2018 - The Year of " I AM "
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Gail - I'm doing "better"; but the scale is still moving up I forgot about the "residual" gain.. all the crap I was consuming is still being reflected.. hopefully it's reached its peak and will start to drop now that i've smartened up!! But yes omg.. boredom had me eating everything that could possibly be considered food.. and some that wasn't!
I did paint two old ragged wooden night stands on the weekend.. I hate them and they are ancient and I was gonna toss them but don't want to til I get around to painting the bedroom if I ever decide on a color (that will be the winter project, not now lol).. but I figured they couldn't look any worse and they turned out quite well with the fusion mineral paint and it only took a couple of hours so at least I was moving for a while lol! I may resort to going to the stairwell and just doing step ups on the first step of the "up" level.. im not comfortable using stairs up or down right now but I figure if I just do the one step (like back in gym class?) it'll at least be a start! I did find my resistance band too so once I tackle the mounds of papework to sort and file, i'm sure i'll find the exercise card that went with it lol1 -
Have you looked up Leslie Sansone's walking in place on line? ..... it really gets you moving and sweating....great workout. I would be scared for you stepping like that on a top step and getting dizzy or off balance and fall down the rest.....yep, just a worry wart here.
Resistance bands are so boring to me, best wishes on finding the exercise that goes with it...Mine ran away. ; )
I love redoing old furniture...fusion mineral paint sounds interesting...what color is that?
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ya I could picture that too... ( me taking a header!) hence why I thot if I used the stairs going up to the next floor and just did the bottom step.. if I fall I only fall right there not down a flight of stairs haha. but we'll see! I forgot about her.. I have looked her up when you first recommended it a while back - I could of course also use the 2 gyms downstairs.. ahem... ahem... ahem...
and yes the fusion mineral paint is way cool.. very little prep needed and you can pretty much use it on any surface plus you can use it indoors no need to ventilate or fumes. And once its done (and cured) its pretty much waterproof and pretty hardy... if you google fusion mineral paint you can see the colors avail and the technique (which is pretty easy as I did it and I don't have a creative bone in my body..lol) I used "raw silk" and "champness" colors (I bought the sample size of the champness which is a blue just cause I wanted to see how it looked lol.. so I just did the drawer fronts with it and the rest in the raw silk.. you can do some pretty impressive stuff if you're good at this kinda thing (which I am not lol) but at least they look much better and for $25 .. ok $30 total since I got the tarps and the brushes at the dollar store which was $5) and 2 hrs of my time... I was happy with it for the moment lol i'll see if I can post a pic of the before and after!1 -
ooohhh...I had read it wrong, I was picturing the top step...my bad.
I know, I do the same thing, I walk right by the both of them every day.... ahem...lol
Sounds lovely..... I will look them up.
Yea, do see if you can post a pic. would love to see it. I painted my living room an accent color a couple of years ago...it was an ordeal......cause I did not mask it ofF at the beginning...it was to time consuming and I wanted to paint!! So I have crooked seams at the corners and drips and spots on the bottom board...(I know it has a name just not coming to mind yet)... BASEBOARD!! that's it.... lol But I was pleased with it.. I might post a pic of it for kicks and giggles..
Almost time to get out of prison, such a long day...at least tomorrow is Halfway thru!!
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I’ve got “paint the old wood nightstand” on my to-do list, as well. I’m going to look up that paint. I hate prep work for painting anything!0
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me too Suzy !! here's a pic of the before and after (there were 2 identical ones) I considered repainting the drawers the raw silk color over the blue.. but as they were a practice round for the table I wanna do over the winter, I decided I don't care and left em alone. you can see how bad the top of the ancient nightstands were scarred and damaged.. only prep was to clean them (I used a quick TSP spray to wipe em down): ok sorry they are sideways I dunno how to turn em around
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wow!! lovely transformation, I adore the blue "champness" drawer with the rest "rawsilk" Great work!
