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fabgeekmom

@theslightedgeforever Good job on tracking and exercising! Wow, 2 days!

gemwolf110

Almost the weekend after this busy week!

trooworld

@cbabie Thank you for the recipe. I am planning to make them this weekend for next week. We'll see if they get made lol.

@fabgeekmom Thank you. Good job with the bike. I hope you enjoyed the baked oatmeal and shepherd's pie.

@theslightedgeforever Hmmm I may have to get one. Good job with the tracking and exercising.

@gemwolf110 Happy Friday!

Hi all. Well, I'm an epic failure again this week lol. I gained 3.4 lbs. I hate this. I just keep gaining and gaining. I have gained 17.6 lbs since May 16, 2023 now. I just don't know how to put on the brakes. My hunger is out of control most days, other days, I'm eating the wrong things due to cravings or convenience. Sigh. On another note, my art opening is tonight. I have a lot of work friends coming to it and maybe two real-life friends. But it's supposed to rain so I may not see as many people.

Water yesterday: 75 oz

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

fabgeekmom

@trooworld I’m sorry you are having a hard time. Good luck with the art show. Hi, all. DH and I went swimming this morning. The water felt good. I had the last of the salmon on a salad for lunch with a package of Atkins sour cream protein chips. They were good and I’ll buy them again. Now I’m eating a lemon Think bar. I made a Crustless quiche from eatingbirdfood.com. That will be breakfast tomorrow with coffee and toast. Tonight is steak night.

cbabie

Afternoon all, sorry yesterday was crazy with appointments. Today baby girl and I went to have a pedicure just to have some fun. I have eaten better the last two days, but today borderline not good. Haven't exercised yet today either.

@theslightedgeforever Great job on hitting goals. I buy minced garlic...LOL

@trooworld I am sorry about the gain. If you like me the more I think about the weight I need to lose, the more I eat the wrong foods, wrong time, etc. I am trying to focus on one week one goal, one lb.

@fabgeekmom LOL the website "eatingbirdfood" doesn't sound appealing does it. I bet that quiche was good. You overnight oats sounded good. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

@gemwolf110 Happy Friday to you. I always know it's you without looking, you always post beautiful pictures... Hope all is good in your little corner of the world.

Cbabie

fabgeekmom

@cbabie I know what you mean about the website. It doesn’t sound appealing but I have found a few recipes. I modified the quiche by using spinach instead of kale. It’s good that your eating has improved a bit. Small steps….

theslightedgeforever

@fabgeekmom I was busy all day and then thought about my challenge. Ugh! So I did 2 sets of 3 exercises with weights and then 5 min stretching. My oldest son who is doing a challenge with a friend acts like he suddenly found religion. Then wants to share that religion with everyone. He thinks my gym time does not count. YOU DO YOU is what I told him. I am working on consistency right now. Doing what I said I was going to do. Crustless quiche sounds good.

@trooworld Sorry about the gain. Is there a little part of you that says it doesn't matter if you gain because you are going to have the surgery and after that lose weight really fast. I know that's what I would be telling myself. It's like knowing I'm going to start a strict diet on Monday for instance and so I eat all my favorite foods the night before. In the long run, I know it doesn't help me but that is what my brain would tell me. So brainstorm in terms of solutions to these problems

• your hunger is out of control
• you are eating the wrong things due to cravings
• you are eating the wrong things due to convenience

You did a great job on your water.

@cbabie Yaaay on you eating better the last two days. Minced garlic-I'm cheap and I've read it doesn't have the same health properties as fresh garlic because of the heat in processing. Here's a different perspective on eatingbirdfood. You are so light so you can fly in the air.

@gemwolf110 Happy Friday to you. I hope you are finding some relaxation time in your busy schedule.

So another day of tracking and went to the gym even if it was a short time.

fabgeekmom

@theslightedgeforever Good job on the exercise. Do what you can and build up. Your son is obviously younger and his exercise needs are different from yours.

gemwolf110

@trooworld sorry about the gain. This year seems to be one of those years. How did the art opening go? Wish I was closer would love to have seen it!

@cbabie all is good! Ready for the weekend! Ohh pedicures that sounds fun!

@theslightedgeforever yes definitely a busy week, planning on relaxing this weekend after getting some more cleaning/purging done.

trooworld

@fabgeekmom Thank you. Good job with the swimming.

