Happy Wednesday! You guys are doing so great!

@AustinRuadhain Your yard/garden will be looking good with all those weeds gone! I need to find more of those disco workouts lol.

@TeresaW1020 Yes, air fryers are great for summer! I'm trying to make lemonade out of lemons over here . You sound very motivated today!

@apple852hk That's a great idea, thank you I think I will definitely do that! I think it will make me think twice before digging into them.

Hello everyone! I'm motivated to have a good day today. Yesterday was a pretty good day, today will be a darned good day. What's the difference between yesterday and today? Today I'm going to focus on drinking enough water and I'm going to do an exercise video.

Calories: over/under: even
Water: over/under under
Exercise: Cleaning house.
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: Exercise video of some sort, 52 oz of water+.

@its_cleo don't be too hard on yourself, with your Achilles hurting it hasn't been easy for you to work out. It's frustrating not being able to do harder stuff as well. Please don't be ashamed, that only makes you feel bad about yourself. I'm sure you're in better shape right now than you think. Just try to do a little better each day, even if it's only for one minute or one meal. Great job getting your walk in!

@AustinRuadhain I did one of the videos you recommended with Nick, I prefer him over Leslie's other walkers but they kept switching places. I received a text that irritated me before I worked out so I may have just been projecting, my internet crashed and I did a couple Leslie Sansone and she was a little irritating too! Out of everything I've tried I'd run and hide in the closet if I was busted attempting belly dance. Disco would be pretty hilarious too though! I was trying to find a fun one to Donna Summer's Hot Stuff and came across one with what looked like tweens, he was in love with the body roll so half the routine was body rolls, it was pretty fun. I'll check out the link!

Happy Thursday! Yesterday I did some walking, yoga and a fitbit coach get moving routine. Today’s weather is expected to be warmer and if it is, I will take dogs out for longer stroll.

I’ve been doing Noom for the past few months and I notice that one of my problems is...if my eating is on track, my exercise is minimal AND if my exercise is ramped you then my eating is off (Cadbury eggs, candy corn, Christmas cookies, etc) and now that I think about it, it is always around a special time. I am going to start working on a healthy balance between food and exercise.

Hope you guys have a great day.

@raleighgirl09 Oh no! So sorry to hear about your job! Your attitude about it is amazing though.
@vegan4lyfe2012 did you find those licenses while cleaning out drawers. Great motivation!
@mrmcgrath would you be willing to share some thoughts about Noom?
@TeresaW1020 Love that you are working so hard on your weight loss efforts. Fasting AND WW. Aweome! Avoiding candy- Amazing! Realizing you are the queen of excuses and pushing back on it- Excellent! I too am an excuse queen. I'm going to see if I can find that video you watched. I have not been doing as well this week. Skipped tracking a few days. Exercise good. Ate a bit much for Easter- weight is up (probably some salt factor there, but still, I deserve it). I'm tempted to not be good to myself right now, but I don't want to go there. Just have to get back to what works and stop making excuses.

gwamajtw91
Thursday weigh-in
PW: 167.1
CW: 166.4
I have just realized that I am the lightest I have been since 2016....GO ME!!!

@raleighgirl09 I am really sorry about your job. There is no good time for that, but now seems like an especially bad time. Also kind of awkward because of the shut down- did you have personal stuff at your physical office that you need to get?

@gwamajtw91 Congrats! It's so cool to see that old number on the scale and be wowed by it.

@Katmary71 thanks for the kind words. One of the things that has got me is my stamina/endurance. I do one exercise with my trainer and I'm ready to collapse! Any exercise I was doing was in smaller bursts 15-20 mins so that is why. I'm gradually going to increase it and try to do longer chunks of activity at a time with fewer breaks and try to get my stamina back up. ....and I totally sympathize about not wanting to be caught dancing! I would have done the same thing lol.

I think I did one of those LS videos with the guy leading. I really liked it, it was a bit faster paced.

@AustinRuadhain yeah the early start is a mixed blessing- I can get up and go out but I like my sleep lol. Fortunately the last two mornings I’ve slept better.

@trooworld I absolutely think doing goals in small chunks is best.
Well I’m doing ok on cals the last couple days. Yesterday I also did some strength training on my own, mostly some upper body stuff for my back. But I tried to go for 30 mins with only short breaks ie 2 mins between every 2 sets. I also did some mobility work. My various aches and pains seem to be slowly improving.

Today I went for a jog. I really wanted to push it because I’ve been doing the same route over and over but given my tendon is healing I tried to be smart and not push too hard too fast.

Tomorrow I see my trainer, and supposed to connect virtually with some folks from my hiking club but we’ll see how it goes. I’m not a big fan of the zoom social stuff, it just seems awkward.

Snowing here in April! Just light flurries.

@mrmcgrath Definitely that time makes food, especially sugary carby ones, harder to avoid! I don't know if this is the case with you but I found on days I worked out harder or longer I needed to eat more or else the next day I was hungrier.

@raleighgirl09 Oh no, I'm so sorry you were let go, what lousy timing! I'm glad you're feeling okay about it, it sounds like you're taking things well. Hope your walk was great and helped clear your head.

@leonadixon I'm glad your meeting with the dietician helped motivate you. Twenty minutes a day of walking sounds like great exercise.

@gwamajtw91 Yay, congratulations!!!!

@trooworld I hope you're feeling okay and not coming down with something. Hopefully you found some energy even if it was a rest day.

@its_cleo I've found in the "HIIT-type" videos if I keep doing the exercise they're taking a break from part of the time or march in place it makes a better workout. With Leslie Sansone I either keep doing the harder thing like knee lifts instead of walking and/or using more weight or adding light dumbbells to non-weight routines to up intensity. Using arms helps a lot too. It's not that I'm hardcore, it's that I have to do low impact and it's geared toward people new to exercising so I'm trying to find ways to do all this that doesn't worsen my chronic problems. I hope you get the chance to talk to everyone tomorrow, I'm not a huge Zoom fan but do really value the connection with others once it's started.

@bethanie0825 If you just started running again that definitely can be it.

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Weigh-in week: Week 3
Weigh-in day: Fri
Previous Weight: 271
Todays Weight: 269

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Sure. I do not like the food tracking module as much as I do mfp and I had difficulty getting my Fitbit steps to sync at first BUT I do like the daily lessons and the psychology behind them. It has really helped me dig deep as to why I keep doing what I am doing. Plus you are assigned a goal coach and a group coach and that has helped tremendously keep on track.