Happy Tuesday!

Today is my dog's vet appt.... He has a potentially serious gut issue and he's 12.5. He's acting normal. Not sure what's going to happen at this appt. My vet scared the heck out of me regarding how serious this could be.

I'm struggling with a habit I haven't conquered yet. Eating while cooking dinner. Even though I usually have a snack around 4 pm, I seem to be starving when I'm cooking around 5 pm. In the past, allowing myself a snack plate of veggie while cooking has helped, so I will try that tonight.

I'm getting back on the horse with exercise- it's been a bit sketchy lately. I'm still wanting to see a 6 in my weight, which would mean I've dropped down to the next set of 10 pounds. Didn't make it in Jan, sure hoping I can do it in Feb.

Lisa

@FushiaKat I do what I call my “laundry walk”. I take my clothes from the drier one piece at a time and fold it on the way to where it belongs then do a fast walk back usually pumping my arms. It raises my heart rate as much as a normal brisk walk with the added bonus of having my laundry folded and put away when I’m finished. Clear a path first and crank up some workout tunes

@Cornanda I have the same issue while making dinner. I find carrot slices are helpful since they require a good amount of chewing and if I don’t want to eat at all I’ll put on a mask so I don’t put anything in my mouth without thinking lol

January turned out to be a crappy month for me. I usually like the start of a new year, new goals, etc. but this year I can’t seem to get myself motivated. Maybe I need to set small goals by the week or by the day. Any suggestions?

Username: FushiaKat
Weigh in day: Tuesday
PW. 175.8
CW. 175.8

No loss but no gain. But... I lost 2.5" last week, so I'm taking this as a win! 💖
Loss to date: 69.2 lbs

@nfll406 Welcome to Slimpossibles!

@amioc We do an intro every month so if you can also post it here that would be great! I still learn new things about people that were here before me and I'm going on three years. Welcome to the gang!

@Cornanda I feel the same about the group, it's the only group I've stuck with so long. Prayers for your pup today.

@19shmoo69 I'm so sorry to hear about the death in your family.

@vegan4lyfe2012 You can't leave us, who would we talk about horror movies with among all the other many great things you bring to us? I hope you stay, if there's anything I or all of us can do to support you please let us know.

@trooworld Sounds like a beautiful, relaxing day! It's been windy today so I'm staying inside.

@nfl406 Welcome to the gang, you must be really busy all the time on a cattle ranch. So glad you found us, I'd love to see pictures of where you live sometime!

@TeresaW1020 Love how you're starting off the month strong! I'd asked how your husband was doing but just read your last post, I really pray it's the end of the cancer and there's some way to improve his memory, keeping him in my prayers.

@askewcr So glad your heel/ankle is doing better! I love the idea of the heart stickers, I respond well to that kind of reinforcement too.

@FushiaKat So glad you're having a good pain day, sounds like you got a lot done! I wouldn't sweat not getting rid of anything, you finished a lot of stuff!

@trooworld Way to go on finishing yoga! I like the idea of making yourself do SOMETHING, that helps me a lot to keep it open as once I say I have to do something I start disliking it.

@Jactop I would think small things, you can think of now as a new month, new moon, new Chinese astrological year, end of Mercury retrograde, lots of good reasons to try something new now! Like a new recipe a week, a different workout, for me it helps to change things up to keep it more exciting even if it's just different music. I used to put things I had to do on little pieces of paper and pick them out of a jar, you have to do whatever you pick no changing your mind so if you picked scrub toilets you're scrubbing toilets! Since my workouts are pretty repetitive I play a game when I'm bored where I have to work out to songs with a certain word, I did "love" recently so LoveGame, Love Bites, etc, you get the drift or bands/singers that start with a certain letter. I get some weird suggested playlists from doing that though from opera to metal to rap! Recipes I just look for something that sounds good but I get Skinnytaste emails and she sends ones sometimes. Rewards can help too. I've roped a friend into trying an Instant Pot recipe with a pork roast this week from my Rootitoot cookbook so I'm excited to try that!

Hi everyone! So I did this thing, I was telling a friend how I moved here to be by my family but don't know many people around here so I don't go to concerts or anything and she asked me why I don't go alone? Never really crossed my mind to go alone, I was supposed to see Lindsey Sterling with a friend for my birthday but my ex-boyfriend was supposed to be out that weekend and I wanted to keep an eye on things so that was a bust and of course he dragged it out. Anyway, I bought a ticket to go to a thrash concert in May in Sacramento this morning, I'm really excited! I have a couple people that would like to see them but no one around here, neither of my best friends are into metal so it's all me. So now I want a cool outfit and would love to lose a little more weight by then! I'm going to have a ton of snap peas, every seed has started. I didn't go to the food bank farm this morning because last week I was soaked from sitting on the ground, I'm going to wait for it to dry out a bit. My OB/GYN agreed to keep me on hormones for now at my appointment yesterday. My nephew cut school again yesterday so I went over to talk to him. I told him I didn't want him to fall behind in school, of course he said he wouldn't so I told him how Aunt Kathy cut school and fell so far behind she (I) got sent to a continuation school where all the troubled kids went. This post reminds me of something @AustinRuadhain would say:

@Jactop I'll have to try that laundry work out. It's a good suggestion.

