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

@cbabie Yaaay on your walk outside. It's good to get outside right now when you can. Soon summer will be here and it will be too hot to get outside. Are you tracking your food? I was laughing at your jumbled words. I was thinking is she trying to cuss or just can't type. lol I'm sorry you are in a funk. I'm learning that action kills funk. It's like repellant. Could you do one little thing that makes you feel accomplished? Watch a funny comedian on YouTube.

I ordered popcorn but they didn't have my brand and I didn't want to substitute. I need some crunchy snacks. It's better for me to not have them in my house but I end up eating everything else because I want the crunchy snacks. I can control portions. That's not a problem. So I ended up slicing some zucchini thinly and putting it into the airfryer with spices hoping I would make some "potato chips" While it wasn't perfect, it did help a bit and not very many calories.

Calories: Stayed OP 1424/1467 Exercise 30 min cardio 20 min resistance bands

April goals: Drink 4.5 glasses of water Decluttering Burn 200 min in exercise

@its_cleo No, I don't tend to make the WW recipes from the app/site, I've had some mishaps with those when I have made them in the past and I don't trust them. Every once in a while I'll make them but overall, I tend to make recipes from blogs and ones I've had for a very long time. Congrats on your weight being down, that's great! I haven't been talking much on the phone myself. 40,000 piece puzzle, wow that's a lot of pieces!

@cbabie I hope your wrist feels better soon and your essential oils help. ((( HUGS )))

@theslightedgeforever Good. I'm starting to lose what little mind I have lol. Aww, thank you, that's very nice of you to say. A few months ago if you told me I would be a source of motivation for you guys, I might have laughed at you. That was a good idea to do with the zucchini.

@nighthazel01 I'm glad you got outside for some sunshine. It was nice here, too, but I didn't get out.

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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

@theslightedgeforever- hey thanks I was totally mixed up with Santa Clarita Diet- I don't know why I though Margulies was in it. Okay so maybe I will watch it. I have no issue with Barrymore lol. No Brad Pitt! He doesn't do much anymore anyway. ...Justified Season 4. Ah I'm ahead a little bit. I liked Season 5 better. I heard Season 6 was better than then both, I'm looking forward to it. ...

crunch snacks....some people bake chickpeas with spices. I've never tried it.

@trooworld Yeah I never tried many of the ww recipes either. They always look good but I dunno lol. I never got around to it.

@cbabie I have to say I never got the peanut butter and celery thing. I do like it on apple though. Sometimes I will put a bit in a ball and then slice up an apple and dip it in.

@mswatson0777 I think you're exactly right to listen to yourself and slow things down. It's important- overwork/exhaustion/pressure can drive us into the ground. The hardest thing is being able to listen to that so good for you. I think you've been going all out for quite a while.

I'm good, went for a jog this morning. Worked off and on all day but it was just reading/writing stuff. I was going to do some more physical activity on my own but I'm just feeling beat.

So today they said about 6 more weeks here. Bah. I get it, but it seems so long.

@nighthazel01 I'm glad you are continuing your walks despite the weather. Woohoo on eating some healthy food. I hope you find something to recharge your batteries. My son feels the same way you do. He says he's so tired of the winter it just feels like it's dragging.

@trooworld How's the hydration? Mine didn't go as planned today. I hate talking on the phone as I get bogged down and could be doing something else. I like the Marco Polo app where I can video my friends but listen to them when I have the time. Usually I am walking when I listen to them. Or I do a lot of audio texts on What's App if I know I'm going to be "wordy". So much easier. You never know when your little light will shine for others to see.

@teresaw1020 Did you have a blue dot day? I did try the roasted chickpeas but wasn't a fan. But then I don't like chickpeas except in the form of hummus. Yes that's weird. I hear life is resuming in your neck of the woods this weekend. I hope you enjoyed your little anniversary. How is mom adjusting to her new environment. I mean it's not really normal right now but will be soon.

@cbabie Blech! Celery. It gives that little squirt in the mouth. Blech. I do like it cooked in things though. As a child they would give us a carrot and celery stick in our school lunches and I always threw away the celery. But I'm glad that you found something healthy to eat with the PB. I might have to go old skool and pop my own popcorn.

@mswatson0777 I'm glad you are aware for the need for balance. Right now for most of us I feel we are just hamsters on a wheel going round and round and not really getting anywhere. I think it's all mental because we have all the time in the world but then when life was normal, we never had any time. So good for you for putting your priorities in order. The rest will follow.

@its_cleo Good for you for your jog. How are the calories? I went over today. I watched a trailer of Deadwood and it looks pretty good. Think Harlan County in the late 1800s. I swear it was just like watching Justified. But a little bit of interesting trivia. Much of the Deadwood show was shot on sets in Santa Clarita Valley. I did try baking chickpeas with spices. I could still taste the chickpeas. lol I like PB on an apple too. Kind of tastes like caramel apples to me for some reason. 6 more weeks, ey. So begininng of June. Think of bathing suit weather.

