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

Hi all! I've kind of lost focus of what I'm supposed to be focusing on (my smaller goal of 5% and eating only at a certain point on the hunger scale). I have to get back to that this week. My plan is to review reading materials on those subjects. This week is going to be a rough one since I'm going to be working 6:30-4:30 most days up to Friday because I don't have enough vacation time to take off Friday and Monday so I'm pre-working that time right now. It might be shooting myself in the foot to do this (health-wise, I might get stressed and want to eat).

@theslightedgeforever the doctor said that a hiatal hernia never goes away, you just manage the symptoms. That's a good idea to cut a piece into two so I'd have two pieces, thanks. You'll have a better day today, I'm sure of it. Thanks for the highlights. Wow, you might not have had a great day but you sure lost a nice amount, congrats!!!

Hi all. I did pretty well yesterday, I was under in my cals but over in my carbs by 5g thanks to a handful of peanuts I had waiting for dinner. No exercise thanks to my long work day, and I won't get any today either (another long work day today and tomorrow as well), but Thursday I'm going to yoga.

@theslightedgeforever thanks for the reminder. I just went and reviewed some of the material, but hopefully I will have time to review more tonight after work. That's a great accomplishment, staying under your calories so often. It sounds like you've also been consistent in tracking.

trooworld Sounds like you were really focused today. Good for you. Repeat tomorrow. It helps if we only think about the one upcoming meal. That's mindfulness. It helps us to live in the moment. Since end of June, I've been tracking 100% each day.

charlie9er Woohoo on the 2.6 lbs. Isn't it exciting to lose weight. I'm now in a 12-14 in my tops. I'm loving having baggy clothes.

toffeepearce I tried to accept your friendship request but it said unavailable. I'll send you one and maybe we can connect that way.

Food-check (made the best meatless soft tacos from cauliflower rice and lentils) exercise- Leslie Sansone video and strength training water 9 glasses

Hi everyone

Has been a very busy few days (probably last 10) around here. A lot of entertaining and with this heat (no AC) and smoke from the wildfires it makes it all quite challenging.

Haven't been too good on my tracking or exercise of late. Water consumption has been really good however. Plan to get back to tracking as of today and we are golfing 18 holes on a long course this afternoon (walking) so that will be good re: exercise. Will be literally "smokin hot" out there but that's ok. We'll take lots of water and should be just fine.

Have a good one.
Cheers, Carol

Hello all! Today is like my Friday, I'm taking Friday and Monday off to celebrate my 12th anniversary so I'm excited to be going to work today. Thankfully, I'm going in at the normal time and not working extra time today. I was under on my calories but over a bit on my carbs yesterday. No exercise (as was expected due to the work schedule). I don't think I'm going to get any exercise today either, I was going to go to yoga but I have too much to do before taking the day off tomorrow. If traffic isn't too bad, I will go to the gym on the way home tonight.

@theslightedgeforever true...Doritos would have been a much worse choice!

theslightedgeforever: Some of the smoke your friends are experiencing in Washington State is also from fires burning there. We are getting the combo smoke here too. Coming at us from all directions. Predicting possible rain this weekend but its going to take a lot of it to make any significant difference and hopefully it will be without lightning. Our poor Province Just can't seem to catch a break this year. Our friends who live in Kamloops, BC, have been in HEAVY smoke for over a month now. They have discontinued mail delivery there and even the RCMP are wearing masks to protect them from the smoke. Pretty scary times for many.

Carol

trooworld: Happy Anniversary!! Sounds like a lovely dinner and I'm with you NO TV!!

Wasn't a great week for me. Just wasn't focused enough. I think the scale will relate that this morning at WI. Looks like a gain - a small one but still a gain. Oh well, I'll just have to be much more mindful this coming week and I need to get back to tracking. That really is the only safe way to know exactly what is going on!!