I set daily goals for myself, small ones that I can accomplish. Goals should be obtainable but with a slight stretch to reach them. If they are too big or too hard, they just won't get done. Then there's the feelings of guilt for not meeting the goals we set for ourselves. Start out small, maybe set a low step goal or water goal to start with. You can always increase or decrease the goal later depending on where you are. I use my Fitbit Versa II to help keep me on track. I have it linked it to Amazon's Alexa so I can set timers and alarms. I recently add alarms for the times I should be taking my medications because I suffer from Brain-Fog at times, which is just the most frustrating in the world and I need a little help now and then with reminders. It was not enough to have a pill box with different sections. I was keeping up really good then last week I missed 2 afternoons. Since I take medication 5 times a day, I find the reminders most helpful. It also reminds me to walk 250 steps per hour. I never thought I needed a Fitbit but now that I have one, its great and I use it every day.

I stocked up the freezer some today, I will need to make another trip for shrimp, but I will get lettuce at the same time. It feels good not to have to worry about hub's dessert, the shelf I picked out for his Sherbert can hold 14 cartons. I read that I can freeze yogurt, I'm just going to put a container in there and try it out. It said the texture might change due to the water content, but Greek yogurt is the best to freeze.

I was so busy today. I'm trying to keep up with my goals, I'm on my 5th book. I love Kindle Unlimited, I really love when it goes on sale at Christmas, and I buy another year. I need to find a new recipe, but I don't mind eating the same meals over and over. I just mix up my selection during the week. Lol, my husband has 3 recipes he eats, and I have 4. It also makes it easier for me to shop. Before I would have cringed if you told me, you at the same thing twice in one week. I have changed. I spice up my Squash Noodles with different flavors of sauce. But Roasted Garlic is my favorite.

I'm looking forward to losing weight this week, but if not pounds then I will settle for inches.

It's been a good day today. I went to the gym early this morning and it was successful. I stepped everything up a little bit today since it's the first of the month. I also was intentional about eating. I had a coaching call with my wellness coach and it was enjoyable. She feels that I'm on the right track. That being said, I'm off to bed. good night all!! Let's go get it tomorrow!

@TeresaW1020 - I will say some prayers for you and Joe. I hope the oncologist can shed some light on what's going on. Maybe a med tweak could help? I'm so sorry to hear you are going through this. How scary and awful.

The vet news was bad. He has a severe inflammatory bowel disorder. They gave me some meds, but if they don't work it's not survivable. He seems to feel OK for the most part, so we will just go day by day. I know he's old, but he has still been quite healthy and perky, so I was not prepared for this. 5 days ago, it seemed I had a healthy dog.

I was upset and I ate a bunch of crap yesterday. I cannot spend every day like this. I will not spend every day like this.

@Jactop I'm sorry Jan has been crappy. I find setting REALLY SMALL goals helps...celebrate the tiny things. A celebration could be putting a check beside the goal on the Habit Tracker for Feb, it could be taking a bubble bath, it could be putting a sticker on a calendar...celebrate any healthy decision you make. Congrats on the loss!

@FushiaKat 2.5" is great, congrats! I have Kindle Unlimited as well and find it useful.

@TeresaW1020 It was really yummy. I think you are right about overdoing goals. I'm glad you had a good workout. I'm so sorry about Joe's health, that must be hard. Thinking of you and Joe. Hugs.

@Katmary71 It was a nice day! Yeah, it felt good to do the yoga. I enjoy going places by myself sometimes. I've never been to a concert by myself but I bet you'll have fun. That does remind me of something she would say. I like it. And 1% definitely beats 0%! Great point. That's so cute about your kitties!!!

@askewcr Great job pushing yourself!

@Cornanda I'm so very sorry about your pup. I hope the meds work. That has to have been upsetting. Hugs to you, friend.

Hello all. I had a small loss at the scale this week. I'm happy that the scale is going in the right direction. We are grabbing food to go tonight, El Pollo Loco. I can get a double avocado chicken salad with no dressing, it fits into my plan. I'll add my own dressing.

My phrase for the year: "Something needs to change…so I will take no crap and eat no crap!"

Hello all! I have put in the order for my scale. Shipping estimate states it will be here by Tues or Wednesday of next week so I will be able to update you all on my weight then, but since I selected Friday as my weigh in date, I’ll provide my weight then. Thank you for being so understanding and allowing me to join despite not having a scale yet. 💛

TeresaW1020 wrote: »

@Katmary71 That is awesome that you bought a ticket to that concert and plan to go. I hope you find the perfect outfit and have the best time ever! Your poor nephew is really struggling. You are such a good aunt and I will pray for him to follow your great advice. I miss Austin and her wonderful wisdom very much!! I’m thinking you are going to have to buy your cats their own device.

