@AustinRuadhain it went well! She is happy to be retired although still helping with the transition a tiny bit. The plans for retirement are brewing! Day one was a success. Thanks for asking

Checking in for myself for the day, it was mildly chaotic and I was out from 9a-8p but it’s my weekend! Although I didn’t eat as well as I’d wanted to today I have hot plans for getting some major steps in tomorrow. I did stay within my goals (for the most part) so I’ll take it. It’s chillier than I’d hoped but any time outside is good for me. Plus no work (kind of) - I’m the back up for on call (crisis) for the next week, which doesn’t mean much but I do have to lay low and mind my flip phone.

I just dug out some of the dresses I’ve had in my closet for a while to see how they looked now that I’m up about 25-30lbs from when they’d been altered. Humbled myself for sure! Time to get to work! Three of them still look great but the one that was my favorite puts some of my new insecurities on display. More areas of work smh.

I might not be back until my weigh in on Saturday, but I am seeing downward trends for the week right now & hoping tomorrow’s hiking helps even more. Everyone have a happy and healthy Friday!! ❤️💪👍

LOL, those of you who have known me for awhile can probably guess I clicked on @AustinRuadhain Lady Marmalade and lost the rest of my responses, you think after being in this group for almost two years I'd know better! I was singing along and went to tease @AustinRuadhain about what she was shimmying around in and all my responses are gone! April Fool's on me!

I planned to do goals yesterday but wasn't doing well, I'll think of it over the weekend. I've been doing a lot of gardening, I got sweet potato seedlings along with all my seeds and planted them in grow bags. The food bank contacted me, I'll be going Saturday morning to help out. These plant stands are really fun but I can't drive far so I'm limited on swapping plus trading rosemary and having it in the car is making my allergies go wild. I've been taking care of my brother's pets and there's a stand by his house so I've been there a couple times. I'm still doing arm cardio, stretching, arms, and abs but took an arm break for a few days, I'll try tomorrow. I started squats but only 20, my leg muscles are getting really weak and I need to make sure they don't atrophy but I can't get a referral to physical therapy so I need to do something. That's about it, I have a cat leash on the way, they were a pain about me measuring their chests for the harness so this should be interesting!

Hello, it's been a little crazy around here but all is well. My workouts and food have been on point most of the week (Monday I had an ice cream bar after a long hot day working on the side if the road with my husband).
I am finely back to getting my gallon of water in as well.
I finished the alpha and beta Callender for T25 last week so I started Insanity this week. And wow oh wow it is so much harder! But I've gotten them done!
I've only gotten up early once this week then again today. For those of you who don't know I have Sjogren's syndrome and anemia so somedays even though I try to get up I fall in to what I call a dead sleep.it where I can't drag myself awake even when I realize I am asleep.
And I can have me alarm screaming in my ear for 2 hours and not even hear it.
This as been the best week in a while though so I'm feeling thankful.
I'll try to do better about keeping checked in. Have a wonderful day everyone!

Wow @TeresaW1020 nice loss again. You're really kicking butt. What is your fasting schedule? It's hard to figure out just from posts.

@Katmary71 I can't resist AustinRaudhain's links either. I usually try to wait until I'm done reading and posting but sometimes I get sucked in sooner

@TwistedSassette I like seeing your graph. It's a good reminder to get moving on my own goals. Instead of changing your goals how about making goals within your goals like doing a little better each month until they're all solid?

@trooworld that's so cool. With my memory I could write myself a note and it would be new info every time I read it

Just a quick check in. Easter in a Chocolate store is a bit Crazy. I've managed to keep up with reading I just haven't had time to post.

I'm so glad we did the Beck workbook last month. Some of the strategies have been really helpful. Normally when I get too busy for lunch I'd start snacking on chocolate but I'm surprised how much easier it's getting to tolerate hunger. Plus I've been doing short fasts (20 hrs or less) which has helped with cravings. I even got brave enough (or cocky enough lol) to do two 20hr fasts while at work. I had a protein bar for back up but made it through without. This is day 45 with No sugar.

April 11 will be the 100th day of the year. I wanted to do a repeat of TeresaW1020's 100 day challenge at the end of last year. I tracked workouts and finished with 85/100 so I wanted another go to see if I could do it. I still have 14 workouts to go and 7 days left which I can do if I double up for a week.

Username:davors19
Weigh in day: Friday

PW: 269
CW: 270
LTD: 30

@broncobuddee

My weigh in for tomorrow (Saturday) will be delayed until Sunday - my scale died this morning. New one is on order and will be here sometime tomorrow, but won't be here in time for my morning weigh in.

Happy Good Friday! Today has been mostly me sitting at my desk doing a bunch of different computer work for the church and home. I did do a workout this morning, but my body was tired from the cleaning job I did yesterday. I was happy to lose 1.3 lbs. With dinner today and what I have planned for this weekend, I am a little concerned about the scale, but I know what to do to get it to go back down and it’s Easter weekend, so I plan to enjoy it! Right now I need to go watch my church’s Good Friday service online.

