Daily goals :
Date: 09/12
Username: murdog3t
Log food: yes
7000 steps: yes
45 min exercise: no
30 min walk: no
Below 20g carbs: yes
Below 20g sugar: yes
Rest day

Hey, all. I had pretty much thrown my hands up and decided I was a quitter. As you can see from my above post, I have totally gone in the wrong direction. I was behind over 190 entries on here and was feeling overwhelmed. I started scrolling through and so many of you are such encouragers. I think I'd like to hang on for the ride.

Side note - @trooworld I think I'm going to quit WW, too. I have 3 more weeks on the incentive rate ($13.65), then it goes up to $26-ish. I'm only down 6.6 pounds since April. I'm trying not to engage in self-hate talk. So...tell me how you like that Cronometer whatever app.

And if anyone on here uses the MFP Premium, please let me know if it's worth the fee. I'm debating. Thanks!

@vegan4lyfe2012 You know that there isn’t one of us that hasn’t gone through a rough patch with our weight. It can be a couple of days or last for months. The important thing is that you stay as connected as you can to a community that believes in you and that you believe in yourself. I toss my vote in for using Cronometer. I’ve been using it for almost two months now and I love it! It’s very cool to see all the micronutrients and it helps me think more of eating a nutrient-dense diet and not just trying to hit a calorie count. It’s worth a try, right?

@Katmary71 I’m glad you had a good time at your dad’s birthday but sorry you had to work so hard to keep your nephews from seeing you in pain. You are such a good aunt! Now about this boyfriend. It’s time to stop being so nice and kick him to the curb! OK, I know that is mean but seriously you need him gone so you can live your life in your own home the way you want to. Do you want me to come over and talk to him?


Hi Team! I did have a great time with my staff and their spouses. We ate lots of food and laughed and talked, so it was really nice evening. Of course, my weight was up this morning, and I had a bit of a carb hangover. I had a good workout and went and did the grocery shopping for the week. My mom came out of her room this afternoon and has developed what we hope is just a cold. I will probably take her in the morning for a Covid test just so we can rule it out. I’m not sure if she has Covid if that means I need to quarantine again. I mean I’ve been vaccinated and just got over Covid. I got stuff to do this week!!

SEPTEMBER ACCOUNTABILITY

1. Log Food 100% (Cal 1400 or less, Protein 95+ grams): Calories were 1151 and protein 108 grams.
   
2. No Sugar (less than 5 grams of added sugar): 16.6 natural sugar and zero added sugar
3. Exercise (BOD program or church cleaning):Church cleaning today

2021 Word: TRANSFORMATION

@vegan4lyfe2012 - Yes, stay please! When I hit the skids on losing (like right now) this group helps me remember that I have developed many healthy habits and I'm a healthier person even if the weight is not coming off right this minute. Remember that!

@Katmary71 - you are definitely a good aunt and a fighter of that nasty pain. Admirable. I'll come with teresaW and talk to the ex boyfriend if you like. He needs to go. Now!

@TeresaW1020 - oooo, I hope your Mom is OK. And I hope you don't have to quarantine.

@trooworld - I made the chipotle chicken last night and it was delish! Thank you! You are doing lots of good things for yourself right now. Keep it up.

I'm feeling a bit batty---- my work is kind of self paced and I got behind and now I'm pushing to get caught up before we leave Thurs. Of course I have the usual couple of errands and chores that need to get done before a vacay. Sleep is still not great. I'm trying my best to hold my diet and exercise together- both now and while we are gone. We will be visiting family, so I can exercise and we will not be eating every meal out. Really, that's all I can do and then hit it hard when we return.

Lisa

@Cornanda
You have a lot on your plate! I have faith you will make it through! Good luck!

@trooworld Does the HabitShare send you notifications? I might need to check that out. I do love a good app! Good job on keeping within your calorie range. I have been craving chocolate!

@Cornanda I get you about having to push yourself to do your work. Most of my job is done totally on my own time schedule and I’ve had to learn not to procrastinate, but it’s still hard at times. Yes, all you can do is your best while you are traveling and visiting family. You will get back on track when you come back home. The important thing is to have a wonderful visit.

@mcmart11 I’m very glad that you are feeling better. Please be super careful getting back to exercising. When I had Covid I did some Googling on recovery and exercise and didn’t realize how quickly you could have a setback. So listen to your body!

