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

saybyebob

Thanks for all the kind welcoming words. Wrote down my goals and planning how to achieve them for the new year. My biggest drawback I don't get up and move...but I'm working on it!

cbabie

Morning all, the year went fast, but this week has gone so slow...too many sicknesses..LOL. I am so ready for fresh air and open doors. Well if I didn't live on a very busy loud main road. LOL My grandson and his wife leave Monday and I will so miss him. I am cooking Chicken with veggies tonight and Spaghetti tomorrow night. I am making homemade white bread today and made banana bread last night. We still have fudge left and peanut butter cookies, so hoping they eat this all before they leave. LOL.

My goals are still being written, but I do know I want to cook 99% of my food at home, exercise more and be in the present, not in the past or too distant future. Enjoy each day and find something good to say about others to encourage them. Declutter is a very distant goal.

@saybyebob Welcome to the group, you know everyone starts someplace and you are trying to move, that is the very first step. I used to see if I could do Leslie walking program on Youtube, even if it was for 2 min. I could say in my heart I tried and will keep increasing as time would allow. You got this and I am proud of you.

@fabgeekmom I love seeing what you plan for dinner is. I am so proud that you keep moving!!! that is so important. I know I need to stretch more, my back is starting to get sore again. You know I am glad you bought from your grand daughter and you ate some...it's important for her and you just built a memory with her.

@trooworld You have a lot of goals girl. Pick one and focus on that, what is the most important one. I love that you are trying to be in the present. You and DH went with the hand you were dealt with the internet... I am so glad we have hot spot. LOL

@gemwolf110 I am there with you girl. We always stay in and yet....the dog we have hates the fireworks and barks all night...so I think I will put headphones is. LOL. Yes, good time to readjust from this past year.

Cbabie

fabgeekmom

@cbabie Those meals sound delicious! I love homemade bread, banana bread, too. I know what you mean about wanting family to eat all the goodies. It’s a good time to work on goals.

gemwolf110

Hi All!

@cbabie @fabgeekmom great goals! We have similar to mine. We got this!! 💪🏻

@saybyebob welcome to the group! 👋🏻

@trooworld yikes! Loosing power stinks but sounds like you had a good day!


Had a busy day today. Cleaned out 7 bags of clothes, sheets, quilts and a dish set and donated them. Still have more to go through but it was productive day. Went to church with my family and we had my stepdads famous omelettes for dinner. Home with the pups now. They have been spoiled this week with me home 🏡

Have a great night everyone!

Missy

CW 209.6
GW: 110-120
HW: 228.8

fabgeekmom

@gemwolf110 Wow, that was a productive day!Omelettes for dinner sounds good. I’m glad you are enjoying your pups. My daughter and her family have 2 cats and they give us a lot of pleasure.

Neds1980

@cbabie many thanks for the welcome. I started yesterday, and scales say I have lost 1.5lbs this morning. Today is going to be a challenge as we are celebrating a birthday as well as New Years! How are you all managing today...we have so much cake - HELP! Have a wonderful New Year's Eve.

fabgeekmom

@Neds1980 Good job on the weight loss! As for the cake, there are several options. Is is homemade or store bought? Store bought is easier to say no to. You could eat one piece and track it as it’s hard not to eat cake when everyone else is. Give the rest away. If that’s not an option, freeze it for later. I often do this and end up throwing it away months later. @trooworld The game sounds like fun. I love Thai food but my husband doesn’t. Hi, all. I’m staying home today and will do some Peloton workouts on my bike. Yesterday I did some fun ones and even did a strength one. I neglect strength workouts. This one was 10 minutes and I could do it seated. Tonight we are going to my daughter’s house for dinner. We went to our favorite Italian restaurant last night.

gemwolf110

Good Morning!

@fabgeekmom how did Peloton go? I’ve fought about getting one but unsure 🫤 sounds like your having a great weekend!

@trooworld Thai food sounds yummy!

@Neds1980 congrats on the loss! As for the cake, I would insist on small pieces. That’s what I do. Have small piece of everything so I get the taste and enjoy it without getting sick or overstuffed.


Busy Sunday already! Got my food shopping done for the week. Well I already realized I forgot two items so I gotta go back whoops! Also got photos hung up and slowly making my home more of a HOME than something just I’m living in. Had a rough few years in the past and this year I’ve been getting out of that funk slowly. Have so many plans for this little house.

