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@19shmoo69 - hugs to you. I too chased that motivation to get my mind and the scale “there” : the fast way , the long way, denial (it’s not so bad), give up, guilt trips, exercise , total couch surfing for about 15y. I started every time from a place of frustration and I failed each time. I read the forums here for a while…

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 133.0 CW: 131.0 I’ve been waiting for a year for a whoosh , any whoosh 😂😂

I’m Gabi, 51yo, married since forever, 2 kids, desk job in Northern Virginia, with this group for 2y and love it. My one and only plan for 2023 is every month to weight less than the one before until reaching goal. No numbers associated with this, because I tend to sabotage myself and this loose/open minded approach might…

Username: GabiV125 Check in day- Thursday PW: 134.2 CW: 133.5 I used the long weekend and an extra day to visit my college kid on the other coast. Loved the OR weather and the trails, but all that time in/between airports is not as easy anymore 🤨. Yesterday I peeled myself reluctantly from bed at 5am and the second I…

@Brigit42, @sleepygirl79 , @Cornanda, thank you. He’s sweet , very cuddly and super tolerant of everything except having his paws handled by strangers . Must be the pug in him @trooworld , right? Long, cold and rainy days here, sorry for changing the course of the talks for a moment.

Username: GabiV125 Check in day- Thursday PW: 134.7 CW: 134.2 Speaking of pets, I made an appointment for mine to get his nails trimmed and get a bath this week, because he was reeking, seriously. I I didn’t pay attention to the fact that was Valentine’s Day, but I should have. The good groomers were on dates and the ones…

Many awesome threads available in the Success Stories section and they make for an excellent motivation when mine is lacking and a good diversion when random cravings happen.

Username: GabiV125 Check in day- Thursday PW: 135.5 CW: 134.7 Love all the chatter here lately- it’s mobilizing and the energy is contagious! Good luck to all!

Username: GabiV125 Check in day- Thursday PW: 136.2 CW: 135.5

I’m Gabi, 51yo, married, 2 kids, desk job, in the un-snowed Northern Virginia, with this group for 2y and love it. I came here before turning 50 with big plans and now I just turned 51 and am in the same place. Actually the scale is but my actions aren’t, and I learned a lot about weigh loss, habit changing and myself. My…

Username: GabiV125 Check in day- Thursday PW: 135.2 CW: 136.2 This week was a party week, with 2 birthday diners out and 3 deserts gatherings. All delicious and gain completely worth it! To be honest I expected more. Went in with only one rule: maximum one fun serving per day, either drink or desert. MFP names- it used to…

Username: GabiV125 Check in day- Thursday PW: 135.5 CW: 135.2 Not a lot to report: Car still wants my attention after changing 3 things, not too bad just (a little) irritating. It’s cold and raining, busy at work with a boring long meeting after lunch, so my mood was dangerously going down all morning. Since I feel like a…

Username: GabiV125 Check in day- Thursday PW: 136.2 CW: 135.5 My neighbor came back Monday and my intense dog walks stopped abruptly, or at least the need for them😁. My own dog gets 3 walks a day, and I’m doing the evening one. Monday night after we finished the regular loop I was still pretty antsy, so I went for 2 more.…

Username: GabiV125 Check in day- Thursday PW: 136.6 CW: 136.2 My cold/flu/allergy whatever I had for the last 2 weeks, is clearing out during daytime, so I’m waiting for the night coughing to go away and catch a normal sleep (preM type of normal, but let’s not be picky now). Boring intro- Gabi, 51yo, married half of that,…

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 136.6 CW: 136.6 One holiday over and one to go! Got the crud that’s going around, so my walking was significantly affected and skipped the weekly abs challenge. I drank my weight in tea this past week (NOT a tea person), involuntary leaving less stomach space for the heavy…

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 137.0 CW: 136.6 Bad weather here today and tomorrow so I’ll ‘entertain’ myself cooking and cleaning. If I get over everything today, I’ll get three relaxing days. The non-zero and 5-min-daily for yesterday was the 30 minutes abs challenge my coworker roped me in- one session a…

@FushiaKat - thank you for saying that about being cold after lunch. It happened to me for years, and avoided to mention it to anyone. At work I wear a light jacket after lunch every day, and the one with our big logo in front fits the bill perfectly. I keep to light lunches , so if that much energy is redirected to…

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 137.6 CW: 137.0 Love how topics vary lately and how busy this chat got. Thank you for the No-zero-days talk and examples. It was on the back of my mind as is applicable to avoiding stuff, right next to the exercise-for-5-Minutes-a-day (by DR Rangan Chatterjee in Feel Better…

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 138.2 CW: 137.6 It’s been weird lately- stress, sleep , eating, all over the place. Majority of wins, unfortunately did not go to the great days/nights 😁. Oh well, tomorrow I’ll try again.

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 137.7 CW: 138.2

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 137.7 CW: 137.5 I’m in (Northern) Virginia, getting ready for a very low key, no frills Thanksgiving, with only the 4 foods the 3 of us voted for 😂😂 Happy Thanksgiving (or Thursday) to all! ETA- @vegan4lyfe2012 - in the name of my state I apologize for the + in the 12h+ drive,…

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 137.7 CW: 137.7 @TeresaW1020 -so sorry to hear that. Wish you all the best. Hugs.

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 138.7 CW: 137.7

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 139.0 CW: 138.7

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 139.0 CW: 139.0

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 138.5 CW: 139.0

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 138.8 CW: 138.5 Ate too much and slept way too little this week and scale change makes no sense, again 😁. In my family as soon as someone sits in the car, they start talking, about everything under the sun, sometimes even over each other. So every time I read your road stories…

October 6-10: - walk minimum 10k/day ✅✅✅✅✅ - stay in calories plus maximum 3/4 of the exercise ✅❌✅✅✅ - stop eating at 8pm ✅❌✅❌✅ Onward teammates!

Username: GabiV125 Check in day: Thursday PW: 140.0 CW:138.8 First sunny day in a week and plan a long dog walk followed by a long dog shower, because he’s rather musty after so much rain walking 😁.