vegan4lyfe2012
Sunday
PW: 191.2
CW: 192.4

MOUNTAINMERMAIDCO
SATURDAY
PW: 162.4
CW: 161.6

WHY CAN'T I REMEMBER TO POST MY WEIGH IN ?????????? I SUCK!

@19shmoo69 It's nice to meet you, Darren. I too am a coffee drinker, but I had to switch to cold brew for less acid. But I do love coffee. I would not worry about the weight gain; you'll get back at it soon.

username: Glombog
Weigh In Day: Monday
SW (April):03/28 233.0 lb
PW (Previous Weight): 04/04 232,6 lb
CW (Current Weight): 04/04 231.9 lb

Loss total: 35.1 lb
Loss this month: 1.1 lb
Loss last week: 0.7 lb

Slow and steady wins the race they say. Slow progress last weeks BUT lost another cm in my waist so must be doing something right.

Easter week, so only working two and a half day. Got my workout in yesterday, and plan is actually to travel to work for the days off too..

Yesterday I went for a three hour walk in the forest with my three youngest after work. Lovely weather and we had a great time.

Got two large trees taken down before the weekend, so I've sorted the branches from the wood, but man I got a lot of work ahead of me..puh

My brother is meeting up with me on Thursday and we are going to ride the bike trail from Kennebunk. Not sure how far we will ride, as he only has about an hour. Maybe to Biddeford and back. I haven't seen him since before Christmas. It will be good to catch up.

@katmary71 With all of the yardwork that you have been doing, maybe rain is a good thing? It also have good day for you to rest after you’re super busy day on Sunday!!

@glombog Congrats on the loss, both in weight and circumference! I’ll bet your kids loved being in the outdoors for a few hours when the weather is great! Are you planning on cutting up those trees?

@askewcr your mother-in-law‘s birthday sounds like it was truly lovely! So glad you are able to get your eating back on track, sometimes with a hectic schedule that is challenging!

@trooworld that’s great that you’re eating and water we’re on track yesterday!

@Fushiakat SO CLOSE!! Next week for sure!!

I did my Weight class this morning moved up the weights a little bit more :-) :-). I started out with 2 and 4 pound handweights, and 10 pound barbells. I am now up to 4, 6 and 8 pound handweights and 20 pound barbells. When I write it down, it doesn’t seem like a lot LOL. This class is intense and you are continually lifting weights for 55 minutes. By the end of class my arms were quivering and if he said to pulse the lunges one more time I was either going to drop or smack him🤣.

@Glombog A walk in the forest sounds amazing. Sounds like you'll be getting a good workout with those trees.

@askewcr I'm glad you had a great celebration, I love that people are saying things now so she can hear them and feel the love surrounding her. Get it girl!

@micaroo4 Have a great time riding with your brother sounds fun!

@trooworld Good luck with the weigh in!

@FushiaKat I hope you reach your goal, you got this!

@laurelfit57 Congratulations on going up on weights, it's surprising how fast that happens although for arms was usually pretty slow for me. Sounds like an awesome class!

Hi everyone, I haven't been sleeping well so am not pushing myself too hard aside of my workout. I'd been hoping to get vacuuming done but after time in the yard I was beat. Next few days are rainy so time to pull out the long johns and bury my nose in my book. I'm reading a Sandra Brown I read a long time ago and brought home from the lending library. Have a great Wednesday!

@Cornanda I’m getting close to finishing the NBA book too. I’m sure I will have to go through it more than once to make things stick. The pig in this one is strong. I’m really liking the FB group. There is some real honesty there that makes me comfortable sharing my struggles. What do you think? It’s nice to spruce up your yard. Our neighbor just had his tree removed from the front yard and it’s a hot mess. I’m hoping he plans to do something so I’m not living next to the worst house on the street.

@veganflyfe2012 Yayyy I’m glad you got the book and I look forward to discussing it! You are doing great on not having any soda. I can’t wait to get my card!

@laurelfit57 When you reach 135…and you will! What steps will you take to stay there? Will you give yourself a leeway of a few pounds either way? You should since weight can fluctuate so much. I believe maintaining is the hardest part of all. From what I’ve learned it basically looks like doing the same things that you do to lose the weight in the first place. Do you agree?

@trooworld Yayyy on your loss this week!! All that hiking around and watching what you eat has paid off! I’m sorry that your finances are taking such a big hit. Why do these things always come in waves?