Think I’m going to add a goal of writing what I’m thankful for and my hopes/dreams. Get it on paper instead of just thinking about it.


Have a great New Year’s Eve everyone!

~Missy

theslightedgeforever

@fabgeekmom Nice goals. I need to work on portion control too. I made Asian Chicken and Broccoli (think beef and broccoli). It was so good but I didn't realize how many points the ramen noodles had. So next time I will serve it over cauliflower rice.

@saybyebob Welcome to the group! I'm curious about your username. How did you come up with it? I had my own theory. I'm prediabetic also but not on metformin. I'm working on moving more too. Not the exercise part just not sitting as much. I'm trying to finish a book for bookclub this week and so I opted for the audio part today so I could listen to it while I did some work in the house. I normally don't like to listen to books but I don't like being fat either so I have to make little sacrifices here and there.

@cbabie I keep telling you that's why headphones were made. Just pop them in and turn them up and you don't hear anything you don't want to. I just read you will tune out the dogs when they bark. Babies and husbands can also be tuned out same way. lol You still have eyes to look at them and make sure they are okay.

@gemwolf110 Nice goals you have set for yourself. Do you have any particular goal in mind for the financial part? More savings? Less debt? What would be the action verb in that goal? I'll be doing tonight what I do every New Years Eve. Wishing I was at a party somewhere. Preferably hotel. Dh will go to bed early. I'll sit and wait for midnight to come. I like to watch the ball drop in NY and then listen to Frank Sinatra.

@trooworld What kind of exercise can you do while waiting for dh to set up your walking pad?

@Neds1980 Yaaay on your weight loss. I say enjoy the cake on the birthday but then leave it for others after that. Tell yourself you know what it tastes like. It's not going to change. Keep your goal in mind.

I thought I got on yesterday but didn't evidently. Too many posts. lol I went to the gym yesterday for treadmill, weights, and stretching. Today was the treadmill.

Well the scale moved finally. Wrong direction. Up 0.9 lbs. I checked my weight NYE 2022 and I was 0.2 lbs heavier. So basically with all my losing and gaining I've maintained my weight. I am not at goal. This is not acceptable. This time next year I want to see 30 lbs gone.

Right now I'm focusing on my snack points. Trying to reduce them to a certain level. I've noticed that breakfast will always be my biggest points. I like breakfast. So I will tweak the other meals to start losing again. I have continued this week to preplan the meals I will cook. That helps alot.

fabgeekmom

@gemwolf110 I love Peloton! I don’t have the bike but I use the workouts on my recumbent bike. My daughter has a Peloton bike and loves it. Good job on meal prep. I have a rough idea of what I am preparing. I have tomorrow taken care of and most ingredients for the rest of the week. @theslightedgeforever The Asian chicken and broccoli sounds good. Sometimes I have a high calorie dinner and plan the rest of the day around it. I love listening to audiobooks.

saybyebob

Happy New Years Eve!

Made it through the evening by no eating after 6:30 last night. Today I'm going to start tracking my water a little better.

I also got on the scale and did measurements, ugh, not good numbers at all.

Motivational quote " I want to see what happens if don't give up"

gemwolf110

fabgeekmom wrote: »

@gemwolf110 I love Peloton! I don’t have the bike but I use the workouts on my recumbent bike. My daughter has a Peloton bike and loves it. Good job on meal prep. I have a rough idea of what I am preparing. I have tomorrow taken care of and most ingredients for the rest of the week. @theslightedgeforever The Asian chicken and broccoli sounds good. Sometimes I have a high calorie dinner and plan the rest of the day around it. I love listening to audiobooks.

Nice! I’m going to have to check that out!

gemwolf110

theslightedgeforever wrote: »

@fabgeekmom Nice goals. I need to work on portion control too. I made Asian Chicken and Broccoli (think beef and broccoli). It was so good but I didn't realize how many points the ramen noodles had. So next time I will serve it over cauliflower rice.

