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Post by LR63402 on Jan 1, 2017 10:46:42 GMT
Good morning.
This thread is for anyone that has been away from WWs, had a gain, and is recommitting to the program. We touch base daily for accountability and to encourage one another. We love to use first names here, so tell us yours when you post.
We all struggle to get the weight off and keep it off. Sometimes it is harder to keep it off and even if we fail, we keep trying, which is the key. Regardless of our situation or where we are in reaching our goal, I count on talking to you guys each day and I am blessed to count you as friends.
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Post by LR63402 on Jan 1, 2017 11:13:21 GMT
Good morning friends! Wow! Another year gone and a brand new year, full of possibilities now lies before us. It's just waiting for us to take the reigns and start making our way through the next 365 days. I was thinking about this while I was lying in bed waiting to fall asleep (it's a short thought - I was exhausted...Lol). I want to be in control of my life. I want to, as they say, Eat to Live not Live to Eat. I want to be able to think of food as fuel, not entertainment, comfort, or reward. I want to go back to craving things like a really good tomato or a tangerine, instead of cupcakes or chocolate. The only way to do that is to stop eating that junk and get it all detoxed from my system. Now I'm not much for new year's resolutions, but honestly why not use the fresh year as landmark for a fresh start? 1. Better food choices, 2. tracking what I eat/drink, 3. more activity - just doing these 3 things can make a huge difference in my current situation - a situation that I hate. So there it is. My much simplified road map to success. Who wants to join me on this path? It's just 3 things. We can totally deal with just 3 things, right? Okay climbing out of my own head now. Lol. We had a great time a the game yesterday. We got rained on a little bit, not mostly just sprinkles and it wasn't too cold, but was fairly windy. My lips are chapped this morning from being out in that wind. They actually opened up a short-cut from the train to the Dome/World Congress Center/CNN Center area - that had been blocked for a couple of years due to the new stadium construction, so I only got 10k steps yesterday instead of the 13 or 14k that I was suspecting. Probably a good thing though ans the ankle I hurt at Halloween was starting to bother me with every step. I'm totally thinking at this point that it is more that an ankle sprain. I'm thinking more of a stress fracture or something. I can go for days without it hurting and then just one tiny thing will anger it again. This time it was something to do with the way I stretched yesterday morning - a pain shot through my foot and it bothered me all day after that. Still sore this morning.  Oh well, today should be a pretty quiet day and I'll stay off it as much as possible. Okay, enough of my ramblings. I hope everybody has a wonderful day. I'll BBL Happy New Year!! |
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Post by janjasmine on Jan 1, 2017 13:09:52 GMT
Hi Everyone,
Happy New Year!!
I don't have too many plans this morning besides getting some cash for dinner tonight and getting a few things I need for the week if the stores I want to go to are open. Otherwise I will wait until tommorow when I might get some things for my friend.
Last night we went to the early fireworks and then dinner at a Thai restaurant in town. I did pretty good overall. If I thought of it earlier i should have asked the girl to put the Peanut sauce for the Thai salad on the side. I split a dessert with another member of our club. I got to the gym earlier and we also did a good bit of walking to get there and back to the elevated train.
Tommorow I want to get to the zumba class. I better register for it in the morning online as there may be more people going to the gym for about a month afterafter u the New Year. I fell asleep on the sofa before the New Year. It was only a few minutes before but I missed the ball falling. Oh well! Yawn!!
The weather is not looking dry for Tuesday night class but since I don't have to make dinner this week I will see if I can maybe make another night class at 6:30. I think I saw that the girl who does the zumba class is doing a zumba toning class so maybe I will try to get there that night.
Jasmine has continued to do better with her eating. I don't think I got here yesterday but I had cancelled her appointment for now because she was eating better. I will continue to monitor her as usual but she has had food at each meal now for the last few days.
Ok, guess I need to get dressed and moving soon. Have a great day!
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Post by success4susie on Jan 1, 2017 14:05:43 GMT
Good Morning ROs...had a wonderful dinner out last night with DFriends. Did not stay up late (as I suspected DH can't sit in his wheelchair too long without his bottom starting to hurt and I have started falling asleep early in the evening these days) but we really enjoyed getting dressed up and going out.
Lora- I am with you... hit a high point again after last night...darn, darn, all that work last summer and here I am pushing the limit again... I will NOT let myself get back to where I once was! Thanks for starting us...going to have a relaxing day here today too.
