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Congrats on so many lbs you have lost and thanks for making a point that even while loosing weight, people should enjoy their food.

As I mentioned earlier, I looked with very different eyes on this christmas. I logged days when I was badly over, but just took 1 day, that I did not log at all. For me the main thing is/was, that I stay in the routine and came back to this side. Yes, I gained a bit, but knowing it could have been so much more made me go…

So for my last log in my weight is 196.8 lbs! Starting: 208.77 lbs As for the off goal I had. I think I made that, since I have made it through week 5 day 3 of the C25K app and ran 17 min without stoping. So 2 times 10 minutes with a break should be no problem! Thanks for the challenge!

Nana: I am happy to see, that you made it back safe and sound and that you did so great on the family dinner. I got a HRM I was hoping for too and I will soon wear it for 24 hours on a non workout day, to see, where my cals are if I am not working out extra hard! I read this post yesterday shortly after it was posted and…

Yes, I am in the same boat too. On top of that the scale taunts me everytime I had nightshift and i just finished them yesterday and the cherry on top is my TOM. SO weight in tomorow will be harsh! BUT this year I made better choices than the last years, even though I did not stay in my cals and that is something that…

caniballdoll: Due to the momentary situation with my mother. She told my brother, that he should let me know, that I can come there and pick up my money - present, which I flat out refused, because then she will tell everyone, I was only coming for the money! Do not need this kind of bad talking about me anymore!

Please do not cut it short. Looked at some pics of yours and have to say, that it really suits you this way!

I have to say, for me the time to hold on for a moment, rethink things and make plans where I want to be is always on the last day of the year. Not so much to make new years solutions, but to reflect on the things that happened throughout the year and if things are still in motion, which part I want to take in them or not.…

My life is my choice and I can only control my mind and my actions, not those around me! Thanks for posting this, I really needed a positive boost!

Without having read day 18 I had sort of a similar revelation on sunday night. A Patient of mine gave me some cookies or better said the ones I really really love. Now I associate these cookies that my mum used to make them especially for me with christmas, cause no one else in the family household loved them as much as…

Sounds like a lovely weekend spend with lots of quality time! You have a good plan in place and you get back to logging right away, so, this will work out just fine!

Good to hear it is maybe nothing, but you got it checked out! Merry christmas!:smile:

I had to think about the things you have posted for a while... okay it was a long while. And then I was like: Yeah, since I started to loose weight, I am more aware of my body and I also try not to be negative about it all the way. What helps me a lot is when I start to think negative about floppy stomach, fat tights etc.…

If he would come with long blond hair.... for me this would be it!!! *drooling* but he is mighty fine too!:tongue:

:explode: I am a nurse and 6 days is way to long, up to 3 days is normal after that you have to do something and after a surgery (you never said where you had surgery) this is something a Doctor must look into! You do not just have to deal with it!!! GO AND SEE A DOCTOR ASAP!!!! Worst case scenario: You can die from…

thanks for the post. I read it and there were a lot of smart points. Will have to review a few things from here!

Count me in too! Took me a while to write this answer down, cause just thinking of men with long her, 2 jumped to my mind and I sat here smiling stupidly around *lol*:blushing:

Today I went to see my grandpa and my grandma (who seems to have recovered a little again) to give them a little gift. And I got my brother to come stay with me over christmas. Christmas nowadays is really really quite than what I was used to as a child. I used to love christmas as the whole familiy would get together…

I work at a trauma unit as a nurse in germany (i live near the boarder germany netherlands), so working in germany where I originally come from and living in the netherlands where my husband is from! Around this time of year lots of car accidents and broken bones! Starting there saturday after a 3 week vacation!

I agree, if you have recently started to take on a lot more activity than u used to and even though it may "just" be walking. Your body also builts muscles and muscles caontain water, especially when you just started to train yourself to drink a certain amount of fluids! I remember that some time not long ago, I taught…

I managed to avoid big christmas dinners by doing the nightshift at work! But I will safe these tips for new years eve and January 1st (usually leftover day) !!! Thanks for sharing!

All those with no kids seem thinks, that this is a normal child, all those with children seem to think that this kid in the first post, suffers from autism or another disease!!

Parents should stop try being friends with their kids and be their parents instead! And that does NOT mean they have to spank their kids, but to set boundaries! He should have taken the kid out of the store, no need to plea with it and set it in the car for a few minutes, shut the door, stay nearby and let the kid rant. If…

I am currently at 195.99lbs and this might be the last weight in, as I will be on nightshift and that always seems to mess with the scale numbers!

you had a great loss! Does not matter if it is "only" 3 pounds or 5! Congrats to that loss and the work you have put into it! Especially since christmas is right around the corner and we now that there are treats and goodies like everywhere!:flowerforyou:

Thanks jbnl1991 for this wise insight. For a really long time I thought I needed to do all these things for my mother to love me or as I said before be a good child. But I think a child at the age of 30 is totally entiteled to have a opinion on their own, does not have to agree with her mum on everything and still can be…

My mom cut ties with me, for making her agenda on my brother not my priority. Unfortunatly our family has a very messed up dynamic. Well, I did not know how much time I was spending to keep my mother happy and thinking of me as a good daughter until that all fell away and I had time for me and my husband. I even went to…

wow, she really became a swan on her journey! She looks a lot more happy and at ease with herself than in her graduation pic!

I fit the C25K into my workout as I try to run to ( and trust me I never have been good at this either) and I am loosing. But i do a bit of other cardio too and also some strength training! If you go to a gym, talk it over with an instructor, this helped me alot.

reminds me of the pictures of my first communion i last have shown to some neighbours because they were looking for a dress for their girl. "You have not changed at all!" was the first they said! For me that was kinda funny, cause in that pic I was like 10 years old and now I am almost 31 :tongue: I have to wear glasses…