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

Here's the finished product of my salad in a jar it was so good

Gem wolf I will add in some greens. That will fill up the jar I have about 20 of these jars and hate to spend money on new ones. How did that pie turn out

Mysticlizard I hope you had a good time with your dd. I love biscuits but now they don't love me. Good for you on the exercise

Trooworld. That's a good idea about mashed potatoes in the crockpot How was the dessert

Bugmom. If you get behind just jump in where you are. Now how are you going to make us a priority for you everyday. Because you see it's not about us but you. By checking in here everyday you are making your health a priority. Kids, husband, games, conventions, Pokémon Go, Facebook etc all get second place when it comes to your health We don't think that way til our bodies turn on us. Your body is already sending you warning signals with your pain. You don't listen then it will turn up the volume
I'm glad you are back tracking and exercising

Shelly. Yes thank God for treadmills. When we use them. So holiday is over and we are all back on track

Peru. Good to see you. Like I said to Karla come join us everyday We need your support too

Cbabie and all the rest of the gals got buried under turkey I think

I hope everyone had a good holiday. Throw out or go find a homeless person to give away those leftovers you don't need.

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Tracked over cals and carbs
Goals exercise. Not met. Tracked dinner on time. Met

It sounds like everyone who's checked in had a happy and successful Thanksgiving! I love how you all shared the things you did to keep yourselves on track...sending away leftovers, packaging up leftovers in meal-size portions, tweaking recipes to make them lighter, and most important...tracking! Knowing that you went 300 calories "over" on one day helps you because you know you didn't "blow it" and use that as an excuse to keep eating, and you know you're not going to gain 10 lbs overnight because of it...your loss may be slowed, but not stalled. You're all being aware and mindful...you've got this! Sunday is our Thanksgiving dinner, and because I'm cooking I can control what goes on the table, and make it easier for myself to stay on track. Tomorrow, however, is a craft night at my friend's and we're having a potluck. I'm bringing a baked bean casserole, and, though it's not exactly super "light", I know how many calories per portion and can control that. I know my friend is making a gluten free quiche so my daughter and I can eat it...I think the best I can do is small portions of anything I eat...and stay away from the desserts (my downfall). We're painting wooden ornaments and signs, and I ordered a lot...so I'll keep my hands busy painting! It's just tough not knowing what all the offerings will be ahead of time, in order to plan.
Tomorrow shall be busy...lots of house cleaning with hubby for the holidays, then a matinee movie, then craft night. Also need to do a little more outside decorating...changing the garden flags from fall to winter, and putting lights on my fence. It's supposed to rain in the afternoon, so I'll have to be speedy!
Have a wonderful weekend - hold on to the gratitude, continue to be mindful, and continue into the holidays with joy!
Karla :-)

Good evening ladies,

@gemwolf110 - Your pie is beautiful and the new coffee maker looks awesome! I am glad you enjoyed your meal and didn't feel the need to overeat.
@bugmom92 - I love the Christmas lights, the snowman is so cute. Enjoy your Thanksgiving meal tomorrow.
@cbabie - Sorry you were feeling bad. Take some time and think about what is important to you for the holiday, not what everyone else wants you to do or what you think you have to do. Make a list and stick to it. Be gentle with yourself, there is only one of you and you have to take care of yourself so you are able to take care of others.

I did not exercise today. The girls and I cleaned the house and then were content to each do our own thing. I curled up with my new book Thinner Leaner Stronger by Michael Matthews. He has a really interesting chapter on how the mind works and how we set ourselves up for failure. One of the things he talks about is how we self sabotage our will power by rewarding ourselves with food when we have worked out or been eating right and even when we see ourselves doing the right thing the following day. He suggests to build up will power that when we want something we should wait ten minutes before indulging. He says with practice we build up our will power to go for longer periods of time. He also suggests that when we want something to remind ourselves of our goal by saying I want_____. That our minds will learn to prioritize the goal we want to achieve before going for what is right in front of us. So when I want something to snack on, I am going to tell myself I want to be 160 pounds.

I hope everyone has a lovely evening.

Hi ladies,

I hope everyone had a restful Sunday.

@theslightedgeforever - The dressing looks amazing, I can't wait to try it.

