WISH Away the Pounds July Challenge - Everyone Welcome!!

[desiree71081]

This one's for FireflyFi. Hope we can help!

QOTD Sunday, July 13

What are your favorite go to healthy snacks at home and on the go?

Frozen grapes....just like candy without the consequences.

 

[Flossbolna]

All your weights are already in my spreadsheet at home, but then I decided to watch Germany become World Champions and did not get around to to update this thread... Sorry!! But that chance only comes around every 24 years or so...

Here everyone is in such a celebratory mood right now:

There was a discussion about bread recently and one thing that I like to have in the house is the Wasa crisp bread (I love the thin rye ones best). They are 1 point per slice and because they are so crunchy, they need more work eating them, hence I eat them slower. And they keep for ages!! Literally!

In other news, my scale is finally slowly moving downwards! I am back to where I started at the beginning of the month... I do think the fitbit is good for me as it motivates me to be more active. And because I feel that I have a better measurement of how many calories I burn by exercise, I do treat myself to some additional points every day. I have had the feeling for quite some time that 26 points are too little for me if I am moving around. I guess having a long history of weight issues ever since I was a teenager now has my metabolism in a place where it quickly shuts up if it gets too little, but also loves to hang on to anything it gets if it gets a little too much. Therefore one of my reasons for getting the fitbit was to have a better understanding of how many calories I do use up per day. I do think the fitbit overestimates my WW acitivity points though. So last week I have been eating about half of the points I supposedly earned and that seems to work.

Lisa, how does your active link work? Does it give you activity points directly into your account? And would you mind sharing how many you get for a day with about 10000 steps? I think that would be a good comparison for me to have!

 

[desiree71081]

Haven't been on much this weekend. My kids have been on vacation/with their dad for the past 3 weeks and I got them back Friday and we had a lot of catching up to do.

I didn't eat very good this weekend. Friday, we had popeyes. I ate the chicken but not the crust. Saturday we had boiled crabs which isn't bad but is high in sodium. Yesterday DH worked on a friends car and when he works on her car, she always pays for food. I had a burger, which wasn't too bad but I also had onion rings and fries which was really not good. Then, last night, we went grocery shopping but stopped for supper first because we all know it's not good to go grocery shopping on an empty stomach. We ended up at a Chinese restaurant. I had egg drop soup and boneless chicken. I honestly didn't eat much of the chicken as I was mostly full with the soup.

I am paying for the bad eating today. Woke up with a headache and feeling really nauseous and exhausted. I need to come up with a better plan for eating on the weekend. I do great all week and the weekend comes and life happens.

Getting back on track today.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning.
Hope everyone is having a great Sunday.
We ran 7 miles this morning--which is my longest run in a very long time. I am hoping to finish w&d around 12 min miles so I guess I need to actually train for it. It was really warm here and we did 6:2 intervals and ended around 12:05 average, so not too bad. It was probably our warmest morning so far this year.

Mike and I booked a last minute stress relieving weekend away for Sat-Mon so I will be getting ready for that this week and working very hard to be on plan so I can relax a little bit this weekend.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Kudos on the 7 miles this week-end, Rose! Hot, sticky runs are perfect for W&D weather so I have no doubt you will be ready to keep your legacy status.

A little week-end getaway sounds like the perfect way to recover from that stress.

We keep all breads in the freezer. I know some people don't like it, but it's fine for us. Sandwich bread is thawed by the time the sandwich is made, hamburger buns are thawed by the time the burger is cooked. Bagels get either toasted or nuked, and hoagies I try to remember to take out beforehand.

For snack I usually grab a yogurt or apple and string cheese. I also love nuts so have been known to count them out--as opposed to reaching in and taking out a fistful!

Thunder is really rolling here so suppose I will turn off my computer!

Nice to get a little rain and cool off you lucky girl! This weather is crazy!

I'm back to answer the QOTD.

My go to snacks are:
yogurt
Babybel or string cheese
A serving size of nuts
Turkey or ham (sometimes with cheese, sometimes with some fruit)
Fruit
Veggies and hummus
sugar free jello (when I want something dessert-like)


We've had some great suggestions. I know when I am hungry I want something quick and filling so I don't turn to something like cookies or candy. Thanks for all of the replies with suggestions. And, remember to drink lots of water

Jill

Thanks for a great list! And for coaching.

Heh, I know the seasons thing is strange. I first started watching the Beach Club resort thread at the start of the year, when it seemed everyone in the northern hemisphere was snowed under. Being the Beach Club thread, everyone was craving some warmer weather by the pool. At the same time, where I am was having the worst heatwave ever - almost a week of 40-45c (104-113F) days! It seems it's been a year of extremes for everyone.

