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I can already see weekends will be the most challenging for checking in in August. I missed yesterday. Lol

I know Mark, I love it!

Treat meals or days can be hard to come off of. Sometimes I wonder if I should do away with the weekly and maybe just do a monthly. I tell though I think it keeps me going, by the end of the week if I don't have it I feel really deprived. I still can't freaking believe it! I am once again 299. I ate horrible last week and…

Sounds like you and you husband had a great time. I love trying new beers. I feel like I am in an alternate universe this week. I am down another 2 lbs. I weighed in at 301 this morning. I really cannot believe this, I really packed the food away this weekend with my sister being home and being on vacation. I don't know…

Skunks are fun. lol I am thankful that my dogs have never got it by one so far. We do have one that likes to hang out in our back yard though. Yes I am thinking it is a stress fracture too. All though from all my back issues I do have a high pain tolerance so it is not too bad. It's really not to bad at all, it only hurts…

I also think I am going to start the August challenge early and start commenting on this thread daily. I'm doing really well today and yesterday. Can't wait to see the end result of staying on target all August. I'm thinking of cutting out my treat nights for the month as well. I really need to refocus.

So how is this going to work? Are we going to start a new thread every day, every week or just one long thread for the month? I would vote to use the weekly or go to a daily thread. I think one long thread would get pretty cumbersome having to go through all the daily post to get to the bottom. I am going to practice this…

Just tell the guys in your class to suck it up. LOL Glad you are sticking with it. It's not that I couldn't get an appointment sooner it's just that I am stubborn and figure I can wait until my August appointment that I already had scheduled. It's not stopping me from walking I just have to be careful about how I step…

Well final holiday gain came in at 4 lbs. Not as bad as I thought. Back at it and going strong again and that is the important part. I had a great time pigging out last week. LOL

You are welcome and I tend the to do the same thing. If you don't see me you know it's not good. LOL I even messed up my streak of checking in here. All well streaks are meant to be broke, right! :-) I was down another 2 lbs this morning so I'm only up 9. I had a 2 lb gain the week before and then the Holiday gain to add…

I'm you Huckleberry!

That sounds interesting, I will have to check that out. I am already down 4 lbs just over night so maybe by weigh in day it will only be a 5 or 6 lb gain. It will come back off quick and I am already back in the saddle. :-)

It can me hard at times, I had a rough weekend with the 4th and put on a few myself. Keep up the good work.

LOL carrot cake.

We have had some good storms here too, Mark. I'm glad you hand has healed up heronh. Did someone say beer. :-) Speaking of which do you feel beer calories affect you as much as food calories? I am a calorie counter of course and I find that if I go over because of beer but still stay on plan for eating it does not seem to…

I will keep Ohio for now. LOL Maybe later in life I can winter in Arizona. I maintained this week, not sure why as I stuck to my plan and exercised every day but Sunday. It happens though and that just means next week will probably be a good loss.

Uhggg! I don't think I could take Montana, you all are talking snow in June! LOL That is just freaking unacceptable. I am getting old enough now I even think of going west or south for the winters we have here and they are no where near what you all have.

I had a great weekend. I went on a 5 mile hike that I have not done since I started gaining weight. The eating could have been better but I have cut out the extra calories the last two days and should see a loss this week.

You guys should watch this. What a fantastic inspiration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9FSZJu448

Wow I am glad I did not have Mark and Angela's week. Mark that is fantastic that you ate healthy with all that stress. It’s Friday the 13th but it’s starting out really well for me. The scale showed 299 this morning. I no longer weigh 3 something. I have said this twice in my life, once in 1992 and again in 2005, so the…

Being on the road is the hardest time to stay on plan, good job!

Sorry to hear you are having such a rough time Angela. Sorry about your hand too heronh. Just keep doing what you know to be right and the weight will come off. I know what a struggle that can be. Things are going good for me this week. I had to much on my treat night but I was able to cut some calories a couple other…

Things went really well this week. I was up 5 last week but that came off plus 2 more. I knew most of that was water retention. Anyway only 3 more to get under 300. I am so hoping that it will come off this week. I can't wait to be back in the twos.

I was just joking about the celery Mark. That is a pretty good thing if your going to over eat. I really need to amp up my exercise. I don't know how much I can do though. My left leg and foot really gets numb and hurts when I do things. I have had a couple back surgery's and that is a byproduct of that. So mostly I just…

You better watch those peanut butter and celery binges Mark. I hope your son does well at that match. That must be fun for you to have him interested and doing the same things you like. heronh my weekend was great. We had some family over for a cookout Saturday and then Sunday I got to go to the range with a friend and try…

I did great this weekend. I am hoping to show a loss this week. Time will tell. The Tough Mudder sounds fun and I'm sure you will do great!

General Tso chicken is my fav! Stacy I did the same thing. I was up 10 lbs two day before weigh in then on weigh in day I was up 5 and now I'm only up 1. So I just marked it as a maintain because I know I did not gain 10 or 5 lbs from one bad day. So I should have a loss by this Friday.

Yes Stacy I am doing much better and I am back at it. I went a little over yesterday with a fruit smoothie and a two alcoholic drinks but not too bad over all. However it was not a real healthy food day. The majority of my calories came from ribs at the local AAA ball park. It was buck a bone night. lol Today is going…

I'm down 1 more this week. I figured I would have a slow week coming up soon. After losing 5, 4 and 3 consecutively.

"I don't think we have the right mindset/attitude/aptitude to be successful living that way." I know what you mean Stacy, I don't know if we could do it either but it sure intrigues me.