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@Mariamamjad I don't have great advice about songs, unfortunately (my taste in music is incredibly bad), but I do have some advice about feeling "so unfit." I felt the same way when I first started exercising again in April. I would literally be winded by the warm up, and I wouldn't add any additional weights to any of the…

@Sparx_81 Who knows what mischief lurks in the heart of scales? I know a bump up can feel disheartening. People will tell you weight loss isn't linear - that's true. I know that, but sometimes I get disheartened by a weekly bump-up too. What works for me is to weigh daily (I know, heresy!) and track the weekly average and…

@inshapeCK way to go on your NSV! It's really hard to say "no" when all those treats are there and other people are having them. I try to keep a cold seltzer in hand -- I actually love seltzer, and there's enough taste that I don't mind missing out so much. I'm impressed that you were able to stay strong! Did you feel any…

October 2 Exercise: Yes Tracked: Yes, pretty much right after I ate, too, which is the process goal for the month Calories: No? I ate leftovers for dinner. It was a mixed bowl of steak strips with homemade fajita seasoning, plus mixed pepper strips and some leftover refried beans. It was all heaped together, so I tried to…

Welcome, @Lilmamawoz ! Meal prep and planning, plus consistent tracking and daily activity should be a recipe for success here! We'll all be rooting for you. I see you've posted your Week 1 weigh-in, thank you! For next week, would you please use this format: Username: @Lilmamawoz Weigh in week: October Week 2 Weigh in…

Oct 1 Exercise: Yes Calories: Yes Tracked: Yes, though I didn't log in dinner until this morning :neutral: I need to improve on logging as soon after as possible One small personal victory: the whole family has been a little under the weather lately, and neither my husband nor I have been feeling like cooking. Last night,…

Happy Tuesday, Gutbusters! Today is Week 1 Weigh-In for: @Lilmamawoz @Sparx_81

LesIckaBod October Week 1 Weigh-In PW: 168 CW: 168.8 I do hate seeing the blips up, but this was predictable based on eating dinner so late last night. My weekly average last week was only down 0.6lbs from the prior weekly average, so I think Ms. Aria (my fitbit scale) is sending me the message that I need to refocus on…

Wow, most of us are weighing in on Mondays for October! Here's the Monday crew: @90kgtoNewMe - great start to October!! @Be_Lively @CDiddyGetsFitty -- love your name, and congrats on a super start to October!! @cdqtducks @eevang @jrw423 @Mariamamjad @metubal @michellelagle @mthomas0228 @mycocoabubbles @pilpolf @westray16…

Sept 30 Exercise: No Calories: No Tracked: Not yet Yikes, I'm a terrible role model! Let's see, can I make this appear any better? I spent about 4 hours at a street fair today and was on my feet nearly the whole time, so I suppose I could call the strolling an activity, but it wasn't my regularly scheduled workout. Got…

Some thoughts: Relying only on the scale to determine if you're making progress can be frustrating. From the folks who've been in this group a long time and succeeded, I've learned that consistent focus on the weight loss process results in weight loss over time, even if the scale talks back from time to time (mine is…

Welcome everyone! Today begins the first day of posting the October Week 1 weigh-ins. I'll do my best to leave a message here sometime during the day to tag the people who should post weigh-ins. So, for today: Happy Weigh-In day for: @Wishfulthinning18 - Welcome back! @janetschaferbeck - Welcome!! For those of you who are…

Final Saturday of the September Challenge! It's weigh-in day for: @akerra27 @emmclean @ladylin77 @ShareaSmile -- glad my cliff analogy helped :smile:

Happy Friday Weigh-in for: @fe452436 @KillaLindzilla @Rocknut53

I agree with @Rocknut53 that the emotional/ psychological aspect is very real, maybe not for everyone, but for some people. I don't have a firsthand familiarity with drug or alcohol addiction, so please forgive me if I offend anyone with this, but I feel sometimes that overeating is similar to those addictions. I could…

@12Sarah2015 It's tough when family is sick and worried. I'm glad your grandma is doing better, though. Don't worry about helping the group with losing weight - this week or any week. Winning as a group is fun, but we're all in this weight loss game for our individual success, right? Instead, focus on something that you…

Thanks @caitlynns727 ! I used to read the Shannara books as a teen myself! I'll check out some of your recommendations here. To return the favor, have you tried any of Naomi Novik's books? Her debut was the Temeraire series (super good!!) and then she wrote the stand-alone Uprooted, set in a different world with a…

Happy Thursday weigh-in for: @cjscoey @Colleen790 - Down 3.03% for the month! Well done! @Grebber1 - Down 5.91% for the month! Whatever you're doing is working!! @peacekeace

I know what you mean. "It won't be easy, but it will be worth it." I think we have to look at the weight loss process as preparing us for maintenance. We have to work on these habits now in order to have them in place for maintenance later. I always think about the fact that, even though I feel pretty good about my current…

OK, I'll be the first to bite on my own question. You all know I really just wanted to talk about this myself, right? :wink: One of my goals was to work on getting more sleep. I'm making some progress on that, but not as much as I wanted. I think reading more at night helps, and I could use some more book ideas. So,…

Happy Wednesday Weigh-In for: @bendiz_ - today's blip aside, you're still down for the month! 1.43% lost! @caitlynns727 - love the idea of the work week hustle! Down 1.8% for the month! @edising @hayleymace90 @inshapeCK @Grebber1 Looks like you've got yourself a non-scale challenge to motivate a future non-scale victory!…

Hello, new and returning Gutbusters! I'm Les, 39, a mom of 2, a wife of 1, and currently wearing the Gutbuster captain's hat. I joined this group in May. I was 212.2 at my Gutbuster starting weight on April 23 (that was already down about 3 from where I started). Here's my progress at the end of each round of Gutbusters: *…

No weigh-ins today, but Happy Tuesday, everyone! My personal info, from yesterday: Week 4 weigh-in: 168 (forgot to post this myself!) Sept. 24 Exercise: Yes Calories: No Tracked: Yes

@mycocoabubbles Gotcha - and nicely done for the week! You're down 2.7% for the month!

@eevang You're coming up on your 1 year anniversary of this weight loss journey, aren't you? (I seem to remember you mentioning October as your starting date). I've only been at this for about 6 months, and I keep wondering where I'll be in 6 months. You're my role model for staying committed to tracking and exercise…

@craigo3154 Thanks for the kind words! You've done so much here yourself, so count my progress in part as a consequence of your good role modeling -- keeping up with life, work, your weight maintenance, and still finding a way to come back here and help keep us motivated!

@caitlynns727 Way to go!! Just keep on truckin!

@inshapeCK It helped that this week I erased a blip up from the week before. :smile: But thank you! I put on the captain's hat because I thought it would help me stay on better track this month, and it's been working! (So thank you all for that, too!)

Woops, I forgot to post our top 3 losers by percent loss! Here it is! Gutbusters 1st - @LeslckaBod. - 2.23% 2nd - @caitlynns727. - 1.68% 3rd - @mthomas0228. - 1.65%

You all love me blowing up the forum with posts, right? :smiley: I'm going to try a question for the week again: Question for the Week: Think back to your goals for September. Which goal do you think you made the most progress on, and what did you do that enabled you to make the progress? Looking forward to hearing what…