NON WW & WW NEWBIES, OUR NEW LIFE, THE START OF SOMETHING WONDERFUL

Tamevv

Had a run-in with chocolate last night ☹️. Not quite sure what happened - just mindless - I wasn’t thinking at all. Am annoyed at myself but today is another day 😊

@troworld Hope the day works out one way or another. Awareness of the issues is great forward planning on your part.


@gemwolf Tree looks great!

gemwolf110

Thank you! Weekend was nice! Got everything done that I wanted to get done and fit in a few hours of OT.

Tamevv - chocolate is the worst it’s just too yummy

Trooworld- how was the zoo? My local zoo has a light display I want to check out.

cbabie

Morning all, I have had a weekend. I am not on track for my eating and exercise. Friday night I was trying to do some yoga stretches for my back and ended up not being able to move. I called for my DH and he was useless, had to send baby girl to go get my daughter, who helped me roll over, put ice and heat, got me blankets and sat me up to sleep...went to a Chiropractor which I said I would NEVER do, had a bad visit one time LONG ago....well he asked me several questions, started pushing stretching, etc, moved me one way and my back froze up again...it me a minute to get off the table( roll over and off)..he is sending me for xrays, then if I don't have any fractures or compression whatever things...he will start SLOWLY stretching..I will say I felt better Sunday, but had a bad night..I am living off of 800 MG of ibuprofen every 8 hours...so going to try to go for a walk with babies today...we will see.

@Tamevv I made deviled eggs,https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6866-classic-deviled-eggs
its always interesting to read your post, causes me to see another side of the world. My "four corners" as my kids call it is a very small view..LOL. I love journaling as well. I think my mother poured that into me.

@trooworld I LOVE the snowflakes and yes I agree the blue is awesome. I like the "light" around your TV, looks so inviting. Glad you had some ME time.

@theslightedgeforever If I don't do exercising in the AM, I usually won't do it. I know me as I am a morning person and at night I am all done in.

@gemwolf110 I love your tree, good to see you post!!!

@senoritafloridita Yea on no covid and that you got right back on plan with NS...that's what keeps us moving forward. I am glad you enjoyed the food and knowing you could just jump back in where you left off.

Cbabie

theslightedgeforever

@senoritafloridita Glad you are feeling better. Good job on getting back on plan after Thanksgiving. My weekend was good and under boundaries. It had been a horrible week. My dd and I were talking about a trip to NZ. Such a long trip there but I think worth it. We'll just add it to our list.

@Tamevv Good thought on next year me. So Tasmania. That's interesting. My hubby had a friend from there in college. They played on the soccer team together. I had to go look up exactly WHERE it was. That's good that you moved on from the chocolate. These things happen but you didn't stay in the place of "I've already blown it so I might as well eat....." thinking.

@gemwolf110 Hopefully you can find a good exercise program to offset the stress/boredom eating. Your tree is so pretty. Especially that angel

@trooworld Thanks for sharing that other article. I'll read it next. What obstacles do you see in your systems? I love banana bread with choc chips. Only way my son will eat banana bread. He doesn't realize there are bananas in it. I'm sorry your zoo/lunch day plans aren't what you anticipated. But it sounds like all went well. At least you can voice your feelings to her for next time. I hate when the restaurants are so-so. But like you said company was great.

I was listening to a podcast yesterday about the 4 weeks left of the holidays. What are your intentions about weight. She was saying it's better to just get real with yourself about how much work you want to put in. How busy will you be? how many holiday parties you will be attending? Do you want to maintain and then start the year off with a bang? Do you want to gain 3-5 lbs? Do you want to lose 1-2 lbs a week. She said the choice is entirely up to you. It takes the stress and blame game out of it. Very nice podcast.

