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

cbabie

Morning gals:

Good to see everyone, I bombed last night...I was up really late with T-mobile...and the gummy worms attacked me. LOL I woke up with (gross) in my mouth at 1:30, still feel a little off kilter. I did get my walk in, my arms and hit my 10K steps. only got 3 hours of sleep, so that's not great. LOL but normally only get 4, so not too bad.

Karla: I am so proud of you that you came to the boards...see this tells me that you really do want to make health a priority. So keep it up. yes I know that DH thing..we all do if we have one. LOL I think slightedge and you are headed in the right direction with the questions. I need to start asking my self some of those.

Slightedge: great job on your exercise even though you got a -...some is better than none.

Bree: glad to have you aboard. Yes we are all about positive encouragement, no condemnation here!! We all have something that we are striving for and sometimes we hit the mark and sometimes we don't.

Okay gals gotta run get my walk in and prayers done. I can't start my day out without my bible and prayers. Sometimes that means the walk doesn't happen, but priorities.

cbabie

peruviansweetie

Hello ladies!!!
Just a quick hello to let you know that I'm still around. Not doing very good with the eating, tracking, water, exercise. I'm having a hard time jumping on the wagon again! Ughhhh!!
I'll stop by tomorrow!! Have a good night ladies!!!

theslightedgeforever

cbabie Are there sugar free gummies? good for you getting in your walk

peru how can we help you? don't try to have a perfect day. Can you have a healthy meal today? can you go outside and walk to the end of the street? Can you track one meal? it can be overwhelming thinking we have to do it all and if we don't then we have failed. But one step in the right direction will eventually get us there.

goals met

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stayed OP under carbs and calories
exercised walk 30 min trampoline 20 min
+ number at end of the night for exercise

cbabie

Good Friday Morning.

I was 300 calories over and 37 carbs over...I suck at this carb thing. LOL I did get my walk in and was short 300 steps to get my 10K..:(

Slightedge: I try not to eat sugar free, tears my tummy up. So I just won't buy them. LOL Great job on meeting your goals.

Peru: so nice to see you my friend. Please don't stay away. If I couldn't come here and be honest about my day, I would not want to be apart of this. I like it here because I know I am not the only one.

Okay rest of you journey treckies...post how you day is going.

Cbabie

cbabie

wow I am here by my lonesome. Okay I blew it again last night, but I tracked every bite...and I almost have all the yucky food out of the house. Now I may be wearing on my backside and my stomach. But it's almost gone, not to be brought back in...

Okay errands to run, walk and weights to get done, laundry. You know all that FUN stuff.

cbabie

theslightedgeforever

I'm here. I was with you in not making good choices yesterday. Well not true entirely. Breakfast was good. Dh brought lunch home But it was my choice to eat it. Dinner was so-so But a late night snack of 4 oreos wasn't smart. Didn't even exercise.. But today is much better. I just finished lifting weights.

theslightedgeforever

oh I did do trampoline for 6 min yesterday

bugmom92

bree, welcome to the board! Some of us "newbies" are really "oldies"...been around a long time, lol. I like your thinking...positive vibes only...yes!
slightedge, oooh...I like the way you broke down the answers to the question...I need to sit down and do that. "Do you like being broke?" is a very good place to start! I'm thinking this would make for a good journal entry!
Peru, glad to see you here. When I'm struggling, if the only thing I do is get here on the board, I feel like I've had a success. And I miss everyone when I'm gone anyway.
cbabie, THM (Trim Healthy Mama) has a recipe for healthy gummies.

I spent 2 hours each of the last 2 nights walking around catching Pokemon. We went to "the Pike" in Long Beach (CA) Thursday, and around the Rose Bowl in Pasadena last night. Mostly walking, some standing around (not sitting) and a little jogging the few times that a really cool Pokemon was spotted and everyone went running for it. I told my husband I just want to be able to chase Pokemon without getting winded. Lol. Everyone has to have a goal, right? Since Wednesday I've been making good choices, NO soda has been the hardest part. I'm feeling better actually, and it's getting a bit easier to stick to my guns. Sugar is a huge trigger for me. It's an appetite stimulant (if you didn't already know that). For me it just makes me want more sugar. One thing I've already seen is that I don't want to eat as much. I'm getting full/satisfied faster. Today's really awesome NSV for me: on the way home from a game store tonight I thought about stopping for fro-yo, like we often do. I thought carefully, and realized that it would make me want to munch on more stuff once I got home, so I chose not to stop. Came home and ate 2 plums and a few grapes. Quite satisfied. And happy with myself!

