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Fri -- Upper Body ✔️ 170.6 Sat -- Lower Body ✔️ WEEK OF MARCH 29 Sun -- OFF Mon -- 173.4 Didn't work out. I don't know if I forgot or if I was just too depressed; I honestly don't remember; this whole quarantine has been a blur. Tues -- Upper Body ✔️ 172.4 Wed -- Lower Body ✔️ 171.0 Thur -- Upper Body ✔️ 170.8 Fri -- Lower Body ✔️ 169.8 169.anything (Goal) ✔️ Sat -- Upper Body OFF Sun -- OFF Upper Body ✔️ I don't weigh myself over the weekend, cuz I always splurge a bit (thin crust pizza, drink, rice cakes with cream cheese, 90% cocoa chocolate bars), so even though I get on the scale everyday, I only count Fridays weigh-ins.

So, I'm going for one of those Biggest Loser transformations during quarantine -- it's the only thing helping me emerge from my depression that started when everything I worked for this year to launch my own business was cancelled due to Covid-19. Anyway . . . My goal is simple: Strength Train 6x a week Hit 159.anything by May 1

So, this morning was 171.0. Pretty happy with that. Still working towards 169.anything by Friday. But thought today was Tuesday. I never know what day it is (I have ADHD), but it means I only have 2 days (today and tomorrow) to make goal. But . . . I did a killer lower body workout today (hoping to not be too sore tomorrow). And eating was mostly okay (I had a potato and 2 breaded chicken strips, usually I try to just have just one starch carb, meaning if I have a potato I have grilled chicken). But I skipped rice cake snack, so that should make up for it.

So I actually saw 170.4, but now I'm hovering around 173. I'm going to work my butt off this week and try to see 169.anything and reward myself with TROS. I worked out over the weekend (Fri & Sat) and then again today. My eating is okay thanks to my vapey thing, but I need to make workouts a habit. I'm hoping to lose enough during this quarantine that when people see me again it's like Biggest Loser reveal. Hahahaha.

Thanks. I've gone down more, but kind of stabilized around 172 because something else devastating happened. I don't feel like talking about it right now. But, I am hoping that I will be over it soon and get my motivation (for living) back and resume workouts. *sigh*

Yes, I am still here. The scale this morning said 175.8. That is several pounds down. However, my success is due to the fact that I broke down and bought a vape thingy. It's not a pen and it's not a box . . . it's kind of like a sharpie. Anyway, within 20 minutes, the desire to shove chocolate in my mouth went away. I've not had chocolate (except for 1 Atkins bar) since. It will be 1 week tomorrow, and I think I'm down 4 pounds. It's only 3%, and I will wean myself off as soon as I hit goal (by going to 1.5% and then .5%). That's how I got off it last time. I'd been nicotine free for 2 years, so I'm not exactly proud of myself, but at the same time, I had to do something. I went from 178 after Christmas to 183 after New Years and hit 186 mid-January despite being on a diet. Obviously, I will need to figure out what I to replace it with when I wean off again and/or learn how not to emotionally eat when I'm stressed, but for now, at least I can get back to my goal weight and hopefully in the meantime figure out a nic-free maintenance plan.

So, I know the challenge is over, but I figured I'd check in. The scale this morning said 175.8. That is several pounds down. However, my success is due to the fact that I broke down and bought a vape thingy. It's not a pen and it's not a box . . . it's kind of like a sharpie. Anyway, within 20 minutes, the desire to shove chocolate in my mouth went away. I've not had chocolate (except for 1 Atkins bar) since. It will be 1 week tomorrow, and I think I'm down 4 pounds. It's only 3%, and I will wean myself off as soon as I hit goal (by going to 1.5% and then .5%). That's how I got off it last time. I'd been nicotine free for 2 years, so I'm not exactly proud of myself, but at the same time, I had to do something. I went from 178 after Christmas to 183 after New Years and hit 186 mid-January despite being on a diet. Obviously, I will need to figure out what I to replace it with when I wean off again and/or learn how not to emotionally eat when I'm stressed, but for now, at least I can get back to my goal weight and hopefully in the meantime figure out a nic-free maintenance plan. I'm not sure when I'll do another challenge. For now, I'm just going to keep up on my Jedi Battle Log. So, feel free to stay in touch there. Thanks to everyone for all the encouragement!!!

