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Hi Everyone, I hope you are all doing well. This week my office started the Win by Losing challenge with our Healthcare provider. I joined the challenge and hope to contribute to the teams total loss for the 10 week program. One thing I am doing to challenge myself during this program is to started standing more at work,…

@looneyhiker - congratulations on your additional weight loss. I am where you were last week, with the water weight. After you talked about having Chinese food, I have been craving it since then, so I had some yesterday, and actually retained over 2 lbs of water weight. I hope it comes off as quickly for me as it did for…

@christinarandolph3 - absolutely, welcome to the challenge @fitness327wk - congratulations on the weight loss.

@BackInSoFl - I am finding it is extremely important to listen to my body, and if I do I find that, in this case, it ends up making me a better runner. I just need to continue to do this as I build up to my ultimate workout schedule. This would apply to anyone increasing the intensity of their workouts not just running. It…

Yesterday was supposed to be a running day, but after my running session on Thursday my left hip joint was bothering me a little bit. Nothing to terribly bad, but definitely noticeable. Friday, it seemed a bit better, but still a little tender. One of the major concerns about running is overuse injuries that could sideline…

@Blackbeautysue Welcome to the challenge.

Good Morning Everyone, I muddled through my workout this morning. I wasn’t feeling up to a run today, but I pushed through to at least get through four 10 minute running segment. Usually during the first running segment I feel a little sluggish, but by the time I get halfway through the second I am feeling good. Today, I…

Hi Everyone, Sorry I didn’t check in yesterday. After work I decided to play Sims and did nothing else the rest of the night. It was glorious. Was looking around in the Activity app yesterday and found this summary of the last few months. I knew I had made major changes to my movement, but I didn’t realize that I had…

Super busy day today. Even though I left the office at 5 pm I had to go to the grocery store after work, because I never made it there this weekend, then I worked for several more hours at home. I will really love it when my staff has ramped up and can help with the closing. @loonyhiker - Sorry to hear about your…

It is going to be another busy day for me, but it is already off to a more productive start. In an effort to try to get everything accomplished today I figured I needed to get my workout out of the way first thing. So that is exactly what I did. I never got to the grocery store yesterday so that along with a few hours of…

@kimmie373 - One day at a time. The way I look at it is if I am continuing to make improvements, even if it is slow, then I am moving in the right direction.

Good morning, I thought I would login early since I have a super busy day today. Here are my stats for January. I am very happy with my progress so far. January Stats: Lost 6.6 lbs Lost 3.5” Average Calorie Burn: 2568 Average Stand: 15 Average Steps: 12515 Average Flights: 9 Average Workout Minutes: 66 Average Workout…

This is going to be a busy weekend for me. We have month-end close at work, and I have a brand new accounting team, so most of the month-end process is going to be up to me this month. Which means I need to get some things accomplished this weekend so that I don’t fall behind next week. That doesn’t mean that I won’t get…

@BackinSoFL - It sounds like you have a very successful month, Congratulations. It is always a good idea to evaluate your workout routine and increase the intensity every so often. I agree 5% incline is challenging, hopefully you can get that fixed soon so you can challenge yourself in different ways. I would say +5…

Hey everyone! Not much new here today. My running workouts are going well, I have been increasing the running time each week and this week I increased the running time as well as the speed. I for the last few weeks I have only be increasing the running time by 2 minutes at a time, but I think next week I am going to jump…

Today was a walking workout. I thought I would do a bit of running instead, but my sports bra had other ideas. I have sports bras that are okay for walking, but just do not work for running, so that was out of the question. I did increase the intensity a bit from my normal walk and I also added incline. I didn’t quite…

@melonfire - it is all about moderation. I know I don’t want to eliminate things I love from my diet forever, so I am just trying to be more conscious of what I eat and how much, and trying to limit the junk food and sweet treats. It will likely take more time to lose the weight I want to lose, but I am also more likely to…

Nothing really new here today. I did my walking workout today instead of running, set the incline at about 3% and just went. I probably could have gone a bit faster or increased the incline a bit more, but after I set it I got engrossed in a program and completely for got about increasing further. The time flew by. You…

@mynacha73 - sorry to hear that you have been a little down the last couple of days, we have all had days like that, but It sounds like you have a great plan to pull yourself out of it. Let us know how it goes. As for the e-bullet journal. A video came up on my YouTube feed back in December and then I went crazy looking…

I have had a busy day today. I spent almost an hour and 40 minutes on the treadmill today. And not only did I Beat My Best Flights Climbed for January, but I also Beat My Best for my Longest Run in January, Highest Step Count for the month and most Active Energy. Actually I beat my ALL TIME HIGH active energy since I…

This morning my workout was somewhat of a bust. I woke up at my normal time and got on the treadmill, but I was just really sluggish. It was a rest day from running today, so I did a casual walk for about 45 minutes. I was still pretty tired after I got ready for work and ended up laying back and caught a few extra ZZZs…

@Melonfire - I started my first bullet journal this year. I started a sudo bullet journal last year, but work got in the way and I only made it to February. This year I started a digital bullet journal and I really like it so far. Unlike paper journals I love the fact that I can insert extra pages if I feel like I need to…

Yesterday, I had a coffee from Starbucks, something that I haven’t done in a few weeks, and for that matter, I haven’t been eating much sugar at all. I was in one of those moods where I felt I had been doing well with my diet and exercise and I deserved a treat. So I had a Salted Caramel Mocha from Starbucks yesterday for…

January Totals: 1/1/19: 4.81 Miles 1/3/19: 4.37 Miles 1/5/19: 2.14 Miles 1/6/19: 3.46 Miles 1/8/19: 3.16 Miles 1/10/19: 4.02 Miles 1/11/19: 2.65 Miles 1/12/19: 5.88 Miles 1/13/19: 4.41 Miles 1/15/19: 4.56 Miles 1/17/19: 4.47 Miles 1/19/19: 4.19 Miles 1/20/19: 3.87 Miles 1/22/19: 4.01 Miles Total Miles Month to Day: 56.07…

So how is everyone’s tracking spreadsheet coming along. I actually broke my own record last week without even realizing it. I was thinking, what tracking matrix do I want to try to beat this week, and then on Saturday, January 12th I beat my best of a few different things. 1. Active Energy 2. Step Count 3. Total Walk/Run…

Hi everyone, sorry I didn’t check in last night. My husband was actually home for the evening for a change and we spent the evening together. On Saturday, I increased my running time in my walk/run workout. My heart rate was higher than I wanted, but by today, the third workout in this cycle my heart rate is much better. I…

@mynacha73 - That is an amazing improvement from week to week.

@loonyhiker - That is an awesome challenge. So do you only count your workouts, not general steps towards the 100 miles?

@PastorVincent Thanks for the info on the pod, I will check it out.

@BackInSoFL - Have you been eating at the 1360 calories since Thanksgiving??? If so, then perhaps this is too few calories for you. When you drastically decrease your calories, you will likely see fast weight loss in the beginning, but then over time your body starts to panic because you are not eating enough. Your…