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

@trooworld So keep adding a bit to your snacks you take until you find the right amount. Would 1 1/2 c of cantaloupe do it? Or is it a visual thing and you need another item. 2 vs 3. I make pancakes every Friday. My favorite way is to put PB on them with just a tad of syrup. I don't like it when they are soggy from too much syrup. I used to be a salty person until menopause hit and then it has turned me into mostly a sweets person. Notice I didn't say sweet person cause I've always been sweet.

@trooworld I hope you like having the new weigh-in day better. Did you switch because you changed meetings? Do you like your WW leader? That salad sounds so good! I’ve never had golden beets.

@theslightedgeforever Congrats on your pound loss! I seriously need to get inside my closet and get to decluttering. And my pantry needs a complete overhaul…again!

@cbabie I just got done reorganizing my desk too. All the stickies I had everywhere have been combined into one long to-do list. It at least makes me feel like I’m getting stuff done. Why do you feel like you need to track your food? Clearly, you are like me and just don’t want to. So why do it? I came to this realization that when I track perfectly I do fine with my calories/macros. But when I decide, for whatever reason, not to track it seems to give me license to eat more than I do when I just don't track at all. It's all very mental with me and that is not a very good mindset. I am writing down what I eat in my daily planner, but I don’t track the calories. It’s just data and if I’m not good then I don’t get my cute little star sticker. I want my stickers!!!


Hello! Today is such a beautiful day that I really should be out doing something other than sitting at this computer. I took Joe to the urologist this morning and they removed the cath and now we are praying he can go on his own before we return at 3:30 for a bladder scan. He is drinking a lot, so maybe! *Fingers crossed* I’m doing well with my NBA rules and I have my stickers for my daily planner. If I stick to my 3 never rules, I get a sticker that day. My rules are to Never Again eat sugar/snacky foods at work, see the scale go up two days in a row, and clean fast for a minimum of 17 hours. My goal is to nail these three rules every day until June 12th when Joe’s youngest son comes to visit. I have these adorable green pants that I bought last year and haven’t been able to comfortably fit into. They are my June 12th goal pants!

@trooworld good job on getting 4 blue dots in a row! I think it’s great to strive for them. It’s like getting a sticker! Mmmm slow cooker lasagna sounds good!

@cbabie What a good idea to do something creative to calm your mind! I’m glad it worked for you. Yeah, the “I’m supposed to track,” is interesting, isn’t it? I honestly think tracking is great for those that it works for. For me, I have proven time and time again that it throws me into a weird diet brain mentality where I’m either good or I’m bad. I don’t want food to have that much power over me anymore! Also, I don’t really believe that we need to have a set number of calories that we eat every day. Can you say that you need the exact same calories on a day you sit like a slug and do nothing vs. a day you ride your bike 3 miles, do a bunch of housework, and/or run errands all day? I know my body requires different amounts of food depending on what I’ve done that day, and how much or how little I ate the day before. Soooo just food for thought, huh?


Hello! Well, yesterday didn’t go as Joe and I had hoped. He was able to pee on his own, but the bladder scan showed that he wasn’t emptying the way he should. So, he is back wearing the catheter for the next four weeks and then we will see. He might have to wear it forever and while that is hard for us to accept, we may have no choice. In other news, I said no to my inner Pig today when there were leftover cookies in the youth room. I actually held them in my hand and contemplated what my feelings would be if I ate those five small cookies. A brief tasty treat and then the rest of the day feeling angry that I caved. I want my sticker in my book! I want to get into my green pants! I want to prove that I’m the boss and NOT the Pig!! So, those cookies went into the trash! I was going to fast until dinner today but I was very hungry when I came home from cleaning, so I had a cup of coffee and ½ scoop of protein powder. I will eat a small dinner tonight and then fast until I eat an early lunch tomorrow. I’m hungry right now but I’m also feeling happy that I’m doing what I need to do.

Hi all...not much different going on here, lol. Still trying to walk on the treadmill each morning & have started a few exercises for core & balance, and bouncing on my rebounder. Weight dropping just a little.

@cbabie I had to laugh when you said your sister might have gotten lost in her closet. Something I should be doing! I try not to think of food as good or bad, it really is just food. Might not be the most nutritous choice, but still just food. Glad you are doing some bike rides, I keep thinking I need to get mine out, only its under the deck, and we have a raccoon that keeps coming in our backyard, and dh says he goes under the deck a lot (can see evidence of him being there), so now I don't want the bike out, lol. Not really a good excuse, but....! I see you are writing your food in your planner, I think that is a good idea, sometimes the actual calorie count is triggering for people.

@TeresaW1020 Poor Joe. I really hope things start looking up for him. Not fun to have so many things going on! You are doing a great job with him & your health mindset, too. I agree you need to eat more when you do more, that's the way MFP is set up since it adds to your calorie base when you add exercise. If only I didn't eat the same, when I have done less, lol.

