@Katmary71, you just keep resting your legs and you will be strong workout beast again in no time. Hmm, did your laptop try to commit suicide? Dang, those oblique circles looked intense! How do these trainers come up with this stuff? Yesterday my girl had me do the pretzel move. Have you seen it? Google it if you haven’t!

@trooworld, great job on our Wednesday challenge! You should be VERY proud that you haven’t been emotionally eating during this crazy time. I am VERY proud of you that is for sure!

@digger61, yayyy I am glad to see that you will be posting more! Being a truck driver is a very important job so thank you!!

@mrmcgrath, happy Wednesday to you too!

@leonadixon, OK, so there is a trend happening with your weight that I am sure is making you sad. How do you plan to turn it around this coming month? Have you tried our Habit Tracker on the front page? You will turn it around. Just don’t give up!!

@jmbrown11, great to meet you and yayyy for getting a hold of your drinking and turning it around. This is a VERY stressful time for so many people and we have to be extra mindful to take care of ourselves and that starts by doing what is good for us. I’m so glad that you are here with us! I encourage you to check in often and feel free to share whatever you like.

@wrknonmedaily, that is such a small gain so don’t beat yourself up! Do you have a plan for going into May? I am working on mine!

Hey Team! Can you believe that this month is almost over? I swear March lasted forever and this month has flown by. Could it be that I’m actually getting used to life in quarantine? Sheesh, I hope not because I’m pretty sure that life is going to resume at some point and I want to be ready. Tomorrow, I go into my weekly staff meeting to talk more about opening up the church at the end of May. Sooo much to think about!

Here is my Wednesday challenge
1. Breakfast: Black coffee, Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich and BBQ Good Thins, Dinner: homemade chicken salad sandwich and sweet potato fries. Snack: coffee with half-n-half and a few toasted pecans. The pecans weren’t on the schedule, but I toasted them for the chicken salad, and they smelled too good to resist!
2. Water: I will end the day with at least 96 oz.
3. Exercise: Today was day three of Barre Blend and it was all cardio. I pushed hard and didn’t quit as often as I wanted to and when I did it was just for a second and then I was right back at it.
4. Well, I walked outside with the dog if that counts. I did sit for about 30 minutes and play with my 5000-piece puzzle.
5. Something positive that I’ve done is stay consistent with my workouts. I’ve also kept myself busy with lots of little projects around the house and just today made a whole new to-do-list.

Katmary71 wrote: »

@Jactop report back on the cucumbers, I'm curious how they are!

Well it wasn't quite like eating chips but they weren't bad. They had a similar texture to kettle chips and we thought the flavor was pretty good. They softened up after sitting out for a few hours so they would be something you'd want to eat shortly after they're made

Wednesday Check In
1. Track✔
2. Exercise ✔ bike 30 min
3. Weights ✔
4. Stretch ✔
5. No Sugar ✔

@digger61 So glad you checked in and let us know how you're doing, Mike! It sounds like you're doing real well now with your habits, way to go!

@leonadixon That's ok, you got this!

@jmbrown11 Hi Jordan! It sounds like you came out the other side, congratulations on your sobriety! Like @Jactop and I say, you earned your shower if you're a sweaty mess!

Good Morning!! My name is Kelly and I'm super excited for this challenge! I'm ready to get this started! Hope everyone has a great day!

My goal for May is to check in regularly and stay on top of the challenges.

Fitrockr I was finally able to connect using a different email but couldn't sync with my old account so I'm Jackie T now instead of Topa.

Roses and Thorns
All of my health/fitness roses and thorns seem to be dependent on whether or not I eat sugar. When I eliminated it I ate better, was able to control junk food portions, had more energy, exercised regularly, got almost 2x as much sleep in the same amount of hrs in bed, was more productive and almost pain free.

When I started eating sugar again mid April my joints were so stiff I could hardly walk (I'm pretty sure sugar aggravates my arthritis), spent many days on the couch with a heating pad too sore and tired to move, no motivation or energy to exercise, needed pain meds to sleep at night, blood sugar was way too high, carpel tunnel numbness was back, and I started putting weight back on.

My seeds would be accepting that my body can no longer tolerate sugar. I've eliminated sugar for short periods in the past and gone back to consuming it again but this time the effects were so drastic it was a real wake up call.

@gwamajtw91, congrats on your 10 lb. weight loss!! That is fantastic! We are also very happy to have you on our team and glad that it’s helping you stay accountable.

@Jactop, glad that you were able to get Fitrockr to sync. I need to work on eating less sugar too. I do really good for days and days and then BAM, I’m overindulging…again! Let’s do a no-sugar May? Are you in? I am!!

@trooworld, ohhhh I am sorry about your job! It’s so tough for so many people and I hate that you have to be one who is going to continue to struggle. You hang in there and stick to your goals!

@Kelly_2013, hi and welcome! We are super excited to have you here too! You will find that we are very supportive and encouraging group.

@Katmary71, I have never looked at my Fitbit burn. If I did I’m sure it wouldn’t be happy with me. You are NOT a baby! You are dedicated and we love that about you.

@veryhotmails, first off welcome to the group! Second, you must tell us how you choose your username and where you are from. I read your post with a British accent. Am I correct?

Good evening team! Today, was my day to go into work for our weekly staff meeting. We are hoping to open the church on June 7th if nothing crazy happens here. We talked a lot about how to social distance people and how to set up sanitization sections and stuff like that. I took today off from working but will be back at it in the morning. I started my 5000-piece puzzle too. It is going to take me a while to get this one done. My eating was OK but I surely could have done better...and tomorrow is weigh-in day!

Our May thread is up and active so head over there and do your introduction posts!

@Kelly_2013 Hi Kelly, welcome to the gang!

@Jactop Wow, it sounds like you've definitely found a connection with sugar and your health issues, that's a serious list of problems when you're not careful. Can you use natural sweeteners to replace it instead or are those an issue as well?

@gwamajtw91 Congratulations on 10lbs down!

@TeresaW1020 Thank you! I hope things go well with church, there's definitely a lot of planning that goes into it. There's so many little things you'd never think of, like passing out fliers, having coffee out for people, and doughnut holes for the kids that are off-limits now.

@raleighgirl09 There's a reason I don't have peanut butter in the house!

Official Weigh In

PW 192.2
CW 192.2

checkin

Pw- 157.2
Cw 158.2

Sorry gang

raleighgirl09 wrote: »

TeresaW1020 wrote: »

Our May thread is up and active so head over there and do your introduction posts!

@TeresaW1020 I'm not sure if I am missing something but I went looking for the new thread and didn't see it on the F2F page, do you have a link, by chance?

Yes! Here is the link May Thread

In the future, if you can't find our thread just scroll to the bottom of the page and on the right, there is a link called "all discussions." Click it.