Yay for the whole team! We were #1 on the leaderboard! Woo hoo! Special shout out to @shaunalr83 @19shmoo69 @Jactop for leading us into victory! Yay!

@vegan4lyfe2012 Sorry about the plateau. Hopefully next week, you will see a change.

@leti126 It is! I love it. Great job tracking the Italian food, I have the same problem when I eat over. And wow, I'm impressed you were able to prep stuff in a heatwave! I couldn't do anything because of the heat yesterday. Great step count, too.

@deevan451 Congrats on the loss!

@shaunarlr83 Girl, you do belong on that board! You are doing the work, that's awesome! I'm impressed you went for a hike in this heat. Great job with the steps!

@laurelfit57 I hope your son's wedding goes well and that you enjoy your company. I hope you can enjoy it! Great weigh-in!

@Katmary71 It was! Thanks, it was nice catching up with my friend, I hadn't seen her in a couple of months. Great job with the workout! A gallon of salsa, wow! That would be a lot of tomatoes. Good luck! I can't wait to hear how you do!

@davors19 Congrats on the loss, WTG!

Hi all. I did my Tonal workout yesterday morning, it felt great. I finished my program, 12 out of 12 workouts! Now, to start another one. I can't believe how quickly the weekend went. All of the sudden, it was Sunday.

My phrase for the year: "Something needs to change…so I will take no crap and eat no crap!"

Happy Monday! Wow I had no idea electric jar openers were so expensive since I bought mine new at the Salvation Army store for $10, to replace it would cost around $150 I'm using it most everyday. My rib is still very sore, hard to breathe, can't push, pull or press with my right arm and bending over is challenging. That will teach me a lesson I won't soon forget.

I'm tracking everyday and staying as close to target as possible with planed overages on loaded baked potato days, Wednesday's and Sunday's. I'm very much okay losing at a slower rate now. I will get there in the end and that's all that matters.

A big hurray for the whole team! We were #1on the leaderboard! Congrats to @shaunalr83 @19shmoo69 @Jactop for leading us into victory!

I'm so jealous of all those steps, I would just die if I walked over 4,000 steps in a day. I'm staying close to 3,000 a day which is my goal.

I printed out a stuffed bell pepper recipe to try, and I will go to the farmers market next Saturday and get some bell peppers. I'm looking forward to that.

Krea4
Monday
HW- 73.95 kg 163.0lbs
PW- 72.6 kg 160.1lbs
CW- 73.1 kg 161.2lbs

@vegan4lyfe2012 I get a little off with the snacking too if I don’t plan ahead. I’d been planning to make almond flour cookies since Christmas and finally forced myself yesterday. At least now I have lots in the freezer

I met with the personal trainer yesterday which went well. My shoulders are sore today probably because those are muscles I haven’t been using. She wants to torture me a couple more times this week and friended me on MFP so she can see my food diary. I took some progress pics today so I can compare in a couple of months. My birthday is in 9 weeks so I should see some good changes by then if I continue down the path I’m on.

@RaquelFit2 Good luck eating lower today! It's always hard the first day of not having dessert or snacks at night but you got this!

@trooworld Congratulations on 12/12 workouts, woot woot!

@happysquidmuffin You sound like you've been very active! Congratulations on hitting 140, that's amazing! Let us know if the NuSkin is a magic potion, good luck!

@FushiaKat Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear you're still really sore, how frustrating. It sounds to me like you're doing amazing staying on track. Stuffed bell peppers are awesome, hope they come out great!

@vegan4lyfe2012 So glad Hunter is doing well. A whole room for crafting, that will be awesome! I had to Google farina, I used to overeat oatmeal so I actually get this craving!

@Jactop You'll have to be real careful with the trainer watching you on here, I hope it helps you stay on track. Sounds like you're very committed which is wonderful, I do think it will be showing by your birthday.

Happy Monday team! Did my workout and got my key for my mailbox and stuff for salsa for tomorrow, aside of that just been real tired switching my medication around so I had a mellow day reading and spent some time in the yard. I planted a bunch more beans, hopefully I'll get some before Winter as they haven't done too well this year. I'm thinking grow bags don't hold moisture in enough for this area so I'll have to reassess for next year. I'll be gone tomorrow for the competition, have a great Tuesday everyone!

