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@fabgeekmom Nice goals. I need to work on portion control too. I made Asian Chicken and Broccoli (think beef and broccoli). It was so good but I didn't realize how many points the ramen noodles had. So next time I will serve it over cauliflower rice.

@saybyebob Welcome to the group! I'm curious about your username. How did you come up with it? I had my own theory. I'm prediabetic also but not on metformin. I'm working on moving more too. Not the exercise part just not sitting as much. I'm trying to finish a book for bookclub this week and so I opted for the audio part today so I could listen to it while I did some work in the house. I normally don't like to listen to books but I don't like being fat either so I have to make little sacrifices here and there.

@cbabie I keep telling you that's why headphones were made. Just pop them in and turn them up and you don't hear anything you don't want to. I just read you will tune out the dogs when they bark. Babies and husbands can also be tuned out same way. lol You still have eyes to look at them and make sure they are okay.

@gemwolf110 Nice goals you have set for yourself. Do you have any particular goal in mind for the financial part? More savings? Less debt? What would be the action verb in that goal? I'll be doing tonight what I do every New Years Eve. Wishing I was at a party somewhere. Preferably hotel. Dh will go to bed early. I'll sit and wait for midnight to come. I like to watch the ball drop in NY and then listen to Frank Sinatra.

@trooworld What kind of exercise can you do while waiting for dh to set up your walking pad?

@Neds1980 Yaaay on your weight loss. I say enjoy the cake on the birthday but then leave it for others after that. Tell yourself you know what it tastes like. It's not going to change. Keep your goal in mind.

I thought I got on yesterday but didn't evidently. Too many posts. lol I went to the gym yesterday for treadmill, weights, and stretching. Today was the treadmill.

Well the scale moved finally. Wrong direction. Up 0.9 lbs. I checked my weight NYE 2022 and I was 0.2 lbs heavier. So basically with all my losing and gaining I've maintained my weight. I am not at goal. This is not acceptable. This time next year I want to see 30 lbs gone.

Right now I'm focusing on my snack points. Trying to reduce them to a certain level. I've noticed that breakfast will always be my biggest points. I like breakfast. So I will tweak the other meals to start losing again. I have continued this week to preplan the meals I will cook. That helps alot.

Happy New Years Eve!

Made it through the evening by no eating after 6:30 last night. Today I'm going to start tracking my water a little better.

I also got on the scale and did measurements, ugh, not good numbers at all.

Motivational quote " I want to see what happens if don't give up"

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@fabgeekmom Nice goals. I need to work on portion control too. I made Asian Chicken and Broccoli (think beef and broccoli). It was so good but I didn't realize how many points the ramen noodles had. So next time I will serve it over cauliflower rice.

@saybyebob Welcome to the group! I'm curious about your username. How did you come up with it? I had my own theory. I'm prediabetic also but not on metformin. I'm working on moving more too. Not the exercise part just not sitting as much. I'm trying to finish a book for bookclub this week and so I opted for the audio part today so I could listen to it while I did some work in the house. I normally don't like to listen to books but I don't like being fat either so I have to make little sacrifices here and there.

@cbabie I keep telling you that's why headphones were made. Just pop them in and turn them up and you don't hear anything you don't want to. I just read you will tune out the dogs when they bark. Babies and husbands can also be tuned out same way. lol You still have eyes to look at them and make sure they are okay.

@gemwolf110 Nice goals you have set for yourself. Do you have any particular goal in mind for the financial part? More savings? Less debt? What would be the action verb in that goal? I'll be doing tonight what I do every New Years Eve. Wishing I was at a party somewhere. Preferably hotel. Dh will go to bed early. I'll sit and wait for midnight to come. I like to watch the ball drop in NY and then listen to Frank Sinatra.

@trooworld What kind of exercise can you do while waiting for dh to set up your walking pad?

@Neds1980 Yaaay on your weight loss. I say enjoy the cake on the birthday but then leave it for others after that. Tell yourself you know what it tastes like. It's not going to change. Keep your goal in mind.

I thought I got on yesterday but didn't evidently. Too many posts. lol I went to the gym yesterday for treadmill, weights, and stretching. Today was the treadmill.

Well the scale moved finally. Wrong direction. Up 0.9 lbs. I checked my weight NYE 2022 and I was 0.2 lbs heavier. So basically with all my losing and gaining I've maintained my weight. I am not at goal. This is not acceptable. This time next year I want to see 30 lbs gone.

Right now I'm focusing on my snack points. Trying to reduce them to a certain level. I've noticed that breakfast will always be my biggest points. I like breakfast. So I will tweak the other meals to start losing again. I have continued this week to preplan the meals I will cook. That helps alot.

Want to eliminate all debt and save up a hearty emergency fund. Might take a few years but need to get it done.

Good Morning!

