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

trishastime I like red lentils versus brown lentils but I'm learning to use them in all sorts of recipes. I've made tacos out of them one time. It was pretty good.

gemwolf110 So make a vow that this will be the heaviest day of your life. No more backsliding so that in 6 months you may be heavier. You don't want that. I gained 30 lbs and once got a new "heaviest" weight by losing 1 lb and then I would gain 2 and losing and gaining and I didn't realize that over time I was 30 lbs heavier. So make a vow. I declare on this day that XXX is my official highest weight. This is unacceptable to me. I deserve to be at a lower, healthy weight. Then take your next meal and make that a healthy one. I need to make movement a lifestyle choice. That's where I'm struggling. Let's work on this together.

sonkissed1 I hate the word rules. How about boundaries? You have other boundaries in your life that you don't cross, right? What would be some of your food boundaries? You are the author. Living by someone else's rules means that you aren't in charge. But you are in control of this journey. You are in the driver's seat.

trooworld Thanks for the recipe. So now you can come up with a plan that doesn't include 12 unplanned points the next time your colleague pops in. Lock the door! lol What did you tell yourself right before you ate it? I think that colleague knows that you are becoming stronger and she is trying to sabotage you. She might know free food is your weakness. I read recently but can't remember where something about free food and how most of us just take it and eat it. We have to tell ourselves that food really isn't free. It is destroying my health, my happiness, and fill in the blank. Some other options would be cut it in half and just eat half or a fourth. No taking home for later either or hubby. Why destroy his health. Other options, have a healthier or lower point chocolate item in your desk for these occasions. When she says chocolate time, you will be prepared Oh No Thanks, I have my own......

Well, I think I'm going to go swimming. Maybe burn some calories that way.

cbabie How about making your one thing a positive one. Instead of I will NOT eat after 6 pm. I will eat a healthy meal at 4:30 p.m. That way you will eat before you leave and not come home and eat junk and go to bed. Now if you tell me that you can't eat at 4:30 because you have to get ready to leave by 5, then get ready earlier. Think of this as an appt. or a business meeting. You would be on time for those and get other things arranged.

gemwolf110 What good thing did you do right today? Mine was set up my June goals. Do you have any?

trooworld Another successful week for you. Woohoo! You rocked May. Now go rock June. Yes, we are more successful when we put ourselves first.

Off to go watch some motivational Youtube clips.

cbabie Nothing wrong with grey. lol It has to be your boundary though and no one else's. You decide where the line needs to be in the gray area. Dark grey medium grey light grey? Where ever gets you to your goal. Good for you for going to the gym.

trooworld Are you enjoying your book on the patio? I'm reading an interesting book. Called The Perfect Day. I prefer The Ideal Day. It says to journal out what your ideal day would be. Then journal what your ideal self would look like. Who are you trying to become? His solution is to focus on your own life and things in your control. We spend so much time focusing on others and end up unhappy and stress. His formula is Control your mornings. Conquer the chaos of your afternoons. Concentrate on what really matters in the evenings. I like that. Now just to do it. lol

gemwolf Think of your body as a camper. You have to open it up to get ready for the season of losing weight. What's on your list of things to do? We know #1 is get back on track. What exactly does that mean? What would be your #2?

Trishatime Sometime we have to put things on a back burner to let simmer while we stir things on med high on the front burner. Hang in there. You'll know when the time is right to turn up the heat.

I did yoga yesterday.

Here are my June goals

Cardio 4 days a week
1 day of yoga
Track my food daily
5000 steps
stay within food boundaries

trooworld For some reason I don't like the consistency of gelato. I've tried a couple of times and just can't get into. Probably better for me.

gemwolf Walking by the beach sounds wonderful. I went to Virginia Beach on our vacation and had a great time.
Good for you for doing food prep and heading to Zumba. Didn't really do much on the weekend except read.

cbabie Where are you?

cbabie I see you made it. Yaaaaay. Good for you for going to the gym. Plus you stayed on track. Good for you.

trooworld I hope they find out the cause of your migraines. Finding the right time for our exercise is important. I've tried first thing getting up and it's just not me. It's better if it's about 30-45 min after my breakfast.

