@trooworld I pray the mental battle leaves. Have you been drinking coffee? How about some jalapeños? Have you been dancin'??..................... a shake shake shake...shake shake shake.....

Hi all
Weigh in day Friday
username davidji82
PW:227.5
CW:225.9

Join the team on a new challenge:
1. The choice is YOURS! Choose 1-3 small goals to work on from now until September 22nd, the first day of fall.
2. Focus on your goal(s) and report here as often as you would like how you are doing!

I'm going to start. I will work on:

• 10 minutes of meditation a day
• 50 oz of liquids a day

@shaunarlr83 What a fantastic story about your uncle Blackbear Bosin! I did Google him and he was a wonderful artist and that statue is so cool! I’m posting the picture so others can admire him as well. I love that you all are getting a tattoo that has so much meaning for you all.

@Katmary71 I’m so happy for you that you have a new man in your life. Having witnessed the ordeal you had with the last man, I really pray this guy is the complete opposite.

@trooworld Thanks for the insurance info! We are going to do some research and decide if it’s something we should do for our little girl. Thanks for starting a challenge for us! I’m totally down and will post my goals below. Ohhh and I might dance to some Prince myself.


Hi Team! So the good news is that hubby’s CT scan showed no cancer! But his oncologist is concerned about why Joe is so anemic and has ordered a bone marrow biopsy for next week. He is also referring him to a GI doctor to figure out why he is having so many intestinal issues. Ugghhh!! My sweet Maggie Mae did great with her teeth cleaning but she is still a little loopy this morning and not feeling very well. Poor girl! My weight as you can see above is up again! So, our new Fall Challenge is exactly what I need and I’m going all in and vowing a 100% commitment to this challenge. I HAVE got to turn this around and I WILL!!

My Goals:

1. Minimum 17 hours clean fast
2. At least 20 minutes of physical activity every day
3. NO gains on my scale!
4. EXTRA: Post here every day my daily results

@bethanie0825 – I am so sorry about your deputy’s death. When we had 2 bailiffs shot and killed at our courthouse by an inmate, it affected all of us immensely. So tragic.

@shaunarlr83 – I had not seen that statue before. How beautiful! Your uncle is so talented!

Getting caught up now…so very sorry for not responding directly to everyone. Glad everyone I sent cards to appreciated them My conference was for work – I attended the Michigan Economic Developers Association annual meeting. The last one held in Detroit was 5 years ago, so it was fantastic seeing all the construction from before come to fruition. Stayed downtown in the Westin Book Cadillac hotel (gorgeous facility) and the green spaces that have been added were simply beautiful! It’s amazing how quiet the streets are there. Not sure how the sound is so buffered, but it is such a stark (wonderful) difference compared to downtown Chicago. On Wednesday, Hunter and I hopped the border and met up with my friend in Windsor, Canada. We hadn’t seen each other in over 17 years! Here’s a picture of us:



Of all the vegan restaurants we visited over the course of those 3 days, only 1 was actually healthy food. I’m not really looking forward to my weigh in on Sunday. One positive, though, is all the walking I did plus swimming at the hotel. Those may be my saving grace. I talked to my friend that introduced me to the Healthi app to see which plan she is on (I’ve been on “Curb Cravings”) because I haven’t felt successful in a while. She’s on the plan called “Better Balance”. I read the deets and decided to switch my plan to that one. Refocusing and trying to stay positive!

Fall Challenge – Log consistently and take a daily walk.

Also I’m adding another mantra – 50x50. I want to lose 50 pounds by my 50th Birthday. That gives me 72 weeks to lose 50 pounds. Completely do-able

2022 Mantra: 50x50 and NO ZERO DAYS!

davors19
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 248
CW: 247

@trooworld - I’m so glad today was better!! Your evening plans sound fun!! I’m giving my goals a thought and will post them later!!

@TeresaW1020 - You’re the absolute best!!! 🤩 Thank you! We are all very proud! I hope everything checks out okay with your husband and he gets answers soon. Hope the loopiness leaves your girl soon. Great goals for the rest of summer!!

