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@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.

@trooworld. You would hate eating with me. Lol. I’m slow but I’m enjoying my meal. They just wolf theirs down I dont even think they taste it. Of course I’m too busy talking between bites Then DH is always scrounging around other people’s plates. It especially bothers me when I’ve already measured out my food. I’d go sit in the lobby by myself after I finished eating or some nice nook and cranny. I have to have my alone time away from other people or I turn into wicked witch of the west. Enjoy as much as you can

@teresaw1020 you know weight fluctuates from day today. Just keep staying within those boundaries and you’ll be the proud recipient of that 50 lb charm in no time. Next time you eat the Oreos at work see where you can slice off some calories/points for dinner and evening snacks. Are you tracking as you go or waiting til the end of the day to track all your food. May you bring home the softball trophy 🏆 this year too.

I stayed within my food boundaries exercised for 64 minutes. Water goal met. Journal done. Big sticker day

@its_cleo something to ponder. Are you hungry or not satisfied with your food. If it’s the latter, then you’ll keep searching for something that satisfies you. The cheese danish. Was it good? Could you have eaten 3/4 of it. 1/2?

I stayed within my food boundaries but lunch wasn’t very nutritional. Chicago mix popcorn. I’ll pay for it with sodium bloat the next few days. Today was exercise rest day but got in my steps and my 15 min minimum. Water goal met. Journal done. Big sticker day

Morning everyone

Also just popping in. Lots of stuff has been happening at this end. Father has been in hospital because he fell off a ladder and put a stake through his arm. Have major dental issues that have required long hours in the dental chair and lots of panadeine forte. I am going to end up with an implant that will cost thousands out of pocket. hence I decided we had to look at other areas to save costs and one area that went was WW. I will be returning full time to here - just having issues with the app and I currently speaking to MFP support as we speak.

Sorry I was MIA. I will catch up soon Trish

Morning everyone

@TeresaW2010 - Hope you had a nice valentines day

@Trooworld - how did the inserts go?

@theslightedgeforever - Nice exercise (60 min) . I need to work up to that - currently at 40 min

@cbabie - The internet situation must be so frustrating. I would want to throw the computer out of the window.

Hello to its_cleos and any other that pass by

I have reset my MFP with the starting date today. I have to say it was a big decision to leave WW as I really wanted to go out as a LTM and then it finally dawned - health is more important than any titles, so it does not matter how you do it as long as you get healthy

Take care

Trish

Good grief. No time or energy to exercise. So frustrating

@cbabie. Better than fighting each other. How are you doing on your eating plan?

@trishastime. I have the title queen sometimes so it’s okay for you to call yourself lifetime member when you hit goal. We are all lifetime members of health at that point. So are you going to just count calories now? Good for you on your day.

@prisoner2food hang in there. This too shall pass. can you put on your favorite song and walk til that song is done. Sometimes I use YouTube on my phone and listen that way. I had oldies going the other day. I’ve been getting my exercise done in spurts because mentally doing it all at one stretch is hard. Sometimes time is a factor.

So Friday I only got a little sticker ☹️ it was my rest day but completely forgot to get in my 15 min. Busy day and I had everything done on my checklist. Just forgot to write exercise 15 min on my checklist. Once a year my bookclub group meets for a fun night of potluck and Jeopardy. We are fierce competitors. You can make your own categories and questions or use theirs. I stayed within my calories.

But today was big sticker day. Much better. Stayed within food boundaries. Exercised 60 min. Water goal met. Journal done.

@TeresaW1020 that's a nice blouse! It's a great feeling to shop and see your size change. I know I have some pants that used to be tight and now they're a bit loose- had to wear a belt last week! I loved it.

@theslightedgeforever I love games, potluck and Jeopardy sound fun. I love talking tough, smack talk- nothing mean just all in fun. The day I had the danish- yeah it was not very satisfying and then I had a string of carbs all afternoon because I was hungry. I really need to eat proteins/fats to feel full, and some carbs but not a lot. I know it, I think just some days I get bored with the the same/similar foods, and then it goes downhill.

@TrishasTime I'm sorry to hear the dental work. I have been there. I think I'm leaving ww too. I can;t do both MFP and WW, sometimes I found they conflicted and I decided to go with MFP. Just sticking with something is important, no matter what tool you use I think.

So I am carrying on. Halfway through Feb so let's take stock- my goal was to meet my MFP targets which are set to lose 1lb a week. I haven't met the target most days, but I have continued to track, so that is progress for me. I'm also starting to make notes on the days I go over to see what happened. My exercise has been low in Feb, partly due to lack of time partly due to weather. So since Feb 1 I lost 1.2 lbs, which is less that I wanted but still progress considering I am always 1 step forward two steps backward.

My goal this week is to exercise more and increase intensity ie I've been walking a lot and haven't done much running in a couple months. So to try to get some running in as well as walking.

Today I am going on a walk with friends and then to a pub for a late lunch/drink. I'm actually going to eat lunch before so I will not get anything big at the pub- just a snack/appetizer. I've decided to just enjoy it in moderation bc I've not done anything social in a couple of months.

Have a great rest of your weekend, all.

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

@TrishasTime The 60+ min is just actual walking. It’s done in spurts though. Like 23 min here 18 min there. I’m finding that easier than than just one big go of it. I’ve got to make my plan so I can start strength training this week. Good for you for working towards those goals. When I was younger I called those shoes thongs but somewhere along the line they changed to flip-flops.

@trooworld That cube steak sounds good. Did you enjoy your day off? My dd was bummed she had to work. I said people still need their surgeries.

I stayed with my food boundaries. 79 min exercise although 62 of this was moving boxes. I had to look for something in my storage room and if course it was all the way in the back. Water goal met and journal done.

@trooworld, those pearls are super cool and look great on you!! Let me know how that Instant Pot chicken parm turns out. It looked great and I've pinned it for later. Bummer you aren't feeling well. I hope you aren't sick too. I always seem to come down with something when I travel.

@cbabie, I too have addiction in my family and have conquered some of mine over the years. I smoked for 23 years as well as other not good for me vices. But, like you getting rid of sugar is such a battle and one that I am so sick of dealing with. I'm about to do something radical that I hope will help. We will see! I will be praying for you and you can pray for me.

@TrishasTime and @theslightedgeforever, you are both doing great!!

OK, so I lost a whopping .2 this week. What the hay!!! Remember that I gained .8 last week which was what I lost during the first week of February. So, I'm down .2 for the month. I have a WW Facebook group that many of the members have branched off and started doing Intermittent Fasting. I have been sorta of following them with interest but didn't want to dive in because I didn't want to change things up that much. Well, this morning I've decided to take the plunge into IF and see if it is what I'm needing. I plan to do 5 days a week of not eating for 16 hours. Anyone here ever give IF a try? I'm just really sick of not losing!

@TeresaW1020 A loss is still a loss even if it wasn’t as big as you would have liked. I’ve never tried IF. It doesn’t mesh well with my lifestyle and so I would always feel deprived in one instance or another. But I know that some people like it and make it work for them. You’ll just have to see if it works for you. Are you still keeping up with your journal?

@its_cleo so you just keep trying and figure out how to go out with friends and still stay within your food boundaries. It’s one of those narrow roads/wide roads learning opportunities. Soon spring will be here and you can enjoy your outside exercise again.