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March and April sum up: I did good...I did the things and logged the things...and while my weight went down and then up some, my inches on my waist have been slowly just going down, and I can really see that my belly button fat area is noticeably smaller... I haven't been on here to do the journaling, but moving is a thing…

I kind of love that I started this when I was 40... Weekend was good, did one workout only a day, not doubles...but the whooping cough is still making me fatigue fast, and I did spend as much time as I could manage working on leaf raking...super looking forward to when I don't have 2 acres to deal with... I'll just keep on…

February results...gained 2 lbs but lost an inch 160 to 161.8 30.5 to 29.5 My glutes have gone from a little flat to nice and round...going to keep the 1 leg day for march while increasing the glute days from 1 to 2...I was also able to progress the counts in Feb (24 to 32), but I think I'm going to go from 3# ankle…

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definitely sick...whooping cough, yay...no fun been doing weights...sometimes a second workout but not usually...food was good except yesterday and today are maintenance...not going to sweat it while sick...feeling so very ugh and on so many meds and herbals... keep hanging in there...

week has been a bit of a mess, but food has been mostly good...missed some stretching and ab workouts, had to cut back the weights on chest/back/shoulders due to shoulders being super unhappy...also lots of painting and such, so more stresses and odd movements than just working out..fun times... drinking on…

tuesday was mediocre...food mostly on point (like 100 cals over)...2nd workout not done due to getting home from costco super late...hate to miss stretching again, but needed some tv downtime and was still too full from dinner...not great but also not terrible, I really wanted to stuff my face and eat a lot more...stress???

Monday was good...food on point...made up a workout...all in all fantastic...

weekends are such a challenge did great on friday, fit in both workouts and poverty calories even while traveling - super big win saturday lots of work on the shed, maintenance calories plus drinking to celebrate a neighbors upcoming wedding, on target except no workouts, it was a stretching day so I'm not super worried…

thursday was solid - both workouts, poverty calories, protein a little low, but just not in the mood for a second shake traveling to the beach friday, so I'll miss my second workout unless I slam it into break time...I should have gotten up early to do a morning and then lunch one, but my slack *kitten* surely…

2/2 - arms and total body done, poverty calories, no alcohol

Start weight - 160.0 Start waist - 30.5" Today's checkup weight - 158.6 waist - 29.75" some of this quick drop is likely due to monthly water/bloat that was still in play, but it's still super nice to see the metrics move in a positive direction

Wednesday was great, both workouts, poverty calories, protein met without a shake, and no alcohol no alcohol on whiskey wednesday and while spending two hours on the phone with a friend in GA had a vitamin water instead, it was great today 158.6 (-1.4 lbs) and 29.75 (-0.75 inches) nice progress, I'm sure at least some of…

2/1 - legs done, forgot to stretch, food at poverty

yesterday could have been better, I didn't do my 2nd workout because I forgot to even look at the calendar...need to get back in the doubles mindset...it was just stretching, so no major calorie burn, but still, need to get on it...at least food was good and I didn't snack

February Goals - Beast phase 2 (BULK) plus 3 doubles days (Beast Total Body at 5# weights, so more like cardio than weights), 1200 cals 5 days/week, 1600 cals 2 days/week (or 2K cals 1 day per week)... Start weight - 160.0 Start waist - 30.5" I'm going to aim for a weekly check in, maybe twice a week since I'm kind of…

I ended Jan up 4 lbs, but down 3/8" in my waist...not a great win, but not a total loss either.

January results: up 4 lbs down 3/8 inch in waist not terrible...not great either...I did have that week that was mostly maintenance, but was actually very adherent most of the month...so...tweaked it by adding 3 days/week of doubles, tweaked the supplements (notably increasing DIM and adding a tumeric one that's supposed…

Sat and Sun were good, poverty, workouts done, no adult beverages...lucifers waterfall is finally gone and I feel pretty peppy about everything... need to get on a scale so I have good start of month measurements!

Friday was good, maintenance for the first time in a week which is nice, and lots of protein, and total body for cardio, and hot tea in the evening rather than cocktails...all in all quite nice!!!

Today I figured out how to add friends in this new version...when it works...I'm getting a lot of "page not found" trying to get from the group profile page to the MFP profile page...which kind of sucks... However, I was looking at this thread, and January is almost over, and I was kind of wondering to myself, what do I…

I take magnesium every day because I lift and eat low carb and get muscle cramps if I don't supplement...but I had no idea it might be helping with other symptoms, that's cool to know

less gross and icky today...plus it's friday, so that's always a bit of a mood lift thursday was actually mostly good...did shoulders with light weights at lunch...not much after work, kept calories in line, protein is still too low...but also had some wine before bed...so much cramping and hip pain, it was just absurd…

If you're going to track carbs it can also be helpful to track fiber - you can subtract fiber from overall carbs if you want to look at net carbs. As for fats - trans and saturated are bad for high cholesterol, while mono and poly are good for reducing high cholesterol, so which do you want to track, a number to stay under…

I feel so gross and icky today...also stomach not happy...this might work well for keeping calories down, but it's going to be total havoc on motivation...just focusing on getting through the day...

Tuesday was decent except in the pain arena...didn't do back/bis because my back was already screaming on that back shoulder that has plagued me off and on for weeks now...guess I'm going to have to really lighten the back weights for feb and maybe incorporate some back stretches??? also, exploding uterus...fun times...on…

Did great yesterday (monday) except for a late night snack, which I logged into today...I'd rather struggle a bit today than be over yesterday...so, planning ahead, and hopefully that's a winner...scale is up today (161) but boobs are enormous and sore, so not sure what's water weight from PMS or what's real...who knows…

@NYPhotographer2021 Total cholesterol can increase during weight loss, and that's not typically improved with dietary changes because the test doesn't differentiate between fat circulating for your shrinking body vs normal cholesterol...maybe see if the Dr will consider just an LDL test? just food for thought…

did great over the weekend, drank Fri-sun but not too much, and within calorie goals...also did all workouts except stretching I really have to get better about the stretching all in all excited to start the new routine on saturday

yesterday I went through my diet calendar and physically wrote the big pink M on the days I was maintenance (or failed to log) for the month there were actually only 6 even though they were mostly clustered in the last week...while that's not the way maintenance calories are supposed to work - by plan you never have them…