@lavalily , I am officially a Tenacious GR8TER, as of today. ceriusly helped me out, and ty for your invitation! 😊

@Tabatha_Cain , I absolutely LOVE your positive outlook. I love the way you state that today is going to be a good day 🤩. I noticed it on the BLC when I browsed amongst the Teams. (I am in the newbie/late joiners team - White Rabbits 🐇.)

Cormierannie, same ... I love your positive outlook! It's raining here today (🌧️☔ lol has been for almost 2 wks straight!), but your post was a burst of 🌞👏

Good Morning Airport friends:

I hope you are all having a good morning. Today is going to be a great day. I work at both jobs today and tomorrow. It is my last 2 days at my second job since the wedding is paid for and I don't need to work both the jobs. It is a little sad that I am leaving but I am ready. Only 10 days until my wedding. I am super excited.

@mkksemail - Thank you. I always feel today has the potential to be a great day. I try to always have a good outlook. Sometimes that fails me but I try not to let it. I use to do a lot of gratitude journaling. I need to get back to it. I miss doing it.
@LindieMaeP - Training went well. I was able to catch up. We are going hard all this week with training from 10 am to 5 pm. So I am no help to customers at work. This is going all week long. I have never heard of the Tetley Cold Infusion. What is that? I just got nauseous feeling that whole day so it was hard for me to eat. Just some stress from the wedding planning. I am good now though. I love those purple and green leaves. They are so cool.

Well It is time to get some breakfast. I hope you all have a great day.

Tabatha

Hi everyone! I just joined yesterday and am already loving the camaraderie. I'm not sure which team I'll be on yet, but I definitely have a challenge ahead of me. I am terrible at making time to care for myself, so this will be an interesting 8 weeks for me! I'm a stay at home mom to a very busy three year old, and I work online here and there throughout the day. We have 12 chickens, 2 rabbits, 2 adult dogs, 1 puppy, and 1 kitten that I care for throughout the day as well. I barely have time for housework (and often don't!) let alone exercise, but I am going to find a way. I deserve it. I haven't been at a healthy weight since I was a teenager and no matter how hard I've tried, I always end up failing every attempt to get healthier. I'm here now because we want another baby (in this zoo?!) and with PCOS, losing 5% of my body weight can make a huge difference for me. Currently I feel very motivated and have been spending my free time thinking about the challenge and making plans. Losing weight is more of a secondary goal for me because my main goal here is to learn to make myself a priority, too. I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all and going through this challenge together!

Good morning everyone and welcome new memebers, @mkksemail and @kristenchapman525 !! You'll find as each week goes on it will get easier first time round is always a learning experience and then more learning with each new challege or in-between-challenges which is happening at this time. My name is Lindie and I have done several of the challenges but not as experienced as @Tabatha_Cain is with them. One thing that helps me is "progress not perfection" so I keep that in mind and do what I can. I hope this helps you as well. Do let us know what challenges you may be having during the actual challenge so we can give suggestions that might help. I know I have learnt a lot on these challenges - and I have learnt a lot about myself too!
@Tabatha_Cain wont' be long now the days will fly by and I bet that manager at the second job will miss you - I also hope your training continues to go well too.
It's WINDSDAY - lol have a good one, half way to the weekend, slide on down !!

@LindieMaeP ... So many lovely colored plants.

@Tabatha_Cain .. Only 10 more days. How exciting!

@kristenchapman525 ... Good to see you here. I think Rain Dancers still has openings if you are interested.

@Kurtize .. Love that quote. It's so true.

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@kristenchapman525 - Welcome. I also suffer from PCOS. Don't want anymore kids though mine are grown. I do understand the struggle though when trying to have children with PCOS.

