NON WW & WW NEWBIES, OUR NEW LIFE, THE START OF SOMETHING WONDERFUL
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theslightedge: Where do you live? Boy if we didn't walk here this year because of the rain, we sure wouldn't be outside much.
Another good weigh-in. Down 1 1/4. Doesn't seem like much but week-in-week-out it does seem to add up. That's also with very little exercise too but now that the fundraising Walk is over, I can get back at it and hopefully some golf in the very near future also.
Have a good one everyone.
Cheers, Carol0 -
Hello all!!!
Tracking on WW, but have to get back to tracking on here.
@trooworld YES definitely a scholarship for WW lol lol!!! It's ridiculous!!
@theslightedgeforever I wish I could attend the meetings, but I didn't see a link on your post. I'll look again. Thanks for that!! Keep up the good work!!!
Missing the rest of the ladies!!!
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Trooworld water has always been my nemesis. I was doing a bit better before I left but vacation puts my whole routine out of whack. I brought my water bottle with me but have yet to take it out of the suitcase. I'll do that though
Cmedwards I'm in Iowa visiting my kids. Rain. I know we need it for the plants to grow and all the other reasons people tell me but I really don't like rain. I think a childhood thing. I couldn't go outside to play if it was raining. Gray skies make me depressed. I love blue skies with fluffy clouds though. I have that screensaver on my daily Trello board You are doing a good job on your weight loss journey. You are losing the weight the right way. I watch on YouTube two twins who call themselves part of the turtle club. Losing weight slowly. But they've lost 100 lbs and 75 lbs respectively. Better than what I've done. Keep at it
Peru. Welcome back. Click on the picture. It should take you to YouTube
I'm not in here as much as I'd like but my kids are keeping me occupied. Or my husband. Usually I have some alone time.
Today if I don't eat anything else I will be under calories for the day. I don't think that's happened since I left home
My DH got a new Fitbit today. So I've been teaching him about that. Trying to keep my mouth shut and let him make his own journey (which is hard for me). He started tracking his food and was like this is hard. I explained that once you get your favorites set up tracking is so easy. Takes no time at all.
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Happy Mother's day to all. I hope you each have a good day. I have been really busy and emotional ride, spent most of the day yesterday going through my dad's home...
@trooworld You are doing so good, I am so happy for you. It sounds like you find what works for you!! I am sure your friend will appreciate anything you do, but I am sure your friendship it where it is at for her.
@theslightedgeforever great job. You also seem to have found what works for you. I am glad you and DH now have another thing to do together for your health.
@peruviansweetie I am so glad to see you here. You can do this, you did it before and you know you have the support of this board,
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Morning to all
Today is Monday and I am crazy busy this week, no down time. I didn't even have time to finish my grocery shopping, so I will fit it in. I was outside thinking...this is what I heard..you are the firstborn, follow the ruled, sit down keep your mouth shut and just do it...oh the things that go on inside this head of mine.
I hope you all have a good Monday and make the most of it as my mom used to say.
@trooworld I used to have my weigh-in on Sat for WW, just cause I knew I would eat more over the weekends..LOL
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HI all,
I didn't sleep well either, over work. LOL I am on it again today...hopefully I am one step closer to my goal.
@trooworld I didn't weigh in, I am actually afraid to. I will wait until this Saturday. one of my grandson turns 16 today. I won't be available to celebrate...makes me sad. I have a work meeting tonight at 6-8.
Yes maybe some of our friends will post today. Hope your day goes well and you know we can't change something once it's been done, we have to change our mind to worry...it doesn't help or change anything, but creates bad things in our physical bodies.
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Morning all
I had a crazy busy day yesterday, but I got 6 hours of sleep...that was me falling asleep on the couch when I got home. LOL Today is another day and I am going to try to make it a good one. I did get my treadmill in yesterday, but not my 10K only got in 8170.
@gemwolf110 So good to hear from you. I am so glad work is a happy place for you, That is so much a part of our lives it needs to be a good place. We hope you will find the time to stop by and say hi. We miss you!!
@trooworld I am so sorry you had a bad day...anxiety is a horrible thing..I have a DD that suffers from that. Good job telling DH to get those out of your car. Sometimes my car feels like my home, so I only want water in there..LOL I hope your day gets better and things fall into place and you enjoy your day.
Okay gotta run, I am late again today. I got up and worked for a bit and now I will be pushing it to get there on time..Ugh
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Morning everyone...my eating was terrible and I did not track. I am so stressed over several things, my job is very stressful right now. I made the decision to have a piece of my grandsons birthday cake..but you know I am still "aware" of my food and my exercise. I never want to have an attitude, I am what I am and I can't change...
