raleighgirl09
Saturday pop in (might be able to check in later!)
Steps 02/06 7,538, 02/07 11,938

Thought on my (cold) walk today:

There are so many circumstances that make following a plan and focusing on weight loss difficult - but if I don't strive to do it even under less than ideal conditions, when will I? My life is one set of less ideal circumstances after another! Last week - moving offices and off hours and eating out, this week - learning a new office routine, son had surgery and I'm on the help team and a lot of eating out, next week is the same! All of this makes it hard to do the menus and shopping and cooking but I've done them. And it's cold again and raining and crappy, grey weather - I've been stuffy and medicine headed and my hubby is cranky with his regular SAD moods. Can my weight loss journey, commitments to myself and need to achieve great health and fitness really afford to wait for the perfect week?

Don't know the last one I ever had, if I have indeed ever had one.

mlhopp93
Steps for 2/1 to 2/7

2/1 6174
2/2 7334
2/3 9116
2/4 5532
2/5 8424
2/6 5627
2/7 6534

TeresaW1020 wrote: »

Ya'll this won't mean anything to those living in the north but we got snow today and it actually stuck on the ground!! I have this video of my little dog running around trying to catch the snow in her mouth. Sooo cute!! This is a pic of DH and Maggie Mae in the backyard! We haven't seen any snow is two years so this was very exciting! All my local friends have pics and videos of pets and kids having a blast.



2/8 Accountability (Habit Tracker)
Track Every Bite-I did track and I was over calories by 200 due to my delicious chili and cornbread. Tomorrow is the church chili cookoff and of course, we had to sample it today for dinner. I think it’s a winner!!
NO gain on the scale-The scale was up this morning. Probably because I had stir-fry over rice and that always makes me gain. It will come off!
Workout or 7500 steps-60 minute BOD Leg day. I told hubby that I think it’s time to get the 15 lb dumbells. I could totally do it on some of the exercises. Steps for 2/7-7911
IF (17+ hrs)-18 hrs. 42 min.
Thoughts for the day-Today was a nice and very relaxing day! I worked out, cooked chili, did laundry and planned my next week's menu. I have three eating events in the next 10 days and then two weekends where I’m out of town. Soooo I need to buckle down on the days when I’m home and cook food that won’t make my scale mad at me.

@TeresaW1020 what a sweet picture - and Maggie Mae looks exactly as I pictured her!! Glad to know I am not the only one who can go over on calories and it just is what it is. I had this yesterday and decided to accept it without further consideration. Great plan to know the spike days way ahead of time and plan more level days around them - and you're right - the gain over some stir fry is a fluctuation and will come off. What a great day you had! =>

Username: vanjan14
Weigh in day: Friday
February week 1
PW: 254.6
CW: 255.2

Oops, sorry about being a day late!
Post vacation is hard to be motivated. Didn't track calories every day this week and was not keeping up with my 16-8 intermittent fasting. Likely being snowed in tomorrow so it will give me time to do some meal prep for next week. Hopefully that will help me get back on track.

Saturday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- stair treadmill, weights, yoga
Water- over

Habits
Weights 3xs a week- today was 3 plus I added back arm weights with 5lbs less per exercise and am ok post icing
Cardio 30 minutes- done
Core- still on hold
Yoga- day 4
Decluttering- worked on magazines a bit
Recipe- sauteed cassava and maple soy brussel sprouts, not many ingredients with either but still new recipes

@apple852hk, Wow what a great loss you have had this week. Sorry that you were sick for one day but how wise of you not to overeat afterward! Keep it up!!

@Katmary71, glad you were able to add back in your weights. Take it easy!! I NEED the recipe for the maple soy Brussels sprouts!

@vanjan14, you will get back on track and find your motivation again. Vacations are supposed to be fun so don’t beat yourself up.

@digger61, wayyy to maintain!!

@mlhopp93, you have been added to the Step Count Challenge! Make sure to give me what you do today so I can total up your first week.

@raleighgirl09, you have such great support and advice to @prowell57 . Thank you!!

And then there is this....

raleighgirl09 wrote: »

Thought on my (cold) walk today:
There are so many circumstances that make following a plan and focusing on weight loss difficult - but if I don't strive to do it even under less than ideal conditions, when will I? My life is one set of less ideal circumstances after another! Can my weight loss journey, commitments to myself and need to achieve great health and fitness really afford to wait for the perfect week?

