@Katmary71 Well, that sucks that you had to take matters into your hands with your medication dosage, but I’m glad that you are feeling better. Don’t worry about us here. We are just happy when you are able to pop on and let us know how you are doing.

@trooworld, so you indulged on Fat Tuesday and it’s over and done. Are you back on track today? Whatever gain you had will come off by Friday. At least that is what I’m trying to tell myself.

@Cornanda glad that your mood is improving. Keep watering those good seeds!!

Hi Team! First off let me raise my hand to announce that I am tired of the weather!! Today, it’s gorgeous and sunny but tomorrow we are back to rain. Sooooo much rain!! Today, is my first day of practicing Lent and so far so good. I didn’t eat lunch and did my Bible study during that time. I did have a Keto coffee (grass-fed butter and MCT oil) after I had been fasting for 20 hours. I had to take my mom to a doctor’s appointment where they were going to try to get some bone marrow to test why she is so anemic, but they failed and now she has to go into the hospital and be put under. I told her she better find out if I can even go into the hospital with her. These days it’s not always clear. OK, I’m off to make dinner and then get ready for church tonight.

Beck Diet Solution Question of the Day
Day 19-Stop Fooling Yourself-- Beck says, "Dieters have an amazing ability to delude themselves about food...After all, a calorie is a calorie, no matter when, where, or why you eat it." I know better than to think that statement is true, yet I still fall for it repeatedly. I give myself excuses to eat all the time. Last night I ate four pieces of chocolate at Bible study because starting today I’m giving up sugar for Lent. So, of course, I had to eat that candy! Beck also says, “Every single time I eat something I’m not supposed to, I strengthen my giving-in muscle and weaken my resistance muscle.” She is right that eating something I am not supposed to might feel good at the moment but afterward, I feel bad that I ate it. Like the candy from last night! I’m glad that I am doing Lent this year and hoping that the discipline will be something I can use going forward. If, I don’t learn to stop fooling myself then sustaining my weight loss is NOT going to happen.

raleighgirl09
Wednesday evening

Believe it or not (and who would make this up), the above was a post from this morning. That I forgot to push send on. And now it is some 16 hours later.......oy.

I am off to bed soon - I have no idea what my weight will be tomorrow. Looking at the habit tracker, I'm up on cals everyday, some days by a little but mostly by 150 or 200 or more. So - that's a problem. I truthfully didn't plan well this week by shopping and cooking in bulk. It's so beneficial when I do but then it also sucks up a whole day or most of one and part of another. I spent the time last weekend driving back to Raleigh and so.....poor planning and poor or quick choices (sometimes that's the same). Found myself suddenly alone for dinner and left to my own devices, pimento cheese and triscuits fit the bill. Then some eggs because I was hungry.

@Cornanda Yes! And I did leave it behind: I had a nice healthy salad for dinner. It is hard to do. I'm glad you are in better spirits and yay for 7 hours of sleep, I know how much that can feel like a victory!

@TeresaW1020 I am. I had a chicken kale salad for dinner. Yeah, I'm hoping that gain is gone. So far, the scale is trending down but I'm afraid it's going to bump up today. I hope the rain goes away soon. Oh geez, your poor mother! Stay strong re: Lent!

@raleighgirl09 Congrats on the loss! We had chili earlier in the week when it was colder, it was delicious. Enjoy!

Hi all. I felt snacky yesterday but I was able to distract myself with work and did not eat snacks. I also had a healthy kale salad for dinner so yay me!

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS

Not much to say today, but it's kinda quiet here so.....

@raleighgirl09 - hope you enjoy being bundled up and chili. It can be nice as long as it doesn't last too long.

@GabiV125 - love your rambly post! You did good detective work in sleuthing out some things you can adjust and make better.

Happy Friday Eve to all!

Hey gang, more health junk, I'm hanging in there but had to start antibiotics. It's annoying, all this preventative stuff is a waste of time with me, I keep coming up with stuff I need medical care for and I only get help through urgent care or the ER. I have another urgent care appointment tomorrow. When I was depressed I called my therapist's office as she quit a few months ago and I'm scheduled with a new one. There's 3 for chronic pain and of course it's the one I didn't really want but she was the only one available in the next month. I'm able to transfer if I don't like her, not that I'm going in not liking her, I just don't really want a new therapist but figure talking to someone every couple months will be good for me. My last therapist was awesome, she told me I didn't need to see her anymore but then I came out of remission and every 6 weeks or so I'm doubting myself so the check-in was good, plus we read similar books and have similar taste in music. Oh well, I'm keeping her in my prayers!

@raleighgirl09 Be safe, weather sounds awful!

I'm still working out, I'm more in control about the amount I'm eating but am eating a little junk. I'll have to clean up the sugar with this infection, they think I'm having problems with the steroids I keep needing for pain affecting my immune system.

@davidji82 @trooworld ---- Nice losses! Yahoo for you!

@TeresaW1020 - bummer that your weight went up. I think you are doing quite nicely following a vacation. Next week you will get it girl! The cleaning job will be extra exercise......