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Wow Snooozie That is truly impressive! I am paying a bundle to get my bathroom cabinets repainted - do you think I should be brave and try what you did ? Is the finish supposed to hold up?
Milove- accolades from me as well about your hike ! I was in Colorado this summer and about keeled over from hacking at those elevations even though Tucson isn’t exactly flat .
T2 - thanks for the welcome back and kind empathy
Weighed myself this morning (although my official weigh in day will be tomorrow ) and was delighted to see. 2.4 pound loss
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well it covers great and they are at least a little cleaner looking now lol.. and it kept me out of the fridge for 2 hrs!!!1
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May I ask how many coats you used Snooozie?0
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Susan - I did one coat on the drawer and 2 coats on the rest.. you can absolutely do cupboards BUT it does take a little skill to get a smooth finish as its a little different than using regular paint.. there are a couple of tutorials on the webpage for beginner and advanced with fusion paint.. I think if I recall they do recommend if you're gonna do cupboard to use this base coat that dries clear first? but cant remember to be honest..
here's the link to the quick little tutorials
https://fusionmineralpaint.com/tutorials/
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ok suzy.. yet again more respect for ya.. I overbought when I walked to the store this morning and had to carry a 15lb bag back with me - and it's only a kilometre walk back but I was like OMG.. suzys pack weighs more than that AND she's hiking!! LOLOL.. and I had frozen stuff so I couldn't stop but at least I burned a few extra calories today lol!1
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Thanks for the info and link to the tutorial Snooozie. I’ll look into it more thoroughly after this weekend. I have a little wall cabinet which I think I will use as an experiment first . Also thanks for the kudos on this week”# progress with the scale.
Howdy Hatters. I was thrilled to have lost 3.6 pounds this week, but that is a lot for me to lose in one week, and I was feeling weak and light headed Thursday, so I took my daily food intake that I had logged on WW and logged it on MFP and saw that I haven’t been eating enough calories . WW tries to make it easy on yiu and just goes by this point system which is a good general guide and keeps me from eating crappy food , but it doesn’t calculate calories ,macrounits or water which are important. Consequently. I think I am going to have to log my daily food on both sites. While I am grateful that MFP is more thorough, I still do like the WW program overall and find that I don’t feel starving like I usually do when trying to reduce my weight, I also enjoy the meetings. I head about a great group leader with a sense of humor, so I switched meeting days to be in her group.
My challenge will be this weekend as I am going to Sedona today for the weekend to celebrate my husband’s bday and we will be eating out a lot and enjoying several adult beverages lol. I think I’m just going to enjoy my weekend but try not to go overboard. And speaking of hiking , there is this place we hike in Boyton Canyon which is quite a challenge to get to the top, so that exercise should be helpful. I couldn’t make it the first time I tried, but did the second time and felt quit victorious. I’ll see if I can find a photo or two ...
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Wow Susan! That’s so beautiful! Good for you! I know you can do it again!1
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Susan well done on the weight loss and hope you have a lovely weekend celebrating with hubby.. gorgeous photos! Hope the combo of WW and MFP works out well
nothing exciting going on here; we're having a bit of a cold snap.. well .. two days worth lol.. hit the lake this morning and did an essentrics hip stretch video this morning; going to spend the rest of the day making a few recipes from skinnytaste - my fav broccoli/cheddar soup which freezes well and im going to try my hand at a butternut squash risotto - never made any risotto before but something creamy and rich sounds like a good choice LOL..
Hope all are doing well; any updates on the programs you're both in Vail and Suzy??
Gail - did you ever have to do the carpet removal for your son?? How'd it go if so? Inquiring minds wanna know lol0 -
Hey, Snoozie, I got out of it...they kept putting it off ...and finally got it done yesterday. He had his work buddies and brother n law help... Only took a few hours...If we were trying to help. we would still be pulling carpet..LOL!
