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

Good morning!

@cbabie, I'm sorry to hear what your friends are going through! How right you are that we need to live our lives as if these are our last days and do what gives us true joy. I wasted so many years!! And now my life is so full and rich that it makes me want to do even better. My sweet husband will be 76 this coming year and we both know that time is precious and that we have to make the most of every day that God gives us.

@TrishasTime, hey girl! I'm glad you got your computer fixed! Painting is such a pain. I sometimes look at rooms in my house and think that it would be nice to repaint them, but then I think of all the work!

@krupalip, so sorry you caught a stomach bug! Are you better now? How is your husband? I didn't crush my weigh in but I didn't do as bad as I thought I would.

@gemworlf, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

@cmedwards52, Hello!!

So, Thanksgiving is over and most of the leftovers are gone! I do have some turkey left so tonight I'm making turkey Reubens on pumpernickel with roasted veggies. My weight is up much more than I would like thanks to wine, stuffing, and pie! So, I have to really buckle down this weekend in hopes to have a decent weigh in. We will see!!

I spent the last two days decorating the house for Christmas. I really need to STOP buying stuff!! My tree is so full that I don't think there is a branch that isn't covered with something. *see pic below My next project is planning a little Christmas party that I'm having on December 7th. It's for the staff and spouses and will be an appetizer party. I'm researching minute-to-win-it games. Should be fun! Any of you have a favorite appetizer that you would like to share?

Here is a pic of my tree and the shelf in the dining room. I hot glued those lights to the back of the shelf!!

Morning everyone

I have snuck in here whilst DH is taking the dogs for a walk.

@TeresaW2010 - Can you please come over to Aus to my house to do my tree? I started yesterday and mine looks like a mess!

@cbabie - I am sorry you had a very bad week. It is really hard to hear such news o top of everything else that may be going on with your life. You make an interesting point - why are we not living each day to its full?

@trooworld - Two thanksgivings?? I am sitting here trying to think of something that Aus has that is similar and nope I can not think of none.

"theslightedgeforever - I love your favourite quote Here is another from the movie "Big Chill" - no one can get through a day without at least a couple of juicy rationalisations

I am thinking of doing seafood for Christmas rather than the turkey / ham. I do adore seafood ( I know, I know - everything in moderation) If anyone has any ideas then I am all ears

Take care

Trish

@TrishasTime Well...I don't think it is "normal" technically to have two Thanksgivings but it is very common for people to have a Thanksgiving at one place and go to another for a 2nd, or to have what we call a "Friendsgiving": Thanksgiving dinner with their friends. That is really what this 2nd Thanksgiving was lol. For Christmas, are you looking to do something fancy or kind of just yummy? It's summer there, right? You could grill some nice salmon steaks and roast some asparagus and have a pretty salad?

@krupalip Sorry to hear that you've had problems with the app, I hope it helps to reboot.

Hi all! Well, we started the turkey late yesterday and it didn't get done until about 8:30 p.m., my friend was okay with that because we were laughing and talking so no big deal. Everything was delicious. My husband cooked almost everything himself.

GM everyone

@krupalip - Hope all goes well with your application, it is a pain when technology does not work?

@trooworld - I am glad you had a lovely time with your friend They create wonderful memories.

I am kinda disappointed with the seafood option. So many people coming do not like shellfish (prawns, crabs, lobster etc) I am going to have to rethink my options. In the meantime, they are finally getting to switch on the new WW in its entirety this week

Hope everyone else is well

Trish

Hello, I reloaded the MFP app and it seems to be working fine now, all my data was retrieved thank god

@TeresaW1020 the Christmas tree looks so good, you are really good at it, good to know that you had a good thanksgiving, as theslightedgeforever suggested go to Pinterest and you will have a lot of options for appetisers and healthier options too, I get a lot of Indian recipes from there as well.

@trooworld so lucky that you got your hubby to cook for friendsgiving, my hubby helps sometimes when he isn’t working but the kitchen ends up a big mess, so I prefer doing all of it on My own.