@vegan4lyfe2012 - thank you!!! I’m glad you had a good trip and I love that new motto. I’ll be turning 40 on my next birthday, I’m gonna see what cool 40 x 40 thing I can come up with 😂😂😂

@leti126 - love the progress, sorry it came roughly tho! I’ve got to get back on track with my steps!!! You’ve done wonderful! Enjoy your last weekend before school!

@davidji82 and @davors19- great weigh ins!!!

My life is always a roller coaster. 🙃

We unloaded in Montana early yesterday morning with plans to reload in North Dakota today. Stopped along the way and got a room for the night, I thought I was doing one last Beachbody workout before I ended my subscription, it wasn’t something I wanted to give up but also wasn’t something I wanted to pay for. I thought I had set a reminder but I checked my bank account today and they pulled the funds 2 days ago. Hubs told me to just let it be and use it for another year. 😊 Only thing is I don’t have a coach who motivates or inspires me and she hardly ever does workouts or logs in herself so I would like to switch coaches if thats an option. @trooworld that challenge is just what I need to get back into my groove!!!

Today we did attempt to reload. 45 minutes of hard work, dragging everything out, loading and unloading and putting it all back up bc the equipment was much too tall to be moved for the price they wanted to pay. We would have had to buy extra permits and get routed all the way down to near Mexico avoiding bridges. Even if we had taken it I wouldn’t have gotten home. My husband had no other choice, no other loads available, so he took a load that won’t pick up until Sunday and it’s going to Utah. He offered to fly me home but the tickets out of here are over $500 and it just didn’t seem like what I should do. I recently read Steve Harvey’s Jump and the thing that stood out the most was when he said to sit still and wait on God. I’ve been using this in my life. Instead of reacting right a way or overreacting, I just wait. In my waiting we got another hotel room and I noticed they had a gym. I decided to go down there and burns some calories and kill some time instead if getting all sad and depressed that I couldn’t get back for my moms surgery. 20 minutes on the elliptical and 25 minutes of total body weights, just as I was walking over to stop the watch and end my workout, my mom messaged. Her surgery was postponed!!! 🙏🏼

Looks like hiking tomorrow and then onto a few more states! 🤩😍 I’ll update with my challenge goals soon!!!

@trooworld Definitely dance to some Prince then, he's always fun! I listened to his “women” this morning for funky Friday, Sheila E and Vanity then threw in Chaka Khan. Glad today is going a little better. People-watching sounds fun! A couple years ago I went through a depressive episode around Christmas and it was next to impossible to get started working out, I began making myself brush my teeth each day and dance to at least one song and it helped a lot, went slow and lasted a bit but I at least felt good about those two things if I did nothing else.

@TeresaW1020 I'm glad the CT scan was clear but will be praying for Joe on the biopsy and on the GI issues.

@vegan4lyfe2012 I loved my card, I posted it on my feed, not sure if you saw it but I was so excited as I wasn't expecting it, I love getting personal mail and managed a little skipping on the way back to the house to open it, I don't think I've been that excited since my seeds came. Wow your trip sounds interesting! So glad you were able to meet with your friend, looks like fun!

@leti126 I'm so sorry to hear about the IBS flareup. You definitely did do well despite it. Sounds like all the workouts are paying off too, Zumba is so fun.

@shaunalrl83 I hope you're able to switch coaches, now that you paid for it are you excited about the next year? @TeresaW1020 does Beachbody too, maybe you two can team up on workouts or something? I like that about Steve Harvey's book, I get that was a good one. Sounds to me like you're doing the right things with all that's going on with you, plus working out is a great way to deal with frustration.

@19shmoo69 LOL, great NSV! I know how far away the feet can be and tough to reach!

Hi gang! Had a “fun” day with the fire alarms chirping all day, the cats are pretty upset but it's finally quiet again. It's always stressful because the ones that are super high I can't get to are usually the ones going off (they all have 5 year batteries as of March this year mind you). I worked out this morning then was going to try on leg days only doing one exercise at a time then resting as I end up in a lot of pain after my full workout but the fire alarms meant I had to go get batteries and I didn't want to be home so no squats or lunges today. Nothing new or interesting, have a great Saturday!

Weigh In Day:Saturday
Starting Weight: 258.5
PW : 253 lbs
CW 253 lbs