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SUMMER IS COMING & MOMENTUM IS HIGH...

MAY MOTIVATIONAL CHALLENGE TIME!!!

??? STARTING MAY 1ST 2019 ???

JOIN US IN A SELF DIRECTED WELLNESS CHALLENGE. SET YOUR OWN GOALS AND SMASH THEM! OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Post your starting stats (weight or BMI), Surgical status (pre/post/maintenance/not sure) & your personal goal for the month.

Communicate with others on the same journey in a low key setting. Talking about life, health & wellness. Lots of side conversations and questions are encouraged. Enjoy the camaraderie!

Participate as much as you like!

For added benefit (but not necessary to join) there are workout and clean diet components.

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Edited April 29, 20197 yr by GreenTealael

Good Morning y'all!!!
Hope everyone had a great weekend, and now that we are half way throught the month...
How's everyone doing? Feeling ________?

Missed this yesterday... sort of.

I'm feeling a bit off today. Tired and headache-y. I'm hoping it's just a side effect of the liquid diet/my period/too much sun over the weekend. My hip/leg is improved today, but still not 100%.

2 days until surgery... oy, this is getting so real.

Cook from scratch... well, I do that most of the time anyway. Tonight the wee-lings and my beloved are having Slumgullion (a ground beef and macaroni dish, reminiscent of hamburger helper... but homemade, so it's miles better) and garden salads.

I’m having one of the best weight loss months in a long time. I lost 7 over the past 4 weeks which is close to double what I had been losing monthly the previous few months. I’m working out hard 5 days a week and it really made a difference, (dammit). I have 1 pound to go to meet my goal for May. I am anticipating a stall since I tend to get them on a frequent basis.

Went to the gym today and took a strength aerobic class that just about killed me.

I am doing the opposite of cooking something from scratch, I’m going out to dinner! I do cook quite a bit and I enjoy it most days.

May Day #14

• 12 pushups: Done, plus 12 squats + 12 sit-ups
• Cook from scratch: Well, I do this everyday. Here is what I made for the fam last night: Oven-roasted broccoli with grilled chicken, roasted garlic slices, and shaved parmesan. Served with homemade hummus (à la Mr.) and crackers (...from a box ?)

• ...and this is what I ate. Leftover sushi from lunch: I all of it except the fatty tuna (which the Kid ate) and one of the mackerel roes (which Mr. ate)

May Day #15

• Read a book: No time for book reading for the next couple months, my reading time is generally delegated to screen-related reading...these days its researching potential vacation destinations for next trips.
• 12 pushups: Done, plus 12 squats + 12 sit-ups (I'm on a roll!) So apparently one of the guys at my client site is a yoga instructor and has been persuaded (read: strong-armed) to hold some yoga sessions in the afternoons a couple days a week in the lounge starting next week. This is good news for me, given that I have been MIA from my regular classes since starting up here! I guess now I need to invest in some nicer yoga gear to show up in at the office, lol.

Love love love Slumgullion, now there is a Dish from baby-Frustr8hood! Mouth-watering now and few food- thoughts do that any more. Spent yesterday feeling super nausea- sick, called my clinic only to reach a nurse who told me to seek advice from a Bariatric social worker. I have not gone wacky-woo, I am physically ill and I only called you for medical help. Considering calling my PCP office, asking if I need a referral or if I can call the new gastroenterologist directly. No matter what that nurse says, I am NOT doing well, or at least I wasn't yesterday. Went and sat in the backyard in the fresh air, figured if I vomited back there I would not have carpeting to clean.

15. Oh, I read every day - it's been a favorite activity since about 4th grade. Mostly, I read in bed until I fall asleep. 12 pushups also completed.

And folks, I meant to share this yesterday but I had to banish my scale. It is such a tease! I know, I know...it's just the daily fluctuations but I don't want it to play with my head every day. So, I will try for a weekly rather than daily weigh in. I kept telling myself that was what I was going to do but there it has been every morning daring me to step on it.

I went to my 9 month post op appointment today, however I was wrong about the date! I’ve had it written down wrong for months. It’s next week.

I hit my May goal of 144 for this month since I lost another pound in 2 days. I hope I’m not dying lol. It is strange for me to lose quickly but I’ll take it.

I read at night and I do have a new book I want to get started on so I’ll do that tonight.

Gorgeous out here so going for a long walk.

Good luck MsGamgee on your surgery tomorrow! You must be really excited.

15. Read a Book-I've been listening to an audiobook-Tennet of Wildfell Hall.

I had my three month follow up today and my team feels that I'm on track. Just waiting to get the results from my blood work.

15 - Read... I have to read every day. I can't fall asleep unless I read at least a few pages. Currently I'm reading "Becoming" by Michelle Obama. Next up is a novel about Katherine of Aragon (Henry the 8th's first wife).

Doing my clear liquids today and the pico salax flush. Not much fun. Surgery is at 8:45 tomorrow morning. Wee-lings are being picked up by my MIL in an hour or so. EEEEEeeeeeee... this is really happening.

16. Listen to a podcast- Listening to Unspooled as I get ready. I'll probably listen to more podcasts on my commute.

At the halfway mark of the challenge. I'm 5 pounds down so I'm hoping to be another 7 pounds down by the end of the month. I've had a couple of slower weight loss weeks at just one pound per week so I'm hoping bumping up the exercise will help.

Maybe I'll listen to one on Google Music Play? About the only place for me for access.

I'm listening to The Life Coach School podcast today, the episode is on "Why Change is Hard." Seems appropriate to our journey!

Checking in! *8 months post RNY*
I haven’t ran nearly as much as I planned this month. I’ve been eating well balanced pescatarian and vegetarian meals since the 1st. I meal prepped for my Myrtle Beach trip and didn’t stray from it (lost 6lbs while ON vacation).

My starting weight was 199lbs this month with an end goal of 187lbs. As of yesterday I’m 191lbs so I might hit my goal! I’m 26lbs away from goal weight. Here’s a pic of me on vacation a few days ago vs me in July of 2018 when I was 2 months away from my surgery date.

2 minutes ago, RnYBeyhive said:

Checking in! *8 months post RNY*
I haven’t ran nearly as much as I planned this month. I’ve been eating well balanced pescatarian and vegetarian meals since the 1st. I meal prepped for my Myrtle Beach trip and didn’t stray from it (lost 6lbs while ON vacation).

My starting weight was 199lbs this month with an end goal of 187lbs. As of yesterday I’m 191lbs so I might hit my goal! I’m 26lbs away from goal weight. Here’s a pic of me on vacation a few days ago vs me in July of 2018 when I was 2 months away from my surgery date.

You look fantastic!!! Way to go!