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

Hey all! Sorry I've dropped off the face of the planet. The first week of classes means my job is insane, my new grad classes start, and my qualifying exam was due so my head is spinning a bit. I've been trying to make healthy choices during this time. I did have one major binge but after that I think it's been going a lot better. Just focusing on healthy, nutritious, whole foods. I haven't hopped on the scale lately since I can't take any additional stress right now, so I'm just focusing on habits and fueling my body during this stressful time.

@trooworld buttercream frosting is so hard to make! You are impressive to tackle that!

@theslightedgeforever a picnic with family sounds like so much fun. I hope you didn't beat yourself up too much!

@cbabie I hope you felt better after getting some movement in!

@TeresaW1020 I hope babysitting goes well!

@trooworld My water today was a bust. Let's you and I both work hard on reaching our goals. So reframing your cake issue......I like to try new things and give it my all. Hopefully you will have better sis in laws than mine cause even if it was 100% perfect, they would find something wrong with it. Now I'm like Wonder woman and use my bracelets to ward off their attacks. I just aim them straight back at them. I have been known now to say, Well I guess no cake for you next year and then laugh. I feel so much freer now plus I don't go home and eat my feelings. Can you tell I'm out of my please others at all cost phase and into my Please myself phase. It's all about me right now. Put on my own oxygen mask before taking care of others. The buttercream frosting sounded really good though.

@mswatson0777 I wondered about you the other day. Stay off the scale for a while if that helps. Notice how your clothes are fitting you. It's good that you are committed to healthy habits. None of us would be on this thread if we knew how to handle what life throws at us. Food can be a good escape for the moment but it doesn't help the overall plan.

@cbabie It's amazing how many people I know in the last month have told me about their visits to the dentist and cracked teeth. Everyone seems to be grinding. I already had my two pulled. Still haven't got around to putting in the implants. So how can you create a Plan B for the days you get up late. Exercise doesn't just have to be the treadmill. Yes, I know you like it. But after work.....put the baby in her stroller and go for a walk outside in your neighborhood. Is it hot? yes. Take some water for you and her. But exercise will relieve some of the stress instead of eating and grinding. Don't want to do that? Plan C Do water exercises in the pool. Do you have floaties for the baby? Sunscreen and some nice water fun that counts as exercise. Plan D Drive to a nearby mall and you and her go walk the mall. Plan E Does she have a ball of some kind? Even a stuffed toy would work. Set up a laundry basket a distance away and then you and her take turns throwing the object into the basket. But you have to be the one that runs and retrieves the object from wherever it is and run back to where you are standing. (my dh has been bouncing a tennis ball to my mil and she tries to catch it and bounces it back. The ball goes everywhere and he works up quite a sweat doing this) Aren't you glad you have a nagging sister to come up with these plans for you.

Yellow Day-144/164 Intentional Movement: Rest Day

August goals: Green Dot Day Drink 6 glasses of water Burn 225 cals via movement **** Preplan food

@cbabie Girl, a treadmill walk and a shower! You are on a roll. I have managed to take my showers but I can easily not wash my hair for three days. Makes the showering much faster. We are watching a show right now about this teacher becoming a drug lord. Totally stressing me out!

@theslightedgeforever I agree that changing my weigh-in day will take the pressure off and allow me to eat lunch on Thursdays if I decide to. I tried focusing on my weekly average weight but that doesn’t seem to have the same impact. I need the weigh-in day and I NEED it to give me a loss! Baking has never been my gift but I do get lots of compliments on my cooking.

@trooworld Yayyyy for the weight loss! How did the cake turn out? I bet it was wonderful. I haven’t had chocolate cake in ages. I really don’t understand the issue with water drinking. Do you like sparkling water? I buy plain selzer in a can and drink at least 4 or 5 of those a day. I love the bubbles!


