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cbabie

Hi guys,

sorry I didn't get on here earlier..I have slept most the day. I am trying to get back on track, making better choices.

@TrishasTime Welcome!!! We always love to have people join us. I usually get on here most days, but lately it's been hit and miss. I have not been well and fighting depression, but I am on the up swing. Thanks to the ladies in this group.
@theslightedgeforever glad you got your bandages off and the cancer is gone..YEA
@trooworld Sorry you had the scare, I am so glad my DH is my mechanic...I am so glad you get on here everyday, I am so glad you are on here!!!

Cbabie

theslightedgeforever

Trooworld. I laughed at your comment to Trisha. When she asked to join the group I thought oh good Troo will have someone to talk to Yeah on eating good. That’s more than half the battle I think. I’m glad you got back to the garage safely.

Cbabie. Hope you are feeling better soon and get your strength back.

I made some kobacha squash last night in my air fryer. Yummy. It turned out like potato wedges. Still not crispy like I thought but it was my first time using the fryer and I have no idea what I was doing. Lol. 40 cals per c and 9 carbs. A cup of cubed potatoes has 95 cals and 28 carbs I could substitute that in my potato recipes. Then I had fajitas without the tortilla. I cut up some cantaloupe but forgot to put it on the table. Oh well.

Daily check in. Food exercise 20 min treadmill. Water. 3 glasses

trooworld

@cbabie yeah I was so scared driving home...I kept watching that light thinking, "please don't blow, engine! Please don't blow!" You are lucky your hubby is a mechanic. Mine doesn't even know how to check the oil lol.

@theslightedgeforever hahaha! Yep, I am here every darned day. It's part of my morning routine: I get my coffee, check my email and then hop on this site! You know me coming here every day makes you come too. haha The squash sounds delicious. I just gave away my air fryer to someone at work, it took up too much space and didn't make enough food for the space it took up for us. But it sounds like you are making good use of it.

Hi all! I need to drink more water today, I had pizza (homemade thin crust) last night and I weigh in tomorrow. I don't think it's going to go well between the pizza and Thanksgiving, but who knows? Because we had pizza last night, I had nothing for lunch today so I had to make something really quickly this morning. I had some chicken breasts marinating in a balsamic marinade so I used my grill pan and grilled those, and I roasted some green beans. Done. Nice and easy. I'm not going to make it to the gym at all this week, as I have to use the gym time to practice my speech. Have a good day, everyone!

cbabie

Morning all
I got in 20 minutes of treadmill I track yesterday and was over calories by 13 so not too bad I'm still feeling weak but I got to keep moving the soundtrack my goal is to lose some weight by my 60th birthday so that won't be done by sitting on my rear end.
@trooworld your dinner sounds delicious I think you'll be fine not going to the gym sometimes we have to make good choices Life Choices practicing is probably more important this week next week you can go back to the gym.
@theslightedgeforever good job on checking on the board it's good to see you here everyday you know it helps keep both of us on track how about posting pictures of your air fryer food so I can see what it looks like.


Cbabie

theslightedgeforever

Trooworld. That’s so true about me coming on here for you. I sometimes think I don’t want you to be lonely. Your chicken breast and beans sound good. I think I’ll do that for dinner tomorrow Tonight I had cauliflower fried rice and chicken wings

Cbabie. You sound like you are getting better. Slow and steady wins the race. Troo is right. The air fryer takes up so much space. I still need to figure out how to use it more. I think I’ll go look at Instagram. I heard you can cut up corn tortillas into small triangles and put them in there and make tortilla chips I have a can of nacho cheese in there too. I’ll have to portion in out or I could eat the whole thing. Ooh I’m imagining refried beans on it too. I’ll have to figure out all the calories first so I know how much I can have.

Daily check in. Over on cals and carbs. Exercise 30 min treadmill. Water. 3 glasses

trooworld

@cbabie dinner was delicious. You are doing really good, cbabie. I know you are going to lose some weight by your 60th.

@theslightedgeforever aw, thanks! I'm glad I can motivate you to come . Your dinner sounds good too.