Needing to plan and prep food for the convention next weekend. I'm really at a loss as to what I want to bring. I better figure it out by Thursday...shopping day, lol.
Until tomorrow,
Karla :-)

theslightedgeforever

cbabie what is your carb goal each day Is it possible that you don't suck at it but you have set it too low? baby steps You could always take your average for last two two weeks and then set a goal just beneath that so you are slowly stepping down until you reach what level you want. Are you doing it for weight loss purposes or diabetic purposes? Celebrate the fact you walked 9700 steps. What if you had written "I did get my walk in and had 9700 steps yaaay" vs "I did get my walk in and was short 300 steps to get my 10K..:( " Same action just perceived differently. It also invokes a different feeling and emotion which translates to joy or stress which causes a physiological reaction in your body which could affect your health.

karla woohoo on no sugar and your NSV All those things add up. Just keep walking.. Did you find any answers yet in your journal writing?

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stayed OP under calories and over carbs by 7
exercised strength training 45 min warm up walk 5 min
+ number at end of the night for exercise

jackie_van_d

Hey all,
It's been a tough week, a lot of it was my own doing: bad choices while dining out, not getting my steps in and then "Aunt Flo" showed up with 6 pounds to add to the mix

BUT it's a new week, a new day and renewed dedication to mfp!

theslightedgeforever

jackie this too shall pass as they say. Just know that entire 6 lbs isn't fat. Some of it will go quickly as it came. Just start with your next meal and get in some walking or whatever.

hi to the rest of you

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stayed OP under calories and under carbs
exercised strength training 53 min warm up elliptical 5 min
+ number at end of the night for exercise

bugmom92

Another successful day, foodwise. I wasn't happy with only having 1100 steps, so when hubby came home from work at 9 pm I made him take me on a Pokewalk. lol. I ended up gaining another 5000. Not bad for a Sunday, since it's often my "day off" from walking. I tracked on MFP today. It was interesting to see how I was doing with the nutrients. Not too bad - I'm happy with my choices. For fun, if I have time, I might go back and put in everything I tracked this week on WW (since Wed). I did good on points, just want to see how it compares. Only got half my water in, but no one's perfect! I will work on that. Still needing to plan meals for next weekend's convention. Just can't wrap my head around it at all.
I am super tired now, it's 12:30 am...and I have that "munchy" feeling...but I know it's just being tired and not hungry. So off to bed I go.

Jackie, what slightedge said is so true. With good choices you can reverse that gain in a day or so. If I eat popcorn at the movies I will be up 5 lbs the next day..it's the salt. Needless to say, I never eat popcorn the day before weigh in! You said something about a new week, new day and renewed dedication. Since that lady talked to me at my WW mtg on Wednesday, every morning I get up and ask myself "Do you want to be in pain tomorrow morning?" and I answer no. And I ask myself "Do you want to be able to go on a hike or chase after a Pokemon without your lungs feeling like they will implode?" and I answer yes. And then I make good food choices. Sometimes I have to remind myself during the day. I would put up sticky notes in my house but we have a temporary room mate for another week or two and I just don't feel like putting something that personal up for non-family to see. Maybe I'll do that when she moves out. I do think sticky notes will help too.

Until tomorrow,
Karla :-)

cbabie

Monday Morning..

Well I went way off the wagon last night...almost on purpose. I was BORED, Frustrated, couldn't sit still...and ATE everything and I mean everything. So yes it's a new week and new day. I went to bed at one point as I knew why I was eating, but then got up and said I don't care, why care, why do I want to,...so yes bad day. I just ate to eat. It was almost like a rebellious child.

I got up late on Sunday we went to 2 services and I have to be at both and so now my Sundays start at 7am and I get home around 1and I didn't get a chance to eat before I went, no walk, no nothing. So that's where my day started wrong. But again today I claim my health and MIND back.

