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

@theslightedgeforever I am not even sure how I picked that name..LOL It is wicked long.Day one was yesterday ...fail its hard to be at 1200 cal and eat much.Hopefully planning better today.Everybody seems to struggle I guess we wouldnt be here if it was easy ,right. New day try again.Thanks all for sharing.

Good morning everyone

Well my GD (Grandad) passed over peacefully yesterday – less than 24 hours after his major stroke. It is a 5 hour plane journey from Perth to Sydney Aus, so all of us still in Perth were kept updated by phone. My Grandad was 98 when he died and he had been married for 81 years. That leaves my Nanna (who has full blown dementia), so will not know he has gone. There are 5 generations in my family alive (rare in Aus). My nanna, my mum, me, my children and my grandchildren). I was not close to my GD but I am close to my Nanna.

@theslightedgeforever – Thankyou – he lived an independent life right up to the end. Why did you do some comfort eating – what’s happened?? I am having the Matcha Smoothie that was on MFP every 2nd or 3rd day, it is very filling and has protein. https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/matcha-smoothie/ I also add baby spinach leaves as well.

@smith1420ABC987NAN – How are you going? Yes being retired is a huge change of life, my husband retired in September last year. I am doing this because I want to me independent and as healthy as I can when I retire. I know it is hard to want it – but if you think of why you might want it, then you have something to go for. I have added a link of the 100 days that you see @theslightedgeforever and I talk about. This is book you can download This book simply challenges you to think about things in a different way. PPS – I too am at 1200 calories – this was recommended by MFP, most days, I eat right up to the limit and am satisfied. Happy to help.
https://www.weightlossjoy.com/books-linda-spangle/100-days-challenge/

@fiesty_cheese – We are all doing something here :0. I stopped logging in WW and cancelled the membership a few weeks ago – I find this group far more supportive. As an someone who got to LTM and then too got complacent, I hear where you are coming from.

@its_cleo – See my comment above, I did my on MFP . I think age and weight to lose come into it. Funny when I redid the diet/fitness profile due to my current situation. I am going to a hairdresser every 3 days who just washes my hair for me. I did not think when I did it .

@gemwolf110 – Woohoo big day for you.

Day 20

Good morning!!

@trooworld, glad to read that you are starting to feel better and able to go into work. Be careful that you don't have a relapse from doing too much!

@smith1420ABC987NAN, I agree that just doing Keto would get real old if I couldn’t have carbs in my life! And yes we have to find a plan that will work for us for our lifestyle.

@its_cleo, I love shopping for things for my house. We did a complete remodel and got rid of everything we owned when we first got our home so now it’s done and I miss going on the hunt for that perfect thing. Good luck on your hunt for the perfect throw!! I totally understand about burnt out with work projects. Do you have any fun plans for your week off?

@TrishasTime, sounds like the doctor’s appointment was a huge success and now you can get most of your life back. But I am so very sorry to hear about your grandad’s passing but 98 years old is a very long life! You know that emotional eating won’t help but you do need to be good to yourself and in ways that will be healing to your sadness and pain. (((hugs)))

@theslightedgeforever, Ohhh no you are sick too!! I’m sure glad we are all virtual friends because I don’t want to get sick!

@gemwolf110, I LOVE spring and I really wish it would fully arrive here in Georgia. It’s been unusually cold and rainy for what seems like forever. And pollen is so thick you don’t want to go outside even if is nice. Hopefully, we will get a least a week or two of perfect weather before the heat sets in. Where do you live?

@cbabie, hey girl!! Hope you are well and that your stress is easing up and that you're being good to yourself.

So, I lost another .8 lbs this week. That seems to be my magic number! You all know that I was sorta on the fence about if I should continue with WW now that I'm all about the intermittent lifestyle. But yesterday I had something really amazing happen to me. First, when I was in line one of the women who I think is so beautiful and maybe has 10 lbs she needs to lose came up and called me an inspiration. Me!! We talked for a few minutes about food choices and how hard losing weight is and that it's a lifetime process that doesn't ever end just because we will eventually reach our goal weights. Then I went to sit down and there was a card in my seat from a sweet woman who is a Lifetime member. She also said I was an inspiration and that she loves coming and hearing the stuff I have to say. Wow!! I was truly humbled by all this and I'm taking it as a sign that I'm not supposed to leave WW right now. I need them and maybe they need me too. Plus, if I hurry it up and reach my goal then WW will be free and I do love me some free!

