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

@its_cleo, that is awesome that you are enjoying your bike and you are NOT getting old because you need to take some Vitamin D. Do you like being able to get out and go to stores? I love it but I HATE the mask. It fogs my glasses. Today, I’m going to get some anti-fog spray and see if that will help.

@theslightedgeforever, haha yeah I can see where that could be confusing. When I say no I mean that I didn’t eat any sugar. I will try to be more clear. Good job on maintaining in May. Do you have a target goal for your June weight loss?

Good morning everyone! Well, yesterday I completed my first ever 24-hour fast! The woman leading the 40-day challenge that I’m in issued the challenged and I accepted. I really didn’t think I would be able to do it but I did!! I did a great workout yesterday, which has resulted in my bicep and back muscles crying this morning. I also went to Aldis and Sams Club. The rest of the afternoon was spent doing my puzzle which is a great distraction. Today, I’m doing a leg workout, going to Walmart, and then coming home to try out my new vacuum that just arrived last evening. We have a canister vac and I HATE it, so DH finally relented to my complaining and let me order an upright. You know you live an exciting life when you are looking forward to vacuuming your floors.

June Goal: 6/1

1. Clean fast a minimum of 18 hrs a day. 24 hrs. 18 min
2. Workout 30 minutes or more (housework counts) LIIFT4 bicep/back + core
3. No sugar or afternoon snacking Nothing!
4. Track all my points and don't go over my weeklies 26 points
5. 96.oz of plain water 130 oz.

Thanks ladies.

Its 3pm and I'm already on my 4th bottle of water... Likely I can get in 2 more of these before 10pm.
There's some sun shining on the deck, may try to get a tan soon.

@TeresaW1020 = Great job on the fast! Woot wooT. what an accomplishment.

Hello all. Well, I went to the lake again yesterday and I walked twice as far as the day before. It was really nice. I also attended a virtual talk hosted by Creative Mornings. It was on this woman's trip to Kenya to become a yoga teacher and the meaning of Ubuntu, which is an African saying. It basically means, "I am, because we are." It's really beautiful, don't you think? In other news, my director called me last night and told me that I am going to be called back to work at the end of the month! It's only going to be part-time at first, but I'm thrilled beyond words. I was so worried I'd lose my job. So I have about 25 days to get as much weight off as possible and to cement my good habits!

@Shexio That's a fantastic amount of water!

@TeresaW1020 Yeah. I am hoping the QUALITY of my sleep improves. I'm still getting up every 30-60 minutes for the first 4 hours of sleep. Good luck with your fast, that does sound like a delicious dinner to look forward to!

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

@teresaw1020 I don't do monthly weight loss goals because I don't believe I can control fluctuations because of sodium, hormones, etc. I can control my habits though. I will think about what would be a good habit goal for June. Congrats on your 24 hr fast. I love uprights versus canisters. I'm one of those that likes to make the lines on the carpets. Also one who would yell at the kids for walking on the carpet messing up the lines. Not my finest moment as a parent back in the day. I'll be better for my grandkids if I ever get any. Great job on your goals. Yaaay for turning a corner. Disable the reverse gear.

@trooworld I love walking around lakes. Good job for getting in some exercise. I'm like your hubby. I notice everything. My family calls me laser eyes. Loved that Ubuntu phrase. Sounded very relaxing. I was thinking after replying to your first post what is going to happen to your exercise after you return to work. And here you are talking about it in your second. How far are you from your ideal goal weight? I can't get my fitbit to track my sleep. It just stopped doing that one day.

@shexio Great job on your water. Your smashing this journey. I hope you are wearing sunscreen. I used to live for my tans when I was younger and a couple of years ago was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma on my nose. They removed it but it has caused slight disfigurement to my nose. Which is the first thing I see when I look in a mirror.

@Shexio I do a similar schedule but I stop at 4pm.

@theslightedgeforever Honestly, what I think is going to happen when I go back to work is that I'm only going to exercise on the weekends. The commute sucks the energy out of me and leaves me with nothing during the week. That's what I anticipate. But we'll see. Well, I think my "ideal" goal weight is 155 so if that is the case, I'm about 76 lbs away. But I may get to 175 and say I'm good, I don't know. That's a bummer about your FitBit.

@TeresaW1020 Yes yes yes! I want to look cute in my work clothes, too! Let's do this! You did great yesterday, WTG!

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

Good morning everyone! I guess I must be early lol. I went grocery shopping yesterday and was quite annoyed, it took me almost 3 hours because I had to go to 3 different stores. The first store I went to (Target) didn't have what I needed and I spent quite a bit of time looking around for the things I needed there. Then I drove 15 mins completely in the opposite direction to the Asian market. Then ping-ponged back to my area of town to get produce. And then I had so many groceries, I couldn't carry all of them from my car to the condo by myself in one trip (it's a long walk too), so I had to make two trips. I was so annoyed. Once I got it all inside the condo, I had a hard time fitting everything in the refrigerator. Now, every time I am going to need something out of the fridge, it's going to be a nightmare getting it because the fridge is so packed. In more positive thinking, I'm going to the lake to walk this morning. This will give me three days of exercise this week.

@theslightedgeforever Do we need to send out the hounds for @cbabie? I'm worried about her.

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

@teresaw1020 I love when appts get either cancelled or postponed a bit. It's like finding free time. Another two good days for you. Woohoo on the weight loss. Balance is the key. Soon you will be back to church potlucks and have to factor that in too. But that's our lifestyle.