Janet - I wasn't up to see the ball drop either. Glad you are enjoying the Zumba classes so much. I really liked them before I had 2 knee surgeries and before they started going a little away from the salsa music and more like rap at my gym. And the music got sooo loud for me...gee, I guess I am really getting old - ha! Hope Jasmine continues to improve.
Happy New Year to everyone!
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Post by keshet51 on Jan 1, 2017 15:41:43 GMT
Happy New Year all. Lora, I know I'm the head case who always recommends new books that will "fix" my eating issues, but I have discovered a book by Judith Beck called The Diet Trap Solution, that I'm finding immensely helpful. I didn't like her earlier book - it was just too much tough love for me, meaning too much "tough," but this one just seems simple and tackles the ways I sabotage myself head on. If you can get it from the library (add it to your Penny wait list, haha) I'd really recommend taking a look at it. It's so in line with what you posted this morning! And actually tells you how to do it. My two cents.
Sorry about your ankle. Do you think you should have it X-rayed or something? Maybe you need to be in a boot for awhile until it heals? Good job on getting those steps in! I'm trying to think here about how I will be more active when I get back home. Doing lots of walking and swimming here, eating well, and I can feel the difference already. Not sure how I'll manage the cold and dark when I'm back, but staying indoors on my sofa is clearly not a good solution.
Janet, good news about Jasmine. Btw, I always ask for sauces and dressings on the side, always, even when I'm not being OP at all, just a habit I got into that actually is a good one. Sounds like you're really making some headway on managing the diabetes.
Susie, glad you had such a nice New Year's and got to dress up and go out. I also was asleep at 10 but I did hear the fireworks at midnight. Went right back to sleep. And I know what you mean about the music at the gym - I'd love to take a Zumba or other class but I'd have to wear ear plugs and that annoys me greatly, so I don't do it.
Another gorgeous day here in paradise. Already had a long walk with DB and DSIL on the beach. Will take my Kindle down to the beach shortly to sit and read and then will have a swim before lunch. Sailing this afternoon. It's a rough life, right?
Sending so much love and hugs to the ROs. Miss you guys.
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Post by RobinS811 on Jan 1, 2017 15:58:55 GMT
I want to be in control of my life. I want to, as they say, Eat to Live not Live to Eat. I want to be able to think of food as fuel, not entertainment, comfort, or reward. I want to go back to craving things like a really good tomato or a tangerine, instead of cupcakes or chocolate. The only way to do that is to stop eating that junk and get it all detoxed from my system. Now I'm not much for new year's resolutions, but honestly why not use the fresh year as landmark for a fresh start?
1. Better food choices, 2. tracking what I eat/drink, 3. more activity - just doing these 3 things can make a huge difference in my current situation - a situation that I hate. So there it is. My much simplified road map to success.
Lora, I figured that all those who want to join you should copy and paste that, it is definitely on my agenda! I know I do extra snacking, so have to watch that. I also want to make sure I track, if not 7 days a week, then at least 6. I should really track 7, and if I use more than 28 weeklies, so be it!
Glad you had such a great time at the game yesterday, but sorry for that cold Atlanta weather. I can deal with the cold also more than the wind. I am always out walking the dog, normally around 7 am, then again around 4 pm, sometimes later. In this weather, even with the same outdoor temp, the morning walk is OK, because the sun is coming up, but the afternoon can feel frigid because of the wind. I try to keep a chapstick of some sort handy because I also get chapped lips.
Susie, glad you enjoyed your dinner. Has DH tried using any kind of cushion on his wheelchair? I know those folding ones don't give the greatest support either, but so glad he is getting out. I am really hoping that for him 2017 will bring back his walking powers.
Jasmine, hope you have a nice dinner. This is your Chanukah get together I presume? Nice to do that.
I have some shopping to do. I really want DH to make better food choices too, so although grapes aren't the greatest, and they are more expensive now, I will stop at BJ's and get a few boxes. He likes those, and maybe will pick up a few other snack items he likes that aren't bad. They also sell the Joseph's pita which are lower in calories/points.
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Post by RobinS811 on Jan 1, 2017 16:02:12 GMT
Andie, but the time I finished my post, you beat me to it. Your day sounds lovely, as always. i have a friend who also tends to buy a lot of diet books. The one thing I say is that she wishes she lost the weight that all those diet books weigh. I think we all know, there is no magic in this world, unless of course we want to use duct tape. What are you reading? I just finished Faithful, the new Alice Hoffman book. Not a happy story for the most part, but I loved the book. It' a short book too, and reads very fast. There could be a lot of good discussions about it too, so it will probably become a popular book club selection.
