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

@senoritafloridita It amazes me how sometimes I can just say no to food or eat one little thing and then other times in same situation I don't and revert to my old self. I don't know if it's really hormonal or things I'm subconsciously telling myself. I just know I don't like it when I disappoint myself

@Tamevv Give yourself credit for doing the minimum exercise at least. You could have chosen the couch and Netflix. Hooray on your loss.

@trooworld How's your head? What good choices did you make today? I hope you had a good book to read while the oil was being changed. I used to love those days because it was automatic ME time. I sent out the hounds for @cbabie

Food was in bounds yesterday. Rest Day for exercise. Water goal not met. I have a hard time when I'm busy cause I just don't think about it. Even if I take the water bottle with me. I think part of it is my bladder is not what it used to be and I don't want to use the bathroom in places. So need to work on that thinking. I had a late night last night and didn't get up and exercise like I usually do in the mornings. @senoritafloridita has inspired me to at least do the minimum today. I decided to go ahead and start today with carb cycling despite I have a friends gathering instead of waiting til Monday. My body doesn't know what day it is. It just knows that it's prediabetic and needs to change. Good choices must be made whether or not I'm at home. Whether or not it's the "holidays".

@theslightedgeforever It's better, thanks. Yesterday, I made a good choice when we went for drinks and appetizers: we got a meat plate that was supposed to be a charcuterie plate but it had no cheese so I didn't really eat much of it. I concentrated on the house salad we got. I didn't end up getting the oil changed, I rescheduled for next Saturday but I'll definitely bring my book. Thanks for sending out the hounds!!! I'm the same way with water when I am busy. Yay for food being in bounds! Great decision to start carb cycling now. LOL I was busy getting a Christmas tree so I forgot to check in first thing in the morning. Plus, I slept in. The execution is usually the problem, I think. I hope you get good numbers.

Hi all. It's Daisy's Gotcha Day, which means it's been a year since we got her. We are celebrating with a pupcake for her and mimosas for us. Plus, my husband is making some kind of low carb breakfast casserole. We finally got a tree this morning. I need to decorate it. It's raining here today so I will make turkey chili, my favorite rainy day food.

Water yesterday: 50 oz

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

@Tamevv Sorry to hear about you and your daughter's medical issues. Good job on doing your morning exercise.

@trooworld Thanks for the encouragement - I can def be my own worst critic. Hope the handyman is working out and that you enjoyed the Christmas lights. And happy Daisy's Gotcha Day!

@theslightedgeforever Yeah being disappointed about weight loss can be the worst. That mindset contributed to undoing all my progress multiple times. I'm glad I helped inspire you and that the carb cycling is off to a good start

Today DS and I did a 4 mile brisk walk - very happy about that. I used to just only run or walk by myself but it's so great to go with him, see him making progress, have long talks with him, etc. We had a nice trip to an Xmas concert last night - very festive. I told DS on our walk today, when he asked, that the main present I want is weight loss but that can only come from me. But I feel like I'm on the way.

@Tamevv Great job closing your rings and strength training! I hope you can get hydrated in time for your blood work. I'm sorry about your day. Yes, today is a new day.

@senoritafloridita Yeah I think I am definitely my own worst critic, too. Handyman worked out great, thanks. I really enjoyed the Christmas lights, lots of fun! Daisy says thanks! Great job with the walk, woo hoo! How nice to have a partner in fitness! I hope you had fun at the concert.

Hi all. I had a busy but fun weekend. We put up a tree yesterday and had the hardest time getting it not to fall over. We finally ended up tacking it to the wall with dental floss lol yes you heard that right. Daisy enjoyed her pupcake (see her pic below) and I finished making gifts for my coworkers: I made them these Santas with Andes mints in the belly (see pic). I always make something small for them and this year, I think they will really like it. It was a rainy day yesterday so I made turkey chili and cornbread for supper. It was really good.

Water yesterday: 20 oz

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

@trooworld Yaaay on making healthy choices yesterday. I thought I checked in last night. I know I saw your doggy and your Santa. So cute. Maybe I started to but then got interrupted by someone and never came back. So weird. I love baklava fingers with pistachios instead instead of walnuts. Cookies and creme baklava is good too. I'm having lentil soup and cornbread for supper tonight. Chili sounds good.

@tamevv Yaay on closing your rings. I have small veins too. Plus I'm usually dehydrated. One day I will conquer that habit. So back to your regularly scheduled program. Don't let two become three. You can do it.

@senoritafloridita You have a great attitude. I'm so glad you can share this journey with your son. It's such a hard one and you being a role model I'm sure helps him. Yaaay on your walk

I lost my earphones so I had to go buy new ones. I exercised yesterday without them and it was so hard. Food pusher brought home cheeseburger and fries for lunch yesterday. I made it work though. Took the bun off and put the meat on top of some leftover salad I had in the fridge. Then entered in all my food. Found out I still had carbs to spare. So I got to eat the bun too separately. It had all the yummy sauce on it. The sandwich was cut in half so I ended up with 4 pieces of “bun”. So it seemed there was more food than really was. Took me longer to eat. I didn’t see or eat the fries
So I stayed within my boundaries and I’m glad only 2 red days this first week. That means 100g of carbs or less.

