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

Hello friends! I found out yesterday that due to COVID-19, my job will completely shut down until May 18th. The good news is I will still get paid though. But man, I'm going to get bored. So, because I'm going to have all that time off, I decided to work today.

@RetiredAndLovingIt Thanks. I've seen some YouTube videos for resistance bands but haven't tried anything yet. I'll let you know if I find something good. Peanut brittle...yum!

@its_cleo Yes, I did and I found some there. There are two types of resistance bands, the flat kind and the tube kind. I got the tube kind so I don't know if it matters, but I looked for the tube kind when I searched the videos and I found some. I hope you can get some sleep. I didn't sleep well, either: anxiety...I kept getting up to pee it seemed like every minute, but I didn't have to pee. I had to tell myself: you don't have to pee. Stay in bed until you feel like you really have to pee. And that seemed to help. I hope people are still trying to stay in here!!!

@theslightedgeforever Yeah, I actually found a YouTube video that was a walking video set to ABBA. It's not my favorite but it's okay. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wAzRW2LCus&t=1s

@nighthazel01 Thanks, me too! Yes, I like the habit tracker. I hope you enjoy your day off work. Happy Good Friday to you as well!

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April goal: track 2 meals a day, do some form of exercise once a day, drink 52 oz of water per day

Hi all..sunny here today but chilly. Looks like it will be the treadmill again for me.

@mswatson0777 Sounds like fun doing a zoom yoga. Not sure how to stop the dog. Ours used to lick dh's pillow. Wow, that was gross!

@trooworld Now you get to try retirement, too, lol. Glad you will still be getting paid tho. I think mine are the tube kind also.

@its_cleo Sorry about the bad dreams. Hope you can do the stairs in your building.

@TeresaW1020 Not sure what I will make for Easter since it will be just dh & me here. Probably something easy, lol. Even though we are only 10 minutes apart, we have been staying away from dd & family. We Facetime or House Party with them almost every day.

@theslightedgeforever I brought most of the groceries out of quarantine & wiped them down. A few things that we got extras of I didn't bother wiping..they went back out in quarantine, lol. Wow, even your eggs. I took mine out of the carton, but didn't wipe each one. Oh well, probably won't eat any for 3-4 days since I already had some, so that should be long enough time to decontaminate them. Needed my Dove dark chocolate, lol. I ration it one a day, & trying to only eat the peanut brittle once a day. He made 4 batches as long as he was doing it, just to use up the peanuts! I have set my calories to maintain & letting my exercise make the deficit. Hopefully will still lose slowly & yet not make myself crazy.

I guess dd did an online grocery with pickup & they didn't give her any of her cold stuff. So she had to go back to store anyway. & she put that they could substitute if out of something. Guess instead of plain crackers she got some weird flavor crackers. Wasn't happy about that either. So she said next time, she won't substitute, just go without. Guess I will have to do that too.

Have a great day. We are going to go drive around, just to get out of the house, lol.

Hey @cbabie, yep a shower can do wonders. Well if the fast works for you….but you need food for energy running around after that little one, so I hope you make sure you get enough….what do you take her for rides in? …..wow sorry your husband has dreams like that too! With me fortunately it’s only once in a while. I honestly think it’s because of my cycle- it usually happens only when I’m ovulation or have PMS. …I assume there is a different cause with your husband lol…

@RetiredandLovingIt that is a pain about the groceries. I know I tried a couple weeks ago but I couldn’t get any delivery times. But when I was looking online- it was so hard, they didn’t have what I wanted. It was easier to just go. The only time I ever had groceries delivered was years ago when I hurt my back and couldn’t really pick anything up. You have to make do with whatever they bring you.

@mswatson0777 yeah the Master’s in 12 months lol. It was brutal. I almost had a nervous breakdown afterward. But I connected with a good group of people and made friends in my program and we all got through it together. We drank copious amounts of wine lol. To this day, even a glass or two of wine makes me feel like crap and I swear it’s because of that year lol. …..how old is your bulldog? I think with pets one of the key things is to figure out why they are doing it.

