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trooworld

Hi all. My back is slowly but surely feeling better. I hope to start going to yoga classes next week. Hubby said he would start going with me, I ordered him a yoga mat so hopefully he meant it lol. I'm so glad it's almost Friday. I made a minor mistake at work yesterday, I work in a library and I let a student whose card expired yesterday check out books. Well, if the head librarian finds out, she will lecture me, she NEVER makes mistakes (that she lets anyone know about) and expects nobody else to make them either. When someone does make a mistake, she gets really angry and makes a big deal about it. So, I have that to look forward to today.

@cbabie I'm so sorry you have been struggling with depression. I suffer from it too, and I know how bad it can get. It has a lot do with weight--- it's hard to lose weight when you are depressed. It's hard to find the motivation to do anything while depressed. ((( HUGS ))) to you.

cmedwards52

Good Morning Everyone
Well we are back to rain here again. YUK!! I still need to do some gardening so I guess I will be doing it either in the rain or wait for a break and then get out there. The later would be my preference!! Feels like October here rather than June. Been nasty since November. Ok enough complaining - obviously that's not helping.

I have been pretty good on my carbs and cals and exercise actually but need to ramp it up a bit if I'm going to guarantee at least a stay-the-same for tomorrow's weigh in.

I am starting a new exercise class tomorrow morning. Its every Monday and Friday morning at 6 a.m. My sister and niece will be there and my great-nephew is the trainer so it will be fun. I am actually excited to go with my sister. She is 9 years my senior and this is the FIRST time we have ever done anything together that is not family-related. Love her dearly and we are very much alike but because of our age difference (I guess that's the reason) we have not really "hung out" over the years. I've always been the little sister.

cbabie: I too am sorry to hear of your struggle with depression. I do have an issue with it at times also but not what I would call serious. My daughter however does suffer with it and has been on meds since she was a teen. She's now a 40 year old mother of 3. It is a serious medical condition and so often not talked about. That is the REAL PROBLEM!!

trooworld Boy I can relate re: your boss. When I retired from my job at the high school (secretary) 9 years ago I had a boss just like that (maybe even worse if you can imagine). Actually she is the reason I retired a year earlier than I was going to. Just couldn't see myself working for her any longer. Yesterday I heard from my dear friend and ex-colleague that "the boss" has finally been given a choice - either quit/retire or be fired. Finally she has a "boss" with enough guts to get the job done!! Wonderful news for all who work for her. Just wish it had happened about 10 years ago. Here's hoping you'll get similar news soon!! In the meantime, try not to let her "get to you". It won't help the cause and it certainly won't help YOU!! Folks like that are not likely to change!!

Well I'd better get my house tidied up and head outside - rain or shine. Oh, please --- SHINE!!

Cheers, Carol

shonat11

Trooworld, glad your back is on the mend
Cbabie,so sorry to hear you're feeling low. I've had times like that in the past but am better now. I Hope you find the right help or something /some way to feel better .
Just a quick post tonight as really tired and looking forward to zzzzzzzzz

trooworld

Hi all. TGIF! We made it! I am so glad it is Friday. I'm going to go to a yoga class tomorrow I think. Tonight, I'm going to physical therapy and then relaxing. Bad news at the scale: after 3 weeks of maintaining, I'm up 1 lb. I'll have that off in no time though. Hello to all you lurkers. @theslightedgeforever, where are you? @cbabie I hope your depression is better.

@cmedwards52 I wish it would rain here. I'm sorry it's raining so much for you! What kind of exercise class is it? re: my work situation...she's actually not my boss, that's the worst part, she's a step above me in ranking but not my boss, she's just someone that has the ability to make my life miserable! lol You are right though, she is not likely to change. And to make matters worse, she is going to be in a bad mood today, and still hasn't discovered my mistake yet, so I'm really stressed. When she finds out, ugh.

@shonat11 I hope you caught up on sleep. That is soooooo important! Yes, I'm glad my back is feeling better too.

cbabie

Morning gals: yesterday was a bust, I didn't have time to eat and when I did I did! Meal prep, meal prep, meal prep.....