So my plan was to get up at 5AM and go to the gym. I went to bed at 11:30 last night. About 1;30 I was wide awake and finally fell back to sleep. When the alarm went off there was no way I was heading to the gym. So I reset it for 6. Now my schedule is off. The caregiver comes in at 7. So I get up at 6 and think I'll just go in the afternoon. Brain says, you know that doesn't work. So I compromised and went to the gym and did 10 min cardio, then went on with my journaling and so forth. I did get back into the gym this afternoon and did my whole workout. So that was my obstacle this morning with my workout "system". I didn't do all or nothing thinking. I worked around it. So we'll try again tomorrow for 5 AM.

theslightedgeforever

@cbabie Sorry your back is giving you such fits. I was doing so well with afternoon exercise at dd's house. Of course I was sleeping in later too. There's not as many obstacles there as there is at home.

gemwolf110

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@senoritafloridita Glad you are feeling better. Good job on getting back on plan after Thanksgiving. My weekend was good and under boundaries. It had been a horrible week. My dd and I were talking about a trip to NZ. Such a long trip there but I think worth it. We'll just add it to our list.

@Tamevv Good thought on next year me. So Tasmania. That's interesting. My hubby had a friend from there in college. They played on the soccer team together. I had to go look up exactly WHERE it was. That's good that you moved on from the chocolate. These things happen but you didn't stay in the place of "I've already blown it so I might as well eat....." thinking.

@gemwolf110 Hopefully you can find a good exercise program to offset the stress/boredom eating. Your tree is so pretty. Especially that angel

@trooworld Thanks for sharing that other article. I'll read it next. What obstacles do you see in your systems? I love banana bread with choc chips. Only way my son will eat banana bread. He doesn't realize there are bananas in it. I'm sorry your zoo/lunch day plans aren't what you anticipated. But it sounds like all went well. At least you can voice your feelings to her for next time. I hate when the restaurants are so-so. But like you said company was great.

I was listening to a podcast yesterday about the 4 weeks left of the holidays. What are your intentions about weight. She was saying it's better to just get real with yourself about how much work you want to put in. How busy will you be? how many holiday parties you will be attending? Do you want to maintain and then start the year off with a bang? Do you want to gain 3-5 lbs? Do you want to lose 1-2 lbs a week. She said the choice is entirely up to you. It takes the stress and blame game out of it. Very nice podcast.

So my plan was to get up at 5AM and go to the gym. I went to bed at 11:30 last night. About 1;30 I was wide awake and finally fell back to sleep. When the alarm went off there was no way I was heading to the gym. So I reset it for 6. Now my schedule is off. The caregiver comes in at 7. So I get up at 6 and think I'll just go in the afternoon. Brain says, you know that doesn't work. So I compromised and went to the gym and did 10 min cardio, then went on with my journaling and so forth. I did get back into the gym this afternoon and did my whole workout. So that was my obstacle this morning with my workout "system". I didn't do all or nothing thinking. I worked around it. So we'll try again tomorrow for 5 AM.

Thank you. Love that Angel as well! Lights aren’t turning on. Probably need to replace bulbs? But I did find a little challenge called the turkey to tree challenge that a local running store set up for quick exercises to do everyday for 30 days. My friend posted about it on FB and now I’m participating. So far so good. Realize how out of shape I am.

theslightedgeforever

Quick check in. Gym work finished. I burnt my 300 calories for the day. Food was OP yesterday. I'm on track to meet my water goal.

@trooworld I read that other article you mentioned.

theslightedgeforever

@gemwolf110 I like that turkey to tree challenge. Sounds fun. Wouldn't it be nice if we just plugged things in and they worked? So far my cordless phone for my mil broke, then my washer broke last night.....you know these things come in threes. I'm hoping something already broke and I just forgot.

@trooworld My friend is in Thailand right now. She's having so much fun with all the adventures and the food. I have done the diabetes prevention program by the CDC. It really works if you do the work. Maybe give your hubby some other ideas of how he can show his love besides food. I'm glad you enjoyed the webinar. I liked the article. I need more work on my mindset. Lots of the fixed mindset details fit me. I'm reading the next one after that: Plant Seeds and Pull Weeds in your garden of Life

I got up and did my hill/sprint program this morning. I still need to burn about 60 more calories to reach my 300 goal. Went over my food boundary yesterday. Met my water goal though. I lost a total of 1.2 lbs for the month of November with all the back and forth I was doing. But a loss is a loss. Wish it was more but my actions did not make it possible for it to be more. Too many days I went over my boundary. Not enough days hitting my 300 calorie exercise goal. So on to December.

gemwolf110

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@gemwolf110 I like that turkey to tree challenge. Sounds fun. Wouldn't it be nice if we just plugged things in and they worked? So far my cordless phone for my mil broke, then my washer broke last night.....you know these things come in threes. I'm hoping something already broke and I just forgot.

