@Cornanda, outside work is great exercise! I hope to get out on Friday and wash all the pollen from our patio furniture. It will be a good workout and I will be able to sit outside and not get covered in yellow. Congrats on nailing how to post a quote.

@trooworld, how is your dog? Your dinner sounds great! I really should use my IP more than I do. I mostly use it to cook my dog chicken and to boil eggs.

@raleighgirl09, girl!! You are sooo funny! Making out with your pimento cheese! Although truth be told I have been known to have a full-on affair with all forms of cheese and it’s always cheating on me and my butt pays the price. I don’t have a problem with nighttime snacking anymore since I started IF but my afternoon strolls through the kitchen have to stop!! I think I will do what you are doing and go ahead and plan my snack. It’s NOT like I’m going to refrain or something sensible like that.

@Katmary71, I think there is a mixture of Georgians who want us to get back to life and a lot of us who are scared and think it is too soon. I keep wavering both ways and mostly plan to continue sheltering in place and watching to see what happens. Those videos look like so much fun!

@its_cleo, YES!! We can’t let that other team win! Your participation is appreciated.

@trolong1308, yayyyy for losing this week!!



Hey Team! I have to admit to a very lazy day. And that is saying a lot since I've been stuck in the house for over a month now. I did do a good workout this morning and I've been having this nagging pain in my right shoulder and my DH thinks that it's more of a joint pain and not muscle. So, I need to stop pushing through the pain and give it a rest. I will still do weights that don't affect it and see if that helps. I also had a nice long conversation with a girlfriend today. She is hilarious and we always have fun and miss hanging out. Soon we hope! Tomorrow is my weekly staff meeting so I get to get dressed and leave the house. I might even make a real event and go to Aldis too. I need more sparkling water!

Yeah I signed up for fitrockr and fitbit and now I have to figure out how to pair them.

Weekly Weigh-In
Username - bethanie-825
Day - Tuesday
Previous - 232
Current 233

I'm over it. Intermittent fasting, more water and less caffeine, more moving than ever. And I still gained a pound. I'm tired of being stalled. I'm tired of the same 2-4 pound every week. I'm just over it right now

Check-in - Wednesday Report
Good day 🟢
Especially happy calories were on track. Tuesday I was over by a bit -- I didn't exercise at the usual time (I had planned to exercise early... and didn't), and then family time seemed especially needed, so I took a deep breath and went to bed in the red. Okay, but I wanted to be sure to be back on track on Wednesday.
Also a yay to exercise variety! @Katmary71 , I did two things that you found - THANK you! I did a Jenny Ford platform video, and the time flew by. I also did a Cummings weights and cardio workout - whee! I have to make modifications, but was so happy to do anything with my found-and-dusted-off weights.

Wednesday Report
Thursday Goals
- Another platform workout! Weights!
- 10K steps
- Stretching - Classical Stretch for foam roller series
- Dancing - catch up on all the great dancing posts in this thread and DO at least one!
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!)
- FitRockr - get over 75 Activity Points today

raleighgirl09
Week 3 weigh in (23Apr2020)
Previous weight: 182.7
Current weight: 183.8 (boo-hiss)

So - at the risk of saying something very close to 'the dryer shrunk my pants,' I have to say that I don't really trust this scale. I have a Fitbit scale in Raleigh but here at the coast I have a cheapie digital one. I find I have to kinda trick it in order to not get the same weight every day (I stayed the same, down to the decimal, for 4 days running and thought.....nah, not likely) by getting on while holding something and then stripping down to skin and getting back on to see what is closer to my usual morning type weight. But this morning the scale had me at a 5 pound gain - which is not the above, that was yesterday's weight; I'm calling it for the sake of today's weigh in.

And just to be transparent, I do believe I've gained some weight and I'll take that lump but I also want to be realistic and not buy some crap off of that slacker scale....not enough monopoly money in the world for that!

Have had a good day - sleep, water, exercise, food, mood.....it's all on target. => Dug a trench for the wheel on a big gate and helped hubs pour in concrete so that we can much more easily open and close the gate. Anxiety started out kinda loud but has quieted, that is surely the best win of the day.

