NON WW & WW NEWBIES, OUR NEW LIFE, THE START OF SOMETHING WONDERFUL
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Hello ladies!!
Oh my goodness so many new faces!! How exciting!! I need to start tracking on here. I've only been tracking on WW!!
Did pretty good through the day, but messed up at night by having some munchkin donuts ughh!!!!
My Challenge:
Well it's kind of late tonight, so I will do it tomorrow!!
Drink more water
No sweets for tomorrow
More veggies
Do my Zumba!!!!
I have to start my workouts again. I haven't worked out in 2 weeks, but I have been active!!!
@bugmom92 Karla: so happy to see you here!!! I'm so bad at gardening!, but those zucchini look yummy!!! I hope all goes well with your Dr appointment and I agree with you!! Loving this site because it is so user friendly.
@cbabie thank you for starting the whole challenge thing. It will hold me accountable!! I will post tomorrow how I did.
@dankas001 welcome!!! Sorry to hear about your health problems. Looks like you're doing great with your challenge. It encourages me to read all the completed challenges!!! Great job!!!!
@fattypants3232 welcome!!! Congrats on the weight loss. I didn't do so great, but I'm hoping to see a loss this week!! What's your challenge??
@theslightedgeforever I like to put the @ because it highlights the name of the person, so if I don't have time to read all the posts I his look for my highlighted name and read that lol lol. Trying hard to eat healthier. Not easy because I love sweets,but I have cut back a lot!!!
@dankas001 and @jackie_van_d Great job on completing your challenges!! I have to step it up and complete mind tomorrow lol!!
@jamiewilldo Great job!! It's hard in this heat, but try to stay cool and continue the great work!!
Ok I think I got everyone lol. Welcome all!!
Have a good night!!!1 -
danka I love berries too. Your dog looks like a dog my parents had. I think they loved that dog more than me. My mom said cause she couldn't talk back
Yaaay on your walk. Impressive step count
Cbabie. Yaaay for staying within your goals. You sound very upbeat today.
Jackie. Great job on the water. I did better today on mine because of you
Jamie and erika Welcome to the group
Peru Great list of goals.
My challenge this week was increase protein. I had a yogurt smoothie with strawberries.
I walked 31 min treadmill.
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Morning gals:
I had some emotional changes in my life yesterday and I am happy to report that I did not turn to FOOD. I did get my 30 min walk in, I did do my push ups...but that was the extent. I also met me 10K step goal..YEA. I tracked and was only 23 calories over and had a little too much protein and sugars. But I am a work in progress!!
@peruviansweetie : love the goals, you can do this. I knew you before you had your baby!! You got this.
@theslightedgeforever : great job on the treadmill!!! your smoothie sounds yummy!
@jackie_van_d : good job on the water, I forgot to track how much I drank, but I think I did close to goal.
@bugmom92: how is your thumb?
@fattypants3232: hope your doing well today.
@dankas001: great job on your goals, keep up the good work.
@erika_slims: welcome!
@jamiewilldo: welcome!
So glad to have all the newbies:
today, 30 min walk, 22 push ups, 64 oz water, keep a positive attitude!
Cbabie2 -
cbabie, glad to see you more upbeat and very glad you did not eat your emotions. Isn't that the greatest feeling? It's happening for me more and more now. The hardest time I have with that is if I'm tired on top of emotional. Then it's a real fight, and I usually lose. My thumbs are fine, and they better stay that way. The problem is my right hand middle finger, lol. So I have trigger finger and the doc gave me a cortisone shot. That came with a numbing medication, and my finger is still annoyingly numb, but waking up slowly. I go back in 6 weeks and if it's not better I get surgery. It's a small in-office surgery, not a big deal. But then you have to wear a splint for 2 weeks. So Id have to go around flipping the bird for 2 weeks...haha...hope it doesn't come down to that! As for my left hand I have something there and the doc says "I don't know what it is. Continue wearing your brace and taking anti-inflammatories." Sheesh! Considering going back to my chiropractor for treatment on it. He has this electric machine that very few chiros have, it's a specialty thing, and I know from experience it works great. Gets rid of scar tissue built up on muscles and tendons and it's a cure, not just a symptom reliever. It's pricey though, and I"m not in a good financial place right now. I'm applying for a job as a "concierge", basically receptionist, for an assisted living. It will be like 20 hours a week and pay a buck or two less than my failed Walmart job, but I think I'll like working there. Our temporary roommate works there and does the hiring for the position. She brought me the application and all the paperwork. I'm thinking ...I got the job, lol. This morning there was a ruckus in the backyard at 6 am (after going to bed at 2 am). I ran back there thinking the chickens I'm hen-sitting were in trouble. What I find is 6 parrots sitting on the power line over my coop making crow caws...and louder than any crow you've ever heard. I love the wild parrots we have, but my esteem of them just fell several points this morning, lol. So I went back to bed instead of going to WW and aqua class. I'll go to WW tonight. I'm making good choices, tracking all the morsels and bites, and working on my water. I'll report my daily results tonight.
