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Oh, Liz, we are so much alike! Thank you for your helpful words! I guess you can lose weight without a "diet" per say, just different choices. I love the idea of looking positively at what you can eat! Are you sure about the protein vs Twinkie thing though?! LOL
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Awesome Liz way to break things down!
Hope everyone is hanging in there. Just popping in for a bit.0 -
Hello my Lovely LOST friends~
Liz~ i think somewhere... We are related souls lol! I have the same out look on food! I never say never for any food...just try to not have certain ones as often. Glad to hear the move is going well...tell your daughter to break a leg this week end! I hope the show is a smashing success!
Jen~ I can't put it any better than Liz! We seem to have the exact same philosophies when it comes to food...with that being said...I do have one other SMALL thing to add. I try to also find healthier versions of things I really LOVE. That I can have more often... The internet is an incredible resource to find healthier versions of almost ANYTHING! Don't be afraid to try NEW things either...you may even find some healthier FAVORITES to crave!
MdwstQT~ How's the binge free going? I hope you are enjoying some beautiful weather...ours is finally starting to warm up and I can actually see some of my yard. Time to start walking outside again!
Julia~ nice to see yon popping in.??I hope alL is well with you!
Noodle~ those are AMAZING NSVs..I'm so happy for you! I'm also glad the concert was great! Did your Mom enjoy it as much as you? Glad work is slowing down for you as well! Hopefully it will stay that way so you can enjoy the nice weather coming in!
I better get back to work before I am missed! Have a FAB_U_LOSS night my friends!
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I also focus on the foods that I know are better for me. There are so many wonderful vegetables, fruits, meats, nuts, beans, ... to choose. In fact, by focusing on eating vegetables and at least one fruit each day, I sometimes end of focused on "finding" food to eat instead of trying to avoid food. (Kind of fun when you think about it like that.) If I occasionally have a "real" craving for something that is totally not a health food, I enjoy it and move on. I have also learned that there were a few foods that we had in our home that seemed to be eating triggers for me. I don't know why. They didn't seem to be "bad" or "unhealthy" in any way, but I would eat the item and then want to devour the kitchen. While I still don't know why they had that affect on me, I no longer have those particular items in the kitchen.0
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mysticlizard wrote: »There are many foods I can no longer eat for health reasons. That doesn't make those foods bad, it just means they will be bad for me because they will make me sick. When I first had to change my diet, I kept telling Mark about what I couldn't eat. He suggested that I concentrate on the food I could eat and enjoyed eating. I think that looking at the positive really has made a difference in my relationship with food. Yes I miss certain foods still, but that is o.k. because there are other foods that are awesome.
I really like this! I can't eat eggs anymore & you'd be surprised how many foods have eggs in them. I used to eat a breakfast sandwich every morning made with Egg Beaters, turkey sausage, low fat cheese & a whole grain english muffin. It kept me full all morning & it was so good it didn't taste like "diet" food. Well I can't eat them anymore because of the eggs, so I alternated between bagel thins with low fat whipped cream cheese, oatmeal, granola, cereal, stuff like that and always a Greek yogurt. Even whole grain cereals & breads don't keep me as full as long as that sandwich with egg did. But instead of dwelling on what I can't have I had to be creative about what I could have. Now I have much more variety & it's true I need a snack mid-morning much more often now, but that's not so bad. I have fallen in love with hummus and veggies again.
Jen, I feel like what that book is saying is valid for some people, but for others I don't know how well it would work. I look at my overeating & binging like an addiction. How come I can have 1 beer & be fine, but my dad had to drink all of the beers until he passed out? From what I've learned in my research an addict's brain is wired different. Especially a food addict. Our "full/hungry" triggers were broken long ago. I do make sure I'm hungry before I eat, but I know that I don't have a "full" trigger, that I'll keep eating way beyond the point of feeling full, to the point of pain, if I have the opportunity. I don't look at it as an excuse, but like Liz I try to remove all temptation by pre-portioning out food and not keeping certain foods in the house at all.0 -
Wow. I'm so sorry I've been MIA on here. Looks like I have a lot of reading about you all to catch up on.
I've been in a lot of chronic pain lately. More than usual. I've only been sleeping for 3-4 hours a night simply because my pain won't allow me to rest comfortably.
I was taking 1 Norco every night for pain and it WAS helping. I get bad itching with any pain medication that has a narcotic in it so I was taking benedryl along with it. The itching got so bad I had to stop both and now my pain is out if control.
