I started my day with a dental appointment and am now killing time at the grocery store until it’s time to pick up my husband’s prescription. I’m sitting in the former food court area drinking a free cup of decaf coffee.

Breakfast – none yet unless this coffee counts

Lunch will be the roasted turkey breast and olive spread I didn’t have…[Read more]

Today was busy! And I’ve had a headache all day.

I honestly am not thinking well enough to do a meaningful report back (my apologies!) but tomorrow is a new day.

Good night, my dear friends!

Well I know this advice can be useless if you are not really comfortable talking to people but here are my tips:

1. Go in with a smile on your face! They don’t know you so they don’t know you’re nervous. Fake it til you make it.
2. My best line for meeting people and making friends is, “Hi, I don’t know you but I’d like to. My name is Nikki. What’s…

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Stress is definitely starting to take a toll on both my husband and me. Neither of us are sleeping well and our eating is becoming more of an issue. He’s eating too much and I’m not wanting to eat because everything makes me queasy. Even my favorite foods.

Working on steps (I’m having a lot of pain in my hip so this is slow) and my…[Read more]

Don’t even get me started. We have this coffee bar thing on my floor (high counter with stools and laptop plugs, etc.) which has become the “I want it out of my house so I’m going to sit it here in hopes that you save me from eating it by eating it first” space.

Ugh.

And the worst part is you have to go past that bar to get to the coffee and…[Read more]

Rock on, sista!

I feel you on the chips. They are my kryptonite.

My day started early with the dog deciding we needed to get up NOW!

I got my shopping done including the roasted turkey breast for lunches from the grocery store.

Steps are done (and no, Nikki, not on the treadmill) I have 12 ounces to go before hitting my 80 ounce goal

Breakfast was sausage and lentil soup

Lunch was some of the turkey and…[Read more]

I’m interested in this stress management process. Is this something you learned about? Tell me more! Like…I know you are a list-maker. Is this about making lists of things you control vs. influence? And what do you do with that info?

I was so glad you joined us!

I think we each have our different reasons for being here in the FNC and different ways of using it and that’s ok. I want you to feel empowered to reach out to me or any other member whenever you need some support.

I wrote your goal down!

As for my day, it’s busy as usual. I prepped breakfasts (that is my vulnerable…[Read more]

Hey! Ok so I want to make sure I understand so that I can a) help and b) fix anything that’s confusing!

The weekly plan isn’t a super formal thing. You’ve been doing it through this mini-pledge! The basic gist is that you post what you’d like to accomplish in a given week. I usually come through on Sunday evening or Monday afternoon and look at…[Read more]

Um…I think we have graduated to maybe saying “I only like cottage cheese prepared certain ways…” Just sayin’! LOL.

Awesome that you found a few good recipes. I love just hollowing out an apple and putting some sweetener and apple pie spice in there and baking it. Then I fill it with either sweetened cottage cheese (which I don’t think you’d…[Read more]

Woot! You are so motivated. 🙂

Vacation, yay!

I think your goal sounds good. I understand it to be:

1. Make the best choices you can while on vacay.
2. Avoid dairy and wheat when possible.

I’d just empower you to be your own advocate on #2 and remember that restaurants and hotels are not called the HOSPITALITY industry for nothing. Their job is to please you! So make sure you…[Read more]

As I posted earlier this week, I did get my pledge of doing a high intensity workout done.

Ok my life is too damned hectic!

So I woke up, went to work. During my lunch break I walked about a mile to go pick up stuff for my daughter for a retreat she’s attending for the weekend. Walked back. Immediately after work, I had to rush said kid to said retreat in Western Maryland, then get back to Baltimore in time to do Bariatric Foodie Live.…[Read more]