@SavageMrsMoose - I’m glad to hear that you are feeling better and that your dog is also recovering well from surgery! I can certainly understand the lure of comfort food during such a stressful time.

Thanks for sharing the puzzle website. They’re beautiful. The shop should consider giving you a sales commission based on the interest you generated 🤑.

@StacyAru - Welcome to the team! You definitely have some topics in common with other Shape Shifters. One of these days, I’d love to see a photo of your dog. A pit bull/ chihuahua mix sounds very interesting! I have a Boston Terrier who loves other ‘smush faced’ dogs, especially pit bulls.

@JessicaKrall8 - You are is always so wonderful at orienting new members and immediately making us feel ‘at home’ in the group. I don’t know how you keep up with everything. Did you know that @LaurieWrobo had a big loss without seeing the previous weight (PW)? Way to go with maintenance, Laurie! I can’t keep track of my own weigh-in numbers from one week to the next, but I need o have a better sense of where I stand because I keep creeping up to the higher end of my range.

@kcpond and @coblujay - Good for you — It’s always motivating to see a loss! Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

@cosmiccurves - I like the way you track your health progress using the upbeat message and image.

I wish I had your energy for setting up your house! When I started working from home instead of an office, I moved way too much stuff to our house. My plan was to go through it gradually but it’s taking forever. I’m also trying to declutter by getting rid of all the old items from my sons’ youth. They’re at college now and I‘m working on selecting a few memories that I can organize in portfolios that I bought for each family member. Whenever I return from a week helping my mother in Boston, I feel determined to downsize! So, I’m going to protect some time on my calendar and really focus on the decluttering of my office in the coming month.

Weigh In Day: Friday
PW (Previous Weight): 288.4 lbs
CW (Current Weight): 290 lbs (so sad about this, it has to be water retention)

Step Goal: 8,000/day
6/26: 5,234
6/27: 5,447
6/28: 7,530
6/29: 8,655 (FINALLY!!!!)
6/30: 8,437

Happy July everyone!! I am disappointed in my gain even though I was diligent about logging and working out this week. I definitely need to increase my steps but I think this was due to some water retention from all of the lifting heavy boxes and such from our move. Regardless, I'm going to keep going and try to increase my caloric deficit this week to get the loss I'm aiming for! Also my mother-in-love made it safely last night and she is currently being very entertained by her three grandsons who are all taking turns showing her their cool Lego creations and rocks.

frankwbrown
Friday Weigh-in; July week 1
PW: 228.2
CW: 226.1

Natalie0403
WD. Saturday but I won’t be near a scale tomorrow
Pw 140
Cw 138.6
Lwt 64.4

I am not good at counting steps, I try to hit cardio, elliptical or rower for 45 a day.
Hope you all have a great weekend

SavageMrsMoose

Friday Weigh In

PW: 164

CW: 165

I will take it! I was quite a week!

jessicakrall8 wrote: »

SavageMrsMoose wrote: »

Feeling so much better after my bike today that I signed up for an 8 week running challenge starting July 4th. It’s to improve my pace. Could I join the step challenge? My start to the month is pretty rough cause Covid but hopefully it will improve. Or I can wait until next month- that’s okay too.

I've added you @SavageMrsMoose just give me your first name, your favorite place to walk and your daily step goal for the chart. Welcome to the insanity!
Jessica

Thank you!

My name is Melissa. My goal is 12,000 steps as I was able to start running again today! But, my first days will be far below because of being sick. In Telluride, I like to hike the ski hills and walk and run on the bike path on our valley floor. In Houston, I walk and run around the local neighborhood and on the treadmill. If I had to pick a favorite walking place? It would be the beach! But I don’t get there enough!

