JudyNY
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Yikes, one root canal is bad enough, but 4? You poor thing! Good for you figuring out something you can eat, with added protein too! Feel better!
November 30-Day Challenge
- Thread starter Kathi_S
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Yikes, one root canal is bad enough, but 4? You poor thing! Good for you figuring out something you can eat, with added protein too! Feel better!
JudyNY
Member
Day 16 - Wednesday
Food plan: Yes
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: Yes
Habit tracker: 14/14
Gratitude: Store
If I were to pick a favorite store it would be Home Goods. I just love that place, always something new and different at reasonable prices. I like a good craft store too. AC Moore closed here and I miss it terribly! Michaels just isn't as good. We do have Hobby Lobby which is pretty good but AC Moore was good for giving crafting trends and samples of new things to do.
Food plan: Yes
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: Yes
Habit tracker: 14/14
Gratitude: Store
If I were to pick a favorite store it would be Home Goods. I just love that place, always something new and different at reasonable prices. I like a good craft store too. AC Moore closed here and I miss it terribly! Michaels just isn't as good. We do have Hobby Lobby which is pretty good but AC Moore was good for giving crafting trends and samples of new things to do.
Pink Julie
Member
I like that quote!
JudyNY
Member
Day 18 - Thursday
Food plan: No
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: No
Habit tracker: 10/14
I met my former co-worker/friend for lunch yesterday at a place called Something Sweet, if that gives you a hint. But we had a good time and it was worth it. Now, back to business.
Gratitude: Quote
"Keep going, because you did not come this far just to come this far."
Food plan: No
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: No
Habit tracker: 10/14
I met my former co-worker/friend for lunch yesterday at a place called Something Sweet, if that gives you a hint. But we had a good time and it was worth it. Now, back to business.
Gratitude: Quote
"Keep going, because you did not come this far just to come this far."
3momchaos
Member
Day 18
Water: 64+
Intentional movement: yes and between a little Christmas decorating and a lot of cleaning my back is paying for it I saw my chiropractor after though and he put things back together
Gratitude-clothes- this one is hard because I have so many new clothes that I am really just grateful for all of them! I guess if I had to pick one it would be this amazing pullover that one of my besties got me for my birthday last month. It’s really comfy and the cuffs have those thumb holes-I love those lol
Water: 64+
Intentional movement: yes and between a little Christmas decorating and a lot of cleaning my back is paying for it
I saw my chiropractor after though and he put things back together Gratitude-clothes- this one is hard because I have so many new clothes that I am really just grateful for all of them! I guess if I had to pick one it would be this amazing pullover that one of my besties got me for my birthday last month. It’s really comfy and the cuffs have those thumb holes-I love those lol
JudyNY
Member
Day 19 - Friday
Food plan: Yes
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: Yes
Habit tracker: 14/14
Managed to get through late afternoon stress without eating through it, so I am grateful for that.
Gratitude: Clothing
Even though I have donated a lot of old clothing, I am grateful that I held on to a surprising amount of smaller sized stuff so I didn't have to spend a lot of money on clothes as I lost weight. It's fun to shop in your closet/attic or wherever you stash old clothes! But I am also grateful that consignment shops are so popular. It's a good place to spend little money when you are in a transition of sizes.
Food plan: Yes
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: Yes
Habit tracker: 14/14
Managed to get through late afternoon stress without eating through it, so I am grateful for that.
Gratitude: Clothing
Even though I have donated a lot of old clothing, I am grateful that I held on to a surprising amount of smaller sized stuff so I didn't have to spend a lot of money on clothes as I lost weight. It's fun to shop in your closet/attic or wherever you stash old clothes! But I am also grateful that consignment shops are so popular. It's a good place to spend little money when you are in a transition of sizes.
Day 19
Water: 64 oz
Food: this is the 2nd day of T-giving lunches. I'm sticking mostly with the turkey/gravy & green beans, with just a couple bites of dressing & mashed pots. I still have a couple more days of these (donated) meals next week. Hopefully it won't make my scale scream in protest. If so, I'll start over on Friday with a semi pouch reset (protein shakes + lots of water).
Gratitude: Clothing
My favorite long-sleeved sweatshirt (down to XL, working toward size L). I mostly still wear short sleeves, but I love snuggling into my sweatshirt if I get chilled.
Water: 64 oz
Food: this is the 2nd day of T-giving lunches. I'm sticking mostly with the turkey/gravy & green beans, with just a couple bites of dressing & mashed pots. I still have a couple more days of these (donated) meals next week. Hopefully it won't make my scale scream in protest. If so, I'll start over on Friday with a semi pouch reset (protein shakes + lots of water).
Gratitude: Clothing
My favorite long-sleeved sweatshirt (down to XL, working toward size L). I mostly still wear short sleeves, but I love snuggling into my sweatshirt if I get chilled.
3momchaos
Member
Day 20 (how are there only 10 days left in this month?!)
Water: 64+
Intentional movement: yes
Gratitude-keepsake- Every Christmas eve my dad would read, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, no matter how old we got. One year he gifted my sister and I our own copy, but it was a recorded book, so we could always have him reading to us. I can’t get through it without turning into a blubbering puddle of emotion, but I love it. I miss him most at Christmas time.
Water: 64+
Intentional movement: yes
Gratitude-keepsake- Every Christmas eve my dad would read, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, no matter how old we got. One year he gifted my sister and I our own copy, but it was a recorded book, so we could always have him reading to us. I can’t get through it without turning into a blubbering puddle of emotion, but I love it. I miss him most at Christmas time.
