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yeah Lois :) All that has to count in your challenge and good that you have your foods ready. :) Sorry your back went out again though... need to be careful not to cause permanent issue... I'm off to get my activity. Got word today that one of the gals that has been out will be out at least another month... sigh... looks…

Good luck tomorrow :) And good for you for getting that mall walk in :) As a nurse, I've always had to wear a watch on my wrist so the Surge doesn't bother me at all and doesn't feel too big even though I have a small wrist. I'm pleased with the features and would deal with the size even if it were a bit bigger. Sorry the…

sorry not to have chimed in on anything but finding the activity/fat burn minutes. Busy week with about an hour of overtime each day, plus travel time, I wasn't getting much time for posting. Sarah, you had a good loss for this week. Hope it's holding for you. You did good getting your activity in, too, all except for…

yep, got the 34 minutes of activity in and it showed over an hour of fat burn... if it had been any day but Friday, I would not have been up that late, nor on the bike probably. Sheesh, there seems to be a heart rate level between resting and what they consider active which qualifies the fat burn. I'm guessing I get mine…

it is 10:30, past my bedtime but I am heading to the exercise bike before bed... going to get that activity in :) long week

sorry no time to read or answer stuff, I should have been in bed about 1/2 hr ago but I had no active minutes showing so hopped on the exercise bike. Got 37 active minutes showing. Not sure what my fat burn total is because the phone took too long to load it. Stuck to meal plan and have a good deficit again. very quickly,…

I can vary as much as 5 lbs in one day, Sarah. Go with how your clothes are fitting and keep on keeping on in spite of the scale :) Sheesh, on the iPhone fitbit app, go to your heart rate, scroll down. See where it gives you the day? Select the day you want to look at then when it goes to that day, scroll down and it will…

Yea! to Sheesh and Sarah! In spite of the issues of the day, all three of us made our minimum activity. And yes, Sheesh, it does make a difference, doesn't it? Sarah, it sounds like your day went about as poorly as it could. Sure hope today will be better. I'm heading into some tough time myself as we have had and continue…

Wed evening, finished the day with 34 active minutes and a little over 2 hrs fat burning mode :) Stayed to the meal plan and am showing a deficit as I head on to bed. Long day and I'm tired. The weekend is right around the corner...can hardly wait...

Whoo hoo! Good going Sarah! :)

wow, all this black belt talk... I am in the presence of might... I am done for the day. Foods are logged, including the cookies I ate instead of the healthy carrots/almonds I had planned. They were so good though... and I haven't had any cookies in a long time... and I still stayed within my recommended food boundaries…

Sorry about the issues, Sarah, and the long day. I understand about the long day as it was 7p before I finally got home from a really long day myself. Left long after the 8 hrs had passed... Sheesh, Lois, good seeing you both :) Do what you can, when you can... but when you can, give it a good go :) My foods are logged,…

congrats to your hubby...that's impressive. uggh on that late night spaghetti meal You're gonna have to wor hard to pull it all together this week but if you want it, you can do it...

bummer, had my post ready to submit, accidently hit a stray key on the keyboard which took it all away :( Foods are logged and show a good deficit, tracker showed 45 min at fat burn but since it didn't count any of it as active minutes, I put in an additional 40 minutes of exercise bike and walking. Now, to get to bed so I…

Sarah, if you can't work the active minutes in during the day, you will have to do them before you go to bed. Your choice, LOL...same choice I make every day :P Good for you to get the active minutes in yesterday, plus getting your foods logged. Have you set up a meal and snack plan for this coming week? Or at least made…

I have meals and prepping done to get me thru to Wed, logging has been done for them, with the exception of tomorrow (don't have that logged out yet- still deciding). I got a good 30 minute walk done this morning with it all counting as "active" minutes on my tracker :) I am off to a good start. How did you do today?

this is my weigh in day and I'm here to say I'm down 1 lb to 181.0 as of this morning. Before you congratulate me, let me just say I was 178 on 8-16 so don't feel especially victorious. A year ago, I was 187, so instead of dropping the possible 52 lbs (at the rate of 1 lb a week), I managed to creep down a measly 6 lbs…

good for you, Sarah :) Sometimes it just takes some internal motivation... and wise choices. Hope your husband's back will start showing some improvement. Good going on your loss, in spite of eating out that day... We are still overworked and understaffed and I'm thinking this is just the way it's going to be for a…

hello... popping in to say I haven't died, haven't thrown in the towel or given up but have just been incredibly busy and not able to do much in the way of anything. It seems to be the way life has been running for months and we are heading into our "busy" season shortly so I don't see any improvement any time soon.…

Sorry to have gone missing, too... Work has been busy, we've been short staffed (what else is new?) and in the middle of trying to keep up with everything and get my steps in for the challenge, I came down sick with a chest cold. Bummer and it sure put a damper on everything. Totally forgot the weigh in last week. I seem…

I know you asked about the Charge, but I'm going to chime in here anyway, even though I have a Surge HR. I think the units are similar enough that my comments will still be warranted. I am really happy with my Surge HR and have no issues with it. It's no different than wearing a watch and I haven't noticed any issue with…

No, seems like I'm always the one bringing up the rear, or not making it here at all :neutral: and then when I get here, I have a ton to read and end up writing a book. uggh. It's hard to balance it all, get the exercising and steps in, log the food and still get here to post. Lois, don't know how you are doing it all but…

this has been a good week but trying to get all the steps in each day is brutal- it truly consumes every bit of my spare time, requiring a walk before work, one at lunchtime and one after work since the job is so sedentary. Leaves no time for other exercise/workouts and is not sustainable. But for now, I continue on. I…

well, that would certainly contribute to the failure to lose weight even when one thinks they are eating healthy, huh? congrats on the weight loss though :)

geesh...so not right.

hope all went well with your procedure, Sarah

good that you have the computer back, too... and great that you are having good family time :)

coming in for my Saturday weigh in... and reluctantly I report in spite of my sticking to the calorie/meal plan and exercise/walking routine, I am up .4lbs. Ugh. What is that all about (rolling the eyes and shaking the head). It is what it is but I would have expected a loss with all the extra walking this week. Maybe it's…

not sure running and bad back should go together in the same sentence... sorry you are having health issues

there should be a "like" button on here... "like" Sarah's new focus :)