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

Hi all. I did really well getting my water in yesterday, having that new fancy water bottle really helped. I had raspberry and mint infused water yesterday. Today I think I will have lemon, cucumber and mint. I'm also doing well with the mindfulness eating. I really think about why I'm eating before I eat and last night, I stopped before I finished/was too full. What I've discovered by keeping a mindfulness journal so far is that I'm terrified of becoming hungry. I will pre-eat if I even think there is a chance of becoming hungry. I'm also afraid of potatoes. lol And now, slightly of pasta.

On another note, hubby had to do a stress test yesterday and he told me something like they said the problem was when he was sitting still, that when he was exercising it was fine. The cardiologist will call him and go over the results. Right now, we are testing his blood pressure 3-4 times a day which is driving him crazy and making him a bit depressed.

@lore11a so nice to hear from you! Congrats to your grandson! My undergrad is in English, I really enjoyed getting that degree. I love to read and got to read a lot for that.

@cmedwards52 that's a great NSV, great cause too! Congrats on a nice weigh in.

@theslightedgeforever I love hot dogs too. Have you ever had a bacon wrapped hot dog? It's a thing down in Mexico by the border, it's so good don't ever try it lol. Great job tracking, that is excellent work. I'm glad you went for a walk and went for groceries. What a beautiful view.

@cbabie yay for you for the sugar free pudding! Baby steps = progress. Yes, my car, I love it I miss it and it is my second home I'm in it so much!

Hi all! @cbabie, I did something similar at work: I was standing at the front counter and one of the managers comes in and says "I've got bread and cheese" and another manager says to me, "go ahead and get some" and so instead of saying no, or I'll wait, I rush in there like it's going to poof disappear and I grab a slice of bread and two slices of cheese and a cookie. Why did I do this? Well, for one thing, because I love cheese and bread, but mostly because it's FREE FOOD. So, this is going to be my strategy from now on: when someone brings in free food and I discover it, I will:
- give it 5 minutes of thought to make sure I really want to eat it
- if I do, I will take a small portion and sit down and eat it
- if I do not, I will avoid the breakroom for the remainder of the day

@cbabie today is a new day. What strategies have you put in place today to stay out of the trail mix? Yes, after you learn something gotta do something with the knowledge! Thank you for your prayers, it means a lot to me.

Hello all!!!
Just stopped by to say hello!!!
So, I decided to join WW AGAIN lol. I pray that this time I do it right. I'm just doing the online plan because that's the most affordable for me. I can't believe how much higher the prices are for the meetings ughhhhh!!!!
Anyway just wanted to say hello to all!!!
Sending lots of hugs!!!!

I've been tracking and walking except for yesterday. No walking because of rain.

Hope all is well with everyone

theslightedge: Where do you live? Boy if we didn't walk here this year because of the rain, we sure wouldn't be outside much.

Another good weigh-in. Down 1 1/4. Doesn't seem like much but week-in-week-out it does seem to add up. That's also with very little exercise too but now that the fundraising Walk is over, I can get back at it and hopefully some golf in the very near future also.

Have a good one everyone.

Cheers, Carol

Hi all! I had my meeting with my Vida coach last night and she was worried I might actually be drinking TOO MUCH water lol. How's that for irony? Go from drinking not enough (lucky to get 40 oz a day) to drinking too much? So, she found the correct amount is around 2.7 liters for me, give or take a little. That's still a lot. I was drinking around that so I ended up being okay. I was running to the bathroom every hour at work (which helped get my steps in, btw). I have to do some meal prep this weekend as I am getting sick of the easy stuff for breakfast (overnight oats some days, other days I'm having toast with avocado). This week, I'm making some frittatas, IF I can get my act together and make them tomorrow.

I continue on my journey to learn to make good chinese food at home. This week, I am making General Tsao's Chicken tomorrow night. I am getting my Chinese food recipes from a blog written by a young woman whose family used to own a Chinese restaurant. Last week, I made Pad See Ew (Thai noodles), which came out very well. One of the keys is to get your wok hot enough, and I have an electric wok, which I put on high.

I hope more of you pop in and say hello. I feel like I'm talking to myself some days. lol I hope you lurkers at least enjoy what I am writing.

@cmedwards52 congratulations!

@peruviansweetie tracking somewhere...that's what counts!!!

Happy Mother's Day