Thanks GulfMagnolia! Good luck with the 10K and your losses this month. One pound closer to Onederland!

Martine congrats and good going on getting the exercise in. I do it daily too and I think it makes a difference!

Have a great month everybody!

New here and I am in. Too "young" hahaha to have a ticker. Only goal THIS month is to stick with my eating plan. It is my first month.

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Great job on the exercise. I hope your tendon continues to heal.

Have a great day everyone.

Hi!

Beginning again again!

Goal for August is to restart workouts after a lot of injury. And lose 5 lbs.

Good luck with your last appointment, Martine. This has been a long, frustrating road for you. I'm happy though, that you've healed quite a bit and made progress. Great job on getting a walk in after a long day AND after supper. That's commitment!

Rennie, I've never been a frozen food diet per se, but I did something similar as you when I was in the weight loss "zone." My breakfasts would either be oatmeal with fruit (fall/winter) or a homemade smoothie (spring/summer), either a salad or frozen dinner for lunch and a protein rich dinner. I would alternate so I wouldn't get bored. I was never concerned about the sodium or had a sodium problem, but I understand others might have to keep close eye on this. Also, this basic plan worked all throughout my weight loss. The only reason it stopped working is because I got complacent.

to 3FC, RavenReaper! Ten pounds is a very reasonable goal.

to 3FC, grannynancy! There is much to be said about getting a handle on your eating plan first.

I have no doubt you'll get back into your old 10K habits quickly, gulfmagnolia. No excuses but isn't a relief to see days ahead of you that are clear and you don't have to plan around?

ennay, imthegoddess, Vladadog, VickieLou, RunningRedHead and Traveller

As for me, it's going to be a blistering day with an anticipated temperature of 105 degrees! I'm grateful every day that I work indoors in an air conditioned environment. Now that we've turned the calendar page to August, I can no longer deny that fall will be here sooner than I think. The university I work at doesn't resume classes until the last week of September but all the public schools begin near the end of this month. Hard to stay in denial when you see kids with new backpacks and all the back-to-school sales in stores.

Wishing everyone a great day!

Good afternoon

Not a lot to report on today. A busy Thursday with three meetings; actually, two down and one to go. This is the last day for one of our colleagues in our unit. She secured a tenure track position at a community college so we're taking her out to lunch today. She will be missed. During her time with us she piloted a well-received Success Coaching program for students and worked with staff to enhance our student advising with coaching techniques.

This week I've been taking care of the two cats that belong to my friend who lives across the street from me. She's attending a conference while her son visits a couple of colleges in the area. I'm much more of a dog person but their cats are very sweet. One is playful and greets me at the door each morning and evening. The other stares at me from afar with the look of, "um, you're here to feed us, right"? Her son posts every day to Instagram so I take photos each time I come over that he can use and also see that their doing just fine.

Hi everyone

Hope you are all having a great start to the month! I just keep plugging along losing little by little. I can't wait to get out of the 240's, and I'm halfway there
I can't believe it's already August... this summer is just flying buy. I have to admit I do enjoy summer but fall is my favorite time of the year! Even though I am eating low carb, I have already decided I will be enjoying 1 or 2 pumpkin spiced lattes when they come out. Anyway I am getting ahead of myself... LOL

Hope you all have a great evening!!!



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Good Friday morning everyone

suzukigirl here's to you reaching the 240s very soon. I too love Summer, I'm not ready for Fall yet.

curvynotlumpy love that you're taking pictures of the two cats you are caring for The classes sure start late at your university. Here they start the first week of September. We just got most of our back-to-school merchandiase at the store. Summer is just flying by.

Yesterday I finished work even later and I could not get myself to exercise. That'll be my day off this week. I'm almost caught up on my work after coming back from vacation. I'll be happy when this work day is done. Have a great day everyone!

01: 35-minute walk
02: 20 minutes pilates + 10 minutes abs workout
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04: 35-minute walk

I hope everyone is enjoying a great Saturday. It started out rainy and gloomy but now the sun is out and there's a nice breeze. I "crashed" yet again and slept for 3 hours this afternoon. Despite feeling groggy and fighting to wake up, I got up and did my exercise for the day. I tried a new upper body workout which I quite enjoyed because it included moves I had never done before. So that's 6 active days this week, which I'm very happy about. I'm also happy to report that my physiotherapist sees positive improvements with my tendon and she gave me tips and other exercises going forward. Positivity is the word of the day.

01: 35-minute walk
02: 20 minutes pilates + 10 minutes abs workout
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05: 23 minutes of cardio + 20-minute upper body workout

and happy Saturday!