@gwamajtw91 - Maintaining is better than gaining. When the weather gets better, things will turn around.

Not much doing here today.... Happy Friday!

Hello, Slimpossibles!
Is it Friday???
I am SO sorry to have been quiet. I live in Texas, and have been offline due to the lack of electrical power and internet. Rambly update follows. Feel free to skip! TL;DR Austin is fine, but was offline due to infrastructure failures in her usually nice neighborhood.
I need to work on revised food and exercise plans for the next 2 weeks, given that my usual stuff won't be doable.

@TeresaW1020
You are up just a bit. I am sure you will be turning things around this week!
I can only guess as to how gorgeously clean that church is going to be!

@trooworld
Boom! What a great week you had! Booyah to that awesome weigh-in!

I felt snacky yesterday but I was able to distract myself with work and did not eat snacks. I also had a healthy kale salad for dinner so yay me!

Yay, you, indeed!

@davidji82 @TwistedSassette
What a week! Great weigh-in! Are you on track to keep up the good work this coming week? Keep that roll going!

@gwamajtw91 @davors19
Hurray for staying level despite bad weather! That's an accomplishment!

@Katmary71
I am so sorry about the health challenges right now, and am pulling for things to bet better for you.

@Cornanda
It's always lovely when you check in for any reason. You bring such a lovely kind energy to the conversation!

@GabiV125
I so get the need to mourn a really good spreadsheet.
All of your post was super inspiring. All that work to figure out what is actually happening is awesome!

Firefly743
***Weigh In***
PW: 274.6
CW: 271.6

raleighgirl09
Saturday check in

Mornin' gang! Had a great day at work yesterday but ended the work week not doing well eating wise. Nor water. Steps, nope. As I said, I didn't plan well this week but I was able to keep it steady the first part of the week but that weakness began showing up and was in plain sight by yesterday - like the emporer with the clothes off!!! Running around like a crazy dude, my lack of planning was hootin' and hollerin' and carryin' on - crashing around and making a BIG mess of things!! Ah, ok, enough of that business, put some clothes on and behave yourself! Have already begun planning for next week - shopping today and will have a simple dinner (TBD on content) and start some bulk cooking.

@Firefly743 wow, that's an excellent drop - a solid 3 WOOT!!
@mlhopp93 WOW look at your January so far, that's amazing!! Snow shoveling is excellent exercise....thanks fir the reminder, spring is coming but it is hard to keep that in mind when I'm so cold!
@AustinRuadhain the being without power for any period of time is quite miserable when it's freezing! Yay on the water pipe victory - anything you can do to avoid your own infratructure from collapsing will make your overall situation better. I have been without power for a week in an ice storm and when the lights finally did come on, it looked like hobos had moved in and been camping in the livingroom! I can say from eperience that at a little whining is warranted and when the blip passes, what remains are the stories about how you dealt with all of the little things you don't normally have to think about. Makes you feel victorious and nostalgic - as long as the victory party is with the lights and heat on!! I hope you are in that stage, now, and STAY there!
@Cornanda ohhhhhh.....upwoosh sucks! If we're gonna have that, let it be the day after weigh day! Next week will be better.
@TeresaW1020 the dynamics of going off plan are interesting to me - it's the very rare bird that can effectively turn it on and off like a switch, most folks have a gap period of coming back before they levelset and settle back into the routine. I don't know why that is - and everyone has varying degress of doing that, even for themselves. I've had relatively short periods of a few days or longer periods lasting a few months. For me, if it's one meal then it's not a big thing and I can fairly easily move back by the next meal - assuming I was in a good place to begin with. But even from a good place, if it's tied to an event and being away from home and routine and then being more than 1 meal, and especially if it's all meals for a few days.......there will be a recovery time.
@trooworld wow, what a fabulosu weigh in - we are watching the CHANGE HAPPEN for you as 2021 slowly plods along... => You're really doing an amazing job being in tune with yourself, eating and habits. Way to go!!
@gwamajtw91 nice - so very GREEEEEEEN of you this week!!!!!
@davidji82 great drop, holy cow that's really impressive!!!! You've kicked it into high gear and overdrive, shazam!

Today's weigh-in graphic comes compliments of Garfield: https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/02/20

End of week reminders for:

@anido1
@buniphuphu
@tslose
@adhmrh
@padjoetho
@digger61
@RYcare

Thanks!

Digger61
Feb week 3
Sat
PW 204
CW 203

@AustinRuadhain thanks for the encand response.

What does it mean your son's raisins. How does that help with good eating habits?

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@Apple852hk
It's so great you are feeling more energized! Is that part of what the chocolate is about dealing with low energy when hormones are doing a thing?
This is such a huge victory:
I did go to bed/nap instead of eating chocolate this week.
I love all your work to find a way to untangle the chocolate habit. Keep at it!
Oh, your cubes and your "about to eat chocolate" sign are beautiful. Truly.

I don't know if a sign in the kitchen will help you, but I DID put one in my pantry. Mine says "XX days since a velociraptor incident," but I know that velociraptor = my son's raisins. It had me talk about it to people and has me laugh.
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