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

@cbabie I'm impressed, I've never fasted in my life. You sound really dedicated, and over half way done so good for you!

@trooworld glad you are slowly on the mend.....

@theslightedgeforever wow that's so great with the cheesecake. I love cheesecake lol. But it is about making a decision. I find I have times when I recognize I can just say no, and it seems so simple.

@TeresaW1020 those sound like great reasons. I have a hard time with whys. I'm not married and I don't have children. But for the first half of my life I endured a lot of damage to my body (long story)...ever since it has been important to me to be healthy and strong, so that is my why I guess. If I could be an athlete I would love it! But 42 is kind of late lol. So I just set my personal milestones. And yeah, this is my first time on ww.

My first time on any kind of 'diet'. Before I just tried to count calories and I could do that but still somehow would not lose weight, I guess I was eating too much.

I had a couple tough days but made it through, I feel much more motivated today. Only thing is I am not feeling well off and on the last couple weeks...if it doesn't clear up by next week may have to see a doctor, which I hate but it might be good to get a check up. It's been a couple years I think.

@gettingmeback2013 welcome!

Hello!! I would love to be apart of this group! I had a great group of WW friends. I went on my lunch hour and our group just clicked. I did this for almost a year. Then I had a job change and was working over an hour away from the WW facility. I tired going by my house but these groups were just not the same. I have agained alll the weight back and more. I’m in my second week of MFP and logging faithfully. I’m back and would love to be on this journey with all of you!!

@its_cleo I have those same times about it’s easy to say no and then there are those other times. I call it my switch. It’s either turned on or off. I wish I knew what makes it turn off so I could keep it flipped up. I keep visualizing a big lightswitch and me flipping it up. I’m in control. It’s never too late to become an athlete. Go google all the people that started in their 50s and up.

@gettingmeback2013 how much PB and choc chips in the yogurt. Unfortunately I’m one of those that is not a little dab of this and that person. Lol. I’m working on the morning exercise habit also.

@Sparkle1098 Welcome to the group. We’ll be your new weight loss buddies. Yaaay on logging your food.

So I stayed within my food boundaries. I exercised for 66 min. No snooze alarm journal done A big sticker day for me. Onto Day 18

For you newbies this is the journal I’m following.

http://www.weightlossjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/100DaysJournal.pdf

Morning everyone

The best thing about today...… I am on leave for a week and travelling to the other side of Australia. (Mind you I will l need to log onto work once a week). But it is better than being there 10 hours a day. Food / Eating gone out the window as I sustained myself though the tiredness on diet coke (caffeine) and lollies (sugar). I am so looking forward to getting back to me in Melbourne

Welcome to both @gettingmeback2013 and @sparkle1098..

@trooworld - Glad you are better. Any update on your puppy?

@theslightedgeforever - Glad you are sticking within the plan

@cbabie - You have an awful lot of internet issues - is the internet issue to your house or from your house to the computer?

@its_cleo - I am glad you are feeling motivated

@trooworld - Hope you are feeling better

Busy day today, GD is performing in Grease ( it is not a school production but where we have known star and seats range from68.00 to 134.00 each. We then go straight from their to a friends 60th. It is 39 Celsius here and 40 tomorrow for those who are felling the cold - we are at the other end

Trish

@trooworld The only thing I ever saw on your ticker was a positive message. Making strides toward health. I decided to go with pounds to go as a reminder. I used to put how much I lost but then I could always tell myself look how far I’ve come. That’s like taking a trip from NYC to LA. I’ve been stuck in Chicago a long time but kept telling myself well I started in NY. Who cares! Get to LA. I’m sure it’s warmer there. Lol.

@cbabie. Your sister sounds smart and likes to stop and smell the roses 😬 or the Oreos. Semantics. But if you look at it who’s fat and who’s thin. There’s more to this journey than willpower. Although I don’t know if that’s even the right word. I still think it comes down to Habits and what we tell ourselves and allow ourselves.