And yes, kept the devil away today (so far!) I made pumpkin soup last night for the second time. The first time I tried this recipe it came out awful, all I could taste was garlic and onion. I played with the recipe, and it has come out much better. It's also supposed to be spicy, but a taste test last night and I couldn't taste any heat from the chilli, so I added more paste...and flakes...and I think I might have overdone it!

Oh, and thanks for all the snack suggestions! I would respond to more posts directly, but I don't know how to quote over more than one page. Any tips?

Here is a link to a list of 55 healthy snacks that just popped up in my email
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/nutrition_articles.asp?id=1792

It was a warm busy week-end with yard work starting at 6 a.m. two days in a row so we could get everything done. Which we did and it looks really nice. No running but plenty of exercise. My running group starts on Tuesday so I will be running again before I know it.

Happy Monday all!

 

[lisah0711]

In other news, my scale is finally slowly moving downwards! I am back to where I started at the beginning of the month... I do think the fitbit is good for me as it motivates me to be more active. And because I feel that I have a better measurement of how many calories I burn by exercise, I do treat myself to some additional points every day. I have had the feeling for quite some time that 26 points are too little for me if I am moving around. I guess having a long history of weight issues ever since I was a teenager now has my metabolism in a place where it quickly shuts up if it gets too little, but also loves to hang on to anything it gets if it gets a little too much. Therefore one of my reasons for getting the fitbit was to have a better understanding of how many calories I do use up per day. I do think the fitbit overestimates my WW acitivity points though. So last week I have been eating about half of the points I supposedly earned and that seems to work.

Lisa, how does your active link work? Does it give you activity points directly into your account? And would you mind sharing how many you get for a day with about 10000 steps? I think that would be a good comparison for me to have!

Magdalene, I think 26 points is too little, too, even taking into account free fruits and vegetables. Lots of folks I know do best on WW when they eat every point coming to them, daily, weeklies and APs. Sounds like you've hit the sweet spot. Plus you probably feel better -- not so hungry.

I have never compared the ActiveLink with the pedometer. As soon as I find my ActiveLink again -- it is currently MIA -- I will experiment with it and a pedometer and let you know. I will tell you that I think the ActiveLink is pretty accurate. If I race 55 minutes, it shows high level activity for 55 minutes. The best thing about the ActiveLink for me is that it won't let me earn any APs until I've hit my baseline -- the threshold of activity for my age. That means most work days I'll earn 1 or 2 APs if I make sure I work out for at least 30 minutes. On days I don't work out, I have a tough time getting to 100% to even earn an AP. If I was papertracking I would have bazillions APs. I can regularly earn 12 to 14 APs a week when I am running. What I have not been able to do is earn 21 APs a week consistently or 3 APs a day. I'm hoping to change that in 2014. I have a real love/hate relationship with my ActiveLink but it has helped me to increase my activity substantially -- 84% -- and is an excellent tool to help me remember the importance of moving every single day.

 

[jillbur]

I'll be back in a little bit but wanted to post the QOTD before I run to the store.


QOTD Monday, July 14

Monday's can be hard! What do you have to look forward to this week?

 

[desiree71081]

QOTD Monday, July 14

Monday's can be hard! What do you have to look forward to this week?

Not really sure if I am looking forward to it but Gabe is having tubes put in his ears on Friday. Hopefully this will be the end of constant ear infections and he can get back to himself. Just ready to get it over with. This is (thankfully) one of the shortest/smallest/least risky surgeries he has had to have in his short life and hopefully the last for a while/forever.

 

[pjlla]

Pamela, I lost your quote but wanted to say that I hope that you are feeling better soon!

Yardwork is on tap for me again today. We are on a mission to finish up a section of our landscaping that was overgrown and we basically dug it up and are starting over with only the "good stuff."

Have a great day all!

Your landscaping project pretty much sounds like our whole yard!! All we do every spring/summer/fall is battle Mother Nature to try to keep our little section of the world from becoming full of trees, briars, sumac, bittersweet, and PI!! I'm about ready to give up!! In fact, we DID give up on our vegetable garden many years ago.... it was just too much work to keep the area free of the above mentioned items plus just regular weeds.

I will say, when we have done the "dig the entire area up and start again" method, we've had good results. Hope your area turned out well!!

Good morning.
Hope everyone is having a great Sunday.
We ran 7 miles this morning--which is my longest run in a very long time. I am hoping to finish w&d around 12 min miles so I guess I need to actually train for it. It was really warm here and we did 6:2 intervals and ended around 12:05 average, so not too bad. It was probably our warmest morning so far this year.