@shonat11 I hope you got some rest>>> One thing is I never give up, I have my days or moments or whatever, but I get up and fight the battle each day.

@trooworld I am certain you will get that pound off, you are getting your rhythm back!! Thank you I am better today, just anticipating my meeting with my lovely boss...I was so focused on doing everything right and exactly as my boss had said, so I wouldn't get another verbal whipping in my meeting or in email..I forgot a client meeting. THAT HAS NEVER happened to me before...so got work on that. ( I did remember in enough time to tell the client I would be 1/2 hour late and they were good with that.) (God's favor) I hope you get a surprise and your coworker is busy with someone else..LOL

@cmedwards52 We could use some of that rain too!! I am glad you are enjoying retirement. I want to be one of those and I believe I will be who enjoy it and never look back on the decision to retire.!!

Ok gals, have to be at work soon..

Have a great day!!!

Cbabie

theslightedgeforever

I feel like I've fallen down a big black hole. I think hormones. I've not even been tracking the last three days or so. But I started again. Actually I've heard eating your biggest meal at breakfast is a good thing

trooworld Glad to hear your back is getting better. Hopefully tbe bead librarian won't find out.

cbabie See how much progress you are making. Baby steps.I saw you were in a pit. I didn't see you in my black hole. Maybe too dark. Mine wasn't depression though just lack of focus.

shonat11 Good for you for sticking to your calorie level. I was doing well before my vacation but having problems getting back into it.

cmedwards I think I'd rather have your October weather. But I don't like rain so I'd be complaining about that too. lol What kind of exercise class are you and your sister doing? There is just a bit over 6 years between me and my sister. I've been hanging around the same weight as last week. I'll weigh in officially tomorrow and see. So maybe I know how to maintain if I could just get to goal weight.

trooworld

Hi all. It's going to be a busy Saturday today. I'm going to go to yoga today with my husband, it will be my first yoga class since the accident. I used to go to yoga at my work, but this class is at my gym so we'll see how it goes. The class is called Hatha/Stretch so I think it will be on the gentler side (I hope at least). I'm going on the blessing of my physical therapist. After that, I need to come home and start cooking for my husband's birthday. We are having Asian meatballs, spring rolls with sweet and sour sauce, dumplings, Thai cucumber salad, and his sister is bringing cupcakes.

@cbabie I'm glad you are better today. It must be so stressful working for someone like that. I'm glad you were able to the client in time. Luckily, in my case, the student returned the books before my colleague found out. So, I'm safe. I was so relieved!

@theslightedgeforever good to hear from you. I'm sorry you were down a black hole. I've heard the same thing about breakfast. The head librarian did not find out (see above). I'm lucky!

@gemwolf110 hey there! Nice to hear from you! That is quite an accomplishment, 30 miles great job! And great cause too. I'm glad you seem to be enjoying your life. Take care.

theslightedgeforever

gemwolf Nice profile pic Wow on the 30 mile bike ride. Good cause both of my parents were diabetic

trooworld How was yoga? As I age I need to do that more. Flexibility go hand in hand with cardio and strength training. Your dinner sounded good

cmedwards52

theslightedgeforever: The class is a bootcamp of sorts focusing on strength and conditioning with some cardio. We did weights and rowing yesterday. Was a very good workout. Pretty sore today but its a "good" kind of sore. The next class is Monday. Planning to attend. I have a bit of a conflict however. I thought it was going to be a cardio class and was surprised its strength and conditioning. My conflict is my DD is a personal trainer and has a gym in her home. I know I could train there with her and for free and I am concerned that she may feel "hurt" that I'm going with my sister to this gym and paying for my time there. My great-nephew is the trainer and he is very good but not as good as Shauna (DD). I am really torn. I really want to spend the time with my sister but I don't want to hurt my DD. Not sure just what to do. And of course there is the other side - I don't want to hurt my sister either by not going with her because I could go to Shauna's. Any advice anyone??
Carol

cbabie

@cmedwards52 I think you should be upfront with your daughter and tell her just what you said to us..you know she is a great trainer, but your sister wants to do this with you and you want to spend healthy time with her. There will come a time you can spend time with your daughter training. (or great-nephew) This is sister time, not anything else. There is no reason for hurt feelings, you raised your daughter and I am sure she has a good head on her shoulders. I do understand, I have 2 daughters that I for years have walked on this same road. It's not a road I want to stay on.