OK, today I have to finish cleaning my house and getting ready for the baby shower on Saturday. I'm getting excited!!

GM everyone

@theslightedgeforever – How are you feeling now? Are you getting any better? Have you managed to stop comfort eating?

@trooworld – How did you go at work? Did you manage the whole day? Did hubby make your homemade soups for you?

@TeresaW2010 – Congratulation on your loss. What a lovely thing to be told you are an inspiration and not by just one person 😊. I think we often do not give ourselves credit for how much we contribute

@its_cleo – I find if I am home, rather than at work, I tend to shop more (online of course) as I absolutely am he the complete opposite to TeresaW – I HATE shopping where there are other people.. Good that you are giving yourlegs a break.

@cbabie – How are you?

So I lost 2.64 pounds – woohoo me. Update on work situation – My surgeon had to fill in a fitness for work certificate. He marked (no lifting). Our human resources asked Iif I was able to lift a pen (seriously in an email) and how was I able to open doors. My doors at work are auto open except the toilet and fire escape, Maybe she thought I lost the other hand??? My boss rang up and ranted about it. I just told him that the ortho had me fillin the patient form in frontof him, so obviously I can lift a pen (seriously – this OSH thing is getting extreme)

Off to the hairdresser to get my hair washed - that is not something I can do at the moment.

Day 21

GM everyone

@theslightedgeforever- Thankyou 😊 I am getting more movement and less pain. I am glad you are slowly getting better.

@trooworld – Glad you got through work – do you guys anti flu vaccination over there? If so, did you get it or is this just a whole pile of different bugs?


Today we are off in the caravan for a couple of days before I head back to ½ day work. First I have to go to the GP to get clarification for work. Now they asked – can I carry my handbag, use a mouse as well as lift a pen. I will take the opportunity to ge the GP to look at my hand – when I fell, there must have got something in it and now there is a lump in the middle of my hand, when pressed, hurt. My skin as obviously grown around whatever it is, so I will get him to do abit of digging.

If you do not hear from me in the next 2 days – it is because I do not have internet

Day 22

Good morning!

@TrishasTime, congrats on the awesome weight loss!! I guess it’s good that they want to make sure you are fully able to go back to work but the extreme much be annoying. I hope you have fun on your mini-trip. What are you all doing?

@gemwolf110, sorry you are sick!! My husband and I both suffer from allergies and take a daily pill. It’s raining the next couple of days, which will help wash the pollen away.

@trooworld, it does sound like you might be suffering from allergies. I hope your throat starts feeling better soon! It’s so annoying when you buy something that isn’t really good for you to eat and then it turns out terrible. That isn’t the way it’s supposed to work!

Well, I got bad news yesterday. My baby shower had to be canceled. Our little mama is having contractions and starting to dilate. She has to go to the hospital on Saturday to be checked to make sure she doesn't have preecampsia due to her highblood pressure. She didn't need the added stress so we have decided to pospone until our little Miss is born and then we will have the party and Everleigh Rose can come too!! Good news is that my house is now super clean and I won't be eating bad for me foods on Saturday!!

Since I don't have the party, hubby and I are going out tomorrow to do some shopping. I want a pair of nice black slacks to wear to my conference next week. After that we are going out to dinner. We haven't gone out to eat in forever and we are both craving ribs!

@trooworld mine has moved out of my head into my chest. Can’t stop coughing. It might have flared up my asthma again. My energy is up so on the road to healing. So moving on from the pizza, you can go back to soup. I had soup fixed in there but I ate 2 slices of PB toast for dinner. So moving on myself.....

@TeresaW1020 Sorry about the shower but you found the silver lining. How are you doing in the exercise department?

