Weekly Weigh-in
PW:77.6 kg
CW: 76.4 kg

Yay for a decent loss!!

Weekly goals:
30 mins exercise every day - ✅
Burn 500 cals every day - ✅
Min 1 step class - ✅
Record a loss - ✅
3 days under primary calorie goal - 2/3
Min 6 days under cal + exercise goal - ✅

I am really pleased with myself this week. There were a couple of days i was close to primary goal but just too hungry, so I am recording the last one just to monitor but I will keep the primary goal there and see how I go this week. My exercise and calories burned are way exceeding and I’m really enjoying my sessions 😁

@TeresaW1020. No I have never tried roasting radish! Will do though - am roasting a chicken for tonight so will definitely buy myself some to replace the potatoes (I usually just skip them 😊). Hope you had a fabulous time shopping and found yourself something as well.

@GabiV125. Yay for a loss!!! Awesome job 👍

@trooworld I didn’t get enough water yesterday either - am putting it down to distraction and will make up for it today - I’ll be swimming!! When is your new watch due to arrive? It’s always exciting getting new toys. Just think of all the exercise and activities you can do to “test” all the functions!

@laurelfit57 I think if it's saving when you try to post it doesn't go through. I do my responses in a word document and copy and paste them so I suspect that's the issue since it saves after I do it. I'm in the Sacramento area in CA, it's 9B here, we only have about 10 nights where I have to run out with blankets to cover succulents and cactus thank goodness. No you just rock that class your own way, you're moving and that's what counts! I wouldn't be surprised if you're inspiring someone who is scared to take the class because of weights being too heavy. Two classes is awesome, she's back!

@Tamevv You're doing wonderful!

@Cornanda I've never had a radish sandwich! When I first started doing low carb I did roast them and they taste really good but they don't taste like potatoes just like most swaps don't but if I go in thinking it's a roasted radish they're great!

@trooworld LOL pretty dramatic Fitbit there, figures it dies before your new one comes! Nauseous with a migraine sounds awful, I'm glad you're feeling better today. Let us know what you think of the Galaxy, they seem to get better reviews and be less quirky than a Fitbit. Hope you had a good walk!

@TeresaW1020 If your sister is inspiring you that's wonderful, I was worried you were comparing and I'm glad you aren't. Fall into Health is a great idea, I love it! And it's all of you doing it together to make something beautiful out of healthy habits that you can be double proud of and have a visual of your success together. Great idea! Have fun shopping with your sister. I'm sorry to hear about the biopsy results, how frustrating it may have to be repeated.

Hi gang! Did my workout this morning and am back to 10lb weights, hoping this isn't where my upper back goes out, I'm being as careful as I can be and cut out things that set me off so hopefully it will go well. I worked and gardened and got two new herbs into their pots. I had a charity board meeting tonight which was a little awkward since we haven't worked out our misunderstanding but if I leave the board I'll probably still volunteer with them. We're doing Bow Wow Days in a week which raises money and food for pet shelters in the area and have some really cool vendors, I'm looking forward to it. Have a great Friday!

Friday weigh in
Cornanda
PW: 169.7
CW: 170.1

+0.4

Really not happy to see that 7. But I got this.

Hello! I hope your day is going well, whenever you see this

Thank you so much for the words of encouragement after my photo shocker lol. I absolutely agree with everything everyone said. People treat me kindly and with respect. No one has ever recoiled from disgust when I approached them hahaha. Children don’t run screaming. I guess I’m not quite so bad 🤣 also, I will absolutely use that photo as motivation to make a change and stay the course!

This morning I had a nice little NSV: my jeans did up easily. 10 pounds down to make my clothes fit again. I haven’t put on jeans since last weekend so it’s a nice checkin point as I always wear jeans on Friday. I know they will
feel even better next week

Ok gotta get the kids up for the day! Have a good one! I’ll talk to you all soon

Happy Friday, my peeps! Yews guys are so funny about the radish sandwich. It’s a tea sandwich…white bread (no crust), a little butter, radishes sliced razor thin and a light sprinkling of dill. That’s the secret…dill They are scrumdiddlyumptious with a full bodied black tea.
Bought groceries last night and got a LOT of fresh produce...ready to rock the weekend! @trooworld – gonna make the Chile Verde recipe tonight!
I haven’t been logging lately because I’m just not liking the Healthi plan I’m on. It’s so hard finding the right plan when you’re vegan. Like I think I just want to go back to counting calories, which I could just do here on MFP. My quandary is that MFP gives me a daily calorie allotment of 1,360, but the Healthi app gives me 1,530. My FitBit is connected to both, so they both show the added exercise logged. I don’t know what I should go by…any suggestions, anyone?
50x50 & No Zero Days

I re-read (ok it turned into skimming again...) the whole September thread and made a quick Word doc of the people I recognize/who usually post alot/etc to help me stay caught up. Thanks to @shaunarlr83 for the inspiration. The last time (yesterday) I went over my calorie goal, it was only by 100 calories. I need to get past a few more days and continue to "behave" and then my weekly calorie average will be back on track for slow, steady weight loss.
Big NSV this morning: This morning I put on a stretchy-waist black skirt that I've owned forever. Haven't worn in 1.5 months or more. Discovered it's super loose now. I'm legit slightly worried it's going to fall off if I'm not careful. Wore it to work anyway. Adding a new black skirt to my wish list!