Cbabie

trooworld

Hi all. Yoga went well yesterday except I got a bit of vertigo from one of the poses and I still have it. I hope it goes away before tomorrow. I did not track any food yesterday, I was too busy and too distracted by all that was going on. I will track today.

@theslightedgeforever yoga was weird. It wasn't like my normal class at work: the class was called "Gentle Yoga" and it was that. We never got up off the mat, the closest we came was when we were on our hands and knees (in what's called tabletop position), but we only did that for about a minute. Other than that we were sitting or laying down. It was good, but weird. Yes, flexibility is very important I think. Dinner was good but got changed...he decided he did not want Thai food but did want Asian meatballs and other Asian appetizers. It was easier so I was glad.

@cmedwards52 I think you got some great advice from cbabie. I would do that.

cmedwards52

Thanks for the advice ladies. I do plan to talk to Shauna about it except that I know she will say she is ok with it even if she is not. She wouldn't want to "hurt" my feelings. Perhaps we are all too sensitive?

gemwolf110: Good idea except that would mean a full-out workout (that's what it would be with both) 6 days a week. I don't think I could manage that, nor would it be recommended by either trainer. I don't know a whole lot about training but I do know you need a "rest" day here and there. lol

Having the family over today for Father's Day dinner. I will need to put my extreme control hat on and stay away from some of the menu. Bbq steak and bratwurst; baked potatoes; roast mushrooms; cauliflower casserole; corn and spinach salad. Dilly bars for dessert. Never mind a beverage or two!!

Enjoy your day ladies.
Carol

theslightedgeforever

cmedwards I say go where you are going to get the best workout for YOU. For too long we put others feelings ahead of our own. I would explain it to her like you did us. Or going along with gemwolf's advice workout out one day a week with Shauna. Maybe some floor exercises or non traditional stuff using your own bodyweight. Those exercises are harder for me than traditional weight lifting.

trooworld Hmmmm that is weird yoga. But new things cause us to get out of our comfort zone which is good.

gemwolf I can tell your intent was to make everyone happy. That was my second thought for advice. That would be too much working out with other people. lol I do better on my own as I "think" alot during exercise.Yummmmm Dilly bars. I'm such a kid.

theslightedgeforever

cbabie I read yours but didn't respond. I think I'm too much like my mother. I do what I want and figure they'll get over it. As we know, that is not necessarily true. They don't always get over it. But I'm a firm believer in doing what's good for me. If I don't take care of myself, who will?

Feeling a bit down today as this is the first Father's Day without Dad.

theslightedgeforever

gemwolf I like your profile pic A good reminder.

Here's the link to the WW meeting highlights

https://youtu.be/69lCm9UfSVc

theslightedgeforever

I gained this week. Lack of focus

theslightedgeforever

Headed out to do some exercise. I'm excited, my dh was asking about a wireless keyboard we have had in the closet for about 8 years. I could never figure out how to hook it up with his SONY tablet. It's been on my to do list since then. I forgot about it and he wanted it for his SMART TV. But we didn't find a bluetooth setting on there. So I said, I will try it on my laptop. My keyboard has been broken for about a year but I have a touchscreen so I've been typing on the screen. Not the best. Slow as heck. This works great and is so fast. Another good excuse as to why I don't declutter. lol I might need it one day.

trooworld

Hi all! I hope you are doing well. I'm doing okay. I had to go to the dentist yesterday to start the process for a crown over my dental implant. Implants are so expensive...this is the 2nd one I've gotten done, when all is said and done, it's going to cost between $3,500-4,000 just for one tooth! Man, if I could stand working in people's mouths, I should have been a dentist.

Anyway...have a good day!

theslightedgeforever

trooworld Yikes. I need to go to the dentist. I think I cracked a filling. I keep saying tomorrow, tomorrow. So hopefully I'll get it done tomorrow. lol I'm afraid they will say the tooth is decayed and we need to pull it like we did the other one. Are you still eating mindfully. I've said no to Oreos today. Then a snickers bar. I think I'm craving chocolate. Must be PMSing......But I said no.

