@raleighgirl09 loved the Taiko drums, that would be an amazing workout! Let's make a drum workout video!

Seems like everyone is in the same boat with struggling right now. You all are rockstars, a couple bad days won't make or break you, keep fighting for better health and remember just a little adds up to big changes! As the wise @AustinRuadhain says think of how much trying to improve yourself just a little each day can add up? It's impossible to be perfect, we're humans, but we're tough cookies and we got this! Now make an attainable goal for the day or week and slay it Slimpossibles!

Sat check-in
Exercise- hip hop, arm cardio, Fitness Marshall dance, arm resistance bands, leg resistance bands for splits, meditation
Calories- under

Weigh in Apple852hk
Week 4 - Aug 2020 Sunday
PW 137.7lb (62.5kg)
CW 138.6 (62.9kg)

Gained - not a lot. But I've not been eating that much so maybe my body thinks I'm in starvation mode. But on Friday I ate a ice cream cone and gained weight. Maybe water weight.

The weather is cooler now but lits of my garden vegetables has to be harvested. So its like eating sweetcorn cob every day.

Perhaps also I ate potatoes every day. Even though I tried to have small portions, it was everyday so lots of carbs.

Didn't go for a long walk so missing that.

Didn't fulfill my goal of no chocolate but eat cheese for a week. Didn't eat a lot except on Monday are at least 100g of chocolate.

GOALS
1. Don't eat chocolate for a week
2. Eat more cheese to feel fuller

The Week 4 Challenge is up!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10807880/week-4-challenge-try-something-new#latest

Let's have a fantastic week 4

@raleighgirl09 Thanks for the music! I love all kinds of music too. I used to have this amazing Native American CD that I played over and over again. Hubby once took me to an opera, and I fell in love with that too. And of course, there will always be 80’s big hair and punk rock music that will own a huge piece of my heart.


Hi everyone! Today was great! I got to be with 9 of my kids this morning in children’s church, which we call Canopy Kids because we are upstairs in the “treehouse” It was super fun hanging out with them and it was nice to feel like we are getting back to normal. We start up Wednesday nights next month and I will be helping with the 3 to 5-year olds this year. That should be awesome!! I did a cardio workout this morning, fasted almost 21 hours, and my eating was on point.

Sunday check-in
Exercise- arm cardio, dance, abs, resistance bands for splits, yoga, earth energy healing, chakra meditation
Calories- under
Water- over

Well my Xcode life results came in, they're really interesting! I'm supposed to be eating 40% protein, 15% fat, and 45% carbs. Um, protein is one of those things I never want as I'm not a big meat eater and can't stand fatty meat, LOL! But my body has been responding to it. It also says I get fat on fats so I should keep them low, I KNEW Keto was wrong for me but ODed on veggies instead. I'm positive for Celiac on both sides of the family and it shows gluten intolerance but lower chances for lactose though I'm sensitive to milk. Not sure what I'll do with all this info, I'll try higher protein and see how it goes. I'm 1 month into Paleo now and today's my best day in months so I have to stick with it for now. I really want to try adding back in honey or beans, I'll think on that for the next couple weeks and give it a go, I should pick beans first for protein but am hoping to unbloat and honey is less likely to cause bloating than beans! Still debating on cutting nightshades, eggs, garlic, and onion and if I have to eat more meat I'll really have to start getting it from animals not fed corn or it's defeating the purpose of MY not eating corn. Veggies and fruit are so less complicated.

If any of you are interested in any of the genetic info feel free to ask, it also broke down my personality too and it was pretty right-on there as well. It says my weak fitness area is stretching, no wonder the splits are kicking my rear!

@TeresaW1020 I'm glad the time with your "Canopy Kids" went so well. Sounds like you had a great day yesterday, too! WTG!!!

@Katmary71 I'm glad you got some helpful answers out of the Xcode stuff. I hope you can add beans and honey back in.

@GretchenReine You are right, and it isn't easy especially when you have grown up surrounded by people putting you down and so that's your default. But I'm determined to turn this around this week! I hope you have a good week, too. I'm sorry you aren't feeling well. I hope you feel better soon.

Hello everyone. I did do some easy stretching yesterday which felt nice. I didn't get much done re: meal prep. It was too hot. But I had a nice salmon dinner @Katmary71 , I made the Sweet 'N' Spicy Sriracha-Glazed Salmon from Skinnytaste that you posted here. It was delicious! Instead of making it in the oven, I made it in the air fryer at the same time as my broccoli: I put down a bed of broccoli florets, then put the salmon down on top of the broccoli and set the air fryer at 375F for 10 minutes (salmon was done to medium which is how we like it). Dinner was delicious, thanks again for the recipe!

Sunday
Calories: over/under: over
Water: over/under: under
Exercise: gentle stretching
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: track everything, I WILL do a YouTube video!, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water

Username: buniphuphu
Weigh In Day: Monday
Week: 4
PW: 335.8
CW: 335.5

Not much of a loss, but a loss is a loss. I was actually down a lot more on Saturday, but the scale does what it does. I've put in a lot of hours of swimming this week, but I've also indulged in chips and ice cream a couple of times. I did still eat quite a few fruits and veggies, so not a horrible week overall. I got caught up on my birthday swim goal, and I've even surpassed it. As of yesterday, I'm averaging more than 49 minutes per day!