I love coming here and knowing that I can share the real me and even my bad food habits and I am not condemned, but yet encouraged, not enabled, but encouraged.

slightedge, yes my carbs might be too low, you know me always try to be perfect and high goals.LOL Yes I need to speak positive into my life. Thank you.

Jackie: We are here together and we will both get the increase to do a U turn.

Karla: Yea for you!! you are doing great and I like your questions. I have to start saying yes to mine instead of I don't care..LOL So I will lean on you for now if that's okay with you.

Okay to all my other newbies..Hope to see you on this Monday!!

Cbabie

Goal
Track
stay OP
exercise 40 min

dankas001

Hi eveyone sorry ive been missing in action x back on board today had sts at weigh in at least not a gain if all goes well at scan then im hoping to get back to work in 8 weeks time. Hoping to have good day today hope your all well kate

peruviansweetie

Hello ladies!!!
So glad to see you on here!!
So, today I start again. I've tracked my food so far. I'm trying not to eat sweets, so I had watermelon intend. I've gaine 4lbs and I need to get back on track. Thank you all for your support.

@cbabie I know how you feel. I've been in that "I don't care mode for a while now" Today I decided to step on the scale. I haven't stepped on the scale in weeks. I gained, but it motivated me to get back on track!!!! We are here to encourage you. We all have bad days, but we have to be careful not to allow those days to take over and interfere with our goals. I've done that and today it's time to stop it and get it together. Thanks for always looking for me!!!
@theslightedgeforever I'm baaaackk lol. Thank you for all the encouragement and advise!!! I have been reading your posts, but I haven't been posting much myself.
@bugmom92 Great to see you Karla. Glad to see you're tracking and getting your steps in. It encourages me to get back to the Y and start working out. Maybe tonight I'll go for a walk around my complex!!!
@dankas001 Glad to see you back!!! Are you looking forward to going back to work? I haven't worked in over 5 years. I decided to stay home with my kids. I don't miss working at all lol lol, but I know I'll be back to work in a few years!!!

Waving hello to the rest of the ladies!! Hope to see more of you here today

Goal for today
Track all my food
Drink 8-10 glasses of water.

theslightedgeforever

karla sounds like you are working your plan.. Do it again tomorrow

cbabie The thing I want most for you is to say today was a good day. Going to bed with a feeling of contentment. My friend was telling me about her dd and how she was trying to follow a low carb plan 20-40 g but was miserable and irritable. I told her about another friend of mine who she knows that has lost 12 lbs this month. She's following a reduced carb plan getting in around 130-150 g So like Carla and her questions, is your perfection and high goals getting you where you want to go? Lower the bar to something challenging but attainable. Then at the end of the day you can say, I had a good day.

danka hoping you get good results at your scan yaaay on no gain

peru woohoo on your tracking. That's the first step. Just keep repeating each meal. Every time we eat is a new chance to do it right.

I had a end of summer party today. I've been trying to get my friends to have less food, more movement. We only had one dessert and not three or four I made eggplant pizzas, low carb chicken breasts and fruit salad. Some nice little sugar free cookies. About the size of a quarter. One lady brought hummus filled deviled eggs and another a pasta salad. I found a recipe for good girl moonshine. It uses peach tea. Kind of like a healthy wine cooler. Low calorie because of the stevia. I added low sodium club soda for a bit of no calorie fizz. I could drink these instead of my diet cokes.

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stayed OP under calories and under carbs
exercised water jogging 31 min treadmill 30 min
+ number at end of the night for exercise

theslightedgeforever

theslightedgeforever

oh it has apple cider vinegar in it which is supposed to be healthy for me according to dh. Now I have found something I like that I can start drinking it.

bugmom92

slightedge, the recipe is in the Trim Healthy Mama cookbook. Which is awesome...we like many of the recipes. I just don't eat the way they say, I'm too confused about how many hours between S meals and E meals and what is too much fat in an E meal and too much carbs in a S meal. Lol. If you followed that, you are doing better than I am.