6/26 4686
6/27 3451
6/28 5149
6/29 7356
6/30 4925

Nataliewr0403 wrote: »

Natalie0403
WD. Saturday but I won’t be near a scale tomorrow
Pw 140
Cw 138.6
Lwt 64.4

I am not good at counting steps, I try to hit cardio, elliptical or rower for 45 a day.
Hope you all have a great weekend

I got you @Nataliewr0403 ...great loss this week! Enjoy your weekend! If you wear a watch for steps (Apple, Garmen, Fitbit, etc) that works too on elliptical or rower...as long as you place the watch on the part of the body doing the work (pants pocket, etc)...I sometimes walk in stores with a cart and put my watch in my pocket.

Just a thought...Jessica

SavageMrsMoose wrote: »

Hello everyone!

We woke up before 4 am yesterday to get to the hospital for pre-op. I decided to get on the scale then and I was up 6 pounds!!! I was so discouraged I was about to quit this challenge. I thought about it all night. Guess what? This morning I dropped 5 of those 6 pounds. So I feel like a new person.

I have no idea why my weight is fluctuating like this other than I’ve been having a lot more sodium than usual. Maybe it’s some weird Covid effect? Who knows. I did get my period again last week after 13 months of not having it.

@SavageMrsMoose Don't ever give the scale that much power...if you're working your plan and expending more energy than you take in, it has to even out. Science ALWAYS wins...hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Jessica

Last chance to add your name to the Step Challenge roster for July...speak up! We only have 9, so there's plenty of room...let me know!
Jessica

Happy July everyone... returned from camping a few days ago, and ready to jump-in to the new month.
Brief Intro: I live in CA, work full-time in an office setting (i.e. sit at a pc 8+hrs a day), plus studying to advance my professional career. I'm a wife + mom to an elementary aged girl. I aim to keep her busy/active in sports and extracurriculars. On weekends we try to squeeze in some active family time (biking, rollerblading, volleyball, badminton, tennis). I love the water (beaches, lakes, pools etc) and love to swim if I get the opportunity to do so.

Been on MFP for a long time (on/off) but started with this group about 8mo ago after (losing about 15 lbs) having reached goal weight during a family weigh loss challenge, but then gaining it back.
- Stats: 5'2" / SW: 147 / CW: 136'ish
- I am close to goal weight of 130lbs , and I've been there before but the maintaining is key 🔑

@jessicakrall8 ready for the July step challenge * Goal 6k steps

Sharing a few pics from our camping trip

Bassclef
Friday weigh in July
PW 190
CW 188

Bearchested
Friday
PW: 197.8
CW: 198.0

After a week of work travel and seeing friends, along with a lot more overall consumption than I'm used to, and I'm happy with generally being the same weight.

Focusing on 7 hours of sleep per night, which has done wonders for my productivity and overall mood. Last time I tried this I cut out most exercise besides walking the dogs, but now I try to fit in exercise throughout the day, and lift a couple times a week during the day.

Yukie_OP wrote: »

@jessicakrall8 Closing out the month of June for Steps:
6/24 - 7,832
6/25 - 7,790
6/26 - 1,819 (my smart-watch died on the last day of our camping trip so didn't capture all my steps)
6/27 - 3,254 *returned from camping (the car trip was about 5hrs)
6/28 - 2,897
6/29 - 7,054
6/30 - 3,492

@Yukie_OP I've filled in the last few days of Jun, but our Jul stats started on Sun, Jun 26th, so I've filled in your remaining Jun days there and put you in the challenge for Jul. Enjoy your weekend!
Jessica

CasandraW
Saturday weigh in
PW 230
CW 232

We had our Canada Day celebrations yesterday, a BBQ and fireworks. It was a good time, didn’t overeat a lot. I’m not worried about the scale today.
I have noticed that when I’m wearing shorts or dresses that my legs hardly touch when I’m walking so that’s nice for the summer

CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners and to the group as a whole - LOTS of pounds lost! YAYYY!

Sorry so late and thanks for the reminder Jessica! I had a bit of a mini-lapse and got very discouraged, but I dragged myself back up and here I am!