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@skelterhelter hey.... Canned chicken! I honestly abhor tuna.... But great idea for my husband! @littlegreenparrot1 Oooooh peanut butter on my fav popcorn cakes! Y'all have my creative juices finally moving! Thanks so much! 👍

Well, if the electricity runs out, I'll def be sweating off the extra calories 😂

Thanks @missysippy930 I would not have thought of the jerky! And the other ideas on the camp stove are great too...I do love carbs. Lol! We are on the gulf side of the track, so we shouldn't have the winds, but flooding here is already a problem we haven't recovered from yet from 2 weeks ago. My prayers are with all our…

@LyndaBSS I would love to join! You are very kind.... 😁 @boldknee I'll try that! Thanks for the tip!

@annliz23 I must be doing something wrong.... I don't get the option to add you when I click your name?

@phoenix1974 thanks so much! I'm feeling waaaay stoked.... Haven't felt like this in forevuhhhhh! 👊 Glad to have some company along the way

@concordancia I had a personal trainer and we did HIIT 3x/week, and did cardio 2x/week. I also ate 1200 calories /day, and turned in my food journal, complete with that week's thoughts, to my trainers weekly. I'm sad my 2 favorite trainers cannot work around my job hours, but I'm committed to cardio after hours (went for…

Thank you @giancarlov1191! I just joined my first challenge, and am feeling pretty syched . Thanks for the well wishes! :)

I'm a day late, but here goes! I'm a 53-year-old 5'2" woman. And I like a good weigh-in on each Friday to motivate me thru the weekends! Challenge STARTING weight (today) : 276 Challenge Goal weight (in 12 weeks) : 250 Ultimate Goal Weight : 121 Aug. 27: 276 Sept 06: Sept 13: Sept 20: Sept 27: ********Total Lost in Sept:…

Hey, girl... Long time no see. It's been several years. But after this post, you went on to lose an additional 40 lbs over another 10 week period of careful eating and hard work in the gym! What a Rockstar. B) I know how badly it hurt when just one month later, the hysterectomy sidelined you, and being banned from the gym…

This! This! This! I needed this analogy.... Thank you so much... Literally crying. What an awesome tool to put in my arsenal.

I love it when the trainers wipe the floor with me....I'm so whipped that I can't get off the floor, let alone to the locker room or to my car! I love how we love working out - and DEFINITELY YES to keeping a check on form....so important!

True Dat!!!! I didn't get enough over the weekend, and didn't sweat much yesterday during the workout - I think it puzzled my trainer, and he really put me through the works!!!! Went home and made 8 - YES EIGHT - homemade pizzas for when company comes this weekend. ARGH!!!!! I'll be eating salad. I wouldn't be so tough on…

Glad to see all the new people - welcome! So much going on!!!! hard to keep up with all of you active people! I am truly inspired by you all and love to see what you are doing to keep up your health. All you heavy-lifting mamas....I bow in respect! I'm completely freaked out - 11 family members traveling here to visit, and…

oh skratchie - i KNOW!!!! aren't short weeks just a pain? hang tough!!! jlapount - this time is NOT like last time! I had a situation a few weeks back where I was heavily tempted. I told myself "I just don't eat this stuff anymore. I'm better than this now". Keep your goals in the front of your mind - You can do it!!!

Oh, KellySue - that's GREAT! you've done a phenomenal job!!!!! Beeps: Vegas ? Woot-Woot! I did fit a hike in with my sister while I was up north over the weekend - how fun to actually work out OUTSIDE! I can't bear to do it here in Florida - too much flat land, and too hot. Heading to the Smoky Mountains in a couple weeks…

newbeg - great job! Love the pics!!!! doesn't progress feel awesome? I had an awesome weigh-in on Friday - I lost 5 lbs! I had a couple slow weeks before that, so I was pretty pumped. Then - I flew up north for the weekend to be with my sisters and their families for graduation festivities. However, tragedy struck while I…

Is there such a thing?????

newbeg - dummy me.....when you said "al fresco", I was thinking "neked as a jaybird", and was going to give you huge kudos for being that brave!!!! ROFL!!!!!

welcome to new-posters! Speaking of the holiday weekend, I, too, am pretty apprehensive about it. I won't have my trainers until next Wednesday, and after 13 weeks, you'd think I would know what to do in their absence! Alas, they have more faith in me than I do myself - we will see what happens. I'm heading cross-country…

newbeg - I "LOOOVEEEE" getting bruises while working out - I call them my "war wounds" and show them off! good job on the obstacle course!!! Knees? knees???!!! did someone say knees??!!! along with my elbows, hips, lower back.....etc, etc, etc.....I must admit, the workouts have helped many of these old aches and pains.…

Happy Monday to all, and welcome to first-timers! I'm still pretty new on this board myself, but you'll find lots of motivation, laughs, and support - all are necessary to do what we are doing at this time of our lives! Congratulations to everyone who found time to get out and move this weekend - I'm jealous of the 5-hour…

mrsmark: thanks for the reply - by the way, you look AWESOME - It seems like a dream that I might ever get that small, but I'm really enjoying the workouts and healthy eating, soooooo who knows? Never say never -

new - CONGRATZ!!!! how stellar! wearing your daughter's clothes???!?!!?!?! a dream come true - I am going looking for a size "L" workout pants tonight - after needing a 3XL 13 weeks ago - yeah us!!! I have a question for those who have lost 75 lbs or more: I have lost 34 lbs, and have about 80 to go before I consider…

ya know, it's funny you ask me about goals. I started 12 weeks ago at 250 lbs, and I'm 5'2". At first, I felt I had so much to lose that it was hard for me to look at the long term goal of 150 lbs (at which time I promised myself I would get cosmetic skin surgery). So then I started setting smaller goals, and that really…

newbeg - what a great idea for "Date Night"!!!!

Oh Beeps - I hate when that happens! And my poor husband does it all the time - gets in late from the ballgames, and is STARVING - then is grumpy because I don't have anything to satisfy that kind of hunger in the house quickly! It's hard for me to keep up with all the posts! I guess I'll just jump in whenever I can. LOL…

Been a few days since I checked in, but I had a PHENOMENAL weigh-in on Friday - I lost 7 lbs!!!! That took my total to 31 lbs lost in 11 weeks. Woot!! I had a bad weigh in the week before, so I was super-concentrated on what I ate - and it paid off. HALLELUJAH!