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

When does our week start? I weigh every day, lol.

cbabie Good for you for your weightloss and no sugar days. You CAN be stressed and still be in control.

peru We miss you. How about just check in once a day and just tell us about your exercise for the day. It will be quick and keep you accountable.

danka Hopefully you will be healthy again soon. Make good nutrition choices and keep your body moving. That will help.

gemwolf Are you fitting good food choices and exercise into this busy schedule? My dd is dealing with the same thing. How to fit exercise into 12 hr shifts. i've got her convinced to join a gym Now to figure out when to go.

bugmom Pretend you are going to WW to be officially weighed in once a week. Pick a day and stick with that for reporting. Do you post your daily weigh ins on MFP? I will be using Sunday as my weigh in day.

trooworld Sounds like you and bugmom have something in common. I have had two days of food success. Right now what I'm doing is I know how many calories I want for each meal and snack. If I use up all my breakfast and morning snack cals on breakfast then no eating til lunch. It divides my day up into thirds so I'm just focusing a meal or two at a time vs whole days worth of calories. I'm going out to lunch tomorrow with a friend and I've already preplanned my cals to see how much I will have left over for dinner. It won't be much so I have some chicken broth ready and I'll make a light soup out of that with some veggies. What did you do today to help you lose that lb

Stayed within cals but over carbs by 5 gm
walked outside with dh for 34 min

Thank you xxx Definitely looking at making better choices cutting out caffeine & chocolate lent is a good time to start tomorrow hopefully see small loss nxt Monday is anybody giving up anything for lent ?x

beachlovertam Not gaining is a great thing indeed. I haven't heard of any mfp meetups from this group Did you exercise today?

danka I don't do Lent but I did see a good thing on Twitter about giving up something other than food. Food is always what I hear people talk about.

gemwolf 1 lb challenge is easy. Just commit to losing one lb this week and then work towards that goal. Are you in?

trooworld eating less of your burrito casserole is a good thing. My plans got suddenly changed today. So I ended up at Starbucks. I had the blueberry muffin and cut it in half at the beginning. Then took home the other half to dh.


over today on my food budget with cals and carbs
no exercise

Days like these do not help me lose 1 lb

Haven't been to Weight Watchers for about a month. Had McDonalds for two days in a row. I quit personal training because I don't enjoy it anymore, although I love the company of the trainer and the endorphins. Because of my Bipolar, I am tired all the time and giving up an hour a day to workout was a lot, especially when I wasn't losing weight (because my eating is horrendous). I have booked myself to see a counsellor with the advice of my WW leader and several other people and my fitbit is on my wrist. I am going to try and do the minimum to lose weight and see if it works. Eat as many points as I can and do the minimum exercise, or just do what I feel like that day because it seems to work for some people. I am trying to keep the stress low in my life.

Another thing... my mother doesn't like me eating junkfood/fast food infront of her, so I'm not going to eat it at home. For the last two days I ate McDonalds in the park, and to be honest, I didn't like it very much. Usually I eat it infront of Netflix, which I love.

The other thing is, if I am eating with other people, I will try to eat like a slim, healthy person (small portions), and eat more later when I am by myself to avoid negative comments (sister said I was eating too much after I had lost a lot of weight that week on Weight Watchers and I have been doing badly since, I lost like 4kg that week because it was my first week on WW of the year, and I have put on weight since then).

So yeah, restarting today :-) yay!

There was a coat my mother was going to buy me, it was a black puffer jacket with a pink hood, seriously cute. I had to manoeuvre my way into it but it zipped all the way up. My mother said no, it doesn't fit well... I just realised I have some money in my account, I'm $15 short so I might go back next week and buy it! serious motivation for me, I really want that coat, its super cute.

bugmom Five lbs is great. Imagine by next February 60 lbs gone. So keep doing what you have been doing.

cbabie So sorry you are sick. Hooray for not turning to comfort food.

trooworld Usually I would have eaten the whole muffin but I'm really trying hard to fight diabetes and lose that lb. Plus I had been waiting 5 months for a hot fudge sundae I had planned that afternoon. I had already figured that into my cals for the day. This Starbucks stop was unplanned. 350 cals for that muffin. Way too much Carbwise I really only needed 1/4. But I'm not mentally there yet to eat 1/4. Had that 1/4 been a whole small muffin, no problem. Its the mind games.