I have Fibromyalgia and Arthralgia with a possible late onset of M.S, or Lupus. I've been tested for both of the latter and although tests aren't conclusive I have the markers for one or the other. I do know Lupus runs in my family.
So I've just been sticking to commenting on my wall and friends list on MFP diarys as it has been too much for me to do much else.
Today I'm fasting to go have full blood work done. We shall see if anything shows up.
Last night was the first night I was able to get in about six hours sleep so I'm doing a little better.
I haven't weighed in a month and will be weighing by this Friday or Sunday. Fingers crossed.
In the meantime I'm hoping to catch up on reading about all of your ups and downs on our journeys. Blessings Karen.0 -
Karen - I am sorry your pain is flaring and being unruly. I hope that you will be able to get another six hours sleep tonight and this flare up will die down. No matter what the scale says, you have been trying and been aware and that is a victory in itself. ((Hugs))
Julia - I thought of you today. Mark and I planted 20 yellow tulips that I will be able to see from the kitchen window.
Noodle - I have been trying different tofu recipes, I have been thinking that it would make a good breakfast food. It took a little getting used to but there is so much that you can do with it.
Jen - Mark is very sensitive about his size, he always has been. If anyone would say anything about him needing to diet, he would gain ten another pounds (no joke). So I have never used the word diet. Eating healthier is the way I would put it. This time it is a lifestyle change. It is working this time for both of us. But then we are both at a place in our lives where this is very important to both of us. I think that is why we are being successful this time.
Cindy - Are you ready for your trip? Have you figured out what snacks and food stuffs you can take with you? How is the small baby, is she feeling better?
Alice - How is the foot feeling? I am glad to see you are running again, don't overdo.
Hey QT I see you! I hope your week is going well.
Barb - I am thinking about you and hope you are doing all right.
I'm sending everyone happy thoughts!
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Hey Cindy... always remember baby steps for everything... even in the protein shakes. I find if it takes a lot of additional time and effort to make a small change, there is more than 80% chance that it will fail. I try to go for small changes that still fit into my life easily. Another way of looking at is - Don't overthink it! Just do it!... and sleep too!
Noodle! Well done on your amazing NSV's and so happy that you and your mom enjoyed the concert so much
Jen I totally second Liz's advice and sharing. I've never dieted so starting on MFP and with Curves was something completely foreign and uncomfortable for me. I lasted 1 week! I saw that there are a lot of advocates here on MFP who say that dieting is not necessary, they talk about eating in moderation and also CICO. The only rules are to weigh and log your food and to either eat at a deficit to lose weight; maintenance to maintain; or in excess of your calorie goals to gain weight. It isn't quite that simple but in essence it is.
Afterwards it is about personal health issues, allergies, food intolerances and personal "danger" foods. I am following the CICO rules and then adapting due to glucose and lactose intolerance (I can eat both but in tiny quantities). I also have to make sure that I have a much lower sodium intake than is recommend here because of water retention... which I figured out with the baby steps for my food goals. Finally, I had to have meal replacements because I wasn't getting enough proteins. I am slowly moving away from them. So it is more about changing a lifestyle, healthy living and being in balance than actually dieting.
I mean seriously? who in their right mind would want to give up Lindt Sea Salt Dark Chocolate
Howdy Julia. How does your garden grow?
Liz, you won't need any extra work outs with shifting boxes this week.
Missing you Karen, Barbs and MD. Barbs, I hope your road trip is going well.
Have a fantastic weekend ladies form a Snazzy, Tazzy Devil
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Sending hugs and healing thoughts your way Karen.
Liz those tulips sound beautiful!
Cindy I'm still binge free
Hope everyone has an awesome weekend. The weather is supposed to be really nice. Looking forward to it.0 -
Just changed my user name from JuliaMLN to JMarcella57. But it's still me. 0
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The local Lowes was having their annual customer appreciation sale. Ten percent off all purchases. So I picked up my new cardio exercise equipment, a lawn mower. I think Cindy should add a chapter on lawn mowing to her book on non-traditional fitness. 0
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Hi Ladies!
Spring has come to MN, the forsythia, daffodils, magnolias, and tulips are blooming. I told the girls I want to get the moving done so I can start my vegetable garden. The moving is going slowly. We decided we wanted to get some rooms repainted and it is easier to do it when they are empty. So I will be taping and painting this week. My challenge this week is not to eat out too often. I am going to pack snacks and keep food at the new house so I don't feel the need to stop off somewhere to eat.
I hope everyone has an awesome week!!!