@trooworld Too bad you couldn't find a nice indoor place to walk like a mall close to your work. Or outdoor place if the weather is nice. Then you could commute to work, go walk three days a week for 30 minutes, commute home. I used to do that when I worked. Cause once I hit the door I did not want to move. I have an ideal weight goal of 135ish and I'm about 46 or so away. I'll determine that number when it gets closer. It will be decided by my body. I'll either have to drop calories more or burn more calories than I want to. But I'm far away from that off ramp so for now I'm going to worry about today. You've been doing so well that just think you will already look better than those other people in your office who gained Corona 15. That's why I used to hate grocery shopping. Plus hate going to more than one store. So look how many steps you must have logged during that time. That's the upside. You got in some free movement right there. I'll send cbabie a nudge and see where she's at.

@shexio I was one of those people who hadn't tanned in 30 years. Mostly stayed indoors. Just riding in the car or going out for the occasional walk or running errands and thought it's just a short time I don't need sunscreen. It's not like I'm laying out for hours or back in the tanning beds which I only did 2 years of that. But somehow I got it anyway and I had another one removed and tested but it came back benign. So now I just tell everyone my story. I never liked my nose before and now I really don't like it.

Yellow Day- Went over 167/164 Joyful Movement Nada.

June goals: Green dot day 4/5 Drink 4.5 glasses of water 0/5 Burn 100 cals through movement 1/5

I think I will do weekly goals instead of monthly. Cause I know myself. If I say monthly, then I will say well I still have time to make it up.

@trooworld, I know you are disappointed by the weigh-in. I don't know how many times I had a great week and thought the scale would be way down only to have it not budge or even go up. You have been doing great and getting out and doing extra walking, so maybe your body is just readjusting and you will have a good drop next week.

@theslightedgeforever, yes balance is key and last night I completely forgot that. See my below.


Good morning! Well, last night I did a very stupid thing. DH had bought a big bottle of wine and I ended up drinking most of it. I don't drink often anymore and when I do it's usually only one or two glasses max. So, this morning I am dying. I had to eat something so no fasting today. I took a shower and that was about all the exercise I can manage. Feel free to laugh at me. I do promise that this will NOT happen again. OK, typing this was exhausting. I'm going to lay down.

June Goals: 6/5
1. Clean fast a minimum of 18 hrs a day. 19 hrs. 23 min.
2. Workout 30 minutes or more (housework counts) Barre Cardio
3. No sugar or afternoon snacking No sugar/No snack
4. Track all my points and get a blue dot 50+ points, no blue dot

@theslightedgeforever, yes you are right that it's all in the thoughts. The wine DH bought was so good and it was one of those big bottles so I had the perfect excuse to toss out any self-moderating and let my willful self take over. And yes, I should and do know better. So, back on track today and determined to undo the damage it did to my weight. Now, let's talk about why you don't love water and movement? Tear that curtain down, girl!!

June Goals: 6/6
1. Clean fast a minimum of 18 hrs a day. no fasting
2. Workout 30 minutes or more (housework counts) rest day
3. No sugar or afternoon snacking No sugar/yes snack
4. Track all my points and get a blue dot 36 points, no blue dot
5. 120.oz of plain water 100 oz.

@teresaw1020 I'm reading in my 100 day book now about "should" and "I have to". Should invites depression. The more you use the word the deeper the depression will be. Have to is more about being overwhelmed. But then rebellion steps in because darn it you are an adult and can do what you want to do now. Which leads to procrastination and or just not doing it. So it talks about using the word 'choose to'. OK for me water has always been a problem. See right there. Self fulfilling prophecy. (I'm learning to throw up the red flag when I catch myself in a thought which is prescriptive. My thirst indicator appears to be broken. So I don't get thirsty like everyone else. I've tried all the various tips and tricks. Use fruit. Have a special water bottle. I even have Drink water alarms that go off on my fitbit at intervals. Basically I just look at them and go hm..... If I drink too much (like 2 glasses) at a time, it starts to back up on me and I get nauseous and a little back drainage. So thin sipping would be the answer but then I can be at a restaurant with my family and sitting there with my diet coke and they will have at least 3 full glasses and I will finish about 1/2 of mine. Waitresses will always come up and say You still working on that? So it's not just water. It takes me about an hour or so to finish a cup of tea. I just have to keep nuking it to make it hot. I know the possibility is there because when I had to do a colonoscopy I drank all that liquid but I did keep puking too. But I got it down. Or up as the case went. Movement: I used to be really good about going to the gym and movement and couldn't get my food thing right. Now I'm pretty good about the food but not so much on the movement. Part of it I know is time-based. I was doing very well with my walking club but then along came corona. It's having other people in the house that messes with me. So I sat with my calendar today and I think figured out a good time slot.

@trooworld You made it work. You stayed above the red line. So now that you have indulged time for some healthy food. Imagine if one day we can say Oh I indulged today on some healthy fruit or veggies. I just ate way too much. I had potatoes today. lol When you said like ancient Rome, my inner brat started yelling Toga Toga Toga. See what I have to deal with. Do you weigh yourself or are you back at WW and they weigh you?

Green Day-Stayed OP 196/238 Movement: Rest Day

June goals: Green Dot Day Drink 4.5 glasses of water Burn 100 via movement