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Hit the wrong “done” button and lost my post. Too tired to rewrite, so the basics: 1. Weigh 2. Track all bites 3. Walk 4. Plan weekend meals 5. Journal Hope you all have a great Friday!

@snowflake1968 @littleblackskirt A colleague at work used to work out regularly and someone asked “what are you training for?” Answer: “old age”. I always thought that was a brilliant attitude. @HEGoddard0928 Glad you’re feeling somewhat better. Hope you’re past it all soon! @Faebert Good job on your goals! 10k run is…

Today 1. Weigh✅ 2. Track all bites🤨—think I missed a few, but already at 2X my goal 😩 3. Journal✅ Tomorrow: 1. Weigh 2. Track—all bites 3. Walk 4. Journal

Met my commitments today. Didn’t mean my eating was back on track yet but didn’t feel overwhelmed. For tomorrow I will add tracking. No judgment, no target, just log every bite. Hopefully I can add exercise soon—with the heat wave, then the fires, I’ve had all these excuses and havenot been working out inside (too hot, AC…

So, a 2 week derailment. Lots of contributing factors, but in the end the only one I’m hurting is me. 😣 I need to bring this back, am going to start small. Tomorrow I commit to 1. weighing myself 2. journaling. Hopefully by adding one small thing back in each day I can return to the version of life I actually enjoy.

ROUND 122 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 08/05 DNW—camping 08/06 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/09 179.6 yay! Came back a pound lighter. Ate smart (lots of veggies, thinking through my meals…

Still here, reporting in for accountability. Mostly on track today. Helped to get a morning walk in as a way to reset for the day. Will do again tomorrow since it’s predicted 102F... Made a decision that next time I feel “draggy” and just want to numb out with food, I will journal a specific question “I feel _____, and I…

ROUND 122 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 08/05 DNW—camping 08/06 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/09 179.6 yay! Came back a pound lighter. Ate smart (lots of veggies, thinking through my meals…

ROUND 122 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 08/05 DNW—camping 08/06 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/09 179.6 yay! Came back a pound lighter. Ate smart (lots of veggies, thinking through my meals…

@snowflake1968 —for tracking your weight, have you tried Happy Scale? It’s a free app and does a great job of showing you averages for a week, month, 90 days, etc as well as trends especially if you weigh daily (more data, better estimates). Really easy to use, assuming you bring your phone along to wherever you weigh in.

Having difficulty with motivation this week. Went off the rails Tuesday, didn’t exercise, ate poorly, didn’t journal or plan Wednesday. So today I didn’t do too well either. Eating not as bad, but no exercise. Wrote out a long journal entry on my “why”—need to keep revisiting. I need to shake something up, I’m in a rut,…

A good day until the very end. Need to shut off my reading earlier and go back to not allowing food upstairs! Daily habits: track, exercise, journal Tuesday Action Plan 1. Up by 6am, pill, set timer, weigh 2. Pets, pill, make coffee 3. Breakfast = yogurt + Kashi 4. IT rehab exercises 5. Lunch = salad + chicken 6. Get DD…

ROUND 122 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 08/05 DNW—camping 08/06 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/09 179.6 yay! Came back a pound lighter. Ate smart (lots of veggies, thinking through my meals…

The sunset photo is the quiet alpine lake where we camp and kayak, south and east of Lake Tahoe (in the California Sierra mountains). Because it’s shallow and remote from services it’s great for kayaking and SUPing and the ski boats don’t bother with it. The second photo is a smaller lake that is the “big hike “ each time…

ROUND 122 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 08/05 DNW—camping 08/06 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/09 179.6 yay! Came back a pound lighter. Ate smart (lots of veggies, thinking through my meals…

ROUND 122 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 08/05 DNW—camping 08/06 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/07 DNW—camping 08/09 179.6 yay! Came back a pound lighter than my pre-travel weigh in. Ate smart (lots of veggies,…

I’m back! Had a wonderful electronics-free week camping at our favorite lake. Was my first break in MFP logging since I started...broke a 180+ day streak. I did mostly keep track on paper and I came back a pound lighter so I did ok while still enjoying myself! Back to the reality of work tomorrow... Hope to catch up with…

ROUND 121 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 07/26 180.8 Yikes! Weekend lack of discipline. Lost my 17X number. 07/27 182.4 Why do I do this to myself? Now I will spend the next week+ just trying to get back to where…

@SERmom3 @cesse47. Thanks for the advice to check out some personal finance books! Never occurred to me they would address the emotional side of the decisions, but obviously it would make sense that some do. I’ll look into it when I get back! @Snowflake1968 I sure hope our daughters will feel that way as we get closer to…

Busy and on my feet all day yesterday, but none of it counted as exercise. Off for a quick walk before we finalize all the packing and get out of here by 11 (we hope) and spend 6 nights camping and kayaking. See you all next Sunday! Daily habits: track, exercise, journal Sunday Action Plan 1. No alarm wake, pill, timer,…

Good day, but worn out and foggy as the adrenaline that kept me going for the past 5 months at work is wearing off. So glad we’re heading out camping on Sunday...and that I have tomorrow to prepare! Had a tough conversation with my DH...we need to put together a living trust, but we each came into this marriage with…

ROUND 121 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 07/26 180.8 Yikes! Weekend lack of discipline. Lost my 17X number. 07/27 182.4 Why do I do this to myself? Now I will spend the next week+ just trying to get back to where…

ROUND 121 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 07/26 180.8 Yikes! Weekend lack of discipline. Lost my 17X number. 07/27 182.4 Why do I do this to myself? Now I will spend the next week+ just trying to get back to where…

We did it. With my team we got through the most intense 5 months of work ever. Wrapped with final grueling decision meeting today and sent out communication before ending the day. Will spend tomorrow trying to address all the emails and issues that I ignored for the past 2 weeks and getting ready for VACATION!! Hope all of…

ROUND 121 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 07/26 180.8 Yikes! Weekend lack of discipline. Lost my 17X number. 07/27 182.4 Why do I do this to myself? Now I will spend the next week+ just trying to get back to where…

So I disappeared into a funk for 4 days. Overwhelmed and worried about the immense work week I knew was in front of me. But I pulled myself out slowly and gently, and was back on track today, Wednesday. Now the work is almost done, I feel prepared for tomorrow, so things are better. I will note that probably what helped…

ROUND 121 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 07/26 180.8 Yikes! Weekend lack of discipline. Lost my 17X number. 07/27 182.4 Why do I do this to myself? Now I will spend the next week+ just trying to get back to where…

Thank you @GrandmaJackie ! ROUND 121 50yo F, 5’8.5” 2020 Starting Weight: 209.5 Round 121 Start Weight: 179.8 Current Goal Weight: 173 Ultimate Goal Weight: 148 Day/Weight/Comment 07/26 180.8 Yikes! Weekend lack of discipline. Lost my 17X number. 07/27 07/28 07/29 07/30 07/31 08/01 08/02 08/03 DNW—camping 08/04 DNW—camping