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Today's stats: 5'7", 44 years old Starting Weight 1/3/22: 155.8 GW: ~128-132ish 2/23/22: 150 3/30/22: 147 4/22: Missed 5/31/22: 149.4 6/29/22: 152.4 7/27/22:150.6 8/4/22: 150.0 8/10/22: 150.6 - uptick, but totally expected with starting the workouts again. I'll start measuring again this week and will tally that up going…

Yes! I'm a big proponent of this. Pictures I find are best spaced out - day to day you're not going to notice a difference, even weekly there won't be much, but at least monthly can be great comparisons. Measurements (something I need to start again, probably will do that today) are FANTASTIC if the scale is hard to judge…

@GlobalKeto congrats on the house! As far as arms/triceps, I do a couple "fly" variations, couple variations on rows, skull crushers, cable pull down (straight arm and tricep isolating), sometimes some dips, but those can aggravate my shoulder sometimes do I don't do many of them. Not all are tricep specific, but a lot of…

I keep pickles around just for this (I love pickles though so that helps lol). Add a few olives and I generally can take care of my munchies with negligible calories consumed. That said, there are a number of things I don't track as it is, so the things I do track tend to be a bit more important - I know from history that…

If anything I find it a little motivating, and I also enjoy the feedback as far as sleep patterns and such since it's helped me develop a realistic sleep routine/goal FOR ME, not just on how "tired" I may feel this day or that day. That said, I have no problem manually adding certain exercises or activities as needed, and…

Do you have any comparison besides how you "feel" - such as progress photos, measurements, even something like how your clothes are fitting. Each person and their composition can be radically different. I'm also 5'7", and I was strong and fit at 128-ish. During a very physical training period of 4 months, dropped to 124…

Just got over my (what seems to be turning into) annual round with the 'vid as well. Reminded me more of the first go-round (early feb'20 - round 2, mar '21 was almost asymptomatic until my sense of smell dissappeared): Day 1 was just a mild sore throat (negative test) but started to get sinus pain that afternoon (positive…

5'7", 43 years old Starting Weight 1/3/22: 155.8 GW: ~128-132ish 2/23/22: 150 3/30/22: 147 4/22: Missed 5/31/22: 149.4 6/29/22: 152.4 7/27/22:150.6 8/4/22: 150.0 It's been an - ah, exciting? - last 2 weeks here. First, last week, had my annual go-round with the 'vid - knocked me on my butt for a couple days, but I still…

@zenobia9777 BCAA's are mostly a waste of money UNLESS you are doing a true fasted workout without any pre-workout meals or shakes. In this case, then yes, the BCAA is great, but that's about the only time it's worth investing in....focus on getting proper protein intake from real food or maybe a post workout shake if…

I found out I had high blood pressure this past winter, and like you, stress was my main factor. I had gone in to donate plasma and couldn't because my bp was too high, and I asked what the numbers were expecting something very different than what they told me. It was a wake up call! Shortly after that I started a daily…

5'7", 43 years old Starting Weight 1/3/22: 155.8 GW: ~128-132ish 2/23/22: 150 3/30/22: 147 4/22: Missed 5/31/22: 149.4 6/29/22: 152.4 7/6/22: 155 7/13/22: 153.8 7/20/22: 152.8 7/27/22: 150.6 Made my end of month goal, which was to get back to where I started the BLC Spring challenge (another group I've been a part of for…

Mine is more of a "life change" than just a diet/weight, but fitness and health are something I want to prioritize more than I have. It's still slow changes, but I started a daily "Win the Day" critical task list. Depending on my commute time for that day, I choose 3-5 critical tasks I need to complete before going to bed.…

5'7", 43 years old Starting Weight 1/3/22: 155.8 GW: ~128-132ish 2/23/22: 150 3/30/22: 147 4/22: Missed 5/31/22: 149.4 6/29/22: 152.4 7/6/22: 155 7/13/22: 153.8 7/20/22: 152.8 Feeling like my body is doing it's usual of refusing the believe the fat is really gone, and I'll be due for a woosh sometime in the next week or…

I'm not sure on the keto numbers as true keto is extremely difficult to adhere to, so I never bothered to really look into it. I have done low(er) carb with good success in the past - it wasn't cheap to eat that way, but it worked well for my body. My goal was fewer than 100, max of 150 net carbs (net being key). I was…

Got a verbal offer from my previous company last night, but it was 5K below my current wages, so countered with what I'm making right now, so today got a verbal offer matching my current salary with the bonus, plus a reassessment once I complete the next level certification. Regardless, same wages will equal about a…