Mike and I booked a last minute stress relieving weekend away for Sat-Mon so I will be getting ready for that this week and working very hard to be on plan so I can relax a little bit this weekend.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Glad you got in a good stress-relieving run~! Hope your fun weekend away is as relaxing as possible!! Where are you going?

Heh, I know the seasons thing is strange. I first started watching the Beach Club resort thread at the start of the year, when it seemed everyone in the northern hemisphere was snowed under. Being the Beach Club thread, everyone was craving some warmer weather by the pool. At the same time, where I am was having the worst heatwave ever - almost a week of 40-45c (104-113F) days! It seems it's been a year of extremes for everyone.


Well... I'll send today's humidity to you to keep you warm!

And yes, kept the devil away today (so far!) I made pumpkin soup last night for the second time. The first time I tried this recipe it came out awful, all I could taste was garlic and onion. I played with the recipe, and it has come out much better. It's also supposed to be spicy, but a taste test last night and I couldn't taste any heat from the chilli, so I added more paste...and flakes...and I think I might have overdone it!

I'd love to have the recipe if you'd like to share it!

Oh, and thanks for all the snack suggestions! I would respond to more posts directly, but I don't know how to quote over more than one page. Any tips?

Down at the bottom right corner of everyone's post are three little boxes.... the left most one is for a single quote..... the middle one with the quotation marks and + sign is for multiple quotes. As you read along you can click on that box in any post you want to quote and then when you click on "post reply" all of the posts that you multi-quoted will show up. The right most box is for a quick reply. HTH!

I'll be back in a little bit but wanted to post the QOTD before I run to the store.

QOTD Monday, July 14

Monday's can be hard! What do you have to look forward to this week?

This week my SIL and nephew from New Mexico and my niece and her family from TX will be in Massachusetts visiting!! I haven't seen my SIL in two years and my niece and her family for a year. Technically this is DH's family (his sister and his niece) but I love all of my in-laws like they were blood! I married into a great group and I know that I am blessed.

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Morning all! Up and moving and smoothie is made and consumed and I've already done an hour of weeding. Trying to get out there before it gets too hot, but the humidity is high today and everything is wet from last night's rain.

Feeling encouraged by how much I've gotten done outside today already, but SO MUCH MORE to be done! Laundry is caught up (including folding and putting away!! ), tonight's dinner is planned (and I'll have DS help with the chopping later ), DS vacuumed the downstairs for me yesterday, my bed is made, all three toilets are clean, shower is recently scrubbed. So I will work outside today until it is too hot to deal with..... then I will come in and do some indoor work.... maybe some organizing in the basement.

I am participating in a "clean eating" challenge on FB. Not sure that I will really keep up with posting and all for a week. When they sent out the shopping list, there really wasn't anything on it that was unusual for my family (other than the seafood, which I will be skipping). In fact, when I double checked the shopping list against my meal plan, I didn't have to change anything. I guess I was hoping it would be more of a challenge. But day one, meal one is photographed and posted, so at least I've started. I was also assuming it was a small local group/challenge, since it originally showed up on a NH yard sale page, but once I got onto the group I realized it was HUGE and international.... not exactly what I was looking for.

Well... I said I could take a 15 minutes break to get a snack and get hydrated and time's up!! TTYL...............P

 

[glss1/2fll]

QOTD: Nothing too exciting this week. Glad to have DS2 home from camp. His final performance was spectacular. Over 120 singers and about a 60 piece orchestra. This weekend starts an art fair in our town. It's always been huge, but it has lost its local feel. Our church is across the street and we have a food booth, plus we run a couple parking lots. That will keep our entire family busy all 3 days. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out this year. Last year they let commercial food vendors into the fair, and our business was down. As was everybody else's. Of course, we're in a heat wave and that will diminish crowds. It's funny how weather dependent the fair is!

Need to figure out meals for the week, and now that DS2 is home will need to buy more milk, so off to the grocery store for me!

 

[Flossbolna]

The first page is updated with all your weights and I am posting it here as well:

Participants:

Flossbolna (Magdalene)
lisa0711 (Lisa)
jillbur (Jill)%
JennStars9 26%
glss1/2fll (Linda) 17%
purplekicks 24%
desiree71081 96%
myweegirls (Liz) 63%
DisFam95 16%
GrandAdmiralStrife 40%
LadyRayado 25%
Rose&Mike (Rose) 43%
mainemooncat (Elizabeth) 67%
FireflyFi (Fiona)
beno44
BernardandMissBianca (Buffy)
Zoesmama03 18%
happysummer

Congratulations to desiree71081 and Jill for being on fire as you both are already over 90%!!