@trooworld…I don’t know if it matters with the type of band. I think the flat kind just don’t cut into your skin as much if you tie them around your legs, but I’ve done that with the thin ones and you just adjust the tension…..ah yeah- I totally go through with getting up ever 3 minutes it feels like to use the bathroom even though I don’t. It is anxiety. I have not found a way to beat it when that happens, but I hate it. One thing I try to do when I can’t sleep well is to just focus on breathing deep. So I lie in bed and think- don’t even worry about sleeping. Just try some deep breaths. Usually my breathing is so shallow and tight because I’m anxious. Sometimes that helps and I can fall asleep. …I gotta tell you I love the Idea of an Abba workout video.

@TeresaW1020 trainer session was ok. I don’t enjoy it as much honestly. But it was nice to see him and nice to do some exercise. We’re using zoom. I have a couple of 10 lb dumbbells and a stability ball, so we’re using those. I’m afraid we’ll get bored doing the same things but he’s pretty creative and says he can come up with different things. ……I was thinking about you yesterday- I was cleaning out my closet and I found an old 1000 piece puzzle from like 10 years ago. I did complete it then, but then I packed it up so I may do it again. It’s a drawing, sort of cartoon like of a bunch of animals going to the ark. The only weird thing is it’s snowing, and the ship is like in a snowdrift lol….kind of weird but it’s quite a fun picture. So I will start doing that I think. –That is fantastic to lose some weight! Especially now.

@nighthazel01 yeah running is pretty hard on the body….I know a lot of people tha struggle with ankles, knees
etc. They say walking is much better. I just get stubborn and want to do the hardest thing ever lol. Even though I’m not usually successful !.....we got some hail and snow here too but it didn’t last.

@theslightedgeforever yeah I keep meaning to see the Rocky movies. So 3 is next for me, if this quarantine goes on long enough I may watch it. …….yeah I do the same thing load up stuff with water to use as weights. I’ve been using empty kitty litter containers lol. I was also thinking about loading up a suitcase with heavy stuff and carrying it around.

Well today I walked 6.5 km. I think that’s 3+ miles…? I have no idea lol. I’m going to skip the stairs, and give my achilles some time. It will be sore for a while, tendons are notoriously hard to heal. I still have issues with my arm and the tendonitis there happened in Jan. it’s ok, I just work around it.
I hope you all have a great weekend, and happy Easter.

Good morning everyone! We got food delivery last night, but I made a healthy choice and ended my WW week with 13 Weekly Points remaining so I was disappointed when I stepped on the scale this morning to see I had gained .4 lbs. Now, this may be because I didn't drink enough water this week. It could have been the salt in the restaurant food. It could have just been an off week. But it still sucks!

@mswatson0777 Thanks, I'm glad they are doing what they can to not eliminate jobs. Your bulldog! lol We used to put our dogs in the bathroom when they did something bad and call it doggy jail. We'd say, "Now, go to doggy jail!" And they'd go. lol Yes, gotta keep moving! I hope you had fun with your walk and talk.

@RetiredAndLovingIt Yes, indeed! And yes, I'm glad I'm getting paid, too. It's very good of my company.

@cbabie I couldn't do what you are doing but if you can do it for the long term and it works for you, then okay! Yes, small goals are the way to go!

@its_cleo Last night, I told myself before I went to bed I would not get up unless I truly had to go to the bathroom. I still got up, but not as much. I think if I keep telling myself this, it might work if I get used to it. I'll also try the deep breathing before bed and see if that helps. Yes, ABBA!!!

@nighthazel01 Yes it is a relief. I was so worried about losing my job. I'm still somewhat worried, they said they would give another update on May 1st about the future. They can only plan 30-60 days out. Yeah, I think people are starting to get stir-crazy but we just have to sit tight and wait this thing out. I know it's hard to stay in, but it's for the best.

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April goal: track 2 meals a day, do some form of exercise once a day, drink 52 oz of water per day

@RetiredandLovingIt A joy ride sounds like fun. I feel like that was something people used to do that has now fallen by the wayside. Have fun!

@cbabie Not sleeping is the worst. I hope you are able to rest up this weekend and that work gets less stressful.

