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Congrats to all the losers! I stayed the same again, but I won't let it get me down as I had a lot of pizza last week and I actually notice a difference in the shape of my legs, so between the both; I'm going to say it's all good. I will admit I am hopeful for a good week this week though. ON my runs I've pushed it with a…

Happy Tuesday! Today is department lunch day … going to a roast beef shop, my plan is to not order the roll or onion rings. But let me tell you, they have the BEST onion rings. Already need to stop talking about them :) Tonight I'll do another walk/jog run with the neighbor ladies. It's been nice pushing for that entire…

Thanks for the laugh. Think of it this way …. do it now and then 6 months to a year from now you do it again and will be amazed! I did chuckle though :)

Why do the weekends go by so fast? :( Lisa, glad you are getting back to your weight. I just finished cooking up my chicken and putting that in the fridge as well :) Today, I took the Kaz (my dog) to the trails and we walked for about an hour. When I logged it in MFP, I was shocked how great the calorie burn was. But I…

Hello! Hello. Maureen, I need to run as much as you do so I have a reason to carb-load; sounds yum!!!! Carbs are definitely not my friend. I've learned to change them to the good carbs, eat the right amount and as early in the day as possible. But sometimes, a big ole plate of ravioli or a yummy bagel for breakfast ….…

Welcome back Marielle! Glad you had a good week :) Congrats on the weight loss Emy - you are flying along! Luna, good luck with your surgery. Keep chatting with us in the meantime to keep yourself focused and ready to jump back in. Hope it helps you be pain free! Lisa, hope yesterday was a new start for you and you are…

Good morning. I've been MIA, but it's a good missing …. I've been busy with longer walk/runs which has sucked some time away. I haven't logged, which there is no excuse for, so I'll get back to that today. It's getting dark here early … by 8:00 it's almost too dark to be outside walking, in the next few weeks it will…

Emy, well said! Lisa, glad you "confessed", keep talking with us, logging, and remembering how great you've done and you will get there. You started C25K at 1 min of jogging, lifting weights at a low rate and now look at you: you run, you lift what absolutely amazes me …. you WILL get through this too!!! My only…

Lisa --- have a GREAT week! Nice job packing foods to help you. Enjoy the time with family and time for you! Brenda, don't you hate those weeks. I was there 2 weeks back and since I started logging and writing in every day I feel like I'm back in the game again. Wash that bad week away and start fresh tomorrow! Good luck…

Looking this up --- thanks!

Maureen - completely agree, the posting and being accountable with each other really helps. I just started again this week and it's keeping me honest and helping me focus again. Glad we are back in it!!!

Johanne, Didn't catch this board til today. I've tried the 17 Day Diet and really liked it. I don't follow it any longer, but I believe I learned a couple of valuable lessons that have allowed me to still lose/maintain during the 'normal' weeks - no carbs after 2 - only the good carts - only 2 fruits/fruit juices a day and…

I've managed to lose .4 lbs so I'm really happy. I'm back into the walking/running and posting daily so I'm happy to know this is back on track. This updated my ticker to 16 lbs lost. Long and strange reason, but I despise the number 17 --- so if I don't want to see 17 on my ticker I'll have to loss 2 lbs this week. Here's…

Hello again. Tonight I walked for 65 minutes. Didn't get my heart rate up as much as I wanted as I was with friends, but we did hills and got the hour in so I'm happy with it. Good luck on the scales tomorrow morning!!!!

Happy Thursday….one more day and it's the weekend! Lisa, I'll check out the iSmoothRun as well - thank you. Emy, that Red Dress Run sounds like a blast -- something I'd need to do with a friend as it's out of my box, but would be humorous to participate in at least once! I didn't catch up enough to realize you joined an…

Good Morning. Rain, rain, and a lot more rain today. So much there are flood warnings everywhere. I guess it's an indoor day…haven't taken out the kettle bells in awhile so will do those tonight to get some activity in. Lisa/Emy, I'm looking at that running app now too - thanks for the idea! The iTunes reviews are pretty…

Goot my run in tonight. I do enjoy the summer nights out there …. definitely getting darker earlier and I'm going to miss the summer nights. Checking back in to say I made today work. And I will tomorrow too! Do check out the zucchini recipe; definitely felt like I was eating pizza :) Off for some sleep - night all!

Hi ladies. Trying to get back into the daily cadence of everything and I've been pretty bad at it all. I am scared of a scale. So yesterday I was good, logged and jogged. Today so far have logged and plan on a jog tonight. I figure if I commit myself to writing that will help as well. There are many posts to catch up on.…

Hello and thank you for the kind words last week. Been a long week, but we all made it through. I definitely didn't log, ate what I wanted and will admit, while it felt good at the time, I can feel it on my now and it doesn't feel good. Started back to work today and back to logging and jogging. I'm going to pass on weigh…

Today I will make it through. Been a hard week for me - and a hard one coming up. This weekend marks the 1 year anniversary of losing Luke. I've been trying to 'play normal' and keep going on with life, but last night I realized how exhausting that is and how drained I am. Today I've decided to just do the best I can each…

Lisa, I would bake my chicken with some chicken broth (keep it moist) and use kosher salt/pepper. It had enough flavor that it wasn't too bland.

Good morning all!!!! Lisa, 1200 calories is hard, but I've learned if you are as close to perfect with the right foods it actually is doable and sometimes I'm under my 1200 without being hungry). However, I don't lift as you do and that could be a huge difference! Make sure you stock up on plenty of proteins and veggies….…

Lisa - hope you are feeling better today! Take it s low. Maureen - glad you said hello. Enjoy the time with your family and your run. All - I got suckered into the 'cauliflower pizza crust' phase going around and I have to say, I didn't like. My house stunk, there was little flavor and I just wasn't happy. Saving you the…

Happy Monday! I need more time to read and catch up with you all … busy weekend so didn't get to posts til this morning. Emy, wear that dress in pride, cover it in beer, and wash 3 times (maybe it'll get better?!????!@!@?). I did a little homework yesterday and printed some new recipes and grocery shopped for them - so…

Brenda, CONGRATS on 25 mins straight! And love the quote, I'll remember this tonight when I'm trudging through my 5 mins of straight running :)

Everyone sounds discouraged. Let's all use that as MOTIVATION to do better and have a great report last week. Emy, way to stay strong in those small loses and come out grew this week - congrats!

Made it 149.6 today!!! So happy to have crawled down to the 140s. Now my goal to get to 130's. With 10 lbs, it will a good 1.5-2 months, but I can't wait for it. Good luck all!

Hi BusyB….welcome to the group. We chat a lot on Today I Will so catch up with us there too!

Pretty proud of myself. Lunch = 1 piece of bread with the bruschetta during appetizer. Chicken garden salad for meal. I was so close to the ravioli, but I stayed strong. No drinks today - water only. Ice cream truck, got a creamsicle at 90 calories and only ate 1/2. So yeahhhhhh :) Jogging tonight … and praying for a good…

Good morning! Lisa, love the fact you are ruining your daughter's life … good for a chuckle this morning. :) Let us know if $5 or lazy wins. I'm betting on the $5 1 or 2 times and lazy the rest of the summer. Emy, sorry about your run :( but congrats on the time! Only run the next one if you really want to - this is for…