I hope you all have a great Thursday!
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Morning:
Wow I have to get back my control and purpose. I busted the zipper in 2 pants yesterday...that means to much is being crammed it little places..LOL I have not been able to cook this week, which means its been a grab and go..NOT GOOD...PB sandwiches, whatever was available. I have NOT been tracking..this week I have been going from 2:30 AM until about 9PM with no down time...I don't have to go anywhere tonight, so I will take this time to refocus on ME. I have to have rules. I can't be grey..just CANT.
@trooworld I am glad you are here or I would be that little old lady that talks to herself..LOL I do have to get back to tracking...it keeps me accountable to myself. That is the only way I have EVER lost weight. Well that and not eating for 3 weeks..can't do that again. I think I have put ALL weight back on I had lost. I feel miserable. I don't like salmon, but I know fish 2 x a week is better for you. I am so glad your anxiety was better. You are making some good choices. GREAT JOB
Okay gals I am going to finish my morning routine and make a good day of this.
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I did it, I made myself jump on the scale. I am not as bad as I was thinking. So I have a starting point to begin getting back to me again.
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Just lost a big long post.
I clicked Done and should have clicked Post Reply.
So waving hi to you all. My vacation is almost over and I can get back to a good plan.
Weather is cold here. It was "feels like" 30 at 10 am. Lots of rain and wind. I need to find an alternative to walking outside today.0 -
Good Morning
Another great weigh-in yesterday. Down 1 3/4. Very happy with that and the fact that this is very, very, consistent. Losing on average 1 1/2 per week for the last several weeks. Now if I can keep this going for another 9/10 weeks or so, I'll be at goal. Very excited and hopeful.
Beautiful weather here this weekend so its veggie garden planting FINALLY. Should be good for burning a few calories too. Was also a great day yesterday on the golf course. Was my first time out since November and normally we golf year round here. I know many of our American neighbours don't believe that, but in this part of Canada we can.
Have a good one!
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Morning:
My head is spinning today. I have so many decisions to make and don't have an answer for any of them. I did however track every bite yesterday. Day 1, I am trying for Day 2. This week should be a little more slow. I hope so anyway. I was above my calorie goal, but tracking is the first step.
@trooworld I am so glad you had a good time with your DH and brothers girlfriend! Sounds like it was a full day. You made lots of memories, Thanks for the picture, see I don't have to travel, I can just let you guys travel and share. LOL I am for sure a home body.
Okay, this week, increase my exercise a bit, and track.
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Heading home tomorrow. Vacation is over. I'll get back on when I'm rested. Spent the day downtown Chicago. Hope everyone is doing well0
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Morning:
I tracked day #2, still not where I want to be calorie wise, but tracking. I didn't get my 10K steps in either. I just keep pressing towards the mark>>>>>>>>>>>
@trooworld I hate when I have to do my housework or laundry during the week. I am usually too tired, which is why I get on my treadmill in the mornings..LOL I am so proud of your consistency.
@theslightedgeforever I hope your trip goes well and you recoup very quickly. We miss you on this board.
Okay I am going to get my morning started.
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Good Morning
Was a wonderful long weekend (Victoria Day in Canada) here. Beautiful weather finally so lots of outside time. Lots and lots of gardening/yard work Saturday and Sunday and then yesterday we took our kayaks to the lake to try them out for the first time. WONDERFUL!! Very excited for the next time. Over to our daughter's for dinner last night. Was delicious but a little heavy on the calories and SALT. Will need to do some major damage control for the rest of this week before weigh-in Friday. Have to really watch the calories and salt and ramp up the water and exercise. After so many weeks without a gain I sure don't want to break that cycle. I'm off to lunch and casino with my dear dear friend this afternoon. Will be a wonderful visit/time with her. I know I can control my lunch choices. Now if I can just be as successful with the slots.
Have a good one everyone.
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trooworld Glad you got your car back. You can pretend it's brand new. I love fish and chips. How are you doing with your coach? What have you learned?
cbabie I was just watching a video and they were talking about planning. Saying this journey will suck if you don't plan. They said you don't have to be an uber planner if that doesn't fit into your lifestyle but be a practical planner. Pick 2 meals for breakfast lunch plus 2 desserts or if you are a salty snack kind of person 2 of those. Make sure they fit into your plan and just use them for the week. Rotate them however you want. If you have events in the week you can figure out how many calories,carbs, points you will allot and then fill in the rest of the meals. Before I left I was having success with knowing how many calories I wanted per each meal and snack and then finding items and I have them on a Trello card. Find out which meal you have the hardest time sticking to your plan and that is where you start. For you is it your dinner meal?
cmedwards Happy Victoria Day How did you do at the casino? Sounds like you have found a plan that works for you. That's half the battle. I've got major gardening to do. That's on my list for tomorrow.
