@DoahtheTreeFrog happy to see another joining us on here. My overall goal is to be 135lbs.

November goals:
Lose 5lbs/weigh 155lbs (CW 160lbs)
64oz water per day
Run 20miles
Exercise 500minutes
Improve posture

@CeeBeeSlim tryin to meet my goals this month too! Im definitely missing some discipline with snacking, drinking water, cooking for myself, and getting out and exercising.

5’4” 47 y/o

11/03: 137
11/05: 136.2

I tried to post on Friday, but the app updated in the middle of posting so I gave up.

I got all my days of exercise in last week, though it wasn’t how I wanted. I’m having to baby my knees right now, so running was less. I drank extra water this week and it really made a difference with appetite control.

I did have a bit of extra chocolate around Halloween, but didn’t crave it and I think the extra water had a lot to do with that. Also, my husband insisted on getting full sized candy bars this year and that actually helped. The calories are listed clearly and I don’t feel like adding those big chunks of calories to my diary. It’s easier to pretend that a handful of small chocolates don’t add up to that same amount

Overall, my diet last week was decent and I’m starting to see some payoff. I had to dress up on Friday and my dress fit well and didn’t look lumpy. I have a formal event coming up at the end of this month and I really hope I can fit into one of my dresses. I don’t have the energy to shop for a new one right now. I need to keep reminding myself of this and stay focused!

You go, @Cora0477! What a great feeling isn’t it! Keep up the great work!

Hoping to shed some recent crap eating weight. Down 1.4 pounds since yesterday. Had no processed foods and lots of water yesterday. Repeating it today! 🤞🤞🤞

52 years old. 5'6, current weight 157. Goal weight 145. I have trouble staying off junk food and sweets when I am around it at church or social gatherings. I don't typically eat these things at home but am around it often. I have a difficult time telling myself no.

@Kitri2020 Oh my! Sorry to hear all this. Of course, you’re not a failure!! Glad to hear baby girl is feeling better. Just focus on small goals for now!

I’m doing well - once I stopped the crap eating - no surprise. Down a lil over 4 pounds since last Sunday but that’s the water weight I’m sure from less processed foods. Needed this boost to keep it up til Thanksgiving!!!

Hello, just joined this group.

Started MFP in 2012, reached my goal and have hovered around it since then. I'm finding though, that my waist line has grown and I'm down right uncomfortable with it. I looked at some "recomp" posts on the message boards and I'm going to see if I can't lose the fat and gain more muscle. It takes a long time they say. But... I've got to do something, doing nothing just hasn't gotten me where I want to be.

November goal - Making better food choices... doing at least thirty minutes of lifting, 3 times a week. On days I lift, I will do less cardio.

Wishing everyone here the best of luck with their goals!

Sorry to hear about your illness @Kitri2020! Glad to hear though you’re feeling better.

I was on a roll with weight loss then little brothers thought I was getting too small, did what lil brothers do - bought in my kryptonite - and I was able to just look at it for three days. Then. I. Succumbed. My fault. My fault. Up a pound but now I’m back!

Can’t believe I gave in. Little brothers - can’t live with them, can’t kill’em. 😡

Hello ladies, I'm back from the big US trip. It was AWESOME !!!

But of course I've gained some kilo's while there, just to much good food. The only thing we couldn't eat was bread. I was so looking forward to eat a real American sub, and it was such a letdown because of the bread. We found a decent loaf in San Francisco, and the day before leaving home, we took refuge in a Belgian bakery, haha Other than that, we had some great food and I was happy to finally try some local dishes (a bit too much obviously ...). I had my first pecan pie, pumpkin pie, real Mexican food, jelly beans and pop tarts.
The funny thing is that food and drinks that we also have here tasted very differently. Somehow, cinnamon is different? How can that be?
I've tried a Guinness beer which tasted differently, and hubby tried a Belgian beer and had the same experience. Brussels sprouts: completely different ! They taste more like another specific cabbage that we also grow.
So all in all, it was a very interesting culinary experience !
But I'll have to join again in December, as there is some work to do on the weight side of things, unfortunately.

