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

@trooworld Nice app. I like the visuals of it. Yaay on staying within your window. Here are the scones. The first one was a bit too brown on the top for me. I still ate it. lol The second pic was at afternoon tea in Bath. Scones are on the bottom plate. It was so nice. They had a violinist, celloist, and pianist playing while we ate.

@cbabie I can tell you what to do but you wouldn't listen. Today would have been Grandpa's 107th birthday. So what one thing can you do right today. Remember that book One Thing? (I think that was the name, lol)

I worked a bit on my Trello board yesterday and have about 6 meals entered. Plus I wrote down the action steps that I will need to do in order to make this work.

@theslightedgeforever I love that you are working on the steps of project management in your health journey! Yesterday, I told a woman new to IF and wanting to know how to get started that she had to work it like it’s a job and not a hobby. Ohh that Bento box idea is great! Do you plan to meal prep them or just make one fresh when you want to? We will have a board meeting at the end of the month for a full assessment of your project and goals. Those pictures are full-on food porn love!!

@trooworld I looked on Prime for journal stickers and there are so many to choose from! Along with my planner, DH gave me a pack of colored mechanical pencils so I’m coloring coding everything. I’m not tracking calories/macros, but I am writing down everything I eat. That book sounds awesome! I am a huge believer that we first have to get our mindset right or our weight will never go and stay in the right direction. Good for you for making a plan to get out and walk or hike! One of the things my Beachbody group is focusing on is getting outside and moving more. I need to work on that for sure! As for adjusting to the hunger, you will adjust if you just keep pushing through. Drinking water and going for a walk is a great way of getting that hungry feeling to subside. Are you clean fasting? I mean nothing but water, black coffee, or plain tea while fasting. If you have anything with sweeteners, calories, or even sweet/fruity flavors it will be much harder to fast. I’ve done it both ways and the clean fast truly is where the magic happens.

@cbabie I hope your headache is better today. How old is Baby Girl now? Watching littles is the best!


Good morning! It is a beautiful day, and my scale was down again this morning, and my BMI went back to overweight and not obese so that made me very happy! I fasted 19.5 hours yesterday because I was at the church cleaning and just kept pushing myself until I was done before I ate. Today, DH goes for his third chemo treatment, and I will clean the sanctuary while he is at the cancer center. He woke up feeling better than he has in weeks and I’m praying that he doesn’t suffer too badly this round. His shoulder and leg are much better and this morning he was able to get dressed without any assistance. I’m excited to see what this month brings us all!

Good Morning!!! Hope everyone is doing well and survived April Fools day. Thankfully almost everyone was too busy to get into jokes at work yesterday. Can’t believe it’s April already time is just flying by. I somehow have the next 3 weekends off including this one so I’m very happy and thankful about that. Can have some much needed time to relax and spend with the furkids. Going to see about taking the dogs for a walk later, weather is supposed to be nice. They have been very good, relaxed doggies this whole week. Think having last Sunday off to just let them run and have freedom after church services helped. I also will take some time to work on my personal statement for my application into grad school. Going to be too late for 2022-2023 year but one school that I have my eye on will let me take 2 courses prior to starting. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

@TeresaW1020 Yes, have fun choosing! I love the idea of having a colorful journal. Writing down everything you eat is good. That's basically tracking! Yeah that book was so good, I had originally borrowed it from the library but I bought a copy for my Kindle since I liked it so much. You are right, if we don't fix the problem, we will keep having it! Yeah, I need to get outside more, too. Yes, I am clean fasting. The only thing I do put in my sparkling water is a slice of lemon. That's okay, right? Is that still considered a clean fast? Oh I hope Joe does okay with the 3rd treatment. That's great that the scale is down. Have a good day.

@theslightedgeforever Oh that's not too complex. I should use Trello more. I use it for work but not really personal. That's true, I made it 95% of the time I wanted to.

@gemwolf110 Luckily I worked from home so no jokes on me lol. That's great you have so many weekends off. Good luck with your application!

Hi all. My husband and I went to an Italian restaurant last night for dinner. I think I made an okay choice considering the menu, we split an appetizer of burrata, arugula, prosciutto, and tomatoes with some balsamic glaze and for my entree, I had lobster ravioli in a tomato diablo sauce, no cream. It was delicious.

Water yesterday: 75 oz

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

@cbabie Oh gosh, sorry about the drama. I would have definitely had to have my coffee. I can't do anything without it lol. Thanks, I'm trying!

Hi all. I had to eat early yesterday as I was going at 11 to get my hair done. I ate at 10:30, about an hour early but that's not too bad. I'm going to go for a walk with my husband near the beach this morning. Afterward, we are going to go to this bakery and have a pastry and coffee. I think I will have a ham and cheese croissant. This takes the place of the hike we were supposed to do today. Other than that, it's easy street today.