@trooworld My friend is in Thailand right now. She's having so much fun with all the adventures and the food. I have done the diabetes prevention program by the CDC. It really works if you do the work. Maybe give your hubby some other ideas of how he can show his love besides food. I'm glad you enjoyed the webinar. I liked the article. I need more work on my mindset. Lots of the fixed mindset details fit me. I'm reading the next one after that: Plant Seeds and Pull Weeds in your garden of Life

I got up and did my hill/sprint program this morning. I still need to burn about 60 more calories to reach my 300 goal. Went over my food boundary yesterday. Met my water goal though. I lost a total of 1.2 lbs for the month of November with all the back and forth I was doing. But a loss is a loss. Wish it was more but my actions did not make it possible for it to be more. Too many days I went over my boundary. Not enough days hitting my 300 calorie exercise goal. So on to December.

Urgh up the fabulous threes

gemwolf110

Can’t believe it is already December! Here’s to a new month leading to a new year!

senoritafloridita

Hi all, trying to catch up here. Though it wasn't the flu/Covid this virus has been a doozy, whatever it was. I've been kinda zonked and had to skip workouts for a week. I'm finally feeling better. Son and I will workout later. Continuing with NS for a 3rd month so far. It's nice how they let you pick meals and you can swap more substantial frozen meals instead of meal bars (for example) and it's all under the same plan price. Doesn't take long to figure out which meals you like. I always supplement the meals with veggies/fruit and have been pretty satisfied that way.

theslightedgeforever

@gemwolf110 I said the same thing about December.

@trooworld Just figure out your December plan and make it work. Yaaay on your weight loss. So glad you are getting your drywall fixed.

@senoritafloridita It's good when you are satisfied with a plan. It's so much easier to follow. Glad you are feeling better.

I went to the dr yesterday. I suspected that one of my bp pills was causing my feet to swell. I had been playing dr with myself while I was at my dd's house and was taking that pill every other day. It worked for the most part. So now we changed that medication but it's a less powerful drug so we will see what happens. Although I'm kind of worried I have protein in my urine so we are doing blood tests and urinalysis on Monday. Hope it's nothing serious. I told him it would be nice if I would just eat right, exercise, and lose weight and not take any bp meds. LOL He just smiled. I'm supposed to monitor bp twice a day now instead of one. I'm currently in the 110s/120s so I'm not worried about that but will see what happens.

I have work to do on my habits:

November
food 18/30 days under calorie goal
water 15/30 days meeting calorie goal
exercise 4/30 days burning 300+ calorie goal

senoritafloridita

@trooworld appreciate the thoughts. That's awesome you got the 5 lbs off! Glad the drywall is finally getting done. Our dog goes bonkers over vacuums like when the cleaning people come - only time she really gets riled, she just sniffs newcomers. She's an 8-yo collie.

@theslightedgeforever Sending good wishes for your blood tests/urinalysis. That's good about your BP. And good luck for your December goals!

We're having our treat meal of the week tonight. I've been craving Japanese all week. Then we're planning to go to a museum where they have amazing Christmas train displays.

Tamevv

Hi everyone, Been a bit of stress these last few days with my middle child so a bit distracted. Haven’t been tracking but took said son out for morning tea and had only a small taste of his sweets and we left the ice cream on the table so that’s a win 😊. Also opted out if the kranskys for dinner and just had the salad (made a big bowl the other day and have it portioned in the fridge for easy grabbing). Today I’ve done two workouts and some strength and generally been active. Water is still low. Sorry I’m behind on comments. Hope you are al travelling okay.

Tamevv

Morning @trooworld I love how we sometimes have to google what each other is talking about 😁. So glad the drywall is getting sorted. You seem to get migraines pretty often - that must really suck ☹️. Hope today turns out okay.



