Really struggling to get back into a routine. Vacation and than kidney stone. Still have not passed the stone, but I am in no pain, so I think the worst is in the past. Maybe it did pass, IDK The one great thing is my appetite is pretty much gone. Down to 153.4 lbs. Taking advantage of this and eating very low carb!

For Pete's sake I'm back up to 166 this morning. Apparently when the weather gets really warm I eat more? So dumb. Gotta get a handle on that or this month will suck the life out of my motivation and goals. When making my meal plan tonight for grocery shopping, I need to include specific breakfast, lunch and snack options leaving no room for deviation for the week. Sometimes I need to self impose rigid enforcement to get past the carb creep desire. Rant over.

5/12/22

1. Carbs 50-100 per day. 58
2. Exercise at least 4 days a week for at least 15 minutes (try to get one core and one weight workout in the mix). Strength training. Goal met.
3. Eat more veggies and some fruit. Blackberries with breakfast and a salad for dinner.

We're supposed to go to a friend's for dinner and drinks Saturday so I'll probably enjoy myself but try to limit my portions.

5/10-5/13
I’m still doing the things and staying active. Food could be better so I’ll be focusing on that next week while going into the office a couple of days. That will require planning but keeps me out of the kitchen! Enjoy the nicer weather!

5/15 - 163.4

Massive gain! And I have the aches and pains to prove it! I could barely walk last night. Today is a little bit better. Tomorrow will be even better. Ate more in carbs again, and I feel bloated. Upping my water intake today, and we'll see what happens tomorrow. Oh, and the hike was GREAT! I got lost, but that is my usual MO. I was about 5 miles south of where I was supposed to be. But I saw a beautiful pond and lots of little critters including a 16" garter snake who posed prettily for me! I can't wait to go again!

Glad to be back and Thank you @baconslave for this thread. Great support here!
Mary from Pennsylvania 65 now, Heaviest weight 255 lbs twice. :-(

UGW-122 lbs. I was there in 2009/10 and kept it off for 5 years then got lazy.

My goal is to continue with what seems to work for me. 1000-1200 calories, low carb 15 Net +/- 3(My body seems to not do well with carbs. It doesn't know how to burn them and hangs onto them way too much!), minimum 70 + oz of water, 2 meals/day on my days off(3) and 3 meals on my work days(which are long), exercise on my 3 days off. For challenges my official weigh in day is Sunday. I weigh daily.

9/14/20 SW-255 lbs
5/3/21-240.5 lbs Emergency Gallbladder surgery
5/14/21-232.2 lbs started MFP and Low Carb/1000-1200 calorie while recovering
6/1/21-228.8 lbs
7/1/21-222.2 lbs
8/1/21-212.0 lbs
9/1/21-200.0 lbs
10/1/21-191.4 lbs
11/1/21-181.8 lbs
12/1/21-176.2 lbs
1/1/22-168 lbs
2/1/22-157.4 lbs
3/1/22-155 lbs 100 lbs lost of 133 lb goal
4/1/22-156.4 lbs
5/1/22- 158.8 lbs

5/1/22-158.8 lbs. :-( I can't believe this with all the Elliptical miles Friday, yesterday and stayed way under calories for what I was allotted. Has to be water weight retention. Hoping for a whoosh soon. Did Elliptical 300 minutes for 22.3 miles in first session and 54 minutes for 4.2 miles for 26.5 miles total today. Hopefully that gets me heading downward again. (Did long times on Friday 228 minutes and Saturday 240 minutes too.)
5/8/22- 148 lbs :-) So glad for the whoosh of mainly water weight finally off from my OK trip! Still doing long elliptical hours on my off work days.

5/15/22- 159.6 lbs. Well a short lived whoosh! I know its mainly water weight. Had more carbs the last 2 dinners than my usual. Glad I didn't hit the 160's! Elliptical today 130 minutes for 10 miles.

Good morning! Happy Monday. Cooling temperatures here. Scale at 154.6 Weekend is usually where I eat too much but I managed to keep eating under control and had a 4 mile walk on Sunday. Today is Cardio. This weeks goal is to establish a better sleep routine.

5/17 - 161.8

It truly boggles my mind on how quickly we can gain the water weight, but also how slowly it will come back off! Oh well, KCKO!

5/18 - 160.8

I had another First Date last night. It went well. Not sure if he is the ONE, but he'd make a nice friend. Time will tell, I guess.
Tonight's line dancing so looking forward to that! We learned a new dance last week, and I doubt I will ever get it! LOL! My weight is still so very slowly coming back down. Every time I've exerted my self, my weight has gone up. Now I understand the science of it, but it really makes me wonder about the benefits of exercise! I've gone 6-7 months without exercising and was losing weight fairly steady. Up to 10 pounds a month. Just by diet alone. Then I start finally exercising more, and my weight stalls, or goes up even though I'm eating basically the same. You read about people in the forums saying how they are watching what they are eating, working out for an hour or more, and can't lose weight. I feel like telling them to stop exercising! LOL!
Anyway, have a great Hump Day!