@its_cleo Wine is basically a hobby in graduate school lol. Watson is almost 5 and I think he's doing it for attention (since I can't pay attention to him when I'm on Zoom meetings). He's now zoned off of any room in the house that I'm not in, so we're getting LOTS of togetherness time until we figure this out and break the habit. It sounds like you had a great walk! Slowly but surely, you're healing!

@nighthazel01 He's absolutely upset I don't pay attention to him when I work (it's very frustrating!). I've heard similar rumblings from people. Honestly I find the grumblings completely lacking empathy. We're in a pandemic and we're doing this to save lives. I get that it stinks, but mass death is so much worse.

@trooworld I hate it when that happens! That's how I've been feeling with this low carb stuff too. I've stayed the same weight for three weeks and I haven't eaten sugar or bread for 3 weeks and I've been tracking my calories. I'm pretty frustrated so I feel your pain.

@TeresaW1020 Zoom yoga is going really well! It makes me stay accountable and I get to connect with a friend who's having a hard time so it's a win-win. I'm also sad the weather is supposed to be bad tomorrow. I wish we'd have nice weekends through this since I want to just get out and explore!

Happy weekend all. I woke up in a grumpy mood so I ended up taking the dogs on a 2 hour walk to try to walk it off. I have a weekend routine where I normally wake up, make coffee, and go grocery shopping. But now that everyone has decided 9am is their grocery time I'm relegated to the crappy later times, which I hate. My coffee machine was also on the fritz (I have a backup and yes I'm spoiled and this is a first world problem, but ugh the coffee isn't as good). I also have a full list of house stuff that needs to be done, including dealing with that awful woodpile and I hate it. Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, it's just one of those days.

Hi all- just a brief drop in as I'm about to meet my sister & a distant cousin on-line! We have meeting scheduled for 9pm UK time.

I started doing one of my gym routines - 3 exercises x10 for 5 mins BUT I added in Romanian deadlifts as gym not opening any time soon again & I need to work on hamstrings (physio informed me they're weak) & PT at gym recommended them. I couldn't move yesterday. Today I did short walk but it hurt!
I made cards this morning for the 2 youth church groups. The this afternoon I delivered eggs at a distance. The ones I my village I walked rather than car- ouch! Hot bath & stretch when I got back.

@trooworld It's disappointing about the weight loss when you're expecting something different because of your hard work, but you know weight fluctuations based on a lot of things, hormones, salt intake, ect.

@TeresaW1020 Starbucks sounds so good right now, the weather has been all over the place by me, hopefully you have calm skys for Easter.

@retiredandlovingit That's so sweat about the Easter dress. It's a very different Easter for us this year, just the 5 of us. I guess I'm glad my kids are older so they don't miss all the bunny stuff.


@theslightedgeforever I don't think we'll get back to normal until a vaccine is developed and widely distributed, but things will get better before that. I'm worried about my kids fall classes, they can only be online so long.

Happy Easter everyone! Yesterday I got a lot of work done around the house, so that at least felt like an extra workout. We're having a low key dinner here of lemon chicken with linguine, and stuffed vegetarian peppers. I didn't walk yesterday, I got busy in the afternoon and later my cat fell asleep on me and I felt too bad about moving her, I know that's a terrible excuse, but she really did look happy.

@TeresaW1020 Yeah that's true about the workout videos. I went from zero exercise to exercising almost every day. Yes, yay for still getting paid! I hope the forms get submitted okay for you guys to still get paid, too! Yes, that workout video came from someone on Slimpossibles, it was fun! It must be really hard being away from your church community during Easter. I'm sorry you have to miss out on that. I hope the weather isn't too bad. Happy Easter!

@mswatson0777 Oh man, I'd feel frustrated, too! Hopefully, your sacrifice will pay off soon, maybe there will be a whooosh affect soon and it will just come off in a big loss? I bet your dogs loved that 2 hour walk. I hope your day gets better. Everyone is allowed to have one of those days once in a while, today's your chance.

@joannadavison How fun that you are meeting with your sis and cousin! Happy Easter!

@theslightedgeforever I'm sure you aren't the only one.