Scale said 180.4 this morning. Very discouraged. Have worked out every day that I wasn't too sore from the previous workout. Stuck to my diet (except cheated with mean). I don't count calories so wasn't sure if I was eating too little or too much so went through the house and added up everything . . . my average day comes to about 1200. I've gotten on the scale every day this week and every day it has ranged from 179 to 182. It makes me feel like I haven't really lost anything (considering I was 183 since New Years). And it's making it very hard for me to go into this weekend with the motivation to not do our normal routine of renting a movie, making a drink, and eating chocolate. I really needed to see a number 177 or less. 😥 😥😥

So, I was actually super successful this weekend at my challenge. No chocolate. No alcohol. No snacks (assuming you don't count an entire sleeve of rice cakes with cream cheese). No pizza. No burgers or fries. No General Tso's. Everything was on plan*—protein shakes, soups, veggies, rice cakes. And, I even say 179.4 on the scale. Bye bye 180's!!! (Hopefully for good this time!!!!) *I occasionally cheated by adding 4 oz chicken breast or 2 oz 93% lean ground beef to a meal.

Successfully did not eat chocolate or drink all three weekend nights!!! And my dinners were veggies. With meat. And cheese. By that I mean they were not hamburgers and fries, or General Tso's, or pizza. Go me!!! Because I did a barbell complex for my first time yesterday, I didn't do anything today even though I wasn't sore (Sunday's are suppossed to be rest days anyway). So if I am also not sore tomorrow, next time (Wed) I will know that I can do two rounds. I will keep upping rounds until I am sore and then stay there for a bit. And, Saturday, I actually saw 179.4 on the scale. Hopefully this means I will never see 180-something ever again. Tomorrow is Upper Body day. And I'm likely taking the kids to House of Bounce which means lots of climbing.

Successfully did not eat chocolate or drink last night!!! Whoot-whoot!!! Also, yesterday, I was too sore to ST but I climbed Ahch-To. And today, I did yesterday's barbell complex. It was my first time, so I only did one round. If I am not overly sore tomorrow, I will do 2 rounds next time and build up from there.

Hahaha, I wish!!! That's a picture of the island where The Last Jedi and Rise of SkyWalker were filmed. It's 600 steps. So, I ran up my stairs (from my basement family room to my living room) enough times in one day to equal to climbing that hill. As for the diet, no it's not sustainable. I love meat. I cheated again today by eating some chicken breast. I think it's because I always cheat, that if meat was allowed, I would cheat with chocolate. Since I so-called restricted normal food, now I cheat with normal food. So it's much less restrictive than it sounds. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Thanks! Happily, tonight, I found a way to grab the picture without having to scroll through every image on the page. It's still a few extra steps than you, but nowhere near as annoying as it had been!

So, I hadn't really made rules for the weekend. I technically allowed myself chocolate, alcohol, and rice cakes w/ cream cheese, even though technically I want to skip chocolate and alcohol. I figured I will take it one weekend night at a time. Happily, I have been successful to night! I've had 2 rice cakes with veggie cream cheese. I don't have any chocolate in the house. And we didn't rent a movie (I only drink when we rent movies . . . I know, weird). So, we're just binge watching the latest season of Murdoch on Acorn. And . . . I was still too sore from my ST routine 2 days ago to do my first barbell complex today. BUT . . . I climbed Ahch-To for the first time in one day!!!!!

