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mysticlizard

Hi everyone,

Today I got my hour of exercise in and have been making good food choices and logging so far... I am close to meeting my protein goal for the day as well. I just keep telling myself that I want to look good (oh I am so vain).

I hope everyone has a peaceful evening.

theslightedgeforever

cbabie My Trello is like a puzzle. You don't sit and finish the whole thing at once. Just put in a couple of pieces and then get up and go do something else. Eventually it will be finished. I have all different kinds of boards. one is my regular time management, one is for each project. I have to break it down into small steps or I get overwhelmed and then nothing gets done. You can copy cards or move cards from board to board. You don't have to add pics, it just motivates me more. This book I got the idea from said to find pics that looks like you are looking at it. To tell your brain it's your goal vs somebody else.

gemwolf Hooray on your weight loss. I don't understand iphones wireless earphones. I will lose them the first week.

trooworld Feel free to copy anything from my Trello. If you come up with some great ideas share with me.

mysticlizard sounds like you had a good day. Repeat tomorrow.

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Goals: exercised met tracked dinner on time met

cbabie

okay gals, I am on a spiral I need to get off of. My personal life is causing me to stress eat, I don't get a full 2 hours of uninterrupted sleep...then after I eat I am mad at myself for giving in to that. So I have to work on my today and me alone. My friends and family will have to deal. I don't want to start this holiday season this way, it only gets worse.

@theslightedgeforever I was reading on how to use, I can use this for work to and have it all in one place. That's part of my problem is I am everywhere and nowhere. Thanks for sharing this.
@mysticlizard Yea for you with the protein. I fell into the sweet yuck..due to lack of time to prep..my own fault. I hope you had a peaceful night. My teeth hurt from clamping my mouth shut...
@trooworld we can do this, I am confident in you!!! I hope your Friday is a good one.
@gemwolf110 Great job on the LOSS!!! It sounds like you are for sure BACK!!! Glad your on our team.

cbabie

theslightedgeforever

I made this today from the MFP blog I used chicken breasts instead of pork chops and orzo instead of the egg noodles

http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/slow-cooker-pork-chop-veggies/?bb=disable

mysticlizard

Good evening ladies, I hope everyone is having a lovely Friday evening.

@cbabie - I am sending happy peaceful thoughts your way.
@theslightedgeforever - your chicken looks good. You mentioned Mexican squash boats, that is one of my favorite go to meals at this time of year. I throw together black beans, corn, a can of Rotel, onions, and turkey sausage with a little salsa and if I have the calories a bit of cheese. I use whatever type of squash I have sitting on my counter. I am toying with substituting the sausage with lentils. I am not familiar with using lentils so it will be an adventure.
@gemwolf110 - It looks like you are burning it up, way to go.

I got an hour and a quarter of exercise in today. Some of it strength training, the outsides of my thighs are screaming from the squats. I will again meet my protein goal for the day, in fact all my macros are looking good. So far my calories are looking good as well. My mood is still a little dark but I am refusing to let it get me down.

I hope everyone has a real nice weekend.

cbabie

Morning:

I got up this morning and made my calendar to show my workout time, reading time, etc. I have set up my list on slightedge's app...I am in the process of making my meal plan, so I can do meal prep today after food shopping. I am taking this thing back. I am so encouraged, by all of you. I know I can have my life back...I just have to grab it.

@mysticlizard Yea for you on your exercise and tracking..
@theslightedgeforever ..YUM that looks really good. I have been looking into using Quinoa again...it is kind of a bland food, but mixed with spices etc..it works.