JudyNY
Member
Day 20 - Saturday
Food plan: No
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: Yes
Habit tracker: 11/14
Gratitude: Keepsake
My mother's 3 strand pearl necklace. I always admired it on her. I remember it most when she wore it against her black soft sweater. They looked so pretty on her. It was a wedding present from my dad so there is extra significance to it.
Food plan: No
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: Yes
Habit tracker: 11/14
Gratitude: Keepsake
My mother's 3 strand pearl necklace. I always admired it on her. I remember it most when she wore it against her black soft sweater. They looked so pretty on her. It was a wedding present from my dad so there is extra significance to it.
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3momchaos
Member
Day 22
Water: 64+
Intentional movement: yes
Gratitude-disappointment/fear: Odd to be grateful for a fear, but I am. I am grateful for the fear that I could go back to almost 300 pounds to help keep me motivated. That’s me October 2019 and me last month. I’m going to keep this in mind if I start to backslide.
Water: 64+
Intentional movement: yes
Gratitude-disappointment/fear: Odd to be grateful for a fear, but I am. I am grateful for the fear that I could go back to almost 300 pounds to help keep me motivated. That’s me October 2019 and me last month. I’m going to keep this in mind if I start to backslide.
3momchaos
Member
Day 23
Water: 64+
Intentional movement: no. Resting today to prep for a nonstop rest of the week
Gratitude-book: This is very difficult for me because I am an avid reader. A couple books that have had an emotional impact on me would be: Kite Runner, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and To Kill a Mockingbird. I really enjoy reading Dean Koontz and David Baldacci. A series I enjoy that’s not by either of them is A Book Retreat Mystery, by Ellery Adams. I recently read Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson, and it was really great. I guess what I am most grateful for is how much I love reading! I hated reading when I was growing up.
Bi weekly weigh in-170.2
Water: 64+
Intentional movement: no. Resting today to prep for a nonstop rest of the week
Gratitude-book: This is very difficult for me because I am an avid reader. A couple books that have had an emotional impact on me would be: Kite Runner, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and To Kill a Mockingbird. I really enjoy reading Dean Koontz and David Baldacci. A series I enjoy that’s not by either of them is A Book Retreat Mystery, by Ellery Adams. I recently read Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson, and it was really great. I guess what I am most grateful for is how much I love reading! I hated reading when I was growing up.
Bi weekly weigh in-170.2
JudyNY
Member
You look amazing 3Mom and this side by side is quite inspirational to not only you but to newbies getting ready for surgery!
JudyNY
Member
Day 21 - Sunday
Food plan: no
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: No
Habit tracker: 10/14
Having trouble sticking to my food plan the last few days. I do well for part of the day and then struggle. I know my schedule has been off too and haven't been able to complete my habit tracker.
Gratitude - Fear/Disappointment
Fear and disappointment of regain, but as 3Mom said the fear will keep us motivated. Sometimes a little fear is a good thing.
Food plan: no
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: No
Habit tracker: 10/14
Having trouble sticking to my food plan the last few days. I do well for part of the day and then struggle. I know my schedule has been off too and haven't been able to complete my habit tracker.
Gratitude - Fear/Disappointment
Fear and disappointment of regain, but as 3Mom said the fear will keep us motivated. Sometimes a little fear is a good thing.
JudyNY
Member
Day 22 - Monday
Food plan: no
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: No
Habit tracker: 10/14
Will try to do better than the last two days.
Gratitude: Book
The Holy Bible. I am not a very religious person, I'm more spiritual than I am following the Catholic religion to which I was raised. And while I stopped going to church after my kids were grown, I am grateful for the foundation of that religion and the teachings from the Holy Bible. I couldn't always understand them but they certainly do get you to think and reflect.
Food plan: no
Protein: Yes
Water: Yes
Exercise/Movement: No
Habit tracker: 10/14
Will try to do better than the last two days.
Gratitude: Book
The Holy Bible. I am not a very religious person, I'm more spiritual than I am following the Catholic religion to which I was raised. And while I stopped going to church after my kids were grown, I am grateful for the foundation of that religion and the teachings from the Holy Bible. I couldn't always understand them but they certainly do get you to think and reflect.
Time to catch up on my daily gratitude, you know, with Thanksgiving being tomorrow and all.
Day 20: keepsake
A stepstool from my childhood. It's not much to look at, but it takes me back almost 60 years.
Day 21: disappointment/fear
A painful breakup in 2002 led me to my now husband. He flirted with me at a party/cookout where my ex & his new gf also were attending. It boosted my spirits, helped me face them, and started me down a new path that led me to an unimaginable happiness.
Day 22: book
Toss up between The Bible and Stephen King's The Stand.
Day 23: feeling
Gratitude for this group and feeling such mindfulness responding to this post.
Day 20: keepsake
A stepstool from my childhood. It's not much to look at, but it takes me back almost 60 years.
Day 21: disappointment/fear
A painful breakup in 2002 led me to my now husband. He flirted with me at a party/cookout where my ex & his new gf also were attending. It boosted my spirits, helped me face them, and started me down a new path that led me to an unimaginable happiness.
Day 22: book
Toss up between The Bible and Stephen King's The Stand.
Day 23: feeling
Gratitude for this group and feeling such mindfulness responding to this post.