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Hi, Viva,

Thanks for the reply.  Another thing I have noticed, as I got older, my weight has all shifted to my hips where I used to be rectangular shaped, now totally pear shaped.  Not liking it much either. 

Luckily, I'm alone, so I only have to worry about cooking for myself.  When my grown children visit, it is then that I have to modify cooking for them.  For instance, I made beef stroganoff for my son who was visiting.  I used fat free cream of mushroom soup, and I made rice only for him.  For myself, I made zucchini noodles, and scraped most of the gravy from my meat patty (made with ground chuck).  My daughter is a picky eater, but she is having gastric sleeve in July, so she will definitely have to rethink and align her tastebuds with her new eating habits.  I guess it will be difficult for her, she hates most veggies.

I have re-discovered zucchini and love it!  Hadn't eaten zucchini since I was a kid.  Got a vegetti and I go through 5-6 zucchini just for myself every single week.  There are only 34 calories in a whole medium zucchini.  Also re-discovered ground turkey.  I hadn't eaten that in years either.  I always heard people say it tasted yukky.  But seasoned correctly, I can't tell it from the 80/20 ground chuck I had been using.  I probably won't even buy any more ground chuck, I love ground turkey so much.

Good luck on your journey back on track.  I am keeping my protein high, carbs very low, lots of fresh veggies, lots of water, not drinking during or 30 minutes after eating.  I track everything that goes in my mouth (I'm old school, no smart phone, so I have an Excel spreadsheet on my computer desktop) and keep calories between 800-1000.  Back on track since May 12, down 13 pounds.  Slowly, but scale is moving in right direction, and for that, I am thankful.

Sharon

I'm also trying to get back to the basics.  I know that as we get older we need to move a little different but thank God we can still move.  I'm also in my mid sixty's ready to eat better and eliminate carbs.  Cooking for me is easy but when you add a husband who wants meat and potatoes and snacks most of the day it makes it hard.  I'm going to work harder at this. The best of luck to you and it can be done.    Viva  

Congratualtions on reaching your halfway point!  I have about the same amount of regain and have just started getting my act together.  So far I've had a successful week of making healthier choices.  I haven't checked the scales to see the results, but the fact that I feel so much better makes my efforts to change worth it either way.  Onto the next meal/day/week/pound lost....  Congratulations again!

Kym :)

Thanks! You too!

Great job making the halfway point! It does come off more slowly than we'd like, but you've got this. 

Have a great weekend.