Until later, Karla :-)
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Hey all, good evening !
Well only got 2 cups of h2o BUT
I had a mcds cup(large) filled it with ice and then added one of those mini vans of Coke and let the ice melt for a while so it was VERY watered down.
Did 40+ min of walking tonight at a car show (woohoo for unplanned steps, wish my pedo worked!)
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cbabie Yaaay on not turning to food. You can do it again next time
karla what's wrong with your left hand. i spent three years with dr not knowing what was wrong and now hopefully fixed since I had surgery last Thursday. So you give everyone the bird and I'll give them the thumbs up. lol
Jackie 2 cups is better than none. That's what I got too. I let the day get away from me.
I did eat my yogurt parfait so met my challenge for the day. I did a 25 min run/jog
until tomorrow
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Hi all its the weekend yay but my toughest time too got darling hubby on board too hes 50 in january & hopefully if im anld to fly by then were going to the canaries for 2 weeks manage all my steps yesterday beautiful day in west Scotland today so ill get out later have great friday all love kate xxx0
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my wee dog is called rocco we adopted him when he was 5 my neighbour passed away & no one in family wanted him he was heading for cat & dog home hes adorable hes now 12 & we spoil him rotten0
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Morning gals:
I had appointments all day yesterday and it's hot and sweaty outside. My jeans were sticking to me when I got home.
Well I tracked all bites and I went 30 calories over and over on the sugar still...but the tracking is working! YEA..I did my treadmill and push ups. (I think sweating should count for something) LOL
Today: treadmill, push-ups - weights (arms & back)
Water: 64 oz
Track: and goal is to be under for a change.LOL but I have a lunch date, so we will see.
Karla: That's great about tracking..keep it up. I know you can do it. Nice friend with the application I think you would like that too! LOL about the birds...I just wake up about every 2 hours regardless...hence why I am tired all the time when I sit down. Interesting about the Chiro....never heard of that. Well I believe in somedays..
Jackie: Yea on the walking, yes I love those unexpected steps I get. Well today you can try to drink more water, especially since it's so hot no matter where you live...well maybe Alaska.
slightedge: Yea on meeting your protein goal...I think you are inspiring me to keep tracking that for my own health.
Dankas: That's great about your DH...mine will encourage me but he says he is too old to care or change. YOu will be able to take that trip! Put a picture of that some place to keep your eyes on your goal.
Peru, fattypants, Jamie, erika, come by for a visit today, we miss you!
Okay gals, I gotta run get ready for the day. I hope you all have a great day.
Love this board
Cbabie1 -
me too & thanks for starting it xx2
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Rant sorry
Flipping hot+period+ hot "flash"that lasted 2 hrs + 3 cleaning jobs + no air = one pissed off, cranky, tired me
I had a glass of wine!
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Hello ladies!!
Had a busy day today, but happy to report that I did not eat any sweets yesterday woohoo!!
Today I had a little bit and I stayed on plan, but I have to start drinking more water. I usually drink lots of water when I exercise, but I've been busy and have not had the time.
I will do personals later, but so happy to see you ladies on here!!!
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Jackie, you had ONE glass of wine. You "tracked" it. You were mindful of it. You did nothing wrong! Hope you're feeling better - the good news is, this too shall pass. Eventually.
Peru, glad to see you here. Isn't it easier to post here? I love it. And I'm glad we're "growing"! I came across an old email today back from a few years ago. I had sent it to everyone on the board saying where is everyone, I've been starting the board all week and I'm lonely. Haha, good times!
slightedge, my left hand has some kind of tendonitis thing going on. It's not carpal tunnel...it's two tendons on the top of my hand...gets better and worse depending on how I'm abusing it. The right hand has the trigger finger. Now that they treated the middle finger, which is more achy than it was to begin with due to the shot, I'm realizing that the ring finger is also having a bit of a popping issue. I just need a hand transplant, and maybe an elbow to go along with the package, lol.
Today's challenge results: Posting today. Drank 6 of my 10 glasses of water...tracked everything. Did not stay away from sugary things, as I had a soda (which if I hadn't had the soda, I would have drank more water). Walked with my friend.
Let's see if we're better at posting on the weekend now that we're over here!
Until tomorrow,
Karla :-)1 -
hey karla sound very painful i had great hike yesterday with hubby legs n butt very stiff this am 90 minutes in local glen it was fab beautiful day but mainly done under trees so plenty of shade both of us in bed for 9.30 ast night lol have good day x2
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Lovely hugs ty x0
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Morning gals: I had a binge yesterday. It's been a very long crazy week and I just imploded last night. I ate 3..yes 3 vanilla cones with nuts on chocolate...went 1500 calories over...so it's past. I have to eat 1500 less today, (yea right) I will get back into my roll. It's a mindset and I was exhausted.
