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I mostly play school musicals/concerts at my school and a few other schools. I also fill in for a symphony when they need more bassists. They're way out of my league musically, so that is a great challenge for me and pushes me to improve. I do the same with prepping from the menu ahead so that I can estimate what I should…

@mightybunky I play bass and cello! It's a lot of fun, but whenever I'm doing a show or a concert, it makes for a super busy week/weekend and that can lead to a lot of junk food if I'm not careful.

March progress so far: Number on the scale is still headed slooooooowly back down after my stall in February. Really proud of myself for ending February/starting March strong, even with the musical this weekend. Today is most likely going to be a total cheat day food-wise, because my parents and one of my brothers and his…

@mightybunky I agree about the consistency of the morning routine with the weight! Often, when I'm in the process of gaining weight, I'll forego the scale altogether, because if I don't see a number going up, it doesn't exist. So daily weight checks are a good routine for me to make sure that I'm on track. But…

@CeeBeeSlim I love the springy motivation!

Opening night of our school's musical tonight, so it has been a crazy hectic week. But overall, I've been eating relatively well. Only 1 fast food day this week. Haven't exercised much (but still a little bit-better than nothing), because I've barely had any time away from school. Down just a bit from last week. Hopefully…

Welcome @mightybunky! Best of luck with your March goals!

I'm back for another month! February was tough for me, so I had a lot of days of just eating whatever I wanted. But even on those days, I kept up exercise, so that was a victory. Ended the month down 2 pounds from the last day of January, so I managed my weight goal. Goals for March: -Keep up the good habit of exercising…

Last day of the month! Let's finish out strong! Looking forward to making new goals and more progress in March!

Hi everyone! Looks like we've all been busy and away from this thread. Hope you're all doing well! Finishing the month out strong will be a challenge this week, because it is tech week for my school's musical. This means rehearsal every evening and shows all weekend. So staying out of the drive through is going to be my…

Hi everyone! I haven't been around a ton lately. Took a while to get myself back on track this month. Gained (unlost?) just a little of what I had lost in January and stayed at that weight for 2 weeks, but as of today, I'm back down to where I was at the end of January. I found pretty floral interlocking foam floor tiles…

@SherryRueter That's a smart way of looking at eating, and somewhat similar to my plan when I'm not actively trying to lose. But I'm also really good at saying "it's just a small snack" repeatedly until it adds up. So for me, tracking helps me to keep the snacks under control. I do try to log as much ahead of time as I can…

Hello everyone! I've been trying (and mostly failing) to get back on track now that my Dr appointment and wait for news is over. But I find it hard to start again once I stop tracking for more than a few days. During my 3 week break from counting, I gained a little weight, but not a ton. I kept exercising (sometimes a…

So far at 15.12 miles for February. I'm on track to meet my 40 mile goal if I can keep up this rate.

@SparkSpringtime69 It really was a busy food day! I saved half of my dinner to bring home, and I only ate a small amount of the delicious Chinese food for lunch. So could have been much worse! I did a good job of avoiding all of the multitude of treats at work during January. In addition to the random events like today, we…

Got good news from the dr office this week, so no more excuses! Well, no more excuses starting tomorrow.... today is apparently national bagel day, so a parent dropped off bagels for the teachers. And another family is bringing us lunch for Chinese new year. And then anniversary date with my husband tonight. So back on…

@CeeBeeSlim Thanks for the positive thoughts! I had some irregular test results in the summer, and they were still weird at my 6 month in January. So being sent to a specialist for extra tests and trying to figure out exactly what's going on and if it's anything to worry about.

Happy Saturday, everyone! My follow-up dr appt is Monday, so any good thoughts would be appreciated! Hoping that the new dr says everything is okay, but dreading the possibilities. I'm just trying to focus on the fact that I'm taking the day off work Monday, so I have a 3 day weekend. :) Husband has a work event all day…

Hello everyone! I vanished from the January thread mid-month, but I'm back! For January, I started with a goal of a totally dry month. That went out the window two weeks in, when I got some medical news that we're still anxiously waiting for an answer (follow-up appt is FINALLY almost here, so hopefully we will get good…

Hello everyone! I'm a little late, but I'd like to join in this challenge for February! My goal is to track at least 40 miles of walking or running. In January, I tracked 28 miles, but I had 5 treadmill sessions where I accidentally turned the machine off before I got a distance recorded... I have since calibrated my watch…

Hi everyone! Wishing you all success in February! January was a little bumpy for me, but successful overall. Down 5 lb from Jan 1 to Jan 31. Cut way down on alcohol and on overeating. Started exercising again, which I had been seriously neglecting. Now, looking to keep it up in February. I would love to lose another 5, but…

@SparkSpringtime69 Great job on the partial dry January! I'm in the same boat of going from basically 100% wet to less, so I get how challenging that can be!

@SherryRueter your comment that I know I haven't eaten 7000 extra calories in one fay to gain the 2 lbs made me laugh out loud! Lost 1.7 of the 2 so I'm on my way back down. Taking longer than I wanted, but I'm not the most patient person. I think I use up all of my patience with the teenagers at work so I don't have any…

Back up 2 pounds today, which is frustrating. We ate out for dinner last night, so definitely higher sodium in that. I'm going to blame the sodium and hope it's back down soon. Still doing well on the exercise. Seeing some progress with running/walking on the treadmill. My treadmill has preset programs, and two weeks ago I…

Good morning everyone! Happy Saturday! @Kitri2020 The snacks in the house are definitely my downfall! When I lived alone, I had more control over what I brought in, but my husband loves to snack, so we always have snacks around the house. @CeeBeeSlim My phobia is one that has been hard to avoid, so it's not as…

@CeeBeeSlim I love your idea of dancing the extra steps in! I never have trouble with steps on work days (it's lunch and I'm already at 6k), but on weekends I sometimes struggle. I'll have to try that! My weight was trending downward most of the week, but now is up 1 pound since yesterday. I know it's just random…

Thank you for the kind thoughts, everyone! My next appointment to try to figure out what's going on is in 2 weeks, so I have to keep myself from obsessing about it until then. It's very possible that the test results could be nothing bad, but it's hard to stop thinking about what ifs. Have been AF for 7 days now, so…

Hi everyone! Just read through everything that I've missed in the past week... Hope everyone's doing well today! I took a break from MFP for the past 6 days. Got some medical test results back that weren't what I expected, so being sent to another dr in a few weeks. I couldn't deal with tracking calories AND the anxiety of…

Took a break from MFP for a few days this week. Still dealing with medical news that we got, but at a point of just waiting for the next appointment. The anxiety of waiting for answers is making dry January much less appealing. Since my update last Friday (2 glasses wine), I was dry Saturday but then couldn't fall asleep…

Back on track tonight. Still very stressed, and was craving wine pretty much all evening. But I resisted the urge. So far 2 days A and 11 days AF.