@megnolis82. Great feeling about the jeans - and good timing for a pick-me-up. Good work 👍

@teooworld - your checkin reports BOTH ticks! Yay for you 👍😁👏

@Jactop You made me laugh with “pressed sawdust” 😂. Very accurate for a lot of them. I haven’t made it to the shop yet but they are on my list today, I’ll be having on dark rye crisp bread - super thin and delicious. Im inspired that you kept your health routine up for 6 months - happy anniversary. It motivates me because I’m just wnding my second month of consistent workouts and keep waiting for the crash or self-sabotage to happen. I’ll be sure to celebrate WHEN I get to 6 months too 👍

Oh @Vegan4lyfe2012 you just ruined it for me!! I hate dill!! It ruins everything it touches!! 😂. And I was so looking forward to my lunch as well (insert “pout” emoji. - incidentally, does anyone else have trouble with interpreting emojis sometimes? The kids tell me it’s just me being old. But DH agrees and refuses to use them at all because he doesn’t know the subtleties of how they will be interpreted by the receiver. But I think they’re fun 😊). Regarding suggestions so much is personal preference, but for me - I have dropped everything else and just focussing on MFP. I found it too overwhelming and time consuming to input into multiple things, not to mention stressful when they didn’t agree. I figure sticking to one gives me consistency and it is working for me and I feel comfortable and confident. If that changes I’ll swap to something else - sometimes you need to change it up to move forward, but I’m a fan of giving one thing my focus and commitment - means my energy and focus are not divided. But that’s just me 😉

@shaunarlr83. I have an Apple Watch and it does do steps - daily, weekly and averages. Do you have the fitness app downloaded and connected on your phone? I love my watch, more now than when I first got it. I got it initially because I needed immediate notification when my phone pinged to be able to check if it was a child (we were having some issues) but now I use it for exercise mostly. Have even taken a couple of calls on it when my phone wasn’t handy but I needed to answer - very “Bond” 😁. And I fully support your niece - can verify that coleslaw sandwiches are awesome, especially with a bit of roast chicken breast.

@happysquidmuffin Laughed at your skirt issues 😂. That’s awesome - what a novel thing to be worried about 👍

@davors19 great job on your loss!

@Cornanda I've done both with roasting, just don't expect them to taste like potatoes but try putting some in a mixed roasted veggie mix, I wasn't expecting to like them at all but I did once I stopped thinking of potatoes.

@megnolia82 Perfect time for a great NSV after feeling down about the photo, that's wonderful, rock those jeans!

@trooworld Did your watch come? You'll have to go for a walk just to use it! Rockin the fall challenge!

@Jactop Great to see you! I'm glad you're feeling you're headed in the right direction overall with low carb, it sounds like you're doing all the right things. I follow diabetes groups and a lot of times people decrease their A1Cs real fast with small changes and that was NEVER me, it took a lot of weight loss, working out daily, and changing how I ate to be able to come off medication. I don't regret it at all but it definitely took time and work. Keep it up, you got this!

@vegan4lyfe2012 You definitely made the radish sandwich sound good! I love dill too, yum! How are you doing with weight loss at 1530? If you're doing well there just do what's best for you, you can always go in the middle of the two and see how it goes then adjust after a couple weeks.

@shaunarlr83 Cucumber sandwiches ARE real good, boy we need to all meet up at a tea shop and eat some sandwiches and have some tea! Good luck with the mowing!

@happysquidmuffin Oh boy be careful with that skirt, congratulations on it being loose, can you tighten the waist with a safety pin? I actually almost had my pants fall when I was at college not wanting to buy new clothes until I lost more, that would've been mortifying being way older than all the other students to lose my pants.

@Tamevv I have trouble with emojos, they're hard for me to see the little details sometimes. Not sure if that's what you mean though.

Hi team! Doing better as I lowered my medicine last night and my headache is a lot better thank goodness. Did my workout, went to Sprouts after my shower for some produce and scored some tea on discount and some seasonal teas, with the cooler weather I'll be having more hot tea. Planning on the farm tomorrow, have a great Saturday everyone.

@Jactop And I’ve never heard of eating them on a sandwich and now need to try that! We have a Costco opening here in November! I will have to try that Carbonaut bread. I’ve tried others and haven’t liked the texture at all. You are right that you can’t fix insulin resistance overnight, so just hang in there and keep doing what’s working.

@vegan4lyfe2012 Ohhh I love dill and will have to for sure add that to my “tea sandwich.” I have no suggestions about tracking since I hate doing it and never find that it really works for me. But if I do track, I really Cronometer best. You can track not only calories and macros but micronutrients too. You might want to check it out and see what you think.