@saybyebob Welcome to the group! I'm curious about your username. How did you come up with it? I had my own theory. I'm prediabetic also but not on metformin. I'm working on moving more too. Not the exercise part just not sitting as much. I'm trying to finish a book for bookclub this week and so I opted for the audio part today so I could listen to it while I did some work in the house. I normally don't like to listen to books but I don't like being fat either so I have to make little sacrifices here and there.

@cbabie I keep telling you that's why headphones were made. Just pop them in and turn them up and you don't hear anything you don't want to. I just read you will tune out the dogs when they bark. Babies and husbands can also be tuned out same way. lol You still have eyes to look at them and make sure they are okay.

@gemwolf110 Nice goals you have set for yourself. Do you have any particular goal in mind for the financial part? More savings? Less debt? What would be the action verb in that goal? I'll be doing tonight what I do every New Years Eve. Wishing I was at a party somewhere. Preferably hotel. Dh will go to bed early. I'll sit and wait for midnight to come. I like to watch the ball drop in NY and then listen to Frank Sinatra.

@trooworld What kind of exercise can you do while waiting for dh to set up your walking pad?

@Neds1980 Yaaay on your weight loss. I say enjoy the cake on the birthday but then leave it for others after that. Tell yourself you know what it tastes like. It's not going to change. Keep your goal in mind.

I thought I got on yesterday but didn't evidently. Too many posts. lol I went to the gym yesterday for treadmill, weights, and stretching. Today was the treadmill.

Well the scale moved finally. Wrong direction. Up 0.9 lbs. I checked my weight NYE 2022 and I was 0.2 lbs heavier. So basically with all my losing and gaining I've maintained my weight. I am not at goal. This is not acceptable. This time next year I want to see 30 lbs gone.

Right now I'm focusing on my snack points. Trying to reduce them to a certain level. I've noticed that breakfast will always be my biggest points. I like breakfast. So I will tweak the other meals to start losing again. I have continued this week to preplan the meals I will cook. That helps alot.

Want to eliminate all debt and save up a hearty emergency fund. Might take a few years but need to get it done.

gemwolf110

Good Morning!

@trooworld I still haven’t drank the sparkling juice that I got last year. I think I still have champagne in my fridge that is untouched. Whoops. 😬 I love your recipes need to print them out and add them to my recipe book.

I did not make it to midnight, haven’t in a long time. Almost did tho. Made it to 11 ish. But did watch Peacocks fireworks around the world show so that was nice to see.
Today - I’m going to probably clean and get ready for the week ahead today. Nice low key day is the plan.

How was everyone’s New Year?

Have a nice day everyone!

~Missy

CW : 209.2

fabgeekmom

@gemwolf110 Too funny about the juice and champagne. Today’s a good day for preparing for the week. @trooworld Also funny about the champagne. The recipe sounds good. I’ll have to look up the recipe in ATK. Hi, all. We ate dinner at my daughter’s house last night. She made a beef stew with sweet potatoes from a Milk Street cookbook. I never last until midnight on NYE. I usually go to bed at the same time, a little after 11. Tonight we are having leftovers from Christmas: collards and ham. Plus black eyed peas and some bread my son made and froze before Christmas. The peas are for luck and the collards are supposed to get us money. If only! But it’s a fun tradition. Happy New Year’s, everyone!

saybyebob

@theslightedgeforever My user name explained - Say bye Big Ole Belly LOL!!!

Had a quite dinner last night with 2 of my DS didn't make it till midnight but did hear the fireworks go off. Plan to do some sewing today. I have a pattern for Pegs ( stretchy yoga pants) That I plan to use for my morning stretches and workouts.

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into place.”
— Lucille Ball

fabgeekmom

@saybyebob I love that explanation for your username! Good luck on the sewing. I heard a few fireworks before bedtime but surprisingly not that many. My username is a combination of my children’s usernames for other platforms.

theslightedgeforever

@gemwolf110 I've been rewriting my goals today. Seems it's always the same ones. Maybe they just need to be written better. It's always nice to make a house a home. It should be our place of refuge. For me that's my bedroom since my mil lives with me now that she has dementia. My bedroom upgrade is on my list for this year. Basically decluttering and buying new comforters.

@fabgeekmom I had been converting the calories to points on my weekly meal plans but I forgot last week. So I didn't realize those darn ramen noodles were so high. Interesting thing I found was that my meal averages for December was almost exactly even for B L D and S. I'm still about 2-3 points too high. So more tweaking is needed.

