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Hi, my goal is also to get under 200 pounds, only 61.3 pounds to go! I just restarted this fitness journey. But I am ready for life long change! I am looking to get a give support! (Just turned 69). Janet

Weekl 4 September Monday weigh in. PW. 244 CW 246 Total loss 33 pounds Need to refocus. I was traveling and even though I thought I was making healthy choices and avoiding alcohol and dessert, restaurant meals seem to be difficult for me. So this week I will refocus and happily eat at home. Despite the calendar, it will be…

Tuesday daily check in Tracking done Nutrition, lots of fiber fruits and veggies Exercise 1 hour water aerobics

Monday daily post Tracking yes Nutrition yes Exercise 105 minutes doubles tennis September goal is again more fruits and vegetables, tracking really highlights how often I fail to get enough fruits and vegetables. I feel better when more of my calories are non processed fruit and veggies, knowing that I still struggle.…

Tennisquilter Sept week 2. Weekly weigh in PW 245 CW 244 Total loss 35 pounds I have been tracking, making healthy choices and exercising, but I haven’t been here updating. I will be adding that step again this week. Yesterday I received some photos including me from just before I began this fitness journey and they…

Daily post Sunday, sept 1 Tracking yes Nutrition yes. Lots of veggies and fruit Exercise day of rest

Tennisquilter Sept week 1 weigh in PW 252 CW 245 Total 34 pounds Even though last week the scale said 252, this is not a one week loss! For all of August I was stuck on 252, I started the month convinced it would be a week or two at most before I was in the 240s and for me that was a big psychological deal. Instead the…

Daily check in Tracking. Yes Nutrition in range. 64 g of fiber, lots of fruit and veggies! Exercise Yes. 40 minute walk and 100 minutes doubles tennis My challenge for the next two weeks is not watching every tennis match from the US Open. With cameras on every court, I could watch 12 hours a day and not see everything.…

Tennisquilter August week 5 CW. 252 PW 252 Ready for September, been stuck at 252 too long! With scale just once a week, I know it just hasn’t been stuck, but has actually been going up and down, while I was traveling and in a car so much. But I know if I was not tracking, and at least trying to make healthier choices, it…

Tennisquilter Weekly weigh in Starting 279 PW 252 CW 252 Too many hours in cars!

Daily post. Sunday Track yes Nutrition in range, low fiber Exercise yes walking and bobbing in the waves in the ocean (ok, I know bobbing in the waves is not exercise, but it just felt so good and a nice break from the world!)

Inches are more important than pounds! Congratulations on a productive summer.

Daily post Saturday Tracking. Yes Nutrition in range Exercise 45 minutes water aerobics. 4 walks totaling 125 minutes After driving for 20 hours over two days, it felt so good to start the day in a pool.

Semi daily check in Monday Tracking yes Nutrition. Under, but low on fiber Exercise. Doubles tennis 90 minutes Tuesday Tracking yes Nutrition under, but still low on fiber, but a big salad for lunch Exercise. Doubles tennis 120 minutes We are getting ready to be away from the house for a week, so I mistakenly decided not…

Tennisquilter Weekly weigh in PW 251 CW252 I am trying hard not to freak out. I know Every single day after tracking food and exercise, I felt good about that day’s choices and I know body weight fluctuates, I know, I know, I know. But that is different from “I feel” and right now I feel angry at the scale, angry at my…

Sunday daily check in Tracking yes Nutrition, in range Exercise 30 minutes walking In car for hours today, such a beautiful day would have preferred a long hike, but duty called. Feeling the Sunday night pre weigh in day jitters. I know I had a week of healthy choices, but sometimes the scale takes a break and I am 1 lb.…

Daily check in Saturday Tracking yes Nutrition calories almost exactly on goal, lots of protein, not much fiber Exercise. Doubles tennis 75 minutes I frequently do my check in the following morning, but today I am posting early to reinforce my finished for the day decision. I’m also confirming my commitment to get up early…

Daily check in Friday Tracking yes Nutrition yes, under Exercise, day of rest

Daily check in Thursday Tracking yes Nutrition yes (under calories, 25 g fiber). All real food- no processed Exercise 1 hr water aerobics

Wednesday daily post Track yes Nutrition, yes to under calories, no to a nice balance of food, rushing from appointment to appointment just grabbed protein bars instead of real food. Exercise yes. 90 minutes doubles tennis

Congrats on beginning your life without the 100 pound burden!

Awesome! You are living the healthier life!

Daily check in Tracking yes Nutrition yes 3 fruits 3 veggies Exercise. 2.5 hours. Doubles tennis

Daily post Monday Tracking yes Nutrition in range 4 fruits 3 veggies 29 g of fiber Exercise. 1 hr water aerobics, 15 min. Swimming laps, 30 min walking. THANKS TO OUR CO-LEADERS, your supportive posts are so helpful, no matter, to whom they are addressed.

Cindy, thanks so much for sharing! My starting weight was 279 and one of my motivations was to Never Again need a seat extender. I was seated next to my always slim husband, so my humiliation stayed more private than yours. On Southwest, if I sit in the aisle seat and my husband sits in the window seat, that middle seat…

Congrats for breaking out of the not caring zone. When those times hit, I find it so difficult to get through It and back on track. If you have any suggestions that helped you get back to that fresh face attitude, after only 2 days, please share.

Weekly weigh in. Monday Username Tennisquilter PW. 252 CW 251 Total change -28

Daily post Sunday Tracking yes Nutrition calorie range yes (no to fruit and veggie goal, only 6 g of fiber) Exercise yes. 30 minutes walking Yesterday I watched tennis in DC, it’s nice to see the pros do it. I won a t shirt by serving faster than my age group in the radar booth. Being in the over 60 group has its…