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

@trooworld If you read Gin’s first book, “Delay, Don’t Deny,” then I really recommend you read “Fast Feast Repeat.” It’s much more comprehensive than her first book. I just bought “Intermittent Fasting Transformation” by Cynthia Thurlow. It's written for women and she has a medical background and is very smart. She has a great podcast that I listen to all the time and is famous for her TED talk on IF. If you haven’t given it a listen, you should! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Dkt7zyImk&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
I agree that doing expensive plans where you don’t eat real food wouldn’t be for me. As for nutrition and exercise class, I bet you could teach one with all the knowledge you have gained. Weight loss medications might work for you but whenever I’ve tried them, they would work for a short time, and then my body got used to it and I could eat on top of them.

@cbabie Sooo sorry that you have been sick. Head colds are so awful. I hope you feel better soon.

@theslightedgeforver Covid 2020 got me a shelf full of jigsaws! I am not doing the container plan for 21 Day Fix. I just like the way Autumn kicks my booty! She has a new eating plan that focuses on gut health that I would consider if I wanted to pay, which I don’t. Congrats on your loss. I hope your knee feels better. Is the fatigue from your recent travels?


Hello! Well, I got up this morning with it in my head that Maggie was supposed to go to the groomers. But NO! I quickly found out that it’s next week. *Insert major eye roll* And since it was just about to really storm, I brought her back and decided to work from home today. Tomorrow I will go into the office to finish what I couldn’t do here. I did day two of the 21 DF workout which was legs and now my booty is dying! It even hurts just sitting. I fasted for 19 hours and my plan is to have dinner, hit my fasting app timer, and then fast until dinner tomorrow. I will eat one small 500 calorie meal and then hit the timer again. I will fast Thursday until lunchtime and also eat dinner. This kind of up/down day has shown some really good results for people. I plan to stay super busy tomorrow, so I don’t think about food. *Fingers crossed! *

@cbabie I hope you are feeling better now. Congrats on the loss, take it indeed, that's a nice loss! Yeah I'm lucky I kind of live by the water. I help when I can, sometimes I'm not so helpful lol.

@theslightedgeforever I remember the Fen-Phen mess. I didn't take it but I heard about it. That was spelled right lol. Yes, it can be discouraging. The walk was nice. Congrats on the loss!

@TeresaW1020 I haven't read Fast Feast Repeat, I'll check it out. Thanks for the Ted Talk link, I'll give it a listen too. Yeah, eating frozen foods and shakes does not address my eating problem. Their webinars would but it would be stuff I already learned on WW. Interesting about the weight loss meds. Good luck with your fasting plan, you've got this!

@roz0810 Enjoy the mac and cheese!

Hi all. Well, I gained 0.4 lbs this week. Not really a surprise but I am still frustrated. Yesterday, my hubby and I got an annual pass to the zoo. We figured it would be good for exercise. There are a lot of hills in our zoo. I might go by myself on Saturday. I don't know, I've got a busy day that day. We'll see.

Water yesterday: 50 oz

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

@cbabie Ah, you think I would have thought of that. Evidently I still don't see myself as that so it's not ingrained. So I have to work on that image. So I'm wondering if the use of the phrase "We'll see" means, Nah, probably not going to happen. LOL I noticed you and Troo used it. I use it too.

@teresaw1020 Fatigue: I don't know. Maybe. Probably. I'm sure lots of it is mental. Whenever I push myself to the limit that is followed by a "I deserve to rest" period. Now to switch that to "I deserve a healthy body" period. That little up/down fasting sounds like it would be a good thing to keep things off balance.

@roz0810 Woohoo! You are rocking the weight loss. I love mac and cheese. Enjoy!

@trooworld So which part of the day do you struggle the most with food? Have you thought about some scenarios that cause you stumble? What's your plan A? Plan B for them? The zoo sounds like a good plan. Plus fun. I love the zoo.

@cbabie I'm glad you are feeling better. How have you been doing on your water intake? Yes, the zoo (and the wild animal park, which is part of the membership) is very large and lots of walking. Thanks, I hope so!

@theslightedgeforever I think it is usually dinner that I struggle most with, only because we sometimes don't feel like cooking and don't feel like going to the store to get an easy meal so we end up ordering pizza because pizza is the cheapest delivery item. There are only two ways to prevent this scenario: either do meal prep on Sundays so that something is made, or buy an easy meal and have it in the freezer. The problem with that is that our freezer isn't very big and we've got veggies and meats in there. Yeah the zoo should work out nicely.