@cbabie That will be fun for you guys to have a pedicure. Are you going to go somewhere or do it at home? That's good you have eaten better. Thanks. That's good advice!

@theslightedgeforever Thank you. No, because I'm not supposed to gain weight before the surgery so it does matter. Maybe my brain is telling me that despite having the order not to gain. Or maybe it is the order not to gain that is messing me up. Thanks. I know one thing that would really help is to get enough water and by enough, I mean 100+ oz a day. I need to find a way to make that happen. Good job tracking and going to the gym. Every bit counts.

@gemwolf110 Happy Saturday! Thank you. More on the art opening below (spoiler alert: it went well!).

Hi all. The art opening went very well, I had 8 of my friends and colleagues come. The man that my friend brought decided he loved my painting and bought it, so that was exciting. It stays in the gallery until the show closes and then I will deliver it to him. But it's paid for now. I was on a high last night from selling my painting and so stayed up until about 11:15 pm. Being in my 50s, my body doesn't let me sleep in like it used to and I got up at 4 am. I'm making your cauliflower air fryer tots tonight, @theslightedgeforever! I'm making sliders with them.

Water yesterday: 25 oz

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

gemwolf110

trooworld wrote: »

@fabgeekmom Thank you. Good job with the swimming.

@cbabie That will be fun for you guys to have a pedicure. Are you going to go somewhere or do it at home? That's good you have eaten better. Thanks. That's good advice!

@theslightedgeforever Thank you. No, because I'm not supposed to gain weight before the surgery so it does matter. Maybe my brain is telling me that despite having the order not to gain. Or maybe it is the order not to gain that is messing me up. Thanks. I know one thing that would really help is to get enough water and by enough, I mean 100+ oz a day. I need to find a way to make that happen. Good job tracking and going to the gym. Every bit counts.

@gemwolf110 Happy Saturday! Thank you. More on the art opening below (spoiler alert: it went well!).

Hi all. The art opening went very well, I had 8 of my friends and colleagues come. The man that my friend brought decided he loved my painting and bought it, so that was exciting. It stays in the gallery until the show closes and then I will deliver it to him. But it's paid for now. I was on a high last night from selling my painting and so stayed up until about 11:15 pm. Being in my 50s, my body doesn't let me sleep in like it used to and I got up at 4 am. I'm making your cauliflower air fryer tots tonight, @theslightedgeforever! I'm making sliders with them.

Water yesterday: 25 oz

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

That’s so awesome! So happy for you!

fabgeekmom

@trooworld That’s exciting that you sold a painting! I don’t do well when I go to bed later than usual. It seems that I get up the same time even if I stay up late. Hi, all. Steaks were good last night. We’ve been eating homemade salad dressing lately. The ATK buttermilk ranch is easy to make. I ate the quiche this morning and it was good. I only ate that with coffee as DH and I are meeting two of my cousins for lunch at 11:30. Afterwards we are going to Trader Joe’s as it is close the restaurant. I’m looking for protein bars and anything else that looks good.

trooworld

@gemwolf110 Thank you!

@fabgeekmom Thank you! I don't do well either when I go to bed later than usual. I am struggling this morning as well. Same here, no matter what time I go to bed, I'm up at 4-5ish. We mostly make homemade salad dressing, it's so much better than store-bought. I'm sure you'll find lots of good things at TJs. I love that store! They have this Georgian seasoning blend that is really good on chicken. I t's called "AJIKA GEORGIAN SEASONING BLEND" and to us, it's not really spicy. Below is what it looks like. Here is someone describing it better than me: https://traderjoesrants.com/2021/05/04/trader-joes-ajika-spice-blend/

Hi all. I did not track at all yesterday. Maybe I can go back and track as I remember what I ate, for the most part. I didn't cook last night, we were out and about and split a cheeseburger and fries from this restaurant. I will make the sliders today. I'm meeting a friend for coffee this morning. It will be nice to see him. He came to my opening Friday night but I didn't really spend much time with him.

Water yesterday: 12 oz

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

cbabie

Morning all, yesterday was a bust for me on food...I ate all the chocolate I could find..back to doing better. I know what triggered it and just have to remind myself of that. LOL. It's supposed to be in the 90's mid to later week. I want to see the 70's and 80's first. LOL. NO we get 60's to 90's..Welcome to my world. We went to a little shop by our house to have the pedi's done..She had so much fun.

