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January 9, 2015 Did you track absolutely everything you ate and drank today? YES. Did you stay under your calorie limit? YES. Were you active for at least 20 minutes? YES, some stretching and walking. Today was a rough day. I had a terrible migraine, and I find myself wanting really craving junk food when I'm not feeling…

Great job, everyone! Keep it up!! :)

January 8, 2015 Did you track absolutely everything you ate and drank today? YES. Did you stay under your calorie limit? NO, I went a little bit over. But I'm still counting it as a small victory because I made a better choice of have a mug of cocoa at the end of the day rather than the large Toblerone bar that I got out…

Hooray! Another great day! Ms_Enzo and Nicolejo - special kudos to you and your workouts! Frazz - I love dark chocolate kisses. BUT that's the kind of thing that I think is killing my weight loss when I'm not tracking b/c I don't pay attention to the little bites of this or that in between meals. Good job going back and…

Jan. 7, 2015 Did you track absolutely everything you ate and drank today? YES. Did you stay under your calorie limit? YES. But I keep eating back some of the calories I have exercised off b/c I'm hungry at the end of the day. I've been in the bad habit of having an evening snack for a long time. :\ Does anyone have any…

You guys are doing great!! Gold stars all around! (*) (*) (*) Elosogrande - wow, just wow, on the exercise time. You killed it! Ms_Enzo - good job on the motivation to meet your goals. Keep up that can-do attitude! LoveDanceSing - but it's a good sore, right? ;) Here's to a great day!! Keep challenging yourself to be…

You guys are totally rocking this challenge! You should all be really proud of yourselves. Let's keep up the great work! B) Jan. 6, 2015 Did you track absolutely everything you ate and drank today? YES. Did you stay under your calorie limit? YES, even with a treat at the end of the day. Were you active for at least 20…

Great job, everyone! Ereilly -- get some rest and feel better soon! Don't slack off on posting even if you didn't meet the goals. It's easy to not post instead of posting a "no," but (for me, at least), not posting = no accountability = you stop pushing yourself and start down the slippery slope of letting yourself get…

Jan. 5, 2015 Did you track absolutely everything you ate and drank today? YES. Did you stay under your calorie limit? YES. Were you active for at least 20 minutes? YES - 20 minutes of stairs. Nothing works up a sweat quite like stairs. :p You guys are amazing! Push yourself to meet your goals and finish strong!! <3

You guys are amazing! It feels good to go to bed knowing that you finished the day well, right? :D Hrwesterberg and Justmimi - I think that walking around in stores, etc. can definitely count. What doesn't count is sitting in front of the computer/TV vegging out. ;) Ms_Enzo - I love what you posted: Will keep posting =…

Jan. 4, 2015 Did you track absolutely everything you ate and drank today? YES. Did you stay under your calorie limit? YES. Were you active for at least 20 minutes? YES, 25 minutes on the rowing machine. I almost got lazy, but I made myself go to the gym this evening, so I wouldn't have to post a "no" to this question. o:)…

Nice job, everyone!! So as to not clutter up the board too much, but still keep a place for people who want to encourage each other with these specific accountability questions, I will create a weekly thread. You can look for the first one and post there if you are interested. :)

Way to go, elosogrande and krizaten!! Mechdonna and allie -- 2 out of 3 isn't bad. Keep challenging yourselves. :-) Okay, here are the accountability questions again: Jan. 3, 2015 Did you track absolutely everything you ate and drank today? Did you stay under your calorie limit? Were you active for at least 20 minutes?…

Super job, fillingame! Ereilly - nice start. Enjoy your weekend. :-)

Jan. 2, 2015 Here are the accountability questions for the end of the day -- Did you track absolutely everything you ate and drank today? Did you stay under your calorie limit? Were you active for at least 20 minutes? YES, I tracked and stayed under my calorie limit. Really hard as DH is finishing his day with a big plate…

Nice job, forevertoday! Elosogrande - good job being honest and posting even though you didn't meet all the goals. I know it's easy to just not post when you can't say yes to everything. But stick with it! :)

Okay, so here are the accountability questions: Did you track absolutely everything you ate and drank today? Did you stay under your calorie limit? Were you active for at least 20 minutes? YES, I tracked and was under my calorie limit. YES, I walked 50 minutes, just under 3 miles today. Good luck everyone! :-)

I am not very tech-y. If someone else knows how to or wants to make a Google doc, or even a separate group, I would be happy to add my info to it. :D If not, whoever is the first person to log on at the end of the day can just start a new discussion with the title "Accountability (Date)" and then everyone else can reply.…

Have you already created the group? Can you post a link? I no longer have a search feature to look for specific groups... :-(

Nice work! You look great!

I'm out. Went over budget on a date night with my husband. But it was a great way to go! :happy: See you next month!!

I have been doing great all week until today. I have just felt soooo hungry. I managed to stay in my calorie budget, but barely ... ate back all of the calories that I exercised off this morning. I indulged in a few extra cookies when friends were over tonight. Oh, well. Tomorrow's a new day! :smile: This weekend should be…

January 24th Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes Did I exercise for 20+ minutes? Yes - exercise bike Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

Definitely the Tex-Mex. It's much too spicy for the Northern folks here. But I love to indulge when I'm back in the States. :happy:

January 23rd Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes Did I exercise for 20+ minutes? Yes - exercise bike and yoga Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

January 21st Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes Did I exercise for 20+ minutes? yes - exercise bike Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes January 22nd Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes, although it wasn't very healthy... :blushing: Did I exercise for 20+ minutes? yes -…

American living in Russia for a little more than 5 years now. :smile: We actually probably eat a bit healthier here than in the States because, frankly, convenience foods are just so convenient there. :wink: Here we do a lot more cooking from scratch. On the other hand, estimating calories is sometimes difficult, and the…

The spreadsheet looks fantastic. Thanks to both Mule and Shmyu for your hard work!! :flowerforyou:

I'm still doing this!!! No late night snacks with my hubby while we're winding down in the evening. (Can't avoid having tea when we have guests or are visiting someone else, but that's not really where my problem lies anyway. You know you have a snacking problem, when you're not just a social snacker, but you find yourself…

January 20th Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes Did I exercise for 20+ minutes? Yes - exercise bike Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes