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Great going @justgirl81! I so admire so diligence. I’m going to post more - it kept me on target. The caregiving is just getting harder and I’m more exhausted. I visited a dementia support group online site and someone said even brushing your teeth is a decision that you just can’t make some days. Decision fatigue. This is…

Hi! I’m hoping to maintain between 113-115. After a holiday or special occasion binge maybe 117 tops. I was there just about 10 days ago - but traveling, doc appts, my birthday, Father’s Day, through in some stressful days and I’m too scared to get in the scale after this weekend. I’m back at it now!!

Hi @justgirl81. How are you doing overall?

Hi. How’s everyone doing? How are you @justgirl81? Been so busy with the therapists coming into the home daily post my mom’s hospitalization. All great help just make the “free” time less and less. Not letting it get in the way of my workouts though. Proud of that!

@justgirl81 I hear you with the scale obsession. I hate it but it is what it is. I have to keep telling myself I am indeed getting leaner and stronger - I can put on (didn’t say they aren’t a little tight) my size 1 and 2s. It’s that scale number - sometimes after a great hard workout it creeps up. I know it’s not fat!…

Hi. Strange - I didn’t see the comment. Mom is getting nursing visits and physical therapy - and will soon get occupational therapy. This last hospitalization made her very fatigued. I think I can say I’m happy with my weight - I may be even smaller than I intended. Love the strength I’m building and trying not to be so…

Hi @justgirl81! What a trying past few weeks! Mom was hospitalized - she’s okay now - too stressed to eat - got two pounds below goal weight and looked haggard! This week was getting back to normal week and the scale went up a couple of pounds from my appetite coming back and working out. Don’t care! Just being grateful. I…

Hi! Think I finally found a rhythm to my strength training so much so I look forward to it. Getting stronger. Scale takes longer to catch up but that’s ok!

@justgirl81 Thank you for the kind words and prayers. It’s hard but I try to remain grateful. I know the stress-eating well! And it always seems to happen when I’m close to goal! I’m sure there is some psychology to that! We can do it!! I know we can!!💪💪💪

Hi! Been incredibly stressed - dealing with dad’s new cognitive issues, so between him and my mom - oooh Lordy! 2-3lbs to goal weight. Hope everyone is ok! Great commitment @justgirl81!

Greetings! Hope everyone is well and warm! Progressing - but slowly. Workouts are steady and consistent and I’m progressing so I have to disregard the scale for a while. A loss of 5 lbs would be perfect for me. Those “BLTs” I know are hindering my progress! Working on being more disciplined and having some accountability…

Happy New Year! Recovering from the binge but not one regret. Already losing the water weight but it may take a while. @justgirl81 - how the cigar habit doing?! Hoping you kick it this year!

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday! I’m gorged. Binged. Overate. Everything. My niece’s parents (my brother and his wife) surprised us with a visit from London and arrived Christmas Eve evening. He’s a cook. And he’s hasn’t stopped. Indulged the last four days and back on track. No regrets. 🤣

How is everyone? Been off the rails the last week. I’m missing the help of my niece but it’s wonderful to see her with her first beau! @SherryRueter - thanks for the links. I will give them a look. I’m trying to take a better perspective. It’s life - not a failure - to have more calories one day or two. It’s life. I always…

Down a pound as well! Already reached my ideal weight based on the mathematical formulas but want to just lose a couple more pounds - just TWO!! Ugh. I really do need track the “BLT’s “ better - I’m sure it’s having an effect. I’m so obsessed with scale weight I hadn’t even registered that my clothes fit much looser and…

Hi @justgirl81. No offense taken at all! I appreciate varying opinions because this all new to me. I think you have to be wary as well. Sometimes it’s just plain wrong wrong wrong. Right now I’m using it to mostly to give me mockups of my renovation ideas. And even with that, hubs is the first to say “You and that AI are…

@justgirl81 I hear ya about AI. Some things are actually creepy and you have to be able to sift through the crap. It’s not always right - and it’s a whole other story with the photos/videos - hard to what’s real. @SherryRueter - I also use it to save time sifting through a Google search. Cold rainy day here in NC. I’ll…

@justgirl81. I can try to find it but there is a formula. You enter the data - age, height, body fat goal (I looked at pictures to just estimate) and I got - if I recall correctly - an ideal weight and/or ideal weight range. If you use ChatGPT if will do the work for you in seconds. Having said that - because I’m…

Whoa! Still learning about AI and ChatGPT - all from my younger niece. I put in my stats - oh boy - I didn’t expect such a “real” sounding response. Interesting, fun, helpful, creepy! Sounded like a coach and a friend with a sense of humor, sarcasm, and wit. Bottom line - it helped me put things into perspective with a…

hahahaha! I have to dismiss the water weight @justgirl81 or I’ll drive myself crazy. One pound away from a goal weight - and here comes Thanksgiving. I have to be honest with myself and stop saying Thanksgiving is “just a day” - technically it is, but for me it’s a weekend of overindulgence (family, sweets, portions, more…

wonderful news about the clearance @SherryRueter! Big southern dinner planned — as usual - at my parents house. Hubby drives down - he, my dad and my niece are the cooks. I clean - it’s a mental break for me in some ways. @justgirl81 - thanks for the reminder. I do have some dandelion tea. Will take some now. I was letting…

Been a busy few days! Gained some water weight after working out so trying to not let it stress me. I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving planned!

@justgirl81 - Great goals. And I like - unless you missed adding it - you’re not a chasing a certain number on the scale like neurotic-me!

Weekend went okay. Moving average doing down despite the disappointing ups and downs. I get it - just frustrating! I forget that you post on this thread, @SherryRueter. Feel free to join me and @justgirl81 - on the winter thread! How are you?

I hope so @justgirl81! Regrouping - what ultimate goal(s) are you working towards - if any.

2 lbs to goal weight. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽. I can’t backslide now! 🥹🥹

Hi @justgirl81. It’s not easy at all to balance it. With the caregiving I have to grab what time I can. Most of the time it gets done by the end of the day but not the same times every day. So the afternoon nap for my parents is when I grab time for my workout - that could be any time between 1-4pm. Then after 6 I try to…

Wonderful news about your mom. Cool here in NC too. My dad did much better in his cognitive test so the dementia meds seem to be working. At least he hasn’t gotten worse. Interesting questions why stumled him. He finally answered but spelling “world” backwards seemed completely forget ro him. 3 pounds away from my goal…

Thanks for the kind words and prayers, @SherryRueter. I hope the Lord has a sense of humor. I joke sometimes when I get to heaven I hope He has the equivalent of heavenly office hours where we get some time to ask some questions - all beginning with “Why”. Thank you for saying I was appointed to this role. It makes me feel…

Yep! Eldercare for both parents. It’s harder with my dad - he wants to believe all is well so will blame, deflect, onto others - “I never said that”, “you did it”, “you heard wrong” etc. I’ve been praying for strength, compassion and grace as I know it all comes from fear. So sorry to hear about the pain. It’s physical and…