@Cornanda I too purged my kitchen of opened bags of cookies. It's not that I have a sweet tooth all that much, but I crave crunchy things no matter what they are. I know the reason for this. I have ringing in both of my ears, and while I'm eating crunchy foods all I hear is the crunch and the ringing is masked. It took me quite a while to figure that one out. My favorite crunchy food is Cheeto's. I have not had Cheeto's in so long.....

Enjoy your trip, I'm sure you'll get back on track when you get back. You're just having a postponement. You're not giving up. Hotels usually have such great gyms.

I saw my doctor today and he showed me where I can print out a preloaded copay card for my medication, but I need to wait for the tier reduction before trying to get a refill. This was such a relief, and he said, if I have any trouble that he will contact another pharmacy he knows of. He's super nice.

I was not very active today and I only walked about 2700 steps. My knees are just killing me today.

I too can easily sabotage myself after dropping a few pounds. I don't eat out, but I eat about 100 more calories a day, closer to my limit. I usually aim for 1050 per day so when I eat closer to 1200 it feels like cheating. Or I might blow my sugar and carb macro's out the window as a splurge. I'm really enjoying eating oranges and a 100-calorie bag of kettle corn popcorn for dessert.

I need to lose just over a pound a week to reach my goal by August. I can't lose sight of that. And I'm trusting that eating low calorie will get me there. I wish I could do more, but I'm pretty maxed out as it is.

P.S. I did not tell my husband how much weight I lost last week, and he didn't ask. And I also have 3 different measuring tapes and they all give me different values, so I just picked one and I'm sticking with that.

@Cornanda Great job on catching yourself before too much damage was done. I wouldn’t have been able to keep away from an open bag of chocolate chips either! I hope you have a wonderful trip celebrating your dad’s 80th birthday! And that you get to have enough of a winter experience to enjoy it. Yes, press that reset the moment you get back.

@GabiV125 that graphic!

@FushiaKat I’m so glad that your doctor was able to give you some peace about your medication. Just remember that eating too low a calorie diet can do harm to your metabolism and make losing even harder. Focus on getting in a lot of good lean protein and that will help you get that pound off a week. But also remember that the body won’t always do what you want or expect. I have had great weeks where I lost nothing and then weeks where I would eat more and the scale would drop. So give yourself grace.


Good morning Team! Yesterday was our financial secretary’s last day so that job is all mine now. Yikes!! She did say that she would keep her phone close for when I needed to call. Hubby and I went Tuesday to see his surgeon and he was pleased with how the incision looked and the chest X-ray was good. Blood work showed that he has low sodium again so the doctor increased his sodium pills to three a day. He also took hubby off that med that was making him so lightheaded because we had another passing-out session at 2 am in the bathroom. I was able to jump up out of bed just in time to keep Joe from falling. We also found that what we thought was stage one cancer is actually stage 3. We have our first oncologist appointment on Feb. 2. So much stress! And I’m doing my best to stay on track with my eating. I am tracking what I eat so that helps. I haven’t been working out much and really miss it. OK, I’m off to clean my church. It might snow again tomorrow!!

@askewcr Congrats on getting back in the gym.

@cornanda I hope you have a great trip.

@trooworld I feel much better now, thank you. It did kick my butt, though. My fiance also had it; but, thank God my son didn't.

Username:TeresaW1020
Weigh in week:  Week 3
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 189.4
CW: 186.6
Month +/-: -4.9
Total Loss: 77.8

davors19

Weigh in day: Friday

PW: 259
CW: 258
LTD: 42

leonadixon wrote: »

Username:@leonadixon

PW 12/29: 225.8

Check in weight (1/5/2022): 226.0
Check in weight (1/12/2022):227.8
Check in weight (1/19/2022):226.7
Check in weight (1/26/2022):

Good morning! Work is slowing down a bit (yay). I am going on vacation with my parents next week. So exciting! @broncobuddee ; I won't be able to weigh next week, can you just use this week's for a final?

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

@leonadixon Ok! Thanks for letting us know.

Hi Team,

I finally got that xmas tree down and in the box, now to put the boxes away. I finished another book yesterday and started a new one last night. This weekend I will work on making a place for our new freezer. I made brownies today and then budgeted to have a small one. The next time I make brownie's I'm going to use muffin cups and bake them in the muffin tin, so they don't fall apart when I cut them.

I'm hurting some today, so I did light housework and a load of laundry. I will get my steps in before bed tonight.

I hope everybody had a great weekend!

@askewcr - Positive as always- keep it going!

@GabiV125 - that's a great leg day pic. You hang in there. Losing is best, but maintaining (NOT gaining) is also good! I THINK.... your line in the sand is your birthday? A new line is OK.

@FushiaKat - I am also a fan of Cheetos! My hubs is pretty aware that I tell him immediately when I've lost and don't say much when I've gained. Measuring tapes can give different values. It also matter if you pull them tight or if you don't. Keep sight of your goal but give yourself grace if you are doing good work and it's not happening. It's OK if it takes longer than you expect. Good for you having a good doc and working with him on the meds. Meds can be waaaayyy too expensive and I'm glad you are fighting the good fight.

@trooworld - Yes, why girl why was meant to be funny!

@TeresaW1020 - Glad the financial secretary is willing to help with questions that arise. Hope you are increasing your earnings as you now have 3 jobs at the church! I know it's not about that, it's about love, but still. What? Stage 1 to stage 3? Is that a biopsy result or a something else result? I'm glad they made changes regarding the low sodium and light headedness- falling is not good. I will pray for your visit with the oncologist. Give yourself plenty of grace. Yes, you want to lose but this it right up there on the stress scale. Hugs to you! Nice loss!

@lose4me71 - Yes, Covid sucks!

@davidji82 - well, yes, but you've got 5 of them off! Keep on!

@19shmoo69 - NEVER!!!!! RUN OUT OF COFFEE!

Heading out tomorrow. Exercise clothes don't fit in tiny bag. Will do my best......

@davors19 @leonadixon Congrats on the losses!

@askewcr Stay warm! I hope you get to rest up.

@FushiaKat That's a good idea to put the brownies in a muffin tin. I'm sorry you are hurting.

@Cornanda Good! LOL Enjoy your trip!

Hi all. I have 3 MRIs this morning on my head and neck to hopefully figure out something about my migraines. It's going to take 90 minutes for the 3 of them and I hope I don't freak out, I am claustrophobic! Other than that, maybe reading and doing crafts.

My phrase for the year: "I take no crap and eat no crap."

Cornanda wrote: »

@GabiV125 -Losing is best, but maintaining (NOT gaining) is also good! I THINK.... your line in the sand is your birthday? A new line is OK.

Heading out tomorrow. Exercise clothes don't fit in tiny bag. Will do my best......

Yep, you’re right the 125 in my naming here is for 1/25 😁.
Thank you for the kind words and for the reminder . I know better but it feels good to hear it in another’s voice.

Have a fun trip! Maybe comfortable shoes can be enough to make it an active day.

trooworld wrote: »

This is a great quote! Thanks trooworld! IT IS SO TRUE!!!

Reminders (with apologies to anyone I may have missed in the monthly thread):

@FutureTrophyWife
@shawetan
@vegan4lyfe2012
@Jactop
@roz0810
@gwamajtw91
@murdog3t
@adoglover
@bgame4
@digger61

Thanks!

Username: bgame4
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW: 132 lbs
CW: 130 lbs

Phrase of the year: OWN IT!

Digger61
Weigh in day: Saturday
PW:223.5
CW:222