Welcome also to the newer participants that signed up, some of you are off to a great start as well!

Anyone who gained or did not lose: Keep in mind that this is an ongoing process, there are always weeks that are better than others. And keep on with what you are doing. Because if you stop and get back to your old ways, that will certainly not help your weight loss as it got you to the point where you felt that you had to lose weight! So, hopefully next week will be a great one for everyone!

I also wanted to repeat my call for coaches!! We still need someone to coach July 20-25 and July 26-31!

 

[pjlla]

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I also wanted to repeat my call for coaches!! We still need someone to coach July 20-25 and July 26-31!

Does my coaching gig start on Wednesday? I didn't write it down and page one says June on the coaching page. Just want to be sure I don't forget (again... ).

HUGE congrats to so many of you that have made GREAT progress this month!!
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Okay.... I had to run an errand so I came inside to shower about an hour ago and now I don't feel like going back out and getting hot and sweaty again! It isn't absolutely unbearably hot, but very humid with almost no breeze..... I was absolutely DRIPPING wet earlier from cutting brush and pulling up bittersweet and grapevine. I should go back out and at least start another flower bed, but I can't bear the thought! Maybe we'll eat dinner early, like right at 5pm or so and then I can go back out to work after dinner when it is cooler.

Belly is acting up again today.... trying to figure out why without going to the doctor. Any ideas?

Off to go waste some precious time on Pinterest.... TTYL.......P

 

[pjlla]

Well, I never did make it to Pinterest, but that's okay, cause DS and I got some cleaning and organizing done! We still had one last big box of stuff to go through from his room "make-over" and it is finally DONE! And it was mostly just old school papers that went STRAIGHT to the recycling bin!!

Dinner was delicious! I didn't have any Paul Newman's light sesame ginger dressing for my warm asian lettuce wraps, so I made my own and it was SUPER!! I need to write down what I did before I forget.... but it had avocado in it so it was super creamy and had healthy fats.... something I don't get enough of!

Hope you all had a good day as well! BB in the morning to chat...........P

 

[Zoesmama03]

After yesterday's calories overage and the day before untracked todays turned out barely at 1200(which is about 600 under my target on MFP). I have enough calories for ice cream tonight but went with a fudgesicle instead, less carbs. Still 600 calories left. This is what happens when you stay up late and sleep in way past breakfast. Lunch and dinner calories just wasn't enough. I may have popcorn and/or snacks later though. I think I will take some deficit to help make up for the 300 or so I was over yesterday.

I gotta find my motivation for exercise. I did 15 minutes on the exercise bike watching Grey's Anatomy Wednesday and that was my last exercise. I know I gotta keep motivated for first thing in morning exercise it helps me but with my sleep schedule so messed up that is already in hottest part of our super hot days.

 

[Flossbolna]

Does my coaching gig start on Wednesday? I didn't write it down and page one says June on the coaching page. Just want to be sure I don't forget (again... ).

Pam, yes you start on the 16th of July! Need to edit that first page it seems...

Good Morning everyone! It seems we finally are getting rid of the wet weather just to stumble into a heat wave which is forecast to end on Saturday with the next batch of wet weather...

Still haven't managed to go for a run. I do need to stop walking home from work as 6km walking in my legs (to and back from work) makes me not to want to go out for a run anymore.

 

[jillbur]

So sorry I wasn't back on yesterday. We had some nasty storms blow through & I have no internet again I'll post the QOTD for today & hope it's fixed soon so I can reply. On the agenda for me today is painting DS8's room



QOTD Tuesday, July 15

Do you have a reward for reaching your goal/s or mini-goal/s? If so, what is the reward?

 

[pjlla]

Pam, yes you start on the 16th of July! Need to edit that first page it seems... '

Okie-dokie.... I'm ready!

Good Morning everyone! It seems we finally are getting rid of the wet weather just to stumble into a heat wave which is forecast to end on Saturday with the next batch of wet weather...

Still haven't managed to go for a run. I do need to stop walking home from work as 6km walking in my legs (to and back from work) makes me not to want to go out for a run anymore.

Sounds like the 6K walk might be enough!

So sorry I wasn't back on yesterday. We had some nasty storms blow through & I have no internet again I'll post the QOTD for today & hope it's fixed soon so I can reply. On the agenda for me today is painting DS8's room

I hope you get some nice cool dry weather for your painting time!