Where is everyone else at?

I'm watching a documentary on Netflix entitled From Fat to Finishline. I was reading a blog runsforcookies.com
It's about her journey along with other people who lost 100+lbs. I'm hoping to learn something.

cbabie

Hello gals,
I have been fighting depression and not doing so well eating. I seem to be on edge, but I am also learning that I am hanging on to my grief, not just my dad , but other things in life I have lost in the last 4 years. So I am trying to move on from there. I take 2 steps forward and 1 or 3 steps backwards. I am preaching to someone about getting over things and moving on and realize I need to do the same. I feel horribly fat today, but hopefully when I get on my treadmill that "feeling" will go away.

I was trying to hide from the world yesterday, you know it comes and finds you..

@trooworld Yes teeth are expensive. My grandson need almost 3K work on his mouth and he is only 16.
@theslightedgeforever glad to see you getting back to your routine.
@gemwolf110 Glad to see you back here and you are doing great, keep you great attitude!!

Okay I am going to go make lunches.

cbabie

trooworld

Hi all! Well I don't expect a loss at the scale on Friday, can we just skip Friday altogether? lol Hubby and I didn't feel like cooking two night in a row so we ordered delivery (Chinese food one night, Thai food the next). Not the best avenue to go. Plus, had cupcakes and beer at his birthday celebration on Saturday. I need to get back to mindful eating and concentrating on losing rather than maintaining or gaining.

@theslightedgeforever I need to get back to eating mindfully, I kind of got away from it. When I'm craving chocolate, I have just one piece of Dove dark chocolate (those individual wrapped). Would that help? They are like 45 calories for one piece. I'll have to look up that documentary, I heard a podcast featuring two of the people from that documentary (the podcast was Half Size Me). Yes, get to the dentist, you don't want your tooth to turn into a situation where they recommend an implant!!!

@gemwolf110 it was actually the implant and the crown that cost that much. I know, right?

@cbabie cbabie, have you ever considered talking to someone about medication for your depression? I'm on medication for depression, it can help a lot if the depression isn't going away. You seem to be struggling with it and I know how terrible it can be. Just a thought. There are other ways to deal with depression, but for me, medication is the most effective and has literally saved my life. ((( HUGS )))

theslightedgeforever

gemwolf I don't know about On Demand. I've watched half of it. It's 90 min long. I'm going to finish it when I'm done here. It was inspiring though so far.

cbabie Sorry to see you are down. I have spent so much money on my kids teeth. If I had to do it all over again I probably wouldn't. If they don't wear their retainer after braces, the teeth can shift back, which they did on two of my kids. Wasted time and money. One child was $10000 but he had to have 2 implants along with braces. His permanent incisors came in smaller than his baby teeth. There wasn't even enough tooth mass to put a fake tooth on it. I've lived 53 years with bad teeth. One of these days I might get them done, but then think I could do so much more with that money. I hope the treadmill made a difference.

trooworld Let's skip Friday. lol I think lots of sodium in the Chinese and Thai. So the scale may be higher than you think. I'm good with cutting Snickers into bite-size pieces and just eating one piece. I'm lucky in that I can control sweets. But I was already over on my calorie goal for the day which is why I just kept saying no. I'm trying to lose my pound this week. The other day I seem to have eaten the whole house out.

trooworld

Hi all. I hope you have a great day!

@theslightedgeforever we definitely have to skip Friday...last night, we ordered out again! We ordered pizza this time. I don't know what is wrong with us. Actually, I do: we usually do meal prep on Sundays and this week, we didn't do any meal prep on Sunday so that's why. I need to schedule easy prep meals and make sure to do meal prep on Sundays. Now, I'm going to have a bad gain tomorrow. grrrrr

cmedwards52

theslightedgeforever: And then SATURDAY will be the first day of a much better week for you!! Run with that!!