Hi Team! Well, yesterday wasn’t the best. I had to take Joe to the hospital because he wasn’t able to urinate and that is not something to play around with. He has been feeling yucky for a few days and having all kinds of intestinal issues that I won’t go into here. We were at the hospital for a few hours and they sent us home with him wearing a catheter. Nothing showed up with their tests so it’s probably chemo-related. We go to the urologist in the morning to remove the cath and hopefully get some answers. Once I got him home, I went to the grocery store. I stopped at Starbucks for a caffeine boost and bought a pack of chocolate-covered almonds. They weren’t on my plan and that upset me. I did tell Joe about it and will do better today. The Never Binge Again talks about having a food plan that I create and stick to. I’m working on mine and the Starbucks trip proved to me that I have to revise my Never rules. Ugghhh stress!! Today, I have to go into the office since I didn’t get to go yesterday. I think I should first go work out.
2022 Word: INTENTIONAL

@Glombog Enjoy your time off, have fun!

@trooworld How frustrating to have both things happen at once. I know from helping my brother appliances are pretty backed up too, hope you can get one soon.

@TeresaW1020 Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear about Joe, I hope the urologist is able to help. It's hard to stay on track when something stressful happens and you don't have your planned meals around. Let us know how it goes with Joe tomorrow.

@FushiaKat When you first said that about salsa I was going to say use it as dressing but you already discovered it, it's really good that way isn't it! I was dipping raw veggies in it for awhile too.

Hi gang, not feeling too hot with the storm coming in and am still flared up, I plan on taking it fairly easy tomorrow since it's going to be rainy. I'm at the 14 year mark from when I quit smoking for my back fusions (first surgery was a year ago tomorrow through the pelvis then surgery through the back two days later). That was the most miserable week in the hospital of my life going through withdrawals and my body overreacting to the hardware right away and being taken off my usual pain medication. I hope I never need another surgery like that. Not much else going on, have a great Thursday.

I'm bummed. The rear brake cable on my bicycle seized up, and it will have to be replaced. I can't do the repair myself, and the earliest that I can get into the bike shop is May 25th.

@laurelfit57 - every weight increase you make is progress. Good work! How hilarious that your instructor reminded you of Vanny! Maintenance in sight is very exciting.

@TeresaW1020 - So sorry to hear that Joe is having trouble again. Caregiving is hard work. Keeping you both in prayer and hoping you got some answers about the cath today. Yes, I do think the NBA Facebook is honest and supportive. It gives me confidence to tackle my issues when I know I'm not the only one struggling. And I told my pig to shut the *** up yesterday!

@FushiaKat - you are just killing it on working your plan and making it work for you. I've never been good at maintenance, but I would guess there will be some ups and downs and struggles until you settle in- it's good to start preparing now.

@trooworld - nice loss! Sorry that you are dealing with so much crappy stuff. Hang in there! I'm glad you are taking some time off.

@fatfifties - I do think I have body image issues. When I'm heavy, I don't notice and when I'm thinner, I focus on what is still fat. I'm working hard to see the true me and just deal with it.

@micaroo4 - So sorry to hear about your bike! What a bummer!

@GabiV125 - hey! You lost a pound!

@Katmary71 - I hope the weather changes and you feel better. How long is that wild cat staying with you?
I'd put a picture of my yard, but right now it doesn't look like much. Things need to grow and bloom. We did find some interesting ginger plants. One is pine cone ginger- it has tall leaves and sprouts little red pinecones up from the ground. Apparently they have an oil in them that you can make shampoo out of, although I doubt we'll do that. We also got some curcuma ginger which has a lovely type of blossom and purple stripes on the leaves. However, one type of plant we bought was labeled deer resistant. It was in the ground 2 days before the deer started eating it. So now it's been moved. (I know it was them because they pooped in my yard!) The plant sale was all plants grown by our county master gardeners, so I trusted them. Now I'm concerned that some of the other plants may turn out to be a bust. Oh well.... the plant journey is always fun, no matter how it turns out.

Well, this week has been up and down. I got into some sweets I had in the freezer and today my scale is way up. This was on the day that I donated all of my dog's stuff. I got pretty sad. It has helped a lot that it's not around for me to look at every day. The mental health thing I am doing seems to be helping slowly, but surely. I was aware that I say negative things to myself, but not aware of how often and how much it drags me down. Now I can work on doing better with that. Weighing in tomorrow. Whatever happens, I will take it in stride. I'm already back on track.

