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❤ MAY 2019 CHALLENGE❤



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Okay here I am-May4th- 224 pounds, gone into 20s nearly ready for 18s after starting out in 28-30W, sweats were 4x mens.
My May plans- stay true to my diet- it is getting boring after 8 months, but I will keep on keeping on. To see how much loss I can achieve in these 31 days, walk and exercise more since weather better, keep a Good outlook,be friendly to all, I would like to be 210 by June First but I will love me,treat me with respect,even if I'm not that low. No tears,no fears, that's all behind me. Speaking of behinds I don't have much ,This Baby may have had Back, but now I am barely rounded, Yippee Skipee for Me!

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On 05/04/2019 at 11:45, DanaC84 said:





I love this!!! And while we’re creating it we’re thinkong about our goals and how far we’ve already come! Wtg 😍


Thanks! Lol, I realize the stick figure is probably a bit of an overreach, but why not goal-plan big. 🤣🤣🤣

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On 05/02/2019 at 10:10, MrsGamgee said:





I'm not into camping... I'll go out to a campsite for the day to hang out with my family, but then I like to head home, sleep in my own bed, and have a nice hot shower to wash off the campfire smell :). As for bears, I hear ya... bears and mountain lions are always a possibility if we head an hour or two west. Although, my scariest camping experience was an 8yo, I was trapped in a campground outhouse by a flock of wild turkeys, with my little sister who was terrified of the outhouse. Very traumatic 🤣


Yep! These sorts of events can have life long impacts. Some other kid told me at Girl Scout camp that snakes and raccoons live in the bottom of outhouses. To this day I’m still leery even though I know it’s highly improbable 😱

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Snakes I can concede, but our Ohio raccoons have been known to get on the back of dogs in the river and drowned them. They may be cute from a distance and that's where I want them to stay! I would be,more worried about skunks in outhouses. And I was once trapped in my Grandma's,outhouse by a flock of attack geese, glad she finally shooed them away, wanted to turn the lead one into a Christmas Roast Goose!

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I’ve had the grandkids the last couple of days but I did manage to
2) make some art (adult coloring books count, right?)
3) watch a performance . I LOVE movies so I’ll take that as my performance . Most recently watched Passengers. Was pretty good imho
4) early night . I used to be a night owl but with grandson living with is it’s just not a possibility. Last night I was ready for it to be bedtime at 7:30 but I held off til a respectable 9:30 or so. Then elderly dog had a rough night and woke me up to go outside every two hours. Thank God he still makes it outside though, so no complaints!
I haven’t been doing the push ups but I have been doing lots of arm work on weight machine. It’s amazing to me how much more active I’ve become and how much more I WANT to do!!!

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Went to the pavilion in town last night and watched the high school jazz band for a bit.

Skipped the gym yesterday but did 2 sets of eliptical at home. I’m heading out to the gym today, then going for a walk since it’s so nice out here.

I’m making chicken lettuce wraps tonight. Has anyone here cooked with Peanut Butter powder? I’m thinking about adding it but I’m a little reluctant since I’ve never used it.

Tonight I’ll go to bed early and watch a sappy movie in bed.

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May Day #4:

  • 5 regular push ups: done, I really tried to do these properly, and i went down as low as I could and almost couldn't do the last one. I think I liked it better when I was doing them wrong...😜 Though it looks we are having a reprieve from the raining weather right now, so am going to try to go for a super-sized version of my daily walk since I missed yesterday.
  • Make it an early night: Not tonite...having friends over for a little dinner party later and will likely not hit the hay until maybe 1 or 2. I can make up for it by sleeping waaaaay in tomorrow, does that count? LOL

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Yep! These sorts of events can have life long impacts. Some other kid told me at Girl Scout camp that snakes and raccoons live in the bottom of outhouses. To this day I’m still leery even though I know it’s highly improbable
From a very young age (under 2yo I think) I have been very phobic about birds... anything with feathers and anything that flies as I often say. They freak me out the way some folks are scared of spiders or heights. The good news is, I can handle all kinds of creepy critters, so long as they don't fly.

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Late as usual.

Hey y'all! Happy May.

So here are my stats >>>

Surgery: April 8th, 2019

Weight at surgery: 262

Current weight (as of may 1st): 247.6

End of May Goal weight: enter the 230's. I will even take 239.9😊

My hopes for this month are to stay consistent, stay accountable, and stay active.

I will continue to log my food and Vitamins in MFP everyday.

I would like to increase my 'step goal' number to 12k every day on my Fitbit.

I would like to start from couch potato to 5k by the end of the month.

I would like to shave two minutes off my walking mile.

I would like to meditate 3 days a week.

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1 hour ago, MrsGamgee said:

From a very young age (under 2yo I think) I have been very phobic about birds... anything with feathers and anything that flies as I often say. They freak me out the way some folks are scared of spiders or heights. The good news is, I can handle all kinds of creepy critters, so long as they don't fly.

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I can relate. I love birds and have had a few as pets and as much as I wanted to teach them to sit on my finger or talk I couldn’t take them being out of their cage. I blame my gramma for letting her parakeets fly around the house and the movie BIRDS didn’t help 😂😂😂

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4 hours ago, Cheeseburgh said:

Went to the pavilion in town last night and watched the high school jazz band for a bit.

Skipped the gym yesterday but did 2 sets of eliptical at home. I’m heading out to the gym today, then going for a walk since it’s so nice out here.

I’m making chicken lettuce wraps tonight. Has anyone here cooked with Peanut Butter powder? I’m thinking about adding it but I’m a little reluctant since I’ve never used it.

Tonight I’ll go to bed early and watch a sappy movie in bed.

Somewhere I found a great Thai sauce using PB2 powder (might’ve even been from a fellow user on here). It was very easy and good. If I remember correctly it was basically pb2 and soy but you’d have to google. Other than that my experimenting with pb2 has been Protein smoothies, energy balls and to dip my apples or celery in. But I DO love it !!!

found one similar to the one I tried and she is using it on chicken lettuce wraps but I left out chopped peanuts

https://hungerthirstplay.com/low-calorie-spicy-thai-peanut-dressing-11/

Edited by DanaC84
Correction

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B-Side Questions:
Still own Vinyl, 8-track, Cassettes or CDs?
No vinyl or 8-track, although I remember them fondly. I still own one cassette, that has lived in my junk drawer for years and years, a friend's demo tape that I will never part with, even though I have no way to play it. And I still have a few cds... although more audiobooks than music CD.

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9 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

B-Side Questions:

Still own Vinyl, 8-track, Cassettes or CDs?

Only cds anymore but even those hardly get played anymore. It’s usually always my playlists through my phone, even in my car

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Hi. Can't do an early night tonight but I usually go early these days -maybe tomorrow. Did 5 pushups though.

Bside. All but the 8 tracks. I used to have a few. I think of my music as part of my personal history and still enjoy it. My books too.

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