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Hi All~
Work has been a little crazy the past few nights. I usually pop in on my break but haven't been getting them. Some stressful things going on...I leave a week from today for Oklahoma and I am NOT ready. Kyli's prom is the following week end so I have been busy getting everything ready for that before I go! The good news is we got everything done for that...masquerade mask and all accessories bought and ready to go! Whew...I hate running around last minute for anything so it feels good to not have any of that to worry about!
Anyone else having issues with MFP? I popped on last night before work and was in the middle of a post...of course a fairly long post....and poof...gone...then I kept getting a strange msg saying my groups weren't available right now...my news feed wasn't available for a couple hrs earlier in the week either...hmmm.
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I finally got a full week of stickers, which means no binging. I don't think I've ever gone a full week without a binge.
, I've also lost 5.6 pounds in a month and 4 days. 0 -
Way to go Karen! Your hard work is paying off. Just one day at a time or even an hour at a time. And you not feeling well, you could have just given in, but you didn't. Awesome!!! 0
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Karen- Super job! You can keep going binge free! I second the one day, one hour, even one minute at a time!
Welcome to our group, Pooh!
I'm trying to prepare my house, my boys, and my husband before my surgery next week! Thankfully, My Mom is coming to help for the first week. I suppose it makes me feel more valuable when I realize how much happens around our house & in our lives because I do it!
To all my friends, have a wonderful week!
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Jen - Look on this as the family lesson in Mom appreciation. I think they often don't realize or forget just how much we do. You remember to take it easy and don't rush to get on your feet too soon. 0
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Awesome Karen! You got this!
You guys have been busy as heck! I'm just loafing around binge free that is!
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KarenKrayon wrote: »I finally got a full week of stickers, which means no binging. I don't think I've ever gone a full week without a binge. , I've also lost 5.6 pounds in a month and 4 days.
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Thank you Liz and everyone. It's not easy for any of us. I just keep telling myself "what's the alternative " and just that scares me as I get older. I had minor surgery lately and they asked me to lift myself off and slide to the other gernie. I wasn't able to lift my hips up to move. It was difficult for them to try and help me too. It took 3 people. I was a little embarrassed but mostly scared thinking that should be such a simple thing and I couldn't do it. I think fear of many negative things continuing to happen is a big driving force for me to lose weight. But the biggest is just so I can move around and walk better so I can actually get out of the house more often and do things that are fun.0
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Difficult day.
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Wassup Marcella? If you are still online, message me if you like.JMarcella57 wrote: »Difficult day.
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KarenKrayon wrote: »I finally got a full week of stickers, which means no binging. I don't think I've ever gone a full week without a binge. , I've also lost 5.6 pounds in a month and 4 days.
Fantastic job Karen! Well done for both getting your stickers and losing more almost 6lbs! Baby steps! It is really is very difficult to try to do everything at once. You remained focused on your goal and came out the winner!
You guys have been busy as heck! I'm just loafing around binge free that is!
Here's to an awesome week!
You rock also QT. Well done! And a little bird saw you exercising your bum off also, so I don't believe you have just been loafing around - you go girl!!!
Liz how is your move going?
Jen you have an amazing attitude. I'm so glad your mom is coming to help you. And I agree with Liz, don't rush to get back on your feet.
Cindy how are your preparations for your Oklahoma trip going? Are you all packed?
Noodle I would love to see a before and after picture of you - you are killing it in the pool!
Barbs and Nekrebel ... where are you? Come back to us... we miss you
Hi Pooh and welcome. I hope you feel at home here with us.
And just a little reminder to all of you wonderful, beautiful, dedicated people remember that when things get tougher than usual breath and promise yourself that:
Just for 1 minute, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month I will or I will not _______________________ (fill in the blank with something that will support you on your journey)
because the only way to eat a whole elephant is....
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Hi to all my Lovely LOST Ladies~
I am almost ready for my trip. I will be off Thurs, Fri & Sat before I leave, so I am confident that I will be all set. I am bringing nuts and fiber one bars. The hotel we stay at has a great salad bar and usually fresh fruit available at meal times.
Julia~ So sorry thatyou too are having a rough day! ((((((((((HUGS))))))))))) to you!!!
Karen~ Keep up the great work! So proud of you!!! Maybe only weighing in monthly is a good plan for you!!!
MdwstQT~ You are doing GREAT! Binge free...any tips on what's helping you?
Liz~How goes the move? I hope you are delegating! We did the same thing when we bought our house,,,we painted before the furniture came.
Jen ~ I will be thinking of you and sending prayers your way when I a gone. Remember we are here if you need to keep yourself occupied! Take your time mending and be kind to yourself.