@theslightedgeforever everything is good in my part of the world, all the best for your new diet plan, I did see the shred diet on the internet, seems doable. I need to remind myself about the goal I have set for myself, below 50 kgs by dec 31st. At least for once in my life I don’t want to have a new year’s resolution of “losing weight”, I want it to be maintaining “lost weight”, hopefully will be able to make this resolution this year

@cbabie when I was much younger I did try something similar to shakeology and it didn’t work for me, I don’t think it’s for me either, hope you have a good week

@trishastime hey how are you, my phone is getting old and the only option Apple gives you is to buy the latest version which I am not going to. Seafood is a great option, you can do like curried fish main course with a south East Asian twist. Pinterest has lots of ideas try it sometimes

Ok gotta run, trainer is waiting eagerly at the gym to drive me into a pulp, bye girls have a great day and week ahead

@Trooworld Thst burrito sounded really good. I think I’d like to try it. We have bookclub in a week and s half. I need to get started. But if I read too early then I forget everything because I read other books in between

@cbabie Go out and walk while the weather is nice. Soon it will be hot again. What’s your favorite Christmas decoration? Why not start with ONE thing and bring back the magic of Christmas. Hang it in your bedroom if you must so you can look at it and be happy. My one thing from Thanksgiving is the parade. I saw a Facebook memory that said in 2009 I was watching the parade and baking two pies. Life is good. So what will bring you a little happiness. You never saw the fun in the parade? I’m wounded. Lol. Just the big floats This year I was saying kids look it’s Ronald McDonald. More like yelling it then Pikachu. You know I’m still a kid. That part hasn’t changed. I just remembered Rudolph is on tomorrow I think. I hope you are teaching your new gg baby all these things and not just the Scrooge part. 😬. I did a good Leslie Sansone this morning. It was a Boosted walk for 20 min. I hadn’t tried that one yet. I also did a 15 min walk outside.

@TeresaW1020 I’m not the kind of person to do a diet to get me started. I know I won’t maintain it and gain all the weight back. I’m more a lose it like you will maintain it kind of gal. Shred is basically a 6 week plan where he gives you options on food but you eat every 3-4 hrs. So smaller meals. He has the daily menus all planned out you just choose what you want. It’s basically a smoothie for one meal and a salad for another meal then chicken or fish plus veggies at another meal. That’s my choices. Once a week is lasagne Then once a week is beef of some kind. Then there are three snacks a day whatever you want. But they must fit into the calorie limit. 100 100 150. Then he mixes it up second week and onward. He says don’t eat same things everyday. Exercise is usually 40-45 min. But he says break it down to 15-20 min of one kind of exercise. I guess all this so you don’t get bored. I seem to get bored in Week 4. I’ve never made it past that. Today was successful including going to a chocolate cafe. My son has been wanting me to go and so he waits til the day that I start my new plan. 🙄. But I made it work. I guess that’s what the snacks are for. I ordered smallest thing there and only ate half of it. I still stayed within my own calorie limits. So onto day 2. Yes on Thanksgiving leftovers. Mine was the pie. But I only ate 1.5 pieces this year compared to previous years. I can eat a whole pie. One piece at a time over a period of days. Leftovers are the devil’s handiwork.

Ok off to read.

Hello
I am trying to really assess if I am hungry or just want to fill my mouth. I have severe depression and my go to is always food. If I don’t fix this I will die. I don’t have a problem with that but I am sure some of my family might
Don’t like Christmas so I wait till about the 20th to put the tree up for the grandkids. Kudos to those who have already started decorating.

Karen in BC

Hey everyone, my younger daughter started playschool yesterday and since the timings for this week for my elder daughter are different, my gym routine is completely going haywire, I normally get 4-5 days of gym time but this week it’s gonna be cut short. Plus I have to attend my hubby’s school reunion on Sunday which I am not looking forward to since I will tempted to eat greasy food and avoid sangrias and beer...

@trooworld hope your tummy feels better soon, you do take your book club seriously and good to see you’re working on portion control, my problem isn’t portion control, it’s what I eat, carbs I wish they didn’t exist. Silly me but I am in a maintenance phase which I would love to make it a weight loss phase but not happening so far

@theslightedgeforever how are you, my hubby has an android phone too and I have to keep hearing how the iPhone sucks all the time but I am just not an android user. iPhones here are very expensive much more than in theUS so I have to make it work, my screen cracked too on my iPhone 6 but I managed to get it fixed, whatever said and done I can’t use anything but an iPhone and to say the least it’s just a phone. Hope your shred diet works out and all the best, you will be strong I know it

@cbabie hope you have a good Christmas this year with your family, don’t dwell too much on the past, make new beautiful memories with your great grand baby. I know the holidays can be a difficult time for some, but find the best in them

@TeresaW1020 how are you, I have decided to start my building muscle getting lean plan from December 3 and see how it goes, have a good weigh in and don’t think too much about it

Ok gotta run to the gym more later guys

@prisoner2food take each day at a time, you’re headed in the right direction

Love to all cheers