APRIL GOALS
Track using Carb Manager Yup!
Stay under 30 total grams of Carbs 45.2 grams. I couldn’t say no to the pasta salad!
Clean Fast 19+ hours 19 hrs. 10 min.
Exercise 45+ minutes 80 Day Obession, booty day
Post on the Habit Tracker Daily I sure did!
2021 Word: TRANSFORMATION

@gwamajtw91 Good luck, I have a friend who does taxes and I'm barely hearing from her right now, hang in there, it's almost over!

@TeresaW1020 I totally forgot about church online tonight, thank you! I've been bad, I don't care for the new music director so I mute the music or just log on 20 minutes late for the sermon and totally forgot today. I think I've posted this, I've "crashed" the old music director's church just so I could hear GOOD Christian music! I don't get how she can destroy beautiful songs but apparently some people like it. She's really nice but I just don't care for how she changes it. If I'm ever able to go in person I may go to Classic for the organ then run over to Contemporary for the sermon. Oh yeah, I can't run anymore, LOL! Seriously, I'm going to post then watch the recorded service. When I went to church without my brother's family I went to Classical to see if anyone really played the organ. OK, now that I put my foot in my mouth I'll do my check-in, hope you had a great service!

The leash came, yay! It had directions on getting cats used to it so it's laying by the food bowl for them to sniff and get used to. My boyfriend wanted to put Abby on it right away just like how I studied the "perfect" way to introduce our cats last year and he drove over and let her loose as soon as he came in the door instead of following all the expert advice I'd read. One of them has to like it! Asher wouldn't let me measure his chest but the other two boys did so I know it's a good size. I have to be at the food bank early for gardening. I wish I could post my picture of my adventures today, I went to one house and picked up cactus for my dad, another house where the owner left me tomato plants, and then a third to trade stuff. I had plants in my cup holders and now there's dirt all over my car.

User: RYcare
Weigh Day: Saturday
PW: 340
CW: 234.8

Frankfindshomes

Sw-226.8 i think.
Weigh in Saturday
Cw- 225.4

@Katmary71 Oh that is too bad that you don’t care for the music director’s style. Is your church big or small? Smaller churches often have a tough time finding people. Our music director is a young man who is also our youth pastor. He has decided to step down from being the music director and since this is a part-time job, we are having a difficult time finding a replacement and we are all worried that we will end up settling for someone. Lots of prayer going on in staff right now for this new person to be awesome. I think you need to take a pic of you walking those cats!

@AustinRuadhain Good job on getting most of your green checkmarks! How long have you been doing martial arts? Did you go to classes to learn?

@mlhopp93 Wahooo on reaching your 95 pounds lost!! I just know that with your determination you are going to rock this month and reach that 100 lb. mark for sure. We are going to have to throw you a party!!

@trooworld Girl, I sometimes think we are twins separated at birth! I also had an amazing loss on the scale this morning, which is great but then I thought about the meals I will be eating the next two days and what that will do on the scale. But you know what? We KNOW what to do and to lose that gain and we will do it!! What a timely graphic! Thanks…I think!

@digger61 Yup, you know exactly what to do to get the scale moving again. Don’t beat yourself up and just do the work.

@Jypsy1, @cailingfry, @frankfindshomes, & @fierce1alicia Good work this week!! Keep it up.


Hi Team!! I was super happy to step on the scale this morning and see a really nice whoosh. I do wonder why those always seem to happen the day before my weigh-in. But that’s ok, I’ll take the scale going down any day I can get it. However, the next two days I’m eating way off my Keto plan and I’m not sure what that will do to the scale. The family wanted me to make my beef stew for Easter, which has turned into two days because I have to be at church tomorrow at 9:30 and won’t be home until after 1 pm. So I made it today and we will eat it for both meals. I will also have red wine and yeast rolls. However, I will only have the strawberry shortcake tomorrow, which was me exercising restraint. But then hubby gave mom and me a little chocolate Russel Stover Easter bunny. Well, what's a girl to do now!!:D I did a good workout, fasted a little longer than normal, and did a bunch of housework so maybe that will help out a little bit.

APRIL GOALS
Track using Carb Manager I did and it wasn’t pretty, but it sure was tasty!
Stay under 30 total grams of Carbs NOT even close!!!
Clean Fast 19+ hours 21 hrs. 15 min.
Exercise 45+ minutes 80 Day Obsession, AAA (Abs, Arms, and A**)
Post on the Habit Tracker Daily I sure did!
2021 Word: TRANSFORMATION

Hey there, Slimsters!

Quick check-in here. It has been a super busy day, but I stayed on track food-wise, and got in 2 walks and some weight lifting. Woohoo!

✔️Food on plan (Dr F) (7xwk)
✔️Breathing practice (7x wk)
✔️Cardio (6/wk)
⚪Meditation practice -- off to do this now!
✔️No food after 8/9 pm (added "/9" with /9 being Tuesday only)