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

@theslightedgeforever I hope all comes out well with the pap. That must have been awful to not been able to take meds for the chest sprain. The NP suggested a heating pad, I bought one of those microwavable pads filled with rice to keep at work and have been using that. It offers relief. Do you remember how long it took for your sprain to heal? Great job on the exercise!

Hi all. Well, we made it to Friday! I had something happen at work that made me mad but I didn't eat over it, which I am glad for. I talked it out with my husband and then I texted a friend about it. The old me probably would have stopped off at the store and grabbed some chips and dip.

Morning everyone

@trooworld - so glad that it was a muscle strain. Body pump is so much a part of your life and your weight loss plan, how are you going to replace that for the next few weeks? Well done that YOU recognised the behaviour change It means that you are recognising the good habits and that they seem to be getting ingrained.

@cbabie - Are you going to replace your membership with a treadmill? Over here you can hire them to see if that works out. I cancelled my women' membership and am trying the work at gym which was working until I got sick.

@theslightedgeforever - Fingers crossed for you and today, I am going to search for the trello board application as I assume that they have one for windows.

We are the complete opposite here, as I look at our home office window, it is drizzling. DH has just taken the puppies for a walk. My results are back are back at the doctor, so I will know late Tuesday night. I am still coughing when I get cold. but am a lot better


Trish

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Hi everyone

Had a small crash yesterday where the coughing came back with fury. Had to turn on the A/C as it is bitterly cold here at the moment. Had a look at trello, it is exactly what I use at work under a different name. I even signed up to register and then thought, it is another system application. I use multiple applications all day and that isreally the last thing I need to do. So I think I will stick to myfitnesspal

@trooworld - Glad you have a plan B

@cbabie - Hope the kids were happy and tired from the camp

@theslightedgeforever - Hope all is well with you


Trish

Hope everyone is well I did 35 min on treadmill 15 min stretching and 10 min outside walk

@TrishasTime oh no, I hope your cough is better soon.

@theslightedgeforever I like Asian-style wings too, and I stick to 5 as well. I just happened to be craving buffalo style this week. More on my muscle sprain below. Great job, you are really using the treadmill effectively!

@ChelleTrell Hello and welcome to the board! Congrats on your streak, that is fantastic! It's important to be consistent, and you seem to have it down.

Hi all. My chest sprain feels better so I am going back to BodyPump this morning. Hopefully it isn't too soon. I don't think it is. I just can't sit around not going. I don't want to get out of the habit. On another note, I got all of my meal prep done yesterday except for grilling the chicken souvlaki but at least that is marinating and will be grilled tonight. I feel so much less stressed and I do so much better when I get my meal prep done. Have a great day!

@ChelleTrell welcome to the group. Excellent job on your streak. When we make it fun it’s so much easier. Slow and steady is my mantra

Trooworld. Glad your chest is feeling better. Chicken souvlaki. Yummy. Woohoo on your meal prep. Most important to staying on track

Cbabie. Wings. You’ve not tried my wings 😉. Besides getting a little messy is finger licking good fun. That’s why they make napkins. Go mall walking while it’s hot. Go out early in the morning and take water as you walk around the neighborhood. I used to have to be up and out the door by 7 am to beat the heat but it’s doable. You could also split it up into two shorter sessions Go early morning and then again before sunset.

Trishastime. Hope all is well

I did 38 min treadmill 12 min stretching and 11 min outside walk

Good morning everyone!

I’m still getting over the flu so I haven’t been able to work out and it’s driving me crazy. I live in a small town and walk everywhere so I am still getting some kind of exercise but I can’t wait to get back into the swing of things.

@trooworld yay new workout clothes! I think I’ll eventually need pants with pockets too.

@ChelleTrell I am from a small town in Ohio. Now I live in a very big town! I hate when sickness puts a damper on things. I wish you a speedy recovery! Yes, I desperately needed new workout clothes, mine were out of style and plus who doesn't need pants with pockets right?

@theslightedgeforever me too! I'm going back this morning. What kind of strength training program are you doing? I assume you are starting August 1st?