Second, WOW!! You are speaking right to me and I hope to others who read the wisdom in your words.“If I don't strive to do it even under less than ideal conditions, when will I?” How true is that quote!! This is a crazy month for me and there is not one week where I will be able to stay perfectly on plan. And as I look at my life I have to ask myself how often are my circumstances ideal? Answer: NEVER!!

Can my weight loss journey, commitments to myself and need to achieve great health and fitness really afford to wait for the perfect week?

Girl, that is getting printed and posted where I can read it every day!! So glad to have you on this team!!

raleighgirl09
Sunday early check in with some Saturday thrown in for good measure
Steps 02/08 11,873

Boy, was I a lazy Maria yesterday! I did get my walk and I did shop for the planned meals (including 3 I am taking to my son's house this week) but that was all that happened. The rest involved a lot of butt-growing-roots-into-my-couch time! Also, note to self: one cannot have as much gin as they previously could at a higher weight. 3 ounces in 2 small martinis is all I can swing without a bit of a headache the next day.

@davors19 and @Digger61 awesome holding steady!
@wwood008 I sure hope your son is feeling better, you guys really deserve some time off from being sick... =< Hugs to you all!!
@wrknonmedaily that is fantastic that you started weights!! I have been slowly coming to the conclusion that I'll need to do that and build strength. I second @prowell57 that it's likely tied to the quick burn of energy from your muscles. I think fluctuating hunger - and realizing that there is nothing wrong with me and that this is the natural state of the human body and how it was designed (to use what we have stored and to ask for what it needs according to what is burned) and the flaw comes in when I try to "fix" that natural state with some bull crappy thinking
@bethanie0825 you are really rocking the Casba!! I love the report on the run and the not dying....a true lol chuckle moment! What an awesome thing to have done and what a great indoor gift to yourself on a day when the weather is awful
@its_cleo I am so glad you checked in despite the down part - the days it is the hardest to do are the days it is the most needed.... => I hope your meeting tomorrow goes ok and at least just ends as quickly as possible. When I know a bad one is coming, I think to myself 'well, they are not allowed to kill me and I'll eventually be out of the meeting' and that helps a little. Or at least distracts me until I can get in and then OUT of the dang thing. I am in awe and have such respect that you recognize the badness and keep pressing forward and make plans and do the things. And going back to counting the cals is not easy for anyone, no matter where they are in their weight loss journey. Hoping you are having a better day today - or at least a somewhat easier mental day. =>
@vanjan14 vacations are a blip on the radar for weight gain but so necessary for the soul! You'll get back to your stride and routine, you're already headed there with great planning!
@cornanda great job on the stepping
@Kayla7303 and @cornanda It can be a bummer for the scale to go in a direction we weren't hoping for but we're all rooting for you guys as you go through the week!
@rachelleahsmom echoing @katmary71 we'll miss seeing you around but understand life happening all around you and something just has to give - come back any time!!
@Katmary71 you are doing so well on goals, great work! I love how you're chipping away at the decluttering
@Apple852hk wow, what a great loss - so thrilled for you!! => I love the recognition of intentions turned into actions in snacking less often and not over compensating a small volume food day - genius. This is a great reminder to me that I need to assess what goes right, and why, as much as I need to assess what doesn't go right.
@TeresaW1020 I am glad this resonates with you and others! It's not like I didn't know it before, it just somehow had never really occurred to me in such a tangible way; struck home yesterday.

Saturday
Planned and Prelog 3 meals? no and no but all on plan and under cals
Times? B skip, L 2p, D 7p
Non-planned eating and thoughts? nuts between lunch and dinner, carefully measured out. It's technically non-planned as much as any of the meals but this is hyper non-planned because I don't often eat nuts and it's not the best for me, sodium wise. Hubby eats them often and sometimes when I see the bag on the counter, I can't resist.......... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand therein lies the whole non-planned spirit of it.
Hunger? very low hunger day, just didn't get hungry until the afternoon and was ok with it
Exercise? a 3.25 walk in the hood - it was cold but I saw the sun briefly here and there, was worth it for that alone
Sleep? 11p-9a [log the morning after]
Assessed the previous day / week / month? This week compared to last: Exercise was harder to get to this week but eating was better - despite competing things to get done, having to eat out more and being much more tired and not feeling well, it was a better week. Mentally - I was a champion this week - and last week I was weak of resolve, tiny bites everywhere. Some days I feel so good and strong and others I don't - and when I don't it just stacks and swells and overwhelms and compounds for several days in a row. I should give myself creds that the strong days are the same....

stacks and swells and overwhelms and compounds for several days in a row

- QUESTION TO SELF - how can I have more of the strong days and fewer of the not-strong days? How can I make that ride (downhill at what feels like a breakneck pace) a shorter ride and more quickly get back to strong? As evidenced in my last weigh in, it can be a couple of weeks or more, as far as a cycle goes.

