dustyspal wrote: »

I have to go back to school, too. I teach high school and it will be an adjustment, for sure. I'm going to try to get my 10,000 steps walking before I leave, that way I know I don't have to worry about it after an exhausting day at school. That's a 4:00 am ⏰, but I just have to set my mind to it.

@dustyspal That's quite a job, I applaud anyone who can teach, it takes a really special person, one I am most definitely not! And It's really admirable to get up super early to still work on your goals, great plan!!

Kin59vara wrote: »

I am headed down again to my mom's at least for today and tomorrow. I know this impacts my goals as my focus needs to be on her and although I can control my eating my exercise especially since my husband will be driving me down ( when I take the train I need to walk there and back). I will try to keep tracking and controlling my eating. I was down today so I feel good about that.

@Kin59vara You're right, while your focus may be split, you do still have control over your food choices while will always have the greatest impact on your weight loss. I think it's important to realize that you're doing well and use the momentum to help keep you on track!

nrkelly04 wrote: »

So sorry, I just noticed my post on Friday never went through 😢 So hopefully it’s not too late!

nrkelly04
Week 2
PW: 215.4
CW: 213.2

I haven’t been doing the daily checking but I’m going to start! I feel like that will help me stay on track! We shall see how I did this week on Friday!!

@nrkelly04 I did add your weight, but it will be too late to count for last week, unfortunately, sorry about that.

I think the daily posts help, really helps to build healthy habits which is what they're designed to do!

gjaholy33 wrote: »

Daily Post Wednesday

Track yes
Calories yes
Exercise yes 10 minutes of squats on Total Fit Gym
Water 140oz
Goals/comments
Praise'm Praise'm

So I gain weight this week once again after having a loss last week but I still will prevail. STAYING POSITIVE. . .Also I decided to force myself to workout just in case I was exaggerating the pain my knees were in due to my Physical therapy session last Wednesday but nope I'm still injured but I still force myself to continue the workout on my Total Fit Gym just slowed down and straightened one leg and continue the squats on my machine but I got 10mins in. So I'm very happy. You know it's something when you get upset with your body cause you can't workout but I hope I didn't mess up my leg worse but I couldn't go another day without working out.

@gjaholy33 It's extremely important to remain positive and realize that you have come a very long way!! You have to realize that you have made HUGE progress and there are just going to be some weeks that you lose and some that you don't and that is just how it happens. Staying positive is how you will continue to make progress and have future success and you are doing a great job with that!

tennisquilter wrote: »

We are getting ready to be away from the house for a week, so I mistakenly decided not to buy my supply of fruits and veggies.

Anyone have any tips for surviving long car trips?
Unfortunately, skinny husband stocked up on chewy candy for the drive. Hard to resist when bored. Right now we are in negotiations for an audiobook that we can agree on. We have such differing tastes in books.

I enjoy seeing how everyone is dealing with the unexpected things that take them from their routines. Thanks for sharing and to everyone- we can keep making healthy choices together!

@tennisquilter I doubt I have any suggestions that may work for you since I eat very differently, but I took on my road trip hard boiled eggs, cheese sticks carb free beef jerky, pork rinds and pepperoni slices.

My suggestion is to pack something healthy, whatever it is that you're comfortable eating and pack a small cooler to keep it cold.

CindyJNC1963 wrote: »

Daily Post: August 12th

Track: Yes
Calories under goal: Yes
Exercise: 8,700 steps

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Daily Post: August 13th

Track: Yes
Calories under goal: No
Exercise: 5,000 steps

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I'm sorry I haven't been able to keep up with this board too much. I also haven't been able to do as much walking. My Dad is still in the hospital. His arm is black from the shoulder to the wrist where they removed the blood clot. He's hoping he gets discharged tomorrow.

@CindyJNC1963 You really don't need to apologize! Take care of your dad!

Daily Post (Wednesday)

Track: Nope
Calories: Doubt it.
Exercise: 60 mins weight training, 60 mins walking

Daily Post (Thursday)

Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes, 75 mins weight training, 90 mins walking.
Comments: Getting myself back on track. Determined to not let my hunger and over eating tendencies win, ,but it's hard, even still!

Happy Friday! Make today a good day!!

skrowe88 wrote: »

skrowe88
August Week 2 (I've been out of touch)
PW: 208.4
CW: 208.2

I've been ashamed to weigh in lately because I've been overeating on a regular basis. Then I feel physically bad and I beat myself up. It's been a vicious cycle. What's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results? I need to find something to change but I'm not sure what. I've been the same weight for 1.5 years now and it's getting frustrating.

@skrowe88 This has been me the last 2 weeks, and for me I think it's that I'm not really sure what my goals are now that I've hit my 100 lb goal, and I really have more that I need to lose, I'm just not excited about it I guess.

I was where you were a little over 2 years ago, not losing weight, wanting to and I decided to give keto a try after my trainer suggested it and it was what really changed things for me. After a few weeks of strict tracking and eating the right macros, my energy skyrocketed and my hunger plummeted, making weight loss a looooot easier! At the point that I'd decided to try it I was at that point where I had to do something because what I had tried and had been doing just wasn't getting the job done and I figured I had nothing to lose (except the weight I didn't want) so I'd try it. Really glad I did. I am not saying that Keto is for everyone and that is what you should do, but it does have some definite advantages and it is very effective, worth looking into if you're struggling. Cutting sugar has really cut most of my cravings for food!

Now I am at the point where I have to make some harder choices since I've lost so much weight and losing more means eating less and I don't really want to do that since I'm already exercising 2-3 hours every day...so I am trying to stop sabotaging myself and eat just a little less instead of overeating because the goal seems impossible once again.

The moral of my story is that you CAN do this, you might just need to do something a little more drastic and get it going because that's really when I started seeing results and once I started seeing them it got addicting and I wanted to see more results so I kept going.

skrowe88 wrote: »

@AB0215 Thank you for sharing your story and for your support! I've actually done Keto before, but it left me with a warped relationship with food that I've been fixing ever since. So, although I can't cut sugar completely, I do think I need to try cutting candy and other artificial/processed sugar. It's just tough when I'm responsible for stocking the candy dish at work! Thank you for your kind words and hopefully, I can take back some control of my habits.

@skrowe88 Interesting that keto seemed to have an effect on your relationship with food in that way, it's really what changed mine for the better. I no longer view food as a reward system, it's fuel. It's what fuels my goals. And realistically cutting processed sugars and foods is most of the aim of keto anyway. You want to ideally eat whole, unprocessed foods low in carbs, that's the basic idea behind it, a really over simplified version. You might do well with paleo or whole30 which also focus on eating whole unprocessed foods, which will make you feel fuller less hungry because your body is getting the nutrients it needs which really should help you. Eating processed foods high in sugars really just causes hunger and cravings as sugar is addicting. You will likely find a lot of success just cutting processed foods and reducing added sugar, you should notice that cutting those things out generally helps with cravings which is a lot of the battle. Another thing that I am trying to do these days is think about how eating what I'm eating will get me closer or farther away from my goals before I eat it, and I'm also journaling, actually by hand lately to work through my current issues and seeing it on paper is really helping me to sort through everything that I'm currently struggling with.