Hi all! Well, I had a pretty significant gain. It was NOT from Thanksgiving, or at least not all of it. I binged on tortilla chips last night, the night before weigh-in. Not the best move. I'm ashamed and embarrassed. I hope to do better this next week. There is something about the fall, and coming home to the darkness and cold, that makes me want to eat bad.

theslightedgeforever

Trooworld. Sorry about your gain. What comes on must come off. I think we are like squirrels storing nuts for the winter
I bought a new squash yesterday. Delicata squash

Here’s the recipe I’m going to try.
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/250176/roasted-delicata-squash-onions/

Daily check in. Under calories over on carbs. Exercise 25 min walk. Water. 3 glasses

trooworld

@theslightedgeforever thanks. lol re: squirrels for the winter but I think it's true! That recipe sounds good. Let us know how you like it. I've never had delicata squash.

Hi all. We have a new young woman at work, and I've been eating lunch with her. It's kind of nice but it's disrupting my routine a bit. I used to sit and text my husband or read. Now I sit and eat and talk. This is not all bad--- I actually eat slower and sometimes don't finish all of my food. This can be a good thing. She's really nice, so I don't mind. Tonight, I have to go to a semi-work related dinner. It's not directly work related, but I'm in this association that is work-related, and the dinner is for the association. The food is going to be Mediterranean, which I like. Anyway, have a good day!

cbabie

Morning all: I just realized I didn't post yesterday. Sorry about that. My day was crazy and my routine was interrupted. I am totally a routine person. UGH...So I did good the day before, but last night was a disaster!!! However, I will not let that stop me from moving forward.

@trooworld Sorry about your gain, since you know what caused it you are good. My mom always said forewarned is forearmed...LOL Yea I used to have a lunch partner, then when she retired, I started eating by myself, but then I found that I would just run eat and go back to work, so not sure that was healthy either.LOL You will find your right routine and maybe it's time for a new one.

@theslightedgeforever good job on being under carbs. I have been over a little, but last night was probably ALL for the week. You seem to be into squash...it's that time of year!!

Cbabie

melfaye75

Hi...
I’m glad I found this thread. I’m on WW but after struggling for a bit and a gain, I realized after being on MFP I was not taking in nearly enough calories. By that I mean, literally 600-800 calories a day.
The last few days have been freeing as I’m not hindering what I eat or want to eat, just concentrating on getting enough calories and eating regularly throughout my day.
I’m also doing Diet Bet, that has motivated me to get moving, so I speed walk/jog 1.5-3 miles per day. Hoping this will be a successful week. I weigh on Sunday.
Thanks for listening.

theslightedgeforever

Trooworld your new lunchtime routine sounds like it may be good for you. I love Mediterranean food

Cbabie. I’m trying to include new veggies into my life and squash is something I know I like the taste of This recipe I made tonight was just okay. I’ll buy another one and try a different recipe

@melfaye75 welcome to the group. Star us as your favorite so it’s easy to find next time. I switched from WW to MFP because I became prediabetic and needed to count my carbs. I’m doing a modified carb program right now. 164 g daily is my goal right now. I’m baby stepping it down to 154 Calories I’m aiming for 1521 weekly average. I allow myself higher cals on Thursday Saturday and then lower ones on the remaining days. If I stay within these walls I can lose a lb a week. The last two months I’ve been climbing the walls and throwing myself over. But I’ve been maintaining my weight within 1 lb But I’m not at goal so that’s unacceptable. Time to get serious again

Daily check in. Food. Over cals and carbs. Exercise day off. Water 4 glasses

cbabie

Morning all:

My day was great and bad..LOL I hit my 10K steps again this week, but food choices were horrible and over in all ways. I was craving something didn't know what it was, kept trying and should have went to bed after my team meeting call at 8:30, but NO I HAD to EAT everything in the house that was sweet...so back on the wagon to be mindful of my carbs/sugars. I can't afford to be a diabetic.

@theslightedgeforever I don't know what my carb goals are, I will need to set those on my own once I take a base line of my NORMAL...I have just let MFP tell me what to eat. LOL I am supposed to be on a 7 day veggie challenge, but haven't been doing that the last 2 days. Today is green beans.. YUM.

@melfaye75 Welcome to this group. Yes I have found that if I eat 6 times a day, I am stable and not HUNGRY all the time, but that doesn't mean like yesterday I eat 6 times all bad foods, because then I want to eat more that 6 times..LOL I always thought the less I eat then the weight comes off faster, yes and no. The first week sure, but then our bodies declare war on us. LOL I too weigh in on Sundays. I hope to lose, but based on yesterday probably not.. I have a goal because I turn 60 this month and it's just something in my head.