Saturday check-in
Calories- under
Water- under
Exercise- 0

I forgot to check-in last night. We've got the grandkids this weekend and one of them has been sick all weekend so I've been distracted taking care of him.
I was up 1 lb this morning for my weigh-in. I was afraid of that with all the stress eating I've been doing this week. I need to get this stress under control. I'm determined to not let stress get the best of me! Gave myself a stern talking to this morning about not allowing stress to put more stress on me.
@raleighgirl09 thank you for the kind words of encouragement. I was just thinking this morning that I need to start keeping a journal of my journey, writing down all my feelings on everything life and diet related. Sounds like you have had a plate full this week with work, not feeling well and your son's surgery. I admire your determination through all this!
@mlhopp93 great job on the steps!
@TeresaW1020 I love your picture, so cute. We had snow here in Oklahoma earlier this week...2.5-3 inches. It was so pretty. First snow our dog, Millie has seen. She was so goofy. First thing she did was lay down in it and started eating it lol.
@digger61 good job on maintaining and staying steady.
@Katmary71 you're such an inspiration with keeping up on your workouts! I too need to declutter my house. DH is such a pack rat and since he's had to quit work his little piles seem to be growing 🤨. A friend on MFP suggested crystal light to put in my water. He does that and says it really helps him to get in all his water plus some. It comes in many flavors, I'm using lemonade flavor.
@apple852hk awesome loss this week!!
@Motiv8tedMom good job staying steady.

CONGRATULATIONS to Team Downsizers for STAYING IN THE GREEN with 60.7%!!!



Stay focused and your team could be the winners next week!!

@TeresaW1020 good luck on extending your fasting period. I know you can do it, you've got this!!
@its_cleo yes I'm still trying to quit smoking. It's been a battle though, some days good some days not so good. No strategy yet on how to deal with the stress, just taking it 1 day at a time. Trying to motivate myself into start walking on my treadmill. Take it easy with your bicep, glad you're not pushing it. Last thing you want is a set back with your healing time.
@raleighgirl09 and @vegan4lyfe2012 congratulations for most individual lbs lost, woohoo🎉🎉 way to go!

Hey Steppers!! Please post your step count to finish out the week!! You can find your steps in the spreadsheets on the main page

@TeresaW1020 Here you go!

BEST ROASTED BRUSSEL SPROUTS- Vegan8.com
2 12oz bags brussel sprouts (573g)
4t soy sauce
1T maple syrup
1t garlic powder salt
1t chili powder (I used a medium-hot blend)

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line sheet pan with parchment paper.
2. Trim bottoms of brussel sprouts and pull of any outer leaves that are wilted.
3. If not prewashed rinse sprouts.
4. Make sauce by combining ingredients in small bowl stirring until smooth.
5. Cut sprouts in half, sauce is for 573g brussel sprouts (my 2lbs were 900g so I upped the sauce by 1/3). Put sauce in a freezer bag with sprouts and shake vigorously, rotating bag until sauce is absorbed.
6. Put any leftover sauce over sprouts. Spread on sheet and sprinkle salt over sprouts.
7. Bake 15-20 minutes, when fork goes into sprouts smoothly they're done.

- I did mine a little longer as I like the outer leaves crispy. I also used a little extra seasoning and one of the reviews said smoked paprika was a good addition.

@raleighgirl09 Holy Smokes!!!

Step Challenge
2/8 – 13843
2/9 - 12987

D@mn scale is still refusing to budge but I’m still between 234 and 235. Not losing but not gaining.

NSV: so, I have 2 chins which drives me crazy but it is what it is. But looking at myself in the mirror today, it seems to be slimming down, if that makes sense lol. Like coming in and I can actually see my jawline a bit again.

Username: Jactop
Weigh-in week: 4
Weigh-in day: Monday
Previous Weight: 206
Todays Weight: 205