@badnoodle That's wonderful news on your bloodwork, yay! As far as the A1C if you did great in the first two months of the last three that could've kept it in check despite the last month. Haha I told my surgeon he needed to approve me to at least lift a small turkey as it's the only affordable meat right now! I ended up with a turkey breast instead but I hear ya!

@AmbersWay Safe travels!

@trooworld How could you possibly forget mindful eating yesterday??? Haha I'm teasing I forgot until I read that so I'm feeling guilty now LOL. Great job stopping when full!

@steffibabiie Take good care of yourself!

OK I need to put a note on the fridge about mindful eating, I can't believe I completely forgot it the entire day WTH? I went to Raley's and I'm definitely not ready for big grocery trips and pushing a heavy cart, I'm exhausted and hatin life right now. There's hardware sticking out above my incision that's getting real irritated when I sit so I'm icing a lot, I hope that calms down as it's driving me nuts. I DID ride my recumbent bike for 5 minutes with my PT and got permission to do light weights for this week's upper body challenge so I'd better go get it done. Have a great Tuesday!

DaveJ_43
Weigh In Monday
PW: 230.4
CW: 237.2

Wow, I didn't realize I was doing so poorly since last week!

Username: FushiaKat
Weigh-In Tuesday
SW: 245
Maintenance Goal 135 - 140
Weeks in maintenance 46 of 52

PW: 137.6
CW: 138.4

Yay! I won first place in the contest 5th place spot from the top of the list, and I was number one for "Uniqueness Of Design Leaders!" There are only 25 First Place Winners and 125 people on the list including second, third, fourth and fifth places. The next contest is Christmas, I usually get inspired faster because I love Christmas Decorations.

I've been eating lots of yummy food, corn beef hash, a side of potatoes, and eggs over easy made for a very tasty lunch. And it was very easy for me to eat. I have a motility disorder I suffer from esophageal spasms. Somedays it's really hard to get my food to go down, but I do my best because my doctor told me again at our last visit not to lose any more weight. According to her my weight has been dropping over our last three visits. I told her I was trying to get some wiggle room so I can eat something yummy at the holidays. I've gained a little, so I need to spend a week eating salads, with a baked potato tossed in the middle of the week. It's easier to stop and go back before I reach 140 like that. I don't know how many times I have gained and lost the same 5 lbs. The food will wait for me, it's not going anywhere. I can store most of it in the freezer. I have felt out of control, so I stopped eating nuts for a week. They are so yummy; I'm addicted to them. My brain say's go eat some nuts you know you love them, but then I think my clothes won't fit if I gain any weight so I better not. Speaking of clothes, I think it's time to get rid of all of my large clothes and only keep the medium size.

I am inspired by all of you, and I am in awe of your will power and dedication to your lifestyle changes. It's no longer a diet, it's a commitment to stay healthy for the rest of your lives.

@FushiaKat Yay on the win, congratulations! The Christmas room should be a fun one for your next challenge, you're awesome at designing these rooms. Your entire post was so inspiring, I hope you don't mind if I borrow “the food is not going anywhere” for myself to learn from! This time of year is tough for sure. When you don't eat nuts do you crave them less? I love nuts too but that out-of-control feeling for me is with sugar and simple carbs.

@trooworld I think getting customer service involved is definitely needed, a walking pad should be safe to walk on for crying out loud. You're doing great on handling everything right now, so glad you recognized anxiety was in the mix too and your medication helped.

@laurelfit57 Oh no take good care of yourself, hope you're feeling better and back to walking Vannie soon!

Hi gang, I was good with mindfulness not having anything on while eating. Did my walks and PT 2xs. It's raining which I've felt coming in the last two days but despite not feeling well it's better than how I am with rain prior to surgery. I'm going to a “Friendsgiving” tomorrow with the charity president in my town, should be fun but I don't have anything dressy to wear. I hope everyone's doing well it's been quiet lately. Have a great Thursday friends! Just realized from @trooworld 's post that I need to download an app to count my steps, I'm walking for 30 minutes a day so may be time to find an app to track on my phone.