Summer has arrived (officially and finally) here in BC's beautiful Fraser Valley. 30 degrees (that's C of course) predicted for the next 10 - 14 days. HURRAY!! Out golfing yesterday. Great day!! Little gardening planned for today and time with my little girls this afternoon. We are also heading out to visit my DH's uncle. His 100th birthday today. He lives in a nursing home nearby and is in amazing health. He needs some help walking but otherwise in great shape with a memory in full working order. I'm wondering if this might be a result of never smoking and never taking a drink of alcohol of any kind. Just sayin......................

Have a good one everyone and don't beat yourselves up too much about that darn metal beast!!

Cheers, Carol

theslightedgeforever

trooworld Salads, tuna, fruit, etc. can work in a pinch. So try to have the ingredients on hand at all times. Also, maybe a frozen dinner in the freezer or double cook some healthy recipes and put them in the freezer just for these times that you haven't done your meal prep.

cmedwards Saturday is my weigh in day so it's usually the beginning of my week anyway. lol I guess 30C is good, right? I never did learn the conversions other than 0 celcius is 32F and 100 is 212F. Freezing and boiling point. Hm, I wonder if that's right after all these years. I did pay attention in Science class in my younger years. Happy birthday to dh's uncle. 100 is great. May he have many more years. We all need to work on keeping healthy so we have lots of years ahead.

Hello to the rest of you lurking. Did you track your meals? Move your body? Drink your water? Choose wisely?

cmedwards52

the slightedgeforever: Yes 30C is good!! About 90-92F so we will be happy campers around here.

trooworld

Hello all! Well the verdict is in from eating takeout 3 nights this week: up 2 lbs! I'm not surprised. Some of that is probably water weight but some of that is probably a true gain. I'm so glad it's Friday, can I just say that??? Have a great day, everyone!

jdc1965

So if I read things right this thread is kind of a WW thing? I've been on WW for about a year and have lost about 50lbs. I wish it were more, but life happens and I derailed over the winter. Leaving ww due to finances. I really wish I could stay, but it is what it is. I'm going to miss my friends on the WW app, but hope to make new friends here.

Today is the first time I've used MFP in a very, very long time and it's nothing like I remember. Still learning to navigate. Switching from points to calories may be a bit cumbersome too. REALLY liked the point system. I've also been following the ssprengel23 plan of eating my weeklies. I'm no really sure how to do something like that here, but we'll see how things go.

Glad I found this thread!

theslightedgeforever

cmedwards Enjoy the sunshine. Lots of Vitamin D. I'm a much happier person in the sun.

trooworld They don't say TGIF for nothing. I weigh in tomorrow and I'll see how I did. Now you can't change last week but you can make this week much better. What days are your meal prep? What day will you be going grocery shopping to make sure you have everything for meal prep? My plan this next week is to plan my day the night before and log it in and follow that. My usual plan is to log as I eat and then by dinner hope I have enough calories left over. Sometimes that works and sometimes that doesn't. lol

@jdc1965 Welcome to the group. We started this group when they changed the WW community and started that Connect thing. A bunch had been together a long time then as life got in the way one by one people dropped off. I think originally 4 came over here. I saw it was free and mentioned it to cbabie. I became prediabetic and doc said I needed to start counting carbs, so I quit counting points. I'm on a modified carb plan as low carb won't work for me long term and I want to lose it like I will maintain it. Slower but doable for me. I say follow whatever plan gets you to goal. Even if it's a combination of two plans. Your after pic looks great. Do you lift? I still follow alot of youtube channels that do WW. I get ideas about food and then just log them and count the cals.

jdc1965

@theslightedgeforever I totally agree. Each must find their own path to goal and what works for one may not necessarily work for another. When I started WW, Connect was already in place so it's really all I know. I also follow a page on Facebook called No Finish Line Nation. It was started by 5 people from WW Connect. A lot of support and good advice there.

Thank you for the compliment about the picture. I still have about 60 or so pounds to go. I keep updating my goal weight because I do lift. Trying to build muscle and get rid of the fat. I know that I'll never be what the BMI chart says I should be (it should be called a BS chart. Told my Dr that and to not ever mention that thing to me again) and I am absolutely okay with that. I'm looking more for a size and to be healthy than a number on the scale.

So happy to have found this thread. Looking forward to getting to know everyone.