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

Hi all. Yoga went well yesterday except I got a bit of vertigo from one of the poses and I still have it. I hope it goes away before tomorrow. I did not track any food yesterday, I was too busy and too distracted by all that was going on. I will track today.

@theslightedgeforever yoga was weird. It wasn't like my normal class at work: the class was called "Gentle Yoga" and it was that. We never got up off the mat, the closest we came was when we were on our hands and knees (in what's called tabletop position), but we only did that for about a minute. Other than that we were sitting or laying down. It was good, but weird. Yes, flexibility is very important I think. Dinner was good but got changed...he decided he did not want Thai food but did want Asian meatballs and other Asian appetizers. It was easier so I was glad.

@cmedwards52 I think you got some great advice from cbabie. I would do that.

cmedwards I say go where you are going to get the best workout for YOU. For too long we put others feelings ahead of our own. I would explain it to her like you did us. Or going along with gemwolf's advice workout out one day a week with Shauna. Maybe some floor exercises or non traditional stuff using your own bodyweight. Those exercises are harder for me than traditional weight lifting.

trooworld Hmmmm that is weird yoga. But new things cause us to get out of our comfort zone which is good.

gemwolf I can tell your intent was to make everyone happy. That was my second thought for advice. That would be too much working out with other people. lol I do better on my own as I "think" alot during exercise.Yummmmm Dilly bars. I'm such a kid.

gemwolf I like your profile pic A good reminder.

Here's the link to the WW meeting highlights

https://youtu.be/69lCm9UfSVc

Headed out to do some exercise. I'm excited, my dh was asking about a wireless keyboard we have had in the closet for about 8 years. I could never figure out how to hook it up with his SONY tablet. It's been on my to do list since then. I forgot about it and he wanted it for his SMART TV. But we didn't find a bluetooth setting on there. So I said, I will try it on my laptop. My keyboard has been broken for about a year but I have a touchscreen so I've been typing on the screen. Not the best. Slow as heck. This works great and is so fast. Another good excuse as to why I don't declutter. lol I might need it one day.

trooworld Yikes. I need to go to the dentist. I think I cracked a filling. I keep saying tomorrow, tomorrow. So hopefully I'll get it done tomorrow. lol I'm afraid they will say the tooth is decayed and we need to pull it like we did the other one. Are you still eating mindfully. I've said no to Oreos today. Then a snickers bar. I think I'm craving chocolate. Must be PMSing......But I said no.

Where is everyone else at?

I'm watching a documentary on Netflix entitled From Fat to Finishline. I was reading a blog runsforcookies.com
It's about her journey along with other people who lost 100+lbs. I'm hoping to learn something.

Hi all! Well I don't expect a loss at the scale on Friday, can we just skip Friday altogether? lol Hubby and I didn't feel like cooking two night in a row so we ordered delivery (Chinese food one night, Thai food the next). Not the best avenue to go. Plus, had cupcakes and beer at his birthday celebration on Saturday. I need to get back to mindful eating and concentrating on losing rather than maintaining or gaining.

@theslightedgeforever I need to get back to eating mindfully, I kind of got away from it. When I'm craving chocolate, I have just one piece of Dove dark chocolate (those individual wrapped). Would that help? They are like 45 calories for one piece. I'll have to look up that documentary, I heard a podcast featuring two of the people from that documentary (the podcast was Half Size Me). Yes, get to the dentist, you don't want your tooth to turn into a situation where they recommend an implant!!!

@gemwolf110 it was actually the implant and the crown that cost that much. I know, right?

@cbabie cbabie, have you ever considered talking to someone about medication for your depression? I'm on medication for depression, it can help a lot if the depression isn't going away. You seem to be struggling with it and I know how terrible it can be. Just a thought. There are other ways to deal with depression, but for me, medication is the most effective and has literally saved my life. ((( HUGS )))

Hi all. I hope you have a great day!

@theslightedgeforever we definitely have to skip Friday...last night, we ordered out again! We ordered pizza this time. I don't know what is wrong with us. Actually, I do: we usually do meal prep on Sundays and this week, we didn't do any meal prep on Sunday so that's why. I need to schedule easy prep meals and make sure to do meal prep on Sundays. Now, I'm going to have a bad gain tomorrow. grrrrr

trooworld Salads, tuna, fruit, etc. can work in a pinch. So try to have the ingredients on hand at all times. Also, maybe a frozen dinner in the freezer or double cook some healthy recipes and put them in the freezer just for these times that you haven't done your meal prep.

cmedwards Saturday is my weigh in day so it's usually the beginning of my week anyway. lol I guess 30C is good, right? I never did learn the conversions other than 0 celcius is 32F and 100 is 212F. Freezing and boiling point. Hm, I wonder if that's right after all these years. I did pay attention in Science class in my younger years. Happy birthday to dh's uncle. 100 is great. May he have many more years. We all need to work on keeping healthy so we have lots of years ahead.

Hello to the rest of you lurking. Did you track your meals? Move your body? Drink your water? Choose wisely?

Hello all! Well the verdict is in from eating takeout 3 nights this week: up 2 lbs! I'm not surprised. Some of that is probably water weight but some of that is probably a true gain. I'm so glad it's Friday, can I just say that??? Have a great day, everyone!

cmedwards Enjoy the sunshine. Lots of Vitamin D. I'm a much happier person in the sun.

trooworld They don't say TGIF for nothing. I weigh in tomorrow and I'll see how I did. Now you can't change last week but you can make this week much better. What days are your meal prep? What day will you be going grocery shopping to make sure you have everything for meal prep? My plan this next week is to plan my day the night before and log it in and follow that. My usual plan is to log as I eat and then by dinner hope I have enough calories left over. Sometimes that works and sometimes that doesn't. lol

@jdc1965 Welcome to the group. We started this group when they changed the WW community and started that Connect thing. A bunch had been together a long time then as life got in the way one by one people dropped off. I think originally 4 came over here. I saw it was free and mentioned it to cbabie. I became prediabetic and doc said I needed to start counting carbs, so I quit counting points. I'm on a modified carb plan as low carb won't work for me long term and I want to lose it like I will maintain it. Slower but doable for me. I say follow whatever plan gets you to goal. Even if it's a combination of two plans. Your after pic looks great. Do you lift? I still follow alot of youtube channels that do WW. I get ideas about food and then just log them and count the cals.