@FushiaKat That is a great idea to use your Alexa to set timers so that you will be reminded to take your meds and get up and walk. I think you can freeze yogurt. I know you can freeze milk and cheese.

@Cornanda Thanks for your prayers.<3 I am so very sorry that you received bad news from the vet and I do pray for you and that the meds will help. It’s totally understandable that you are upset so be gentle with yourself.

@trooworld Yayy on your loss! And that is great that you will go out and make it fit your plan. Wayyy to work it!


Hi Team! Well, today hubby and I went to see his new oncologist and the doctor didn’t mince words. Joe needs chemo to make sure that he will have a longer survival rate. That is if his body can handle the chemo. Joe has his first treatment on Feb. 17th and if he does OK he will have three more rounds every three weeks. It’s a lot but we are just going to take it as it comes. In the meantime, we have church tonight so I need to go get ready!

2022 Word: INTENTIONAL
Workout/Treadmill I didn’t work out today. Just couldn’t make it fit in.
Eat one meal below my DDF trigger Trigger is 83 and lunch was 84 and dinner was at 80
Track my food and macros I tracked and did really well with my calories and macros
Eat min. 100 grams Protein 125 grams of protein
Bible study/reading I worked on my Bible study for tomorrow night

Teresa - Thinking of and praying for you and your husband. Can you tell me DDF trigger is?

@FushiaKat wow, almost 70lb lost, that's amazing. Can i ask how long that's taken you? And how much more you want to lose?
I ve lost 46.4lb since August 2021 and have another 30lb to go

Sorry I didn't post yesterday! It was a very busy day. I started sleeping a little late so that threw my schedule back quite a bit. I went to the gym and then volunteered at United Way. I left there for a meeting at the library and went back to United Way to finish helping. I did a virtual reading tutor session and then tutored two of my nieces. On top of that it was their brother's first birthday so we celebrated that. When I finally got home to wind down, this girl was tired. I thought about the group while in bed but just didn't get up to post.

Hoping everyone else had a great day. It's a rainy day in Georgia but it's great because we are still here.

There is so much death going on around the world. Three deaths in our not so immediate family just this week.

I count my blessings daily and "OOooo God We Thank You!"


Don't forget to be awesome everyone and let's go get it!

Username: GabiV125
Check in day: Thursday
PW: 135.0
CW: 135.0

I just wrote a long intro and lost it😩.
Nothing exciting about me, 50yo, married for half that, 2 grown-ish daughters and work a full time desk job.
I like the vibe of this group, the support, advice and the non-judgement attitude and been here for over a year.
Welcome to all newcomers and good luck to everyone this month!

I know it’s a bit late for my intro but finally finished all my night shifts. So here goes

Hi I’m Tammy and I’m 54. I have 2 adult children both boys and 2 amazing grandkids. I am a healthcare worker and live in Brockville On Canada. I have a wonderful supportive husband that puts up with all that comes with my trials and tribulations with my weight. He is my rock. I enjoy baking (and eating lol) and gardening in the summer. Nothing pleases me more than to sit outside on my deck in the summer and just read a good book. Since Covid that hasn’t happened near as much as I’d like though.

@Cornanda it’s great that you have the right attitude cuz frame of mind is vital for all of us. And don’t worry about not posting all the time. Life happens and we come here when we can. Sometimes everyday sometimes not so much. Just know we have your back.

@Katmary71 awesome on getting tickets!! And I agree but a new outfit and paint the town red!

@nfll406 I grew up on a farm and envy you. There is nothing more beautiful than the country and country living. At least in my opinion. Most of my adult life has been spent in a small town as my husband is NOT a country lover lol. So we compromised haha. Winter can be long with not very many neighbors so I understand the isolation but now you have us. The people on here are great and really help each other out. So welcome.

@askewcr wow that is one busy day! You must be exhausted. I wish I had time to volunteer. We had snow here to your rain lol. And yes I count my blessings each and every day for all that the Lord have given to me and my family.

@GabiV125 that is so frustrating! That has happened to me more often than I’d care to admit. And YOU are exciting! I do agree that this group is easy going and that there is no judgment at all. It’s the biggest reason I have stayed on track most of the time. I actually don’t want to disappoint my team members.

Anyway hope all of u have a great night and I will pop I. Tomorrow

fatfifties wrote: »

@FushiaKat wow, almost 70lb lost, that's amazing. Can i ask how long that's taken you? And how much more you want to lose?
I ve lost 46.4lb since August 2021 and have another 30lb to go

I did lose a few pounds before joining MFP because I wanted to go see my friend in Louisiana. But it was very slow and painful. I joined MFP 174 day's ago and I've lost 49.2 pounds. I have 30.8 more to go. I was 245 and I want to be at 145 We are losing about the same amount, and we have almost the same amount more to lose. My doctors are amazed. And I'm only walking, no other exercises, I average about 3000 steps a day. My calories are set to 1200 a day. I get lots to eat, and I confess I like to eat a lot.