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

@mysticlizard.. Great goals for the New Year. Don't worry we all make poor food choices sometimes, depending on the circumstances.
@gemwolf110.. Congratulations on your new refrigerator, I know you will enjoy it. Sounds like you have been busy around the house. It is always makes you feel good. Awesome number of steps to end the year.
@cbabie...I hope you feel better soon. Praying for your speedy recovery. I love your attitude about being positive on life. To answer your question, I walk on the treadmill a lot using an incline. I also do Walk Away The Pounds by Leslie Sansone, ride my stationery bike and every once in a while to my Wii.
@trooworld...Enjoy your time off. Sometimes even though you are busy with errands, it is good not to have to go to work.
@theslightedgeforever...Good job tracking all your food. I have decided to do that very thing even if I go over my calories.
I hope 2017 is a better year for all of us. Needless to say, I didn't make my December goal of losing 2 pounds. What was I thinking? All the holiday meals and snacks. It is definitely time to get with it and do better now. I mentioned in an earlier post, I got an Air Fryer for Christmas. So far I really like it. I have tried cooking Steak, Hot Wings and Sweet Potato Fries. They turned out really well and you don't have all the grease. Well I have to get busy. My Mom fell last Thursday and thank God didn't break anything, but she has a bad sprained ankle and had to have a walking boot. She just turned 83 and is having a little trouble manuvering around, so I am going over to help out.
Talk to you all soon!
Lore11a

Happy New Year everyone. I've been reading all of your posts for a while and from what I've read, you are all doing great in your weight loss journey. I joined WW about 17 years ago and became a Lifetime member within about 4 months, as I didn't have that much to lose. I've managed to stay at goal all this time. 5 years ago I lost even more weight and am now between 15 to 18 pounds below my goal weight. This year as of Jan. 1st, I've decided to give up on WW for 2 reasons. One being, I haven't counted calories or points in quite a while and no longer feel as though I need to go to WW even if it's only to weigh in once a month. My second and biggest reason for quitting is that there is absolutely zero support at all from the staff when you stay below goal for as long as I have now. The leaders are always making faces and a few of them even ask why I still belong there. Up until now I've always just ignored them. However, around mid December I began asking myself that question. Since I haven't been following the WW diet plan anyway, and have been doing just fine on my own, it's finally time to cut the strings with WW and continue with simply exercising and eating the way I have been. I eat small meals every 2 hours due to a hiatal hernia, and gastric reflux disease. I'm also on a gluten free diet due to celiacs disease. I have a very active job that nets at least 10,000 + steps a day. For exercise, I do HIIT workouts like; Insanity, Insanity Max 30, Focus T-25, and Turbo Fire. I Powerlift 3 times a week for an hour at the gym. This is what helps maintain all of the weight I lost and one of the main reasons why I don't have to count calories or points. I am currently using the Fitbit Charge HR 2 and Apple Watch Series 2 that I got for my B-Day and Christmas to keep track of my TDEE. I like the Apple Watch a lot, but I like the Fitbit App more since it has everything all in one App without the need to sync with other Apps to track things like Water and sleep. The Fitbit App is much more user friendly, IMHO.
Well, enough for now. I know ALL of you will meet your goals in 2017!!!
This was my day after 8 hours of work and an hour of Power lifting at the gym.

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.

Extremely sick in bed now with flu I thought I was managing it but I guess not So all actions are going towards healing lay in bed sleep a lot wake up and read. Sleep a lot etc. I'll be back with my wonderful words of wisdom soon

Good morning ladies!
@cbabie..How are you doing? I hope you are feeling much better.
@mysticlizard...Congratulations on checking in for the last 730 days. Great determination and you a doing awesome on your excercise.
@nanpask...I know what you mean about WW. It seems like they change things up a lot and it does get expensive. I used to go to WW and I am a lifetime member. Now I just use My Fitness Pal. I love this group, they are very encouraging and uplifting.
@trooworld...Good luck with the Whole 30 journey. Let us know how you like it. I like the idea of making a spreadsheet for your 30 days. That would be hard to figure out.
@Fitphillygirl...Welcome. Great job on losing and maintaining your weight for so long.
@peruviansweetie... Welcome. Awesome workout.
@theslightedgeforever...I hope you feel better really soon. Get lots of rest.
Well, it will be an indoor day today. It snowed last night and is 15 degrees outside. Burr!! Looks like another day on the treadmill. Yesterday I made a dish that was pretty tasty. I roasted some chicken tenders along with 1/2 a sweet potato, broccoli, carrots and brussel sprouts with a little olive oil , salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary and garlic. It was very good. Had enough for leftovers today.

Sorry you are sick. Take care of yourself

Good morning everyone,

@cbabie - I hope you get to rest and read to re-charge for the upcoming week.

@cathyfalcone9819 - I tend to neglect rest as well, there is always one more thing I would like to take care of and get out of the way...

@trooworld - Yes please check in daily and let us know how it is going. It sounds like you are good to go.

I went over my calories with junk last night. It was boredom. The good news is that I think I ate all the junk available so I should have less temptation for awhile. I also met my protein goal. I got my exercise in this morning so I feel better about the whole thing.

I hope everyone has a nice Sunday.

January Goals
CW 239
1. Log all food 6 out of 31 days Under calories 5 of 31 days Over calories 2 of 31 days Protein 4 of 31 days
2. Exercise 25 hours (1500 minutes) this month 345 minutes
3. Managing stress 7 out of 31 days


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

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....

Good afternoon ladies,

@trooworld - You supper looks really yummy. I love squash. It sounds like you are ready for the week.

@gemwolf110 - Hi, it is good to see you. Hang in there with the OT.

@cathyfalcone9819 - I am sorry you are feeling down. I am sending happy thoughts your way.

@theslightedgeforever - Yes I got my exercise in. I am glad you are starting to feel better. Remember not to do too much until you are 100%.

@cbabie - Sorry about the added stress at work. I am sending you happy thoughts. As far as exercise, maybe break it down and make it informal. Like getting up at each commercial or between programs and walking around the house. A few minutes here and there will add up and it is something until you can block out time to do more.

I was under my calories yesterday and met my protein goal and got my hour and a quarter of exercise in for today.
It has warmed up enough for it to snow. If we get enough I might get some extra exercise shoveling. A lot of paperwork and many appointments to get through this week. @theslightedgeforever is right, just one day.

I hope you all get through Monday all right.


January Goals
1 January 2017 239 CW 238.2
1. Log all food 6 out of 31 days Under calories 6 of 31 days Over calories 2 of 31 days Protein 5 of 31 days
2. Exercise 25 hours (1500 minutes) this month 420 minutes
3. Managing stress 8 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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