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@cbabie That’s good you are doing well on your fast

@trooworld. I just got on here and saw my streak was 0 and said WHAT😱. But then noticed my lbs lost was also 0 and my friends were 0. They better put my stuff back the way they found it. Lol. I hope you feel better. King Tut sounds fun. You talked about the hot choc in the break room but there are also cookies and chocolates. The room sounds like a place to stay clear of. Environmental control is your best ally.

@its_cleo Sounds like you are really getting the hang of your food plan. That’s great. I think that’s most of the battle.

I did a Fitbit challenge with three others and saw I was in last place. (Usual as I’m good with anything but last). That seems to motivate me to move just a bit more. I did my 15 min walk and then a couple of short Leslie Sansone videos and then checked to see if I had moved up a spot and I had moved into first place. To my surprise I did a bit over 7000 steps in an hour. But we were so close I thought they might be moving as I was so I finished the last 7 min literally running across my bedroom back and forth. Getting faster and faster. I won. Lol. I never win these challenges. But like Teresa the scale is stuck despite me having 5 days of exercise and staying in my boundaries with food. So I’m ignoring the scale for now and tomorrow will be Day 10. First leg of the 100 will be complete and I want to lose 1 lb. then I’ll start working on the next 10 days. I have 5 good days of habits that I’m creating.

@its_cleo Thanks. Not feeling better yet but I slept a lot yesterday. I’m glad you are feeling better. Yes, these cookies are at work. Work seems to be my downfall.

@theslightedgeforever Did they fix it? I know I can log my food again. I am still feeling terrible, I will stay home again today and probably sleep all day. There are two break areas: the break area with tea, coffee and hot chocolate which is further away from where I sit and there is the small break area which is also the supply room that is the danger zone and has the cookies and chocolates. I try to stay out of the small break room if possible, but sometimes I have to go into there to make copies, get supplies, etc. I would do best to stay away as much as I can, you are right.

Hi all. I decided on a personal word for the year: EMPOWERED. I like this definition of empowered by Cambridge Dictionaries: confident and in control of your life, having the official authority or freedom to do something. I think that definition fits in well with my goal for the year, so in addition to the MFP ticker (which keeps me accountable), I will start putting EMPOWERED at the end of my posts as well as a reminder to myself that, I am, empowered.

EMPOWERED.

Hello everyone!

@theslightedgeforever, I liked day 7 and I wrote that "I can do it because I am committed and determined to keep my word to myself, to my husband, and to God." Congrats on completing your 10 days and WOW at losing 3.5 lbs. That is fantastic!!! I still have today to complete my 10 days because I started on the 2nd. The scale was down this morning and I'm hoping it continues. I'm making stirfry tonight for dinner, which probably wasn't the wisest choice. I will have to drown myself in water and be up all night running to the potty!

@cbabie, sounds like your fast is going well and that you are on the road to better health as well as spiritual growth. That is awesome! That is funny that spellcheck gave you liabilities along with disabilities. Some real truth there!

@its_cleo, WW is all about balance. You don't want to eat too little but then you don't want to eat too many zero point foods because that adds up too. You will find your sweet spot.

@trooworld, how is your cold? I hope you are starting to feel better! I like your word! Empowered is exactly what you want and what you are. Own it!!

Well, today has been long and I'm about to go make some dinner because I am starving! It was so busy that I even forgot to eat all my lunch. That never happens. With our youth pastor leaving there is a lot going on and of course we decided today to revamp the info we give visitors which includes me needing to make a brand new brochure. Ugghhh! My good news is that our bookkeeper wants to switch her schedule from Tuesday to Wednesday. Well, I have WW on Tuesdays and I don't want to switch. So I talked to pastor and he agreed that I can have both days off and I will just add an extra hour to my Monday, Thursdays, and Fridays. He is very aware that I do a lot of work from home. So, I'm happy!! OK, I gotta eat!!!

@theslightedgeforever I don't get your notation: 3/3 goals, 2/3 goals, 1/3 goals, can you explain? Congrats, it looks like you did well!

@TeresaW1020 My cold stinks. I bought some MucinexDM last night, hopefully, I will feel better today, but I will be out of work again today (unpaid). That's great news about the extra day off, woot woot!

@its_cleo Me too, so I have a strong connection to it. Congrats on the loss!