QOTD Tuesday, July 15

Do you have a reward for reaching your goal/s or mini-goal/s? If so, what is the reward?

Nope.... I've never really rewarded myself.... being slim is reward in itself! But I do occasionally splurge on a new article of clothing that I might not have bought otherwise! And I definitely REWARD myself with lots of healthy produce.... despite the expense!

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Morning all! Rainy night here, but sadly that didn't cool us off at all. It is a very muggy overcast morning here.

I think I'll do eggs for breakfast and yogurt for lunch today. Smoothies are great, but I need a break!

NEW STOVE IS COMING TODAY!!!!!!!!!! And it can't come soon enough. My old stove owes me nothing.... 20 years old this past May and used virtually daily. I will miss some of its better features (delayed start, a timer that continues to beep until you stop it or open the oven), but I am looking forward to a new double oven! I didn't want a flat top, but we don't have gas here, so there wasn't really any other choice. I suppose I'll learn to love it. Next up I need to shop for my new range hood.

WW meeting tonight, so today will be time spent prepping for that and some cleaning.... too damp and rainy to work outside this morning for my taste! TTYL................P

 

[glss1/2fll]

QOTD: No. I don't usually reward myself. I say I'm going to, but then I don't!

Feel like I spent all yesterday doing DS's two weeks' worth of laundry! It wasn't any more than I usually do, just seemed funny when I was bringing it back in the house that pretty much everything on the line had been his!

Didn't do any long range meal planning yesterday, but know what we're having the next couple nights. Really should plan some more and hit the grocery store!

Sorry about your tummy, Pamela. I didn't take a Prilosec yesterday and this morning at stretching class was not fun! Our regular instructor is out this week and the sub worked us hard. I was sweating! Good for me.

Yesterday I tried to figure out how to get my Jawbone Up band to work again. Thought I had it, and it did show my sleep last night, but only 47 steps when I walked 40 minutes! Back to the drawing board, I guess.

Off to scrub the kitchen sink.

Have a great day WISHers!

 

[Zoesmama03]

QOTD from Monday: Not much to look forward to for this week since there isn't much going on so I guess I'd say the fact that I get a fairly relaxed week. I gotta see if I can get into my Dr tomorrow I need bp med refill and last time I tried to have pharmacy call in for the metformin the office faxed it to my prior pharmacy which isn't covered under my insurance anymore. Plus since I was increased to twice a day it was then screwed up and reverted to my prior dosage. I haven't found it helps. the 500mg a day didn't improve my A1C back to normal which was why she increased to 1000mg a day(morning and evening). I figured it would be easier to go in and talk to her and get them straightened out. The big issue with it was for some reason, even though the Walgreens I go to now has been around at this location(they previously were across the street but its been YEARS since they built their new location), its not listed in her system. So maybe to make a long story short I'm looking forward to seeing what the office scale shows its always more there. Just because I don't believe my scale. 2nd part I'm looking forward to is weighing in on Friday because so far been pretty good and I can't wait to see if I'll be down.

QOTD: Nope I haven't done a reward systems really. The couple times I decided on some other than the given new wardrobe that would be required for goal I didn't really go far on losses.


I don't know why I get in these moods of avoiding exercise(well to a point I don't always do it on purpose but out of habits already built in my day). Not really avoiding I just haven't made it a priority commitment. I keep thinking this working out at home is so tough when my energy is already drained and from doing nothing to boot. So much other things that are more desirable to do and its strange because I know if I do a workout I feel so much better after. But why the mental block on "starting" exercise. I may have to suck it up and commit to the $10 a month gym membership first I should see about the Y programs and what I'd have for payment there its closer than the more affordable gym anyway. Its a month to month thing but not sure they set up on auto pay or what. I'm on a super tight and small budget though, but I deserve it. My health deserves it. I don't know why I've always had an easier time setting and following gym going schedules and then once there you kinda have one goal in mind, to get done and out. This isn't to make excuses its me trying to clear this mental block regarding getting active. I'm losing and that is good. I just want to be sure I'm doing this healthfully and with a finality. I don't want the weight coming back. I know this doesn't sound like positive thinking but I'm trying to get it out and let it pass so the building of new good thinking habits of exercise can flow in better.