Okay gals, I have to meet someone at 10 today..trying to mentor this person, that means I have to have me together..LOL

have a great Sat

Cbabie

theslightedgeforever

mysticlizard I'm going to try the burrito boats tomorrow. I find lentils plain so be sure and spice them up. I need to get back to my strength training.

cbabie I've only tried quinoa once. It wasn't that good. I guess like the lentils, spice it up. That chicken recipe I posted was a crockpot recipe. Yaaay you started your Trello. On Chrome there is an extension called New Tab Redirect. You can put in the URL of your main board and then every time you open a new tab, it automatically defaults to that page so your goals are always in front of you.

trooworld Thanks for sharing your board. I love the stickers. I'm going to steal that and your Motivation to eat healthy. I find Trello like scrapbooking. I have to spruce it up a bit to make it more motivating. I need a lot of help in that dept. lol

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tracked under cals and over carbs (reduce carb overage)
Goals: exercise Met Track dinner on time Met

cbabie

Morning girls

I did better yesterday, didn't get my treadmill or weights in...this household has too many sleepers. I didn't have a good day emotionally yesterday, LIFE hit me right in the face, but I didn't turn to food, so that is a positive. I did get my 10K steps in and was close in OP, but I found I didn't eat enough protein, So today I will be gone most the day, but already have my food packed and ready to take with me. I have to be at church until about 4 today, they are bringing in pizza and subs...so that's a no for me. I have packed my to take.

@trooworld I love your boards...I might have to steal a couple of ideas. Thanks for the advise on taking care of me...yes I know and some of that is the LIFE part that hit me in the face yesterday. Most of the people I "take" care of could give 2 rips about me..LOL
@theslightedgeforever what is the crockpot recipe. I love to cook in the crockpot since all of here have different cycles.

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Cbabie

mysticlizard

Hi Ladies, Your Trello boards look amazing!

@cbabie - I like that you took food to church with you to stay on track, Awesome!

@theslightedgeforever - Yay! for your exercise and tracking.

@gemwolf110 - That is a lot of hard work. I bet you will enjoy it when it is done.

@trooworld - Hope you find your DR book, I have done his program for years. I don't envy your hunt through the garage. I like your scrapbook page, I can't wait to see the page you do when you get to goal weight.

I didn't workout yesterday but met my calorie goals. I did get my hour workout today and am doing well with my calories and macros. I am looking forward to the week ahead.

I hope everyone has a nice evening.

theslightedgeforever

cbabie good for you on packing your lunch ahead of time. As Dr Phil always said we teach people how to treat us. So time to re-educate them Tell them there is a new sheriff in town. Here's the recipe http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/slow-cooker-pork-chop-veggies/

gemwolf You really worked hard. But it will be so worth it. Good kind of exercise.

trooworld Thanks for sharing your scrapbooking page That looks fun. I've got you beat. I'm at 51%. I found an old page with my weight and measurements. I would be almost at goal and then I would get pregnant again. Then with the stress of life just a steady climb uphill after that.

mysticlizard Meeting your cals and macros goals is the hardest part I think. But the most important I'm still working on my carbs. I went over by 4 today. I'm working on getting my blood sugar down.

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tracked under cals and over carbs
Goals exercise met track dinner on time met

cbabie

Morning girls...well I may have packed my lunch, but night time stress got me. I had ice cream with a pudding cup..LOL Well I tracked it...that's the important thing for me today. I am getting ready to go walk, I have my lunch packed and ready to go....snacks for protein and calcium...two very important things in my body I need.

@gemwolf110 looks like fun..I love redoing the house. I cleaned all day Friday, made me feel so much better..something about shiny floors..
@trooworld love the scrapbook page. I taught the DR class in our church..I enjoyed that so much...Now I need to implement it in my own life..LOL Good book. I am so glad I don't have to dye my hair anymore..I finally let it all go grey. I got so tired of having to do my hair every 3 weeks or less. My hair grows too fast and the roots...oh my. skunk city...I looked like. LOL The fun thing is we as girls get to dye our hair when ever and what ever color we want. My daughter and her daughter, like the rainbow effect..LOL
@mysticlizard great job on meeting your goals!! feels great doesn't it...I think that is why I set more than one..at least I hope to meet one..LOL

Okay girls gotta run..

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cbabie

mysticlizard

Good evening ladies,

I hope everyone made it through their Monday all right.

