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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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8 minutes ago, YeahOkay31 said:

Good morning fellow May Ladies!

Was doing super well on my no junk food challenge until I fell off the wagon big time last night --cinco de fail-o. From about 6-10 I stuffed my face. Guess I will be adding on one more day to the end, going to the 11th of May to make up for it.

On the plus side, Saturday morning I weighed in at 183.2 - extremely close to tomorrow's mini-goal. Now of course this was before I binged last night! Hopefully tomorrow I will be staring at 183 even.

I will count this post as talking to friends.

One day at a time ?

I recently had sleeve surgery. It is human nature to fall off the wagon and I know that some day it will happen to me. I'm curious when you say "binge". Does that mean the same as before surgery or are you still limited by your stomach size? Does it mean you ate unhealthy food? I worry that one day I wll eat the way I got to where I am now. Appreciate your feedback.

Yesterday was a bit of a write off for me... church, cooked a turkey for the fam (using some of the leftovers for freezer meals for them), and just lazed around. Didn't get my steps or push ups so I'm trying to make up for that today.

Day 5 - garden. Not planting my balcony container garden this year. I might pick up some herbs later in the season when they're on sale. Can't imagine a summer without a big bunch of basil.

Day 6 - talk to a friend. I have a weightloss buddy who is starting a new program today. Planning a phone call to check in on her and offer some encouragement.

54 minutes ago, Colorado Cowgirl said:

I recently had sleeve surgery. It is human nature to fall off the wagon and I know that some day it will happen to me. I'm curious when you say "binge". Does that mean the same as before surgery or are you still limited by your stomach size? Does it mean you ate unhealthy food? I worry that one day I will eat the way I got to where I am now. Appreciate your feedback.

I was high so I can ignore my sleeve to some extent, and at a year out my sleeve capacity is much more than what it was at 6 months. What i ate was a normal dinner (one small grilled chicken fajita, scoop of re-fried black beans), a few mini cornbread muffins, then later on I had a 100 calorie pack of almonds, two sips of strawberry milk, a croissant, and a med size blueberry muffin. That is quite a lot for a 4 hour span!

Thanks! All in all I have to say it beats a half gallon of ice cream! Been there done that.

May Day #6

• I know today is a rest day for pushups, but I did 6 anyway, as I seem to be getting better at them and I want to be a pushup pro like Mr. & the Kid.
• Talk to a friend: Easy-peasy. I do this everyday already Tonite, however, I'm meeting a couple girlfriends for drinks so will hopefully be talking to friends on a nice outdoor patio if the weather holds up *crosses fingers*

6. Well, I talked with a couple of friends earlier. So that's done. I also had a good time at the gym except there's this one crazy lady who always tries to talk to me at inconvenient times. Today, she walked over as I was doing crunches. All I could do was smile at her and keep counting. Other times, she catches me in the locker room while I'm trying to change for work. She's like the waitstaff who comes and asks you how the food is right after you put a forkful in your mouth.

The sun is trying to come out so maybe, I can do some garden stuff when I get home this evening. It's turning into a green jungle out there from all the rain.

B-Side Question:

How do you like your eggs? Did it change (before and after surgery) ?

Sorry I have missed a few days of posting.

Day 3. Watch a performance-Didn't go to a live show but did binge watch Fleabag this weekend.
Day 4. Have an early night-check
Day 5. Garden-I live in an apartment with no garden access, but I did go to the farmers market and central park this weekend.
Day 6. Talk to a friend-Going to see a friend tonight

I'm not doing the push-up challenge because I'm working on a consistent routine for weight machines in between cardio this month and that's about all I can handle.

I am doing the junk food challenge and so far so good. I can still only do about 4-5 ounces of food per meal so focusing on protein kind of forces me to make good choices. Now that it is spring I'm switching up my meals a bit. I'm doing more greek yogurt for breakfast or snacks than I was this winter. I'm also happy that I don't have an issue with raw vegetables so salads are happening, although mine tend to be very protein heavy so I can get my 70 grams per day.

I made a yummy salad for lunch today. Microgreens, chicken, lavender goat cheese, strawberries, and homemade balsamic vinegarette.

B-Side #6 I've always liked my eggs poached or soft boiled, and still do. I looooove runny egg yolks.

Here's a little bit of #eggPorn for your viewing pleasure to show you what I mean...I made this for the fam a while back and just had to video it: Smoked salmon on crispy rösti potatoes topped with a poached egg, served with sour cream (not shown). If I remember correctly, I had a couple bites of egg yolk-soaked salmon only from the Kid's plate.

B side... I'm big on scrambled eggs, and they have to be dry. None of those soft squishy runny scrambled eggs for me. I've only recently (in the last couple of years) come to appreciate a runny yolk. I'm interested to see if my tastes change post op.

B Side- I have always liked a runny yoke after surgery on the soft food stage scrambled eggs didn't sit well with me at first so poached eggs were the way to go. Once I got to the end of the soft food stage I was okay with scrambled eggs again.

Lately, I've been doing omelets on the weekend because the low-fat cheese and meat add some extra protein. For weekdays I've been making egg white "muffins". Baked egg whites in muffin tins with veggies and cheese. They are perfect to take on the go and pop in the microwave at work.

#7. Work up a sweat. Boy, did I. I take a strength training class twice a week (at 5 am, no less) and this morning we did hollow holds, pike ups, RDLs, and a whole bunch of other stuff that had me sweating like a fiend. I remember when I used to hate working out... now I crave it (and sweating, too!).

Day 7 - work up a sweat.

With my walking workouts, I've been attempting to up my speed and intensity. Normally it take me 33ish minutes to get 4000 steps. Yesterday I was able to get that down to 29 minutes. And for at least one of my walks (I do 3) I have started using my 2lb weights to work my arms a bit too. Push ups will be done shortly!

My countdown to surgery is in the double digits now! Woohoo!

Have a great day everyone!