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This group is just great. I keep missing the start date, but jumping in. Lost 0.5 lbs since last round. Expected! I am the slowest loser but at least I am losing!!! Today is 136.5. Wow does it fall off S-L-O-W-L-Y as you get closer to goal. I accept it and keep on. If you get stuck like me for days upon end, just walk A…

@Womona a 3 day streak in the midst of summer and boating season - keep going and all your goals will come true! It's worth it just to get rid of the intensity of the craving and be able to nibble on delicious goodies and it not showing on the scale. @Walela617 congrats and great to see you again! @LittleSurferGirl7 I am…

1015/2025 miles. Added 15 mi from Wed RPM class. Aiming to get in one more cycling day this weekend. @Jon4189 you're right, I didn't think about that. Outside is always a better and more fun experience.

Today I am richer than I was same time last year and thinner too. Today I hit 14 lbs. thinner. Bank accounts are growing. Abstinence will do it. Strength to take control of one's life is something that is developed over time and it comes with abstinence. Please don't hate me now. Only my perspective and take it or discard…

1100/2025 miles done. 20 miles RPM class from Monday. Only 925 miles to go. @Mari33a send us pix if you can. Have a wonderful time!

Checking in - wow conversations have been flowing here. I'm in month 11 AF which means I choose to drink something else and eat a bit of chocolate instead. The quality of my life went from like a "3" to a "9.8". We have the power to accomplish any realistic goal. Oh it's so hard they say. Really? Not so much. Hard is being…

1080/2025 miles. No new cycling miles, my class was canceled. Ran more instead, 14 miles this week but I can't count that. RPM class is on for tomorrow.

Checking in to set my "drinking something else" intention for the day. Welcome newcomers. If you stick around long enough, the positive change you want happens. How fast you want to get to your goals is your call. And yeah, it's hard work in the beginning and it takes commitment but so worth it to get the life you want.…

1080 miles/ 2025 miles. Phew…14 miles from RPM class and 6 mi on my own. I'm checking into the Zwift and Rouvy options. Ready to graduate to a real spin bike for home use. I'd like more cycling miles but running has been going well at 3x weekly, average 4-5 mi, all hills.

Joining for Round 302! Goal is 1 lb. loss for this round. Stuck at 137-ish for awhile. 7/12 - 137. 2 lb (up 0.2 since last round)

Crazy week here too! Catching up. No new husband news on my end but he did re-start drinking IPAs along with his nerve pain medicine because the stress level is just thru the roof. I have not had a drink, but the desire to is there. The urge is like a 4 out of 10 so I can "make it go away". If I was already drinking…

1060/2025 miles done. Added 6 mi intervals from Friday. Ran 3.5 miles, intervals also. Threw in 15 minutes of heavy weights. Topped it off with pool exercises and zero soreness. Welcome Jon!

7/1 - 138.1 lbs. 7/2 - Oopsie forgot to weigh in 7/3 - 137 (YAY!!!!!!!!!!!) 7/4 - skipping today 7/4- 137.2 lbs. skipped! 7/9 - 137 where I was 9 days ago. Mostly expected. I keep remembering to weigh myself when I have already downed 2 cups of coffee - damn that coffee weight. Oh well, overall 1 lb. loss I will take it.

Checking in - zero drinks. Trust me, this week I really could really enjoy a very cold prosecco, XXXL size. Oh well. Back to reality and out of fantasyland. My husband needs spinal fusion and we are just waiting and waiting and waiting for stuff to get scheduled and over and done with. I am at the bonkers stage. @itladyee…

1054/2025 miles done. 5 on Sunday, 5 on Monday, zero Tues and 6 today. Slow and steady.

@chicbuc nice work! Plus 4 lbs. of toxins gone! YAY! No drinks still for me - I'm going dry July also. All I know is today I won't drink and I will eat chocolate chips.

7/1 - 138.1 lbs. 7/2 - Oopsie forgot to weigh in 7/3 - 137 (YAY!!!!!!!!!!!) 7/4 - skipping today 7/4- 137.2 lbs. Very sorry to hear about the tragedy in Texas. Prayers for all Texans affected and nearby.

1028 miles /2025 miles done. Added 12 mi today from cycling class. No running today, just 1.5 hr walk and body pump class. I am beat. @Mari33a you must be getting excited for your trip! It will be amazing.

Happy 4th everyone! Enjoy the parties and BBQs. Club soda for me today. My daughter hosted a party and it was fun. Her bar is huge, floor to high ceiling and takes up half her living room and I had fun perusing through the liquor collection. They just seem to collect it, display it, but not drink it. Ha, something that I…

@itladyee my goal is to lose at least 0.5 lbs. by the end of this round. I've had good progress just aiming for the baby sized "wins". No clue what my real goal will be, I guess it will in the midrange of what health charts say for my height and frame which is about 120. But I am willing to trade some of that in exchange…

New month! 1016 miles /2025 miles done. Added 5 yesterday and 5 mi this morning. Slow start but I had it on high resistance. Running is going well, just over 4 mi. both days.

I can't believe the stubborn 1 lb. finally left. I even weighed myself in 3 different places at home to be sure it was correct. AND my water weight was higher (49.9%) compared to my first weigh in (48.6%). Muscle % same at 29.1. That was fat that left finally. The craziest thing was that yesterday I skipped cardio, just…

AF still over here and now I remember another reason why I would drink more in the summer. My legs would swell and ache from the high heat. Even half a glass of very cold white wine would make the throbbing vanish. I wanted to self medicate the other day but said no, I'll book an appt. with a vascular doctor and see what…

I'd like to join this round and lose the 1 full lb. that just doesn't want to leave. Soon as the work stress starts to rise around 11am, I am in search of chocolate to feed the stress. This team will help me stay mindful. 7/1 - 138.1 lbs. 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9

I'm in for July! Thank you, @itladyee for keeping us going! This will be month 11 AF for me and I want to follow a 50 carb a day diet to reign in my sugar problem.

Prior typo- 989 before + 17mi Monday = 1006 mi /2025 done!

You guys are amazing. Honestly, I was so elated to hear the good news and determination from @LittleSurferGirl7 and @chicbuc this week. We should all feel proud, a step in the right direction, an extra AF day, a commitment to check in with ourselves and getting better at lifting ourselves. June will conclude 10 months AF…

998/2025 miles. Added 14 from Sat RPM class, 7 mi today at the gym. Monday is the last day of June and luckily I have RPM class where I should be able to exceed the needed 12 mi. to goal.

Last weekend of the month is here. I remember intentionally saving up drinking days for month end. Well, still AF but I occasionally still have wine dreams. Speaking of the mini-bottles, I drank those daily when I was in my cutting down mode. I never bought more than 2 or 3 because they were always located in front of…

968 /2025 miles done. Added 13 +10+5 miles from today and past 2 days. 3 days left to get to my personal goal of hitting 1000 mark. Yesterday I ran 5 miles, today none but tomorrow back to gym classes. @Mari33a I am in a similar boat - now at 138.1 lbs but it takes me 2-3 weeks to see a "drop". Some weeks it's nothing,…