I've gained 0.5 kg since Friday :( I lost my motivation. Last week started well, I ran on Tuesday and Thursday, but I couldn't covince myself to go for a third run on Saturday or Sunday.
How do you motivate yourself to exercise when it's dark and cold outside? Maybe I should buy a threadmill but they are sooo expensive :/

I'm probably not going to reach my round one goal for this game, which if you know me is just killing me. But in light of the past two weeks, I'm not that upset about it. My wife and I tested positive for COVID last week, and the symptoms I felt actually started two weeks ago today. Fortunately we were vaccinated, so that made the symptoms not severe at all. But it meant being trapped at home (we even had someone go and shop for groceries for us once) and NO real exercise at all to speak of, since part of the problem was the fatigue that set in easily.

I guess the best thing that has come from this is that despite being stuck inside with all the food, I've been able to maintain my weight. Maintenance has always been a problem for me, so I feel like this is somewhat of a win.

If I don't make it by November 5, I'll be there for round two, and round three after that, and I will win this overall game!

I wish I could do cardio, but I have COPD. I walk a lot. Thankfully my copd is mild and allows that.

2 more weeks in this round!

How’s everybody doing?

Have you reached your goal yet, almost there or making the grand push these last 14 days?

Messed up today. It was Triple Star Day at Starbucks, so obviously I bought two breakfast sandwiches and a venti latte. Then at work I had a crum cake cupcake from a delicious bakery.

At lunch they gave me too many chips with my sandwich, which I ate.

I told my wife I wasn’t eating dinner. Little did I know she was making two of my favorites. I had small-ish portions.

Been super good so far so hopefully it doesn’t dent too much. Good thing this is a 6 month process…

It's coming. It happens every year and how you handle it may set up how you handle the holidays. Yep, the time of year where some people justify added weight gain. HALLOWEEN. You buy bags of candy to pass out to kids, but somehow a lot of it is eaten by you.
So what's your strategy to NOT CAVE IN?
For me, I usually get candy that's not a lot of calories per piece of candy. And that it's usually hard candy since candy that I can chew easy is much easier to consume in larger amounts. My candy of choice is Jolly Ranchers.
I DON'T buy chocolate or small packs of candy. Too easy for me to finish off one at a time.
And as I mentioned, Halloween is a day that starts the CONSTANT eating for many of the population till New Year's Day. It's how that extra 5lbs-7lbs a year on average gets put on by the average adult.
So start planning NOW so that you have an action plan to stay on target for this game.

How often do you guys weigh yourself? Weekly? Daily? I find I can’t wait a full week but daily is too often so for me it’s every few days or so. If I have an extra good day I always weigh myself the next day😇

The choices are made each and every day plan them out carefully and don’t allow others to make them for you. So make your bed each and every morning know your menu for the day and don’t lose focus on your goals.