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@teresaw1020 I don't do monthly weight loss goals because I don't believe I can control fluctuations because of sodium, hormones, etc. I can control my habits though. I will think about what would be a good habit goal for June. Congrats on your 24 hr fast. I love uprights versus canisters. I'm one of those that likes to make the lines on the carpets. Also one who would yell at the kids for walking on the carpet messing up the lines. Not my finest moment as a parent back in the day. I'll be better for my grandkids if I ever get any. Great job on your goals. Yaaay for turning a corner. Disable the reverse gear.

@trooworld I love walking around lakes. Good job for getting in some exercise. I'm like your hubby. I notice everything. My family calls me laser eyes. Loved that Ubuntu phrase. Sounded very relaxing. I was thinking after replying to your first post what is going to happen to your exercise after you return to work. And here you are talking about it in your second. How far are you from your ideal goal weight? I can't get my fitbit to track my sleep. It just stopped doing that one day.

@shexio Great job on your water. Your smashing this journey. I hope you are wearing sunscreen. I used to live for my tans when I was younger and a couple of years ago was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma on my nose. They removed it but it has caused slight disfigurement to my nose. Which is the first thing I see when I look in a mirror.

@theslightedgeforever I just bought a hat. We have sunscreen, I should use it .... in South Dakota I didn’t feel we needed to. Here, I should since it’s much more sunny daily . You make a valid point.

@teresaw1020 I love when appts get either cancelled or postponed a bit. It's like finding free time. Another two good days for you. Woohoo on the weight loss. Balance is the key. Soon you will be back to church potlucks and have to factor that in too. But that's our lifestyle.

@trooworld Too bad you couldn't find a nice indoor place to walk like a mall close to your work. Or outdoor place if the weather is nice. Then you could commute to work, go walk three days a week for 30 minutes, commute home. I used to do that when I worked. Cause once I hit the door I did not want to move. I have an ideal weight goal of 135ish and I'm about 46 or so away. I'll determine that number when it gets closer. It will be decided by my body. I'll either have to drop calories more or burn more calories than I want to. But I'm far away from that off ramp so for now I'm going to worry about today. You've been doing so well that just think you will already look better than those other people in your office who gained Corona 15. That's why I used to hate grocery shopping. Plus hate going to more than one store. So look how many steps you must have logged during that time. That's the upside. You got in some free movement right there. I'll send cbabie a nudge and see where she's at.

@shexio I was one of those people who hadn't tanned in 30 years. Mostly stayed indoors. Just riding in the car or going out for the occasional walk or running errands and thought it's just a short time I don't need sunscreen. It's not like I'm laying out for hours or back in the tanning beds which I only did 2 years of that. But somehow I got it anyway and I had another one removed and tested but it came back benign. So now I just tell everyone my story. I never liked my nose before and now I really don't like it.

Yellow Day- Went over 167/164 Joyful Movement Nada.

June goals: Green dot day 4/5 Drink 4.5 glasses of water 0/5 Burn 100 cals through movement 1/5

I think I will do weekly goals instead of monthly. Cause I know myself. If I say monthly, then I will say well I still have time to make it up.

@trooworld Weigh ins can be disappointing but just think you may get a bigger loss than you expect next week if you keep following the plan. It's all about the plan versus the scale. It's the negative thinking about our weigh ins that get us in trouble. We start thinking I did all this hard work and only got 0.2? I've actually proven twice that I lose more weight long term eating junk food along with healthy food than strictly eating healthy food. It's so weird. That's why I think scale is not always the way to go because that junk food is really not good for me versus the vitamins and minerals in the healthy food. Just keep working hard and you will reach that 20.

@teresaw1020 It's all learning experiences. What do you think led up to refilling your glass after the first two? What were your thoughts? The more I read I'm convinced it's all about our thoughts. Cause those turn into our feelings then actions. But give yourself credit for the other three goals that you did succeed at.