Good morning! Well, I didn’t have to go to the church to decorate so instead I spent the day deep cleaning my house. Then I had this idea to rearrange all my knick-knacks and now I hate it even more. I’m going to put things back and just wait until after the New Year to figure out what I want to do. It’s almost time to decorate for Christmas!! I have church this morning and then the wedding shower later this afternoon. I'm making these yummy ham and cheese sliders and a pasta salad. Obviously, today will be my high carb day. I’ve written out my September goals and really plan to hit this month hard. My Happy Scale app says that I should be at goal by next April. NOT if I don’t get my act together!
September Goals:
1. No Friday night wine (this one makes me sad but I think it’s necessary)
2. Fasting-5 days push to 21+ hours, 2 days 18+ hours
3. Workout six days a week
4. Lower my carbs-I plan to do this by carb cycling my dinners and keeping my snacks very low carb. I also plan to limit my snacks!

Hey gang. Sorry I haven't been around. On my vacation in British Columbia.

@trooworld I did see you posted that salmon recipe for me and I'm going to check it out.

I'm eating out a lot but trying to balance with no desserts or treats. Hoping not to gain weight. If I can maintain I will be happy.

@trooworld How was the mattress? Did you sleep like a dream? Woohoo on your loss. I had half my water. So sorry about your cake. It looks like it tasted amazing though. What are your September goals?

@teresaw1020 So tell me what you found focusing on the weekly average versus the weigh in day. What were you getting out of each? What were you not getting? I don't know about trooworld and water but here's my thing. 1) I don't think about water like I think about food. I never say, oh I'm thirsty where I would look at a clock and say it's getting near lunchtime. I sip my drinks versus guzzling so it takes a long time to finish a drink whether it's water, a cup of tea, diet coke. I allow myself two of those a week. Lately I only finish half a can. I can nurse a cup of something over an hour or so and then have to reheat it. Meanwhile my family members can literally drink 2 glasses at the same sitting and I've drank an inch. Who knows, maybe my mom said when I was little don't drink alot or you are going to ruin your meals. Oh just thought of something, I can drink sweet iced tea faster. I used to only drink it when I went to visit my parents. My dad would complain he has to make more tea because of me. oh and I don't like sparkling water nor cold water. After all that, I probably should see a therapist regarding my water issues. lol Nice goals. Did you make you out a little spreadsheet to go along with it?

@mswatson0777 Sorry about the covid exposure. They called back 75% at hubby's work. Luckily he is still home. Never thought I would write that. Hm.... My 87 year old mil lives with us so we use that as a reason. That's good you made good use of your time. What are your September goals?

@its_cleo Oh enjoy that vacation. Just nice to get a change of scenery these days.

Yellow Day- Went over 234/164 Intentional movement: Rest Day

August goals: Green dot day Drink 6 glasses of water Burn 225 cals via movement **** Preplan food

My September goals will be the same as August but mid August I will reevaluate

@trooworld Ohhhh my goodness!! That poor cake! I am very happy that you didn’t hurt yourself in the fall. And the best news is that the cake tasted delicious and now you have a great memory. When I was about 10 years old my aunt made lasagna for a family party and being the big helper I offered to carry it to the car but the hot pan touched my hand and I dropped the lasagna, which flipped upside down on the carpet. My sweet aunt just scooped that lasagna back into the pan quickly melted more cheese on top, covered the cheese stained carpet with a towel, and off we went to the party. I’m glad that you like your new mattress and have been sleeping better.

@mswatson0777 Ohhh I hope that you don’t catch COVID. I’ve been exposed twice now and I haven’t got it so hopefully, you won’t either. Our little college town is exploding with new cases due to the college students determination to party like it’s 1999 and NOT 2020.

@its_cleo I hope you are having a wonderful vacation!!

@theslightedgeforever My mom is like you with drinks. I’ve been on her to drink more water too. I have always been one to constantly drink (and pee ). I always have something to drink so I guess that is why it’s much easier for me. Watching my weekly average and my weigh-in day over this last month has shown me that both are staying within the same few pounds, so it doesn’t really matter which one I watch because neither is moving down! My August graph has basically flatlined and yes, my plan is to change that this month.

@renagry Yup, you just need to stay focused on your goal and that extra weight will come off. That is what I keep telling myself!

Good morning! So, our little wedding shower was a lot of fun. The couple had no idea that we were surprising them. We ate, played games, and they opened up our gifts. It was great having the 12 of us hanging out and now we are all looking forward to our annual Christmas party. I went into work yesterday for a few hours and helped our children’s director get ready for Wednesday night. This year in our kid's ministry Awana I am helping with the Cubbies, who are 3 to 5 years old. There will be seven of them. Should be fun! I’m ready to rock this month and get the scale to move!!

