October Chat
 

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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. :hug:

:hug: 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.

Sun - my history with depression is kinda debatable. LOL I was on birth control starting at 16 and my body didn't handle the hormones from it well. As in - it made me crazy and gave me seizures. My doc added Buspar about 3 months ago because my anxiety worsened A LOT after my miscarriage. I'm fortunate that my family views mental health like any other disease - you manage it.

LOL SoMuchFattitude. You don't sound like an alcoholic, I promise :) I actually don't drink that much so that helps but I build it into the extra points but, most importantly, set a limit AND STICK TO IT. Of course, since I don't drink that much my limit is usually just one beer or one glass of wine, but I make sure it's the good stuff (usually high octane beer lol) to make it a bit more worth the points ;)

So, I'm gonna type up a whole bit thing on my backstory/life depression stuff, but I'm gonna put it at the end for any who may want to skip over it. I'm not looking for any sympathy and I've talked about most the stuff enough now with therapists over the years that it doesn't bother me and I've come to terms with it. More just felt like sharing my experience. Before that though!

Weight related. I weighed in at 237.2 today! I get real excited when the scale goes down now because it's always a new low. On the down side, my blender broke last night :( I've ordered a new one from Amazon that should get here in two days.. but no more smoothies for a little bit. Sad days! I'll have to remember to eat more fruits and veggies the normal way. The one I got is a ninja blender! Woot woot!

Onto the sad, sorta unrelated stuff (though it ends happier I swear)

My family is.. off.. My parents got divorced when I was young (like 2 years old, I don't remember it), dad is on wife number four (whom I actually love and hope he stays with this one, other two after my mom were *****es, super mean). Mom remarried once and has been with my step-dad for 15 years now. I lived with my dad up until I was 15 years of age.

Dad was mentally and emotionally abusive. He'd call me fat all the time when I wasn't. I was actually very thin in high school, and very active in sports. He told me my boobs would never be as big as my mom's because my step dad bought her a boob job when I was around 8. I'd get grounded for things like not beating my brother home from school because we walked and he didn't want me hanging around talking to my friends because they were trying to convince me to move in with my mom. He'd throw things at the wall next to where I was standing when I got in trouble. When I tried to say I wanted to move in with her, he wanted me to write down reasons, eventually I mustered up the courage to tell him I was scared of him. His response was that kids were suppose to be afraid of their parents.

Now, at 15 I went over to my mom's house and just refused to go home. We contacted child services, and the police department to make sure that was an okay thing to do, and not breaking any laws. It was fine. My dad reacted by calling and making threats about how I could run and hide, but I'd have to go to school sometime. So then we got to talk to the security guards at school too. Dad raided my stuff at his house and found suicide notes I had written fairly recently, and that's when I started going to therapy. We got a restraining order on dad, and I didn't talk to him for about six years.

So fast forward to more recently, I've been in and out of therapy a lot for depression. I'll feel like I have a handle on it and then stop going to therapy because it's expensive as all ****. About a year ago I started getting physically sick coinciding with a pretty bad depression bout that just wasn't going away. Food wasn't digesting properly, it was sitting in my stomach..which in turn caused a lot of nasty side effects. That's when I started taking medication for my depression. I also moved back in with my mom and step-dad (I had moved out when I was 18). Arguing commenced over whether I should actually have the FMLA that my work gave me because my illness wasn't visible.

My mom and step-dad view what I've been going through for around 14 years now as the same thing they have when they have a bad day at work. Now, my mom and step-dad are not bad people, they truly are trying to help out, they just have a very hard time understanding. My mom is better than my step-dad. My step-dad doesn't believe in mental illness at all. It's just not a thing to him. My half-sister was diagnosed with psychosis, she's sorta the parental favorite, and my step-dad couldn't even really deal with that. He thought she was making choices to see/hear things, and damn near left her on her own to deal with it. My mom said had it been any of us other kids, he wouldn't have stuck with it. How he ended up dealing was he just got a list of how to treat someone with it. He doesn't understand what it is, and doesn't believe in it, but he will act how a doctor tells him to act.

My mom I think I'm starting to get through to, and she really does want to understand. We had a talk when I was there recently about mental illness, and how people with it don't tend to think logically during episodes. She started using my half-sister as an example, and I pointed out it happens with me too. She was having a hard time imagining so I tried to explain by letting her know that if I'm having an episode then I'll think things about how I'm annoying people, people don't really want me around, a place is better off if I'm not there, how people will react if I tell them something they disagree with... that last one is always some far fetched thing that would never actually happen but it's also always very real in my mind and the fear of it has prevented me from being open about things in the past... they aren't logical things because they aren't true, and often I have no reason to think that. I got invited to a party in which all our co-workers were not invited, and not because I overheard it or something, but someone actually texted me and invited me, of course they want me there.. that's not what goes through my head though. I can identify the non-logical stuff after the fact, usually when I talk it over with someone and start picking things apart, but during an episode that stuff is very real. My mom sort of teared up and said she didn't realize, she has been told those thoughts but she always thought I was making excuses for not wanting to go to things or spend time with the family. So possibly a breakthrough with her there.. my step-dad my mom just sort of handles, and I don't really talk to him about stuff.

