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I have fallen off the wagon. I've gained some of my losses back, but not all of it. I'm going to start checking in regularly again. Need encouragement. Thanks.

My blood pressure finally looks great. I just hate that it takes 4 pills a day to get me there...

I feel myself slipping in my eating habits. I'm starting to worry less about the quality of what I am eating which is leading me to come closer and closer to blowing my calorie goal every day. Lack of time for planning and preparation is what is leading me to grab for more food items that are in wrappers and that I can…

I had a bad weekend. Ate whatever I wanted. Put a couple pounds back on. I'm back on track though. 55 lbs lost. currently 259. I think I will hit my goal of 250 by Sept. 9th.

Same boat. I get downhearted sometimes, but then I think about where I was just 2 months ago. 45 lbs heavier and having great difficulty just performing everyday tasks. The weight loss and the changes might not happen as fast as I want them to, but then I think that what I am doing now is way better than what I was doing…

It's been a while since I have checked in. Nothing new here. Life is the same as ever. Still tracking. Still losing. 45 day streak now. I cheated this weekend. I had pizza and beer. I still lost though. My wife is happy for me but feels it's unfair because if she cheats she gains. I've lost a total of 45 lbs now. Made it…

Down to 275 for a total loss of 40 lbs. That's 1/4 of the way to my goal weight. Now the weight on my drivers license isn't a lie anymore.

I wish I could grow a garden. There is so much information out there and I have no idea where to start. I'm a step by step instructions guy and I haven't found that sort of instruction for growing a garden yet.

yeah I kind of threw the healthy eating out the window for the Fourth as well. The same thing got me. Beers and hot dogs. But I'm back on it today as well.

You win this time, Fourth of July. You win this time. Re-match next year.

I decided to try my hand at blogging and just did my first post. If anyone is just that bored feel free to read. A lot of it might be a little redundant to what I have posted in bits and pieces on this forum. Here ya go http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/wadwrich The more I talk/type and read about this stuff, the more it…

Heck yeah it is.

So it turns out that I have been eating more calories than I thought. Apparently some manufacturers of lentils don't put the true calories per serving on their packages. They do net calories or something like that where they subtract calories from fiber away because it doesn't get digested the same or something. So where I…

need to know this too. I've been counting my servings of lentils as 70 calories but it appears that they are adjusting for net carbs or something based off of another post I read. Apparently I have been eating a good bit more calories than I thought.

Yeah I eat most of that in one day. But usually just one or two pieces of fruit. The veggies go together in a salad with no dressing and a tsp (1/3 of a serving) of the evoo. I put walnuts in my oats at breakfast. No sugar or anything added. I might put banana or grapes in there too. When I put fruit in my oats, I might…

Excuse my being crass, but that is what my sister-in-law said, "muscle and poop." She showed a 0.8 lb loss today, so my reply was, "you must have pooped." Again, my apologies for the crude subject matter. I thought it was a little funny. I guess that's a man for you.

I'm feeling discouraged. I know I shouldn't weigh every day, but I do. I don't mind seeing a +/-1 pound fluctuation, but over the past 3 days I have gained 3 pounds. I was 277 three days ago and am 280 now. I have been walking every days for a burn of close to 500 calories (2.7 miles, half of that uphill). I am eating very…

Looking at the big picture can be scary and make a task seem impossible. I know I'm that way. Whether it be with my weight loss or any other project (like cleaning out the garage or tackling the overgrown yard). For me, if I look at how much there is to do or how far I have to go, I get very discouraged and don't even want…

Nothing to report except that I ran off and left my breakfast and lunch at home today, and I walked almost 3 miles yesterday; which makes 2 days of exercise in a row. I left the 280's behind. I was 279.8 at weigh-in this morning. That's a total of 35 lbs lost (17 since I started on MFP again). Still have a loooonnggg way…

I exercised today... I'm just sayin'

#7 is my problem. That's why I have severely restricted what I allow myself to eat. Until I make some serious progress, that's just how it has to be for me.

Dang. Well, I suppose as long as it gets used and helps you reach goals...

Thursday - Truth (got anything you need to fess up to or get off your chest?) The only thing that I have to fess up to right now (and I've already been forthcoming with the struggle in earlier posts) is that I have failed to do any kind of consistent exercising. I'm still losing weight, and I know that what we eat is more…

The world definitely doesn't make it easy. Sometimes it's hard for me just driving down a main road that has all kinds of restaurants on it. I want to go through a drive thru so bad and just pig out. 3 1/2 weeks down. Almost able to mark off a month.

@Lina300 I can sympathize. Where I work sales people and coworkers bring in breakfast biscuits and take us out to lunch and things like that. It's not every day, but it's often enough. It has gotten easier for me to say no though. In fact, as I write this I just got a call asking if I wanted a biscuit. But I'm sticking to…

Wednesday Wishes I wish it was 1 year from now. 1 year from now and I stayed on my diet for the whole year and I am enjoying the new me.

Goals: One that I have kept so far and I don't foresee being a problem for me is sticking to my diet. The other that I have not done well on at all is to walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes a day. I said I was going to do it last night. Well that didn't happen. Got a lot going on at the home front. I won't lie. I don't…

Monday check in: I did just fine this weekend. I have strictly stuck to the diet that I have set for myself. The numbers on the scale continue to move downward. I feel good about my resolve and staying with this for 3 weeks now. The only thing that I haven't stuck with is exercise. I had started on the treadmill trying to…

Today was the first time in 3 weeks that I ate out. Where I work there are always sales men stopping by in the mornings with breakfast biscuits and then wanting to take us to lunch and things like that. I having been politely declining to go with the group and just eating my lunch in my office. Well today was different. I…

@samhennings Very encouraging words. Thank you.