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Good Morning and welcome new friends. @Betty~ Check out Pinterest for your recipes. I always have good luck with that site. Good luck with everything. Today is a pretty good day. After my workout last night I thought for sure my knee would be throbbing BUT surprisingly it doesn't hurt any more then it normally does (I…

@Susan~YES WE CAN!!! This evening was a good evening for me. I found some new inspiration and I spent 2 hours at the gym tonight. I walked my first 5K since my knee surgery and I was only 12 minutes over my pre-surgery time. I know this sounds bad and I was a little upset about it at first but then I thought positive and…

Good Morning. Tuesday Goals: My goal for this week is to stay focused, keep logging everything I eat and my workout, and the get to the gym 3-4 times this week. I hope everyone has a fabulous day! BRENDA

Monday Check In: Good Morning Everyone! My weekend was a whirlwind. After yesterdays frustration about my 2 LB gain and all the great advice and perspectives that you all offered I am in a much better state of mind. I am going to keep pushing through and see what happens over the next few weeks. I put my scale back in the…

@Tanya- the 7000 calories above TDEE is an interesting way to look at this. I most definitely did not do that!! Thank you for giving me some perspective. I will keep doing what I am doing and see what happens.

Sunday Sharing: I am really irritated this morning. Yesterday I posted that I have been successful in making it to the gym and logging everything. My calories have been right around what they should be according to my TDEE. I did my weekly weigh in this morning and I gained 2 LBS. All I can say is WTF??? How does this…

My sister and I do something similar to this. Her plan is a bit more in depth because she plans meals for 5 whereas I only plan for 2! Her plan is this: On Saturdays she goes on to pinterest and finds some easy meals that can be frozen and cooked either in the crock pot or in 1 pan. She then makes her grocery list to…

Happy Saturday. I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have been holed up in the office working on my school work. I still have to write a term paper but I am taking a little break to say hello to you all!! @Kah~ My HRM is supposed to be water/sweat proof but I truely believe that the problem is the sweat. My…

Friday Fitness-I had my first official personal trainer appointment last night. It was great except for the running part. My mind said "you got this, it's only 1 lap around the gym" BUT my knee said "Heck no, you must have bumped your head!!" So, I will not be running again any time soon but I will definitely be moving up…

Thursday Truth- My truth for today, is not so much of an admittance because anyone who knows me know that I work best when I have a million things to juggle. I thrive on having to manager my time in order to get things accomplished. Even though I do well with this, I am also a procrastinator with something. But with this I…

Tuesday goals: I have a few god this week. First is to make it to the gym 4 days and the other is to log everything. Seems simple right?!! Wednesday wishes: Today my wish is that I remember to think positive. I also wish everyone a wonderful day Brenda

Monday Check-in: I am doing alright. I got into a little tiff with a co-worker this morning because I refused to allow her to project her negativity onto me. She said I was being naïve and that I should know better then to think anything in this office will ever change. I just said that I am well aware of the crazy that…

@Teresa - I always freak out about my pt tests and meeting weight/tape standards but I know that as long as I do everything I can, I will be fine. I just have to push through. Sunday - Sharing: I have given wuite a bit of information about my personal life through my posts this week but I will sum it up. I am married and…

This week has been a little difficult but somehow I made it through with going to the gym 2 days and logging my food for 3. I am shooting to food logging everyday and hitting the gym at least 4 days a week. My biggest NSV for this week was the Kudos i got from my Commander today. I brought my lunch because I know that my…

Oh Friday, Thank God its Friday!!! To get fit I am going to start working with a personal trainer. I signed the paperwork and made my first payment last night. As for my eating this weekend, it will be fairly easy. I have drill so I will be packing my lunch and my snacks as I would for a regular work day. This will also…

WOOHOOOO!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS on passing. I know you must be feeling fabulous right now! I am working towards my next pt test in October. As for the NSV, I made it through the day without snacking on anything unhealthy.

@Kah - Thanks for the information. With finding the TDEE and reading some stuff, I found that my TDEE - 20% = 1930 and therefore if I stick with that I should be right on track to lose approximately 1 LB a week. If I step up my workouts like I want to then this may change but right now I am going to stick with that. With…

@tunetut-I am trying to take what my husband says with a grain of salt and use it for motivation. I have tried explaining my struggles with weight loss to him but he's never going to get it. I just hope he gets past his ignorance of it and realizes that not everyone is built like the women he grew up around in South…

I am starting over with MFP. I deleted my old account quite some time ago as I found I was getting to obsessive and was doing more harm then good. I am back now and ready to get rid of the weight I have gained over the past 5 years. My wish is that I did not have to a recent conversation with my husband. Of course it was…

Where in Northern Virginia are you?

I am starting over today as well. I will send a request.

Thanks for the add!