On the bio-dad side of things.. he went blind a few years back. I wouldn't wish blindness on anyone at all, to be very clear about that. Going blind has improved the way my dad treats people though. I think perhaps he realized he needs family. I actually enjoy spending time with him now. His newest wife also has depression/anxiety and is medicated, we also share the same views on a lot of stuff. The last couple times I've went over there we stayed up chatting until around 2am. My dad even tells me he loves me now, which never use to happen. So that relationship is getting repaired.

So that's that.. sorry it's a book, lol. All that mess probably has something to do with why I suffer from depression, and probably some of the mental factor for weight gain. I am in a much better place now though, and I'm very happy to be taking medication. Ready to get off the extra weight :D

hello ladies ;)

I thought I'd give a little info of myself. (and some has to do with depression which seems to be the topic today)

I'm 28 (29 on the 25th!) and a mommy to 3 beautiful babies. 4.5 yr old son, 2.5 yr old daughter, and 3 month old daughter.

After my first two kids it was fairly easy to jump into the "I MUST LOSE WEIGHT" mind-set. After my third, not so much. I never dealt with postpartum depression with my other two babies but it hit me like a truck with #3. I felt like I was the worst mother in the world. That my kids deserved better. That I shouldn't be here. It hit me harrrrddddd. I've been on Paxil since #3 was 2 weeks old. It has really helped me with functioning and I feel great most days. I attempted to take the Nuva Ring birth control. I was told it was lower dose and I can't take any of the other hormonal forms so this was my last shot.... didn't work out. Even with the Paxil I nearly divorced my husband. I can't even remember what our fight was over but it was mainly me making things up that I thought he was thinking blah blah blah. So Nuva Ring has been out for about a month and I feel good again.

I'm so frustrated to say that weight has always been an issue with me, but it has. I went on my first diet at age 10. I'm hoping to get myself under control so my kids don't have my same struggles.

Well the baby is fussing so I have to run. I hope to get to know all of you soon!

Welcome Nagazim! Sorry I sort of turned the conversation onto depression right as we got some new folks to join the forums. I didn't mean for it to be that way and I swear I'm actually not a downer most the time!

It's good that you're feeling good again. I have a little boy who's going to be six in December.. I usually just say I have a six year old son. Having enough energy to play with him and be a good mom is a major motivator for me. I can't imagine the energy it'd take to keep up with 3, you've got a bit of superwoman in you. I look forward to getting to know you better throughout our journey to get healthy :)

My first week back and I lost 5.2 lbs! I know I'll probably never see a number that high again but man it's a good feeling and a good start!

Hi! Thought I'd update! I'm down to 195 this morning. I was 198.2 last Saturday. So I'm down 6 lbs in 2 wks. :)

Congrats Tudor Rose and Gettingbackinmyjeans! Big drops are always exciting.

I got my new blender in today (old one broke). Looking forward to some fruit smoothies again.

I finally -- at long last -- officially got into the 150s, weighing in at 159.4 pounds for a total of 48 pounds lost. I actually had a week where I ate all of my points (weekly ones as well) and wasn't really active. But-- it all worked out. This is the first time I've been in the 150s since the 1990s!

Congrats Koshka! I'm always afraid to use my weeklies because I lose in such small amounts at a time as is. It's awesome to see people still losing that did eat their weeklies though. Makes me feel not so bad when I break into them (I know, they're there to use... it's a mental thing I need to get over).

Great job on your progress!

I'm in love with my new blender. It's a Ninja and it was only $40 on Amazon. So whoo. It's a smaller one of course, but I don't do anything that would warrant a huge purchase. Smoothies to get in my fruit are back on the table!

Sorry all - I'm kinda MIA currently. My dad is in the hospital and so is my uncle. It's been a few crazy days, but I'm trying to stay on plan and not binge. Certainly easier said than done though. I'm an emotional eater through and through.

I did a whole blog post on this awhile back. Basically I am a strong believer that it is important to use at least some of your weeklies (or Activity Points if you eat them first) each week. Otherwise, you have to eat the same exact number of points each day.

Bear in mind that your daily points value is a minimum of what you should eat according to the WW plan. It is not a maximum.

My daily points are 26. Again, that is a minimum so I don't have the option under WW to eat, say, 24 points a day. If I say I'm not going to eat any weeklies then I have to jiggle my eating each day so that I eat exactly 26 points. To me, that is not natural and is hard to do and keeps me from eating when I'm hungry. I don't like to feel that I must eat exactly 26 points a day. So -- I just make zero effort to eat 26 points a day. Most days I end up averaging around 31 to 32 points. Some days I might eat exactly 26 points while others might be much more.

In most weeks, I eat 20 to 30 of my weekly points (and I've lost 48 pounds doing that all along). Occasionally, I eat all of them.

Well I peaked at the scale this morning and was back up 2 lbs! Wish I hadn't looked! My birthday is Friday and DH is taking me out to eat dinner and says he is getting cake and ice cream. I'm planning to enjoy the day and get back on track Saturday. My points start over on Saturday anyway, so hoping it won't be too bad.

