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

Cbabie. How about you reframe the rules to make them work for you. As I don't like the word rules I like to think of it as structured or boundary walls.

Jackie. Good to see you. I figured everyone gets real busy this time of year. I'm glad you are getting some answers. May not be what you want but you can deal with it that way.

There was a phrase I heard that said Do I want it most or do I want it now. Then you fill in the It. The most is your goal. The now is the thing stopping you from getting the goal.

So for me. Do I want to lower my blood sugar most or do I want this piece of pie now.

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Goals exercise not met. Tracked dinner on time. Met

@theslightedgeforever yes we can! Your dinner looks really good. Is that butternut squash?

@cbabie I'm glad you were able to turn your anger around and set yourself up for a good day. Yes, it can be very challenging to work for a corp, 20 sets of eyes need to look at something before anything gets done, everything is soooo slow, I know you know what I am talking about!!! Thanks for the article, I'll read it today.

@jjansen39 welcome back!

@mysticlizard it was pretty good but I was able to resist it yesterday (there was still some there)

Well I just have to say that I am struggling so much. Not with my eating or exercising, but in my mind. I've been tracking and exercising and eating well for 36 days in a row now, and I've actually only lost 1.7 lbs in that time. It's frustrating and I'm angry about it and it's hard to be motivated to keep going. I'm sure some of it has to do with me lifting weights, I'll take my measurements this weekend and see if anything has changed, but to see the scale go up and up is frustrating (it goes down and then goes up...I weigh daily but average it out over 7 days).

On top of that, I'm having a weird health issue that I am worried about: I have pain in the back of my leg reaching to the side of my calf/shin so bad that after sitting a while, it hurts to walk. I am going to call the doctor today and see if I can get squeezed in, I shouldn't have done this but I did a "symptom checker" on WebMD and got the crap scared out of me: blood clots, etc

Well have a good day everyone!

mysticlizard I stayed under my carb goal again today. Looks like you had a good day too. We are awesome.

cbabie Nice article. I could set up a cravings board on my Trello and then columns for sweet, salty, etc. That way I could later go back and analyze which events are triggering cravings. So I can make a plan to deal with and eliminate them. Plus I can find a healthier alternative to the snacks. You are starting to show some control over your nighttime eating. The food pic was butternut squash. I hollowed out the middle and baked them. Then I filled it with a mixture of rice, black beans, corn, salsa, and taco seasoning. Next time I will use cauliflower rice instead. Friday I'm going to use the hollowed out leftovers and add some Craisins and feta cheese for a side dish.

trooworld yes on the butternut squash. I sprinkled it with cinnamon first. Sorry about your struggles. I can identify. Twice I have proven I lose less weight eating strictly healthy food over long periods of time vs adding Doritos and dessert. After gall bladder surgery I couldn't eat fats for 6 weeks and I was religious and perfect. I was excited as I knew I could drop 10-15+ lbs during that time. Big whopping total of 1.5 lbs. So now I'm shooting for 1 lb a week. Sometimes I make it and other times no. I'm learning to cook differently. Are you eating enough calories, points, etc.? I had a friend who was doing 1200 calories and couldn't lose. She moved it up to 1500 and started losing every week. I like to look at this as an experiment. All the numbers we track is just data. As a scientist we need to know our magic formula that gets us the results we want. Maybe you have sciatica.

@lentigogirl Welcome to the group. Mark this thread as a favorite so you can find us again I had to quit tracking both and now just use this site. I'm prediabetic and need to track my carbs.

I am loving my Trello boards. Just now I was on MFP home and there was a blog showing a recipe for chicken meatballs. I could send it immediately to my Mealplans board for the day I wanted to cook it. Then at night when I plan the next day, I just go to my mealplans board and see what is on the menu for Thursday for instance and copy that card to my Today board so I know what I'm fixing and can defrost the chicken or whatever. Meal planning has always been the hardest for me and why I don't usually cook much. Today I made Sweet Korean lentils over cauliflower rice. It was so good. Easy too since I had left over lentils from the other day. You can use regular rice or pasta even but I'm trying to lower my blood sugar.

Another little trick I just started doing on Trello is using the checklist feature for items that I just don't seem to be able to complete. So I had to break it down into steps. I just focus on one step at a time and if that's all I have time for that day I achieved something and get to move it to my Done list. Then tomorrow it goes back for Step 2. Salad in a jar is an example of this. I've been wanting to do this for a while but it just doesn't get done. I need something I can just grab and is healthy. Otherwise I'll be eating some Doritos or a bag of popcorn for lunch.

