WELCOME to our April 2017 weigh in/check in - Join us as we continue on our journeys to a healthier YOU. Spring is here so let's love on ourselves and accomplish our goals. While here we can shed some pounds & inches and share some great NSV's. Always remembering to be thankful and grateful for our efforts to remain/get healthy ... remember that whether we lose or not we are still working through this journey with a PURPOSE and doing it together - this is a place to chat, vent and/or to use just for the accountability

Come on in, join us, meet some great people

EVERYONE's

Here you can:
~track your weight daily, weekly or however you'd like ... but do check in
~keep track of what you eat or didn't eat
~keep track of your water intake or lack of
~keep track of your exercise/other goals
~vent, rant ... express yourself or just chit-chat

We can and will ALL get closer to our goals AND hit them together

Hope to see you soon ....

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03~ 191.8
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07~ 194.4 (+2.6)
08~ 189.9 (-4.5) nice water weight start
09~ 187.9 (-2.0)
10~ 186.1 (-1.8)
11~ 185.9 (-0.2) too much buttered popcorn and not enough healthy I'm sure
12~ 186.6 (+0.7) not enough activity
13~ 186.2 (-0.4)
14~ 188.3 (+2.1)MY
15~ 189.9 (+1.6)
16~ 188.4 (-1.5)
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18~ 184.8 (-3.6)
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29~ 184.4 (-0.4)
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Woo hoo!! Let's get it going in April!!!

March Month end weight: 263.9
Month goal: 12lbs lost
End of April weight:
Total April loss:

Week One
01: 263.2
02: 262.9
03: 262.5
04: 262.7
05: 260.9
06: 260.2
07:

Hello Everyone!

I know I have been side tracked recently with mum being off work and me looking after my sisters kids every now and then, also last weekend was my mums birthday as well as British Mothers Day, Mum went back to work yesterday, so I have been getting some work done!

Little baby Eoghan is soo quiet, I have not heard him cry any time I have been around. He is also his brothers double (who is now 2 and a half). Makes me a little broody .

Anyway.... I have been trying to get back on track, the gym is always blooming busy when I go and I never get on the right machines for my workouts it is really de-motivating. However, I have managed to hit a new low today at 271.6, I really need to gym today and go a run in the morning so that when I go for lunch tomorrow for my sisters 30th birthday, I dont have to sit there with ice, fresh air and leaves.

April weigh-ins and walking accountability

Bring it on April! I'm ready for you!!!

weigh-ins (usually Friday or Saturday)
12/5/16 - 265
2/28/17 - 220.6
3/31/17 - 212.4
March totals: 7.6 pounds down, 70.4 miles walked
4/7/17 - 212.0
4/15 - no weigh in cuz i'm a dithering idiot and easily distracted by the spring weather....
4/28 - 211.0

