5m bike + 20m walkong hallway, 2m stretch, + 10m mid-day walk + 10m post-work walk
• One post-dinner snack: None. ✔
• Kitchen Closed!

johicks wrote: »

The sun isn’t shining and it’s still raining! 😝 I’ll have to remotivate myself to get my day started with some indoor cardio instead of a walk! I found some videos yesterday that I can easily do in the space I have - a 15min walk and a Zumba fitness steps guide. I'll look for more as time allows. But, I have improved/increased my exercise over the last few days and knees aren’t so sore. Hope to see the scales keep moving down. Lots of posts to get to this morning, that should help motivate me to keep on being positive and get the exercise in, too! Because you are all aMAYzing!! So let’s slay this Monslay!

@jwall309~ So happy to hear your attitude. Glad you had good days with your mom. I thought of you when I did the 15 min 1-mile walk video yesterday. And l👀k at you in the top three for week #3! 👏 Whooop! Whooop!
@jupdyke ~ Thanks! 👊 I was surprised. Yah for Sunday! Yes!! Back in the saddle. 6 days of exercise… wooohoooo! Here’s to being honest! 🙌 All we can do is live and learn.
@ajaia2001~ You got in exercise and ate according to plan. Some times, that’s enough. 👍 Especially on a Sunday and after a few days of being away.
@Toyota100~ Awesome! 👏 You had another loss!
@j0d13mcc~ I recorded your weigh-in. Look forward to the full update. Hope you are out and about and no longer bedridden. And congrats on being our top loser for week #3. Whoooop Whooop! 👏
@skullsandskeletons ~ Yeah! You tracked. 👍 You did the best you can since you are away from home. And you were honest with yourself. 🎈Yeah you!
@MaelynMayhem~ Yes those antihistamines sure do dry ya out. So glad to hear that you are taking the time to get well. 👍 Sometimes it’s hard to do the right thing, but you are. And you will back at it full force in no time. Dang! Your full backpack was like carrying a child on your back. 😂
@JammyPea~ oooooh! Another loss! You are having an aMAYzing month!! Whooop! Whooop!👏 And you were in our top three for week #3. Awesome!

Okay @RunTrackMinds, we are nearing the homestretch for this month’s challenge. Let’s finish strong! You have been motivated enough to be here and be part of this challenge. Now let’s dig deep and turn that motivation into determination. What can you do for the next 13 days to finish strong!? Can you eat 100 fewer calories or exercise for 5-10 minutes more per day? Or if you haven’t been, perhaps complete the mini-challenge for the last week or two weeks of this month. We all have good days and bad days. Life is sometimes hard and isn’t fair. But we do control what goes in our mouths, we do control making the choice to get up and move or get out the door to exercise. So let’s make some really good choices and intake a little less, burn off some extra calories, and get off some LBS to finish up the already aMAYzing month we are having!! You can do it!!

• 1. Find out the menu to know what to bring or plan to eat. i.e. my mom is having us over Monday night (tomorrow) for dinner. Since all of us are all watching our diet as my sis & mom have diabetes; she is really good about telling us what is for dinner. So I noticed that she has no greens or veggies of any sort! So, I will bring a salad for everyone and some black beans for my plate. I envision my plate with a meat, a veggie, and a carb. And if I decide to eat cake, then my carb is less to accommodate the cake calories.
• 2. If I’m eating out at a restaurant, I find their menu online. My go-to no cal dressing is red wine vinegar and black pepper, no cheese, no croutons to make a really low-cal dinner salad to help fill me up. Then again, meat, steamed veggies, and a carb (or dessert or adult beverage.) Be careful of salad dressings and cheeses on salads.
• 3. Okay, for the BBQ weekend of Memorial Day. Hubby & I might do burgers or steak. If burgers then I will have homemade sides (baked beans & coleslaw) that are mostly veggies; as the burger will be the carb and protein. If steak then steak, corn on the cob, and veggies and dip.
• 4. My homemade veggie dip is 1C nonfat plain Greek yogurt (instead of sour cream) and a packet of onion soup. Then it’s protein versus fat and I can snack guilt-free.
• 5. Another dip I make to go with tortilla chips is low-fat cottage cheese and black beans and/or salsa. Again, adding some fiber and protein instead of just fat or empty calories.
• 6. I start by planning THE MEAL of the day first. Then tweak the rest of the day accordingly. I do allow myself a snack 1 hour before the meal to help keep me satiated and to not overindulge, and/or if having dessert then will it one hour after dinner. Then I can eat a smaller meal and still feel like I can partake in what everyone is eating.

skullsandskeletons wrote: »

Weekly check in post for May week 4:
Name: skullsandskeletons
PW: 240
CW: 245!?!

I am not sure what this is considering I didn’t go too over calories while at the beach and was way under a couple of days. One reason could be that I weighed tonight after sitting in the car all day as opposed to my usual morning weigh in. Another is that I have had a lot of body swelling— too much salt? I also have not been “regular “. It is mathematically impossible for me to have gained 5 pounds in a week. I’m sorry to let you all down. I will weigh again in the morning and update you all.

• Morning Affirmations ✔
• Plan / pre-log food ✔
• Exercise goals 30-60 min/day, add resistance: ✔ 40 Min
• One post-dinner snack: None. ✔
• Kitchen Closed!