Hi Tabatha! Thank you for the welcome. PCOS has made it so easy for me to gain weight and so difficult for me to lose weight. In the past, slow progress always felt like no progress and led to me giving up completely. I'm determined to stick with it this time, regardless of progress. My doctor has put me on metformin to help soak up some of that insulin. I'm hoping that between that and sticking to this challenge, I'll see some real progress, however small. It's only been a couple of days since I've joined, but I've already been trying to stick to some of the goals I set. I am at a high risk for diabetes, especially if I get pregnant again. I had gestational diabetes with my first and I'm concerned if I don't make changes, another pregnancy would leave me with type 2. I really think that this time will be different.

Congratulations on the wedding! I'm sure it will be a beautiful event!

Good Day, Challengers! It's been a while since I checked in here. Life is very busy with multiple appointments for both Mom and me. Also, our Summer has many birthdays and several graduations this year so there are too many parties to mention. Anyway, I have some time this morning so I wanted to check in and welcome the new members chatting away here.

I've been trying to send friend requests to new members as I add them to the Overall Community Manifest but it takes a lot of time to do that and I'm sure I miss people. I often need to contact members for different reasons and since MFP only allows email from friend to friend I need to add everyone. If I have somehow missed sending anyone a request, please send me a request instead. Thanks!

My new niece has PCOS so that discussion interests me. She and her husband have been married 7 years and they are so discouraged. She has lost an ovary so I guess that makes it even harder. I just realized the new niece sounds like she's an infant. That's a long story you can read about in my last blog
if you are interested. My prayers are with you who have this malady as well as for my niece.

@LindieMaeP your pictures are always a welcome addition to my day.

@Tabatha_Cain Thank you for taking the time to come here and greet everyone each and every day!

@macrat12 Sarah, you are faithful to follow your program and your persistence pays off for you and is an inspiration for me to be more persistent in reaching my goals.

Have a wonderful day and upcoming weekend! If you haven't chosen a team yet, please do it today!

Hi all, happy Thursday. Hot , 92, mostly sunny but very humid. We went grocery shopping this morning early. It was already in the 80's. Nothing to new here. Hope you all have a great day. @Tabatha_Cain, I forgot the date of the wedding?
Hugs and blessings

Good Morning Airport Friends:

I hope you are all well this morning. Today is Friday. I am so needing this break. I feel so happy. I have today and 2 more work days and then I am done. I cannot wait for my wedding and then my mini honeymoon. It is so nice. I am not sure what we will be doing for the honeymoon. I am sure we will figure something out.

@kristenchapman525 - I currently take 2,000mg of the metformin for my PCOS. It does help with weight loss as long as you stick to a plan. Another thing I found helpful is to not eat after 7 pm and eat nothing until 6:30 or 7 am the next morning. You can drink water during that time. Setting that rule really helped me lose weight in the beginning. I am sure with your determination you will get there.
@Ceriusly1 - It can be a rough thing to handle while trying to have a family. Thankfully I am no longer trying to have a family as my children are adults. I pray for your niece and that she gets some relief from the PCOS. I love coming here and talking to everyone. I find everyone here gives really good advice and I can bounce idea off them.
@LindieMaeP - I am getting so excited. I have today and 2 more work days and I am done until after my wedding and mini honeymoon. Even though you cannot take credit for nature you still take amazing photos.
@Kurtize - I am getting married June 24th. I have 8 days left. Getting so close.

Well It it time to get breakfast. I hope you all have a great day.

Tabatha

It’s 69 feels like 69 with a high of 86 today. Insight Timer Quote: Shared joy is double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.—Swedish Proverb I AM: I embrace the gloriousness within me. Axe Sharpening: Victim or Victor? Your choice.—Stephanie Lawler 1st Phorm Elite Trainer Action for Happiness: Speak to others in a warm and friendly way. Fitness Quote: The real workout starts when you want to stop. Be more Do more—courtesy of fitness quotes app Motivational quote: Your journey will be hard, but the goal will be worth it, just like the calm before the storm.—unknown Motiverse: No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.—Aesop Closed all ❤ on my Samsung Active 4 and had 14,889 steps yesterday. Training plan: Day 108/305 mile a day, WHD Glutes & Shoulders + Core and Core Challenge: Core after dinner.