SoMuchFattitude - I'm sorry to hear that :( Sending some good vibes your way. Kudos for trying to stay on plan, I know that much be tough.

Koshka - Right now I'm honestly not concerned about eating too little, even if I'm under points. I've got 36 points to play around with (yay, one less point for hitting 237), and on any given day I eat between 34-36. A couple days a week I'll go over by one or two. So last week for example, I used 2 of my weekly points. The week before that was also 2. This week just started. I know I shouldn't feel bad for weeklies, and eventually I think I'll use them, especially when I get to lower points values. There is a mental hurdle for me though, even when I tell myself it's part of the plan and fine.. I will eventually get over it, just takes some time. Thank you for the words of encouragement to eat all the points though :)

Gettingbackinmyjeans - The scale going up can be icky. Try to brush it off and keep on track until Friday. Then have a wonderful birthday :) In a related note, happy early birthday!

I've been chugging along. Had some Eggplant Parmesan mini-pizzas yesterday that were amazing (if you like Eggplant and all). Here's the recipe for anyone interested. http://www.skinnykitchen.com/recipes...rmesan-pizzas/

I am new to ww. I have been struggling on doing this on my own for awhile. I tried it years ago and think it was the 123 plan then. I joined online but went to an introduced meeting we have here in town. I have 33 points.

Welcome jillybean.

For weekly weigh-in I'm down to 236.7 today. That's down .5 lbs from last week. Technically I weigh myself almost every day, but I am trying to keep just weekly updates to this thread. I'm participating in a 10 week challenge, and today was also the first week weigh-in for that.

Also, exciting news.. well kinda exciting, it'll be more exciting later. Boyfriend had me pick out an engagement ring. I'm super picky about jewelry, and don't really wear it, so he wanted to be 100% sure it would be something I'd want to wear. I'm not allowed to know when he actually gets it, and the proposal has to be a surprise, but I'm still all excited now. Yay!

How exciting for you! A good motivation to continue!

Omg - what a LONG LONG LONG week. My dad got discharged from the hospital late last night. He had gotten E. Coli in his bloodstream which made him septic and have pancreantitis. It was definitely a scary few days.

I lost 3lbs last week at WW! I'll take it! I had to miss my weighin/meeting this week, but will definitely go next Thursday.

Thanks jillybean! Definitely exciting, and a very large motivator for weight loss. We've already talked about wedding stuff and that'd still be a few years down the road.. so gives me plenty of time to get healthy before that stress starts.

SoMuchFattitude - I'm glad to hear your dad is doing better, and awesome on being down 3 lbs for last week :)

Hi everyone!! I lost 1.8 this past week which I was so not expecting after a big weight loss the week before and my period at weigh in, but I've been doing Simple Start and it's obviously working!!

yesterday I ran a race and it was the first race I have done since May, but it was fun to get out there again.

Congrats, sunarie! That's so exciting! I hope you share a picture of the ring after he propses :)

Tudor Rose - Congrats on the weight loss, and the race! Glad to hear things are going well. I will make sure and post a picture when I actually get the ring. I know announcing a planned engagement prior to getting a ring is sorta a faux pas, but I was so excited that I wanted to share.

Boyfriend's dad visited this weekend, and I stayed on plan for most the visit. Went over my daily points by I don't know how much yesterday. It was a longer day than normal because we got up several hours earlier than we typically would.. so I was eating lunch when I'd usually eat breakfast and so on. We went to dinner at a place that didn't have nutritional information available, I only had 11 points left for the day and I picked Chicken Fajitas (3 of them). I'm not really bugged by it though, which is kinda awesome.

Back on track today :)

Yay Jill! Congrats!!!

Sun - Keep on, keepin on! Love that you aren't bugged by it.

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Not much to report. Weigh in is on Thursday. I'm out of weeklies, and that's ok. I typically am after the weekend. Dad is home from the hospital and resting. Unfortunately, my Uncle also went into the hospital around the same time, but with a blood clot in his groin. He survived, but they have to amputate his leg from above the knee. He's a super active guy, as in - he's been a farmer (produce and animal) his entire life. I just can't imagine. I am crushed for him. I've been contemplating flying home (Vermont) to see him and be there for his support (and my Aunt) for a little bit. We'll see.

Life is crazy, y'all.

SoMuchFattitude - It's great that your dad is home from the hospital. I am sorry to hear about your Uncle. Blood clots can be particularly nasty. I just found out last week we have to get my son tested for Protein S Deficiency, which apparently runs on his dad's side. Son's dad, brother, and grandpa on that side all have it. It makes you prone to blood clots, especially blood clots in bad areas. His dad had one in his upper thigh at age 35, but luckily medication got it to loosen up and surgery wasn't required. I'd say if you have the time/money, definitely go out and be there for support. Sending thoughts your way!

Thanks Sun! Good luck with your son! Keep us posted. You're in my thoughts. <3


How's everyone else's week going?!

Today was weekly challenge weigh-ins. Weighed in at 135.4 which puts me down 1.3lbs from last week's weigh-in. Got to update my ticker too :D I'm now over halfway towards my first mini-goal since I joined this site. Yay!