Well done everyone - you're doing so well!
I haven't posted for a few days. Even though I've been trying to keep active, I'm really tired now at 39 weeks pregnant. Yesterday was a few lengths of the swimming pool at the same speed as my 3 year old with her float. Today I at least managed to waddle my old jogging route but it was slow. And I've not been tracking well and giving into ice cream and chocolate temptation the last few days. So I'm in two minds about whether to take an Internet break and re join you in a few weeks or to try harder...

Well done to you all in any case and keep up the great work!

Was at Trail Fest in Alabama until today, so I will have to play catch-up with my posting.

Last Monday: 153.7
Current weight: 162.0


We did a huge amount of hiking & Jeep riding in ridiculously hot, humid weather. I tried to keep calories contained, usually the extra amount of activity cancelled out the extra calories. However, since it was mostly restaurants or catered meals, I am sure the sodium, etc was very high. Am keeping fingers crossed that this is mostly water weight and I did not pack on over 8 pounds in 5 days!
(used same scales as always, during same time of day, same type of clothing)

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. More Physio, gardening, and some walking.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

May 28

Exercised: 32 minutes circuit training (4 Darebee workouts) + 19K steps
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes

Joined for June!

@am_change, as @w8goal4life said, take care of yourself! If you're enjoying the accountability and being part of the group right now, by all means, carry on. But if you're mostly doing it because you feel you "should", it might be time to take that break and let your tired body rest. Hope everything continues to go very well with your pregnancy.

@BMcC9, like TerriRichardson112, I don't tend to eat back my exercise calories. I also sync my Fitbit only at the end of the day, so that's when it adds all my exercise cals, rather than adjusting throughout the day. (I can see how this wouldn't work if you really needed to know the number to adjust eating during the day, or if you were constantly surprised by it taking cals away. But I have MFP set reasonably low so that I can get a more accurate measure of real movement with the Fitbit.) I like to have a final baseline of activity compared to other days, but I don't actually fully trust it for an amount of calories I could actually eat. Hope you figure out what works for you!

@hickchic67, based on your description of your activities and calorie consumption, I would say that much of that should indeed be water weight. (If I did the math right, it would be a ~5600 cal/day surplus to actually gain 8 pounds in 5 days, and that seems highly unlikely!)

@ForAmanda222, hope you can figure out what works best for you and is sustainable. I think continuing to come back and work at it is one of the hardest parts, so good for you!

3 x very YES, 74 minutes of exercise and a total over 14600 steps lots of exercise calories uneaten even after everything snack logged.