Well, back to reading about my Perfect Day and to do some journaling. I think I've been more consistent journaling this time around. I do better if I read something first and then journal about that versus just going in and trying to write something.

trooworld Sometimes company cancelling is a good thing. Too bad you all couldn't have met him halfway from the Grand Canyon. I don't like roadtrips so I understand. I'm getting a lot out of my journal by reading the Perfect Day and thinking about my own day. Right now I'm working on preparations and obstacles. The trick is to have everything prepared in advanced and a plan around your obstacles so you can't really be anything but successful. So I'm working on those things right now in my journal. Basically it means taking your excuses and working backwards as how you got to that excuse in the first place. Eliminate all obstacles. Well the good news is that you stopped yourself. Okay, so if I had your day, I would be journaling I didn't stay within my points because I came home starving. Why did I come home starving? Because dinner wasn't done. Why wasn't dinner done? (You fill in the blank, Troo) and keep going. Or it could have went like this... I didn't stay within my points because I came home starving. Why did I come home starving? Because I didn't have a snack before I left work? Why didn't I have a snack before I left work? (You fill in the blank, Troo) and keep going. Another thing you could have written was I started shoving veggie straws in my mouth. Why? Because I couldn't find the tofu. Why couldn't I find the tofu? (You fill in the blank, Troo) So eventually you will see some solutions to why we keep messing up. We all know what to do but for some reason we don't. So that's what I'm working on right now.

cbabie Hooray for making it to the gym. That's 30 more minutes than I did. Mr. Bill? Really? I even heard his voice in my mind. I had guests last night. That was my day. Looks like you have been successful with your PB boundary.


This is the steps I'm working with

Step #1 – Figure Out What Matters…and Focus On It
Step #2 – Identify Steps to Success and boundaries for Your Life
Step #3 – Create a Checklist for New Habits
Step #4 – Prepare the Night Before
Step #5 – Remove All Obstacles
Step #6 – Take Massive Action
Step #7 – Learn & Improve

trooworld Yaaay for not eating FRIED food at the fair. That's keeping your word to yourself.

cbabie I've worked hard on my journal this week and my Trello. I've finally got my "ideal day" plans all mapped out. Today I worked on the breakfast and lunch menus, so they are all plugged in for the week along with the snacks. They probably won't change much as time goes by. It's just dinner that will change. I have a plan for weekly review all set up. To see how ideal my day has been. lol Next I'll start working on my solutions for this question. What obstacles could you foresee to food plan? What's the solution? So far I have 8 obstacles. lol

trishastime At some point if you keep up this schedule your body will let you know and it will shut down on you. Having said that though, I remember you telling us that your job situation is an uncertain one so all hands on deck type of thing is needed. It's so hard to find the right balance. But there are still 24 hours in a day and I would write out all of the tasks that you do everyday. By tasks I mean you can have work as one big block but those at home should be written out separately. Then go back and write down if a task could be delegated. As female caretakers, we would like to think we can do it all but sometimes we just can't. Who is around to help? sometimes you have to be creative. Are people in your household old enough to cook or fix meals? Young kids can even fix sandwiches. Supposedly you are supposed to get some relief so this won't be forever. No one will give you a slot for some "fun" time. You have to take that and put yourself first. Even if it's 15 min you sit on the toilet locked inside and read a book or whatever you like to do for fun. Community bit you did sounded fun. It sounded like you liked it which was a good break for you. At some point if you don't get the promised relief, you will have to think about things more with your job. But you can't really help a coworker who has hospital visits in her life. On the other hand, those other coworkers who left early may or may not have had good excuses. Being a dependable employee is not always good because the "powers that be" will think Oh we can count on Trisha and then dump on you. Been there done that at one time. In the end, I learned we are all replaceable. So be selfish and later think about what is good for you and your family. Let the family think, how can we help out mom during this time. They might not know Mom needs some help.

trooworld Good for you on your weight loss. Any way to lighten up that recipe? Sometimes recipes get ruined a bit by lightening them but.....you planned ahead and had a couple of smoothies to make up for the points. Good for you. Yeah, putting my plans into action is where I have trouble. Practice makes perfect, right? Ideal......no perfect.
Practice makes habits. How are you feeling?

cbabie I thought the same thing about the gym. It was within walking distance. (I can hear you responding but it's summer and too hot ) Put on some sunscreen and burn extra calories.

Today I worked on my obstacles and solutions. Got them all finished and transferred onto my Trello board so I won't forget what I came up with. Plus left room just in case I didn't think of all the obstacles that I could face. I found a good treadmill program to do. That was one of the things I had to figure out. Now I just say I'm going to exercise but what exactly will I be doing? What time? If something comes up at that time like an appt, then what am I going to do? I should have no excuses left as to why I'm not doing these things. lol The old me would say, I'm sure I'll find one though. The new me is saying, If I find one I will find a solution around it.

trooworld I'm glad you enjoyed your time off and I hope not too many messages for you to catch up on.

cbabie Good for you for losing weight. You must be doing something right.

Here's the WW meeting highlights

https://youtu.be/xKjQ0SX5shI

trooworld Woohoo! Look at you go go. 6 losses in a row. That's really something to be proud of. Print out this post somewhere and it keep it safe. You have written out your formula for your sweet spot for losing.

Gemwolf conference sounds interesting. That’s great you packed your own breakfast. My week was okay. This week is going to be even better as I will officially start my new treadmill program