Our forth week of November has concluded! Be sure to check out the results of this past week in the link below.

Here's a sneak peek of how your team did...

I can’t believe how this month is flying by!

@trooworld I am so sorry that the doctor didn’t have more information for you about your migraines! Hopefully you don’t have to wait too long to get into a neurologist. So glad you don’t have Covid!
Oh my word, those rolls have my mouthwatering!

@TeresaW1020 I have never heard of cooking a turkey upside down! I will try to remember that for our Christmas turkey. Do you know why it makes such a difference?
So glad that your husband was able to get his PET scan so quickly, I am sure you are counting the days until December 6. I find the not knowing is always the worst.

@trooworld , @Cornanda and @bgame024 huge congratulations making it onto the leaderboard!

@Cornanda I hope you find get fit with Rick as entertaining as I do. Your strategy for Thanksgiving, that is the very similar to mine :-) :-). only difference was, I sent all the leftovers home with my kids, I love leftovers! LOL

@Katmary71 I imagine that must be pretty stressful having your ex-boyfriend still there! Good for you for sticking to your program!!

@GabiV125 I too am a huge scrunchie dependent!🤣.

I am now officially all caught up! This month has been nuts, can I just say that?

Vannie finally quit with the runs over the last weekend, so I booked a carpet cleaner to come in last Wednesday my carpets were a mess!! Since the carpet cleaners were coming in, I started moving everything into rooms that weren’t carpeted, so they could get at as much carpet as possible. That started a cleaning frenzy. I started taking things out of my closet, then decided I may as well get rid of my clothes that didn’t fit anymore, which led me to my shelves and my dresser drawers. Three big green garbage bags later and a very empty closet and dresser, it felt really good! Since I had deep cleaned my bedroom, I thought I may as well do the same with the loft… On and on it went. By the time the cleaners got here Wednesday afternoon and I was pooped! On Thursday after everything was dry, I moved everything back and was once again really tired. I grabbed a turkey burger out of the freezer that I had made months ago, not realizing it was bad. I ended up with food poisoning and was pretty sick Thursday night, Friday and started to come around yesterday morning. Can I just say I am so happy that November is over!😅

Sounds like all my American friends had a terrific Thanksgiving! This really is a wonderful time of year!! Now that my house is all freshly cleaned, I too am ready to start decorating for Christmas!!!

I have found that I am having a real problem with my energy after about 4 o’clock, might get up and go, definitely has got up and left. I don’t know if it is because of what has been going on this last months or if I have a case of Seasonal Affective Disorder, our days are extremely short now!
I have just started using a light box a few days ago, see if that will make a difference. I need to prioritize checking in here, in the first part of my day. Right now after 4 o’clock I can’t think. I think I will try to check in right after I get back from the gym every morning! That is a goal for me for this week, checking in here, is definitely important.

Username: Digger61
Weigh in day: Saturday
PW: 218
CW: 218

Happy Monday Slims!

Well, I checked out and left my lizard brain in charge for the remainder of the weekend. I ate way too much. Time to get back up on the horse and move on. In addition to showing love with food while my kids are home, I've also noticed that their visits mess with my emotions. Sometimes they are loving family members, other times, they shove parents away as fast and hard as they can. The back and forth is a bit difficult. My husband feels it too. I'm sure we will get better at it with time.

So what CAN I do to get going in the right direction? Plan out my exercise for the week and be ambitious about it, (but not so ambitious that I want to skip out). Resolve that Lizard Brain is once again caged. Eat foods that are healthy and align with my goals. I have to say that I feel yucky today after eating so much crap. Eating healthy food makes a big difference all around.

@vegan4lyfe2012 - A proposal! How exciting! Nice loss this week!

@TeresaW1020 - that sounds like more than enough decorating!

@laurelfit57 - wow. You have been busy! I bet your house looks terrific. I hope the afternoon slump improves.

@Katmary71 - this morning my husband hit himself in the eye with a shoelace. He said "how embarrassing would that be if you put your eye out with a shoelace?" We agreed he'd need to make up a better story if it actually happened. Maybe that's what you need to do with your dryer injury?! I hope it's better soon. I love Jack Box!

@trooworld - Yeah I get ya about the health stuff getting in your head. My head was not in a great place over the weekend. Stay strong!

Lisa

@laurelfit57 Yes, cooking the turkey upside down is a bit of effort but what a difference. As is following the tips about not basting and letting the turkey rest. Here is the link of the advice I followed, and it worked perfectly! https://www.theyummylife.com/Best_Roast_Turkey Ohhh my you have had a crazy November and I hope December will be much more relaxing for you. Food poisoning is just awful! I’m the same way that when I start moving things or cleaning it turns into a full-blown project. I’m sure you are loving the results and I’m glad that Vannie is feeling so much better! I’ve heard good things about lightboxes and will be curious to see how you like yours after a few weeks of use. Also, for that 4 pm slump do you snack around that time? Maybe change that up to some lean protein to see how that works to give you some more energy.