@tammymccrady6278 No shame in being technically challenged! You should hear the story of the day a nice woman tried to teach me to copy and paste something. All you have to do is add the @ symbol in front of the person’s name and that will turn it into a link, and it will let them see notifications that are for them. Renovating a teen's room is a big deal! My brother once painted his room black. Not the best idea come to find out. Sorry that you can’t go to your grandson’s birthday. Turning one is such a special occasion.


Hi everyone! First off, my mom seems to be ok today, but she says her runny nose comes and goes. We are just keeping an eye on her and will see what tomorrow brings. I had a very productive day. I worked out and then steamed cleaned my sofa. My little dog and the Georgia red dirt don’t do my pale silver sofa any favors. It looks great now, so I’m happy about that. I also did a bunch of cleaning and laundry. Now, I’m tired and ready to crash in front of the TV for the rest of the evening.

SEPTEMBER ACCOUNTABILITY

1. Log Food 100% (Cal 1400 or less, Protein 95+ grams): Calories were 1473 and protein 132 grams.
   
2. No Sugar (less than 5 grams of added sugar): 13.1 natural sugar and zero added sugar
3. Exercise (BOD program or church cleaning):LIIFT 4 legs and Barre Blend lean legs

2021 Word: TRANSFORMATION

Daily goals :
Date: 09/13
Username: murdog3t
Log food: yes
7000 steps: yes
45 min exercise: yes
30 min walk: yes
Below 20g carbs: yes
Below 20g sugar: yes
Rest day

Plank 3 minutes side plank (4 x 45 sec )

80 min isometric exercise
72 min walk ( 1.92 miles walk with 🐶& mother in law that’s why it takes so long )

Weigh in day. Wednesday
Username: Renaegry
PW:164.0
CW: 159.8

@Katmary71 – Thanks for the encouragement. I am so sorry about your insurance. It’s ridiculous. My mom needs a new stimulator battery surgically implanted and because of insurance we can’t have it taken care of at the hospital that is literally 10 minutes away from where she lives. We have to travel over an hour away. And it super sucks that all the pre-surgery stuff is all on different days for different reasons. So, I’ll have to take off work and drive her an hour away 6 times in 3 weeks. Pain in the patooky. Hugs to you.

@TeresaW1020 – I know, but I feel terrible about pulling the team down with my weight gain. Frankly, I’d completely give up if it wasn’t for you all on here.

@trooworld – Thanks! I’ll hang on as best I can. I’m intrigued by Habit Share. Gonna look into that.

@Cornanda – I’m chuckling because I’m such a negative person that I don’t even think I have developed any good habits. Anyway, I hope you’re enjoying your family!

So I downloaded Cronometer, but I have exactly 3,091 consecutive days on here and so many pages of foods and recipes I’ve entered, I think I’ll stick with this. Since I eat a lot of produce, the USDA entries seem legit.

To all the newer peeps that I haven’t interacted with, I am sorry! Here’s a quick intro:
I am a single mom of 3 adult children – Son Marcus just turned 26 this past Monday and has been serving in the US Navy for 5 years. He has another 5 years on his contract, but I think he’ll re-enlist and do 20 for full retirement. He just told me that when he’s home for Thanksgiving, he plans on proposing to his girlfriend (yay!). My oldest daughter, Sydney, is 24 and is married and lives about an hour away. Youngest daughter, Hunter, is 21 and lives at home while attending college. She's a bad influence when it comes to healthy food choices. I have had a love/hate relationship with food for as long as I can remember. I am a junk food vegan (will celebrate 10 years vegan in February) and I have a lot of bad habits to break that includes binge eating and self hate talk. I am working on it. I’m basically just very nasty to myself and I’d never be that way to others. It’s a tough journey, but I’m hanging in there.

I hope everyone has a great evening. After church I’m picking up some mums I ordered for a fundraiser, so hopefully they will put a smile on my face.

Don’t forget to eat your veggies and stay hydrated!

2021 Mantra: WITH PURPOSE

Jan110144@gmail.com (Jan)
Weekly weigh-in

Previous week - 149.7
Current week - 151.2

Struggling, but back on track.

@renaegry @leonadixon Great losses, congrats!

