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??????No Stress November???????

It's time to clean up diets/lifestyle/habits again so lets focus completely on going back to basics! No EXERCISE component!!!

And add in a little gratitude component while we are at it

Join in and enjoy motivation to reach your personal goals. Participate often, post daily, enjoy the conversations, ask questions, upload random pics and quotes, avoid foods on the *no go* list

Start by:

1. Posting your personal goal

2. Add your surgery type, status (pre/post op, losing/maintenance)

3. Weight and BMI (not necessary but encouraged)

4. Tell us what you are grateful according to the day

???OFFICIALLY begins November 1, 2019???

Edited October 30, 20196 yr by GreenTealael

Day 8 gratitude: This is a tough one... I think my response is similar to ms.sss, except I have two events, one from two years ago, and another from about two decades ago They were the toughest two things I've ever been through, but I'm thankful that I've been through them, because they shaped me into the person that I am today... and I feel like that person is pretty awesome ?

Also, day 8 and still going strong! I'm really grateful for this challenge - it's helping me stay on track!

Day 7
As much as I intellectually know how much hormones matter in our lives, it's always astounding to me when confronted by it physically and emotionally! As soon as aunt Flo came, ALL cravings DIED off!!!!! Like it never happened [emoji50][emoji50][emoji50]
2 absolutely clean days without any angst, desires or cravings. All my usual vices paraded in front of me without an eyelash bat!! I didn't even see the goodies talk more of putting them in my mouth!!
So glad to know I don't have that much of a rebellious self sabotaging streak!!![emoji119][emoji119][emoji119] very grateful for that!!

Books I'm grateful for? Not even humanly possible to choose. I epitomize a serious bookworm and can't imagine life without books!! I'll still say though that because of the age and time I read "To kill a mockingbird " it had profound lifelong effects on me!!

Day 8 just began so I'll be back [emoji176][emoji176][emoji176]

7. Update: Well, I ate the other half of the candy bar yesterday at lunch. But, I had expected it so my plan was adjusted accordingly. And I have either have a cold or allergies but my head's all stuffed up and I'm full of sneezes and sniffles.

8. Hmm, no candy in the house so should be a good day. I think the life lesson I am most grateful for was the time I was married. I learned a lot and it changed the trajectory of my life.

1. My personal goal is to get back to exercising regularly. I need to star toning up.
2. RNY in 9/4/14. Just over 2 months post-op and still losing
3. CW: 247.6. BMI is 39.9 (in the severely obese category)
4. I am most grateful that I have been given this opportunity to become healthy again. I want to be around for grandkids!!

Day 8: One of the life lessons I'm most grateful for is learning to always forgive. Whatever the issue may be, its not worth holding a grudge. Forgive people not for them, but for yourself, for your own peace! ❤️

Day 8: The life lesson I am most grateful to have learned is that it is never too late to take action to change the path and course of your life. Three years ago I was in bad physical shape, depressed and unable to do hardly anything. I thought at age 59 I was too old for things to improve. I am so grateful that I was wrong and that I was able to make positive changes and am now much healthier and happier. I now look forward to the future where I used to dread getting up every day.

4 hours ago, lpeters623 said:

1. My personal goal is to get back to exercising regularly. I need to star toning up.
2. RNY in 9/4/14. Just over 2 months post-op and still losing
3. CW: 247.6. BMI is 39.9 (in the severely obese category)
4. I am most grateful that I have been given this opportunity to become healthy again. I want to be around for grandkids!!

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Day 8
Completed day 2 of clean eating after a VERY shaky start of this challenge. Craving sweets (my nemesis) has been minimal.

Life lesson I am grateful for? Uhnmm?[emoji848][emoji848] I don't know why I always rely on cliches when I want to communicate my "deep" thoughts![emoji28] But life lesson is the power of Never Saying Never and NEVER work on someone else's time but mine as my time will come and it will be perfect for me.
Many instances in my life when I have wondered if something was achievable and when I wait long enough and put effort, I achieve it at the right time for me.
I'm grateful for these experiences as I'm significantly more self assured than I thought I could ever be[emoji176][emoji176][emoji176]

Day 9: What place have you traveled that you are most grateful for?

Probably the time we lived in Australia for a year. We got to totally immerse ourselves there and basically become locals. We also got to take multiple vacations-within-vacations to places in and around Australia that were only a couple hours flight away (vs. a day from Toronto). Plus I wasn't working the entire time so that was awesome

Day 8 update: Ok, so I've had these ice cream bars in my freezer since last Spring and I didn't care until yesterday when I ate one. Definitely challenged by this challenge. Hmmm, have some head work to do.

Day 9: Wow, I'm glad that I've been to all the places I've been. I learned things and had fun. But, you know, a few years ago, my mother and I visited Argentina where she was born and I am very happy that we had that trip together.

And on a side note, I visited the endocrinologist yesterday and I officially no longer have diabetes! Yay!!! This journey itself has been so worth it!

17 minutes ago, seaforest said:

And on a side note, I visited the endocrinologist yesterday and I officially no longer have diabetes! Yay!!! This journey itself has been so worth it! 

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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B-Side Question: How has your S/O been handling all of the changes since WLS?

33 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

B-Side Question: How has your S/O been handling all of the changes since WLS?

Mr. has been the exact same towards me and my different lifestyle as he was before. I think all the changes either were non-issues or just bonuses from his point of view.

Day 9: I am doing fine on the food part of this challenge but continue to indulge in more alcohol than I should if I want to be losing. No idea why this is so hard for me. I really do not generally feel any type of food temptations since I do not keep anything here that is bad or off plan. But the vodka and tequila though.....

The place that I have the most fond memories of traveling to is Lake Tahoe. I learned to snow ski there in the late 1980s and we spent a week there every year for about 20 years. Haven't been able to go since about 2002 but actually talking about going back this year. It is the most beautiful place I have ever seen and my only real experience being around massive snowfall.