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My Wednesday wish... is that all of you get your wishes! I like seeing other people succeed!

Here's the link to the challenge - community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/114462-amazing-race-summer-heat . You need to sign up by tomorrow to get in!

It's Monday, and I'm remembering to check in! That's a miracle in and of itself! I love knowing that I am not the only one battling cravings and apathy when it comes to exercise. Not that it is OK to give in to either one on a regular basis, but that stuff happens, and in real life only the most dedicated souls avoid those…

My scale says I broke the 220 mark, coming in at 219 this morning, and I'm not going to argue with it! It has taken the better part of two months to drop from 230 to 220 and it has been driving me crazy! Next goal is the 2-0-somethings. Back in January I was hoping to be below 200 by the first day of summer - don't think…

Wow, go away for three days and everyone decides to post! Took me a little while to get caught up, so here's my summary - congrats on the victories, condolences on the extra pains and impending surgeries, and welcome to the new folks. I hardly ever wear make up - maybe a new lipstick is in order to shake things up a bit! I…

Hi all! Welcome to the new folks, keep coming back! I'm so excited for my trip home this weekend that I'm ready to get in the car and start driving right now. Problem is, about halfway there I would be falling asleep and it would no longer feel like such a good idea. Can't wait to get me some new baby smell! As an extra…

So excited for my niece and her husband who are now the proud parents of twins! I'm a great aunt two more times! Now, I need to get my tail up north to see them, hopefully this coming weekend. Did OK over the weekend, enjoyed food at the cook out on Sunday, but tried not to go too far overboard. I did get my cheeseburger…

Non scale victory for me... made two kinds of whoopee pies for tomorrow's picnic and didn't eat any of them. I might have licked a beater or two, but I didn't eat the cookies! Which is good, because I drank a bottle of wine over the course of the evening at Wolf Trap. Only 150 calories over for the day.

Hi all! Hope this Memorial Day weekend finds you all with some time to relax, reflect, and enjoy some time with friends and family. Officially lost 3.5 pounds since my last doctor's office check in. 32 pounds down since the first of the year, when I really started working on this with some level of sincerity. This is about…

The ginger gene missed me - but it got my dad, my sister and my daughter! I love my gingers!

Two days in a row with no rain, with the possibilty of a third today - Now if it will just hold through the weekend I will be thrilled. We have lawn seats at Wolf Trap Saturday night to see A Prairie Home Companion and I would like to enjoy my wine and cheese without getting wet. I am soooo close to breaking the 220 mark…

I believe I have made all of those tactical errors, at least once, and usually in large combinations. It's a good thing to keep in mind and learn to recognize. IT DIDN'T RAIN TODAY! And on that note, I'm leaving this machine to go play outside!

Yay! I got back to the gym today! And I didn't die! I didn't get there at all last week, and any working out I did was in the form of yard work and walking while shopping. In another month or so it will be time to get down to business on training for the half in October. Losing weight since last year has helped my time a…

@flabflipper314 - That's me! Your friggin' ray of sunshine! LOL Do as much as you can - I know that if i wasn't able to get up and move that this would be an extremely difficult challenge. I am thankful that I have that choice and hope that whatever it is that is holding you down can be fixed! I read an article years ago…

This journey is as much an emotional one as it is physical. It requires from each of us some brutal honesty, discipline, and perseverance. As with other addictions, the first step is admitting that you have a problem. For me the wake up call came two fold - I realized I was buying the largest size clothes in the store and…

@MichelleKalee that's actually a decent rate of loss. You might have seen larger numbers the first week or two, but the conventional wisdom is that if you stick to it, you should lose 1 to 2 pounds per week. I wish it went faster, but unless you are on a reality TV show, it doesn't seem to be the case. @Slim2bmom I hear…

That is great news! I have a way to go to get to freshman year of college weight, but for the first time in 20 years, it seems like it is attainable. It just takes soooooo loooooong! One pound at a time is killing me!

Has it really been close to two weeks since I have been on this thread? Yikes! When I read the eat what you want day post my brain went straight to pizza and ice cream with lots of caramel sauce. I've hit a rough patch over the last two weeks - not doing a very good job of planning ahead for dinners, not packing lunch, and…

Just checking in! Welcome to all the new folks, and hey to previous acquaintances! Happy Brothers and Sisters Day! I grew up with just one sister, 13 months younger than me. Just after I finished college my dad remarried and I gained a little brother and sister who I outrank by fifteen and eighteen years. Eight years ago I…

So, here's what I wrote - 1. Taking my workouts outdoors and away from the gym I've been a little better about this - although I like to take the dogs with me when I walk at the park and they slow me down. I am still getting the minutes and distance in, but it isn't helping me speed up my pace. We have a short window,…

I did it! I did it! Got to my goal weight for this challenge! Guess the sore thighs are worth it this morning!

Getting off to a slow start for a Monday morning. Time to rev things up a little bit and get some stuff done! The hounds and my husband let me sleep in yesterday morning, it was lovely. No Porter paws in my face at 5am asking to go outside. I don't know what the occasion was, but if they want to make it a Sunday morning…

The biggest loser challenge was listed in the challenges section of the forums. Unfortunately in order to get in you had to weigh in by 10pm pacific time yesterday. I got in just under the wire.

I panicked over the fact that this challenge was ending this week and I wouldn't have any "responsibilities" to keep me on track. So, I signed up for the biggest loser challenge that starts today. So, this week it will be two challenges to keep track of and a little renewed determination. Let's kick some butt this week!

Welcome Kimber and all the other new folks! The only advice I can share is to figure out what works for you and keep doing it. For me it is a calorie limit and exercise. For some people it helps to start off with wholesale dedication to a highly structured plan where each meal is preplanned. Others find it easier to stick…

I'm planning to put two five pound handweights in the backpack when I take the dogs for a walk tonight. I'll need to wrap them in something to keep them from making noise. It is so difficult to associate that ten pounds with the weight I've lost. Maybe if all ten pounds had magically disappeared from one place on my body…

I'm a little waterlogged, in terms of accountability.

@River314 I hope you are successful in influencing your husband. My husband has always been a big guy, but over the few years he had somehow gotten up to almost 450 pounds. I tried for to bring these things to his attention and help him make changes, but like other addictions, he wasn't ready until he was ready.…

Porter is a Jack Russell Terrier/Schnauzer mix, a year and a half old and about 15 pounds. He is very skittish, and very protective of me. He tends to act out aggressively if he thinks he or I are threatened. (Growls, jumps, chases, nips). I'm trying to teach him that none of that is necessary. Gimli is a 25 pound…

@jackiefrost1013 Good luck with the car search. Somehow the car I like, and the car my bank account likes are never the same. Not sure I can get on board with Lima Bean Respect Day. I'm not a huge bean fan in the first place, and lima's are at the lower end of the "they're OK" list - I do enjoy when my husband bakes them…