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

Morning everyone

No chance of me catching all the news here, so I will draw a line in the sand to say, I am back, will be here more regularly as I am back to normal hours.

I hope everyone is well

Trish

@Jimb376mfp Woohoo on making lifetime. That's quite an achievement. I think any plan works if you work the plan and be consistent. I think finding the right plan that fits into your lifestyle is the answer.

@MiirandaC I don't know exactly. Maybe do a search of a freestyle calculator and see if someone has come up with one yet.

cbabie Party over. Yes. Now to get back to my routine.

gemwolf If you can't do Healthywage, what could you do instead that is like that but doable for you. I once did something like that with a friend and basically we just traded money back and forth.

Trishastime Welcome back

trooworld Hooray for losing almost 3 lbs. Awesome. Just keep working your plan.

So back to reality. Tomorrow I will weigh in.

@theslightedgeforever welcome back! I hope your weigh in is not a surprise and that it is tolerable.

@TrishasTime thank you! I had to look up what a silverside was...we don't use that term here. Beef with veggies sounds good! I'm making Lemony Chicken Saltimbocca with roasted brussels sprouts for dinner. I hope your GD takes over some of the cooking.

Hello all. I did really well yesterday. I got over 10,750 steps in by the end of the day, I ate well, I went to that BodyPump class and I had a good attitude. Now to repeat today! I actually may have overdid it yesterday as my knee was hurting halfway through my walk with my friend. I had to kind of limp home. I actually need to go to the farmer's market, or the produce store, to get some veggies because I need another side dish for one of our meals this week. I want to go to the farmer's market but I'm limited on time, so it may have to be the produce store. Here is one of the recipes I am making this week, it is a really beautiful salad I thought I would share:

Glass Noodle Salad

2 rice noodle nests
3⁄4 cup frozen shelled edamame
1⁄2 cucumber cut into ribbons
3 1⁄2 oz sugar snap peas sliced diagonally
Zesty Asian dressing:
1 small red chile finely chopped
1 thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger root peeled and grated
1 lime grated zest and juice of
2 tablespoons tamari
1⁄2 tablespoon sesame oil
1 1⁄2 tablespoons maple syrup
1⁄2 tablespoon rice mirin
To serve:
2 scallions sliced
2 tablespoons black sesame seeds

DIRECTIONS:
Place the rice noodles and edamame in a large bowl and cover with freshly boiled water. Let soak for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally with chopsticks to break up the nests of noodles. When the noodles are soft, drain and set aside.

To make the dressing, mix the chile and ginger together in a small bowl to form a paste, then add the remaining ingredients and whisk together vigorously.

Pour the dressing over the noodles and combine, using your hands. Add the cucumber and sugar snap peas to the bowl and mix to combine. Refrigerate until needed.

When ready to serve, garnish with the scallion and sesame seeds.

trishastime Since I have been on vacation I'm totally lost on which day it is. (my friends and family would tell you I'm like that normally) Since my kids are not in school anymore, I never know. Once dh retires then I'll totally be lost. I only know the weekend now. lol When you said it's Monday, I thought, it is? Then realized it is where you are...... I was gone 4 weeks. I gained 6 lbs. Originally I gained 10 but I knew I was carrying around some fluid. That is now gone. Thank God. Still more than I would have liked but considering I ate out almost every meal, better than I did last year.

trooworld Now I get to ask you what a Saltimbocca is. lol So your salad is served cold? I'd have to go buy most everything for the dressing. Great job on the steps.

I began journaling yesterday. I read this book Weight Loss for Wimps. The bad habits I'm going to break first are going back for seconds and never or infrequently exercising on purpose. Then start working on the rest of the book and it's "homework".

@cbabie I'm glad you got to the gym. Unfortunately, I got back into my depression and anxiety. Still in it.

@theslightedgeforever thanks. It did help. Boundaries are hard to work on and they are so important.

Hi all. Well, the depression and anxiety came back and is hitting me hard. It's hard to go to work like this and pretend I'm fine. It takes a lot of energy to do that. I'm glad I managed to do a lot of meal prep on Sunday, it is really going to save me. Hubby finished most of the meal prep last night. I love that man. I peeked at the scale and I've lost more weight...since 5/12, I've lost 3.5 lbs. I'm really pleased with this. Well, have a good day everyone.

Hello

Morning everyone

@trooworld - Sorry that you are feeling anxious - It is horrible when things start to overwhelm you. Perhaps take it easy for a few days.

@YolliB2014 - Hello back to you. I love my water so I am always good with that

@theslightedgeforever - I can tell you that if I am over tired and stressed from work together - any eating plan goes out the window. It does not matter if I have healthy snacks etc - I just want SUGAR - in any form. I am working on how to handle the stress better, but when a government department has been making people redundant for the past 3 years and you do not know if you will have a job next week AND you are getting the extra work from the people who were made redundant - it is just a matter of surviving as best you can.

@cbabie - Thankyou for the receipe. What is frankensense used for.


Off to work I go


Trish

Trishastime That must be very stressful to have to live with the uncertainty. Do you have a plan B in the wings? That's good that you are successful with water

gemwolf110 Are the oils for pets or is that a separate subject?

trooworld Again, easier said that done but I guess practice makes perfect. Maybe it will become like muscle memory. Automatic thoughts will take over. It's nice to find little tools that help us.

Yesterday, one of my new goals was to get in 5000 steps. Normally my goal is 8000 but I'm working myself back up to that again. All I want to do is sit here after vacation and do nothing. I know I needed to do some exercise so I decided to knock out my yoga day as it's always the one I procrastinate on. I did that and then realized I was short about 800 steps to reach my goal and midnight was coming and it would revert to 0 again. So I went outdoors and started walking on the sidewalk around my house. I got in 20 min that way. I looked on Pinterest to find a cute way to journal my daily habits. Lots of good creative ideas.