Have a good one!
Carol

Hi all! Well, plans sort of changed yesterday. We went to Little Italy, got the pasta and bread, got all the groceries, sat around and I was tired from shopping, he had cleaned the kitchen and was tired from that plus we had both gotten bored. So we decided we wanted to walk up to the nightlife section of town and have a few craft beers to celebrate. So, we are walking up to brunch at a French bistro this morning, and then having our special dinner tonight. Here's a picture of last night, me and hubby.


@cmedwards52 thank you very much! I'm sorry you had a bad week. Tracking is so important, not only because it keeps you accountable, but also because you can look back and see where you went wrong and where you can improve...like you said.

@theslightedgeforever thanks! I do need to do something, I just haven't had time.

trooworld All your pics have disappeared. I went back to look at the haircolor again and poof. Gone. You look 10 years younger in the pic than the profile pic. At first I thought your dh was a much younger man and I was saying, you go Trooworld. Then I looked at you and thought she is much younger too. Then the pic of your cheeseboard is not showing up. EDIT: Now they are back. You have got it exactly right. You are being mindful. That is how we win the war by deliberately choosing what we are going to eat, how we are going to move our bodies, and how much water we drink. Some days we walk down the left side of the road and sometimes the right but generally we just walk down the middle.

cbabie Good to see you on here. It's the little things like routines that keep us healthy. What do you think for you is the most important part of losing weight to stay healthy? Then think about that and take an action step towards that. If it's food, then start conquering one meal each day. If it's exercise, move your body at least 15 min. Water? Then drink a glass. I know your answer is all three. That's your perfection speaking. Choose one and work on that. Then you can look at your day saying I was success. Instead of going to bed saying, I blew it. I'll do better tomorrow. Then success breeds more success and suddenly everything gets easier even if you weren't focusing on the other things. Of course it's always easier for someone standing on top of the mountain versus the one at the bottom. But you can't get to the top unless you start taking a step. What's your action step going to be?

today's check in food-check exercise-none water 7 glasses

Here's the WW highlight meeting

https://youtu.be/7T80hvzvJ4A

Well first week of scraping WW and doing calories I have lost 4.8 pounds. Don't get me wrong have been on and off with WW for past 3 years and have lost weight with them and learnt a lot but am glad

Hi all! Well, back to reality today...back to work. It's hard getting up at 5am after 4 days of sleeping in lol. I'm super sleepy this morning but I'll rally. I have to drink a lot of water between now and Friday, I've had a lot of sodium and carbs and I don't want it to affect my weigh in. My goal is at least 70 ounces of water a day.

@cbabie I like that attitude...one meal at a time! I'm glad you are back.

@toffeepearce congrats, that's a fantastic loss!

@theslightedgeforever yoga was great except I'm still having trouble with vertigo when I turn my head to the right, which became a problem during yoga. I was hoping it would go away but it isn't. I think I'm going to have to go to the doctor and he's probably going to make me go to physical therapy, and that's going to have to wait until the new year when I can put more money on the health savings account card because physical therapy is expensive. But the yoga itself was good and I'm glad I went. It sounds like you have a great plan for the birthday gathering. Good luck!

trooworld Is the vertigo from the accident or something else? Maybe inner ear problem on the right? Birthday gathering went good. I ended up with just a salad. I brought my own Russian dressing. Tomato soup wasn't available. Just cream of brocolli, cream of mushroom and pumpkin. So then I had enough calories to eat my whole cheesecake. But I didn't. After about 2 thirds I was full so I stopped.

cbabie I can't do salads everyday. yuck. lol Although I can really tell you I enjoyed mine last night. Which is a change for me. Used to be my thinking was if I'm eating out I'm going to enjoy myself. Now my thinking is I'm going to enjoy myself regardless because I'm fun to be around and I'm going to eat either a salad, soup, or both. So no looking at the other menu items. Then dessert I get half. Though sometimes I don't want dessert nor do I have enough calories left. But the option is there if I want it versus me telling myself NO You can't have that. Yes I can. Today I'm either choosing to have it or not to have it.

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