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!

@Hilogirl2018 Welcome to Slimpossible! It's a lot of fun here! I hope you enjoy it!

GabiV125
Wednesday check in
Week 4
PW 132lb
CW 135lb

Last night 7-9 ( so late) I went to my book club meeting. Usually I mess up spectacularly with all the heavy temptations laying around, and am bloated for days afterward. So yesterday I went to Costco, got a roasted chicken and made a much more healthy chicken salad for the club ( more veggies and less mayo).
I behaved better than other times , but far from good-lots and lots if chips ☹️
I did not eat so great, nor moved much this past week so this weight gain is not totally unexpected (some hopefully is water). Regardless, can’t waste time beating myself up for it so I’ll just march on ahead.
I came full circle this month (started at the exact same weight) , but I learned a lot and I am proud of the work I put in, all the fun I had here and looking forward for the September challenge!

@Tracey0088 Great loss! Sounds like you pulled through this despite the setback, just keep going, you got this! Best advice I can give is even when you aren't getting results or don't feel like going through all the steps just keep going and do your best. It doesn't have to be as hardcore as you first started out, it's knowing you're doing the right thing and continuing to take steps toward your goal that matter the most. Not every day is going to be perfect food or exercise-wise and that's ok, just keep going through the motions and you'll still get there! And if you need to switch things up a bit, just because you start out with certain ideas doesn't mean that they'll work for you long-term. I really learned that hitting maintenance, I had a pretty hardcore routine and strict diet and still have to alternate and change my diet and exercise depending on my body's needs, it's never 100% perfect and we're never 100% the same person we were before. With my pain issues there's nothing I'm doing now that I was doing when I first started aside of some sort of daily workout and eating a lot of vegetables. My exercise is completely different and I eat a lot different than I started out plus I added in spiritual exercise as well. I figure I'll be modifying things for the rest of my life, it's ongoing learning to what works best for me.

@TwistedSassette Wow, that's a huge calorie burn, you must be seriously active! Even doing three hours of cardio a day using MFP log-ins I didn't burn anywhere near that much! Maybe 2500 when I got 35,000 steps? You go girl!

@trooworld great day! I'll check those links out after I post this! I think if I press them they won't take me to You Tube but I don't want to risk it! Your air fryer recipe sounds good, I miss Parmesan cheese the most out of the cheeses!

@GretchenReine If nothing else what about thinking that you maintained for a tough month? There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, you could've gained all your weight back and you didn't so be proud of yourself for not completely letting go of your new habits. I think one of the hardest things for me to learn is it's okay not to be perfect, it truly is an ongoing battle to be healthy and it's rarely a steady race. Even when I was eating 1200 calories a day exercising two hours a day I stalled for a month, it makes no sense mathematically but it happened and I had to hang in there as much as I wanted to stuff my face in frustration!

@buniphuphu I have a black widow and wasp phobia so I get it with the snake! I hope this isn't common and you won't have to worry about it often! Yikes, not sure what to say about your son, great idea about him driving. Another thing would be graduating before moving in would cause less interruption in both of their schedules and would make it easier for them to adapt to living together. It would be hard to do that in the middle of school. Good luck!

@hilogirl2018 Welcome to Slimpossibles!

@GabiV125 Great way to look at your month! Those chickens have a lot of sodium as well so that could have something to do with it. If not you sound mentally ready to keep going, great outlook!

@vegan4lyfe2012 It sounds like a great trip aside of the accident! I hear you about hating the pictures but you have the right takeaway message and that is that you're in this for the long haul. It's called a lifestyle change for a reason, you got this! And spending time with family makes it even that more important to take care of yourself.

@bethanie0825 Yay, 1lb down!

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