jugar wrote: »

Great to hear from you @sugagirl5 ! You'll find that there are a whole bunch of Canadians on this team - I'm in Québec, @ashleycarole86 and her hubby @bowens1973 are in Alberta (as is @cleaneater80 ), and @carolannm2 is in Saskatchewan. We have four from the UK, and one in Brazil! All the rest are all over the map in the US. There are a couple of people who have not said where they live, so we can dream them into anywhere.

As to PW? That's just "previous weight" - and it is no biggie if you don't remember your weight from the previous week or don't care to put it in there. It is a good one to post especially when you have had a successful week so everyone can give you the big cheer for losing that week. But no one loses absolutely every week, so no worries about posting gains. They happen

You're right that long winters, short daylight, and all the joys of this season are especially challenging, and that exercise is the best tool to fight that. Sometimes getting in a workout, a walk outdoors, some snowshoeing or whatever is your burn of choice is hard. We don't wanna. We get lost in the meh. But the exercise is the thing that gets rid of the lethargy and apathy - so you've got it right. Go do it anyhow. Beats ubereats for sure!

Yay that’s awesome there’s so many other Canadians in here, and you’re right next door lol. Hopefully I’ll be able to get to know y’all more and where you’re at literally and figuratively.

Ohhh ok PW = previous weight, that’s pretty useful to be able to see people’s most recent progress!

Lol at “Getting lost in the meh” thats a great way of describing it. I always feel better after a workout, it’s almost like a high and self pride like I did that! And also means I get to eat more calories when logging my food for the day on here 🤤

Good morning Waistaways 🥰

I'm so sorry for late weigh in again 😔

It is a gain again. I just can't seem to pull myself out of the destruction zone 😢

CW 232.2 lbs

*sigh* 🤷😕🫣

Good morning team !

@jugar you are absolutely correct that is only causes a temp rise, cause wouldn't you know it, I am back to my prev weight already... I thought about being a day late yesterday, but I was like nope, that's not the right thing to do, I have to face my consequences, but it is going to give me a larger loss next week, that isn't 100% true, so if you want to change it to 163.8 which would be more accurate, I am fine with that.

I walked on the treadmill last night, and I was so mad afterwards, ya see, we started a new health plan, and for everyday with 10k steps or 30 minutes of activity, they pay you .50 cents, sure it's not a lot, but it adds up, and I am a sucker for a cash prize, anyway, my fitbit only clocked me doing 29 minutes ! I was 1 minute short, yet the treadmill says I was on it for 32 minutes ! ARGH... lol

PW: 170.4
CW: 171.6

For the week I've had, I'll take it. I feel bad letting the team down with the red, but I took care of myself and my friends/family. Now that the funeral is over, I will get back on track. Especially since the doctor cleared me today to start working out again (slowly building the weight), and said I should bowl on Monday.

I will hop on later with a question for everyone. Until then, have a great Thursday!

hello hello. Absolutely exhausted from traveling yesterday to NYC for our company holiday party. The party was really fun!! I probably had 1-2 more drinks than I should have but wasn't in terrible shape this morning. xD I wore heeled booties and we were standing around chatting and eating for probably 5 hours straight so my feet nearly disintegrated. I will head home Saturday morning. I really need to make sleep a bigger focus for me. Getting to bed earlier, slowing down in the evening, 8 hours, the whole shebang.

@jugar your cleaning day sounds like a workout for sure, I would also have been raging after those boot prints made their way onto my clean floor.

@ashleycarole86 I haven't watched VP but I do know what you mean about sightings haha how fun! glad you guys had a good time. hope today was a much easier travel day than you had a few weeks ago!!!

since I'm not home, I definitely won't be making the best food choices this week but I am still doing my best to track protein. I'm totally behind on the last week of workouts for my challenge, but I can always pick those up when I get home.

Non-scale victory - I took a pretty small plane from Boston to NYC and with the size of my hips & body this year, sitting in plane seats has been a source of much anxiety for me. When I got on the plane yesterday, I immediately tried to raise my armrest (aisle) before sitting down, and they were the kind that don't come up (hate that). But, when I plopped down I realized that I didn't need to raise it. I fit in the seat much more comfortably than I have been since flights in April and July which felt really nice. (Note, this was JetBlue who I think often have the widest seats in economy, so that may have afforded me 1-2 extra inches... but I still felt better!)

Username ashleycarole86
Thursday weigh-in

PW 225
CW 226

I'm home! The trip was outstanding and our travel home day was good... very short sleep though before work this morning so it'll be a long day. TGIF!

Time to do a proper intro now that I'm back home. My name is Ashley, I'm 37 years old, and I'm married to my favorite guy and fellow teammate @bowens1973 . We live just outside Calgary, Alberta with our dog and two cats. My mother also lives in our basement with her dog.

I started at 293 and got down to my goal weight in 2022 and then the weight has started to creep back on since then. It's no mystery as to why as my exercise has dropped off and my eating had gone up. I had a job change in Sept of 2022 and it has been hard on me mentally and I've been using bad habits to cope. I started seeing a therapist this summer which is helpful but the work I have to do on ingrained thinking patterns is not a quick fix.

I've felt overwhelmed and everything feels like too much. So, I've just been whooping it up, and it shows on the scale. I started December with an iconic vacation in Disney where food was a high point but I also took a ton of daily steps. My focus between now and my next big vacation at the end of February is to increase my cardio again and to track my food more days than not.

I am your team step counter and I'm behind due to holidays but reported steps will be tallied up this weekend so thanks again for your patience!