@cbabie - I am sending happy thoughts your way. Hang in there.

@trooworld - Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason why the weight goes up, that time of the month? water retention? sodium? Feel good about thinking that you did better this year, that shows you are being mindful and that is a victory too. Yay! for getting your workout in.

I got an hour workout in this morning. I read more of my book and I am getting a lot of good ideas. I am on track with my calories. I weigh tomorrow to see what damage I did this week.

Have a good evening.

Cbabie, it’s really something how we feel when eating junk when we’ve been eating healthy. We think “wow, now that I’m eating healthy, the junk food really makes me sick”, but in reality, it was always making us sick…we were just used to it.
Gemwolf, good for you not forcing yourself to eat everything on your plate! Not sure that forgoing breakfast is the best, but if you were able to enjoy dinner and not overeat, than more power to you!
Mysticlizard and slightedge, the snowman was a gift from my secret pal last month! It was perfect, especially since when we were putting them up one of my daughter’s old inflatable penguins didn’t work anymore! (And I love snowmen!)
Trooworld, our Thanksgiving was today too…but we had ham. I’m too lazy to do the turkey this year, lol.
The weekend wasn’t too bad…I got a little off track yesterday and today, but I have tomorrow planned and lunch packed. I’ll check in tomorrow.
Karla :-)

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but in reality, it was always making us sick…we were just used to it

Karla love that quote. So profound isn't it. My friend just bought me two snowman hand towels. She said she saw them and thought of me. My mom would fix ham too each year. I wanted turkey like everyone else. So the first year I was out on my own I cooked a turkey.

cbabie. I only watched two of the lectures on Truth about cancer. Biosolids which was very interesting. I told my son about it and he might do his thesis on it. and then the Baskin Robbins guy. He didn't impress me much. I wanted more hit me in the face facts so I would change my ways.

mystic lizard Yes I did 30 min of treadmill. Thanks for asking Yaaay great weight loss for Thanksgiving week.

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tracked under cals and carbs
Goals exercise met tracked dinner on time met

Was feeling way to restricted on Smartpoints, I hope to find inspiration here

@mysticlizard I think sodium is playing a big part of it, but I guess I'll see in a week! yay! Congrats, what an awesome loss!

@theslightedgeforever I'm glad you liked them! You know, I don't know that I would do anything different for Thanksgiving: I had one reasonable plate and about 3/4 of a cup of a second helping of macaroni and cheese. Maybe I wouldn't take leftovers home? I would tell my future self to chill out...that it's probably just sodium and just stay the course and it will all work out.

@bugmom92 that's a great observation about how we feel when we eat junk food. We had ham on Thanksgiving day, at my sis-in-law's house...so I actually had a T-Day + a mini T-Day!

@cbabie good questions. I'm sorry about your friend...that's really tragic. For me, I am trying to get healthy rather than trying to look good. Okay, who am I trying to fool? I also want to look good. But I'm sick of having an ache in my leg after walking distances, I'm sick of plantar fasciitis, I'm sick of being winded after a flight of stairs. Bring on good health!

@beck1967 welcome! I felt that way too, as far as how many I got and so I switched to MFP and feel more free.

Hi all! Things are well here, I found out at work yesterday that we are going to be closed for the week after Christmas, so we are getting paid days off for that time. I was so happy! I also found out at work that I make a better cheesecake than someone who brought one in and left it in the break room. I found that out by trying it. I shouldn't have eaten it after I took a few bites and thought it was just okay, but I ate the whole half piece! At least I only ate half a piece.

Hello Ladies, I hope everyone had a nice Tuesday.

@theslightedgeforever - I'm glad you got your treadmill in.

@cbabie - I hope your day went well, I am sending happy thoughts your way.

@Beck19667 - Hi!

@trooworld - I had to laugh about you and the cheesecake, recently I had a cookie that someone else made and as I was eating it I kept thinking maybe the next bite would taste better, it didn't I still ate it all. Do you have any special plans for your time off?

@gemwolf110 - I want to go home for Christmas with you, the cranapple coffee cake sounds amazing. Might your mom be willing to share the recipe? It sounds like you have a good start on your Christmas shopping.

