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Today I ate more than I have the past week but still didn’t go over my calorie goal. I ended up at 1406 for the day. My steps were only 6377 but I didn’t walk my 4 miles at the gym today. My daily step goal is 8000 so I didn’t quite hit that goal but the other days more than make up for the other steps I’m missing. I got…

Walked my 4 miles on the treadmill this morning and did some light housework. Worked on cleaning up our yard while my daughter played after school. Ended the day with 17,236 steps. I won’t get nearly that many tomorrow since I won’t be going to the gym. It’s grocery shopping day! Today was a pretty good day. :smile:…

Thank you both for your positive encouragement. I really do appreciate it. :smiley: I have really tried not sitting very much during the day and so far so good. Just like yesterday, I sat down at lunch and watched a movie but otherwise I was up and moving. I got the laundry room all cleaned out and looking good again. My…

@WifiresGettingFit Thank you. I need that reminder sometimes. I try to take care of myself but I sometimes get lost in the mix. I’ve really buckled down and have been taking care of myself, health wise. I’ve been doing really good and know I’ve lost inches even if the scale doesn’t budge. It’s just gets frustrating when…

I’ve been trying to stay moving as much as possible. Being a stay-at-home mom/wife, I tend to want to sit a lot. Part of the reason I haven’t lost much weight the past 6 years since I stopping working outside the home. Today I have stayed busy except for the hour and some minutes to eat lunch and watch a movie. I walked…

Sorry, it’s been a busy couple days. I have finally increased my calorie intake. Today I reached 1218 total calories. We even went out to eat. I made healthy choices that wasn’t a salad. I love it when I have a choice other than salad at a restaurant. lol Thank you @totaldetermination for your kind words. He does love me.…

I’m ending the day with my first ever 15k steps!!! I’m impressed.

@tcunbeliever @WifiresGettingFit Thank you both. I’ve done a little better eating today, although it’s still pretty far under where I should be. I’m trying to find that happy medium. I took it a lot easier at the gym today. I won’t be going tomorrow since I have an ENT appt and grocery shopping to do.

I was way under my calorie goal again yesterday. I have to do better today and eat more. I’m burning around 800 calories at the gym and consuming around 1000 calories. My best friend is working with me on getting a better meal plan together that I’ll be able to use food to my advantage and lose weight while still eating…

I feel the need to share a little of what’s going on. Back story.... my husband was in the Air Force for 6 years. He did 3 tours overseas (Iraq and Afghanistan). The last 2 deployments really messed him up. He’s got PTSD and refuses to talk to anyone about it.....but the VA is a joke anyway, I can’t really blame him. There…

Well, I’m glad I’m losing weight but the stress from the stuff that’s going on is wearing me out. Exhaustion......Depression...... I could sleep for several days straight. I’ll be ending my night with a big deficit. However, I’ve gotten 104 oz of water so far and I’ve got 1 more bottle to drink and it’ll bring my water…

Got over 12k steps today!! I tried to stay busy today and not just come home after the gym and veg the rest of the day. I typically come home and do a lot of sitting after the gym. I conquered the lazies today!!

It has felt so good to get back to the gym the last 2 mornings. I’ve also been doing a lot better with my calorie intake. Being sick took me from the 230s down into the 220s. I’ve managed to not jump back up into the 230s and have really been trying to stick to the plan that I put in place for myself. So far I’ve done…

Had a wonderful, much needed, day with my husband in Ft Worth at Cabela’s and then Bass Pro Shop! My daughter is at my mom’s so we were able to have some time to just us for a while. I went WAY over my calories today but we ate out for every meal. I’ll definitely do much better tomorrow. lol

Ended the day under my calorie goal. After grocery shopping, I was physically exhausted and so I spent the rest of the day being lazy. :blush:

@WifiresGettingFit @totaldetermination Thank you! It’s great to be back and feeling better! Did great today! Helps a bunch when your appetite is still a little off. lol I ate more today than I have the past 5 days and it was glorious! LOL I still ended the day under my calorie goal. Tomorrow I have to go grocery shopping…

I’m baaaack!! Things are starting to look up and I’m hopeful that it will continue in that direction. Between some family issues and then me having a fever (spiking to 103) for 5 days straight....it’s been a whirlwind of a week. I tested negative for strep and flu and now I’ve been referred to an ENT to see why I keep…

@WifiresGettingFit Thank you. I really do appreciate it.