Green Day- Stayed OP 182/238 Joyful Movement-none

June goals: Green Dot Day Drink 4.5 glasses of water Burn 100 cals via movement

I'm trying to figure out why I'm so resistant to the movement and water. There's more behind the curtain.

@teresaw1020 I'm reading in my 100 day book now about "should" and "I have to". Should invites depression. The more you use the word the deeper the depression will be. Have to is more about being overwhelmed. But then rebellion steps in because darn it you are an adult and can do what you want to do now. Which leads to procrastination and or just not doing it. So it talks about using the word 'choose to'. OK for me water has always been a problem. See right there. Self fulfilling prophecy. (I'm learning to throw up the red flag when I catch myself in a thought which is prescriptive. My thirst indicator appears to be broken. So I don't get thirsty like everyone else. I've tried all the various tips and tricks. Use fruit. Have a special water bottle. I even have Drink water alarms that go off on my fitbit at intervals. Basically I just look at them and go hm..... If I drink too much (like 2 glasses) at a time, it starts to back up on me and I get nauseous and a little back drainage. So thin sipping would be the answer but then I can be at a restaurant with my family and sitting there with my diet coke and they will have at least 3 full glasses and I will finish about 1/2 of mine. Waitresses will always come up and say You still working on that? So it's not just water. It takes me about an hour or so to finish a cup of tea. I just have to keep nuking it to make it hot. I know the possibility is there because when I had to do a colonoscopy I drank all that liquid but I did keep puking too. But I got it down. Or up as the case went. Movement: I used to be really good about going to the gym and movement and couldn't get my food thing right. Now I'm pretty good about the food but not so much on the movement. Part of it I know is time-based. I was doing very well with my walking club but then along came corona. It's having other people in the house that messes with me. So I sat with my calendar today and I think figured out a good time slot.

@trooworld You made it work. You stayed above the red line. So now that you have indulged time for some healthy food. Imagine if one day we can say Oh I indulged today on some healthy fruit or veggies. I just ate way too much. I had potatoes today. lol When you said like ancient Rome, my inner brat started yelling Toga Toga Toga. See what I have to deal with. Do you weigh yourself or are you back at WW and they weigh you?

Green Day-Stayed OP 196/238 Movement: Rest Day

June goals: Green Dot Day Drink 4.5 glasses of water Burn 100 via movement

@teresaw1020 I might have mentioned the planned but not the indulgence part. Although I talk alot so it's entirely possible. Do you have an exact definition for 'Planned indulgence'. Is there a range you don't want to go over? We know not a whole big bottle of wine. lol Although two small bottles would count as the same thing. I know all the ways my mind works to justify what I do. I agree with you 100%. Just have to find a way to make it work or live with the nausea.

@trooworld You lost at me at the word rule. I could think of another word though. I did meet the goal though today. Do you have to report your weight to WW during this time or is everyone just self weighing. I wondered about weighing every 2 weeks if the scale gets you down. How is the sleep goal coming along? I'm glad you are enjoying your walks.

Your thoughts drive your choices.
Your choices, repeated, form your habits.
Your habits create your results.
Your results inform your beliefs

Then your beliefs generate more of the same thoughts which control your choices and so forth.

Benton, Elizabeth . Chasing Cupcakes

Yellow Day-Stayed OP 159/164 gm Intentional movement: 30 min BeFit videos

June goals: Green Dot Day Water 4.5 glasses Movement:

@theslightedgeforever, my definition of “Planned Indulgence” is that when it’s over I feel no guilt. If I would have drunk one bottle of wine, which was my intent I would have taken the points and possible weight gain without guilt or anger over my actions. Drinking two bottles (which is what that big bottle was) not only left me feeling like death but guilting and totally mad at myself. Another good quote from Chasing Cupcakes and great graphic!!

Good morning! My grocery shopping is getting pushed to tomorrow so that I can go to work and help my children’s director get ready for our Awana awards. She has been finishing up this year online with the kids and Saturday we have a schedule drive-up for them to receive their awards. I’m really looking forward to seeing the kids again! I might go to lunch with her today but I will not be having a planned indulgence and instead will make the wisest choice I can.