Been sticking to my kcal and eating better in general because of that (can't be filling up on 'empty' calories unless I want to feel like I'm starving all day long lol). Still have serious case of the hangries in the afternoons, but I think my body is just going to have to adjust. Interview with previous company went well,…

5'7", 43 years old Starting Weight 1/3/22: 155.8 GW: ~128-132ish 2/23/22: 150 3/30/22: 147 4/22: Missed 5/31/22: 149.4 6/29/22: 152.4 7/6/22: 155 7/13/22: 153.8 I had a second round interview on Friday with different team members, but haven't heard anything since (I know they still had some more interviews to complete…

I'm finding I love my air fryer. It is fantastic with every meat I've tried (chicken, hamburgers, pork chops, shrimp, fish), and I've done a ton of veggies in it too - couple veggie "flops" but one of those I didn't realize what I needed to do to get the result I wanted (I do now, but haven't tried since then). Obviously…

Not sure on the root of your issue, so I'll just share what I've been doing. While I've had moments in the past of motivation, sometimes lasting 6 months or more, reality is that it has never really lasted much longer than that. In most areas of my life. Near the end of last year, I started a critical task list. I get up…

The three things that are sure to annoy me: 1 - entire row of ellipticals/treadmill/whatever, almost all of them are open, but you choose to grab the one right next to me. If things are busy, fine, but if it's all freaking open, I'd rather not deal with you flinging your sweat all over me when there's zero need to be that…

Calorie tracking bandwagon engaged - I'll see a quick drop of a few pounds, then the real work will hit LOL. I have a second round interview for that job I REALLY want tonight. So I'll probably find out early next week if I'm in the final running or not, their plan was to do a final interview with the last couple…

Thinking about work and careers. Interviewed yesterday for a job I really want, but not sure I would get picked depending on who else has applied. Applied to my previous company I left just a few months ago (they wouldn't promote me, but I left on good terms, applied for the now-open position I wanted at that time)....only…

You're definitely not alone! It's a major struggle for me as well - I'm trying to lose, but also retain as much muscle as I can while gaining strength, so it's a fine balance there. What ends up happening is I let other stressors take priority, and my personal fitness/weight goals go out the window. I have had success with…

I don't really share it with other people - if I have a good workout or something I may snap a photo and post it, but I don't really put it out there. My boyfriend ends up aware every time I'm tracking my calories, some friends end up seeing that, but I don't really talk about it to much of anyone. I have one or two…

Interview was - interesting. I think I would have some clear advantages (passion, adaptability, broad range of experience, etc) but also a disadvantage (no titled experience in that role or in that industry), so it's really going to boil down to a) what they value the most and b) what the other applicants bring to the…

Well, a very long weekend (more like week) of indulgences has paid off in undoing the last remaining bit of the losses I had. Back on the tracking bandwagon today... 5'7", 43 years old Starting Weight 1/3/22: 155.8 GW: ~128-132ish 2/23/22: 150 3/30/22: 147 4/22: Missed 5/31/22: 149.4 6/29/22: 152.4 7/6/22: 155

I was great at nitpicking before I put on weight - now I avoid cameras like the plague. Mind you, I never treaded into obese territory, but I was overweight, and am still overweight for my frame by a fair bit (~20-25 pounds). May not sound like much to some, but that makes a huge difference in my overall outline and how my…

I'll do a formal weigh-in tomorrow, but my pants are informing me that it won't be good. Stress in a variety of forms has me losing discipline in food and exercise (my part time jobs and hobbies are still very active, but don't make up for my eating!). Interview tomorrow for a job I really REALLY want - I've been preparing…

5'7", 43 years old Starting Weight 1/3/22: 155.8 GW: ~128-132ish 2/23/22: 150 3/30/22: 147 4/22: Missed 5/31/22: 149.4 6/1/22: 149.4 6/8/22: 150.4 6/22/22: 152.2 6/29/22: 152.4 Time to engage my discipline on what I'm stuffing in my face - I've been horrible about it, using all the "reasons" which are mostly just excuses…

5'7", 43 years old Starting Weight 1/3/22: 155.8 GW: ~128-132ish 2/23/22: 150 3/30/22: 147 4/22: Missed 5/31/22: 149.4 6/1/22: 149.4 6/8/22: 150.4 6/22/22: 152.2 :( I've been eating my "burnout" feelings. Just exhausted, and can't afford to pay for anything to lighten the load with inflation skyrocketing in my area. [vent]…