Horrible week for steps. I started logging all my food today. I am going to start bringing my my granddaughters carriage to school with me and start walking the railtrails after work. Tomorrow night we have a meeting after work with the new owners of the company so I probably wont get any exercise in. My weight is creeping back up so the few pounds I lost is coming back. I have an appointment next week with a nutritionist, she is part of the weight doctor I started going to. This week I have to take my son to Boston so we can talk about another surgery. He needs to have neck surgery, they are talking about taking a piece of bone from his hip and putting it in his neck. I lost track of how many surgeries we are up to in the past 3 years.

Twyla77
Weigh In Day: Sunday Sept 26
Previous Weight: 148.4
Today’s Weight: 146.4

Hope everyone is having a great Sunday!

Monday weigh-in time!

9/20: 287
9/27: 284.8 (-2.2 for the week and -15.2 total)

WOOHOO! Glad to see a good loss this week!

I have to ask you guys, do you get friend requests from people you don’t know within the My Fitness Pal app? I have been getting quite a lot lately and I always reject them. It just seems to be something new that’s going on with my account!!

@minstrelofsarcasm thank you! I got another one today since I posted that!!!

So, I've been a bad captain/support person this month. And, I'm gonna be honest...I don't see that changing for at least four or five weeks.

I'm working a lot and when I'm off work, I'm too tired to care about anything. I'm that tired now. I have a huge pile of work and I end the day (sometimes after working 10 hours) having accomplished such a small amount that it is disheartening. Part of my job is support calls. Mid-Sept through the end of October is all support calls/emails. And this is the time of the year we ramp up new trainings--classroom, zoom and self-pace online--but I can't do that work if I'm on the phone or doing data research to answer an emailed question. That's my life until Nov 1.

Then the holidays. So many people love holidays and look forward to them. I'm not one of them. I have no family. When I did, my immediate family didn't do a lot of holidays (due to a crazy, stupid religion) and that complicated things with the extended family. I tried to do the holiday thing with the husband's family but I'll just leave it at...it just didn't work out the way I'd hoped.

Don't mind me. I'm just tired and cranky. I need to get exercise but by the time my day ends, I'm wrung out. I should take breaks during the day and walk but the minute I stand up, the phone rings (or while I'm working remotely, my computer rings) or some new crisis appears in my inbox. At this point, I barely take lunch--I find food and eat it while working.

I'm reading everyone's posts...you are all doing so well and accomplishing so much. I'm pleased for all of you. Keep up the good work!




That said...
So I haven't failed yet...

Hi team sorry I have been absent lately and probably for the next two weeks. I ask a break thanks. Will be back in the challenge around mid October

SW-152
PW-149.6
CW-148.0

Steps-
09/22-4850
09/23-5376
09/24-4500
09/25-3457
09/26-5473
09/27-2124
09/28-2928

SusanofRockwood wrote: »

melaniedscott wrote: »

SusanofRockwood wrote: »

SW-152
PW-149.6
CW-148.6

Steps-
09/15-1457
09/16-3686
09/17-3095
09/18-5587
09/19-313
09/20-4884
09/21-4048

Today is our first live, in person fitness class. Vaccine certificate is safely downloaded to my Apple Wallet. Yoga mat packed and ready to rumble. I was going to ride my bike but there is no end in sight the rain that started yesterday. Oh well-next week!

Happy Fall to Everyone

Do you want to post the rest of last week? I think you posted Wednesday - Tuesday. I'm kind of looking at numbers and...yours were different.

Sorry-don’t understand. I post my weights on Wednesday morning so steps are previous Wed to Tues
Sorry if I mucked you up. You can drop me from the steps if necessary. I don’t really make a big effort there.

I wouldn't say you mucked it up...we do the step count thing Sun-Sat and post results on Tuesday. We are happy to have you on the step team. I'll think about ways to use your schedule with ours. As it happens, you're doing better than me on steps, so keep it up!

You have a new member joining you ... Please welcome @millerwoman7224

melaniedscott wrote: »

So, I've been a bad captain/support person this month. And, I'm gonna be honest...I don't see that changing for at least four or five weeks.

I'm working a lot and when I'm off work, I'm too tired to care about anything. I'm that tired now. I have a huge pile of work and I end the day (sometimes after working 10 hours) having accomplished such a small amount that it is disheartening. Part of my job is support calls. Mid-Sept through the end of October is all support calls/emails. And this is the time of the year we ramp up new trainings--classroom, zoom and self-pace online--but I can't do that work if I'm on the phone or doing data research to answer an emailed question. That's my life until Nov 1.

Then the holidays. So many people love holidays and look forward to them. I'm not one of them. I have no family. When I did, my immediate family didn't do a lot of holidays (due to a crazy, stupid religion) and that complicated things with the extended family. I tried to do the holiday thing with the husband's family but I'll just leave it at...it just didn't work out the way I'd hoped.

Don't mind me. I'm just tired and cranky. I need to get exercise but by the time my day ends, I'm wrung out. I should take breaks during the day and walk but the minute I stand up, the phone rings (or while I'm working remotely, my computer rings) or some new crisis appears in my inbox. At this point, I barely take lunch--I find food and eat it while working.

Oof I feel you on the workload and not being able to take breaks or stop. I hit an escalation in my workload lately and it's been rough. I've started to do AM workouts before work to get my exercise in. I also find that if I've already worked out, I'm way less likely to eat poorly during the day. Not sure if that's a reasonable option, but it's one I've resorted to in order to get some time in at the gym.

