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

@teresaw1020 Are you able to take walks with your mom? That would be a good way for you to talk and she still gets in some exercise. She probably thinks you mean do your Beachbody fitness or something similar. That's great that you didn't put your little "extras" in the shopping cart.

@trooworld For me, that is a plan. lol Doing 3 workouts a week. You are really doing well. Keep it up.

@renaegry Yard work is hard work I think. I used to not think that til I had to start doing it. How did you do on today's goals?

Hello everyone! I thought I'd share what my menu looks like this next week since I'm not meal prepping anymore. I've linked all the recipes, all you have to do is click on the title of the recipe and it will take you to the recipe:
Easy Eggplant Pizza
Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas
Cream Cheese and Herb Stuffed Chicken + roasted broccoli
Creamy Chicken Piccata + pasta
Sheet Pan Sesame Chicken and Veggies
Chicken Shawarma Bowl

@renaegry Good to hear from you and good to hear you are getting your steps in.

@RetiredAndLovingIt I get that, I prefer desktop too! Wow, tornado that close? Scary! Yeah the bbq was very good. Thanks re: the exercise. I guess kids don't understand the social distancing, eh? lol

@theslightedgeforever lol then I guess I have a plan.

COMMITTED.
May goal: track all meals, do some form of exercise 3 times a week, drink 52 oz of water per day

@theslightedgeforever I could probably manage to read 2 or 3 pgs a day. Maybe lol. Somehow I can’t read books but I’m on twitter a million times a day. I do like lamb but only as an occasional thing.

@TeresaW1020 lamb- to me the cut is the most important thing. It can be very bony or fatty so I pretty much only buy it from a butcher, and I was get like stewing chunks, or when I went this time they had a boneless leg of lamb I got. Usually I will make lamb stew or this time I made this: https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/moroccan-lamb-tagine

Except the recipe calls for lamb shanks but I cut up the boneless leg I bought. Lamb can be served rare like steak so I think the biggest thing is not to overcook it.

@trooworld sounds like a great barbecue. Yeah some special occasions are worth it. My dad usually has a bbq every summer and I always overdo it. ….you’ll have to come back at the end of the week and tell us which one of the recipes was the best.
Juicers- some things I feel like it’s fine to just buy instead of make. Yesterday I was out and got a smoothie, strawberry banana. It was good.

@RetiredandLovingIt I’m glad you got to see your family.

I’m good all. 2 weeks vacation coming up and of course I’m not going anywhere, but it will be nice to have time off work. My bike has benn working out okay and so I’ve been biking every day around 45 minutes, 8-10km. I feel like that’s not a lot but I’ve been easing into it slowly.

I walk twice a day but not very far because of the tendonitis.

Food- I’ve been doing so so. I have dessert a lot and I decided that was ok bc everything else sucks with this pandemic lol. Things still not normal here. My weight is maintaining under the target I set so it could be worse .

Heat wave here the last week and no AC so it has been pretty deadly. Temp got better today. They are telling me the AC is fixed but I don’t think it is.

Good morning everyone and happy Friday! This morning, I'm meeting up with a retired coworker to go walking at a lagoon for a bit. It should be nice.

@its_cleo BBQ is easy to do that with I think. Okay, I will do that with the recipes! I'm glad when I make a smoothie it's not so hard to clean up. I make smoothies every day. That's great about the bike. It must be nice to get out of the house like that.

@theslightedgeforever Yeah give them a chance to try both. I don't know how thrilled my husband is going to be about the eggplant pizzas: he usually likes our meals to have a lot of protein and this one doesn't. re: your health goals...Have you tried making your goals smaller? Give yourself some consistent wins and then bump up the goals.

COMMITTED.
May goal: track all meals, do some form of exercise 3 times a week, drink 52 oz of water per day

@trooworld My mini goal is put on my exercise joyful movement shoes. Can't get much smaller than that. But my goal for May is burn 200 cals via exercise joyful movement. Logically I know that consistency is better than quantity. I write about it every day in my journal. But knowing and doing are two separate things. The lagoon sounds wonderful.

@teresaw1020 Heads up: Family members don't take well to nagging. I've been dubbed the nagger in my family. Hopefully she'll find something she likes. It needs to be looked at as joyful movement instead of exercise. That's how I'm trying to reframe it in my head. Having the pandemic doesn't help because of social distancing. A fun seniors dance class would get her some movement, some socialization all at the same time. My friend in OH teaches Zumba to seniors.

Yellow Day: Stayed OP 163/200 gms Joyful Movement-none

May goals: Green Dot Day 4.5 glasses of water Burn 200 cals via joyful movement

@trooworld Doing the happy dance for you. Woohoo! I will make that my minigoal for June. Let's see if it translate into exercise. lol I think I would like walking around the lagoon. In a mask? Probably not so much but I would do it if that's what I had to do.

