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

trooworld wrote: »

@gemwolf110 Oh no! That sucks. I am so sorry. I hope it's a mild case and you get over it quickly.

@senoritafloridita DMV totally sucks! That is so silly what they did to you. Typical DMV. Your NYE sounds so fun! Great job with the food. It's easy to go overboard on drinking on a holiday. Darnit, your picture didn't show up for me.

Hi all. I did well on my goals for yesterday with the exception of water: I tracked my food and we cleaned the house literally all day so I am counting that as intentional exercise. When I say we cleaned the house, I was cleaning the blinds each blind at a time, we took about 6 or 8 bags of my clothes to the Goodwill and rearranged the closet (which is nice because it was like an overgrown clothes forest in there and I couldn't get to any of the clothes lol). I also pressure-cooked 6 lbs of boneless skinless chicken breast and shredded it so that we have cooked chicken for recipes this week. I didn't do well with food last night: we were too tired to cook so we ordered Greek food. I got a gyro and a Greek side salad. At least I didn't get fries like usual and I only ate half of my gyro.

Water yesterday: 30 oz

My phrase for the year: "Every choice is another chance to change my health for the better."

I’m hoping too. My entire family got it. They thought they had a cold/flu as my niece had that as they babysat just before Christmas and my niece and family came to Christmas. Since they assumed that was the bug and only reason my stepdad got tested was because he had a doctors appointment on Monday and they wouldn’t let him come if he didn’t test.

Feels nice to donate. I did the same last week.

cbabie wrote: »

Morning all, I didn't realize I hadn't posted since 2022.LOL. I tracked yesterday, went for a brisk walk and did my back exercises. Trying to declutter a little bit each day. I want 2023 to be a year of less chaos and better health. My word for this year is JOY.

@trooworld I love your phrase for the year..it's a good one. Glasses are so cute. You do such good work. We went to bed before midnight too..

@gemwolf110 So sorry you got the virus...my daughter got it, tested positive Tuesday after Christmas..her DH got it too, but so far no one else..we were glad because we all spent Christmas together..funny thing tho, her DH has no symptoms, but she does..he is just bored. LOL I hope you have a short symptom timeframe too,

@theslightedgeforever You are always good at tracking..Maybe I could hire you to do mine. LOL. Sounds like you have a positive outlook for 2023 and you will get your goals met I believe this year.

@senoritafloridita Glad you have a great time..yea I don't drink at all, so I understand why you wouldn't want to drink anytime soon.. LOL.

Cbabie

Me too. It’s all in my lungs mainly. Hope your daughter feels better soon! That is like my sister and her fiancé. She’s symptomatic and he has no symptoms.

@trooworld Wow that is such a productive day. I wish I could get that much out of the house to the Goodwill. That's good you skipped fries and had only half the gyro, that with the salad actually sounds like a reasonable meal.

@cbabie Good luck on the decluttering, I need to do the same. It would be fantastic if I could clear out the basement. Good word for the year! And yeah, I still have no desire for a drink yet - lol.

@theslightedgeforever Hope you had fun at the party - that's good you got your exercise in before going and stayed within your carb range. Yeah the '80s is definitely my favorite era too.

I took progress pics on New Year's Day and I was really happy to see a positive difference even from my previous photos in early December. I love seeing DS's progress on our workouts. He was even faster on 4 miles than on 3 the day before. Today we had only 2 so we went even faster. I think I'll sign us up for a half marathon at the end of April.

@senoritafloridita It sounds like you and ds are really making some progress. Keep up the good work.

@trooworld Yaaay on your tracking. How can you reframe your veggie goal to something more specific? Like I will eat 2 servings of vegetables at dinner time.

@cbabie So here is your limiting belief: I am just not a veggie eater. You can reframe that by saying I used to not be a veggie eater but now I am having one serving of vegetables with my lunch. Does baby have a bouncy chair or swing so he can sit up and see what's going on around him. That way he doesn't get used to being held all the time. You know me.

