For the first couple of weeks next month, I'll be continuing my beach babysitting sessions! We have a mother and son elephant seal on one of our beaches. This is the first time in 70 years that an elephant seal was born on the south African coast and we are looking after the to ensure that mom, Zelda, doesn't get disturbed in the 3 weeks that Ziggy will suckle. He was actually born 4 km down the coast but the beach was too narrow and we moved them (what an experience that was!) so, between my normal work at the office with all those animals, and my personal life, I spend a few hours every couple of days helping keep people away from the seals. It does help that this is also considered work! What an epic opportunity to be involved in!

@lexabeep Good point. It's isn't just about calories. We need to keep our macros/micros in balance.

Looking forward to November Challenge.

TerriRichardson112 wrote: »

@lexabeep Good point. It's isn't just about calories. We need to keep our macros/micros in balance.

Looking forward to November Challenge.

Hi Terri
*waves from across the internet*

Long time, no see. Glad to see you're still kicking goals while I was off having a 👶.

Well done on being in the winners circle, not easy. I've been back consistently tracking for 3 weeks and long forward to this challenge.

Catch you in the forums
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lexabeep wrote: »

Hey all! I’m leaving for my trip today and really stressing about the food. I’ve decided to up my calorie intake to 1500 and just try to keep track as much as I can. This way I’ll still be loosing but much more slowly. I’m certainly going to enjoy the food and relax but to me it is no excuse to indulge because I’m a traveler. If I used that as an excuse- well I’d just end up where I already am. I had my official weigh in this week with my biometrics, the break down of body composition, and I’m super happy about the results and looking forward to seeing next months. Down six lbs over all from last month. Hope you all are doing well and if anyone has advice for eating healthily while traveling in a country you don’t speak or read the language let me know 🤷🏻‍♀️. Ha!

No advice, but good luck and have fun!!

Hi everyone!

I’m looking for some motivation if anyone has any feedback to share?

In March this year, I started weight training and adding cardio sporadically and lost about 10 lbs, then increased activity about 3 months ago. Past 3 months, I’ve been getting about 2 hours of cardio/day, weight training 1-3 days/week, and restricting my kcal (~1300)/logging everything, and my weight has only moved a few lbs. I have over 100 lbs to lose. I’ve switched up my routine and don’t always do the same workout or program.

Anyway, after working this hard and seeing little movement, I’m feeling defeated. I’m sure, in time, it will come off, but for now, it’s really frustrating and hard to justify the time I’m spending and $ for the gym/trainers-for weight days.

@tiffany80802017 I agree with @greenolivetree concerning the necessity of a food scale. Attached is an image file which may or may not be helpful to you. It consists of several thoughts/ideas that have proven to be beneficial for me over the years. I'm sure you are probably familiar with much of what I have included in the attached. Sometimes it is just helpful to be reminded and to know that others share your journey.

@greenolivetree @impala007 @w8goal4life

Thanks so much for kind words and “hang in there”. Nice to hear, appreciate it Thanks also for the feedback and sharing your tips.

yep! Completely agree with weighing everything and for foods without labels I use nutrition.self.data - I’ve found that to be the best site for reliable info, and then I add new food in MFP per gram if needed. Works great for fruits/veg/beans etc.

I wouldn’t say I’m “hitting it hard” 2 hours a day... my AppleWatch shows average of 113 mins/day exercise. So its moderate enough to count as exercise on watch, but not vigorous (doesn’t count weights). The weekends it’s usually 3-4 hours (hiking), so that means some days are less than 2 hours. For example if I lift weights, generally I only do 45-60 mins of cardio.

Earlier this year I started and kind of quit for a while too, if I don’t get some exercise everyday I tend to spiral and revert to my bad choices, so it’s really important to me to stick to it as long as possible because I won’t have this much time or extra time in a few months.

I’m traveling much of the next 3 weeks, so it will give me a break from the scale. But I’ll still keep exercising and logging.

Thanks again and hopefully some lbs will come off eventually

You may be disqualified from winner's circle, but as soon as you can, you can jump back into the routine. Life is full of ups and downs and its important to make healthy choices in those, but sometimes the healthiest choice is to sleep. Good luck for the last week.