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

@theslightedgeforever Thanks. And yes, good idea. Good job on Weds! Good luck with the hill and sprint programs.

@fabgeekmom Yeah I've heard it affects arthritis, too. I did enjoy the pizza, thanks! I'm glad you had good weather. Salmon with an orange glaze sounds delicious.

Hi all. We were supposed to have beet salad with goat cheese last night for dinner with fresh beets from my container garden. But when we got home and I attempted to harvest the beets, they weren't ready lol. So, we pivoted and had just a regular salad. Luckily, we had stuff to make a salad. We had chicken on it. I was under on calories yesterday. I had another gain this week, but it was only 0.2 lbs. I can see why I gained, I had Mother's Day food, tacos, breakfast out, and pizza. Ah, the value of tracking.

Water yesterday: 96 oz

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

@trooworld Good job for being under calories. The weight gain was possibly due to sodium from eating out. You’re right that tracking helps. @theslightedgeforever Good job on tracking food and exercise. Hi, all. I went swimming today. Lunch was leftover salmon on Romain lettuce plus berries with nonfat Greek yogurt. I’m eating a Think bar for a snack. Tonight is steak night.

@trooworld Those eating days happen! The Puppy Prom and Kitty Court sound fun. Fingers crossed for Daisy. Hi, all. It’s raining and cool today. I’m not going anywhere today. I did 2 bike workouts and 2 stretching workouts. Tonight we are having crab legs again as my daughter missed out Tuesday when she was on a work trip. My son is making macaroni salad and fruit salad with pineapple, pears, raspberries and mangos.

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@fabgeekmom Yes they do! The Puppy Prom was so much fun. I will share some pics. Daisy didn't win though. I don't blame you for not wanting to go out in the rain. Good job with the bike workouts and stretching! I'm making fruit salad today, what a coincidence.

@cbabie @theslightedgeforever miss you.

Hi all. Puppy Prom and Kitty Court was so much fun and chaos lol. I will share some pics. Daisy didn't win, as you will see, she has stiff competition. Her pearls wouldn't fit around her neck because her harness was pushing her excess skin up around her neck, unfortunately. But I did make a tiara for her! I felt like I didn't do well yesterday as I had a couple of drinks and split some fries with my husband at the prom, but luckily the rest of the day balanced out okay.

Water yesterday: 12 oz

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

Daisy:


The winners:

Love the pictures!!!! Love this idea.

@fabgeekmom The swimming sounds relaxing. I was thinking of macaroni salad yesterday. I had ordered a to-go Mexican salad and thought some fusilli would be really nice in this. Second thought was "you are just adding carbs to this dish"

@trooworld I can overboard with the single pack Doritos. These I have went to buying 2 bags a month. One for me and one for hubby. Once they are gone have to wait again for the next round. Hubby's bag is still unopened. He is usually diving into my bag (which is why I buy separate bags). Mine is halfway gone. But none for me this week. I love all the pics. Sorry Daisy didn't win. Boy people go all out.

@cbabie Did you eat healthily right along side your grandson? Usually it's the environment that causes us to have good or bad habits. When that changes our habits change.

@gemwolf110 How would you dress up your furbabies?

Friday:
Food- under 15 carbs over 4 calories
Water-63 oz
Exercise-none

Yesterday I played Parcheesi with my dd. Each of us won a game.

Food- Over carbs 46 Over calories 410 Culprit was too much of corn nuts/mini pretzels
Water-48 oz
Exercise-15 min walk in the mall

@cbabie That's good that your healthy eater is there. 100? Really? Wow! Thanks, I took a kid's tiara and converted it to work for her. Will do!

@fabgeekmom Thank you! You remind me I haven't made the fruit salad. Ugh. I made a gnocchi dish last night. I'll share it below, it was really good and healthy. I love that about swimming, you don't feel like you are working hard but you are!

@gemwolf110 Thanks!

@theslightedgeforever That's a good idea to set a limit on the bag. Oh I'm okay Daisy didn't win, it all went to a good animal charity anyway! People do go all out, I wasn't prepared for that or maybe I would have, too! Was Friday an intentional rest day? Good day other than the exercise. Good job with the exercise on Sunday.

Hi all. We took Violet to two dog parks in the morning and she had a blast. Then, we went running errands. It seemed to take forever. After that, we went to one of our favorite coffee shops and read and then headed over to our favorite used bookstore. When we got back, we wanted to take a nap and I went to shut the front door and it wouldn't shut! We had to take the door off the hinges and re-put it on. That fixed it. We didn't end up taking a nap. I made "Healthy Blue Zone Baked Gnocchi" and it was really good: https://www.foodbymaria.com/baked-gnocchi/

Water yesterday: 12 oz

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

@trooworld What a fun weekend you had! That was terrible about the door! Glad you fixed it. @cbabie I am also a sweets person. I do occasionally eat protein chips. I hate the humidity. That will be our weather later in the summer. Hi, all. I’m tired today as I didn’t sleep much last night. DH and I had dentist appointments this morning. We found out that the receptionist scheduled us for 2025 when we were last there. I was able to get a cleaning and DH luckily was able to get an appointment on Wednesday. Tonight we are having flank steak fajitas. My son is cooking.

@theslightedgeforever That’s good discipline in not buying snacks at the theater. You are doing great with the food tracking and exe!

@fabgeekmom Yes I'm doing much better with water and exercise and the weigh is just hovering. So I am trying to forget weight loss and focus on the habits. I've dropped my calories just a bit this week. Trying to nudge it along.

@trooworld Your house sounds like ours. There is always something to be fixed. Awful streak was not exercising like I had planned. I've been doing well every morning with my sunshine stroll but was not getting to the gym. It was only a couple of days but still it's a streak. We saw the new planet of the apes. Expectations going in was I wasn't going to like it and hubby would since he wanted to see it. But leaving I really enjoyed it and he said Meh! Sunday I took a nap that ended up being 3 hours. I was in a deep sleep evidently so I missed one of my meals which is why I had low calories. Yummy. I love bean and cheese burritos. My favorite kind. So what's one way to increase your water on the weekends? One thing that has helped me is that I am building the daily habit of drinking a coffee mug of water when I cook breakfast. You could do it for one meal you are in the kitchen. Even if that is warming up food you have pre-cooked.

Yesterday:

Food-Over 5 carbs Under 212 calories
Water-65 oz
Exercise-21 min walk, 5 min hitting a tennis ball against the wall, 40 min hill/spring program on treadmill

I was looking at my data and it said I climbed 22 flights of stairs. I guess that was part of the hill part. Plus I increased my Zone 2 minutes and got a little Zone 3 and 4.
I was doing weights before I posted this and we have a pulley machine. I was finishing up a set something broke and the wires and pulleys all came down. Hoping it's a quick fix. Hubby will love that. Another thing for him to fix. So I finished up with hand weights.