@Cornanda Good to hear from you. Keeping weekends reasonable is key for me, too and is something I am working on. Have a great week, too!

@TeresaW1020 They were! Does Maggie like baths?

@TwistedSassette He is an amazing cook. It is detrimental for us both to be good cooks! It was me that was putting down my fork between bites and I need to do it again, thanks for the reminder! Wow, that's great that you dug down and decided to work out.

Hi all. I'm doing "okay" but have been into the snacks at home and one snack at work. I really need to reel it in. I have out-of-town guests coming next Monday and I will likely be eating out every day, multiple times a day. It's going to be a disaster if I'm not careful. I plan on only indulging at dinner every other day and not by much. I hope that works.

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS

@TeresaW1020 - my ideas for eating slower are: putting down the fork, only eating when sitting down (who knew that one would be so hard?!), and waiting for at least 20 min after the meal to monitor if I really am still hungry. Got any others?

@TwistedSassette - are you going to start doing some ab work? I'm pretty happy with my workout routine, but I have been avoiding ab work like the plague and maybe we could check in on our progress if you are going to start doing some.

@Katmary71 - sounds like your BF did like the gifts even though he was thrown, but that's just my take on your post. I think that was a very sweet thing you did for him.

@trooworld - when my fam was here, I tried to model my plate after my sis in law. She is slim. It helped me. I also noticed that one night when we ate out we ordered the same thing and she ate way more of it than I did. And she was upset about it. Good luck with the company- that's always challenging!

@Jactop - on your weigh in this week. Hope you are doing OK.

Not much new here. Trying to eat sensibly, avoid the Father's Day leftovers and get as much exercise as I can in between the raindrops!

Lisa

@TwistedSassette Good for you for doing a new workout. I am sure your poor muscles are crying but they will thank you later.

@Katmary71 I’m sure Eric was very touched by your gift and men don’t always know how to express themselves when something super sweet is done for them. Have fun with the yoga challenge!

@trooworld Have fun with your guest and maybe you can focus on eating mostly lean protein and veggies and trying not to eat the sauces and fried foods. You stick to a plan, and you will be fine.

@Jactop Glad to see you checking in. Be good to yourself and have fun with the 75 Hard Challenge. I did a Google search on it, and it looks intense but could yield great results.


Hey Team! Not much happening today. I got my hair cut and colored which always takes forever but I’m happy to have it done. My stylist is having a baby in a couple of weeks so hopefully, she will be back in eight weeks to take care of me. I had a good day eating. I hit my blood BG trigger for lunch since I didn’t eat until I came home from my hair but it was a little high for when I had dinner. That happens and I’m not worried about it. I’m still hopeful for a loss this week.

Goal Weight Challenge: EYE ON THE PRIZE!
Data Driven Fasting challenge Another good day! My trigger dropped to 80.
No snacking or sugar No snacking or sugar
Workout (includes church cleaning): Phase one, week two Control Freak Shoulders
2021 Word: TRANSFORMATION

Busy day today Good Night All

@Cornanda That was a good idea. Yes, it's definitely going to be a challenge.

@Jactop I'm sorry to hear that you have had those symptoms. Wow, the 75 Hard Challenge lives up to its name! Good luck with that. It's good to hear from you. Hugs.

@TeresaW1020 That's a good idea. Thanks! I hate how long it takes to get my hair done. I'm getting my hair done on Saturday.

@davors19 A loss after a vacation? Wow, that's impressive! Congrats!

Hi all. Not much going on here, I'm counting down the days until my 2-week vacation (starts Monday). I haven't taken that much time off since I started working there 8 years ago!

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS

vegan4lyfe2012
Sunday
PW: 191.8
CW: 194.2
LTD: 7.8

@Katmary71 Thanks! He was having his picture taken for the pretend ID tag and had no idea what was going on lol people were putting things on him and putting a camera in his face and telling him to say cheese lol. I just missed getting a snap of the part where he was smiling lol.
Good luck with the yoga challenge!

@trooworld I always struggle when we have house guests as well. It's like I think I have a free licence to eat & drink whatever I want, and all my new habits just go out the window! Best of luck with your plan. A two-week vacation sounds nice!

