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Well poo Kidding. It was my daughters birthday week, then last night I had like 1000 extra calories so we went to dinner, so high sodium, plus back to weight lifting, Im sure I have quite a bit of water retention. next week should have a good drop

Hang in there! That happened to me last week and it’s worth being patient!

Hi team,
Well half way through the week & I've managed to stay within my calorie goal.Also controlled unhealthy snacking by cutting out snacks completely & just having 3 meals a day.We went out for a pub meal last night & didn't follow my no alcohol mid week goal.I resisted the deserts so that was a win !
Hoping I can continue as my bad hubby has filled the snack cupboard again 😫 Noooo!!
Welcome to new members & good to see you back @Chalmation .

Welcome to our new members for November:

@suziieq56
@FoolishJoy
@Chalmation (welcome back after a short break!)

I'm Jessica, your Captain for the TrimStones team. I'm glad you found us!! No matter where you are in your weight loss journey, this team is a great source of support and encouragement to help you keep going on tough days, share joys with you on good days and give you a little nudge when needed! As I've said many times, whatever you put into the group, is what you'll get out. Take a few minutes and read back through the entire October thread and you'll find lots of good information, a few giggles and perhaps some answers of questions already in your mind. If you still have questions, just give us a shout and we'll do what we can to find an answer for you.

When you feel ready, please introduce yourself and tell us a little about some of your long and short term goals. We're currently on Week 5 of a Captain's Challenge, which you'll read about in the thread...jump in and join us...pick an area of focus for the week (runs Sun - Sat) each week and we still have a few more weeks to go (4 I think) unless we lengthen it. I'm getting a little feedback and it's helping quite a few of us work on some tricky areas and hopefully smooth things out.

Again, welcome and hope to watch you check off many successes in the near future!

Take care!
Jessica

Hi everyone. As the month winds down I find that I’ve done well. I met my Apple Health goal this month, every month this year so far actually. This month was to double my “move goal” (amount of extra calories burnt through movement) 3 times
I’ve added the gym back to my week and continue to walk the dog twice a day for 1.75 km each time.
I struggled to get back on track with portion control and snacks when I let my diet slid for special occasions. That will be life though, I can’t let every celebration turn into multiple days of bad eating.

Glad to be reading all the updates, I love them

CasandraW wrote: »

Hi everyone. As the month winds down I find that I’ve done well. I met my Apple Health goal this month, every month this year so far actually. This month was to double my “move goal” (amount of extra calories burnt through movement) 3 times
I’ve added the gym back to my week and continue to walk the dog twice a day for 1.75 km each time.
I struggled to get back on track with portion control and snacks when I let my diet slid for special occasions. That will be life though, I can’t let every celebration turn into multiple days of bad eating.

Glad to be reading all the updates, I love them

Wow @CasandraW that's quite an accomplishment!! BRAVO! Do you select the Apple Health goals or does it suggest it to you based on past performance and current health conditions/details? I've never really used Apple Health much...since I already had Fitbit and MFP...

I can relate to your comment on celebrations...I face the same issue with my once in a while Chinese food. Even though I choose a fairly low fat option or two, by including extra steamed veggies, limiting sauces, not adding additional soy sauce, etc...it's still hard...and I can't decide if the draw for me is more the taste, the convenience of not having to cook or a combination of both, but it's hard not to repeat it more often. Are we cousins?!! LOL You're right thought...it will be life though...I certainly can relate. If you find the magic spell to solve this one, PLEASE SHARE!

Congrats on meeting your goal...

Jessica

Welcome to the team, @suziieq56, @FoolishJoy, and @Chalmation !!!!!

