Ok guys... I pretty much checked out in March. I gained 3.2 lbs last month and I know why - I stopped tracking, stopped drinking water and ate what ever the heck I wanted. I stress ate a lot.

Now that March is over, let's focus on April. Last week, I had a health scare - found a lump in my breast. It scared me soo bad, but I am fine. I am very thankful that my doctor, his office and a group of radiologist jumped into action and gave me a clean bill of health.

During my 3 days of panic, I stress ate. Also during these 3 days I spent 6 hour with my elderly dad at the ER having chest pains... then my basement flooded. More basement issues....

Also during this time, I had the thoughts that I should give my body only the best fuel and give it more consistent movement. Reason being -- if this had been a REAL issue, my body would have been better suited to fight off the bad stuff.

I am refocused to clean up my act for the future of my health. Can't hurt, right???

imgwendolyn2015 wrote: »

@Beka3695 I hope your Dad is okay? I'm so glad you got a clean bill of health. I have to go for additional imaging on my right breast on Wednesday. I've never been called back like this. I'm hoping it's just because I've lost so much weight (my boobs are back to a size A) so the images are hard to compare to previous years. I hope things calm down for you so you can focus on yourself again.

Dad is good. He has COPD and is also a chain smoker. I spent most of Tuesday cleaning his house while my mom is still in rehab - I can toss the mess with no argument. Well, I cleaned walls with a pretty strong chemical to get the nicotine off. This irritates his lungs and felt like it was his heart. It was all chemical irritation.

As far as the boobs... hearing the words “all healthy breast tissue” was right up there with “ten fingers ten toes!” I was so relieved I almost cried!!!

Hello all! My name is Hannah and I'm 37 years old. I'm a PhD student in Political Science and mother to a toddler who keeps us busy! I hit my highest weight ever during the pandemic last summer at 214 pounds. I am now down to 191 and aiming for 140 which is the weight I have always felt best at. I started taking my health seriously when I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes and realized I was on the road to diabetes and all kinds of health problems down the road. Reached an age where I realized that losing weight was about being healthy and living a good life rather than what my body looks like to other people!

I signed up for the habit tracker too. Looking forward to this challenge and the accountability!

Ohhhhhhh, finally, new month, and a few minutes to stop in and say hello!!!! It's my first full month with all of you fabulous people and I am ready to rock it!!!

Hi! I'm Tanya, I'm 32 and I'm a Brit living in Toronto, Canada! I live with my partner, Gael and my 3 kitties.
At my highest weight, I was 375lb. I started going to a 12 step program to deal with my food addiction and I'm grateful to be binge-free and processed sugar-free since November 7th 2018. However, I still struggled with my weight, and I kept yo-yoing. In October of last year, I started to take a food plan more seriously, and it really made a difference! I was around 360lb in October, and right now I am sitting at just under 300lb! One day at a time

I have been off work since January due to issues with my gallbladder. I had surgery a couple of weeks ago and I'm recovering slowly. I am probably going to be going back to work at the end of the month. Which is great in a way, because I'm very active at my job (I'm a supervisor at Starbucks.) This month, or at least in the next 4 weeks specifically, I am going to focus on getting my stamina up, get back to my 5km walks, and spend some time dedicated to my studies- I started a BA in Psychology in January.

Tomorrow I am starting the "75 Medium" challenge. It's similar to the "75 hard" challenge that's going around tiktok right now but not as intensive. It gives me daily goals to focus on and rock! I typed up a little mini-journal and printed it off, and I can colour it in every day (basically similar to the habit tracker which I *have* signed up for this month!!

Here are my April SMART goals:

* Move around for 15 min minimum a day
* Drink 3L water
* Track all of my food- no sneaking, no lying to myself (I may have been doing that this last week a little )
* Stop eating at 8pm
* Study for half an hour
* Read 10 pages of a book a day
* Do one positive thing a day that makes me happy!

I am really excited for this month. My birthday is in 5 weeks and I was kinda hoping to be under 280lb. Even though it's not impossible, with my limited mobility I'm not sure if it's going to happen. But I will be happy to be close to it! It hasn't been the best week for me so not sure what the scale is going to say tomorrow. But I will take it on the chin, accept it, and get on with a fabulous new clean slate!

I'm so glad to be here guys, I really am.

Lets make April AHMAZING!!!