@trooworld I still haven’t drank the sparkling juice that I got last year. I think I still have champagne in my fridge that is untouched. Whoops. 😬 I love your recipes need to print them out and add them to my recipe book.

I did not make it to midnight, haven’t in a long time. Almost did tho. Made it to 11 ish. But did watch Peacocks fireworks around the world show so that was nice to see.
Today - I’m going to probably clean and get ready for the week ahead today. Nice low key day is the plan.

How was everyone’s New Year?

Have a nice day everyone!

~Missy

CW : 209.2

@theslightedgeforever My user name explained - Say bye Big Ole Belly LOL!!!

Had a quite dinner last night with 2 of my DS didn't make it till midnight but did hear the fireworks go off. Plan to do some sewing today. I have a pattern for Pegs ( stretchy yoga pants) That I plan to use for my morning stretches and workouts.

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into place.”
— Lucille Ball

@gemwolf110 I've been rewriting my goals today. Seems it's always the same ones. Maybe they just need to be written better. It's always nice to make a house a home. It should be our place of refuge. For me that's my bedroom since my mil lives with me now that she has dementia. My bedroom upgrade is on my list for this year. Basically decluttering and buying new comforters.

@fabgeekmom I had been converting the calories to points on my weekly meal plans but I forgot last week. So I didn't realize those darn ramen noodles were so high. Interesting thing I found was that my meal averages for December was almost exactly even for B L D and S. I'm still about 2-3 points too high. So more tweaking is needed.

@saybyebob Yaay on not eating past 6:30. I've pretty well conquered that one. I just eat a some blueberries or strawberries usually. It's just the other food earlier in the day I need to work on. I love your username explanation. I was thinking it was your ex-husband's name and you have cleaned out that clutter and now are free and single to work on yourself. lol

@trooworld I don't like Thai food either. lol Funny on the champagne. Evidently you don't want it bad enough. Wouldn't it be nice if food was like that? I know what to tweak I just don't always do it. So frustrating. If I could get that part of the puzzle figured out.....

So am I the only one who made it to midnight? My daughter texted me and said are you watching? I sent back some jazz hands emoji. She just laughed. I wonder why I cry every time Auld Lang Syne is played. I was thinking I need to add watching the ball drop in person to my bucket list. But I was also thinking what if I go and that's the year it's a blizzard. lol

I got my roots done finally. One of the things I hate about getting old. I need to go measure myself. Go work some more on my goals. Making them specific.

@gemwolf110 LOL I'm glad I'm not the only one! Oh thanks, if you ever need a recipe recommendation, let me know. I have tons! I love seeing the fireworks from around the world. Have a great day!

@fabgeekmom Yeah the recipes were good. I love beef stew and with sweet potatoes is a nice idea. Your family is really into cooking, huh? That's awesome!

@saybyebob I love your username meaning! That's really funny and cute. Unfortunately for all of the dogs in the neighborhood, there were a lot of illegal fireworks being set off here. My poor dogs didn't do too badly but I'm sure others were scared. I hope your Pegs turned out well.

@theslightedgeforever Hahaha what's up with you Thai food haters? I guess I don't want it bad enough, it will sit in the pantry for another year unless we remember it at Valentine's Day. It was an expensive bottle, too, so I don't want to waste it. I think you are the only one that made it to midnight. I cry when Auld Lang Syne plays too...maybe the relief that the year is over and we get a fresh start? LOL I also cry at parades. Watching the ball drop would be fun but I hear because of security you are stuck in Times Square for like 8 hours. AND it could be a blizzard. But you do it if it's on your list!!! About 6 months ago, I stopped dyeing my hair. I really miss the way it looked when it was dyed but she had a hard time covering the gray chunks. So now, I have a skunk tail in the front which is kind of fun.

Hi all. Yesterday, we took down all of the Christmas decorations. It took a long time but not as long as I had thought it would. It felt good to have it done. I'm going to ask my husband to help me with the walking pad next Saturday...getting it set up. My hands are kind of swollen from all the salty foods I've been eating lately. And not drinking enough water. I need to work on that. Tonight, we are having a Mexican recipe that a former coworker gave me. The original recipe calls for pork but I am using chicken breasts. It is called Chicken with Green Chili Sauce. It's made with jalapenos and tomatillos and is delicious, one of our favorites. It's very easy to make as well if you have a blender or food processor. I'm serving it with steamed veggies and rice.

Water yesterday: 26 oz

My phrase for the year: "New year, new me!"

@cbabie I’m sorry you are sad and missing your grandson. Those are good goals. Eating healthy and moving more really helps. Surprisingly we didn’t have too many fireworks. I wonder if it was too cold to go outside. @trooworld The Mexican recipe sounds good. Our Christmas decorations were put away one day last week. There are some lights on 2 small bushes on the front porch and my Christmas plates need to be put away. Hi, all. My New Years Day meal was good. DH and I went swimming yesterday so that was a good way to bring in the New Year. Tonight my daughter and her family are coming over again for dinner. We’re preparing an ATK recipe with chicken and couscous. I’m going to the recreation center to do the recumbent elliptical.

