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I wonder how many calories I burn wrestling with a self-injurous and aggressive seven-year-old in a child-control-hold for half an hour? :grumble: Other than that, I got virtually no exercise today and I also went way over calories. :explode: Well, it happens every once in a while, I guess, and hopefully I learn something…

@tammy - so good to see you enjoying your new fitness routines! :smile: @tom - I went to two mudhens games while I was visiting my parents, and thought of you! they lost both - off to a bad start this year - but it was still so much fun! @robin - how's the golfing going? @kris - I like robin's advice for mowmow... he…

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Ugh, this month I picked up four overnight shifts at my old job, because I will definitely need the extra cash due to unpaid April Vacation. I did finally decide to rent my unused upstairs. The new roommate moved in last week, so hopefully in a few months, these financial difficulties will have subsided. For now, I have…

Congratulations, Lin! You must be over the moon!!!! @Tammy - our journeys have been similar, I think. My stall was in February, but the scale's moving again. :happy: Yours will too. @Tom - WII Fit was my saving grace this winter. I LOVE the boxing, and the balance games. To those of you who do planks -- when you say…

Just a quick bump, mostly, but I do want to send congratulations to Alison on the half marathon! :flowerforyou: Such a major accomplishment! I've been good, busy, keeping on. Logging and losing a little, reading all your posts daily, though I seldom comment at this juncture. I do hope to check in more frequently once…

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@alison - great victories!!! @karenleona - good to see you popping in! @jana - so nice to see you too!!!! Monday Check-In: Celebrated scale victory this morning (3.0 pounds) by taking extra steps and working out a bit longer today! :smile: I'm also still a perfect 25/25 for the GHD challenge! Gained a pound since my…

@robin and melancholy - hope you have great fun on your vacations!!! @kaye - so sorry for your friend - such a heartbreaking loss. @tammy - way to stick up for yourself! @gorilla and karen - sounds like you're doing a great job getting ready for those races!! @kelley and helena - so ridiculous that people feel free to…

Goal is to just keep at it and trust the process. @Karen - the hospital might have a forgiveness program for low-income people with no insurance. I think they often do. Worth checkng into.

Monday Check-In: So happy to report that the scale finally started moving again, after a month of stagnation! Glad I just kept doing what I do and was finally rewarded with a catch-up loss of 4.4 pounds! I would like to lose five more this month, but if it doesn't happen, no worries... eventually it will. My goal has been…

@susan - so glad you're moving on! casino work is tough, all the way around! best to cut and run... great that this opportunity opened up and you don't have to relocate again. @tom - hope you had marvelous birthday!! @holly - ending relationships is always hard, even when it's the right thing. glad you found the motivation…

Saturday Success - Cleared a path from my back door to the street and managed to shovel out the garage. Wow! That's a lot of snow. Then went in to work at my old job for a few hours to relieve a co-worker who got stuck there for 36 hours! Yikes, poor guy!!!! One of the many pitfalls of residential work, and a good reminder…

Well, with over 26 inches of snow and more falling, I'm pretty sure I know how I will get my burn this weekend.

Gearing up for the blizzard here.... thought I was going to have a snow day, but even though there will be no students, my boss said to come in... I work at a Clinical Day Treatment School, so the kids are bussed in but at the same hospital site, there is an inpatient school and my boss is principal of both.... since those…

@tammy - sounds like you have found an exercise groove -- good for you!! and do i see your ticker moving? :smile: @kelley - half of your body weight in ounces of water? really? i might drown, lol. but i will give it a try - i always drink more than 8 glasses... now i know why. @robin - good job fessing up (i know that can…

ugh... i just lost a long post that i had masterfully crafted (lol). well, i will re-create some of it. @kaye - i'm sure you know, some dogs just can't deal with kid-energy. my dog lily used to live with a family with kids. she was pretty miserable there, and they were always worried she would eventually get in trouble for…

@karen - thanks for the warmer weather, but did you have to send the rain?

I'm calling this week's weight loss - 0.2 pounds - a victory, since it was too cold to get out much and I hunkered down with extra calories a couple days. I did go for nice long walks with one of my dogs on Saturday and Sunday when the temps reached into the balmy 20s, even though the wind made it feel sub-zero at times.…

@kelley, tom, and lin!!!! - Great scale victories!!!!! So inspiring!! @nicole - so sorry to hear about your break-in! that can be so unsettling! i hope your sense of security is intact now that your door and windows are secured. @robin - you must be getting pumped up for jamaica, especially with this cold weather we've…

Figured I better jump in with a quick comment so I don't lose my place again. I continue to read and log every day, even if I'm only posting once or twice a week - still very inspired by everyone's success and with you in your struggles! I lost 3.4 pounds this week and am pretty proud of myself! Never thought I would be…

@everyone who commented on my ticker success -- thank you! I hope to reach my next major goal (100 pounds lost) sometime over the summer. I know that some of you are losing 10 pounds multiple times, but the thought of having to lose 10 pounds 21 times is quite overwhelming to me, so I'm just going to lose 50 pounds four…

@alison, skinnyjeanz, and kelley - thanks for the running advice! I think I will give my knee one more week to recover, then give c25k a try, on a treadmill, at the gym (sigh, the gym makes me a bit sad). you've convinced me i may as well get to it... no more excuses! @christine - Welcome back!!! So good to see you! @kris…

@robin & liz - so sorry the flu has you down. hope you feel better soon!! @marsha - congrats on the wonderful loss! @vicki - ONEderland?!!! That's ONEderful!!!! Congratulations!! I hope you celebrate with something fun! @susan - Good luck with your new challenge!! @nicole - Hang in there with the classes, especially math.…

Saturday Success -- looks like I'm on track for a loss this week, if I can hold steady through the weekend. I did some wii fit today to make up for some silly early morning snacking.... sheesh. I'm also looking at backpacking books, starting to plan a hike this summer, and looking for a local triathalon to try next fall...…

@rachael -- i use the fitbit and really like it... it tracks steps taken, plus converts those into miles, plus lets you know how many floors you've climbed and calories you've burned... also has a sleep function. i find it very motivating, with weekly progress reports, etc. and i love it when it syncs with mfp and gives me…

Wednesday Wish: Money, and lots of it! Enough for myself and friends and family who are struggling... sigh.

Tuesday Goal: Just keep on keepin' on. Glad to be home and back into my routine.

@laurie - I hope your knee heals quickly. I tweaked mine on my backpacking trip in September, and it's just now getting back to normal. @toots and kris - great NSVs! Monday Check-In: Back from my holiday trip to Colorado. Decided not to ski, b/c of my knee, but did take a lovely, long walk by the river each day. Lots of…

@karen - hope you feel better soon! @laurie - enjoy the gym and climbing!! @robin - perhaps we will pass each other on the road in Colorado... Safe travels!! @alison - I hope you can stay in ONEderland through the rest of the holidays, but even more, I hope you enjoy the time with friends and family! @everyone who is up a…