The easiest way to avoid regrets is to ask yourself this question, "If not now, when?" It's a powerful way to put life and our decisions about how we spend our time into perspective"
WIW
Posted by Paula on 5/21/2025, 9:10 am
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For me…
Posted by Cindy on 5/21/2025, 2:46 pm, in reply to "WIW"
Up 6/10 of a pound.
Here late agreeing with the others about the frustration
Posted by Delta on 5/22/2025, 4:35 pm, in reply to "For me…"
I know it can get you down. Been there, designed a t-shirt. Try to sit yourself down and go back to the beginning?
What was your motivation? Do you still have those motivating factors in your life?
What did you do? Are you still doing all of that or have you changed something? What have you changed. Can you get it back to the early days on WW again?
Since WW seemed to mess over the people that worked there and even the ones who were just members that attended meetings are you mad at them and sorta giving them the finger mentally by not following your plan as closely? Do you need a new plan to start fresh on? Any plan can work if you work the plan. What kind of plan can you live with?
Are you having too much or not enough of any basic food group that you need to count servings for a bit?
Are you keeping a food and exercise journal?
Do you have any kind of stress relief in your life, or do you rely on food?
Would it be possible to purchase a treadmill or recumbent bike, join a gym, watch videos and get more exercise? A body in motion stays in motion and when we don't move a lot at our ages we will come to regret it.
What can you do that you don't do now. It is not always about being super strict in areas. It is about finding things that we can do. Sometimes it is about what we add, for instance, do you need more fat, protein, vegetables or fiber in your life? If so try to add that first. You would be surprised how satisfying it can be and keep you from snacking or feeling hungry when you are getting the correct nutrients.
Just take a deep breath and try to stop stressing and getting so frustrated, it will just make things worse. Maybe, after the way this year started for you take a mental checkup. What can you do for yourself to counter the stress? Is meditation, yoga, tai chi, spirituality, music, dancing, becoming a gym rat, taking up swimming or pickleball, reading, a new hobby, lessons in something, going to a spa, getting manicures and pedicures regularly, a new hair cut, some new clothes, travel, even if only a short trip, or something else in your future to help you de-stress?
It is not all about a strict diet regime, it is about getting comfortable in your life again. If you spend some time with you, perhaps you can find what you need to do to get there again.
I agree w Paula
Posted by Cindyh on 5/22/2025, 4:55 am, in reply to "For me…"
Up down etc is so frustrating. Believe me I’m a pro at it!
I know you are frustrated
Posted by Paula on 5/21/2025, 4:55 pm, in reply to "For me…"
But remember all you've accomplished. If anyone can do this, it's you!
Mine
Posted by Delta on 5/21/2025, 1:23 pm, in reply to "WIW"
Down 4 pounds. Makes up for the two pounds that I was up just on weigh-in day last week.
Ooh that’s good!
Posted by Cindyh on 5/22/2025, 4:54 am, in reply to "Mine"
It all adds up!!
Thanks! It feels good!
Posted by Delta on 5/22/2025, 4:40 pm, in reply to "Ooh that’s good!"
I think the medication they took me off of is helping now that it is out of my system. I know I gained about 12 pounds overnight when they put me on it that just wouldn't budget even with starvation diets. Now that is gone, hopefully more on the way.
Great loss!!
Posted by Paula on 5/21/2025, 4:56 pm, in reply to "Mine"
Did you anything differently?
I have done several things
Posted by Delta on 5/22/2025, 5:32 pm, in reply to "Great loss!!"
differently lately. I am trying to get away from heavily processed foods.
I have been choosing what I call naked meats, fruits, vegetables and grains. Instead of using cookbooks to try to make everything lower fat like on WW I have gone back to simple meals. I have been doing a lot of sheet pan meals in the oven and stir fries, things like that. Although salads do not agree with my digestive system I have been trying to have more of them at home because my husband likes them.
I have cut a lot of sugar out of my diet in sweets as well as products that contain sugar for seemingly no reason but to get us addicted.
I try to make sure that the first meal of the day contains about 25 to 30 g of protein.
Although you don't want to hear this, I have added some red meat to my diet as well as iron-rich vegetables and beans because my iron was getting low and most senior citizens don't have low iron so it is not in our vitamins, and the pills mess with my system. I personally don't care for red meat from feed lots that we generally get from stores and most butchers these days, so it is big for me. Although I don't enjoy eating it, just think of it like taking meds, it is making me feel more satisfied and I don't want to snack on the days I have it. I am sleeping better most nights since adding it as well as losing better so I must have needed it badly.
I am sure that getting more sleep helps as well.
I was taken off a medication that made me gain 12 pounds when I started on it and no matter how little I ate I was struggling to lose it.