Hello all. I did not do well at all with eating yesterday. I hope today is better, it should be. Yesterday, I just ate to comfort myself. Today, I am eating what is already in the house which is okayed food.

EMPOWERED.

@cbabie Yaaay on internet and you are doing well with no sugar and PB. You're halfway done with your fast. I think I don't like being last because of my birth order.

@trooworld Since you spend a lot of time at work, you're going to have to have a strategy to beat your environment. You are in control. What if you were to ask your boss and workmates if the cookies and chocolates can be moved to the other breakroom. Thus removing the temptation. I bet there are others in your office that would like to eat a bit more healthy, right? Yes I got my streak back. I'm shooting for a 1000 now. Usually I don't care about streaks but I've come this far. I like your word for the year. I have 3 goals that I'm working on each day for the 100 day challenge. If I am successful with only one goal out of 3, then it's 1/3. I think it's easy to do well on the first week of January. Ask me again come mid February or July.

@Teresaw1020 That's great that you were able to manage your schedule so you could still attend WW. That's putting yourself first. I had some stinkin' thinking today with your comment on Congrats on the 3.5 lbs. Immediately I thought, thank you but it probably won't last. AGH! So to rephrase that, thank you for the compliment. I worked really hard this past week and I'm glad you noticed. (This was yesterday's journal work for the 100 day challenge) I'm glad I got to put it into use.

@its_cleo Yaaaay on your weight loss. Have you found a water tracker you like? I'm terrible with water. oh let me rephrase that.....I used to be terrible with water, but now I'm learning to stop and hydrate myself regularly. Isn't that better? When I used that app about watering the plants, my plants always died. So for now my water goals aren't in the picture but one day will be there. I think a 1 lb goal per week is a very good one. It's doable and will keep you making lifestyle changes versus dieting, I think. Anyone can lose weight but keeping it off is the problem. I've thought about putting in some maintenance weeks after this first 100 days to see can I stay within a two lb range. Then go onto the next 100 days and start losing. I'll have 65 days to play with this year. I know vacation will be apart of that plus the last 2 weeks of December. My usual way of losing weight is losing weight during the year, then gaining at vacation and end of the year so my overall net weight is still a gain. I need to do something different this year and maintain what I've lost.

@gemwolf110 Looks like you had a very successful week. Way to go! The hockey game sounds fun. Becoming a coach is a good way to stay active. Plus it sounds like something you enjoy. Which is always a plus. So why do you think in person WW would be better. Is it just the weighing in part that you think will keep you accountable? Then why not find you someone that you know to weigh you in. Someone that you could take your scale to at the same time each week so it's consistent. Not a good friend that you really won't care if you lose or gain, but someone that you would be a bit embarrassed if you gained? Have you looked up any of the MFP members that are in your area? They could even be an accountability buddy. There is always a way to do this. I'm going to a brunch tomorrow with some friends. That's about the extent of my weekend plans. I joined another fitbit challenge for the weekend so I'll be working on my steps.


Today is my rest day for exercise. I've shared the twins videos before but I really liked this one talking about how to break up your points and how they became successful. I mean one has lost like 110 lbs and the other about 85 or so and has been on maintenance for a year. What I like the most is that the main message I get from them is do what works for you. They eat alot of processed foods but they've still lost a lot of weight. One doesn't do formal exercise and she still has lost 110 lbs. I think that's amazing.


https://youtu.be/DR3xslwi-ks

@gemwolf110 That sounds like fun, I used to love going to hockey games!

@its_cleo Yes, I think you are right. I will definitely get back on track soon. The Barefoot Contessa...I think I would love for her to cook for me!

@theslightedgeforever Thanks for the suggestion, but that can't happen. The other breakroom is outside of the library, not in library territory, and it wouldn't fly. My officemate asked the director if less sweets could be brought in, and more healthy treats could be brought in, he agreed and a declaration was made. Guess who was the first one to break it about 4 days later? No, it's up to me. I am EMPOWERED. Good luck with your goals, I think you will do well. You are terrible with water, so am I. Have you tried tracking water in MFP?

@cbabie That's great that you've had no sugar or PB for 6 days, you must feel better? I am not feeling much better, I did a teladoc appointment (over the internet) and I have a viral upper respiratory infection. I am going to go to work on Monday though, whether I am better or not. I am going to at least make the attempt, I may come home after 2 hours, but I'll at least make the attempt.