Lisa

Hi Team, my flare is getting better. Feeling more like my old self again. I had to buy new socks, nothing more annoying than socks that won't stay up. I thought it was just a bad sock, but after 4 days of my socks falling down, I could not take it anymore. I spent about $250 on new clothes so I still have some left for when I lose 21 more pounds. I'm having trouble with shoes, and I just might need to go to a shoe store. I have not tried to wear normal girly shoes since my surgery in both big toes. I bought a size 9.5 on amazon and they flopped up and down at the heel. I returned them.

This is my new favorite spice, since I have to eat low salt / no salt or feel bad. I had this on a few slices of tomato today and then I put it on my shrimp salad at lunch. It was delicious! I won't be missing salt much anymore, unless what I'm eating won't taste good with lemon and pepper too. How do they get it to taste like salt?

Someone was looking for the never binge again book but I can't find their post. You can download the book for free plus all the worksheets etc from here https://www.neverbingeagain.com/free-book/

@Katmary71 - that's a great idea you have about asking around to see if someone can fix it besides the repair shop. I'm going to call around to some other repair shops, but in the meantime I can send an email shout out to my neighbors to see if anyone can fix it for me if I buy the cable. I've never heard of NextDoor and I'm not much good at using Facebook, but I can ask around in my immediate neighborhood. There are at least 2 guys who ride bicycles regularly.
@trooworld - The bike is not so much for exercise as it is for fun and for transportation. I've got plenty of exercise alternatives.

My brother and I decided to go to a quieter trail than the one we originally planned. The other one would have been fine for cycling, but not so much for walking. We hiked around Laudholm Farm, which is a nature preserve in Wells Maine. It's pretty flat but it's beautiful. The weather was not in our favor; it was cold damp and drizzling. We only walked about 2 miles, and then he took me out for a birthday brunch at the Maine Diner. Blueberry Pancake with real maple syrup!

@FushiaKat I like giving yourself a weight range for maintenance. Having a lot of foods that you can go to without worry is a great idea too. And no one EVER became overweight by eating strawberries.

@Katmary71 I was a smoker for 23 years so congrats on your 14-year mark of quitting! I can only imagine how awful that surgery was for you. I hope your flare-up comes down soon!

@fatfifties I completely agree that we need to stop seeing ourselves as we were when we weighed more. I had lost almost 80 lbs and still so often will see myself as being that same obese woman. It might explain why I have so easily allowed myself to put some weight back on. Huge congrats on those smaller clothes fitting and for such a good light bulb moment. Keep reinforcing to yourself how great you look and what an amazing accomplishment you have done for yourself.

@micaroo4 that is a shame about your bike and that you have to wait so long to get it repaired.

@trooworld Yeah, you are right that I could have gone off the rails a lot more than chocolate-covered almonds. I should have bought wine instead! I’m so sorry that your fridge went out too. That is super stressful. Did you lose a lot of food? I hope you can find some rest and destress this weekend.

@Cornanda I think the same thing about the NBA group. This group and the new one are great places to find like-minded people who understand what we are going through. And we can be inspired by the ones who have caged their pig for good. I know it must have been so hard to have to get rid of your dog’s belongings. I’m so glad you are doing something to help your mental health. Hang in there, girlfriend!

@laurelfit57 That is a great plan for maintenance! The worst thing so many people do is get to their goal weight and think they are done so they return to what put the weight on in the first place. We have to really work on not letting that happen. You have so many good habits in place that I’m sure it won’t with you. I’m so sorry that your cousin is having to go through such a scary time with her dad. I didn’t even know what palliative care was until Joe got cancer and I kept seeing the word in FB groups.


Hi Team! Yesterday was a busy day which is why I didn’t get to check in. I took Joe to the urologist yesterday morning and we were sent back home with him wearing the catheter until Tuesday when the doctor will do a scope to check out things. They said from the x-rays they saw from his recent hospital visit that his bladder is having issues. And this is NOT related to his lung cancer. So yayyy another doctor and more issues for my poor husband. He is not a happy camper as you can well imagine. Today is our Good Friday service at church and we are planning on attending which will be good for us both. My fasting and eating have been fair. I did eat two of Joe’s cookies yesterday before telling my pig NO and walking away. I ordered the workbook that goes with the Never Binge Again and plan to look it over this weekend and start on Monday. Have a good day!
2022 Word: INTENTIONAL