I don't know last time I updated you on my weight. I've lost 2.2 since Nov 30.

Hi everyone, today has been a better one, but I did snack on some gingerbread house at work but stuck to my salad for lunch. Some stuff happened in the afternoon and I came home really agitated. Took son to the bakery and had a cake, and was really tempted to binge on all the sugar I could find but completely out of the blue heard myself kick the boys out of the lounge so I could do a step class. Quite honestly shocked myself. Worked hard and panted through it and added a short strength session for good measure. Yay me 👏

I’m not sure how this works. Can I reply to an individual person? Or do my replies go to the main message board? Thanks!

@abts1234 Hello! If you reply to the thread it is seen by all, but if you want to direct comments you can type the “@“ symbol then their username and it will tag them personally. If you want to do private messages I think you need to be “friends” with the person.

Hope its a good day for you 😊

@tamevv - thanks for your help! I’m still learning

@senoritafloridita woohoo on your weight loss. By not using the scale you were able to see a big jump which can be super motivating. Keep it up

@abts1234 Hi and welcome!

@senoritafloridita Well, it didn't hold so I got some fishing line we will try lol. Thanks, my coworkers loved them! Daisy definitely enjoyed the pupcake! Congrats, that's fantastic that you were able to lose 15 lbs without hopping on the scale! Woo hoo!!!

@theslightedgeforever Both! It must be really hard to not gain weight at your DD's house. I'm sure you eat out sometimes there and just generally eat more. I think I will send another gross photo to my doctor and see if she wants me to go to the eye doctor, she wanted me to put warm compresses on 3-5 times a day to see if it would go away but it isn't. Luckily, I got the shingles vaccine so I don't think it's that. Great job with food and cardio! 51 is good as a resting heart rate, isn't it?

Hi all. We had a company-wide luncheon yesterday. Lucky for me, three things happened: 1) it was disorganized so there were long lines, we had to wait in a 30 min line to get to the first station. 2) by the time we got there, most of the food was gone not to be replenished. We got about a 3" wide plate of appetizers and some charcuterie. No desserts, they were all gone. 3) the food was cold (was supposed to be hot) and was horrible. So, I didn't end up eating much. BUT...I did go to a cookie party in the morning and had 4 cookies so that was my breakfast! I didn't eat dinner when I got home, I was fine not to eat.

Water yesterday: 20 oz

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

@cbabie Great to see you! I’m heading out to work but wanted to say hi 👋👋

@tamevv good job on following through on your habit. This is what is so great about this group is that we support and help one another on our journeys.

@trooworld There is more sweets around dd's house because she brings them home. Then I just get less movement altogether because her apt is so small versus my home. Walking from my bedroom to her living is probably 10 steps. lol But I enjoy being with her and then we travel together. I think 51 is too low a resting heart rate. I thought it was supposed to be around 60-70 unless you are an athlete. I'm not an athlete. It just keeps lowering. I guess getting more fit? I'm also wondering about one of my bp meds. I just changed it so it could be that. But then I get light headed at times now. But at least the swelling in my feet is gone since I got off that other med. There's always a side effect to deal with. In a way, the company luncheon was a blessing for you. Desserts all gone. Not too much food left. Your book sounded good. Sometimes we all need a little bit of F word in our life.....fruits, fiber, fitness LOL

@cbabie Welcome back

So far so good with food this week. I went to bookclub last night and still stayed within my carb boundaries. I ate light for lunch. First time I tried something called a Bao. Oh just realized I didn't log a mini samosa. Hope that didn't put me over. lol Checking....nope, still good. I took an autumn dessert and enjoyed every bit of it. Did not even go back for seconds. Exercise was cardio and weights for 55 min. Water, ugh. When I'm busy, I just think about it. Even if I carry it in the car, it just sits there. I'll get there one day and be a water champ.
We discussed Wish You were Here by Jodi Picoult I liked it. The group had mixed thoughts on the plot.

Hi all, I’m struggling with food 😔. Had a gain which was expected, but it’s still disapointing to have to formally put the numbers in. It’s stress and exhaustion, I’m just drained and trying to finish the year. Work ends on Thursday. I have all the strategies, I just don’t have the energy for them. I’m keeping up the exercise and doing something extra every day as a non-zero, but I’m also craving way too much sugar. On the plus side there is so much around these days that I’m still saying no more often than yes, so that’s a win, but there are other flags popping up for me which I need to keep tabs on or the next month could go very badly.

Forced myself to do a step and strength class today but took it easy - everything just feels heavy. Was enough to close my rings but only just made it. I pretty much avoided everyone all day. I told them this morning that I wasn’t angry and nothing was wrong, I just needed a day to check out. I’m really grateful for them today, and looking forward to a good sleep and hopefully waking up feeling better.