Hahaha...when I say veggies, I mean veggies in sauce and/or with cheese. I guess what I really mean is I'm trying to skip meat because usually my plate is 1/2 meat, 1/4 veggie, and 1/4 carb (or if I'm on a diet, minus the 1/4 carb). So, by only eating veggies, what I mean is swapping the 1/2 plate meat with 1/2 veggies, making the plate 3/4 veggies. I automatically think sauce and or cheese with veggies. It doesn't occur to me that anyone would eat veggies without cheese or sauce. Ha! In fact, I was reading the other day an article by a guy whose wife lost 20 in 20 days by eating nothing buy veggies. I though, "oh, I can do that!" and husband just laughed and said, "I'm sure that woman ate veggies without cheese and sauce . . . all the things that make veggies taste good." And I was like, "oh, yea . . . nevermind." Ha! Anyway, an example of my "on-diet" meal the other night was an entire bag of Brussels sprouts for dinner with cheddar cheese on top. I had already had 90 grams protein that day from shakes. So even though I didn't count my calories, I doubt I was "starving" myself. Yesterday, I "cheated" on my diet because I added 2 oz of ground beef to an entire bag of riced cauliflower that I had added Taco seasoning, cheese sauce, and shredded cheese too. But yes, to answer your question, this is temporary to finish this challenge. Possibly one more challenge . . . but I'm pretty sure swapping out shakes for 2 meals and eating a regular meal is "normal" diet (Slim Fast, etc.) It's just like I'm a vegan doing Slim Fast (a vegan who cheats, lol!). I hope that makes more sense. Sorry to be confusing!

I didn't realize there were more than just the Jedi/Sith colors, so naturally I googled lightsaber quiz. This is spot-on.

AS = Autism Spectrum. Business is Bible curriculum for home schoolers. I'm attending a homeschool conference in May which includes running/speaking at my own workshop and selling curriculum at a table. I'm very nervous, lol. I'm an introvert. And I am in the habit of making bad first impressions.

That still doesn't change what pops up. No "edit image" option.

I see that you successfully did so. I am not sure why mine does not. And yes, I've been hitting "enter" and then click X to close. *sigh* Is there possibly more than one place to change the width? I don't understand why my "inspect" is so different than yours. I have to change the height as well (or I end up with super skinny pics). And then as soon as I hit X it jumps back to original size. UPDATE: Okay, I got the inspect element to work. But only because I hit edit on my post, then click inspect, then hit control F and type in "img," then scroll through up to 97 images (including all the emoji's, the NFR logo, etc) until finally the image in my post is highlighted*, I then change the width (and yes, it automatically adjusts the height), and then I click "save" as in save the NFR post I have just edited that now has a smaller picture, and only then can I click the X and leave inspect element and the picture remains the smaller size after I refresh the page. So.....is all that what you were implying I should do, or is all you have to do is click inspect, change the width, hit enter and then X? I am assuming the latter, and have no idea why my laptop is so...odd. Anyway, thanks for all your feedback!!!! *if I try to highlight the picture by clicking on it, it opens the picture in a new window and I am no longer in edit post.

I have googled it and it doesn't seem like you can save changes in "Inspect Elements."

That did it! Thank you!!! UPDATE: Once I refresh the screen, it goes back to the way it was. *sigh* And if I go into edit post first and then change it, I have to change both width or height (or i just have super skinny photos). But then, it doesn't "save." And reverts back again. How do I exit "Inspect" and have my changes saved?

I'm so sorry . . . can you please take a screen shot and show me where the "source" button is. I can't find it. And double-clicking the photo just takes me to the image itself in a new window. Here is what my menu bar looks like:

Thanks for getting back to me so quick! Sadly, this is what happens when I Ctrl+Right Click on my PC (laptop).

Hey, is there a way to edit the HTML in our post? More specifically, anytime I upload a picture it is HUGE and I would like to go into the HTML and reduce the height and width so it more closely approximates a thumbnail. Thanks!

Hi nianjufe, thanks for stopping by! I get them from either Sam's or Costco but even Walmart carries it now (I think). Premier Protein. 30 g protein, 160 calories, and 4 carbs. I get the Cookies and Cream. (Sorry the picture is so HUGE, I'm not sure how to edit code and/or where edit picture options are).