@shaunalr83 – That super sucks that the dentist is set up like that. My mom has Medicare/Medicaid, so it’s the same way for her if there’s something that comes up. Otherwise, she has to make her appointments months in advance. I’m right there with ya on the soup! I can eat it no matter how hot it gets! And if you ever need to dump about your husband, this is the safest place for you to do that. Dump away! Also, I didn’t get a friend request from you. This site is set up where we have to be friends before we can exchange private messages…so I’m sending you a friend request
@Cornanda – Oh Lisa, my friend. I am so sorry. Maybe this new job isn’t a good fit for you? Perhaps if you have a delicious cup of tea? #teamtea (just trying to make you chuckle). Hugs! Also, I accepted your friend request, so I’ll need you to send me a private message with your address so I can send you a cheerful card.
@trooworld – I love all the artisan balsamics and oils my local shop makes – The Olive Cart, in case anyone is interested. They do have a website and you can order online. I’m sure I’ve tried at least 40 different balsamics. Their shop is awesome – little casks of each one and you can taste test. Before discovering them, I had no idea balsamics could be so syrupy sweet and delicious! I’m so sorry about your manager. I hope you can still keep in touch. And P.S….I’ll make you another card
Welp, peeps, I came home from work, held and pet Kismet for a bit and she convinced me (yes, I talk to my rabbit) that I needed to put her down and get busy making the barley salad. So, believe it or not, I did! Score 1 for motivation! But…as you have probably already guessed, I couldn’t motivate to cook any chickpeas. I’ll do that this afternoon. I figure I’m good since I still have half the barley salad for today. I’m taking Hunter for an MRI on her knee at noon. (History for context: the girl has always been a vicious soccer player. She’s torn her ACL and meniscus 3 times. After the 3rd surgery, which was 3 years ago, it would appear that her knee parts are too loose and causing her pain, but the doctor doesn’t want to do a 4th surgery. Prayers for her, please!) I think I’ll stop and buy ingredients for chickpea tacos. Having an avocado in the house will make me get my butt in gear and cook the chickpeas so the avocado isn’t wasted. They are super expensive here in Michigan – around $3 each!
2022 Mantra: NO ZERO DAYS!

Weigh-in day: Tuesday
CW: 173.9 (78.9 kg)
CW: 173.7 (78.8 kg)

Sorry for being late with my check-in Work has been crazy this past week. I struggle with stress eating, so the teeny-tiny loss is no surprise. On the positive side, I added 0.6 miles / 10 minutes (speed is not my forte) to my regular running round and was quite shocked at how easy it was: I was sure that it would end with me collapsing from exhaustion or the very least, with very sore legs. But nothing of the sort - it felt like a regular run.

@vegan4lyfe2012 That's so exciting!!!!!!!

Steps Check-in

August 5th - 10043
6th - 2377
7th - 3498
8th - 16556
9th - 21369

@shaunarlr83 So glad you're putting yourself first! The saying sounds familiar but I can't place it. Just Googled it, Fools Rush In! It's also in a Carrie Underwood song too! Taco soup sounds amazing, yum. The dental situation sounds really frustrating. I agree with @vegan4lyfe2012 you're more than welcome to dump here if you'd like. I hope the distance with your mother smooths things over. Happy birthday to your son!

@vegan4lyfe2012 Your sleepover should be a blast, hope you gals have fun! Your lentil salad sounds amazing, do you have a recipe online by any chance? Yes good balsamic goes far! I've been saving barley salad recipes, I'll have to try one soon too. I'm doing vegetarian Monday's with a friend on here and plan to get through some of my beans and legumes but don't want it to also be gassy Mondays either! Prayers for Hunter's knee, I hope something can be done to ease her pain. Chickpea tacos sound good, I had a real good recipe for them I need to find! Do you make yours from dried? They're so good that way! I have some from the Indian grocer I need to make soon. Congratulations on your future grandchild, that's wonderful news!

@happysquidmuffin Wow that is quite a whoosh! I had times like that too, congratulations! Congratulations on hitting your monthly goal already, that's awesome!


