Bring on Summer… and Your Stories!

Summer is the easiest time for me to keep everything on track. Food tends to be lighter with the heat outside...more grilling, fresh fruit and veg, etc and Summer time is typically my most active time of the year with walking, hiking, biking, swimming, kayaking, etc.

Very happy to be able to travel again. We usually have a big family vacation annually that is just me, my wife, and the kids...no visiting family, etc...just an us vacation. We haven't done one since August 2018. We skipped 2019 for the first year in a long time due to some other obligations, time off issues for my wife, and other goings on...but we were planning for a big trip to Costa Rica for either Spring Break 2020 or later in the summer. Obviously the 2020 thing didn't happen so it's been a couple of years.

Boys are back to school August 9 so we've planned an 8 night Florida vacation July 26 - August 3. First three nights are in Miami. We're staying in Brickell downtown right on the bay and have a day planned for South Beach and another for an Everglades tour. Then we head out for a four night road trip through the Keys. We rented a 2021 4dr ragtop Jeep Wrangler for the roadie. First day and night will be Key Largo (snorkeling tour at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park) and then we'll take our sweet time driving to Key West and stopping all along the way.

Really looking forward to our stop in Islamorada where we'll rent our kayaks and head out to Indian Key for a couple hours of exploration of the once populated key that is now a ghost town being taken over by the natural vegetation. Then a few other stops on our way to Key West depending on how we are on time.

Three nights in Key West with two full days before heading back to Miami for our last night which won't be anything particularly remarkable as we're just staying at an airport hotel to catch an early flight home the next morning.

The pending summer has me feeling optimistic; especially when it comes to the reopening of the US-Canada border. I n-e-e-d to travel because while technology is great, nothing beats a face to face conversation with someone you love.

Staying on track with eating is fairly easy as I eat seasonally/locally. That typically means an abundance of fruits and veggies no matter where I go.

Finally, the victory - not only for me but for humanity - is putting this pandemic behind us while leveraging best practice to avoid the next one.

I find summer easier to lose weight too. Lots of salads and weather is better for jogging or walking. Tomorrow I will have jogged x6. I have asthma so don’t go far. I only jog for about 20 minutes. I have been trying to stick to 1200 calories per day and mostly succeeding. I am weighing myself once a week on a Friday. I have been naughty this week as I have been off work on school holidays as I am a special needs teacher and I have indulged in alcohol. I have gained a quarter of a pound which is ok as I have walked and jogged. I have lost 6 pounds so far. I need to try and drink more water. I am logging daily and this is helping me.

I’m going to be honest. I haven’t found much joy in a whole lot in a long time. My depression has made it really hard to stay on track and make healthy choices. I’m at my heaviest I’ve ever been thanks to some medications, my body hurts all the time from different medical issues I’ve been struggling with, and I’m just struggling. I’m hoping that getting back into logging in here everyday helps at least a little bit. I finally started to get over my fear of public spaces since the pandemic started, and joined a gym with my sister. Some of my cousin’s recently joined MFP and we are keeping each other accountable, so I hope that helps.

I just want to feel happy and healthy again.

I have yo-yoed for years. At my heaviest. Need to keep my focus. I'm easily distracted from my goal then I screw up, then get mad at myself.

I'm 51 years old and quite obese. Depression takes over much of my life. I'm hoping the nice weather will help encourage me to stay on track.

I am 120 lbs overweight.

When I originally joined MFP years ago, I was about 70lbs overweight.

The best I've been is 45 lbs from my goal.

I've tried WW, Xyngular, MFP, Noom, the gym, etc. My depression always won.

This summer, I want success that takes me through the year to next summer...I hope to be close to my goal this time next year.

This is the first summer of the rest of my life. I don't want to waste it.

Summer is going to be good, especially if we can get the pool up and running!

I have set a goal of adding more in-season fruits and vegetables in my meals, and have been exploring some new things as well. So far it's been adding a sense of adventure to my diet that I enjoy!

I also like to exercise seasonally because that kind of keeps things fresh, and I change up my various teas seasonally. So spring and summer tends to have more fruit and flower flavors, and fall and winter have more warm and spicy flavors.

Finding something new to enjoy each season has helped me lose 94 pounds so far with 20ish to go.

Hello,

KC from MN. I am 62 and I am on a summer and beyond mission to bring back my awesome muscle tone that seemed to disappear over night lol....hmm well hell no not lol.

I'm a serious health nut and have found, as with everything else in life, to be happy you have to be flexible and to learn new stuff.

I feel like such a beginner but I am excited to see progress already once I started to get serious and stop procrastinating and whining about I don't know what to do ...I did know what to do and now I'm doing it!

New stuff sucks but choosing to stay stuck in an unhappy place cuz it seem easier is by far way worse.

Kudos to y'all

My workout consists of moderate weightlifting on one day, and then Hight Intensity Interval Training the next day, and then the following day would be a recovery long run (7 miles). I do participate in half-marathons across the middle east and sometimes in Europe. The meal I eat typically consists of lots of veggies and salad and with either meat (steak) or salmon. I do find this very filling and sometimes, even after 24 hours of eating this one meal, I still do not feel hungry, so I continue till the next day (i.e. 36 hours). I am wondering if anyone else is doing the same. My weight and body fat percent is close to 166lb, and 15%, respectively. I am about 5'9". I have not really logged my meals, ever. The summer here in Saudi Arabia is not good at all, scorching hot and it is so difficult to run outdoor, unless you do it so slowly. I am happy to finally get out and share my info with you all....

I'm down 11 lbs but I still have 64 lbs to go...... so my plan is to at least be comfortable in a bathing suit by August! This is the heaviest I've been and summer is my favorite season so it's killing me to avoid the pool

My summer plans included a trip to visit family.... which I just completed. Upon return, I was surprised to discover that I did not gain during the trip (which included eating many restaurant meals). I even lost a pound or two. I'm sure that my recent good habits of watching carefully what I eat, helped me to maintain my weight despite the eating out. The trip was a success, and so was my "not gaining weight back".

Hello, I am new here, my name if Linda and I am 77 years old. I am a retired farms wife, who worked off the farm most of my life. But I so enjoy the relaxed country life. I am looking for friends here. Was with SparksPeople for many years, and they are closing, so need a place to keep up my weight loss journey. I will be a motivator and a shoulder to vent on.