@FushiaKat-I'm glad your rib is healing. Congrats on your maintenance of weight loss that's impressive.

Did good yesturday of being under calorie goal. For two weeks I've been over calorie goal and now I'm working on getting back in control.

NAME: Neon_Ninja
Weigh In Day: Wednesday
PW: 173.8 lbs
CW: 173.0 lbs

Hiya, Slims!

We rolled back home finally, after first visiting my mom in Ohio, then my mom-in-law in Iowa. A lot of traveling for the week and it's good to be in my own bed again, lol. Colors have popped here, and I'll try to get some photos up tomorrow. Weigh-in this week was not heinous--I stayed vegetarian, and I think it helped a lot. Man, I have a lot to catch up on!

Hope you all are having a good week.

@laurelfit57 That would be great, thank you! Hopefully I'll be feeling well enough to come back on by the time you mentioned stopping. I've been checking in this group for almost 5 years now my day won't feel right not popping in! It does sound like you had a great day, doing awesome!

@steffibabiie Hm are you having lower back pain too? I had to Google that and see what it said too, maybe once you've rested a bit targeting the core and glutes first so that area is stronger could help. I went through this where every time I went up on weights my upper back would go out and ended up going to PT to figure out how to sneak around it and it helped which was mainly stretching and strengthening. I always loved the idea of just needing an odor eater in my shoes though, I actually forgot about that until you mentioned it as I haven't done it in a long time. I hope you feel better fast, it sucks to be sidelined especially just starting out.

@865jessica Oh no hope the family is feeling better soona nd great job meal planning for the week!

@Cornanda Yes yay you on all that exercise, wtg! Funny about Gus and the spider, it always feels so awesome when you pick a toy for them that they end up loving. Technology can be such a PITA, don't let it stop you though your body is keeping track!

@trooworld I'm excited for you to get the walking pad, have you thought any more about where you'll put it and what your setup will be? Great job pretracking!

@FushiaKat Great news on your rib being healed! Funny I'm doing that thinking too I'm higher than my top of wiggle room and with the holidays coming I'm worried. Aw, I hope your kitty is feeling better. Thank you hugs right back atcha! You're my role model on maintenance!

@micaroo4 I'd love to see your photos! Safe travels.

@Neon_Ninja Sounds like you did great as far as food, I'm looking forward to seeing the photos of yours too!

Hi friends, love seeing all the activity going on here! I finally got my medical release today, the surgery scheduler called and asked me to try one more place which is where my telehealth doctor is and it went through, same company as the other two clinics I wasted time at but it worked and as soon as I got there someone had missed their appointment and I got to see my doctor. I was so mad yesterday when I was turned away (3rd time at that place and I kept being sent there) I was yelling in the waiting room about how ridiculous they are and how they and the call center need to be on the same page and burst into tears when I got in the car. I was planning on staying in bed after my workout this morning once I found out I wasn't seeding but am glad this worked out, I'm super flared up from this last week but am glad I got it done. I have everything lined up just need the blood test tomorrow and cleaning the house then getting a bag ready. I'm planning on some meal prep if I'm up to it then grabbing a few more dinners at Trader Joe's. Kitties will be taken care of by two neighbors as will my yard. My weight's up to 163, my CT scan yesterday showed a kidney stone and some scarring in that kidney so I'm realizing what I thought was pelvic nerve pain is that but have been drinking Diet cranberry juice for a few weeks to prevent bladder infections and it seems to be helping as far as getting them when I'm real flared up. Have a great Thursday!

Early Weigh In
Cornanda
PW: 176.8
CW: 176.8

Anniversary dinner tonight!

@Cornanda- Oh Gus is adorable.
@Katmary71- I'm sorry your going through this stress with the clinic. I so hope you don't get bladder/kidney infection they are horrible.

Two days in a row of staying within my calorie goal, I'm so happy. I had cream sauce last night and it caused horrible stomach pain and nausea. I knew better better but I love creamy parmesan spinach chicken. My gallbladder isn't work right but don't go back to my GI doctor until December so I don't know what he is going to suggest. So till then I have to stay way from fatty foods

Name: crhillis
Weigh In: Thursday
Starting weight (Sept 18, 2023): 157.2
PW: 153.6 (Sept 28)
151.6 (Oct 5)
153.8 (Oct 12)
CW 152.6 (Oct 19)

Just a quick check in tonight.
@Katmary71 I’m glad you got through all of your tests, that is crazy how you have to go to all those places, not knowing whether you’re going to get seen or not. I’m glad you got through everything though!
This week has just been crazy for me, next week will be much calmer, and I will try to be a good cheer leader for the group :-). Vannie and I didn’t get home from Agility until after seven, by the time I got home, I was starving! Luckily, I have stocked my freezer full of soups and chillies so I was able to grab something out of the freezer and defrost it and I had enough points left over for a Fudgsicle:). Tomorrow my grandkids come for a sleepover, so I’m not sure how much energy I will have left at the end of the night tomorrow L0L.

