Carol Sue When we lived in SC we had a tv in each bedroom so that when we had company they could watch tv in their room if they wanted to. We don't get company like that any more and no reason to do that now. I am going to enjoy having cable in my bedroom mainly because I like to go to sleep with music playing. In our bedroom, the tv has something called a Joey and it uses airways or something and it doesn't always work and if very confusing so I finally just quit using it. The guy I talked to at Dish was willing to work with me and get my bill lower, but when DH called back and talked to someone else the woman wasn't willing to do that so we told them to just cancel. I really want to do the local cable any way but DH wasn't sure he wanted to until he talked to the woman when he called back and she wasn't interested in helping us.
I did an 8 hr eating window today. Not strict low carb, but lower than I have been. I made the Chicken Parmesan and it was really good. I was going to have my niece and two little great nephews over tomorrow but I cancelled until next week because we don't have a set time for the technician to come hook up the boxes etc and we have to wear masks and distance while he is here thus the reason to change things up.
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Trish, I like chicken parm but I've only had it in a restaurant. Never made it myself.
Well, scale day has arrived and I'm surprised that I lost anything will th the way I struggled with overeating. But I did better the past 2 days. I am at 190.8 which is only down .4 from last Friday but down is down, and I'm gradually getting better at controlling.
I slept for 7+ hours the past 2 nights. Maybe that's why I'm down, too. We have to go to Wal-Mart because DH has no bread and that's the only place that carries it. I don't need a lot so it will be quick. He also will want to get breakfast because its the last day for restaurants. The veggie omlet I had last week sounds good.
Carol Sue Down .4 lbs is down and it is an accomplishment. Congratulations. You really did good. I think not weighing everyday for you is less stressful. I don't know if I will stop weighing everyday or not. We will see how I do as I get more confident in what I am doing.
Today was WI day for me to and I actually lost 2.2 lbs this week. That isn't bad for me for my 1st week on SF plan. If I remember correctly, Carol Sue, you lost 3+ lbs your first week not weighing every day so my 2 lbs is pretty good for me. I know according to my weight loss history that I don't or won't always do that well but I want to stay with what I'm doing and I believe any loss is better than nothing. Eating more low carb as I did yesterday also helped the FBG as it was 120 this morning but then I checked it earlier since I'm headed out to the beauty shop early today. I think DS and I are going to see if we can go back to our 10 and 10:30 appts instead of this 9 and 9:30 appts we are on now. We aren't used to getting up this early any more.
Guess I better go. I need to go to the store afterwards. Temps are going to be 70 and raining today so I could wait and go tomorrow but probably will just go today. It is going to be cold next week in the 50s.
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I had the veggie omlet and it had more veggies than last time. It was very good. Maybe they are trying to use everything up because they have to close. They will have take out but not breakfast.
I got a lot of over-the-counter meds so I don't need them for a while. I want to nurse my toothache until the virus lets up a bit but I have to watch out for infection. I stopped taking Tylenol Arthritis for sleep but it helps for the toothache. I don't take it every day.
Today will go into the 60s but that will be the last warm day for awhile. We are used to it being old in the winter.
Carol Sue The omelet sounds good. I love a good omelet. I used to love the ones Denny's makes but haven't been there since covid. Also they are widening the freeway by ours and it is a pain in the rump to get in and out of there. I bought some veggies for slaw type salads that would make great omelets so I just might have one of those for dinner tonight.
I feel so blessed today. I read a lot this week in my devotionals about learning to be thankful for something each day. So I've been working on being more thankful to pull out of the depression I've been dealing with. I had the most amazing experience today. So this morning I had prayed telling the Lord that it would be nice if it wasn't raining when DS and I went to the beauty shop and especially went to the beauty shop. However, I told Him I couldn't ask Him to do that because it was selfish plus we need the rain. So I decided to just thank Him for the rain instead. It was sprinkling when I got to the beauty shop so I took my umbrella in with me figuring it was going to be raining when I came out. In fact, I told my beautician that I had just talked myself out of going to the store because of the rain and I walked out thinking I would just come straight home. I walked out to go to the car and no rain. I was able to go to the store and it didn't start raining again until I got a block from my house. It was like a little blessing that the Lord didn't have to give me but He did making me feel so very blessed today.
Fatmad I hope things are going good for you. I know making the transition to retirement is a way new experience for you. However, you are a person who likes to do a lot of things. Except for the fact that I was babysitting grand children, I found retirement such a nice blessing because I could do a lot more of things I wanted to do that a job kept me from having time to do so that I really enjoyed not working and still do. I think you will be able to do the same thing too. It just take time to adjust.
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Trish, as much as I hate covid, knowing that I don't have to go to jury duty because of it seems like a gift from God. I feel guilty about that because many people will not be working because of closures.
This is funny. DH said he wants to go to the WVa casino today for the last day. He doesn't realize it is not closing because only PA is closing. I feel guilty for not telling him but I don't want to go!