@saybyebob Yaay on not eating past 6:30. I've pretty well conquered that one. I just eat a some blueberries or strawberries usually. It's just the other food earlier in the day I need to work on. I love your username explanation. I was thinking it was your ex-husband's name and you have cleaned out that clutter and now are free and single to work on yourself. lol

@trooworld I don't like Thai food either. lol Funny on the champagne. Evidently you don't want it bad enough. Wouldn't it be nice if food was like that? I know what to tweak I just don't always do it. So frustrating. If I could get that part of the puzzle figured out.....

So am I the only one who made it to midnight? My daughter texted me and said are you watching? I sent back some jazz hands emoji. She just laughed. I wonder why I cry every time Auld Lang Syne is played. I was thinking I need to add watching the ball drop in person to my bucket list. But I was also thinking what if I go and that's the year it's a blizzard. lol

I got my roots done finally. One of the things I hate about getting old. I need to go measure myself. Go work some more on my goals. Making them specific.

fabgeekmom

@theslightedgeforever Good for you for staying up until midnight! Good idea to tweak points. Nothing wrong with getting your roots done. I have been having my hair dyed since I was in my 40’s. No grey hair for me!

cbabie

Morning all, my grandson left yesterday and I think I cried all day. He and his wife missed their flight and had to get another one..(baggage was really long wait times) I really miss him. But on to what this year will bring. I laugh as my word for the year is JOY and all I did was cry yesterday. It just makes me push harder to have the joy each day. Find something to be joyful about. Well it's not my weight. LOL. I just on the scale and somehow I have gained 4 lbs. I am still now where I was a year ago but not where I was last week. So bye bye junk food. Hello cooking and moving my body. I didn't make it til midnight, but I was awake at midnight. Fireworks started here the day before and they had lots and they were loud..dog stayed under the bed shaking and the baby somehow (prayers) slept through them. I have a weight goal in mind, but I am more about my health! You know, bones, heart, sugar, etc.

@trooworld I don't like Thai either, but I am basically plain. My family loves hot, spicy and I like bland. Funny about the Champagne.

@theslightedgeforever I think you will always stay up until midnight.

@saybyebob I loved how you came up with your username. You have a great mindset. Keep it up. Love the picture for 2024 you posted.

@fabgeekmom I love your reason for your username too! I always wondered how you got that. Good for you for keep on moving. Well I gave up dying my hair a long time ago. It grows too fast and couldn't/didn't want to keep it up. I am as white as white can get..but thinking about adding some undertones so maybe I don't look like I am in my 60's. LOL

@gemwolf110 Sounds like you have some great goals and you have a healthy attitude about your home and life. It's great to see how you meet your goals and work on you!

cbabie

fabgeekmom

@cbabie I’m sorry you are sad and missing your grandson. Those are good goals. Eating healthy and moving more really helps. Surprisingly we didn’t have too many fireworks. I wonder if it was too cold to go outside. @trooworld The Mexican recipe sounds good. Our Christmas decorations were put away one day last week. There are some lights on 2 small bushes on the front porch and my Christmas plates need to be put away. Hi, all. My New Years Day meal was good. DH and I went swimming yesterday so that was a good way to bring in the New Year. Tonight my daughter and her family are coming over again for dinner. We’re preparing an ATK recipe with chicken and couscous. I’m going to the recreation center to do the recumbent elliptical.

theslightedgeforever

Quick check in. I walked 24 minutes. Food was okay. I went over by 2 points

saybyebob

Got on the bike today and it was counted as rowing a boat! Too funny!! But at least I got on that blasted thing today. I also got 60 oz of water down.

cbabie

Morning all, It's so cold here. I am so tired of being cold. It seems like the "virus" is going around my house again. My middle daughter is sick again. I just keep taking vitamin c.. LOL I did not get to exercise yesterday and ate pretty bad. So here is to a new day.

@trooworld I think we all have changes this year. Change is not always easy and it doesn't matter if you have a lot or a little, it's still change. I believe that you will do this. I am praying for me to be more focused this year. I seem to get distracted with "life" LOL I think you are focused and you have the support of your DH. Oh btw, I still get heartburn LOL

@fabgeekmom good for you for beginning the new year with a swim. I still have my decorations up. trying to get them down today. I was ready a week ago, but still had company.

