Good Morning team Weight No More! I did what I promised myself. I ate to maintenance on friday and Saturday and Sunday I ate below my calorie goal. Yes.. A weekend living as a natural eater. I am getting better on the weekend thing. I have learned that as soon as I start thinking about overeating to stop myself and think something else. If I catch the fantasizing early it is easier to change my mind and fantasize about being at goal weight. I have been practicing weekend to over a year now, and I now live half my weekends eating as a normal eater. It is well worth the time. I know it seems like a long time but I have built the habit of overeating over years and years. So it makes sense that breaking that habit is going to take a lot of time as well. And what else am I doing anyway?

So, my one thing today is to at least get a 10 minute of stretching in. I woke up late this morning. So I am running a little behind schedule. @BodyTalking what is your one thing?

Wife and I just got back from our 20th Anniversary Cruise / vacation and now it is back to eating well and the gym. Hopefully we did not gain too much weight, but we can get it back off in a week or two.

Steps 02/26-03/04
02/26 4147
02/27 9043
02/28 8011
03/01 3640
03/02 11454
03/03 8198
03/04 7676

Total 52,169

@cyndiesstuff -

I've been meaning to respond to your requests for one thing from us, but I've been a bit of a mess the past week and kept putting it off.

My one thing today is focusing on not pushing myself too hard. My legs are still sore from leg day on Sunday, my arms from my workout yesterday, so today's workout was cardio focused with a long stretching session tagged onto the end. I'm not entirely back to normal after the migraine, but I'm so close I can taste it.

@minstrelofsarcasm that's awesome. Meet yourself where your at. The stretching is a great practice to incorporate. I have been stretching as a practice since March 1st.

@cyndiesstuff yes! I have stopped making excuses and have been using my stationary bike…its been cold in the Bay Area lately. I look forward to sunny days and long walks with my fam.

My one thing: getting myself on the bike every day. Its getting easier each day. Thanks for the likes and checking in with all.

Im glad you’re enjoying your stretching! Keep it up

@buniphuphu - Congrats on your 10% weight loss!

@MotylekOkruchy - Happy, happy birthday!


Eating out is certainly a challenge. I try to manage it by reviewing the menu in advance (if possible), deciding what I will order, entering it into my diary as best I can, and skipping the dessert and alcohol. It helps that many restaurants now have their menus available online. So many places serve such large portions that I typically only end up eating only half of it.

MotylekOkruchy wrote: »

Next week will be even worse because it's my birthday tomorrow. I am turning 50 and since tomorrow is Wednesday, celebrating will be stretched until Sunday. I am going to enjoy every birthday lunch (so far 2 already planned) as well as the cake my son already brought home tonight.

Oh goodness, happy birthday @MotylekOkruchy !!!!

Enjoy your birthday lunches, and don't be so hard on yourself. One week of "bad" behavior is not indicative of who you are, and it definitely will not reverse all of the progress you've made.

Another important thing to remember is that a pound is roughly 3500 calories. If you're seeing a huge gain after all the celebrating, it's most likely not all new fat, but water retention to help your body process the extra food/salt/sugar/etc. Our bodies don't know that we're trying to lose weight - all our bodies can do is help us function based on the resources they're given.

Steps for the week:

2/26 13,093
2/27 9,656
2/28 10,905
3/1 11,558
3/2 10,484
3/3 17,568
3/4 11,008

Total= 84,272

Steps for the week:

2/26 8999
2/27 11,226
2/28 13,309
3/1 15,503
3/2 9733
3/3 5980
3/4 12,267

Total= 77,017

So my "just one thing" yesterday was to take 1000 more steps than my goal. I stepped 9015 steps yesterday. That was 2015 steps over my goal! I stayed below my calorie goal, stretched, and drank 64 oz of water. It was an amazing day. I lived yesterday how a natural eater would live. I am becoming her. Sometimes i lose patience with myself, and in those moments i remind myself of how far I have come. What great successes I have had along the way. I am getting there. Where I want to be in my time. Kindness and compassion to ones self is the ultimate weight loss tool.

So today, my just one thing is reflection on my successes along the way to becoming the person God meant me to be.

If you could do just one thing extra today, what would that be? It is just one thing. We all can do one thing.