A Healthier Me in 2016: January 11-17

Congrats Libby!!

So far - still no Coke for me!! I did go through a few days of a headache - and am over that, but man, I've been craving a Coke for 2 days now - but I'm not giving in! I did not weigh myself before I started making changes, but can feel a difference in my energy and how my jeans fit. In fact, I'm wearing a pair that I couldn't fit into 2 weeks ago. Small steps!!

Can I ask what MFP is?
 
Usually MFP stands for myfitnesspal.com which is a site you can input your food & exercise. I actually like the site better than alot of others since it tells you alot of information about the foods you are eating such as calories, fat, sugar, sodium.
 
Haven't weighed in yet this week (will do on Sunday) but I have accomplished cutting out carbonated drinks! Woohoo! I haven't had a carbonated drink in a little over 7-9 days! I have made my water intake to two and half 20 oz water bottles per day, so a total of 50 oz daily! Slow progress, but I'm working on it slowly! I had sweet tea last night and tonight with dinner! Tonight was my "free" dinner night as it was my grandmothers birthday and we went to Olive Garden - but I did choose one of the new "lighter fare" meals and it was delicious! I have been eating more veggies and measuring everything and weighing everything for portion control pretty well and keeping health snack as work where there are so many unhealthy ones have been key to me surviving this week!

Even if I weigh in this week and haven't lost any weight, I am eating healthy and maintaining it pretty well!

Way to go ladies!
 
Weighed in today and I am down 3.8 pounds (almost made that 4 pound mark). I feel less tired and have more energy so everything is considered good.

My main objective this month has been working on this change becoming a lifestyle change; more water and choosing the best food for my lifestyle but also something I enjoy. I have decided that for me having bread late in the day is not beneficial to me.
 
Great job, everyone! I did my second weigh in yesterday, and I'm down another 2 lbs for 4.5 lost. This is blowing my mind-before I started my thyroid meds, I would have had to work much harder than this to lose .5 lb in 2 weeks.

I'm really loving the new Weight Watchers program. I already ate lots of vegetables and lean protein, but this program has given me the push I needed to eat less cheese (which always happens when I'm tracking) and cut out almost all sugary treats (which I've never been motivated to do before, even while counting calories or doing earlier WW programs. I used to keep eating 1/day, and now I'm allowing myself 1/week).

I didn't do well enough getting my steps in this week or working out. The food part is always easier for me than taking the time to exercise. More steps and 2 short workouts is my goal this week.

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Sounds like everyone is doing great!

I don't own a scale so I have no idea if I've lost any weight or not but when I visit my parents on Monday I'll check on their scale. I'm more concerned at this point with eating for health - staving off cancer, heart disease, strokes, etc. Once I stopped eating ALL dairy 2 months ago I started to feel sooooo much better in many ways and now there is nothing in the world of dairy that would tempt me enough to go back to feeling like crap again. Now that I cut out ALL processed oils (no more EVOO, etc.) I expect I'll drop a few more pounds, and I'm finding that foods taste so much better without that oily feeling/taste in my mouth. Good healthy food tastes so good now and I don't miss the foods I thought I could never live without.:w00t:
 
YAY! I'm so proud of all of you!! Congrats on all the losses!

Marie, I totally get what your'e saying. In just the 2 weeks that I've been doing this, I already feel SO much better. I have a cold right now, and before it would've knocked me DOWN. But I feel well enough now that I'm able to blow my nose and keep going. I haven't made the same changes that you've made but just eating more fruits/veggies and less sugar has made a world of difference.

I'm focusing on more water and exercise this week. I'm still struggling to get my full water amount in (body weight in pounds, divided in half, and drink that amount in ounces). But I'm making progress. I don't drink anything else (no sodas, juices, etc), so it isn't a matter of giving those up. I just don't get thirsty very often, and I don't think about drinking water.
 
More veggies is never a bad thing Libby that's for sure. I almost don't dare to say it for fear of jinxing myself, but I haven't had so much as a sniffle in well over a year now and Cheyanne hasn't had anything either in just about as long - all her friends and teammates have been so sick this winter but she has come through unscathed :thumbup:
 
I got a large water bottle that holds 24 oz and I fill it up 4 times a day which is my water. I also purposely drink a 20oz bottle of water in the car on the way to work which is extra and then I try and get one before I leave for home and drink that on the way home.
 
Well I haven't weighed myself at all but based on the ease of getting my swimsuit on today I'm pretty sureuy I've either lost weight or centimetres. I don't know why I haven't faced up to the scale yet but I think deep down I'm scared to see exactly how bad my weight is.

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