@Katmary71 Ouch sorry about your poor body being knocked out. The first time I threw out my back was picking up a sock that fell out of the dryer. It happens! What recourse will you have if your ex refuses to leave? What a jerk!

@trooworld So sorry that you are having a rough time and that your family member isn’t doing well.

@Cornanda It is a hard age when your kids are trying to move into adulthood and yet still feeling like kids when they are around you. Hard for them and for you all. I’m sure it will get better with time. I hear you about evil old Lizard Brain. I was all set to tame the beast and then my mom handed me a baggie of Peanut M & M’s. I ate them all in an hour. Ugghhh!!


Hi Team! Another busy day around here. Mom and I went to Trader Joe's and Walmart this morning and then I came home and did a little housework. Hubby and I went to Khols and Sams this afternoon. I was going to work out, but I slept so badly last night and with all the shopping, I just don’t have the energy. I have done fair on my eating. Not counting a baggie of candy that my mom gave me.

Hi MS.... You have a new member heading your way ... Please welcome @Babyvirgo21

@Cornanda I show love with food as well. It's a bad habit. I'm sorry about the confusing emotions from the kids. I hope it gets better soon. Thanks, it's hard...I just kind of go into a primitive survival mode that tells me to eat.

@leonadixon Congrats on the loss. I'm sorry you were sick. I hope you are feeling better now.

@TeresaW1020 Thank you.

@laurelfit57 Oh that stinks about the post. Thanks, yeah it is very hard. Yesterday, I felt like there was an elephant sitting on my chest. It was very hard to breathe. I kept taking deep breaths but it only temporarily helped for a few seconds. Wow that's weird about the 4 o'clock thing.

@krea4 I always love the beginning of the month when everything is new. Good luck in December.

Hi all. My anxiety was quite high yesterday and as I mentioned to Cornanda above, I just kind of went into a primitive survival mode. Unfortunately what that looked like yesterday was eating anything that wasn't nailed down. But I did make some good decisions along with my bad decisions: when I stopped by the grocery store to get new groceries, I got a few healthy things along with the junk. I picked up an egg white quiche, some salads and some stuff for sandwiches.

100-day challenge commitments:
1. I will put my utensil down between bites. ✅
2. Chew slowly and chew enough. ✅
3. Stop Eating C.R.A.P. Challenge: ✅

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS

Thank you all for the encouragement about my kiddos. It's good to be reminded that things will get better as they get older- renews my hope. They left yesterday- two weeks left of this semester.

@leonadixon - stomach flu right before Thanksgiving? Yuck.

@TeresaW1020 - Those darn M and Ms! I hope you slept better last night.

@laurelfit57 - Glad Vannie got some exercise and some kibble. And glad to see you checking in more- it's always great to hear from you!

@krea4 - Starting new is great. Go you!

@trooworld - how are you doing today? A therapist gave me this suggestion: When you are anxious- ask yourself- "what can I do about this RIGHT NOW?" Generally the answer is "not a dang thing". When I remember to do it, it really helps me push those recurrent thoughts away.

@Babyvirgo21 - Welcome! Glad to have you here. This group has been a huge help to me on my weight loss journey. I hope you will find it useful as well.

This morning I did a live workout with my current favorite: https://www.cdornerfitness.com/ This helped me get going earlier because I had to do it at a certain time. My eating has been good today. Lizard brain is still talking to me, but mostly back in the cage. I'm not quite done, but I decided to plan out all the meals I will make while the kids are home. This means planning through 1/9/22. Hopefully that will help me keep things reasonable while they are here. In 10 days we leave to visit family in WI. I'm going to make those 10 days count by eating well and exercising. The Thanksgiving weight needs to be gone before I leave. Perhaps you remember the boatload of treats my MIL had when we visited last time? It was pretty bad. I stayed strong then and I can do it again.

Lisa

@krea4 it is always great to start a new month with a fresh slate, you’ve got this!

@trooworld I totally relate to you and stress eating! But seriously good job on making the healthy choices at the grocery store!! I really hope things settle quickly for you♥️
@babvirgo21 this is a great and supportive group, I find that checking in on a regular basis really is so important, even though sometimes I’m not great at it:/. For me and not thinking about eating, is all about routine. As long as I am on the schedule, I am not thinking about food, it’s when I go off the rails that it gets bad
@Cornanda my daughter, who now has two kids of her own, now apologizes to me on a regular basis LOL! Kudos to you for the meal planning with kids around, I was never good at that! Sounds like you are seriously back in control :-)

Well, I think I found the culprit for Vannie‘s issues!! It’s her dog food, I only gave her a quarter cup of that yesterday and she ended up with the runs again. At least I know the problem now, I consider this a very positive thing!
I am making up a big stew, to go out to my brother and sister-in-law‘s farm, I will have to watch myself… My sister-in-law is making homemade buns to go along with😉. I think I have everything accounted for so I should be OK