@gemwolf110 Hooray on the weight loss. I take it any way I can get it.

@prisoner2food glad to see you are feeling better. I think the energy is what I miss when I get sick.

I’m over calories but from juice. I would be fine if I didn’t drink it as I never drink juice because of the sugar content. But I just wanted some juice today. I did half Cran-raspberry juice and half water. About 4 mugs of that. No exercise not even my 10 min.

@its_cleo. In my 100 day challenge I learned to say “I had a pause in my eating plan” on days I went off my plan. Instead of beating myself up. That sometimes causes me to eat more. So I paused and then hit the play button the very next day. Smaller portions is great. That’s my dream. For the most part I do it and then there are times I really want a regular piece. Sounds like you are making progress overall

I stayed within my food boundaries today. No exercise still. Water goal met and journal done

I’m feeling a bit more energetic. I don’t have to just lie in bed with my eyes closed. I’m in the home stretch of the 100 day challenge

@TeresaW1020 That’s great that you fit into that shirt. That’s always so much fun. Just keep working your plan.

@gemwolf110 Woohoo on your 5 lb charm. You’ve worked hard for it. Onto the next 5 lbs. Finding a good listening partner is so important.

@trooworld Glad to hear you’re feeling better. I’m finally up and around. It’s moved into my chest and has flared up my asthma again. But at least I can get out and do things. That’s progress. What would be the components of your perfect plan?

I stayed within my food boundaries. Did 15 min of walking. I was dragging about minute 12 but kept going. Drank all my water Journal done. Big sticker day.

Day 98

Morning everyone

@theslightedgeforever - I have not come across that saying yet - but I will do an early adoption. If it was a lolly n my hand, I wold have eaten it on the way down to protect it (LOL)

@prisoner2food - So glad to hear from you and that you are on the road to recovery. I had the same issue with my work and yes the doctor wrote what I dictated and I paid for it too

@teresaw2010 - shame about the party - what dear DH say about the top (well done and a great NSV). Your dinner sounds really nice. I am really pleased for that you have found a plan that suits you

@its_cleo - Finding someone that supports you and truly understands you is wonderful and it is well worth a pause in your eating plan

@gemwolf110 - Congrats on your 5 pounds - well done - have you found a leader that you like yet?

@trooworld - My goodness - strep throat, I am so glad it was no that - sorry you are still battling healthwise.

My little caravan trip was very relaxing and I managed to read a whole book(I am into Kathy Reichs, Patricia Cornwell, Jonathon Kellerman etc). Today I am going back to work part time. I

Catch you all tomorrow

Trish

@gemwolf110 I'm glad you found a meeting that you liked. Just curious, what didn't you like about the Monday night meeting.

@its_cleo I understand completely, I struggled through the last 2 weeks of March and then got sick April 1 and still haven't made a full recovery. Start small. Find success in the smallest action you can and then build from there. I was reminded of one of the assignments in my 100 day challenge. Day 41 was Motivation is a choice, so I went back just now and reread my journal for that day. One of the questions was what has kept me motivated for the last 40 days. I'm so glad I wrote that down as now I can use these same things to get me restarted again on my next 100 day challenge. So what helped you get through the past 3 months? Sometimes we just get burnt out on what we are doing and need to change it up a bit. I'm trying to remember that this journey is not a SHOULD or a HAVE TO but a WANT TO. And it will never be over which can be very daunting. So all we have is today. What actions can I do today that will keep me healthy.

Have just signed up for a year at Weight Watchers, but am frustrated by the whole system. It just doesn't make sense to me, like I can do many hours of exercise, and they discourage eating points back? chicken is zero points? plus I keep burning through my daily points, and using like a third of my daily points on milk in drinks/liquids, whereas when I was calorie counting, I could easily burn off the calories I ate through breakfast and any liquids I had and not suddenly feel out of control.

I am considering signing up for premium here and arranging my macros to my liking, but keep going to Weight Watchers for motivation, recipes and general tips. I have found it good that they are the only ones that weigh me, but I don't like explaining why I gained that week, because I haven't found the motivation/discipline to follow the program properly yet.