Hi all. I'm up and at 'em this morning bright and early (4:00 a.m.) to get to BodyPump at 5:30 a.m. and then at 3:45 p.m., I'll do the bokwa class which is like aerobics kind of. I'm starting to work on my mental part of my weight loss journey more. I think that will be the key to keeping the weight off once I do get it all off. I am making a plan for the day and including a little journal on that plan. The journaling is based on a prompt either from this book I'm borrowing from Amazon, or from Pinterest. I have also put all of my exercise on my calendar as well as my commitments, so I can see exactly what free time I have. My goals for the week were to go to BodyPump 3 times, drink 100 oz of water each day and go to Bokwa. I'll re-evaluate on Sunday if I've made my goals and make a new batch of goals for the next week on that day. That's what I'm trying now.

Trooworld what book are you using from Amazon. I guess I’ll start Aug 1. Lol. I had told myself I’ll do cardio for 6 weeks and then add in strength training. I used to do regular strength training back in the day so I’m just going to do 2 exercises per body part 3 days a week

ChelleTrell. Santa Barbara sounds like my kind of town I have high arches too. I understand. I try to get as close as I can on the calories. If they didn’t have dirty brownie then yes I would have used regular and chosen the calorie count in the middle. I used to choose the lowest I could find. 😏

No exercise for me. rest day. My sil is here for 10 days

HI Guys

Sorry I have been MIA - Went down for the second time - New round of antibiotics. These seem to be working and I am hoping to get back to the treadmill on Monday

Will come back later today and do personals

Trish

Hello all!

I have been perusing the groups and community on MFP and I have to say I was feeling particularly lost until I saw this group. I think I was looking for something similar to what my experience on Connect with WW was and this is just a little different. After reading some of the posts on this thread, I do think this can be something wonderful too!

A little about me: I did WW for a little over a year and lost 75 lbs a couple of years ago but several things happened and came up and I have almost gained it all back now after having quit WW. I know tracking and calorie counting works as well as not all calories are created equal and the whole world of tracking macros after learning the points system is honestly a little overwhelming but I'm sure it works as well. Honestly the biggest reason I didn't go back to WW is they changed the program! I've learned this is something that they do every few years or so but for some reason I was really ticked off and felt betrayed by this. Also it's expensive. Hope that doesn't offend anyone. For me, the support of the meetings and the online support helped more than anything so I am trying it again.

Sorry for the long post, just wanted to share my WW story and proclaim refuge in this newly discovered thread.

I have 80 lbs to lose before I hit my goal weight so I am in it for the long haul.

Feel free to add me. Thanks for reading.

Trooworld. Great weigh in. Thanks for the info on Journaling book. I have kindle unlimited too so I’ll look it up. Enjoy-visit-sil should not all be in same sentence. Lol. Actually I can enjoy in small doses. I like my quiet alone time too much. I have been putting my foot down though this visit. I’m exercising now so I won’t be available. Plus taking my normal nap. I used to run myself ragged. Now it’s all about self-care. If I don’t, who will? Cbabie was sent an owl with a message.

Trishastime. That doesn’t sound good. Hopefully this is the last time and you will be good as new

@mjsunshine16 Welcome to the group. I’m slow to change. Eventually I get there. People in WW have reacted different through the years to all the different plans they come up with. I think that each plan fits a personality type. You have to find a plan that meshes with that. Then tweak from there. Our bodies-our plans. That stress thing is hard. Right now I’m all about me first. My son said something to me yesterday about I was on a path that would end in my disappearance. He was shocked that I had beat him to the gym.

@tulsalo Welcome to the group. I like free stuff especially if I end up with same results. I’ve tried online WW and meetings. I didn’t like when they switched to Connect. But I became prediabetic and doc wanted me to do a modified carb program. I tried tracking both points and carbs but too much for me. Well you know that you have already lost 75 lbs once so you can do it again. I’m down about 40 from my highest weight ever. I still have a long way to go too. But I take it a day at a time. I’m working towards consistent habits versus weight loss. I want this to stick. My life depends on it.

ChelleTrell. I have a friend that keeps gaining weight and then tells me about all the gluten free desserts she eats. I’m more of the give me a good tasting brownie and let me eat half of it crowd. We all follow our own paths. I eat chia seeds on my fruit 3 times a week for breakfast. I really am changing. Your beach outing sounds fun. I love beaches but then I got skin cancer in November and now have to really watch my exposure. Hula hooping sounds like a blast. That would be good fun exercise. Every little bit counts. No major plans for the weekend just entertain my sil.