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. After doing cat duty, I went and had my brows waxed. It only takes 15 minutes but it never fails to make me feel really good. Again, not a lot to report, but it was a nice day.

suzukigurl: I Pumpkin Spice lattes, but , although fall is my favorite season, I still have so much to do that when I think of those tasty lattes I also think of classes beginning. BTW, on being halfway through to the 240s! You are doing fantastic

Martine: and on your consecutive active days! I don't know if I could have gotten right to a workout after a long, luxurious nap so well done, girl! And yes, classes begin so much later than most schools. Most of the University of California system is on the quarter system so late starts are the norm here.

Still working on that 10k, such slow progress. Out of nowhere experienced a weight gain this past week. But I was doing everything right! Why, Gravity?! Spent 4 days trying to remedy it, to no avail. I was frustrated and panicked and grumpy. How I hate those random, unjustified gains! Finally said 'screw it' and enjoyed dinner out with some friends Friday, a burger for supper Saturday, and shopping. Surprised to find that I fit comfortably in a size 16 jean and also went down a band size in bras!!! This morning I found that gain gone away at last. Disappointed because it would have been more of a loss without slacking on the weekend, but glad I allowed myself to enjoy a little. Now moving on! I just have to be patient and persevere, no matter what the scale reports. Will be on liquid and soft foods this week as the wisdom teeth are coming out tomorrow. Hope you all had a great weekend

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gulfmagnolia I think that sometimes we need a "break" to better restart. I think it's hard mentally to be 100% on plan 100% of the time. Hope the removal of your wisdom teeth goes well.

So I decided to weigh myself after a week of being active and eating healthy and there is no movement on the scale at all I'm not focusing on that, but it is disheartening.


01: 35-minute walk
02: 20 minutes pilates + 10 minutes abs workout
03: day off
04: 35-minute walk
05: 23 minutes of cardio + 20-minute upper body workout
06: 22 minutes of cardio + 10-minute abs workout

This morning's cat feeding was my last shift until the 14th when my friend and her son go on vacation before he heads back to school. It's been an enjoyable week but it has really thrown me off schedule. Still, I did manage to lose half a pound this week. Martine and gulfmagnolia, I sympathize with you on the scale that doesn't want to budge. I hadn't weighed myself all week. I thought for sure I'd see something more than a half pound drop with all the extra movement this week combined with walking seven miles yesterday while I was out and about, but nope, hardly anything. My this week has been pretty decent as well. I will continue to progress and not let disappointment bring me down!

gulfmagnolia: Congrats on fitting comfortably into the size 16 jeans! Okay, I have to be honest; a bra size drop is a typical part of weight loss and I'm thrilled that you're down a band size. Unfortunately for me, when I went on vacation in early July I got fitted at Nordstrom and bought two very pricey bras that fit me beautifully! If I lose enough weight I still need them to last for a while so I'm wearing those suckers until it's obvious I can't or shouldn't. Wishing you well getting your wisdom teeth removed. I hope the process is entirely uneventful.

Martine Thank you for that. I hate that you're going through the scale stubbornness as well. It is SO frustrating and SO unfair. I keep reminding myself that what my body does is none of my business. It's my job to feed it well, hydrate it often, rest when necessary, and exercise it. I just have to trust it and do my part. But it's MADDENING!!! Sigh.....You have been kicking butt all week! Don't give up. Remember that with exercise weight doesn't always instantly change but size does, which is what we're going for. Cheers to you for keeping at it, and for overcoming this tendon business.



Curvy There are so many clothes I want now but I'm making myself shop on clearance only and for necessities only until i have settled into a size for a long period of time. This will not be that size (I chant to myself as I step onto the scale, panic rising in my chest...) I immediately dropped from an F cup down to a DD but my band was the same for 40 lbs, until now. Finally an excuse for new bras! Now my boobies can't escape! I love Nordstrom (especially Rack) and I want to say about better quality bras that they should fit you better and more personally - hopefully that translates to 'over many sizes'

Good Tuesday morning. Thank you curvynotlumpy and gulfmagnolia for your words of encouragements. Still plugging along, but did not exercise yesterday because I finished work so late (again). That will be my day off for the week. Hope everyone is well and taking good care.

01: 35-minute walk
02: 20 minutes pilates + 10 minutes abs workout
03: day off
04: 35-minute walk
05: 23 minutes of cardio + 20-minute upper body workout
06: 22 minutes of cardio + 10-minute abs workout
07: day off
08: 35-minute walk + 22-minute kickboxing workout