@trooworld Can you believe I beat you on here today? Just like old days when I was working LOL I hope you have a great Saturday!!!

Cbabie

theslightedgeforever

Cbabie. Yes you don’t want to be a diabetic. So keep making good choices. I need to figure out why my bs was high yesterday although I realized I had Karak tea about 7 hrs earlier and maybe enough time hadn’t passed to get it out of my system. I do t usually eat or drink anything that late Could be the type of squash I ate. This needs more investigation

Daily check in. Under calories over carbs. Exercise. 11 min walk. Water. 2 glasses

melfaye75

Thank you for the warm welcome. I speed walk every day, this week I walked a total of 13 miles of intentional exercise. I’m disappointed as when I got on the scale today, no loss. However, I did weigh myself earlier this week and had a 1.8lb loss. Guess I should be happy with that rather than no loss the rest of the week.

theslightedgeforever

@ Melfaye75. I find my body fluctuates so much. I try not to get hung up on the scale but rather concentrate on my daily actions. Good day for me today That awesome regarding your intentional exercise. It’s so easy to just sit on the couch

Daily check in. Food exercise 30 min treadmill. Water 7 glasses

WW meeting highlights

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trooworld

@melfaye75 Hi welcome! My friend does Diet Bets and makes money off them all the time. Speed walk/jogging is a great form of exercising. I'm glad you found us!

@theslightedgeforever yes, maybe my new routine might be. It's definitely making me eat slower and less.

@cbabie I'm sorry you had a great and bad day lol. Good for you for getting in 10K steps, that isn't easy. Yeah, I was really busy this weekend and I can't believe it, I forgot to stop in here!

Hi all! I'm baaaaack. I've been busy. I had that business dinner on Friday, and then on Saturday, I had to prepare for my big speech (which I delivered Saturday night to my ToastMasters group). It went well but I was thrown off by the unannounced entrance of 4 college students to our meeting. My speech was very personal and it was meant for the people I was used to seeing at ToastMasters. Not for strangers. I went ahead and gave it anyway. I tied for best speech (there were only two).

Yesterday, I went to Kohls and bought an Instant Pot. I had $30 in Kohls cash plus a 25% off coupon, so it ended up being like $59. It would have been $54 because I had a $5 coupon on my phone but I forgot to use it. I'll use it when I go back to use my Kohls cash I earned. I made brown rice in it when I got home, it only took 40 minutes. It usually takes 2 hours in my rice cooker. I look forward to making some quick meals in it. Have a good day everyone!

cbabie

Hi All,

I stayed under calories yesterday, was under for not so good reasons, but it is what it is as says my Dad.

@theslightedgeforever Good job on your food and exercise
@melfaye75 Yes the scale can give us wrong information depending on the time of day, the body itself likes to keep us guessing. I am trying to determine if my clothes fit better, I have more energy, etc.
@trooworld Yea on the Instant Pot, I hope you find this helps you stay with better choices and frees up some time on your Sunday preps. I am sure you did great on your speech. When it comes from the heart it is ALWAYS the best!!!

Cbabie

theslightedgeforever

Trooworld. Tieing for best speech is quite an accomplishment. Especially at Toastmasters. Let us know how that Instant pot works for you.

Cbabie Good thing I had a good day yesterday as today was really bad. I went Waaaaaaaay over on both carbs and cals.

Daily check in. Food exercise none. Water 2 glasses

trooworld

@cbabie yes, I'm quite excited about the Instant Pot. I hope I did okay on the speech. I'm sure glad it is over!!!

@theslightedgeforever thanks. I will. I'm finding all sorts of recipes to try.

Hi all. I hope you are having a better day today than yesterday. I hope I have a better day than yesterday, yesterday was stressful for many reasons I cannot tell you. Food was not my enemy yesterday, that was fine, more or less. I didn't drink enough water...I know this because I only went to the restroom once or twice at work. That's always a bad sign lol.

trooworld

Hi all. Just a quick good morning. Not much happening, I have had a crappy few days (not because of food, just not in a good mood). I'll try to check in later to see if anyone is awake, I know I'm here early!

theslightedgeforever

Trooworld. Sorry you are having moody days. It’s hard for me to make good choices when I’m in a bad mood. Last two days I have been over. I’m PMSing and have the munchies. I need to find a good way to spice up roasted chick peas I think that would work

Here’s to a better day for all of us.

