Happy New Year, Friends!

PW 148.8
NW 150. To much celebration

I am coughing lots again. The cold air got to me last night. No more walking the dogs in freezing weather for awhile

I will commit to the 5,000 steps daily. Will have to figure out this Apple Watch. I have a FitBit that would work better. But can’t always see my messages at work. And can’t always have my phone with me at work.

Here is a photo of one of my quarantine tanks. The fish is just waking up. Kind of like Where’s Waldo




Shelley

PW: 163.8
CW: 161.8

Happy New Year! Here's to a healthier 2024!

I'm on a downward trend! I made some small shifts recently and that has helped drop some bloat. I'm back to 64 ounces a day and being intentional about high protein meals and less carbs.

In 11 weeks I will be headed to Vancouver (cross country flight) to attend a big conference where I am co-presenting a breakout session. It's a BIG opportunity and I want to feel confident. So I'm using that trip as a marker to be down another 8 lbs.

Happy New Year everyone! It's funny how there is all the hype and then it feels like just another day. We stayed up last night and watched the ball drop with my in-laws. We had pizza and wings for dinner. Even though I definitely overate some, my weekly average is still at a deficit. Plus I went for a nice walk yesterday and today!

@Gidgitgoescrzy that's a great picture! Excellent job starting off the year/month with a nice walk!

@adrimango it's great to see when small changes show big results! Keep up the great work!

I am also excited to see more people joining the step challenge

Happy New Year! I fell asleep but woke up 30 seconds before the ball dropped.

Started the new year with a 15 minute Pilates workout. After not doing it for so long, it was certainly harder than it used to be. But it was a step in the right direction, right?

Caught up with people I love for over two hours in the phone. A lot but needed. Now watching the Mummers Parade a Philadelphia tradition.

I’ve logged all my food but mindlessly ate a piece of sticky bun while on the phone. Drinking some water and then want to, at least, walk around the block outside.

I also took all my measurements and a photo as my starting point. It’s amazing looking back through MFP how many new years I was around this weight. Ugh. Not next year!

@Gidgitgoescrzy Goos for you taking that hike!! Great photo beautiful woman.

You got it @wishfuljune .. I have you down

Off to bed now, back to work tomorrow and I got an urgent call about an issue about 45 minutes ago that sort of rattled me so I know I'm not going into a calm day... hope it doesn't impact my sleep

Hi all!

I'm Kay, 29, living in Boston, working in finance downtown. Struggled with emotional eating, restrict/binge cycles, and generally poor nutrition choices since college, dieted on and off for almost a decade now. Found this group in Aug 2020, took some breaks here and there. Started seeing a new doctor in July who specializes in weight management, and I started a medication that can help treat binge eating disorder, which has really helped me since then. I don't log daily on MFP anymore, only use the app for weigh logs and this group/community!

I'm big on home workouts, and definitely want strength to be a focus this year. For January though, I am doing my usual 30 day yoga journey with Yoga with Adriene over on youtube. She does a new one each year and I love yoga but this tends to be the most consistent that I am with it for the year. Used to also be huge on walking and starting to get back into jogging but I developed tendonitis in my foot in Nov 2021 which has limited me a LOT in movement since. Still working on healing that. I do track protein, and protein only, with a rather lofty daily goal of at least 90g per my new doc - sometimes I get there, sometimes I don't.

I'm a little behind for Jan 1 in terms of setting up my planner, thinking about goals and resolutions - but some big things I want to work on are - 1. finding consistent movement that feels good and keeps my strength up. 2. being more social/putting myself out there - I don't have a ton of close friends in my area (a lot of my best friends live in NY/PA/VA) and if I want to change that, I need to do things and meet people! 3. Resolving my two big health issues - the tendonitis in my foot, and this dumb eczema on my right hand that is truly trying to drive me to madness.

@Gidgitgoescrzy love the hike and the pic!!

Now, I have some leftover comments from our December chat that I didn't get to before now:
@MaddawgMadsen you mentioned box jumps- I actually got a plyo box for Christmas! I don't think I am up to actual jumps, I will mostly use it as a bench, or for step ups/step downs, for now but would love to get to the point of jumps. It is a weird mental block, actually just going for the jump!!

@eggfreak and @micki48 I jotted down a note that just says "Sylvia and Michelle are back, baby!" - so glad to have you with us again! And Sylvia is trying FitOn! My favorite trainers on there are Danielle (beware: Queen of Burpees), Luke (his Australian accent and turns-of-phrase just keep me smiling through the workout), Kenta, Sydney (barre workouts remind me of ballet class as a kid, which I love), and Caroline.


I also had a quiet new year's eve - I drove back to Boston from Long Island in the morning, got home just in time for the 1pm football games. By the end of the night (and year!), the Packers (my team) had won their game and I had won my fantasy football league!!! Very much looking forward to bragging at the office tomorrow. And also looking forward to absolutely passing out in bed right now. Night all!

Weigh in Day: MONDAY
PW: 200.4
CW: 206.7
HAPPY NEW YEAR!. I had a wonderful vacation and I’m ready to get back to it.

Good morning and Happy 1st Monday of the year!

I am Vikki, 52, married and live in Baltimore, MD. I have 3 children none of which live with me. My 2 oldest are in Baltimore also, my youngest is in the Air Force and is stationed in North Dakota.

I have struggled with my weight for quite a while, I have had periods where I was at goal weight for a long time, after I had my youngest, I did weight watchers and lost 35lbs and stayed there for 6 years or so, then life happened and I gained not only that back, but another 20 on top of it.
I feel like I am finally in a stable place again, I love my job, (I am a payroll manager/ treasury) for a lumber company. I love my relationship, I should be completely totally happy, but I am battling some depression, although ever since the holidays ended, I am feeling much more upbeat and motivated, so maybe the drug is working and that down feeling was just the guilt of taking the holidays off. We shall see.

I joined waistaways, sometime in 2019 I believe, and have been on and off since, I had lumbar and cervical fusions in Nov of 21, and although the pain is gone, but my flexibility is gone also, so that is one of my goals is to get that back, it's mostly my hamstrings that are the issue.

I am going on my twice cancelled (thanks Covid) trip to Ireland in May, and it's an active tour, so we will be hiking and horseback riding, and kayaking, etc, for 8 days, so I am really working on building up my stamina also.

I don't do gyms, I am a workout at home kind of person, I like videos, and apps. I have Fiton also, but I don't use it very often, I use an app called Down Dog, they have several apps, Yoga, workout (hiit), Barre and meditation, I like this one because you can customize your workouts with lots of variations. I am currently doing a January challenge there, to do yoga every day for the month. So far so good.

Yesterday, I did a ton of prep for the week, I have lunches made , it's a spinach salad with red peppers, carrots, celery, sunflower seed, hemp seed and flax seed and a nice oil and vinegar dressing. Dinners are also planned and what needs to be thawing is. Lol - I am horrible about taking things out to thaw for dinner.


Have a great day, I am excited to see all of our success in January ! Lets kick some butt team !