@vegan4lyfe2012 The trick is to remember to use it! I leave it open on my phone so I see it. I can see why you are sticking with MFP. I'm sure the USDA entries are legit, it's the ones added by humans that I worry about lol. Can you post a picture of your mums so we can all smile with you?

@TeresaW1020 Thank you! And you are right. I'm excited for you about your new phone. Congrats on a good day!

@dawnhill1266 Oh I hear you. My weekends are my downfall, too. I'm trying to tweak my weekends but it's hard. Congrats on the loss!

Hi all. I missed my calorie budget by 25 calories yesterday, I'm calling that close enough. The weather is cooler here (but not cool) so I'm making beef stew in the slow cooker today. It should be another good day.

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS

Username: GabiV125
Check in day: Wednesday
PW: 130.4
CW: 131.0
I traveled all day yesterday so this is the weight from this morning, but it will do.
My 5 day trip to move my daughter to school in OR was good, 70F in the day and 55F at night , no humidity , no traffic, NO mosquitoes (seriously), but we ate ALL meals out and her room is minuscule.
I was terrified to step on the scale today and it’s not even bad.
Unrelated- my sleep is still not good so I bought red glasses for evening ( actually they are clip-on since I can’t read without help😁). Last night was the first time I used them and it’s not exactly relevant after a 11h trip. I’ll report next week if it makes a difference.

@trooworld Is it a Tonal gym? I just Googled it and that's what came up. Sorry for mixing up the boxing, we have 9Round here and I was going to join, I kept picturing it as a gym like that for some reason. Beef stew sounds awesome!

@leonadixon I love that your husband joined MFP, how fun to do it together!

@vegan4lyfe2012 I hope your mom's surgery goes well, drives me nuts that they have her going so far away when if she has stimulator she's obviously in pain. I hope she gets good relief from it.

@TeresaW1020 Congratulations on your phone, how fun! My summer stuff is still going but I planted kale, two types of spinach. radishes, lettuce leaf mixes, and Swiss chard.

@murdog3t I hope you feel better!

@GabiV125 Sounds like you did great on your trip, wtg!

@tammymccrady6278 Sounds like you did great today, hope you have a good night's rest.

Hi Slimpossibles, did my workout then went to an appointment and went to Trader Joe's, I have a bunch of fun fall stuff to try out (their pumpkin body butter smells awesome btw). Been listening to various podcasts most of the day, I'm tempted to stop eating gluten again since my genetic testing said I have celiac on both sides of the family. No sugar aside of coffee cream is still going well though the pizza sauce I bought at Trader Joe's has to have sugar in it as it's way too sweet. Tomorrow I have to go pick up the nutritional supplement from the holistic pain group (I canceled auto delivery because I thought it was what was making me sick but it was a medication) and work out, I need to spend some time in the yard too.

@murdog3t Great job. I hope your symptoms aren't too bad.

@GabiV125 Eating out all meals and traveling, I'd call your weigh-in a win! I'm glad it went well. Please do let us know about the glasses. Many of us suffer from lack of sleep!

@tammymccrady6278S I'm glad you had a good day.

@Katmary71 Yes, that's it. It's really cool but it is a big expense for us. Luckily they have a 30-day return policy if we don't like it. Cheaper than some gym memberships though. No worries about the boxing! The beef stew was pretty good but I left it in the crockpot too long. Thanks for the tip about the pumpkin body butter. Have a great day!

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS

@Katmary71 I love the smell of pumpkin spice! I buy Rao’s Marinara sauce. It is the BEST and has no added sugar, which is super hard to find in most pasta sauces. How great that you get all that fresh produce to eat!

@trooworld I was just saying that I wish it would cool off enough to start making stews and chilis. Maybe I should just do it and the cooler weather will follow!


Hi everyone! Well, I wasn’t too happy to have a gain this morning, but it is what it is. I’ve been slacking with the Data Driven Fasting and I’m going back to tracking my blood sugar and also tweaking my meals to cut more fat and lesson my use of dairy and cheese. I think I’ve got a good handle on my sugar intake most days, so I’m happy about that. I got my new phone and have been playing with it most of the afternoon. Also, I’m going to start a new 100-day challenge starting September 23rd to December 31st. With vacation and holidays coming this will help me stay mindful to keep striving towards my goals. Who is going to join me!