I will have to look up the skinnytaste broccoli and cheese...DnL and I are getting soup fever and want a good one to fix.
Working a bit today. Have to be off a day this week.
I have the dreaded smash'em and spread' em dr. visit on Wednesday... UGH~!! lol
Everything is up since my last visit...cause you know I had that wreck .
Fell Off the wagon!
And he'll be pushing the colonoscopy.....I have never had.
Susan, so good to see you back, Love the photos!!
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Snoozie, I had to google eccentrics videos to see what you were talking about and wow! That looks great! I love stretching and flexibility exercises. I may have to try some of those. Are they all online or is it a dvd set that you buy? The gentle yoga classes I’ve been going to are similar and I’m enjoying them immensely. I’m also going to look up the soup recipe. I’m getting so tired of the recipes I’ve been making. I need something new.
Gail, wish I could say that the colonoscopy isn’t that bad but the prep for it is absolutely awful. The procedure itself is no biggie though. I have got to make my what did you call it, “smash em and spread em” appointment.
I haven’t had a mammogram in three years.
The knee health program I’m doing is going well. The exercises aren’t very intense yet (the lunges still challenge my knee though) and take very little time three days a week. There’s a place to log your weight once a week and I do that every Saturday. So far I’ve been steadily losing one pound a week. I’m still not down to my ticker weight on MFP. I’m being stubborn and not updating my ticker weight. I just can’t bring myself to do it....it’s like admitting defeat or something stupid like that. I’m trying to be okay with one pound a week....any loss is a good loss...but it’s just so slow!!! Ugh! We went on a 10.5 mile hike last Sunday and I’m still tired!
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Suzy - there are loads of free videos from 5-20 minutes in length on youtube - if you go to youtube and put in miranda esmonde white OR essentrics you will find them all there (i'm cheap so I use the free online but you can get DVD 's from the site and I think from most libraries too)
Each one has a different focus, i.e. soothing joint pain; hip/leg focus, posture, yada yada.. but ALL of them use every single muscle which is kinda the whole point of essentrics; to move every muscle every day kinda thing.. i think this is a link to one of the videos on youtube i did
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+essentrics&view=detail&mid=9BE942DA3502DCC3C56D9BE942DA3502DCC3C56D&FORM=VIRE
but there are loads of them there.. miranda is the one who "invented" it if you will; and i like her she doesnt make me crazy like some of the young and perky instructor types on there LOL.. anyway if you wanna change things up a bit check it out - it may not feel like you're doing anything much with the stetches but you def feel it later!
the broccoli cheese potato soup is an absolute favourite and i have a batch frozen down in individual portions.. i only used one little potato cause thats all i had LOL. .and its really only for thickening the soup a bit .. i do like the skinnytaste site i must say - i know you've made some recipes from there before too and theres quite a few soups there so hope you and gail both find something ya like!
and yep i too am overdue for my mammo.. i'll book it after the surgery which is sept 24.. and i admit im going somewhat bat *kitten* crazy around here... so only 2 weeks left and then a couple of weeks of no running around or lifting stuff yada yada and i'll be good to go!
im so glad the knee program is working.. and holy cow lady... you're losing a pound a week? that's AWESOME!! and i totally understand and agree about refusing to move hte ticker anywhere... believe me!! I have adjusted it a few times but i'm done now.. til i'm back to hte current that sucker aint moving!! keep up the great work honestly a pound a week is really awesome... tis been so long since i've seen a loss i think 1lb is fab!!!
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Thanks Snoozie. I think the problem (and it’s all in my head) is that normally I would gain a few pounds on vacation then when I went back to my healthier eating I would drop all of that pretty quickly. This time that just didn’t happen. But, you’re absolutely right...one pound a week loss is a good loss.0
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A lb. a week is AWESOME!! keep on doing what you do, Suzy!
