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

I just deleted my Weight Watchers app after years of being on WW. I just haven’t made much progress there. And at $25 a month why?? So here I am on this site and I’m going to count calories instead of points. I think that’s going to hold me much more accountable to what I stick in my mouth, I’m glad to see some WW people here and hope to join your community

@Crowegirl49 Welcome to our board! Yeah I felt the same way. I paid for about 7 years and finally just gave up and came here. I haven't made much progress but that is not the fault of MFP. I'm glad you found us!

@fabgeekmom Thanks. The pork and cauliflower were good. I'm glad your weather is good enough to go for a walk. I hope you enjoyed the meal.

@theslightedgeforever @cbabie Hello ladies, where are you???

Hi all. Yesterday was a great day for me: I stuck to my eating plan and got a lot done, including starting on a new art piece. The ramen was delicious. Today, I have to deal with my clothes that need to be folded at some point. But I need to work more on this art piece, it's for an April 12 exhibition deadline. I am making Skillet Pizza Pesto Orzo for dinner tonight.

Water yesterday: 12 oz

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

. Getting the hang of this new program. I pre-planned some meals using skinny taste. I was able to load them into the mail planner. I use that a lot with WW makes meal planning very easy. The only hard thing is sticking to your plan!

@Crowegirl49 Welcome to the group!

Quick check in. Happy Easter to all that celebrate.

I walked for 36 min today with hubby. We didn't finish our usual route because he said his back was twinging. But we did get out there. Can't believe tomorrow is April. This first quarter of the year has really flown by. Did you meet your quarterly goals? I can tell you I didn't. So what will be your goals the rest of spring?

@gemwolf110 I hope you had a great Easter!

@cbabie Oh no! I'm sorry about the dental work. I know how that is. The burritos sound yummy. LOL thank you, I did have fun.

@fabgeekmom Thanks! Wow you were really active, great job. I love ham.

@Crowegirl49 That's a good idea to plan using Skinnytaste recipes. I like almost every one I've tried from that site. Yes, it can be tough sticking to your plan. Especially if you don't live alone (ask me how I know this is hard lol).

@theslightedgeforever Great job with the walk. I can't believe it's April, either! I didn't meet my goals for the quarter. I didn't have any concrete goals but in my head, I wanted to track every day. I mostly tracked until I didn't lol. I need to track every day. That is my goal. And to stop gaining.

Hi all. I hope you had a great day yesterday. I did, I spent the day doing artwork and hanging out with my husband. We went to three used bookstores. I also dealt with my clothes, finally. I didn't feel like cooking so we got a pizza from the grocery store. I ate too much of it.

Water yesterday: 12 oz

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

Always remember on goals: Measure the gain and not the gap. Look at what you did right and then do better next quarter. Like in a race, improve your time just a little bit.

@trooworld What's one action step you can do this quarter to stop gaining?

@cbabie You got on the treadmill. That's an improvement. So what's the easiest way to tone your muscles. I know you need easy right now.

@fabgeekmom You remind me of someone that has a black belt. I was listening to a podcast about Getting Things Done. (a book by David Allen-it's a whole productivity system) The host was saying that in karate there are different belts. As people get better at doing katas and such they move up belt colors. In productivity as we get better with our routines and habits we move up until we have mastered it. It made me think of this journey of weight loss. We all start out as white belts and then some of us get stuck on yellow or green but we can keep on practicing the skills that will take us to black.

@Crowegirl49 We crossposted. I'm glad you joined our group. Yes I have slacked off on tracking lately. Back to it.