@FushiaKat Oh no, I've mixed up medications when my cat's yowling at me to be pet and I'm rushing before, when I first started taking half the old sleeping med and half the new one I took a full of each and that was the best sleep I'd had in months! I hope you don't do that again either.

@Cornanda So glad you dropped in and said hi even though things are hard right now, grabbing your hand and pulling you back up on the wagon with us here! I'm sorry the job has been so rough for you.

@trooworld Shoot I'm sorry to hear about your manager. I hope you do better today too, you got this!

@tupundus Congratulations on upping your running, you're in better shape than you think!

Hi everyone, happy Wednesday! I survived the salsa competition but it was a madhouse, people showed up early and we were checking them in and doing it all wrong because we were so slammed. Luckily I went home and got my walker because I definitely needed it but I managed to fall backwards off it and some men caught me before I landed. A woman who has a walker her dad refused to use saw my fall and told me she wanted to give hers to me as you can lock the brakes when it's parked which I can't with mine so I'll call her this weekend, she was really hoping I'd take her up on it and I'm touched she's willing to do that. We had way more people than expected as we'd been on the news all weekend. My salsa didn't win anything but got feedback that the herbs were great- I added a ton of cilantro which tastes like soap to me then oregano so I tossed the little amount left as I can't eat it. I put tomatillos and other stuff in it but it didn't win anything, there were a lot in the mild category. It was fun but I'm exhausted today. I went for a Blizzard with a friend afterward so my dinner as I didn't have time for it was a margarita (with Tajin which is really good!) and a small Blizzard which surprisingly is about the same calories I left for dinner. Back on track today, I'm not going out to eat any time soon so it should be easier now. Have a great Thursday!

@vegan4lyfe2012 Wow, that sounds like a fabulous store! Thank you, yes, we will be able to stay in touch and now that she will not be my manager, we will be friends. I would love another card!!! Yay for motivation! Thanks, Kismet! Wow, avocados are expensive there! Definitely don't waste that lol. Oh my gosh! You are going to be a grandma! Congratulations!!!

@shaunarlr83 Thanks, I appreciate that. Yeah it's not the best way to deal with things, I have to find another way. Good luck with your decision!

@tupsundus The scale is going in the right direction, so that's good! Congrats on increasing your miles and time for running.

@Katmary71 Thank you! OH dear, I'm glad those guys caught your fall. That's really nice that the woman wants to give you her walker that locks. That sounds like an important feature to have on a walker. That's great you got good feedback on your salsa, sorry you didn't win. It's funny how some people love cilantro and others think it tastes like soap. I'm in the love category! Tomatillos were a good idea. Tajin in a margarita sounds wonderful.

@Divya365 Congrats on the loss! Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry about your accident. I'm glad your inlaws were there to help. I hope you are okay now?

Hi all. Yesterday was better in some ways but I still didn't drink enough water. Practice, not perfection, right? I hope today is better. Today is like my Friday, I'm off tomorrow. Yay!

My phrase for the year: "Something needs to change…so I will take no crap and eat no crap!"

@cybernurse251 Great Loss !!

@trooworld sorry to hear that your manager is leaving. I would be anxious to know who the next manager would be ? Maybe you will be promoted to a manager . I need to get back on track too I haven't logged my calorie intake for so long.

@vegan4lyfe2012 Oh lentil salad sounds delicious. Would love to receive a handmade card. Sending the request now. Ohh you have a pet rabbit !! My son wanted one, now it's shifted to dogs Sorry to hear about Hunter. I will keep her in our prayers. Avacadoes are expensive for us too in Atlanta. Congratulations !! That's a wonderful news

@happysquidmuffin Wow that's a great loss !!

@FushiaKat Wow 90 pounds that's awesome !! this is just a small hiccup, you got this !!

@shaunarlr83 Ohh I love soups, it's been a while since i made taco soup. My go to soup is usually black bean soup. Your son's 18 birthday and your mothers surgery are both important events. Urgh that's tough !!

@Cornanda Oh it's ok. you got this Lisa !!

@tupsundus Great loss !! Any loss is a great loss. I struggle with stress eating too especially when work piles up