Accountability buddy

@beshamama Does it work, not buying your favorite snacks??? Perhaps, I will '' retire '' 'the snacks in the cupboard, at least for a time, when I am over thinking about them... I thought it was healthier to resist temptation, that to exclude snacks completely from my life and eating habits, but perhaps I am not ready for that yet...

@Everydayforward congrats on your weight loss!! Taking the first step and acknowledging the state I was, was the hardest part for me.. Even though I knew I had taken on weight, since the clothes didn't quit fit, I refused to get on a scale. When I finally got on, I saw a number that I never thought I would reach. It all happened so gradually... And the embarrassment, the loathing, just made not wanting to interact with people, justifying it by saying that I first need to lose the weight and then I will continue with my social life... A BIG NO NO...

RandJ6280 wrote: »

I tripped and fell last night... smack dab into a bowl of chips and salsa.. .and well actually also into rice, beans, taco and a small burrito.

😂🤣😅🤣 - I like your sense of humor. Today’s a clean slate so no worries. Just watch your step.

@Antara_Kld Ir I know myself and I know that having a bag of chips that I love will be gobbled up in like 2 days....by mostly me 🤣 I tried to just set aside my allotted snacks(a serving size) but once it was gone I did not have the willpower to leave the chips alone!

Hello. I'm also sending a support system in my weight loss journey so I would love to find other females looking for accountability buddies!

I'm 35, 240, and looking to drop 90 lbs,

Weekend goals:
*Easy on the booze
* continue to exercise
* Don’t forget to log food

Hope you all have a great weekend!

@ladychr0nic OH!! Walks with pups are the best!!! Congrats on taking control of your kitchen and leading your scale to the right direction!!! Keep up!! Make something yummy!!!

@musikalmami237 oh yeah!! I think maintaining the weight loss might be more difficult than losing the actual weight!! Every time I am within the scope of the desired weight, somehow I gain it all back
.. With a bonus!! This time I will try it with partners in crime... meaning the mfp community!! Let's go!!

It would be nice to see other people in my feed working towards their goals as well. Most of my friends on here are inactive. Hmu if you want a new friend!

@LonelyAdipose, @musikalmami237 and @manny08phs - Welcome to the group!

I post my weekly goals here and then check in a few times each week to encourage others and/ or reflect on my progress as a way to stay accountable. Today was my weigh in day and I was up by a couple of pounds. I’ve been fluctuating between 133-135 and dipped a little lower once or twice but not moving much. This might turn out to be my maintenance weight. I’ve been under some stress at work and thinking about giving up the one contract that is due for renewal in August. The new state leaders are good in many ways but it’s a different culture. They are very focused on monitoring and compliance, which is very important, but my focus is more on the continuous system improvement and individual capacity building. They don’t seem to feel as responsible to supporting the change with the people involved as much as directing or managing them. There are times for each but our styles seem to conflict more than complement one another. I’d be giving up a substantial percentage of my income so I need to really figure out whether to invest my energy in preparing a proposal - between now and the June deadline - that helps outline how the monitoring and continuous improvement work together or redirect my energy to developing new business. I set up an appointment for tomorrow with someone who might be able to offer some insight so I’m leaving my thoughts here so I don’t worry anymore about it today.

Here is my update for the week on the goals I set last Thursday:

(1) Add more natural and nutritious calories to replace current afternoon snack and carb-heavy dinners (e.g., apple sauce instead of cheese and crackers, replace rice or potato with a green vegetable or salad at dinner)

I ate more salad but still need work on the snacking choices. Most of the bakery goods that my husband bought are gone now, so that should help. I only ate a little each day but, as noted before, the calories add up unless I offset with extra workouts, which were difficult to fit in this week.

(2) Continue the decluttering project;

I’ve been slowly conquering stacks of papers but I’m spending far more time reviewing than necessary. My son’s college roommate might stay with us at the end of the month as a stopover place to meet his parents. Our house is about half way between their hometown in upstate New York and Clemson University in South Carolina. So, I have some additional motivation to work at a faster pace. Incremental progress is better than no progress so, while I’m not completely satisfied, I’ll take it.

(3) Sign up for at least one rowing outing this week.

Today is my first outing on the river this rowing season so I’m looking forward to it. I really enjoyed the special erg (rowing machine) class I took with the great music. As @kiay131982 noted, it can add a lot to the workout. I felt so energized and they have headsets that each tower uses so I felt the team rhythm but it was also very personal. We’ve been rowing in single sculls during the pandemic so it was nice to feel the collective power again. We’re sculling for now, and I’ll continue to pursue both the 8 person boats and individual shells, so I was glad to have the opportunity to build a new skill. It was a positive distraction during a bleak time.

There was some miscommunication over the start of the Masters’ soccer league (AKA old people soccer, or football for our friends across most of the world) so I didn’t start last Sunday as planned. They shuffled the teams because not all the groups were able to recruited enough women and we have at least 5 female players on our team, with a move and a pregnancy reducing our ranks from 7 or more). I’ll miss the men on our team, who are generous passing to the women and wonderful people, but it will still be good to keep me accountable to a weekly cardio exercise. And, maybe “our men” will have a good influence on the other teams as they spread out across the league! 😀 ... I’ve been thinking of replacing soccer with roller hockey, which are skills I developed more than soccer when I was young, but I’ve put that off for now because I don’t have the equipment. My younger brother is a hockey coach and he said he’d give me a stick so I’ll revisit the idea later.

Well, this turned out to be a much longer status report than I planned so I’ll sign off now. I hope everyone is having a good week. Let us know how things are going for you and best wishes in achieving your goals!