Hey everyone,

As you can tell from my lack of engagement this month I’ve been struggling a little bit. I’m in a weird place - I have been eating more foods lately but this past week I’ve had some gastrointestinal symptoms I haven’t had in awhile so I’m balancing the line between panic my infection has returned, and attempting to pinpoint food intolerances. I think my bad visit with the gastroenterologist was the start of a downward trend where I’ve eaten worse and worse.

I’ve also been putting weight on. I absolutely cannot go back to my old habits. Time to clean it up for my weight and for my gut. Sigh.

https://youtu.be/_SGlPnA_iCk?feature=shared

@megnolia82 Oh no, hopefully it’s upset from not eating well, I hope your infection is gone for good. You could “trick” yourself and think you’ll eat stuff you don’t think you have issues with for a “few” days and keep going. Thanksgiving next week is interfering with my getting back on track. Good luck you got this, I hope things calm down soon.

@trooworld I hope I don’t have to dress up, I’m just wearing black jeans and a sweater! I was looking for the step counter on my phone, I think I deleted it so I’ll have to download one which is no big deal. Thanks for the reminder! So glad the list helped you, that’s a great turnaround on figuring out what’s going on and improving it. I second us being here for everyone that would like to talk.

@broncobuddee Great reminder of things to remember and right before my Friendsgiving tonight, thank you those are very helpful!

@Veta2018 Hugs my friend, I’m sorry to hear about your husband’s son. That’s hard with traditions from before, are there any you could incorporate into your current holidays without stepping on your husband’s toes? Holidays are tough with memories, we’re always a click away if you want to talk and we’re in your corner.

Hi everyone! Worn out today but had PT this morning then did my walk. I’m not feeling totally up for the Friendsgiving tonight but am taking my own car now in case I have to leave. We have a bigger storm coming this weekend and I’m guessing that’s why. Not much else going on, have a great Friday!

@trooworld Oh no sending prayers to your BIL, hope he's feeling better soon.

This is the quietest I think I've ever seen this group, if anyone needs to talk we're here for you, you're welcome to contact us privately as well.

Worn out today, storm's coming in tomorrow and I'm feelin it. Did my 30 minutes walking and 2 rounds of PT. My nephew texted that he's volunteering at the farm tomorrow for his school community service hours. I'd planned to go to drop off all the buckwheat and buckets but may stick around a bit to keep an eye on him, it's supposed to rain which hopefully won't happen until after volunteer hours. I want to go to the farmer's market but probably won't be up for both. Did good with mindfulness for lunch but not so hot with dinner.

Username: gemwolf110
Weigh in day: Sat
Previous Week's weight: 209
Today’s Weight: 210.4

Username: askewcr
Weigh in day: Saturday
PW: 257
CW: 257.5

gemwolf110 wrote: »

19shmoo69 wrote: »

Tell me a joke

Why did the deer go to the dentist?

Because he had buck teeth.

Lol

That's Awesome!!!

davors19
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 249
CW: 249

@865jesica I'm glad you've done well with mindfulness. Walking definitely goes faster with a friend. I'm pretty much a loner for workouts aside of walking or hiking.

@trooworld That's great news your BIL may be released soon, hopefully he'll be able to come home and hopefully make Thanksgiving. Your Thanksgiving sounds delicious, I had to put my nose on my monitor to read it why is it so small???

@19shmoo69 How exciting congrats!

Hi friends, hope you all had a great Saturday! I went to the farm this morning to drop off all the buckwheat, my nephew and SIL were there so I stuck around chatting with my SIL while we sorted tomatoes and picked eggplant. I did good standing for a change but after the eggplant called it a day. Just got back from walking with my neighbors, the one who usually goes with me came and a neighbor who I don't see often but am real close with from Bunco days (she has severe migraines so we bonded right away as we were both stuck at home most the time). I'm excited she came for a loop with us, it's great talking to her. I'm definitely lucky in the neighbor department. I'd picked up a turkey breast and I'm taking it to my brother's tomorrow for a dinner with the family as my brother's family will be with my SIL's parents on Thursday. Not much else going on, have a great Sunday!