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@cmhubbard92 whoohooo for your WEDDING!!! Just soak up every minute!!! I love weddings! My husband and I have had three so far! (long story) Yesterday I had chocolate cake for breakfast and stayed in my jammies all day - it was a blustery day here. But kept water up and calories down. Hubby let me vote on dinner and I…

@aquitteriamnot that is crazy scary! I'm so happy that the people are safe. I woke up today to find that hubby baked me a chocolate cake and bought a big box of chocolates....how to balance that out this week will be tricky! I'm happy I made my increased step goal this week and hope to keep adding next month! The goal is…

Just in time for next week's lunch planning, a friend posted an air fryer chicken breast recipe she says is AWESOME (just spices and optional brine) so I am putting in a grocery order today and I will DO THIS next week! Yesterday was a good day, and I finished week one of couch to 5k without any knee, hip or ankle pain!…

Weigh in wasn't horrible, but I have to say that eating cookies for breakfast, even two days in a row, is causing inflammation I can see and feel, and makes me sluggish. That has to stop. Calories are not always the best indicator. 2/12/2021 Friday weigh in: 164.2 (-.4 this week, -.2 overall) I am planning ahead for next…

Can I just say that it is so great to be a part of this team - when people are struggling we lift and encourage. And people who are struggling share their struggle and that helps, too. THIS is how we build a community and find success! Yesterday I hit the numbers but my nutrition sucked. I skipped breakfast except for a…

@mooreshelly09 - that is almost too much for one heart to bear. Please take good care of yourself and give yourself some grace. We lost our nephew to suicide just after Christmas, and the grief is in waves. His sister has had the hardest time as I can see you have, too. @erikNJ - hang in there my friend! I am sorry about…

I love this idea! I have so many days where my total cals are just fine and my nutrition is horrible. I think this might help me reframe my eating goals better. 2/08/2021 Tracked: yes Under: yes Exercise: yes (started C25K again! Water: 80 Steps: 6402

with some carefully planned eating I stayed under yesterday despite a handful of lays and shrimp scampi for dinner! And how about Tampa Bay Buccaneers?!?!?!?!!!! 2/07/2021 Tracked: yes Under: barely Exercise: yes Water: 80 Steps: 6276

@HASWLRS I am weighing daily for this Noom test and then I am stopping that and going back to weekly. However, it is pretty amazing the variation from day to day! I had some work hiccups last week that resulted in me skipping walks so I didn't make my step goal, but I also didn't give up, or try to 'make it all up' in one…

Yesterday I missed my walk but ate well, and this morning of course the day AFTER weigh-in I am down a pound. 2/05/2021 Tracked: yes Under: yes Exercise: Water: 80 Steps: 1767

argh, I'm up this week, but just a little. Considering I've been at 165.2 for three of five days this week I'll take it. 2/05/2021 Friday weigh in: 164.6 (+.2) SW: 164.4 2/04/2021 Tracked: yes Under: yes Exercise: yes Water: 80 Steps: 7087

So I'm doing a trial of Noom this week in parallel and you have to weigh in every day. I will say that it is apparent to me from our work the past month+ and from the daily weighing and even my weight charts from the past 5 years that I am incredibly good at maintaining. LOL....now I just need to figure out the magic key…

Today was an outdoor walk in the woods. Still pretty cold for FL but sun was shining and wind died down! 2/02/2021 Tracked: yes Under: yes Exercise: yes Water: 80 Steps: 4218

I just found out he's on YouTube as well, and has a Facebook page! He does a lot more 'chair fitness' and senior focused stuff these days, but his old videos are a lot of fun for moving fast, too!

Yesterday I discovered fun indoor exercise with Paul Eugene. This morning even more fun with him for Dance Dance Fitness (avoiding windy cold Florida outdoors today). Steps are lagging but I'll catch up to make goal this week! 2/01/2021 Tracked: yes Under: yes Exercise: yes Water: 80 Steps: 3579

Yesterday's sad stats: 1/31/2021 Tracked: yes Under: no Exercise: no Water: 80 Steps: 1155 But today, I am not sure who told me that Amazon Prime had all sorts of short-ish exercise videos but I found some great ones and danced my exercise with them!

YAY @erikNJ that would be so hard to resist. You did a great job today! I also had a Murphy's Law day today with a home improvement project we're working on. We are putting in an original mid century modern front door on our little 1952 house, and let's just say I ended up visiting Home Depot more than twice this weekend…

I'm ready for a brand new month and new attitude! It's really cool to see some familiar faces returning, as I have, to this awesome and supportive team. And new folks to get to know, as well! Let's do this!!!!

Finished up the January challenge more at peace and things heading in the right direction. I've learned that even if I miss out on my walk in the morning, I CAN do it in the evening, when I always have some time to kill between work and dinner. I don't have to live with my old stories that I can only exercise in the…

@erikNJ I think it will be interesting to see how dry30 goes for you. For me, most of my drinking more than one glass of wine or a beer is in my past (I seriously can't hang) but I do know that when I had a parasite skin disease and had to be on an anti-inflammatory diet, alcohol was off the list. For me, carbs and sugar…

@cmhubbard92 I am sorry to be a flake, but since the week starts with Sunday and ends on Saturday, Monday seems kinda pointless for weigh-in. Let's keep mine at FRIDAY and that way nothing needs to change :)

@thedestar - we live in Tampa Bay so it will be nuts around here. I can stay away from the alcohol ok, but I need to plan out healthy snacks. I think for me planning ahead helps, when I remember to do it! 1/29/2021 Tracked: yes Under: yes Exercise: yes Water: 80 Steps: 5441

Thanks so much! Let's go with MONDAY to help keep me focused on the weekends. I'll start with this coming Monday I guess, or do we use the final weigh-in from Jan?

Is it possible to change my weigh-in day for February? If so, what is the appropriate way to do that?

well, it could be worse! 1/29 Weigh In: 164.4 (no change from weeks before) 1/2 Starting weight: 165.4 1/8 Weigh In: 165.2 1/15 Weigh In: 164.4 1/23 Weigh In: 164.4 1/28/2021 Tracked: yes Under: yes Exercise: yes Water: 80 Steps: 1868 (super fail)

@thedestar don't beat yourself up. Look at all the good you did. You got healthy stuff at the store, and you came here and shared your struggle and commitment. I hope this ends your spiral and you deserve to treat yourself well! @cmhubbard92 Whew, that is a tough return for sure! I could NOT do that. We are at 59 degrees…

Today was challenging to eat a real meal. Cookie dough was lunch. This happens when I get stressed and/or really busy with work. So calories stay under and nutrition is for crap. That's got to be my focus for next month - planning meals and eating them on time. Having crazy pollen counts has made me inflamed too, and very…

@erikNJ I 100% have had a lack of motivation this week. I've had a couple of stressful things and lack of visible progress. That always seems to throw me into F-it attitude. I almost took myself to Wendy's yesterday for chicken sandwich and fries!!! (but I didn't - yay) Some days knowing that this group is here is the only…

Yesterday I didn't get my walk in until evening, but I was treated to the most glorious sunset and full moon rising as a result. That rocks! 1/25/2021 Tracked: yes Under: yes Exercise: yes Water: 80 Steps: 5522

Oh I hear you there! I started full time work in April, and I used to travel at least a week a month, and hubby worked at the office three days a week and home two. Now we are both on Zoom all day and our office/desks are about ten feet from each other through one thin door. He seems to think he needs to talk at 'coach in…