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Nancy, your new porch is beautiful! You two really do great work. I know you'll enjoy sitting in the porch in nice weather. Enjoy the birthday party. :) Becky

Faye, I love the picture of your city!! How stunningly gorgeous. The city looks so clean and I love the architecture! I'm really enjoying seeing where each of us live! The rest of our group should also do the same. :-)

Well, I had my official weigh in this morning. I'm not quite sure how I lost with eating more calories and my new personal training sessions, but I did! SW: 186.7 CW: Wk 1: 183.2 GW: 167 Total lost this challenge: 3.5 lb Great job on your losses, everyone!! We can and will do this. :-)

Good morning, friends! Marie, yes, you can grow tomatoes in the straw bales. In fact, you can grow any plant in the straw. You just need to either compost it before planting or wait one year for it to compost on its own. The reason for this is because at the beginning, it gets way too hot as it breaks down. There's lots of…

Esther, I am so sorry to hear the news about the young lady! Prayers for a full recovery and that she gets the mental health help to get her out of the depression!

Janice, your property is gorgeous. Don't you love the countryside? I really love it. Your Angel looks very huggable! I love our furbabies. Glad you also got to spend time with family. Your tomato garden is really unique how you have it. I assume it faces a southern exposure? I have had lots of red tomatoes for weeks now…

Here is a picture of our old tiny pond, the new huge pond, and one of our vegetable gardens.

Marie, At least the nuts are good for you. :-) They are so yummy and also help lower your cholesterol. We have lots of opossum, raccoon, skunk, deer, fox, ground hogs, bald Eagle, Osprey, and lovely water birds being between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Wild dogs would make me nervous, too! Enjoy your day out…

Good morning, friends! I agree that the weekend went by way to quickly. We had Jessica, Joe and the babies and Joshua and Jennifer over for the cookout and the pond unveiling and it was a a wonderful evening on Saturday. Little Joseph loved finally getting to see the pond and he got to name all the fish. Of course, he's…

Wow, week 1/52 of personal training is in the books! I was so sweaty today during the work out! He really pushed me. He is learning I have a fairly strong baseline and he is pushing me. Today he increased the RPM on the bike from 110 to 120 and shortened the rest period from 40 to 30 seconds with 20 seconds of HIIT. Whew!…

Janice, I need the personal trainer simply because I am not good at going home and exercising. There are too many other things calling to me to get done. If you have the willpower to work out at home with weights and DVDs, you're golden! Likewise with the food... I know I have to get pictures, get weighed and measured…

Good morning! I have my personal trainer this afternoon after work and I'm so excited to see what's in store for me. I am feeling less full in the gut and my scale actually showed I was down a few pounds. My official weigh in is Tuesday. Hoping for great things. I am really pleased with myself that I've not strayed from my…

Hi, Nancy! The BMR is what you'd burn in calories if you were in a coma lying in bed doing nothing. Your TDEE is your total daily energy expenditure (including exercise). The theory in eating your full TDEE is that you are giving your body exactly what it needs to function at it's peak performance. Because of this, it no…

Rosie, Connie, Steph and the rest... thank you for your positivity being sent my way! I send it right back at each of you! <3 Cristina, you look fabulous! Remember all you've accomplished and I'm sure with all this heat that you gained some water weight in those 8 lbs! Connie, the name of the gym is CNU (seeing you) Fit in…

BTW, my 4 oz of baked russett potato with 1TBS of butter and 2TBS of real sour cream was divine. I was shocked when my trainer put this into my plan as ok. My shocked response made him laugh. He replied, "Of course you can have real food on this plan. That's why we call it a new lifestyle and not a diet." :-) I just might…

Cristina, You are not alone. I regained what I had lost on the Easter challenge during the fourth challenge. BUT, here we are today and we begin again in earnest. I'm sure the kickboxing will burn tons of calories for you. I am excited and terrified to weigh in next Tuesday (my weigh day for my new personal trainer). If…

Good morning! Well, today I am a little sore and I'm so pleased about that! Haven't been sore from exercising in 1.5 years (don't judge! LOL). My first day on Tuesday we did legs. Not sore yesterday am. However, last night I did chest and HIIT on the bike and whoa I am feeling that. My legs were really achy painful (not…

Hmmm, thanks, Esther.

Connie, it feels really strange to be full with three meals and two snacks! My macros are Carbs 30%, Protein and fats 35% each. Janice, Perhaps we can both be down a similar 20 lbs by Thanksgiving, too! :-) Becky

Yes we do, except for the fact that you've already got me by 20 lbs! :-)

Esther, I joined the group, but it won't let me star it as a favorite, why is that? Becky

Connie, it was interesting because my Fit Bit Aria scale has my BF% at 42% and their ultrasound (which I trust more) had it at 33%. So that's better news already! :-) Stephanie, stalk away! LOL I can't imagine how I will lose weight with eating all this food, but he said I will. Becky

Hi, everyone! My name is Becky and I live in Maryland. I joined the Easter Challenge and lost about 10 lbs, but then started experimenting with LC and gained. I wasn't exercising, so no wonder I didn't lose and keep it off. I'm now working with a personal trainer 3x/week and getting metabolic counseling to reset my…

Hello, challengers! Here are my stats: Height: 5'4" Starting Weight: 186.7 Goal for this Challenge: 167 Ultimate Goal Weight: 145 I just started working with a personal trainer 3x/week and follow the metabolic coaching meal plan created for me. Here's hoping for great success by Thanksgiving! Becky in MD

Good morning, everyone! Well, I had a wonderful time yesterday at my initial consultation, metabolic coaching session laying out my meal plan for the week, and first workout!!! I know the pictures, measurements, and weight are awful, but I have only better pictures to look forward to in 21 days when they retake my…

Got it. Thanks, Connie!

Connie, Are we moving over to the fourth thread or stay here in this one? If we are moving, what is the link for that one? Becky

Happy Birthday, Cristina! So glad you got to spend time with family. That's what I did last week and everyone really enjoyed our time together. Becky

Just popping in to keep up with all the posts and to say "hello." I am nervous and excited for my initial consultation and first workout this afternoon after work. I'll pop in tomorrow and let you know how it went. I have appointments for personal training tomorrow and Friday, too. :) Have a great day, Becky

Hello, friends! Well, I am back from my NC vacation visiting with extended family and my mom and four siblings. It was fun to see everyone and have all five kids together for the first time in many years. As for the 4th challenge, no loss for me. But, I begin my personal training and metabolic coaching tomorrow. I am SO…