I'm in a little challenge on mfp with some people in my low carb group....only two weeks left , and I can't lose one lb. and keep it off.. Not that I am putting 100 % into it, obviously. I keep eating just like I have been for the last couple of years, and I know that's not working. Have to try and do better these last two weeks, I need to win that $$ for a pedicure. We have to take shots of the scale every Monday and my toes look Horrrible , with peeling , chipping paint! lol
Doctor visit went ok, but trigs. were still up 168 total chol. was 300 and he still wants me to do Crestor and I am still leary of it.... so they are still sitting in the fridge. I may try them for 3 months , that's when he wants me to come back and do blood work, and see if it makes a dent with no side effects ....like Lipitor did to me.
May try the Broc and Cheese soup this weekend, Snoozie. ...but themn I never did get to making those chicken Parms...I am so lazy when it comes to cooking....
It's like, " Oh, you guys will be fine with a sandwich and some Ramen noodles, well then let me put this chicken back in the freezer!!" lol
Hope no one is in the path of Florence, Have a wonderful weekend y'all!!
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As of this morning I am five pounds away from my ticker weight. At my worst this summer I was fourteen pounds heavier than ticker weight but that was after a vacation and the first five came off quickly due to water retention. So I’m getting there. I’m reminded of the tortoise and the hare....slow and steady wins the race. I’m trying not to think about the fact that I’m still twenty pounds heavier than my lowest weight (that was four years ago). Wow! That four years absolutely flew by! I can’t believe I’m still fighting this fight.1
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A pound a week is fantastic! Faster than me, and faster than I lost during my big weight loss a few years ago. I know it's frustrating though - I feel the same! But to be honest, I think much more than a pound a week isn't even realistic.
This is a little diversion, but back when I used the MFP "method" I worked out why a fast loss wasn't possible for me. Being shorter, older, and with a high fat %, etc., my calorie output isn't that high. Under 1500 a day. To lose two pounds a week means a deficit of 1000 calories a day. For somebody whose output if 2500, that means dropping to 1500. But for me, it would mean dropping to under 500 - not impossible, but it would be an extreme low calorie diet. Even if I set MFP to lose a pound a week, that would mean eating less than 1000 calories a day. MFP doesn't allow you to aim for less than 1200, and if I did that it would be less than a 300 calorie deficit. So eating 1200 calories (which is considered very low on the MFP forums) would mean a weight loss of about half a pound a week.
So for me, a pound a week would be fast weight loss. You should be proud of yourself for losing so fast!
Anyway, it's been my turn to be MIA - nothing bad, just busy! I've caught up with your posts and pictures now. Yes the weight loss programme I'm on is going fine ... the only issue is that after the first six weeks, it's toned down a lot. Instead of daily articles there are weekly articles. There is now only me and my mentor talking in the chat area, which is a real shame. I think the idea is that the you have peer support during the next few months, but that's not happening with my particular group. That would be one of my criticisms of the programme. I would like when we signed up if we had the choice to participate in a group or not, then the people who wanted the group would all be with other people who wanted the group!
Weight wise, I've not made any progress in September. There has been more than the usual amount of social eating (and drinking!). Wine has featured. However, on the positive side, I haven't regained the weight I've lost. I just need to keep going. I have set a new goal. It feels very small. I get frustrated with the reality of slow weight loss too! Just need to keep the motivation going over the next few months! And stop finding excuses to break the diet!1 -
Suzy and Vail - before i begin to attempt a post (i'm only on my second coffee so not sure how eloquent I can be!) but i want to say thank you to both of you for your posts - I needed to see both right now!
Suzy-I completely agree with Vail that a pound a week would be considered for us "fast" weight loss - so huge kudos to you for getting where you are now - from 14 away to 5 now? That is AWESOME!! and i know you decided not to change your ticker weight but instead to get back to where it was last recorded - and you are almost there! Well done you...
