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Well, I'm anxious. Tomorrow is the day I find out if it's even still possible for me to beat the program I signed up for 5 weeks ago. I've been cutting it really close even though I've followed the plan to the letter and I'm kind of terrified about what that might mean for my body and what it's doing. I should be able to…

Hello after my long absence. :sweat_smile: Going to be trying to be more active about checking in from now on. Anyway, I have great news: today I hit a new low for my adult life at 195.7 pounds! Dunno if I should count the change since I didn't weigh in last week, though. Either way. 195.7.

Well, the announcement is made, my father - as usual - wasn't quite sure what to say but was at least supportive, so, I think it was a win? And now that he knows, I can start on telling the rest of the family...that is, again, nerve-wracking but exciting. As for food - I cheated with Thanksgiving dinner. Planned to do…

Well, I've had a terrible past couple weeks for checking in on MFP, but am amazing couple weeks for progress. Won my first DietBet, making good progress in my program, did the Color Run with my boyfriend and two more obstacle courses (including my first 10K) and I'm currently sitting in a tree after my first 10K regular…

It's been a bad week for checking in/logging/all that, but a good week for staying on track. Somehow. I'm not really using my own scale at home as anything but a general reference; I'm using the scale at the new program's gym for my weigh-ins...partially because it makes me feel better; it apparently says I'm 2-3 pounds…

...I only just realized I completely forgot to weigh in. Wow, I'm out of it this week. Weight: 207.0 Change: -1.4 Journal completed: 5 days

The problem with this isn't a weight limit for rides - that's a safety thing. Sure, it would be better to design rides to accommodate a wider (no pun intended) range of potential guests, but small local places don't always have the means to do that like Disney and Six Flags do. The problem with this is that there's a…

I'm proud to report that I didn't have any Halloween chocolate yesterday! This new plan I'm on is kicking my butt. It's not that hard, really, and hey, I was able to take a workout class without worsening my knee injury (which is pretty much 90% better by now, just like I'd thought - it doesn't even really hurt at this…

Hey again! I've been bad about checking in here...at least I've mostly been staying on track with the whole health thing though. Had my first obstacle course race yesterday and it was amazing. I cannot wait to do it again - my next one is in only 13 days but man, that feels like forever. It was some of the most fun I've…

I'm up for this challenge! Knee update: as of right now it's about 80% better than it was last night. It's almost like my body went "All right, okay, we've been through this a million times before, we know the drill by now, so just shut up and get to healing." It still hurts when I put too much stress on it in the wrong…

Well, I didn't quite survive - I ALMOST did, but a knee injury slowed me down through the last group of zombies I saw. But I did finish, and I learned a few valuable lessons about how better to prepare in the future, and I had some of the most fun I've had in all my life, so I can't exactly say I'm disappointed. The injury…

Well guys, I'm waiting for my wave at the run and I'm just dropping in to let you all know: my friends have a betting pool going on whether or not I'll "survive". My friends are jerks, but that's why I like them.

Burly - I'm in SoCal, pretty close to LA. If it's doable, I'd love to try doing something together! General: as for today's updates, today is kind of a good news-bad news day. The good news: Two major NSVs today. One: today in stress management class, our workout involved us attempting the feathered peacock pose for the…

@plainanjelik - Eh, whether you "survive" a run like this or not, from what I've seen, you always leave with a story to tell - and the bar has already been set for impressive failure, I'm pretty sure: Behold, the story that first made me want to do a zombie run. Anyway, today was pretty good. Got to the gym between…

I have the same problem so bad it constitutes a major part of my eating disorder. What I've found that works fairly well is this: Instead of a single number, fixed calorie target every day, I give myself a target range. Mine, specifically, as of right now, is 1200-1500 - so, 300 calorie difference between the low end and…

@OregonRunner5 - Now that I associate you with that game I'll never forget the number on your username again. High five for great taste and have fun - and I'd love to see this costume! The race I have coming up on the same weekend (Saturday) is actually a zombie escape run - I have to say, I'm glad I decided to finally get…

I have a similar but slightly different fix for that - my boyfriend needs to keep "dangerous" foods around for various reasons, so we do two things: one, we keep a decent stash around of snacks that he likes, but I can't eat without getting horribly sick, and two, everything we keep around that we CAN share stays in…

Same goes on pretty much every social media platform I've used. It's pretty depressing; public social media is supposed to be for sharing the whole wide varied human experience...but it's still only conventionally attractive people who conform to the popular narrative who get noticed. It's even worse on Instagram, and…

Congratulations, Burly! Being the best dad you can be is definitely great motivation - you can do it!

Weight: 208.4 Change: -0.8 Food diary completed: 5 days Daily exercise completed: 4 days Weekly challenge completed: No Damn those two bad days in the middle of the week. At least it's down from last week!

@plainanjelik - better late than never, right? I imagine the best thing for you to do would be to just jump right in so we're all in this together. Welcome, and good luck!

Evening everyone! Went to the orientation. I qualified. There was, of course, a catch - a commitment deposit. They take some money, it's refundable in full upon successfully completing the program. Which makes this a perfect match for me - I have trouble saving money, and pretty much the opposite of trouble following a…

Evening everyone. Man, it's been an Off past few days. My doctor was in an accident - he's going to be okay, but until he recovers, I'm seeing a substitute who does not know me as well...my medication stuation is a mess, as a result, and so is my ability to really function. Failed to even do my diary properly Wednesday and…

Hey everyone - sorry I've been absent lately. Have a lot going on, between school and working at the wedding plans. I've hit something of a stall over the past week, and I know it's largely because of digestive system issues, but I'm going to take it as a sign that I need to tighten up on logging and stick better to my gym…

Evening everyone! Diary closed out for the day - trying a little harder to err on the side of overestimating my intake. Also, going to make a point to not go out for lunch again during the school week - not until the boyfriend and I are heading back to Vegas. Daily exercise challenge completed, though! Tried out the…

Weight: 209.2 Change: +0.8 :( Food diary completed: 7 days Exercise logged: 2 days Gonna have to tighten up on my logging. Even though most if not all of this stall is almost certainly just digestive issues, I'm still choosing to take it as a sign to be more careful.

Hey everyone! My weigh-in is going to be a day late because I only just got home, at the end of the day, and I can feel that my weight is artificially increased by my stomach misbehaving. Hopefully that will be resolved by morning...though overall I don't think there's been much change in my weight anyway. I need to be…

Morning everyone! Yesterday was one of those days that makes one seriously start to believe in fate. My tracker order got cancelled again, so I just went "All right, apparently I'm not gonna be able to get it direct from the company. Let's see how much I have to save to get it somewhere else." Well, I found it at Best Buy…

Checking in for Thursday. I'm currently multitasking - at the gym, doing homework while sitting on a stationary bike. Got my tracker order issue straightened out just a few minutes ago. Couldn't get here yesterday because for some reason, somehow, I managed to get motion sickness on the way home from school. While driving…

Hey everyone - sorry for not checking in yesterday; it was a very...VERY off day. I stayed up way too late Monday night (lost track of time playing video games with the boyfriend, whoops) and then forgot to take my ADHD meds...the result was not fun. I was fatigued and felt hollow-headed all day - in my last class of the…