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Tuesday, July 20 check-in: Tracked: Yes and under Exercise: yes, 30 minutes swimming with kids. ToM and I wanted to go to the gym this morning before everyone woke up, but I'm frustrated with inevitable water retention and not being able to get outside to exercise. So i self-sabotaged and stayed in bed. Now punishing…

Monday, July 19 check-in: Tracked: Yes and under Exercised: Yes, 14.62 miles on the stationary bike at the gym. Also took the kids to the local fish nursery, where we walked along the extensive trails and fed the fish.

Sunday, July 18 check-in: Tracked: Yes Under: Yes Exercised: No

@HASWLRS and @cmhubbard92: Thanks for the encouragment! Each day is an adventure and a journey, right? Very grateful to be involved with such an awesome team! :smile: Saturday, July 17 daily check-in: Tracked: yeppers Under: yup Exercise: Yes. I went out this morning for a lovely and much-needed 2 hours of solitude…

Friday, July 16 check-in Tracked: yes Under: yes Exercise: meh. I walked my youngest to and from the bus stop a few blocks away and I hauled the wagon filled with kids stuff to and from the pool and I played with them in the pool. Shot some hoops with my twins for a bit. Nothing heavy but moving. So. Darn. Hot. 😕 Water:…

@annabananamc I feel this. I'm a bit obsessive about exercise, and with little kids and no family, I can't get out as often as I'd like. I am seriously nasty to myself when I can't get out daily, pacing and testy (with myself) like a caged animal. I'm trying to forgive myself for my missed days (I move a lot and do a lot…

My favorite sauce for baked tofu is Thai peanut sauce. A bit of a splurge but you can slim it down if you make it yourself. Sooooo yummy!! :wink:

Thursday, July 15 daily check-in: Track: yes Under: yes Exercise: yes (a few laps at the township pool while the kids were swimming) Water: 80oz. My Garmin finally arrived yesterday evening, so I'm excited to play with that this weekend. :smiley:

Friday, July 16 weigh-in: PW: 209.2 CW: 206.8

Wednesday, July 14 check-in: Track: Yes Under: Yes, again just barely though (stress) Exercise: Yes, 65 minutes/14.29 miles on the stationary. Water: 80oz.

Tuesday, July 13 check-in Tracked: Yes Under: JUST barely. Stress eating. Exercise: Just a short walk around the neighborhood with the kids. Water: Only about 64oz. This morning (Wednesday), I fought against my sleepy nature and got up at 6AM to go to the gym. I did 14.26 miles (65 minutes) on the stationary, so not quite…

@annabananamc Yay for unpacking your road bike! They're more fun if you ride 'em, right? :heart: We'll have to do a "show me a photo of your sweet ride" sub-thread! :smiley: One of my favorite things, outside of riding, is taking pictures of my bike leaning against $***. :lol: :love: As for the Fenix2, I'm not sure whether…

@rpkg62 Yes, welcome to the team! This is my first time with this monthly challenge too! Power to the newbies! :lol:

I've lately become obsessed with frosted mini wheats. Yes, they have carbs but they're tasty and filling (and I'm not anti-carb, just try to do smarter carb). They do have some added sugars (frosted!), but I honestly don't do much sugar in my diet otherwise, so I feel like I can swing it just fine). I've been trying to up…

Monday, July 13 check-in Track: yes Under: yes Exercise: 16.48 miles on the stationary bike (75 minutes). I can't wait until my bike is fixed and out of the shop, but in fairness, while I don't feel like gym-work mentally refreshes me, it's still a physical workout (and in a/c, which was a bit of a reprieve from this nasty…

Hmm...I think when I went to change it, I was on my phone earlier and my wifi kept fritzing out on me, so it might have actually been my proper name. It should be right now, I think. I keep trying to add @gamommy2 and for some reason it won't let me. I'll try again. :smiley:

If anyone is on Garmin Connect, I am currently getting everything set up. They just shipped it today, but trying to be ready to hit the ground running. I'm CycleMomof3 on GC too.

Sunday, July 11 Track: yes Under: yes Exercise: yes About 2 hours of walking all around the city for heritage days, plus about a half-hour of dancing to live music with my girls (while my lazy lima bean/party pooper boys sat and watched). Water: lots - 80+oz The river is SO muddy from all this rain, so I don't really want…

Excited moment for me. Feel free to squee along with me, fellow fit-seeking teammates. I don't track steps, but I do Strava my workouts. It sucks my phone dry, though, even with airplane mode. Years ago, I tried one of the cheap Amazon knock-off fitness watches, but no GPS, and not super accurate or helpful. Since late…

Saturday, July 10 Track: Yes Under: Yes Exercise: Yes Water: Fell short on this (only maybe 50oz, not including my morning protein shake), and my body definitely feels the difference. Headache upon waking up, thirsty, sluggish, blah. Will try to do better on water today. Heading into the city today for "Heritage Day."…

@cmhubbard92 Yowza. I can't even imagine how batty you must feel right now! Here's hoping that this week is a resoundingly dull and predictable week for you in comparison (ok, so I wish you a few small FUN surprises, but nothing like this week!) :wink: Here we go, folks. This past week clearly kicked us in the proverbial…

Friday, July 9 Track: Yes Under: Yes Exercise: Yes (did a 3.5 mile hike on the D&L with the kids, helped clear the trail a bit from storm damage, and threw some rocks into the river.) :heart: Water: 120oz (it was a hot one!!)

My husband complains that I try to sneak black beans into SO MANY of our family meals. They're a great and inexpensive addition. I'd also say that homemade hummus is a nutritional/financial winner always. It's easy (no chopping or anything, just dump it all into a blender). :wink:

Epic. Fail. 5AM alarm. 5yo was laying on top of me snuggle-sleeping (she still sneaks into my bed at night). Tomorrow is another day. I will try again tomorrow. :neutral:

Good morning all! So yesterday's daily check-in: Tracked: Yeppers Under: yep Exercise: Went for a walk with the kids after our visit to the science museum. Not really cardio like I like, but it's movement and getting away without kids is hard this summer. I need to start to do really early mornings (5AM) rides or paddles,…

I just wanted to let my teammates know that I just changed my username from IncredibleShrinkingGirl to CycleMomOf3. I've been uncomfortable with that first name for so long, and I decided that it was time to change it to something more representative of me. The first username was one I blogged under when I first lost the…

I SO feel this sentiment. Those BLTs (bites/licks/tastes) are so tempting, especially when preparing meals and cleaning up after meals. Even this morning, they all left a few tiny nibbles of toast and scrambled eggs on their plates. As I was cleaning up, I instinctively went into that, "Well, don't mind if I do..."…

Wednesday, July 7 Tracked: Yes Under: Yes Exercise: Yes (swam laps while the kids played at the township pool) Water: 128oz I'm so excited to see so many other bikers and paddlers in the group! While getting away and doing any distance cycling has been difficult for me because there's nobody to watch the kids while I'm…

Holy. Cow. There. Are. No. Words. Adequate. Enough. ♡ ;)