Hey everyone! Thanks for all the kind comments

I had my couple days of high this week and now I’ve had a wake up call that this journey isn’t over. I woke up with a lot of aches this morning. Foot, back… all things I’ve chalked up to obesity. But then I remembered that I’m still obese… even if I lost a nice chunk of weight, I have a long way to go.

Here’s to the wake-up calls that push us to keep going!

Well this week has been trying that’s for sure. I have struggled to stay on track. Struggling to eat healthy and struggling with staying positive. This week sucked. I’m really hoping my weigh in tomorrow doesn’t show it though I doubt it. Today I’m going to try and stay the course and begin again. It seems like I’m always starting over. But I guess that’s the nature of the beast we call addiction cuz let face facts. I love to eat and it loves to test me. I need balance.

Trooworld
Weigh-in day: Fridays
PW: 230.8
CW: 229.8

-1.0 lb

davors19
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 246
CW: 247

@Laurelfit57 Yep they came close to stopping me but the scheduler and I were too stubborn to give up! Oh good I'm glad you had meals prepped and ready to go for when you come home late, great reason not to use the time as an excuse to go through a drive-thru being so prepared. Have an awesome sleepover!

@AmbersWay Just jump in wherever you want, I know the larger amount of unread posts are intimidating but ultimately we all are wondering how you are versus expecting responses so please don't feel bad. If I miss a night I get stressed out too so I get it, sometimes I'll go back a bit and other times I'll just do an update and come back the next night. Hard to say on the stomach issues, your body could still be adapting to being off the meds or something physical. If it keeps up definitely get it checked out. I'm glad your appetite is back!

@megnolia82 Oh no I'm sorry to hear about all the aches this morning, I think one way or another this “journey” never stops fpr us if we're trying to be our best selves.

@tammymccrady6278 I'm sorry you had a lousy week, I know that especially is when those of us with weight issues want to eat the most. It's not really starting over you just wobbled a bit on the balance beam and it's time to take a deep breath and keep going.

@Cornanda Most of the problem has been my primary doctor's clinic, the surgeon's surgery coordinator yelled at the primary office and it helped a lot, I'm glad to know it's going to make a difference in the call center to know no one else will deal with that crap now. The office had told me the surgeon isn't quick to jump to surgery but he suggested it a couple minutes after looking at my records and talking but I honestly don't see an option but that. Thank you!

@trooworld Oh that's awesome I didn't realize it was one like that! It's funny how until joining here there's so many things I didn't know of to stay in shape like these awesome walks, YouTube videos with everything under the sun, fitness tracker stuff, etc. That's one of the pluses of our group and MFP in general is there's so much collective knowledge. Congratulations on finishing the walk, you really crushed it! I didn't know you could do team walks, that sounds fun. Have a great time with your bestie!

Hi team! Did a prescription run and went to the hospital for the shower kit and have been cleaning since getting home. A friend of mine on here and I try recipes together and we made Creamy Four Cheese Spinach Butternut Squash, I had it for lunch and it was super rich but tasty: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/27725353936458491/ I'm going out for ice cream in a bit with two friends. Have a wonderful Saturday!

Good morning team!
Rich got more DNA results last night, and as before, the new results brought more questions than answers. It seems there are MORE siblings of his birth mother out there...siblings who were given up for adoption. We think we may have found 2 more and we are trying to contact them through Ancestry. The problem with Ancestry is that we have to wait for them to log into the program and see their messages. Rich is going to give it about a week, and then he's going to actively try to search for them. But right now, all we have are names. We don't know their middle names or initials, we don't know their ages, and we don't know where in the world they are presently living. Finding them on our own would be impossible (one is named Smith and the other is Johnson). Anyway, we got the DNA information around 6:00pm last evening and it threw us into pandemonium and wrecked our sleep.
I was supposed to travel back to Bangor on Thursday through Sunday of the coming week, but I made the decision to decline to take the trip. My cat sitter and my alternate cat sitter are both unavailable, and I don't really have time to vet a new person. I didn't really want to go anyway, so declining was absolutely the right decision, but I have a difficult time saying no to people. Declining this trip was a big deal for me.
-Mica

Username: gemwolf110
Weigh in day: Sat
Previous Week's weight: 210.4
Today’s Weight: 210.6

Weigh in day- Saturday
PW- 255
CW- 248.4

Meal prepping helped me so much this week. I did so go controlling my snacking and focus heavy on increasing protein and easing back the carbs. Didn't get in any exercise this week but going get back into walking for this coming week. I'm going to a medieval faire today with my boys and I'm looking forward to it. I'm go to dress up in an outfit that I got for the faire so excited for that too. Before I didn't bother dressing up for Halloween or festivals because I felt self-conscious about the way I looked. But I've gained some confidence these last few months.

Hope you all have an excellent week.