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@cbabie That's good you got your desk cleaned off. That always makes me feel better. I hope the dentist visit goes okay.

@theslightedgeforever I can tell you that yesterday I drank -0- ounces of water. I did drink some liquids, they just weren't water. It was a bad day. I don't know what happened. I did two 10-minute videos yesterday: they were dance videos to the music of Hairspray the musical. Did you post them? They were way above my skill set but I had fun doing them anyway. These Hairspray videos were by her I think, I tried to play the Hamilton video but it wouldn't play. Maybe it got taken down? So I played the Hairspray videos.

Hello everyone! I have to go into the office today. I usually only go in on Mondays but I have to meet with my director about something so in I go today.

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August goals: get at least 7 1/2 hours of sleep every night, drink 2 (26 oz) bottles of water a day

@TeresaW1020 The bike is kind of wonky right now, sometimes something in one of the pedals falls out and you can't ride it. I prefer to do YouTube videos anyway. Have fun babysitting! Good luck with the carb cycling. I hope it works for you.

COMMITTED.
August goals: get at least 7 1/2 hours of sleep every night, drink 2 (26 oz) bottles of water a day

@trooworld Yaaay on doing the videos. It was my cardio day so I did them too. Same one's you did I started with the new Abba one, but didn't really like it because she used the soundtrack from the movie and it didn't keep my interest, but I persevered through. Then switched to Hamilton, but like you said, it had been taken down. Then went on to 90's songs and then Hairspray Part 1. I have to modify alot of her movements but I still get a really good calorie burn from her stuff. Last time, hubby came through and said, you aren't doing it right. I said, I'm doing it. That's the point. You do you, I will do me. I got all my water in today. Let's try again tomorrow. You can do it. One glass at a time.

@teresaw1020 I had those same BL fantasies only mine ended up with me cussing out Jillian and flipping her off. Then she would make me run til I puked. I'm much more of a Bob person. My carb cycling works if I actually do it. I lost 2.6 this week. But that's from a big gain last week, so some of that I know is fluid, but I'm losing.......just keep tweaking your program until you find the sweet spot.

@cbabie yaaaay on the treadmill. Next time stay out of the garbage can. How about starting with the time period between waking up and lunchtime. What will you be eating that's healthy. Preplan it in your tracker and then follow it. That "one thing" can also be broken down into time slots. It doesn't have to be if you mess up the day at night, then the whole day gets thrown out. Concentrate on the little successes.

My son and I got my hubby out of the house and took him on a picnic of sorts. I ended up overeating. I was having too good of a time, I guess. But lesson learned.

Green Day- Went Over 313/238 Intentional movement: 39 min YouTube videos

August goals: Green dot day Drink 6 glasses of water Burn 225 cals via movement Preplan food

Hey all! Sorry I've dropped off the face of the planet. The first week of classes means my job is insane, my new grad classes start, and my qualifying exam was due so my head is spinning a bit. I've been trying to make healthy choices during this time. I did have one major binge but after that I think it's been going a lot better. Just focusing on healthy, nutritious, whole foods. I haven't hopped on the scale lately since I can't take any additional stress right now, so I'm just focusing on habits and fueling my body during this stressful time.

@trooworld buttercream frosting is so hard to make! You are impressive to tackle that!

@theslightedgeforever a picnic with family sounds like so much fun. I hope you didn't beat yourself up too much!

@cbabie I hope you felt better after getting some movement in!

@TeresaW1020 I hope babysitting goes well!

@trooworld My water today was a bust. Let's you and I both work hard on reaching our goals. So reframing your cake issue......I like to try new things and give it my all. Hopefully you will have better sis in laws than mine cause even if it was 100% perfect, they would find something wrong with it. Now I'm like Wonder woman and use my bracelets to ward off their attacks. I just aim them straight back at them. I have been known now to say, Well I guess no cake for you next year and then laugh. I feel so much freer now plus I don't go home and eat my feelings. Can you tell I'm out of my please others at all cost phase and into my Please myself phase. It's all about me right now. Put on my own oxygen mask before taking care of others. The buttercream frosting sounded really good though.

@mswatson0777 I wondered about you the other day. Stay off the scale for a while if that helps. Notice how your clothes are fitting you. It's good that you are committed to healthy habits. None of us would be on this thread if we knew how to handle what life throws at us. Food can be a good escape for the moment but it doesn't help the overall plan.