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One of the downsides of once-a-week weighing is I tend to celebrate when I get a good number, and that's what I did yesterday. And I'm up this morning as a result. I am not counting it because I think its fluid and will go away again. So I've decided to continue Friday weigh in at least until Jan 1. I ate way too much, but it was all real food. We went out for salmon again and ordered the lunch portion but they gave us the dinner portion. Everything was bigger and i ate it all. I have not eaten any sweets or salty snacks for 2 weeks. DH has been buying it but it is stuff that doesn't appeal to me. I will continue working to control my portions and NOT celebrate after a good number.
DH told me he thinks I should stop eating eggs but he cooked them for me this morning. LOL. And I ate them with a slice of Aldis toast with no butter. Breakfast is not my problem. The problem is what I eat the rest of the day. Now that the restaurants are closed until Jan 4 we will eat take out or I will cook. DH is not crazy about take out. I'm ok either way.
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Carol Sue I have a tendency to do the same thing when on WI day. This may be why it is good for me to weigh everyday. Of course, that doesn't mean it would be good for you. As we know this can change so we can't write it in stone that something works ALL the time for us. Although I weigh everyday, I still have one day that I consider my WI day.
Yesterday was wild. It is a good thing that I cancelled things with my niece last night. The kid came to put the new cable tv equipment in and to upgrade out internet. He got everything hooked up and couldn't get it all to load from the office. When he realized what the problem was, he told us he was very upset with whoever set up our internet and phone 4 yrs ago because they had put a block on things coming into the box and didn't make note of it. This kid could have had it finished a good hour earlier if they had made note of it. He was supposed to arrive between 1 and 5 and it was after 5 before he got out of here.
I had only eaten 1 Fiber One bar before I went to the beauty shop so by this time it had been 9 hours since I had eaten and I was feeling shaky and irritable and I'm sure DH was too. Plus DH is one of those people who is very critical and griping about the new system which is tivo and it does not work anything like what we had with Dish. So besides starving we were mad at each other most of the evening. Normally it would not have bothered me because I know he does this until he gets used to the new. I think only children or spoiled kids are like this. People especially the oldest kid like me and previous hubbies, just learns to adjust to whatever goes. However, I do have to admit that I liked Dish a lot better than this new system, but I did it because it is cheaper. I don't think I'm on a 2 yr contract so we could always go back if we wanted. Plus I've heard that Direct tv lets you pick what networks etc that you want. They will start bugging me again one of these days and when they will do I will check into it then.
Any way, my eating was on plan foods but I went crazy with the eating... emotional eating I'm sure. So I am so thankful that my weight was only up to 187. Back OP today, but will probably do 3 meals today. I still love this way of eating so I will stay on this SF plan.
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That's the bad thing with switching tv plans, you don't know if you will like it until you do it, and then you do have to get used to it. Sometimes if Dish wants you back bad enough they will find a way to get you out of another contract. We cannot have Dish because of the hills behind our house, so it's Comcast or nothing.
I made a batch of apricot cookies and am disappointed in the recipe. They will eat them, but I I'll use a different recipe for the next batch. DH decided to come in and cook while I was baking. Grrrr
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Weight is the same as last week which is one pound above my posted loss. I have lost my focus and need to get it back. My program has been really impacted by the rink closures and the limits on gym visits. I'd also like to start doing IF again but it is really hard being home all of the time.
Carol Sue I agree it takes time to get used to the new tv system. I am the kind of person that I adjust better than DH. I reminded him that he gripped about some of the same things when we first went with Dish and Directv until he got used to them. Some of the the things he complains about we can adjust to and the problem we are having with our YouTube connection can probably be fixed. I will call them tomorrow and have DH talk to them and see if it is something they or he can fix with them guiding him. I also want to call and see if they just added our existing service or if we are on a 1 or 2 yr contract. I know we should start getting calls or letters from both Dish and Directv wanting us to come back to them and I told him that if he doesn't get used to this that I will switch to one of them. Even though I loved a lot of things about Dish much better than this, I just don't think it is worth what we had to pay for it and it was about to go higher to get our local stations.
Well, I think I learned 2 things yesterday which I'm glad to know since I'm leaving the WW website. I probably should not weigh everyday so may have to change that and do just a WI day. Also I went on MFP and tracked my plan yesterday and saw my calories were only around 1000 calories using WWSF and I think that set me up so that I thought well if I ate a little more no big deal. Plus I saw that the sodium was in the red. And last night I ended up with a binge on some things I should not have eaten. I decided that I don't need to be counting calories because I don't need to know when my calories are below or around 1000 calories because I seem to unconsciously think I can eat more. Plus today my weight which may be from a high sodium day caused from the pizza sauce and cheese along with the salty binge foods is probably more from the sodium than the food. So I'm going to try my best not to weigh again until my WI on Friday. I do like being able to look on MFP and see how much weight I have lost. I really loved seeing chart and how that line made a drastic drop to my low weight on their graft. So although I won't be counting the calories, I may use it to keep up with my weight loss on their chart.
