New Year, New Beginnings - January 2022 W.I.S.H thread

[HappyGrape]

It's hard as when I see it going down, I get boost of motivation but when it stay the same - it's very harder to stay on track. And with slow sustainable changes, you get slow results. Weight loss is not linear either, your efforts from this week can show in another week

I guess for me, I have to keep reminding myself that pushing too hard got me nowhere last year and I need steady steps to healthier life

 

[Summer2018]

It's hard as when I see it going down, I get boost of motivation but when it stay the same - it's very harder to stay on track. And with slow sustainable changes, you get slow results. Weight loss is not linear either, your efforts from this week can show in another week

I guess for me, I have to keep reminding myself that pushing too hard got me nowhere last year and I need steady steps to healthier life

Slow and steady wins the race.

 

[sjrec]

Yes, I have to remember all those 1/2 lbs add up.

 

[Oneanne]

I’m at Port Townsend just sitting down to lunch at the place I call The Grandparent’s Cafe. Like if you came to town to visit your grandparents this is probably where they would bring you.

foggy day so no sunshine yet, but no rain either. My first thing to do when I get to town is always to go down to the beach at Fort Warden, but there was a ranger blocking the way and a bunch of people milling around. I got out to see what was going on and it was because of the tsunami warning from the S Pacific volcano eruption. Nothing really happen, Port Townsend is on the inside corner of the peninsula, not facing the ocean, so it pretty much would have gone past, not come ashore. My Sister said it wasn’t anything more than a high king tide for them. They had the beach accesses blocked off but people were going out around them to see it… because you know, humans…

Good counseling session yesterday, so ended the week on a positive note. Looking forward to enjoying my trip and the long weekend.

 

[Summer2018]

I’m at Port Townsend just sitting down to lunch at the place I call The Grandparent’s Cafe. Like if you came to town to visit your grandparents this is probably where they would bring you.

foggy day so no sunshine yet, but no rain either. My first thing to do when I get to town is always to go down to the beach at Fort Warden, but there was a ranger blocking the way and a bunch of people milling around. I got out to see what was going on and it was because of the tsunami warning from the S Pacific volcano eruption. Nothing really happen, Port Townsend is on the inside corner of the peninsula, not facing the ocean, so it pretty much would have gone past, not come ashore. My Sister said it wasn’t anything more than a high king tide for them. They had the beach accesses blocked off but people were going out around them to see it… because you know, humans…

Good counseling session yesterday, so ended the week on a positive note. Looking forward to enjoying my trip and the long weekend.

My nephew and his wife used to live near Cannon Beach, Oregon, and they had to keep “go bags” for tsunami evacuations. Have you ever had to do that?

 

[Oneanne]

My nephew and his wife used to live near Cannon Beach, Oregon, and they had to keep “go bags” for tsunami evacuations. Have you ever had to do that?

We’re supposed to have 3 days worth of supplies, water, food etc. for earthquakes, but my need to up date all my stuff.

 

[sjrec]

 

[sjrec]

Small winter storm coming through tomorrow so will get a few things done around the house. Going to meal plan using HappyGrape’s meal template idea. Will post what I come up with Monday.

Hope everyone has a relaxing Sunday and can get rested and ready for the week ahead.

 

[HappyGrape]

3 weeks since I started with it and tracking, 4.3kg down.

I love the template for weekly menu. It's super helpful to me. I love cooking and my family seems mostly happy with the food. Exception being the teen at times.

It sucks that I have to moderate my activities but I guess I need to be grateful that I can handle 10k steps a day and few light workouts for the week. My energy is more steady and I don't feel cravings, urges to overeat at night, so it's worth it. Hopefully by the end of the year this is all going to be a history but even if not, it's better than how the last two years went for me.

I am completely happy with how I eat, I don't feel deprived or on diet at all. It is how I want to eat. The only restriction/struggle is missing being able to do hour of bodypump without feeling sick the day after. Hopefully sorting out my weight will help with that but I may need to work on acceptance that I will be left with some longer term chronic condition if not.

I am going to stop thinking about goal weight and think only about 5lbs a month goal from now on

 

[Summer2018]

This morning began at 5 degrees , but fortunately, temperatures are rising. We’re getting snow tonight which will change over to rain.

I’m staying home and snuggling up with my heating pad. At some point, I need to walk on the treadmill. My hair appointment took up half the day yesterday, and I was not motivated to exercise afterwards. My eating is going very well as a result of having my head on straight thanks to NOOM. Last week’s manicure needs to be redone, so that will be part of my at-home self care.

Happy Self-Care Sunday everyone!

 

[ShannyMcB]

This morning was in the single digits...wind chill just UGH. Rain tomorrow good day for movies.
Everyone is on the mend here, still some coughing but no fevers and very little congestion. Since tomorrow is MLK day the kids will have all been long enough into their illnesses no matter what they are to return to school Tuesday assuming no issues tomorrow while they are home. DD will be on day 11 so she is ok no mask (not required in her program) and the DSs will be back day 6 (masked and vaxxed). Getting a timely test was not possible but I think I can make a fairly safe assumption here.
My nose is unclogged enough today to actually enjoy my birthday cake, one day late. Yes I have officially entered the last year of my 30s.
I had whooping cough when I was in high school, that combined with dancing gave me some serious abs I never had before or since. This time around, well, I have been coughing so much it now is making my c-section scar hurt. Once the coughing stops I need to start exercising in ernest again. Loosing my appetite for 5ish days was not the way I wanted my jeans to loosen up!
DH just went to pick up dinner, our Sunday night, curbside, treat. Ordered a kid sized meal for myself tonight. I like the kid sized because if you get a burger or sandwich that is the same size as the adults just the side is smaller which is kind of perfect. Hoping to get back into my 3 days soup or salad routine again tomorrow. Maybe start the protein powder for breakfast again second half of the week, don't want to push it and potentially get weak.
Hope everyone has a great week!