June Goals: 6/8
1. Clean fast a minimum of 18 hrs a day. 21 hours.
2. Workout 30 minutes or more (housework counts) Barre Core/20 min treadmill
3. No sugar or afternoon snacking No sugar/no snack
4. Track all my points and get a blue dot 31 pts. yes blue dot
5. 120.oz of plain water 128 oz.

@theslightedgeforever, yes I talked to DH about buying the big bottle of wine. Actually, that was our first time having one that size. I did also say that maybe we should try again and I can practice some self-control.

@trooworld, awe sorry that your day wasn't good yesterday. You still have today and tomorrow to stay on track. Lots of water, low-sodium foods and you should be fine. Yes, my lunch went great and I managed to make a wise choice. We went to Jason's Deli and I had a turkey sandwich and baked chips. It was sad to see that they didn't have their salad bar up. I hope it's able to come back because that's my favorite thing there.

Hi everyone! Well, today was a big day for my mom in that she finally left the house and went to Walmart with me. It was good for her to get out of the house and go somewhere other than a doctor's appointment. I just finishing a LIIF4 workout where he killed my triceps today. It was a major struggle washing my hair and now I'm sitting here procrastinating having to go dry it.

June Goals: 6/9
1. Clean fast a minimum of 18 hrs a day. 18 hrs. 31 min.
2. Workout 30 minutes or more (housework counts) Rest Day
3. No sugar or afternoon snacking No sugar/no snack
4. Track all my points and get a blue dot 38 pts. no blue dot
5. 120.oz of plain water 120 oz.

@trooworld Just a small speedbump. One mistake doesn't undo the good you have been doing lately. So what good choice will you make today? Incentives are great, right? I think as we age our sleeping patterns change. That's what I'm finding. I like to get good sleep because it might interfere with my choices. I was going to write that sentence another way and caught myself. But I'm still in control of my choices whether or not I get good sleep. It's just an excuse I use.

@teresaw1020 I'm glad your mom was able to get out of the house. I'm sure it was good for her psyche. You hit 4/5 goals. So another good day for you.

@its_cleo Well, then you aren't into strength training right now. You are still moving your body which is a good thing. I know I can eat more when I move my body which was always a big motivating factor for me. What if you just cut back on one small thing? Or maybe portion sizes? Are you tracking? You can go in and see what is causing you to have the most calories. My thing is I can still eat X just now as much as I want to right now. So nice you got out to see people. Plus the fresh air was good. I'm having a Zoom Jeopardy game tomorrow night. We are fiercely competitive. I can't wait to see them in person although I'd like to be thinner and have no corona roots.

Yellow Day- Went over 188/164 Movement: 30 min YouTube cardio

June goals: Green Dot Day Drink 4.5 glasses of water Burn 100 cals of movement

@its_cleo, hey girl! Glad you checked in and you seem to be doing ok. Sure your not where you want to be but you know how to get back on track when your ready to. Is there any word on when your gym might be reopening? I honestly don’t see the issue with gyms. They are big and equipment could easily be sanitized after each use. That is great that you were able to hang out with some friends!

@trooworld, the weather is getting hot here too. I finally had to break out the self-tanner for my legs so I could wear my capris without blinding people.

Good morning! Sorry that I missed checking in yesterday. I was at my staff meeting for several hours and then came home to repot some new plants and then do some housework. This Sunday we are doing our first Livestream service from the sanctuary. They have been pre-taping on the back porch of my pastor’s house and then uploading for Sunday morning. But this week we are going Live!! And DH and I are going to be there to add support and bodies in the pews for pastor to have someone to preach to. DH is super excited. :grin My weight stayed the same this week, which was annoying but not surprising. I went back to lifting more heavy weights and my points have been higher than they should be on several days this week. At least it wasn’t a gain! OK, I have to go get ready and drive my mom to a doctor’s appointment.