Morning everyone. As you all know, I have been just plodding without focus for a while now. Doing okay in semi-maintenance but think I’ll need to be a bit more intentional this month. So here is the list of things I’m committing to this week (as posted on a challenge board).

1. 1 proper step class minimum every week (Dec)
2. 2 ltrs water every day
3. Track all snacks every day. This will be the kicker for me. I was going to try to put numbers on it, but for where I am now that seems to be setting up for failure 🫤. So for week one I just want to monitor and see where I am. Please feel free to ask me about any of these items.

I will of course continue my morning routine and will try to do some kind of strength activity every day. It may be only one set of something, but I can do SOMETHING every day.

theslightedgeforever

@senoritafloridita Do you have any December goals? The train displays sound fun. I like seeing things like that.

@tamevv Sometimes life gets in the way. Hope all is well now and you are back to normal stress for December. LOL Sounds like you did really well on the food and exercise. I had to look up kransky too. I always like learning new words. Did you track your snacks yesterday?

@trooworld Two most common reasons for protein in urine is diabetes and high blood pressure. Maybe a little bit of kidney problems. I will see him again on Thursday and see my results. Hopefully all is well. How is your headache?

I have been using an app called Habit Factor. I listen to the guy's podcast and have also read some of his books. I like his approach in that you pick a goal; then pick which habits would be associated with that goal. Then how many days you will work on that goal and target quantities. Instead of saying I'm going to do these 5 habits every day. That's a lot to change all at once. He has you do this for 28 days. Then you track each day. You either did it or not. No halfway did it. At the end of the period, you assess your progress. If you get 85% or over, then you edit your habit by adding another day or adding another glass of water or whatever. Under 85% you keep working on that habit as written for the next 28 days.

My goal was lose 34.5 lbs between Nov and end of June. I have accomplished 3% of that.

This was my habits for November: So the 1st three goals are remaining the same. I added a day to eat vegetables and reduce sugar for a total of 4 days per week.

senoritafloridita

@Tamevv Nice on the good food choices and the commitments for this month.

@trooworld Japanese was delicious! Seaweed salad, sushi with tempura shrimp inside - amazing. Ugh I hate migraines. Good you have meds for them.

@theslightedgeforever for now my goals are to stay 1500 cals or less on MFP, which Nutrisystem has made possible, and to stick to the half-marathon training schedule. I also track all my food. The habit app looks cool.

Son and I did 3 miles yesterday which was great after some sick downtime, and I'm pretty much back on track with the plan. Just sometimes, I get frustrated with how much further I still have to go. I have days of being thrilled with my progress, and then days of discouragement. Par for the course I know...but I wish I could skip the discouragement.

theslightedgeforever

@trooworld I don't remember if I paid for this app or not. Sometimes I do and sometimes not. I figure it's usually not much and my health is worth it as I would spend same amount of money for donuts or something. What is the start date of the habits? you are doing great on your f&v and look at that water? I'm not consistent on tracking my habits every single day. I always seem to miss a day but I go back and enter it in. Because I'm keeping track either here or on Fitbit.

So yesterday I met my food and water goal. Rest day for exercise. I've already burned my 300 cals for today. Now to just stay under calories and drink my water.

Tamevv

Hi all.

Success yesterday with water and tracking snacks. Today will probably be low on water because I went to the dentist and dont fancy anything at all in my mouth for a while 😞. Yesterday was an average day emotionally and this morning i had a lapse in concentration that will turn into a costly mistake which I feel so guilty and embarrassed about. I know these things happen and I’m being conscious not to turn it into something it’s not, but to say I’m not loving myself right now is an understatement. I have a killer headache which will only get worse when the drugs wear off, so I’m here slothing on the couch feeling sorry for myself. I know exercise is good for me in this mental state but don’t feel up to it physicalḻy. I dunno. Sorry to be a downer today. Will give myself another hour and see how I feel.

