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

theslightedgeforever wrote: »

@teresaw1020 It's the beginning of the year and you my friend have some goals to get working on. I'm glad dh's surgery was a success. I did that once in a hospital. Got lost and ended up in the basement by the morgue. My understanding is Delta is still going around so we would still need to wear the masks for those. I think Delta is more dangerous.

@retiredandlovingit Did you decided on a meal plan yet? Isn't being home a great feeling? Yaaay on gd.
oh no about you not feeling good. I laughed at you still staying around dh.

@gemwolf110 Did you decide on 2022 goals? I can't remember if you told us. I'm glad you got to relax some and see family.

@renaegry Ouch on your calf. I know all about slow going. I was just thinking the other day my foot was better and I'm on the mend and then the next day both feet started hurting. I'm better today though. So I hope you heal quickly and can get back to doing what you want to do. How is the food plan? I like our nail polish and tattoo.

98/100 Red
50 min cardio and stretching

I haven’t. It’s a work in process

@cbabie I'll have company next week. My sil is coming for a week. Better not bring covid with her. I've already got my exercise plan in mind. I'll do it upstairs. She will be sleeping downstairs and if she sees me she will start talking and then I'll never do it. So I'm going to tell her I'll be ready to visit with her at 8 once I fix breakfast. That way I'll get in my exercise and my journal/meal time in. I read today a lady still doesn't have her sense of smell back and it's been one year. Hopefully you'll get it back before then. I'd rather lose sense of smell than taste. Did you need more sweets in the house? Hopefully they will all be gone so you won't get into them. I can't make homemade bread here or I'll eat it slice by slice. Only if it's soft white. Yaaaay on your bike ride. You are putting yourself first. I'm ready for cold weather to be over.

@trooworld I hope you feel better. Good news is you aren't eating a lot. So maybe you can squeak out a bit of weight loss for all your trouble. Yeah tests are hard to come by I hear. Oprah is now saying, You get covid and You get covid and you get covid. I heard Stephen Colbert had someone on his show last night that was giving good explanations about it. It's supposed to be on youtube. I haven't watched it yet. I feel sorry for non covid patients that need the ERs and hospitals.

130/164 Yellow
52 min cardio, weights, stretching

Morning all. @trooworld glad to hear your test was negative. Having a cold sucks thou. We have a whole bunch of rapid tests at home so when feeling under the weather can self test to see.

Weight is really dropping with just getting back to eating better. Went from 164 to 159.6. Pretty happy with that.


Calf is Slowly getting better. Still taking it easy. Just did a 10 min ab workout. Still hoping to get back to full workouts treadmill and LIIFT4 next week.

@renaegry Yikes that is a nasty bruise. I’m glad that your calf is getting better. Congrats on your awesome weight loss!

@RetiredAndLovingIt I hope you feel better and that your Covid test is negative. There are sooo many people sick with either Covid or something else icky. I’m thankful that I haven't come down with anything after being in and out of the hospital all week.

@trooworld Yay on just having a cold and an even a bigger yay that you are feeling better. Yeah, I imagine a lot of people aren’t swabbing their nose right. I remember how far they shoved that thing up my nose when I had the test done. I sure wouldn’t have done that to myself.


Hello everyone! Well, DH finally came home late afternoon yesterday, and we are both so happy to not be in that hospital room. The surgery went much better than I had expected but the mental confusion and bodily functions that my husband has been suffering from were not something I had expected. I suddenly found myself not feeling like his wife but more like his caregiver. We had a very long night last night with him up every hour but today he is physically and mentally so much better and I am so thankful for that! We are facing chemo in a couple of months and are unsure what to expect with that but will deal with it when we have to. Right now, I just want to rest and for us, both to recover our energy. This past week I gained almost 5 freaking pounds! But I’m not beating myself up and have basically called today my New Year and tomorrow I will start the Marty Kendall Macro Masterclass challenge. I’m looking forward to it keeping me mindful and motivated.

@TeresaW1020 Yay for your hubby being home. I think surgery always causes some mental confusion when we are not so young anymore, but glad he is doing better. I’ll bet the 5# are probably water weight from different food & the stress of this week. You’ll get it back off.

@renaegry. Ooh, that bruise looks painful! Hope it is getting better.