I started walking from Bag End to Rivendell on 5 February, 2017

Day 1: 2.2. miles walked, 2.2 miles total – leaving Hobbiton and following the hedgerows south…
...
Day 55 (March 31): 1.2 miles walked, 147.2 miles total – heading east through the Chetwood
Day 56: 2.4 miles walked, 149.6 miles total – quiet and peaceful in the Chetwood
Day 57: 2.7 miles walked, 152.3 miles total – still in the Chetwood
Day 58: 4.6 miles walked, 156.9 miles total – why am i in the woods so long but only in Bree one night. Oh, right, Riders…
Day 59: 3 miles walked, 159.9 miles total – only 6 more miles of Chetwood
Day 60: 3.8 miles walked, 163.7 miles total – camping in eastern Chetwood
Day 61: 2.8 miles walked, 166.5 miles total – finally out of the Chetwood
Day 62: 2.8 miles walked, 169.3 miles total – heading toward the Midgewater Marshes
Day 63: 1.8 miles walked, 171.1 miles total – ground becoming damp nearer the marshes
Day 64: 3.6 miles walked, 174.7 miles total – entering the western edge of the Midgewater Marshes
Day 65: 3.8 miles walked, 178.5 miles total – camping in the western Midgewater Marshes
Day 66: 4.8 miles walked, 183.3 miles total – walking through the marshes still (this is the Chetwood all over again except damper)
Day 67: 3.9 miles walked, 187.2 miles total – about halfway through the marshes
Day 68: 3.6 miles walked, 190.8 miles total – into the eastern part of the Midgewater Marshes
Day 69: 4.5 miles walked, 195.3 miles total – Camp in the eastern marshes. (See flashes of light at night – Gandalf on Weathertop)
Day 70: 4.2 miles walked, 199.5 miles total – out of the marshes! Can see the Weather Hills ahead.
Day 71: 2.1 miles walked, 201.6 miles total – walking toward the Weather Hills. Land starting to rise.
Day 72: 6.4 miles walked, 208 miles total – land drier and very barren.
Day 73: 3.4 miles walked, 211.4 miles total – camp by a stream, among stunted alder trees. Moon waxing.
Day 74: 4.0 miles walked, 215.4 miles total – Can see crumbled ruins on Hills ahead.
Day 75: 3.7 miles walked, 219.1 miles total – walking toward the Weather Hills
Day 76: 1.1 miles walked, 220.2 miles total – walking toward the Weather Hills
Day 77: 1.3 miles walked, 221.5 miles total – walking toward the Weather Hills
Day 78: 2.7 miles walked, 224.2 miles total – walking toward the Weather Hills
Day 79: 3.6 miles walked, 227.8 miles total – walking toward the Weather Hills
Day 80: .5 miles walked, 228.3 miles total – Reach foot of the Weather Hills. Camp there.
Day 80: 3.4 miles walked, 231.7 miles total – Follow path south toward Weathertop: path is cunningly hidden and is edged with stones where land is open. Sam recites part of “The Fall of Gil-galad”.
Day 81: 5.9 miles walked, 237.6 miles total – Near south end of path. Reach dell at western foot of hill.
Day 82: 3.5 miles walked, 241.1 miles total – Climb to top of Weathertop and enter the ruins of the watch Tower of Amon Sul. See Black Riders on road below.
Day 83: 2.2 miles walked, 243.3 miles total – Return to dell. Camp there. Attack of Nazgul at night.
Day 84: 2.3 miles walked, 245.6 miles total – Injured, Frodo is carried on pony. Head south from dell.

Reserving my spot for April

A GIANT thank you to Rennie for starting our thread each month and providing us a space to "talk" and support each other!

These are my March totals: 7.6 pounds down, 70.4 miles walked...

I'm committed to walking more in April. I'm fine with my weight loss at this point but want to keep it around this rate.

Rennie as always a big thank you for this monthly thread and it's always a pleasure seeing you pop in.

opheliapheonix, Vladadog great losses in March! Here's to more in April!

Scotsgal congrats on reaching a new low. Hope you can fin less busy times at the gym to get a satisfying workout.

curvynotlumpy to answer your question from the other thread, it seems that what I thought was my lower ankle swelling up is actually my Achille's tendon still. A coworker of mine who also suffers from this told me her doctor prescribed ice and Voltaren (an anti-inflammatory cream). Also I'm shopping for new shoes today, hope that will help as well.

Here's to a great new month for everyone!

1: 248.4

Happy April to all

The scale surprised me this morning by being back down to 203 lbs. Due to a surprise visitor from a friend to my home, I did a quick clean of my place to make it look presentable. I wish that I could maintain an uncluttered home but I've found it nearly impossible. There isn't an empty flat space that I don't like! Wanting to stay on task, I didn't really stop to eat much so I think the scale reflects that. Tonight I'm going the 40th anniversary celebration for one of our programs. Dinner will be served; a chicken dish with vegetable and starch no doubt.

Vladadog: You had a great month! Way to go on the pounds lost and your mileage!

Martine: Glad to hear that you got additional input on helping to heal your Achilles. The anti-inflammatory cream sounds promising. Have fun shoe shopping!

opheliaphoenix: I sympathize with your challenges. I, too, go to bed far later than I should and pay for it nearly every day. Good luck putting yourself to bed earlier. I think that's a great goal!

Well I lost 14.8 lbs in February, but I want to set a goal of 2#/week since I stalled for a whole week and had to raise my calories to 1300-1400 to start losing again. Good luck on the coming month all!

