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Hello everyone, I haven’t posted here in about a year! I’m starting over after an injury and general depression about/due to the pandemic. I’ve got myself in a good place and even though I’ve gained 20+ I’m looking at getting myself to my healthiest self and taking my weight loss in 10 lb increments. So, starting today…

@micwrites UPDATE: I weighed myself this morning when I was relaxed and the scale had gone down. I’m drinking lots of water, cutting back on my favorite vodka and tonic treat and trying to meditate to relieve my total stress. I’m writing two papers this weekend but my goal is to try to get in 5,000 steps.

@heatherbluebell Thank you thank you for this post. I think it probably resonated with a lot of us. There are days I am almost completely overwhelmed with life for a lot of reasons and days I can pretty much handle it but I think I can always muster up 1%, even on those dark days when anxiety is high. 💕👊🏻

I kept trying to weigh myself this morning and every time I got on the scale it read 34 instead of my real weight. The dog was barking her head off to go out and I had stripped down to get the lowest possible weight, so I couldn’t keep standing there trying in case someone went by the house and saw me in all my nakedness…

I am inspired and sending high fives!! Five pounds a month is great. Especially if you have stuff going on. You have every right to be proud!!!! 👊🏻

Hi @QuinnDXO ... this is a great group. You will find great support here. Great goals. And yes to learning to say no!!!!

Thanks @orangequilt !! I like lufey too!!

Every time I see the name of this group I smile! I appreciate all of you and your stories. I’ve been trying to eat right and keep moving even with a ruptured hamstring. I can feel myself gaining through the fit of my clothes. It’s so disturbing. So, I finally called my primary who wants to do a blood work up for a bunch of…

Welcome! This is a great group. So many different journeys and such kind people!

I’m so happy (as weird as it sounds) to hear everyone talking about how stress has slowed down their losses. I thought I was alone. I started at about 236 and have shot up about 10 since COVID and a torn hamstring prevents me from my passion of tennis and any real meaningful movement. I’m in PT and getting better all the…

Great news! Sounds very promising all around @KeriA

That’s the way to do it. Great job! 👊🏻

Great news! And good to remember.

Glad you are back! And great plan. 👊🏻

Went away for three days to Orleans on Cape Cod and had an amazing, relaxing time. I needed it. My skinny anorexic sister tried a number of times to bring up my daughter’s and my weight but we discussed it ahead of time and refused to give her an opening. We are getting healthy our own way, and not by someone else’s’ idea…

Thank you @wanderinglight for understanding where I am. I seem to have gone from having it all— at least in my mind, to this big backslide. I feel like wallpaper, there but not really noticed. I have to re-motivate so I can heal and get back to the sport I love and to my bad *kitten* self of really living, as you so…

@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 I love the fact you and your girlfriend are sharing tips for success. It is ok to set and alarm and in fact it’s a great idea that I’m going to share with my daughter tomorrow. She has terrible PTSD and is currently I medicated for all her issues. I was on a cbd site tonite and will be getting us…

What an absolutely perfect late summer day here on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts. Dog woke me up early and I got a lot done, read my new book, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, great so far, did some homework (masters degree) worked outside, (I have a big dumpster and am throwing away everything not nailed down), swam…

Thank you @aliciap0116 for the advice and an uplifting start to the day, and right on with your goals.

Thank you @changeforeverlj ... I appreciate that!!!!

Thank you @orangequilt .. it is beautiful. We are really turning things around. 💜

You are kidding!! We live in Middleborough and go to Plymouth all the time. The water was freezing and the waves were huge and throwing rocks at our feet.

I was so grateful to receive news that I can heal my hamstring without surgery yesterday that I grabbed my daughter and went to walk beautiful Long Beach in Plymouth, MA. We both pledged to put ourselves first, take care of our bodies, minds, spirits and souls and do the things we love to do that we put aside for other…

Thank you, @orangequilt ... I appreciate that so much. I am determined to turn things around. 🤸‍♀️🙏

Thank you @CupcakeCrusoe 👍 ... I did get news today my hamstring is ruptured but I can do physical therapy and try to avoid surgery. So I decided today to get strong! Mind, body, spirit, soul. To love myself to my goal weight. I can’t tell you how the wonderful people on this page help!

Sounds like you will be getting some great exercise either way and yes to not beating yourself up. Be kind to your wonderful body for carrying you around so well all these years. You are doing a great job! And you are so close to a great goal! 👍

Hello friends! I have fallen off a bit on logging in this month. Life has been a challenge. I was losing well and then had an injury that I thought was a pulled muscle but it looks like it could be a hamstring tear or a hip injury. I will find out tomorrow. One of my kids has been suffering with debilitating depression.…

I weighed myself today for the first time in three weeks since I pulled the muscle in my behind by my sciatic nerve. Although I’ve been forcing myself to do things, I’m in pain all the time (seeing an ortho this week.) I gained 5 lbs. 😫 .. it’s depressing. But I’m not going to beat myself up. I could feel the change in how…

So sorry to hear this news @KeriA. I am a real believer that the universe will bring you what you need when you need it. If there is a vacuum (loss of job), it will be filled. You seem to have a great attitude about it and I’m glad that you have some vacation time to rest and relax. Be good to yourself.

Looking great! And what a beautiful place. Rock on!