@theslightedgeforever I don’t know if she is doing PT specifically for the heels…more just to get her hip healed & moving like it should…then she may get the heels again. Dd said tonight that she will be allowed to wear her jazz flats for Show Choir performance & walk on stage when they do a ballad, since she is not cleared for all the choreography yet. I am glad…she would have been so disappointed to not being able to do it at all after making it on the team. No, haven’t figured out my plan yet…just been taking it easy to get over the cough, then I’ll get busy. I really want to get back to my treadmill walking again. I did go over my food logs for the last few months, so think I have a pretty good idea of my calorie limit for reasonable loss based on that.

Took down all the Christmas decorations today..looks pretty bare around here, lol. I love Christmas decorations!

Have a good weekend!!

@trooworld and @RetiredAndLovingIt Glad to hear your tests were negative! The flu and colds are going around like crazy. My mom, dad, stepmom and step dad all have flu and bad cold. All tested negative last I heard. More and more people I know have tested positive. Some are okay others had a rough time. One person that I know but not very close to unfortunately passed. :-(

Anyways hope everyone is having a good weekend and anyone that is sick recovers and feels better soon!

Snow is already gone. Snow dogs aren’t too happy about that. Hopefully we get more soon.

I am busy with my sil. She's been here since Friday. No time for the computer or to just sit and think. I have been staying OP though and getting in my exercise each morning before she wakes up. She will leave on Friday afternoon and then I'll be back to normal. Yaaay

I think @cbabie is still dealing with company too.

@trooworld Yippee on your weight loss. I take it any way I can. lol Another day of sticking to your plan. Good for you. Why not do a weekly review of your goals at the end of each week to see what your wins were, what do you need to keep doing, improve, start doing, and stop doing. I am much more focused consistently when I do this each week. I make a big production of it. Light a candle, turn on some soft jazz and just sit with myself and allow myself to process the week and plan ahead the next week. Noting where I'm going to have obstacles that I need to work through, etc. Yaaay on tracking.

@reneagry I hope your calf gets better soon. I had to modify my exercise because I can do aerobic type "walking" and dancing but not actually walking without it hurting my foot. I'm going to try again maybe tomorrow and see if I'm better enough to walk the mall like hubby and I like to do on Saturdays.

@cbabie Good job on maintaining while company was at your house. Now back to taking care of yourself.

I had bookclub last night at MY house. So I spent most of the day cooking yesterday. We discussed 1984. I still have some sweets I need to get out of the house. I'm going to slice and freeze the blueberry coffee cake I made. It was really good.

192/238 Green
34 min cardio and stretching

Hey everyone! Sorry that I haven't been around much. This week has been really busy. Hubby is doing better and healing from his surgery, but he is having a harder time than we had expected. Today he informed me that it's time I take over the household accounts and take care of our money. Yikes! I haven't had to worry my pretty little head about that stuff since we have been together and now I get to do it the same week I take over the church's finances. OK!! I also found out last week that my pastor has Parkinson's. So, we are all going to sink or swim as we navigate these new normals. My weight was down some this week and I'm doing my best to not cave in to the junk food and eat my protein and behave. I might not be around as much right now but I will do my best to pop in and read your posts and reply when I can.

@trooworld We have had the Beyond Van Gogh in Atlanta and I have several times said how I would love to go. Your pictures are awesome! And to have Miles Davis jazz playing. How cool is that!

@cbabie I love Way Maker so much! One of my favorite songs, so thanks for putting it in my mind. I’m sure I will be singing it the rest of the day.


Good morning! Right now, we have icy rain and high winds. I’m sitting in front of my office window at home just waiting to see the first snowflakes start to fall. We are hopeful for at least one to two inches. The news is showing trees down and I hate that because some are falling on people’s homes. We did cancel church for today and we are planning on just hanging out for the next couple of days. I hurt my back yesterday playing with Maggie, so no working out today, but my eating is on point. I’m still doing the macro challenge and this week is all about prioritizing protein and keeping it the highest number over carbs and fats.

theslightedgeforever wrote: »

@gemwolf110 So why have you been avoiding your goals? lol

@teresaw1020 Yikes. what a week you've had. I hope you find some peaceful times here and there to regroup. New routines are hard at first. But you will conquer it like you do everything else. yaaay on your weight being down.

@trooworld I love your YouTube pic. I'm going to steal those questions, too. I love Van Gogh. I really would have liked that exhibit. My Kindle cover used to be "The Starry Night". ooh jazz music too. My kind of stuff.

@cbabie In a way I'm a socialite but at the same time a hermit. If that's possible. I love my alone time to recharge and just stick to my routine. I get kind of anal with my routine if it's not followed properly. lol I was reading the words of your song thinking what a sad song. Just cause you used to be that doesn't mean you have to be that forever.

147/238 Green
32 min walk

I’m ascared lol 😂