I usually eat my first meal between 12-2 and again between 6-8, so about a 16/8 hour fast/eat window. Most of the time, I don't eat between meals. If I have to get up a couple hours earlier than usual for trips or something I might eat earlier, like 10 or so and have a light snack later like a tablespoon of hummus and celery or baby carrots, a tablespoon of peanut butter melted and drizzled over apple wedges, cottage cheese and a pear or celery, or something similar.
I try to eat from a formula of a very old exchange diet of 6-8 oz of meat or other protein per day, 2 starches, 2 fats, 2 dairy, 2 fruits and unlimited non starchy vegetables or to make it even simpler a plate system--1/4 protein, 1/4 starch, 1/2 non-starchy vegetables and fruit and a bottle cap size of oil or a "good" fat serving. It just makes it simple for me and gives me between 1200 and 1500 calories if I stick to it without counting.
I am not following a diet, I am just trying to stop eating like an unsupervised twelve-year-old and be a little more mindful when it comes to eating. Taking the stress out helps stop the food noise for me. When I am on a "diet" all I can think about is food and what I am going to eat next, when I am going to eat next, oops, I had that when I shouldn't so now it is a free-for-all the rest of the day, etc. I have given up all or nothing thinking for simplicity. If I want something special, I plan to have it in moderation (we only taste the first three bites, and after that, we are like an alcoholic drinking the rest of the night chasing that buzz that has come and gone), planned out, and no more than one treat a week.
It is just all things that I can live with to get off the diet merry-go-round. Nothing special, nothing that boxes me in and makes me crazy, no punishments for being "bad", and no all-or-nothing overthinking. No more giving up because I went over a little bit today, or fasting the next three days because of it either. Will it work for the long run? Who knows, but that is where I am now, and I am comfortable there for the moment.
I know that you want to get to your goal for surgery, and you are doing an amazing job of it, but afterwards, you will have a lot of time to think for a couple of weeks. Sit down with yourself and decide what is comfortable for you. Ditch the all-or-nothing mindset and the unsupervised twelve-year-old in you and find food peace. Stop listening to the food and listen to your body. Imagine being in Paris and not having to scope out chairs for their sturdiness, not having to worry about small beds or shower doors, not having to worry about plane and train seats. Imagine the freedom of not only not having to do what food is telling you all the time, but all the things that you haven't done for years, without putting a lot of thought and effort into making sure that you "fit". I think you are worth that freedom and all the beauty that comes with it.
You can do this. It's simple, not easy.
Mine
Posted by Beverly on 5/21/2025, 12:18 pm, in reply to "WIW"
I am down 1 pound. I am grateful. I have been doing a lot better this past week.
Great on a good week!
Posted by Paula on 5/21/2025, 4:57 pm, in reply to "Mine"
It shows! Lol
Yay, Beverly
Posted by Delta on 5/21/2025, 1:24 pm, in reply to "Mine"
I am so glad that the past week was better for you!
Mine
Posted by Cindyh on 5/21/2025, 12:05 pm, in reply to "WIW"
Down 1/4 lb. I didn’t eat a lot or anything over graduation but I did have food I wasn’t used to eating ie pizza. But I ate 2 pieces and that was all.
That's a win!
Posted by Paula on 5/21/2025, 4:58 pm, in reply to "Mine"
When I see my stats...like never breaking 1400 calories and not losing, I have to tell myself that I can't control the darn scale!
Still the right direction
Posted by Delta on 5/21/2025, 1:27 pm, in reply to "Mine"
I call not eating a lot during the graduation celebration a win too! If you have been eating less carbs then having them can cause fluid retention for a while too. You may have a better loss next week when you have gotten back to less again. Here's to a good week.
Cindyh
Posted by Beverly on 5/21/2025, 12:11 pm, in reply to "Mine"
That's dowwn 2 sticks of butter!
You did good last week..
263.7
Posted by Paula on 5/21/2025, 9:18 am, in reply to "WIW"
Down 2.6. Had to take a fluid pill yesterday so probably a little lower than it will be tomorrow. Still, looks great.
I am wrecked by this surgery denial. My hopes were up so high that, maybe, I could have a normal life again (normal in terms of pain; I've never striped to be normal!). Aetna told me rhat, what the doctor's office submitted, didn't demonstrate a Ned for an expedited appeal and it could take to mid-June. Aetna told me that I can submit for an expedited appeal so I am going to write up the most convincing case that I can.
I can't fall asleep without more meds than I usually take to sleep. Sad, scared, irritable. My food is fine because I'm in that place of feeling so bad, emotionally, that I could topple over if I started bingeing, making me feel even worse!
That is a good loss.
Posted by Delta on 5/21/2025, 1:29 pm, in reply to "263.7"
Now that the surgery is back on and you are closer to your 25 pound goal you can celebrate. Remind me again how close you are to it.
