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

Trooworld. I laughed at your comment to Trisha. When she asked to join the group I thought oh good Troo will have someone to talk to Yeah on eating good. That’s more than half the battle I think. I’m glad you got back to the garage safely.

Cbabie. Hope you are feeling better soon and get your strength back.

I made some kobacha squash last night in my air fryer. Yummy. It turned out like potato wedges. Still not crispy like I thought but it was my first time using the fryer and I have no idea what I was doing. Lol. 40 cals per c and 9 carbs. A cup of cubed potatoes has 95 cals and 28 carbs I could substitute that in my potato recipes. Then I had fajitas without the tortilla. I cut up some cantaloupe but forgot to put it on the table. Oh well.

Daily check in. Food exercise 20 min treadmill. Water. 3 glasses

@cbabie dinner was delicious. You are doing really good, cbabie. I know you are going to lose some weight by your 60th.

@theslightedgeforever aw, thanks! I'm glad I can motivate you to come . Your dinner sounds good too.

Hi all! Well, I had a pretty significant gain. It was NOT from Thanksgiving, or at least not all of it. I binged on tortilla chips last night, the night before weigh-in. Not the best move. I'm ashamed and embarrassed. I hope to do better this next week. There is something about the fall, and coming home to the darkness and cold, that makes me want to eat bad.

@theslightedgeforever thanks. lol re: squirrels for the winter but I think it's true! That recipe sounds good. Let us know how you like it. I've never had delicata squash.

Hi all. We have a new young woman at work, and I've been eating lunch with her. It's kind of nice but it's disrupting my routine a bit. I used to sit and text my husband or read. Now I sit and eat and talk. This is not all bad--- I actually eat slower and sometimes don't finish all of my food. This can be a good thing. She's really nice, so I don't mind. Tonight, I have to go to a semi-work related dinner. It's not directly work related, but I'm in this association that is work-related, and the dinner is for the association. The food is going to be Mediterranean, which I like. Anyway, have a good day!

Hi...
I’m glad I found this thread. I’m on WW but after struggling for a bit and a gain, I realized after being on MFP I was not taking in nearly enough calories. By that I mean, literally 600-800 calories a day.
The last few days have been freeing as I’m not hindering what I eat or want to eat, just concentrating on getting enough calories and eating regularly throughout my day.
I’m also doing Diet Bet, that has motivated me to get moving, so I speed walk/jog 1.5-3 miles per day. Hoping this will be a successful week. I weigh on Sunday.
Thanks for listening.

Thank you for the warm welcome. I speed walk every day, this week I walked a total of 13 miles of intentional exercise. I’m disappointed as when I got on the scale today, no loss. However, I did weigh myself earlier this week and had a 1.8lb loss. Guess I should be happy with that rather than no loss the rest of the week.

@melfaye75 Hi welcome! My friend does Diet Bets and makes money off them all the time. Speed walk/jogging is a great form of exercising. I'm glad you found us!

@theslightedgeforever yes, maybe my new routine might be. It's definitely making me eat slower and less.

@cbabie I'm sorry you had a great and bad day lol. Good for you for getting in 10K steps, that isn't easy. Yeah, I was really busy this weekend and I can't believe it, I forgot to stop in here!

Hi all! I'm baaaaack. I've been busy. I had that business dinner on Friday, and then on Saturday, I had to prepare for my big speech (which I delivered Saturday night to my ToastMasters group). It went well but I was thrown off by the unannounced entrance of 4 college students to our meeting. My speech was very personal and it was meant for the people I was used to seeing at ToastMasters. Not for strangers. I went ahead and gave it anyway. I tied for best speech (there were only two).

Yesterday, I went to Kohls and bought an Instant Pot. I had $30 in Kohls cash plus a 25% off coupon, so it ended up being like $59. It would have been $54 because I had a $5 coupon on my phone but I forgot to use it. I'll use it when I go back to use my Kohls cash I earned. I made brown rice in it when I got home, it only took 40 minutes. It usually takes 2 hours in my rice cooker. I look forward to making some quick meals in it. Have a good day everyone!

Trooworld. Tieing for best speech is quite an accomplishment. Especially at Toastmasters. Let us know how that Instant pot works for you.

Cbabie Good thing I had a good day yesterday as today was really bad. I went Waaaaaaaay over on both carbs and cals.

Daily check in. Food exercise none. Water 2 glasses

Hi all. Just a quick good morning. Not much happening, I have had a crappy few days (not because of food, just not in a good mood). I'll try to check in later to see if anyone is awake, I know I'm here early!

@theslightedgeforever thanks. Yes, it's very hard when moody. I put Cajun seasoning on chickpeas when roasting them. I like savory roasted chickpeas. That's funny everyone is suddenly all into eggs.

Hi all. Mood is a little better today (thankfully). I went out to lunch yesterday with some colleagues at Islands. We all had the cheeseburger lunch special. Back to healthy eating today. My last day with my Vida coach is Dec 11th. I need the money towards CrossFit if I do decide to do it, if I don't decide to do it, it was just time.

Hi all!

Sorry I’ve been a bit MIA. More travel. Thankfully I’m down a bit since I posted last (now 129.6; goal 125). I was really mindless when traveling... eating more than I wanted/needed, not tracking, not exercising, not getting enough water... but I’m trying to get back on track. I’ve only been semi-successful so far. Haven’t gotten to the gym today but so far, have tracked, ate under my calories and drank 6 glasses of water. I think I can get another 2 in before bed.

With holidays coming up, I’m going to have to work especially hard on being mindful. I’m gonna go grocery shopping tomorrow. Having healthy options at home helps me stay on track.

@slightedgeforever @trooworld I tried roasting chickpeas for the first time a week or two ago. They were good but not as crunchy as I thought they should be. What temperature did you use and for how long?

Thanks all!

Quick check in here. I’ve just been extremely busy the last few days with my mil. My daughter comes in tomorrow so I’m excited. Although she’s a partner in crime regarding food. So I’ll have to make a plan.
Hope everyone is fine.

Daily check in. Over cals and carbs exercise none. Water. 2 glasses.

Wonderful day. NOT