Calories: Went Over 1779/1450 Exercise-Free Day

April Goals: Drink 4.5 glasses of water Decluttering Burn 200 cals in exercise

Can't believe May will be here soon.

@trooworld, yeah I hear you about feeling restless. Your dinner sounds great! Let me know if you make the breadsticks and how they turned out. I have heard of 2 ingredient dough but never tried it.

@theslightedgeforever, I did NOT have a blue dot yesterday. We got pizza from our favorite Italian place and I had two glasses of wine. It was worth it! I will have a blue dot today. Yeah, I heard that life is supposed to resume here too, and I have some very mixed feelings about it. My mom is doing well. She doesn’t like being on lockdown but she has a nice room and is happily writing her life story on her laptop.

@nighthazel01, storms have been intense lately, but it is that time of year. I agree that it’s getting old being stuck at home all day. Looks like we might all be out and about soon though.

@cbabie, Ugghhh a little early to be in the ’90s isn’t it? We will soon have those temps too and I’m already dreading the heat. I don’t know if I want to remember this time in my life.

@its_cleo, wow six more weeks is a long time but if it keeps you all safe then that is what you have to do. My state has decided to through caution to the wind and see what happens.

@mswatson0777, Yayyy!! I am glad to read this and see that you are taking some pressure off yourself. You are so dedicated to everything you do and that is great but taking time just to chill is also very important for your wellbeing. Keep it up!

Good morning! Well, I am feeling confused as to why my state has started lifting its shutdown this week when we rank 12th in the nation. I sure hope that our leaders know what they are doing. I do know that my little family will NOT be among the first to go out to eat or to the movies anytime soon. I sure on Thursday my staff will have lots of discussion on when and how we should start reopening the church. Right now, that is not recommended, which is a good thing. I really want life to resume but since I have been living in this crazy lockdown now for so long that it seems normal, I admit to feeling scared about returning to life as it was. Ugghhh! I’m going to work out now and destress.

@trooworld I'd like the recipe please for the pasta Fagioli please. I want to send it to my dd. I bought her an Instant Pot and she's just starting to use it. Good for you on your water. I had a good water day too.

@teresaw1020 What a great thing to have your mom's memories on paper. So try again today for the blue dot day. So moving forward how do you get a blue dot AND have the pizza and wine? I was looking at the map for your state and you all seem to have larger red dots than alot of places and I was thinking OMG they want to open? I hope people will be smart and still try to minimize the damage.

@mswatson0777 I'm finding this situation alot like grief. It comes in stages. Sometimes I think I move backwards and repeat a stage. Sometimes it comes out of the blue when I think I have a handle on it. Yaaay for some nice movement. Great list of joyful things.

@cbabie At least you are on a bus......some people are just sitting on the couch. So make today a treadmill day. What I remember about Jiffy Pop is I was the youngest child and barely got any cause of my brother and sister. lol I just fell in love with raw sliced butternut squash.

@its_cleo I use the app TVTime to keep track of all the shows I want to watch and all the shows I'm currently watching. I'll never get through the list. I'd like to do a nice digital scrapbook but haven't found one I like yet for my photos. Past two years the family and I took historical trips up the East Coast. I'd like to make it pretty with stickers and such and then share them with the kids. I agree I think the most important thing is that the medical system holds up. I don't want to go in with a heart attack and can't be looked after because there are so many corona patients they are all in the hallways. I loved a meme I saw that said you don't stop taking antibiotics just because you start to feel better.


Calories- went over (decided why not make homemade donuts-darn FB) 1840/1467 Exercise- 41 min cardio

April goals- drinking 4.5 glasses of water Decluttering- Burn 200 calories of exercise

@TeresaW1020 The breadsticks came out great. I did brush a little bit of butter on the tops of them after they came out and they were delicious! Another thing I did differently was that I put garlic granules in the dough mixture. Here's the recipe in case you want to see it: https://iwashyoudry.com/2-ingredient-dough-garlic-breadsticks/ That's good you enjoyed your meal. Yeah it scares me the thought of reopening too soon and then having a resurge of cases. You have a good plan for today!

@mswatson0777 Dinner was amazing and the pup is doing much better, thanks for asking! That might not be a bad idea to drop down to 1 class. What will it do to your graduation date? You sound like you have a healthy attitude going on right now, very good!

@cbabie I'm glad you are coming to visit us regularly! I'm sorry you got all the crazies yesterday, hopefully, today will be better. I do need a good night's rest, that's part of it.

@its_cleo Well just so you know, if you attempt to buy Photoshop, it's now a MONTHLY subscription! You can't "buy" it anymore which sucks. BUT...you do get Lightroom and a few other bells and whistles with it. Lightroom is supposed to let you work with your images too but I haven't used it. I know you can still buy Photoshop Elements though.

@theslightedgeforever Here it is: https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/instant-pot-pasta-e-fagioli/ It was really simple and pretty good. I think it needed some spinach in it though. That's great that you had a good water day. Let's have another one! Facebook is the worst with their luscious food videos lol.

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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