@lorib642 Excellent! I highly recommend Maggie S.'s virtual workshops, she's awesome! Yes, you will find yourself naturally making healthier choices to earn points back to your day or just to fit into your points. Congratulations on taking this step! Let us know how your meeting goes.

Hi all. I ordered some capris from Kohls to pick up as I am allergic to shorts and I want to be comfortable this summer lol. I also ordered a new sun hat to wear to the zoo, I have one but it's really dorky, it is one of those with fabric hanging down the back to protect your neck. Totally stupid looking. The one I ordered is much better looking but still protective.

I drank more than enough water yesterday which makes me happy. It really helps with the cravings. It's supposed to get up to 93F today here. That's too hot for me lol. I will be at home all day working.

Water yesterday: 75 oz

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

@TeresaW1020 That Youtube video was very good, thanks.

Water yesterday: 75 oz

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

@lorib642 First step is done. Choosing a plan. Now comes the next step, preparing your environment. Removing or hiding trigger foods, stocking up on low point foods.

@trooworld So how about a third option.....keep half of the meat and veggies in there so you have room to put the easy meals in the freezer in the other half. Maybe shoot for 2 days a week to have easy meals. Slowly transition from where you are now to where you want to be. I know how easy it is to just order something because being too tired to cook. Plus doing a full meal prep for the week is tiring. What if you did just meal prep for one day a week. With 2 easy meals in the freezer that would give you 3 days where you could stay OP. Starting to feel successful as down the road you add in another one. Because are you really eating all the meat and veggies in the freezer or are you just storing them. I finally just threw out a bag of Brussel sprouts that have been in there at least a year now. Evidently I was just storing them. I had good intentions to eat them but never seemed to get around to them. I have a dorky hat like you do that I do my gardening with. Yes it's hot in some places and my daughter is still having snow. But she likes it so.

I need to get my exercise groove on. I need to dig down deep for this one. Usually it is not a problem.

@TeresaW1020 LOL right? I like ALL of the monkeys and the great apes the best, too! They are my spirit animals lol...goofy, fun, bright. Yeah some of the medical info on fasting goes right over my head. I had a staff meeting yesterday too, blah. Your dinner sounds good, you did great!

@theslightedgeforever Well, that might work but it is so small that the meat and veggies for the WEEK take up the entire freezer most of the time. It's not like I'm stockpiling these items too much (a little lol). There are some things in there that I am storing I guess. I'll see how much room I have after grocery shopping this week, if there is room, on Sunday I'll go to the store again and get stuff. Yeah, I just couldn't go to the zoo in the dorky hat lol. But it does protect from the sun really well! I'm glad your daughter likes the snow, she can keep it lol. Exercise...start slow like you always tell us!

Hi all. It got up to 99F here yesterday. It's gotta be a record. I have a migraine today thanks to the extreme weather. I took some medicine but it will make me nauseous. I did well eating yesterday. Fasted until my fasting period was over (11 am).

Water yesterday: 75 oz

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

@theslightedgeforever Thank you. That's a good idea, I'll do that next week (this week is already planned and I'm about to go shopping). Although the freezer is pretty empty right now so it's a good time to get those meals, I'll do that. Thanks for the Youtube video, I'll watch it a little later. I just typed "Did you exercise yesterday" but I see you did. Great job!!! Wow, that is a great streak!

@cbabie Oh gosh, sorry about the sickness for you both. Hugs.

Hi all. I did really well yesterday, fasted the whole time, ate healthily, and drank enough liquids. I found some iced tea bags from the Republic of Tea: Keto Sweet Tea (zero sugar) and Ginger Peach. I haven't had the ginger peach yet. I had to order a new iced tea jug because mine was leaking. Today, I'm going to get groceries this morning, drop my husband off to see his brother, and then I'm going to the zoo by myself to walk around for exercise. Tonight, I have an art opening (one of my pieces is in the show). Should be busy but fun. I ate and drank until late last night which means I have to fast until 2:30 pm today if I can. I will try to make it that long.

Water yesterday: 75 oz

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

@trooworld Thanks for the video link Woohoo on your day. Sounds like you were doing everything right. How was the zoo. I bet you got in lots of steps.

Today's exercise will be 20 min walk plus some balance and stretching.