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Hey Kids, I have been lurking for months. DH and I moved 2000 miles across country about four months ago and basically have been getting settled in and figuring our our new and exciting lives. So, I'm getting myself back into the swing of things and getting this done. I'm still healthy, but fat. Can't ride the healthy wave forever. I'm seeing my friends here reaching the end of their weightloss and health reclamation journeys, many who started out way heavier than I ever was. Now they are reaping the rewards of time and adherence, while I tread water.

DH and I just need to get consistent. Time and adherence. Time and adherence.

Good to be home.

Welcome back from lurking. Thanks for all your help when I started running, you gave me lots of good tips! Good luck on your renewed journey.

Welcome back Nomikins.Glad you are settling in to your new place.RAS

Nice to see you back "on board," Nomikins. Will you be going to Dr. McDougall's talk in a week and a half to help keep that motivation up? I'll be there and you're gonna have to work hard to catch up with me.

Hey Nomi!! It's so GREAT to see you back here! I was just thinking about you and wondering how you were doing! So glad you're back and settled in your new place!

Hi hi hi!



wonderful to see you yay!

Let's get er done!

Welcome back. Good to hear your move went well.

Welcome back on the McD wagon! Go Nomikins Go!!!

Thanks for the welcome back!

Chile, I do plan to attend the talk, unless something comes up with work for DH/me. But, we should be attending. I can't wait to see you and how spectacular you must be looking.

I just jumpstarted my day with a brisk two mile walk/jog. The first mile was powerwalking, all uphill for the first mile. On the way home, I put in some speedbursts for 30-60 seconds at a time. It felt great.

I'm on my way out to pick up a stock of frozen veggies and more spuds. Our CSA ended the summer session, and there were not enough reenlisters to continue. So, back to the grocery store I go. In a way, I'm glad, because it's so easy to not give meals excessive thought when all I need to do is pull some veggies out of the freezer and nuke.

Speaking of freezer, there is a regular patron at the bar I work at who brings in a big basket of veggies each day. I have been stocking my new freezer with diced frozen peppers, stewed okra and tomatoes, gumbo, etc.

My favorite "invention" this summer is roasting various types of peppers, and then chopping them up and freezing in ice cube trays. When frozen, I pop the cubes out and place in a freezer bag. This is going to be fabulous to season beans, rice, etc., over the winter. All for free! YAY!

Off to the store I go. Have a nice day, friends.

Some powerful words from Kirstykay. I need to think on this deeply.

Nomi, I love the roasted then frozen peppers thing. GREAT idea! and I got that same quote from Kirsty she's GOOOOD!

good on ya for the workout...I was planning that kind of thing myself (not running...I don't run...) with hiking on a daily basis, but got this stupid cellulitis so I am RESTING for September.

so excited to see you posting again...feels like old home week around here

Interesting that a good number of us who dropped off the radar came back at about the same time. Wonder what that means?

I'm doing well two out of three meals. Working to get the third one down again as well.

Next weekend, DH and I get to go to a healthy living seminar, and we will see Dr. McDougall. I am looking forward to hearing his message live and in person. I need it, and so does DH. I'm hopeful that this will really be the big push to become and remain compliant. We love this way of living and eating, but for some reason, we keep ourselves stuck in the pleasure trap. Stay tuned...

I like that quote from KirstyKay, but I have to admit that being able to see my final weight goal in sight is very motivating. In the long run, though, having health issues is the biggest motivator to quit fiddling around with seeing how much cheating I can get away with. Evidently the answer is (and always was...) NONE. Too bad it took years for me to really get that message through my head.

So, take it from me, Nomikins: you may think you're getting away with not being totally on track, but odds are that you actually aren't. Sucks to find that out after the fact. Curing problems is harder than preventing them! Looking forward to having you back on the McDougall wagon. Oh wait, with all your exercise, you get to pull the wagon.

Hey there nomikins, Just stopping by to see how you are doing.
Keep working on the third meal thing. It will come. Think like a Borg and tell yourself "Resistance is futile. I AM gonna do this!".

I think the reason quite a few of us came back at almost the same time is that the universe is telling us to pull our fingers out and do something to support our own health, that of our families and the cause that Dr McD has started rolling. Good deeds don't do themselves.

I hope you enjoy and benefit greatly from the seminar.

Thanks for calling me out, Chile. I have to say I was a bit irritated by this post and considered pulling this journal after you posted this. Fortunately, I was on my smart phone and didn't feel like dealing with it at the time. A little space and thinking later.....

The reason I was irritated is because I know you are absolutely right. Who wants to face the truth? It's easy to keep those rose colored glasses on and live in a fantasy world. But, that world does not exist. I saw the harsh, stark reality in losing both my stepfather and father in law last summer. My stepfather's death from years of complications of diabetes and heart disease was 100% preventable. FIL had cancer for at least ten years before he was diaganosed. Also preventable. I am seeing my own parents, in their mid to late 60s, starting to show some signs of avoidable health issues. Why do I think I'm any different? I'm not a genetic anomaly. I am just slowing things down a teeny bit because I don't eat processed food on any type of regular basis (and then it's only the higher-end, more "natural ingredient" stuff - yeah, right), but I also eat plenty of "foodie" high fat, non-optimal foods. Who am I kidding? No one, not even myself.

Yeah, I do crossfit and run marathons. I'm nowhere near my potential because I'm still carrying around an extra 50 pounds. I should have been done with this years ago! I'm the only one holding myself back. Time to break that chain.

So, my friend, I thank you. Looking forward to seeing you at the seminar next week.