@Sparkle1098 Hooray on your wins. That’s awesome. I would have had to either move the donut or put a Kleenex over it so I couldn’t see it for that long. I have the premium package. I use it because I’m prediabetic and like to see which foods are the highest in carbs each day so I can either cut down the frequency or the portion size. I use it because I can change my daily calorie goals. I have slightly higher on Thursdays and Saturdays because I know I’m going to eat more. I have three days a week with average calories and then I dropped a 100 cals in two days to tweak my overall weekly average. When I use it properly like now it helps me both with weight and glucose numbers. They are both down at the present moment.

@TrishasTime I’ll gladly take your 40 degree Celsius heat over cold any day. I just don’t like the cold. But you know come summer I’ll sing a different tune. Lol. Enjoy your trip. Make good choices.

@gemwolf110 Are you back to tracking your food?

@gettingmeback2013 Thanks for the yogurt recipe. That’s good that you are balancing out your calories. Stay warm!

I stayed within my calories. I made some yummy chili and remembered as a child on Fridays we would have PB and J sandwiches with chili So I checked and still had enough calories for half a sandwich. It was so good. It was an exercise off day but did my usual 15 min walk. Journal done. No snooze and another big sticker day. Onto Day 19. Almost done with second part of the 100 day challenge.

@TeresaW1020 I’m really sorry for your loss. It’s totally understandable you would struggle around the week of her birthday. I’m glad you can keep her in your memory and heart. In terms of messing up, one thing when I have tough times and mess up, is try to learn from it, I figure if I can at least learn something from it about myself to help me next time then that is a positive, and it sounds like you are trying to move forward with something positive too.

Also- that is incredible about the marathon. I like to run but I'm a slowpoke. I've never been able to do 5k without some kind of injury. So I just run as much as I can. I'm hopeful maybe eventually the exercises I do with my trainer will help me be less injury prone.

@gettingmeback2013 I do that too, make a plan for breakfast and then sometimes save some of it for later. I read somewhere that our brain takes a whole to process when we have eaten/no longer hungry, so hunger feelings can persist for a while even if we have enough. So now sometimes if I get hungry I wait an hour and see if it is genuine hunger or not. But they say one reason people overeat at meals is because their body is still giving the hunger cue bc the brain has not caught up. At least I think I read that somewhere! Lol.

@theslightedgeforever , yeah a switch is a good way to think of it. Mine seems off right now. I agree wish I could figure out what makes it work! Sounds like you’re making great progress on the hundred day challenge. I want to check it out, but havent had time yet.

@cbabie I think slowly adding in some proteins as you come off the fast is a good idea. I find re-introducing stuff is a big challenge. I know myself I should go slow, just in terms of adding calories but it’s hard for me not to be all or nothing.

Hey @Sparkle1098 , work is the worst for junk food. I was saying earlier at one point I told my colleagues I had a rule, I wouldn’t eat junk food at work, and it really helped me to just not each junk at work and people knew. I made it kind of a light thing, when I talked about it, so everyone was ok with it.

@TrishasTime I hope you enjoy the leave. I’m jealous of the weather- today is -12c here.

@gemwolf110 yeah I like MFP but I don’t think the premium is worth it, though I haven’t tried it.

Well I am doing well with food- I have a ton of extra points on WW and all week I was dreaming of indulging in something big and now I find I dont really want to. I keep thinking of the calorie count and the effect it will have on my weight loss. So not sure what I will do.

I’m also really trying to exercise. I work from home a lot and get a lot of cabin fever, also when you work from home you're very sedentary. I try to move a lot, but this week wasn't good bc I wasn't feeling great, I had a fair bit of work to do, and I was a wimp bc of the weather. I’m trying to do better as of yesterday bc exercise really helps me not get in a funk. So I went for a hour walk this morning even though it was cold. I just bundled up. And I will go the gym for an hour this afternoon.

I gotta get an avatar set up this week.