This was my list.Next week I will be eating my salads.

Find and clean jars (I have a box of jars in my storage room)-Done
Find recipe-Done
make lentils
Make dressing
Assemble all ingredients
Fill jar

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Goals: exercise Met tracked dinner on time Met

I know I don't post here often, but I do check in and read through for ideas. While I am on here daily and log daily, most days I am a person of fewer words.
Doing good with losing and I just adjusted my macros to optimize the weight loss and muscle gain. Going for more protein. I am seeing changes in my body from the weightlifting and weight loss, which is encouraging. Hope to be down another size by Christmas

@slightedge.. The Pork Chops and Veggies look very tasty. I loved the advice about "Do I want it most, or do I want it now." You stated you were going to make salad dressing, do you have some good recipes you would like to share?

@gemwolf110.. Nice looking steps you all built and great on all your exercice and getting your steps in. It makes me tired just to look at what all you have done. Lol.

@trooworld.. I know what you mean about your weight. It seems like I have been trying to lose weight half my like.

@mysticlizard.. Congratulations on meeting your goals. That is awesome.

@cbabie..I too, have problems with snacking at night, especially if I have had a stressful day. I don't know why I think that gives me a free ticket to eat. It only makes me feel worse. Sometimes we just blow it though. One thing for sure, we can all pray for each other.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I hope I don't completely lose my mind and eat everything in sight. Just kidding!! It is so hard to lose weight around the holidays and I it seems like I am always trying to lose at these times. My goal is to try and maintain or not gain over two pounds over the holidays and maybe do extra exercising. I have a Doctor's appointment in January and that will be my motivation for now. Lol. Has anyone else set any goals for the holidays?

Good morning all!! Yesterday was so gorgeous outside, a little windy, but around 80 degrees. Today, it is 50 degrees and very windy. For this time of year that is still not bad. I went shopping a couple of days ago for our Thanksgiving Dinner. It doesn't seem like it should be that time of year yet, but it is. I have been horrible about not exercising lately, it just seems like I have been so busy. It has also been hard to stay within my calorie goal. I just had a birthday and with all the going out to eat and the birthday celebrations, it has been challenging. When I finish typing this I am going to walk on my treadmill, I am determined!!!

@shellyid2016.. I don't post a lot myself, but I like to read everyone's post. There are lots of ideas and motivation.
@trooworld..I am glad you did not have a bloodclot in your leg. Getting it checked can be expensive but the peace of mind is so worth it.
@cbabie..Thanks! Good advice about the holidays.
@theslightedge..I tried Trello. I don't quite have the hang of it yet. It was a little confusing to me but I am not too Computer Savvy sometimes. I think it will be good once I figure out how it works.
gemwolf110..Good job on losing the pounds and amazing getting so many steps in.

Okay, the treadmill awaits!!!!!

Good evening ladies,

@gemwolf110 - Yay on the weight! I am using the same strategy for Thanksgiving as well.

@cbabie - I kept doing that most of the summer. I would over eat at lunch or supper then say well I will start again tomorrow. Now I am trying to stay the course after the meal or snack that didn't fit. I am telling myself I may still be over from what I planned, but I am still going to stay on track. So far it works about half of the time for me. But every little thing we do gets us a little closer to our goals. You knowing how and why you went over at lunch is small victory, that gives you the information you need to do better next time. You are moving in the right direction.

@lore11a - I envy you your nice weather. We are getting our first snow here in southern MN. I am grateful it did not start snowing earlier. Belated happy birthday.

@trooworld - Do you do any thing special with your brussels sprouts before you roast them? They are one of my favorite veggies. To make sure I don't have a lot of the higher calorie left overs, I am going to send them home with my oldest daughter and her boyfriend who are coming for Thanksgiving. They live in two separate houses so I can get rid of twice the left overs.

Winter is officially here in MN. It was kind of neat to watch the snow fly while I was working out today. I did get an hour and a quarter work out in. My eating is a bit off, hubby was home for the day and wanted Indian food so we went up the street for lunch. I asked for a box with mine and put half of it in the box right away and over estimated calories so I should be ok.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Crazy day yesterday Finally got
To sit and relax at 930 last night
And another crazy day today.