Got on the bike today and it was counted as rowing a boat! Too funny!! But at least I got on that blasted thing today. I also got 60 oz of water down.

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@cbabie Aww, I'm glad you have such a close relationship with your grandson. He must be very special. Your poor dogs...my dogs were affected as well. I'm glad the baby slept through it. I can't believe you guys don't like Thai food! It's my fave! Liking bland has its advantages, I think: less heartburn.

@fabgeekmom Yeah I still have lights on my porch I forgot to take down. Oh well. I'll take them down eventually lol. Great job staying active!

@theslightedgeforever Good job with the walk and staying near your point goal!

@saybyebob Great job with the bike! And water!

Hi all. I had my consultation with the bariatric surgeon yesterday. I weighed in at 0.4 lbs away from my highest weight ever. Not good. But I did qualify for surgery based on the weight alone. It will take 6 months to get through the nutritional counseling/physician-supervised weight loss program (seeing a dietician) and then another 7 months to get on the surgery schedule, so I'm likely not looking at surgery until 2025. Plenty of time to work on getting this weight off as much as possible. MFP Premium has a new 7-day plan called Big Changes Start with Small Steps. I signed up to do it. I have a lot to change this year. It starts today.

Water yesterday: 50 oz

My phrase for the year: "New year, new me!"

You got this! We are here for you. I signed up for that plan as well.

@cbabie It's cold here, too. Oh no! I hope everyone gets over it quickly. Thank you for your support. My problem is I get impatient to see results and my portions are too big of the wrong things. DH is supportive. Oh heartburn is the worst lol. I wish you focus this year.

@fabgeekmom Yes! LOL when my DH cooks, it's the same way. Why can't they do dishes as they cook like I do? LOL How did the burgers come out? They sound interesting.

@gemwolf110 Thanks! I appreciate it. Yeah, that program sounds good.

@theslightedgeforever If you open your app and hit PLANS, you should find it. I am focusing on tracking and water right now. I will add other goals when I speak to the dietician next week. Good job with the walk. The soup sounds good.

Hi all. It's 46F here right now, which is bone cold lol. It's not going to get warm today, a high of 50s. Yesterday, thanks to the plan, I pretracked. I was pretty close to being at my calorie goal but then I had snacks (an apple and some veggie straws) which put me over. I do not regret those snacks, I needed them and they were mostly healthy. I went over by 435 cals. Today, I pretracked the snacks I will have and I'm still over by 237 cals. Not too bad and I will end the day at 1,748 cals which is acceptable to me. Tonight, I'm making Caramelized Onion, Apple and Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash for dinner.

Water yesterday: 89 oz

My phrase for the year: "New year, new me!"

@trooworld Good job on tracking. Pre tracking, too. You are off to a good start. Hi, all. The pork burgers were good. I gave my DH what I prepared and he liked it. The recipe had no ginger in it. That’s the spice he’s not crazy about. In case anyone is interested, I combined 1 pound of lean ground pork, 2 egg yolks, 1/4 cup Greek yogurt, 5 teaspoons each of paprika and garam masala, 2/3 cup panko crumbs and 2 teaspoons garlic powder. I refrigerated it for 15 minutes and air fried it for 8 minutes, flipping halfway. I ate mine on a low calorie hamburger bun with Greek yogurt, lettuce and tomato. I rode my recumbent bike while I listened to an audiobook.

Hi, Not on computer much since I went back to work. I also got my decorations put away. Having trouble keeping a diary of food, I might start just jotting it down in a note book instead of try to log it here. It truly is stopping me from eating things I shouldn't because I know I will need to log it.

@trooworld I also seen the bariatric surgeon a few years back, got approved but couldn't take the time off for all the appointments I chocked it up to everything happens for a reason. I'm now 30lbs heavier then I was at that time. I wonder if I had the surgery what I might look like now.

Weigh in tomorrow. I hope I lost something.

ByeBOB

Can’t believe it’s already Friday! I’ve tracked most days this week! Unfortunately, I went over all of the daily nutrient goals so that’s something I need to work on. But tracking is definitely a good first step. Didn’t get my exercise in this week. Got a chunk of my schoolwork done at least. 2 of 3 assignments completed and submitted. Whoohoo.

Weekend is looking to be good. Busy Saturday and Sunday might be just relaxing or continuing work on organizing the house. Goal is to have it ready to go if I’m in the position to sell in a few years and buy a house in the country. Hindsight I should have bought a house in the country originally but wasn’t thinking. Live and learn right?

Hope everyone has a fantastic Friday!

~ Missy