I was looking at my percentages for my habit goals yesterday. I've been religiously tracking them for 2 months. Some things I got better and some things I didn't. If I get 85% or higher, then I need to tweak the goal by adding an extra day or raise/lower the amount that I'm tracking. I track every day so that it stays a habit but if I meet my goal on a day I'm not watching I still get credit for it. This is from the Habit Factor app

Eat at or under daily food target (calories/carbs) tracked 6 days per week
November 73%
December 83%

Reduce sugar grams equal to or less than 100 gms. January will be reduced to 80 gms.
November: 3 days per week 158%
December: 4 days per week 137%

Eat 1 serving of vegetables at lunch or dinner (cannot be corn, tomatoes, onions)
November 3 days per week 100%
December 4 days per week 100%

Drink 4 glasses of water
November 3 days per week 75%
December 3 days per week 25%

Burn 300 calories via intentional exercise
November 4 days per week 33%
December 4 days per week 50%

Today I'm back to exercising. Food was OP yesterday. Water goal met.

Hello!

I’m saying hi and am missing checking in and will get back to it - I have not disappeared, just out of routines 😊

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@trooworld Glad your knee has been feeling better and that your water/tracking/food has been going well. Hope Daisy feels better soon. Could your husband actually taste the difference or was it only because you told him? Woohoo on the weight loss!

@cbabie That's good that even if you went over in calories, it was only 475 calories. Won't make much of a dent in your progress. And good for recognizing how it didn't even taste that good. Thanks re: my son. Yeah it's great to see I can still positively influence him, even now that he's an edgy teenager who knows everything, lol.

@theslightedgeforever That's great how much insight the Habit app has given you, and knowing exactly how to tweak things. Looks like you have definitely mastered your sugar and veggie goals, and I'm sure the others are not far behind.

I got on the scale again today after not weighing in for 3 weeks (originally I planned to wait a month). Was really happy with the results, I've lost another 10 lbs since the last WI and about 25 lbs total! I've been sticking to 1500 cal/day for the most part except for holidays and a few slip-ups. DS and I do our half marathon training 4 days/week and I do cross-training the other 2 days with a climbing replicating machine and weight training. Also have been adding apple cider gummies to my supplements. I'm so glad to see this working after being in a rut for about 5 years.

@tamevv I have a hard time when I get out of routines. Kind of black and white with me but I'm changing.

@trooworld "Yes, I use smaller plates but still can't fill up the 1/2 with veggies because I get too full and can't eat the protein/carbs." That's not necessarily a bad thing. Chili sounds good. I think I'll make some but I can't eat a lot of soy because of breast cancer risk. Pretty well the only soy I eat is edamame occasionally. Yaaay on your healthy meals and losing weight. So glad Daisy is better and you did your Tonal. Woohoo.

@cbabie Maybe not full on veggies is a mindset thing. I would agree if all you were eating were vegetables. Or maybe you didn't eat enough vegetables. Plus if you are hungry eat again. The whole thing is listening to our bodies and eating when we are truly hungry, not eating when we aren't. Plus giving our bodies good food with vitamin and minerals instead of junk. Dad had enough genes to go around for the both of us. Yaaay on your good day. Eventually baby will grow and go to school and you'll be able to do some "me" things.

@senoritafloridita I am the master of tweaking, adjusting schedules, etc. All 3 of my babies were weaned onto a sippy cup on the 1st birthday. lol I couldn't handle all the arm touching anymore. Now if I could just figure out a good way to do that to myself to lose weight permanently. I'm still working on it. I'm so happy about your weight loss and finding a program that works for you and your son. Even if he knows it all. My husband calls me Siri for the same reason.

I attended an all day online goal achievement course yesterday. So hopefully 2023 I will be better in getting things done than I did in 2022.

Stayed OP, met my 300+ burned calorie and water goal.

@gemwolf110 I'm glad you are feeling a bit better. My mom always said real trees were too much mess. I think better than a fake white one with red balls every year. LOL My apologies in advance to anyone here who has a fake white tree with only red balls on it.

@trooworld Yaay on doing some stretching and you got in a fair amount of water. What prevented you from eating well and staying on your plan yesterday.