Oh and Zoe and I were browsing Disneyland rides last night and she expressed her wish for me to get down weight so I'm not afraid to ride with her. Its not fear of the ride its fear of fitting the ride. I know at least one ride when we went to Pleasure Pier in Galveston Tx in March that I didn't ride with her because I wouldn't fit. Surprisingly other than kiddie rides it was only one. I made it on the rollercoaster the first time but the second time it must have been a different car because the strong guy that got it pressed down enough the first time couldn't get it to approve and she wouldn't go without me. It wasn't the first time a ride didn't fit. So today I calculated the distance from our home to Disney World(since I really want to do all 4 parks with her one of these years before she decides its no fun) even though we may make it to Disneyland before back there. This way we can walk the distance while waiting for our chance to go. But knowing my brother wants to get out there too I want to get weight off. I know Disney has less size issues on their rides which I like. I just want to be more fit for the walking and such.

 

[lisah0711]

QOTD Monday, July 14

Monday's can be hard! What do you have to look forward to this week?

I start my 10k running group this week -- tonight in fact. I'm very glad I missed the orientation meeting last week and signed up before I knew what I was getting myself into. I'm sure it will be fine but it is intimidating looking at the big picture. One run at a time!

Not really sure if I am looking forward to it but Gabe is having tubes put in his ears on Friday. Hopefully this will be the end of constant ear infections and he can get back to himself. Just ready to get it over with. This is (thankfully) one of the shortest/smallest/least risky surgeries he has had to have in his short life and hopefully the last for a while/forever.

Aww, poor guy. It will be ten times harder on you than it will be on him. DS had two sets of tubes when he was younger and they made such a big difference for him each time. Good luck to you both!

Your landscaping project pretty much sounds like our whole yard!! All we do every spring/summer/fall is battle Mother Nature to try to keep our little section of the world from becoming full of trees, briars, sumac, bittersweet, and PI!! I'm about ready to give up!! In fact, we DID give up on our vegetable garden many years ago.... it was just too much work to keep the area free of the above mentioned items plus just regular weeds.

Yes, it is amazing how stuff will grow where you don't want it to but is tough where you do!

Hope you are feeling better today, Pamela!

QOTD: Nothing too exciting this week. Glad to have DS2 home from camp. His final performance was spectacular. Over 120 singers and about a 60 piece orchestra. This weekend starts an art fair in our town. It's always been huge, but it has lost its local feel. Our church is across the street and we have a food booth, plus we run a couple parking lots. That will keep our entire family busy all 3 days. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out this year. Last year they let commercial food vendors into the fair, and our business was down. As was everybody else's. Of course, we're in a heat wave and that will diminish crowds. It's funny how weather dependent the fair is!

Need to figure out meals for the week, and now that DS2 is home will need to buy more milk, so off to the grocery store for me!

Sounds like a fun camp and a great concert! Good luck with the fair activities in the heat. It is going to cool down a bit as we get to the week-end.

The first page is updated with all your weights and I am posting it here as well:

Participants:

Flossbolna (Magdalene)
lisa0711 (Lisa)
jillbur (Jill)%
JennStars9 26%
glss1/2fll (Linda) 17%
purplekicks 24%
desiree71081 96%
myweegirls (Liz) 63%
DisFam95 16%
GrandAdmiralStrife 40%
LadyRayado 25%
Rose&Mike (Rose) 43%
mainemooncat (Elizabeth) 67%
FireflyFi (Fiona)
beno44
BernardandMissBianca (Buffy)
Zoesmama03 18%
happysummer

Congratulations to desiree71081 and Jill for being on fire as you both are already over 90%!!

Welcome also to the newer participants that signed up, some of you are off to a great start as well!

Anyone who gained or did not lose: Keep in mind that this is an ongoing process, there are always weeks that are better than others. And keep on with what you are doing. Because if you stop and get back to your old ways, that will certainly not help your weight loss as it got you to the point where you felt that you had to lose weight! So, hopefully next week will be a great one for everyone!

I also wanted to repeat my call for coaches!! We still need someone to coach July 20-25 and July 26-31!

So nice to see all the beautiful colors!

I am still above where I started for the month but I weighed less at the beginning of the week after the birthday activities so I am heading in the right direction.

Belly is acting up again today.... trying to figure out why without going to the doctor. Any ideas?

Are you putting anything new in your Vitamix concoctions that might be disagreeing with your tummy? Or maybe some probiotics if things got out of whack? I am like Linda and take a Priolesec every day. Could even be another fun thing about perimenopause. Hope it is better very soon. That is so not fun.

After yesterday's calories overage and the day before untracked todays turned out barely at 1200(which is about 600 under my target on MFP). I have enough calories for ice cream tonight but went with a fudgesicle instead, less carbs. Still 600 calories left. This is what happens when you stay up late and sleep in way past breakfast. Lunch and dinner calories just wasn't enough. I may have popcorn and/or snacks later though. I think I will take some deficit to help make up for the 300 or so I was over yesterday.

