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

Good afternoon ladies,

@FitPhillygirl and @nanpask - Hi!

@trooworld - I looked through the Whole 30 website. Good for you making the commitment. When I was reading, I thought of your sectioned containers that you packed with snacks for work last month. You will definitely have to be on top of your game with meal and snack planning. I hope your first day back to work was good.

I got my exercise in today. I used the leftover veggies from the raclette meal, added meat and tomato sauce and made a crock pot of spaghetti sauce. So another thing on my to do list is to make up three pans of Lasagna, bake them, and get them frozen. My oldest daughter is moving mid month and my neighbor is very pregnant. I figured they could both use a meal they don't have to cook. The other pan I will portion out and freeze for hubby and the girls to grab when they need a quick meal.

Have a good day.

January Goals
CW 239
1. Log all food 2 out of 31 days Under calories 1 of 31 days Over calories 1 of 31 days
2. Exercise 25 hours (1500 minutes) this month 135 minutes
3. Managing stress 2 out of 31 days


I am being purposeful in my daily actions to become the healthy active balanced person that I want to be.

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Hello ladies!!
I'm taking baby steps here. I'll try my best to get on here as much as possible!!! I haven't started tracking yet, but I am looking into setting up my workout schedule. Planning to go back to the Y soon.
@cbabie Missing you my friend!! Hope you're feeling better.
@trooworld Going to check out that 30 site you put up. I need something strict and hope to join you in the challenge. Let's see what I need to do. I'll keep you posted!!
@mysticlizard thank you for cheering me on!! I will do the same for you!!!
@FitPhillygirl Welcome to the board. I left WW last year and don't plan on going back. It's become too pricey. I'll use this app and the support of all the women here.

Have a great day ladies!!!

Good afternoon ladies,

Two years ago today I found and signed up for MFP. I have checked in everyday for the last 730 days. At my lowest I made it down to 225 pounds. This last year has been rough, I have started this year were I started 2016. I regained and again lost 21 pounds. At first I was depressed when I looked at this, then I realized I only put on the 21 pounds (not any where near the 292 pounds I started with in Oct. 2014). I have also learned a lot about my relationship with food. Now I need to act on the knowledge I have gained and make the right choices so that when I lose the weight this time I will keep it off and not have to keep losing the same 21 pounds. This is my year to succeed.

I hope everyone had a decent hump day.



January Goals
CW 239
1. Log all food 3 out of 31 days Under calories 2 of 31 days Over calories 1 of 31 days
2. Exercise 25 hours (1500 minutes) this month 195 minutes
3. Managing stress 3 out of 31 days


I am being purposeful in my daily actions to become the healthy active balanced person that I want to be.

Hi Ladies,

@FitPhillygirl - You are taring it up! You go!

@cbabie - I am glad you are starting to feel better. Take it easy until you are fully well. Yes I am a data nerd. I am hoping with seeing and updating my info daily it will help me to stay more focused. A minute a day will save me 45 minutes at the end of the month trying to get all the info together as well.

@trooworld - Thank you, I love to cook (and eat) and if I can cook and give the food to someone else it helps my waistline but allows me to do something I love to do. As long as you log on to MFP daily even just to check the forums you will not lose your days on the site. Logging on to this site is what counts the days here, not logging your food in your diary. I have a friend who went paleo and felt a little flu-ish at first. She said she had heard from others that this can be a common occurrence. She felt great after that and loves her lifestyle.

@gemwolf110 - Yay for the OT. Take care of yourself as best you can. I bet your fur babies are thrilled to see you when you get home.

It is cold here, we have climbed up to 0 F the sun is somewhat out so that is nice. Hubby came in last night and will be here until tomorrow morning.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday.


January Goals
CW 239
1. Log all food 4 out of 31 days Under calories 3 of 31 days Over calories 1 of 31 days Protien 2 of 31 days
2. Exercise 25 hours (1500 minutes) this month 210 minutes
3. Managing stress 4 out of 31 days


I am being purposeful in my daily actions to become the healthy active balanced person that I want to be.

Good morning ladies, TGIF!

@gemwolf - Awesome job on maintaining your weight through the holidays. That is a great NSV. I had to chuckle at your fur babies being so noisy on your arrival home. I know you and your partner work opposite shifts, so to the fur babies greet him the same way and wake you up?

@theslightedgeforever and @cbabie - You ladies take care of yourselves and get better.

@lore11a - Stay warm, we a battling the cold weather too. I am grateful the sun is shinning though it is only 7. At least looking out the window I can pretend it is warmer lol. You supper sounds like it was really good, I love Brussels sprouts.

January Goals
CW 239
1. Log all food 5 out of 31 days Under calories 4 of 31 days Over calories 1 of 31 days Protein 2 of 31 days
2. Exercise 25 hours (1500 minutes) this month 270 minutes
3. Managing stress 5 out of 31 days


I am being purposeful in my daily actions to become the healthy active balanced person that I want to be.