Hi All!
@Sparkle1098 I am in northeast Ohio, about 45 minutes SE of Cleveland. Last I saw before it got dark, it looked like maybe 5 or 6 inches have fallen so far. Supposed to snow through the night, have a breather then lake effect snow is supposed to start tomorrow night! Out advisory doesn't expire until 4am Monday! Cross your fingers that my office is closed on Monday! hahahaha

@TeresaW1020 Thank you for the welcome, and I am doing just that! I look forward to reading everyone's posts at the end of my day! Even if I don't always post, I will always read. Although I do want to post often, I think it will help me so much! Also, my heart hurts for you and your daughter. I'm so sorry to hear. I know it isn't even in the same playing field as losing a child, but our family lost my nephew on January 1st due to addiction and overdose. "Expecting" it to happen doesn't take the immense hurt away, doesn't change the lost hope. All I can say is he now at peace and hopefully, his inner demons that were so loud while he was here are quiet now. I hope the same for your daughter.

@its_cleo I've always read 20 minutes, but you know? An hour does make much more sense. If I get distracted past the 20-minute mark, I have found more often than not that an hour later, I do not have hunger pangs anymore!

@theslightedgeforever you're welcome, you won't be disappointed. And I'm trying! I'm all cozy on the couch as we speak

Today has been spent on my couch riding out Winter Storm Harper. Still coming down pretty good out there, very thankful for a warm home and that my family is home safe with me, and that I know all of my friends are also home safe. Been enjoying some TV and cooking today. Attached is my dinner of cheeseburger with sharp cheddar on homemade ciabatta roll, browned yams and berries and grapes. Was delicious!

Hope everyone has a great rest of their day!

Flying by. Home from my daughters this weekend to work a couple overtime shifts. Helping with twin newborns and a nearly two year old is very busy!! But I lost a couple pounds that I had gained over Christmas and am at 16 pounds lost. Not much in the scheme of needing to lose 120 but a loss is a loss!
Have to rest before night shift so off I go.
Keep working hard.

Karen in BC

@prisoner2food At least you are headed in the right direction with your weight loss. Good for you on the 2 lbs. this is our year.

@TrishasTime good idea with Leslie Sansone

@its_cleo, thank you and yes I also believe in learning from my slip-ups. I also understand how hard it can be to exercise when you are sedentary. I work part-time at a desk and then spend much of time at home sitting in front of my computer. Fortunately, I have a treadmill that I love and I try to make getting on at least 6 days a week non-negotiable. I also try to sneak in exercise, like walking in place during commercials or anytime I use the bathroom. You can get like 200 steps in just a couple of minutes. As for your blowing it with the takeout you have to forgive yourself and learn from your slip up. Just like you told me I had to do.

@sparkle1098, Thank you! Your kind words meant a lot. Congrats on losing 7.7 pounds!! That is fantastic and yeah you will lose more in the beginning but you still must celebrate and also don't get discouraged if you slow down. Keep up that exercise!

@gettingmeback2013, thank you and I am so sorry for the loss of your nephew! My daughter was an addict for 8 long years and we expected the worse for her more times than I can count, but it still didn't soften the blow when her time finally came. But yes, my daughter is at peace and that is a such a comfort for all of her family. My niece was also an addict and has just celebrated 2 years clean and has an incredibly beautiful daughter. It gives me so much joy to know that she beat the odds. I will see them this May and can't wait!

@TrishasTime, how was the play? I hope you get to sell your investment house. I know you have been wanting to get that out of your hair.

@prisoner2food, you have a lot going on with those babies. Good for you for losing 16 lbs so far!! You can't think about the whole total. Just focus on 5 lbs at a time or even 1 lb at a time. That is why I like my 100-day challenge I'm doing and only focusing on 10 days at time. You are doing great!

@theslightedgeforever, my favorite Grease character was Rizzo! She was such a badass yet had such a tender heart. My cousin and I went to see Grease when we were 13 years old and snuck back in two more times that same day. We got in so much trouble when we went home because no one knew where we were all that time. I also listened to the soundtrack over and over again. Now I want to see the movie again! It's been years.