Vail - i hope you do get a chance to critique the program and think that's a great idea to say ask the people if they want group chat before hand.. so many studies have shown that having peer support or group support in weight loss helps (i'm living proof as all the people in our group here (way back when i first started there were lots more participating) all the past and present ones helped me get to my goal weight originally - i messed up on maintenance all by myself tho lol... women here talked me off the ledge a few times when i was ready to pack it in or got so frustrated i ate an entire family size bag of potato chips!) So i'm sorry you are left with just you and your mentor
Funny you should mention the whole CICO thing - when i first did the calculations i put in completely sedentary for activities - because i am such a couch potato.. and mfp as you said put me at 1200 as that's the minimum it will go. and while i got the theory that if you burned off cals with exercise you could eat more.. that was not for me. so i did the 1200 for a while and nothing was happening. A long story just a wee bit shorter - i ended up discovering around 1400 cals was the "sweet spot" for me THEN... where i was losing weight steadily .. but that was 4 yrs ago and im going to have to experiement a bit to see where i need to be now to get that steady loss because my body has changed; whether it be hormones or age or whatever I suspect its going to take a lot more work at figuring out what works for me now - and i am still going to look for it without adding in exercise - the reality being for the next 8 weeks anyway i wont be able to do anything but walk ( not that i did much more anyway!! lol) but i truly do believe that weight loss is 80% what you put in your mouth and only 20% from exercise (not taking away from the fact we all know exercise is necessary for our overall health) but for weight loss.. it's all about the fork for me.
I have been sitting around here bored out of my mind and as a result, stuffing my face and watching the scale go up - and found myself falling back into the old mindset of "well i've blown it already with this pizza today so i might as well have that ice cream bar" ... yada yada...
but reading your posts this morning Suzy and Vail has really truly helped me get my head back in the game... i'm going to ignore the "big" number of how much i have to lose.. and simply get back into the head space of only focusing on one pound gone at a time.. i know they'll eventually add up and get me where i want to be so i'm not gonna worry about or think about that place.. one day at a time, one meal at a time, one pound at a time. So thanks to both of you for sharing!!
Gail - i can completely relate to the not putting 100% in - i haven't been doing that either. I do hope you are able to reach your goal and get that pedicure from the challenge tho!
I've been on Crestor for about 3 years now.. i admit i wasn't happy when my doc put me on it either; still determined i could change things by myself.. but decided i didnt want to further the risks having high cholesterol poses; so like the metformin I now remind myself both drugs are "helping" me, not hindering me. I hope you do decide to go on the meds for the same reason and that if you do, that you are able to tolerate the Crestor. I haven't had any probs with it personally but as we all know, everyone reacts differently to all meds. Just as an FYI my doc put me on a Coenzyme Q10 supplement when i went on Crestor - it "can" cause muscle weakness and since your heart is a muscle, the C0Q10 helps protect your heart. That said - don't go out and buy it if you start the meds, just because im passing on that info.. talk to your doc first
ok.. i better get off my ever widening *kitten* and get dressed... todays excitement is cleaning out the laundry/storage room area i think... my condo is only 1000 square feet so you would think after all this time stuck at home it would be spotless huh? ya.. no lol.2 -
One pound at a time - I like that! I was a bit fed up when I put my "realistic" goal into my app and realised how long it's likely to take to get there - with a half pound loss on the weeks when I do everything perfectly, and no loss the other weeks - lol! But you're right about one meal at a time too. It's so easy to think that one meal doesn't matter, or one day doesn't matter in the scheme of things - and maybe it doesn't, but if it slows down weight loss and demotivates us, then maybe it should at least be an informed decision to have pizza (or whatever it is)!