1: 247.8
2: 246.6
3. 246
4: 245.6
5: 245.6
6: 245.4
7: 245.6
8: 244.4
9: 243.6
10: 243.8
11: 241.8 50 lbs. lost for me!
12: 241.8
13: 242.2
14: 241.6
15: 240.6
16: 241.8
17: 241.6
18: 239.6
19: 239.6
20: 240
21: 240
22: 240
23: 241.2
24: 239.6
25: 238.6
26: 237.6
27: 236.8
28. 236.2
29. 235.6
Total loss for month 12.4#

Morning everyone and happy April! And thank you Rennie for starting the new thread!

Scotsgal! WB! I hear you on the busy gym problem, I always feel like I'm standing next to the person using the lat machine and scowling impatiently, but that's just what my face looks like...

Vladadog, killer progress! Congrats!

Martine, I had really good luck with an anti-inflammatory cream on my shoulder. Hope you can track some down and it helps!

opheliaphoenix, great job in March! And a more reasonable bedtime is a great goal! They've done a lot of studies showing that you need to sleep to lose weight successfully and just to perform your best... now if only I could convince my advisor...

curvynotlumpy, I hear you, I spent all of yesterday cleaning too and my Fitbit says I hit 11,000 steps just between that and the (pretty limited) cardio I do on either side of the weights at the gym! I think about 8k of that was just cleaning

Traveller, 14.8 is a big loss for one month—way more than 2 pounds per week—so it seems like a little stall after that is maybe just to expected... Congrats on the fantastic progress and on adjusting to keep yourself on track!

I hit my targets on the gym and tracking last week, but not the sweets (that's okay, I was very deliberately not focusing on that one), so this week is my hit-the-target-on-the-sweets week. I decided to change my goal very slightly and say one sweet a week and two workouts, or I can go up to two sweets a week for three workouts, because especially when I have my period that one sweet a week is a killer, for me, since I include things in that like granola bars that are sometimes just a grad-student-in-a-hurry necessity. Not a huge drop, but at least I'm headed back down.

Weekly Stats:

1/1-1/7: 239.6 / 49.8%
1/8-1/14: 238.1 / 49.2% (4 sweets)
1/15-1/21: 238.5 / 49.5% (6 sweets)
1/22-1/28: 236.6 / 49.6% (4 sweets) [start of TOM]
1/29-2/4: 236.6 / 49.7% (11 sweets) [end of TOM]
2/5-2/11: 236.5 / 49.5% (1 sweet)
2/12-2/18: 236.1 / 49.1% (4 sweets, gym x2)
2/19-2/25: 236.6 / 49.0% (2 sweets, gym x2) [start of TOM]
2/26-3/4: <sick, didn't track or weigh in> [end of TOM]
3/5-3/11: 234.7 / 48.7% (3 sweets, gym x1)
3/12-3/18: 237.3 / 50.0% (4 sweets, gym x0)
3/19-3/25: 239.5 / 49.8% (6 sweets, gym x1) [start of TOM]
3/26-4/1: 238.4 / 49.6% (6 sweets, gym x2) [end of TOM]

Better habit goals: log food as I eat it (yes!), exercise twice a week (yes!), get down to no more than one sweet a week [or two if I work out 3x] (yes, but backslid)

Good morning

I hope everyone is having a good Sunday. Last night was a lot of fun and the dinner was as I expected, and really good! This was the 40th anniversary of our summer bridge program and the MCs for the evening were two of our past student coordinators who have gone on to great things. One will graduate from Stanford Law school in June and the other is off to Howard Law School in the fall. They're best friends and often get confused as a couple. To close the evening one announced that he had an important question to ask his co-MC. He took her hand and brought her out from behind the podium and dropped to one knee. People gasped! Instead of proposing, they both looked out to the audience and yelled, "April Fools'!" I totally bought in. Hook. Line. Sinker! One of the better April Fools' jokes I've ever been part of.

Traveller: 14.8 pounds--outstanding job! Keep up the great work!

Vivvian: Well done on your goals of gym and tracking. It's a real challenge to get all those cylinders hitting at the same time in the right way. I admire that you're always working toward that goal.

So I found a less busy time in the gym, 3pm on a Friday Just need to find 2 more non busy times throughout the week that I can fit in.

I ate too much this weekend, So I am hoping to work my butt off for the next 4 weeks until I go to Germany to get a good 10lbs or so off Wish me luck