MandiSaysHey Member

Hi, I'm Mandi, 34, and I work in retail as a merchandising manager. I am single and have an 11 yo son. We live outside of Chicago. I have struggled with weight my entire life, but especially since becoming a mom. When I was a young mom working a crazy schedule to support us, and with limited cooking skills, it became so…

Steps for Saturday 18,080 I did eat back some of my exercise calories today, but I think I earned it. Lol

Steps Friday 12,334

Thursday steps 3,599 I have decided not to log today. I am having a small potluck dinner with a few friends tonight and I dont want to be distracted trying to figure out calorie amounts for foods I didnt cook when I should be focused on my friends. I had a super low cal lunch and will get my steps in before the potluck so…

@jugar glad you will have some relief soon. 10 months is a long time to put up with discomfort. @conleywoods glad you were able to take advantage stage of being offered the vaccine. I hope your little one gets some better sleep this week.

Steps Wednesday 11,562

Steps Tuesday 11,773 plus 30 minutes shovelling snow... do we get a step equivalent for shoveling? Lol I did mostly good today, but I did eat back some of my exercise calories which I am trying not to do this month. Not enough to concern me though.

Steps and exercise for Monday: 1,724 steps, 20 minutes of low impact aerobics this morning and then 35 minutes of kickboxing this evening.

So far, I have just used a pedometer on my phone to measure steps. But now that I am starting to work out more instead of just walking I would like to maybe invest in a fitness/activity tracker that also measures heart rate as well as steps. Anyone have one they like and can recommend?

I am off work today and I feel like all I have done is wait to eat lol. I have thought about food non stop almost all day, but thus far have controlled myself and am on track to stay under my calorie budget today still. I have been leading a womens small group through my church on Mondays but we are expecting a big snow…

Pw: 220 Cw: 217.6 Super happy with this loss. I stayed on it all week and it showed.

Steps sunday 16,193. Another busy night at work. I have been doing some kickboxing workouts which have made me super sore in my shoulders and upper back. But, I have been enjoying them otherwise. I feel like I had a really good week for both food and activity so hoping for an awesome weigh in tomorrow.

Steps Saturday 13,290 plus 35 minutes of beginner kickboxing

Friday steps 10,415 plus 30 minutes of beginner kickboxing. Almost didnt quite make it to 10k steps because I got off work early today, but my son needed some new pants so I ran into a store to take advantage of having somewhere indoors to get some steps in and getting him something he needed anyway lol.

@conleywoods you can definitely view the difference and the progress you've made. Great job pretty lady!! ❤

Steps Thursday 10,113 plus 20 minutes of beginner kickboxing

@conleywoods yes, the suggestion of looking for other ways to track progress aside from just the scale is where I am going next. I ordered a body measuring tape so I can start to track inches.

Wednesday steps 15,977 Didnt eat back any exercise calories, feeling good about my food choices. I can sometimes have issues with eating too many carbs and not enough protein but my macros were pretty good today.

I have been struggling mentally with the slowdown in my weight loss over the last month and a half or so. I know slowdowns and plateaus are totally normal, but it frustrates me. I am trying really hard to really stay on track the rest of this month. So, my goals for the rest of January: -Stay in calorie goal and do not eat…

Steps from Tuesday 13,774 plus 20 min of low impact aerobics

Steps Monday 3,497 and 20 min of low impact aerobics

Monday weigh in: Pw: 220.6 Cw: 220.0 Not much of a loss, but still a definite loss which is great because Friday I had such a major cheat day that I stopped logging by lunch and I am sure I went over by 2000 calories 😳 but had a good day Saturday and Sunday so hopefully this week will go much better.

Steps from sunday 17,509. Work was busy again. It is exhausting. Inamnoff today and it is pretty cold. Deciding if i should bundle up and walk outside or just go walk around in Target for an hour 🤣 problem there is I will spend money on things I don't need.

@Terytha I have been doing the ring fit adventure game too! Itnisnfun, but def can be a workout!

Steps Friday 2,101 Steps Saturday 13,935

Steps for Jan 14: 11,534

Steps for jan 13: 19,141 It was very busy at work. I almost always hit 10k+ at work unless I have tons of meetings, but 19k is a lot.. lol my hips hurt. I will have to be off tomorrow and friday so my mom can care for my grandma. Thankfully my boss was okay with it.

@DD265 happy birthday!

Hello everyone! Steps today 6,717 I wanted to have a lazy day again but I convinced myself to go for a walk. I had a good day calorie wise and finished off the last of the ice cream cake from my son's birthday so that won't be tempting me anymore. My grandmother has been having some health problems so my mom may go stay…

@KellyBgetsfit great progress photos, you can absolutely see a big difference!!