@theslightedgeforever - I don't know why but the last few days my macros have just fallen into place (except fiber today). The one I really have to watch is protein. If I don't hit that one , I tend to over eat and DOMS is awful. It sounds like you are working close to your carbs goal. It is a challenge.

@cbabie - Yay for logging the goodies! Being honest with yourself is good, you don't set yourself up for failure. It sounds like you packed a lunch that fuels you and keeps you going. I hope your day was as calm as it could be.

I got my hour and a quarter of exercise in. I will be excited when I am in better shape to do shorter, more demanding exercise. I am not as sore as I was last week so that is a victory. I have logged what I have eaten so far today and have enough calories for my two treats later tonight. I think it has been a successful day.

I hope everyone has a peaceful night and a good Tuesday.

theslightedgeforever

cbabie nighttime stress eating Think of it like pizza and subway at your event, You knew it was going to be there and you wanted to eat healthy so you had made other arrangements in advance. So what is your advance plan for nighttime stress event. You know it's going to happen. It sounds like it happens almost every night. Now to the trello board, a list is needed about ways to combat nighttime eating. Make cards for all the choices you have. Everything is a choice in life. We either do A or we decide to do B. Instead of going to the freezer and pulling out the ice cream, what other action could you do? Go sit in your car and listen to some music? Sit in the car and read? You don't have to stay long but you are allowing your brain to burn another pathway. Muscle memory. Right now it only knows Stress=going to kitchen and finding food to make you feel better. So choose a different place and different action. I will be like my Granny dyeing my hair til I'm dead. lol

mystic lizard Ah my carbs goal. I actually hit it today. The key was checking to see how many I had left vs eating tracking and realizing I've went over a bit. Seems like a no brainer. Now the trick is to repeat tomorrow. I made my squash boats but didn't realize the high carb content. Now I know. Look at the progress you are making on your exercise. You are beating everyone still sitting on the couch.

gemwolf Wow look at those steps and those active minutes. You are pushing your metabolism into a higher gear. Your reward will be a nice lean healthy body and a beautiful yard

trooworld Now one day we can start counting our years that we were at a healthy weight.

I took a walk today and was busy

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Goals exercise met track dinner on time met

theslightedgeforever

My husband took one look and said healthy crap? Yes just eat it He also found me on hands and knees when he returned from work dusting the bottom of a cabinet in our bathroom which I haven't done in ages. He said what's gotten into you. I said My Trello board.

theslightedgeforever

cbabie

Morning gals: I was so excited to see so many post. And that each one clicked with me and I said oh yea that might work. LOL I blew it yesterday...all that planning and I came home so angry from work, I just said screw it..then I got up still in a foul mood...then I cried and cried out to God, why? Well I thank God for my friends who pray for me. I am able to face life again this day. I choose to take one step in front of the other, with purpose in mind. So I have made my lunch, took some extra as yesterday I was hungry and ate a handful of trail mix and then later a handful of pretzels with PB in them...So before you ask, yes I know why I am/was so angry...it really has lifted off of me.

@trooworld I had to laugh, I worked for a corp and hated it...we got bought out 8 years ago my a corp and sold again 1 year ago, now not as much corp, but the people who bought us were from the same corp so yes still some mindsets...That buy out 8 years ago was a spiral in life downward for me..so I totally understand the hair color thing. Maybe that's why I am all grey..who knows.
@gemwolf110 glad your not on my fitbit friends list...you would be #1 and I and one other friend of mine fight for the number one spot..LOL ( you know I am kidding) I am glad to see you are moving...I agree with slightedge, turn up the heat...you're doing great! Can you pass some of that energy my way?
@theslightedgeforever I like the way you think...yes I know about the memory change..you are right, I need to retrain my brain..funny when I was doing the shakes only for a week, nothing could change what I ate..it's the rules that keep me in line. I am so rules based in my life, that when all the rules go out the window I don't do well...hence my trouble at work..why I was so angry yesterday...So now that I KNOW this, I have to work with this..I think I am too old to change my ways of following rules.

okay hope everyone has a great day!!

