Gimme the Skinny - August Challenge Team 21 - (closed group)

I am going away this weekend to golf school - this is my fourth time to golf school. It's a lot of hard work and a lot of calories burned! Can't wait to start our September challenge, I have a feeling it is going to be a great month for losing weight for our team!!! Yay team!!

~share

Boy, you are a serious golfer! Should we expect to see you on the pro tour soon?

Okay....44 miles! Now I feel like a real slacker! Wow! And I was going to try for another 3-4 on the treadmill tonight and during my morning walk tomorrow. Guess I do not have to now. I might anyway IF I have time.

This week is killing me. Things have been hectic since the kids went back to school and back to activities. My daughter did not even do her 3rd grade HW yesterday. Had to write a note last Monday too. She usually does it in daycare but it is to write definitions for her spelling words, all 19 of them. She does not have access to a dictionary or to the internet there. Not to mention she is just learning how to use a dictionary. I have to help her with it. But we go right to Brownies on Mondays (I am the leader) and don't get home until 9. Then dinner, showers, bedtime. I feel like a bad mommy.

I also have to take her to dance after work tomorrow night. Then Thursday, look out!!!!! Volunteer in school before work, work until 6 but have a meeting at school at 5, so have to figure that one out. Then a meeting at 6 for science fair info, and a scout leaders meeting at 7. Grocery shopping to follow. All this while trying to pack up the camper to leave Friday morning for the long weekend. AND, managing to get my daily challenges in.

So, if I am not posting as much, please forgive me. It is going to be utter chaos between now and the weekend, but it will be oh so worth it when we are lounging on the river for the weekend.

But, please feel free to kick my butt into gear if I seem to slack off.

Hang in there Karin!
"You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin
and not to mention sounds like a wonderful mother!

So, did we have to weigh in again or just take last Friday's official weight since Friday has always been my official weigh in day. See, the problem is that I was so rush Monday, I went weigh over my sodium for the day which followed Sunday where I was close to sodium (and was okay with that one). Tuesday morning the scale was up almost 3lbs. Today it is back down 2lbs but not back to where it should be. And knowing my body, tracking my weight almost daily for the last year, I know that I will not be back to regular weight until tomorrow or Friday.

So......that is my dilemma. I will do whatever I need to do. I am bummed about this. Was really hopping to have this challenge kick start a good loss for the month but it did not. Well, actually, that small loss was pretty good based on my plateau of the last 5 months.

I just upped my calories about 10 days ago (and finally had a great loss last week) but will not know until Friday if that is sustainable and will help me continue to lose. Ugh! Why will my body not let go of this fat!?!

Trying not to be totally bummed today, although i'm really bummed. My husband was going for a job that would have been awesome both financially and schedule wise with the kids. I'm really proud of him becasue he did get offered a job at the company, but the pay and hrs aren't what we wanted.

I'm sorry to hear that. :frown: I bet before long he'll end up finding something that's even better than what you were hoping for here. Opportunity has a way of sneaking up on us, you know.

We're supposed to do a final weigh in this morning & report that. So if you lost 2 more lbs, by all means let me know!!!

Sigh :grumble: :grumble: No, I didn't lose more. I gained three yesterday from sodium Sunday and Monday. I am down two of those three but still up 1 from my lowest weight on my 'weigh in' day of Fridays. I try to plan any increased sodium for the weekends so the scale still likes me by Friday morning.

That means I have to log a 1lb gain today. That really stinks:sad: :sad: So my big whopping weight loss was a mere 1.5lbs for the month. Well...a lot of help that is for the team! blah!

Trying not to be totally bummed today, although i'm really bummed. My husband was going for a job that would have been awesome both financially and schedule wise with the kids. I'm really proud of him becasue he did get offered a job at the company, but the pay and hrs aren't what we wanted.

I am sorry to hear that. But like Share, I too think things happen for a reason and the right job will come along soon!

I'm sorry you're having a frustrating month, but it still looks to me like you've lost some and I have to say, I bet you are looking a LOT more toned. Most of these challenge exercises we've been doing are more strength-type exercises, and so I know for me the chief benefit has been in how I look/feel, rather than in what the scale shows. I have a feeling if you were to measure your body fat% before August and today, you'd be very encouraged about how far you've actually come. Hang in there!

Thanks. I know I am getting stronger. Heck, I can do 200 jumping jacks straight now! But I still HATE those burpees. But today I am just not feeling it. I do measurements but sometimes they discourage me too because I can never remember exactly WHERE I measured and sometimes it shows an increase, like the last measurements I did this weekend. My guess is I just chose the wrong placement for the measuring tape because my clothes are still fititing better. Yeah, I am a slow loser. I realized that a long time ago. At least this time I have not given up when the scale stopped it's regular march downward. I will continue to work at this. To me, it is a lifestyle change. I want to live a healthier life. I want to feel healthier, I want to be a good model for my two younger children, especially now that one of them is a girl, and my clone. I worry that she is going to gain weight and I do not want that for her. So, I will keep on keeping on!

89 lbs is awesome! It is actually my 14 year old (yeah, he is super skinny, built like his daddy). Hopefully my body will decide that it is ready to contribute more towards the team and start a downward trend going.