Hi all. Well, I decided not to go to LA to see the King Tut exhibit. I'm just not feeling well enough. The tickets are non-refundable, but I'm going to call and see if they will make an exception. I am so bummed, I really wanted to see the exhibit and this is the closing weekend. Oh well, there is always the National Geographic Channel I guess.

EMPOWERED.

@gemwolf110 So back to meeting your step goal each day. I met my official one of 8000 but my unofficial one is 5000. I’m working on consistency and I’m slowly building back up to 8000. I’m actually walking more this way.

@cbabie That’s good you got in 10000 steps. That must mean you are ahead of me. I noticed hubby is and he doesn’t seem to wear his Fitbit half the time. I don’t remind him either 😬. You know you don’t have to type out my entire name. Remove the @ sign and just type in Slightedge. I check in anyway. Not because I get a message telling me someone is talking about me.

@trooworld Tracking water isn’t the problem but drinking it is. Lol. I track it everyday on Strides. I’ll get there eventually once I get my other goals to be consistent. It’s next on my list for the 100 day challenge. How do teledoc appts work with prescriptions?

@TrishasTime Ouch on the cracked ribs. Thank God for painkillers. So how is your eating in all this. I have a tendency to eat worse when I don’t feel good.

So far so good on me and my 100 day challenge. I do the journaling each day. I went to a brunch and met my calorie goal for the day I walked home to get in some extra exercise. I was about 20 min away. Although I was in heels. Should have thought of that before. Met my burned calorie goal by doing another 25 min walk at night Another sticker went up on my chart.

@TrishasTime take care, cracked ribs is painful. I hope you can take it easy and rest.

@theslightedgeforever thanks for sharing that video. I haven't found a water tracker I like. I tried the plant one, but I didn't like it. I was trying to change cup sizes and couldn't figure it out and deleted it lol. It was probably me being dumb but I just wasn't that impressed with the ap overall. Now I'm just trying to keep track by counting myself, but I usually lose track by 10 am. I think that's a really smart idea about the maintenance and trying it out.

@cbabie how much longer is your fast?

@trooworld sorry to hear about the exhibit, that sucks. Can you sell them yourself?

Well I am really struggling yesterday and today. This is my pattern. I have eaten well on ww and within points for a week and a half and now I just want to binge. I love fast food, chinese food, ice cream, cake. So I eat well for a couple weeks, then I eat really crappy for two days. It's not really 'binging' all at once, but it's just eating a lot of crap for two days, like more than is healthy. And bc it's all stuff I dont normally eat, I always end up gettting nauseous because it's too much.

All my extra points on ww are gone. Tuesday my week starts again. So I'm just trying to hold it together. I have plain greek yogurt, fruit, and have enough points to add like a tbsp of chocolate sauce. So I might try that later.

Anyway hope everyone has a good week.

Quick meals- I love steak, and it can be grilled really quickly or broiled in 5 mins if you dont have a grill. Fish- salmon. There are lots of marinades online. I like one with lime juice...

This week I am doing sort of like burritos without the shell- chicken, some black beans, salsa, veg, etc. all thrown together.

Hi everyone


@theslightedgeforever - Funny enough - I was not really interested in food, but I must have eaten more than I think cause the scale moved in the wrong way

@its_cleo _ how do you go with weight loss when you eat almost all your weekly points. I find that I can barely touch mine without it showing on the scales. I guess we all have to find what suits us

@gemwolf100 - I usually make chicken meatballs miniature and freeze them - lovely just pull out with salad or pasta

@TeresaW1020 - Glad yo u had a great time at the farewell party and that the food was well received. I am tyring a new WW receipe tonight which has pork sausages, sweet potato, red onions, cherry tomatoes, wholegrain mustard and others, marinate it together and throw it into the oven. I will let you know how it goes

@trooworld - Hope your online doctor was correct. I find it kind of hard to see how could they evaluate that without listening to your chest, taking your temp etc etc. To go o the doctors here (unless the bill straight back to Mdicare cost about $40 for an appointment - regardless f you walk in as an emergency or not.

Note sure if I walked under ladder or something similar, it is just one thing after another here, got a nail in my tyre and they could not patch it as it was too close to the edge and had to buy another one. My tooth that ached before and I had a root canal - is aching again and off I go back to the dentist. The inside garage wall hat was rendered, the rendering is dropping off (my home is 10 years old) and that apparently is the original builder, did not put enough cement in the mixture.

