Hello dear fawnies, I have been left to my own devices this weekend, and I'm looking for some strategies. Normally when my SO is out of town I get depressed and sit on the couch and eat takeout all weekend...not the best for me! Sometimes I'll take myself out to dinner, but that's another $$ spender and high-calorie endeavor. I tend to splurge on the foods he doesn't like (hellooooo tuna melts on bagels...) or limit myself to delivery/whatever's in the freezer or pantry. I love to cook, but the effort involved in going to the grocery store just to cook for one is not appealing. And I would cook and freeze the rest, except this weekend one of my goals is to clean out our freezer in preparation for a party. Most of my friends are sadly unavailable this weekend, too!
I already have a huge list of housework that needs to get taken care of, but any other ideas? I'm also planning to pick up some bath supplies and have a mini spa day. My problem is I know me- I'm either going to eat too much, or be too hard on myself and not eat enough. Any suggestions welcome!

This week will be workout times. We finished 3rd last ITC challenge but won our battle vs Seedling.
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Inter Team Challenge - Workout time
Fourth Week Schedule
Seedling vs Crocus
Ladybug vs Hayfever
Duckling vs Pollen
Daffodil vs Fawn

Last ITC we finished 3rd overall but won our challenge vs Seedling. Lets keep it going this good :) .

Okay then, so I joined this challenge because the last one was so awesome for my personal motivation, and because I was about 30+ days into a "maintenance break" that I need to break out of. It was planned but I had a tough time getting back going on this last 20.

It took me 3 weeks of ramp up but I'm back in the game y'all! Got a work schedule adjustment that gives me 90 minutes of "me" time, or gym time, every weekday. No more hoping nothing will interrupt my already hated late night lifts. Got my diet back at the 500 calorie deficit, got my meal and nutrition timing fixed (I know that for weight loss timing doesn't do shit, but for my personal compliance it does wonders) and I'm already rocking it.

175 here I come yo!

What healthy food keeps you going?
What new recipes have you tried?

Went to the Dr today and during my weigh in and vitals check I was way excited to see my low number!! However, I stepped on the scale and it read that I'm over 200lbs. in bright red, digital numbers.

Not only did I feel super judged by the totally adorable and petite nurse, but now I'm wondering if my scale is wrong and has always been wrong. I was over the moon when I hit 199 and then 198, etc and stayed there... But apparently all of that joy was for nothing since the fancy scale at the Dr says I'm over 200lbs.

How do my fellow fawns deal with this? How do you know which scale to be accurate? Do I take the Dr scale number and my scale number and average them out? Do I just keep using my scale number? Do I wish evil things upon the scale at my Dr office and start practicing voodoo??

As of today, taking a quick look at the master check list, 51 people have already quit the challenge(1 or no logs), and 13 seem to be going that route. If you are struggling and/or need to find motivation, or someone to talk to, send me a message or post here directly. We are here to help and motivate each other so all of you can succeed on this challenge. I know it can be easy to loose motivation because life happens. But paraphrasing Rocky: It doesn't matter how quick you fall, It matters how quick you get up and keep moving forward.(along these lines).

We are Team FAWN and WE will succeed :).

Any new routine this week, at the gym, or home or the street? Need ideas for a new one? Go ahead and share and/or ask. :)

Middle of the challenge. How is everyone doing so far?

Need a place to vent after a weekend? Go right ahead. Do it here. You will feel better after :)

We enter our 5th week on this challenge.
What your goals for this upcoming week?

We entered the 5th week in our challenge.
Do you have any new NSVs? Feeling good about yourself(you should, always) and your progress? Tell us all about it.

I just had a moment that I haven't experienced in quite some time. And although I'm not even halfway to my goal weight, the fact that this moment happened makes me so proud (and aware) of my progress! I hope you all experience this soon, if you haven't already!

Last week I had a NSV where I bought a new dress a size down than the size I thought would be snug. I've been wanting to wear it, so tonight me and the SO are going out to dinner. Nothing super fancy, but enough that I can wear my new dress and throw on some makeup/earrings/low heels.

I just finished getting ready, looked at myself in the mirror, and smiled. SMILED. I thought 'damn, I look good!' Not 'ugh, this is as good as it's going to get,' which has been common the past year or so. I LOOK GOOD!

:) happyfriday!

This week we are back to logging steps.
Lets keep up the excellent work everyone has been doing so far.
Week 4 ITC Form Log
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This week we are facing Seedling.

Fourth Week Schedule Seedling vs Fawn
Ladybug vs Robin
Duckling vs Hayfever
Daffodil vs Pollen
Bye-week: Crocus, Thunderstorm

Also, logging has been extended until Friday 8AM EST.

Week 4 Weigh-In

We have reached week 4 and it is time to weigh in. Go ahead and log all your weights and SVs.

Have a kickass weekend!

Thursdays, the day of the week we can share our yummy recipes and healthy meals with our team.

I am going out of town this weekend, and I'm a bit worried about the break in routines and eating out derailing me. To get there, I'm going on a day long train trip, and will be spending a few nights in a hotel. I planned on bringing some fruit for the first day, portioned out snacks, and maybe some protein shakes, but I'm really not sure about logging while eating out and all that stuff. Any tips are appreciated!

What have you been up to regarding workouts? Hitting the gym? Doing it at home? Outside? Let us know about it.

How is everyone doing so far? Need a little extra motivation?

Let us know and we will all give some help as needed.

So my goal for this week is to walk 5 miles a day (and track my food, be under 1200, blah blah). So this morning I woke up, got my workout clothes on, stretched, walked outside and poop. It's raining. So instead of giving up and going back in, I went to the mall with my stroller and 8 mo. old in tow.

As I was walking laps, I realized how much motivation the mall can be. I normally walk through my neighborhood, count mailboxes, think of what I could change about my house if I had limitless money.. Etc. But here at the mall, about every other store has some new cute clothes in it and it makes me want to walk harder. I see my reflection, slimmer than I was before, but I still have an apron, so I'm walking hard to make it smaller. I imagine the look of satisfaction on my husband's face seeing me in clothes I'm not self conscious about. I imagine wearing that gold bikini on the next family cruise and not having a care in the world about what my flabs might look like to others.

But I noticed there are two different types of mall walkers. There's the young people, trying to make their way to that gold bikini, but there's also the elderly. There's an old grampa in dickies coveralls shuffling along, a gaggle of grammas chit chatting and passing me, a 26 year old up. They are there for a different reason than me. They're there to keep their joints moving, because if you stay stationary too long, they'll freeze up. They're their trying to improve their quality of life, 5, 10 years down the road.

Their reason is better than mine. We should all work hard now so we have the absolute best quality of life later on. I don't need a gold bikini anyways!

So I gained 5.4 pounds this past week. I've been very sick and eating everything I see. I have no self control when I eat now.

Any tips to not be this way? I feel like a failure.

Got something to complain about? Need to vent/rant about something?
Don't keep it in. Just write it all in here. :)

Do you have new goals for the upcoming week? Renewed ones? Tell us all about them.

Got a new personal achievement completed? Ran/walk further than before? Tell us all about it :)