Pupowl wrote: »

@looneycatblue @DaffyGirl88
I made an empty version if you want to use it as well. It is pretty easy to adjust and change the colors and stuff. I really like checking things off and it is handy because you can see patterns. You just need to go to File -> Make a copy and then you can edit your own.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ApSb3Q-Ihmm65WaBrssWNGLZPxVW06LeJ0wbvJnqtrA/edit?usp=sharing

Aww @Pupowl that's very sweet of you! Thanks! 🥰

Hint, HINT...Next week's group challenge will be a partner walking challenge and I'll have the room opened soon so you can start to post your partnerships, your team names and share your challenges for each other! Let's make this a fun one!!!

Hey Y'all! The August Week 3 Group Challenge is our famous Partner-Up Walking Challenge, so please find your partner and join us this week for a great time of exercise, laughter and fun!!! This time there's an added bonus as a surprise! Here's your link:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10922057/august-week-3-group-challenge-partner-walk-in-august-challenge/p1?new=1

Pop in, read the rules, find your partner, create your team name and let's get moving! See you in the chat thread!
Jessica

LaurieWrobo wrote: »

tatilove1988 wrote: »

Good afternoon shape shifters!

Here's my saturday weigh in

190.6 lbs

I don't know what's going on. I lowered my calories from over 1750 to 1550 in the past couple weeks, and log my food consistently and always meet my caloric goals.

I go to the gym, lift weights, increased protein intake, eat whole foods, and walk a few times a week. Then I get on the scale and I'm like 3 lbs heavier, and I don't know why. I thought it was just bloat, but like, it has been too long.

I'm not pregnant, I just got off my period 2 days ago.

You could be retaining water from lifting - do you mix in other things besides lifting during the week besides walking? And make sure to be drinking enough water to push out the fluid build up

Hi thank you for your response. I thought about that so didn't lift all week. In fact this week the only exercise I did was walking. I put my focus on healthy eating. It has gone down some, but not by much.

Next step is seeing my doctor, because I did have thyroid problems when I was pregnant in 2022, I have to check and make sure that's not what ls causing my issues.

I'll also work on lowering dairy consumption except for fermented dairy (yogurt), because I've been having a lot of milk in my hot cereals every day.

Missing 6 weigh-ins for the week (incl today)! Report in ASAP please! Remember you're removed after 2 weeks in a row with no reporting. Thanks!

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Jessica

@Pupowl Thank you for sharing the worksheet! This is so helpful!

Hello Shape Shifters. Yesterday was a very busy day. I started with an hour long walk which was nice. I have been doing a lot of home workouts and not much nature walks because of the heat. I still find it too warm and humid, but it is doable now at least. I ran some laundry when I got home and did the dishes. I got my ikea stuff delivered around 12:30. The chair came in 4 pieces which seemed pretty easy to put together. After sweating and struggling for 30+ minutes, I took a break because I was mad, lol. The openings for the screws weren't lining up properly and I just couldn't get the bolts in. I tried again 2 hours later and this time I got it done, woohoo. I love the yellow and the chair is super comfortable. I initially planned to do the bookcase with my dad, but I just went for it on my own. It was pretty straight forward and went pretty smoothly, though it was still exhausting. I left it on the ground because picking it up with 2 people seemed much safer. Tinus is one of those rare cats who doesn't like boxes which is shame. The box that had the chair was huge, but he was totally uninterested. I was very tired after all of that and I ended up sleeping for almost 10 hours. My body was sore this morning, I got up late and my dad would be here at 10:00. I still decided to go for a walk first. It took a little longer than I expected and I was home again at 9:45. My dad showed up while I was getting dressed, so he had to wait a few minutes. In my defense, it was 9:59 when I opened the door, so I was not late!!!
The first thing we did was get the bookcase up. Then we made sure to anchor it to the wall. We hung up the turtle light, which is probably the only thing I am not really happy with. There wasn't a good spot for it and the cable is super long so I don't think it looks great. We tried stuffing the cable under the light, but then when you turned on the light, you could see it under his shell like some weird intestines so that looked even worse. Yesterday after putting the furniture together, I just threw out all the boxes in the backyard. I didn't have the energy to rip them so we also did that. In one of the boxes I found a cute moth so I made sure to relocate it.
We then put up a couple of shelves for art frames and we removed the smaller bookcase I had. I think the living room looks pretty open even with the bookcase as a divider. It didn't take up as much space as I was expecting. Most of my books are upstairs in the guest bedroom, so now I can start to move my favourites downstairs. But probably not today because I am still exhausted.
Have a good day everyone

Daily step goal: 10,000
Fri 8/16: 11,790
Sat 8/17: 10,129

@CasandraW Thank you and for your previous message as well!
@frankwbrown Yeah, that is really fun! I didn't even plan for that. It was the only yellow I had.

8/16-7,671
8/17-14,666

Steps
8/14 6 110
8/15 7,015
8/16 3,890
8/17 6,477

Steps:
8/16 11,114
8/17 13,655

75 Soft, Day 8 / 9 Sticking with the plan!

Sunday steps
12,431