I’ve been laughing at everyone on WW eating eggs now. The new program rolled out and everyone on Instagram is enjoying their eggs since it’s 0 SP

Daily check in. Food over on cals and carbs. Exercise none. Water 3 glasses

trooworld

@theslightedgeforever thanks. Yes, it's very hard when moody. I put Cajun seasoning on chickpeas when roasting them. I like savory roasted chickpeas. That's funny everyone is suddenly all into eggs.

Hi all. Mood is a little better today (thankfully). I went out to lunch yesterday with some colleagues at Islands. We all had the cheeseburger lunch special. Back to healthy eating today. My last day with my Vida coach is Dec 11th. I need the money towards CrossFit if I do decide to do it, if I don't decide to do it, it was just time.

cbabie

Morning all:
Sorry the last couple mornings I've gotten away from me then really busy I've been staying within 200 calories over so I feel like I'm doing much better but the bad news is my treadmill died yesterday...ugh...
@trooworld: I know what you mean about coming home and dark winter time things like chili baked bread all those warm inviting things...but we can all continue on our journey... cuz that's why we're here to support encourage each other and glean from each other.

@theslightedgeforever: I laughed... you went on and on and on about the refried beans in the chips I could just see your face how can I make all this work.lol
Okay got to go girls have a meeting at 10..

Cbabie

achagpar

Hi all!

Sorry I’ve been a bit MIA. More travel. Thankfully I’m down a bit since I posted last (now 129.6; goal 125). I was really mindless when traveling... eating more than I wanted/needed, not tracking, not exercising, not getting enough water... but I’m trying to get back on track. I’ve only been semi-successful so far. Haven’t gotten to the gym today but so far, have tracked, ate under my calories and drank 6 glasses of water. I think I can get another 2 in before bed.

With holidays coming up, I’m going to have to work especially hard on being mindful. I’m gonna go grocery shopping tomorrow. Having healthy options at home helps me stay on track.

@slightedgeforever @trooworld I tried roasting chickpeas for the first time a week or two ago. They were good but not as crunchy as I thought they should be. What temperature did you use and for how long?

Thanks all!

trooworld

@cbabie that's great, I'm glad you are doing better.

@achagpar welcome back! We all will have to be mindful because of the holidays...it's a rough time of year. I wish you luck!

Hi all. Not much time this morning, I have to rush off to work. I hope you all have a great day. I can't wait for the day to be over and I can start the weekend.

cbabie

Hi
Yesterday was really crazy I didn't get on here and I've binged on three sugar cookies in a bowl of ice cream last night not a good night. But all in all I've been doing good this week more in control of what I eat when I eat I feel better. Now I just have to fix my exercise routine since my treadmill is gone, sucks

trooworld

@cbabie sorry you had a bad night. I hope today is better.

Hi all. I went to a party last night and did not have any of the food. I did have 2 drinks. I went to brunch with a friend today and then went for a walk but my knee was bothering me the whole time, so we didn't walk very long. There is nothing "technically" wrong with my knees, it's just my weight I think. Just another reason to lose this weight.

theslightedgeforever

Quick check in here. I’ve just been extremely busy the last few days with my mil. My daughter comes in tomorrow so I’m excited. Although she’s a partner in crime regarding food. So I’ll have to make a plan.
Hope everyone is fine.

Daily check in. Over cals and carbs exercise none. Water. 2 glasses.

Wonderful day. NOT

trooworld

@theslightedgeforever have fun with your family. I hope you make a good plan.

Hi all! I've been having fun making things with my instant pot and my husband is starting to like the instant pot too. I've found a lot of recipes, some of them healthy lol. I made pozole (which is a Mexican pork and hominy soup) and country-style cube steak yesterday.

Tomorrow is my work's annual Christmas party. I hope I win a prize in the raffle, there are usually some good prizes but I never win anything. There is going to be food. Well, everyone have a good day!

cbabie

Morning all..
I don't know where this last week went it just seems like I've been so crazy busy... I got to pull in the reins or life will pass me by.. I didn't do so good yesterday it was 4 pm before I ate so the house got eaten LOL..

@trooworld. I hope you win a prize today to enjoy the day you know it's one time of year... if that's all you eat.lol. I hear lots of good things about the instapot, glad you and your hubby like it makes your life easier since you have to commute so far.
@theslightedgeforever...
Enjoy your daughter.. let us know what your plan is with her LOL

Cbabie