gemwolf My dd keeps bugging me to watch Outlander. I don't need more excuses to sit lol

healthypelican Finding what works for us as an individual is hard I think. But persistence will get you there. Good for you for starting again. I start over alot. I am not one for rules as such. I can't do the No sugar or no white stuff like bread, potatoes, flour. It makes me want them even more. Right now I'm shooting for lose at least 1 lb a week. That might be too big of a goal right now for you. I've been at that place and said okay I can lose 1/2 lbs per week. Because that's still 26 lbs lighter than I am right now and is doable. Plus once I get moving in the right direction, I can change it to a lb. I'm a BIG believer in babysteps. My goal is 8000 steps a day instead of 10000. I've lost weight with that too. I'm learning Exercise can't wipe out a bad diet. Consistency each day is the key. I struggle with that but I keep going. Surely one day I'll get it right. The family thing....sounds like a control thing. You didn't enjoy the McDonalds but you ate it anyway to prove that you are in charge. You can eat it if you want to. My dh does that occasionally He will say I thought you were dieting if I'm enjoying something. He's a black and white person. I'm shades of gray. Also on the family thing, your mother might be worried about your health. I have an overweight daughter. I do comment from time to time while she's here with me. She gives me one of her looks. I explain that I don't want her getting diabetes or high blood pressure. I tell her don't waste her life being fat and not being able to wear cute clothes. Shopping should be fun. I wasted my 30s and 40s. Here we are in the 50s. So track your points each day and move your body. Find something you like to do. Ride a bike outside? Zumba? walk? dance? I say get the coat and let it motivate you.

peru Come join us on the lose 1 lb this week challenge. Track your points or calories whatever you are doing and go move your body. Find a youtube person who is losing weight and follow her. I find the daily vlogs motivating.

over in cals and carbs. I forgot to enter a snack for the afternoon. I was so mindful of my cals too all day Even cut a portion in half to fit at dinner and then later remembered that snack which put me over. grrrrr

I was being lazy and said I will do 15 min. So I did some pushups and floorwork. Then decided I could do a walk. Its the starting that is the hard part. I ended up with 50 min of exercise for the day.

I guess I will have to go easy tomorrow (well, now its today) so I don't burn out. I might aim for like 5,000 steps and to track all my food. Anything beyond that is a bonus.

Good morning everyone,

To everyone who has been on track, met a goal, or had something nice happen in their life Way to go! To all who are struggling, spinning their wheels, or had something come up, I send positive thoughts and (((hugs))) to you. Welcome to all the new people that have joined the board. I am so glad to see everyone!

I am back from Phoenix/Vegas. I had an amazing time. I can say what you do in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas, I picked up several pounds. Then Phoenix with their awesome Mexican restaurants added a few more. I never ate until I was stuffed but the choices I made were calorie dense. I have no regrets, I will just get back on track and move forward. It will be easier here at home as I don't go out to eat that much and the choice of restaurants is dismal. The girls kept the home fires burning, did what they were suppose to, and had a good time being in charge of the house. I am glad to be back home and looking forward to getting back to my life.

Liz


March Goals
1 January 2017 239 3 March 243
1. Log all food out 0 of 31 days Under calories of 31 days Over calories 3 of 31 days Protein goal 0 of 31 days
2. Exercise 20 hours (1200 minutes) 0
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.

Hi all! I haven't gotten on the scale in about 2 weeks or so, I really need to but keep forgetting to do it before I eat something. I haven't eaten something yet but it's my internet time so I'll try to remember after this.

@mysticlizard welcome back! It sounds like you had a great time on your vacation. You WILL get back on track!

@gemwolf110 I hope you aren't getting sick. Enjoy your day off!

healthypelican Sounds like you got in alot of movement and was tracking your food. Good for you

trooworld I have patience in some things but then in others.....nada How are you doing on your lb this week? How will you know if you lost that lb if you don't weigh in. Just a quick step on and off. Takes just a minute and tells you if your current plan is working or not. You don't want to go too far in the opposite direction and not know you need to turn around. What have you done for exercise this week? My exercise of choice has been walking this week. For this next week, I'm going to try a youtube step aerobics video.

gemwolf. good for you for trying something new in fitness. Sorry about your cold

cbabie I hope your cold is getting better.

mysticlizard Glad you enjoyed your trip Now back to reality. Good start on your health journey

NEOHgirl Yaaay on your loss. I'll take any loss I can get. car show and avatar sounds fun. Keep up the good work.

food budget for cals and carbs just slightly over
exercise only 15 min of walking. But got my butt off the couch

Overall this week was pretty good. We will find out tomorrow.

1 pound challenge

I lost 2.4 this week
trooworld now you have a starting place for next week

Report in when your week is finished
cbabie
bugmom

WHO WILL JOIN US THIS WEEK?

JUST ONE POUND

@theslightedge – 15 minutes is better than nothing. WTG for the loss!

@trooworld – please don’t think that’s destiny. If I recall, you had a very stressful month, yes? It’s a good time for you to BAM – breathe, accept, & move on. You CAN be healthy, and it doesn’t have to be a chore. Think about what you did RIGHT this past month and build on that. WTG doing a WI today!

@bugmom92 – great job preplanning for the party. I love a good theater night. I got to see Cirque du Soleil’s Toruk show, based on Avatar. It was by far the most amazing set design I’ve ever seen in ANY type of show.

I did well with the catered food; had a salad, some cheese, a single cookie, and 2 soft pretzel balls. I skipped the pizza and real desserts when they passed around the order form. I had a single beer & the rest was water. I managed to come in under my calorie target for the day with the calories I earned from housework today. Now off to bed for a good night’s sleep. Have a good week y’all.