I start PT on Friday for my shoulder. My MRI showed a biceps tendon tear, a small rotator cuff tear, and an impingement. My doctor wants to try rehab first before we think about surgery, so we'll see how it goes.

@to world I'm so glad you liked the salmon, it's my favorite skinnytaste recipe! I miss it!

@TeresaW1020 I love the quote!

Monday check-in
Exercise- arm cardio, arm resistance bands, leg resistance bands for splits, Kundalini chakra yoga, yoga, earth energy meditation
Calories- under
Water- over

Username: Jactop
Weigh In Day: Monday
PW :195
CW : 197
Loss to date: 28 lbs

Prepare to welcome a new member, Slimpossibles! @TwistedSassette will be along shortly!

@TwistedSassette Welcome to the team, it's great to meet you! I'm not sure what kind of exercise you're doing but if you're selecting an entry from MFP it may be too high, that was the situation with me. I'm on medication that interferes with weight loss (and makes me super hungry) plus have other health issues so it could've been confused because of that but in my case I did 2 hours of cardio a day weighing everything at 1200 calories losing 1lb a week so something was screwed up or I'd have been losing an extra pound a week. I recently did genetic testing and it said the combination of macros could've been an issue, who knows. Sometimes the data don't make sense, that's been the case even with my Fitbit though it's more accurate now than when I just selected my exercise in the database.

Tuesday check-in
Exercise- arm cardio, chakra meditation for healing, abs, yoga/stretching for splits, earth energy meditation
Calories- under or just at, I haven't had dessert yet
Water- great

I forgot to post that I made raleighgirl09 roasted chicken with caramelized onions and olives yesterday and it was delicious! If you want the recipe let me know, it's on my desktop and I'm on my laptop. It was even better tonight, I made a garlic pepper infused olive oil and mixed with Italian herbs for broccoli and zucchini plus salad so it was a great dinner. I bought lactose-free gluten-free cheese for making the giant meatball but the gluten-free breadcrumbs had sugar so it's a bust, I'll have to find some sort of turkey burger recipe instead so I have something to put the cheese on. It's not bad cheese, Swiss isn't my favorite but it's better than no cheese! I figured it would be better than almond cheese which I've never tried. It's my "gotcha" day for my cats, I put out sardines for my two and my guy's cats and the latter wolfed it all down. I figure if you don't try you don't get a trophy even on your anniversary (I'll sneak some treats just for my boys into my bedroom for when we're alone later!), they did have some tuna water earlier so it's all good!

@Katmary71 thanks for that. I wear an Apple Watch which monitors my heart rate so I expect it to be more accurate than the MFP entries (though they’re usually pretty similar). My watch data shows I consistently burn around 3,500 calories a day (passive and active), but I don’t believe I consistently eat that much so either I’m eating a LOT more than I think, or my watch is fibbing about my burn!!

@TwistedSassette Hi and welcome! I used to love to do Body Pump but I had to stop because I messed up my shoulder doing it. It is great exercise though and I miss it. I wish you the best of luck on your journey here!

@Katmary71 Your dinner sounds wonderful! Sorry that the gluten-free breadcrumbs were a bust. Happy "gotcha" day to your cats!!!

@Tracey0088 I can relate to your post. I had a very bad week last week and gained 4.2 lbs. It was awful. I was so embarrassed. I wanted to quit. But I didn't. I'm still here and so are you and we can do this! Hang in there, Tracey. ((( HUGS )))

Hi there everyone. I managed to fit in some exercise before I started working yesterday. I did these two Hairspray Dance Workout videos (@Katmary71 DANGER!!! LINKS!!!!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiuSH27FC-A and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdH1M-wsxgo which I am too uncoordinated to do but I had fun acting like an idiot jumping around my living room trying to keep up doing. I made chicken parmesan in the air fryer last night and would have been under my WW points but then I decided to have it with pasta so there go my points. I'm still "in the green" for the week so it's all good.

Tuesday
Calories: over/under: under
Water: over/under: under
Exercise: Hairspray dance YouTube video
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: track everything, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water

Good morning everyone! It's been quite a week, and it's only Wednesday! Sunday evening, I was going to enjoy a second swim in my pool, not laps, just messing around. I had been in the pool for about 5 minutes when a snake swam by! EEEK! I was done! Hubby scooped it out with a net, but I've been pretty traumatized. I swam Monday, but only stayed in the shallow end and had to have someone watch for snakes in order to swim. Yesterday, no one would come outside with me, so I missed out. Also yesterday, my son announced that he's going to move in with his flaky GF. He said he wanted to do this a couple of weeks ago, and I thought we had convinced him that waiting until he graduated was a better plan, but I think she guilted him. My husband may have come up with another delaying tactic though because he said that it is impractical to move out since he can't drive (my son has never been interested in learning). Now he has motivation to learn to drive and a delay in moving (maybe).

@TwistedSassette Welcome! I hope you enjoy it here at Mission Slimpossible! I have PCOS, too, so I understand how that can add to the challenge of weight loss.

@Tracey0088 Don't ever feel bad about coming by! You held steady, and you're ending the month lower than you started! That's a big win in my book!

@trooworld Those videos look like fun! They might be a little too bouncy for me, but still fun!