@Cornanda To be honest, I am struggling a bit keeping up with this HIIT program, it's a lot of strength work that's pretending to be cardio. I'm not sure if I could handle adding more conditioning work on top at this point! But I'm very happy to check in on your progress to help keep you accountable, and I could use the accountability to keep up with the program too!

@Jactop Sorry to hear about the fatigue and fluid retention, I hope you find some relief soon. I looked into the 75 hard challenge recently too! But I decided that I couldn't really commit to it, especially the 2x45 minute workouts EVERY day, with one having to be outdoors. I always joke that I'm an inside pet, lol. So I made my own cut-down version to do instead and I'm picking up some good habits like finding it easier to drink more water now! Best of luck with it, I look forward to seeing your updates on how it's going!

@TeresaW1020 Yes, my muscles are definitely crying lol. But they'll be ok in the end!
Glad you got your hair done before your stylist has her bub!

@RYcare Good to hear from you!

@vegan4lyfe2012 Hahahha I put some wacky things in my goal ladder a while ago, but these are kind of cool! My next target is to have lost 10 Darth Vader masks
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Woohoo! Congrats on winning the week, Slims!! Such hard work by everyone but of course a special thanks to @19shmoo69 @vegan4lyfe2012 @davidji82

I don't have much to update. I'm working from home for the rest of the week since I have developed cold symptoms. It's not a bad cold, but still not allowed on site at work with even just a sore throat, just in case. Luckily my new laptop came in a couple of weeks ago so I am set up ready to go from home when needed! Otherwise it would have been a disaster because it's the end of financial year next week so it's a very busy time for us!

I have been keeping up with the BodyBoss HIIT program, the pretraining is quite hard enough for me at this point so once the 4 weeks of pretraining are done, I will likely repeat that before starting the actual program! Today is a cardio day so I will probably play Beat Saber or ride my bike, or maybe both.

My scale is bumping up a little bit this week, but I have been getting good calorie deficits so I'm assuming it's just water retention from starting the new HIIT program. My muscles are quite sore so I would not be at all surprised if I was retaining water for muscle repair!

I'm refocusing on the goals I think are important to me over the next 3 weeks. I am on a 3-day streak ticking all my boxes so I want to keep that up for the 21 days!
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Username:@leonadixon
PW 5/25:225.3
Check in weight (6/2/2021): 226.3
Check in weight 6/9/2021): 225.5
Check in weight (6/16/2021): 224.0
Check in weight (6/23/2021):225.8
Check in weight (6/30/2021):

I have had a migraine over the last few days, so I am hoping this is just due to that. Keep on keeping on! Have a great weekend everyone!

@vegan4lyfe2012 love the chart. I passed the cheese and I'm almost to the cinder block.

@trooworld that graphic is a good reminder that a loss is a loss no matter how slow. I need to print that out and post it somewhere. Enjoy your vacation. Stay strong

@TwistedSassette I looked up the Body Boss program. It looks tough but has good reviews. I like that they have a pretraining program. Keep us posted on how it goes

@TeresaW1020 how are you liking the DDF program? I did some reading on it and although the concept sounds logical my BG is so strongly affected by sleep and stress that on some days I'd never get it low enough to eat 😯. I'm really curious to see how it works for you

This is day 4 of 75 Hard and it is hard. My 75 days goes the entire summer and ends on the Friday before Labor Day weekend. Since you follow your own diet and exercise plan I'm not sure what the results will be but I needed to get back to healthy habits and the program is helping with that. Getting in two 45 min workouts will be my biggest challenge but it can be just a walk so it's doable. For the diet portion I'm back to no sugar and cheat days aren't allowed.

To me, reading 10 pages sounds like it has nothing to do with health by ironically it's turning out to be the most beneficial habit. If I read before bed I get a better sleep which results in better food choices the next day, less cravings and more energy so I'm more active. Plus if I feel like snacking and its too early to sleep I can go to bed and read.

I'm not confident that I will make it through 75 days (any slip ups and its back to day 1) but it should get me back on track