Tamevv

Hi again, the act of coming here and writing before was all I needed - stopped wallowing, got off my butt, did some sit-ups and figured out how to drink water with a straw. Managed two litres by bedtime and got both my ticks. The downside is I realised I could also eat if I was careful, so have sucked some chocolate and lemon curd this afternoon. Managed some steamed veggies and a soft egg for dinner. Came in under calorie goal and feel like I can manage work tomorrow (not that I have much choice). Thanks for being a sounding board once again - the mere existence of this board is a good influence on me 😊.

theslightedgeforever

@Tamevv That's great that you were able to use this board for support. Actually you did it all your self since no one had checked in between the two posts. but that's okay. You were able to solve your problem. We all could take a lesson.

@trooworld I'm just trying to concentrate on the next lb. I have about 75 lbs over all too. But too much to think about. Your chaffles sounded good. I tried to make those once and it was a disaster. Your water looks good again and the f&v. I need to get up and get me a cup of water.

I got part of my test results online. I think I'm going to have to go back on carb cycling again. Fasting glucose was 115. But I have to wait until I see the results of the protein part to make the decision. I've done 30 min exercise so far for the day but still need to burn more calories. Strength training doesn't burn very many calories but is good for the metabolism and bones.

theslightedgeforever

@trooworld Your salad sounded really good. I like salads like that. I'm still trying to educate my hubby that salad can be a meal and not just a starter. Good job on listening to your body's satiety levels. Yaay on your water

Food was in bounds yesterday. I need to do some stretching and will complete my 300+ burned calories. I did some cardio when I woke up. Off to track my habits

Tamevv

Hi all. Did all my ticks yesterday, tracked all my snacks and was over on calories but it’s okay because I had cake with my kids and enjoyed it very much 😁. I have always had a sweet tooth but I’m noticing I really enjoy icing on cakes in a way I didn’t used to. Maybe I’m just savouring and noticing it more.

@trooworld that salad sounds AWESOME. My other half is camping with @theslightesgeforever ‘s - he will eat salad as a side if I don’t prepare anything else, but sometimes it’s begrudgingly (well, it is probably alggways begrudgingly but he knows it’s good for him 😁). I make sure he gets his preferences plenty often enough. Cant wait for the day someone makes meals specifically because they know I’ll enjoy them 🫤

senoritafloridita

@theslightedgeforever That's good that your food was in bounds today.

@Tamevv Sorry to hear about your hard day. I hope you're feeling better now. Good job on coming in under your calorie goal that day.

@trooworld Yeah it's nice to be able to focus on each day, the small things, NSVs, etc. The fact that I have gotten committed to tracking food gives me a lot of encouragement. Great job on the intuitive eating and the McGriddle Chaffles sound delicious.

I went off plan last night DH and I had late night cravings for McDonald's. Oh well, we enjoyed it. Back on track today. We're getting together with his friends tonight...will just have to make the best eating choices I can. Waiting for the next shipment of NS.

Tamevv

Hi @senoritafloridita , thanks, today is just a couple of appointments but mostly quiet so I’m hoping for a calm one 😊. How often do your shipments come? Hope you have a great dinner out and get to eat some delicious things 😁

theslightedgeforever

@tamevv Yaay on your ticks and tracks. I'm still waiting on that meal thing. My youngest cooks and I was with him this summer and he kept saying, OK I will OK I will and.... still waiting. I said if you don't actually plan a day it will never happen. It's interesting my hubby can make his own coffee and breakfast when he's at my dd's house but when he's home.......LOL I guess I trained him that way.

@senoritafloridita Tracking always helps. I had read once when eating at McDs to order just a side salad and a double cheeseburger on the side. No fries. (yes I know best thing) Then take off the bun and cut up the patties and add them to the salad. So you get the taste of the cheeseburger but a bit healthier. Full disclosure: I did not do this last week. Dh just brought me home the "usual" which is Quarter Lb with Cheese meal. Food pusher.

@trooworld Thanks for the salad recipe. Yes even if protein, it's not a meal. He's more of a protein and two sides kind of guy. I get the Eating Well magazine via Kindle. I'll take a look at that salad recipe. the link didn't work. How is your eye?

