@cre804 - I’m so glad your recovery is going well. Congratulations for achieving a new milestone! It feels wonderful to see a downward trend and pass those 5 and 10 pound marks.

I’m sorry you’re dealing with extra cleaning because your husband hasn’t learned the very important French cooking lesson of ‘mise en place,’ loosely translated as everything in its place in the kitchen before the food service begins. My husband often announces that the cook doesn’t have to clean up but that unilateral rule doesn’t seem fair to those of us who clean the kitchen as we prepare and cook the food.

I’m used to it now but I think I’d have to ask him to hire a cleaning crew before I came downstairs after knee surgery. I’ll be better prepared for something like that now that you shared your experience. 🙏🏼 You seem to be handling it very well and your ‘baby steps’ approach is wise! Take care! ❤️‍🩹

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@Pupowl - It’s so disappointing to lose information after spending the time writing out the text or story! I hate when that happens — 😩 Sometimes it helps me recap my thoughts with a shorter post … So people might prefer it that way in my case! 😬

@izzyred9400 - There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset over the water. I love it 😍

It’s a great time for dreaming how we would use our lottery winnings 😊. I heard a 60 foot yacht can cost about $100,000 dollars to maintain each year, and a 100 foot yacht is about 20% of the original cost to maintain. So, a $10 million dollar yacht costs about $2 million to keep it running.

When I saw your comment, it got me wondering how much the super-yachts cost and I found this:

“A 180-foot superyacht and/or mega yacht costs a minimum of $4.75 million per year to operate and maintain” … with an estimated “annual budget of $1 million for maintenance and repairs, $350,000 for dockage, $240,000 for insurance, $400,000 for fuel, and $1.4 million for the crew. Add another 15-25% of the vessel’s value for V.A.T.”

I guess they don’t need to pay for hotel rooms at least 😂 — but that’s a lot of lottery winnings! 🤑

For me, the best part is we can enjoy the same sunset view over the water for £3! Have fun and thanks for sharing your dreamy experiences in Greece! 🧡🌅💛

The June Week 2 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin on Sunday, Jun 11th. Please join us this week to "Share a Salad" with your friends and teammates. Here's your link:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10892363/june-week-2-group-challenge-share-a-salad/p1?new=1

Hope to see you there!
Jessica

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Step Update

6/8- 18,562
6/9- 16,274
6/10- 14,405

looneycatblue (aka Teresa)
Wk 1 - Sun, Jun 11th
PW: 173.6
CW: 176.6 (I really didn't want to have to post this)
Gain: 3.0
Note to self, don't over-indulge day before weigh-in!!! (I was seeing numbers hovering around 172+ earlier in the week) Back to the basics today! I am hoping this is reflecting more of a water gain and not a real gain.

HW: 182.2
SW: 178.8 (started with beg May 2023)
Month 1, May 2023 - End wt = 176.0: loss 2.8
Month 2, Jun 2023 - current wt 176.6: gain 0.6

Loss May 2023 - current = loss 2.2

Congratulations @frankwbrown! The fact that there were only two people running in your category shows that you are doing more than most people by showing up. Kudos to you for ‘entering the arena!’

Congratulations to you @looneycatblue, too! You also showed up for yourself and your Shape Shifters team. It’s much easier to walk away and give up. I have a favorite samurai quote that I’ve posted here before: Fall down seven times, get up eight.”

We are all here to learn what works to reach our goal and that often includes learning from our missteps. My dad always said that guilt is a wasted emotion; he encouraged us to reflect, learn, make the needed adjustment, and try again.

Thank you for sticking with it so we can all benefit from hearing what you learned and how you adjusted to keep making incremental progress. As my son frequently says: There’s no failure, just winning and learning!

Onward!

Thank you, @PatriceFitnessPal. I'm going to stay in the arena for as long as I can, first place or last! 😂

I like that quote: "Fall down seven times, get up eight.”
It reminds me of a similar one I came across: "If you stumble, make it part of the dance."
Life is a dance, it has its ups and downs, its wins and losses, happy times, sad times. While it's admirable when we see someone who moves with amazing grace, there is also a form of grace to be found in how we recover from failure or difficulties.