@trooworld YEA!!! So happy that you sold your painting..that's awesome. I want to try the cauliflower tots too, just trying to find the time and menu to make them. (and not tell anyone what they are eating) LOL.

@fabgeekmom Do you have a recipe that you like for your dressing? My family is so picky about dressings, I would like to try to make it at home and see if they like that. Great Idea to modify for the kale, I am not a kale person...but I do like spinach. LOL.

@theslightedgeforever I can hear you say YOU DO YOU...LOL. Good job on tracking and getting to the gym...yes fly in the air..better perspective..

@gemwolf110 Hope you have a great weekend and get your stuff done before going back to work. Including the relaxing part..LOL

Cbabie

gemwolf110

cbabie wrote: »

Morning all, yesterday was a bust for me on food...I ate all the chocolate I could find..back to doing better. I know what triggered it and just have to remind myself of that. LOL. It's supposed to be in the 90's mid to later week. I want to see the 70's and 80's first. LOL. NO we get 60's to 90's..Welcome to my world. We went to a little shop by our house to have the pedi's done..She had so much fun.

@trooworld YEA!!! So happy that you sold your painting..that's awesome. I want to try the cauliflower tots too, just trying to find the time and menu to make them. (and not tell anyone what they are eating) LOL.

@fabgeekmom Do you have a recipe that you like for your dressing? My family is so picky about dressings, I would like to try to make it at home and see if they like that. Great Idea to modify for the kale, I am not a kale person...but I do like spinach. LOL.

@theslightedgeforever I can hear you say YOU DO YOU...LOL. Good job on tracking and getting to the gym...yes fly in the air..better perspective..

@gemwolf110 Hope you have a great weekend and get your stuff done before going back to work. Including the relaxing part..LOL

Cbabie

Yeah relaxing part would be nice! Got a decent chunk done yesterday. Will do some more today. It’s cold here only in the 40’s. Then should be in the 50’s low 60’s this week. I’m ready for 70’s.

gemwolf110

trooworld wrote: »

@gemwolf110 Thank you!

@fabgeekmom Thank you! I don't do well either when I go to bed later than usual. I am struggling this morning as well. Same here, no matter what time I go to bed, I'm up at 4-5ish. We mostly make homemade salad dressing, it's so much better than store-bought. I'm sure you'll find lots of good things at TJs. I love that store! They have this Georgian seasoning blend that is really good on chicken. I t's called "AJIKA GEORGIAN SEASONING BLEND" and to us, it's not really spicy. Below is what it looks like. Here is someone describing it better than me: https://traderjoesrants.com/2021/05/04/trader-joes-ajika-spice-blend/

Hi all. I did not track at all yesterday. Maybe I can go back and track as I remember what I ate, for the most part. I didn't cook last night, we were out and about and split a cheeseburger and fries from this restaurant. I will make the sliders today. I'm meeting a friend for coffee this morning. It will be nice to see him. He came to my opening Friday night but I didn't really spend much time with him.

Water yesterday: 12 oz

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

Nice thing about the app/website you can go back and track and retrace. I learned recently when you click on your history or type in a food you have tracked you can click off the days for the week so you don’t have to remember everyday to track it in there. I’ve been doing that with my coffee. Have the same way everyday.

fabgeekmom

@gemwolf110 I’m ready for warm weather,too. @cbabie Too bad about the chocolate. The salad dressing we make is half low-fat buttermilk and low fat mayonnaise with a little white vinegar and dill. You can also use the Ranch seasoning mix if you don’t want to chop up herbs. @trooworld Thanks for the TJ tip. I’ll keep that in mind the next time I go. I hope you had a good visit with your friend. Hi, all. I had a good visit with my cousins yesterday. I ordered the teriyaki tuna on salad which was good. I bought some Barebells ( protein bars) at TJ’s. I bought a package of 10 which was less expensive than buying them separately. My DH remarked that my protein bars take up as much room in the pantry as his cookies do. LOL! Tonight my son is grilling chicken breasts. He’s marinating them in equal parts lemon juice, olive oil and soy sauce. We have done that before and it is good.

theslightedgeforever

@gemwolf110 How are you doing on the losing/gaining journey? Doesn't it feel so good to get rid of stuff. Interesting info about tracking for the week. I'll have to figure it out.