I wonder what happened to our other friends...you know I come here and tell my faults and know that I am gladly accepted by you all..thank you for that. But you also tell me to keep moving forward.change is a must. Thank you.

Cbabie

jackie_van_d

Morning all, I've been mia and missed you all
Life has been a complete ball of stress health issues and emotional eating
But now that we're finally getting answers, I can deal better with the food thing
I hope to be around more instead of just logging my food/ exercise and a quick peek st the boards
See ya around!

theslightedgeforever

Cbabie. How about you reframe the rules to make them work for you. As I don't like the word rules I like to think of it as structured or boundary walls.

Jackie. Good to see you. I figured everyone gets real busy this time of year. I'm glad you are getting some answers. May not be what you want but you can deal with it that way.

There was a phrase I heard that said Do I want it most or do I want it now. Then you fill in the It. The most is your goal. The now is the thing stopping you from getting the goal.

So for me. Do I want to lower my blood sugar most or do I want this piece of pie now.

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Goals exercise not met. Tracked dinner on time. Met

mysticlizard

Good evening ladies,

@gemwolf110 - Way to go on being active!

@trooworld - Yes, I think DR would be pleased that you got the book from the library. Was the Pattie cake awesome? I have read about it and have wanted to try it.

@theslightedgeforever - Good job on the carbs yesterday. How did you do today? I think your boats look tasty.

@cbabie - I hope you had a better day today.

I got my hour of exercise in and I am doing well on the eating. So overall a good day.

cbabie

interesting article.

http://www.rodalewellness.com/weight-loss/emotional-eating-plan?utm_source=Wellcontent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=111516&smartcode=YN_0003139492_0001586338

cbabie

Morning:
My day yesterday was much better, I did not head for the ice cream...I checked my nutrition and saw I needed way more protein, trying to not eat more sugar or carbs, but Know that I need the protein...so I went for my protein shake, but put a banana with strawberries in it and the banana killed my goals, still needed to eat more protein, so I chose a handful of nuts...I wanted to go back for more nuts as I LOVE them, but sat on the couch...didn't go. So not where I need to be, but way better than I have been.

@mysticlizard Great job on your exercise...it is going to pay big bucks...:)
@theslightedgeforever that is a good question.. what is in the picture of the food? cleaning uh? that was my Friday..
@jjansen39 Glad to see you here..agree with slightedge, my mother always had a saying..forewarned is forearmed.

okay gals busy morning, gotta love someone who needs picked up at 4am

Cbabie

lentigogirl

Count me in!

Anyone aware of a crosswalk between MFP and the online WW? I don't know if I can manage login everything twice... I like this app much better.

theslightedgeforever

mysticlizard I stayed under my carb goal again today. Looks like you had a good day too. We are awesome.

cbabie Nice article. I could set up a cravings board on my Trello and then columns for sweet, salty, etc. That way I could later go back and analyze which events are triggering cravings. So I can make a plan to deal with and eliminate them. Plus I can find a healthier alternative to the snacks. You are starting to show some control over your nighttime eating. The food pic was butternut squash. I hollowed out the middle and baked them. Then I filled it with a mixture of rice, black beans, corn, salsa, and taco seasoning. Next time I will use cauliflower rice instead. Friday I'm going to use the hollowed out leftovers and add some Craisins and feta cheese for a side dish.

trooworld yes on the butternut squash. I sprinkled it with cinnamon first. Sorry about your struggles. I can identify. Twice I have proven I lose less weight eating strictly healthy food over long periods of time vs adding Doritos and dessert. After gall bladder surgery I couldn't eat fats for 6 weeks and I was religious and perfect. I was excited as I knew I could drop 10-15+ lbs during that time. Big whopping total of 1.5 lbs. So now I'm shooting for 1 lb a week. Sometimes I make it and other times no. I'm learning to cook differently. Are you eating enough calories, points, etc.? I had a friend who was doing 1200 calories and couldn't lose. She moved it up to 1500 and started losing every week. I like to look at this as an experiment. All the numbers we track is just data. As a scientist we need to know our magic formula that gets us the results we want. Maybe you have sciatica.