Tae care

Trish

@TrishasTime Well it's only been two weeks so the weight loss could have been a fluke lol. Seriously though, the first week I ended up eating at or slightly below my bmr, so I was probably burning calories every time I moved. But still I ate all the points- I eat a lot of food that I think is healthy but WW gives points for- nuts, cheese, red meat, avocado. So I ended up going through it all but still very low calorically bc those are very filling foods for me. I do eat fruits and veggie too.

Sorry to hear about your tooth! I hope it's ok. I had a root canal and a crown put on 10 yrs ago and now they want to redo it bc it was sized wrong. I go the first week of Feb and am dreading it. Honestly I dont know how I'm going to get through it.

This week I did eat more from a calorie perspective, so my weigh in is tomorrow and we'll see what it is.

@theslightedgeforever yeah I am trying to come up with a plan that will work. Posting on forums keeps me honest, so both weeks I blew through a lot of calories in one day because of having a few drinks, up late, and then eating extra. Hopefully this week will be different.

I am going to find some substitute desserts, I have some ideas. I will trim my daily points to fit them in sometimes, not every day, and I will save all my fit points for a bigger treat like eating out. I like to use my fitpoints for something special, bc it makes me feel like I earned it. I'm going to try to cut meat slightly and supplement with beans/tofu which are zero points.

@TeresaW1020 I'm glad it went well, your event for your pastor. It sounds really nice, that everyone got a chance to share.

Thanks for sharing the recipes everyone. I haven't tried any WW recipes, I guess I should.

I have ended week 2 with points at a zero balance, but at least it is not a defecit. Anxious about what the scale will say tomorrow, when I start week 3.

@theslightedgeforever I must be eating a lot of salt, or really carb-sensitive because I've been under all week (except one day) and the scale hasn't budged or has gone up. I guess I should be patient and not pay attention to the daily weighing. I think your dad would be proud of the way you are making an effort to stay diabetes-free, and that is a good way to honor him.

Hi all. Yesterday was a very hard day at work: my lower back was very tight and painful and I was also not feeling well from the cold and had low energy. But I made it through which gives me hope I can make it through another day today. I've eaten under every day but two days and those days I only went over my calories by 100-200 cals, and I'm up 0.8 lbs over last week. That's kind of disappointing.

EMPOWERED.

@trooworld If your scale problem continues check to see are you measuring and weighing your food properly? Is your calorie goal the right level for your body? Maybe it’s too high of a number. Cut off 100 calories and see how you do on that. Try reducing your sodium. Cut off 10-20 carbs each day. How many calories are you burning each day? To lose 1 lb per week you need to have a calorie deficit of approximately 3500 calories between what you eat and what you burn. I’ve been using 500 each day as my guide. You’ll figure out your special number if you keep tweaking the formula as our bodies are all different. I hope you feel better soon. It’s hard when you don’t feel good.

@gemwolf110 With the mini loaves, if I cook and freeze them I can always just pop them out when needed. Then when I’m in the mood for beef it’s already done and I won’t be making two dishes. Chicken and beef.

@TeresaW1020 I made baked chicken fajitas for dinner. they were so yummy. Yaaay on your loss. Every little bit counts. I was laughing about your comment so much chicken 😮. That’s my menu pretty much everyday of the week. When my dh got diagnosed with his blood disorder I became anemic. Now I cook me some beef once a week. My hemoglobin is still low though. I need to find more iron laden foods.

Stayed within my food boundaries despite going out to breakfast with a friend. I passed up a free piece of San Sebastián cheesecake. I never pass on cheesecake. The restaurant gave me and my friend a “free gift” I cut it into two pieces and licked the knife and decided I didn’t want to waste my calories. Today was exercise rest day but did a 19 min walk to get in my step goal
Journal done and big sticker awarded 🙌🏻 onto Day 16

I am very excited to find this thread! I used to run a daily thread on WW years ago called Recommittment Challenge! I would love to join in if that's ok??
I am a nearly 41 year old mom (to one 8 year old human and two boxers) and a wife to my amazing husband of nearly 10 years.
I'm excited to be here, and hope it's ok to be horning in! Hi Everybody!