I think Weight Watchers works, just not for me. Calorie counting seems like a better fit for me, but doing Weight Watchers encouraged me to make healthier choices than I was making previously.

@theslightedgeforever I don't know what got me through the first three months. Sometimes something just clicks in me.

I am off track again yesterday and today. Just too many sweets. So of it may be I feel stressed and overworked at my job, it's been building for a month maybe. So I have next week off. In the meantime I'm just taking it a meal at a time. My only goal is to keep tracking, so not so much a goal to reduce calories or anything .

I'll give it a week and see how I feel.

@trooworld thanks. One bite at a time- I like that. I was trying to think one meal at a time but a bite is even better.

@TeresaW1020 thanks so much. I like your chart! Maybe when I get started again I should try something like that.

@cyaneverfat. Welcome to the group. The day will come when you can change your username to cyaneverhealthy. You’ve already started the process by acknowledging what doesn’t work for you and what does. I can’t lose weight consistently on keto but I have some friends that love it. So I’ve learned to do what works for me which is basically just eat what I want in controlled portions and move my body on most days of the week.

@trooworld My energy levels are slow to come back but I’m working on it. Yaay for you for another successful day.

@TeresaW1020 4 inches is awesome. I forgot to measure. I’ll have to go do that. I did find my starting measurements. I like your new chart. Enjoy your conference and the yummy food. Southern food is the best. I’m going to start my new 100 days on the 16th. Now to learn to maintain these 5 days I have off. I went anal with my data today to see what my calories in/out averaged to and how that correlated to my weight loss/gain. So I think I know where to start. @cbabie has a lot on her plate right now but she’s thinking about us.

@gemwolf110 yeah I had a leader like that once. All she seemed to do was talk about her eye surgery and other problems she was having. I wasn’t paying money for that.

@its_cleo You talked about something clicking....I call it my switch gets turned off or on. I would never know why it gets shut off. Still don’t. But with motivation being a choice, I can manually flip back on the switch. I don’t really need to spend time figuring out why just take small action steps that get me moving again. (I used to spend loads of time thinking about it, reading about it) For me that starts with 15 min of walking around outside I put on music or a podcast and just walk. Nothing earth shattering. Instead of eating 2 brownies eat 1. Or if you eat 1, eat half but still eat the brownie. Eventually the calories come back down and then you notice you aren’t over your boundary and then the scale kicks in and starts moving again in the right direction and that helps with the motivation to keep going. In the past I just wanted to follow my program 100% and I wasn’t very good at consistency. Now if I follow it 80% I’m good and I’ve lost more so far this year than I did in 2018. It’s the habits that I’m forming is what is working for me. You’ll get back to where you want to be. Since stress at work isn’t going anywhere you need to figure out how to go around that wall.

100 day weighin and I gained 0.8 But I finished my 100 day challenge and ended up with 11.1 lbs gone. 🎉 🎈 🎊

I’ll do 2 more challenges this year and spend the other 65 days learning how to keep from gaining it back.

GM everyone

This week has been hard. I struggled more than I thought I would and came home most days to sleep. Excluding the days that I had to go to the occupational therapist. Both ankle and wrist throb at night keeping me awake - but moving on

@theslightedgeforever - woohoo - 100 days done and a loss. I am glad your adult brain spoke to you after your naughtly child said wheeeeeeeeee. (lol). I too have never had tomato pie - not in a hurry to either

@TeresaW2010 - Lovely - size 14 what a wonderful NSV that is. Hope you have fun at your conferance.

@trooworld - Sorry to hear that you had a hard week. Hope the tyres did not put a big dent into your plans for July.

@its_cleo - I completely understand that sometimes things just click in your head. I am too struggling with motivation at the moment. I am having a break from my journalling as at the moment it all seems to much when I get home. it is a deliberate decision that I have made so I do not go completely under.

@cyaneverfat - welcome. I agree with you re weight watcher - it is kinda against the saying "nothing is free in life" I personally like to know what the energy value of items I am putting into my mouth


Take care everyone

Trish