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Robin that is crazy, I am so sorry. What a load of crap. Lushing away here. Yesterday was my first zero in O don't know how long. Going to attempt 3 more at least...

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this but I'm a super lush. Dear lord the booze I have drank in the last 2 weeks... ugh NO. And we have guests coming to visit tomorrow from California and from Edmonton through the weekend... and they have already sent photos of the bottles of booze they are bringing over for us... My liver…

Pin-worthy! Thank you soooooooo much this is amazing.

WOW I HAVE BEEN LUSHY. It all started with that post-race beer and spiralled from there... Back on track today. The race was great - we managed to take a half hour off of our time from last year! No injuries, other than the usual bruises and scrapes. The getaway was wonderful, a much-needed break. Now back to stress city…

5 months/25 pounds = halfway to goal!

Thanks for the support ladies!! 8 more days to Lushytown for me... I have abstained through hosting dinners where friends brought bottles of wine for me (because they know me lol), a long weekend with beautiful weather and countless other excuses to lush it up... super proud of myself if I am being honest. I'm still…

Today is haaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrd to say no to the booze beckoning to me from the cupboard. I discovered today that doing yard work without drinks = grumpy Meg. Seriously if I was doing this alone I would have caved for sure. My sexy man is suffering through with me and lent me some of his willpower when mine ran out.

Thanks everyone, much appreciated.

My favorite is the Vega Protein Smoothie Choc-A-Lot flavour. I blend it with a half-cup of frozen cherries and cashew milk. I often add a tbsp. of flax seed oil and a tbsp. of chia seeds to pump it up a little bit. I'm having trouble finding it in a tub-sized format though so if anyone can help me on sourcing that... I…

Happy belated birthday, Robin!! Still trucking along here... not going to lie - we are counting down the days until that finish-line beer and subsequent wobbly-pops!! 17 more days... Also, 2 weeks from today I will be in the car, driving away to holiday in Whistler... can hardly wait!! We haven't had time off since…

I am on my third try of the C25K program. The first time I started it was late fall and I used cold/crappy weather as an excuse to derail me. The second time I started, I got a gym membership so I could use the treadmill and remove the option of using weather conditions as an excuse to quit. I got to the end of week 4 and…

Long weekend here as Monday is a holiday. Soooooo looking forward to it. I am going to sneak away from work a couple of hours early for sure. This is historically a very lushy weekend for me... first long-weekend of the year with lovely weather... the time when everyone in the city seems to get out and get their yards in…

I know you mentioned a Vega brand or two. I have tried many of the different Vega options and didn't like them too much... until I tried the Vega Choc-a-lot Protein Smoothie. It's not super-protein heavy though with 15g per serving. 90 calories though which is less than the other Vega options. I found that it wasn't nearly…

Wow I never thought I'd feel like the tall one in a group at 5'4" :D I am 1lb away from halfway to my first goal of a 50lb loss. I log daily, maintain my calories at 1200 and try to have a 1000 calorie daily deficit. Please feel free to add me!

I find that I do much better when I limit my carb intake. If I start eating 100+g of carbs I find that I am constantly hungry, craving carb-heavy snacks and have a hard time staying within my calorie goal for the day. If I reduce my carbs to around 60g and increase my (healthy) fat intake, I have no troubles sticking to my…

One week down of sticking to my plan. Went for the WK6 DAY2 C25K run yesterday. The last of the interval runs - warm up 5 min, jog 10 min, walk 3, jog 10, cooldown. Despite running for 20 min straight on Thursday, the mentals got the better of me yesterday. My leg was a little crampy and I felt really tired. I've also been…

Well my sexy man mentioned a few days ago how he was not going to be drinking for the next month. He is dealing with a significant amount of BS at work and found himself coming home and having a few drinks to deal with it. That's not what he wants to do with life, so he decided to nip it in the bud and say no booze for one…

Was out shopping this weekend and saw a really great price on jeans but I wasn't in a situation where I could try them on. I was waffling between getting the 12 or the 14. I would have usually grabbed a 16, hoping they would fit but I have made weight loss progress this year and I know that is too big now. I went with the…

Happy Anniversary!! Disney World sounds like so much fun :smile: Good week so far... no drinks, yoga in the morning, run scheduled after work. WK4 D3 of my C25K. I think I have figured out the best way for me to do this run program. I haven't been watching a timer like I have the last 2 times I tried this plan. I…

Lushy weekend for me too. I made my way through a two-six of gin between Friday & Sunday. Other than Saturday, I kept my cals in check though. The gin made me eat nachos on Saturday night oops. Was still up for my yoga this morning, week 4 day 2 of C25K after work. On a pretty tight budget until my vacation in June so that…

5/5 days of 5:00AM yoga nailed! Proud of myself today. No drinks either. I have a 2 hour Hot Yin Yoga workshop tomorrow at noon, followed by a 2 hour meditation workshop so I doubt I will have any drinks tonight. I'm not really interested in sweating out booze while I am trying to get into a good headspace. Not sure what…

Well tomorrow is week 4 day 1 of C25K so I will let you know how it goes... Solid week for me - no drinks since Saturday and I have done my 30 minutes of yoga every morning. One more day to go...

Great job, Robin. I would have used it as an excuse to drink waaaaaaay too much which never helps anything. I did my yoga this morning AND I went for a walk/jog last night. I am starting the C25K program... for the third time... third time charm and all that, right? I started this go at week 3 through as I was comfortable…

Use measurements!! It takes 4 lbs of muscle to fill the space taken up by 1 lb of fat. The scale can lie lie lie. Also, low carb + low fat = NO NO. Your body will thank you for eating healthy fats with more energy, better skin, healthier hair and so many other things. Don't let the scale dictate your progress! Find other…

OK I lied about weighing myself this morning. I did good with no drinks Sat & Sun night, but I had nachos for dinner last night and they were suuuuuuuuper salty. I could tell I was bloated this morning from all that salt and I didn't want to ruin my mood by stepping on the scale so... No drinks last night meant up at 5:00…

Robin I just saw your post about Doug... I am so sorry. My dad went through a similar situation a number of years ago and it was soooooooooo hard. I hope you both are doing ok.

Well Easter weekend just knocked me right the hell off track this week. No morning yoga, have had a headache literally since Monday and I think I am super dehydrated. Trying to get back on track... Monday is a new week, right? Small victory, I didn't gain anything so that was a plus. And judging from my dehydrated…

They were delicious!!! I neglected to measure the oil before the frying started as my man was in charge of the hot oil... I asked him afterwards to pour into the pan however much he figured he used initially, and then how much was left after the fact and measured the difference. Pretty close I think - I ended up with a…

Drinks Thu, Fri & Sat. Zeroes Sun & Mon. Goal for this week is to keep zeroes through to Friday and do my 30 min of yoga each morning... 2 down, 3 to go... Robin - vodka and pistachios sounds like a nice, balanced dinner to me! Fats, proteins and carbs, nailed. :wink: