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

Hey all,
I know I said I would write to everyone personally and I will soon, just extremely busy with last minute things before I take my flight on Monday morning to the US.
Thank god for my parents who have come to stay with us and the kids as this trip is “sans” kids.
Went shopping and had a great time, for into the infamous S size, somehow I was picking clothes which were too big for me and then remembered that I need a smaller size, so bizzare, but in a good way
So this may be my last post for the next 2 weeks, if I get wifi in the US then will definitely check in.
I promise to eat small portions and try and clean and not go bonkers on beer. As theslightedgeforever says this weight loss is for my life and not for this trip alone
Giving myself a 2 kg concession, I plan not to put on more than 2 kgs on this trip..
Just one question, how is the weather in California and Nevada, do I need to pack warm clothing. NY will be cold I guess.
Bye guys, please take care of injuries and eating habits
Love you all, will post when I can

Trooworld I’m glad your head feels better too. As far as temps Northern California sounds like the place to be. I was just telling my sister last night I’ve never been to California. I want to go drive by the Pacific Ocean.

Cbabie. Was the PB measuring a good surprise or a bad surprise. You just reminded me that I didn’t log my PB toast. Now I think I’m over calories 😩. If the oils aren’t good for a baby are they good for you?

Happy Sunday!

@cbabie, I'm sorry you are suffering from headaches. Are they migraines? I have never heard of using oils. When I get a headache I just pop 2 or 3 Ibruphren. My husband buys me the industrial size from Sams because I think Ibruphren is the cure for all things that ail me. As for peanut butter that had to leave my house. 2 TBS isn't very much!! I'm a Jiff girl so I now buy my dog Skippy and I've just told myself that it's nasty and won't even taste it.

@trooworld, I'm sorry you are also suffering from headaches too! I hope you have a great time camping! I went camping once and pretty much thought it was the worst thing that ever happened to me. I prefer my nature from a window or on the TV!

So, today I've decided to do something radical. I'm going to meal prep my lunches for next week. I'm going to cook up some chicken breast, roast a bunch of veggies and mix it all with some riced cauliflower. I'll spice it all up with some yummy Mexican flavorings. My normal workday lunch is 8 points so I'm hoping this will help me manage my points better and allow more for dinner. I'm really want to kick up my weight loss!! I've been on WW for 89 weeks and have lost 42.5 lbs. That is less than .5 lb a week! Now, don't get me wrong. I am super happy that I've lost that much and I have no intention of stopping until I lose the rest, but I know that I can be doing much better. If only I didn't love food sooooo much!!! OK, I'm off to workout and prep my food! Have a good day, girls!

Trooworld not measuring PB is dangerous if you eat it a lot. I did an experiment that said take a spoon and get 2T of PB out of the jar. Then actually measure it so you can see how close you were at estimating. I had 1.5 on my spoon. I knew for it to be one T it had to be exactly flat. Nobody eats a flat spoon of PB. Putting it in the microwave makes a little spread further. I never use a knife cause I can’t measure that way. I have PB every weekend with my pancakes though. Plus maybe once on toast throughout the week. Camping sounds fun. Enjoy the time outdoors

TeresaW1020. What an awesome weight loss. It’s good that you have analyzed where u are and made a plan. Prepping lunches sounds like a good plan. Anytime we can shave off a point here and there it helps.

Trooworld. Glamping. Lol. The last time I camped was with cub scouts and Girl Scouts. Many moons ago. Froze my patootie off at night. I’m more the use a coat hanger to roast a hot dog type. Although now I’m sure my biologist son would say something about that. He was aghast that I left the paper tabs on the teabags when boiling my tea. The ink and staple will do something to my body. 🙄. He also doesn’t believe in the 3 second rule. Lol. Enjoy your time with nature. That can be more fun than with hubby. I was ready to send mine into nature today.

TeresaW1020. I saw that WW change. It’s a good idea in theory. Some aren’t happy about having their favorite WW snacks taken away. My mom used to use Blue Emu. It worked for her. You’ll figure out your food prep. It just takes a little tweaking here and there.

Trooworld. Enjoy your camping trip. Take a lot of walks out in nature. I thought WW also changed their name to WW. Wellness Works. They won’t be putting the words Weight Watchers on any of their products or books etc. just the logo. At least the plan didn’t change again.

Teresaw1020. A loss is a loss. You are working on a new plan to increase that loss right? I love liver. It just has to be prepared correctly. I eat it a couple times a month. I dice it into little thin slivers. First I sauté some onions green peppers and tomatoes. Add a little garlic and then add the liver and some taco seasoning. I like to eat it with pita bread. My mom was on WAw back in the 70s too. I used to hate liver cause she didn’t know how to make it. Although she didn’t know how to make much 😉

Trooworld. Happy Birthday and enjoy your camping trip.

Where is the rest of our group?

Morning everyone

I hope everyone is well and going amazingly on their journey. I have not back read, so will start to catch up from today.

Sorry I have been MIA. @theslightedgeforever - thanks for checking in. The short story of my absence is the stuff that was happening in my home has finally happened. My husband was "retired", hence reduced income. We needed get over the shock, rationalise and reduce. This was a fairly hefty bump in our lives, and one we did not expect going into the new year.

The positives are is that I am a full time home husband, I come home to a cooked meal every night. He does the laundry etc, runs the teenager around and all in all takes a lot of pressure from me. I am using my spare time for me. I now come home and relax for 10 min before getting up and doing my thing. I no longer have to think twice, if I can do something for myself as I know that DH will be available.

BIG NEWS - NO 1.After 10 years absence - I have rejoined WW on Wednesday (woohoo).
BIG NEWS No 2. I made a decision on my birthday last week that alcohol and I wll no longer friends and never will be friends again. I watched my mum's behaviour at my husband's 60th and thought - nope that is never going to be me, I t was enough that I spent the next day apologising to the guests. I thought about her behaviour and the fact that I have other alcoholics in the family for the next fortnight (one of those weeks I was interstate with work - so I could do alot of thinking) and decide to DIVORCE alcohol effective the next day which just happen to coincide with my birthday.

I am hoping that I get some guidance here as it has been a long 10 years away from WW. I struggle that there are a lot of "free foods" and because of that I am not hitting my daily goal (well I know it has only been 2 days)

Thanks for still being there for me

Chat soon

Trish

Hi Girls!

@cbabie, glad you haven't given up yet. I also think the new WW is a good idea. If we don't change our way of thinking about our relationship with food we will continue to stay on the same old roller coaster and frankly I'm too old for roller coasters!

@TrishasTime, welcome back!! You sure have had some big life changes. I also have a retired husband who pretty much does everything around the house. I don't let him cook dinner though because I like to eat edible food, but he does do the dishes.

Congrats on rejoining WW. I really do love the plan but totally agree that the "free" foods can be hard to manage. The biggest thing to remember is that all zero point foods have calories. WW doesn't like for us to talk too much about calories but facts are facts. I joined MFP in July to double track and was amazed to find out that I could have a 500 calorie difference using the same 23 points. So, I will continue to double track for the time being. It's a pain but I try to just do it first thing in the morning and adjust in the evening.

Good for you for recognizing your need to give up alcohol. What a great birthday present to yourself!! I also come from a family who has alcohol and substance abuse. It took my dad's life and I'm afraid it will probably take my sister's life someday too. I now rarely have anything to drink and truly don't miss it at all. Plus, who wants to count those points!!

@krupalip, Hey girl!! You sound like you're having a great time in the U.S. I look forward to hearing all about it!!

Well, today was a good day but it almost wasn't. This morning I went into one of our church buildings and there were boxes of cookies that had been left over from a youth event. Without even giving it a thought I grabbed several of the cookies with every intention of eating them at my desk. WHAT!!! As I walked to my car to drive over to my office I heard that little voice inside me say, "What the heck do you think you are doing?" I sat there looking at the cookies in my hand wrapped in a paper towel and stopped my car and walked to the trash bins and threw those cookies away! Super proud that I managed to get a grip on myself before I ended up with guilt and regret.