I did 15 min outside walk. 30 min treadmill and 15 min stretching

TGIF this week flew by! So excited for the weekend to be off work and doing stuff with friends and family. Going to see the new Mamma Mia movie so I'm pretty excited about that! Though I love the weekend, it does tend to be when I struggle the most with calories/staying on track/tracking. Maybe because there isn't the structure of the work week. How do you all stay on track when you are off work?

@ChelleTrell thanks for the add! Glad to know I'm not the only person who felt that way. The beach day sounds like a blast! Hope you have tons of fun. I'm landlocked here in Oklahoma so I will live vicariously through your stories about the beach!

@theslightedgeforever thanks for the add! And the encouraging words. I try to keep in perspective that since I've lost 75 lbs before I can do it again, but my life circumstances are a little different than they were then so I'm trying to adjust to now instead of doing what I did then. Consistent habits and self-care all the way! But hopefully weight loss falls in with that. Might be better for me to have less focus on lbs lost. I'm watching my mom battle diabetes so I'm trying to stay ahead of it and encourage her. Hope you are doing ok with managing the prediabetes. But I feel where you're coming from with carb tracking and such.

@trooworld thanks for the add! It's interesting to me that you are combining WW and MFP. That's a good idea and I hadn't thought about it. Honestly the new program might have worked for me but I was stubbornly resistant to having to relearn it knowing they could change it yet again.

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

Morning everyone

Thank you for your concern everyone - I am doing better Welcome to our new friends

@theslightedgeforever - Well done on sticking to your plan. Good for you for putting yourself first. As they say in the airplane talk , look after yourself before you look after others

@trooworld - Congrats on your loss, well deserved, I know you have worked very hard> I am watching the series little women of LA and they are going to a baby goat yoga session, so will see it all soon.

@cbabie - I am glad the hound found you, I thought we sent an owl? I told my grand daughter yesterday that the word of the day was focus when she went for her license test. It seems she lost her focus and failed her license test again

@chelltrell - Congrats on your 90 day streak What does Mary Poppins say _ Once you make anything a game 0 it becomes fun? Glad to see you here. I am with trooworld - where I choose the middle road for the brownie. I also have a quick look a Calorie K*ng to see if anything is there under café section. No fun thing - just getting over this chest infection

@mjsunshine - thankyou for your friend request . I am an x WW lifetimer who has stacked the weight on. I now only go with MFP. Do yo have a fitbit?

@tulsalo - No judgement here and it seems you are telling my story as per the above. Hope you follow your dream and achieve the goals you have set for yourself


My time this weekend is food shopping - which I hate and jus relaxing. Mummia Mia has just opened here and I plan to go and see that as a treat for when I lose some weight. I figure I am going to go back to the treadmill on Monday even if it is just for 10 min. It will all depend on how much coughing happens

Trish
Perth Western Australia

@tulsalo how I stay on track on the weekend is that I have a structure in place: I plan to go to the gym in the morning on Saturdays, I pre-track my food every day of the week and that doesn't change on the weekend. I do have fun food on Saturdays (and sometimes on Sundays) but I don't consider that going off track, that is just part of my plan. If I have pre-tracked it, it is part of my plan. I hope that helps! I hope you have fun at Mamma Mia! RE: the new WW program and MFP...I don't really combine it, I don't use MFP, I was using MFP when I found this board, then I rejoined WW and quit tracking in MFP but didn't want to quit this board, so I am really only tracking in WW and using this board to socialize. And I love change, so the change didn't bother me when they flipped everything on its head with the new program lol. But I do understand why people are having a hard time.

@cbabie thanks, people at work are starting to notice that I've lost weight. That's too bad about the person you met. But maybe they'll come around. I'm glad you are back. I'm sorry you had a rough week. I like a lot of structure too. Great job walking around your backyard! If I did that, I'd get 20 steps.

@TrishasTime I'm glad to hear from you and glad you are doing better. Oh that baby goat yoga is probably going to go down as one of the highlights of my year!

Hi all! I don't know if I told you but I re-joined the WW meetings and this morning will be my first meeting (I was online-only). I was doing fine with online-only, but I wanted the camaraderie of the group as well as the benefit of free lifetime when I hit my goal. Today, I am just going to the grocery stores and getting healthy foods. I'm looking forward to dinner tonight: BLT Panzanella + Grilled Garlic Butter Shrimp. I'm going to make it as healthy as possible but it is still going to make a dent in my point budget! Oh, I left out the funnest part: Watermelon mojitos! :O Have a great day.