 

[glss1/2fll]

Did absolutely nothing yesterday. It was lovely! DH and I finished a puzzle I got for Christmas. I was so happy to tear it down and now I never have to see it again!! We had planned to go to our favorite bakery an hour away and bring DS2 and the little one and have lunch at a park, but there's a weather inversion and it was only 35 degrees and gray. They came over and we got take out burgers. Today the sun came out, I'm not sure if that means the inversion is over or not. I spent some time pulling weeds and went for a walk with a friend. I had planned another one with my former walking group tomorrow morning, but will need to take DS2 to the airport. Seems weird to think he's in his final term of college!

 

[piglet1979]

We have had a pretty good weekend. It has been really cold though. Yesterday, we did go out and get breakfast. I really wanted the county fried steak but I know it is not good for me so I got 2 eggs, toast and potatoes.I felt good with myself after. I did feel sick after though. It has been a bit rough figuring out what has MSG and what doesn't. I didn't think anything I had would have had it but something did. I am good at home where I can read labels but eating out is so hard.

Today, I took down all of our Christmas stuff and then watched football. I am not planning on going anywhere until at least Tuesday. We are projected to get 5-9 inches of snow tonight. If the storm shifts more east we will get less, most more west we will get more. We are right on the boarder of 3-6 and 6-9 inches but sounds like we will be in the higher amount. Then tomorrow night we will get lake affect snow. Who knows what that would bring. It depends on the wind. If it is blowing more south across the lake we will get the snow. If it goes more east across the lake the east side will get it.

DD is doing better. Still getting dizzy but doing better. Yesterday, she walked on the treadmill. Just a slow walk but she really wanted to run. She also decided to make French macaroons. They actually turned out really good. They we all played a new game. We were all laughing so hard while playing. Today, she has laid around more but at times she is doing good and others times she is not feeling good. But over all doing better.

I like to weigh myself a lot. It gives me an idea where I am at. I enter all of the weights into Fitbit but I only focus on the month to month. As long as I am down at the end of every month I am good. I was averaging about 2 pounds a month until about August. I was down 10 pounds on the year but since the holidays I need to lose about 2 pounds to get back to that. Still I am down from when I first got back on the wagon at the beginning of February 2021. Slow and steady. It will take time.

 

[Oneanne]

Back from PT. I had an interesting reaction to being there, like it was mine and some place I just go, like to the grocery store. I think going over to my Niece's was the first time I've ever driven around town in the dark, and it had a heart-achy lonely feeling. But then we had a lovely time talking and eating. They also liked the shoes, my Niece texted me today to tell me her husband said they were even better than slippers, and he's just recently discovered the joy of slippers. At one point we were talking about good places to have breakfast and she mentioned that all the 70+ year old docents at the museum go to the Grandparent Café. I told her yep, never seen a young person in there.

I've only done two chores since getting home: I got more potting soil and got the tulip bulbs planted, and I put out the stuff for Ridwell to pick up in the morning, its a new recycling service I signed up for that takes things the regular city recycling doesn't. The rest of the time has been spent napping and I signed back up for Netflix and now I'm binge watching The Crown.

Looking forward to another relaxed, lowkey day tomorrow as well.

 

[Oneanne]

MONDAY MOTIVATION:



We're half way thru January... how is it going and what can you do to make the second half beautiful?

 

[HappyGrape]

Just over 10 lbs down for 3 weeks. Seeing the scale going down is motivating for me. Knowing myself and what has been an issue in the past also helps. I know this week will be harder than previous 3 and I need patience and persistence. One foot in front of the other. Do the things and that's the end of it.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Plodding along here as well. No huge progress, but steady routines. I actually had to dress up on Saturday (event for DH's lodge) and I liked the way my dress fit.

 

[Summer2018]

So far, I have lost 7.5 pounds. I am in a very good place with my eating. I can improve exercise but knee pain holds me back sometimes. Arthritis is no joke in the wintertime. I really feel it in my bones. I walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes yesterday, and I will do the same today knowing that it will benefit me today as well as long term.

For January to be beautiful, I will continue on this path and try to move more. I will try not to let the chaos and pressures in school overwhelm me and try to ride the waves rather than drown in them.

 

[sjrec]

Meal planning is going well. Haven’t walked in two days because of snow and ice, so I need to come up with an alternative for when I can’t get out. I have a routine from when I worked with a trainer so will dig that out.

Today is crockpot day on my meal plan. Dinner and lunch leftovers!

 

[Oneanne]

So far January has been up and down for me... a couple days of good eating and feeling good then a couple days of not. The past three mornings I've woken up with a sore throat, which has been concerning, but it goes away during the day. Overall I'm not feeling great today, so I feel like I shouldn't go some where and eat-in for lunch, so I may just get something pre-fixed when I go to the grocery store. And I was going to go down to the shopping mall, but decided not to, I'll just hang around the neighborhood.

I've gotten thru one more cupboard already this morning. I had thought to move the cat food, which I'm always getting into, out of the panty area and in to the kitchen proper, and thought I'd need to get some new containers to put it in but shopped my own collection first and found the perfect metal baskets for it. So well done me. This is part of making the rest of January beautiful by 1. continuing to do what I told myself I would do and 2. getting things cleaned up and organized in a way that makes every day activities enjoyable.

My other intent for a beautiful couple of weeks is more out doors time. I keep saying that, but there really can never be enough. Even on heavily overcast days, like today is turning out to be.