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

@cbabie I always laugh at your DH. 😂 he would have danced with me. That’s good no sugar and no sweets.

@gemwolf110 now you’ve made me want to go watch Huskie videos.

@Trooworld. Those are some good answers about stress. Although that one about the tub was giving me stress just thinking about it. Lol. I don’t like cleaning tubs. If you can’t make good decisions in some restaurants then go for smaller portions. Cut your food in half and eat that. If your hotel has a fitness room take some time each day to use it. Even for 20 min. Thanks for bday wishes. It’s tomorrow I’ll hit the big 55. I was watching the Brady Bunch kids restore the original house and the lady kept saying the 50th Anniversary is coming up soon. I thought how can that be?

I stayed within my food boundaries. I exercised for 44 min. Water goal met. Journal done. Big sticker day

@trooworld I hate putting away clothes too. Lol. There’s not too many domestic chores I like. Enjoy your work trip

@cbabie so the habit to develop along with your no sugar habit is alter your thoughts. You are telling yourself that I blew it so it’s okay to eat like there’s no tomorrow. Your thoughts include I’m an all or nothing person since I have blown the nothing part by eating a brownie so now I can eat all. So what could you alter? I ate this brownie because I was hungry. Let me go track it now before I forget. (Tracks brownie) Now I have X number of calories left for the rest of the day. Thinks about what I’m having for supper tonight. Better yet is to input your planned meal into the tracker in the morning. Lots of people make a to do list and check it off. This is your to eat list for the day. If a brownie pops up and ends up in your mouth unexpectedly then before you eat you just go adjust the portion sizes of the other meals. 3/4 c to 1/2 c or whatever to make the numbers work. Will you be perfect at this from the beginning and everyday? No. It’s a habit to be learned over time but it does get better.
Teach your DGS to cook. You know the old saying about teach a man to fish. Then he can have dinner waiting for you when you get home from a busy day. You will be doing him a great service when you are no longer around. I’m queen 👸 on my bday. No cooking or cleaning. We went out. Imagine how old you must be if your little sis is 55 😂

@its_cleo I had to double log for a while and got tired of it and so just ended up here. In my 100 day journal this week we had an assignment about motivation. It said motivation is a choice. Keep telling yourself that. Write it down where you can see it. Then we had to list the actions we do/did that kept us motivated. Then refer to the list when motivation starts slipping and do some of those actions. I love baseball too.

So I was queen for a day and that means I get a hall pass on my goals and duties. I love my bday. But from last year to today I have shown some progress. I did not go hog wild and eat with abandonment. I ate just a banana for breakfast. Then bumped my traditional birthday French toast breakfast to lunch. I went out to dinner and split an entree with DH and then split my bday dessert with him. It’s better to have 1/2 piece out somewhere than bake a cake at home where there are leftovers for days that I get into. I tracked everything. Usually no exercise when I’m queen but I walked the mall for 11 min while waiting for my son to arrive. Other than that I laid in bed and read. It’s good to be queen. A freebie big sticker was placed on Day 42 and onto Day 43 where I’ll be back to being just a lowly subject.

Hello everyone! I really can't believe how many of you haven't seen Gone With The Wind!! The movie is such a big part of my life because it was my favorite book at a young girl and then watching the movie many times over the years. I just assumed everyone knew and loved it.

@cbabie, I'm sorry you blew it at church. I did too yesterday. There were cookies left in my office and instead of moving them or trashing them, I started eating them. I had 5 Oreos before I got a grip and took them to the nursery. Soooo mad at myself, but I have no choice but to move forward and do better. You too.

@theslightedgeforever, Queen for the day is awesome and you made some really good choices and then got right back on your plan. You are an inspiration!!

@trooworld, I hope you have a great time and I'm glad you will be able to check in with us. Do you get a room to yourself or do you have to share it with your officemate?

@its_cleo, I hear you about it being a pain to double track. I always track something on WW because I like to collect those Wellness Win points. Yesterday, I had enough to get a free eyeshadow kit. Right now because I'm really tracking my sodium, I'm being more diligent on MFP. I will probably bounce back to WW once I figure things out because it's quicker. I just registered our church's softball league yesterday. We have won the last 4 years in a row.

Well, I gained the weight that I lost last week. I guess eating Oreos at work yesterday wasn't the smartest idea. Then I came home and had a Premier Protein, which has more sodium than I should be having. So I was up this morning and I have only to myself to blame. I am pissed but I'm also resolved not to make that mistake this week. I am so close to getting my 50 lb charm. Seriously, why do I give in to temptation??

I'm about to leave for my eye appointment and tomorrow will shop for my new glasses. I will be glad when it's all over.

@theslightedgeforever motivation is a choice, that is true. I'm struggling a lot but determined to keep tracking even if I'm over calories, so then I don't give up completely. I like alone time too- everyone needs some of that I think.

@trooworld so are you early to bed to get up so early? I hope your roommate doesn't keep you up at night at too. I can't say I get up early, but I definitely go to bed early. I tell people I'm like an old woman lol.

@TeresaW1020 I wish I could give you my wellness points lol. I don't really use them. I'll stick with it for 3 months at least. It definitely helped to get me on the right track. Hey that's great you play softball. I wish I could but I pretty much suck at sports.

Well I'm struggling a bit. Today I planned a good breakfast (egg burrito) and lunch (tuna on one piece of bread plus salad), but then had a cheese danish. The danish was 350 calories. So it could have been worse. But I've been hungry most of the day and this is what gets me bc I always reach a point where I'm tired of being hungry. My dinner was from the freezer and not filling. So I am starving lol. Trying to decide between ice cream and a peanut butter and banana sw. Both are high in calories but if I have the sandwich it might be filling enough that I stop there.