@totaldetermination Unfortunately no. Something ended up coming up keeping me from being able to go. Well, it hasn’t been a fun last few days. I’m going to have to take a break from the journal for a little while. I’m going through some issues right now and need to focus on that. I’ll be still trying to log my food but…

@tcunbeliever @totaldetermination @WifiresGettingFit y’all are making me laugh! Thursday sounds like a glorious occasion for that cake. I had a small sliver today. I gave a big chunk to a friend of mine and still have half a cake left. My mom suggested I freeze it and I told her that it’s best it’s not in my house at all.…

Yesterday I couldn’t get entries to post so sorry, @LinCharpentier, I didn’t mean to tag you in two very similar but different entries. @tcunbeliever I actually got the recipe from Pinterest. https://hugsandcookiesxoxo.com/2014/03/reeses-peanut-butter-cup-cheesecake-brownie-crust.html enjoy! It’s very good but extremely…

@LinCharpentier Thanks! It was delicious but I found out today that one slice has 1,119 calories! Yikes! I had the Fitbit One for a few years until it stopped counting all my steps. This past August I got the Fitbit Blaze and got used to it being on my wrist fairly quickly. I love it!

@LinCharpentier oh it was sinfully delicious. I ended up putting all the ingredients into the recipe database and found out that one slice is 1,119 calories. I knew it would be high, but I wasn’t expecting over 1000 calories. I’ve had the Fitbit One and used it for several years. It got to where it wasn’t counting all my…

Oh what a day! In the middle of me baking my husband’s cake, the power went off for 45 minutes. The whole town that I live in went dark. It was the craziest thing. However, his cake ended up baking right (after s frantic call to my mom was made lol) and it was delicious. But it was probably around a million calories. I…

I did pretty well today. Still forgetting to log during the day and then try to cram it in at night. lol One day I’ll be better at logging. I usually start logging in the morning and then peter off as the day goes by. I even have reminders set that show up on my phone. :neutral: Figures. Oh well, little by little I’ll get…

Well, I ended yesterday under my calorie goal, but just under it. Lol. The lasagna I made was a lot of calories but oh so worth it. Mmmmm.... Tomorrow I will definitely be going over my calories since it’s my husband’s birthday and he’s not on a diet. lol I will go to the gym in the morning so maybe that will help offset…

Well, yesterday was a lot of fun! I spent the whole day with my mom and sister but we ate out all 3 meals so....it was a higher than normal calorie day. I didn’t do too bad, though, since my first 2 meals I ordered off of the lower calorie side of the menu, but dinner was a nice juicy hamburger. Hamburgers are going to be…

Gracious it’s been a day. My list of daily woes (yes, I am whining but I can, it’s my journal.... and no, I’m not man bashing, it’s just the way it ended up today. lol sorry guys!) 1. I almost got hit in the school parking lot because some man had an “I’m going be first cause I said so” complex. 2. I kept getting cut off…

Today was ok. I did ok food wise and did some cleaning but wasn’t able to go to the gym today due to an eye appointment. Other than that, I don’t have much of anything to report. I’m real tired this evening. Good night.

So, I logged everything that I could remember, and I believe it was everything I ate, I was 553 calories over. Yikes!!! I’ve already logged a glass of orange juice I had today so I’m already off to a better start than yesterday. @tcunbeliever I plan all our dinners in advance for grocery shopping so I typically do log in…