@shaunarlr83 That is great and I agree that our BOD coach is amazing!! I’ve had a couple of others that never checked in with me. I’m so glad you love her too! I do love coleslaw on my pulled pork sandwiches.

@happysquidmuffin It’s so much fun when you start worrying about your clothes falling off!

@Katmary71 I’m glad that your headache is better. I just bought a fall seasonal tea at Trader Joe's. Sooo yummy!


Good morning Team! Today, my sister and I are going to a TOPS Fall Rally. There will be chapters there from around the state and should be a lot of fun. Our theme is Dreams Do Come True and in the afternoon session we are going to wear out P.Js and sing a very cheesy song called “Take me out of the bakery.” I have to be very good today with my eating because tomorrow is an after-church potluck brunch and I’m sure those good Baptist people will be bringing some tasty food. I’m making mini muffins and buying a fruit platter. Have a great day everyone!

@happysquidmuffin - glad I helped and glad I did it also, it has helped so much in responding! NS clothes victories are my favorite!!!! Congrats that’s amazing progress! You cracked me up with the rad-ish🤣 I don’t love radishes might take a nibble every now and again. You’re doing good with your goals and I love how your getting your workout in this weekend. Hugs to you for those you love! I can’t even imagine.

@Tamevv - I’m an avid emoji overuser 😂 I know the watch tracks steps but Fitbit used to go off and “reward” you when you reached your goal, pretty much the way our watch rings do for exercise, calories, or standing goals, I missed that little motivating celebration so much. I downloaded a step app and it’s probably not the best one, doesn’t even trigger my watch to celebrate with me but I can open it on my phone and it does! I might go check if there is a better version out there. Good to know my niece wasn’t crazy 😂

@leti126 - I’m pretty happy with staying even this week too. It’s definitely a win!!! I hope next week is better and things start to fall into routine.

@Katmary71 - wouldn’t that be great to have a sandwich and tea meet up!! I’m so so glad you’re feeling better and hope you have a fantastic weekend!

@TeresaW1020 - your day sounds so fun!!! I hope you enjoy. I would love to do fun things with my sister. We are 10 years apart and are two totally different people, when people talk about their sisters I often wish I had one and forget oh yeah I do 😂😂😂

@trooworld - I’m happy you like your new watch! I absolutely hate change even when it’s for the better. Hope you get to go hiking so we can hear about it!!!

@digger61 and @davors19 - great weigh ins!!!

My mowing was delayed a bit yesterday and was much harder than the day before. The area I tackled yesterday afternoon (in the heat of the day) is where my water hose has a spring a leak, my husband or son often leave it hooked up to the power washer and turned on forgetting that it’s slowly spraying out in the middle of the hose. So this area was still damp and super thick and the mower didn’t want to stay going. I managed to knock down the worst of it and close out all of my rings in doing so but got frustrated and gave up without getting much more mowed. I instead went for a mile walk around our pasture with the dogs. I haven’t walked the pasture much since it was leased out 2 years ago for cows to graze but they have made it much easier to navigate since they knocked down all of the weeds. Today will be more mowing until I’m fed up and then fingers crossed we’re going out to eat and get massages. We have a gift card to red lobster from last Christmas and we have been talking about massages forever so hopefully this actually happens! We are way overdo for a date night.

Username: laurelfit57
Weigh In Day: Sunday
PW: 143.6
CW: 142.8
Goal Wieght 135-140

Sunday weigh in

Name: Megnolia82
SW: 228
PW: 220
CW: 217.4

Hi all, a quick check in tonight! Friday night my grand kiddos came over for their regular sleepover and my granddaughter got so sick. She had a cold when she arrived but was super stuffy by the time she went to bed. She woke up about three in the morning just sobbing because she had been coughing so hard that it made her “want to puke“. Poor little muffin couldn’t get back in to sleep until about five and then was up by 630. For the last 2 1/2 years, they really haven’t been sick because they have been so protected. I didn’t have any type of child medication here that I could give her 😞. Poor Paisley, I just spoke with my daughter and she’s still not feeling any better.
I didn’t do as well with my weigh in today as I had hoped, yesterday was not a stellar day for eating with me. I was so tired and I was peeling, seeding and cooking tomatoes all day! I love tomato based dishes, so decided to do up tomato sauces and pasta sauces for canning. I had bought three big boxes of tomatoes and they had to be processed yesterday LOL. I ordered a lemongrass chicken vermicelli dish from a pho restaurant last night. I usually eat half of it but ended up devouring the whole thing - it did not do a good thing for my weigh in this morning🤣

@laurelfit57

I hope your granddaughter feels better soon! I agree, my kids have barely had a cold the past 2 years. We’ll see what comes this winter.

Great job on all your canning! I just did one 25lb crate of romas this year and I just froze my sauce in large ziploc bags. One of these years I will try my hand at actually canning. I think tomatoes are pretty much the most perfect food that exists.

Have a great night everyone!! Talk to you soon j