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I still haven't found my Fitbit, but I mapped a walk we did from an event last night, and our route was three miles.

Welcome back! It's always great to "see" you! It sounds like you're in a good mental pace and that your plan is working. Fantastic! Looking forward to your participation on the board and your insights.

I'm on week #8 of not weighing. I had planned to go to a WW studio early this morning, but I hit snooze instead. I've been out of town a lot the past few weekends, mainly for fun stuff, and I've gotten lazy in my tracking. I don't think I've caused a lot of damage, and I've definitely been mindful/haven't eaten as much as…

I'm already tired thinking about the holiday travel we'll be doing. It's been a busy fall already. But these are first world problems, and I'm thankful for the time and resources to be able to travel and spend time with family and friends. I need to track consistently during the holidays. Another thing I'm planning to do…

Welcome back, Steve! Glad you're safe. It sounds like you've got a lot of exciting life changes in the works. Congratulations!

Uncomfortable clothes or seeing a pic of myself that makes me cringe will usually set things in motion . . . eventually.

I'm a poll worker (alternate this election), so I've voted early the past few elections. I got a lot done today waiting to see if I'd be needed somewhere. But I got up at 4:15, and I'm tired.

Psychological pain and disgust with myself are usually what get me back in track. I don't think that's healthy, and I wish it wasn't true, but it is. It frequently starts with either seeing a picture of myself and being disgusted because I didn't realize how large I'd gotten or not having something to wear to an…

I'm on week #6 of not weighing. On a positive note this week, I ate more vegetables. On the negative side, I got a little sloppy with my tracking in that I didn't do it in real time for a couple of days when I was out of town, so I had to try to remember everything. I tried hard to be accurate. My average calorie count is…

I'm on thyroid medication. I hoped to lose weight and get luxuriously thick hair after starting it . . . but nope. I do think I have more energy, so I expect that to help a bit with weight loss when I'm cleared to exercise.

This quest is timely as I was just thinking I need to schedule a sleep study. I rarely wake up feeling refreshed no matter how much sleep I get. I generally don't nap but sometimes do on a long car ride. Sleep doesn't seem to affect my appetite directly, but if my sleep hours get off, then eating at strange times of the…

Carbs, fats and sugar for me. I don't recall ever over-eating protein on the regular. ☺️

I can't find my Fitbit, but I mapped a walk from yesterday, and it was 3.5 miles. That's the longest I've gone on the new hips, and it felt great! I'll search for the Fitbit next week as I'd like to report here daily.

I'm on week #5 of not weighing. I had a decent week, but someone dropped a delicious cake off to us yesterday, and I ate more of that than planned but much less than I would have had I not been tracking. We're heading out of town later today for the first of three weekends in a row involving gathering with friends and…

I'm also trying to be better about getting more vegetables in my diet. I love them steamed and roasted. I like to have a big salad going all the time, but I've struggled with that lately. I frequently eat dinner leftovers for breakfast/lunch, so I don't mind having vegetables for breakfast. There are a ton of interesting…

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I'll say: Not doing a weekly weigh-in and just trusting the process and trusting myself to do the process. I have an EXCELLENT recipe for turkey breakfast sausage. I think I've posted it previously. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/229989/turkey-breakfast-sausage/

@Philtex , great question. My answer is still evolving, but a few things I think I'll be able to take away are: 1) Trusting the process. 2) Trusting myself to do the work of the process. (Or at least recognizing when I can and can't trust myself.) 3) Having a better understanding of what calorie deficit I can stand that…

Twelve pounds seems to be what I need (without exercise) to move down a size. I think I usually feel a 4-5 pound loss, so I don't think I'm there. I also wonder if I've unconsciously done lower carb recently with my weight loss efforts. I think I feel low carb losses more easily because of the rapid water weight loss. The…

For anyone interested in following this experiment, I'm planning to give a four-week update throughout. Four week synopsis: I confirmed via a WW Studio weigh-in that I've lost at least 2.5 pounds (more on that below.) I didn't feel super "diety" or deprived the past four weeks. It was easy and calming not to step on the…

I've had trouble the past few years sticking to a plan for more than a few weeks. I'm aware, now that it's (mostly) gone that the constant arthritis pain I was having negatively impacted my life much more than I realized. I've said previously that when I reach a level of "mental pain" about my weight/the way I look, that's…

Al, I make a similar soup to yours and add red bell pepper and celery. My herbs are either thyme or Herbs de Provence and chili powder along with salt and pepper to taste. That combination of herbs sounds weird, but it works.

One last thing. This experiment is also about trying to develop some consistent and good habits in how/what I eat.

@crewahl Yep, I'm definitely in loss mode, Charlie. I started this experiment because I felt I was letting the scale mess with my head too much, and the result of that was that my eating/dieting behaviors were inconsistent. So in an effort to truly focus on/isolate my behaviors, the questions I asked myself were: 1) What…

I'm on week #4:of my no weighing-in experiment. I have to admit that I'm now curious about what the scale would say. The main reason is that I don't "feel" like I've lost weight despite diligently tracking. On that topic, I had a rude awakening this week. I was traveling and ate at the same restaurant twice. I'd eaten…

Glad to hear. Keep us posted.

Good luck, George. Three weeks in on diligently tracking, and I'd still only give myself a score of 5 on a 10-point scale for the skill of "scanning the week and determining where I can save/splurge." I agree with Brian that's critical for long-term success. But this week was better than last week, so hopefully those…

Hey guys! I'm out of town but feeling good about having eaten in a deficit this week. I'm on week #3 of my "no weighing-in experiment." I'm still feeling good about it. I normally set my tracker at 1200 calories when I'm in loss mode, but for this experiment, I'm aiming for 1200-1300. I don't yet know how allowing those…

When I lost weight and got to goal years ago, a family member was very interested in what I was doing. Joining WW back then coincided with me learning about some food allergies/sensitivities. I think she thought eliminating gluten and dairy had caused my weight loss, so she became interested in that as well. She's never…

I love soup and go through stages where I make it frequently. It's been awhile, but I've been hankering for some lately. Decades ago when the Cabbage Soup Diet was popular, I did it a couple of times and actually loved that soup. I now make a version of that soup but without the onion soup mix. I saute my cabbage and…

I'm on week #2 of my not weighing experiment. I think things are still going well despite having a more challenging week from an eating standpoint. I was out of town for several days for a funeral, and between planes, trains and automobiles and hotel stays, there was a lot of restaurant eating and eating at strange times.…