@trooworld Ohhhh how sad that you were left to talk to yourself! It’s been really hot this week here too. I am so ready for fall weather! I hope you have a relaxing weekend and a holiday.

Good morning! Well, I somehow managed to lose .08 lbs this week. I’m three pounds away from Onderland…again! I’m trying to not dwell on how long this has taken me and just focus on doing what needs to be done. I saw a friend of mine yesterday who has lost over 40 lbs and looks amazing really motivated me to push harder to reach my goals. So, I’m off to work out!

@trooworld I'm better with water if I drink it room temp. Cold water hurts my throat for some reason and I can't drink it as fast. I'm slow enough as it is with liquids. Today I didn't do well at all. I would love to live in a place where no AC and no heat are needed. I get up in the middle of the night or after sitting a bit and then my ankles are very stiff and it's hard to walk.

@teresaw1020 yaaay on your weight loss. My son did 10 Rounds. Any program works if you work the plan. So you need to figure out which program works with your lifestyle in the long run. My dd told me about her friend that has lost 100 lbs on IF. She got excited. I told her that she can't overeat in a 6 hr period because it doesn't work that way. Then I told her about a mutual friend of ours that has lost 100 lbs twice on WW. She's back to being up over 200 lbs again. While I really want my dd to lose weight for her sake, I'm trying to get her to see the long term them. Of course it's more do as I say and not as I do that she likes to point out. I tell her I was successful on my carb cycling for 6 months until I got sick. Then covid hit. Now I'm trying to get back in to it. Evidently I don't do well with stress.

Green Day Stayed OP 238/238 Intentional movement: Nada

September goals: Green dot day Drink 6 glasses of water Burn 225 cals via movement Preplan food

@trooworld Maybe something you are eating is causing inflammation. I hope you get it figured out. Poor water consumption for me today. Sometimes I wonder why did I create this goal. lol I know I need it so I'll continue.

@FindingShan Welcome to the group! I used to be a WW member but then got pre-diabetes so I needed to start counting carbs according to my doc. So currently I'm doing a carb cycling program. I have found watching others that any plan works if you work the plan consistently. At the end of the day, this plan must be YOUR plan. Fit into YOUR lifestyle. Tweak if you must. I'm a big believer in baby steps. I know you can do it. Just focus on the first pound.

Yellow Day- Went Over 182/164 Intentional Movement: 43 min walking

September goals: Green dot day Drink 6 glasses of water Burn 225 in via movement Preplan food

@cbabie I’m glad you decided against Optavia. My associate pastor was a coach and he lost all his weight and in less than a year has put it all back on and more. It’s super expensive and just not obtainable for life. Eating real food is always going to be a better choice. That wise woman is right that we must find what works for us.

@trooworld Yikes that is quite a list of things that might be causing your arthritis pain. Looking down that list the first thing that jumped out at me is that you need to go whole foods with an emphasis on healthy low carb eating. I know that in the IF and low carb groups that I have been in one of the first big health signs is a decrease in inflammation. Time to regroup and tweak your diet. Wow! A girdle? I’ll be wearing Spanx this Saturday at a wedding. We girls gotta do what we gotta do.


Hey everyone! So, today I started my new workout routine called 10 Rounds, which is a mixture of boxing and weightlifting. It was a lot of fun and really made me sweat. Yesterday, DH and I went furniture shopping. We are wanting to replace this chair that has seen better days and I want to get a credenza for our front entry and replace this shelf thing that holds way more knick-knacks then I want. So, we just looked yesterday but I did find a credenza that I love and I bought an awesome turquoise vase. DH was confused as to why I was buying a knick-knack and I was like, “Duh because it’s on sale for $20 and it’s freaking awesome!” Men just don’t get it sometimes.

Morning. Time to get back at it. Head is in the game. Goal today is to stay within calories, get my steps in as well as my water.

Camping is done. Kids go back to school today so we will be back to a bit of routine. I have never felt so blah before. But I guess when you let 15 lbs sneak on in summer would be the cause. I know it won’t take me long to get below 160. That’s September’s goal.


@theslightedgeforever i have had the zone minutes for most of the summer.


SW 168 ( reseting for starting today)
GW 140