It is supposed to be good for your metabolism to mix things up so it sounds like you are doing well with that!

Good Morning everyone! It seems we finally are getting rid of the wet weather just to stumble into a heat wave which is forecast to end on Saturday with the next batch of wet weather...

Still haven't managed to go for a run. I do need to stop walking home from work as 6km walking in my legs (to and back from work) makes me not to want to go out for a run anymore.

The walking may be enough until the weather cools down again, Magdalene.

So sorry I wasn't back on yesterday. We had some nasty storms blow through & I have no internet again I'll post the QOTD for today & hope it's fixed soon so I can reply. On the agenda for me today is painting DS8's room

QOTD Tuesday, July 15

Do you have a reward for reaching your goal/s or mini-goal/s? If so, what is the reward?

No worries! Bummer about the internet.

Our internet provider is Frontier. We say their motto is "it isn't easy being worse than Verizon but we do our best."

I don't do rewards for mini-goals. I am pretty nice to myself most of the time anyway.

NEW STOVE IS COMING TODAY!!!!!!!!!! And it can't come soon enough. My old stove owes me nothing.... 20 years old this past May and used virtually daily. I will miss some of its better features (delayed start, a timer that continues to beep until you stop it or open the oven), but I am looking forward to a new double oven! I didn't want a flat top, but we don't have gas here, so there wasn't really any other choice. I suppose I'll learn to love it. Next up I need to shop for my new range hood.

WW meeting tonight, so today will be time spent prepping for that and some cleaning.... too damp and rainy to work outside this morning for my taste! TTYL................P

Have fun at WW breaking the code.

Yesterday I tried to figure out how to get my Jawbone Up band to work again. Thought I had it, and it did show my sleep last night, but only 47 steps when I walked 40 minutes! Back to the drawing board, I guess.

Well that definitely doesn't sound right.

 

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Pam, yes you start on the 16th of July! Need to edit that first page it seems...

Good Morning everyone! It seems we finally are getting rid of the wet weather just to stumble into a heat wave which is forecast to end on Saturday with the next batch of wet weather...

Still haven't managed to go for a run. I do need to stop walking home from work as 6km walking in my legs (to and back from work) makes me not to want to go out for a run anymore.

I'd take some wet weather. We had some but it wasn't enough. I'm ready for fall so sick of summer already and we had a mild start for once, May was surprisingly not as hot as usual. I'd say the walking is great too some will say walking is better(less jarring to joints). Guess it depends if you are increasing fitness or need changes.

Well, I never did make it to Pinterest, but that's okay, cause DS and I got some cleaning and organizing done! We still had one last big box of stuff to go through from his room "make-over" and it is finally DONE! And it was mostly just old school papers that went STRAIGHT to the recycling bin!!

Dinner was delicious! I didn't have any Paul Newman's light sesame ginger dressing for my warm asian lettuce wraps, so I made my own and it was SUPER!! I need to write down what I did before I forget.... but it had avocado in it so it was super creamy and had healthy fats.... something I don't get enough of!

Hope you all had a good day as well! BB in the morning to chat...........P

Cleaning trumps Pinterest. Sounds like a lot going into his room make-over. Sounds exciting for him. I want to paint dds room. My brother and I had promised her a paint if she started sleeping in there but it still hasn't happened. It is so wrong I have my 10 year old in bed with me but it doesn't bother me only some people. I figure she'll soon not want much to do with dear old mom.

Does my coaching gig start on Wednesday? I didn't write it down and page one says June on the coaching page. Just want to be sure I don't forget (again... ).

HUGE congrats to so many of you that have made GREAT progress this month!!
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Okay.... I had to run an errand so I came inside to shower about an hour ago and now I don't feel like going back out and getting hot and sweaty again! It isn't absolutely unbearably hot, but very humid with almost no breeze..... I was absolutely DRIPPING wet earlier from cutting brush and pulling up bittersweet and grapevine. I should go back out and at least start another flower bed, but I can't bear the thought! Maybe we'll eat dinner early, like right at 5pm or so and then I can go back out to work after dinner when it is cooler.

Belly is acting up again today.... trying to figure out why without going to the doctor. Any ideas?

Off to go waste some precious time on Pinterest.... TTYL.......P

I waste too much time on there but have been going through to find projects to actually start. Some I can't for financial reasons. So many yarn needed for others. My current colors aren't what I'm looking for. Hope the belly is resolving. Mine flares up sorta IBS type things but I never really mention to Dr because I'm sure a) its side effects from meds or b)will lead to MORE meds that I don't want.