Hi Girls!

@Trooworld, glad you had such a good time camping. When I was young I loved a good horror movie. My first one was Friday the 13th when I was 15. I had to sneak in and I was so terrified but I didn't dare tell my parents. Now, I can't handle the stress of being scared. Bummer about the weight being up but good for you for going to that meeting and seeing an old friend that you can walk with! You will get that weight off for sure. What are you making this week? I did my first week of meal prepping my lunches and it went OK. I will attempt it again for this week.

I've spent most of my day at the computer after I did some laundry and worked out. We just got Hulu Plus which is awesome!! Hubby has been in the living room watching football and I've been binge watching Master Chef. I have such a thing for Gordon Ramsey!!

Trishastime Good to hear from you. Change is hard. Especially with less money. I dread the day my DH retires as I have no work to escape to. I get nothing done on the weekends and I imagine how this will be for the rest of my life. Lol.
Good decision you made on the alcohol. Less points that go into your tracker. I think I might be one of the few who is not doing WW anymore but still counting calories. But watching everyone and reading I think the most thing about the free foods is watch your portion control on those items. Decide how many points per meal you want to spend How many do you want left over for snacks. How many weekly points will you spend? Just because they give them to you doesn’t mean you need to eat them. I know someone who has proven this. If she sticks to her 23 daily points and eats all her allowed weeklies she gains weight. Find your magic number. I lost 1 lb this week. I forgot that mandolin has another meaning. When I read about your husband finding it I thought he was seranading you in the kitchen. When I was a little girl an old man in our church played the mandolin.

krupalip good to hear from you and that you are enjoying your trip. Was it a shock to see how many fat people there are walking around the US. I think it’s the amount of food offered everywhere there. Portion sizes are much bigger than in other places in the world. You didn’t even hit the Midwest or South. I really think they are fatter in those places compared to the coasts.

TeresaW1020. Great job on the cookies. The old Teresa’s habit was to see cookies grab cookies eat cookies. Now you are forming a new habit. My daughter loves Gordon Ramsey too.

Trooworld. So glad you met a friend in WW. Someone who shares similar interests. So was the glamping trip everything you wanted. I don’t like horror movies Just hearing the music to Halloween gives me the creeps. Plus Freddy Krueger movies especially the dream one is bad. I gave birth to a daughter who loves scary movies and haunted houses. Even when she was little she would just laugh at things that jump out at her. Meanwhile her older brother was yelling Let Me Out. Then I yelled at him for leaving his younger sister in there but she came out laughing saying can I do that again. Each to his own I say. Now that I think about it she cuts into people and cuts off body parts for a living. Lol.

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Trishastime. I’ll see if I can find an Aussie version on YouTube and look at it. It’s always nice to learn. Are there any other differences in the program between here and there Yaaay on the treadmill

Morning everyone

@theslightedgeforever - I have not found the utube, buy I can certainly download the documents and link them here if you wish. They are totally different here. We have justed moved into WW which encompasses the mind, body and health. I believe there are "bonuses" if you achieve certain milestones for healthy rather than losing weight. Still more info to come

@trooworld - Jury duty - I have never have had to do as my husband was a policeman and they judge be to be biased. Hope you get dismissed early so you can do food prep. Does something trigger your arthritis/ I avoid certain things as I know they trigger mine.

@cbabie - Have you still got your old treadmill that you needed a part for? It is hard to give up our expectations and just let life happen - hugs to you

@gemwolf - I am glad you had a fab time at the wedding, yes I can definitely tell you - all these things get harder as you get older.

I am doing EOM today which involves a lot of sitting, so I have hatched a plan to set the time on my phone for every 40 min and then get up and take a walk from one end of the building to the other

Hello to everyone else

Trish