And I'm sorry holidays are hard. I have family but it's rough at times to deal with them and all of their issues. When we get together it can be super toxic and unpleasant.

I hope you get some rest and that your workload eases up soon.

Edited to add: when my workload gets this nuts and I am feeling overwhelmed and wrung out at the end of the day, meditation really helps me recover. I use the Calm app and even just 10 minutes can have a big impact on my headspace and mental health. It's not for everyone, but I've been using it daily for 2+ years and it has made a major impact on my health and mental well-being.

melaniedscott wrote: »

Stud47 wrote: »

Hi team sorry I have been absent lately and probably for the next two weeks. I ask a break thanks. Will be back in the challenge around mid October

I've asked that you be put on the support list--that way you are still on the team but if you miss weigh-in, it doesn't count against you. Hope you are doing okay!

Hi Melanie

Thank you very much. I’m doing well, my motivation is still good but I’m receiving guest these days and I can’t follow my diet as I should but soon I will be back on track.

I gained back some lbs but it’s still under control.

Thanks again for your support

pacsnc6
Thursday weigh in
pw: 160.3
cw: 160.3

I am happy to see a maintain.
Had the PET scan on Monday - be back later with results as I see the doctor today

pacsnc6 wrote: »

Best thing about doctor appointment today is I am down 3 pounds since last visit! PET scan showed the cancer is still in the liver, good news it hasn't spread. So on we go with more Keytruda every three weeks. next scan in December.

Glad the cancer has not spread and Keytruda is helping!

Gmcgovern41 wrote: »

Gmcgovern41
Thur weigh in day
PW 242.5
CW 238.7

Sweet!

Off that keto diet.

Congrats! That's a terrific loss! I don't think keto is for me. I rarely get a 'normal' amount of protien as I don't feel well when I eat high protien and am very much a carbs girl...just...no.

sandielewis2001 wrote: »

September Week Five
Weigh In Day: Thursdays
PW (Previous Weight): 201.0 (September 23rd)
CW (Current Weight): 199.8 (September 30th)

Loss to date: 71.3lbs

Awesome!

seltzer_lover wrote: »

melaniedscott wrote: »

So, I've been a bad captain/support person this month. And, I'm gonna be honest...I don't see that changing for at least four or five weeks.

I'm working a lot and when I'm off work, I'm too tired to care about anything. I'm that tired now. I have a huge pile of work and I end the day (sometimes after working 10 hours) having accomplished such a small amount that it is disheartening. Part of my job is support calls. Mid-Sept through the end of October is all support calls/emails. And this is the time of the year we ramp up new trainings--classroom, zoom and self-pace online--but I can't do that work if I'm on the phone or doing data research to answer an emailed question. That's my life until Nov 1.

Then the holidays. So many people love holidays and look forward to them. I'm not one of them. I have no family. When I did, my immediate family didn't do a lot of holidays (due to a crazy, stupid religion) and that complicated things with the extended family. I tried to do the holiday thing with the husband's family but I'll just leave it at...it just didn't work out the way I'd hoped.

Don't mind me. I'm just tired and cranky. I need to get exercise but by the time my day ends, I'm wrung out. I should take breaks during the day and walk but the minute I stand up, the phone rings (or while I'm working remotely, my computer rings) or some new crisis appears in my inbox. At this point, I barely take lunch--I find food and eat it while working.

Oof I feel you on the workload and not being able to take breaks or stop. I hit an escalation in my workload lately and it's been rough. I've started to do AM workouts before work to get my exercise in. I also find that if I've already worked out, I'm way less likely to eat poorly during the day. Not sure if that's a reasonable option, but it's one I've resorted to in order to get some time in at the gym.

And I'm sorry holidays are hard. I have family but it's rough at times to deal with them and all of their issues. When we get together it can be super toxic and unpleasant.

I hope you get some rest and that your workload eases up soon.

Edited to add: when my workload gets this nuts and I am feeling overwhelmed and wrung out at the end of the day, meditation really helps me recover. I use the Calm app and even just 10 minutes can have a big impact on my headspace and mental health. It's not for everyone, but I've been using it daily for 2+ years and it has made a major impact on my health and mental well-being.

When I exercise, outside of walking, it has to be in the morning...it just does not happen otherwise. My struggle is that when I go to the office, I have to be out the door by ~6:30, so exercise requires a 5 am start time. While it isn't unusual for me to be up at 5 (like now), anymore I'm checking in on MFP or catching up on news (I could do a lot less of that, I think it is probably not good for me) and then it is 5:45 and I'm scrambling for a shower and breakfast and lunch packing...blah blah excuses. Added to that now, I'm having trouble with my shoulder--it will go back eventually to normal, but right now it is painful to lift my arm, put weight on it or generally do anything... And more excuses. I need to find something that doesn't hurt the shoulder.

I agree--toxic family is hard. And why I don't have family. Many years ago, I came to the conclusion that family are the people we love, who love us back--who want us to be healthy, happy and who support us, even when we don't necessarily agree. Blood makes us related...love is what makes you family. And you can easily have one without the other (in both directions, as we see so frequently on the news, and, unfortunately, in our own lives--hopefully not as dramatically).

I might have to think about that app.