Noodle~ I second aalice's request... I too would love to see a before and after picture of you! You are a great inspiration with all your dedication!!!
Barlovo~ I hope your trip is going well...can't wait to hear how well you did.
Ruth~ How are you doing? I hope you are still hanging in there.
aaliceinw~ I need a little of your AWESOME attitude!!! I am struggling this week....
Have a FAB_U_LOSS EVENING MY FRIENDS!!!0 -
Cindy - Here ya go! Just loaded a truckload especially for you, wrapped in a bundle of hugs too
One of the hardest easiest things to do?
to "Just do it anyway!"
- regardless of the chatter, the tiredness, the fear, someone else etc...
"Just do it anyway"
-because it is actually less painful/stressful and stops all nagging (internally and externally)
Sssht... it quitens the voices in the head
Remember, we are all committed to Fab_U_Loss losses
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Just a quick hello to everyone! I am briefly at home through Saturday before heading off to my next business trip. It is so great to be home and be able to cook my own food for a few days. Believe it or not, I am really tired of eating out, which is not something I usually say.
My successes over the past couple of weeks: I've made sure to get enough protein at each meal. Where I fell short was in eating balanced meals, tended to eat more fats and less vegetables, even when there were healthier options. Although - I did consistently order coleslaw or salad instead of fries or onion rings. The last few days I started eating sugared foods and I am relieved to stop that again.
So my goal for the next few days: eat at home, track my food, and stay off the sugar; and when I start traveling again on Sunday, make more of an effort to reach for the veggies!
You all are never far from my thoughts even though I have not had much time to check in. I look forward to reading your posts and catching up on your lives when I have a little more time. Sending hugs to all - Barb0 -
Alice - Thank you for sweet thoughts. I've not been on my computer today, but made it through. I will just say that I set some boundaries in my life and today they held. Feeling a bit stronger tonight. A good night's sleep will make it even better and tomorrow is all fresh and new.
Cindy - Your hugs made me smile.
Barb - Welcome home. Even if for just a little bit.0 -
Hi Barb it is good to see you! I am glad you are home for a few days. I am sure it feels good to be there. Enjoy and rejuvenate.
Jen I know you are probably busy trying to get every last thing done and every contingency that is remotely conceivable you can think of covered just in case. Don't make yourself nuts. If you have missed something, hubby, kids, or mom can do it, maybe not as easily or the way you would do it, but they can do it. Relax, breath deep, and try to enjoy the rest.
Marcella - I Think of you often when I look at were my garden is going to be. Hang in there and be kind to yourself.
Karen and QT - Way to go, baby steps.
Cindy - You have been on my mind, I know graduation is coming much faster that you want it to. (((hugs)))
Alice - You have been full of joy this week. I have been picturing you dancing in your pretty clothes under the moon on a beach.
I have interrupted our move. I often do things the hard way or make more work for myself. I wanted to remove these wooden spindles between the kitchen and living room. So I did, then I decided that I wanted to get rid of a double cabinet over a peninsula counter in the kitchen. So the girls and I tore it out. Since the cabinet came out I need to paint, so I took down the ugly apple boarder. There is ugly half wall paneling (so 70's) in the dinette area that I will be removing today. I picked up a nice used ceramic top stove at the Habitat for Humanity Resale Store (a Home Depot like Thrift Store). I have to modify a cabinet and counter so it will fit. Then I will spackle, sand, and paint. Then we will move more stuff. I know it is easier to get this sort of thing done while the house is empty and we are not living there, but I am impatient to move. I know I will be much happier when it is finished.
To all of you wonderful ladies here - Have a very happy hump day! Enjoy the spring (Alice fall) weather. I am sending happy thoughts and hugs to you all!
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mysticlizard wrote: »I have interrupted our move. I often do things the hard way or make more work for myself. I wanted to remove these wooden spindles between the kitchen and living room. So I did, then I decided that I wanted to get rid of a double cabinet over a peninsula counter in the kitchen. So the girls and I tore it out. Since the cabinet came out I need to paint, so I took down the ugly apple boarder. There is ugly half wall paneling (so 70's) in the dinette area that I will be removing today. I picked up a nice used ceramic top stove at the Habitat for Humanity Resale Store (a Home Depot like Thrift Store). I have to modify a cabinet and counter so it will fit. Then I will spackle, sand, and paint. Then we will move more stuff. I know it is easier to get this sort of thing done while the house is empty and we are not living there, but I am impatient to move. I know I will be much happier when it is finished.
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