Karla: you are doing great. I am so happy to see you on the boards. Sorry about the hand/fingers.
Peru: love the post/picture. Yea on the no sweets...I ate yours and mine!!
Dankas: I am so proud of your walk, you are just doing awesome!
Jackie: It is hot, we can just stand and sweat. I think of all the poisons that are coming out of my body.
slightedge: hope to see you today on the boards.
okay gals gotta run...today is errand day...YUCK
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Just a quick check in...since part of my challenge goal is to check in daily! Drank a lot of water. I kept refilling my big cup, so I have no clue how much. Tracked everything. Drank soda, which I analyzed afterwards. I got cherry vanilla dr pepper because I could and it's my favorite. I should have just got my daughter's soda, put a little in so I could take a few yummy gulps, and then turn the cup over to her disposal. Next time. My refill choice from the restaurant was ice water, so I did salvage the situation a bit. No real exercise, too tired. And rest takes precedence at this moment.
cbabie, good to see you here on a Saturday...easier to post here, I'm loving it!
Until tomorrow,
Karla :-)1 -
danka I had to go look up the canary islands. I had heard of them before but didnt know exactly where they were located. I hope Rocco gives you many more years of pleasure and comfort. Yaaay on the steps. Is that the challenge you are doing? Your hike sounded beautiful
cbabie I still don't meet my protein goal on MFP but I am meeting my challenge of eating yogurt 6 days a week which will increase my protein from last week. That was my goal Tomorrow I will have to see where I am vs last week and then set a new challenge. Looks like you are sticking to your goals. Did u get in touch with believe?
jackie I pray God sends you a cool breeze.
peru Yaaaay on no sweets. I had guests on friday and I baked and she brought dessert. I ended up with one half piece on Friday, 1/3 piece on Saturday realizing I had better get this out of the house or I will eat it one bite at a time. 1/2 piece what she brought and now that's gone too. But I did track and I stayed within cal budget.
karla Ouch on your hand. I'm ready to get my bandages off so I can start using it again. I'm still having pain issues that the dr says is all in my head. I told him I'll give it 3 months and then I'm coming for his head. Hooray for your tracking and posting
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Good Sunday Morning!
I went to my daughters last night and I had taken my cashews with me, thankfully. I came home after making a pallet painting (it was fun) and was still hungry at 10PM...so I ate a yogurt...I knew this would put me over, but decided I needed to eat something. Well this morning I got up to add it to my journal and I had a surprise. I had added some quinoa in the morning to see what the nutrients were.(yes I know I can check without adding ) But thankfully that could be deleted and I was under. YEA!!!! made up a little for the day before. LOL
Karla: I am glad you like the new board!! Great insight on the soda, that's how we all learn and make those little tweaks and changes every day. Congrats of drinking your water and checking in!!! Hope your hand gets better soon.
slightedge: hope your hand gets better soon too! I am glad my hand isn't bothering me..seems like it started to be contagious. LOL Congrats on staying within your budget and tracking every bite, lick! You are doing great. It seems we are all doing better this past week.
okay, lets hear from the rest of our group...checking in is vital to your success!
I didn't get my push ups done, so have to make sure I get them in today and get my walk in, but it's hard on Sundays as my DH doesn't get out of bed in time for me to get ready for church. We will see.
Cbabie0 -
Morning.
got 5km walk in,3 cups o water
Wow it's the end of July !!! Summer is just flying by2 -
Good morning ladies!!
Sorry for not posting yesterday. I wrote a whole page of my goals and personals and then went back to make a few changes, but when I clicked on "post reply" most of what I wrote was gone!! Ughhh I was so annoyed!!!!
Anyway today is a new day!!!
I did have sweets yesterday!! One day at a time!! I went over my daily target. I didn't drink enough water. I need to increase my water intake!
My goal for today
Get my 8 glasses of water in
No sweets
Get in some activity or Zumba if I have the time.
Try to get some rest ( that's important too lol)
@cbabie woohooo glad you were able to delete for the quinoa!! Don't you love it when things work out to our favor lol.
@theslightedgeforever Glad to hear your hand is feeling better!! And congrats on getting rid of the sweets. I didn't do all that great with the sweets yesterday. I had a bag of m&m's lol.
@dankas001 How are you doing with your goals!??
@jackie_van_d woohooo!! Way to go on the walking, now we gotta work on the water lol lol
Tell me about it!! August is almost here! I feel like this summer just flew by!
Ok ladies have a great Sunday!!