Water yesterday: 12 oz

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

@trooworld Some would say that putting lemon in water isn’t clean fasting but I’m on the fence about it. The only reason to not do it is if you feel that it’s keeping you from fasting longer than you want to. And if it is then try cutting it out for a few days. I really do recommend Gin Stephens's book Fast, Feast, Repeat. If you want an easy to understanding, yet very comprehensive book on fasting hers is one of the best. I’m also really loving her new community. It’s not too big and has such great people and support. It cost but I think it’s worth it. Let me know if you want the link. That Italian meal sounds divine!!

@cbabie Sorry that you had drama and glad you have Baby Girl to spend your days with. She sounds precocious yet delightful. Yeah, I can’t imagine what the game of Life would look like if it was made in this crazy time we are living in.


Hello! Today has been good. We went to church this morning and then I worked at the computer and made a menu and grocery list for next week. Tomorrow I will do the grocery shopping and clean my messy house. DH is feeling good today and I’m thankful for that! Tomorrow I’m going do 21 Day Fix, which I’ve done before, but I love that program and the coach Autumn. Fasting is going great and I’m averaging around 19 hours give or take. I would like to increase some this week so I can get into this cute Easter top that is living in my closet.

I am trying to decide on which plan. The website suggested digital. How does that compare with in person, besides price

@trooworld Then by all means put that lemon in your water. I actually would too. Good, I hope you do read the book and then we can discuss it!

Hello! Not much going on except me with a ton of energy from fasting so I’m taking advantage of it and deep cleaning the whole house. The final number for weight loss this week was 2.4 lbs. I’m happy and hope for at least that much next week. Right now I’m super motivated and determined to get back to where I was and then on to my goal. That evil voice tried to tell me that I could get a little Easter candy at Walmart today and no one would be the wiser. I told that to back the heck on up!!
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Here's a picture from our walk...




Water yesterday: 50 oz

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

@teresaw1020 Some good things have come out of Covid time though I think. People have learned that they really hated their jobs and would have been stuck there forever and not had the courage to quit and find something they like. People got to spend more time with their families. Although that can be good or bad. I think 21 Day Fix is a good sensible plan. Yaaay for saying NO to the Easter Candy. 2.4 lbs is great.

@lorib642 Welcome to the group! I think counting is counting. Whether it's points, calories, carbs, fat grams. I've done them all. Tracking is always the same. I think the difference comes in your environment and the kinds of foods you like to eat and the ones that will make you stay consistent the longest. Keeping that in mind, if you want different you have to do a bit different. WW has a lot of zero point foods that can keep you full and can be a go-to if you are hungry. If you like alot of meat and cheeses then counting carbs are the way to do it. I was on a moderate carb cycling plan and lost 23 lbs in 6 months. Went from pre-diabetic to normal glucose readings. Then covid struck. That messed with my mojo. If you are not a meat, egg, cheese eater then counting fats might be your plan. Some people like this plan and the CDC used it for their diabetes prevention program. I guess their aim was to reduce calories and fat has 9 calories per gram compared to carbs and protein which is 4. The bad thing with just counting calories is that it is too easy to eat non-nutritious food and still be on plan because you stayed within your boundaries. I have watched WW across the years change their point system to encourage people to choose more nutritious foods. I am currently transitioning to a program that will encourage me to eat more fruits and vegetables, lentils, beans, etc. Maybe more like the Mediterranean Diet. Choosing WW digital versus showing up in person: Some people need the embarrassment of gaining weight in front of someone to keep them on the straight and narrow. For other people it doesn't matter. You just have to figure out which kind of person are you? What do you need to keep going consistently? Maybe check out the 21 Day Fix like @teresaw1020 Instead of calories you count # of containers. I just use the containers to measure my portion sizes.

@trooworld Please be careful with the weight loss medications. After the Fen-Phen mess, it made me leery. (that doesn't look spelled right, lol) I think I would like that nurse visit and weekly check in with working on something. It can be discouraging when one time we can lose weight easily and then other times we are hitting our heads against the wall. Your pic looks so serene and calming.

@cbabie I think we cross posted. We always talk about how much you and Theresa are alike. Now you've lost the same amount this week. LOL I hope you feel better. Being sick is never fun. I don't think anyone in our family is great with sick people. (Cause we were all trained to suck it up. ) I'm sitting here trying to think of what you mean with PM skills. I've come up with Postmaster. Prime minister. Nighttime skills.

I lost 0.6 lbs this week since I've returned. I'm still not back to where I want to be on my exercise. I've been fighting knee pain and overall fatigue.

My first goal is 10 lbs by June 30.
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