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How is everyone? It's October! Where has this year gone?!?!

A new month always brings new hope and promises for me. How about y'all?

I totally fell off the wagon last week with my eating, but still tracked daily. I mean, I seriously tracked EVERYTHING. Including the 142 points, yes, you read that right, ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY TWO POINTS I went over... I was dreading weigh in yesterday, just knowing I had gained! Long story short, I still lost 0.4lbs. I DO NOT KNOW HOW. The math doesn't add up, but I'm using that as motivation and drive to really be successful this week.

How is everyone?!

Resisting tracking again ... maybe I really should look into simply filling? Has anyone done it? I know I would still have to track non-SF foods, but maybe that change will shake things up.

I just don't want to get into the bad habit of routinely going above and beyond my weeklies, which is where I feel I am headed.

I have a hike planned for tomorrow, but it's supposed to be over 100 here! We'll be in the mountains so hopefully it will be a little cooler than that.

Everyone else is all pumpkins and apple cider and I'm like flip flips, AC, and shorts LOL - I want fall!

Linda - I havent. I struggle with portion control and bourbon and butter aren't on SF... also, I don't seem to have a "full valve." LOL

WHERE are you that's 100 degrees?!?!?!

Linda I haven't even looked into simply filling, so I don't have any sort of opinion on it. Sorry Vitamin B12 is suppose to help you feel full if you're always feeling hungry. Bring plenty of water on your hike, and make sure to rest when you need to! 100 degrees is crazy.

I have been doing well with portion control for now, I am a little scared for when the points values start going down. My hope is that since it's one point at a time, it'll be a gradual decline and I won't notice the whole less food part.

It definitely doesn't feel like fall here. It's still 82 degrees where I'm at x.x. I'm use to Washington State weather. Right about now it's getting down into the 40's and 50's at night where I use to live, and lurks in the lower 70's during the day.

Hi! I would love to start posting here. I just started the old WW points system, I guess it was called momentum, last Saturday. So tomorrow will be my 1 wk point. I'm anxious to weigh in. I did fairly well. I have ate all my points, including the extras but not went over that. The extra points make it tolerable and I want to succeed. Starving will only lead to failure. Anyway, I am just looking for accountability and motivation! I am around 200lbs... my heaviest outside of pregnancy. I would love to be 170. 165 would be amazing. I am 5.6 and muscular. I'll never be "skinny"

Oh, and since you guys are talking weather. I'm freezing!! Fall as arrived in Lexington, Ky! I have chili in the crockpot. Only going to be 55 as a high temp tomorrow. I love it but its only for a day or two... back in the 70's soon.

Welcome gettingbackinmyjeans! I love the freezing weather, so I have to say I'm a bit jealous of you. I live for the cold and can't wait for temperatures to start falling here.

On a different note, crockpots are amazing. We just got one and I absolutely love it! Now I just need to find some good WW recipes for it. My first recipe was a chicken cheesesteak sorta deal, which was nummy. Here's the recipe for any interested. It has the points plus values and the old points values, not sure how that works with the other WW diet plans.

http://www.skinnykitchen.com/recipes...the-crock-pot/

Today was my weigh in. 198.2. Not bad but was hoping for a bigger loss the first week.

Happy Monday, Ladies!!!

Welcome GBIMJ! Every time I have a loss that I'm not happy with I try to think to myself, "What if this amount were a gain?" Sometimes it works - sometimes it doesnt. lol

Sun - I have to start bulking up on my crockpot recipes. I just changed my work schedule to four 10 hour days, so my dinner prep time is being reduced drastically.

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DH and I ran a 5k on Saturday morning. It was unexpectedly very cold outside... We left the house and it was 59 outside. We drove 13 miles North and it was 50 and windy. I wore capris and short sleeved athletic shirt. I didn't set a PR, but considering I haven't been training at all for it, I wasn't too disappointed with my time. My splits got progressively slower, but I kept a 13:42/mile the first mile. I'm pretty pleased with that.

I kept my eating/drinking a bit more balanced this weekend and haven't run over my weeklies/Activity Points!

I love Sun sharing a crockpot recipe! Anyone else have any recipes worth sharing?


What's your favorite, PP friendly recipe?

Hello hello! I signed up for meetings on Friday, it's been over a year since I attended. I really like the simple start two week jump start program.

I *have* done Simply Filling and really really liked it, but you do have to learn to listen to your body in terms of knowing when you're satisfied and when to stop and I know that's a challenge for most of us (myself included) which is why we're here.

SoMuchFattitude - great job staying on point this week, and congrats on the 5k! It's awesome that your husband does it with you. Boyfriend is doing the food part of the diet with me, but he doesn't really exercise. Seeing everyone doing the 5k stuff kinda makes me want to do try it out. So self-conscious about running outside though. Hate people watching me cause in the past I've had people shout nasty things.. and then I get sad and don't want to exercise at all. So I've been sticking to living room workouts.

Tudor Rose - Welcome, or welcome back

I'm down exactly 1lb since Monday last week. Not a huge loss, but still a downward trend, so I'm happy with it. I have been eating a lot of carbs this week, only cut into my weeklies by 3 points, but still ate a lot of carbs. The meal plan this week is better, so maybe the loss will be a bit better.

I'm not technically "anyone else" but I do have a few more crockpot recipes. I haven't checked these ones for points yet, nor have I tried them. The orange chicken is on the list of recipes we're trying out this week. We do a lot of chicken... Some I took from 3FC forums, so to keep the list shortere I won't add those. The crockpot forums are here though:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/crockpot-recipes-181/

http://www.skinnykitchen.com/recipes...-or-crock-pot/
http://reciperenovations.com/sweet-a...ooker-chicken/
http://reciperenovations.com/slow-co...range-chicken/
http://www.skinnykitchen.com/recipes...ken-teriyaki-/
http://www.friendsforweightloss.com/...-chicken-bake/
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/02/c...n-425-pts.html
http://simple-nourished-living.com/2...ooker-chicken/

0o0o0o0o - Sun! Thank you!!!

Sun - it's a battle with DH on some days. He's naturally lean, so he doesn't get how real the struggle is. LOL People can be d*cks, don't let that stop you! You are lapping everyone on the couch. I know it's easier said than done, but don't let them win! I wonder what would happen if you challenged them on it, like, "Excuse, what did you say?" LOL - I bet most people would be like, "uhhh...nothing." This is my only experience with someone being an idiot and the response. As my daddy always said, you can't fix stupid. LOL

Jill - how do you do it without booze? (God I sound like an alcoholic) I just love bourbon and that WW lets me work that in. LOL

Thanks for the uplifting words SoMuchFattitude. You have such an amazing way of handling things, and I love reading through your blog posts I still probably won't go running outside. I struggle with anxiety and depression already, and I just don't trust myself to continue if I do get yelled at (generally by people passing in a car, no less).. and it's happened enough that in my mind it's a very likely possibility. I want to eventually move into the fitness center our apartment has and use their elliptical machine. I love those things!

I would love to get to a place where I had your inner strength though.

Sun, you are too kind. My confidence is certainly a work in progress. I have good days and bad, but don't we all? I take Wellbutrin and Buspar for depression and anxiety, so I hear you.

I'm on Celexa (or rather the generic version of it).. just that for now, my doctor up'd my dosage from 20mg to 40mg a few months back. I've had depression since I was around 14 (I'm 29 now), but have only recently decided to take medicine for it. There's a lot of stigma in my family about taking prescriptions for mental illness that they don't count as mental illness.

Anxiety became severe with the weight gain, so I'm sort of hoping that also leaves as I lose it.