@nighthazel01 Yes, I was expecting something different. That's what I get for having expectations, I guess! Happy Easter! Your dinner sounds amazing. I wouldn't move the kitty either. I do that with the dog, if the dog looks comfy, I don't move him.

Hello everyone! DH and I didn't feel like cooking last night and decided to order food delivery again. I could have made a healthy choice, but I wanted chicken fettuccini alfredo so I made the best of that decision by only eating half the order and steaming some broccoli to go with it. It didn't end up being good anyway, so I'm not eating the leftovers for lunch like I planned. I hate when that happens! My husband makes such better food. Last night, we were watching a movie at about 9:30 p.m. when the electricity went out. So, we broke out the camping lantern and used my phone as a hot spot and connected the laptop to it and watched the movie on that and the electricity came back on at about 11:30 p.m. It was kind of fun, it was like camping! I'm going to do a disco workout today, it should be fun, if anyone is interested it is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxrJ1z0HmYU&list=PL-5_b8Up2FICclhzBQS0QGKcGt2K9pH9D&index=4&t=0s

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April goal: track 2 meals a day, do some form of exercise once a day, drink 52 oz of water per day

@TeresaW1020 Your dinner sounds delicious. It was definitely a different Easter this year, but I can't complain, everyone here is healthy and happy.

@trooworld - Too bad about your dinner, but you made the best of it. We're supposed to have high winds today, and we've already been warned about power outages.

@theslightedgeforever- Yeah, that's true about young kids and schoolwork, my kids are on their own, I just get to hear them complain, but it's okay, I've gotten good at tuning some of it out. I do feel bad because they've worked so hard, and their classes don't convert well to online versions, and some of the teachers have given up. They'll have to figure it out though.

Yesterday was fun, we had a nice dinner, and most of my family even dressed up for it, they were indulging me. My younger daughter was like forget it, I'm eating in my jeans like every other day. I weighed myself yesterday, and again I maintained, I'll take it because I'm definitely eating more since I've been home. I think Tuesday marks 4 full weeks we've been on lock down. Time hasn't moved this slow since I was seven years old, it's the strangest thing, one week feels like months ago. I got in over 10,000 steps in yesterday without really trying, I went for a longer walk in the morning because the weather was kinda nice, and I had to double back to avoid people hogging the road. I was busy cleaning and cooking most of the afternoon, and I went on a second walk inside my house in the evening. Not too bad. Heading to work now, I have to commute from my computer room, to my living room, the traffic around my fridge can get annoying sometimes.

@Shexio, that is good that your weight is down, but sorry it’s at the expense of you not feeling well.

@nighthazel01, glad that you had a nice Easter and good job on getting in all those steps! Yes, the time has definitely slowed down for so many of us and yet for others, they are working crazy long hours and wish life would go back to normal so they could slow down. Such a crazy time, isn’t it?

@theslightedgeforever, no way was I getting dressed up yesterday. I did put on a touch of make-up for our Zoom call last night with some church friends. I’m wondering if the Starbucks near my home shut down because we have three of them in town and their primary staff is college students, which we don’t have right now. The sign on the drive-thru said they are working on reopening. Yes, we need our coffee and it’s a good thing that I have a perfectly good coffee maker at home! Your son sounds like he needs a smack upside his head.

@trooworld, I hate when I order food out and it’s not as good, or better than what I could cook. I always feel like I wasted money and calories. What a fun and resourceful way to finish watching a movie. What did you watch? DH and I watched The Greatest Showman yesterday for the first time. What a great movie and the music is amazing! I need the CD. That video does look fun.

Good morning! It’s a sunny, breezy day but last night was scary with the storms. I was wide awake from 1:30 until about 3 am with the lightning and thunder. I was extra grateful after watching the news and seeing how many people died and that the storm is still causing so much trouble for people today. It really seems unfair in light of what we are all going through. But we are in tornado season now and it’s to be expected. Just sucks!! Easter was pretty good, all things considering. Online church went well, and my Easter dinner was very good. I did eat way more then I should have eaten, and we have all the leftovers to eat again today. Tomorrow, I go grocery shopping and we are going to be eating light and healthy for the rest of the week. I am not getting to Friday and having a gain on the scale. I’m NOT!!! Have a good day!