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LesIckaBod October Week 1 PW: 170.5 (from Sept. week 3) CW: 172.6 Feeling frazzled and overwhelmed at work. I'm having trouble making myself come to Gutbusters because it's more time in front of my computer, and if I'm in front of my computer, I need to be working. Ugh. Hopefully, once I get through a big push of work…

LesIckaBod Week 3 Sept PW: 168.2 CW: 170.5

LesIckaBod Week 2 Sept PW: 172 CW: 168.2 Sorry for missing my Tuesday weigh-in @BonnieHosk85 ! I hope this report is still in time for Week 2!

LesIckaBod Sept. Week 1 PW: 172.5 CW: 172 I like nuts and fish for fat. Peanuts and pistachios are my go-to mid-morning snacks, and tuna or sardines are good for lunch when I'm at home. BTW: @BonnieHosk85, so glad to see you're still here as Captain! Thanks for having me back on Gutbusters! I've done pretty well at…

Hello! I used to be a Gutbuster - can I be again? Username: LesIckaBod Weigh-in: Monday please Starting: 172.5

Folks, and especially @BonnieHosk85, who has come through big time for Gutbusters, I want to make a clean break and say I need to step away from Gutbusters for a bit. I mentioned this in the captain's thread, but I want to tell you all, too, that I'm scared to step away. TBL and Gutbusters have been crucial to my success…

LesIckaBod March Week 2 PW: 161.5 CW: 161.4 More of the same!

LesIckaBod Mar Week 1 PW: 160.3 CW: 161.5 Same old carousel. Still maintaining, working in the mental game to get back to losing.

Question of the Week When you think about your weight goals, what does success look like for you? I challenge you to try to describe your success without referring to numbers (on scales, on clothes, on weight-lifting, etc).

Hi Gutbusters! I'm Les, a co-captain to @BonnieHosk85 who has wonderfully taken the reins/ the captain's wheel/ flight control -- whatever metaphor you like! I'm so grateful for her efforts -- this challenge runs on volunteer time, and it's amazing what folks like Bonnie, @AB0215, @craigo3154 contribute to keep groups and…

LesIckaBod February Week 4 PW: 162.2 CW: 160.3

I'm thinking of moving to a paper log of my food, and not strictly counting calories for a while. I'm having trouble motivating myself to use a device for non-work related things (new supervisor has meant feeling like I"m behind on everything, with new things coming my way all the time! That's why I've been away so much),…

@BonnieHosk85 Staying the course is the best advice! This is a long term journey. I always think, wherever I am today is better than where I would be if I had never started. You'll keep making progress, I have no doubt.

LesIckaBod Feb Week 3 PW: 161.2 CW: 162.2 Munchies this week got me down. Also, wtf with my scale? Last night before bed it said 165-something, this morning at my usual weigh-in time it said 168-something, and just now in mid-afternoon, post lunch, it said 162.2. I think that's closer to right so it's what I'm counting,…

Hello all! Exercise is still going well for me, but the munchies have been tough. Need more sleep!

Looks like a lot of progress is happening this week, Gutbusters! What great news! Feb 12 Exercise: Yes Calories/ Track: No -- still having a hard time being consistent here! But, my meals have been in my wheelhouse of maintenance meals, and I was below 160 again this morning. I've got a long commuting day tomorrow, and…

LesIckaBod PW: 159.3 CW: 161.2 Average weight for last week was 157.9. My carby weekend did did not help me with weigh-in this morning! :s

Weekend was a little too carb heavy -- I know what's coming on my weigh-in tomorrow. But, an NSV: the family was out until after 6 this evening. Mr 4 fell asleep in the car, and Mr 6 kept me company in the basement while I did laundry and my workout. Just finished the exercise, removing laundry from dryer now, taking kid…

@ShareASmile so sorry to hear about your brother. <<hugs>>

Feb 7 Exercise: You know it! Calories: 1470 Maybe too much, we'll see Tracked: Success!

@inshapeck Thanks for sharing your struggles with us. I hope it helps at least a little to unload to us; I know I've done the same and it made me feel a little better. Your struggles right now are understandable. I think you know that. I do realize that even knowing that, a person wants to be better and overcome the…

@12sarah2015 Thanks for the encouragement! :smile: It's tough with the little people, for sure. I will say, it's true that they grow super fast, and before you know it, you'll be able to get much more done (because they'll be so much bigger! sniff, sniff!!)

February 6 Exercise: Yes - always the fun part Calories: Probably not? Tracked: Yes The best laid plans of mice and Gutbusters came crashing down:* missed planned lunch today - husband changed plans, so I was with him. Kept to the same calories, but the protein was far less than planned, and overall nutrition was worse,…

Morning, Gutbusters! I've logged into my tracker and posted breakfast already and pre-logged lunch, afternoon protein smoothie, and chicken cacciatore dinner (predicting eating out at the pizza restaurant tonight). Dinner's the one that I'm most guesttimating. I only eat the chicken, peppers and onions, but I still have no…

Feb 5 Tracked: Yes Calories: a little high Exercise: Yes Success on tracking. Regarding calories, I was at 1440 probably - guesstimating some weights and measures. My MFP calorie limit is 1270. I want to keep up my tracking and resume calculating my tracked TDEE, which was super helpful when I began losing weight last…

Gutbusters, as your (co-)captain I've been doing a terrible job of modeling the daily check-in. Why? Because I've been doing a terrible job of tracking! Maybe I should try to spin this into a positive and say I've been doing a pretty good job of maintaining without tracking? Anyway, today I try again, and I've already…

@kimmie_H81 Free starbucks? I'm both envious and aware of how dangerous that could be! (I love me some lattes!)

@matthewsfive I think it's best to leave it as is. Any advantage you have bc of weigh in day will go away after week 1.

@matthewsfive I know, this weigh-in stuff can feel a little confusing at first because of how the registration works. Just to get us all on the same page: You posted on the New Member Registration page on Jan 28 that your starting weight is 259.2. It looks like you want a Saturday weigh-in. The first Saturday weigh-in for…

LesIckaBod Feb Week 1 PW: 158.7 CW: 159.3 No surprise on this little spike! I enjoyed my chips and salsa last night! :smiley: Since I've still got this cold (allergies? who knows?) I'm focused on maintaining my weight while attempting to gain strength. Folks here on MFP usually call this "recomposition" -- the idea that…