matthewsfive wrote: »

Need to let it out a little....

Spent all day food shopping and wrapping. So tired and starting to feel overwhelmed.
I just realized I haven't had anything to eat except a few grapes and haven't had a drop of anything to drink. Going out tonight and I hope I don't get out of control. Scary thing is that I am not really hungry just thirsty. I will try to drink as much as I can before we leave so I hope that I will have a full belly and stay in control.

I love love Christmas, just don't want it to get the best of me.
Thanks for listening.
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@matthewsfive. Getting overwhelmed this time of year is common and one of the dangers of the season (doubly so for those on the autism spectrum - two in our household).

The trick is to plan ahead (like what you proposed of not going out to a social occasion hungry and/or thirsty).

The other trick is to accept that mistakes will be made:
- We are all human.
- Human's make mistakes from time to time.
- As such, we are EXPECTED to make mistakes.

With ANY mistake you make, learn the lesson from it and FORGIVE your self for it. LET IT GO. It is now in the past.

One of my favourite quotes is from the original animated Lion King.

December Week 3 is now in the books!

December is a hard month to stay on track. With the holidays, and everyone is busy this time of year, everyone did a great job sticking to the plan despite all of that and as a whole, we are carrying 40 less pounds around. Awesome job!!

Below are the full results for Week 3.

The Biggest Loser Is...
1st - docbeauty1. - 3.74%
2nd - caloricus. - 2.74%
3rd - Kayla7303. - 2.52%

The TEAM Biggest Loser...
1st - The Big Butt Theory. - 0.50%
2nd - The Slimsons. - 0.33%
3rd - Gutbusters. - 0.15%

Top 3 Individual % by Team:

The Big Butt Theory
1st - primekayprime. - 1.99%
2nd - p_mad. - 1.43%
3rd - thedestar. - 1.38%

The Slimsons
1st - caloricus. - 2.74%
2nd - DebJB30. - 1.42%
3rd - mrsjas2000. - 1.17%

Gutbusters
1st - @shalvy2007. - 1.54%
2nd - @Cspdb3. - 1.54%
3rd - @craigo3154. - 1.38%

Run Track Minds
1st - docbeauty1. - 3.74%
2nd - MissSlimline. - 1.47%
3rd - Red1185. - 1.07%

Flab-U-Less
1st - Kayla7303. - 2.52%
2nd - mrsjar5311. - 2.32%
3rd - starshine15. - 1.55%

Individual Top 3 Pounds Lost
1st - docbeauty1. - 6.8 lbs.
2nd - Kayla7303. - 5.2 lbs.
3rd - primekayprime. - 4.8 lbs.

Overall Pounds Lost by Team
The Big Butt Theory - 14.3 lbs.
The Slimsons - 13.2 lbs.
Gutbusters - 5.1 lbs.
Run Track Minds - 4.3 lbs.
Flab-U-Less - 3.1 lbs.

Overall Total Lost: 40.0 lbs

December 23
Exercised?: Yes (5 km in 37 mins - hills)
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes

Faster walk today. Must be the cooler weather.

Spent a large chunk of today hanging block out curtains in my daughters room. Finally got all the pieces required do hang them.

Heading over to my parents for Christmas eve evening so we can Christmas with them and my sister and nephew.

May be a day early or late posting weigh-in this week as my nominated day is Wednesday. Even though keeping to plan, weight has been up the last couple of days (although the 7 day average is still trending down).

Kiadams317750
That lose was from two days major illness not keeping much of anything in. But if anything has a silver lining 🤢🤗

December 23

Exercised? Yes 20 minutes of walk
Tracked?Yes
Calories?Yes under

Audreypawdrey
Dec 23 Week 4
Pw: 133.6
CW: 132.6

Nice loss, @kenyaa3! And great NSV!! Merry Christmas! 🎁

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 30 minutes walking downtown; 15 minutes walking Ollie
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

Merry Christmas!! 🎄

Good morning! Merry Christmas everyone!

Today we’re looking for weigh-ins from:

@craigo3154 – may be late weighing in
@dmfaler
@GLouis4 - nice loss! Merry Christmas! 🎄
@inshapeCK - no problem. Merry Christmas! 🎄
@Tickie99 - nice loss! Merry Christmas! 🎄

Please post using this template:
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December Week 4
PW:
CW:

craigo3154
December Week 4
PW: 143.1 (64.9 kg)
CW: 142.9 (64.8 kg)

Only a small decrease this week. No my lowest for the week (141.8 {64.3}). This is also after Christmas with family (which gives plenty of temptation to eat the wrong things, or over-eat).

I would need to lose more than 2 lbs next week to make 5% for the month, but anything over 2% is pretty good (and I am already ahead of that goal for the month).

I still expect it to take a couple of months to get where I want to be weight wise even though it is about 5 lbs away.

I will try push myself harder for the last week, but no promises on a good result (as weight does fluctuate based on water retention).