@lentigogirl Welcome to the group. Mark this thread as a favorite so you can find us again I had to quit tracking both and now just use this site. I'm prediabetic and need to track my carbs.

I am loving my Trello boards. Just now I was on MFP home and there was a blog showing a recipe for chicken meatballs. I could send it immediately to my Mealplans board for the day I wanted to cook it. Then at night when I plan the next day, I just go to my mealplans board and see what is on the menu for Thursday for instance and copy that card to my Today board so I know what I'm fixing and can defrost the chicken or whatever. Meal planning has always been the hardest for me and why I don't usually cook much. Today I made Sweet Korean lentils over cauliflower rice. It was so good. Easy too since I had left over lentils from the other day. You can use regular rice or pasta even but I'm trying to lower my blood sugar.

Another little trick I just started doing on Trello is using the checklist feature for items that I just don't seem to be able to complete. So I had to break it down into steps. I just focus on one step at a time and if that's all I have time for that day I achieved something and get to move it to my Done list. Then tomorrow it goes back for Step 2. Salad in a jar is an example of this. I've been wanting to do this for a while but it just doesn't get done. I need something I can just grab and is healthy. Otherwise I'll be eating some Doritos or a bag of popcorn for lunch.

This was my list.Next week I will be eating my salads.

Find and clean jars (I have a box of jars in my storage room)-Done
Find recipe-Done
make lentils
Make dressing
Assemble all ingredients
Fill jar

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Goals: exercise Met tracked dinner on time Met

cbabie

Morning gals: I had an emotional day yesterday for various reasons, woke up with my eyes hurting...I guess no rest causes that..but the good news is..I didn't eat when I got home from church. I did have a mini cupcake yesterday, we had a celebration at work yesterday and I didn't want to be antisocial..that's what they call me.LOL
Over all I feel I had more control over me..life for sure was not in control, but I didn't go binge.

@trooworld I for sure know how you feel..I have been trying to lose the same 15 lb and now it's 20 lbs. Instead of losing I am gaining. I am trying to find my perfect storm.LOL Hang in there, I am a firm believer in it all pays off somewhere down the road. I would rather die knowing I tried than dying knowing I did nothing.

@theslightedgeforever I love what you are doing on those boards. I will have to sit down this weekend and figure this out. I am using it sort of..but don't know the features well enough to use it to it's potential. I love the new recipes. I want to know how you linked the recipe. Sounds like this is your tool!!

@lentigogirl WELCOME, this board varies with people coming and going, but we are here for support, encouragement, ideas, laughter, etc. I tried tracking both too and I am very busy and it just didn't work for me. I love the data base and I love knowing my nutrients, so I use MFP. WW started tracking the nutrients, but no reporting, etc. This is MUCH better for me.

Okay gals, I have to get ready for work and get my day going, my goal is to work my arms again today and walk. I have gotten my 10K steps in 2 days in a row now..so want to keep the momentum.

Cbabie

shellyld2016

I know I don't post here often, but I do check in and read through for ideas. While I am on here daily and log daily, most days I am a person of fewer words.
Doing good with losing and I just adjusted my macros to optimize the weight loss and muscle gain. Going for more protein. I am seeing changes in my body from the weightlifting and weight loss, which is encouraging. Hope to be down another size by Christmas

lore11a

@slightedge.. The Pork Chops and Veggies look very tasty. I loved the advice about "Do I want it most, or do I want it now." You stated you were going to make salad dressing, do you have some good recipes you would like to share?

@gemwolf110.. Nice looking steps you all built and great on all your exercice and getting your steps in. It makes me tired just to look at what all you have done. Lol.

@trooworld.. I know what you mean about your weight. It seems like I have been trying to lose weight half my like.

@mysticlizard.. Congratulations on meeting your goals. That is awesome.