We keep all breads in the freezer. I know some people don't like it, but it's fine for us. Sandwich bread is thawed by the time the sandwich is made, hamburger buns are thawed by the time the burger is cooked. Bagels get either toasted or nuked, and hoagies I try to remember to take out beforehand.

For snack I usually grab a yogurt or apple and string cheese. I also love nuts so have been known to count them out--as opposed to reaching in and taking out a fistful!

Thunder is really rolling here so suppose I will turn off my computer!

I know my dad and stepmom mostly kept bread in freezer pulled out loaf as needed. Went through a lot back then pb and js for 6 kids. I really really want to get to making my own on what I do eat. But I go back and forth on wanting to eliminate gluten for a trial. I did a couple weeks and felt good but I know it can make things worse if you do go back to eating it.

The ability to duplicate myself. There is never enough of just one of me. My boss tells me all the time that he wants some of my DNA to clone me because I'm such a hard worker. I told him I get first dibs because I need more of me at home.

I've never thought of this before, probably because I think of typical super powers. Yes having clones would be great. HEHE

Your landscaping project pretty much sounds like our whole yard!! All we do every spring/summer/fall is battle Mother Nature to try to keep our little section of the world from becoming full of trees, briars, sumac, bittersweet, and PI!! I'm about ready to give up!! In fact, we DID give up on our vegetable garden many years ago.... it was just too much work to keep the area free of the above mentioned items plus just regular weeds.

I will say, when we have done the "dig the entire area up and start again" method, we've had good results. Hope your area turned out well!!





Glad you got in a good stress-relieving run~! Hope your fun weekend away is as relaxing as possible!! Where are you going?




Down at the bottom right corner of everyone's post are three little boxes.... the left most one is for a single quote..... the middle one with the quotation marks and + sign is for multiple quotes. As you read along you can click on that box in any post you want to quote and then when you click on "post reply" all of the posts that you multi-quoted will show up. The right most box is for a quick reply. HTH!



This week my SIL and nephew from New Mexico and my niece and her family from TX will be in Massachusetts visiting!! I haven't seen my SIL in two years and my niece and her family for a year. Technically this is DH's family (his sister and his niece) but I love all of my in-laws like they were blood! I married into a great group and I know that I am blessed.

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Morning all! Up and moving and smoothie is made and consumed and I've already done an hour of weeding. Trying to get out there before it gets too hot, but the humidity is high today and everything is wet from last night's rain.

Feeling encouraged by how much I've gotten done outside today already, but SO MUCH MORE to be done! Laundry is caught up (including folding and putting away!! ), tonight's dinner is planned (and I'll have DS help with the chopping later ), DS vacuumed the downstairs for me yesterday, my bed is made, all three toilets are clean, shower is recently scrubbed. So I will work outside today until it is too hot to deal with..... then I will come in and do some indoor work.... maybe some organizing in the basement.

I am participating in a "clean eating" challenge on FB. Not sure that I will really keep up with posting and all for a week. When they sent out the shopping list, there really wasn't anything on it that was unusual for my family (other than the seafood, which I will be skipping). In fact, when I double checked the shopping list against my meal plan, I didn't have to change anything. I guess I was hoping it would be more of a challenge. But day one, meal one is photographed and posted, so at least I've started. I was also assuming it was a small local group/challenge, since it originally showed up on a NH yard sale page, but once I got onto the group I realized it was HUGE and international.... not exactly what I was looking for.

Well... I said I could take a 15 minutes break to get a snack and get hydrated and time's up!! TTYL...............P

I try to eat clean its tough at times. I love "clean" stuff it just gets super expensive. I've tightened up my couponing because so much of it is stuff we don't really need. And even if the item is say 49cents after coupons its eating out of money we could use on fresh produce. I need a rhythm of buying though because I tend to buy so much that doesn't get ate. So even more waste leads to less food for the money spent. Not to mention the spices/seasonings and such when making stuff from scratch to have flavor. I've gone through sooooo much seasonings lately. It seems like I'm always needing pepper, garlic and onion powder and the montreal my brother loves so much but is really the only added salt we put to food that is actually salt. Nevermind our addiction to worcestershire sauce. Neither of us add salt at the table. Never have.



Okay sorta caught up on reading. So I'm being extra active today, as far as checking in. It totally helps motivate me to keep active with actual exercise and the obsession to track the food which is all helpful in this time. I figure if I make it obsessive it becomes habit. I replaced my morning Mt. Dew and Internet with just water and Internet habit. LOL It helped a lot in the what little I've been losing, I'm sure the dropping of liquid calories is always a help.