@sgmfpac - Hi! The only suggestion I can make is make sure the food entries you choose from the database are correct. The food database was compiled by users and the entries don't always have the correct nutrition information. Most items have several options so choose carefully.

My day was good. I got in an hour workout and am doing good with my calories. I am still working my way through my book.

All you ladies have a good evening.
Liz

November goals? I think they went the way of the dodo. Yikes!
Just checking in quickly...I started coming down sick Sunday night...had to teach Monday and got through it, but by the time I drove home I just went to bed for the duration. Only got up today to eat. I need to be better tomorrow, enough to get my class prep done, and then teach on Thursday. Getting sick every month and a half is not cool.
My sister-in-law's husband is in the hospital in an induced coma. His heart is not pumping right, and they don't have a reason for it. Prayers and healing thoughts appreciated, those who feel so inclined. Thanks.
I'm going back to bed now.
Karla :-)

@mysticlizard I was going to drive to Colorado to see a friend but I decided not to becuase I didn't want to be driving in the mountains in the snow. My hubby and I might go on a day trip somewhere, but other than that, I'll probably relax! You know, that darned cheesecake got me again yesterday (and they brought cookie friends with them). I don't know why I do that, it wasn't that good!!!!

@theslightedgeforever it was to stay out of that darned breakroom but did I listen to myself? NOOOOOOO! But at least I only had half a piece of the cheesecake. Mums the word on how many cookies I had. ;O

DECEMBER GOALS: lose 1 lb, keep going to the gym at least 3 days a week, keep tracking, drink at least 44 oz of water a day

@bugmom92 lol to the dodo comment. I'm sorry you are sick, I hope you feel better soon. Healing thoughts sent your way to your sis-in-law's husband.

@cbabie yes that's how I feel, I want to read read read but I also have things to do! I love to read. I'm a librarian (but for a corporation, not a public library), so I really do love to read!

Well, as you may have read above, I fell into the cookies and half a piece of cheesecake in the breakroom. I'm putting my foot down today, no snackies! I'm going to the gym in five minutes. Have a good day!

bugmom No getting sick that much is not fun. Your body is doing the red flag dance Warning Warning Sorry about your sil husband. Prayers sent

gemwolf Maybe that will be a January goal for me. Do 5 min on elliptical. I can always build from there. I just avoid it at all costs. Onederland territory is nice. Although build you a really high fence so you can't wander back over there. I'm at 194 as of today. For months I would get to 198-199 then back to 201 then back down. Now I can see the 189 mile marker. We can do this.

cbabie if you had a week off definitely go for the reading. Come on and make some some December goals. Remember YOU first. Even if those goals are 1) Make it through the pageant without being carted off to loony bin.
2)Maintain weight. we never know which month our body finally turns on us. The month that my blood sugar readings went from being a pre-diabetic to full blown diabetic I was doing quite well regarding food and exercise. It was all the other months of abuse I gave my body that sent me over the cliff. Imagine if it was cancer. We can't afford to let one month go by without taking care of our bodies Even if that means scaling exercise to 15 min . Good job on no sugar. Celebrate those 9980 steps. Your legs are still working. I'm in a mood this month to find blessings all around.

trooworld how about bring your own goodies to breakroom. There will always be goodies in the breakroom because of holidays and birthdays and just because someone decided to bake and didn't want the leftovers sitting on their counter tops. You need a good plan to help you reach your goals.

mysticlizard I can tell you are analytical like me in how you wrote about your goals. Do you include protein in your snack choices? That way you could increase your protein and may be less hungry for other snacks thus reducing your snack calories. Kill two birds......Yaaaay on 6.4 lbs. Good month.

My November goals:
Exercise I did 20 days
Track dinner on time. No way to get actual data on this unless I go back and read through all my posts. I know it wasn't 100% but I am making it a habit.

Overall I lost 3.3 lbs I just had to check myself. I almost wrote "wasn't the 4 lbs a month that I wanted to lose" then thought of my advice to cbabie on her steps. Celebrate. Find the blessing. So 3.3 lbs down is getting me closer to having better glucose numbers. It is less weight for my knees to carry around.

December goals
Increase cardio minutes to 40 three times a week
Strength train twice a week
Reduce fasting glucose readings to <126 I test 3 times a week and November I had 3/12 days under 126