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

@mswatson0777 Yeah, I really liked my last manager. She had her flaws but I was really attached to her so when she retired, it was really hard for me. I hope I do like this one. Hang in there, it's Friday, you've got the weekend to look forward to!

@cbabie 60s freezing lol...while mswatson0777 is talking about walking to work in 20F weather lol. I hope it warms up for you! That's funny about the micromanager you worked for. Good thing she quit! Nice walk, WTG!!!

@TeresaW1020 I do hope so. I mean, we are adults, we are in professional positions, we know how to act. I hope she realizes this. That's great that your pastor is like that. That is how I want her to be!!! LOL what a relief to replace those bright red bows it must have been?

@theslightedgeforever I got 50% yesterday. I didn't make a good choice yesterday: we got pizza. I hope the new manager brings out the best in me, too. That's a good idea to talk to her. I don't know if I can do it. I'm not that gutsy. re: going to bed early...I made sure and went to bed even earlier last night, I went to bed at 7:10 p.m.! I knew he wasn't going to go that early lol. lol about the door. How are you doing? It looks like you are doing well except for preplanned foods.

Hi all. Well, the braces for the bed came yesterday but my husband said it looked like something he wanted to wait until today to put together. I wasn't about to sleep on the couch again, so I made sure and said I was tired and wanted to go to bed at 7:10 p.m. usually we go to bed at about 7:40 p.m. (we get up at 4:30-4:45 a.m.). I knew he wouldn't go to bed this early and I would get the bed to myself lol. It worked. So, we will put the bed back together tonight hopefully. We got pizza last night, it tasted good but will definitely sabotage my weigh-in on Saturday. It was probably already sabotaged though. Now it's just definitely sabotaged.

COMMITTED.
Goals for Oct 25-Oct 31:
- rate my hunger on a scale of 1-10 before eating
- track 90% of food intake
- get at least 7 hours of sleep every night
- drink 2 (26 oz) bottles of water a day
- meditate for at least 15 minutes a day
- put my utensil down between bites
- ask myself if I'm really hungry before eating anything

Canceled my WW subscription & paid for MFP for a year! Going to start Keto😳! I’ve been slowly working my way into it & since Wednesday I’m down 3.4#. Pretty happy with this! Hope you are all well!

@TeresaW1020 Your pizza sounds good. We usually make 2-ingredient dough pizza but DH said, "Let's get takeout pizza so we can work on the bed" and then we didn't work on the bed. What is your plan for Thanksgiving in relation to your new eating plan? How's your back been?

@stephtra49 Hi, welcome! Congrats on 3.4 lbs down, that's awesome!

@theslightedgeforever I must do better, too: I got about 70%. I have had a chronic headache for 2 weeks, I'm wondering if it is because of water consumption. I do need to channel you! Can you pre-plan the night before? I'm down 7.2 lbs for the month of October before I weigh in today. I'm very happy with that. We'll see what the scale says in a few minutes. 1.5 lbs in the last 30 days is nothing to sneeze at either! Congrats!

Hello all. I still have to weigh in this morning, I'll do that shortly. The bed is still not fixed, we are going to attempt to do that today. We have to: tonight, we are having his sister over for Halloween and she's spending the night on the couch, so where is he going to sleep if the bed isn't fixed lol? Tonight...it should be fun. I'm making some appetizers and we will have drinks and watch scary movies. We are going to dress in costumes, too. Except not my husband, he's a party pooper. I love Halloween! Okay, I just weighed in and I gained 1.2 lbs. I think some of that is sodium retention because my fingers are swollen. So, I lost 6 lbs for October, still not bad! Happy Halloween, everyone!

COMMITTED.
Goals for Oct 25-Oct 31:
- rate my hunger on a scale of 1-10 before eating
- track 90% of food intake
- get at least 7 hours of sleep every night
- drink 2 (26 oz) bottles of water a day
- meditate for at least 15 minutes a day
- put my utensil down between bites
- ask myself if I'm really hungry before eating anything

Happy Halloween everyone!
@cbabie @trooworld @TeresaW1020 @theslightedgeforever
Thanks for your words of encouragement!
So far so good 😊! Now to set some goals for November!

@TeresaW1020 Oh that works out well then! Sounds like a good plan. I'm not sure what our plan is yet, probably take food over to my brother-in-law's apartment...the usual turkey etc. and not have too many leftovers. Oh wow, congratulations to your mom! That's so wonderful!!!

@cbabie I'm sorry the blue bug hit you. I hope today is better for you. That's good you got out of bed for 2 walks even though you were feeling bad and you logged, WTG! I am all or nothing a lot of the times it seems, too lol. He did put the bed together, I guess he was sick of sleeping on the couch lol...more on that later.

@mswatson0777 I was unsure what I was dressing up as until about 5:15 p.m. I have a bunch of costumes from previous years and so I decided to reuse Little Red Riding Hood. We watched a stupid horror movie on Hulu called "Bad Hair" with Vanessa Williams in it about a hair weave that is evil and attacks people lol. Oh your poor pup! And poor YOU! That would be dramatic. I would have eaten Chinese food, too. I'm glad your pup is okay.

@stephtra49 Happy Halloween!!! A day late I always get on here at between 5:00am-6:00am so I just saw your message on Sunday

@theslightedgeforever I see. That's a good idea to add it to your app. I got about 25% yesterday, too. I was just too distracted by all the hoopla. Yes, here's to a better week! I dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood. That's great that you got an extra day in October, see you did great!

Hi all. So we started the "Bed Project" at about noon. We worked for a bit before we realized we had to go to Lowe's to get brackets and wood screws. We consulted with no fewer than 3 different Lowe's employees, getting their advice, and finally left with $30 worth of hardware. When we got back to the condo, my husband said I could clean the kitchen while he worked on the bed and he would call me if he needed help. Say no more! So I left him to his labor. He managed to do it on his own, finishing at about 3pm and asked me to test it, it seemed okay. We slept on it last night rather gingerly and it held us both but I'm still worried it is going to collapse on us.

We beefed up our Halloween decorations around the condo and made our appetizers and my SIL came over. I was dressed as Little Red Riding Hood and my husband wasn't dressed up but when my SIL arrived, he decided to put on an old costume combined with a wig, he became what looked like Rick James in a pimp costume lol. He had a red velvet blazer on with zebra trim and a curly wig that had bits of sparkly in it. It was hilarious. My SIL was the Queen of Hearts. The food turned out really good, we had baked jalapeno poppers (note: please make sure to wear gloves when de-seeding a large amount of jalapenos! Your hands will thank you for it), a Middle Eastern dip called Muhamarra with pita chips, Chinese dumplings, and Gochujang Chicken Wings. All pretty healthy.

COMMITTED.
Goals for Nov 1-Nov 7:
- track 90% of food intake
- get at least 7 hours of sleep every night
- drink 2 (26 oz) bottles of water a day
- meditate for at least 15 minutes a day
- put my utensil down between bites
- ask myself if I'm really hungry before eating anything

@theslightedgeforever, @mswatson0777, @cbabie, @TeresaW1020, @trooworld
Thank you all! So far I’m doing pretty good,I’ve staying OP & today I’m done to 178# 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
GOALS for this week, stay on plan, track & weigh everything & lose 2#.

@mswatson0777 Ohh my goodness that is so scary for you and for your poor doggy! I am very glad that he is OK. I totally understand how your dogs are your babies. My Maggie Mae has my DH and I totally wrapped around her little paws. You are a good dog mama! I’m glad that you had a fun Halloween night.

@theslightedgeforever Yum, PB French toast!! Thanks, I have tried to be a good influence on my mom. I was truly worried about her health when she moved in last March. There are still things I wish she would do but I’ll take what I can get out of her. Yayyy for almost making your October weight goal!!

@trooworld Your Halloween night sounds like tons of fun and the food sounds amazing! I’m glad that your bed is fixed and that you and DH don’t have to race to see who gets it. Fingers crossed it doesn’t collapse!

@cbabie How is baby handling the new time change? Do you all do the time change? Fingers crossed for you to have a good weigh-in.


Hi everyone! It’s almost the end of the day and it’s been a long one. This morning I had a happy surprise by seeing another low number on the scale. It looks like my new plan is really agreeing with me and I plan to keep it up. Church this morning was great and then on the way home DH and I saw that our little local brewery was having a classic car show. So, we had a quick lunch and then went over and had a beer and walked around looking at all the amazing cars. My dream 1965 Mustang was there, which ironically was the car that my first boyfriend drove. DH didn’t seem too impressed with my stories of our backseat make-out sessions. Speaking of, I better go hang out with him before he falls asleep on the sofa. This time change thing messes with him much more than it does me.

My November Goals:
1) Continue on the MADF (modified alternate day fasting) eating plan. I will also continue to keep my 500 calorie meal Keto so that I don't raise insulin more than I need to.
2) Workout 6 days a week
3) Drink at least 96 oz. of water a day.
4) Have grace if I stumble, as well as the determination to get right back on plan the next day.

@mswatson0777 It was stupid, but entertaining I guess? I'd say it might be worth watching if you want to laugh at a dumb type horror movie. The advertisements make it seem like Laverne Cox is the star of the movie but she's really only in it for about 5 minutes lol. The real star of it is Vanessa Williams. I'm glad my hubby took it over, too, I had too much to do that day lol. It was a fun night, I needed a fun night after all these nights of isolation and doing nothing! Your Halloween sounded fun, too!

@stephtra49 You are doing great! WTG!

@cbabie I hope you had a better night last night. ((( SKINNY VIBES ))) for your weigh-in today, friend! My hubby looked hilarious. I wish I could post the picture we took! Good November goals, you did well in October.

@TeresaW1020 Thanks, it was a lot of fun Saturday. 2 nights, no collapse lol! Yay for a low number on the scale. lol...I wonder why your hubby wasn't impressed by your steamy stories? That sounds fun to walk around a car show. You have good November goals.

@theslightedgeforever What happened with your 25%? I got 50% so I wasn't much better lol. Below is a picture of my Muhamarra dip. It was so good. Here's the recipe, if you are curious: https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/muhamarra/ It's my new favorite dip. Baba ghanoush is so yummy, too. That's interesting to substitute summer squash. I might have to try that. I forget things, too. I have to email myself while I am reading the posts lol. That lady definitely needed a little Toto. You saw her on November 1st like that? That's strange. I like me some Rick James, too, although he was a strange fellow. You definitely need to wear a crown, I think you need to wear a crown.

Hi all. Well, I had kind of a nice day yesterday. It was nice weather and I went for the morning walk with the husband and the dog and then we had a healthy breakfast and took a nap. After I dropped my husband off at his brother's, I meal prepped one meal for one day this week. It's only one meal but it will help. We had something good for dinner last night, Goddess Curry Chicken Salad on croissants. The chicken salad has spices including curry powder, onion and garlic powders, golden raisins, and pistachios. It was really delicious. I didn't add the olive oil but did add a little mayo. Here's the recipe, if you are interested: https://pinchofyum.com/curry-chicken-salad#tasty-recipes-38881 And finally, here is a picture of my dip from Saturday night that was so good, it's called Muhamarra. It's made from roasted red peppers, walnuts, pomegranate molasses, and some other stuff. Sooooooo good!

COMMITTED.
Goals for Nov 1-Nov 7:
- track 90% of food intake
- get at least 7 hours of sleep every night
- drink 2 (26 oz) bottles of water a day
- meditate for at least 15 minutes a day
- put my utensil down between bites
- ask myself if I'm really hungry before eating anything