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cbabie Good for you for making smart choices and taking cashews with you.
jackie congrats on your walk and water. I didn't get in my walk. No excuse other than I was talking to my kids on video chat. It was my dd's bday so I talked with her and then my ds called later. I didn't have enough battery on my phone or I would have Facetimed them and walked at same time. So I need a better plan Seems they call on Sundays. Nothing went as planned.
peru So how did u do on your goals for today? No sweets? No sweets for me but went over anyway just by going out with dh. Sitting on computer talking with kids means no cooking was done thus go to restaurant. My fault I did not make a better choice at restaurant. Then I ate out of emotions and dh said do you need to eat that. well I do now. He should know better after all these years.
I didn't even get in my yogurt. sigh So back to it tomorrow I did increase my protein avg up to 62 interestingly carbs and sugars went higher too.
Goals for this next week
post
reduce carb avg while keeping protein same or higher
strength training for arms x3 days2 -
Oh forgot to mention July successes
lost 4.7 lbs
fasting blood sugar down from 122 to 1132 -
wow brilliant loss i wi tomorrow still keeping my challenge to 10000 steps think ill add in water nxt week kate xx1
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i had a sneaky peek today lost 3lbs!!! ill change wi to monday have a great day everyone kate xx2
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Quick check in: Today's goals (Sunday)
Water 6 out of 10 cups
Post here
Track everything
Sugars - drank only 12 oz soda (none would be better, but 12 oz better than 32!), one warm yummy gluten free chocolate chip cookie fresh out of the oven made by my daughter with love. So it really doesn't count, right? 'Cause you can't put a price/calorie count on LOVE!
Went for a Pokemon walk with hubby
Until tomorrow,
Karla :-)2 -
Morning gals:
I totally went off the path, yesterday was a weird Sunday. I did get the cantaloupe cut up...LOL So that will be my sweet for this week. Didn't track at all, see that is the KEY to my success. I didn't get my to do's done and I am still tired. I haven't been sleeping and I know that is also the cause of my demise. So it's Monday and back on track...I never can give up on me.
I am so happy to see all the weekend post!! This is great and we are keeping our accountability!! That will only help each one of us succeed.
@jackie_van_d : great job on the walk and water...you are walking and hydrating to success!!
@peruviansweetie : I am glad to see you post, so glad we moved here. Well the m&m's I got you beat...LOL Sorry about the post..I have done that too many times. How many of your goals did you hit? Hopefully you weren't like me.
@theslightedgeforever : So glad you got to talk to your kids..I don't always hear from one of mine..it looks like you know what harpooned your goals. So you got this. Ignore DH, I remember mine said something like...you can control what you eat you don't have to eat the whole bag of cookies..so I got mad and ate them..how stupid it only hurt me..LOL Maybe look at what foods are raising the sugar and carbs and see if it's worth the protein. Maybe there is another way to get your protein.
@dankas001; congratulation on the loss..good goal for the 10K steps..that's my goal and I used to hit it all the time, lately 3 out of the 4 not hitting and sometimes more..that is a goal I will be working on this week.
@bugmom92: great job on the TRACKING soda and sugars...your are doing great...even more so...I am so happy that you came to visit all weekend!!! That is hitting your mark! GREAT JOB
Okay gals I have to get my day a going..
goals today:
walk: 10K
water: 64 oz
arms: push ups/weights
tracking: all
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Good afternoon ladies!! It's afternoon here on the East Coast lol!!!
So, I was able to get some rest yesterday!! Hubby took the kids bowling and I relaxed. I'm still working on the water. I had no sweets yay!!! And I did get some activity in by cleaning the home!!
@cbabie So glad you thought of the idea to post on here. I really like it because I can easily access it on my phone. Sorry you went off the path, but today is a new day and a new chance to start over!!!!
@dankas001 CONGRATULATIONS on the weight loss woohooo!!! I need to work on my water intake too!! We could do this!!$ that'll be my goal today!! I try to get to 10,000 steps, but I manage to get half way there sometimes lol. Tomorrow I'll be going to the park for a walk, if it doesn't rain. We've had a rainy weekend here!!
@bugmom92 great job on the water intake. You did better than me. And I agree about not counting the cookie. You definitely can't put a price/calorie count on love lol lol lol!!! Can't wait to hear how you did today. I need to work on my water intake. I was so good with that and I've been slacking ughhh!!!
@theslightedgeforever Woohooo!!! Congrats on the weight loss and sugar going down!!!! I did good with the sweets yesterday, I plan on not having any sweets today. And about the hubby!! Sometimes they could really ruin our goals lol lol lol!!! Hope today is a better day!! We are doing this!!!
Ok today's goals
1) do Zumba ( I will continue putting this goal until I get it done lol lol)
2) Drink my water and track it!
3) No sweets
4) track my food here on MFP. I track it on WW, but not here0
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