@trooworld The basic crockpot lasagna sounds good, but I am sure I would take the lazy way & use bottled spaghetti sauce, lol. I might have to try it sometime. Sorry you are having stomach pains. There was a stomach virus going around here recently, too. I think I remember dd saying it was in the school.
Hope you feel better soon.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Closets are organized. Hubby and I both have walk-ins and I ended up with 7 big garbage bags of garbage and 3 for charity.
Now I’m still not done decluttering. I have to organize all my jewelry. Plus some of my mothers. Plus buy some containers for storage. I still have liked in my bedroom but everything is sorted


@cbabie I think Teresa had some good advice about tracking. Take your keys 😂. My eating habits are more like dad. I’m still trying out vegetables

@TeresaW1020 are those three rules on your NEVER list or where do they fall. The 17 hr fast confused me. I’m enjoying the book. My friend and I are doing it together. Good job ignoring the pig squeal.

@trooworld 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 On blue dots I don’t like avocado either. But I was listening yesterday to a health podcast and they were talking about broccoli. Someone said they didn’t like broccoli and the dr said how many times have you tried it. Just the once they said. The dr says there are thousands of broccoli recipes. Keep trying til you find one you like. So maybe I need to do that with avocado

@RetiredAndLovingIt I have a rebounder too. Are you just bouncing around or do you do it to videos?

April 17: 273.4
April 21: 267.2
April 28: 265.4

Total loss for April: 8lbs

May 5: 261.4
May 12:
May 19:
May 26:

Total loss for May: 4lbs

Super happy with my results! Especially when I went out for dinner last night with family. But I've been working hard all week! 😁

Hope everyone's having a great start to May!

@trooworld sounds like you are working hard on the blue dots. Practice makes perfect.

@cbabie Why not make a weekly plan for 6 weeks or 4 weeks and then just start all over again. I’m going to do a 4 week plan. I’ve got the first week set up on Trello. I have a meal planning board and a What I’m eating this week board. Sorry to hear about dh. I had sore ribs from coughing too hard back when I had Covid in early 2020.

@roz0810 You are doing so well. Keep it up. Such an inspiration

@RetiredAndLovingIt yes that’s why I got a rebounder. For the lymph system. I hardly use it though. I took it downstairs close to my gym. It won’t fit in the gym. I’m shooting for one day a week.

So I ate an some avocado slices in my salad today. I usually take them out. Still don’t like the texture and it has no taste.

Walked 21 min with hubby.

@trooworld Did you get groceries yet? I'd love to have a personal shopper for that. I see those commercials on TV and think that would be nice to have someone go get my groceries. Ignore the scale and keep working towards those blue dots.

@cbabie Yaaay on doing some things you consider fun. What show did you watch? You tracked and you feel good about your choices. That's progress.

@teresaw1020 Was the wine a trigger? Where does wine fall into your Pig rules? I started my Never Binge Again program on Thursday. So far so good. I'm doing colored cycling days like I did before but not counting carbs but calories. I'm trying to incorporate more veggies, beans, and legumes and that won't work with carbs. Instead of a Pig mine is a Beast. I also have a Sloth. I'm on the first draft of my rules. I had to make Fridays an Orange day instead of Yellow since I have decided to allow eggs on Orange days. With dh being retired now sometimes he wakes up and says let's go out to breakfast. Usually toward the weekend. So I feel eggs/omelettes would be a better breakfast choice. Let me know if you learn anything new in the intensive program.


Yesterday I said no to donuts and had only one cheese bread instead of two like I normally would. Today I said no to a cinnamon bun. I've exercised for 30 min to a video with 50-60's music. It was fun. I still need to go do my stretching. The front of my thighs are killing me. I don't know what kind of exercise or movement I would have done lately but it's muscle pain in both legs in the same place. I'm giving myself green dots if I meet my water goal, exercise goals, and calorie goals. One green dot for Friday. Yaaay. On to today.....

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@theslightedgeforever Wine wasn’t in my pig rules but maybe it should be. I wasn’t going to drink anything this month, but then so much went wrong that when I went into the store and walked past the wines, I just grabbed my favorite and put it in my cart. Haha, I need to have a Sloth too! Fitting the eggs in your routine so it works for you is a good idea. I have eggs almost every day because it’s quick and tasty. Good job on saying no to foods that are not on your plan! I will let you know what I learn.

@gemwolf110 Are you painting all the walls in your house? I love to paint but setting up and cleaning up are a pain. I need to repaint my bathroom at some point.

@trooworld OK, you had more indulgences than planned at the festival and after you came home, so just get right back on track today. Was the music good? We are both of the same opinions about Mother’s Day. I plan to stay off FB today too and just stay busy.


Good morning! It’s cool out and we are sitting here waiting to go to church. Joe is feeling better, but he is still so dang weak. We had an argument that he couldn’t wear jeans that are literally falling off his scrawny butt. He’s been living in sweats, so he thinks pants that actually fit him are too tight. Ugghh! I’m excited to start the new intensive program tomorrow and really hoping that it will help me stay more focused while giving me some really useful tools along the way. Tonight, I’m making enchiladas because they are mom’s favorite, and then next week, it’s going to be mostly a very low-carb week. I’ve been allowing way too many carbs in and that needs to stop. Have a great day!