@trooworld How far are you away from 100 oz? List me three ways you could close that gap. Woohoo on the painting. Now I can tell my friends I know an accomplished artist. I have my cauliflower tots frozen still. I'm leaving them to pull out when I need a good comfort snack. I put them on a tray and in the freezer and forgot all about them til yesterday when I went looking for some pepper strips.

@fabgeekmom I'll try your son's grilled chicken. That sounds good.

@cbabie I'm the queen of perspective much to my friends dismay.

I didn't do my two day challenge. I missed yesterday. But I exercised today. 15 min treadmill, 21 min of weights and 10 min of stretching. So now on to 3 days. I tracked my food.

renaegry

Hey all. Been ages since I have been in the chats. Started taking some new Tranont products Activate and Transform so got my focus on to exercise and eat well (at least for Monday to Friday). Lol.

Weighed in last week at 160.8 (lowest weight was 158). But have prob lost 7in since last been on. Been back at the treadmill doing at least 5k and Apple fitness workouts. And just got back to doing bench presses now that it has warmed up and I can get out to the garbage (location of weight bench).

Plan on being more active in discussions again.

trooworld

@cbabie It was a bust for me, too, don't feel alone lol. 90s whoa! I'm glad you had fun getting the pedis. Thank you, I'm happy too! I didn't end up making the tots yet but I know they will be good.

@gemwolf110 Yeah that is nice.

@fabgeekmom I did, thanks! That salad sounds delicious. That is a good marinade.

@theslightedgeforever Well, yesterday, I was 88 oz away...during the week, I am usually about 40 oz away. 1) I could drink 10 oz first thing in the morning before coffee. 2) I could have a goal of drinking 2-25 oz tumblers during my workday 3) I could drink 25 oz of water on the way to and from work. Boom that's over 100. Hahahaha I've sold more than this painting, so you already knew one! I haven't made the tots yet but I am looking forward to them. I'm sorry about your 2-day challenge but glad you exercised yesterday. Yay for tracking your food!

@renaegry Hey nice to "see" you! Good luck with the new products. Sounds like you are doing well. It would be nice to chat with you.

Hi all. I had a nice but busy weekend. The art event Friday night, Saturday my husband and I went to a horror art expo but only stayed 2 minutes because it was stupid. We went for coffee instead. Sunday, my husband and I drove 25 minutes away and went thrift store shopping, all I got was a cool t-shirt. We also went for coffee. I made a new piece of art. I made sliders last night which we had with parmesan-crusted brussels sprouts. Today is back to work.

Water yesterday: 12 oz

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

cbabie

Afternoon all, this has been a weird day, baby got up at 5, I came home from picking up baby girl from school, and my neighbors were in my drive talking to my DH with their 3 year old and waiting for the eclispe So I am just getting on here to say, I ate Wendy's last night for dinner. I have done much better today. I even made me a PB2 sandwich instead of JIF which I would kill for. LOL. I feel like today is just a bust (plan wise) but I am slowing getting some of my morning routine done. LOL

@renaegry good to see you. It' good you were focused on exercise and nutrition...I totally get M-F, I am THAT girl. LOL.

@theslightedgeforever you may have missed (1) day, but you are up to day 3, so I would say that is a win. great job on tracking and doing!!

@fabgeekmom Your dinner sounds good..I am afraid to say that with 2 kids, and my DH who loves cookies and "stuff" it's almost 1/2 with the good food totally. We have bountiful of cookies or and Ice cream.

@trooworld I am sorry your art event was not what you expected, but glad you both did pivot and do something you like. I just love the way you guys just move forward!!!

Cbabie

gemwolf110

Happy Eclipse Monday!

I couldn’t get pictures of eclipse but did see it! Was cool to see even though I wasn’t in an area for 100% totality. It go hazy though. Maybe next one I will conveniently plan a trip for the next one.

fabgeekmom

@trooworld Your weekend sounded like fun. Too bad about the art show although you found something better to do. @renaegry Welcome to the group. It sounds like you are doing well with your goals. @cbabie Good job on making good choices especially when you don’t get enough sleep. That’s hard. @theslightedgeforever Good job on exercising and tracking. Hi, all. We went swimming this morning and the water felt good. My son brought home some glasses so I was able to see the eclipse. Dinner is air fried shrimp, grits and salad.

theslightedgeforever

@renaegry Nice to see you. You have done an amazing job. Are your kiddos still active in sports?