This time of year it's easy to catch something

Hi all! Well you were right, I didn't lose my days on MFP. Now, I just have to remember to check in every day.

Day 2 of the Whole30 is here. Yesterday I didn't do bad at all. Emptied the fridge and cupboards of non-compliant foods (there were 4 grocery bags full of stuff we gave to my brother-in-law) and made a healthy dinner: chicken italian sausage and apple stuffed acorn squash + roasted potatoes (see pic). It was really delicious and if every day is like yesterday, I'll have no problem on this program for 30 days. I did miss my evening wine spritzer a bit, but not too much.

I was very hungry after dinner last night and I don't know if I was just craving sugar or if I was thirsty. I ate a small snack and the hunger seemed to away so maybe I was actually hungry.

Hubby is still sleeping so I've got the apartment to myself. He's sure to get up soon and ruin it lol. Today, I'm going to do some prep work for the week: make homemade mayo, a couple of meals, and fold laundry. Have a great day everyone!

@cbabie I'm so glad you are feeling better. Make sure and drink enough water to curb that hunger! More reading and exercise sounds like a marvelous idea.

@mysticlizard it sounds like you are setting yourself up for success! Great job.

@cathyfalcone... yes indeed. Rest days are important.

I forgot to include the shot of dinner, so here it is:

@mysticlizard I tend to do that too. I'm glad you have no more junk in the house...that makes it easier!

mysticlizard Great idea on weighing the bowl. Anything that makes it easier for us will keep us more consistent. Did you exercise? At least you know why you ate junk. Awareness is half the battle.

cbabie Sounds like you are feeling better. That's good When I was a kid they used to have an Arbys but I would order ham and cheese instead. I think I've always been a rebel child. Or maybe someone that just chose to be different.

cathyf Even though your day didn't go as planned it seems you ended it on a good note by drinking some water and preparing lunch for the next day. Go you!

trooworld Yaaay on a successful day one. Remember all you have to do is stay OP "just for today". I used to have a sign on my fridge that reminded me of that. 30 days is too much for me. But if I can just get through today, I will be successful. Your dinner looked really good.

gemwolf Which parts of the Whole30 didn't you like? I was raised to be a rule-keeper so when I see a diet plan I used to think I had to follow it exactly. Because that's what the rules say. But now I know that the diet plan police aren't coming to get me and so if I falter I don't quit because I've already blown it. I just readjust. I just rewrite the rules to fit me. I haven't looked at it yet but I'm imagining whole foods for 30 days. That would be hard for me. Tell me I can't eat something and that's all I think about But adding more wholefoods into my diet would be a really good thing so I'll take a look.

I'm filling a bit better. I'm sitting up so that's a start. The fun thing about January is going back through old documents through the years and finding all sorts of plans. All I have to do is tweak a bit and they are ready to use. If I ever get over this illness....

Hello all! I've got a lot to do this morning, I have to wash and dry my hair (I only do this every other day), make a semi-complicated breakfast which I should have made yesterday, get ready for work, and take the dog for a walk. It's only 5:30 and I don't have to leave for another 90 minutes, so I should be able to get this all done, right???

@gemwolf110 I like it so far. The food has been good and I've not felt bad, which I anticipated due to all the junk I've been having. I am glad it's only for 30 days, as soy and sugar seem to be in everything (and are off limits). I understand, it's kind of tough for a number of reasons, but at least you know what it's about now and in the future who knows? Maybe you'll want to try it.

@cathyfalcone9819 I'm sorry you had a bad end to your day. I suffer from depression too, what helps me is healthy distractions, something besides eating, like reading, researching things on the internet, cleaning. Finishing the day with a big glass of water sounds perfect!

@theslightedgeforever I like that, 1 day. I can do 1 day. So far, it hasn't been a hard program but it may get hard and I might need to think 1 day at a time. I'm glad you are feeling better. Sounds like your documents are organized nicely? That would be helpful.

@cbabie I hate being cold too, but hate hot worse I think. Cold, you can put a blanket on. I like that, clean slate, I like that image and that is what I am doing for 30 days, cleaning my slate!

cbabie At least you did part of your goals. Actually every morning when we wake up we have a clean slate and chance to do start over and do better

trooworld What have you been doing for exercise? I have my stuff on Googlemdrive. I didn't think I journaled but I do in my own way. Its about this health journey. Some answers I wrote 6 years ago I could have written yesterday. Some things I haven't learned new habits.

mystic lizard My only goal right now is to get better. I've been going over my carb goal lately because of juices. I never drink juices but I've been craving them.

I was supposed to get my implant done on Monday but with feeling so bad I didn't want to add pain into the mix so I called today to reschedule. I found out my dentist is no longer associated with the clinic. I'm wondering if they were just going to let me show up to my appt. No one called to tell me. So now I have another appt for a consult with a new dentist.