I've had more dinners or lunches out recently which are wonderful to connect with friends and leave the house (I work remotely). I am trying to take the approach of making a better choice than I would have back in the winter - not striving for perfection or even the best choice, just better. Yesterday I left the entire scoop of rice that came with my Asian stir fry.

I took a work break and went for a 15 min walk then took another in the evening despite the threat of rain. Again - better choices for my health - not perfection.

Still seeing & feeling bloat - some from salt (restaurants!) And some from hormones. Come on Aunt Flo! At 46, the wait for her arrival is annoying!

I shall keep on making better choices and ride it out.

1.5 weeks until the beach, 6 until a work event at a resort with a pool near the beach followed by a trip to see family. These sort of countdowns motivate me!

@jugar Since I'll be leaving from my house instead of the office, I don't think I'll be able to weigh in before I leave. If my hotel has a scale available, I'll try to jump on, but otherwise, I'll have to wait until the following week, but I'll see what I can do

So we've gotten a lot of rain recently and now two of my zucchini plants have 1 leaf each that looks like this. Does anyone know what it is or if I need to do anything?

CW: 96.6
PW: 96.8

Pleased with a little loss this week - it has been a while! I've not been drinking as much water as I ought to, but I've also not been snacking on all-the-things. Had a mini-binge yesterday afternoon, where I think I was craving electrolytes, as we also had McDonalds for tea which hit my need for salt, yet I still had restless legs when we went to bed.

I am jealous of your garden space @conleywoods; I love my allotment, but I would love even more to have it at home and especially with irrigation. We've not had rain for a few weeks, and have been having to bring water from home to top up my water butts at the allotment.

@lauren_989 I had powdery mildew on my squash plants last year and this looks like something else - I suspect insect damage. Try spraying with a mild solution of washing up liquid/water; will help with both mildew and bugs, or you could use garlic water too.

Username: 39flavours
Weigh in Day: Thursday
PW: 146.8
CW: 145.6

Hey guys, I've enjoyed reading all the gardening posts and seeing all the photos, that is one handsome horse @jugar ! I'm normally a keen gardener (I agree, that looks like insect damage on the courgette leaf, pull it off and spray plant with dish soap solution or non-toxic pesticide) but this year I've decided not to plant any veg, after the last 2 years being difficult with a late spring followed by heat waves and drought and as I'm going away at the end of the month I won't be able to keep things watered. I've tried a drip irrigation system but it didn't really work for me. So I'm having a break from it and putting my efforts into the flower beds and borders instead.
I'm surprised I managed to lose this week as I was away camping for 4 days and indulged a lot, so I guess I got lucky.

@jugar @DD265 and @39flavours thanks for your advice on this!!

PW: 195.8
CW: 192.0

My net calories were up this week to 1,788, so interesting to see such a big drop. It could be because of my increase in exercise as well.

Tonight, I have my cooking club event. I’ve made a Mexican street corn dip, and I did a few tweaks like reduce the amount of butter or swap for low-fat where possible. It’s pretty spicy though so I hope they like spice! I pre-logged everything that will be there because I was talking with my dietician about being worried about not taking something that someone made. She said to just be mindful of portion size and have fun. I really like working with her. 😊

Yesterday was a rest day for me, my body told me it needed more sleep and a break, so I honored that. My husband and our dog enjoyed a nice long walk in the afternoon. It was pretty warm out and today is supposed to be warmer. Summer may finally be here!

I went to my group strength circuit gym on Monday, worked out at home on Tuesday, and had a spin class on Wednesday. Today I’ll do another of Sydney’s workouts, and then Saturday as well. To round out the week, I have hot yoga on Sunday.

Next week I have to go into one of our other corporate sites that’s further from me so I think I’ll have to either get up earlier for a workout (not sure I really want to do that), or switch it up and workout after work (around 6pm), or just use those couple of days as rest days and then crush workouts the other days.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

@jugar here is my start weight for June 244.8