I'm glad our posts got you thinking. As you can see, your post has got me thinking too! I know we keep saying it, but it's all about the mindset in the end. I think I am missing the daily checkins on my programme. There was quite a lot about challenging thinking and so on.0 -
Vail - I totally absolutely get the "fed up" bit looking at the long term goal time frame - when you do the math and it tells you how long it's going to take to get rid of it all it can totally do a number on you mentally and emotionally... and yes exactly what you said about so easy to think one meal doesn't matter or one day … but consisitency really is the key as we know.. steadily staying consistent with better choices and moving our parts.. one meal/one snack/one day at a time... and I have to admit I find it weird they would cut back to weekly checkins in the programme now.. you would think this far in the daily ones would be far more useful and effective as we tend to get more frustrated as we go on... perhaps you could email your programme coordinator and mention that the daily ones would be more helpful now (and maybe throw in the whole where is everyone in the support group thought?)
so for me right now, from reading the posts here and realizing right now it's all about just focusing on one day at a time.. not thinking about today.. and yes you all got me thinking.. i know.. here it comes right? lol
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Righto... so... i spent a bit of time going back through all the discussions over the past 3 years in our group... (no, not all of them.. lol just the first few pages of each year) At first I thought rut roh.. this is a BAD idea because all I could see were all these goals and projections I had made and have not achieved yet... but as I read everyone's posts, including my own.. it also helped me see when I HAD succeeded... reminding me I CAN accomplish the weight loss I want for myself. And I think I needed to be reminded of the fact that I CAN do it.. and I just need to focus on one day at a time right now.
I found this little nugget in one of the posts from a few years ago and decided to bring it back for me now..
"Approach the start of each day with one goal and end the day with one word: DONE!"
Yup. That's it. I'm going to approach the start of each day with one goal and end the day being able to say DONE - I think it will not only help me stay focused on just a day at a time, but will give me that self satisfaction at the end to be able to say DONE.
So if anyone else wants to join in, would love to see your "done" post each day.. (that said, i realize this may not be everyone's cup of tea so to speak lol so no worries if it doesn't work for you!)
So my one goal for today - is to avoid all " junk" food choices today. That's it.
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Hmmmm...just one goal? Okay. My one goal is to go walking after dinner tonight. I’ve been slacking on the exercise lately.
It is so easy to rationalize that this one cookie/pizza/drink/whatever won’t matter. You’re right about that. I definitely get on the “well I already ate the pizza so why not have ice cream” carousel. I’ve been really trying to not fall into that mindset lately by planning what I’m going to eat well in advance so that I can be prepared. The other big thing I’m doing is completely avoiding eating anything after dinner at night. That’s when I usually hop on that carousel and reach for the brass ring. So far so good though.
I think it’s weird that your daily check ins have stopped as well. My coach said that the fifth week is where you start seeing people get complacent or just fed up so you have to become more diligent for the next few weeks until the inspiration and motivation return because you start seeing real results. That made sense to me. Other participants have started joining in on conversations lately. So that’s good to see.
Okay...I’m off to my stretch session and then yoga class. I’m not feeling very excited about either. I’m tired and want to veg on the couch all day but I’m going anyway. Have a great day!0 -
Yay you for going to the stretch and yoga today even tho you don't feel like it Suzy! And that's a great goal for today because it addresses something you said you have struggled with lately = looking forward to seeing your DONE tonite!
And while my one goal may not seem like a biggie, I chose it for today because the "after dinner" junk food fest has been raging the past few days so I want to get through one day without any crap going in my mouth. Brekkie was late so I had a bowl of oatmeal almond crisp cereal with fresh blueberries and rasperries; I wanted to get a peach to make one of those "single serving mug peach crisps" but they had none so got the mixed berries instead. I do have a few apples so I may make one of those for after dinner.. lunch is going to be some leftover chicken in a salad with mandarin oranges, a few cranberries and greens and dinner the rest of the leftover chicken (its the chicken that never ends lol) as a "cold plate" - tomato and cucumber slices with the cold chicken and probably the rest of the greens. I absolutely want to be able to say DONE when I go to bed tonite!
And I am also going to remember its NOT about restrictions - I know I will make some less than stellar choices here and there - but my goal is to get back to having them occasionally rather than daily .. or hourly !!
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