@trooworld 1) I could drink 10 oz first thing in the morning before coffee. Is this a habit every single day? I hate when I don't do what I say I'm going to do. I need my own list I think. OK, give me a question prompt. What's the recipe for the Brussels sprouts. When I eat them at restaurants they are so good. When I make them at home......

theslightedgeforever

@cbabie So when the family wants Wendy's what could you order that would be a healthy choice? For instance 1)a small chili. OR 2)order a cheeseburger and remove the buns and throw it on a small side salad I found I order the same things when family decides fast food because of habit and its easier than trying to decide what else I could order because of time crunch.

@gemwolf110 I drive my adult children nuts with eclipses because I keep telling them make sure you don't look directly at it. They are like we know Mom. lol

@fabgeekmom I'm glad you enjoyed your swimming and your meal sounded really healthy.

I tracked. That's about it today. Oh I lost 1.7 lbs from last week so that's a good thing.

trooworld

@cbabie I'm glad that yesterday ended a better day. You and your PB lol. But that's great you found a way to curb your craving by using PB2. You said you felt like today was a bust but earlier you said you did much better today. Which do you mean? Oh that wasn't "my" art event, it was just an event at a hotel that we wanted to attend. We were hoping that it had some original art but all it ended up being was mass-produced stuff! Sorry for the confusion.

@gemwolf110 We had a 53% viewing path where I live. Not the greatest but not the worst. There was a viewing party at work with 3 telescopes and screens to show what was on the telescopes, glasses, and lots of people. It was fun but I wish we could have seen the whole eclipse.

@fabgeekmom Yes, the weekend was a lot of fun but it went by too quickly. Good job with your swim. Your dinner sounds good.

@theslightedgeforever It's not a habit, I haven't even started doing it lol. What is a habit is to grab my coffee and sit down in front of the computer. I need to fit it in somehow. What kind of question prompt do you want? I think what my husband did was boil the brussels sprouts for a few minutes, drain them, put them on a baking sheet and sprinkle parmesan cheese on them. He then put them in a 400F oven and let them bake until the cheese was browned. They were good. Give it a shot! Yay for tracking. And congrats on the loss, that's awesome!

Hi all. Yesterday, we had an eclipse viewing event at work. It was fun. We could see 53% of the eclipse. I tried to take pics but they didn't come out well, go figure lol. I am pretracked for today.

Water yesterday: 65 oz

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

renaegry

Morning all. Didn’t see much of the eclipse here. Only about 25% coverage.

My go to at Wendy’s is the grilled chicken burger no cheese.

Got in a good jog yesterday. Felt so good to get outside. Still very cool in the mornings here. Spring is very slow in coming.

Todays plan is a 5 km walk and a 10 or 20 min Pilates Apple fitness video.

fabgeekmom

@trooworld I’m glad you had fun at your viewing party. Good job on pre tracking. @theslightedgeforever Good job on the weight loss. @renaegry Good job on the jog and exercise. Hi, all. It’s getting warmer here. Today is supposed to get up to 77. I have errands to run so exercise will have to be in the afternoon. My son is making turkey ragu for family dinner. It’s an ATK recipe that he has adapted by using turkey sausage instead of pork sausage. I bought protein pasta so that will increase the protein. When my son makes Brussels sprouts he shreds them in the food processor, adds olive oil and salt and roasts them in the oven (450).

trooworld

@renaegry Ah that's too bad. Good job with the jog.

@fabgeekmom Thank you. Oh that's nice weather. That's a good way to make brussels sprouts.

Hi all. I had a terrible day at work yesterday. I didn't do anything wrong or get in trouble, it was something that happened. It ruined my day. Then, we went to bed at about 7:30 pm and were woken up by the smell of smoke at 8:30 pm. We went outside and it was very smoky out. We live right beside the canyon so it is concerning as there are homeless people that live in that canyon at times, and someone may have set it on fire. So I called the police non-emergency line and they said someone else had called too and that there was a firetruck on the way. We didn't hear what happened with that but the disruption in my sleep kept me up for a while.

Water yesterday: 75 oz

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

fabgeekmom

@trooworld Sorry you had such a bad day yesterday. I hope things are better today. Hi, all. Not much going on today. It’s a swim day. Dinner tonight will be grilled pork tenderloin, salad and some kind of starch. We’re having another warm day.