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Post by janjasmine on Jan 1, 2017 19:47:11 GMT
I'll probably post later tonight as my sister will be picking me up very soon. Robin, my cat's name is Jasmine. My user name is actually a combination of my name -Janet and Jasmine. Bbl I hope.
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Post by RobinS811 on Jan 1, 2017 21:23:54 GMT
Janet, I know that, just typed wrong.
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Post by keshet51 on Jan 1, 2017 22:13:13 GMT
You're right, Robin, no magic. I keep searching because what I've done until now hasn't worked, or has worked briefly, and I suspect it will be a combination of things that helps me finally get a handle on this. Am hoping that it's WW with some behavioral mod thrown in. WW already does some of this; the book is just more direct and everything's in one place. Time will tell. I've been reading that book, finished an Elly Griffith's book, the third in the series called The House at Sea's End. I like this author a lot but the first two books in the series were about children being murdered and I only made it through the first one and half of the second before I realized a kid was involved again. This last one a friend assured me is about adults only so I was fine with it. My next book to read is The Nix. Someone in my office said her book group was reading it so I downloaded it on my Kindle for the trip. It's a long book so I've been kind of resistant to getting started but will do so tonight. What's Faithful about? I may have read it, like Alice Hoffman.
Had a great day today, got to sail this afternoon which I love. We're going out to dinner - hopefully I can find something program-friendly. People here have been good about giving me extra vegetables, leaving off the sauces, etc. I think my family is used to hearing me but sometimes I feel like Meg Ryan in When Sally Met Harry... Every meal is a negotiation. One day at a time... Would like to have a good WI on Saturday and have taken the weight off that I gained in the two weeks prior to my vacation.
Have a good evening all.
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Post by success4susie on Jan 1, 2017 23:28:49 GMT
Had a pretty lazy day today. Went to church this morning and have done pretty much nothing the rest of the day... yippee - just what I wanted to do!
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Post by LR63402 on Jan 1, 2017 23:33:09 GMT
It's shaping up to be a pretty lazy day here as well. The last of my visitors left just before noon. I promptly stretched out on the love seat for an almost 2 hour nap. Woke up, had a sandwich, started on laundry from the guest rooms and bathroom - towels, sheets, etc. DHs parents are coming next weekend. So I want to have all that stuff done before I go back to work, so I don't have to be doing it in the evenings after work this week. Other than laundry, it's pretty much just been a day for relaxing and watching some NFL games. Oh, I do have a fire going in the fireplace, so that's nice.
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Post by RobinS811 on Jan 2, 2017 1:15:39 GMT
Andi, I read The Nix. It is not a quick read, and not only because it is long, some books to me are quicker reads than others because I find something about them more compelling. I did like it though. In the beginning of Faithful, the main character is 17, & gets into a car accident where her friend is so severely injured she lives as a vegetable. Just a an FYI, the road they are on is the one where my office building is. It follows her story through about 10 years of her life, how she copes, or doesn't, what happens to her, basically how she survives. Sometimes I can't figure out why I just like a book so much more than I like others, and with this one, it is what I say about a lot of them, I hate to use the work "like", because it is a sad story. Same with some others that I have read that I like.
Lora, not surprised you tired yourself out with all the guest you had. I watched the Jets game, more or less. They finally one, but it was one bad team against another. Sometimes what you need is laying on the couch and vegging out. Do you have to work tomorrow?
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Post by janjasmine on Jan 2, 2017 1:53:30 GMT
Hi Everyone, We had a nice dinner. I wish that my other nephew had come too but my sister said he had stayed up all night and hadn't gone to sleep until 2 pm and he even left work early. I had what I wanted and didn't worry about it tonight. ( baby back ribs, fries) and Cole slaw. My sister was not satisfied with the prime rib, not because it didn't taste good but it wasn't hot enough. They heated it up some more but if they heated it up too much it would have been cooked too much. They ended up taking the charge off for it .She has had it there before and it has come out good temperature wise. Back to the gym tommorow. I am worried about my friend. We had texted earlier today . I thought she'd be at work. She never replied to my texts or phone calls to her which is unusual. At some point if she gets her break she replies. I don't have any other way to contact her. She said the other day that her heart was heavy and she felt anxiety about something but couldn't say why. I just hope she is okay. She seemed to be okay this morning though but maybe not so talkative. I hope someone else doesn't have her phone and was answering for her but it seemed like her style of conversation. Sometimes though she has to pay her phone bill and maybe she is cut off until she does. Just don't know. Oh, well. Not much I can do that I know. Ok, good night . |
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Oh well, today should be a pretty quiet day and I'll stay off it as much as possible.