Ok so back to my plan and losing weight. Tracking and exercise was good on vacation. Food not so much. But I did my review and put it on my Trello so I can look back at it next year and see how to improve. This year I tracked everyday. That's progress from last year.
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Wow I am in a funk...I am so happy for you @theslightedgeforever & @trooworld . You are keeping on target. Me well as you said I have not plan...oh I have a plan, but I can't seem to stick to it once I get home. I know 2 things...it's emotional and depression, possible a little hormonal. I go to my OBGYN today and she is going to be all over me on the weight I have gained since last year... I haven't had my blood test done, to check my stats in over 2 years... I keep trying every day to make little changes and I guess the only improvement I can see is I at least see and recognize I am just grazing over emotions..so thats the postive.
@theslightedgeforever glad you are getting back into your normal routine.
@trooworld Happy Dance for getting your car back. I love fish and chips..
Okay, I have to go walk and pray..until later
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Good Morning
Another beautiful day here in B.C.'s Fraser Valley. When its sunny here there really is no better place to be. Lots of gardening planned for this morning and then spending the afternoon with my favourite little people; Granddaughters 4,5 & 6 years old. Always exhausted by the time I take them home but its a very happy exhausted.
theslightedgeforever: I was actually quite lucky at the Casino. Came out with $40 to the good. Happy with that. Was lots of fun with my dear friend. We always go in with a set amount each and if we win, we share our winnings 50/50. A lot more fun that way.
cbabie: When I pre-track for the day I do much, much better. I try to do it each morning - planning my menus for the entire day. If I do it all in advance I can tweak the carbs/calories to fit.
Well I'm off to do a little light housekeeping, treadmill workout and some gardening before I pick my little ones up for an afternoon of play. Should sleep well tonight.
Enjoy your day ladies,
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cbabie So your plan once you get home is not the right plan for you, otherwise it would be easier to stick with. So you have to come up with a plan that will get you from where you are right now to where you want to be. Successful changes are not usually a big jump, but are a series of tweaks over time. So questions to think about.....if it's emotional, depression, hormonal, wouldn't You also have these during the day at work? Are you successful in the daytime because you have a strategy for your meals at work? ex. you have packed your lunch and snacks. If you had a healthy dinner waiting on you each night, would it be easier to stick to your plan or would you still eat junk?
trooworld When I looked up your link I saw quad cities IL/IA and thought yaaay I was just there. Nice hunger scale. I rarely get a 7-10 because I'm a grazer. But that's not good either.
cmedwards that sounds like a good day you had. Still haven't got to the garden yet. I'm more tired than usual. I said tomorrow now. lol
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Morning! I didn't make it on here yesterday and I totally binged. I am going to do this 7 day program, to try and get me back on track. I will check in here each day and be accountable to you and to myself. I went to the OBGYN and we discussed my weight gain and my age. So it's time for me to take the control back that I have given away and work on this. I appreciate all of your helpful comments. I am so happy to be on this board.
@trooworld I hope you enjoy your weekend, even though you have to work part of it. that book sounds interesting...although I have about 5 books all stacked up waiting for me to read them.
@theslightedgeforever You're right, I don't have a plan in place that works for me. I truly am black and white. I need to have boundaries and when I was on WW, I know I had 24 points...and if I went over it was dooms day for me...so I would eat what ever that would keep me there..since then I know more about clean eating and just because it's 1 point, doesn't mean its good for me. So I have been struggling to do this. I am determined to not let my emotions "eat" me. LOL
@cmedwards52 Hope you have a great holiday.
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Just a thought ladies but maybe you'd like to try a low-carb diet. It is working wonders for me. I've lost about 11 lbs in the last 5 1/2 weeks and since I started this I have not had any stomach problems (IBS/acid reflux). I think (and so does my Dr.) I just may be gluten intolerant and have been for many, many years. Oh how I wish I'd figured that out some time ago. Anyway, if you are interested you could google low carb diets but the gist is this: NO sugar, flour, rice, pasta or potatoes. NO high sugar fruits. Eat only veggies that grow above the ground with the exception of peas and corn. Keep your carbs to a net 30. Net carbs are carbs minus fiber. You also are to eat full fat on this diet so butter instead of margarine, full fat mayonnaise and dairy, salad dressings etc. Drink at least 8 8oz glasses of water per day and exercise will definitely help your cause. I don't feel hungry and I no longer crave sweets. I LOVE breads and I do miss them but I'm getting ok it, as long they are not in sight. In a restaurant, when I order something that comes with bread, I ask them to "please leave the bread/bun etc in the kitchen. Lots of restaurants will make you a burger now wrapped in lettuce rather than a bun. Really very tasty. Anyway, might be worth a try. Sure can't hurt!!
