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@nadiamayl, so sorry to hear about your skin and hair! How terrible to be going through that, along with everything else piled on your plate. I hope you get some relief soon (from everything!). @kerryatoon YEA! GREAT news! So relieved for you. My eating is ok. Soda is so-so. Exercise? What's that?! ugh. I gotta do it; I…

@kerryatoon, I hope you are feeling better after the surgery. Keep us updated on the results. I had an interesting Dr visit today. I went to my psych clinic for a med check with a new guy. At my last visit they suggested I have a sleep study. This guy really stressed that it would be a good idea to have it done. He said…

@kerryatoon I hope your surgery went fine and that you're doing great. Let us know how it went. Thanks so much for the tips. I'm going to try to implement those things in my days. @nadiamayl lol I got caught up on "boogie" squashing and couldn't figure out what the heck that was, until I read the next sentence about…

@nadiamayl, lady you sure do have a full, overflowing plate! I don't know how you keep up. I know it must be disappointing that you've decided to pass if accepted, but I'm sure you'll find a way down the road. My kids get out of school on 5/23, so just a few more days to go. Then I'll be able to skip my school year morning…

I'm here lurking. Have been a bit on the depressed side of the bipolar spectrum this past week, so I've been quiet. Hoping it will lift soon. I'll be here this week coming up.

Hi @Kerryatoon. Glad to see you here. Good job on logging and cal goals. I haven't logged in I don't know how long. I just can't get back into the groove of that. Swimming would be good to start for the summer. I was thinking about getting a gym membership again where they have a pool. it's only $10/mo, but they don't…

@nadiamayl I think everyone else is gone. :(

@nadiamayl that's wonderful, amazing news! Congrats to you!

I've missed this group. Glad to see you @NadiaMayl. what was in your smoothy? I haven't been doing very well, but I at least stopped gaining for the past week or so. I need to get back to my losing ways. I went to the dr for a physical and he's running my routine labs and checking my A1c. I know it's gone up since the last…

My diligence with not drinking soda and watching the calories is paying off. I lost 3 lbs this week.

Wellllll, I blew my day. The plan I made this morning didn't happen for lunch or dinner. Lunch ended up being 2 granola bars and 9 crackers which clocked in a 368 calories. oy. After dinner I had chocolate chip cookie dough. :( Dinner was good though. I made meatloaf in my Instant Pot and it was very tasty. Home made yukon…

@nadiamayl, what is a picadillo? I could Google it, but I much prefer conversation. :) Sorry to hear you're having a hard time with your allergy shots. I hope a specialist can help you better. I'm doing really well with my diet! I'm pretty excited about sticking to my eating plan despite my circumstances. If I stick to…

@nadiamayl did you make it to spin? What did you decide to do about the cookies? How did your shot go today? I'm having a 2nd fantastic day. Finishing the day a little under cal, doing great on carbs. A little low on fiber and protein, but I'm ok with that. My main focus is cal and carbs. Over on fat today because my…

@kerryatoon did you do your weights? I had a successful day. Met all my macros except fat by a couple. NO SODA!!! woot woot! It was pretty hard to do. Not just the soda, but eating within the goals as well. I'm not used to this at all! I hope I can keep up the momentum and carry this forward each day. Heck, just each…

@kerryatoon, consistent is a good thing. If you're hitting your cal, macro and water goals AND you're down a lb, then you're doing great!

I bought a new toy a couple weeks ago...An Instant Pot electric pressure cooker. Oh My Lord it's so awesome. Last night I made ham and 15 bean soup, you know the package of mixed dried beans that you have to soak overnight before cooking for hours and hours? Well, I made a huge pot of ham and bean soup in just a little…

Good job!!!

@heatherc369 that's so terrible! I guess the only thing you can do is work with him and like @nadiamayl said teach him and guide him as much as you can. Does your dh have a good relationship with baby mama? Maybe there's something the dr can put him on that won't cause so much weight gain. It's got to be especially hard…

I'm also having a hard time getting back around to logging. I know I'm not doing very well without it as I've gained since I last checked a week or so ago. @nadiamayl, yes, it was emotional. It's always hard to leave when I see him. Thanksgiving this year can't come soon enough when he gets out! Unfortunately, heroin took…

@heatherc369 I'm with you on that....I've gained back this week what I lost last week. My older daughter and I had a 14 hour day driving and seeing my son in prison yesterday. We had fast food twice on the drive and also shared 3 bottles of soda while there. *heavy sigh* Good for you though for having determination to do…

I made really good crispy chicken strips tonight, baked...no frying. Cut chicken strips (2 lbs). 1c flour in a large ziploc bag. Add chicken and shake to coat. 1 bowl, 3 eggs with 2 Tbsp water beaten together. another bowl, 2 c plain panko. Dip flour-coated chicken into eggs then dredge in panko to coat. Place on parchment…

@maureli sounds like you had a good weekend. You did great with only one splurge! I'm still doing ok. As I said, I made some rice pudding in my new pressure cooker, and it turned out good. Had some of that. Also made a beef roast with potatoes and carrots, which was delicious. Just had a little leftovers of that for my…

It seems I've done much better this week. I haven't been logging, but I have been very mindful of what and how much I'm eating. I guess I did all right because since Monday I've lost 1.4 lbs! That makes me feel a whole lot better. I've still got 6 lbs to go before I lose all my holiday, winter fat. I'll get there. I'm…

@heatherc369 Breaking your ankle was devastating for your program, that's for sure. You have thrived in your exercising, and you can get there again. Just start just like you did before. Just try to remember what the key was that made you so successful before you broke your ankle. I know you can do this! You and @nadiamayl…

@maureli It seems like you've got a great plan for the week and good for you for the restraint over the weekend. @heatherc369 I have a really hard time on weekends too. Wish I could figure out what makes the weekend decision making so much different than M-F! Maybe on Friday we should really make a conscious effort to plan…

Today was better in some ways. Had some soda, but the rest of the day was really good. Just had my lowest glucose reading in a long time. Very few carbs at dinner...Cabbage & Kielbasa with a white sauce. It was freaking delicious. Wish there was leftovers! My weight was down a little today too. How is everyone's weekend…

Well I had to change my dinner plans. I had a little bit of last night's dinner, a couple eggs, a little cheese and 1 piece of toast. I thought I'd be fine. Went to log it and was horrified to see that this dinner took me 300 calories over!!!! omg. I thought I did good. Mostly protein, a little carb. Fiber, carbs, and…

@heatherc369 you'll get there. Patience with yourself. Like you said, it took a while to get it right before. It'll just take a step at a time to get there. With your ankle still hurting, it's got to be tough to get back into exercise. I have my day planned out. There is no wiggle room. As it is, I will be about 50…

maybe you ate too much salt or something in the last day or two. or water retention. You've been doing good on your eating, right? But you said you haven't been drinking your water goal, so maybe you just need to up your water. (?)

@nadiamayl so nice to have you back! you've been beyond busy, on top of being sick. Yuck!!! And poor hubs. :( That really sucks traveling and working when you're sick. @maureli great going on just the rice cakes for snacking on last night! Yesterday started out so good for me. I kept on track so well--until I went to my…