Wednesday, October 27

• Exercise: walk
• Net calories: 1090
• Steps: 20.272 / 8.500

Ramblings of the day
Good morning team. Started Wednesday with a +/- 7.5 km walk. The weather was a little grey with some drizzle, but the temperature was good. I decided to leave my camera at home and didn't really regret it. We saw some nice mushrooms, but nothing really special. My mom also likes to take pictures and she wants to stop often to practice. She was getting picked up by her partner at 13:00 and we were home at 12:30 so that was a bit close. I am glad to be alone again. It is great when my mom visits, but it is also very exhausting for me, so 3 days is plenty. This morning most of the restaurant gain was already gone, so I am glad about that. I am not sure I will make my monthly goal weight though, but I am going to try.
Happy Thursday everyone and welcome to the new members!

@CasandraW that's great consistency,well done you 👏 My boys got me a Garmin Vivosmart Watch last Christmas.It has certainly helped me in my fitness journey.I am with you in not letting celebrations go into overeating which last for days.I have let holidays be an excuse & eventhough it's OK to relax on holiday ,I now have to work harder to lose the weight I gained.

It's cooler today (mid 60s) in Virginia so in heading to the grocery, I decided to wear a long-sleeve top rather than short-sleeved one. Put on a red one (leggings were black) from last year and it's SO BIG now!! I haven't been measuring myself, but all this walking is obviously helping me to lose inches...I have a lot of extra room in my hips...I'll take it!! I had had a few people at work stop me and compliment me, but I thought they were just being nice...

Feels good to see progress...NSV!!
Jessica

Welcome to our new members for November:

@suziieq56
@FoolishJoy
@Chalmation (welcome back after a short break!)
@christinalagree

I'm Jessica, your Captain for the TrimStones team. I'm glad you found us!! No matter where you are in your weight loss journey, this team is a great source of support and encouragement to help you keep going on tough days, share joys with you on good days and give you a little nudge when needed! As I've said many times, whatever you put into the group, is what you'll get out. Take a few minutes and read back through the entire October thread and you'll find lots of good information, a few giggles and perhaps some answers of questions already in your mind. If you still have questions, just give us a shout and we'll do what we can to find an answer for you.

When you feel ready, please introduce yourself and tell us a little about some of your long and short term goals. We're currently on Week 5 of a Captain's Challenge, which you'll read about in the thread...jump in and join us...pick an area of focus for the week (runs Sun - Sat) each week and we still have a few more weeks to go (4 I think) unless we lengthen it. I'm getting a little feedback and it's helping quite a few of us work on some tricky areas and hopefully smooth things out.

Again, welcome and hope to watch you check off many successes in the near future!

Take care!
Jessica

jessicakrall8 wrote: »

It's cooler today (mid 60s) in Virginia so in heading to the grocery, I decided to wear a long-sleeve top rather than short-sleeved one. Put on a red one (leggings were black) from last year and it's SO BIG now!! I haven't been measuring myself, but all this walking is obviously helping me to lose inches...I have a lot of extra room in my hips...I'll take it!! I had had a few people at work stop me and compliment me, but I thought they were just being nice...

Feels good to see progress...NSV!!
Jessica

So glad you are getting rewards in feeling good about yourself & compliments from others.You deserve it,you've shown great commitment & will power.Also strength to carry on even with your bad knee.
It's great when you can get in clothes you haven't worn for a while,especially when they feel TOO BIG ! Good job 👏 🐱

Steps
10/23 4,074
10/24 11,651
10/25 9,317
10/26 8,934
10/27 15,160

jessicakrall8 wrote: »

@Chalmation I sent you a message...I'll post here as well. When you weigh in tomorrow, can you include your weight from last week as well, clearly marked...so I can have both a previous/start weight and this week's weigh in. Otherwise, I'll have to use tomorrow as a start weight and then use next week's as the first weigh in for November. My fault...I should have asked when you requested to move back from the support team...apologies!!
Jessica

@jessicakrall8

Will do!

I didn't get your message. I read on here a while ago that only friends can send each other messages. I didn't see anything in the settings to change who we get PMs from.

kcpond
Weigh-in Day - Wednesday
PW - 245.9
CW - 245.8