@cbabie It's amazing how many people I know in the last month have told me about their visits to the dentist and cracked teeth. Everyone seems to be grinding. I already had my two pulled. Still haven't got around to putting in the implants. So how can you create a Plan B for the days you get up late. Exercise doesn't just have to be the treadmill. Yes, I know you like it. But after work.....put the baby in her stroller and go for a walk outside in your neighborhood. Is it hot? yes. Take some water for you and her. But exercise will relieve some of the stress instead of eating and grinding. Don't want to do that? Plan C Do water exercises in the pool. Do you have floaties for the baby? Sunscreen and some nice water fun that counts as exercise. Plan D Drive to a nearby mall and you and her go walk the mall. Plan E Does she have a ball of some kind? Even a stuffed toy would work. Set up a laundry basket a distance away and then you and her take turns throwing the object into the basket. But you have to be the one that runs and retrieves the object from wherever it is and run back to where you are standing. (my dh has been bouncing a tennis ball to my mil and she tries to catch it and bounces it back. The ball goes everywhere and he works up quite a sweat doing this) Aren't you glad you have a nagging sister to come up with these plans for you.

Yellow Day-144/164 Intentional Movement: Rest Day

August goals: Green Dot Day Drink 6 glasses of water Burn 225 cals via movement **** Preplan food

@trooworld HaHa, I am just like you when I have to make food for people. I hope your cake turns out perfectly and exactly the way you want it to. The staff is throwing a bridal shower for our worship pastor and his fiancé THIS Sunday! I was told yesterday and spent all last evening on Pinterest trying to figure out what I can make and how we can decorate the room. :grin

@mswatson0777 I hope you can get some relaxation this weekend. You need definitely need some rest and some fun.

@cbabie Ouch I am sorry that the dentist did go well for you. I hope that you can figure out how to quit the grinding of your teeth.


Good morning! The babysitting went great. He is a very good boy when he is not with his big brother who is 10 months older. I had a long day yesterday and went to lunch again with the staff. My weight is up this morning. Maybe I should change my weigh-in day from Friday’s since I keep eating Mexican on Thursdays. Today’s plan is to work out, do some church work on the computer. I also need to work on a bridal shower that I’m co-hosting this Sunday. It’s just 12 people so it won’t be to crazy but I still want it to be nice.

@trooworld I'm sure anything made with chocolate will be a hit. So what about YOU this Saturday? What special thing are you going to do for yourself? I know you are thinking oh I'm too busy I'll do it another day. But busy people get things done. Can you commit to half your water goal on that day? or commit to 5 min sitting in your bedroom with headphones on listening to some zen music with your eyes closed? Something that is good for you.

@teresaw1020 Actually that changing of the weigh in day helped me years ago. Because of my social life, I would always weigh in on Monday's too heavy. Then it discouraged me from getting started. So I put it on Thursday because I had book club and other things on Thursday evenings. I could hyperfocus on Sunday-Wednesday and still lose some weight by Thursday weigh in. It seemed to work for me and kept me motivated for the next week. Try it and see, you can always switch back if you want. Dh always says I make better food for others than I do for him. I'm like you will eat anything though. I have a reputation to uphold elsewhere. I used to be the baker in all my groups because that was what I was good at. Now I'm getting a reputation of being a cook. (I don't think I'll ever make chef status) People are always surprised when they say who made this and I will say me. Then they look really shocked. I'm like you don't have to look that shocked people. lol

@cbabie Yaaay for getting on your treadmill. I bet those other plans shocked you into doing it. I didn't say you had to work out at 1. 6 or 7 pm is cooler. I agree with taking my own wisdom. Still working on that.

Yellow Day- Went over 177/164 Intentional Movement: nada

August goals: Green dot day Drink 6 glasses of water Burn 225 cals via movement Preplan food

@cbabie Girl, a treadmill walk and a shower! You are on a roll. I have managed to take my showers but I can easily not wash my hair for three days. Makes the showering much faster. We are watching a show right now about this teacher becoming a drug lord. Totally stressing me out!

@theslightedgeforever I agree that changing my weigh-in day will take the pressure off and allow me to eat lunch on Thursdays if I decide to. I tried focusing on my weekly average weight but that doesn’t seem to have the same impact. I need the weigh-in day and I NEED it to give me a loss! Baking has never been my gift but I do get lots of compliments on my cooking.

@trooworld Yayyyy for the weight loss! How did the cake turn out? I bet it was wonderful. I haven’t had chocolate cake in ages. I really don’t understand the issue with water drinking. Do you like sparkling water? I buy plain selzer in a can and drink at least 4 or 5 of those a day. I love the bubbles!


Good morning! Well, I didn’t have to go to the church to decorate so instead I spent the day deep cleaning my house. Then I had this idea to rearrange all my knick-knacks and now I hate it even more. I’m going to put things back and just wait until after the New Year to figure out what I want to do. It’s almost time to decorate for Christmas!! I have church this morning and then the wedding shower later this afternoon. I'm making these yummy ham and cheese sliders and a pasta salad. Obviously, today will be my high carb day. I’ve written out my September goals and really plan to hit this month hard. My Happy Scale app says that I should be at goal by next April. NOT if I don’t get my act together!
September Goals:
1. No Friday night wine (this one makes me sad but I think it’s necessary)
2. Fasting-5 days push to 21+ hours, 2 days 18+ hours
3. Workout six days a week
4. Lower my carbs-I plan to do this by carb cycling my dinners and keeping my snacks very low carb. I also plan to limit my snacks!