@cbabie..I too, have problems with snacking at night, especially if I have had a stressful day. I don't know why I think that gives me a free ticket to eat. It only makes me feel worse. Sometimes we just blow it though. One thing for sure, we can all pray for each other.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I hope I don't completely lose my mind and eat everything in sight. Just kidding!! It is so hard to lose weight around the holidays and I it seems like I am always trying to lose at these times. My goal is to try and maintain or not gain over two pounds over the holidays and maybe do extra exercising. I have a Doctor's appointment in January and that will be my motivation for now. Lol. Has anyone else set any goals for the holidays?

mysticlizard

Good morning everyone

Hubby unexpectedly came home Tuesday night. Good thing, the pickup battery died. I glad he came in or I would have had to change it myself. But he hosed my Wed. morning not leaving until 11. So I ran to catch up in the afternoon, shopping for much of the Thanksgiving meal stuff. Then it was off to church where the older daughter and I run the kitchen on Wed. night while the youngest helps teach the third graders. I did not get my exercise in. After I got home and the house settled down I started snacking. It was o.k. at first, then I remembered that I bought a can of french fried onions to go on top of the green bean casserole. I ate 9/10ths of the can I did log it.

Aside from being annoyed with myself, I think I am seeing a pattern. When I do not exercise, I tend to snack more or make poorer food choices. I have not figured out if my body being well exercised does not send me signals to snack as much or if I am more vigilant because I don't want to undue the perceived gains I have made. Do any of you have thoughts on this?

I hope everyone has a lovely day

cbabie

Morning Gals:

I had a terrible food day yesterday. The one thing I see is we are all coming to recognize what is derailing us on our journey. Mine is structure..I had to go to lunch with a person from our MN office yesterday and she is all about getting our name out there in our new place and team and bla bla bla...so she wanted to try this new place and nothing on the menu was on my agenda....so I ate with her..that led to my well I have already went off my plan to now there is no coming back from this!!!!

Now that I realize I have to be so strict, there is no grey in my life..oh trust me there is but I don't do well there. So AGAIN today is another day.

@shellyld2016 glad you are reading even if you aren't posting. hopefully one day I will get it right.
@trooworld keep us posted on how your experiment works out...it might help me.
@lore11a I have a motto on the holidays. everything is okay to eat, but in moderation. I might trade off something I really don't care about to have a little more of something I REALLY like and want.
@mysticlizard oh those DH, you can't live with them and you can't live without them. Great job on tracking..I didn't track..I fell so far off I don't even know what I ate.
@gemwolf110 hooray for you!!! great job on the loss. yes our jobs effect us sometimes with change..but you seem to be handling it well.. Good for you.

okay gals gotta run.

Cbabie

shellyld2016

@cbabie you will. We all have those same struggles. I have learned to carry veggies with me everywhere I go and a fiber one chocolate bar just in case I just need chocolate. That way if I know we are going out I can be satisfied with eating half of my meal or less. It has been a lifesaver as the places we go are very limited on healthy choices.

lore11a

Good morning all!! Yesterday was so gorgeous outside, a little windy, but around 80 degrees. Today, it is 50 degrees and very windy. For this time of year that is still not bad. I went shopping a couple of days ago for our Thanksgiving Dinner. It doesn't seem like it should be that time of year yet, but it is. I have been horrible about not exercising lately, it just seems like I have been so busy. It has also been hard to stay within my calorie goal. I just had a birthday and with all the going out to eat and the birthday celebrations, it has been challenging. When I finish typing this I am going to walk on my treadmill, I am determined!!!

@shellyid2016.. I don't post a lot myself, but I like to read everyone's post. There are lots of ideas and motivation.
@trooworld..I am glad you did not have a bloodclot in your leg. Getting it checked can be expensive but the peace of mind is so worth it.
@cbabie..Thanks! Good advice about the holidays.
@theslightedge..I tried Trello. I don't quite have the hang of it yet. It was a little confusing to me but I am not too Computer Savvy sometimes. I think it will be good once I figure out how it works.
gemwolf110..Good job on losing the pounds and amazing getting so many steps in.

Okay, the treadmill awaits!!!!!