So I went to the dr this morning. No protein problems. That's good. I knew my sugar was higher than last year. But it's still not at diabetes level, but I'm back in pre-diabetes level. I bing bong back and forth between non and pre stages every other year it seems. So he wants me to go see the Diabetic Clinic anyway to get my A1c done as he only ordered a fasting test. So I guess I'm going back to carb cycling mode again. I need to dig out my spreadsheets and make some plans.
He blamed the high cholesterol numbers on me gaining weight. A whole 4.4 lbs since this time last year when the test was taken. I said I'm not taking meds for it since I never have a problem with it. I said let's revisit in 3-6 months. You doctors just like to push the pills. Same thing I'll be telling the diabetes doc. I think I was channeling my father this morning at the doctor.

Food was in bounds yesterday. Water goal met. 301 calories burned.

I've already burned 243 cals this morning via cardio dance and strength training so I'll just do another 5 min cardio and my stretching and exercise goal will be met.

Did MFP take out the importing recipe function?

theslightedgeforever

@trooworld Sorry about your eye. The salad looks good. I originally got premium because I could see which of my foods for the day was highest in carbs and then downward. (when I was doing carb recycling) I just never got rid of it. I used to use the importer all the time but couldn't find it the other day. I'll check again. Yaaay on your weight loss this week.

I went over on calories yesterday. Did my 300+ calories for exercise. Water goal-not met. Today will be a rest day for me as my Fitbit is showing me as 1 for a readiness score. I've looked up my spreadsheets for my carb cycling and will begin that on Monday. Need to get some groceries for it.

senoritafloridita

@Tamevv The NS shipments have been coming monthly but I delayed the next one until February. Will still keep tracking in the meantime.

@trooworld that salad looked good, too bad it was bland. Handymen can be unreliable..we've had a few bad ones out here. Great job on the weight loss!

@theslightedgeforever That's a great idea about the burger and salad at McDs! Sorry to hear about the pre-diabetes but hopefully the carb cycling will help.

Despite my best laid plans I went off the rails a bit on Tuesday with the friends gathering. I had eaten a salad beforehand but then we were out in the cold for a while, which made me hungry, and then we all went to a bar, where just about everybody was ordering food. I ended up getting wings. In the past I could withstand the "special occasion" and "everybody else is getting food so I'm gonna too" temptations. Need to get back to that. At least I got back on track the next day. And we normally have our treat meal on Fridays but DH and I are skipping it - we just don't really crave it because of the earlier treats.

Tamevv

Hi everyone, sorry for the late check in today, been a lazy one and I haven’t had enough water and didn’t do my step class. I’ll make my minimum exercise goals to continue my streak but that’s about all. The last three days have seen medical issues for me and my daughter and to be honest both are playing with my head for different reasons and it’s stressing me out. I had a small loss which I’m happy about and plodding along but I’m not sure how or when this stuff will be resolved. I’m doing okay though, just took a lazy one today - am proud of myself for still getting up and doing my morning exercise though - took will power today and I’m proud of myself for doing it 😊👍

theslightedgeforever

@senoritafloridita It amazes me how sometimes I can just say no to food or eat one little thing and then other times in same situation I don't and revert to my old self. I don't know if it's really hormonal or things I'm subconsciously telling myself. I just know I don't like it when I disappoint myself

@Tamevv Give yourself credit for doing the minimum exercise at least. You could have chosen the couch and Netflix. Hooray on your loss.

@trooworld How's your head? What good choices did you make today? I hope you had a good book to read while the oil was being changed. I used to love those days because it was automatic ME time. I sent out the hounds for @cbabie

Food was in bounds yesterday. Rest Day for exercise. Water goal not met. I have a hard time when I'm busy cause I just don't think about it. Even if I take the water bottle with me. I think part of it is my bladder is not what it used to be and I don't want to use the bathroom in places. So need to work on that thinking. I had a late night last night and didn't get up and exercise like I usually do in the mornings. @senoritafloridita has inspired me to at least do the minimum today. I decided to go ahead and start today with carb cycling despite I have a friends gathering instead of waiting til Monday. My body doesn't know what day it is. It just knows that it's prediabetic and needs to change. Good choices must be made whether or not I'm at home. Whether or not it's the "holidays".