@trooworld, love your calendar!! Good job on getting out and taking that walk. I guess this is the week for some of us to go off the rails. The good news is that we can get right back on and keep moving forward.

Today is cold and windy but at least the sun is shining and we don't have snow. I would like to see some snow but I don't want to deal with the mess it would create. Georgia totally freaks out whenever we get anything more than a couple of flurries, which is rare for us. My children's church went well this morning. The kids loved me turning the dry ground into blood. The room reeked of cherry Kool-aid!! Tomorrow, morning will be my weigh-in for the next 10 days on my challenge. I'm down .5 lbs so far and really hoping for a drop in the morning. We are having Kodiak pancakes for dinner. I always seem to lose after I eat that meal.

@its_cleo I think you have to know your personality and what works best for you. I could never do all or nothing because all wins out eventually. So I’m training myself that some is good. The boundary line of some has to be tweaked too. Just enough that I don’t feel deprived and not too much that I sabotage my goals. It’s an experiment in what works for YOU

@trooworld Missed you. Yaaay on your tracking stickers and your walk. I bet you are glad to be in California. Ohio is very cold and snowy I hear. Smithville reminds me of Whoville. 😂. My mom was a Smith.

@TeresaW1020 Rico. Yes yes. She was my second favorite. 🎶 There are worse things I could do 🎶. Did the red Kool-aid leave a stain. Lol. Ok we’re done with Part 2 of the challenge and onto Part 3. I can tell I’m getting antsy though the higher the number goes. I’m telling myself I’m just restarting day 1 of 10 this week.

@TrishasTime Another Rizzo fan. Now you’ve got me wanting to go watch the movie again too. Lol. I’m the best person to have at a party. Unfortunately my personality does have a downside. I have too many what’s app groups. So my weekends are usually booked solid. Plus in the middle of the week for a breakfast or two. Probably why I have a hard time controlling my weight. Nobody wants to just go for a walk. Lol. Safe travels on your adventure. When I think of Australia and adventure I think of a walkabout. Lol.

So another day on plan. I got in 51 min of walking. No snooze and journal done.

Day 11-20 Summary

10 days of meeting all three goals. (That's probably an all-time record for me)
I lost 2.4 lbs

@TrishasTime, have a wonderful time in Melbourne! Do you have special things planned to do while there?

@trooworld, You can still keep to your plan even if you are cooking every night. I love to cook dinner because that is my time to watch some TV and be creative. But I know you are much more tired than I am when you get home from work, so just try to keep your meals simple.

@theslightedgeforever, The Kool-Aid didn't make a mess but it sure was a hit with the kids. They didn't buy that I had done a miracle so I had to come clean that it was Kool-Aid, but not until I made them smell it.
I am so proud of you and how well you are doing on our 100-day challenge!! You are an inspiration and I know that antsy feeling but we have to push through it. I'm just focusing on the next 10 days!

So, along with my 2019 words of the year INTENTIONAL CHANGE = RESULTS I am also adopting this phrase as my new mantra, "I REFUSE to sacrifice what I want MOST for what I want in the moment" I made copies of the phrase today at work and I taped them to my fridge, my computer, my work planner, and my treadmill. I might even get a tattoo!! OK, maybe not but I have got to reprogram my mind from going for what I momentairly want and losing sight of the big picture of me losing weight and making goal. I don't remember where I even saw that phrase. Maybe it was the 100-day jouranal???

Checking in, hi all! Yesterday and today's eating have been a little too relaxed eating for my liking. My husband is an OTR driver and has been home since Friday. I get so lazy and SO LAX when he's home. That is the last piece that I need to get under control for this to work! Otherwise, it's been a decent today, nothing to report.

Schools are closed tomorrow due to cold, so my daughter has day 4 off in a row. I'm so jealous. LOL . Have a great evening all!