Have a nice day ladies!

Where have I been... just around... I worked a few months on my mindset, trying to get off the rollercoaster of beating myself up. I purchased a mindset/food freedom coach for a few months and finallly found some prgress. The progress has helped me relax and eat things I enjoy, not because I should or its health halo. But really to tune into my body and question, when I eat 50,000 Oreo's how do I feel? is it worth it? Does it make me feel focused and give me fuel and energy? <- this whole

The realization that when I eat sugar - regardless of the amount really, I feel like a drug addict, or alchololic (I don't do either, never have but, I presume this would be close in the feeling). I start to hyper focus on getting another hit. and it just takes a LITTLE bit. OMG.... and the swings in my mood go up and down and up and down. My energy tanks out. I take naps. I get edgy.

I'm still working thru the deload from sugar. I did SOOO good the 2 weeks before thanksgiving. Thanksgiving I had about 4 days where I was back at it. I'm working on a streak again, right now.

Yesterday went well ... I've made progress at work.
When I joined you in ? April ? I was really hitting coffee, hot cocoa and sugar (like cups of sugar, not candy). And I am HAPPY to report that I don't do that anymore! I've not touched a CUP of sugar in forever, and I"m off the hot cocoa train (it lead to the sugar....).

I've been weighing myself monthly and Have not gained weight. I am pretty much exactly where I was in April. That's a positive thing, right?!?!? Not gaining is progess too.

I do some soundbowl meditations. A little yoga. and try to practice self care.

I have been buying new clothes to update my wardrobe - I feel so beautiful.

I didn't track my food for a LONG time...and I didn't gain weight. Granted, My goal has been to get 4-5# down....but I managed to NOT gain weight and NOT Tracking everything was part of a good mindset recovery for me.

I started lifting heavier weights and trying to gain more muscle mass (I guess?) Just overall trying to challenge my body lifting heavier weights. I've recently re-added in some HIIT cardio and CORE work.

I think I'm over my dads death from the end of February. I had a few dreams about him and the last one he was in a *new* body and ? in heaven? heavenly. Its hard to explain the dream... I was in a house, standing. It was me, I think someone else like my brother and then my dad and he was like youthful, in a perfect body. I remember that I really wanted to hug him but that wasn't possible ... I don't know if its because it was ghostly or something else. I don't remember talking much but I think we expressed love. as in I love you. My mom found this whole dream to be just what she needed to move on. She hasn't had dreams about him, but has really enjoyed my dreams. Anyway - for a long time I was eating crap I think as a way to cope with this and I feel I've moved on.

So I also found a facebook group (that I pay for) which has women in it that are lifting heavy and working on their Macros/calories and they all seem to be 40-70yrs old - which helps because they are LIKE me.... at 52yrs. and they have been working out for a while, and IDK...I just enjoy having a place in facebook land to see real women and not instagram models.

This post is Way to long.
I need to sign off. I will post my goals in the Dec. Group when I get a chance.

@Kitri2020 - getting out of the loop of "setting goals and not changing my actions" can be SO hard. I was / am stuck in that loop for about a year or more. Want it SO bad but, not feeling like it

After listening to a couple new pod casts the last 2 days I found a new found drive. I realized that #1 - I have been stuck in a loop. Repeating the same things over and over. Setting a goal, then not working towards it.

I do not want to be stuck in this loop for December.
How do I want to feel January 1st? Do I want to feel this sense of defeat because I keep myself in this loop? It was a new realization for me that I WANT OUT of the loop and
I have the power to break out of it.

I'm tired of going to sleep at night and beating myself up because of my daily food choices. I want to go to sleep feeling happy, joyful and proud of myself. SO, the crap stops here. I feel like I've found my WHY - after all these years.