Green Day: Stayed OP 155/238 Joyful Movement: None

May goals: Green Dot Day Drink 4.5 glasses of water 200 cals via movement

@theslightedgeforever, That would be great if my mom would join something like a senior class but she won’t. She is very reserved and set in her ways. She is dying to go shopping and hopefully in another couple of weeks the shelter in place for seniors will be lifted. If he doesn’t, we are slapping a mask on her and she is going anyway.

@trooworld, that is soooo awesome that you are down 4 lbs. for the month! You have been doing so great!! Wow, walking 6 miles is incredible. Did it hurt your foot? That pic is beautiful.

Good morning! I’m ready for a new month and have my goals all set. I am GOING to lose weight this month. NO more excuses and I would appreciate it very much if you would hold my feet to the fire and help keep me accountable. I have 29 days before I walk into my church for our first service back and I want to wear something cute and feel good about myself.

June Goals:
1. Clean fast a minimum of 18 hrs a day.
2. Workout 30 minutes or more (housework counts)
3. No sugar or afternoon snacking
4. Track all my points and don't go over my weeklies
5. 96.oz of plain water

Good morning everyone. My June goals are going to look very familiar. I think I'm going to keep working on the ones I had and add in a sleep one: track all meals, do some form of exercise 3 times a week, get at least 7 1/2 hours of sleep every night, drink 52 oz of water per day. I have been sleeping exceptionally poorly lately and it's taking a toll on my mental health and probably my physical health as well. So, I'm making it a goal this month. Last night, I got 7 hrs 28 mins, so I'm almost there. My husband was looking at me yesterday and he said, "I can tell you are losing weight." I liked that. I can't tell yet.

@TeresaW1020 Actually I calculated wrong, I'm down 4.6 lbs! Yay!!! Thanks though! The walk didn't hurt my foot, I think I'm over the plantar fasciitis finally (thankfully) but...since the walk, my left knee has started to occasionally buckle when walking. I don't know if it is just because I wasn't used to walking that much, or if there is a structural problem with my knee. Your June goals look good! You can do it!

@theslightedgeforever Yeah I don't like 2020 so far, either. Except that I'm losing weight. Way to get some movement in, woo hoo! The mind is very powerful. It can be our friend or foe.

COMMITTED.
June goal: track all meals, do some form of exercise 3 times a week, get at least 7 1/2 hours of sleep every night, drink 52 oz of water per day

Morning all. Well May sucked. Got weight down to 151.6 to finish of May at prob 153-154. So June’s goal is to get below 150. I have gotten slack on working out. But getting my steps in. So June’s goal is to run 2 days a week and lift weights 2 days a week. And do abs and squats at 3 days (have decided instead of following the 30 day challenges I would like to do 100 each day I do it. 20 or 25 of 4 or 5 different styles).

Hope everyone is doing well.

@Trooworld I think having similar goals for June is fine. My own theory was having goals for 3 months, bc then I felt like if I could stick to a goal for 3 months it would be really ingrained like a habit and then I could move to the next. That was working, before covid.

@theslightedgeforever yeah 2020 can end as far as I’m concerned. I was chatting with someone who said May was the absolute worst, and it’s like- well don’t tempt fate or June will be even worse although I don’t see how that’s possible lol. …I think knowing the stories you tell yourself is important and can help. Even just knowing they’re ‘stories’ and not necessarily facts or things that can’t be changed. Recognizing that can cause a big shift.

@TeresaW1020 it sounds like you’re making good plans with your church to open safely. Sounds smart. Good luck with the 24 hour fast! Not sure I could do that tbh, I tend to get sick if I don't eat regularly- sick like headache, shaking etc. I expect it is a blood sugar issue.

@Shexio what is IIFYM?

Well I’ve been biking quite a bit, up to about 16 km a day. My butt and legs are sore lol. I’m doing as much strength training as I used to, I used to do about 4 days a week, now just doing the 2 virtual sessions with my trainer. I’m doing more cardio with the bike instead. And I go on my two walks a day. Every couple days I add another block on and so far my tendon can take that pace. I’m up to about 2 walks each one 1.5 km. To think I used to be able to walk 10 -14!

Food- it’s ok. I think someone asked me about dessert- normally I have ice cream, or sometimes some of a Lindt chocolate bar. Both of those I can portion so the calories aren’t too bad. If I have cheesecake or anything like that- it’s double the calories. So my weight has been under the 160lb limit I set but it’s borderline.

I have two weeks off work and it’s weird bc I don’t know what to do with myself. Today I went shopping for a few small things I needed and a bike helmet. Some stores are open now, but a lot aren’t.

I’ve been reading a little but about osteoarthritis for my wrist bc I’m trying to learn how to take care of it better. One thing it said is Vitamin D can help so I may look into supplements. Man I feel like I’m becoming an old person lol.