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trooworld I do get hungry if I skip a snack but then if I go too long my blood sugar drops and I become a bear. I have my calories set to include 3 meals and 3 snacks. In reality I almost never eat my morning snack as I like a bigger breakfast and use those calories for breakfast. I don't really do alot of mindless eating as my snacks are planned. On your perfectionist coworker, if she wanted it done a certain way she shouldn't have went on vacation. It may not be HER way but it's your way and I have confidence in you that you did your very best. There is always room for improvement in everything we do. We'll just take note and do better next time. We learn from everything we do. None of us are perfect.
cbabie What if you started telling yourself I used to be black and white but I'm finding out there's a little gray in me. I'm mostly black and white but there's a little gray. Would you be better off going back to tracking smartpoints? You still have boundaries called calories. The trick is not to go over just like points. Of course clean eating is the goal for us all but I also think practicality and balance, moderation come in here too. No emotional eating either is a goal but I think it's very rare that a person can go from totally eating emotions to not eating emotions all at once. The trick at first is to find things that will comfort you but are healthier than your normal foods you use to comfort you. Then you can work at finding other things to comfort you besides food. So can you find a replacement for sweets, salty, crunchy, comfort, chocolatey foods? That way in the evening when your stress levels are high or you are sad you don't go get a bowl of ice cream unless it's low sugar low fat ice cream or frozen yogurt or a frozen smoothie. Keep a list of your go-to foods handy along with keeping them on hand so when you need to grab, you can.
cmedwards I'm on a modified carb diet. I can lose about 1 lb a week which is my goal if I stick within my parameters. I do 142g for 3 days, 133 for 2 days, and 170 for 2 days.The minute I'm told NO of anything I crave it. I can't fathom staying on a low carb diet the rest of my life. So I'm trying to lose the weight like I'll maintain it. So I'm having one piece of toast instead of two.Using zuchinni instead of pasta. Slower this way but hopefully it will be permanent for me. I just didn't stick with my parameters while on vacation.
Hope everyone is having a good Memorial weekend.
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Morning all: I ate the items on the "program" yesterday, but not all, some I just don't like. However, I wasn't hungry and didn't crave sweets. So my caloric intake was too small.. trying to be better today and eat more. Boy is that a switch..LOL They also have a 15 min workout and oh my my muscles are sore.
@trooworld I am so sorry about your anxiety...I have learned that when my mind takes over like that in fear it is not of God and it is usually unfounded and lies. So I say I agree with @theslightedgeforever and you did your very best and that is what counts. You should be proud, despite your fears of not doing a good job, you did your job!!!
@theslightedgeforever Thanks for the post and the tidbits..I am trying to find my place and I WILL
I hope you all have a great Memorial Day.
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trooworld My family says I have laser eyes because I see things no one else does and like you start having anxiety about the smallest things that no one else usually notices. I really drive my family nuts they tell me. I tell them they drive me nuts too just in other ways
So I am learning to use self talk in trying to calm myself down. If no one came up and said anything about the dust spot, they didn't see it or didn't care. You had two helpers. They could have noticed it but didn't. Keep telling yourself next time I'll take care of the dust spot. I bet it was a good display.
cbabie Good for you for sticking to your plan.and doing the workout. On to the next day. I say keep the things you like about the plan and throw away what you don't. Add in some other things and call it cbabie's plan0 -
cbabie Im watching a video and thought of you. They were talking about eating foods you love. Think of your favorite foods and see how you can lighten them up or reduce the portion size so that they fit into your plan. Alot of what I was saying yesterday. Does anyone have an airfryer? I wondered if it would be worth it to get me one.0
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Morning:
I was doing good but about 2:30 yesterday I was so hungry and this program only allows you to eat 4 times a day. So I have to start day 1 again. It is showing me how food works together in our bodies. I know I don't need a lot of carbs at my age, but I also know we need them. This is not about carbs or no carbs, this is about not binging and know when you are hungry and when you are just dehydrated. I will keep trying til I find my place.
@theslightedgeforever I am listening..LOL I don't have an airfyer..imagine a gadget I don't have,
okay off to walk...oh yea I have been doing this 15 min workout and it's lunges, planks, arms...yea I am sore..but it's a good sore.
cbabie0
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