PW - 175.2 lbs
CW - 174.7 lbs

@jugar haha glad I didnt dissapoint. I would have been easily in the 172 lb range if I didn't have that Ben and Jerry's and Oreo episode two nights ago. I am back to maintenance calories for the next two weeks and then will start cutting again.

@jugar CW: 179.4
Alright! I am may not have gone down as much as I’d hoped, but at least I stayed in this “decade”! I like how someone else said they didn’t go up to the “round”. That’s like not saying “Hamlet” when on stage (or one has to run out to the street and twirl around 3 times or something).
Happy last day of December. We’ve had such weirdly warm weather compared to our northwestern Canadian friends & family. I’m jealous that my sister (@jugar) has enough snow to snowshoe. It’s crunchy and icy here in Vermont so I’m being cautious so I don’t have any “FOOSH”. “Fall On Out-Stretched Hand” accidents. I’m making steady improvement with rotator cuff strengthening and won’t take undue chances out there!
Today I’ll take some goodies to a friend and spend a few hours talking about what projects she wants to tackle in the new year when I start working every week for/with her. This will help me see my next steps at my own house. At least that’s the plan.
Not much on the docket to “celebrate” the new year’s arrival. OH has to be up at 4:30 to get to work tomorrow so we’ll all be in bed before midnight anyway.
Onwards! Have a safe time, y’all. See you on the January thread.

jugar wrote: »

Add this to your toolkit and put your planning into practice from day one.

I went ahead and got on to the tracker. Looking forward!

Jenn

veronica1359 wrote: »

Hi everyone. I am Verônica and I am back again, now more motivated after more than two years at home only gain weight. With a little effort and dedication I am sure that we will be in the green every week; it is not easy, but we can do it.

Hi, Veronica! I'm new here. I had lost a good amount of weight and then gained 15 pounds over this past year. We can get back on that wagon! Also, I had put my goals in the tracker yesterday, and when I checked it today, I saw your yoga goal and added that to mine too. Thanks for the motivation! Yoga helps me so much, and I haven't done it in so long.

Welcome back!

Starting weight for January 235.8

I have my new calorie and macros plugged into my diary. My husband has prepared himself for the change as long as we keep pretzel bites with beer cheese in the rotation a few nights a week. They are from the freezer section and it makes portion control much easier than making a big batch of fresh stuff. Our weather will warm up a bit soon so maybe we can walk the dog more. I definitely miss walking him. He walks really funny when the snow is super cold. I just can't see keeping booties on him.

Steps: 9458

I suppose I don’t need to post my steps until January 2nd since I’m not a part of the December group, but here they are.

Happy New Years!

Welcome to the new joiners, and a happy new year to every one.

I'm with you @micki48 on being ready to eat healthily again even though I've enjoyed not caring for a bit. I don't feel rough, but I know I can feel better if I'm eating less of the sugary stuff. Perhaps I should've done this sooner, and it hasn't just been the holiday week that's done it, but I'm back to a weight I had in March. It is what it is, and the only reason I looked back was to see what my calorie goal was at the time; 1723, but I'm going to leave it at 1650. Today is a perfect day.

Our weekend is a bit mad, as the plasterers are starting on Monday (or Tuesday.. I did tell them Monday was a bank holiday so not sure they'll turn up!) and we still need to move some furniture and strip wallpaper. I've done probably 1/4 of the hallway and it's quite satisfying as the paper peels off in big pieces once it's wet! January is going to be quite disruptive with no living/dining room for most of the month; I will make sure we can bring the dining table out in between jobs so that doesn't become an excuse to get fast food.

A lot of our food for January is already prepared; we have over 40 portions of prepared food, between lunches and evening meals in the freezer. It won't do the whole month, but a big chunk of it! Any new covid-related restrictions will play a part too, but we're leaning towards a low spend month and I find that low-spend and calorie-control go hand in hand for me which will hopefully make for a good start to the year weightloss wise. I may try to be a bit more aggressive than I was in 2021 because I'd really like to hit my goal weight this year.