@trooworld OH no! Your poor cake, and you worked so hard on it! I bet it was absolutely delicious, presentation is the least important part after all

@TeresaW1020 How did the wedding shower go? I love baked ham and cheese sliders, great idea to feed a crowd!

@theslightedgeforever Thank you for your encouraging words! You're absolutely right, we're definitely still learning as we go!

@cbabie Sometimes a shower truly does feel decadent. Sorry you overdid it on food but I'm glad you took care of yourself

Well...it officially happened. We have a positive COVID case in the office and I was exposed so I'm working from home for the next two weeks and going in for a COVID test. I'm pretty upset about it. I've been so careful in my private life and I'm frustrated I had to put my health on the line due to poor leadership decisions. Hopefully everything turns out negative. I haven't had any symptoms yet which is good, but that doesn't mean I won't develop them in the next few days.

Thanks to literally being trapped in the house I got a lot of schoolwork done. I read over 300 pages in two days and outlined my 5 page report and my 3 page journal entry to write up this week. My plan is to get as much schoolwork done as possible so I can try to enjoy my social life once I'm free again (since winter is coming so we only have so many nice days left...and now I have two weeks less of them to enjoy due to other people's poor decision making). I hope you all had better weekends than me.

@mswatson0777 wow that's terrible. Take care.

@mswatson0777 lol...it was delicious even though it was the ugliest thing! Oh dear! I would be very upset about it too. I hope you continue to have no symptoms. I'm glad you at least have gotten something done. Geez, people suck!

@its_cleo I hope you are having a great vacation. Yes, check out the salmon recipe when you can.

@theslightedgeforever The mattress is much, much better. My sleep score reflects it. Saturday night, I was in pain from my fall so I don't count that, but last night I got a GOOD score with very little restlessness and a lot of deep sleep. I didn't drink enough water but I drank some. The cake was good. My Sept goals are going to be the same as August. How about you?

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August goals: get at least 7 1/2 hours of sleep every night, drink 2 (26 oz) bottles of water a day

@trooworld Ohhhh my goodness!! That poor cake! I am very happy that you didn’t hurt yourself in the fall. And the best news is that the cake tasted delicious and now you have a great memory. When I was about 10 years old my aunt made lasagna for a family party and being the big helper I offered to carry it to the car but the hot pan touched my hand and I dropped the lasagna, which flipped upside down on the carpet. My sweet aunt just scooped that lasagna back into the pan quickly melted more cheese on top, covered the cheese stained carpet with a towel, and off we went to the party. I’m glad that you like your new mattress and have been sleeping better.

@mswatson0777 Ohhh I hope that you don’t catch COVID. I’ve been exposed twice now and I haven’t got it so hopefully, you won’t either. Our little college town is exploding with new cases due to the college students determination to party like it’s 1999 and NOT 2020.

@its_cleo I hope you are having a wonderful vacation!!

@theslightedgeforever My mom is like you with drinks. I’ve been on her to drink more water too. I have always been one to constantly drink (and pee ). I always have something to drink so I guess that is why it’s much easier for me. Watching my weekly average and my weigh-in day over this last month has shown me that both are staying within the same few pounds, so it doesn’t really matter which one I watch because neither is moving down! My August graph has basically flatlined and yes, my plan is to change that this month.

@renagry Yup, you just need to stay focused on your goal and that extra weight will come off. That is what I keep telling myself!

Good morning! So, our little wedding shower was a lot of fun. The couple had no idea that we were surprising them. We ate, played games, and they opened up our gifts. It was great having the 12 of us hanging out and now we are all looking forward to our annual Christmas party. I went into work yesterday for a few hours and helped our children’s director get ready for Wednesday night. This year in our kid's ministry Awana I am helping with the Cubbies, who are 3 to 5 years old. There will be seven of them. Should be fun! I’m ready to rock this month and get the scale to move!!

@teresaw1020 Thanks for explaining your reasons about the weight average. I was hoping you would have some life changing reasons. lol I decided to do an experiment with not weighing in daily. I did 3 days. Well that went bad. I'm just hoping it's because Granny Flo time is just around the corner. I will totally take responsibility for the days I went over but sheesh.....sounds like you are having fun.

@trooworld I got in 3/4 of my water goal today. I debated at the end of the day, should I just chug some but then thought about when I do that, I'm up and down constantly in the bathroom and then I'm useless the next day. So I said, start earlier next time. Sorry about your door. Things like that bug the heck out of me.

Yellow Day- Stayed OP 162-164 Intentional exercise 22 min strength training 11 min walking

September goals: Green dot day Drink 6 glasses of water Burn 225 cals via movement Preplan food