@theslightedgeforever good for you for walking and tracking!!! Keep up the good habits.

cbabie

fabgeekmom

@trooworld Small steps is a good start. Also it makes change more sustainable. @cbabie Too bad about the sickness. I’m tired of the cold, too. It’s 34 now. @saybyebob Too funny about your ride counting as rowing. It’s good that you exercised. @theslightedgeforever Good job on the walking. Hi, all. Dinner last night was good. My son cooked. When he cooks there are a lot of dishes to wash. Luckily my son-in-law helped. Tonight I am making pork burgers from a Milk Street cookbook. I’m using low-fat ground pork. It’s an Indian recipe so I will make DH one without the spices. I have lettuce and tomato plus frozen sweet potato fries. Today is a swim day.

gemwolf110

trooworld wrote: »

@cbabie Aww, I'm glad you have such a close relationship with your grandson. He must be very special. Your poor dogs...my dogs were affected as well. I'm glad the baby slept through it. I can't believe you guys don't like Thai food! It's my fave! Liking bland has its advantages, I think: less heartburn.

@fabgeekmom Yeah I still have lights on my porch I forgot to take down. Oh well. I'll take them down eventually lol. Great job staying active!

@theslightedgeforever Good job with the walk and staying near your point goal!

@saybyebob Great job with the bike! And water!

Hi all. I had my consultation with the bariatric surgeon yesterday. I weighed in at 0.4 lbs away from my highest weight ever. Not good. But I did qualify for surgery based on the weight alone. It will take 6 months to get through the nutritional counseling/physician-supervised weight loss program (seeing a dietician) and then another 7 months to get on the surgery schedule, so I'm likely not looking at surgery until 2025. Plenty of time to work on getting this weight off as much as possible. MFP Premium has a new 7-day plan called Big Changes Start with Small Steps. I signed up to do it. I have a lot to change this year. It starts today.

Water yesterday: 50 oz

My phrase for the year: "New year, new me!"

You got this! We are here for you. I signed up for that plan as well.

theslightedgeforever

@saybyebob Yaaay on using the bike. I don't like bike exercises either. Ha on the boat. Sounds more impressive than just riding a bike. Nice on the water. You are starting out the year really good.

@trooworld I'll look into the Big Changes or whatever it's called. lol Too lazy to scroll back up and look. I'll just tweak it to my points. What other health goals can you work on while you wait for your surgery? I see you did an uptake in water too. Woohoo!

@cbabie Sorry about the sickness. Wear warmer clothes LOL Drink sugar free hot chocolate. That helps. I only seem to get heartburn if I eat chocolate before bedtime. Or if I drink OJ.

@fabgeekmom How were the pork burgers and your swim? All week I've been planning to make that Moroccan chicken dish you once talked about. It keeps getting pushed back day by day. Maybe Friday.

@gemwolf110 I'll go join that thing you and @trooworld did. We can do it together.

I walked 20 min today in the mall. I made lentil soup with lots of cumin and turmeric. It was good. Cornbread to go along side. Should have pretracked instead of eating the second piece and then tracking.

theslightedgeforever

@trooworld Your dinner sounds really good. So I joined that plan and did all my tracking. Which is never the problem. Portion control would probably be it.

Today is a planned off day for exercise. I'm going to check my diary for last week to see if I can spot some patterns.

fabgeekmom

@trooworld Good job on tracking. Pre tracking, too. You are off to a good start. Hi, all. The pork burgers were good. I gave my DH what I prepared and he liked it. The recipe had no ginger in it. That’s the spice he’s not crazy about. In case anyone is interested, I combined 1 pound of lean ground pork, 2 egg yolks, 1/4 cup Greek yogurt, 5 teaspoons each of paprika and garam masala, 2/3 cup panko crumbs and 2 teaspoons garlic powder. I refrigerated it for 15 minutes and air fried it for 8 minutes, flipping halfway. I ate mine on a low calorie hamburger bun with Greek yogurt, lettuce and tomato. I rode my recumbent bike while I listened to an audiobook.

fabgeekmom

Hi, all. I forgot one ingredient:1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper.