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

@trooworld We will get our weight gains off! I think that is a very good idea to put your ingredients into the recipe builder. I find doing that and pre-tracking to be very beneficial in making sure that I get the calories and macros that I want. We just gotta do the work, right?

@cbabie Yayy for getting out to eat with a friend! IHOP is so good! And good for you for tracking it. Tomorrow, when I eat at Top Golf, I plan to track it all no matter how ugly it probably will be. And yes, the goal is our health! My mom could barely walk when I went to pick her up because her body hadn’t been used to do any kind of exertion. And now she is back in her room and sitting all day long in her chair. I cringe at how damaging her lack of movement is but there is no changing her, so I just have to bite my tongue, and one day when she can no longer take care of herself, she will have to go to the nursery home.

@theslightedgeforever That is wonderful that you and DH get to travel to visit your daughter. I hope you all have a wonderful time! It will be good for you to help motivate her and for her to motivate you.


Hello! Not much going on today. My new Crowder CD arrived today so DH and I have been listening and learning the songs. I have to be ready for the concert in October! I started the July DDF challenge today and for the next three days, I’m just to take my blood sugar when I wake up, before eating, and an hour after I eat. Then in three days, I will get my trigger and hopefully, this time make some real progress. I tracked my food today and did an extra-long workout. So, I’m being a very good girl!

@trooworld Yayyyyy I'm so proud of you!! I can feel your excitement and just know that you are going to have so much fun!!

Hello! I went for my physical today. Some people go once a year but I go every five years. My doctor was thrilled with my weight loss and how healthy I seem to be. She did draw a bunch of blood so I have to wait for that but I'm not concerned at all. My A1C was 5.2% and according to Dr. Google, that is a very good number. With so much diabetes and kidney disease in my family as well as morbid obesity, I am just so happy that I am on this health journey and I'm not stopping!

@theslightedgeforever I hope you’re having a great time! I have a church potluck next Wednesday so I'm remembering all the good advice that you have given in the past.

@cbabie I hope you had a better day with your macros today. What are you trying to aim for?

@trooworld Ohhh I never thought of balsamic vinegar on hard-boiled eggs! I’m totally going to have to try that. I bought some yum yum sauce and that has been my newest obsession to put on eggs or anything else that I think will be good with it.


Hello! Sorry I haven’t been around. Not much going on except church work both with cleaning and other duties. I’m putting together a new directory that will be online and includes an app for our people, so that has kept me busy. I managed to lose just over a pound this week. My weight is barely moving even though my food has been great this week. I think it’s the amount of weight I’ve been lifting lately and if that is the case, I’m good with it. I was just listening to a podcast on the importance of muscle and how it will greatly affect how well we age and I plan to age very well.

@trooworld You sound like you are getting your act together regarding the food. Woohoo. Funny when I read the word sundown I think of Alzheimers. I was imagining a bunch of old people riding bikes. lol

@teresaw1020 Once I'm in your head, I never leave. Congrats on the weight loss. Just over a lb is excellent. 1-2 lbs per week is good healthy weight loss so you are doing everything you are supposed to be doing. Take credit for it. You are right with the muscle. I need to get back into the gym and start focusing on that part of my fitness as well as the flexibility part. I can't just keep focusing on the number of steps I'm getting.

@cbabie 2 min counts. All fitness counts. You could have been sitting on the couch for that two minutes. Here's something to think about. Increase the time between the purchases of the mini cupcakes. We hope baby girl doesn't like cake too much or she will be on one of these groups 30 years from now trying to lose some weight. You know how we were raised.

I'm settling into a routine. I'm going to try and make my balcony time the time to check in with you all. I bought my dd a couple of chairs and a table for her balcony so I can enjoy it. Her balcony faces a big field and everyday I look at it I want to sing "The hills are alive......" I've been exploring nature. It's always more fun in someone else's backyard. I walked up to Target on Thursday to get me a couple of things and that ended in 77 min. worth. Yesterday I was headed to the gym here at her apt but evidently you need a card or something. So I just headed outside and took another walk 42 min. I've stocked the fridge with f&v and MY food. I usually end up gaining 10 lbs when I go see my kids because we eat out too much. They don't cook and I don't want to. I'm on vacation. But this year I refuse to gain those 10 lbs. I'm going to work hard on it.

I was doing so well yesterday til the end of my day. I had a bad craving for something sweet after my meal. I fought that craving for 3 hours. I used the "just say no" mindset; read my Beck response cards, distracted myself with a book, made myself some tea, said just wait til 30 min then said again just wait til 30 min and then my daughter had to go out to buy some cat food and I said bring me something sweet. That was the slip up. One hour before bed. If I could just have held out one more hour. So lesson learned. Do it until.......

@theslightededgeforever Yes, I agree that you need to get back in the gym and work on your muscles and flexibility. I’ve been harping at my DH that just walking on the treadmill is not enough and he is starting to lift with my weights, which makes me happy. Such pretty pictures and how kind of you to buy some patio furniture…so you can use it! Yayyy for the scale being down while on vacation. Just keep it up and stay away from those donuts! I have always wanted to go to the Mall of America!

@cbabie Your protein seems very low to me from all that I’ve been learning lately. The podcast that I mentioned and really do encourage you to give a listen to is on Ketogenic Girl, who I love! She spoke with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon who talks about the importance of eating protein and maintaining our muscles as we age. Let me know what you think! And as for lifting weights and not being able to since you broke your wrist, why not get some resistant bands and use those? I have a set of rubber and fabric and they are great for all kinds of exercises.

@trooworld Yup, being honest with ourselves is so important. My tracking has fizzled this week because mostly it’s such a pain to do it when I cook ingredient-heavy dinners. For instance, yesterday I made a tuna salad, a big veggie-filled green salad, and a chaffle for mom and me. So having to weigh, measure, record and figure out what part of all that was my portion is way more effort than I’m willing to do. Have fun at your boxing class! Also, you probably know this but since you haven’t worked out like that for a long time your muscles are going to retain water so don’t be discouraged if the scale goes up. Like Slightedge said, just wait for the whoosh!


Good morning! Sorry that I’ve been missing. I’ve been busy with church stuff and then yesterday, I spent all day deep cleaning and reorganizing stuff in my house. A big box is now headed to the Goodwill. I’ve been doing well with my eating this week and meeting my BG trigger before most meals. Lunch is still a struggle for me because it’s after my workouts and I’ve been doing lots of heavy lifting, which makes my BG jump. So, my focus is to get within 5 points of my trigger for lunch and eat mostly just protein, which will drop by dinner time. OK, I need to get ready for church. Have a great day!

Happy Sunday!

Had Church in the morning, saw my friend that is pregnant with twins. They are inducing her this week. She’s nervous, excited at the same time. I’m chilling with the dogs now. Have a meeting with the department chair for possibly pursuing a BS degree in Biological Sciences then pursuing a Ph.D in it. Decided to go that route instead of Criminology mostly because of school location and job opportunities. Bio degree is less than an half hour away, criminology is at least 2 hours away. There’s also more job opportunities in the biological sciences. Wish me luck! Working on me this year!

~ Missy and pack

@trooworld That's good that you can go back to your food diary and look to see what happened. Kind of like reviewing a monthly budget and thinking, I don't know why I'm broke all the time. Good that you are back on track. Can't wait to hear about the first boxing class. Remember it will get easier each time you go. Just keep the Rocky theme song in your head. Saltaholics Unite! But I do have high blood pressure. I'm sitting outside on the balcony and I just saw a bunny hopping along the trail. Now I want to sing little bunny foofoo. Do you know that song?

@teresaw1020 You can import your recipes for your ingredient heavy meals and then the next time you eat those everything is already in MFP. Takes seconds to log. The import is easy too if it's off the web somewhere and not your grandma's cookbook. I just make the dish and then before anyone digs in, I just cut into 6 or 8 pieces whatever the recipe says is number of servings and take one of those. It's really that easy. I put it into a separate plate so if I don't eat it all, I can still determine if I ate 1/2 or 3/4 of it and log it that way. Thanks for the article.

@gemwolf110 Two of my kids have biological science degrees. Both like it but they spent all their time studying. It's paid off now. Plus it's close to you which has loads of advantages. So the big question is how will you balance healthy eating and exercise with all the studying. It's too easy to grab and go and just sit and study. I've watched my daughter. Add in all the stress and that's more eating unless you are one of those that stops eating during stress. But it all can be done with good strategy. Other people out there do it. Your doggies look like they are enjoying the shade..

184/238 Green
Rest Day
25% water

@cbabie I was thinking of you yesterday. I was reading a book about stretching and there was a wrist stretch. I didn't even know that was a thing. Next there will be an earlobe stretch. I'm going to buy me some stretching straps. I'm sure it would help me if I just do the stretches. I really need to work on my balance and that is supposed to help. Yeah, I used to like exercise too and go to the gym everyday. I need to find her. We all inherited the cartoon mind.

@teresaw1020 I love your enthusiasm about exercise. Is non-tracking keeping you from losing weight? If you are losing weight at a rate that is good for you, then keep on doing what you are doing. No perfection only progress.

Well I'm headed off to Seattle in about an hour. My dd and I are going to go do the Twilight tour in the Pacific northwest first, go see Mt Ranier, and then do the touristy things in Seattle over the weekend. I'll get to see the Pacific Ocean which was on my bucket list.

185/164 Yellow
no exercise
25% water I can feel that this morning.

@theslightedgeforever WELL…yeah…I suppose non-tracking could be one of the big reasons for me not losing weight! Today, I listened to a podcast from a woman that has lost over 100 lbs and she talked about how tracking helped her. So, while I still don’t want to track I can see the merit in it and I really do need to stop playing with the same few pounds that I’ve been doing for months now! So, I plan to challenge myself for August to track every single bite, taste, and nibble. Please feel free to hold me accountable. Have fun in Seattle! I lived there when I was a kid and I love the Pacific Ocean in that part of the world so much.

@trooworld Wow I didn’t think that your hands would swell up but of course if your punching something it would. What about using some cold compresses when you get home? I hope you have a great time!

@cbabie I have finally convinced DH to stop eating just an apple and chips for lunch and to add in boiled eggs and Greek yogurt, which gives him a lot of protein. I do eat them as well, but I also love scrambled eggs or my tuna cake chaffles for lunch. I make the boiled eggs in my Instant Pot and they are so easy!


Hello! I’m tired out today from doing a hard leg workout this morning that was more for my butt than my legs. DH and I went to Sams to buy burgers and hotdogs with all the fixings for our church BBQ potluck that is tomorrow night. I’m making Deviled eggs because they are yummy, and I can eat them. My plan is to eat a hamburger, and maybe a hotdog, with no buns, and only choose side dishes that look worthy of the carbs. I will NOT go near or even look at the dessert table, which I placed in the corner of the room. My weight is down a little bit and I’m hoping to hold on to it for Friday.

This will be quick. Well, every post until Monday will be this way. We're out the door at 7 a.m. and get in about 9 pm. Today was my first time seeing the Pacific ocean. It was wonderful. We went to Forks and La Push and did the Twilight tour. Then this afternoon took a ferry back to Seattle. That was fun. Dd and I walked the beach today for 44 min.

Food wasn't good. A had a bag of bold chex mix. Should have checked the nutrition data before I started eating it.
I still can't believe it was that much.

305/164 Yellow
44 min walking
66% water