Happy Valentine's Day ladies!!

I'm just popping on for a moment to say hi! I have a pork loin in the crockpot for a pork ragu that I will serve over pasta and a bottle of red in the fridge. I did my workout to help offset the calories.

You all have any plans?

Quick check in. Stayed within my food boundaries. Exercised for 60 min. Water goal met. Journal done. Big sticker day

Morning everyone

Hello @Prisoner2food - How are you going? If you are not having time to exercise - how is your eating going?

@cbabie - You.... have the patience of a saint. I would have thrown it long ago (lol)

I felt good about yesterday. I only went over my day count by 100. I think that is wonderful considering we had Chinese for dinner. I chose braised king prawns rather than something battered. Today is a fresh day

Take care everyone


Trish

Good morning! It's cold and rainy here today.

@TrishasTime, I am so sorry that you are having a hard time with your father and the high cost of dental work. I'm sure dropping WW was a hard choice but you got this!! I find myself liking MFP tracking more because I can keep an eye on my sodium and other macros. We are here for you!

@cbabie, I really think the biggest battle is our consistency. I've been tracking it all even if it's my secret binging of Oreos that I did last week. I am blessed to have the support of my husband but even he can't stop me from going down the rabbit hole sometimes. That has to come from within and from above.

@prisoner2food, sorry life is so busy for you but you just hang in there. Try walking or jogging in place for one minute every time you go to the bathroom. It really does add up!

@theslightedgeforever, your book club sounds like so much fun! Good job on staying on your plan and getting those stickers. Can you believe we are almost halfway done with our 100 days!

@trooworld, hope your having a great weekend!!

So yesterday, hubby and I decided to treat ourselves to a new pair of jeans for each of us. We went to Kolhs and I tried on several pairs. I ended up with a pair of Levis 505 regular fit size 16. NOT a women's size 16 either. Just a plain 16 without the stretch. They are a little snug but buttoned up perfectly fine and I am so excited!! On Valentine's Day my husband gave me this beautiful blouse that he bought in the regular section of a really nice store. It is an X-Lg and fits perfectly. I'm wearing my new outfit to church this morning! Ya'll this dieting and exericse thing is working!!

@TeresaW1020 Oh good lord, no, I had my own room thank god!!! I would go nuts if I had to share. Not that I don’t like my colleagues, but I need quiet time/downtime. I’m sorry you gained what you lost. Let that anger fuel determination for this next week! Your Valentine’s dinner sounded good. Was it delicious??? Woo hoo to the 16s!!! I love the shirt.

@theslightedgeforever Oh yes I would hate eating with you lol! I had to endure 2 hour dinners every night that we went out. It was terrible! All I wanted to do was go back to the hotel and order food delivery! Lol Yes, I need alone time too, and I don’t know that everyone understands that.

@its_cleo I am an early riser, it’s true! I get up at 6:00 a.m. even on the weekends. I’m lucky that I had my own room on the trip, so I was able to go to bed early.

@TrishasTime Oh, dear Trish, I am so sorry to hear about all of what has been going on. I wondered where you were. ((( HUGS ))) I love the inserts. I have the pair you recommended in my sneakers, and a different brand/manufacturer’s inserts in my work shoes. Between the two pairs, my feet are much better. Thanks for the recommendation. I really like the ones you recommended. You are right in that HEALTH is the goal, not a title, so go for health. You will get there, I know it, just stick with it, keep your eye on the prize.

@cbabie I did enjoy my time away (sort of) but am glad to be back. I would be so frustrated if I didn’t have internet. We do everything on the internet...we cut the cord so our tv is all through the internet, of course our computing, our banking, etc. so I don’t know how you can stand it!!!

HI all! I’m baaaaack. I talked so much during my trip that I came back with a throat so sore I thought I was getting a cold, but my throat isn’t sore anymore so I think it was just from talking nonstop at the booth while working. I was on my trip on Valentine’s Day so I picked out a present...a matching set of fireball pearl necklace and earrings. I’ll attach a picture forgive my stank face, it was on my trip and I was tired! LOL They are called fireballs because the pearls have a tail that make them look like fireballs. My husband and I went to a wine bar last night to celebrate Valentine’s Day, it was fun: I had a couple of glasses of wine, he had beer, and we shared a charcuterie board. I’m glad to be back to some sense of normalcy!

EMPOWERED.

Hi everyone

@theslightedgeforever - Yes I am only doing calories now. I am glad you had a big sticker day gives you something visual to work towards. I love that you are doing over 60 min walking - I s that just treadmill or treadmill and other.
I took a page out of your book and lower my exercise output goals - staring with just 3 planned exercuse days per week instead of 7

@TeresaW1020 - That is a very pretty top and looks very summery and light. I bet you are over the moon with your NSV - woo hoo - normal size jeans - you rock!!

@its_cleo - Yes - I think, knowing the weight and recording it correctly helps. If you are tracking all your food in MFP, you can also export reports of your days/weeks etc. Here in Aus - they do not have and will not have the items that you can work towards. I like the way you set your coming week goals.

@trooworld - Wow - love the earrings and necklace - so glad my recommendation got your through the conference. Now you can put them into your walking shoes when you walk at lunch with your friends

Take care


Trish

Good morning everyone

@trooworld - The lighter chicken Caesar salad looks nice I have ended up with 4 pairs and I also have a special pair of thongs that have arch support - that I wear around the house. I have enclosed a link because I am not sure what you guys call this footwear

https://archiesfootwear.com.au/

I stayed within my calorie, did the walk at lunchtime, made sure I left after 8 hours of work, so a big tick for yesterday

OWNING IT!