@its_cleo I sometimes have trouble wrangling in the eating if I have a drink - and I can usually skip a few days fr a drink and find that helpful but the last couple of weeks I have only skipped sporadically. Next time I do, I'm going to pay attention to my energy level and see if there is something there like you feel, maybe less energy if I have a couple of drinks - would be interesting to see!
@TeresaW1020 gurl - just remember (like I did not) that if ya plan it, it's good to go ahead and have it and not frget you planned healthy bran cereal with almond milk and follow the hubs into the kitchen for a spoonful of peanut butter!!!1 Wait - whut? Oh....maybe that was me and I shouldn't project....sheesh. =>
@leonadixon h yes - the urge to snack is SO REAL!! Working to avoid that for me, tonight, I'm with ya. My fingers and toes are crossed for your small goal for today! I had a pal who did the botox for migraines and it helped her a whole lot....I hope it's as good for you and that it offers staying relief to the next batch.
@AustinRuadhain gah - I remember the feeling of red (oh no!!) and it's really in yer face the way MFP does it. => Good on ya for having a great day right behind it!! I prefer to exercise early and I don't like it when something happens to delay it and then....time just slips on by. But family time is so important, especially these days, it's not a bad trade-ff from time to time!
@gwamajtw91 what an amazing weigh in - I am so happy for you, way to go!!
@bethanie0825 hang in there and keep doing the right things!! It is hard - you have come a long way and all the good efforts will prove themselves over the long haul
@Cornanda here's is what it is like for me to just let anxiety play out. I usually feel it in my stomach before I realize I'm anxious - I used to get kinda worried or worked up over that and it didn't make it better, especially if I told myself there was no reason for it. So now I just focus on the physical feeling, and think about why I might feel that way but then I turn my thoughts to something else - and the anxiety thoughts will come and go but I don't worry those, I just acknowledge them and move on to other thoughts. It also helps to work on something that may need to be done or take a walk or do some stretching. I actively do not push the thoughts away, I just give them a nod and move on to another thought and when they come back.....give them a nod and move on. I know this sounds very hippy-dippy but it is helping. I haven't had such an anxious period for a couple of years, the last was almost a year long when 3 friends passed away within months of each other, jobs changed for me and hubs in that time and we bought a house. I certainly did enjoy the quieter period and I believe it will calm down again... => Just gotta let it play out.
@Katmary71 Thanks for the new walking video, I did that today! I think I'll try another kind tomorrow - something about this caused some knee soreness, not entirely sure why, the dancing doesn't. Anyway, I'll come back to this one in a few days - I can see why you would want to switch them up, just for the sake of variety!

@raleighgirl09 well with the drinks and energy level- if I have so much as one drink it effects my sleep. So I'm never 100 % the next day, it's just of course a matter of how much I'm off....but this week I had more than 1 lol.

I can't seem to join the Slimpossibles group on fitrockr team. I know there was a link here and I'll find it but been working all day. Will try tomorrow

@bethanie0825 Oh no, I'm sorry your weight is bouncing around right now, it's so frustrating when you're doing everything right! Are you making too many changes at once? Sometimes the numbers just don't make sense even though the data says you should be losing.

@trooworld How were the grocery stores? I've been wanting to go to the Asian market! I keep talking myself into only going to one store when I go shopping to lessen exposure but I sure miss stopping at Trader Joe's or Sprouts! If you say what types of videos you like we can post recommendations. I found two Body Project videos that were new to me today and another of those walking ones, love Body Project HIIT.

@AustinRuadhain Yay, glad you liked them! First thing I thought of when I saw Jenny had step videos was you! Then I wondered if my old stepper was around anywhere but I'm positive I got rid of it when I moved. I'm glad you're able to use your weights! I struggle a bit with Sidney Cummings weights as mine aren't very heavy, especially for leg exercises. Not her fault but my equipment. I get to use my new mini resistant bands though!

@raleighgirl09 Oh cool, I've done one of hers before but this one is new to me. Getting steps right? I can't even stand on one leg without falling! Anything jumping I instantly modify and make my own filler. I've found doing arms and legs separately in the beginning at hard parts helps. That hip hop video and belly dancing I really had to do a body part at a time. You can also slow down the videos on YouTube under the setting button, that thing is needed with Fitness Marshall! I know I don't look anything like the dancers, there's one where you move in a circle swiveling your hips and whipping your arm over your head. I caught myself in the TV reflection and was mortified, a 90-year-old in a retirement home with a cane would move better than I do! I definitely don't look as sexy as the 20-year-old dancers in the videos! I still feel kind of anxious when I start a new dance but kind of force myself to do it, they're so fun once the moves are down.

Username: davors19
Weigh-in week: Week 4
Weigh-in day: Fri
Previous Weight: 269
Todays Weight: 267

Username:TeresaW1020
Weigh in week:  Week 4
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 212.5
Todays Weight: 211.8