June Goals: 6/11 (I have stopped tracking water. I realized that it's not an issue for me because I always drink a lot and it's one less app to deal with.)

1. Clean fast a minimum of 18 hrs a day. 18 hrs. 22 min.
2. Workout 30 minutes or more (housework counts) housework
3. No sugar or afternoon snacking No sugar/yes snack
4. Track all my points and get a blue dot 37 pts. no blue dot

@theslightedgeforever I hope you had fun at your Jeopardy night. I'm competitive too, I love smack talk. I talk a big game lol. I usually talk better than I play, no matter what the game is lol. But it's all fun.

@trooworld that's great about your oil change not taking so long. Most people are pretty good about the masks here. Our numbers have been going down so I'm optimistic....I think bc I worked from home even before the pandemic the gym was a quick way for me to get a change of scenery. And my gym was very calm...it's not a big chain. So it wasn't usually crowded or anything like that.

@TeresaW1020 I think they're afraid that people are just together in an enclosed space. All of our restaurants are still take out only. They are being very careful here. But there is a rumour floating around maybe mid July it will open. ...That is great you are doing livestream and get to be there. There is a church here that used to always stream their services- like people would go to the church, but they would just have a live stream too, I guess for people that have difficulty getting out...

Well I have at least wrestled my calories down a bit this week, so I think my weight will be down a little bit. It had crawled up to 161, I think I got it down to 159 ish.

Biked 24 kilometres again today.

I need new socks and it's the silliest thing because a lot of the stores are still closed here and the ones that are open have lines. So it's like I either go without, or go wait in a line, or order socks online in which case the mail fees would probably be equal to the socks lol. I might try a store tomorrow.

I've also really gotten into puzzles- @TeresaW1020 this puzzle site is great: https://www.seriouspuzzles.com/

I bought two and am still waiting for them to arrive.

Take care all.

@teresaw1020 I see the problems with gyms. Too much equipment to sanitize. Think of all the individual dumbbells, barbells, water fountains, mats, tube bands, pen for sign in sheet, then there are individual lockers. The easy stuff would be the ellipticals, treadmills, and machines. It's all those other little stuff and who is responsible for this. Obviously not everyone is following the safety rules or there wouldn't be 2000000+ cases out there. Of course I'm a control freak and paranoid. So there's that. How many no blue dot days did you have this week. Other than wine day, any patterns you see yet? Remember what you are working towards. Woohoo on getting 2 1/2/4 Smart move on the water. Why clog up our mind with non-essentials.

@trooworld I would use that oil change as freetime and sit and read a book where no one was around to bother me. Pick up a nice drink before hand. I hear you on the masks. My son always comes home when he goes out and tells me all about the same thing. I hope I'm on an upswing. Wait that wasn't very positive. Yes I'm on an upswing. Although the scale hasn't moved but I'm ignoring that right now and working on my habits. For some reason food has been a problem this week.

@retiredandlovingit Good to see you. Has cases stopped rising in your area? I ask ds and he says he doesn't keep track :rolls eyes: I hope your ankle gets better. I think anyone who has lost weight during covid deserves a big gold star. Kudos to you. I love pizza buffets but usually only go when I visit my kids. It's one of their favorites.

@its_cleo I had alot of fun at jeopardy but we lost again. GRRRR. by $300 We did get the final jeopardy question right and bet it all and at least caught up somewhat. The answer was pumpkin and I thought of @RetiredAndLovingIt Although I did miss one and should have listened to my teammates. Who would have thought hippos are a kind of pig. I said warthog. I think my answer makes more sense. lol I'm usually the one humming the Jeopardy theme song when the other team takes too long or I'm yelling Time Time We named ourselves Queen of hearts and all showed up on Zoom with red hearts on our face. I'm sure hubby thought it was childish. lol I had fun. Yaaay on wrestling down your weight. How many calories did that burn. I want a new bike. Although I think I have more padding now than when I was young for that sore butt.

