mari_moulin wrote: »

Wow. I haven’t had a chance to check in for a few days and there are over 180 messages! This team si amazingly chatty! I love it. I hope you are all doing well. I can’t read all the messages but I will quickly scroll through each page in a minute. I’ve not been doing great. It’s shark week and I’ve had my struggles with cravings all week. I’m honestly not sure how my weigh in will be tomorrow. It will be what it will be. I just hope it is at too bad in the wrong direction.


@Megan_smartiepants1970

Sunday - 12,771
Monday - 17,196
Tuesday - 13,554
Wednesday - 19,934
Thursday - 13,981
Friday - coming 🔜
Saturday - coming 🔜

It’s good to see you Mari. It’s been awhile since I had shark week but I do remember lots of cravings. I think a lot of people tend to be up during this time. Lots of water retention. You will come back strong no matter what the scale says tomorrow.

Tazaria87 wrote: »

Daily Post January 14
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 101oz
Steps 9120
Exercise Jogging in place 25 minutes

Today we are going to be cleaning my husband's office. He had papers and stuff all over the floor and our cat has been apparently using them as a litter box, sigh. I have no idea how he didn't notice the smell and I don't go in there very often. Well I did last night and it is horrible. I hope the smell comes out of the carpet.

I had a cat pee on my mattress quite a few years ago. I found something online to mix up and use online. I remember it had baking soda, vinegar, peroxide and other stuff.

363days wrote: »

@363 days weigh in
PW (I think) - 172.8
CW - 169.6
Although this is a great loss, I actually got up to 174.8 over the last weekend, and I am amazed at being able to lose that water weight and more. One thing that has helped is a mood and craving supplement 5HTP. I took this to quit smoking and never thought about it to help with my food cravings. It is also a mood enhancer and I've needed that piece as well.

Very nice loss! I am going to ask my doctor because I don’t want it to interfere with my medications or aggravated my medical conditions. It sounds like it is working well for you. Fingers crossed that I can add it to my toolbox.

rlaskey2 wrote: »

Steps 1/13 4,923
1/14 12,196

I need to get better at charging fit bit at times where I am not active. I have been trying hard to focus on my eating as well so hoping for good results next week.

keep that focus going. You got this!

@Megan_smartiepants1970
1/13 Steps 12,884
1/14 Steps 10,246

Friday’s Check In
Steps: 3,628❌
Tracked: ✅
Sleep: ✅
Water: ✅
Healthy snacks: ❌


Ok, it is a better check in than yesterday but needs improvement. In all fairness to myself it was Fitbit charging evening, so I would have hit my step goal if I could have kept it on my arm. I got some put away yesterday day. Only a few boxes to put away so hopefully I can get it done the weekend. The storage room needs to organized so that’s on my list for the weekend. It’s grocery shopping day and I am so glad to physically go instead of ordering groceries to be delivered.

Have a super Saturday!

@mari_moulin Aww, that is so nice your husband recognizes everything you do and like others, I'm tired just hearing about it. Congrats on your weight loss!
@Z10Rtza Oh, good for you! I just took my first Norwegian tutor session yesterday and I felt like it expande3d my world! I am so excited and it gives me something to look forward to. In case anyone is interested, I used the site Preply and the tutor was only 15 us dollars. There are different prices depending on the person. He showed me the Norwegian National TV station that has movies, etc., sites where I can hear translations, and gave me good tips to learn. I hope you are enjoying your course as much and can find ways to make it easier. You have a good motivation for learning, it sounds.

DawnCumm wrote: »

Weigh Day Saturday
CW: 155
PW: 156
YTD: 1.0
LTD: 100

Stayed under my calories of 1200 all but two days, so thinking I need to manage that more. I really would like to lose two per week during the challenge but I will take the one.

Had to update my LTD. : )

User: cesse47
Weigh-in Day: Saturday

Previous weight: 297.6
Current weight: 298.1 gain 0.5

STEPS -- 3000 each day this past week

Last week reorganized my exercise area so it's usable again. started back up with Richard Simmon's stretches and chair yoga with Sherry Zak Morris ... did every day. Thought my eating was on track ... but, evidently messed up somewhere. Bummer!!!

Plan to meal plan for next week today; order needed groceries for delivery. Then, strict enforcement of weigh, measure, drink water, exercise ... yada yada yada. Still a major struggle. What's different is that I haven't quit; keep trying.

Have a great week y'all!!

@dawncumm Way to go!

Daily Post January 15
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 128oz
Steps 9150
Exercise 39min Inc Dance Fit video

Tried a new video that kicked my butt a little bit haha. It's good though, to keep challenging myself and finding harder workouts. I also really want to get back into lifting weights. Not like before where it was 6 days a week, because I burnt myself out pretty hard, but a couple times a week would be nice.

scribb wrote: »

Drinking a lot of my calories today for my birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I am so sorry that I have been MIA this week. This work schedule change has really screwed me up. I have not been tracking or weighing every day. I know daily weigh-ins aren't needed here but I do it for my health coach. My steps are low because I was in the pharmacy tent all week which is 10 hours of sitting and compounding vaccine over and over and over again. We get a couple of breaks so I try to sneak a few steps in but it's not enough. My water is low too but that is on purpose. We only have access to porta-potties which totally gross me out and I have decreased my intake. My goal was 90oz but I think I have been hitting at least 64oz. There were several days without tracking or with only partial tracking this week but I think that was a good thing. It kind of felt like a break that needed to happen and I feel reset and ready to go. That's a good thing because, my time at the vaccine POD has been extended to at least the end of the month.

Here are my biggest problems that I need to address. Any suggestions are appreciated.

1. Not getting enough sleep. Get up around 5:45am to leave by 6:30 and not getting home until 6:00pm. In order to get 8 hrs, I would need be asleep by 9:30pm which is not enough time to make dinner, spend time with the family and shower. I have trouble falling asleep knowing that I need to wake up early.
2. Not quite awake (well rested) in the morning and forget to weigh-in or I snooze too much and don't leave enough time to make my sandwich for lunch. Making the night before is not an option because, I don't like soggy lettuce.
3. I am not a morning person and cannot eat as soon as I wake up. When I am working I may or may not get a break depending on my assignment that day. So, I am completely skipping breakfast most days but I still have coffee with cream so it's not quite IF. This has led to me being hungry at lunch and heading for the free food which is not as healthy as what I have packed.
4. Get home too late to cook.

Here is my plan for this week:
1. Don't snooze.
2. Pack my lunch every day and eat it.
3. Make extra chicken on Sunday to have for dinner on Monday and Tuesday. Repeat on my day off, Wednesday, for Thursday and Friday.
4. Stop at Starbucks on my way home and get a trenta green tea.


I didn't mean to write a novel but I needed to get all of that out. Hope everyone is doing well.

Steps 1/15: 11,785

check in for Jan. 16
Logging - yes.
Exercise - no ( not steps)

So, I decided to take a Covid test this morning. and I'm awaiting the results.
I am hoping that I just have some kind of sinus or allergy issue since I am prone to that,
but I should know for sure by tomorrow. If so, I can go out instead of waiting another week.

I hope everyone is keeping safe and well.