Any way back OP this morning. Today I probably will also go back to 2MAD most days since I obviously can do it and it works so much better for me. I also plan to cut back on my carbs although I'm not going to give them up completely. There are still some of those foods that doesn't mess with my FBS as it has finally come back under 120. I guess I am now tweaking my plan as it is now coming together. Like many other things in life, we are constantly learning what works and what doesn't.
Pipsicle You were posting while I was. I'm sorry all this pandemic stuff is affecting your being able to go to the ice skating rink and limited gym. I wish I was as faithful to my exercise as you are. I appreciate you statement of staying focused. I think that is what I'm experiencing right now. I sure hope this week will be better for both of us. Getting used to doing things when staying home all the time is not easy but it can be done. I have to remember that too because it is something I really have to work at because I become lazy and/or sloppy with it some days. Have a good week. :hugs:
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Today I made another batch of apricot cookies with a different dough and they are much better. DH said the other ones are good and they will like them. I want to get them all done to pass out next week. Just a few more to make that are easy. They will feel that we are together for Christmas if they have my cookies.
It sounds like you are figuring things out, Trish.
Pipsicle, I'm sorry your exercise venues are not available.
I had about 1100 calories in 6 hours. I had scrambled eggs and a half piece of French toast. Then DH made hamburgers around 4:00. What I ate tasted very good. It would not be considered diet food. I am satisfied but not stuffed. I feel that I ate like a normal person which is my goal. I think slow weight loss is more lasting. I never got back up anywhere near the 217 that was my starting weight or even over 200. I don't remember losing that weight because it was gradual. When DH was in the hospital I lost 15 lbs very fast but it easily came back on. So as much as I would like to lose 2# a week, I don't think its In the cards for me but I WOULD like to lose more than 2# a year!!
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We didn't get to bed until midnight after watching the Steelers lose their second game in a row. They were behind the whole game and never got ahead but they have a good record this year and are going to the playoffs. Still I slept until almost 9.
More cookies today. Peanut butter. I am eating one of each cookie "to be sure they are good" but I don't think one will hurt me much. I am not a big sweet eater. I haven't felt fat or stuffed for 2 days. That is how I'm guaging my eating right now since my main goal is to get eating under control. Some weight loss should result, too. I might make chili today since I have some fresh ground beef. Or maybe a dish DH likes with ground beef and potatoes. He did not have any potatoes yesterday so he will be wanting some today.
I ate my scrambled eggs an hour later today since we got up later. I have not been buying bacon or sausage as I don't miss it if I don't have it and I don't need the extra calories or fat. The eggs alone are very satisfying to me. No toast either. I only need toast to dip in sunny side up eggs. Hopefully I will not eat again until dinner. That is my plan.
Yesterday DH made a comment about the "coat racks" downstairs, insinuating that I have not been exercising. But he sees I'm on a roll baking cookies for HIS family!
Did any of you see the exercise mirror they have been advertising? It is a full length mirror and I think you exercise in front of it and see a whole exercise class or an instructor, I'm not sure. It would be a great novelty, but it costs $1495.00 and there's a monthly fee. The gift for the person who has everything! I'll pass.Time to start baking!
12:30 and the peanut butter cookies are done. Now I'm going to pay bills, and tonight, write out my Christmas cards. It sometimes takes a long time to get them across country so I hope I have time to get them to a few relatives. I only send a few. Sadly, so many family members have passed away.
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WOW I can't believe I am posting so late. DS and I talked so long this morning and by the time I would have posted DH got up and I had to go dress to go to Sam's club since we needed tomatoes.
I ate oatmeal for breakfast since it got down to 32 last night and was 38 when I got up. Oats are so good on a cold morning like that. We got KFC and I made a home made a 0 pt slaw before I left. So I just had the slaw, chicken, a fiber one bar and my milk for lunch. The only pts I've had today was in the chicken batter and I don't eat much of it since I don't eat the skin because I don't like the fat on the chicken. Daddy's grandmother who taught my Mama how to cook it always took the fat off the chicken.
I'm looking at the new Air fryer ovens to find one to replace my toaster oven. I wish they had had them when I bought this. DH wanted to buy me some new kitchen rubber rugs for my kitchen floor for Christmas. I won't tell him that I don't like the ones that we have in there now, but I would rather have the air fryer oven. DS said her DD and SIL bought one for her and BIL for Christmas. Funny thing is DS had bought an air fryer microwave combo and never used the air fryer, but she loves this one that her DD bought her. I found one that is 8 in 1 and another that is 5 in 1. It all depends on the size since my cabinet space is limited. A lot of WW people use air fryers.
Weight doesn't move back down very fast when it goes up but I'm still in the 180s barely but there. FBG is still coming back down.
Carol Sue Your cookies sound so good. I think I saw DH looking at cookie dough at Sam's but we don't buy them. I would like to have some but won't buy them. I love Christmas candy especially Divinity but I don't enjoy it since I don't have Mama to share it with. She and I were the ones who loved it. I used to make the No bake divinity for Mama. I walked down memory lane today missing Daddy and Mama and DH#2. They always made Christmas so special but for DH and me it seems to have become just another day.