Still doing good. Had little temptations on the way, but I don't want to hurt in the morning, and I want to be able to jog across a park without dying. I went ahead and put in all my food back to Wednesday, weigh in day. Interesting to see those numbers. I'm not sure I like the way it gives you your exercise calories. To me, the walking should be part of my daily movement, not anything extraordinary. So if anyone knows how to change the settings so it doesn't give you those calories that would be cool...let me know! (Edit - I figured it out, you need to be a premium member...guess I'll just keep my exercise log separate like I always have anyway.)

Super tired, and not getting enough sleep this week...bad before a big con weekend. Off to bed...here's to another good day in the morning! I'm thinking of going to meeting tomorrow instead of Wednesday, if I can wake up early enough!

Karla :-)

jackie_van_d

Good morning !
Hope you all have a great Tuesday !

cbabie

Happy Tuesday!
It's good to see you all here checking in and telling us about your day!

I tracked, got my walk in, did my arms, but still went over my goals in food. However I feel better no sugar and I know what sent me over and today I get a little better at it. Yes my carbs are low, but I don't want to raise them..I will just keep going over, so set low and I might be normal.:)

Peru: glad to see you, wow it's been 5 years? it seems like yesterday! You can do this, just one meal at a time, keep resetting your goals the most important thing is not to give up. Then you are defeated, but always trying says I am more than a conqueror.

slightedge: great job, sounds like you found a winner. keep movin movin..

Jackie: morning: good to see you

Karla: keep asking questions, I am trying to learn from you. I feel bloated and not flowing...if that makes sense...I first have to track..I see that on Fridays I let go and eat what I want, I have to change my mindset. It just sets me up for failure.

dankas: I hear excitement in your post! We are all here supporting you!!

Okay have to go get my stuff done.

cbabie

dankas001

thanks girls for all the encouragement xx good choices yesterday woke up famished this morning so im going to have a cut off time of 7pm try & have nothing to eat after this time which is tricky let you all know how it goes ive been off work since brain surgery in january first 5 months was complete recovery mainly sleeping a lot but i feel 100 percent now neuro surgeon gp & oncologist all agree that i can afford to withold on radiotherapy for now should have been doce months ago, but theyre all hopeful if residule tumour hasnt grown then i can delay radiotherapy fo 6/12 months start get on with life again heres hoping me n hubby live outside glasgow so were going to the beautiful highlands in october for a week & then hopefuly back to work there after everything crossed kate xx

peruviansweetie

Good morning ladies!!
So, I did pretty good yesterday. I have to work on making my meals more instead of eating out. I went to panera bread for lunch and had a salad.
I don't really like to cook, but I need to cook more. When I make my own meals I feel better and eat healthier.
I reached my goal of tracking and drinking my water yesterday.
My goal today:
Continue tracking
Drink water
Make a healthy meal.

@cbabie yes over 5 years.. Can you believe it??? My baby starts kindergarten next week already. I'm getting emotional. At least I still have my little one to keep me company while my baby girl is at school. I plan on walking her to school when the weather is nice. This will help me increase my activities. Walking there and back!! I should be able to get a lot of steps in.
@bugmom92 you are too funny with all those cookbook levels. I definitely wouldn't get it. Great job on tracking everything!!!
@dankas001 Hope all goes well!! Great job on staying on track and with your steps
@theslightedgeforever Sounds like your summer party was a lot of fun!! And that drink sounds delicious. Can you tell me how you made it. I could also drink that instead of soda. I stopped drinking soda for 4 months and recently started again. I don't drink one everyday, but whenever I go out to eat I want something sweet and it's the only thing that's 0 points!!! I tried the unsweetened iced tea and don't like it at all!! You're doing a great job!!!
@jackie_van_d Hope you're feeling better!! How are u doing with your goals???