@trooworld What did you learn this week from your dietician? You made me laugh out loud about worthless comment. Yaaay on your tracking

@cbabie Instead of an all at once brain dump, can you record as you go? I have an app that I talk into and it sends it straight to my Trello inbox. What if everytime you were sitting on the toilet you processed your inbox. Lock the door, put on headphones and that's your office time for a moment. Sometimes that's the only quiet time you get. Sometimes not. I had a child who would beat on the door saying Mommy Mommy Mommy. But I trained him not to do that. You don't bother me, I won't bother you. Have you done your hand weights? Belt level. I'm probably stuck on yellow. You will always have seasons of life til you die. So the trick is to plan out your ideal day/week for in-school time. Plan your ideal day for no school time. You can do this by using a different calendar for each one and then just refer back to the one that is needed so you don't have to reinvent the wheel each time. You can do little necessary tweaks about the time you will begin a new season.

@fabgeekmom Grilled burgers sound so good. How was the bike workout?

I forgot to mention hubby and I walked the mall yesterday. Wasn't much but something.
I got my quarterly goals all set out til the end of June. On each one I noted....

Refer to your goals? How far did you get? What worked? What didn't work?
What will you.....

Keep doing-
Improve- 
Start doing
Stop doing

@cbabie I'm sorry about your day. Were you able to fit the hand weights in yesterday? I agree with you on the water thing. I'm glad the rain and wind are gone. It was beautiful here yesterday.

@fabgeekmom Yes. Dinner sounds nice and easy.

@theslightedgeforever I told her I was having trouble getting water in. She said after the surgery, I could use artificially sweetened things like Crystal Light and Gatorade Zero but I couldn't use anything carbonated. She said some people try to add the carbonated water back in after surgery but very few people can: only 4 people out of all the people she's seen over the past 4 years have been able to. These are not the typical dietician visits most people think of: these are to get me ready for surgery and life after surgery. LOL she totally was worthless! All she ever said to me was, "You will be able to eat like that after your surgery". Every time. Good job with the walk and goal setting.

Hi all. I am going to have another gain this week, I already know it. I've been over on calories all week so far. My husband made Chicken Panang (a Thai curry) last night. It was really good. I drank more water yesterday. My goal is to match, or beat it, today.

Water yesterday: 65 oz

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

@fabgeekmom What audiobook were you listening to? Great job on your bike I like word puzzles and word games. I play Words with Friends everyday with a friend of mine. She beats me every single game but I do it strictly for the challenge of making words.

@trooworld You are doing much better on your water. Good for you.

@cbabie What if you were to give baby boy two of his toys that he could hold in each hand. Then he could imitate you while you do hand weights. His attention span is really short so you might only get one set in but better than not doing it at all. In certain things I'm organized and then in certain things I'm not. Because I'm neurodivergent, I've learned that I have to be extremely structured to get anything done. But then on the other hand I can get so distracted I don't follow my structured plan and end up doing NOTHING. But I'm getting better. A work in progress. I'm just finding different tools to help me along.

I made chicken chow mein tonight and got in lots of good vegetables. My garlic press broke and I bought a cheap one at Dollar Store. That is worthless. So I heard about using a lemon zester for garlic and it worked really good.

@fabgeekmom It was good. Sounds like you had a nice day yesterday.

@cbabie Oh I'm sorry you felt miserable yesterday. Is the bruise from the dental work? Yeah, those types of miracles have happened in the past, who knows?

@theslightedgeforever Thank you! I love chow mein. I use a lemon zester/microplane for garlic. I've never used a garlic press. Which do you like better?

Hi all. I did beat my water from yesterday by 10 oz, so that's good. We are having pasta tonight (One-Pot Cheeseburger Pasta), so my weight is definitely going to be up tomorrow.

Water yesterday: 75 oz

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

@trooworld Good job on the water. Enjoy the pasta. Hi, all. It’s cold and dreary here. I worked out on my bike. I went grocery shopping. The store I shop at has a senior discount on Thursdays. It’s 5% which isn’t a lot but helps. Our hair dresser came to the house and cut our hair. Lunch was a salad with leftover salmon. I made baked oatmeal for tomorrow morning: 1 ripe mashed banana, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon dark cocoa powder and 1/4 cup steel cut oats, baked at 350 for 35 minutes. Tonight my son is making Shepherds Pie.