@cbabie How was your eating choices today? You probably haven't given baby girl the good kind of cereal. LOL

Yesterday was a rest day for me. I earned 331 active zone minutes last week. Food was good with carbs but I went over 171 cals. Only met half my water goal. So today will be a better day.
I've made some nice lentil soup for lunch.

@trooworld I have this machine: https://imgur.com/gallery/tUkzKdZ I got it 5 years ago. Much of the time it has sat unused but I get good results when I do use it. Good that you went back and tracked. Happy crafting!

@cbabie Congrats on the good dental report. It is definitely about mindset, also habits too. For me the idea of dieting had become insurmountable. It took a few months of Nutrisystem to put me back in good habits and show me they were still doable. I can relate on being scared about health, I can be a real hypochondriac. That's right, just keep trying. If something's not working, try something else.

@theslightedgeforever Siri, haha! My son likes to ask some mind-bending questions too, would be interesting to see your answers to some of them. Like recently he got irritated that we are the only country to call "soccer" what the rest of the world calls "football," and why we don't use the metric system like the rest of the world, etc.

@gemwolf110 hope you continue to feel better. We've gone with a realistic-looking plastic tree for the last 5 years. I always like not having to throw out a real tree, even if they were grown for that purpose.

It's a day of rest for me today. After the excitement of seeing my progress, I am inevitably impatient again. It's not enough that I made such good progress, I want it all now. But my logical side knows that I have to just stay the course. I used to analogize it as riding the bus, as I used to do when I didn't have a car. Very slow and lots of stops, but you get to the destination eventually.

cbabie wrote: »

Morning all, I had a meltdown yesterday and my BP was way too high. You know when you get scared for your health, like really scared..not when I function with a mild headache, etc....it makes you stop and think...what on earth am I doing. I am trying to make little changes, some of which would be don't get so upset when it's not in your control. I realized today that I am a care taker by nature...that usually means I put everyone else first. No matter how many times I say put your oxygen on first to myself. So today, we try try again. Eating is better, just not moving as much as I want to. I am accepting what I have done..making choices like "this or that". which is better for me.

@trooworld I can see your phrase on my screen as I type..yes Every CHOICE is another chance to change my health for the better". I have got to do more stretching..you always motivate me.

@theslightedgeforever working on things....yes I am too general...trying to be more specific. Like 1 green today.. LOL

@gemwolf110 real trees are not my thing...I hate the mess..it's like we do all this work for 4 weeks? LOL. My daughter loves the smell, I say spray evergreen on the fake one. LOL

cbabie

I’m going fake next year. It’s too much and usually need assistance to get it in and out. My stepdad has one he is going to give me

Hi @senoritafloridita. Trying to catch up a little…. Where are you? I’m in Australia and we call it “soccer” here. We have our own version of “football” which in my opinion is a stupid game that shouldn’t even be called a “sport” but that’s a different conversation 😊.

Morning everyone.

I’ve exercised and drunk water. Go me.

@theslightedgeforever Haha, we call it AFL - Australian football league. It’s just like a big schoolyard game of “keeping a off” on my opinion, but people here LOVE it and get very passionate. We also play rugby league and rugby union - I like the union. At least I used to but the last couple of years the refereeing has become so ridiculous they barely get to actually play the game anymore. Anyway good luck with making sense of the AFL 😁

@trooworld Your salad sounds good. I don't like goat cheese that's why if I ever made it there would be feta cheese on my plate. Woohoo on working out on your lunch hour. You sound like things are coming together for you. That's great.

@senoritafloridita That's awesome that you are going to be training for race.

@cbabie Did you exercise yesterday? No I don't like goat cheese, but I like goat meat. If you like antiques, look in the mirror. Yes I know, brat!

I had a busy day yesterday. Bookclub: We discussed Of Women and Salt. Then did a webinar on Mindset. Then did some errands.

I still met my goals though. Stayed within my carb boundaries but went over on calories by 100. Water goal met. 300+ burned calories. Today I'm doing nothing.