Have a great day ladies!!!

peruviansweetie

dankas001

hi health gaurd im very dissapointed with ww new look i loved message boards & group none of that there now x

peruviansweetie

Hello @health_guard Welcome!! I miss the WW boards too. Now they have the connect thing. It looks like people like it and I see a lot of people posting on there. But I still like and miss the boards.

bugmom92

Went to WW today because I'll be too busy tomorrow. Weighed in a day early and still down 3.8. It's amazing how fast a body can reverse the damage done to it when you take care of it right! The topic was staying hydrated. A lady shared an app she uses on her phone called Plant Nanny. I downloaded it and it's a fun little game style way of tracking water. I named my plant George, and I don't want George to die, so he and I are drinking our water. lol. So, I thought more today about what that lady told me last week about asking myself one simple question in the morning, and make my food choices accordingly. I realize that making the one choice to eat better ends up snowballing into doing everything else that supports my goal. Eating right makes me want to exercise, makes me remember to not let my emotions sell me out, makes me want to drink my water. So basically, even though I have made one solid goal for myself (eating right), all the other things have just been coming along naturally. Kinda cool.
Went to the dentist today...was numb for 4 hours after I got home. Finally could eat. Heated up some of those madras lentils in a pouch and steamed some broccoli. Ate 2 bites (slurped) of the lentils and the temporary crown fell off. So I had to slurp the rest of my food down on the other side of my mouth. I guess I get to see my dentist again tomorrow. I was hungry enough, I got my food eaten. I really like the ease of tracking on MFP site...really easier in some ways than WW (though I track there too). Came in 9 pts under today...probably not going to try to ingest those 9 points. In the past I'd say have a soda or ice cream. But I'm eating for my health, which means no sugar that will only feed the inflammation. I am short on protein by a bunch, but unless they sell pureed hamburgers somewhere I guess I'm out of luck!
The next 2 days will be super crazy busy packing and stuff, and then I'm at the convention for 4 days. I'll try to check in on my phone or tablet. I get soooo busy there, I barely get a real sit-down break for meals.
@dankas001 your holiday sounds wonderful!
@health_guard welcome to the board! Some of us newbies go way (way way) back on the WW boards, but we love to make new friends! This is a very nice group of ladies. I think we try to stay pretty positive most of the time, but we keep it real too. Your struggles are our struggles. Hope to hear more from you. I'm actually loving posting here, it's so much easier for me. Glad you found us!
Everyone else, I have to go get ready to walk with my friend who will be here any minute...but I loved reading and catching up!
Karla :-)

theslightedgeforever

carla Think of the exercise portion as activity points. Some people choose to eat those back some people not. I use mine as a way to determine my net calories for the week. I'll show a pic in a minute. Because I have a fitbit, and I've enabled negative adjustments if I'm not as active as I should be it will start deducting exercise points. For my calories, I just use the food total and try and stay under my goal. I don't eat all those calories left at the end of the day. I want those to go into my net calorie bank. woohoo on your loss.

jackie how is your day going?

cbabie yaaay on tracking doing your walk and your arms

danka great news from the doc. I want to go to the highlands someday. I saw a documentary about winter in the highlands two days ago. I'll go in summer. Good luck on your 7 pm deadline

peru I love Panera for breakfast. I'm with you on not liking to cook but I'm getting better at it. Tonight I spiralized butternut squash and threw in some parsley parmesan cheese and spices. On top of that some low carb chicken crunchy chicken breasts cut up. plus some fruit salad. Easy and tasted so good. Here's that recipe. This is for one quart. I made some tonight just for myself. But for my party, I doubled it and threw in a can of Canada Dry low sodium for some fizz. http://mamashire.com/peach-good-girl-moonshine/ I don't like unsweetened iced tea either.

healthguard Jump aboard. we always need an extra hand when one of us is too tired to row. Welcome

Finally the scale moved. I've been losing bodyfat but wanted that number to move. Now I'm officially under 200. negative thoughts just came my way but I had to squash them. I'm a different person now, I can keep moving forward. My period is 10 days late and I'm hoping a lb or so is hiding in bloat. Another NSV is I had another blood sugar reading under 100 this month One day I will no longer be prediabetic.

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stayed OP under calories over carbs by 14
exercised weight lifting 67 min
+ number at end of the night for exercise

theslightedgeforever

Carla this is my net calories chart. Supposedly if you get somewhere between 2000-5000 you will lose weight.

theslightedgeforever

See underneath the chart it says net calories under weekly goal Mine was 2155. I lost weight too. Everyone has their own magic number. The trick is to finding yours I just like MFP because of the fun charts. Except in bright red when it showed I made bad choices. Lol. It's saying STOP