Yellow Day- Went over 214/164 Intentional Movement: Rest Day

June goals: Green Dot Day Drink 4.5 glasses of water Burn 100 cals via intentional movement


1/2 c juice I forgot to add in and then had some stinking thinking. Well, I'm already over. So I after my game I had a bowl of cereal.

@trooworld, Yes next week will be better! Just keep doing what you know works. That is what I’m trying to do as well. Sorry about your knee pain. I hate that my knees give me so much grief. I hope the new seat works. No part should be hurting and definitely not that part!!

@RetiredAndLovingIt, I’m glad that all is going well with your grandkids. Ouch on spraining your ankle!! That is surprising that the buffet is already doing self-serve. I would expect to see most buffets turning into more of a cafeteria style. However, it wouldn’t bother me to go to a buffet. I would just get my food and use some hand sanitizer before I started eating.

@its_cleo, that is great that your weight is behaving. I hear you about not wanting to order socks and having to pay shipping fees. I finally convinced my DH last year to let us have Prime and it’s the best! I just ordered a new butter dish. :grin Thanks for that puzzle link! I have been thinking about looking at those buying FB sites for puzzles. I don’t mind used if they are in good condition and since I only want 2000 pieces or more new ones can really be expensive.

@theslightedgeforever, yeah I hear you about the gyms. I am not paranoid or a control freak so I guess I would just happily go to the gym and do my best not to touch my face, use lots of hand sanitizer, and wash my hands when I was done. OK, I am busted! I only got three blue dots this week. I am going to do better this week. I still need to work on my dinner portion control. I end up eating too much and then I’m over on points and I’m usually too full. That is my goal for this week.

Hi everyone! I just got back from spending the last three hours at the church as 22 families drove up with their kids to get their Awana awards, bag of toys that they had ordered, and cookies. We all had so much fun and it was great to see so many of our families and the kids. Everyone is very excited for church to start back up at the end of the month. The weather is perfect today so I might get DH to take me somewhere. I’m always up for some shopping!!

@trooworld Good catch on your thinking about your fun night. What games did you play? What goes up must come down so you will work hard this week and maybe it's sodium or something and then next weigh in will be a lot more than you expect.

@retiredandlovingit Rolling numbers? A good way for non transparency I think. lol So I guess take your numbers with a grain of salt then, right? But then I also check the numbers two counties over because he works there. He tells me quit checking the numbers. Yes pizza ranch. that's the one. I spend more time at the dessert bar though. I figure I can get regular pizza anytime. Good thing I don't go there very often. I got out today but just rode in the car. We save alot of money this way with me not going out. What good choices did you make today?

@teresaw1020 That's a good plan you have for this week. I will be working on mine too. Glad you had fun with the other families. Just a thought I had, if you are going over your points but fasting 18 hours, are the thoughts in your head I have to eat all this now because I'm not going to be able to eat for another 18 hours.

Green Day-Stayed OP 204/238 Intentional Movement: none

June goals: Green Dot Day Drink 4.5 glasses of water Burn 100 cals via movement

@trooworld Did you get a blue dot day? Thanks for the game info. i'll have to look them up. I want to organize something with a group of friends.

@retiredandlovingit Less calories is still a good thing. Give yourself credit. I used to fish like that with my dad. He would have to put on the bait and then if I caught something take the fish off the hook. Get stuck too. lol I did try to bait the hook but the worm wriggled in my fingers. yuck. I hope your ankle feels better.

I turned down a request for fastfood takeout today. That's an improvement over the day before. Now to just add some veggies into the meal. Plus I moved my body. Sundays are hard for me sometimes. Well that is a negative thought. In the past, Sundays used to be hard for me but I proved today that I can still follow my plan.

Yellow- Stayed OP 157/164 Intentional Movement: 32 min YouTube cardio

June goals: Green dot day Drink 4.5 glasses of water Burn 100 cals via movement

Oh I'm going to add another goal. I was going to wait til July and thought why wait? Preplan meals in tracker